Chapter 34

"Just look at it this way. Circle the important ones with a red pen and treat the rest as background." Xiao Yuncheng turned the steering wheel to the right and soon arrived at the destination.

The group walked into this lifeless village. Wu Tong looked around and found that it was no longer as lively as he remembered. It was true that now that the times are becoming more and more developed, many people are unwilling to stay in the countryside anymore.

Although Wu Tong couldn't remember the exact location of this place, he could fully recount what happened in that place. This place didn't seem to exist in reality, but more like Wu Tong's dream, a dream from which he couldn't wake up.

Xiao Yuncheng's warm hand held his. Wu Tong raised his head and saw Xiao Yuncheng's smiling face. He mouthed to Wu Tong: Don't be afraid, I'm here.

Wu Tong chuckled softly and walked forward for less than five minutes before stopping. It was on this path, at this time, with the sunset still lingering, that the woman covered in blood, lying in the middle of the road, appeared before Wu Tong's eyes again.

Seeing that Wu Tong's expression was not right, Xiao Yuncheng signaled to the people behind him that they had arrived at the place and asked them to search. Then he stood in front of Wu Tong, blocking his sight. Wu Tong was startled by his sudden appearance. He raised his head, but only had a pair of confused eyes.

Xiao Yuncheng held Wu Tong's hand tightly. Wu Tong sighed and said softly, "Sorry, I'm still a little..."

"You don't have to apologize to anyone, Tongtong." Xiao Yuncheng took his hand and put it to his lips. The corners of his mouth rose. On this path full of bloody experiences, he was actually glowing, evaporating all the sin and darkness here. He heard Xiao Yuncheng say.

"The world owes you so much."

Yes, I owe it to my family, my childhood, and my friendship. It seems like I have done something wrong in my previous life. This life is so unfair, but fortunately, it still has some conscience and let Wu Tong meet Xiao Yuncheng, but... isn't this really another kind of debt?

A gust of cold wind blew, lifting Xiao Yuncheng's hair and hitting his forehead randomly, but even so, his face was still clear. Wu Tong smiled, but his eyes hid his emotions. He said softly, "Do you remember what happened here?"

Of course Xiao Yuncheng remembered this; this was the beginning of Wu Tong's nightmare. He nodded, then shook his head, as if expressing helplessness at what had happened. Wu Tong simply glanced at Xiao Yuncheng, turned his head, and pointed to the spot the trace examiners were examining. "That's right there, where my mother died."

There was no change in Wu Tong's tone. Those who didn't know would think that Wu Tong was describing those things from the perspective of a bystander, but Xiao Yuncheng knew that Wu Tong was immersed in it. He was the person involved and he couldn't just stand by and watch. Every knife had been cut into his body mercilessly, blood was dripping, darkness enveloped his body, and he fell.

Wu Tong looked into the distance, as if he saw himself helpless and scared when he was a child. He raised his hand, as if he wanted to comfort the poor child, but he couldn't say any words of comfort. He seemed to be able to say only: Don't cry, I am experiencing it with you.

Only through shared experiences can one truly understand each other, but unfortunately these are Wu Tong's own experiences. No one can comfort him, and no one can say to him: I will take you away.

Xiao Yuncheng took his hand and walked forward. Wu Tong didn't react much, but just followed Xiao Yuncheng numbly. No one of them spoke, and they were silent all the way, but it made people feel comfortable, as if saying nothing was the best thing to say.

Wu Tong stopped and pulled Xiao Yuncheng. Xiao Yuncheng turned around in confusion and saw Wu Tong staring at a spot on the ground and said, "Brother, is there something here?"

Xiao Yuncheng followed his gaze and saw that there seemed to be something buried in the soil, with a small head sticking out. Xiao Yuncheng put on gloves, squatted down and slowly dug up the soil. This layer of soil was obviously softer, probably because someone had moved it. Xiao Yuncheng dug out the small thing, took out a small flashlight from his pocket, turned it on, and illuminated the thing in his hand.

This is actually a small glass capsule!

"Can this be opened?" Wu Tong leaned over and looked at the capsule in his hand. Xiao Yuncheng thought for a moment, pinched the capsule with his fingers, pressed lightly, and the capsule opened.

There was a roll of paper lying inside the capsule. Xiao Yuncheng took it out and carefully unfolded it. There were only five words on it: Go home, Tongtong.

Go home? Wu Tong was stunned. He was talking about the home here where Wu Tong lived when he was a child. He hadn't been back for a long time. No, to be more precise, he never wanted to go back again.

Even if he thinks of that home now, his mother's figure will appear in his mind, but he can't see her face clearly. This ambiguous feeling makes Wu Tong very uncomfortable, so he simply escapes and never goes back, thinking out of sight, out of mind.

Xiao Yuncheng stood up and asked him quietly where he was. Wu Tong had a headache. He pressed his twitching brows and said, "This is the home where I used to live with my mother. Xu Ze should want us to go there."

After hearing this, Xiao Yuncheng turned around and said to everyone, "We have a new clue. Follow us."

After passing through a series of small paths, everyone followed Wu Tong and stopped in front of a small mud house. Wu Tong turned his back to everyone and said in a deep voice, "This is it."

After saying that, he reached out and pushed open the dusty little door, bringing with it some dust and freeing it from the restraints. The imagined dirt and mess did not appear. On the contrary, the place was quite clean, and it was obvious that someone had been here.

"Everyone, look for clues."

This room was really small. It was already crowded with only five people inside, not to mention there were more than a dozen people crammed in. It was difficult for everyone to even turn around. Xiao Yuncheng had no choice but to let a few people go out and wait, and the room finally became a little more spacious.

Wu Tong thought of the note from before. Was Mom's skirt red before it faded? Wu Tong thought carefully and it seemed that Mom once had a red skirt, which seemed to be in the closet...

As if possessed by some mysterious force, Wu Tong walked towards the wardrobe and opened the door. There was only an old red cheongsam hanging inside. It looked very similar to the one his mother wore when he was a child, but the pattern was different. Wu Tong remembered it.

He took out the cheongsam and looked it over. Suddenly, a trace examination officer said, "Advisor Wu, what is this?"

Wu Tong looked curiously at the place he pointed, and found a small red bloodstain on the left side of the cheongsam, but the bloodstain was very square.

Xiao Yuncheng immediately asked someone to come for a blood test and the cheongsam was taken away, but Wu Tong still stood there in a daze. The bloodstain gave him an increasingly wrong feeling. He seemed to be remembering something, but the idea just refused to become clearer. Wu Tong couldn't grasp this vague idea and just felt more and more upset.

The trace examination personnel moved quickly and returned with the results shortly afterwards: "Captain Xiao, Consultant Wu, this is diluted blood. The DNA test shows it's Chen Xiuping's blood."

"But..." Wu Tong, who had been uninvolved, spoke up. He pointed at the cheongsam held by the trace examiner and said, "The bloodstains are too neat, like they were deliberately painted like this."

"Indeed." The trace examiner cooperated and unfolded the trace to show them. Xiao Yuncheng felt very strange: "This looks very much like a box..."

A box? ...The unclear thoughts in his mind were finally cleared up by Xiao Yuncheng's words.

Wu Tong suddenly turned around and walked towards the wardrobe, stretched out his hand and opened it. Xiao Yuncheng followed him over, only to see that there was a secret compartment at the back of the wardrobe!

"It's this..." Wu Tong said to himself. He opened the secret door and saw a USB drive lying inside.

Wu Tong handed the USB drive to Shi Qian and asked him to help check the contents. Shi Qian immediately moved the computer in and inserted the USB drive.

"What do you think is in here?"

Wu Tong turned around and looked at Xiao Yuncheng, with an indescribable emotion on his face. Wu Tong shook his head, he didn't know.

Xiao Yuncheng didn't say anything else, just quietly waiting with him. After a while, Shi Qian raised his head and said, "I got it."

Everyone gathered together and stared at the computer screen. The video was clicked and Chen Xiuping's face suddenly appeared in the camera. The sudden appearance of his big face in front of the camera scared everyone, but Chen Xiuping seemed not to notice that there was a camera. He didn't even look at the camera. He picked up something and stood up and walked out.

No... Wu Tong frowned. Isn't this his home? Why is Chen Xiuping here? How did he know about this place?

The surroundings were very quiet, with only the rustling sounds in the video coming from the computer. In the video, Chen Xiuping was holding something in his hand and looked sneaky, probably here to steal something.

Chen Xiuping was about to leave when the door of the room was suddenly pushed open and a woman rushed in. Wu Tong's body trembled violently. It was none other than Wu Tong's mother. He never mistook his mother's figure, but for some reason, he just couldn't remember her face. Just like now, the woman's face in the video was mosaiced, and a line of words slowly appeared in the lower left corner: I don't want you to cry your eyes out.

The video continued to play, and the woman screamed and shouted, "Why won't you let us go?!"

Chen Xiuping smiled obscenely and slowly walked towards the woman. He said, "Why should I let you go? Don't forget, you stabbed me in Guangdong."

Wu Tong's eyes widened. Why would Chen Xiuping say that? Did his mother know him? They'd even met in Guangdong? And why didn't he know anything about it?

The woman's hands began to tremble, and Chen Xiuping suddenly grabbed the woman's shoulders. The frightened woman screamed, as if she was afraid of disturbing others. The woman did not dare to shout loudly, but just kept pushing Chen Xiuping. But how could her strength compare to that of a strong man like Chen Xiuping?

Chen Xiuping pushed the woman onto the bed, and the screen went black instantly.

Wu Tong covered his mouth in disbelief, his stomach churning. Finally, he could no longer suppress the nausea and rushed out of the cabin like a madman.

Xiao Yuncheng said nothing, but just glanced at everyone, indicating that they should stay and watch the video, and then he chased out.

"vomit······"

Wu Tong couldn't spit out anything. The stomach acid irritated his throat. In an instant, all the bitterness came up and tears flowed uncontrollably. Wu Tong took out a tissue from his pocket with trembling hands and wiped his mouth. He must be in a mess now, right?

Why? Why, when he thought everything was over, did the filth hidden in this inch of land come out to disgust him again?

You mean, this beast not only kidnapped you and killed your mother, but also sexually assaulted her repeatedly before that, from Guangdong to Heilongjiang...

How can you ask him not to hate Chen Xiuping?

It's impossible, Wu Tong thought, Chen Xiuping must die, no one can save him.

Where can you escape to? Although you were able to survive until now, Wu Tong's eyes became more and more ferocious.

He would personally cut Chen Xiuping into pieces.