Who Made Him a Lawyer?-Chapter 58 - 54: So-Called ’Shared Wife

August 17.

Sun Quan has been captured.

On August 16, at 11:11 in the deep mountains of Sui Shan, he was arrested by the police.

After comparing the injuries on the corpse in the hut and the surveillance footage from Hanhai City, it was finally confirmed that the suspect previously speculated turned out to be Sun Quan!

On the same day, the police also brought another piece of news.

The person who was seriously injured by Sun Quan died; the doctors could not save him.

As for Sun Qian, her mental state is still unclear at the moment.

Xu Liang made a preliminary diagnosis, ultimately determining it as ’severe,’ but fortunately, it does not pose a threat to her life.

After three more days of gathering evidence, finally, when Sun Quan regained consciousness, the police took him back to Hanhai City.

...

August 21.

Police cars drove out of the highway, heading towards the Hongfu District Criminal Police Brigade.

At half-past nine in the morning.

The cars stopped steadily at the police station.

"Bang!"

The car doors opened, and weary figures stepped out of the vehicles.

Police officers who had been waiting for a long time came forward to carry out handover tasks. Their tense nerves relaxed, and all officers felt waves of exhaustion.

Xu Liang could not avoid this either.

For the past two days, he has played both father and mother roles, observing Sun Quan and diagnosing Sun Qian.

Driving back last night, he also temporarily acted as a driver, driving for several hours!

Until now, he hadn’t eaten anything. It was fine while staying in the car, but once he got out, he felt utterly exhausted...

As he was thinking about where to grab a bite.

A rich aroma of food wafted into his nostrils in a trance.

Turning his head, he saw Yang Ruoxi holding several lunchboxes not far away.

Seeing Xu Liang and the others, her eyes brightened up, and she quickly came over.

"How’s it going, how is he now!?"

Yang Ruoxi looked around, distributing the lunchboxes to Xu Liang, Chen Changchun, and others at the same time.

"Sun Quan is quite lucky; though his injuries had fatal risks, they weren’t deadly."

"He has been escorted to the city bureau, and Sun Qian has also been rescued, but there are still two corpses in Sui Shan."

Xu Liang explained.

While he was talking, Yang Ruoxi had already distributed the lunchboxes to several acquaintances.

"That’s good..." Yang Ruoxi sighed in relief.

Seeing this, Xu Liang lowered his head to open his lunchbox.

As soon as the lid was opened, the steam and aroma rushed towards him.

Instantly, the hunger pangs in his stomach took over his mind, and he couldn’t stop swallowing.

"Thoughtful." Xu Liang remarked, then started eating without hesitation.

Upon hearing this.

Yang Ruoxi’s mouth corner slightly lifted but was suppressed, bearing the inner joy, she said distractedly:

"I brought these for my brother."

"I didn’t think whether you’d be hungry or not; it was just a coincidence... don’t overthink it, definitely don’t overthink."

Xu Liang nodded, not rebutting, sitting on the steps eating quietly.

Next to him, a famished Wang Chao looked around and got a bit anxious.

"Sis, wasn’t it meant for me!?"

"Why don’t I have one, I have nothing to eat!"

Wasn’t it said that she brought the food for him!? Everyone else had one, but why didn’t he!?

"You eat too much, I can’t bring that much for you alone, just go outside and grab something." Yang Ruoxi replied. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

After saying that, she took out a hundred and handed it to Wang Chao.

"I want food, not money!" Wang Chao grumbled.

Yang Ruoxi took out two hundred.

"You’re insulting me!" Wang Chao said angrily.

Yang Ruoxi handed over three hundred.

"Thanks, sis." Wang Chao beamed, took the money, and ran outside.

Getting rid of this trouble.

Yang Ruoxi sat on the steps next to Xu Liang, wanting to say something, but she didn’t rush, quietly waiting for him to finish eating.

After a long time.

"Whew~"

"Feel alive again!"

Feeling the fullness in his belly, Xu Liang regained his spirits.

Seeing this, Yang Ruoxi promptly spoke, urgently:

"That... I heard Sun Qian’s mental state isn’t great, what’s going on?"

"Did the buyers who traded her abuse her!?"

Sun Qian’s mental state...

Xu Liang’s heart sank, he said:

"Do you know what ’shared wife’ means?"

"Shared wife?"

Yang Ruoxi paused, feeling the term rather novel.

"Shared wife, you can think of it as the wife of several men."

Xu Liang slowly started to explain.

This is literally what it says, a shared wife.

While unethical, it does truly exist in some remote areas.

Two brothers sharing the same woman as a wife.

Of course, there is another form.

In earlier years, when families were poor, if the men at home were bedridden sick, unable to support the family, the wife might find another man to integrate into the household, living as a trio.

"Sun Qian is in this situation."

"But she’s not a wife, rather a ’tool,’ a tool less than cattle and horses."

Xu Liang explained.

"The key point is, there are plenty who can’t marry in Sui Shan, and for the family who bought Sun Qian, she’s merely a tool, so..."

Listening to his explanation.

Yang Ruoxi became increasingly shocked and eventually fell silent.

She didn’t know what to say at that moment and just clenched her hands, her eyes revealing deep sorrow.

Xu Liang temporarily had no time to console her.

Instead, he turned to watch Chen Changchun, who had just finished eating and was preparing to pay Yang Ruoxi.

"Captain Chen, could you arrange a meeting for me with Sun Quan?" Xu Liang asked.

Chen Changchun paused, not refusing.

"Sure, have Liu Jin go with you to the city bureau... you can go anytime."

The counterpart had greatly contributed to the case, so there was no reason not to meet this small request.

Upon hearing this.

Xu Liang didn’t hesitate much, immediately dismissing the idea of resting, and he took Liu Jin, who had just finished eating, to get on the police car.

Before leaving, Xu Liang suddenly asked Yang Ruoxi.

"Were Sun Quan’s family members found?"

Sun Quan still has his parents, but after Sun Qian was kidnapped 13 years ago, they lost contact.

Yang Ruoxi nodded, "I asked a friend at the newspaper to inquire, they found some clues."

"Good."

Xu Liang nodded, then drove to the Hanhai City city bureau.

These past two days, the city bureau was quite busy too.

Foremost, there was the evidence collected by the police, that list from the Zhou Family used for self-protection.

Nearly a hundred names!

Each name represents a case of trafficking...

The police couldn’t ignore this, so Du Tao directly issued an order for a thorough investigation within a month!

But this was challenging for the grassroots officers.

At ten o’clock.

Xu Liang and Liu Jin drove into the city bureau.

After the police at the city bureau verified their identity and got confirmation from Chen Changchun.

Finally, they brought the frail Sun Quan into the interrogation room.

Sun Quan looked somewhat pale at the moment, but his demeanor showed a distinct change.

After regaining consciousness, the police conducted a rational interrogation, unlike Chen Dong’s silence, Sun Quan seemed to say whatever he knew without a bit of non-cooperation.

Compared to his usual taciturn nature, it was almost as if he had become a different person!

However...

Inside the interrogation room.

Seeing the youthful face of the person across, unlike the usual police, Sun Quan paused.

And in the next second.

Xu Liang’s words made his pupils contract, his muscles tense!

"You killed the wrong person."

On the chair, Xu Liang calmly looked at Sun Quan staring him down, he continued:

"The one who kidnapped Sun Qian was not Zhou Xu."

Not Zhou Xu...

Could it be the real perpetrator is still at large!?

"Clang~!"

The chain made a crisp sound as Sun Quan tightened it, his throat rumbled.

"Who..."

Xu Liang didn’t answer, only gave him a faint look.

"Sixty thousand."

Si... Sixty thousand?

Sun Quan was taken aback.

"Sixty thousand..."

"I’ll give you an answer."