"So, Ms. Tao was left without anyone to look after her?"
"I guess so. I don't know what her family was thinking. I only found out about all this when the police tracked me down. I had no idea before then. I thought she was still living with her family. When her younger brother got married, they invited me, and I went to the wedding banquet. I didn't go to the bride's home to pick her up; I only went to the restaurant for the banquet. Tao didn't say anything then, and neither did her family. I thought her younger brother had moved out. From what I heard, they'd bought a new place. After she got into trouble and the police questioned me, I gathered that her brother's wedding home was still being renovated, so they got married first and sent her to live in the countryside, freeing up her room for him and his wife. His wife probably didn't know about any of this. After the new home was ready, her parents still didn't bring Tao back. I don't know what happened."
"What happened on the day of the accident?"
"I don't know. I really don't. I wasn't there, and I wasn't in touch with her much anymore. I only found out she'd been hit and killed when the police came looking for me. As for her family, from what I heard, the neighborhood committee in the countryside first confirmed that the deceased was her, then contacted them. They'd stopped caring about their daughter."
"Who handled the arrangements afterward and the funeral?"
"I took care of the funeral. As for the aftermath... do you mean the accident compensation?"
"Yes."
"Her family handled that. Her younger brother did. He got the money, I think. I'm not sure. They asked me