Chapter 25 Section 6

"During the day, we found your wife lying in the woods." The old woman took Naomi's hand, only to see that her wrist was wrapped in a bandage, presumably from a suicide attempt. "She told us that although there is no way to prevent us from reporting this matter to the police, please listen to her explanation first. From this, we learned the whole story. We deeply sympathize with and understand the unfortunate experience of our daughter. Why do you have doubts about your wife." The old man said from the side.At this moment, I just realized that Naomi was probably already in their room when I was talking to the old man just now.

I shook my head. "You're right, it was indeed my mistake." "Misunderstandings happen frequently, so don't worry about it. But last night, you didn't make a move in the end, which is really great." After hearing this, I was ashamed.What a stupid crime he had nearly committed! I wanted to strangle Shangmei to death last night, but I couldn't. The reason why I stopped was not out of trust in her, but because I was afraid of being charged with murder. "Aren't you going to kill me?" Seeing that I stopped, Shangmei asked back, I was speechless.

Early this morning, Shangmei went out alone, presumably because staying with me was too painful.At that time, she might have thought of committing suicide. If the old couple hadn't discovered her in time, the consequences would have been disastrous. "I'm really sorry for you." I bowed my head and apologized to Naomi: "I don't expect you to forgive me, but I just want you to tell me one thing: You turned off the engine of the car, right?" She still looked at a loss, but she also knew that she could no longer hide it, so she nodded as if she made up her mind.

"Yes, I closed it." "Sure enough. And in order to cover up this behavior, you deliberately turned the fireplace..." I closed my eyes and couldn't speak anymore. It's all my fault.As it was unseasonably cold that morning, I started the car engine early, thinking it would be safer to warm it up before heading out.With the engine running, I went to the convenience store to buy a tape. However, the robbery accident caused me to return home late.During this period, the exhaust gas from the car entered the home along the stairs, and gradually filled the entire corridor, where Hongzi must have been sleeping soundly.The child is always like this in the morning.

I can easily imagine Chaomi coming to my house.Seeing Hiroko passed out in the car exhaust, Naomi realized the reason and wanted to help me cover up this blunder.It was she who filled the kerosene tank, creating the illusion that Hiroko died of poisoning due to insufficient combustion in the fireplace.As for the perjury, it was naturally to prevent the truth from being exposed. I didn't realize that I was the real culprit who killed Hiroko. Instead, I became suspicious of Naomi who was trying to protect me, and even almost killed her for it!How sad and lamentable this is. The knees suddenly lost strength, and I went limp for a while, drooping my head, tears dripping down on the floor.Regret and self-blame seemed to overwhelm the whole body.

Someone touched my shoulder, and when I looked up, Naomi was frowning in pain. "The truth... I can't say it, I don't want to see you suffer." As she spoke, her face twisted, and she suppressed her grief and smiled and said, "Don't kill me again in the future." "Shangmei..." "Next," said the old man behind us, "how about the four of us going out to have dinner together? Tonight we'll be the hostess. This is the night of the rebirth of you two young people, and it's worth celebrating! " Naomi held out her hand to me, and I stood up unsteadily.