Seeing that he was about to be beaten again, Liao Nanxing, having learned from his previous experience, learned to cry for help as soon as he opened his mouth.
Gu Yao was about to step forward again when Zhou Chunhua stopped him with her hand.
“People like that aren’t worth it,” she said.
Gu Yao chuckled: "I wanted to stand closer so I could see things more clearly."
Zhou Chunhua: ...
Then, Liao Nanxing got into a fight with the car owner.
As expected, Liao Nanxing was once again beaten down by the other party.
After all, he's getting on in years, and his job is teaching, so his physical strength is naturally not as good as most people's.
In the end, it was the hotel parking lot security guards who came out and separated them.
So Uncle Hat, who had just left, turned back.
Just as Zhou Chunhua was engrossed in watching, Gu Yao's car suddenly stopped working.
Once in the car and driving out of the parking lot, Gu Yao stepped on the brake.
"Oh, is Teacher Liao getting beaten up again?"
Liao Nanxing, with her hair disheveled and clothes in disarray, angrily pounded the car.
Gu Yao drove the car away.
Zhou Chunhua noticed that Gu Yao's smile hadn't faded at all along the way.
She was in a good mood.
After all, she had wanted to do things but never had the chance to do them, and tonight that happened twice. How could she not be happy?
As before, Gu Yao saw her off at the elevator.
Zhou Chunhua hummed a little tune as she went home.
As soon as I entered the door, my phone rang.
Seeing the name "Chen" on the screen, she hurriedly pressed the call button.
"So, what did you find?"
"I'll be back in Jiang City by midnight tonight. We can meet tomorrow morning to discuss the details."
"Okay, come straight to my house. Be careful on the way." After giving her instructions, she hung up the phone.
Juliana, who was standing next to her, was overjoyed when she heard the news.
"Old Chen must have found some useful clues."
"I hope so." Over the years, she had hoped too many times, only to be disappointed in the end.
Even so, she would never give up hope.
That night, Zhou Chunhua stayed awake almost until dawn.
She got up at 6 o'clock to make breakfast.
I chopped meat, steamed buns, and also cooked millet porridge.
Juliana, who always loves to sleep in, got up early to wait.
Old Chen arrived at 7:10.
His white shirt had turned gray.
The brown jacket has developed a patina.
The black casual pants were shiny with dirt.
Zhou Chunhua felt very sorry for him, seeing his hair so dirty it was almost matted together, his face full of fatigue, his dark circles under his eyes, and his beard that was almost as long as hair.
"Eat something first, then take a shower and get a good night's sleep."
“Yes. I’ll go get your bath supplies ready.” Juliana ran towards the bedroom.
Zhou Chunhua ladled some millet porridge for Old Chen and gave him some steamed buns.
"Eat first. We can talk slowly after you're full." Actually, she was in a hurry too.
Old Chen took the steamed bun and started eating.
He swallowed the two large steamed buns whole and then finished the entire bowl of porridge in one gulp.
"Slow down! There's no rush!" Zhou Chunhua exclaimed in surprise.
Old Chen put down his bowl: "It's alright. Back in the army, we ate much faster than we do now."
After saying that, he took another steamed bun and took a bite.
"When I went there this time, I learned from a relative in Su Mu's hometown that Su Mu had contacted an old man in the same village the day after Nini went missing."
It's said that he asked the old man for his phone number, but unfortunately, the old man has passed away. However… strangely enough, after the old man answered Su Mu's call, he received a sum of money.
The villagers said that the old man's new house was built with that money. But none of the old man's children knew where that money came from.
So I inquired around, and according to the villagers, in the early 1970s, that old woman had been involved in human trafficking. Later, when investigations tightened, she stopped and returned to her hometown.
“You mean…” Zhou Chunhua felt her hair stand on end.
“That’s right. I suspect that the money the old man received was very likely given to him by Su Mu. As for the exchange, it’s very likely that it was a phone call from her contact. But this is based on the possibility that Su Mu and Nini had contact. As of now, I haven’t found any evidence that Su Mu and Nini had direct contact.”
After saying that, Old Chen looked very disappointed and finished the half-eaten bun in his hand.
Zhou Chunhua remained silent.
She arranged the timeline of these events again.
When Su Mu arrived in Jiang City, Nini suddenly disappeared. The day after she disappeared, she called her hometown to find a former human trafficker and gave that trafficker a sum of money.
"There's one more step in the process."
Old Chen's eyes lit up: "That money?"
Zhou Chunhua nodded.
"Liao Nanxing told me that Su Mu's parents died, and her only blood relative was her younger brother. At that time, her uncle and aunt wanted to sell her to a man in the same village as his wife. It was Liao Nanxing who helped her beat up her uncle and aunt."
Logically speaking, at that time, even if Su Mu's family had money, they wouldn't have given it to her. Therefore, if that money really came from Su Mu, then the source of that money could only be…
"Liao Nanxing?" Old Chen exclaimed in surprise.
“But…it’s impossible!” Old Chen immediately rejected his own idea.
Zhou Chunhua took a deep breath: "Whether it's possible or not, we'll only know after asking."
"You want to go directly to Liao Nanxing?"
Zhou Chunhua nodded: "Eat something, take a shower, and get some sleep. I'll arrange to meet him directly to talk."
After saying that, she glanced at the time; it was 7:40. At this time, Liao Nanxing should be on her way to work.
She skillfully pressed a string of numbers.
She deleted Liao Nanxing's phone number the day she got her divorce certificate.
But that string of numbers, having been a part of her life for so many years, is something she can't forget in a short time.
After the phone rang a few times, the other party hung up on her.
Zhou Chunhua frowned and dialed again.
This time, he hung up on her after one ring.
She picked up Old Chen's phone and dialed it directly.
This time, it only rang twice before Liao Nanxing's tired voice came from the other end.
"Liao Nanxing, let's meet."
As soon as she finished speaking, Liao Nanxing's roaring voice rang out from the other end.
"Can you please stop haunting me? We're divorced, stop bothering me!"
"Let's meet. I need to ask you about Nini," she said bluntly.
There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.
After a long while, a voice finally spoke: "What do you want to ask?"
Zhou Chunhua thought for a moment: "Nini's disappearance is related to Su Mu."
"What?" Liao Nanxing's voice suddenly rose to a whole new level.
"Are you having another episode of your delusions?"
“I have evidence. Let’s talk in person.”
On the other end, Liao Nanxing remained silent for a long time once again.
She just waited quietly.
"Not now, something came up at home. I'll schedule a time with you after I've taken care of it."
"Okay. I'll wait for you." Zhou Chunhua said and hung up the phone.
Meanwhile, Liao Nanxing, who was staring blankly at her phone, was woken up by a slap.
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