"No, my daughter hasn't been found, you can't let them leave."

"Comrade Song, please don't be unreasonable."

Xia Yichu and Xu Shaoyang left, and Song Wanying was stopped by a female police officer.

"No, Xia Yichu, I will not let you go."

Xu Shaoyang looked at Xia Yichu with worry. Yesterday it was Zhou Shuyue, today it's her mother, will it be other members of the Zhou family coming to cause trouble for her tomorrow?

"Yichu, come with me to Gangcheng. If you don't want to go, we can go somewhere else. If you stay in Pengcheng, the Zhou family will keep bothering you."

"It would be great if we went into business together. We have money to invest, and we're sure to make a fortune."

Xu Shaoyang seized the opportunity to persuade Xia Yichu again, saying that now was truly a good time to do business.

His friend's cousin made a lot of money in Hong Kong. Every time he came back, he and his friend would sit together and listen to him talk about the opportunities to make money in Hong Kong.

He gets so excited every time he talks about it that his friend plans to sneak off in a month without telling his family, and he wants to go with him.

"It's alright. Xiao Cheng isn't here. Zhou Shuyue can't find him here, so he probably won't come looking for me again."

"What if?"

"Alright! Hurry up and go to class. You should think about how to explain to your dad that you were late this morning."

"Damn, I forgot about that. You go to class first, I'll go find the principal. If I don't go now, my dad might come looking for me at school later."

Xu Shaoyang left in a hurry. He had managed to get up early this morning, thinking that he should do his best to perform well recently.

Maybe his parents will agree if he tells them he doesn't want to study and wants to go into business! Who would have thought that halfway there a pretty lady would ask him for directions, and he ended up being late because he said a few extra words.

With the police's reassurance, Song Wanying gradually calmed down. The police questioned Yang Hongsheng and Zhang Yuanyuan, who repeated what they had said to Song Wanying the day before.

With no useful clues, the police could only take Song Wanying back to the police station to ask her colleagues who had gone to the guesthouse to investigate if they had found Zhou Shuyue.

"Zhou Xiuguang, are you even human? Your daughter didn't come home all night and you were still flirting with other people."

Song Wanying had just come out of the police station. The police told her they had searched all the guesthouses in the area but hadn't found her daughter. They told her to go home and wait for news; they would notify her when they found her.

She took a taxi to Zhou Xiuguang's workplace to talk to him about her daughter. As soon as she entered, she saw Zhou Xiuguang chatting and laughing with a female colleague. She didn't know what they were talking about, and the female colleague even gently patted his shoulder.

"Wanying, let's talk in the office."

Zhou Xiuguang looked at Song Wanying with disdain, seeing her haggard and disheveled appearance. Ever since he slapped her and their daughter and was scolded by Song Shengze, he still harbored resentment.

He often makes excuses not to go home. In the morning, Song Wanying told him that their daughter hadn't come home all night.

He only asked if he had gone out fooling around with some man again, which angered Song Wanying so much that she slapped him before leaving. Zhou Xiuguang didn't care and picked up his briefcase to go to work.

"No, I want to say it here. I haven't done anything shameful, why should I say it in the office?"

Are you sure you want to say this here?

Zhou Xiuguang stared at her intently, and at that moment, all of her colleagues at work looked over.

Anyway, Zhou Shuyue's previous incident had already made him lose face at work, so he didn't care if it happened again.

"I…"

Song Wanying was speechless. Seeing her like that, Zhou Xiuguang walked away first, and she quickly followed behind. Her daughter's reputation had been bad lately; it couldn't be allowed to get any worse.

"Xiuguang, my daughter is really missing. I've searched everywhere but can't find her. I reported it to the police, but even they couldn't find her. What should I do?"

"What? You even called the police? Don't you think you've lost enough face?"

"Is your reputation more important than your daughter? She's disappeared; what if something happens to her?"

Song Wanying's face was streaked with tears. Her elder brother cared about his reputation, and so did her husband. Neither of them wanted Yueyue; only she was worried about her daughter.

"Look at you now, you're no different from a crazy woman. Go home and tidy yourself up. Yueyue might be home soon. I still have work to do. You should go home and wait for your daughter."

"Yes, yes, Yueyue might have gone home."

Song Wanying thought it made sense; maybe her daughter would go home on her own. Zhou Xiuguang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was willing to go back; he certainly didn't want to cause a scene at work.

Twenty minutes later, Song Wanying rushed home and pushed open the door.

"Yueyue, Yueyue, are you back yet?"

She searched the house inside and out, but her daughter was nowhere to be found.

She was getting agitated. Since her husband was unreliable, she called her eldest son. Her younger son was impulsive and couldn't offer her advice; he might even make things worse.

The next morning, Xia Yichu went to school and had just arrived at the school gate when Xu Shaoyang stood there with a serious expression.

"Yichu, something's happened. Zhou Shuyue is dead in the woods behind the school. An old man found her this morning while digging for medicinal herbs. A lot of police have come, and the area has been cordoned off by them."

Xia Yichu was shocked. Zhou Shuyue was dead, just like in her previous life, she died in that forest. She wondered if Chen Shaoping had strangled her.

"Xu Shaoyang, do you know how she died?" Xia Yichu asked impatiently.

"I heard she was strangled to death."

Xia Yichu's face turned deathly pale. Zhou Shuyue had actually been strangled to death, just like in her previous life.

"Yichu, are you alright? Don't worry, this has nothing to do with us. If we're called in for questioning, we'll just tell the truth."

"Okay, I'll go to class now."

"Slow down."

Xia Yichu walked to the classroom absentmindedly. The students in the classroom were all in a state of panic, talking about Zhou Shuyue.

Xu Shaoyang couldn't concentrate on class and ran home to find his parents. It was the first time he'd encountered something like this, and he was quite scared.

"Xia Yichu, the principal wants to see you."

After the first class, the teacher came looking for Xia Yichu. She had returned to normal and was relieved that Xiao Cheng wasn't there.

"it is good"

"Xia Yichu, go in by yourself. The principal is waiting for you inside."

"Okay, thank you, teacher."

Knock knock! Xia Yichu knocked on the door first.

"Please come in."

Xia Yichu pushed open the door and went inside; there were two police officers inside.

"headmaster"

"Xia Yichu, come sit here. You should know about Zhou Shuyue. Don't be nervous, the two police officers have some questions for you. Just tell them what you know."

Xia Yichu nodded and sat down. From the moment she entered, the two police officers watched her every move.

After Xia Yichu sat down, the two police officers began asking her about the last time she saw Zhou Shuyue. After hearing Xia Yichu's answer, they started asking other questions.

"Do you hate Zhou Shuyue?" a police officer asked.

"I wouldn't say I hate her, I just find her annoying."

She's really annoying; she's been entangled with Xiao Cheng for two lifetimes.

"What do you think about her murder?" another police officer asked.

"It's a real shame..."

Seeing that Xia Yichu remained calm throughout, and that they hadn't gotten any useful clues from her, and that her answers were fine, the two police officers let her go back to class.

When Song Wanying learned of Zhou Shuyue's accident, she was so shocked that she fainted and is currently in the hospital.

The doctor said she was exhausted, overworked, and traumatized, and that she would be fine after a few hours of sleep.

"Tingting, you stay with Mom. Dad and I are going to the police station. When Shuhe comes over, have him go find your uncle."

Zhou Shujiang told his wife that his mother had called him yesterday to talk about his younger sister. He thought his sister was just hiding and hadn't taken it to heart, which was why he had taken the day off to come home. He hadn't expected things to turn out this way.

"dad"

Let's go.

Zhou Xiuguang is still in a daze. His daughter is really in trouble. And she was murdered. He still can't process it and is completely disoriented.

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