Chapter 93: No Longer Hiding It?
Zhong Wan was puzzled by what she heard, but seeing her forlorn and sad expression, she remained silent.
Lin Yan'an remained silent, reaching out to take some things from her hands.
The three walked in silence, one after the other, deeper into the mountains.
The path beneath our feet was initially faintly visible, then it became increasingly narrow, and finally disappeared completely into the weeds and bushes.
Zhong Wan looked at Xu Siying ahead, whose steps were firm and whose goal was clear. After hesitating for a moment, she still lifted her foot and followed.
Lin Yan'an followed closely behind, silently protecting her.
After walking for about another half hour, we finally arrived at our destination.
Seeing Xu Siying stop, Zhong Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief. She looked around in confusion, but saw nothing but weeds and trees.
Zhong Wan, slightly out of breath, looked at Xu Siying and asked, "Officer Xu... why did you bring us here?"
Xu Siying looked down at the weeds in front of her, sighed softly, and said, "It depends on people."
"Looking at people?!"
Zhong Wan's voice instantly rose, filled with disbelief and astonishment: "Where would anyone be in this desolate wilderness?!"
"I'm telling you, I'm a scaredy-cat, so don't scare me!"
As she spoke, she subconsciously moved quickly closer to Lin Yan'an.
Seeing this, Lin Yan'an's eyes flashed with a barely perceptible smile. He raised his hand and took her small hand, silently comforting her.
Xu Siying ignored her words, instead squatting down and reaching out to pull up some weeds.
Why pull weeds?
Zhong Wan and Lin Yan'an looked down in confusion.
When they saw the weeds being cleared away little by little, revealing the outlines of two low mounds of earth underneath, the two fell silent instantly.
Xu Siying's voice slowly rang out: "These are my father's and my brother's graves."
The two men paused, their gazes fixed on the two mounds of earth, almost completely smoothed over by nature. They silently walked to Xu Siying's side, squatted down, and began cleaning them together in silence.
Xu Siying took a deep breath and continued, "The car that hit Niu Niu wasn't an accident; Niu Niu was his target."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Wan froze, her hand still holding the weeds. She repeated in disbelief, "Murder in broad daylight...?!"
Xu Siying nodded heavily in response, "Mm."
Lin Yan'an frowned, puzzled: "Why?!"
Xu Siying remained silent for a long time before saying in a low voice, "Because Niu Niu looks like my brother, her uncle."
"Very similar."
Zhong Wan was still puzzled: "So what if Niu Niu looks like your brother? It's normal for a nephew to resemble his uncle."
"My brother... is a narcotics officer,"
Xu Siying paused, then seemed to soften a bit: "My dad too."
Zhong Wan suddenly realized what was happening, and her eyes narrowed instantly: "That driver..."
"That driver was a drug dealer, a fugitive who had narrowly escaped from my brother's clutches."
Xu Siying said in a cold voice, "He's already in prison."
Zhong Wan fell completely silent.
Drug dealers—what a terrifying word.
She truly never imagined that one day this word would appear in her life.
Even more unexpectedly, the two small mounds in front of us, almost forgotten deep in the mountains, turned out to be...unsung heroes.
Zhong Wan lowered her eyes, her movements becoming increasingly quiet and devout.
Xu Siying didn't say anything more.
The atmosphere quieted down again, with only the rustling sound of weeds being pulled out.
One by one, the small mounds, hidden by time and overgrown weeds, gradually revealed their true form, and Zhong Wan's heart sank along with this sight.
She didn't know how long she had been working; even the soreness in her arms seemed to have faded.
It wasn't until the three of them had cleared the weeds off the burial mound that...
She finally straightened up and breathed a sigh of relief.
He stood quietly to the side, watching Xu Siying burn paper money one after another in front of the small mound.
Zhong Wan couldn't quite describe her feelings. Her throat tightened, and she asked in a hoarse voice, "These... are all..."
“They are all unsung heroes, comrades-in-arms of my father and brother.”
Xu Siying gazed at the flickering flames, sighed, and continued, "Each of them was a decorated warrior, yet they could only live in anonymity..."
"Some of them, even their families don't know exactly where they are buried..."
Tears silently streamed down her face. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and after a moment, turned to look at Zhong Wan, her tone becoming complex and deep: "I don't know what secrets you have..."
"But I hope you can... always be a good person."
After Xu Siying finished speaking, she looked sharply at Zhong Wan and continued, "I went back yesterday and checked your information."
"It's very ordinary, yet it seems somewhat... unusual?"
"That accident at the barbecue restaurant a while ago...?"
"That mine a few days ago?"
"And... that talking cat."
With each question she posed, Zhong Wan's expression tensed instantly, her eyes narrowed, and her gaze was fixed intently on Xu Siying.
Lin Yan'an immediately sensed her tension, frowned, took half a step forward, and stood in front of Zhong Wan, interrupting her in a cold and hard voice: "Officer Xu, what exactly do you want to say?"
Seeing this, Xu Siying laughed instead: "Don't be nervous, I mean no harm. Not only will I not report it, but I will also keep your secret."
She changed the subject: "I just wanted to ask you... for a favor."
"help?"
Zhong Wan immediately put on an innocent smile and shook her head in refusal: "Officer Xu overestimates me."
"Since you've checked my information, you should have found out that I can't even find a decent job, so how could I possibly help you?"
Lin Yan'an looked at Zhong Wan with a puzzled expression upon hearing this. Although she didn't understand what was going on, she still stood firmly in front of her.
Seeing this, Xu Siying chuckled and lowered her voice, saying, "Those scumbags who abuse cats, after they go in, they have nightmares every now and then. It's not frequent, but every time it's like they're possessed by a ghost."
“Every time I wake up, I’m in a daze, my face filled with fear and lingering dread as I say there are ghosts, cat ghosts, dog ghosts, rabbit ghosts…”
"Every animal they tortured and killed has become a ghost, coming to claim their lives..."
"And that Zhou Liren, isn't that a coincidence?"
Unable to contain her curiosity, Zhong Wan blurted out, "What's wrong with him? Is he also possessed by an evil spirit?"
A hint of helplessness flashed in Lin Yan'an's eyes. He took her small hand and squeezed it slightly.
Zhong Wan was taken aback and quickly shut her mouth.
Xu Siying watched their little actions, her smile deepening: "Not hiding it anymore?"
Zhong Wan: "..."
Lin Yan'an smiled helplessly, "Officer Xu, can you still hide now?"
Xu Siying shrugs ┓(′`)┏.
“When my husband got home yesterday, he told me everything that happened yesterday,”
After she finished speaking, she looked at Zhong Wan and said, "So, it can't be hidden."
Zhong Wan slumped her shoulders weakly and muttered under her breath, "I should have known better than to call your husband."
For 100,000 yuan, he personally handed his secret over to the police.
She really...lost a huge amount!
Zhong Wan immediately perked up and looked at Xu Siying curiously, asking, "How is Zhou Liren?"
"Him,"
Xu Siying recalled for a moment, a slightly sarcastic smile appearing on her face: "He also had nightmares. On the first night he went in, he covered his mouth and nose tightly with the blanket while sleeping. If the patrolling police hadn't found him in time, he probably would have suffocated himself in his sleep."
"Serves you right!" Zhong Wan exclaimed, feeling relieved.
Xu Siying paused for a moment, then continued, "When he woke up, he was terrified to see the gold jewelry on his body."
"They were also making a ruckus, shouting that it was haunted, and insisting that the gold jewelry was haunted,"
"One minute they say it's true, the next they say it's fake, and that the gold jewelry is still shedding slag..."
As Xu Siying spoke, she looked at Zhong Wan, her tone becoming extremely certain: "So, you did all of this, didn't you?"
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