Original Suspense Novel: 《ℬ𝓁𝒾𝓏𝓏𝒶𝓇𝒹 ℳ𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇》 EP52

"Because he said—" Xu Ziqian paused. "That once the door opened, it would open again. If Wugu Village still existed, someone would come back for this door. So he wanted to drive everyone away, cut off all the clues, and make Wugu a place that never existed." Chen Mo looked at the newspaper clipping, then at the other papers on the wall. For sixteen years, the "person who came out of the door" had been tracking down every clue related to Wugu, eliminating them one by one, erasing them. "Who is your brother?" Chen Mo asked. Xu Ziqian didn't speak. Lin Jing's voice came from the corridor, calm but with a hint of tension. "Xu Ziqian, tell him." Xu Ziqian took a deep breath. "My brother changed his name after he was sent out," he said. "He used his mother's surname. He later took a job—a job that gave him access to all the files, records, and evidence." He looked up, meeting Chen Mo's eyes directly. "His name is Zhou Zhengguo." Chen Mo felt the ground disappear beneath his feet. Old Zhou. The seemingly drunk, retired old forensic doctor. He had walked out of that ritual and spent sixteen years burying everything about Wugu Village—including his own past. He stood in the second-floor hall, holding a glass of whiskey, like a detached old man. But he had known everything from the beginning. "...He made everyone come here," Chen Mo said, his voice so hoarse he didn't recognize it himself. "Zhang Zhenyu invited everyone, your father invited everyone—Old Zhou was (To be continued)