He Hadn't Meant to Kill Him!
Shen Qi was dumbfounded too. He hurriedly asked, "Brother Wang, what should I do? I only wanted to beat him up to blow off steam. I didn't mean to kill him."
Seeing how panicked Shen Qi looked, Wang Yue deliberately decided to scare him a little so he wouldn't act so recklessly in the future. He didn't want another brother-in-law who thought he could do whatever he pleased.
He shook his head as if deeply troubled and said, "Whether you meant to or not doesn't matter. The question is, will the police see it that way?"
Shen Qi remembered the police crackdown that had taken place just last year. A lot of the street punks and hooligans had been arrested, and even the lightest sentences had been several years.
The thought terrified him. His voice was almost breaking into a sob as he pleaded, "Brother Wang, I know you're the best at figuring things out. Please, help me come up with a plan!"
Wang Yue curled his lip. Now the kid knew how to be scared. Why hadn't he thought twice before rushing in to hit someone?
But Shen Qi was his brother-in-law, after all. He couldn't just leave him in the lurch. A scare was enough, so he asked Shen Qi to tell him exactly what had happened.
After listening, he asked seriously, "You left after beating him? You didn't stick around to see if he'd call the police?"
Shen Qi quickly explained, "I had Yin Dong stay there. He told me later that the old bastard stayed home the whole time and didn't go out even late into the night. That's when Yin Dong went home."
Wang Yue frowned. According to Shen Qi, he'd found the place Shen Dongliang was renting, beaten