Early the next morning, Ling Huaan got up to make breakfast, and Jiang Chengyan also got up. As soon as the two of them got to the kitchen, they saw the three little dogs were busy, Xiaohu was scrambled eggs, Niuniu was washing vegetables, and Xiaolang was cleaning up with a rag cooktop.
Niuniu turned to look at Ling Huaan and said with a smile, "Uncle, breakfast will be ready soon."
Ling Hua'an felt sour in his heart. He seemed to see his childhood self through them. He stepped forward and took the shovel from Xiaohu's hand and said, "You guys go out and wait, and leave it to Uncle."
Xiaohu looked a little uneasy and said, "Uncle, what we can do is in the milk... We cook in that yard. Uncle let us do it."
Ling Huaan patted their heads and said softly, "You don't need to do this at your uncle's house. Now you can go to the restaurant and wait, or watch TV for a while."
Jiang Chengyan took the dish from Niuniu's hand and said, "Is it Niuniu? Leave it to uncle here. You can go out and wait for a while, and you can eat right away."
"But..." The three little ones only looked at each other, but no one moved. Yu Xi is in the middle.
Ling Huaan said helplessly, "Team Jiang, I'll give you breakfast. I'll take them out."
"Okay, you go."
Ling Huaan took the three little dogs out of the kitchen, placed them in the dining room, took out a small bag of peanuts from the refrigerator, took another bowl, put it on the dining room table, and said, "You three peel these peanuts. , I have to peel it before breakfast is done, do you understand?"
"Understood." San Xiaozi responded hurriedly, looking like he was relieved.
Ling Huaan went back to the kitchen and helped Jiang Chengyan prepare breakfast. The original two people became five people, and the three little ones had a lot of food. In order to keep them full, the two of them did a lot more. When the food was on the table, the three little ones had already peeled the peanuts, wiped the table and swept the floor, and were obediently waiting at the table.
"Go wash your hands, let's eat."
"Uncle, we have finished washing." Niuniu spread her palms with a smile.
"Okay, then let's eat. There's no cheating at my uncle's house. If you're full, you're full. If you're not full, you're not full. You can't lie, you know?"
"I know." The three little ones nodded obediently, and when they saw Ling Huaan picking up the chopsticks, they picked up the chopsticks and looked at them, their obedience was distressing.
Jiang Chengyan's heart was sour, he put a fritter for each of them, and said, "Eat it."
After a quiet meal, San Xiao just wanted to wash the dishes, but Ling Huaan stopped him and said, "You three are in charge of wiping the table and sweeping the floor. Uncle Jiang and I are going to wash the dishes. We will work together to see who does the cleaning. Clean, whoever wins will have chocolate, okay?"
"Okay!" Niuniu smiled with her big eyes curved into crescents.
In the kitchen, Ling Huaan looked at the three little ones who were busy outside, sighed and said, "Team Jiang, let Su Ke come over later to collect their DNA samples. I suspect they were also abducted."
"Abducted?" Jiang Chengyan paused and said, "Huaan, come and clean up, I have something to do, go out and make a call."
Seeing Jiang Chengyan hurried out the door, Ling Huaan was a little puzzled, but he didn't think much about it, and then cleaned up the dishes.
Jiang Chengyan picked up the phone, dialed Yao Min directly, and said, "Yao Min, send me a picture of the little girl you drew yesterday."
"Captain, when I went to the technical investigation department yesterday, they were already off work, and the photos haven't been synthesized yet."
"I want your picture, send it to me now."
"Okay, I'll send it to you right away."
After a while, Jiang Chengyan received the portrait. He took a closer look, and his eyes lit up. He hurriedly walked out of the bedroom to the dining room, looking at Niuniu, who had a similar imagination to the portrait, and couldn't help but be ecstatic, "Huaan, Huaan, Come out."
Ling Huaan heard the sound, wiped his hands, walked out of the kitchen, and said strangely, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Chengyan handed the portrait in his hand to Ling Huaan and said, "Huaan, do you think the little girl in this painting looks like Niuniu?"
There was no need to compare, Ling Huaan could see at a glance that it was Niuniu in the portrait.
"Where did this come from?"
"According to Liu Xiaohan's kindergarten teacher's recollection, the man who took Liu Xiaohan away that day was accompanied by a little girl. This is a portrait drawn by Yao Min based on the teacher's dictation."
Ling Huaan looked at Niuniu, and before he could speak, he heard a commotion outside. He frowned slightly and was about to open the door, but Jiang Chengyan stopped him and said, "I'll open it."
Jiang Chengyan came to the door, called the door, looked at Yang Xiaolan outside the door a little surprised, and said, "Ms. Yang."
Yang Xiaolan was startled when she saw Jiang Chengyan, and said, "Officer Jiang, why are you here?"
Liu Ling said with a bitter face, "Team Jiang, I just came to work when she entered the door. She had to cry and call for the boss, but I couldn't stop her."
"Go ahead, I'll handle it." Jiang Chengyan let the door open and said, "Ms. Yang, come in."
Yang Xiaolan entered the door in a trance. When she saw Ling Huaan, she became excited again. She rushed over without saying a word, and cried, "Give me back my daughter, my daughter!"
Seeing this, Jiang Chengyan hurriedly stopped her and said, "Ms. Yang, I'm calm and calm."
"Calm down, how can you calm me down, my daughter died, she died so tragically, how can you let me calm down!" Yang Xiaolan looked at Ling Huaan with hatred with red and swollen eyes, and said, "It's him, my daughter's death will definitely follow him. I can't get rid of the relationship, that beast... The beast asked me to deliver the package to him. If it wasn't for him, my daughter would not have died. You give back my daughter, my daughter!"
In the morning, Yang Xiaolan, who was in a trance, suddenly received a package. After opening it, it was empty. She suddenly remembered that the murderer had taken Liu Xiaohan's life and threatened her to deliver the package to Ling Huaan, so she came to the door to make trouble.
"Yang Xiaolan, calm down, the murderer was not him, your daughter was not killed by him!"
"Even if he didn't kill him, he has nothing to do with him. Otherwise, how could the murderer ask me to send him a package, my Hanhan, my poor Hanhan..."
Seeing the three little dogs hiding behind him uneasy, Ling Hua reassured and said, "It's alright, you all go back to the room first, and uncle will take care of it. Xiaohu, take your younger brother and sister back to the room."
Xiaohu took the two back to the room. Before entering the room, Niuniu turned her head and hesitated. When Ling Huaan saw it, he knew something. He looked at Yang Xiaolan and said calmly, "Do you want to see your daughter?"
Yang Xiaolan's cry stopped for a while, and then she said angrily: "My daughter is already dead, you killed her, I want you to accompany her!"
Ling Huaan sighed and said, "Your daughter's death does have something to do with me, so I will try my best to help her."
Yang Xiaolan was startled, then grabbed Jiang Chengyan's clothes excitedly, and said loudly, "Officer, did you hear me? He admitted that he killed my daughter. Catch him, catch him!"
"Yang Xiaolan, he didn't mean that, you misunderstood."
Yang Xiaolan pushed Jiang Chengyan away and asked, "Why are you here? You are a group, and you want to protect him."
"Yang Xiaolan, I can understand the sadness of your daughter's tragic death, but you can't slander others just because you want to shirk your responsibility. Don't forget, if it wasn't because you played mahjong..."
Ling Huaan interrupted Jiang Chengyan and said, "Team Jiang, that's enough."
Yang Xiaolan stumbled upon hearing this, leaned against the wall, raised her hand and slapped herself twice, and started crying.
Ling Huaan sighed and said, "Yang Xiaolan, I can let you see your daughter's ghost, do you want to see it?"
Yang Xiaolan looked at Ling Huaan blankly and said, "What do you mean?"
Ling Huaan didn't explain too much, but handed the cow's tears to Yang Xiaolan and said, "You can see your daughter's ghost as long as you put a drop on your eyelids."
Yang Xiaolan stared blankly at the thing in Ling Hua'an's hand, and immediately reacted, and without hesitation, put a drop on her eyelids. As long as she can see her daughter, she is willing to pay any price. She opened her eyes cautiously, and the first thing she saw was a pair of feet, with a circle of bruises on the ankles, then a yellow dress, and then the face she was thinking about day and night.
"Hanhan!" Yang Xiaolan rushed over and wanted to hug Liu Xiaohan, but went straight through her body.
Ling Huaan explained: "She is in the state of a ghost now, so you can't touch her."
"Mom..." Liu Xiaohan whispered. Although her memory was vague, her heartfelt intimacy made her believe that Yang Xiaolan was her mother.
"Hanhan..." A 'mother' made Yang Xiaolan cry again.
"Mom doesn't cry..." Seeing Yang Xiaolan sad, Liu Xiaohan also wanted to cry, but couldn't cry.
"Hanhan, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my mother is sorry for you, it's all my mother's fault..." Yang Xiaolan knelt down in front of Liu Xiaohan, unable to cry herself.
Liu Xiaohan stretched out her finger and wanted to wipe away Yang Xiaolan's tears, but she couldn't touch her at all. She quickly backed her hands and comforted her: "Mom doesn't cry, my uncle said that as long as Hanhan is obedient, he can help Hanhan be reincarnated. You can have a new life, so don't be sad, mom."
"Uncle?" Yang Xiaolan looked at Ling Huaan and asked blankly, "Is it true? Can Hanhan really be reincarnated?"
Ling Huaan nodded and said, "As long as the grievances in her body are purified, she will have a chance to be reincarnated."
"So Hanhan will always be by your side until he is reincarnated, right?"
"Yes." Ling Huaan understood what Yang Xiaolan wanted to say, and stopped her: "People and ghosts have different paths. The resentment and yin qi in her body are harmful to mortals. I will put her in the magic weapon, so I can't agree to your request."
Disappointment flashed in Yang Xiaolan's eyes, and she pleaded: "It's okay, Mr. Ling, I can work, I can work in a grocery store, no salary, I just want to be closer to her, okay?"
Ling Huaan said earnestly: "Yang Xiaolan, I understand your feelings, but Liu Xiaohan has died, which means that her fate with you in this life is over, she will have a new life, you should let go and have your own life."
"Mr. Ling, Hanhan is my life. His father is on business trips all the year round. She was brought up by me alone. My relationship with her... How can I just let it go? Mr. Ling, please, please, please. You let me stay by her side, otherwise I really don't know what's the point of living."
"Uncle, I miss Mom..." Liu Xiaohan also looked at Ling Huaan eagerly.
Seeing this, Jiang Chengyan felt uncomfortable, and said, "Huan, you can just let her stay in the grocery store."
Ling Huaan sighed and said, "Okay, I'll hang the bell at the door. Stay wherever you want."
"Thank you, Mr. Ling, thank you!"
"I temporarily covered her grievances, you mother and daughter, let's have a good chat."
Ling Huaan took Jiang Chengyan into the guest room, leaving the mother and daughter to talk in the living room.
Ling Huaan walked over to Niuniu, touched her hair, and said, "Do you want to tell me anything?"
Niuniu's big eyes filled with unease, she grabbed Ling Huaan's clothes tightly with both hands, and said tearfully, "Uncle, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
Ling Huaan took out a tissue and wiped Niuniu, "As long as you tell the truth to your uncle, you will still be a good boy."
Niuniu struggled for a while, then lowered her head and said, "Uncle, I know Hanhan."
"You recognized her when you saw her yesterday, didn't you?"
Niuniu nodded and said, "Well, I can see her."
Ling Huaan was startled, and then asked, "When did you start seeing ghosts?"
"I can see it all the time, in the village, in the woods, everywhere." Niuniu said this without the slightest fear in her eyes, indicating that she was used to it.
Ling Huaan understood that Niuniu's eyes were rare yin and yang eyes, and she was born with the ability to see things that others couldn't.
"You said you knew her, how did you know her?"
Fear appeared in Niuniu's eyes, she was holding on to Ling Hua'an's clothes tightly, her fingers turning pale due to the excessive force. Ling Hua An calmly held her hand and said, "Don't be afraid, it's over, uncle will protect you."
Niuniu's eyes were flushed, and pea-sized tears fell from the corners of her eyes. She said guiltily, "Uncle, I'm sorry, I lied to her, I'm sorry, I killed her."
Ling Huaan patted her head and said, "Since you know you made a mistake, you should make it up in time. Now you tell us everything you know, you are making up for the mistake, so that your heart can be calm, understand? ?"
Niuniu looked up at Ling Huaan and said, "Uncle, can I have a chocolate?"
Ling Huaan was startled, then took out the chocolate from the glass bottle on the table, handed one to Niuniu, and then took out two and handed them to Xiaohu and Xiaolang, and said, "Eat it."
Niuniu took the chocolate, peeled off the tin foil and put it in her mouth, maybe the sweetness of the chocolate soothed her nervousness and made her look much more relaxed.
"Uncle went to see grandma that day, grandma told us to stay in the yard, not allowed to approach the house, we dared not approach, I don't know what they said. Later, grandma came out and let me go there. Although I was afraid, I didn't dare to resist. I entered the house. The uncle waved to me, I was very scared, I knew that the uncle was going to beat me again, and... also... do some terrible things." Niuniu's face showed a look of fear again, obviously she was trapped in terrible memories.
Ling Huaan stretched out her hand to embrace Niuniu, but she was pushed away subconsciously, "Don't touch me!"
In her bright eyes, in addition to fear, there was hatred and disgust, and Ling Huaan's heart skipped a beat when she saw it. When she came back to her senses, she looked at Ling Huaan and hurriedly said, "Uncle, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I'm sorry..."
"It's okay. Niuniu, it's okay, uncle will protect you, and those bad guys won't hurt you again."
Niuniu clutched Ling Hua'an's clothes tightly, tears falling down her cheeks, and she choked up and asked, "Uncle, why did uncle treat us like that? It hurts so bad every time, hum..."
The little tiger and the little wolf on the side also followed with red eyes, thinking of their past experiences, their bodies even began to tremble.
Although Niuniu didn't understand, but from their expressions, Ling Huaan fully understood that these three children were also poisoned by that beast, and Liu Xiaohan was only one of the victims. He gently embraced them and comforted them carefully. The psychological trauma of these three children far exceeded his expectations. I am afraid that if one fails, it will be a shadow for a lifetime.
Jiang Chengyan sat and listened, feeling uneasy. After so many years as a criminal investigator, he still couldn't understand why there are so many ugly people in this world? They do all kinds of evil, are mentally ill, don't treat people like people, and don't even realize how crazy what they're doing. After a long time, Niuniu gradually regained her composure, and Ling Huaan asked at the right time, "Where does that uncle live? What does he look like, and how can we find him?"
"He lives in our village. I followed him secretly once. The last house in the last alley at the west end of the village is the courtyard in the west."
"Then what are the characteristics of his appearance that can be recognized at a glance?"
"He has a scar under his nose and six fingers on his left hand."
Ling Huaan and Jiang Chengyan looked at each other, then asked, "Then why does Liu Xiaohan follow the uncle obediently?"
"It's because of me." Niuniu bowed her head guiltily and said, "My uncle treated me like that. I was too scared, so I begged him not to hit me again. Uncle said, if I can trick another child into coming back, he won't hit me. Hanhan and her mother came to Xiaohuzhuang to visit relatives that day, and happened to be met by the uncle. The uncle called me over that day, just to want me to lie to Hanhan, he took me to play outside the yard of Hanhan's relative's house, Hanhan She also came out when she heard the movement and had a good time with me. She called my sister and gave me candy. But just when the uncle was about to do something, her mother suddenly appeared and took Hanhan home. Uncle didn't give up. , I inquired about Hanhan's address, and took me to the city to find her, but Hanhan had to go to kindergarten during the day and was picked up by her mother after school, so we had no chance to start. Until that day, the uncle saw that Hanhan was not here Then, let me call her and deceive her. I called her name, and Hanhan ran over as soon as it was me, and the uncle lied to Hanhan, saying that if the teacher asked him who he was later, if Hanhan The answer is my father, so I bought her a hamburger. Hanhan was fooled, her teacher chased her and asked her who her uncle was, she said it was her father, and then Hanhan followed us. "
"So the uncle killed Hanhan, right?"
"The uncle took Hanhan home, Hanhan cried and wanted to find her mother, and then the uncle started to beat her, she cried even more, kept calling 'mother' and 'sister', and I hid outside the door , I know she saw me, but I didn't dare to move, I was afraid the uncle would hit me." Niuniu began to sob again, crying, "In the end, Hanhan was dragged by the uncle's feet and dragged into the cage in the utility room. I threw her there. I sneaked over to see her, she was bleeding a lot, I was scared and didn't know what to do, she took my hand and said: 'Sister, I want to go home, I want to Mom', I know she's dying, just like those little friends, I didn't want her to die, so I stole milk for her to drink while my grandma was asleep, but she just drank it, and then vomited again, and she vomited again. I was very scared, so I ran back. The next day I secretly went to find her again and found that she was not dead. I was very happy, but in the end she died. Uuu, it was my fault, it was all I killed her. Uncle, I'm also a badass, and I'm a badass..."
Ling Huaan felt uncomfortable after hearing this. She didn't know how to comfort her for a while, so she just patted her on the back lightly. No matter what her original intention was, whether she killed Liu Xiaohan in the end, the cause and effect between her and Liu Xiaohan has been planted, and what should be repaid is still to be repaid.
Jiang Chengyan opened the door and looked at Yang Xiaolan's mother and daughter, and asked, "Huan, what are you going to do?"
"Tell the truth." Ling Huaan sighed and said, "The conclusion of a matter is never to escape, but to face it."
Jiang Chengyan looked at Niuniu and couldn't bear to say, "But she's still a child."
"A child's mistake is also a mistake. You can't easily forgive her because of her age. It's not good for her future growth."
Jiang Chengyan was startled and said with relief, "Huan, you're right, I'm the one who got the point."
Ling Huaan squatted down, looked directly at Niuniu, and said, "Niuniu, are you willing to tell Liu Xiaohan and her mother the truth?"
Niuniu looked at Ling Huaan anxiously and said, "Uncle, I'm afraid..."
"Niuniu, if you make a mistake, you must be brave enough to take it, so that you can gain inner peace, otherwise you will carry the mistakes you made all your life behind your back."
Niuniu's big eyes flashed with tears and she said, "Uncle, I'm not afraid of aunt hitting me, I'm afraid... I'm afraid that my aunt won't forgive me."
"Niuniu, if you do something wrong, you will have to bear the consequences. Whether your aunt is willing to forgive you or not, don't hold any resentment in your heart. After all, Liu Xiaohan's death is related to you, understand?"
"Well, I'm sorry for Hanhan. Uncle, I'm willing to tell my aunt the truth." There was still anxiety in her eyes, but Niuniu chose to face it.
"Good boy!" Ling Huaan gently stroked Niuniu's hair and said, "You only need to talk about how to deceive Hanhan, don't talk about other things about ghosts, you know?"
"Why?" Niuniu's tearful eyes were filled with confusion.
"You don't need to understand this, just remember uncle's words."
"Okay, I'll listen to my uncle."
Ling Huaan pushed open the bedroom door and walked out holding Niuniu's hand.
"It's you? Uncle, why is she here?" When Liu Xiaohan saw Niuniu, she felt uncomfortable and her brows wrinkled.
"She was also a victim and was rescued by me." Ling Huaan paused and said, "Ms. Yang, Hanhan, there is something Niuniu wants to tell you."
Yang Xiaolan wiped her tears, looked at Niuniu suspiciously, and said, "Mr. Ling, what happened? Who is this little girl?"
"She is the victim I rescued from Huzhuang." Ling Huaan squeezed Niuniu's little hand and said encouragingly, "Niuniu, come and talk to Aunt Yang."
Niuniu looked timidly at Yang Xiaolan, then at Liu Xiaohan, and hesitantly repeated what she just said.
Yang Xiaolan was stunned when she heard it, and the tears she had just wiped came out again.
Liu Xiaohan seemed to recall what happened before, her blood-red eyes widened, two lines of blood and tears flowed out, she looked at Niuniu with hatred, and said, "Uncle, she is a bad person, she is a bad person! She lied to me, yes She killed me!"
Seeing the resentment surging on Liu Xiaohan's body, Ling Huaan's brows wrinkled, silently chanting the incantation, pinching a decision, and imprinting it on Liu Xiaohan's brow, saying, "Liu Xiaohan, control your emotions, otherwise you will be controlled by resentment and commit murder. , there is no chance of reincarnation."
"She lied to me, she lied to me! Uncle, she is damned, damned!"
Liu Xiaohan's resentment soared, her tangled hair kept flying along with her resentment, and her blood-red eyes looked at Niuniu coldly.
Niuniu was frightened and hid behind Ling Huaan, crying and said, "I'm sorry, Hanhan, I'm sorry, I hurt you, it's my fault, woo woo, I don't want you to die, I want to save you, woo woo, sorry… "
Little Tiger and Little Wolf were protecting Niuniu from left to right. Although they couldn't see the ghost, they understood to some extent what was going on. No matter what happened, they would protect Niuniu.
"Liu Xiaohan, if you don't stop, I'll hit you."
Before Ling Huaan could do anything, Yang Xiaolan protected Liu Xiaohan and said, "Mr. Ling, don't hit her, please don't hit her."