Rebirth 78, the beginning of the marriage was broken off by the female educated youth

Guided by the safety rope, Li Xiangnan slowly descended to the bottom of the well.

Looking around, Li Xiangnan was somewhat puzzled.

The bottom of the well was filled with the stench of earth and a faint smell of decay, as well as the perpetually shady, sunless atmosphere.

However, it didn't feel damp!

This is a well!

"Advisor Li, a flashlight!" Two policemen at the bottom of the well handed over a flashlight.

After lifting it, he quickly scanned his surroundings in the dim light.

The well was indeed completely dry, with the bottom and walls made of hard soil and gravel, with palm-sized stones piled around it.

I didn't see any water flowing!

The flashlight beam quickly locked onto the north side of the well wall.

At that moment, an irregular but dark gap appeared there, barely big enough for one person to pass through. Its edges were jagged, and it looked as if it had been forcibly scooped out by something!

“Advisor Li, this can’t be…” Fan Deting followed him down, pointing to the edge of the gap in surprise, “This soil… looks like it was dug out by hand…”

"No!" Li Xiangnan squinted and examined the soil, then pinched the dirt that had fallen to the ground. "They dug halfway, probably thought it was too slow, found some tiles in the dark, and then continued digging!"

Upon seeing the gap, Fan Deting suddenly realized what was going on and secretly admired Li Xiangnan's logic.

Li Xiangnan shone the flashlight again, and upon closer inspection, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

On the gaping hole in the soil, there are still blurry, deeply embedded scratch marks, and even on the edges of some slightly sharp stones, you can see what looks like dried and blackened bloodstains.

What kind of despair and survival instinct could drive a person to carve out a path to survival with their bare hands in such an environment?

He looked into the cave, where he could hear rustling sounds and see the light of a flashlight.

"One of our officers went in to check!" the police officer next to him replied.

Li Xiangnan hummed in agreement, raised his head, and looked around. The doubts he had just had resurfaced in his mind.

How could this well be dry?

Could it be that Hu Jianjun is an outsider who is not familiar with the local hydrological environment, and he dug a well, but the well dried up after using it for a while?

That's possible!

Heaven has eyes! If the well had been full of water, the three murdered people would have had almost no chance of survival if they had fallen in!

The appearance of a gap indicates that at least one person was not completely dead at the time, and she escaped with her strong will to survive!

Someone is still alive!

Li Xiangnan's heart skipped a beat, and a huge surge of joy welled up inside him.

But who is still alive?

"Advisor Li!"

At that moment, Qi Zhiyuan's voice came from above, followed by his face appearing at the well opening: "The forensic doctor has made a preliminary assessment of the two remains. Based on bone age calculations, one is over fifty years old, and the other is a teenager!"

That's it!

They are indeed Hu Jianjun's mother and sister!

That means...

Li Xiangnan turned his head and looked at the gap again. Had Hu Jianjun's wife, Guihua, escaped from here?

The thought that she was still pregnant suddenly ignited a spark of hope in his heart.

The Hu family still has descendants!

This is the best news ever!

Then this gap must have been dug by Guihua under immense pressure, in fear and despair!

She tried to escape, but it's unknown whether she succeeded!

With that thought in mind, Li Xiangnan no longer hesitated, "I'll go in and take a look!"

He bent down, took a deep breath, put the flashlight in his mouth, reached in with both hands to grab his body, and crawled directly into the narrow, cramped opening.

The entrance was too small, and the passageway could only be traversed by crawling.

He took the flashlight out of his mouth and shone it around. The cave walls were already damp, and the air was very stuffy.

He had only crawled in less than five meters when the flashlight in front of him started to shake, and the police officers who had crawled in earlier to investigate were struggling to retreat.

"Advisor Li!" The policeman stepped back, his face covered in mud, his voice filled with dejection and heaviness. "The passage ahead ends; it's blocked by earth and rocks!"

Li Xiangnan was startled, then overjoyed, and immediately asked, "You didn't find anyone, did you?"

After saying this, he suddenly realized that the young man's tone was a bit off.

"Advisor Li, we've found a skeleton ahead. Judging from the skeletal structure, it's female, and she's blocking the way."

hum!

With a hum, Li Xiangnan felt his heart sink!

He thought the osmanthus had already climbed out, and that the collapse was the result of the past twenty years!

But to everyone's surprise, Guihua died in this passage!

The last glimmer of hope was shattered by those cold words!

Bang!

Li Xiangnan slammed his fist on the ground in frustration, venting his despair, "You come out first!"

He stepped back, and after the police came out, he immediately crawled into the hole without any hesitation.

really!

Soon, at the end of the flashlight beam, he saw a curled-up, already skeletal skeleton come into view.

She stretched out her hand, facing inward, as if trying to escape in her last moments, but the reality filled her with resentment and despair.

Li Xiangnan's flashlight beam swept around, revealing dense, messy scratch marks on the soil on both sides of the passage.

He could almost imagine that twenty years ago, that woman on the verge of death, with all her might, in such a dark and suffocating underground environment, with what kind of perseverance and courage, dug a tunnel about ten meters long with her bare hands, just to survive and fight for a glimmer of hope!

He looked ahead and sure enough, he saw a piece of tile about the size of a palm next to her.

Li Xiangnan felt a tightness in his chest and tears involuntarily streamed down his face.

They silently exited the passage, covered in mud and heavy, and returned to the ground.

As soon as he came out, he sat down by the well and started smoking. Wang Defa, Qi Zhiyuan and others immediately surrounded him.

"How is it? Has the person gone out?"

Li Xiangnan shook his head, his voice hoarse and desperate.

"There's an entrance on the north side of the well, and someone dug a passage through it. Inside are the remains of a woman, which, as expected, should be Guihua! There was a landslide of rocks and mud in front of her, blocking her way!"

Upon hearing this, everyone felt sorrow and regret.

Wang Defa plopped down on the ground, trembling as he pulled out a cigarette to smoke.

"What a damn shame..." he sighed, shaking his head repeatedly. "They dug so far... but still couldn't see the light of day... Who knows how long she dug in the dark..."

"Ah, if only she could have survived!" Professor Lu Hang sighed. "At least it would have saved one person for the Hu family!"

"No!"

Li Xiangnan suddenly raised his head, his eyes sharpening and flashing with insight, "She's not doing this for herself!"

He suddenly stood up, looked around at everyone, and said in a resolute tone, "She is a woman of the Hu family, but she is also a mother of the Hu family! She wants to find a way out for her child!"

"!!!"

These words were like a thunderclap, exploding in everyone's minds!

Yes, they were so focused on finding adult corpses that they completely overlooked one thing!

In such a desperate situation, a new life would obviously bring Guihua a maternal power that transcends limits!

Mothers are great!

"hiss!"

At this moment, Li Xiangnan seemed to be awakened by his own words. He suddenly remembered something, his expression changed slightly, and he turned around and ran outside.

"Advisor Li, where are you going?" Qi Zhiyuan exclaimed.

"Follow!"

Li Xiangnan shouted without turning his head.