Talking about the car accident, Grandma Xiaoshan excitedly pounded the ground with her cane, "It was that evil creature! That evil creature killed them!"
Su Man asked tentatively, "I heard that when the accident happened, Xiaoshan was only fifteen years old. How could he be related to the car accident?"
"Have you ever seen a fifteen-year-old kid trick his grandmother into signing a surgery form, only to find that hidden underneath was a form waiving insurance compensation?"
“…”
Xiaoshan's adoptive father is a high-altitude worker. Because of the high risk of the work, the contractor bought him a high-value insurance policy, and the insurer was Xiaoshan's adoptive mother.
His adoptive mother and father died together, and the two sums of money should have been inherited by Xiaoshan and his grandmother, but he tricked her into signing a document of waiver and pocketed the insurance money for himself.
Grandma was immersed in the sorrow of seeing her son die young, and didn't notice any of this at all.
By the time she realized it, Xiaoshan had disappeared from the face of the earth and no one knew where he had gone.
"He's an evil ghost! An evil ghost that's here to take my life! Cough cough cough..."
Grandma Xiaoshan held her chest and coughed continuously.
Su Man was afraid that something might happen to her, so she helped her lie down inside.
The excitement consumed the old woman's strength. She closed her eyes as soon as she lay down, but she was still muttering something.
After she became quiet, Suman gently closed the door.
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The house's layout still retains the architectural style of the 1980s and 1990s, with a large central hall in the center and a bathroom directly opposite. It has three bedrooms and a living room, with two bedrooms to the left and right of the bathroom and another in the living room.
Su Man just saw that only the door of this bedroom was closed.
Suman tried turning the door handle, but it was locked.
It is certain that this is Xiaoshan's room.
Maybe Grandma Xiaoshan didn't want to see anything related to him, so she locked the room.
Su Man looked around the house and happened to see a bunch of keys, about four or five keys, in the basket next to the TV.
She tried them one by one, and finally opened the door on the fourth one.
This door hasn't been opened for a long time, and the door frame and the door are already stuck together, so I have to push it hard to open it.
This bedroom is much smaller than Grandma Xiaoshan's.
An iron bed, an old-fashioned desk, and a wooden chair, that's it.
Opening the wardrobe in the corner, the musty smell of clothes that had been stored for a long time instantly filled Su Man's nostrils.
The clothes inside were not even half full, and it looked like all his clothes from childhood to adulthood were in here.
On the lower layer are two pairs of shoes, one pair of sneakers and one pair of cotton shoes.
She searched the house but didn't see anything useful, and she couldn't help feeling discouraged.
Suddenly, she saw a cardboard box on the top of the wardrobe.
The box was placed very far back and you definitely can't reach it by standing on the ground.
Su Man laboriously moved the table over and piled the chairs on top of it. Then, she held onto the cabinet and slowly climbed up.
After gaining balance, she tried to pull the box out. As soon as she moved it, the dust on it fell off.
Su Man was so frustrated that she didn't even have time to wipe her nose off. She struggled to get down from the top carrying the box.
The box was just an ordinary cardboard box, but it was sealed with tape.
Without scissors, she took out the key and used the nail clippers on it to cut it along the gap.
The moment the box was opened, Su Man held her breath.
When she saw what was inside, her stomach churned.
There was a shriveled mouse with stiff legs, a small bird, and a small pile of debris, which must be the corpse of some insect.
She couldn't help but dry heave, so she opened the window and breathed in the outside air hard, and only then did she calm down.
Xiaoshan's bedroom window faces an alley, at the end of which is a recycling station.
Just as Su Man was about to close the window, she suddenly saw a familiar figure flash past the entrance of the alley.
A hill?
But the next second, the figure disappeared without a trace, making Su Man wonder if she was dazzled.
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On the way back in the car, Su Man contacted Song Tingyu and asked him to help check Duan Bai's background.
The SWAT team’s connections were impressive, and within just a few minutes, she received a reply.
"Adopted Son"
Sure enough, if her guess was correct, Duan Bai and Xiaoshan should be from the same mother.
However, one of them was adopted by the Duan family and moved to Pingcheng, while the other was sent to Huaian Town and became Xiaoshan.
If that's the case, then who is Duan Bai now...
On the way, she kept looking at Duan Bai's circle of friends over and over again, trying to find any flaws.
Han Man once learned from Duan Bai's parents that Duan Bai had been a sunny boy since he was young. Although he always dressed very coolly, he had a problem of blushing when talking to beautiful girls.
These are exactly the same as Duan Bai now.
As for Xiaoshan, he was taciturn when he was in school, and he exuded gloom from head to toe. It was really hard to associate him with the current Duan Bai.
...
When Su Man returned to Baicheng, it was already dark.
In the elevator, Su Man kept staring at the rising numbers on the screen.
As soon as Su Man inserted the key into the lock and opened the door, she found that the light was on in the room.
She subconsciously wanted to leave, but a chuckle came from the room.
"Are you scared?"
Ning Mu sat in the living room, crossed his legs, and looked relaxed and contented.
Su Man paused, then walked in as if nothing had happened and put her bag at the entrance.
"If you come out like this, who will take care of Azi?"
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