A Vengeful Bride novel Chapter 70

"I'm sorry, Betty, I can't... 11 Edward put his arms around Betty's waist and whispered to her. Because his voice was low, I couldn't hear it very clearly.

I looked at Edward who was holding Betty in his arms, turned around with a cold face.

"Creak." At this time, the door of the operating room was opened.

I walked towards the doctor and asked nervously, "Doctor, how is Grandpa?"

Please, you must be fine. You have to be fine.

After giving me a deep look, the doctor turned his gaze to Edward and said, "G.M.Xi, we are very sorry, Gramps Xi... has already..."

"Grandpa..." "Dad..." Betty and Edward's mother exclaimed and ran to the operating room.

After taking a few steps back, I sat down on the ground.

"Ashley." Edward reached out his hand and held me.

"Edward... Is grandpa dead?" I stared at him in a daze as I spoke in a hoarse voice.

He didn't say anything and just pulled me up from the ground.

"Is grandpa dead? Grandpa is dead." I repeated to myself. Then, I pounded Edward's chest with my fists, biting down on his shoulder crazily.

"How could he die? I saw him this morning. Grandpa was in good spirits. How could he die? I must be dreaming, right? Edward, I'm in a dream, right?"

"Ashley, calm down." Edward grabbed my wrist and called out my name with a deep gaze.

"Calm down? How can I calm down? Tell me, how can I calm down?" I shouted at him with tears.

He didn't say a single word. He held my waist, forcing me to calm down.

"Edward, let's take grandpa back to the ward." Betty walked to Edward with tears in her eyes, grabbed his hand, and said.

"Go back to the villa and wait for me." Edward let go of me and said to me in a low voice.

He, Betty, and his mother took grandpa's body back to the ward.

With tears in my eyes, I watched Gramps Xi's body lying on the hospital bed and being taken away. I wanted to talk to him, but I was not qualified, because I was no longer a member of the Xis, and I was not qualified to touch him.

Why did he die?

Grandpa...

"Are you Miss Mu?" I walked to the elevator in a daze, and two men in police uniforms came out of the elevator.

I looked at the police officer's cards in their hands and nodded gently.

I didn't know why the police came to me.

One of the policemen with freckles on his face explained to me, "For the sudden death of Gramps Xi, we want you to offer help in the investigation."

Why did they want me to offer help in the investigation?"

"Because someone saw that you came to see him in the morning, didn't you?"

"Yes, I came to visit grandpa this morning." I bit my lips to suppress the sadness in my heart and said faintly.

"After you left, Gramps Xi had a heart failure, so we suspect that this was a murder incident. Please go back and assist us in the investigation."

"Are you suspecting that I killed grandpa?" The freckled police officer's words made my heart skip a beat.

"We just need you to assist in the investigation. If you didn't do it, we will not wrong you." The freckled police officer glanced at me and said faintly.

I took a deep breath and nodded. "Okay, I'll go back with you to investigate."

How did grandpa die? I must investigate it thoroughly and I would never let go of the person who killed him.

I had been brought to the interrogation room of the police station. They asked me a lot of questions. I told them in detail that I just came to chat with him, and it was grandpa who called me. The call record on my mobile phone could prove what I said.

After interrogating me for an hour, they asked me to stay in the detention room. I sat on the cold bed and clenched my fists, tears flowed out without any foreboding.

Grandpa...

I remembered that he had said to me gently in the morning that he wanted me to be happy with Edward. But then he died.

Why was it so cruel? Why...

"Ashley, we need to continue interrogating you." Just as I was about to fall asleep from crying, someone pushed me awake. The freckled police officer came in and said to me.

I had been so tired since I knew grandpa's death. My mind was still in a state of dizziness after being asked so many questions.

I was taken back to the interrogation room again.

The police threw a document on the table and said to me with a cold face, "Do you think I'm slandering you now? It's clearly written on the document that if the Gramps Xi dies, the shares will completely belong to you. That is to say, if he is still alive, you can't get these shares. All you need to do is to kill him and get these shares."

What was he talking about?"

I didn't know it at all that these shares wouldn't belong to me until grandpa died.

"Miss Mu, it doesn't matter if you don't admit. We have a lot of ways to make you admit."

After the police finished speaking, they asked someone to take me away.

I got up from my chair in a daze and was taken back to the detention room.

I hugged my body and sat on the floor. Looking at the darkroom around me, I smiled bitterly and felt helpless.

I had no idea how all this happened, and I didn't know who wanted to incriminate me. The only thing I could be sure of was that this person wanted to destroy me.

However, who exactly was this person?

I didn't know. I could only argue on the basis of reason to prove my innocence.

"Thank you."

"You only have ten minutes. Please don't make it hard for me."

"Okay."

Just as I was about to fall asleep in a daze, I heard a voice coming from the door. It seemed to be the voice of Richard.

I narrowed my eyes and saw Richard standing stand in front of me with his back to the light. When he saw me, he immediately went forward and hugged me.

I was scared by his sudden action and looked blankly at him who was hugging me.

"Did they make things difficult for you?" Richard felt that his actions were a little inappropriate. He let go of me awkwardly and then looked at me and said.

I came to sense and shook my head at him. With a wry smile, I said, "No, they didn't make things difficult for me. However, they have a lot of evidence. They said that I was the one who killed grandpa."

"Don't be afraid. I'm looking for evidence. I'll save you."

"Thank you, Richard." I gratefully looked at him. He always helped me when I was in need. I really appreciated him.

Richard touched my hair and said seriously, "However, it was hard, because the police have a lot of disadvantageous evidence to you. Try to recall, what happened at that time?"