Original Suspense Novel: "ℬ𝓁𝒾𝓏𝓏𝒶𝓇𝒹 ℳ𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇" EP38

After they left the village, they lived in Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung respectively, without contact. But within three months of the same year, they successively disappeared. No bodies have been found to this day." "So you knew about Fog Valley from the beginning?" "I did. I wasn't surprised when Zhang Zhenyu invited me. Because I've been following this lead for five years. I came here—" she paused, "—because I wanted to know what happened back then." "What did you find out?" Lin Jing opened her notebook, flipped to a page, and turned it towards Chen Mo. A diagram was drawn on it. A circle with a tree in the center, and a rope beneath the tree. The end of the rope split into five strands, pointing in five directions. At the end of each direction was a name. The five names were: Lin Jing, Zhou Zhengguo, Fang Guodong, Shen Yuehua, and Xu Ziqian. "This is the connection diagram I drew after receiving the invitation," Lin Jing said. "I was wondering, why me? Why the six of us?" She pointed to her name: "Me, because I'm investigating the Neihu disappearances, and those victims came from Fog Valley." She pointed to Old Zhou: "Forensic Pathologist Zhou, because you were in charge of the initial investigation of the Fog Valley case back then, but your report was suppressed. You know part of the truth." She pointed to Fang Guodong: "Commander Fang, because one of the criminals who died during the raid three years ago—his identity was later confirmed as one of the missing persons from Fog Valley village." Fang Guodong's expression changed. "What did you say?" (To be continued)