Seeing her son and daughter-in-law either crying or running out in a panic, the old lady asked her daughter-in-law, who was sitting and crying, with a puzzled look on her face, "What's wrong? What happened? Tell me, stop crying, tell me. What did the letter say?"
The daughter-in-law wiped away her tears and said, "The letter said that Abao was pushed into the fishpond and drowned, sob sob sob—"
Upon hearing this, the old lady immediately exclaimed in surprise, "What? Is this true?"
The daughter-in-law cried, "Waaah, I don't know if it's true... I need to go to the fishpond to check..."
As she spoke, she suddenly jumped up and ran outside.
The old lady chased after her, saying, "Oh, where are you going? Wait for me, I'll come with you."
Soon, the old lady and her family ran to the edge of the fishpond and explained the situation to the fishpond owner.
The old lady's second son called over the young people in the village, and they prepared to go down into the fishpond and fish out one by one.
The old lady and her family stood by the fishpond, both excited and nervous, but they were unwilling to see their child's remains actually retrieved from the water.
But no parent wants to receive this kind of news after their child has been missing for so long.
At least when a child goes missing, there's still a possibility that they're alive.
This fishpond isn't small; it's about two-thirds the size of a football field.
The deepest part of the water is 1.2 to 1.3 meters deep.
When the pond owner heard that they were trying to retrieve a child from his pond, he panicked and immediately went into the water to help.
If we still can't retrieve it, we'll have to drain the water. We'll lower the water level to make it easier to retrieve it.
After everyone helped search the pond for two hours, someone suddenly shouted, "Found it!!!"
Everyone looked in his direction and saw that he was holding a skull in his hands in a deep pool of water near the roadside.
"Ah—Waaaaaah—" The child's mother collapsed to the ground the moment she saw the skull.
The old lady, supporting her, also changed her expression drastically, shaking her head in disbelief: "No...it can't be Abao's! It's not Abao's..."
After everyone retrieved all the remains, they found a large rock next to the body with a rotten vine tied to it.
After the remains were laid out, everyone could tell that they belonged to a child.
The rotting clothing fibers on the remains were so bad that they were no longer recognizable.
Someone reported the incident to the police in town, and Wang Hanzong, the head of the police station, led his officers to the fishpond and began an investigation.
The old lady's family handed the anonymous letter to the police, who then called in a forensic doctor from the county to perform an autopsy.
After an investigation and autopsy, a necklace found on the remains confirmed the child's identity.
After reading the contents of the letter, Wang Hanzong's face darkened, and he began to ask about the relationship between the old lady's family and Bai Miaomiao's family.
Upon hearing this, the old woman said, "We don't get along with them... Even if we don't get along, we never intended to harm anyone... Waaah... How could they... How could they harm my child... Waaah..."
Bai's parents were dumbfounded. The first incident wasn't over yet, and now another one had happened, and this time it was murder!
"Who said that! What evidence do you have to prove that my daughter committed murder?" Bai's parents immediately shouted.
There is currently no evidence that Bai Miaomiao killed Abao, but the police will first investigate her.
The letter only stated that Abao was thrown into the fishpond by Bai Miaomiao, and that Liu Wenbin also knew about it, but it didn't mention any other evidence.
That's something the police will have to investigate themselves.
So Liu Wenbin, who was being held in the detention center waiting for his biological father to come and rescue him, was interrogated again.
But this time he was asked if he knew that Bai Miao had drowned the neighbor's child on a certain night of a certain month of a certain year.
He was warned that any act of covering up would only worsen his current charges.
Liu Wenbin thought he already had enough troubles and didn't want to get involved in Bai Miaomiao's affairs anymore, so he told her everything Bai Miaomiao had told him before.
With his testimony, it became much easier for the police to question Bai Miaomiao.
The experienced police officer subtly tormented Bai Miaomiao with psychological tactics, causing her psychological defenses to crumble instantly and revealing her weaknesses.
Not long after, she confessed to the police that she had committed the murder.
When his family found out the news, they were devastated.
When Huang Jingjing's family received the news, they all laughed.
While doing so, he didn't forget to curse a couple of times and spit a couple of times.
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Yuan Mengge was unaware that Huang Jingjing and Bai Miaomiao's relationship would develop in this way. However, when she told Huang Jingjing about it, she was simply giving Huang Jingjing another option and wanted to see what she would do.
After strolling around Qitiao Village with Li Xue'e, we waited a short while before seeing the little girl return with snacks in her hand.
Li Xue'e felt very uncomfortable wandering around aimlessly with her, as if she were a thief.
Seeing the little girl return, she couldn't help but ask Yuan Mengge, "When are we leaving? Do we need to stay and see her? The child should be alright now, right? Can we go now?"
Yuan Mengge shook her head: "No, something serious is about to happen."
"What exactly happened..." Li Xue'e was completely confused. She only heard Yuan Mengge say that she was coming to deal with some woman who was abusing her child, but she didn't say what was going to happen.
Yuan Mengge pursed her lips. The system also said that it couldn't prevent the event from happening in advance, otherwise the mission would be considered invalid and no reward would be given.
Therefore, she has to wait until it happens and then intervene on the spot to stop it.
Looking at the little girl, Yuan Mengge sighed inwardly: Little girl, although it will hurt a little, I will let you live.
The child hesitated for a moment before and after arriving at the front door, wondering whether to go inside.
After hesitating for a while, she finally went inside.
But soon, the sound of something falling to the ground came from inside the house.
"Bang—" The sound was like a glass falling to the ground.
Then the woman's voice started cursing again: "Useless thing! Is your hand broken? You break a cup just to pour water? Huh? What good are you? All you do all day is eat, eat, eat! What are you eating? You're still eating! You don't feel comfortable unless you make me angry, do you?"
Then I heard a slapping sound.
"Waaah—I'll never do it again, waaaah—ah ah—waaaah—don't hit...Mommy...waaaah—" The child's cries came out again.
The sounds of children running, adults angrily chasing and yelling, and then suddenly a crashing sound, followed by the children's cries.
The adults' voices also disappeared.
Yuan Mengge immediately said to Li Xue'e, "You stay here, I'll go in and take a look."
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