Chapter 1 The Death of a Girl

On a summer night, the house was dark.

The girl who was sleeping in the small living room couldn't sleep. She got up and found exactly where the kitten was lying.

She stretched out her hand to pet the kitten, and the kitten nuzzled the palm of her hand as if it felt something.

At this time, the door to the west room suddenly opened, and a dark figure came out.

The dark shadow walked straight over and squatted opposite her.

Immediately afterwards, the black shadow grabbed the kitten's neck with one hand and raised the other hand high.

By the time the girl saw clearly that the other person's raised hand was holding a dagger, the dagger had already penetrated deeply into the kitten's belly.

The kitten struggled and wanted to scream, but its neck was strangled and it couldn't make any sound.

One knife, another knife...

The girl froze in place, her hand still maintaining the posture of stroking the kitten's head.

The smell of blood penetrated her nose clearly, and she could also feel the kitten's body slowly getting colder and stiffer...

This was the first time she deeply felt the loss of life.

Years later, she remembered the man who had killed the kitten, smiling at her before leaving the living room.

Maybe she remembered it wrong, the room was so dark that night, how could she see the other person smiling?

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In 1991, in the office of a teacher at a top university.

A girl with bright features and a light and ethereal temperament was flipping through information at the desk by the window.

Suddenly, someone opened the door and came in.

"Teacher Lin, please help me."

The person who came was a middle-aged woman in her 40s, with obvious dark circles under her eyes, a haggard face, and her hair was a little messy.

Lin Man was puzzled, "How can I help you?"

"My daughter must have been killed by that family, but the police couldn't find any evidence. Last time, a female student from the school next door was almost trafficked into the mountains. When she was on the verge of despair, it was Teacher Lin who helped solve the case and bring her back. Yes. Teacher Lin, you will definitely be able to help me find evidence, please. My daughter cannot die inexplicably."

After saying that, the middle-aged woman burst into tears.

Lin Man was the worst at comforting people. His cold face was slightly startled, and he picked up the tissue on the desk, stepped forward, and handed it over.

"But I'm not a policeman." After saying that, Lin Man probably realized that his tone was cold and inhumane, and added: "And the police will not allow non-professionals to intervene in the case."

The woman did not take the tissue, but directly held Lin Man's hand, crying and saying: "Teacher Lin, Professor Zhou from the Department of Psychology said that the police want to hire you as a consultant and let you give lectures. You must have a way, I beg you."

Lin Man was not used to or even resisted this kind of physical contact. She took a step back and pulled her hand out of the other person's hand.

What Lin Man didn't expect was that as soon as her hand was freed, the woman suddenly closed her eyes, staggered, and fell down.

Lin Man hurried forward to check. First, he checked the carotid artery, which was beating.

I took another breath, and my breathing was fine.

Probably because I didn't eat breakfast, I was too tired recently, and I was emotionally excited, so I suddenly fainted.

Lin Man stood up and was about to call the security department and ask them to help send the person to the school infirmary.

As soon as the topic was raised, the middle-aged woman suddenly woke up and said in a weak voice: "Teacher Lin, I'm fine. It should be hypoglycemia."

Lin Man then took a White Rabbit toffee from the office drawer, peeled it open, and brought it to the middle-aged woman's mouth.

"I'll take it easy, I'll be fine soon." At this moment, a tabby cat jumped onto the window sill, tilting its head and looking curiously at the situation in the room with its round eyes.

After seeing the person lying on the ground clearly, the civet cat suddenly realized something.

[It turns out to be the biological mother of the girl who lives in the house next to the crabapple tree. 】

Lin Man looked at the civet cat, slightly confused.

[There is a crabapple tree not far from the west gate of the school. There is a house there, where her daughter, her father and... what humans call her stepmother live. 】

Yes, Lin Man can understand the cat's words.

That year, a cat slowly lost its warmth under her palm.

After that, she gained a special skill that humans should not have - she could communicate with cats.

She has gone from panic at the beginning to acceptance later, and now it has become a natural habit.

Because of this special skill, Lin Man took psychology as an elective at university, attended many classes in the philosophy department, and even attended classes in the animal hospital department of the Agricultural University.

The civet cat probably thought that Lin Man's concentrated look meant that he didn't believe what he said, so he added another sentence.

[The original owner of the Sanhua sister whose leg was broken last time was that girl.Sister Sanhua was picked up and brought home by a girl three days after she was born.Her stepmother refused to keep her, so the girl asked Sister Sanhua to catch more rats and cockroaches, and was kept for a while.Two months ago, her stepmother's son beat up sister Sanhua for some unknown reason. When she was half-dead, her stepmother threw her out. 】

Lin Man finally remembered that the middle-aged woman was a staff member of the school cafeteria, and her ex-husband seemed to be an educated youth who had returned to the city.

"How are you doing? Are you feeling better? Do you want me to help you sit up?" Lin Man's cold eyes showed a little pity.

The middle-aged woman looked at the ceiling with empty eyes, "My daughter is very optimistic. She told me two days ago that even if she doesn't go to college, she can start a small business, buy a house and live with me in the future. How could she commit suicide? ! It must be them, their whole family! They don’t want to raise her, why don’t they give their daughter back to me, why do they want to harm her, she is only 17 years old!”

Lin Man thought, "I'll help you take a look, but I can't guarantee whether I can find any clues."

When the middle-aged woman heard this, she felt like she was reborn. She immediately sat up from the ground, with tears in her cloudy eyes, "Okay, thank you, Teacher Lin."

Her name is Tian Xiu, from a rural area in other provinces.

Her father is the village party secretary, and her ex-husband is an educated youth who jumped in the queue in their village.

Her ex-husband took the initiative to pursue her. She used to think it was true love, but later she realized that he loved her as the daughter of the village party secretary.

Become the son-in-law of the village party secretary, do the easiest job and eat the most meat.

Later, the policy changed and educated youths could return to the city.

The man proposed to divorce her. He would return to the city first and then bring the two of them over.

What happened next was as expected by most people. After the man returned to the city, he did not take his wife and daughter over.

Not only did he not answer the call, the man also wrote to the woman asking for money, saying that many places in the city needed to be renovated.

Tian Xiu not only had to support her daughter in the countryside, but also had to work in a nearby mine. Except for the couple's living expenses, they all had to be sent to the man.

Five years later, Tian Xiu took her daughter to the city without informing the man, only to find out that the man had remarried in the city a long time ago and had a stable job. With the money she sent every month, he was living better than The people around him are nice.

Tian Xiu lay in bed for two days and quickly smoothed over his current situation.

Home, I definitely can’t go back.Several sisters-in-law have long had objections to the mother and daughter, and the house where they live must be vacated for their nephew to get married.

If she stays in the city, her daughter wants to study here, so she must solve the household registration issue.

Tian Xiu took a knife and went directly to the man's house. He thrust the knife into the table - either my daughter's household registration will be settled, or I will die with you.

Walking all the way from school to Tian Xiu's ex-husband's house, Lin Man basically knew the situation between her and her daughter from her rambling description.

(End of this chapter)

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