Chen'er listened attentively, then without saying anything, picked up a piece of crab roe from his plate,

He placed it in front of Yang Ruoqing and carefully dipped it in the hot sauce a few times before bringing it to his mouth again.

This was the first time he had a direct encounter with chili peppers. The numbness and burning sensation on the tip of his tongue made him feel very exciting, but also very enjoyable.

Just like this happy life!

Yang Ruoqing took the time to cook several other kinds of seafood together. The mother and son had enough to eat and drink, and were extremely satisfied.

Walk a hundred steps after a meal and live to be ninety-nine.

Chen'er accompanied Yang Ruoqing for a walk on the rockery and lakeside in the backyard of the restaurant.

Mother and son are discussing how to go back tomorrow.

Yang Ruoqing said to him: "You have been missing for seven years. Your grandma, your grandma, they are really worried about you."

"How about you stay at home this time? When your grandfather in the east gives you a reply and agrees to let me and your father go to the island to say thank you, then we can go together, okay?"

Sitting down by a stone by the lake, Yang Ruoqing took Chen'er's hand and discussed it softly.

Chen'er pondered for a moment and nodded.

"Of course, that's good. We'll go home first then. After we've lived at home for a while, we'll visit all the relatives we need to visit."

"I also want to take the time to go back to Xiaoyao Village. Spring is here, and all the things in the mountain were planned before I left."

"I have to go back and explain some things so that the village can still operate normally when I'm not around. Mom, what do you think?" Chen'er asked respectfully.

Yang Ruoqing smiled lovingly, "My son can shoulder both filial piety and responsibility like this. As a mother, I naturally support you!"

Regarding the matter of returning and the related arrangements after returning, mother and son almost reached an agreement.

Now, he is just waiting to go back, have a good rest tonight, and then leave Yecheng early tomorrow morning to go back to his hometown of Changping Village in Mianniu Mountain.

"Mom, it's late spring weather and the night is cool, let's go back," Chen'er said.

Yang Ruoqing nodded, took Chen'er's little hand in her palm, and mother and son walked towards the guest room together.

A secret guard came towards me, walking in a hurry. Judging from his expression, he probably had something important to report to Chen'er.

"Chen'er, you go ahead and talk, I'll wait for you in front."

Yang Ruoqing said, lifting her legs and walking to the front.

Chen'er originally wanted to call her mother, but in fact, she didn't want to hide his matter from her mother.

But his mother had already left, so Chen'er had no choice but to give up.

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly." He said to the secret guard.

The secret guard leaned over and whispered a few words to Chen'er.

Chen'er's eyebrows were stern, a trace of surprise flashed across his eyes, and he asked the secret guard: "Seriously?"

The secret guard nodded: "It's absolutely true."

Chen'er put his hands behind his back and frowned slightly, as if he was thinking.

"I understand, please step back first." He ordered.

After the secret guard disappeared, Yang Ruoqing, who was waiting in front, turned around and saw that Chen'er not only failed to follow, but was standing alone in the same place as before in a daze.

"What's wrong, son? Have you encountered any trouble?" Yang Ruoqing returned to Chen'er and asked with concern.

Chen'er looked up at Yang Ruoqing, with a hint of guilt on her face.

"Mom, let's postpone our return for two days, okay?" he asked.

Yang Ruoqing was startled for a moment, then smiled softly and said, "No problem, I can go back whenever you want. Anyway, my mother has already found you, and I am no longer afraid of losing you."

Chen'er smiled gratefully.

Yang Ruoqing continued: "However, mother wants to know what happened and asked you to postpone your trip temporarily?"

"If it's convenient, just tell mom, and she will keep it a secret," she said.

My son is just seven years old. To be precise, he is still one or two days away from his true seventh birthday.

She was proud, proud and relieved to see such an outstanding son.

I hope he will make further progress and get better and better.

But at the same time, she was also distressed.

Children of other people's age are still acting coquettishly in their mother's arms.

Dabai and Xiaohei are almost nine years old, and they don't have any of the things the family is used to.

When I came home from school for dinner, it is said that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Yang Huamei and Shuan Ziniang, each brought a bowl to feed them.

And what about Chen'er?

Being so small, one person has to carry so much stuff.

So tired, so hard.

Yang Ruoqing wanted to help her son share some of the burden.

Chen'er naturally understood Yang Ruoqing's painstaking efforts and intentions, and his heart felt soft.

"Mom, do you still remember that the county magistrate asked my friend to help with the autopsy?" he asked.

Yang Ruoqing said: "Of course I remember. I was asking you about it when we were in the kitchen earlier, but you were still worried about me and didn't tell me."

"Now I know your mother is very powerful. Come and tell her how the test went."

Chen'er nodded and said: "The situation the county guard told me at that time was that the shopkeeper of a shop in the city died in a very strange way."

"When he was found, he was dead in the footbath. His body was bent... His head was buried between his two feet, his eyes were wide open, and his tongue was dragging out. His death was extremely horrific."

After hearing Chen'er's words, Yang Ruoqing almost imagined that scene in her mind.

"He killed him," she said.

"It's impossible for anyone to be that stupid, even if they're drunk, they can't put their head there and drown."

"Besides, no matter how hot the water in the footbath is, it won't drown people." Yang Ruoqing said.

Chen'er nodded in agreement, "I think so too."

"The county guard thought so too, because the family of the deceased went to the government office to report the crime and wanted to investigate, so the county guard had someone take the body back to the government office."

"Zuo checked the neck and other parts of the body, and there were no signs of any external force being used to force the deceased to bury his head in the footbath."

"There were no signs of poisoning on the body of the deceased. However, this situation was obviously homicide, but it was strange that no trace of homicide could be found."

"So the county guard found me and wanted to use me to help the widower friend who had retired from old age and returned to his hometown to come out."

"Well, I heard what you said now, you can tell me the rest," Yang Ruoqing said, "What are the autopsy results of your friend's friend?"

Chen'er shook his head, "What's strange is that my very experienced working friend can't find any traces of homicide!"

"Ah?" Yang Ruoqing raised her eyebrows, "Then wouldn't this become an unsolved case?"

But having said that, there are many unsolved cases in this world.

Only things that can really reveal the truth will be exposed.

More of them are things buried in the long river of time.

Chen'er continued: "The guards came to report that just before, two identical cases appeared in the city."

"The two deceased people, one was the owner of the oil shop and the other was the shopkeeper who sold the wine. The way they died was more bizarre than the other."
Chapter completed!