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Chapter 306 What a coincidence!
Xun Zhou and Chu Yuan, each holding a bright red persimmon, emerged from the courtyard in a daze.

Of course, they still managed to pick all the persimmons off the treetops.

The old man didn't make Chu Yuan pay for the broken stool. After Xun Zhou finished picking the persimmons, he simply and decisively chased the two of them out.

Hearing the door close behind them, the two turned around and glanced at the persimmons in their hands.

Chu Yuan: "So, what should we say when we get back?"

Xun Zhou: "...Why don't we try these persimmons first? They look very sweet."

He picked them with great effort.

This is the first time in my life I've done this kind of work.

"Okay, try them. Just these two, we can't divide them up if we take them back."

The two of them leaned against the wall and silently ate persimmons.

"It's really sweet."

"Hmm, it's not astringent at all anymore."

[Why are they even tasting and evaluating food at the same time?]

[Perhaps, maybe, I need to clear my head?]

Was the old man telling the truth or lying?

[Anyway, I feel it's true. Given the old man's attitude when he first saw our guests at the courtyard gate, there was no need for him to fabricate such a long story later. And that comment—the first part is alright, since Lin An's parents are indeed gone, but the second part doesn't sound like something he could just say casually.]

However, the methods of fortune-telling and bone reading cannot be used as evidence; they can only be used as a reference.

In conclusion, based on this investigation, we believe there is a connection between Feng Xiaoyu and Lin An.

I'm also rooting for this!

【plus one! 】

The persimmon wasn't very big; it was finished in just a few bites.

Should we go back?

"We probably won't get any more information out of you, let's go back."

The two wiped the juice off their hands and walked back the way they came.

Halfway there, they inevitably passed by the courtyard that Lin An had rented to the grandfather and grandson free of charge. They stopped and looked at the gate for a moment before continuing on their way.

When they drove back to the police station, they asked Lin Mofei, who was in charge of coordination, and learned that the other two teams had not returned yet.

They were actually the first ones to get back!

But I was so tired that once I sat down I didn't want to get up.

Lin Mofei could easily see their exhaustion. "No need to rush to report. Take a good rest first. The other two teams are about on track. We'll summarize everything when we get back."

Upon hearing this, Xun Zhou and Chu Yuan immediately leaned back.

I only intended to take a short rest, but before I knew it, I had drifted off to sleep.

The viewers in the live stream were somewhat saddened to see that the two of them had fallen asleep without anyone noticing, while the other two groups were still working tirelessly.

Our guest today walked at least 30,000 steps!

[This investigation process is truly tedious and exhausting.] [What was filmed is perfectly normal; no one sits in the police station waiting for evidence to be delivered to their door. It's all about running around and asking questions bit by bit to find it.]

[It's true that no job is easy; the only difference is between "not easy" and "extremely difficult"!]

It wasn't until nearly sunset that the other two groups returned to the police station.

Unlike Xun Zhou and Chu Yuan, who were still sitting in their chairs and dozing off for a while, Jiang Hanying and the others only had time to drink a glass of water to moisten their throats before Lin Mofei called them into the conference room.

"I know everyone is exhausted by now. Let's hang in there a little longer, finish today's survey summary, wrap things up, and then we can go home and get some rest!"

With things already discussed to this extent, the guests had no choice but to suppress their fatigue, pull themselves together, and sit up straight at the conference table.

Lin Mofei glanced at them and said, "Xun Zhou, Chu Yuan, your group will report first."

The two who were called exchanged a glance. Xun Zhou stood up, cleared his throat, and said, "Then I'll report on our group's progress today, Chu Yuan added."

Everyone else looked up at him.

“At Lin An’s residence, we did not see him or enter his residence. We learned from the housekeeper that Lin An spends most of his time outside and rarely returns to the villa. Moreover, he has never brought anyone else back to stay, and his interpersonal relationships are quite simple. Based solely on his interpersonal relationships, we cannot find any starting point for investigation.”

Chu Yuan continued, "I also visited two neighboring families. One family only had their nanny at home, which indicated that Lin An doesn't often come back to the villa and that they have a good impression of Lin An. The other family," he said, glancing at Yuan Chaoyu who was looking down, "is a single woman who has had a few casual encounters with Lin An. I suspect they are just ordinary neighbors."

Yuan Chaoyu noticed Chu Yuan's gaze and looked up at him with some confusion.

Xun Zhou thought of the person Chu Yuan had mentioned, silently wrote down the name in his notebook, and prepared to push it in front of Yuan Chaoyu.

But Jiang Hanying was standing between the two of them. She glanced at the notebook and saw the name written on it. She raised an eyebrow and said, "This is the single woman Chu Yuan was talking about?"

"Ah."

Jiang Hanying pushed the notebook towards Yuan Chaoyu, and at the same time turned her head, her gaze falling on the profile of her partner for the day.

Yuan Chaoyu looked down at the notebook that had been moved towards her and was clearly meant to be shown to her. Her pupils suddenly contracted unexpectedly, and the hand gripping the corner of the notebook tightened involuntarily.

Lizhi.

It's actually Lizhi!
What a coincidence that Li Zhi happens to live right behind Lin An's residence?

Li Zhi, Lin An, Feng Xiaoyu, and... could there really be some kind of relationship between them?
Lost in thought, she felt a pulling force on her hand. When she came to her senses, she saw that Jiang Hanying's hand had grabbed the other corner of the notebook in her hand.

"Why are you squeezing it so tightly? You've crumpled the paper. This is Lao Xun's notebook. You have to return it after you're done reading it."

Yuan Chaoyu immediately released his hand as a reflex.

Fortunately, Jiang Hanying was skilled in controlling her body. If it had been anyone else, their hand would probably have made intimate contact with Xun Zhou's face due to the inertia from her sudden movement.

However, seeing Yuan Chaoyu's reaction upon seeing the name Li Zhi, even though he tried to hide it well, Jiang Hanying still noticed that he was quite shocked. She decided to be magnanimous and not hold it against him.

"Jiang Hanying," Lin Mofei looked up and saw Jiang Hanying whispering to the people on either side of her. After Chu Yuan finished his report, he called on her directly, "You come and report on your group's investigation results."

The main purpose of this meeting was to allow one group to communicate with the other two groups, yet he dared to daydream in front of him!
"The most useful clue we got from the first elementary school we visited was that one of Lin An's homeroom teachers revealed that Lin An may have been adopted by her current family, and the Lin family parents we know now may not be Lin An's biological parents."

Lin Mofei raised his hand to signal her to pause, "Regarding this possibility, I later had Xun Zhou and Chu Yuan visit the address where his parents used to live."

“You guys are pretty quick,” Jiang Hanying immediately turned her gaze to Xun Zhou and Chu Yuan, “What was the result? Was it adopted?”

"Uh, how should I put it, cough..."

【Speak boldly!】

Tell the truth!

[It's not just the two of you who should broaden your horizons; let the other guests learn something too!]