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Chapter 637 A Difficult Chapter

My son's name is Liu Baoma, and he was born in the spring.

"At that time, Liu Ben and I didn't know how to take care of children, and we were poor. When he was born, I found a handicraft job to do at home while taking care of him."

"Although I'm supposed to be taking care of him, I have too much to do and not much time, so most of the time I just put him in his crib and leave him there for more than half a day. He doesn't cry or fuss, he just lies on the crib and quietly looks at me;
“He’s different from other children. He rarely cries and is very easy to manage. He’s never woken us up in the middle of the night by crying…”

The woman started her story by recounting the time Liu Baoma was born.

These words were undoubtedly nonsense to Wang Pingfan and the others, but none of the three had the heart to interrupt this woman who was immersed in the past.

"Later, when he grew a little older and could talk, I remember it was summer. Our house was very dilapidated at that time and couldn't keep out the summer heat. In July and August, it was hotter inside than outside. We only had a small electric fan at home."

“We adults are fine, the heat doesn’t bother us, but the kids are covered in heat rash. I always see them scratching their arms and thighs, scratching up red bumps. They don’t cry, and when they see someone coming, they just reach out for a hug.”

"Neither his father nor I were good students. I started working after graduating from junior high school, and his father graduated from vocational school. Neither of us did any jobs that made money. After he was born, our family only had 20 yuan left in savings."

“We couldn’t afford to give him the best. He didn’t eat much good food when he was little. He mostly drank rice porridge. Before long, he started eating the same things as the adults.”

"Later, when he went to school, we didn't have money to buy him new clothes after paying for his books, so we had to ask relatives' children for their hand-me-downs... The clothes didn't fit him very well, but he never complained to us."

“He is different from me and his dad. He has been a good student since elementary school, always ranking among the top students in his class, but he doesn’t seem to have many friends.”
“I remember every time I went to pick him up, the other children would come out in groups, skipping and jumping, but he would be the last one, walking alone.”

"Once I saw his classmate point at him and say that he was a garbage collector, and that his clothes were tattered and made from other people's hand-me-downs..."

As she said this, the woman lowered her head and began to sob softly.

Ye Qiqi patted her shoulder with a look of pity.

Then the woman began to recount her past stories, sobbing.

“That child is very sensible. He has never told us about these things. Every time we ask him about his relationship with his classmates, he tells us with a smile that his classmates are very nice to him.”
"He's always been like this; he always faces us with a smile, keeping everything inside. Until he entered his senior year of high school..."

"For a while, I noticed that he was dazed and confused, and there were always some bumps and scrapes on his body. He didn't smile much when he saw us. When I asked him if something had happened, he would just shake his head and say no, that he had accidentally bumped into something."
“We thought it was nothing serious, so we didn’t pay much attention. We never expected that the child would pass away just a few months later…”

The woman could no longer hold back her tears, which flowed down her face along with her snot.

Passersby would turn their heads to look this way and then show a look of pity; such crying was not uncommon in the hospital.

Liu Baoma committed suicide; Ye Weiwei and the others knew this.

"At that moment, I felt like the sky had fallen. How could such a healthy child just leave like that? Leaving nothing behind, not even a word..."

"Later I remembered that he hadn't been acting quite well for a while before he left, so I wondered if something had happened to him at school. I went to the school to find his teacher, but his homeroom teacher stammered and couldn't say anything."

“I wanted to ask his roommates, but those students were avoiding me. I couldn’t find them at all. At that time, I guessed what was going on. I thought the boy’s departure was probably related to the school.

"I told Liu Ben about this. He has some connections and knows a teacher at that school."

"One night, very late, he went to the school with that teacher to see something, and then he didn't come back all night;
"When he came back the next day, he brought a case of liquor. He sat in the living room drinking all day. When he got drunk, he hugged his phone and cried. I asked him what he had done yesterday, but he wouldn't say..."

"You all know what happened next. We couldn't take the blow and got divorced. Liu Ben probably found out something at school, and not long after, he went to settle scores with that kid's roommate... just like what you saw."

Liu Ben killed three of Liu Baoma's roommates in the street.

The remaining four escaped because they ran fast.

But Wang Youcai and his team still don't know what Liu Ben saw at the school, which is probably the most crucial evidence in this case.

Ye Weiwei was pondering the woman's words: "Where is that phone that Liu Ben was holding when he was drunk?"

She thought the crucial evidence was on Liu Ben's phone.

"He should have taken him to court, right..." the woman said uncertainly.

Ye Weiwei looked at Wang Youcai: "When the prisoner was detained, his belongings should have been taken away and placed somewhere."

Just as she was speaking, Ye Qiqi suddenly stood up and pulled her up.

Ye Weiwei was caught off guard and fell to the ground from the chair.

"What's wrong?" the woman asked, sobbing as she looked at the two of them.

Ye Weiwei also looked up at Ye Qiqi with a questioning expression.

Ye Qiqi, her face pale, whispered, "A hand... there was a hand behind you just now." Ye Weiwei immediately turned around and saw that the seat she had been sitting in was empty, with nothing there.

The ghost reappeared, and a strange sense of dread rose in the hearts of the three.

"Let's go back to the court first!" Wang Youcai stood up somewhat nervously.

Ye Weiwei immediately stood up, said goodbye to the woman, and then pulled Ye Qiqi along to follow.

The three of them left the hospital as fast as they could, and their panic subsided a little when they reached the street.

“Let’s go to the court and look for Liu Ben’s phone,” Ye Weiwei said, suppressing her unease. “I think the most crucial evidence is in there.”

Wang Youcai nodded: "Then let's hurry up so we can make a judgment sooner."

The group quickly reached an agreement and headed towards the courthouse.

After walking about a kilometer, Wang Youcai heard Ye Weiwei behind him say, "Your expression was off when that woman was talking just now. Not only just now, but your expression was also off last night when that student named Xu Xingcheng was talking to us."

Ye Weiwei paused at this point: "Have you also experienced school bullying?"

But judging from his age, he doesn't seem like it.

Wang Youcai slowed his pace slightly: "I...I used to have a son too..."

Ye Weiwei paused for a moment, then stopped asking questions.

Wang Youcai didn't continue, but the two female players had already guessed his story.

As they moved forward in silence, they suddenly saw several familiar figures ahead.

It was that group of people with colorful nicknames.

"You mean that dinner party?" Chen Yao was stopped by Gu Mian and the others as soon as he arrived downstairs at the company. He was answering their questions at the moment. "It was indeed Li Shu who took the initiative to ask. He first asked me who would be going, and then asked if he could bring a few friends. I felt bad refusing him, so I agreed. Anyway, quite a few other people brought friends."

As expected, Li Shu had deceived them. Gu Mian stroked his chin. Li Shu's first encounter with Yuan Haotian was not accidental, but rather a pre-planned one.

"Do you remember that trip? The one where we climbed Weishan Mountain?" Coco pressed, "Did you tell Lishu that your company had a trip?"

Chen Yao looked somewhat surprised: "No, he heard from somewhere that our company has an event, and he specifically asked me to buy three spots for him."

Bai Lu clenched her fists. This was different from what Li Shu had said. Sure enough, the second encounter was also planned.

“That time, Yuan Haotian also had an argument with one of Li Shu’s friends. It seems that Yuan Haotian noticed a very familiar object on Li Shu’s friend and wanted to take a look, but the friend didn’t give it to him…” Chen Yao said to himself.

The familiar objects were likely a carefully orchestrated "coincidence" by Li Shu and his associates.

Just like that pink bow hair clip.

"Now it seems your guess was 100% correct. Li Shu and the others really are perverts." Bai Lu felt like her hair was about to catch fire with anger.

Just then, she heard footsteps approaching.

Bai Lu turned her head and saw Wang Youcai and his two companions walking towards her.

"What...did you find out?" Ye Qiqi asked curiously when she saw Bai Lu's angry expression.

“We did discover something,” Bailu said, pursing her lips. “We discovered that the victim in our case, who had always portrayed herself as weak, was actually a psychopath.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Qiqi's expression also became interesting: "What a coincidence, our cases are almost the same... the victim has a different identity."

Is that so? The egret's eyes widened slightly.

"You're missing one person?" Gu Mian turned around and noticed that the number of people in the opposing group was not right.

Wang Youcai nodded somberly: "He's dead..."

"Was he killed by a ghost while searching for clues?" Gu Mian looked at the other person.

"How did you know?" Wang Youcai asked, somewhat puzzled.

Gu Mian raised her head slightly: "Because we discovered the killing pattern of the ghost in this instance. Whenever players come into contact with the truth of the case, the ghost will come out to stop them."

Look at this chapter, it's not filler, is it?
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