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"Do you not want to save him?" the landlady asked, her gaze pleading. Her head seemed to be nodding and shaking at the same time. Before his imprisonment, Feng Chuan had confessed all his past deeds to her, including how Zhang Jiunian had plotted to kill Qiu Zilong's friend who was about to be released from jail.
"If Zhang Jiunian gets caught and the truth comes out, I'll be an accomplice to murder—that's a capital offense!" Feng Chuan had repeatedly instructed her never to tell the truth, no matter what. Even if she was arrested, she must vehemently deny everything.
