Original Suspense Novel: "ℬ𝓁𝒾𝓏𝓏𝒶𝓇𝒹 ℳ𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇" EP29

The child was about eight or nine years old, with short hair and eyes calmer than those of children his age. His features felt strangely familiar to Chen Mo. After staring for a long time, he realized who the child resembled. Himself. "What's wrong?" Fang Guodong walked in, saw the knot on the bed, and his expression darkened. "Did the killer come here?" "No," Chen Mo put down the photo. "This isn't a crime scene. It's a message. Someone wants to tell me—" He didn't finish. His gaze fell on the back of the photo, where a line of text was written in blue ink, the handwriting exactly the same as on the invitation letter: "Welcome home, Chen Mo." His hand trembled slightly. Fang Guodong leaned over to look and was silent for a few seconds. "Are you from Fog Valley Village?" he asked, his voice not surprised, but with a settled confirmation. "I don't know," Chen Mo told the truth. "My memory has no Fog Valley. I grew up in Taipei, my parents are alive, and my records are complete. But this photo—" He turned the photo back to the front, looking again at the child circled in red. A faint, thin scar, shaped like a small "S", could be seen on the child's left wrist. Chen Mo looked down at his own left wrist. Smooth skin, no marks. But the position of the scar was exactly the same as the old ligature mark on Zhang Zhenyu's wrist. "Someone wants me to believe I'm from Fog Valley," Chen Mo said. "But photos can be forged, and scars can be made later. (To be continued) [More than two episodes are published each time. If you're interested, check out the previous episodes!]