"Your neighbors, Auntie Guo and Auntie Liu from the neighborhood committee, Auntie Wang who sells fruit at the market, and others can all testify that your wife was beaten black and blue by you more than once."
Wen Congyuan's face darkened.
He knew that once Su Qiao started wandering around outside with her injuries showing, this day was bound to come.
"We've had a few arguments, but that doesn't mean it was domestic violence, does it?
Isn't it normal for married couples to bicker?"
"Besides, she hit me too. She hit me even harder. My whole body still hurts."
If that woman hadn't been so ruthless and vicious, he would never have resolved to kill her.
Li Yan stared at him coldly. "But whether it was your neighbors, the people in your neighborhood, or your coworkers, none of them have ever seen any injuries from beatings on you."
"That's because..." Wen Congyuan stopped halfway.
Because he thought it was humiliating to be beaten by a woman, even when he went out, he would cover the injuries with his clothes.
Besides, Su Qiao was full of tricks. Whenever she beat him, she avoided his face, neck, hands, and feet. Not only did her blows hurt terribly, some of them didn't leave any visible injuries at all.
Captain Zhang stared at him mockingly. "Don't tell me you suffered internal injuries every time."
"You only know how to hit a helpless woman. Do you even count as a man?"
Wen Congyuan hated it most when people said he wasn't a man. He glared angrily at Captain Zhang. "I didn't!"
"She's mentally ill. She beats me half to death at the slightest provocation and causes chaos in the household every day. She was abusing me, not the other way around!"
Captain Zhang was so