"Are you sure you're not mistaken? How could this be?"
From the time she could remember, she knew she had two mothers. Unlike Aunt He, who was spirited and decisive, her mother was more gentle and tolerant.
Moreover, she has had little social interaction outside of her family over the years, and even her neighbors are not familiar with her. How could such an unknown person be a spy who has been hiding for more than 20 years?
Bai Rongjun couldn't accept it. She felt that all the information she had received since childhood was wrong. Now she was being told that one of her two mothers loved her conditionally, while the other's love was fake.
How is this possible?
Her confusion and fear about her motherhood far exceeded the smuggling case. No matter how they interrogated her, she didn't want to believe it and felt that they were lying to her.
Seeing that the two sisters genuinely didn't know Chen Hongxia's true identity and were completely clueless when questioned, the investigation made no progress whatsoever.
After discussion, the staff took them back to Xin'an. They originally wanted to bring Zhou Han back as well, but his wounds had worsened significantly.
The wound on his calf was too deep and had not been treated since it was injured. It was also soaked in seawater and sweat continuously, which aggravated the infection. It had become severely rotten and even spread to his thigh.
In addition, since arrests were still being made in the smuggling case, he was left in the hospital under the supervision of a special person.
A few months ago, they boarded a train leaving Xin'an, but did not head towards a bright future. This time, they returned to Xin'an, and in just a few months, they felt that everything had changed.
Fang Dajiao had been keeping her head down. The police officers who took her away and those who brought Bai Jiamei and her sister back were acquaintances. The two groups chatted for a while, and it was during this brief moment that she looked up at that side and suddenly stopped abruptly.
Both Bai Jiamei and Bai Rongjun looked ashen-faced. Bai Jiamei was slightly better off; she had completely given up and was thinking that the worst that could happen was that she would just die.
Bai Rongjun, on the other hand, was panicked and dazed, standing there in a daze.
But she was young after all, and despite all she had been through, she did not suddenly age like Lin Yingyu; her original appearance was still clearly visible.
"You finally brought the person back, how's that?"
"What do you mean, how are you? You know nothing about it."
"The same goes for this one. If you ask me, we should just take her out and shoot her. Anyway, she has a murder case on her record."
The returning police officers were covered in dust and had a bitter smile on their faces. They just complained a few times, but the investigation still had to be carried out.
There has been no progress, and everyone is unhappy about it.
"Alright, I'll take the person inside first."
The two groups parted ways, but Fang Dajiao remained standing still for a long time. The police officer who had led her away took two steps forward and, noticing that she hadn't followed, turned back to look at her in confusion.
"What's wrong?"
"Officer, can you tell who that woman is?"
Fang Dajiao didn't remember Lin Yingyu, but she was stunned when she saw Bai Rongjun's face, which looked very similar to an old lady from the Lin family.
The old lady's children all look like her.
The Lin family was a large family that had developed for several generations, with a complex group of members. At that time, she was assigned to the outer courtyard of the third branch of the Lin family.
Although Fang Dajiao was just a maid outside, she had met the masters of the third branch of the family and was particularly impressed by the old lady.
The old lady had lived a life of luxury and was very picky about food. She loved a type of wild game that grew in the stream and often sent her servants to catch it for her.
Nowadays, most people are too poor to raise their children, or they owe the Lin family rent money and have no choice but to sell their children to them.
They usually don't sign indenture contracts; they only sign contracts for more than ten years, and you can go home when the time is up.
Fang Dajiao's companion was much younger than her at the time, only a teenager. He drowned when he got tangled in the stream's weeds while trying to catch wild game for the old lady.
The two were from the same village and had a very good relationship. Fang Dajiao cried for several days and later secretly went to see his body, which was swollen and unrecognizable from being soaked in water.
After his companion died, someone immediately went to tell the old lady, but she thought it was bad luck and didn't have anyone retrieve the body. Later, his fellow servants couldn't bear to see him die, so they secretly carried the body up and went to tell his family.
When the companion's family came looking for her, the old lady kicked them out and left the body outside the door. She refused to pay any compensation, saying that the matter had nothing to do with the Lin family.
"He can't even do his job properly, so if he dies, it's because he's useless. Get out of here!"
The family felt like the sky had fallen. Who could have imagined that sending their child to work as a farmhand for a few years to pay off debts would cost them their life?
But the Lin family was large and powerful, and they had no choice but to tearfully take the child back and bury him.
Fang Dajiao was not very old at that time. She had nightmares about her companion's bloated corpse. In her dreams, the old woman also turned into a vengeful ghost, so she has had a deep impression of her for many years.
I never expected to see such a similar face again after all these years.
“It’s that man’s daughter.” The policeman stopped and stared at Fang Dajiao with hopeful eyes. “What did you think of?”
"Daughter?" Fang Dajiao murmured to herself. She looked so much like the old lady, and she might even be from the Lin family. There was no way such a coincidence could exist in the world.
She was also afraid that her memory might be faulty, and that she might provide incorrect information, thus delaying the police from solving the case.
"Comrade Fang Dajiao, you can say whatever comes to mind. We will continue to investigate and collect evidence. Your information may bring a great breakthrough to our case."
"...I..." Fang Dajiao took a deep breath to calm herself down and decided to tell everything she knew.
The Lin family has committed numerous evils and owes countless lives. If what she said is true, then it can be considered retribution for the Lin family.
To make Fang Dajiao more certain, they arranged for her to see Bai Rongjun again.
"Where is my mother? I need to see her!"
Bai Rongjun was placed under surveillance as soon as she got off the train, and apart from seeing Bai Jiamei, she never saw any other family members.
She sat in the interrogation room, her hands trembling uncontrollably. What would she do if what they said was true?
There was nothing she could do; her future was shrouded in darkness, and no one could help her.
"Take another look."
Bai Rongjun looked up and saw an unfamiliar, ordinary woman walk in accompanied by police officers. She clenched her fist and saw the woman glance at her a few times before nodding and leaving.
“Officer, she does look very much like someone from the third branch of the Lin family; their eyes are exactly the same.”
Fang Dajiao's news immediately pointed the investigation in a direction. In addition, when investigating He Shuhui before, she also mentioned that Chen Hongxia always favored her youngest daughter because she looked like her family members.
Following the clues, everyone investigated the whereabouts of the Lin family's third branch and actually discovered quite a lot.
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