The murder of Zhu Langyin

"AhZhe, let's leave now, before uncle and auntie find out you're here", Yin Yue said anxiously, grabbing Zhu Minzhe's shoulder.

"Why must I hide from my own family?", Zhu Minzhe asked with a clear frustration on his face.

"Obviously, they think of you as a criminal now—", Yin Yue caught her tongue too late. She took a glance at Zhu Minzhe to see his reaction.

"Criminal?", Zhu Minzhe chuckled, "Why? Have I committed any crime?" Zhu Minzhe's hands turned into hard-stone fists, his knuckles sharpened.

"AhZhe…You've been charged as guilty in the murder of brother Yin", Yin Yue said reluctantly.

"What reasons do I have to kill my own brother?!", Zhu Minzhe retaliated.

"Your name was written in blood beside brother Yin's body, it's most likely to believe that he wrote it to point you out as the main suspect…", At this point, Yin Yue felt like there's something odd about it. If Zhu Langyin got shot multiple times, especially on the head, how would he have been able to write Zhu Minzhe's name with his blood then?

Adding on that, the writing didn't even match Zhu Langyin's penmanship, yet the officers disregarded it, saying that the victim wouldn't have had the time to write the characters well.

Before Zhu Minzhe could even reply, a crowd has started gathering up outside the gates, alarmed by the fire that's erupted inside the Zhu family household.

"Where to!?" Yin Yue said in panicked.

Zhu Minzhe hurriedly grabbed her arm and dragged her to the walls.

"Quick, climb!" Yin Yue shot glares at him. She was staring at a 7ft wall, she hasn't even sized half of it! The wall was dark and gold in color, it wasn't entirely a plain surface, its lower half was flat, about 1 meter tall, and its upper part were gold-colored poles that are equidistant from each other. Though it had openings, there are horizontal bars to ease it. It was impossible for an average-sized person to get through the gap.

"AhZhe, you idiot! This wall's too high for me to climb on, let me step on your back!" Yin Yue said.

"What? That'll dirty up my clothing." Zhu Minzhe didn't like the idea of being stepped on, as someone who's been raised in a wealthy family.

"Seriously?! Get on your knees, now!", Yin Yue pushed down Zhu Minzhe's shoulder, feeling his resistance, she pinched his thigh to get him down before quickly stepping on his back.

"That hurt!" Zhu Minzhe hissed at her. Being a convict is already enough, but to be stepped on by someone is on a different level for someone like him.

"Be a gentleman, AhZhe. You can't let a lady with unspeakable beauty be caught and jailed in a cold, unhygienic prison!" Yin Yue uttered while struggling on finding a firm hold over the wall.

"Truly, it is unspeakable. Because there's nothing much to say about your stupid face!" At least an insult could ease his miserable state right now. However, it wasn't much of a good idea either.

"Is that so?" Yin Yue pouted, "Hmm. I just couldn't reach the top of the wall, what should I do?" Yin Yue started acting childish, pointing her finger over her pouted lips.

"Oh! Maybe jumping would do the trick!" She squatted before jumping and landing full force on Zhu Minzhe's back, making a horrifying crack sound. Her weight topped on the overall impact, if she would do another, then Zhu Minzhe would be paralyzed.

"Yin Yue, you pig! You're gonna break my spine!" Zhu Minzhe could feel his spine bending. Both his hands and knees started to sink into the soil due to the weight pressured against his back.

"I can't find any firm grip. You've got to let me sit on your shoulders!" Yin Yue suggested.

'Sit on my what now?' If Zhu Minzhe can't even bear the weight on his back, what more on his shoulders? It'd be a miracle if he'd still be able to stand erect after all this.

"My arms would split from my torsos!" Still, Yin Yue insisted on the idea.

"I'd break them off from you if don't do it, now!" It took a few more arguments before Yin Yue finally got Zhu Minzhe to agree, obey rather.

Halfway through, the sound of siren caught up to them. Due to adrenaline rush, Yin Yue foot slipped over the edge of the wall, hitting Zhu Minzhe's face flat.

"Are you okay?" Her look of concern only made his blood boil. He rubbed his nose vigorously before climbing over the wall effortlessly. "You could kill someone one of these days, even your kick could comatose a person." Yin Yue put the matter aside to see if anyone saw them.

She cast on her pink hoodie with bunny ears and sticked her hands inside the pouch. She peered over the edge of her hood to check on Zhu Minzhe. He looked very depressing as if an entire cloud of misery had taken over his visage.

Yin Yue reached out her hand over Zhu Minzhe's shoulder, caressing it comfortingly. She inserted a little bit of force to pull him out of the scene. Only then, Zhu Minzhe turned his look away from the tree, "Burning the tree was a bad idea. I've only given them more reason to hate me." He tucked his hands inside his pockets and bent down his head before walking ahead of her.