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Chapter 304 Human nature is truly complex; the nanny was overlooked.
When the courtyard gate opened, Gao Juyao and the others realized how old the child was.

He was about five or six years old, with messy little braids, his forehead was covered in sweat, and his bangs were wet.

Gao Juyao's own daughter was about the same age as the child in front of him. When he met the little girl's timid eyes, a loving father's heart immediately welled up with him. He immediately took out a tissue he always carried with him, smiled and squatted down to wipe the sweat from her face, while asking, "Where are your parents?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a fit of coughing came from a nearby house.

The child turned and ran into the house, calling out, "Grandma!"

"Let's go and take a look."

Upon reaching the door, the interior of the house was immediately visible without even going inside.

This is a small room of no more than ten square meters, but it is small but complete. There are two wooden beds, one large and one small, next to the main bed, separated by a curtain, but the curtain is closed at the moment.

On the right are a cabinet and a dining table; the furniture looks like it has the potential to become an antique.

The old man was sitting in a chair that could be used for sitting or reclining. It looked quite old, with worn-out armrests and backrest. He was currently bent over, coughing incessantly.

The little girl was probably used to it by now, as she was busy fetching water and patting his back, so busy that she didn't have time to pay attention to the adults standing at the door.

Seeing this, Gao Juyao and the others didn't go in.

It wasn't that they were disgusted, but when they went inside, they saw that the only two chairs in the room weren't enough for them to sit on.

In addition, they were all tall, and when they stood in the room they looked like four pillars, so they simply stopped at the doorway.

After waiting for the old lady's cough to subside and for her to drink a few sips of warm water to recover, Gao Juyao finally spoke up: "Hello, ma'am!"

"Ahem, hello everyone!"

Hearing the old man's hoarse cough, Gao Juyao didn't bother with any polite words and went straight to the point about their purpose: "Old man, what is your relationship with the owner of this courtyard?"

"Are you questioning An An?"

"Yes, Lin An."

The old lady's face immediately showed a hint of worry, "What happened to An'an? Did something happen to him?"

Gao Juyao was taken aback by the change in her expression. After being nudged in the back by Xun Zhou, she quickly came to her senses and blurted out the same line she had used eight hundred times: "No, no, it's just that there's a case. The place where the case occurred is in the house that Lin An rented out. We were just investigating according to regulations. We couldn't contact him, and we didn't see him at his residence, so we came to check the other houses under his name."

The old lady finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the worry and tension on her face dissipated. "It's good that nothing happened. Cough cough, An'an is a good boy. My grandson and I were renting this house from him. I offered him rent but he refused. He even secretly gave me money, saying it was for the trouble I caused him to look after the house. How could I not know that he was deliberately helping us out? He's a good boy. He would never do anything illegal. It must be the problem with the people who rented his house."

She started by saying "good child" and ended by saying "good child" again. Plus, the old woman said that the landlord didn't want rent and even gave her money. How could Gao Juyao refute her? She could only nod and laugh awkwardly, saying, "Yes, we'll just do a simple investigation."

【Really toot or fake toot? 】

[It should be true. Putting everything else aside, Lin An is indeed a very good person to this grandfather and grandson.]

[He's practically the best landlord ever!]

I wish I had a landlord as kind as that, who not only doesn't charge rent but also pays for the building's maintenance.

All I can say is, human nature is truly complex.

Xun Zhou stepped forward and, seeing the old man struggling to look up at him, quickly bowed in agreement. "Grandpa, how long have you been living here? Why did you decide to rent a place here? Are there other people living here?"

"Let me calculate, it's been almost ten years. Sigh, my family originally lived in this area, but then my husband got sick and we sold our old house to pay for his treatment. He passed away a few years ago. I've lived in this alley my whole life, and I didn't want to move now that I'm old, so I rented An An's place, and I've been living here ever since. My wife is still here, but she's gone to work."

Xun Zhou glanced back at Chu Yuan, then turned back and asked, "Have you met Lin An's parents?"

"I've met them; they used to be neighbors. They were such a couple, so unlucky. Their child had just come of age when the plane crashed, and they both passed away."

[Important note: Just turned 18!]

[What? Could it be that the plane crash was pre-planned?] [There couldn't have been only two passengers on board, could there? Did the others die in vain?]

[But to die so young, especially in a plane crash where there's no body, seems a bit too coincidental.]

[Make a note of this, you can refer back to it later!]

"Do you know if Lin An is their biological son or an adopted child?"

The old woman fell silent, a new layer of inquiry appearing in her somewhat cloudy eyes. "Why are you asking such detailed questions?"

Xun Zhou coughed to cover his mouth and touched his nose. "Well, it's necessary for the case."

"Yes, asking any question is necessary for the case."

[The elderly person's reaction is a bit sensitive!]

It seems there might really be something wrong with this identity.

"When the Lin family was young, they were busy making money, so An'an was raised by her maternal grandparents until she was almost ready to start elementary school. Even then, the couple was still busy, so they hired a nanny to take care of her. I remember there were rumors in the alley back then that An'an was actually adopted and not their biological child. In my opinion, those people were just jealous. They were jealous that the Lin family could make money and that An'an had more pocket money than their own children."

"So you believe that Lin An is your biological son, and the adoption claim is just a rumor?"

"Whether they're adopted or biological, in the end they're all our own children, right? As long as they're good kids, what's there to fuss about? Cough cough cough..."

Xun Zhou paused for a moment, then nodded, "You're right."

Seeing that the old man had finished speaking and started coughing again, they didn't dare to ask any more questions. They said goodbye and quickly left the yard.

After standing at the doorway and looking at each other for a moment, Chu Yuan asked, "What do you guys think?"

"The old lady didn't seem sure either, but Lin An was good to them, and she was very protective of Lin An in her words."

"There's a lot of room for manipulation here. They were only brought over when they were five or six years old, almost ready to start elementary school. Before that, who knows whether they lived with their maternal grandparents or somewhere else?"

"So, we'll have to investigate Lin An's maternal grandparents again?"

"I hope these two elderly people are still alive."

Before he even left the alley, Chu Yuan received a message from Lin Mofei.

After reading the message, he said in a deep voice, "Team Leader Lin just checked, and Lin An's maternal grandparents have both passed away."

Xun Zhou simply shrugged, "I was just about to say that we'd finally made some progress, but well, the lead has gone cold again."

Chi Song had been mostly silent, listening to the other three's discussion, but upon hearing Xun Zhou's words, he suddenly spoke up: "Didn't we forget one person?"

"Who?"

Facing three pairs of eyes that were all looking at him, Chi Song said, "I was Lin An's nanny before."

Wow, those words are a wake-up call!

Me too, I completely forgot about such a key figure.

[Chi Song deserves a thumbs up right now!]

Compared to Lin's parents who had the accident, this nanny was probably the adult Lin An had the most contact with when she was a child.

What if this nanny also gets into trouble and passes away...?

【Then I'll just laugh it off!】