"Murder? Young man, when you speak, you should provide evidence. If I really murdered my husband, the person sitting across from me should be the police, not you." I said coldly.

Xiao Zhang raised an eyebrow,

"Indeed, we have not found any evidence to prove that Mrs. Song intentionally killed someone, but..."

Xiao Zhang intentionally dragged out the word "but" for a long time,

My right eyelid involuntarily twitched.

"However, if we can prove that you did not try to save your husband's life, then his death was not an accident. For our insurance company, that would be enough."

"If you have evidence, then show it. There's no need for so much nonsense." I rolled my eyes at Xiao Zhang.

Xiao Zhang took out the recording pen again,

A rough, hoarse voice could be heard from inside:

"Our renovation team was installing flooring on the 11th floor of this building on March 8, 2022. Around three o'clock in the afternoon, some workers heard shouting from downstairs, but they couldn't make out what was being said clearly. The shouting was accompanied by the sound of impacts, quite loud. At the time, we thought someone downstairs was annoyed by the noise we were making, so we installed some vibration mitigating equipment and stopped working. It wasn't until around four forty that there was no more noise from downstairs..."

Xiao Zhang pressed the pause button on the recording pen.

"Mrs. Song, please explain. How is it that someone on the 11th floor could hear the sound of your husband hitting the wooden box before he died, but in your description, you said it was his phone vibrating?"

Xiao Zhang wore a smug smile,

"You're not going to tell me that at that moment, you also temporarily lost your hearing like your son, right?"

Seeing Xiao Zhang squinting at me,

I knew that continuing to argue was pointless.

"I admit that when I came home the second time, I did hear some noises coming from the study, but so what?"

Xiao Zhang slapped his thigh,

"It's good that you admit it. So, you heard your husband calling for help, but you chose to ignore it, am I right?"

Seeing that I didn't refute, Xiao Zhang continued,

"Perhaps you are not aware that according to our country's laws, having a defined duty due to a special relationship, such as a marriage, choosing to ignore a call for help is considered intentional murder. Do you understand?"

Seeing that I remained indifferent,

Xiao Zhang put on his trademark smile,

Expressing his thanks to me, he got up to leave.

Just as he was about to open the door, I suddenly spoke,

"What if I told you that my husband and I had already divorced a week before his accidental death?"

Xiao Zhang froze in place, slowly turned around,

"What did you say? Please say that again."

"I said I admit that I did hear my husband calling for help that day, but at that time we were just strangers passing by. Choosing not to help was at most unethical, but not illegal."

I took out the divorce agreement signed by both of us and the finalized divorce certificate,

Xiao Zhang carefully examined them, not only took my consent to take a photo, but also asked me for a cigarette.

After a brief discussion with his colleagues from the insurance company over the phone,

Xiao Zhang took a deep drag of his cigarette,

A sense of defeat permeated from him.

Seeing him to the elevator door, I thought that this investigation was finally coming to an end,

But Xiao Zhang's final request made me break out in a cold sweat.

"By the way, Mrs. Song, could you show me the wooden box where your husband had the accident? The insurance company needs to take photos of it for record-keeping, so that we can process your compensation as soon as possible."

I swallowed hard, "There's really no need for photographs."

Xiao Zhang sensed my hesitation and immediately became interested,

"If we can't take photos, then I can't guarantee that the compensation for your husband will be paid out smoothly."

"Ding," the elevator door opened,

I really wanted to take the elevator and escape,

That wooden box could not be shown to Xiao Zhang,

But I had no excuse to stop him,

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