First, the person wanted Tong Jiaojiao dead. But if they only wanted to kill her, they could have simply suffocated or strangled her. There was no need to cause her to miscarry. It's also possible that Tong Jiaojiao miscarried because she struggled while being suffocated or strangled.

Secondly, the man's main purpose was to cause Tong Jiaojiao to miscarry, but Tong Jiaojiao was screaming so loudly that he had to cover her mouth. Due to a mistake, he ended up covering Tong Jiaojiao's mouth and nose at the same time, causing her to suffocate and die.

Furthermore, Tong Jiaojiao's miscarriage and death were caused by two people: one wanted her to miscarry, and the other wanted her to die. However, the possibility of these two possibilities colliding is extremely small.

She and Tong Jiaojiao never got along when she first arrived here. After moving out of the educated youth settlement, she rarely interacted with Tong Jiaojiao. Even when they did meet, she didn't pay much attention to Tong Jiaojiao.

Who exactly did Tong Jiaojiao offend this time, and what kind of deep-seated hatred led the other party to want to kill her?

However, if it's the second scenario, where the other party simply wants to abort Tong Jiaojiao's baby, then it's because Tong Jiaojiao wants to keep the child, while that person doesn't want the child to be born.

She remembered seeing Tong Jiaojiao run to a villager's house that day. Could it be that she had an affair with the man in that house? The man was a married man and was afraid of being labeled as a hooligan, so he couldn't let Tong Jiaojiao give birth to the child.

She felt that this was very likely.

Seeing her with a furrowed brow and a troubled expression, Granny Lin couldn't help but worry: "Girl, what's wrong? Did I upset you by running away?"

"No, Mother-in-law, I'm fine."

Lin Qingyan wanted to report Tong Jiaojiao's matter to the captain as soon as possible and explain to the captain that she had nothing to do with this matter. Regardless of whether the captain believed her or not, she could not sit idly by and wait for her fate.

Otherwise, if he keeps quiet, even bigger trouble might come his way.

However, before they could even descend the mountain, they encountered the team leader and his group who were climbing up the mountain.

When the captain and his men saw Lin Qingyan, their expressions changed. They no longer showed the admiration and affection they once had for her, but instead a hint of fear.

Lin Qingyan also noticed the change in their expressions.

The captain led these people up the mountain. They all looked terrified. Did they already know about Tong Jiaojiao's death? She looked at the group and sure enough, she saw Zhao Hehua cowering at the back of the group.

It must have been Zhao Hehua who told the brigade leader about this. The next second, Zhao Hehua pointed at her and said, "Dr. Lin, Dr. Lin is here! Look, she hasn't come down the mountain yet."

Lin Qingyan pulled Grandma Lin to the brigade leader and said, "Uncle Captain, you must know about Tong Jiaojiao's murder. I want to make this clear. When I saw Tong Jiaojiao, she was lying motionless on the rocks, and there was a pool of blood next to her."

I wanted to check if Tong Jiaojiao was still breathing. When I put my hand under Tong Jiaojiao's nose to check, Comrade Zhao Hehua happened to see me. She thought I had killed Tong Jiaojiao and shouted that I had killed someone.

Of course, when I examined Tong Jiaojiao, she was already dead.

"Captain, did Comrade Zhao Hehua also tell you this? I didn't kill the person, and as for who killed them, I don't know right now."

The captain looked at Zhao Hehua: "Did you really see Dr. Lin kill someone with your own eyes? What happened? What methods did she use to kill Tong Zhiqing? Tell me in detail."

After more than an hour, and with so many people around her to bolster her courage, Zhao Hehua seemed to have calmed down a bit.

She paused for a moment, then shook her head: "When I saw Dr. Lin, she was right next to Tong Zhiqing's body, her hand still on Tong Zhiqing's body. There was no one else around, so I assumed that Dr. Lin had killed Tong Zhiqing."

"So you didn't witness the whole thing, yet you're so certain that Lin, the educated youth, killed him?"

"I... I was too scared just now, I didn't explain clearly. But Captain, Dr. Lin and Tong Zhiqing had a fight yesterday. They've always been enemies, and people are speculating that Dr. Lin killed Tong Zhiqing because of that. Just now, there were only the two of them on the mountain. Anyone who saw them would think that Dr. Lin killed someone. Captain, that possibility is very high."

Lin Qingyan said, "I didn't kill anyone. I just had a small argument with Tong Jiaojiao. It's not worth risking being punished by killing her. Captain, let's go check the scene first, and then investigate who killed Tong Jiaojiao."

"well."

The captain responded, and no one else objected.

These villagers didn't have much legal knowledge. If the police were present, they would have listed Lin Qingyan as a criminal suspect and wouldn't have allowed her to touch the corpse. But these villagers didn't consider that.

Grandma Lin tugged at Lin Qingyan's arm: "Girl, what happened? They, they said you killed someone, girl, you're innocent."

Lin Qingyan nodded: "Mother-in-law, things will eventually be clarified. We will work together to find the real culprit."

The captain said, "Let's go take a look together."

When they arrived at the place where Tong Jiaojiao had died, her body was still lying there, but because of the stiffness of her body, it had slipped under the rocks, and the pool of blood on the ground had dried to some extent.

Lin Qingyan was afraid that Granny Lin would be frightened if she saw the corpse, so she did not go over immediately. Instead, she asked Granny Lin to stand by a pine tree and said, "Granny, wait for me here. I will go take a look and come back in a little while."

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