Original Mystery Novel: 《ℬ𝓁𝒾𝓏𝓏𝒶𝓇𝒹 ℳ𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇》 EP39

“What did you say?” “You didn’t look closely at the addendum of the post-mortem report, did you?” Lin Jing said. “The fingerprint comparison of the third perpetrator matched an adult male from Gugu Village. He was a missing person, but he didn’t ‘disappear’—he became a kidnapper.” Fang Guodong clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white. Chen Mo saw a flicker of an emotion he had never seen before in his eyes—not anger, but something deeper, darker. Lin Jing continued, pointing at Shen Yuehua: “Dr. Shen, your foundation has actually been protecting the secrets of Gugu Village. You might not know everything yourself, but the files you hold are key.” Pointing at Xu Ziqian: “Xu Ziqian, your multinational corporation purchased all the land around Gugu Village. Why?” Xu Ziqian was silent for a few seconds, then said, “Because my father was the original owner of that land. He told me before he died that something was buried beneath it, and that I had to buy it back no matter what.” “Buried what?” “He called it ‘a room that should not be opened.’” Finally, Lin Jing pointed at Chen Mo. “And you, Chen Mo. You are the only person in Gugu Village who is ‘alive but treated as dead.’ You are the key. Without you, they cannot complete what they failed to do eighteen years ago.” “Who are they?” Chen Mo asked. Lin Jing’s pen tip stopped on the paper. “I don’t know their names. But I know one thing—” she looked up, her eyes gleaming in the firelight, “Someone recorded the night Gugu Village disappeared. (To be continued)