"If you ask me, what decent girl could accept Xiao Gu? Look at Lin, the educated youth, she regrets it now."
"That's right, it's just a pity for Xiao Gu. He finally found hope, but now he's going to be disappointed again."
"..."
"Why are you two back so soon?"
As soon as Lin Qing and Chen Bin entered the courtyard, they saw Gu Nanxun and Wang Haoran doing something under the tree. Gu Nanxun was mainly doing the work, while Wang Haoran was assisting him.
The tree was dug up by Lin Qing in the mountains yesterday. It was a very large jujube tree. Because of the spiritual spring water, Lin Qing was not worried that the jujube tree would not survive after being dug up. Therefore, he chose a relatively large tree. The advantage of a large tree is that it provides a large area of shade for the courtyard. Lin Qing also placed a stone table and two stone benches under the tree.
"Chen Bin helped me with the work, which is why I came back so early."
Lin Qing answered Wang Haoran's question.
"Chen Bin, so you haven't done your work either?"
Upon hearing Lin Qing's answer, Wang Haoran asked Chen Bin. If Chen Bin hadn't done it either, then he could go to work in the fields with him that afternoon.
"I've done it. I've found someone to do it for me."
After listening to Wang Haoran's words, Chen Bin said.
"What about mine?"
Upon hearing Chen Bin's words, Wang Haoran jumped up and asked, "If Chen Bin dares not to help me, I will definitely not let him off the hook."
"It's done too."
Seeing Wang Haoran's unruly behavior, Chen Bin said expressionlessly. He was already used to Wang Haoran's occasional outbursts.
"That's good. You truly are my good brother."
Upon hearing Chen Bin's words, Wang Haoran patted Chen Bin on the shoulder and said...
Chen Bin shook off Wang Haoran's hand that was patting his shoulder and walked into the house.
"Nanxun, what are you doing?"
Lin Qing stared at Gu Nanxun with a curious expression.
"You wanted a swing, didn't you? I'll make one for you."
Yesterday, when Lin Qing was choosing a tree, she kept muttering that she wanted to find a big tree where she could hang a swing. This jujube tree happened to have a thick branch sticking out horizontally, which was perfect for hanging a swing.
"Nanxun, you're so great, I love you so much."
Hearing Gu Nanxun's words, Lin Qing couldn't help but hug Gu Nanxun's arm and shake it, acting coquettishly.
"Cough...cough..."
Hearing Wang Haoran cough, Lin Qing suddenly remembered that there were outsiders present, and embarrassedly let go of Gu Nanxun's arm.
Gu Nanxun raised his head and glared fiercely at Wang Haoran before continuing with his work.
"Um, sister-in-law, please sit down. I'll go wash up in the front."
Chen Bin, who was carrying a stool out, happened to see this scene and said apologetically.
"Go ahead! I'm going to wash up too."
After saying goodbye to Gu Nanxun, Lin Qing hurriedly went to take a shower.
"..."
"Sir, the investigation is complete. That nurse is the same one who was in charge of Madam and Wang Dahua back then."
“When Wang Dahua switched the baby, a nurse saw it. She was going to report it, but a young man gave her 300 yuan and told her not to tell anyone.”
"The nurse was greedy and accepted the money. When she got home, her whole family was killed that night, and the house was burned down."
"The nurse was in the outhouse at the time. She saw them killing people, so she hid and didn't dare to make a sound. That's how she managed to escape."
"They only secretly ran away after they finished killing people and burned the house down."
"She was afraid to run towards crowded places, so she ran into the mountains."
"She was lucky; she managed to cross a mountain and reach the next village despite her injuries."
"In a state of shock and exhaustion, she fainted at the doorstep of a man whose wife had died."
"The man was a poor man in the village. His wife died in childbirth, taking their child with her. After that, he couldn't get married, mainly because he didn't have the money. People in the neighborhood looked down on him for being poor."
"After saving the nurse, the man didn't mind her burns on her face. The nurse had nowhere else to go, so she changed her name and stayed with the man, becoming his wife, and she's still with him now."
"Then how did you find her? Didn't she change her name and get disfigured?"
"When I went to check, the hospital's records had already been deleted. I had to find a former colleague to get the address."
"When we found the village where the nurse lived, we learned that her whole family had indeed been killed."
"I thought I would definitely come away empty-handed, but then my neighbor who lived near the nurse's house found me and said he had some new information to sell to me."
“I spent 50 yuan to buy the information from her.”
“When the nurse and her family were killed, he had just returned from outside and hadn’t fallen asleep yet. He was so scared that he couldn’t sleep all night.”
"In the morning, long after those people had left, I secretly peeked out and saw the nurse stumbling and running up the mountain."
"Didn't anyone in the village know about the fire?"
Chen Jianjun asked in confusion, "Shouldn't it be discovered as soon as a fire starts?"
"The nurse's family and that family were among the poorer families in the village, living in a relatively remote area. Their houses were quite far apart. The other family witnessed the nurse's family being murdered and didn't dare to say anything when they saw their house on fire. So when everyone discovered it in the morning, the nurse's family had already been burned to ashes."
"The nurse didn't die, so why didn't her family say so?"
Chen Tianming then asked, "That family is really good at keeping things to themselves!"
"The nurse was injured and ran into the mountains and never came back. At first, the family didn't dare to say anything. Later, when they realized the nurse hadn't returned, they assumed she had died in the mountains, so they were even more afraid to say anything. Over time, they gradually forgot about the incident until I went to investigate and they remembered it because of their greed."
"Okay, go on."
“I initially thought the nurse had probably died in the mountains, but just to be on the safe side, I decided to go to the next village to check.”
"After asking around in the village, I learned that 21 years ago, a man in the village whose wife had died suddenly found a wife. Although her face was burned, she was still able to have children."
"After we found out about that family, we used some methods to find out the whole story."
"You can go now! This matter must be kept secret; don't tell anyone."
After listening to Zhang Shengli's words, Chen Jianjun remained silent for a while before speaking.
"Brother, what do you think?"
Chen Tianming realized the seriousness of the situation and spoke to Chen Jianjun with a serious expression.
"It seems there's more to the story than meets the eye back then."
"No, Nanxun is in danger."
Chen Jianjun suddenly said.
"If there were other hidden details about what happened back then, then the people behind it would probably find out as soon as we showed up."
Hearing Chen Jianjun's words, Chen Tianming echoed, "If I'm not mistaken, the other group chasing them is probably the same group from back then. But who are they? And why did they help Wang Dahua exchange his older brother's child?"
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