On hearing this, Xu Wanda immediately sent someone to inquire. He also took the coroner beside him to task, demanding to know how he had missed such an important clue.
The coroner felt deeply wronged. His job was to examine corpses, not solve mysteries. He simply recorded whatever he found on the body and submitted his report. Anything else was none of his business!
Xu Wanda shuddered at the aggrieved look the man gave him. Seeing a man even more burly than himself look so wounded was strange no matter how he looked at it.
After examining the body, Shen Shixu wanted to see that dear elder brother of his. Before he could even ask, Xu Wanda volunteered to take him to the cells where the county office held its prisoners.
Thanks to Xu Wanda's consideration, not only had Shen Zexi suffered no mistreatment in prison, he had even gained two pounds.
Shen Zexi usually worked hard managing the family business, sometimes missing meals when he got busy. His irregular eating habits had left him with stomach trouble.
So even though he enjoyed all sorts of delicacies outside, he had never put on weight. Yet eating plain soup and simple dishes in prison had actually made him gain two pounds.
Meals in prison came at regular times, and there was little for him to worry about. With his eating habits back on a regular schedule, he had promptly put on weight.
When Shen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi arrived, Shen Zexi was deep in a lively conversation with the prisoner in the neighboring cell.
"My friend, you were far too impulsive. Getting thrown in prison over someone like that and wasting years of your life—how could that possibly be worth it?"
Shen Zexi chatted with his neighbor while cracking melon seeds.