Chapter 083 (Two in One)
Lin Shuyue felt that the words in the title were blurry. She calmed herself down before daring to look at it.
The newspaper reported the news in June 2006. After four years of dating, Lin Shuxing and Luo Zhengjun finally got married. After the marriage, they went home together to visit Luo Zhengjun's parents.
Luo Anping was sixteen years old at this moment. In Lihua Village, where pear trees had been planted throughout the village to start the road to prosperity, every household began to pay attention to family quality. So in two years, Luo Anping grew taller and stronger.
Because of Luo Laosan's education since childhood, he has a strong interest in abusing people and animals. Because his family bought a TV, his aesthetic taste changed and he began to pay attention to the women around him. However, no one could satisfy him, not even the girls in the county town. What he wants is the kind of beautiful and fashionable woman in modern urban dramas.
But Luo Anping also knows that a girl from a big city would not appear in their remote village. What Luo Anping thought about most was to save money for two more years and find a human trafficker to buy a little girl kidnapped from a big city.
But the unexpected appearance of Lin Shuxing made him give up this idea, because Lin Shuxing was really beautiful, and Luo Anping didn't care even if she was older. After all, he just wanted to possess Lin Shuxing for a while and never thought about staying with her forever. After she gave birth to his child, she no longer saw the value of living.
So he made a careful plan. With the help of Luo Laosan, the grandfather and grandson waited for two nights and finally waited until Lin Shuxing went out to the toilet at night. They knocked Lin Shuxing unconscious, carried her from the small path next to Xiaofang's house to the back mountain, and then entered the Pear Garden from the back mountain.
Luo Zhengjun vaguely knew that his wife had gone out to the toilet. He waited for her to come back while sleeping, but she never came back. Half an hour passed, and he went out to look for her. Except for the flashlight that fell at the toilet door, there was no sign of Lin Shuxing inside or outside the house.
Luo's father and mother knocked on every door and mobilized the whole village to look for Lin Shuxing. They searched inside and outside the village, on the mountains and hills, from midnight to the next day, but there was no trace of Lin Shuxing. She just disappeared out of thin air. After searching for two days, they found the clothes that Lin Shuxing had worn that day, lying on the ground, by the river outside the village. Luo Zhengjun couldn't believe it.
The police who came to help find the person had closed the case, but Luo Zhengjun still did not give up. He walked day and night, covering every inch of land in the village and every mountain near the village, but he could not find the person alive or the body.
Sometimes Luo Zhengjun was only a little away from the correct destination, but was interrupted again and again by Luo Laosan. Sometimes the couple were very close to each other, but they could not see each other.
After this happened so many times, he became suspicious, so he began to investigate the Liyuan. At this time, a week had passed since Lin Shuxing was kidnapped.
On the night when Luo Zhengjun secretly visited the opera theater, Lin Shuxing took advantage of Luo Anping's visit to see her and strangled him to death with the iron chain that tied her. She put in a lot of effort, her hands were broken and her teeth were bleeding, before she finally broke free from the chains and ran away.
She was already extremely weak at that time. She held on to her last breath and finally ran out of the opera house. But her luck was not good. She was running in the opposite direction of Luo Zhengjun. The two were obviously so close to each other, one was looking for each other and the other was running away, but they just couldn't meet. Just as she was about to run to the village, she was beaten to death with an axe by Luo Laosan who caught up with her from behind.
Lin Shuxing died on the way to find Luo Zhengjun. June is the critical period for rice filling in the fields. At this moment, the farmland cannot lack water. Luo Laosan, who was moving the corpse into the pear orchard, was blocked by villagers who came back from checking the water in the fields.
Luo Laosan was arrested, and the incident in the Liyuan basement was exposed. The villagers called the police. Before waiting for the police to arrive, the villagers interrogated Luo Laosan as usual about why he did this. Before Luo Laosan confessed his crime, Luo Zhengjun arrived. He took a butcher knife and stabbed Luo Laosan more than 20 times in public.
Luo Zhengjun, the murderer, did not run away. He was detained in the detention center, waiting for Lou Fengqin and Bai Wenhua who hurried back from the northwest Gobi Desert.
On the night he met Lou Fengqin, Luo Zhengjun committed suicide in the detention center to follow his wife.
Lou Fengqin first lost her daughter, and before she had time to grieve, she received the news of her son-in-law's death. She couldn't bear the blow and fell ill.
When Lin Shuyue saw this, she burst into tears. She didn't dare to think about Lou Fengqin's despair at that moment.
She asked the good and evil discrimination system: [I never appear in this report from beginning to end, so what about me? Where did I go? 】
The answer to Lin Shuyue was from another newspaper. This newspaper was different from the one she had received before. It came from the past. The time was May 21, 2004, the day after she thought she had traveled back in time.
According to the report, she was hit by a speeding car in the pedestrian street of Suishan Market.
[I'm sorry host, in that parallel universe, I don't have enough energy to wake up and save you. 】The electronic sound of the good and evil discrimination system is full of self-blame. This was the first time that Lin Shuyue heard "humanity" in its electronic sound.
Under normal circumstances, Lin Shuyue would definitely be curious about this matter, but at this moment, she no longer had the energy to explore so much.
At this moment, she finally understood why she had to complete the mission to prolong her life even though she was bound to the "Good and Evil Discrimination System", because she was originally supposed to be a person who was going to die.
Lin Shuyue sighed deeply. Not long ago, she was lamenting that Aqin and Wang Guiquan's family always broke the hemp rope at the thinnest part, but she didn't expect that now, this sentence would be applied to her family.
The two newspapers turned into starlight in front of Lin Shuyue. Lin Shuyue covered her eyes with her hands. Perhaps she was too sad. This time, she couldn't even cry.
At this moment, she was extremely grateful that she had bound herself to the system and had another chance to start over. Her family also had more opportunities because of her.
Lin Shuyue was not a person who did not know how to be content and grateful. She sincerely thanked the system: "Tongzi, thank you. 】
The good and evil discrimination system immediately replied: [You’re welcome. 】
As soon as he finished speaking, the system prompt sounded: [Ding~ Congratulations to the host for completing the limited-time task within the specified time. Reward points x2000, RMB amount x3000.】
[Ding~ Congratulations to the host for completing the "Wangjiang Villa Case", "Child Snatching Case", "Deadly Water Delivery Truck", "Mutual Aid Corpse Burning Case", "Big Prayer Wheel Evil/Cult Case" and "Crimes in the Orchard". 】
[The special rewards for these six cases are issued together: one set of Xijiang Apartment in Pengcheng. 】
[This reward will be distributed to the host within one week through formal procedures. 】
Lin Shuyue was stunned. She thought that this time the system rewards would be the same as before, various special rewards, but she didn't expect that this time it would be a house.
She knew the Xijiang Apartment, which was just opposite the newspaper office. It was also owned by the Dingsheng Group and just opposite the Dingsheng Building. It was finely decorated and equipped with the latest full set of furniture and appliances, and one could move in directly.
[Does the system also issue real rewards? 】Lin Shuyue had a very unreal feeling.
She had just been thinking about finding a house to move out a few days ago, and just as she dozed off, the system sent her a pillow. After the Great Sutra Wheel incident, Lin Shuyue has decided to strengthen the security of her home.
[Yes, host, please keep working hard, there will be many random rewards in the system. 】
Lin Shuyue was very confused and couldn't calm down. She was lost in thought and took out a long-sleeved sweatshirt from her suitcase and put it on. Then she heard footsteps on the wooden stairs. Lin Shuyue turned around and saw that the person coming was Lin Shuxing.
The emotions that Lin Shuyue had just suppressed collapsed at this moment. She pursed her lips, blinked, and opened her arms towards Lin Shuxing: "Sister~"
Lin Shuyue was raised by Lin Shuxing, and the two sisters knew each other very well. However, after Lin Shuyue turned ten years old, they rarely hugged each other. Lin Shuxing was surprised at Lin Shuyue's fragility today, but he still walked over, opened his arms, and hugged her like he did when they were children.
"You're already an adult, aren't you ashamed?" Lin Shuxing said this with a smile on his face.
Lin Shuyue smelled the familiar breath of Lin Shuxing, and tears slowly burst out. She raised her head and blinked back her tears: "Sister, you must be well and live a long life."
Lin Shuxing didn't understand, but he still coaxed her skillfully as before: "Okay, okay, live a hundred years, you live a hundred years too, we all live a hundred years."
Lin Shuyue did not stay depressed for too long. The two of them came down from the attic. Lou Fengqin sat in the living room and talked with Luo's father and mother. Lou Fengqin's face was not very good, but her attitude was the same when she talked to Luo's mother. She did not vent her anger on them because of Luo Laosan's grandfather and grandson. It must be said that Luo's father and mother were relieved.
Seeing Lou Fengqin, Lin Shuyue's heart ached again. When Ayang was lost, she had already lost half her life. Lin Shuyue didn't dare to think about how much of a blow it was to Lou Fengqin when she and Lin Shuxing died one after another. She held Lou Fengqin's calloused hand, feeling sad and uncomfortable, and wanted to cry.
But there are so many people here, she can't lose face.
Lou Fengqin sensed her younger daughter's emotions and looked at her older daughter. Lin Shuxing shook her head at her, indicating that she didn't know either. Lou Fengqin then retracted her gaze and patted her hands.
Her little daughter has been strong since she was young, but she also has shallow eye sockets and strong empathy. This can be seen from the age of two or three. Lou Fengqin still remembers that when her daughter A Yue was three years old and A Yang was not yet born, the village had a good harvest and organized a movie watching event. Lou Fengqin can't remember the specific content of the movie, but she vaguely remembers that it was an anti-Japanese war movie. In one scene, one of the main characters died, but no one cried. Only her daughter A Yue was crying loudly.
Lou Fengqin coaxed her for a long time, and finally Ah Xing took out the red hairband she had hidden to coax her, and she was happy.
Later, Lin Shuyue grew up slowly and was no longer as crybaby as she was when she was a child. Only occasionally, Lou Fengqin could still see her crying, sometimes she cried while reading a novel, sometimes she cried while watching a movie.
With Lou Fengqin's gentle patting, Lin Shuyue's emotions gradually stabilized.
It was already evening when Bai Wenhua came back. Several other families came back with him. Xiaolan and Xiaojun were in the hospital, and their injuries needed treatment.
After a while, some people came to visit the Luo family, and they talked about all the things about the Luo family.
"I've always thought that Anping, that little beast, was not a good person. I remember when he was four or five years old, I saw him beat a cat to death." The visitor didn't just come to gossip, his hands, sewing the thousand-layer soles, were constantly moving.
"You are a hindsight guy. Why didn't you say it before? Why are you bringing it up now? It's been so many years." Some people couldn't bear to see her doing this hindsight and stood up to refute her.
"Why not? I told my husband and he said I must have seen it wrong. How could a four or five-year-old child be that smart? Don't say anything.
The cat has been killed, so at least you won’t be scared by it. When I thought about it, it made sense. My son was six years old and was still scared to tears by cats and dogs. "The first person to speak used the thimble in his hand to push the needle out of the sole with difficulty.
"Fourth sister-in-law is right. No normal person would think that way. Actually, Luo Laosan is not a good guy. You see, he seems to be very nice to the people in the village over the years, but think about it carefully. Which family in the village is not nice to his family? Who doesn't help the old and weak in his family? When he wanted to rent a piece of land to grow pears, every household had little money. When he came to their door, didn't even the poorest six-year-old lend him seven or eight yuan?"
Things were different twenty years ago. At that time, they had not yet implemented the household contract responsibility system, and it was still the era of the collective. Liu Laizi had always been lazy and greedy. He could only save three or five yuan in a year thanks to a good year. The seven or eight yuan was what he had saved for two years. Other families in the village also contributed some, some as little as ten or twenty yuan, and some as much as eighty or ninety yuan.
"It's been 20 years, and he still hasn't paid back several families. His pear trees bear fruit in three years, and he earns back his investment in five years."
Some people don't think so much. After the household contract responsibility system was implemented, as long as they were willing to work hard, they could go out to work and they would never starve to death. A few dozen yuan was not a big deal to them. What's more, Luo Laosan had a lot of grandparents, grandchildren and young people. Who would have the nerve to ask for that money? Isn't there someone poking at your spine?
Every village has a few conspicuous people who are more generous than anyone else in helping others.
Women's conversations are always imaginative and they quickly jump from one topic to another. Lin Shuyue, on the other hand, holds her phone and chats with Hang Jiabai.
Hang Jiabai told Lin Shuyue that Taixida's court date had arrived this morning, and the capital city of Dongguan was interrogating both the head office and the branch company at the same time.
In the capital, the executive chairman of Tesida was sentenced to 20 years in prison and deprived of his political rights for life after he confessed to using melamine in his factory to increase the protein content of milk powder. Under him, everyone from the general manager to the executive manager who collected the money were all sentenced to prison terms of varying degrees of severity.
There are even more people involved in the case at the branch in Dongguan City. The general manager and purchasing manager were also sentenced to twenty years in prison, and the rest of the participants were given prison sentences ranging from three to ten years.
In addition, there are those who resold the national grain reserves, from the granary keeper to the director of the warehousing bureau of Guangdong Province. Not only were they all dismissed from their posts, they also had to go to jail.
Lin Shuyue was not convinced by the verdict but did not say much. She was just thankful that in that era, melamine had not yet been put on the market in large quantities and that not as many children were harmed as in later generations. The input of poisonous rice noodles is also within a controllable range.
Moreover, those families who drank the poisonous milk powder or rice noodles can also file civil claims against the criminals, which is a kind of compensation for them to some extent.
Lin Shuyue felt very upset and urgently needed an outlet to talk. Hang Jiabai happened to be there, so she told Hang Jiabai about the matter of Luo Laosan's grandfather and grandson. As soon as the message was sent, Hang Jiabai called her. After talking about this matter, there was a bit of silence between the two, but Hang Jiabai was reluctant to hang up the phone.
Lin Shuyue is not a fool. Although she has never been in a relationship, she has seen others in love. She knows what it means to chat with a man non-stop for several days. To be fair, she did have a good impression of Hang Jiabai.
A handsome young criminal policeman with a great figure, who wouldn’t be confused when seeing him? But when it comes to being together, Lin Shuyue feels it’s too fast.
Lin Shuyue got some inspiration from the relationships between Lin Shuxing and Luo Zhengjun, as well as between Lou Fengqin and Bai Wenhua, that is, good things are worth waiting for, and it takes time to get to know each other, so that the relationship will become better and more mature.
When Lin Shuyue thought about it this way, she felt more at ease and started chatting with Hang Jiabai more.
This phone call lasted for half an hour, which was a record for Lin Shuyue. You have to know that in her two lifetimes, no one except her family had ever had the honor of talking to her for half an hour without hanging up. Of course, it doesn’t count when playing with friends.
Lin Shuyue was talking by the pond when she called. When she returned, the whole family, from Lou Fengqin and Bai Wenhua to Bai Pingping and Lin Shuyang, all looked at her with awe.
Lin Shuxing pretended to ask casually: "Ayue, who were you talking to on the phone? Why did it take so long?"
Lin Shuyue remained calm and composed: "I'm talking to a colleague about a case I worked on before. The verdict came out today and we're not very satisfied with it. We're discussing this matter."
In fact, Huang Weiqiang and Li Weisheng did tell her about this matter on Penguin. They specially created a small group with only the three of them and Li Mingfang. It’s just that Lin Shuyue only saw their message two seconds ago.
The whole family didn't believe Lin Shuyue's words. After all, if they were really colleagues, would Lin Shuyue keep smiling while talking on the phone? There must be something fishy going on. But don't be in a hurry. After a long time, the rabbit's tail will always show up. If she really falls in love, how long can she keep pretending?
They stopped asking questions, and Lin Shuyue stopped explaining anything. Isn’t there a saying that goes, sometimes, explanation is just covering up?
When it was time to make dinner, the village party secretary came and insisted on inviting Lin Shuyue's family to have dinner with him. It was hard to refuse his kindness, and after half an hour of extreme persuasion, the whole family finally went. The village party secretary's family specially killed a big rooster and stewed it for a long time. The fragrance could be smelled before it arrived at his house.
His house is much bigger than Luo Zhengjun's. In addition to houses like Luo Zhengjun's, he also built a row of bungalows with an outward-opening window. They opened a small shop here, selling needles, thread, firewood, rice, oil, salt, and even commonly used medicines. There are also many chrysanthemums planted in his yard. When the cool breeze blows in the evening, the faint fragrance of the chrysanthemums is also sent into people's breath.
Secretary Sun's father, who was also the previous team leader of Lihua Village, had passed away early. The village secretary's mother lived with her. She was busy in the kitchen with her daughter-in-law. When she saw Lin Shuyue and the others coming, she hurried out to greet them warmly.
The village party secretary also has two children. Because the place is located in the mountains, it is not easy to go out to get out of school. Therefore, students need to live in the school from the beginning of elementary school, even the village party secretary, the richest man in the village, is no exception.
There are few people in his family, only three in total, but all three of them were very enthusiastic. During the meal, all you could hear were the three of them persuading Lin Shuyue and the others to eat and drink.
After eating and drinking, everyone talked about Luo Anping again. Lou Fengqin frowned and said, "This kid is lucky. He is not even 18 years old yet, not yet an adult, so he can't be sentenced to death. At most, he will stay in the juvenile detention center for a few years. When he comes out of the juvenile detention center, he can continue to harm people."
Lou Fengqin's words quieted the atmosphere at the entire dinner table. It was undoubtedly bad news for them that the little beast Luo Anping could not be sentenced to death.
The village party secretary put down his glass and said with a smile: "When it comes to adulthood, do you mean the real age or the age on the household registration book?"
"Everything is based on what's in the household registration book." Bai Wenhua said.
The village party secretary slapped his thigh and said, "That's it, Luo Anping is dead. When he was three years old, the village divided up the mountain and forest land. According to the regulations, children under the age of seven were not entitled to any. In order to get an extra share, Luo Laosan got a certificate from the village and went to the police station to change his age, which was changed to four years older. I remember that Luo Anping was born around the Chinese New Year. Calculating the time, he is now eighteen years old."
In the 1990s, when computers were not yet popular and household registration was not connected to the national network, it was sometimes easy to change your name as long as you gave a small gift.
After some unexpected turns, the atmosphere at the dinner table became lively again.
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