Chapter 162 Jinjiang Debut

"What choice should I make?" Kong Qingsheng was still confused. Bai Mian didn't say anything, but handed him the phone. Xia Mang shouted behind him:

"Of course you call the police. Don't you want to seek justice for your mother?"

Kong Qingsheng held the phone in his hand, his hands trembling, and he was in a dilemma: "Call the police to arrest my father? But after all, my father raised me, and he had a hard time... But my mother did die tragically... I don't know... Don't force me -"

Kong Qingsheng started to scream as he spoke. It was obvious that his mental state was not good. Lu Xue couldn't bear it and said, "Master, why do you have to force him to call the police? Anyway, the truth has been found out. It's the same if we call the police. He was raised by his father and he must have feelings for his father. If you force him to call the police himself, he will definitely have a mental breakdown."

Bai Mian waved her hand, signaling Lu Xue not to interrupt. She quietly observed Kong Qingsheng's reaction. This was a knot in Kong Qingsheng's heart that had to be untied by himself. Only if he called the police today could he overcome this hurdle, otherwise he would still be haunted by nightmares for the rest of his life.

Kong Qingsheng held the phone in his hand, and his face was reflected on the black screen. He looked at himself on the screen. He had a pair of phoenix eyes, which he inherited from his mother. He finally remembered his mother. She was a gentle and beautiful woman with long braids. When he was a child, he often fell asleep while touching his mother's braids. His mother could also embroider and had embroidered a pair of lifelike tiger-head shoes for him, which no other child in the village had. His mother was good at making noodles, and she could make them long and thin. On his fifth birthday, if that incident had not happened, he should have eaten a bowl of longevity noodles made by his mother herself...

Waves of memories came flooding back, and the concept of "mother" finally came alive in Kong Qingsheng's heart. Such a beautiful mother, but she died so miserably in the end. Perhaps it was because his mother's resentment was too heavy that he fell into this red nightmare. His mother looked at him like that, hoping that one day he could tell it all for her. If he chose to remain silent this time, then what would be the difference between him and the accomplice back then?

"But my dad..." Kong Qingsheng felt soft-hearted for a moment. He remembered his father's face. Although his father had a bad temper, he was still very good to him. If it weren't for this incident, he would have planned to take care of his father until his death. As he was thinking about it, he remembered the phone call he had with his father before. On the phone, his father described his mother as a shameless woman. This made Kong Qingsheng furious. Not only was his mother killed, but she was also splashed with such dirty water. As a son, shouldn't he protect his mother?

His father's kind face turned ferocious in Kong Qingsheng's heart. He gritted his teeth and stood up again. This time he held the phone tightly in his hand and finally made a decision -

"I don't need your help. I can call the police myself."

After that, he called the police: "Hello, my name is Kong Qingsheng, I want to expose a murder case that happened 20 years ago..."

When he made this call, everyone held their breath and looked at Kong Qingsheng with admiration. It was not easy for him to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice.

After the call, the police quickly went to Kong Qingsheng's hometown to investigate. They found several bones under the pigsty and old bloodstains in the room. The house at that time was made of earth walls and earthen kangs, and the bloodstains were difficult to clean completely. The police extracted samples at the scene and took them back to the town for inspection. The results showed that these bones and bloodstains came from Kong Qingsheng's mother.

This case caused an uproar in the village. When Kong Qingsheng's mother disappeared, everyone thought she had run away with someone. After all, the village was poor and such things were common, so no one was suspicious. Now that the case has been brought up again, Kong Qingsheng's home has become a tourist attraction and everyone wants to go and see it. Fortunately, the police protected the scene in advance.

Kong Qingsheng also followed the police to the police station to record his statement. His statement would become strong evidence in this case. Before leaving Ci Xin Tang, he paid the pulse diagnosis fee and waved to Bai Mian to express his gratitude.

He no longer had the energy to say anything extra. He had never dreamed that his father was a murderer. The shock he received from this news was so great that he needed a very long time to digest it.

The moment he walked out of the door, he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, as if something had disappeared. He didn't know what it was, but he knew that the red female ghost would never come to his dreams again.

Xia Mang said angrily: "His father is definitely going to be sentenced to death. This old Deng deserves to die! The means of committing the crime were so cruel, and he did it in front of the child. It's too easy for him to be sentenced to death. If it were in ancient times, he should be cut into pieces!"

Bai Mian nodded calmly, and Xia Mang said, "Alas, it's a pity that those two old guys were not caught. Kong Qingsheng's grandparents have passed away, and the police can't investigate. The two old guys did such a thing, but they can still live peacefully to old age. God is really blind!"

Bai Mian paused and said, "I have seen their fate in the next life. Although they died, they could not escape the punishment of heaven. Heaven sentenced them to fall into the animal realm in the next life, to be skinned and eaten by others, and to experience the pain of the victims."

Xia Mang clapped his hands and laughed, "Good judgement, this is the right way!"

After seeing off the third client, Bai Mian's work for the day was done. She breathed a sigh of relief, turned off the live broadcast, and cut herself a plate of bright mangoes. Xia Mang and Lu Xue also walked away arm in arm. They could move freely in the following time. The two girls were not very familiar with Qingshui Town, so they planned to take advantage of today to have a good look around.

Bai Mian sat at the dining table, eating mango while opening WeChat. She hadn't checked WeChat for half a day and already had dozens of unread messages. She clicked on them and took a closer look. They were all sent by Que Ge in the "Ci Xin Tang Family" group.

There are photos of the two of them, photos of two cups of milk tea, photos of movie tickets, and photos of the two of them catching dolls together...

Bai Mian raised the corner of his mouth slightly. It seemed that Brother Que's date today went very smoothly. Looking at his posture, he seemed to want to let the whole world know about his schedule for today. The other people in the group were also very supportive.

Weng Xuhua: [Drink less milk tea, it is not good for blood lipids]

Gao Jin: [When will you bring the girl back? Let her taste my specialty]

Miss Yang: [Congratulations~]

Xia Mang: [Where is it? Can we meet by chance? 】

Lu Xue: [Sister, don’t be a light bulb]

Lame Brother also replied to everyone in a very proud manner, except Xia Mang.

Bai Mian also sent a blessing emoticon in the group. Although she was very busy today, she did not forget the important thing - tonight, she would uncover the secret of Lame Brother.

There was the sound of raindrops tapping on the glass outside. Bai Mian turned his head and looked out the window. It was raining, a drizzle. The rain in the dusk created a special halo.

Not long after the rain started, Gao Jin pushed open the door and came in. She had bought some food and was going to have shrimp wontons and fried chicken legs for dinner.

The wonton wrappers were bought ready-made. While Weng Xuhua was still busy, Gao Jin started wrapping them by herself. She spread out a piece of wonton wrapper in her hand, then mixed the shrimp filling, picked up the filling lightly with chopsticks, placed the filling on the palm of her hand, then clenched her palm tightly, and with a push of her fingers, a delicate little wonton was wrapped. Such wontons are small in size and do not contain too much filling. After being cooked, they will float on the water, like bubbles. This is also called "Bubble Wonton", a southern method that Gao Jin learned from her mobile phone.

Such wontons do not take up too much space in the stomach, but are just for fun. Gao Jin uses dried shrimp and seaweed to make soup, and then on a whim, he adds a little fennel into it. After the soup is cooked, he puts the wontons into the pot, and a pot of steaming bubbling wontons is ready.

Also served at the same time are fried chicken legs with an old-fashioned method. The chicken legs are not wrapped in anything and are fried directly in the pan after being marinated. As long as the oil temperature is properly controlled, the outer shell of the chicken legs will not burn. The fried chicken legs are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside and very tasty. They are not easily available outside. This is Gao Jin's exclusive method. When she lived in the village, she often fried them for her daughter. Later, Yin Yin disappeared and Gao Jin never made it again. Now that Yin Yin is back, she has finally started to make this dish again.

The aroma of chicken legs wafted out, and some patients even came forward to ask Gao Jin if they could pay for them, but Gao Jin politely declined. In order not to disappoint his wife's kindness, Weng Xuhua ended today's diagnosis early, and Yin Yin also closed the roujiamo shop. The family sat at the dining table, ready to eat dinner.

It looked like the sisters Xia Mang and Lu Xue would not be coming back for dinner. After Bai Mian took his seat, everyone started eating, and the fried chicken legs were snatched up as soon as they were served. Gao Jin held his face with a smile, watching everyone enjoy the fruits of their labor.

Yinyin ate with special relish, as she hadn't had this meal for more than 20 years. Ever since she left her parents, she had been wandering around, living like a homeless person. Now she could eat the meals cooked by her mother every day, and she cherished it very much. Since returning home, she had gained five or six kilograms.

"Yin Yin, you haven't had a partner for so many years. I saw there is a blind date corner in Central Park. How about I go there to check it out for you?" Gao Jin was from the older generation after all, and he started urging her to get married as soon as he opened his mouth.

Yinyin burst out laughing: "Haha, Mom, you are so smart! Don't you think about why men marry women? They just want to find a nanny who can give birth to children. I am already this old and have gone through menopause. Please don't bother me. We are living a good life. Why shouldn't I stay with my parents instead of serving others in someone else's home?"

Gao Jin thought about it and felt that it made sense. Her daughter had just been found and she didn't want to send her to live with someone else, so she narrowed her eyes, smiled, and gave up the idea.

Then she looked at Weng Xuhua and urged him, "Hey, old man, what do you think about the trip I told you about before?"

Weng Xuhua paused, but didn't want to refuse bluntly, so he laughed and said, "Maybe later. I've been too busy these past two days. When I'm not busy anymore, I will definitely travel with you, for sure!"

Gao Jin snorted in annoyance: "You old man, you just know how to give me a perfunctory response!"

Weng Xuhua could only smile apologetically. Gao Jin looked at Bai Mian again. Bai Mian was eating very happily. Gao Jin felt a sense of accomplishment. "Mian Mian, you usually eat very moderately. I rarely see you eat so much."

Bai Mian nodded: "Yes, it's easier to work after eating. Master's wife, I have to go out tonight, please keep the door open for me."

Gao Jin couldn't help but worry: "Ah, you are going out again, is there any important task? Be sure to pay attention to safety!"

Bai Mian smiled and said, "It's okay, Master's wife, don't worry."

After dinner, the old couple went out for a walk hand in hand. Yin Yin washed the dishes, sat on the sofa and started watching short videos. Those short videos were vulgar and noisy, but Yin Yin laughed so hard that she fell over. It can be seen that she relied on these things to entertain herself during her wandering days.

Bai Mian returned to her room alone and quietly sorted out the books in the room. In addition to the classic medical book, Weng Xuhua also gave her several other ancient books. She had read some of these books, and some were only halfway through. Bai Mian looked at their spines and had new inspirations in her heart. After she recovered her magic power, she would combine her magic power with these traditional Chinese medicine knowledge to benefit mankind. At that time, she would make Chinese medicine pills, Chinese medicine masks, Chinese medicine...

Bai Mian was planning for the future in his mind. Time passed by minute by minute, and soon it was late at night. Bai Mian turned off the lights in his room and quietly walked out of the door. There was no one on the first floor. The hall was pitch black. A faint moonlight sprinkled in. Bai Mian walked out of the door in the moonlight and came to the street.

The rain was very heavy, as if it had washed the entire street. There were few pedestrians on the street, only a few drunkards. Someone whistled at Bai Mian, but Bai Mian ignored him. She turned left and came to the local food street, where only a few shops still had their lights on.

After entering the food street, Bai Mian hid behind a telephone pole and counted the stones under his feet. A few minutes later, a figure walked into the street. This person was tall and thin, carrying a shoulder bag, covering his face with a hat and a mask, and one of his legs was a little lame when he walked. He did not hold an umbrella, but walked forward in the heavy rain with his hands in his pockets, as if he was not afraid of anything.

"Hey, Brother Lame!" Bai Mian called out to him. The figure visibly trembled, and then stood still awkwardly.

"Why are you here?" asked Lame Brother unhappily.

Bai Mian touched him with his arm: "How was it, did your date go well today?"

Lame Brother relaxed: "So that's what you want to ask, what gossip, we are not boyfriend and girlfriend, it can't be considered a date, anyway, I took her around, everything went well, and I sent her back to the hotel after dinner."

"Then why are you here?" Bai Mian's face looked a little serious.

Lame brother said with a guilty conscience: "Well, what else can we do here? Of course, we have to eat. To be honest, I didn't have enough for dinner today. In order to let my old classmate eat something good, I took her to the high-end Japanese restaurant in the mall. God, who would have thought that the portions were so small! But in front of her, I was embarrassed to say that I was not full, so after sending her off, I quickly came here to have a snack!"

Lame Brother talked with a giggle, his face returning to his usual expression. If Bai Mian hadn't known everything in advance, he would have been fooled by him.

"Why are you carrying a bag when you come out to eat? Are you going to work overtime on the computer?" Bai Mian stretched out his hand to Que Ge, "Don't do this secretly behind my back. Let me see your bag."

Lame Brother became nervous and stepped back unconsciously, as if he was about to run away. He said dissatisfiedly, "I am willing to carry the bag. How does it bother you? Even if you are a policeman, you don't have the right to search other people's things at will!"

Bai Mian was unwilling to give in and directly grabbed the strap of the shoulder bag and pulled the backpack over. Lame Brother hurriedly grabbed the bag and the two of them were in a stalemate.

After staring at each other for a while, Lame Brother said angrily: "Bai Mian, did you secretly take my pulse?"

Bai Mian also admitted generously: "Yes, through your pulse, I saw your past."

Lame Brother became angry. He seemed to want to condemn Bai Mian, but after thinking about it, he did not say it out loud. He just said, "Since you saw it, you should understand why I did it. Let me go and let me pass."

Bai Mian was determined not to let go: "As long as I'm here, don't even think about taking that step today."

Lame Brother raised his head and revealed a sharp look. Through this look, Bai Mian saw the eighteen-year-old Lame Brother.

At that time, he was not called Lame Brother, but Cao Yuhan, an ordinary senior high school student in Qingshui Town.

He was eighteen years old that year and studied in Class 8 of Qingshui Town No. 1 Middle School. His grades were very poor, but fortunately he had a talent for sports and was good at long-distance running. In the future, he could rely on his status as a sports student to attend a good university. In fact, several universities had already expressed their intention to enroll him.

Because of this, Cao Yuhan became a little proud. He began to relax more in his studies, sleeping in class every day and peeing after class. Other people's desks were full of textbooks, but his desk was piled high with comic books. Teachers of various subjects knew his situation and were too lazy to argue with him. They just pretended that he didn't exist.

Cao Yuhan had planned to just muddle through until the college entrance exam, but he encountered an uncontrollable factor - Xu Hongdou. Xu Hongdou was the study committee member of the class. She had excellent grades, always ranking among the top few. She studied hard at her desk all day long and was praised by teachers of all subjects. Cao Yuhan had always looked down on such classmates, thinking that they were too honest and uninteresting. Originally, the two would never have any intersection in their lives, until Xu Hongdou hit Cao Yuhan on the head with a textbook.

That day, Cao Yuhan returned to class after jogging practice. He heard that the class had a new study committee member, a new transfer student. He didn't care too much and still fell asleep on the table. But this time, he had not slept for a few minutes when he was hit on the head by a textbook. He looked up and saw a girl with a round face, a pair of almond-shaped eyes, and a high ponytail. She looked like an old-fashioned beauty on the calendars.

Cao Yuhan was stunned for a moment. His reaction made everyone laugh. The girl's mouth opened and closed, as if she was saying something, but he didn't hear it at all. He just looked at her. Seeing him like this, the girl hit him hard again. This time Cao Yuhan heard it. The girl was asking him to study hard and not to set a bad example in the class. Cao Yuhan agreed repeatedly, and the girl left with satisfaction.

After the girl left, Cao Yuhan heard from others that her name was Xu Hongdou.

From then on, Cao Yuhan changed his lifestyle. He no longer lived in a daze. He listened carefully in class every day, copied notes from his classmates, and did the homework assigned by the teacher, but he never handed it in, just to make Xu Hongdou come to him, and then deliberately tease her to quarrel with him.

With people he wanted to see, school was no longer a scary place. Cao Yuhan became very motivated. In the second half of his senior year, his grades improved significantly. Even his teacher said that if Cao Yuhan could maintain this level in the college entrance examination, he might be able to be admitted to Beijing Sports University.

Cao Yuhan has already made plans. He will take the entrance exam to Beijing Sports University. After the college entrance exam, he will confess his love to Xu Hongdou and ask her to be his girlfriend. They will go to Beijing together and become great people together!

But life is unpredictable, and neither Cao Yuhan nor Xu Hongdou got to wait for their college entrance examination.

In the third week before the college entrance examination, a tragedy occurred in the school. A girl was assaulted on her way home from school. When the girl was found, she was already mentally ill, and the suspect has not been found yet.

The school held a special meeting to remind students to be vigilant and try to go home in groups and not go home alone. When the school leaders were speaking on the stage, Cao Yuhan secretly glanced at Xu Hongdou.

After this case happened, the person he was most worried about was Xu Hongdou, because Xu Hongdou studied hard and always studied in class until after midnight. Most of her classmates went home around 11 o'clock in the evening, leaving Xu Hongdou alone in the class. Moreover, her parents both did manual labor and were very tired during the day. They had no energy to pick her up at night, so Xu Hongdou had to go home alone.

A bold idea came to Cao Yuhan’s mind—he wanted to protect Xu Hongdou.

From that day on, Cao Yuhan began to silently escort Xu Hongdou home. Every time after class, he would quietly follow behind Xu Hongdou, looking at her ponytail, and accompany her through one dark path after another without street lights, until he saw her home and felt at ease.

Xu Hongdou probably never noticed him. After all, his footsteps were so light and his figure was always far away, hiding in the darkness, just like his heart.

The thing he feared most happened on the fifth day before the college entrance examination.

It was pouring rain that day. It was still twelve o'clock. Xu Hongdou put away her books, carried her schoolbag and went out. It was raining too heavily outside. She didn't have an umbrella, so she had to hold the schoolbag on her head and try to speed up her pace. Her home was not far from here, and it only took ten minutes to walk there.

Cao Yuhan still followed her. He didn't have an umbrella, so he had to walk in the rain. In order not to expose himself, he deliberately kept a distance from Xu Hongdou. Xu Hongdou walked into the alley before him, so he deliberately waited for two minutes before walking again. It was usually like this, but something happened this time.

After Xu Hongdou entered the alley, the sound of fighting soon came from the alley. Apparently, someone had been lying in ambush inside. Then Xu Hongdou let out a piercing scream: "Cao Yuhan——"

When she heard her own name, Cao Yuhan was a little surprised. It turned out that she had known it all along, but they just kept it to themselves.

Without thinking too much, he threw away his schoolbag and rushed in, and saw two burly men. One man pressed Xu Hongdou to the ground, and the other man was about to take off her clothes.

Cao Yuhan was so furious that he started fighting with the two men. He kicked them twice in the chest. After all, he was a sports student and he was very strong. The two men let go of their hands in pain. Taking this opportunity, Cao Yuhan pulled Xu Hongdou and ran away. Then the two men reacted quickly and chased after him.

Xu Hongdou seldom exercises and doesn't run fast. After a while, she was caught up by the two men. Seeing that they were getting closer, Cao Yuhan simply shook off Xu Hongdou's hand and let her run first. He stayed where he was and held back the two men.

Xu Hongdou ran away that night, but Cao Yuhan fell into the abyss completely. He was severely beaten by two men. At first he could still resist a few times, but he was outnumbered and was quickly knocked down. Seeing that he had no ability to fight back, the two men not only did not let him go, but became even more excited.

Fists rained down on Cao Yuhan. He instinctively put his hands on his head and curled up in the corner. The man picked up a big stone from the ground and said with a grin:

"Hey, I let you be a hero, but you ruined my good deeds. I will break one of your legs today—"