At this moment, Lu's mother walked in and saw that he was covered in sweat, his chest was heaving violently, and he was panting heavily. She asked, "Zhengting, what's wrong?"

"Mom, I just dreamt of Comrade Lin. She waved goodbye to me and said she would never see me again. Mom, did something happen to her? But none of you told me."

"No, nothing happened to her. Zhengting, Mom told you that dreams are not real. You used to always tell me that you can't take things in dreams seriously, but now you actually believe it."

"Mom, will she come to give me acupuncture again today?"

"Yes, yes," was all Mrs. Lu could say for the time being.

"That's good."

Lu Zhengting clenched his fists tightly, looking at the sky just beginning to brighten, hoping that noon would come quickly.

After Lin Qingyan got up, she was about to go to the kitchen to cook when two squad leaders knocked on the door. They were the leaders of the second and third squads, respectively.

Although the captain had said he would take responsibility if anything happened, they were still worried that he couldn't handle it, so they insisted on going to check if Lin Qingyan was still home. If she was, they were determined to keep a close eye on her.

Lin Qingyan opened the door and saw them: "Uncles, is there something you need?"

The two squad leaders exchanged a glance, and the second squad leader spoke up: "Dr. Lin, it's nothing serious. Have you eaten? If you have, go to the brigade headquarters. If you haven't, eat first and then go. Just don't wander around."

Lin Qingyan understood what they meant. They were treating her as a criminal suspect, afraid that if she ran away, she would implicate them.

"Uncle, don't worry, I didn't kill anyone, and I won't run around. Of course, I know you may have doubts about me until the real killer is found, but I will wait until the truth comes out."

The two squad leaders nodded. Zhang from the third squad said, "Dr. Lin is a very perceptive person, much better than us roughnecks. We don't know how to solve cases, and the captain hasn't told us to report to the police yet, so we can't do anything about it. You go back and cook. We'll wait at the door, and we'll go to the brigade headquarters together later."

Lin Qingyan replied, "Alright then."

Early in the morning, a large crowd of onlookers gathered at the entrance of the brigade headquarters, and Lin Guanghui was among them.

He mainly came to find out if the police had come to arrest Lin Qingyan, but everything was quiet all morning, and he suspected that no one in the brigade had reported the matter to the police.

The brigade leader must have deliberately shown favoritism and suppressed the matter, preventing the commune members from reporting it to the police.

He knew the captain would side with Lin Qingyan.

Since these people are not doing anything, he will go to the county town himself and report the matter to the police.

When the police arrive, they will not only take Lin Qingyan away, but the captain who knew about it but did not report it will probably not have a good outcome either.

He immediately returned to the educated youth settlement, and after having a meal, he went to the county town alone.

There weren't many people on the oxcart today, only two women and a young girl. After getting off, he first wandered around the state-run restaurant and the supply and marketing cooperative before going to the police station to tell the police officers about the murder case that had occurred in their brigade yesterday.

“Officer, this female educated youth came to the countryside with me. When she died, some commune members saw another female educated youth who came with us in front of her. The two of them had a falling out, but that female educated youth denies that she killed Tong. The real murderer has not yet been found. Tong died so tragically, I really can't bear to see her die with her eyes open. Please, officer, find the murderer and give her justice.”

Captain Li, the head of the Public Security Brigade, said, "Don't worry, we will investigate thoroughly and find the real culprit. We won't let the deceased be wronged. By the way, what was the name of the first female educated youth you mentioned who appeared next to the deceased? And what was the name of the commune member who witnessed them together?"

"Oh, that female educated youth is named Lin Qingyan, and that commune member is also a woman named Zhao Hehua."

"Okay, we will immediately organize our comrades to investigate this matter and make sure to find the murderer as soon as possible so that the deceased can rest in peace."

"Thank you, thank you, police officer."

He suddenly became worried that others would suspect him if they knew he was the one who reported the case, so he asked, "Officer, could you please not reveal that I was the one who reported the case?"

"You're afraid the murderer will seek revenge on you. Don't worry, we won't tell."

"That's good, thank you, police officer."

He reported the case and left the police station first. Captain Li immediately gathered the other three police officers in the station, and they set off together on bicycles.

After Lin Qingyan and the other two finished breakfast, Lin Zhiheng still showed no intention of going to the county town.

Lin Qingyan said, "Just continue doing what you were doing. Don't worry about me."

"No, sister, I'm not going to work today. It's no big deal to skip a day."

"You should go." Lin Qingyan was afraid that if something happened to her, Lin Zhiheng would do something irrational. "I promise you, I will be fine. If you stay at home, I feel like something is definitely going to happen to me."

"elder sister."

Lin Qingyan pushed him outside the gate: "If you listen to me, leave quickly, and remember to bring me and my mother-in-law meat buns when you come back."

"elder sister."

"Hurry up and go! You won't listen to me. Don't you consider me your older sister anymore?"

No, I didn't.

"Then be good and go to work quickly. I'm still waiting for you to buy me meat buns."

Lin Zhiheng had no choice but to go to work.

After Lin Zhiheng left, Lin Qingyan, along with her mother-in-law, followed the two squad leaders to the brigade headquarters.

A dozen minutes later, four bicycles entered the Mopan Village brigade together, and the four police officers were all wearing white police uniforms. The villagers who saw them instinctively trembled and kept their distance from the police officers.

Captain Li stopped a villager and asked, "Has a murder occurred in your brigade?"

He wanted to see if the local brigade leader was deliberately suppressing the issue, preventing him from reporting it and also preventing the villagers from speaking out.

The villager had not received instructions from the brigade leader and was initially afraid to speak. However, after thinking about it, he was afraid that the police would punish him if he did not tell the truth.

He was more afraid of the police officers than the captain.

He could only nod and tell the truth: "Yes, yes, it happened yesterday, and the body is in the brigade headquarters."

Team Leader Li was satisfied with his answer: "Where is your brigade headquarters?"

“Over there,” the villager said, pointing in the direction of the brigade headquarters.

When the police arrived at the brigade headquarters, they saw several people still gathered at the entrance. As soon as the white uniforms appeared, one of them quickly went inside to report to the brigade captain, while the others timidly walked away.

The police officers got off their bicycles and pushed them into the brigade headquarters.

The captain and other officers inside were surprised to learn that the police had arrived.

The captain looked at the other officers present, his eyes seeming to be interrogating them: Who among you reported this to the police?

Several squad leaders also looked at the captain, as if asking: Who did you ask to call the police? Didn't we say we wouldn't call the police for the time being?

Seeing that the captain remained silent, they looked at each other in bewilderment.

Who exactly reported it to the police?