Chapter 311: Chapter 311: Calling Off the Wedding
"Help! Help!"
Su Li screamed for help, finally managing to run out onto the main street.
Although many shops had already closed, there were still people inside. Hearing the commotion, some came out to see what was happening.
"Help!"
Su Li and Ling Zhen were overjoyed and rushed over to them.
The bald man, who had been right on their heels, saw that they had reached the street and that people were coming out to investigate.
He resentfully wiped the blood trickling down his face, shot them a murderous glare and a threat, then turned and ran, disappearing from sight moments later.
"I’ll remember you! Keep your mouths shut if you don’t want your whole families to be slaughtered!"
The bald man’s threat was chilling to the bone.
Su Li and Ling Zhen couldn’t stop shivering.
"What’s wrong? What happened?" a braver man asked as he ran over.
Su Li and Ling Zhen finally stopped running, only to collapse weakly to the ground. Su Li, panting heavily, turned to watch the bald man’s retreating figure, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes.
’You’ll remember us? We’ll remember you even better!’
Su Li looked at the two kind men who had come out, then at Ling Zhen.
"Sirs, could you take us to the police station?"
She asked the two men but kept her eyes on Ling Zhen. If Ling Zhen showed the slightest hesitation, she would drop the subject.
But in the end, Ling Zhen was still the same Ling Zhen from her past life.
The fear had not yet faded from her eyes, but she nodded forcefully.
"Let’s go. To the police station! We have to get him caught first!"
Su Li and Ling Zhen rushed to the police station as fast as they could to file a report. Upon hearing the details of the case, the police immediately took it seriously.
This was because the body of a murdered woman had been discovered just a few days ago.
The time of the crime was the same night as Ling Zhen’s attack in her past life.
Su Li gasped. ’So, even though Ling Zhen escaped, that man still targeted someone else.’
"What does the culprit look like?"
As soon as Su Li heard about the previous case, she made a decision.
"I’ll tell you. I know what the culprit looks like, and I even have a rough idea of his name!"
The man had been caught in her past life, so Su Li knew. She even had an impression of his name and where he lived!
"What?" the police officer asked in disbelief.
"He’s bald, so he left a deep impression on me..." Su Li fabricated a story about a previous encounter, making the name a bit vague while providing a general area for his residence.
"I just hit him, so he has a head injury. He’ll definitely go home to clean up first."
Regardless of whether Su Li was telling the truth, the police had to act on such a lead.
They gathered their officers as quickly as possible and set out.
Su Li and Ling Zhen let out a huge sigh of relief. The policewoman comforting them had a rather strange expression.
Because Su Li wasn’t just carrying a hammer; she also had a fruit knife in her bag.
If she hadn’t been the one filing the report, they might have suspected her of being the perpetrator.
"I don’t feel safe going out at night, and I didn’t have any proper tools, so I brought these..."
Su Li could only lie through her teeth.
The two of them drank some hot water at the police station to calm their nerves and waited for the results of the operation.
Soon, Ling Zhen’s parents and relatives from Lu Zhijie’s side arrived.
When Mr. and Mrs. Ling heard what had happened to Ling Zhen, they were terrified by the close call and immensely grateful to Su Li.
In contrast, the atmosphere on Lu Zhijie’s side wasn’t so good.
Lu Zhijie and his mother, Mrs. Lu, saw the blood at the corner of Ling Zhen’s mouth, the slap mark on her face, and the suspicious marks on her neck, and their expressions changed drastically.
For something like this to happen the day before the wedding banquet was terrifying. When the police station called the two families, all the relatives were there helping out.
Hearing the call was from the police station, the whole group rushed over.
While the Ling Family was just relieved that Ling Zhen had escaped danger, the expressions on the faces of the Lu Family’s relatives were much more... complicated.
The word "rape" was just too sensitive.
After Mr. and Mrs. Ling finished checking on her, Lu Zhijie finally went up to speak with Ling Zhen.
Unfortunately, his first words were, "Ling Zhen, you really weren’t..."
He didn’t finish his sentence, but the atmosphere at the scene changed instantly.
Ling Zhen’s face was filled with astonishment, as if she couldn’t believe her ears.
Anger flashed in Su Li’s eyes. She suddenly picked up the hammer and slammed it down hard on the table, pointing at it and saying,
"See this blood on it? I smashed the guy with this. I saved her!"
Lu Zhijie’s expression changed, and he hurriedly reached for Ling Zhen’s hand. "I didn’t mean it like that. I was just worried about you."
Only then did Ling Zhen’s expression soften a little.
The atmosphere warmed up, but unfortunately, the Lu Family’s relatives, especially Mrs. Lu, still looked very displeased.
Everyone’s probing, curious gazes toward Ling Zhen made her feel utterly humiliated.
"As long as she’s okay, that’s what matters."
Seeing that it was such a disgraceful matter, the relatives who had come gradually left.
Mr. Lu and Mrs. Lu also left, leaving the Ling Family and Lu Zhijie to wait for news from the police operation.
A little after twelve, the police returned.
They came back empty-handed. They hadn’t caught the man, but they had found his identity and address. They even found a bloody towel in his home that he hadn’t had time to dispose of.
Although the man wasn’t caught, he had been identified, and a full-scale manhunt would follow.
The police were full of determination, but Su Li and Ling Zhen looked worried.
They hadn’t forgotten the man’s threat.
"I have to go back. I have a child at home," Su Li said, getting up immediately.
"We’ll arrange for an escort to take you home. Until the man is caught, we will keep a close watch on both your families to ensure your safety."
Hearing this from the police, Su Li and Ling Zhen’s expressions eased slightly.
Before they parted, Ling Zhen held Su Li’s hand, wanting to say thank you but unable to get the words out.
"Su Li, from now on, we’re friends who’ve been through life and death together. When I heard from Yu Zhengqing that you’d saved him before, it didn’t really hit me. But tonight, I believe it."
"You’re such a Silly Girl, willing to risk your life for a friend. Such a Silly Girl."
Ling Zhen felt a complex mix of emotions. She chose not to think about why Su Li had appeared there, armed with a hammer and a fruit knife.
She only knew that at a moment when most girls would have been scared and run away, Su Li had charged forward and saved her without a second thought.
Even though she herself was scared to death.
’She’s such a Silly Girl, but I like her.’
Ling Zhen looked at Su Li, then suddenly leaned in and planted a loud kiss on her cheek.
Su Li blinked, stunned, and touched her cheek. "Sister Ling Zhen, you..."
"Haha, you’re too cute!" Ling Zhen laughed and pinched Su Li’s cheek.
"I’m off now. Remember to come early for my wedding tomorrow."
With that, Ling Zhen ran back to her parents and Lu Zhijie and left.
Su Li: "..."
"Let’s go," said the police officer assigned to escort Su Li, holding back a laugh.
The next day, the bald man had not yet been caught, but Ling Zhen’s wedding was to proceed as scheduled.
Despite what had happened, the date had been chosen as an auspicious one long ago, and relatives and friends had already been notified, so it couldn’t be changed.
Ling Zhen had been plagued by nightmares after she fell asleep and hadn’t rested well after returning home the previous night, but she still pulled herself together the next day.
Su Li arrived early with Little Tang Mo and watched as Ling Zhen got ready in her wedding attire.
The bright red wedding dress was incredibly beautiful, and it even made Ling Zhen’s complexion look better.
The bride’s family held their main banquet in the morning, while the groom’s family would welcome the bride and hold their main banquet in the afternoon.
The dishes at the banquet weren’t overly fancy, but they were delicious and extremely plentiful. Su Li and Little Tang Mo ate with great enthusiasm.
The Ling Family’s home was filled with lively celebration.
But as time passed and the auspicious hour arrived, the groom had still not come to pick up his bride.
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