Chapter 162: Jinjiang First Launch
"What choice should I make?" Kong Qingsheng was still confused. Bai Mian didn't say anything, but just handed him the phone. Xia Mang shouted from behind him:
"Of course you should call the police. Don't you want to seek justice for your mother?"
Kong Qingsheng held the phone, his hands trembling, and he was in a dilemma: "Call the police to arrest my father? But after all, my father raised me, and he had a hard life... But my mother did die tragically... I don't know... Don't force me -"
Kong Qingsheng started to scream as he spoke. It was obvious that his mental state was not good. Lu Xue couldn't bear it and said, "Master, why do you have to force him to call the police? Anyway, the truth has been found out. It's the same if we call the police. He was raised by his father and he must have feelings for his father. If you force him to call the police himself, he will definitely have a mental breakdown."
Bai Mian waved her hands, signaling Lu Xue not to interrupt. She quietly observed Kong Qingsheng's reaction. This was a knot in Kong Qingsheng's heart that had to be untied by himself. Only if he called the police today could he overcome this hurdle, otherwise he would still be haunted by nightmares for the rest of his life.
Kong Qingsheng held the phone in his hand, and his face was reflected on the black screen. He looked at himself on the screen. He had a pair of red eyes, which were inherited from his mother. He finally remembered his mother. She was a gentle and beautiful woman with a long braid. When he was a child, he often fell asleep while touching his mother's braid. His mother could also embroider and embroidered a pair of lifelike tiger-head shoes for him, which no other children in the village had. His mother was good at making noodles, and she could make them long and thin. On his fifth birthday, if that incident had not happened, he should have eaten a bowl of longevity noodles made by his mother...
Waves of memories came flooding back, and the concept of "mom" finally came alive in Kong Qingsheng's heart. Such a beautiful mother, but she died so miserably in the end. Perhaps it was because his mother's resentment was too heavy that he fell into this red nightmare. His mother looked at him like that, hoping that one day he could tell her everything. If he chose to remain silent this time, then what was the difference between him and the accomplice back then?
"But my dad..." Kong Qingsheng felt soft-hearted for a moment. He remembered his father's face. Although his father had a bad temper, he was still very good to him. If it weren't for this incident, he would have planned to take care of his father until the end of his life. As he thought about it, he remembered the phone call with his father before. On the phone, his father described his mother as a shameless woman. This made Kong Qingsheng angry all of a sudden. Not only was his mother killed, but she was also splashed with such dirty water. As a son, shouldn't he protect his mother?
The faces of his father and his wife became fierce in Kong Qingsheng's heart. He gritted his teeth and stood up again. This time he held the phone tightly in his hand and finally made a decision -
"No need for your help, I can call the police myself."
After that, he called the police: "Hello, my name is Kong Qingsheng, I want to expose a murder case that happened 20 years ago..."
When he made this call, everyone held their breath and looked at Kong Qingsheng with admiration. It was not easy for him to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice.
After the call, the police quickly went to Kong Qingsheng's hometown to investigate. They found several bones under the pigsty and old bloodstains in the room. The house at that time was made of earthen walls and earthen kangs, and the bloodstains were difficult to clean completely. The police extracted samples at the scene and took them back to the town for inspection. The results showed that these bones and bloodstains came from Kong Qingsheng's mother.
This case caused an uproar in the village. When Kong Qingsheng's mother disappeared, everyone thought she had run away with someone. After all, the village was poor and such things were very common, so no one was suspicious. Now that the case has been brought up again, Kong Qingsheng's home has become a tourist attraction and everyone wants to go and see it. Fortunately, the police protected the scene in advance.
Kong Qingsheng also followed the police to the police station to record his statement. His statement will become strong evidence in this case. Before leaving Ci Xin Tang, he paid the diagnosis fee and then waved to Bai Mian to express his gratitude.
He no longer had the energy to say anything more. He had never imagined that his father was a murderer in his dreams. The shock he received from this news was too great and he needed a very long time to digest it.
The moment he walked out of the door, he suddenly felt a lot more relieved, as if something had disappeared. He didn't know what it was, but he knew that the red female ghost would never come to his dreams again.
Xia Mang said angrily: "His father is definitely sentenced to death. This old Deng deserves to die! The means of committing the crime are so cruel, and he did it in front of the child. It's too easy for him to be sentenced to death. If it were in ancient times, he should be cut into pieces!"
Bai Mian nodded calmly, and Xia Mang continued, "Alas, it's a pity that those two old guys were not caught. Kong Qingsheng's grandpa and grandma have passed away, and the police can't investigate. The two old guys did such a thing, but they can still live peacefully to old age. God is really blind!"
Bai Mian paused, then said, "I have seen their fate in the next life. Although they died, they could not escape the punishment of heaven. Heaven sentenced them to fall into the animal realm in the next life, where they would be skinned and eaten by others and experience the pain of the victims."
Xia Mang clapped his hands and laughed, "Good judgement, this is the right thing to do!"
After seeing off the third fate master, Bai Mian's work for the day was completed. She breathed a sigh of relief, turned off the live broadcast, and cut a plate of bright mangoes for herself. Xia Mang and Lu Xue also walked away arm in arm. They could move freely from then on. The two girls were not very familiar with Qingshui Town, so they planned to take advantage of today to have a good look around.
Bai Mian sat at the dining table, eating mango while opening WeChat. She hadn't checked WeChat for half a day and already had dozens of unread messages. She clicked on them and took a closer look. They were all sent by Que Ge in the "Ci Xin Tang Family" group.
There are photos of the two of them, photos of two cups of milk tea, photos of movie tickets, and photos of the two of them catching dolls together...
Bai Mian curled up the corners of his mouth slightly. It seemed that Que Ge's date today went very smoothly. Looking at his attitude, he seemed to want to let the whole world know his schedule for today. The other people in the group were also very supportive.
Weng Xuhua: [Drink less milk tea, it is bad for blood lipids]
Gao Jin: [When will you bring the girl back and let her taste my specialty?]
Miss Yang: [Congratulations~]
Xia Mang: [Where is it? Can we meet by chance? ]
Lu Xue: [Sister, don’t be a light bulb]
Lame Brother also replied to everyone in a very proud manner, except Xia Mang.
Bai Mian also sent a blessing emoticon in the group. Although she was very busy today, she still did not forget the important thing - tonight, she would uncover the secret of Lame Brother.
There was the sound of raindrops tapping on the glass outside. Bai Mian turned his head and looked out the window. It was raining, a gentle drizzle. The rain fell in the dusk, creating a special halo.
Not long after the rain stopped, Gao Jin pushed open the door and came in. She had bought the food and was going to have shrimp wontons and fried chicken legs for dinner.
The wonton wrappers were bought ready-made. While Weng Xuhua was still busy, Gao Jin started wrapping them by herself. She spread out a wonton wrapper in her hand, then prepared the shrimp filling, lightly picked up the filling with chopsticks, placed the filling in the palm of her hand, then clenched her palm tightly, and with a flick of her fingers, a delicate little wonton was wrapped. Such wontons are small in size and do not have too much filling in them. After being cooked, they will float on the water like bubbles. This is also called "bubble wonton", a southern method that Gao Jin learned from her mobile phone.
Such wontons do not take up too much space in the stomach, but are just for tasting freshness. Gao Jin used shrimp and seaweed to make the soup, and then on a whim, he added a little fennel into it. After the soup was cooked, he put the wontons into the pot, and a pot of steaming bubble wontons was ready.
Also coming out of the pot at the same time are fried chicken legs with traditional flavor. This is an old-fashioned way of cooking. The chicken legs are not wrapped in anything. After being marinated, they are directly fried in the pot. As long as the oil temperature is properly controlled, the outer shell of the chicken legs will not burn. The chicken legs fried in this way are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and very tasty. This is not easy to buy outside. This is Gao Jin's exclusive method. When she lived in the village, she often fried it for her daughter. Later, Yinyin disappeared and Gao Jin never made it again. Now that Yinyin is back, she finally started to make this dish again.
The aroma of chicken legs wafted out, and some patients who came to see the doctor even came up to ask Gao Jin if they could pay for them, but Gao Jin politely declined. In order to not let his wife down, Weng Xuhua finished today's consultation early, and Yin Yin also closed the roujiamo shop. The family sat at the dining table, ready to start dinner.
It looked like the sisters Xia Mang and Lu Xue would not be coming back for dinner. After Bai Mian took his seat, everyone started eating and the fried chicken legs were snatched up as soon as they were served. Gao Jin held his face with a smile, watching everyone enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Yinyin ate with special relish, as she hadn't had this meal for more than 20 years. Since leaving her parents, she had been wandering around, living like a vagrant. Now she could eat her mother's cooking every day, which she cherished very much. Since returning home, she had gained five or six kilograms.
"Yinyin, you haven't had a partner for so many years. I saw a blind date corner in Central Park. How about I go and check it out for you?" After all, Gao Jin was of the older generation, and he started urging her to get married as soon as he opened his mouth.
茵茵笑噴了：“哈哈，媽，虧你想得出來！你也不想想男人娶女人是為了什麽？他們無非是想找個能生孩子的保姆，我都這把歲數了，已經絕經了，您就別折騰我了，咱們日子過的好好的，我為什麽不陪在自己父母身邊，要去別人家裏伺候別人呢？”
高瑾想了想，覺得也有道理，女兒才剛找回來，她也不想把女兒趕到別人身邊去，于是她眯起眼笑了笑，放棄了這個念頭。
緊接着她看向翁旭華，開口催促道：“喂，老頭子，我之前和你說過的出去旅游那件事，你到底怎麽想？”
翁旭華一頓，也不想生硬地拒絕，于是打着哈哈說道：“等以後吧，這兩天确實太忙了，等我以後不忙了，我一定陪你去旅游，一定！”
高瑾沒好氣地哼了一聲：“你這個死老頭子，就會敷衍我！”
翁旭華只好抱歉地笑笑，高瑾又看向白眠，白眠吃得很香，高瑾也很有成就感：“眠眠，你平時吃飯一向很節制，我倒是很少見到你吃這麽多。”
白眠點點頭：“是啊，吃飽了好做事嘛，師母，今天晚上我要出去一趟，你們給我留着門。”
高瑾不由得擔心起來：“啊，你又要出去，是有什麽大任務嗎？一定要注意安全啊！”
白眠笑了笑：“沒事，師母，不用擔心。”
吃過飯後，老兩口攜手出去遛彎了，茵茵洗了碗，坐在沙發上開始刷短視頻，那些短視頻低俗又吵鬧，但是茵茵笑得前仰後合，看得出來，漂泊的日子裏，她就是靠這些東西來提供樂趣。
白眠一個人回到房間，靜靜地整理起了屋裏的書，除了那本經典的醫書之外，翁旭華還給過她其他幾本古籍，這些書她有些讀完了，有些只讀到一半，白眠看着它們的書脊，心裏有了新的靈感，等她恢複法力之後，她要把自己的法力和這些中醫知識結合起來，以此造福人類，到時候她要制作中藥藥丸，中藥面膜，中藥……
白眠在腦中計劃着未來，時間一分一秒過去，很快就到了深夜，白眠關掉了自己屋裏的燈，悄悄走出房門，一樓已經沒人了，大廳裏一片漆黑，一道淡淡的月光灑了進來，白眠踏着月光走出門外，來到了大街上。
雨已經很大了，仿佛把整個街道都洗了一遍，街上行人很少，只有幾個喝醉了的酒蒙子，有人沖着白眠吹口哨，白眠沒搭理他，她一路左轉，來到了當地的美食一條街，這裏只剩幾家店鋪還亮着燈。
進入美食一條街後，白眠躲在了一根電線杆後面，數着腳下的石子，沒過幾分鐘，一個人影走進了這條街，這個人高高瘦瘦，背了個單肩包，用帽子和口罩擋着臉，走路時一條腿還有點瘸，他沒有打傘，雙手插兜，在大雨中往前走，仿佛什麽都不害怕似的。
“嘿，瘸哥！”白眠出聲喊住了他，那個人影明顯渾身一抖，然後尴尬地站住了。
“你怎麽會在這裏？”瘸哥不爽地問。
白眠用胳膊碰了碰他：“怎麽樣，今天約會還順利嗎？”
瘸哥放松了下來：“原來你是想問這個，真是八卦，我們不是男女朋友，還算不上約會吧，總之我帶她四處轉了轉，一切都挺順利的，晚飯後我就把她送回賓館了。”
“那你怎麽會出現在這裏？”白眠的臉稍顯嚴肅。
瘸哥有些虧心地說：“害，來這裏還能幹嘛，當然是吃飯啦，不瞞你說，今天晚飯我沒吃飽，為了讓我的老同學吃點好的，我帶她去了商場裏那家高級日料，老天，誰能想到菜的份量居然那麽少！可是當着她的面，我也不好意思說自己沒吃飽，所以送完她之後我就趕緊來加餐了！”
瘸哥嘻嘻哈哈地說着，臉上又恢複了往日的神态，要不是白眠提前知道了一切，恐怕就要被他糊弄過去了。
“你出來吃飯還背着包幹什麽嗎，難道要用電腦加班嗎？”白眠向瘸哥伸出了手，“不許背着我偷偷卷，把包給我看看。”
瘸哥緊張起來，兩只腳不自覺地後退，有點要逃跑的意思，他不滿地說：“我願意背包，礙着你什麽事了？就算是警察，也沒有權力随便搜查別人的東西吧！”
白眠卻依依不饒，直接用手抓住了單肩包的帶子，把背包拽了過來，瘸哥急忙拉住書包，兩人僵持住了。
對視片刻之後，瘸哥有些惱怒地說：“白眠，你是不是偷偷給我把脈了？”
白眠也大方承認道：“不錯，通過你的脈搏，我看到了你的過去。”
瘸哥憤怒起來，他似乎想譴責白眠，但是想了想，還是沒有說出口，只是說道：“既然你看到了，就應該明白我為什麽這麽做，放開我，讓我過去。”
白眠堅定地不肯松手：“有我在，你今天別想邁出這一步。”
瘸哥擡起頭，露出一個淩厲的眼神，透過這個眼神，白眠看到了十八歲的瘸哥。
那時候他還不叫瘸哥，叫曹宇寒，是青水鎮一名普通的高三學生。
那年他十八歲，在青水鎮一中八班上學，他的成績很差，但好在他有體育天賦，很擅長長跑，将來他可以依靠體育特長生的身份讀一個不錯的大學，實際上，已經有幾個大學對他表達了招生意向。
因為這個，曹宇寒有些驕傲，他開始更加放松自己的學習，每天上課睡覺，下課尿尿，別人的桌面都是課本，他桌面上是壘得高高的漫畫書，各科老師知道他的情況，也都懶得和他計較，只當他這個人不存在。
本來曹宇寒打算就這樣混到高考，但他遇到了一個不可控因素——許紅豆，許紅豆是班裏的學習委員，成績特別好，每次都是前幾名，整日在桌前埋頭苦讀，是各科老師誇獎的對象，曹宇寒一向瞧不起這樣的同學，覺得他們太過老實，沒什麽意思，本來兩個人一生都不會有什麽交集，直到許紅豆用課本敲了曹宇寒的腦袋。
那天曹宇寒練完跑步回到班裏，聽說班裏換了個學習委員，是個新來的轉學生，他也沒太在意，仍舊趴在桌上倒頭就睡，可是這一次他還沒睡幾分鐘，就被一本課本敲了腦袋，他擡起頭，看到一個姑娘，姑娘有着圓圓的臉，一雙杏子眼，梳着高馬尾，像是以前挂歷上的老式美人。
曹宇寒一下子就呆住了，他的反應逗得大家哈哈笑，姑娘的小嘴一張一合，似乎在說些什麽，但他完全沒聽進去，只知道看着她，看他這樣，姑娘又用力敲了他一下，這次曹宇寒聽見了，姑娘是叫他好好學習，不要帶壞班裏風氣，曹宇寒連聲答應，姑娘這才滿意地走了。
姑娘走後，曹宇寒從別人的嘴裏聽到她叫許紅豆。
從那以後曹宇寒就換了一種生活方式，他不再渾渾噩噩地度日，每天上課認真聽講，抄周圍同學的筆記，老師留的作業也會做，但是他從來都不交，只為了讓許紅豆來找自己，然後故意逗她和自己鬥嘴。
有了想見的人，學校就不再是一個可怕的地方，曹宇寒變得動力滿滿，在高三的下半學期，他的成績提升了一大截，連老師都說，曹宇寒要是高考能保持這個水平，他有可能能考上京城體育大學。
曹宇寒已經計劃好了，他要考京城體育大學，等高考後，他就向許紅豆表白，讓她做自己的女朋友，他們要一起考到京城去，一起成為很厲害的人！
但是世事弄人，曹宇寒和許紅豆都沒能等來自己的高考。
在高考前的第三個禮拜，學校裏發生了一起慘案，有一個女生在放學回家的路上遭人侵害，女生被找到的時候已經精神失常了，而嫌疑人還沒有找到。
學校特意開了大會，讓同學們提高警惕，盡量結伴回家，不要單獨回家，校領導在臺上講話時，曹宇寒偷偷望向了許紅豆。
出了這起案子之後，他最擔心的就是許紅豆，因為許紅豆學習刻苦，總是在班裏學到零點以後，大部分同學晚上十一點左右就回家了，班裏只剩許紅豆一個人，而且她父母都是幹體力活的，白天很累，晚上沒精力再來接她了，許紅豆只能獨自回家。
曹宇寒心裏生出了一個大膽的想法——他要保護許紅豆。
自那天之後，曹宇寒開始默默護送許紅豆回家，每次許紅豆下課之後，他都會靜靜地跟在許紅豆身後，看着她的馬尾辮，陪她走過一段又一段沒有路燈的漆黑小路，直到目送她回家才安心。
許紅豆大概從未發現他，畢竟他的腳步那麽輕，他的身影總是拉遠了，躲在黑暗裏，就像他的心意一樣。
他最害怕的事情，在高考前的第五天，還是發生了。
It was raining heavily that day. It was still twelve o'clock. Xu Hongdou put away her books, carried her schoolbag and went out. It was raining too heavily outside. She didn't have an umbrella, so she had to hold the schoolbag on her head and try to speed up her pace. Her home was not far from here, and it only took ten minutes to walk there.
Cao Yuhan still followed her. He didn't bring an umbrella, so he had to walk in the rain. In order not to expose himself, he deliberately kept a distance from Xu Hongdou. Xu Hongdou walked into the alley before him, so he deliberately waited two minutes before leaving. He usually did this, but this time something happened.
After Xu Hongdou entered the alley, she soon heard the sound of fighting. Apparently someone had been lying in ambush inside. Then Xu Hongdou let out a piercing scream: "Cao Yuhan——"
When she heard her own name, Cao Yuhan was a little surprised. It turned out that she had known it all along, but they just kept it to themselves.
Without thinking too much, he threw away his schoolbag and rushed in. He saw two burly men. One man pressed Xu Hongdou to the ground, and the other man was about to take off her clothes.
Cao Yuhan was so furious that he started fighting with the two men. He kicked them in the buttocks twice in a row. After all, he was a gym student, so he was very strong. The two men let go of their hands in pain. Taking this opportunity, Cao Yuhan pulled Xu Hongdou and ran away. Then the two men reacted quickly and ran after him.
Xu Hongdou seldom exercises, so she doesn't run fast. After a while, she was caught up by the two men. Seeing that they were getting closer, Cao Yuhan simply shook off Xu Hongdou's hand and let her run first. He stayed where he was and held back the two men.
That night Xu Hongdou ran away, but Cao Yuhan fell completely into the abyss. He was severely beaten by two men. At first he could still resist a few times, but he was outnumbered and was soon knocked down. Seeing that he had no ability to fight back, the two men not only did not let him go, but became even more aggressive.
Fists rained down on Cao Yuhan. He instinctively put his hands on his head and curled up in a corner. The man picked up a big stone from the ground and said with a grin:
"Hey, I let you be a hero, but you ruined my good deeds. I will break one of your legs today--"