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  "How old?"

  Twenty-eight.

  In a small interrogation room, Yan Li flipped through the files in his hand and asked routine questions without any emotion. Xiao Liu from the new department next to him bowed his head and wrote hastily.

  Across the interrogation table was a woman with a dull and lifeless complexion, her face sallow and prematurely wrinkled at the corners of her eyes. She wore a tattered and patched cotton-padded jacket that seemed to have been worn for many years, although she was still in her prime, yet somehow already looked like she had reached the twilight of her years.

  The prisoners who came here were either scolding or crying for mercy, but this woman kept her head down from start to finish, occasionally nodding or shaking her head in response, and quietly cooperated with the interrogation.

  Yan Li didn't mind either.

  As the second-in-command of Gui City's Criminal Police Brigade, he handles thousands or even tens of thousands of cases every year. His heart has long been tempered into a hard, stinky stone that is not easily shaken.

  What's more, this is a murderer who killed an entire family of six people.

  Yan Li thought of the Mid-Autumn Festival a year ago, when he received the report and rushed to the scene, the six charred bodies pulled out from the ruins were unrecognizable.

  This is one of the rare major criminal cases in recent years.

  But thinking of the customs in Heyang County, I also feel that such a thing is bound to happen sooner or later. Especially in the southeastern corner of Sangjiadang, nestled in the mountains, they rarely interact with the outside world and are as poor as they were before liberation, with every household relying on their daughters-in-law to make a living.

  After the incident, the men of Sangjiadang stood up with righteous indignation, saying that this bought-in daughter-in-law was a born white-eyed wolf, who had run away five or six times and still had the audacity to run off with a goods runner after being beaten by Quan Gen until her legs were broken. A few gossiping women angrily said that this daughter-in-law was a fox spirit who loved to seduce men into bed, saying that it was only a matter of time before something happened, and everyone became wise after the event.

  A one-legged woman was wanted nationwide for a year, and somehow managed to conceal herself, hiding for a whole year until she surrendered today - making the entire Gui City police station almost a laughing stock in the industry.

  "After fleeing for almost a year, why did you suddenly think of surrendering?"

  Jiang Xi looked up at him with a glance.

  Yan Li only then realized that the woman had a pair of sparkling eyes, even with a large scar under her eye, and even if the sparkle was just a stagnant pool of water, it could still sense the former charm, making people unable to help but stop and think for a moment.

  "Officer," Jiang Xi's coarse voice was like sandpaper scraping against wood, as if he hadn't spoken in a long time: "What are you asking all this for?"

  "The case requires."

  Yan tightly handed over the file, and passed the mineral water on his side forward. Little Liu also stopped writing, curiously looking over.

  Jiang Xi didn't respond, as if she had lost interest in everything in this world. After a while, she managed to say: "I... went back home for a bit."

  Yan Li suddenly understood.

  Last year, when the wanted notice had just been issued, he went to Shen City on purpose to catch people. During the investigation, it was found that within two months of Jiang Xi's kidnapping, her parents had both died. It is said that his father was spiritually confused on the way to find someone outside, and was crushed to death by a large card, with extremely tragic death. Jiang Xi's mother could not bear the blow, suffered from depression, and jumped directly from the building.

  Yan Li could almost imagine that when Jiang Xi finally returned home after overcoming countless difficulties, he found that his parents had long since passed away due to the accident back then.

  He suddenly felt a little sympathy for this murderer.

  Jiang Xi fell silent for a moment: "Being alive doesn't have much meaning either."

  "Why kill?"

  "If you can't live, then just die."

  Jiang Xi slightly closed her eyes, and only then did Yan Li notice that she still had a row of curled and raised eyelashes.

  He suddenly remembered the personal data sheet from Shen City, which was said to be able to reveal the true form of all demons and monsters. The ID photo showed a bright-eyed and smiling girl with a lively spirit, and just looking at it made him feel a surge of spiritual energy.

  If fate hadn't taken a cruel turn, this woman should have had a bright and happy future ahead of her, not carrying the weight of an unjustified crime to the end of her life.

  Yan Li felt a slight sense of regret.

  He thought of his own daughter who was in high school, full of energy and vitality, about the same age as Jiang Xi when she went missing. The mere thought sent shivers down his spine.

  "Can't live on? Did they beat you?"

  "Why not beat her? Every day, three meals a day, take the whip and hit. At any time, if you're not in the mood, also hit. In that place, wives bought are their own belongings, beating to death is not a problem."

  Jiang Xi rolled up her sleeves, revealing a small section of her wrist, and Little Liu let out a cry of surprise.

  A short paragraph, crisscrossing with no good flesh, all are potholed and layered scars, obviously left by years of flogging, a glance is frightening.

  "Doesn't look good? Nothing's wrong."

  Jiang Xi casually pulled her sleeve back down, but Yan Li noticed that her right thumb was slightly bent outward, as if it had been twisted and not properly reset.

  "Getting beaten is a daily routine, often being punished by going hungry and sleepless all day and night – it's nothing."

  Under the bright red flag and in broad daylight, Little Liu grew up luxuriantly, unable to understand that if this was nothing, then what was something. Soon, Jiang Xi let him know, the evil that could be spawned from the land irrigated by ignorance and poverty.

  "Where did Sang Quanguan get the money to buy me, do you know? He's the eldest, and there are three younger brothers under him. The four brothers pooled their money together to buy me. On the surface, I'm Sang Quanguan's wife alone, but do you know how many people sleep in this bed?"

  "How many?"

  Xiao Liu's throat is tight.

  Yan Li looked at him and didn't scold him.

  "Four, ah, no, later there was even one more, that old man who just wouldn't die."

  Jiang Xi's throat emitted a strange laugh, short and cold.

  It was as if he had stumbled into a bizarre reality that only existed in ghost stories told at night, leaving Little Liu stunned and his voice trembling: "Th-th-this..."

  He was at a loss for words.

  "Why didn't you call the police?"

  "Report an alarm?"

  Jiang Xi's gaze made Xiao Liu feel a wave of heat on his face, and for some reason, he suddenly didn't dare to listen anymore.

  Yan Li understood in Jiang Xi's silence.

  In that poor and remote Heyang County, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, for the sake of local peacekeeping, most police officers turned a blind eye to this.

  Jiang Xi didn't say anything, but in her almost mocking gaze, it was as if she had said everything.

  "Officer, is there anything else you'd like to ask?"

  Jiang Xi was the kind of prisoner Yan Li rarely encountered.

  She was elegant and courteous, with clear speech, obviously well-educated. When confessing to the crime, her logic remained very clear. She confessed in great detail, from pre-incident preparations to post-incident escape methods, without a single word of perjury or concealment. Her attitude was calm and composed.

  Yan Li was very clear, this is a person who seeks death with all his heart.

  She lost her footing in life.

  Life for Jiang Xi was nothing but suffering and desolation.

  Yan Li felt a slight tingling in his nose, he rubbed his nose, and his voice became a bit thicker: "It's gone."

  He picked up the file and stood up, as if he had thought of something again, turned his head and said: "If... there is anything or letter that needs to be delivered, you can call Little Liu."

  Jiang Xi fell silent for a long time, then suddenly laughed:

  "No."

  The case was approved very quickly from the time it was submitted to the time the approval document came down, which was not unexpected. In any case, there is a good reason for this, and what awaits Jiang Xi is just a bullet.

  In the midst of complex and complicated news events, even a piece of tofu can't get any attention.

  ************************

  "Hmm——"

  Jiang Xi suddenly opened his eyes.

  The back of her head throbbed with increasingly severe pain, and she dazedly thought: Didn't I die?

  The sound of sobbing, like a symphony, made her feel uneasy even in death. Jiang Xi couldn't help but "come back to life" and forced herself to look ahead, only to be stunned into stupidity by what she saw:

  "Little, Little Ling?"

  A round-eyed and round-faced little girl asked her with a half curious and half naive expression: "Sister, how do you know Xiaoling's name?"

  Jiang Xi had an unconscious feeling that something was wrong.

  Propped up his body, behind him was a cold and hard earth wall, under him was a thick layer of straw mat, in the small room, dozens of big and small children were herded together like driving pigs, the whole scene was bleak and desolate.

  In her tears, Jiang Xi squinted - wasn't this the room where she was temporarily placed for a period of time after being abducted all those years ago?

  "Sister, does your head still hurt?"

  Jiang Xi only felt a large bulge at the back of her head, and suddenly remembered that when she was first thrown into this room, she had a fiery temper and was indeed smashed against the wall by that woman with a handful of hair.

  "Sister doesn't hurt."

  Jiang Xi looked at his own excessively pale and tender hands, these hands had never had the calluses of middle-aged labor, nor any frightening missing fingers.

  It suddenly occurred to her: coincidentally, she... had been reborn?

  Actually, there is no shortage of people meeting, even the recruitment notice outside the door, the three big characters posted are "Recruiting Janitors".

  The best thing about Ke Jiangxi is his face skin.

  Adhering to the principle that one mouse is caught, two mice are also caught, she handed over a photocopy of her ID card with water mixed in it. The store manager, who was scolding someone in the small office, took a glance outside and said, "Hey, this clever girl..." - Qian Chuanzi Cheng Cai immediately made a decision and settled on Jiang Xi, as he was worried about the recent decline in customer traffic.

  Janitor?

  That's naturally impossible, Chengheng wants to do it this way, he is just being wasteful.

  In the service industry, what's required is service and what's sought after is visual appeal. This girl looks sweet and gentle, and once she puts on the coffee shop uniform and stands by the entrance, without saying anything else, the entire atmosphere of the coffee shop changes.

  The sky is bluer, the water is clearer, and the coffee tastes better.

  Cheng Cheng sought talent like a thirsty man, and with Jiang Xi it was a perfect match, immediately taking office.

  The store clerk's uniform was custom-made, with a color scheme of brown bear, knee-length skirt, revealing two smooth little legs, and a pair of bear ears on her head. If someone else wore it, it would be ordinary and not eye-catching, but when Jiang Xi put it on, she smiled sweetly and cutely, and it was simply adorable.

  "Alright, alright, little stream." Cheng Cheng pointed at her, "You just stand by the door later and don't do anything else, just be responsible for smiling."

  It has become a laughing stock.

  "Alright, store manager."

  The male shop assistant was so captivated that he became flustered and red-faced, while the female shop assistant couldn't help but want to stretch out her claws and touch the bear's ears, stroke its wavy hair, and poke at its crescent-shaped eyes. Jiang Xi suddenly realized that this transformation...

  His luck with women has miraculously improved.

  Ding dong ding dong, the prompt tone in my mind was as clear as a spring, and with this effort, my popularity value increased by five points.

  The creek's smile became even sweeter, mixed with genuine and sincere laughter, as if the air was infused with sweet honey.

  It's indeed a paradise for "score boosters".

  One hundred and fifty yuan a day, one thousand two hundred a month, is enough to cover all of Jiang Xi's expenses at school, but she found a part-time job in a coffee shop, mainly hoping to quickly accumulate 10,000 popularity points.

  At her current pace of study, even if she works hard day and night, by the time of the mid-term exams, the last place will still be hers.

  Jiang Xi didn't want to be transferred back to an ordinary class, nor did he mention the inequality of teacher resources. What was most important was that he feared his parents would be heartbroken.

  The knowledge of high school has long been returned to the teacher, and Chinese and English can be improved by rote memorization, but math and science need to start all over again. Recently, Jiang Xi's classes have made him feel less like he's hearing a heavenly book, but compared to his peers who haven't experienced a 12-year knowledge gap, he still lags behind a bit.

  The atmosphere of 10,000 people is pressing in on me.

  The cafe is adjacent to the commercial street and there is also a vocational college nearby. The flow of customers on weekends is extremely large.

  There are also many old customers, especially the "Encounter" signboard point heart is famous in Shanghai, has been on the city's food show, "oil bubble snail", according to legend is the store owner's private secret recipe, crispy and soft, biting down fragrant mouthful, paired with Blue Mountain coffee, flavor is unique.

  Li Li is just such a "foodie", every weekend, she must come to meet, order a plate of crispy fried snails, a cup of coffee and a book, and spend the afternoon in leisure.

  "Welcome."

  The sweet voice floated into her ears, reminding Li Li of the White Rabbit creamy candy she often ate as a child.

  She subconsciously glanced sideways and when she saw Jiang Xi's face clearly, she couldn't help but exclaim "wow" in her heart.

  Lily walked in, only to find the coffee shop, which was usually easy to get a seat at, packed with people. Most of them were young men, who were now gazing towards the entrance with an ambiguous glint in their eyes, clearly indicating that they were not there for the wine.

  Fallen, oil fried dough twist.

  Li Li felt heartache for the neglected oil bubble snail, but on the other hand, she took a sneak shot and posted it on Weibo: I'm so surprised! Met the beautiful Goddess! Beautiful voice, sweet tone, long legs! Awesome!

  Li Li is quite active on Weibo, with a group of "close friends" who interact and praise each other. As soon as she posts something, someone will follow along and leave comments, and in the quickly accumulating photos, Miss's stunning beauty holds up well.

  "Sister is so tall!"

  "The ocean is all water, from the chest down, it's all legs."

  "Go as a group to see the young lady."

  "Check-in 1."

  "Check-in 2."

  “……”

  "Check in 10086."

  A picture circulating in a small circle was quickly forwarded and suddenly became Li Li's hot topic, her previous posts did not have such a high discussion rate, once the discussion rate increased, there were discordant voices coming out.

  "The blogger forced a awkward photo shoot, even the wall is crooked, and it's blurry like this, can you guys still tell if it's beautiful or ugly?"

  "First floor."

  “2。”

  “10086.”

  Li Li is just a young girl, who has never experienced such fanfare. As an ultimate fashionista, she can be considered quite straightforward. You can doubt her taste in clothes, but you absolutely cannot offend her sense of aesthetics.

  On an impulse, she ran to Jiang Xi's side: "Miss, can I take a photo with you?"

  She decided to sacrifice her personal image.

  Jiang Xi pulled at the corner of his mouth, this girl's eyes were clear and bright, obviously without any ill intentions, "Alright."

  She made a big tomato shape with her hands.

  "Wow, Miss is really blessed by God."

  Isn't this just giving face?

  Compared with her, Li Li's originally somewhat pleasant-looking face became a big plate-like face, almost jumping out of the photo.

  Li Liding didn't mince words and directly fired back: "Do you admit it or not?!"

  In the photo, the young lady's eyes are narrowed into a crescent moon shape, sweet as if secretly pouring honey into people's hearts.

  "The wall is not convinced, but I am 233333333333"

  The keyboard warriors who were jumping up and down in the main building just now suddenly stopped.

  Someone quietly raised an opinion, "Did the blogger post this photo with the owner's consent?"

  Li Li was stunned and silently deleted the high-definition picture again.

  Jiang Xi didn't know that this little girl who came to take a photo with him would cause such a stir online, sparking heated debate among some people. The pouch in front of her was shaking vigorously with Fruit 6 inside.

  According to unwritten rules, most service industries do not allow employees to use communication tools during working hours.

  But this is Jiang Mu's phone...

  "Let it go." Lu Yuan, the coffee shop boy who was welcoming guests with her, said with a red face, "The boss is kind and doesn't mind these things."

  Jiang Xi then covered her skirt pocket and went to answer the phone in the corridor. It was indeed Jiang Mu, asking when she would be back.

  "Mom, I'm afraid I'll be a bit late coming back today, you and dad go ahead and eat."

  The coffee shop is divided into morning and evening shifts, and under Jiang Xi's insistence, Cheng Heng only arranged a regular white shift for her, but when she got off work, it was already 5:30.

  "It's okay, shall we get Dad to come pick us up?"

  Jiang Xi immediately refused, and soon after she returned to her post at the door, the glass door was opened from the outside by someone. A tall figure slowly walked in with his hands in his pockets. She curled up the corners of her mouth and bowed slightly:

  "Welcome!"

  The sound seemed to have attracted someone's attention, and the man lowered his gaze, only to see a dark brown hair top.

  "Han Chen, over here!"

  Jiang Ruyue rolled her eyes and slammed the single-shoulder bag into the doorway, making a loud noise that startled several people chatting in the living room. Jiang Weiguo beckoned to her with a rare smile on his dark face, "Ruyue, come quick and see who's back!"

  Sister.

  Jiang Xi smiled and waved at her.

  Speaking of the Jiang family, it is inevitable to mention these two brothers of the Jiang family. The elder brother is Jiang Weiguo and the younger brother is Jiang Aiguo.

  Two people came out of the same womb, but unexpectedly the older brother had dark skin, a square face and thick lips, looking like a simple-minded old farmer. His personality was indeed honest and kind-hearted. However, Jiang Creek's father, Jiang Aiguo, had been handsome since he was young, with red lips and white teeth, praised by everyone. Growing up, he remained elegant and handsome. Although he has aged a lot because of Jiang Creek's affairs, at first glance, he still looks like a dignified old handsome man.

  Genes from their parents led Jiang Ruyue and Jiang Xi to exhibit two extremes since childhood.

  Jiang Ruyue is like her father, a girl with dark skin, not to mention that she had acne all over her face during puberty. Although the acne is gone now, the pockmarks remain. With a square face, small eyes and big mouth, she is not only unattractive but also ugly to some extent. Since childhood, she has been an object of ridicule among her peers. Even when playing house, she can only play the role of the bandit who kidnaps the bride - no one wants to be her groom.

  What about Jiang Xi?

  It's a big difference, white skin, big eyes and cherry mouth, her mother was the most beautiful girl in the village when she was young, especially Jiang Xi is particularly good at inheriting the best qualities from her parents, resulting in the final result being "the blue out of the green surpasses the green"

  Since she was young, there haven't been many people who could rival her in this aspect.

  Jiang Ruyue is one year older than Jiang Xi. When they were young, both families lived in the countryside and were neighbors across the street from each other. They often played together, but gradually, she stopped taking Jiang Xi to play with her.

  When was she still not a little princess?

  Following Jiang Xi, Jiang Ruyue would forever be just a foot-washing maid.

  Those boys who only know how to look at faces, pretending to be husbands and wives, can only choose Jiang Xi as their bride, and even in order to become Jiang Xi's husband, they have to fight first.

  Later, when Jiang Ruyue's younger brother was born, Jiang Ruyue's status in the family plummeted even further. Her mother, who had a preference for sons over daughters, didn't care about this ugly daughter anymore.

  For over a decade, Jiang Ruyue had been displeased with Jiang Xi's appearance and demeanor, while also disapproving of her pampered upbringing. Whenever they met, they would either bicker or ignore each other.

  A pair of good sisters used to be, but now they have become a pair of plastic sisters - not even as good as this, the plastic sisterly love is still willing to pretend to be a little bit decent.

  "Been abroad for so long, haven't you suffered enough?"

  Jiang Xi raised an eyebrow, with a fake smile: "Sister, why don't you go try it too?"

  "What nonsense are you talking about?!" Jiang's mother patted Jiang Xi's hand and smiled apologetically at Jiang Ruyue: "Ruyue, XiXi is straightforward by nature, it's just that she doesn't have a filter on her mouth, don't mind her."

  Jiang Ruyue's mouth twitched: "Xixi is straightforward by nature, so she deserves it?"

  Here is the translation:

  "Accept it."

  Jiang Ruyue didn't feel very pleased in her heart, but the string that had been tight since Jiang Xi's disappearance loosened a bit. She mumbled to herself and didn't say anything unpleasant, then sulkily went to the kitchen to help her mother set the table.

  Jiang Xi thought that this time he would be ridiculed again, after all, they were now "under someone else's roof", and Jiang Ruoyue was always stirring up trouble even when there was nothing to do. He must have been thinking of ways to pick a fight. But unexpectedly, the "enemy" admitted defeat, and for a moment, he couldn't react at all.

  Jiang Mu couldn't help but laugh: "Didn't I tell you before? Your sister Yueyue has a sharp tongue, but when it comes down to it, she still cares about you."

  Concerned?

  Jiang Xi shrugged and didn't recognize him.

  Xiao Tian suddenly popped up in his mind: "Host, you have a point in your initial value, but it's Jiang Ruyue's!"

  Unexpectedly added a frivolous wavy line.

  Jiang Xi raised an eyebrow and asked about something that had been neglected from the start: "Based on Xuan Xi's values, my parents should have at least 200 points, right? Why do they only have 10?"

  Jiang Xi firmly believes: he is his parents' faith.

  That's also true.

  Little Lead Pipe hesitated for a moment before mumbling: "A-actually, when Ah Xin was growing in your palm, it had already consumed some of its energy. This energy is also known as the Human Energy Value. The correct initial value of the Host... is actually 232."

  The river is silent and speechless.

  She thinks this grass is a bit of a scam.

  It's a pity that it can only be endured, but fortunately, I've managed to save one life. Being able to accompany my parents safely and soundly is already the greatest fortune for Jiang Xi, priceless.

  At that time, being trapped in the Sang family's marsh, beaten and humiliated, living completely without dignity, the only reason to keep Jiang Xi going was just to go home and take a look.

  So after returning to Shenzhen with great difficulty, Jiang Xi suddenly received news of his parents' death and didn't want to live for even one more day.

  After the small talk, Auntie started serving dishes and invited everyone to sit down for dinner. According to local customs, Jiang Xi had to drink a cup of salty water to ward off bad luck - he almost threw up.

  She was certain that Jiang Ruyue was hiding in the kitchen just for this cup of boiled water with an unknown amount of salt added to it.

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