My brother and his wife were known throughout the community as the perfect couple. They even waited ten years to have children, just for me. My parents died when I was eight. They took me in without hesitation, raised me, and put me through school. To give me peace of mind, they even swore in front of my parents' grave that they wouldn't consider having children until I got into college. But on the day I graduated from college, on my nephew's third birthday, I kicked him into a raging river. His body was never found. I also threw my six-month-old niece from a high-rise balcony. As for the brother and sister-in-law who treated me like the apple of their eye? I poisoned their dinner and watched coldly as they ate it. My sister-in-law survived by a thread because she ate less and was rushed to the hospital by a neighbor. My brother died on the way to the emergency room. The neighbors stared at me like I was a monster, cursing me for having no conscience. I remained unmoved, quietly waiting for the police to arrive. 1 The screams rising one after another sounded particularly piercing in the quiet night. Mrs. Higgins, the next-door neighbor, was the first to rush in. She let out a shriek when she saw my brother and sister-in-law lying on the floor. Simultaneously, the approaching sirens pierced the night sky. "Nora! What did you do to them?" Mrs. Higgins' hand trembled as she pointed at me, then threw herself onto my sister-in-law. "Hold on, the ambulance is coming!" Other neighbors rushed over upon hearing the news, blocking the doorway, pointing fingers at me. Two police officers pushed through the crowd and walked in, seeing the two people lying on the floor. "You did this? They are your family, why would you do this?" My expression didn't change as I admitted it directly: "That's right, I killed them." Hearing this, the neighbors' faces changed, looking at me with horror. Someone couldn't control their emotions and questioned me: "Why on earth would you do this! After your parents died, David and Sarah took you into their home. Afraid you'd feel mistreated, they refused to have children for ten years after getting married." "When you first arrived, you fell seriously ill. Your sister-in-law worried the hospital food wasn't nutritious enough, so she ran home three times a day to cook and make soup for you. I can't believe they raised an ungrateful wretch like you who bites the hand that feeds her." As I was taken away by the police, the neighbors gathered at the door spat at me, calling me a murderer, an animal. In the interrogation room, the young officer slammed the table for the fiftieth time. He asked angrily: "Why did you kill them?" "I already told you, to set them free~" Seeing me give the same answer, he grabbed the taser beside him and rushed up to me. "Starting when you were eight, your brother and sister-in-law raised you and put you through school. Did all your education go to the dogs? They were your family, your benefactors, how could you be so cruel?" "Your niece was only six months old, she didn't even get a chance to see this beautiful world~" I leaned back in the chair indifferently, smiling at him. "That's exactly why I sent the whole family on their way together. Consider it repaying them." "Besides, what's there to see in this world? Dying early means reincarnating early, isn't that better!" "How can you still smile after hurting such small children!" Just as the taser was about to touch me, the older detective beside him stopped him. "Your brother had stomach cancer, but to pay for your tuition, he never went to the hospital once!" I was a bit surprised, looking innocent. "I didn't know that. But it doesn't matter, everyone dies eventually. Isn't it better to be free from pain sooner?" "And your nephew, he had congenital heart disease. To save money, your brother and sister-in-law didn't take him for surgery!" I remained unmoved, "I didn't decide that either? Besides, heart disease can't be cured, why spend the money~" He was so angry he raised the taser high, glaring at me. "Don't do anything rash." Clang! He threw the taser violently. Just as he was about to walk out the door, I suddenly spoke. "Do you really want to know the reason?" He turned around suddenly, looking at me and nodding. "I want some walnut cookies from Joe's Bakery!" "You're playing me!" The young officer's anticipation instantly turned into rage. "I can't interrogate her, this person is impossible!" Bang! He slammed the door and left. Well, that was easy. Young people really have a temper. 2 The next day, the young officer was replaced. He held a box of walnut cookies from Joe's Bakery and handed it over. "Bought these for you." I looked up at him, a little surprised. It was my college classmate. "Long time no see, Nora!" I didn't expect him to start working here right after graduation. And I was the prisoner he was interrogating. "Ethan, congratulations, you have a bright future ahead~" The old detective saw we knew each other and stayed silent on the side. "Can you tell me why?" His tone was as gentle as ever. I looked at him and the walnut cookies in front of me, lost in thought. He was the sunshine of our class, an existence I could never reach. On my way back to the dorm from a part-time job in college, I was stopped by two thugs. He was the one who passed by and saved me. He also helped me out of trouble many times. He was one of my few friends in college. "I don't want walnut cookies anymore~ I want the spicy soup from the place at the crossroads!" "I'll go buy it!" Watching Ethan leave, the old detective spoke. "You went to the same university as him, why destroy your future like this?" His eyes were full of pity. "Everyone dies, sooner or later~" But he refused to give up, staring at me with sharp eyes: "Every action has a consequence. If you confess honestly, maybe you can get a reduced sentence!" "Reduced sentence?" I couldn't help but sneer: "Intentional homicide? Reduced sentence? Do you take me for a fool?" The room suddenly became very quiet. Ethan returned half an hour later. Looking at the steaming spicy soup, I took a sip. Pfft. I pushed it forward, "I don't want to drink it anymore." "What do you want to eat? I'll go buy it for you!" Ethan gently wiped up the spilled soup and cleaned up. I listed several snacks in a row, and Ethan walked out without hesitation. When he returned, besides the snacks in his hand, there was someone following him. My college roommate, Mia. Seeing me, her tears immediately flowed. Still such a crybaby. "Nora, you are not this kind of person at all! I don't believe you would kill anyone, let alone your brother's entire family of four." She hugged me, crying uncontrollably. "Tell them quickly, there must be a hidden story here, right!" I stared at the old detective behind them. "Since you could call her over, you've investigated me thoroughly?" "But I still say the same thing, killing them was to set them free. After all, dying sooner or later is the same, and it saves social resources~" I raised my hand and gently patted Mia. "Stop crying, you won't be pretty if you keep crying like this!" Her face was pale, gripping my hand tightly. "I don't believe it, you are not this kind of person!" "The facts are what they are, believe it or not." 3 Mia took out her phone and held it out to me. "This is when we came back from part-time jobs, you said you wanted to earn money to treat your nephew's illness, and wanted to take your brother's family to the beach." "And every month you bought lots of toys to send home. Not only that, but you also sent all the money you earned from part-time jobs to your brother and sister-in-law." "I saw your love for them with my own eyes... You wouldn't do this? Right!" Her phone played the future she and I had imagined together. I was stunned, then closed my eyes and stopped talking. Before Mia left, she cried and begged me to speak up. "Your case is heinous, public opinion is huge, everyone is applying pressure..." Watching Mia leave, I let out a long sigh of relief. "You win, I'm willing to tell the truth. But before I speak, I want to see my sister-in-law." The old detective immediately went to arrange it. I saw my sister-in-law again in the hospital. Although she survived, the multi-organ failure was irreversible. She was currently confined to a wheelchair. Seeing me, she launched into a tirade of abuse. "All these years, even a dog would know to wag its tail at me. But raising you for over ten years, we raised a murderer!" She coughed violently in agitation, instantly attracting a crowd of onlookers. Seeing the crowd, she seemed to open the floodgates. "To put you through school, we didn't dare ask for leave even when sick, still insisting on working. Afraid you'd be bullied at school, we picked you up and dropped you off every day from elementary school to high school, rain or shine!" The crowd gasped, "Pick up and drop off even in high school? They really cherished her!" Ignoring the crowd, Sarah continued. "When you were a sophomore in high school, to help you drive away that thug, your brother was stabbed by him and lay in the hospital for a month!" The crowd looked at me as if they wanted to swallow me alive. I stood calmly in place, continuing to listen to her. "Since your nephew was born, afraid you'd be unhappy, we specially moved to a rental near your university." "Your brother even said he'd buy you a car for your birthday!" "But you didn't even spare a six-month-old baby, you actually threw her off the balcony!" After saying all this in one breath, Sarah couldn't help but cry loudly. The crowd pointed at me. "Such a good brother and sister-in-law, to raise such an ungrateful sister!" Someone spat at me. "Pah, why don't you die! Truly a scourge that lasts a thousand years!" For a moment, I was hated by the onlookers. If not for the police blocking them, I probably would have been drowned in the crowd's spit. 4 Seeing me standing opposite, showing no sign of admitting my mistake. An old man walked out of the crowd and strode up to me. He raised his cane and hit me. "I'm not afraid of going to jail, I'm this old anyway. An animal like you deserves to be beaten to death!" Saying that, he hit me harder. Thump thump, hitting my body. I looked at him with an unchanged expression. I hadn't done anything to him, but because of Sarah's words, I took this beating. The police didn't dare be rough because of the old man, only persuading from the side. He was creeped out by my stare, grunted, and walked away. Sarah cried even louder. "Your nephew looked forward to your return every day, I didn't expect you, heartless wretch, to throw him into the river, leaving no bones~" "Beat her to death, beat her to death, such an animal is a waste of resources alive." The hospital security hurried over and barely stopped the angry crowd. Sarah cried uncontrollably, two older women next to her went to comfort her. "My husband was your own brother. When your parents died, other relatives didn't want to care. We took you home and cherished you for more than ten years." "If there was anything good at home, it was all for you. It was the same after your nephew and niece were born, how could you be so ruthless?" Thinking of my brother's tragic death, she looked at me with vicious eyes. The older woman next to her spat at me. "You really are a demon! To hurt your closest kin~ People like you must die." "Yes, people like this must die." The police standing next to me looked at the crowd nervously. Afraid that the next second they would rush up and tear me apart. In this tense atmosphere, I suddenly laughed out loud. "Sarah, your ability to talk nonsense is still so amazing!" Sarah's face turned pale, she stopped crying and asked me back. "Did you poison our food?" I nodded and admitted: "It was me." "The facts are right in front of us, where did I talk nonsense? I didn't expect you to treat us like this. If I had known... we shouldn't have brought you home in the first place." She sighed deeply, her tone resentful. Someone came up and grabbed my hair, pressing me to the ground. Fortunately, Ethan reacted quickly and stopped it immediately, otherwise they would definitely have beaten me to death.
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