“There’s definitely something fishy about this. I’ve already sent someone to keep an eye on Wan Guihua’s situation. Now we’re just waiting for my cousin’s reply. It’s getting late, let’s get some rest. We’ll go to the post office to make a call first thing tomorrow morning.”

The next day, Cui Zhizhou went to work, while Lu Ze took Yu Yao and Wu Wanying to the post office to call Wu Huaiqing.

“I’ve already shown the photo to Uncle Niu, and he said that the woman from back then isn’t in it! I even specially put on a beauty mark to show him, and it’s true that the woman from back then isn’t in it.”

"Is it possible that Uncle Niu misremembered? Or that he can't remember clearly?"

“I’ve also confirmed with other people that the woman who was with my grandmother back then is indeed not in the group photo.”

Yu Yao held the phone, glanced at Lu Ze and Wu Wanying beside her, and continued, "So, the person who took the child back then wasn't Wan Guihua."

The two exchanged more information before Yu Yao hung up the phone.

Wu Wanying looked puzzled: "If it wasn't Wan Guihua who took you away, then who was it?"

Yu Yao shook her head; she didn't know either.

At this moment, Lu Ze, who had been silent until now, said, "Wan Guihua has only admitted to telling the police that the child has been found, but she did not tell them to close the case. If she is not lying, it means that someone else told the police to close the case back then."

Yu Yao pondered, "You mean there's someone else hiding in the shadows, impersonating Wan Guihua to tell the police to close the case?"

Lu Ze nodded, "I sent someone to confirm with the police. Actually, two groups of police officers visited the compound around the same time. What we saw should be the police's later record."

Yu Yao pointed out the suspicious points: "But there were only so many people in the courtyard at that time, and they were all in the group photo. There were no other people."

Before she could finish speaking, Wu Wanying suddenly interjected:

"Not everyone is in the group photo. There was one person who was temporarily living in the courtyard at the time."

Yu Yao and Lu Ze looked at her. "Who?"

"Xu Ruoling".