Chapter 25 When Will the Bonus Be Paid

"You are spreading rumors! None of that ever happened, stop talking nonsense here!" Meng Shan roared with reddened eyes.

Zhang Xiaorui couldn't be bothered to entertain him. She took a sip of water and continued:

"Manman's cries echoed inside the air-raid shelter, yet you felt a twisted sense of pleasure. Your heart grew colder and colder, and your actions became increasingly cruel, until Manman no longer had the strength to make a sound.

That was the first time you took a person's life, and Manman's life remained frozen in those innocent childhood years. You stood there, watching her small body lying on the ground, feeling not a shred of remorse, only endless emptiness and numbness.

Afterward, you took a delicate ornament from Manman's head, and this ornament became a souvenir of your crime. You hid it along with other 'trophies' in a drawer in your hometown room.

These items became witnesses to your dark history. Every time you looked at them, you would recall that terrifying night and the unforgivable crimes you committed."

"You little brat, spreading rumors here! It's all slander! I have no grudges against you, why are you slandering me like this? Why on earth are you doing this?

You bitch! Bitch! Police, you have to uphold justice for me! My reputation has been completely ruined by this little brat, I won't accept this! I won't!"

Zhang Xiaorui rolled her eyes at him. "Are you feeling guilty now? Don't think that putting on this aggrieved act can cover up your black heart. Don't rush, the crimes you've committed don't stop there. Shall I, out of the goodness of my heart, flip through a few more pages for you?"

Meng Shan panicked, his entire body trembling uncontrollably like a sifter.

"It's all slander and defamation! I'll sue you, I'll sue you! Police, you can't just stand by and watch her spout groundless lies to slander me!"

Zhang Xiaorui acted as if nothing was amiss; she was completely unaffected by Meng Shan's words. She still wore a smile, though to Meng Shan, that smile looked like the grin of a demon.

"Although you've been hiding in this house for many days, on the surface, you're a wanted criminal who never steps outside. Yet, just the night before yesterday, when you went out to buy daily necessities, as you came out of the supermarket and passed a small alley, you saw an eighteen-year-old girl and immediately assaulted her.

When the girl refused, you knocked her unconscious and dragged her into this room. As for what happened next, even if I don't say it, ladies and gentlemen, you probably already know. The girl's corpse is right there in the basement's refrigerator."

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Meng Shan rolled his eyes and passed out cold on the spot. Lin Yong turned to the young police officer beside him and said, "You two go down to the basement and take a look."

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