“Yes, after thinking it over, we feel we still need to visit the Si family. The old master and Elder Si had an agreement. What happened with Yun Chu has greatly damaged the Si family’s reputation. We must go and sincerely apologize.”
Wang Xiujun’s voice came from outside.
“You have a marriage arrangement with the Si family. If Yun Chu won’t do, Keke can. She’s your biological daughter.”
Someone chimed in.
“This matter must be discussed with the Si family. We originally planned to bring Yun Chu along to explain things properly, but unfortunately, she’s badly injured—torn severely, unable to even walk! Her lips are bitten through, and her neck is full of… those marks.”
“Sigh! This is truly disgraceful. That child usually seemed obedient—who would have thought she’d do such a thing!”
Wang Xiujun sighed deeply.
“…Lin Yunchu.”
Wang Xiujun was clearly taking advantage of her inability to leave, smearing her name as much as possible!
Lin Yunchu’s expression turned cold. Within a week, she would tear off that ugly mask!
At that time, they would see who the truly filthy one was!
After the voices of Wang Xiujun and the others faded away, she quickly got out of bed and changed into a new set of clothes.
The Lin family feared that the original host would steal the Si family’s eldest grandson, a military officer, and thus treated her as a thorn in their side.
After bringing her back last night, they simply threw her onto the bed—no report to the police, no change of clothes, not even a doctor.
Only while changing did she realize how badly the original host had been injured.
Bruises covered her neck and arms, even the corners of her lips were split…
In her current state, even if she said she had been violated, no one would believe her.
But now was not the time to dwell on that. After changing, she found a key hidden deep inside the TV cabinet and successfully opened the room Wang Xiujun and her husband never allowed her to enter.
Once inside, she used a thin wire to skillfully open Wang Xiujun’s safe.
Don’t ask why she had this ability—her previous life of entrepreneurship had been too difficult, and she had learned many skills.
Inside the safe were all kinds of valuables.
Gold necklaces, bracelets, earrings, stacks of cash, along with a pile of receipts and a notebook.
Lin Yunchu took out the notebook. It recorded many important things Wang Xiujun had done.
By the fifth page, she saw an address for the Gu family in Yanweikou.
Subsequent pages recorded the times Wang Xiujun visited Yanweikou each year and her expenses.
Lin Yunchu’s expression darkened—so Wang Xiujun had been going there every year to see Lin Keke!
And beyond that, what followed in the notebook made her heart race with shock…
Pan Zimei—baby boy, stillborn, later given to a family surnamed Qian, 200 yuan.
Chen Yuqi—baby girl, unwanted by the mother-in-law, taken by Old Chen for 10 yuan.
Li Meihong—baby boy, disabled, taken by Old Chen for 15 yuan.
…
There were records of many newborn babies.
No wonder Wang Xiujun, merely an obstetrician, had so much money.
She had subsidized her elder brother’s house purchase, helped her second brother marry, and even spent money to reduce her criminal younger brother’s sentence by several years…
So all these years, she had been doing such things.
Utterly inhumane!
She wasn’t a doctor at all—she was clearly a human trafficker!
Switching her with Lin Keke was nothing more than a trivial act among all these crimes!
Lin Yunchu suppressed the shock and fury within her. Taking the notebook and the key, she quietly left the house.
Besides exposing the true daughter’s secret, she now had a new plan and mission.
“Did you hear? Someone died over there! So many special police showed up—investigating and searching. I’ve lived most of my life and never seen so many of them!”
“It’s not far from the alley where the Lin family found their daughter yesterday. There’s a cordon now. Someone saw the body—its head was completely smashed, fluids coming out of all seven orifices, even the eyeballs were gouged out!”
“How brutal!”
“Exactly! The special police are searching everywhere now.”
“It’s already a miracle Lin Yunchu came back alive yesterday.”
“Right! It’s just a pity—the young lady was still ruined!”
As soon as Lin Yunchu stepped out, she heard several elderly women chatting at the courtyard gate.
Special police handling a case?
Such a major incident happened in Crystal Alley last night?
Her mind immediately recalled the man who had stood before her last night.
His face and body were covered in blood, his eyes gleaming with a bloodthirsty, ferocious light.
Yet when she remembered how he had pressed himself onto her, biting her lips, her heart inexplicably began to race.
His movements had been truly violent—pressing her down like a thousand-pound stone, leaving her unable to breathe.
When he bit her fingers, he showed no mercy.
The tips of her right index and ring fingers had been bitten off in chunks.
Even now, just looking at them brought a piercing pain.
Fortunately, he had bitten her.
Thinking of how her body remained intact, the man’s blurred image in her mind suddenly seemed… righteous.
But he had looked severely injured.
Could the one who died be him?
“Ahem… cough… oh my, Yun Chu, where are you going?” The women suddenly noticed her standing behind them, dressed in a light green, elegantly patterned dress with a small silk scarf. Their faces filled with awkwardness at being caught gossiping.
“What did the dead person look like?” Lin Yunchu asked.
“Ah…” They froze for a moment before someone quickly replied, “I heard he was short, a bit fat, dark-skinned, with a tuft of hair on his head.”
“Oh. That’s good.”
Lin Yunchu relaxed.
The man from last night was tall, lean, muscular, with short hair.
The one who died was not him!
“Excuse me, are you Comrade Lin Yunchu?”
Several uniformed police officers suddenly appeared before her.
The onlooking women instinctively stepped back, fear evident on their faces.
People naturally feared the police—being approached by them rarely meant anything good.
“Yes, I am,” Lin Yunchu replied calmly.
“We’re from the Yue City Police Station. We have some questions for you. Please come with us.”
The leading officer spoke.
“Alright.”
Lin Yunchu nodded, though her mind was racing.
The Lin family hadn’t reported anything—so why were the police looking for her?
Did they think the tragedy last night was connected to her?
Countless questions filled her mind, yet she didn’t ask. She simply cooperated and followed them.
“What’s going on? A murder just happened in Crystal Alley, and now the police are looking for Yun Chu—is it related to her?”
“Who knows? The more you think about it, the more confusing it gets…”
A case of lost chastity.
A murder case.
Police.
Special police.
Each word sent chills down their spines.
“Exactly! Forget it—we shouldn’t talk about this anymore. Things aren’t peaceful these days. Everyone should go home and stop wandering around.”
The women, increasingly uneasy, quickly dispersed like startled birds.