I fell through the tunnel and brought my family to live a good life

In Tang Wenhao's room, Xu Congyi and Shen Xiao told Tang Wenhao all the suspicious points they had found.

"Wenhao, after you told me yesterday, I felt something was wrong, but I couldn't find out what it was, so I talked to Yiyi about it last night, and she found the problem directly."

Xu Congyi was a little nervous. She was afraid that Tang Wenhao would think she was meddling in his affairs and prying into his privacy. After all, Tang Wenhao only told Shen Xiao about this matter. Fortunately, Tang Wenhao didn't mind. He had already regarded Xu Congyi as his good friend.

"What's the problem?" Tang Wenhao became a little anxious when it came to Chen Yuanyuan.

Xu Cong took a deep breath, Shen Xiao held her hand upon seeing this, and the two of them talked about the doubts they had discovered. They had agreed before that they would keep the matters concerning the space secret, and would act accordingly as the situation dictated.

"Brother Wenhao, let me speak first." To show closeness, Xu Congyi simply changed the way he addressed him. Since they were already good friends, he stopped being polite.

"Brother Wenhao, first of all, regarding the condition of Yuanyuan's body, you said that due to the scorching heat that day, Yuanyuan's face was eroded to the point of being unrecognizable. Only with the help of that unique butterfly embroidered dress did you confirm her identity."

Tang Wenhao nodded gently, with a gentle and sad light in his eyes. "Yes, that dress is a gift I carefully selected for her. Yuanyuan likes butterflies, and when she puts it on, it's like a butterfly dancing among flowers, so beautiful that it makes people's heart beat. That day, when I saw her lying there quietly, her face was blurred, but the dress was so vivid, as if telling me that it was her."

Xu Congyi continued to ask with a serious tone: "However, after careful consideration of the cause of Yuanyuan's facial damage, I feel that things may not be that simple. Why are you so sure that it is caused by the hot weather?"

Tang Wenhao frowned when he heard this. "At that time, I was on the verge of collapse. The noisy voices and people's discussions around me seemed like echoes from far away. I remember someone whispered in my ear that the river water temperature is high in summer, and the faces of drowning people will soon become blurred due to immersion. I... I didn't have time to investigate further, I just believed it instinctively."

Xu Congyi shook his head. "Brother Wenhao, I later consulted an old doctor with excellent medical skills. He told me that although hot weather does accelerate the decay of corpses, more factors need to be considered to make the face completely unrecognizable, especially in water. For example, the erosion of water, the friction of sand and stones on the riverbed, and even the length of time before the body was discovered, will affect the preservation of the face. Moreover, if the face is unrecognizable, then the clothes will also be damaged to varying degrees, especially delicate embroidery like that, which is difficult to remain intact after being immersed for a long time."

"Then...could it be that the fish in the river bit it?" Tang Wenhao asked.

"I left home early today. Before coming to Tangji, I went to the East Port Wharf to ask some fishermen. The river here is mainly populated by grass carp and silver carp. These fish feed on aquatic plants and algae. Their teeth are short and small, which is not enough to cause such serious scars. Moreover, Yuanyuan's body is intact and there is no sign of decay. I guess she was rescued not long after falling into the water. Even if she was really bitten by a fish, the fish would not only bite the face."

After hearing this, Tang Wenhao's face became even more solemn. "According to what you said, this kind of fish is not enough to cause such serious scars, and the state of Yuanyuan's body also shows that she was in the water not long ago. Then, the damage to her face is even more strange."

Shen Xiao added at the right time: "Wenhao, this is probably a carefully designed misleading. In such a chaotic and sad moment, people tend to accept information from the outside world without thinking too much. We need to re-examine all the details, especially those parts that seem to be taken for granted."

"That's right, Brother Wenhao. The fishermen at the dock said that Yuanyuan's body was found by the dock in the morning. They hadn't found it before when they were fishing or transporting goods. Moreover, the body was intact, only the face was disfigured. This is what I am very concerned about."

"So you two want to tell me that the person who died might not be Yuanyuan, but another woman wearing Yuanyuan's clothes?" Tang Wenhao lowered his head in thought, his fingers unconsciously stroking the edge of the table.

"Yes," Xu Cong nodded, "Although I'm not 100% sure, this possibility is very high."

"But Yuanyuan, why would she do this?" Tang Wenhao didn't believe it. "Yuanyuan and I love each other, why would she do this?"

Xu Congyi sighed softly. She understood Tang Wenhao's pain, but she also knew the importance of the truth. "Brother Wenhao, we are not questioning your relationship with Yuanyuan. It's just that the current situation is too complicated. We can't just act on our feelings. Maybe Yuanyuan has her own difficulties, or maybe she is facing a dilemma that we can't imagine. But in any case, only by finding the truth can we know what the reason is."

"But, maybe she is Yuanyuan?" Tang Wenhao was a little dazed and still didn't want to believe why Yuanyuan would lie to him.

"Yes, we cannot rule out this possibility, but if Yuanyuan is still alive, we cannot give up this hope." Xu Congyi said sincerely.