The on - looking military dependents also followed up one after another. However, before they could get close to the door, they were stopped by Comrade Policemen.
The room was only so big. If so many people rushed in all at once, how could the policemen investigate the case then?
Seeing that the "melon" (gossip) they were about to get was out of reach, everyone instantly became as anxious as the badgers in the melon field.
They were all scratching their hearts and lungs outside, jumping up and down.
The Comrade Policemen tried their best to persuade them, and finally managed to convince the crowd.
At this time, on the second floor.
At Jiang Si's signal, Huo Tingzhou removed the thin cloth wrapped around the mannequin.
The moment they saw the model, everyone gasped.
Even Xu Mingjuan couldn't help but sigh when she saw it.
It was so lifelike. No wonder Old Lei kept saying that it gave him a big scare when he came back just now.
Thinking of this, she subconsciously looked at Auntie Lei.
Coincidentally, Jiang Si was also observing Auntie Lei's reaction at this moment.
As she had expected.
When Auntie Lei saw this life - sized model, her pupils suddenly constricted.
The next second, she averted her face guiltily.
But at this point, avoidance was useless. Jiang Si caught all of her reactions.
Then she said, "Auntie, you said that Sister Xu fell down by herself. Could you please tell us how she fell?"
Auntie Lei's eyes flickered. "So much time has passed. How would I know how she fell? When I saw her, she was already rolling down the stairs."
"You're lying!"
Hu Meili snorted. "When we came here, the first thing you said was that Mingjuan accidentally missed a step and fell down the stairs."
Several other sisters also chimed in. "That's right. The four of us came together at that time, and those were exactly your words."
"Whatever you say then." Auntie Lei replied calmly.
After that, she even rolled her eyes at the sisters blatantly.
Her attitude really infuriated everyone.
If the Comrade Policemen weren't here, Hu Meili really wanted to slap her. This old hag never told the truth.
Jiang Si didn't show much of a reaction. "Since Auntie said it was because of missing a step, then let's go with what Auntie said. I guess Auntie can't remember how she missed the step, right?"
Before Auntie Lei could say a word, Jiang Si said with a smile, "It doesn't matter. The model is quite durable. We'll definitely convince you today, Auntie."
Then she went downstairs and said, "Okay, let's try the first type: tripping and falling forward."
Huo Tingzhou nodded, went up to fix an obstacle at the model's feet. With a push of his hand, the model immediately leaned forward and rolled down the stairs.
Jiang Si recorded the position of the fall and the location of the injuries.
Next, they successively tried the slipping and falling backward type, the fainting and falling sideways type, and finally the continuous rolling type.
After organizing all the information, Jiang Si looked at the sisters.
"Sisters, was the position where Sister Xu fell the same or similar to what you just saw?"
The sisters shook their heads. "No."
Auntie Lei didn't think it was a big deal. "What's so strange about that? Who says that everyone has to fall in the same position?"
"Auntie, don't be in a hurry. You'll understand later."
After saying that, Jiang Si looked at Xu Mingjuan. "Sister, push this model the way she pushed you back then."
"Okay."
Xu Mingjuan took a deep breath and slowly walked behind the model.
The push back then was very forceful. She didn't even have time to react and just fell head - first.
Because of this incident, she hadn't gone up to the second floor for five years.
Even now, just seeing the stairs would make her feel physically afraid.
Even with so many people standing beside her, her legs still couldn't help but tremble.
"Let me do it." Deputy Regiment Commander Lei stepped forward when he saw that she couldn't bring herself to push.
Xu Mingjuan turned around, with an unprecedentedly firm look in her eyes. "No, I'll do it myself."
With a forceful push, the model hit the staircase with a thud.
After several rolls, it finally landed on the first floor.
Before Jiang Si could ask a question, someone exclaimed in surprise, "Wasn't Sister Xu lying right here like this back then?"
"It's a bit similar, but the position of her hands was different. She was covering her stomach back then."
"Yes, I remember that too."
Jiang Si said, "The model is just a model. It can only restore part of the truth. It can't be like Sister Xu, who instinctively protected her child the moment she was hurt."
After her words, the room fell into a brief silence.
After a while, Jiang Si said, "One time doesn't prove anything. Let's continue."
Just like this, they repeated the fall seven or eight times.
The final positions of the model were astonishingly consistent with what Hu Meili and the others had seen on the day of the incident.
Jiang Si handed the recorded data to the Comrade Policemen.
"This is the approximate location of the wounds each time the model landed. From this, it's quite obvious that..."
"If it was an accidental fall, the wounds are mostly concentrated on the face, chest, knees, calves, or ankles."
"If it was a push from someone, the wounds are more concentrated on the back of the head, back, buttocks, or the back of the legs."
Since the model had been specially treated, all these could be clearly seen the moment it landed.
After that, Jiang Si added a few more words. "Before this, I specifically consulted a forensic doctor in the Capital City. According to her, if a person accidentally misses a step, their arms will instinctively grab for something."
"In this process, there will be serious abrasions or displaced fractures on the elbows and palms."
"If a person is pushed downstairs, there will be 'contrecoup' injuries. For example, if the back is pushed, there will be large - area contusions on the abdomen."
The Comrade Policemen took the notebook and glanced at it. The whole process of the case re - enactment was right in front of their eyes.
There was no possibility of fraud.
In addition, with the testimony of the forensic doctor and several witnesses, the credibility was very high.
Thinking of this, they looked at Auntie Lei. "The evidence is quite comprehensive now. What else do you have to say?"
Auntie Lei was so angry that she stammered. "You're just making a dummy fall around and saying that I pushed her. It's so ridiculous..."
"The ridiculous one is you."
Jiang Si interrupted her sharply. "People can lie, but the evidence won't!"
Auntie Lei still wanted to say something, but the words of the military doctor next completely confirmed what Jiang Si had said.
In front of everyone, the military doctor opened Xu Mingjuan's medical record.
Although it wasn't written very clearly in the record, from the medication and subsequent review records, it could be seen that the location of Xu Mingjuan's injuries was more in line with being pushed down the stairs.
If it weren't for this case re - enactment, it might have been very difficult to prove all this just based on the medical record.
But now, all the evidence was interlinked, and there was no use for Auntie Lei to keep arguing.
That afternoon, Auntie Lei was taken into custody and imprisoned, awaiting a decade - long labor - reform period.
Although Auntie Lei was arrested, many people witnessed the scene of her causing a ruckus in the family compound before she left.
There were various opinions in the family compound regarding this incident.
Some people cursed her and said that she shouldn't have caused the death of her own grandson for her own selfish interests.
Others thought she was pitiful. After all, she was already old. Going to the farm for ten years of labor reform at this age, she might well end up there.
Of course, there were also some people who thought Deputy Regiment Commander Lei and his wife were heartless.
However, people only dared to whisper these gossips in private.
Deputy Regiment Commander Lei and his wife didn't take these rumors to heart at all.
They had heard much worse things before, so this was nothing to them.
Free from the shackles of their original family and having resolved a knot in their hearts, the couple had visibly happy expressions on their faces in the past two days.
A few days later, Jiang Si went to the hospital for a physical examination with her two sisters - in - law.
The physical examination reports were obtained the next day. Needless to say, Jiang Si's test results were all normal, even a bit too good!
Apart from having slightly high blood pressure, which needed some attention, Hu Meili was also in good health.
However, after the doctor read Xu Mingjuan's physical examination report, he frowned and stopped her...
