Qin Yuanyao and Chi Baiyi both looked at Chi Naoche with satisfaction.
For such a young child to utter such profound words, it makes all the effort they've put into chasing after this mask with her worthwhile.
Qin Yuanyao nodded and said, "Cheese is right. In mythology, Chenghuang originally represents health and longevity. When your father made this mask for you, he must have hoped that you would be healthy. This is not an unlucky mask; it is a mask with a very beautiful meaning."
Zhao Lan smiled with emotion, nodded to them, and turned to follow the police.
The rest is up to Zhao Lan to handle.
They got into the car and prepared to return to Changshu Village.
Throughout the journey, Chi Cheese kept staring at the mask.
Is Cui Yi the murderer ten years later?
Now that Cui Yi has been taken away by the police, the mask is in her hands again. If she keeps the mask safe, will she be able to avoid the fire ten years later?
But if Cui Yi isn't the murderer, even if she already has the mask, wouldn't the real murderer still find another way to set the fire ten years later?
Chi Nao became increasingly melancholy as she thought about it, her brows furrowing deeper and deeper.
She felt that all the hard work she had done for her parents for so long, even if the mask returned to her, seemed to have no real purpose...
"What's wrong? You finally found the mask you've been longing for, aren't you happy?" Chi Baiyi noticed his melancholy expression and asked.
Chi Naoqi pouted, glanced at him, and said sullenly, "You don't understand."
"Then you should talk to your dad and let him understand."
Chi Cheese sighed. "There's nothing to say."
Then, she leaned back in the leather chair, closed her eyes, and pretended to doze off.
She had only intended to pretend to sleep to avoid her father's questions, but with her eyes closed, she actually fell asleep in no time.
She had a dream.
In her dream, she returned to the great fire ten years later.
She struggled to breathe amidst the intense flames, as if she were trapped in a fiery mountain, about to be engulfed by the raging fire at any moment.
She lay in bed, barely able to move, let alone escape.
She turned her head and saw a person wearing a mask in the firelight.
Riding a yellow mask!
It was the Chenghuang mask she had been searching for!
She wanted to shout, to question that person: Who are you? Why did you set fire to my house?
But when she opened her mouth, she couldn't make a sound.
She felt incredibly hot, as if she were about to be melted by the flames.
She stared intently at the person wearing the yellow mask in the fire.
As the person walked out, they took off their mask.
The person who removed the mask turned to look at her lying on the bed, his face full of contempt and arrogance.
To her astonishment, the man threw another tinder into the fire.
If this had happened a few days ago, Chi Cheese wouldn't have recognized who this person was.
But at this moment, she could see it clearly and distinctly!
Cui Yi!!
The person who set fire to her house, wearing a yellow mask with a red dot between its brows, was Cui Yi!
"Cheese? Cheese?"
Chi Nai heard someone calling her name; it sounded like her mother's voice, and also like her father's voice.
The sound seemed to come from near and far until she suddenly opened her eyes—
"Cheese? Cheese?"
Her mother's and father's faces loomed large before her eyes. Seeing that she was awake, Chi Baiyi asked gently, "Did you have a nightmare?"
Qin Yuanyao took a tissue and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Chi Nai's face was covered in sweat, and her little face was a bit pale.
She stared at Qin Yuanyao and Chi Baiyi in horror, as if looking through them into distant memories, completely bewildered.
"Daddy's here, don't be afraid, it's all just a dream." Chi Baiyi pulled her into his arms, gently patted her back, and spoke in a soft, gentle voice.
Chi Nai was still replaying her dream in her mind.
If the dream wasn't a lie, then the one who set fire to her family and killed them ten years later was Cui Yi!
But why does Cui Yi hate her family so much? Is it because they got him arrested today?
No, she doesn't even know Cui Yi ten years from now!
Ten years later, she had no idea what the Yellow Mask was.
She never went to find the yellow mask, so it was impossible for her to have met Sister Zhao Lan or known about Cui Yi beforehand.
Zhao Lan's sister said today that she wouldn't have called the police if it weren't for her parents.
If Zhao Lan hadn't called the police, Cui Yi wouldn't have ended up in jail.
Ten years later, even though Sister Zhao Lan experienced some bad things, she didn't call the police, right?
If Cui Yi were to remain in prison for ten years or longer, preventing him from setting fire to her house, would her entire family be spared?
Suddenly, Chi Nia had a flash of inspiration and found a solution!
"Daddy," Chi Nao sat up straight from Chi Baiyi's lap and said to Chi Baiyi with great seriousness, "I think that guy named Cui Yi is really bad. He looks like a bad person. Daddy, do you have any way to keep him in jail?"
"How long has it been?" Chi Baiyi asked.
"Ten years! Twenty years! Thirty years, any time is fine," Chi Cheese said casually.
“Although what he did was indeed illegal, from a legal perspective, it’s not possible to keep him in jail for more than ten years,” Chi Baiyi said.
"He doesn't look like a good person. He might have done other bad things. If he's done a lot of bad things, will he be able to stay in jail for a very long time?"
"Why do you want him locked up for so long?" Chi Baiyi asked, staring at her.
"Because he's a bad guy, and bad guys should be locked up in jail forever. They shouldn't be released; it would be too dangerous." Chi Nao's brows furrowed as she finished speaking.
"What dangers might there be?" Chi Baiyi asked.
"Setting fire! So many people died!" Chi Naoqi's eyes widened.
"Did you just have a nightmare like that?" Chi Baiyi's tone was very soft, but her words made Chi Nao's heart pound wildly.
Dad is so amazing!
How can you guess everything!
Chi Nao nodded seriously, "Mm!"
"Cui Yi set fire?" Chi Baiyi's eyes grew increasingly dark.
Chi Cheese nodded again, "Mmm!"
“Many, many people died. Who died?” Chi Baiyi asked again.
Chi Nao looked at her father, then at her mother, swallowed hard, and said, "Me, you, and Sister Qin, the three of us are dead."
Chi Baiyi's expression was inscrutable, and it was unclear what he was thinking.
Qin Yuanyao never expected to appear in Chi Nao's dream.
She didn't know what to say, so she could only comfort Chi Nao, "Dreams are always the opposite of reality, we'll all live well."
Chi Nai glanced at her mother, her little mouth moved, but she ultimately said nothing.
This is not a dream.
This is something that will actually happen in the future.
“I understand,” Chi Baiyi said. “I will have Uncle Mu investigate whether he has done anything else wrong.”
(End of this chapter)
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