Rebirth

"Jiang Li is eighteen years old. His mother is Jiang Qiuyi and his father is Jiang Haojing. Jiang Haojing is the heir to the Jiang Group..."

About twenty years ago, Jiang Group was a famous pharmaceutical company in Qu'an City. The Jiang family was small, with only one son, Jiang Haojing, so even if Jiang Haojing was useless, it did not shake his status as heir.

However, the good times did not last long. The Jiang Group was suspected of being an illegal pharmaceutical company and was closed down. Jiang Haojing's father was also imprisoned for being involved in a murder case. Jiang Haojing's mother could not bear the blow and committed suicide by jumping off the building on the day of the verdict, leaving only Jiang Qiuyi, who was already married at the time, to depend on him.

Three months after the incident, Jiang Haojing took Jiang Qiuyi to Changping County and hid there. Soon after, Jiang Li was born.

Compared to Jiang Haojing, information about Jiang Li's mother is woefully scarce. Jiang Qiuyi, born in a small village with little education, moved to a big city to work and, by chance, landed a job at an artist agency. In the early 2000s, when talent shows were just becoming popular, the agency devised a plan to form a girl group for them, offering them free offline performances. However, after a year of performances, they didn't make much of a splash.

The company exploited them, and Jiang Qiuyi's health deteriorated over time. She was still a few years away from her contract termination, and the fate of girl groups that didn't make a splash was often shelved. Without jobs and income, they started livestreaming in the group chat to earn some money for gifts. It's likely that Jiang Haojing met her during that time.

Jiang Li had mentioned all this to him.

Chen An picked up the photos in the file bag, which contained photos of Jiang Qiuyi during her girl group period. The information said that she was 21 years old at that time, but her haggard face and slightly stiff expression made her look not like a 21-year-old girl.

He compared the photos of the Su sisters with Jiang Qiuyi, and found that there were indeed similarities, but they were not alike.

In addition, he was surprised to find that Jiang Li did not look like Jiang Qiuyi at all. His face was getting closer and closer to those of the Su sisters, and he was particularly similar to Su Jinxian.

If Jiang Qiuyi is Su Jinxian after plastic surgery, it makes sense, after all, genes are not affected by plastic surgery.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to obtain the DNA of Jiang Qiuyi and the Su sisters. One has passed away and the whereabouts of the other two are unknown.

Last time Jiang Li said that he didn't know or know his mother well, so there must be a reason for that. He had to go back to Changping County again.

After passing this traffic light, the road to the township will be there. On the smooth highway, Chen An remembered what Director Shen had told him.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to check this website, on the contrary, he urgently needs clues to confirm his guess.

The case most closely linked to this website is the Wu Danyun case. Even after its closure, questions remained. Why was the video of Cen Yun murdering Wu Danyun on the BOJ? Did she film it herself, or did she copy it from surveillance footage, just as Peng Yue did? There couldn't have been surveillance cameras in the apartment unless Wu Danyun had purchased them herself. However, they didn't find any at the scene. Could Cen Yun have brought the footage with her? However, judging by the video cover, the angle suggests an overhead shot. Where could Cen Yun have placed the surveillance camera? The video appeared too late, making the existence of surveillance impossible to verify.

And who is Z, the person who leaked information about Wu Danyun? Bai Shuo tracked the IP address to Motama Bay. Could this Z be one of the BOJ's secret agents?

Was Cen Yun's death an accident or intentional?

All these questions were revived the moment the website appeared, but Shen Changqing stopped them there.

Just like the floating island case, they were only responsible for finding the location of the floating island, and everything else was left to the special case investigation team.

If all this stopped here, he could accept it, but he was certain that Su Jinxian and Anna were both involved in the same trafficking, and Jiang Li was so similar to Su Jinxian.

This time it’s Anna, who will it be next time?

As he passed the next bend in the mountain, a new guess emerged in Chen An's mind.

What if this trafficking was facilitated by the floating island?

Bai Shuo received a call, "Bai Shuo, check the list of people who went to the island between 2000 and 2005 in the Floating Island case to see if the Su sisters are among them."

"Oh, okay!"

Bai Shuo ran to the archives to retrieve the files and called back fifteen minutes later.

"Boss, yes!" Bai Shuo stared at the ink mark where his index finger was pointing. "Su Jinyou's name is registered, but Su Jinxian's is not."

"Okay, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Chen An leaned back in his chair to reorganize his thoughts.

Su Jinyou had been to the island, but was disfigured for some reason and was expelled from the floating island... Since she was expelled, it was unlikely that Su Jinyou would survive. Could it be that someone took her away?

But it seems that no one has successfully gotten off the floating island except Lin Ran.

No... We must start from the most original motive. Why didn't Fudao let them leave the island? Was it because they were afraid that they would call the police or leak the secret? But what if Su Jinyou only had value for use and no threat?

Her appearance is no longer the same as before, and her memory is completely lost. So can she get off the island?

Besides, before Lin Ran, the management of the floating island was not so strict, and there must have been many people who were secretly taken off the island by their sponsors.

After Su Jinyou left the island, she changed her name and made her debut, and then met Jiang Haojing. This is the most likely scenario at the moment.

The residents in the deep alley have all moved to the government-subsidized community. The wooden door at the end is Jiang Li's home where he has lived for eighteen years. He didn't want to come here at first. His main purpose of coming here was to find the residents who had moved out and ask about Jiang Qiuyi, but he still walked in when he passed by the old city.

The last time he came, there were a few mischievous children chasing and playing in the narrow alley. Seeing that school was about to start, the children had disappeared. Chen An walked across the broken bluestone road to the end. The wooden door was old and opened with a gentle push.

Looking around, I saw that it was a not-too-small yard, with all the dead leaves falling and drifting around in the autumn wind.

He remembered that there was also such a big tree in the welfare home, with thick roots and lush branches and leaves. At that time, the children always liked to climb around on the tree, causing the mother who was taking care of them to be anxious and worried.

Chen An was a quiet child when he was young. He was more mature than other children and would often watch them play childish games coldly, so he seemed not very sociable.

If you think about it carefully, although his childhood was not as happy as other children's, it was not as difficult and bumpy as Jiang Li's.

"Who are you?"

Chen An turned around and saw his mother-in-law standing at the door with a vegetable basket. She fiddled with her reading glasses and asked, "Who is this?"

Chen An walked over, and the old woman asked, "Are you Xiao Jiang's relative?"

Chen An thought for a while and said, "Yes, I am a distant relative of this family."

The old woman frowned, "You're lying! That bastard Jiang Haojing has no relatives!"

"If there were relatives, Jiang Haojing would have beaten Xiao Jiang to death!"

It turns out that the Xiao Jiang she was talking about was Jiang Qiuyi.

"Who are you?"

Chen Ansuo said, "Police, investigate something."

The old woman's legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground. "Ouch, I'm sorry, police officer."

"It's okay. I'm just afraid of scaring you."

Chen An helped the old woman to sit in the yard. The old woman asked, "What do you want to know?"

"I want to know about Jiang Qiuyi."

The old woman thought for a long time, then sighed and shook her head, "Xiao Jiang, Xiao Jiang is a good girl, but she has a bad fate."

"I calculated that Jiang Haojing and Xiao Jiang moved into the alley about twenty years ago. Back then, it was quite lively here and houses were in high demand. They were lucky enough to rent the last one, which is this one."

"Later, within a few months, Jiang Li was born, and the family of three lived well. Jiang Haojing was very handsome at that time, but who would have thought that he would be a wife-beater. When Jiang Li was a little over one year old, Jiang Haojing had affairs outside, keeping mistresses, playing games, and beating his wife when he lost money. At that time, the screams of little Jiang could be heard in the alley at night. It was so miserable!" The old woman felt sad for Jiang Qiuyi every time she thought of it.

"Xiao Jiang is pretty, but he's also capable of beating people. Later, when he beat people, we neighbors called the police several times, but the police only gave him a few words of criticism and education, and then beat Xiao Jiang again the next time. We can't do anything about it. We can't interfere in other people's family affairs. Not to mention, the government doesn't care now, so what can we ordinary people do?" The old woman couldn't help but complain a few times, "Luckily, I'm lucky. I married an old man who doesn't beat people. Otherwise, I would probably be beaten to death now!"

"What about Jiang Li?"

"When Jiang Li was six or seven, he was beaten too. He felt sorry for his mother and always spoke up for her, so he got beaten too. To be honest, Jiang Haojing beat Jiang Li even harder than he did Xiao Jiang. When Jiang Li was in fourth grade, he would always have new injuries every time he left home." The old woman pointed at her body. "His eyes, ears, nose, and arms were all black and blue. It's pitiful how much this child has grown up."

"Jiang Haojing doesn't know how to raise a child. Jiang Li is already in junior high school, his hands are as thin as bamboo poles, and he hasn't grown tall. He has many injuries and probably has low self-esteem. He always walks with his head down, doesn't talk to others, and doesn't respond when anyone calls him." The old woman was helpless and could only sigh. "Once, Xiao Jiang couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to run away with Jiang Li, but they were discovered and caught. Everyone was there at the time and watched her being dragged into the house and beaten to death! Xiao Jiang was gone when the police arrived, and Jiang Li had a big bump on her head and was bleeding."

In the eyes of others, this might just be an anecdote worth discussing, but to Chen An, it felt like a pain in his heart.

"The court later sentenced him to only seven years. Jiang Li then issued a letter of apology, which reduced his sentence by two years. All in all, Jiang Haojing only spent three years in prison. They said he was released early for good behavior." The old woman was puzzled. "I didn't expect Jiang Li to issue a letter of apology. Maybe the child was scared. After all, I heard the sentence wouldn't be long."

"Jiang Haojing was a decent person for a while after he was released. He actually went to drive a truck to make money. I don't know if it was because he had a change of heart, but unfortunately, he died not long after that. It's a good thing. I think Jiang Li is having a much better time now that Jiang Haojing is gone. When he was in high school, I ran into him a few times when I was picking up my grandson at the school gate. He seemed much more cheerful."