The video was shot from a top-down angle,

clearly recording:

On March 8, 2022, I left home with an umbrella,

Sun Jianping and I entered the warehouse next to my house sneakily,

For the next hour, no one else appeared on the screen,

only the sound of rain and booming thunder could be heard.

Sun Jianping came out of the warehouse, adjusting his pants, wiping his face with a tissue, and quickly entering the elevator.

I came out of the warehouse, hesitated at the door for over ten seconds, and took the elevator downstairs.

Seeing this part in the video, Xiaozhang looked a bit annoyed at me and smiled, saying,

"Ms. Song, did you not expect your neighbor across the street to have installed surveillance at the doorway?"

"Humph!" I suppressed my guilt and anger,

"I didn't expect you guys to have such great resources, being able to get the surveillance video from the crazy neighbor across the street."

"Didn't I already inform you to cooperate with our investigation and not to lie? After all, our insurance company evaluates at least 300 accidental death/disability cases on average every day, so some necessary investigations are essential."

Xiaozhang confidently said to me,

"In other words, lying in front of our accident insurance appraiser is akin to courting death."

The few sentences Xiaozhang said afterward didn't even register in my ears,

because a huge prayer drowned out his voice in my heart.

I prayed for the video to end here,

I prayed that the neighbor's surveillance also conveniently shut down that afternoon.

To avoid Xiaozhang seeing my inner turmoil,

I lit up another cigarette,

"Lying, quite funny, doesn't this video just prove that everything I said was true?"

Xiaozhang's mouth slightly curved up, looking at me as if looking at a child who made a mistake but still insisted,

"Ms. Song, don't rush, the most interesting part of the video hasn't come yet."

Xiaozhang tapped on his phone, and the video continued:

The elevator door opened, and I walked out,

looked around, hurriedly walked towards the door, took out the keys, and entered the house.

I came out of the house, wiping away tears, rushing into the elevator.

Afterward, the next time I appeared was when I returned home from work.

Xiaozhang looked at me, eyes sparkling,

"Ms. Song, could you explain number one: when you had clearly left home, why did you come back; number two: during the half hour before returning home, what did you do specifically?"

Listening to Xiaozhang's sharp questions like a dagger,

I felt my heart beating rapidly like rapid drumbeat, as if my heart would burst out of my chest the next second.

Xiaozhang saw me just smoking in silence, not saying anything, and said,

"Ms. Song, I suggest you be honest with me. After all, this video hasn't reached the police yet. If you don't explain it to me, you'll end up explaining it at the police station."

I stubbed out the cigarette, blew away the smoke in front of me,

After the smoke cleared, on the wall were photos of our family of three,

In the photo, my husband was looking at me with a mischievous face, seemingly saying, "Just tell the truth, can you dare to face it?"

I could only sigh helplessly in my heart: "If I had a choice, how could I do such a foolish thing."

*Cough* I cleared my throat,

"As seen in the video, that afternoon, I did indeed come home twice. Once as mentioned earlier, to rendezvous with Sun Jianping in the warehouse, the second time...”

I sighed,

“The second time I came back, I said I was worried that there was a thief in the house, do you believe it?" I looked at Xiaozhang,

Xiaozhang still had that standard smile on his face, but his eyes were filled with doubt.