Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1625 7 Heart Tablets 6

Mu Dai couldn't believe what she heard. Knowing Jiang Xinxin well, she couldn't question what she said. She just couldn't understand why she was so cold to Uncle Li if Aunt Hong was Li Yaqing.

Well, it’s not appropriate to say this at this time...

The wilderness late at night was not a good place to talk, so Jiang Xinxin simply exchanged contact information with Luo Ren and said, "Let's find a time to talk in detail. I'll decide the time and place."

Luo Ren injured his wrist and waist, and after witnessing the amazing kung fu of Mu Dai and Jiang Xinxin, he had no choice but to obey Jiang Xinxin.

On the way back, Mu Dai was in a very heavy mood. When he saw Huo Zihong, he could only keep a straight face and selectively tell some facts: "I caught up with him but didn't win the fight. I'm in a bad mood and I'm going to sleep first."

Seeing Mu Dai's reaction and Jiang Xinxin's apparent composure, Huo Zihong realized that Mu Dai was just embarrassed. She quickly asked Mu Dai to go upstairs and rest. Then, she said awkwardly to Jiang Xinxin, "This kid has practiced martial arts for many years and has always been praised for his talent and hard work. He's probably embarrassed to be like this all of a sudden..."

Jiang Xinxin expressed her understanding, and the two of them talked for a few words before parting.

Jiang Xinxin and Mu Dai made an appointment with Luo Ren at a coffee shop that was very stylishly decorated and had surveillance cameras inside and outside. Luo Ren searched the address and bought some snacks in advance.

Mu Dai pushed it back directly, "No merit, no reward."

Jiang Xinxin didn't move either, so Luo Ren could only offer some kind words. "Actually, from a personal perspective, I really admire you two. After all, there are so few orthodox warriors these days. The fact that you two left room for maneuver before you attacked shows that you have excellent character."

Mu Dai almost couldn't hold it in. "You've already stuck a knife in my neck, and you still say you admire me?"

Luo Ren smiled and said, "In a serious fight, if you showed no mercy, I would have been defeated long ago. As for Miss Jiang's skill in releasing her Qi, it already speaks volumes."

Jiang Xinxin forced herself to get to the point: "You've been keeping something from us, yet you've asked us to reveal everything. We haven't even established enough trust between us, so today you should at least share the core information you have."

Mu Dai also said: "You know Aunt Hong and are in contact with Uncle Li. You also appeared at the crime scene two years ago. It seems that you have more clues."

Without saying a word, Luo Ren pulled out a necklace from his neck, took off the pendant and handed it to Jiang Xinxin.

Jiang Xinxin took it and opened it. There was an old photo embedded in the lock-shaped pendant. It seemed to be a couple with two children, a boy and a girl.

Mu Dai took a look and asked, "Are these your parents and sister?"

Luo Ren corrected him, "My uncle and aunt took my sister and me with them."

"My uncle's name is Luo Wenmiao. He's a historian. After my aunt passed away, he moved to Xiaoshang River with my sister Pinting to concentrate on studying regional history."

"About two years ago, my uncle suddenly disappeared. Pinting called the police and called me, so I came back to help look for him. But a few days later, he returned on his own, acting like he was on a normal academic visit. When I asked him where he'd been, he just said Luomahu."

"But that night, something strange happened to my uncle."

"I went out for a night run and passed by my uncle's study. Seeing he was still awake, I went over to talk to him. He looked extremely distressed, his eyes bloodshot, as if he was struggling with some unknown entity. He even begged me to keep an eye on him and not let him go out and kill anyone!"

It was the first time Mu Dai had heard these details, and he immediately felt that they were somewhat similar to Liu Shuhai's death. "Your uncle, what happened that day?"

Luo Ren sighed and continued, "But afterwards, my uncle acted as if he had never said those words. However, the redness and pain in his eyes left a deep impression on me. So, for the next few days, I tried my best to stay with him and always locked the door to prevent him from leaving."

"A few days later, I saw that my uncle was fine, so I thought the matter was over. But I didn't expect that I would suddenly see him looking at the fishing line wrapped around his bookshelf and desk with a persistent look on his face."

"I felt something was wrong at the time. Sure enough, before I fell asleep, Pinting rushed over and said her uncle was missing. She said he had climbed over the wall and left."

"Can you imagine?"

"A person who can't lift anything with his hands or shoulders, and can't even ride a bicycle, can actually scale a wall over four meters high!"

Mu Dai could almost imagine what happened next. "So when you chased out, the tragedy at the mutton soup restaurant had already happened, and you also saw Uncle Li..."

Luo Ren nodded, a look of disbelief on his face. "After I chased him out, I found an alley on fire. I went over and saw a fight going on in a store. It was a tragedy."

“Sometimes, when people see a picture, they immediately make judgments based on their past experiences, but what they see may not necessarily be the truth.”

"I saw Li Tan strangling my uncle's neck and thought he was the murderer, so I knocked him out. My uncle took the opportunity to escape. At that time, I saw his bloodthirsty eyes and realized that the murderer was my uncle, not Li Tan."

"I know very well in my heart that those bloodthirsty eyes couldn't possibly come from my uncle, but the person I saw was indeed him..."

Mu Dai's breathing was a little rapid, and it was obvious that she was a little frightened. Jiang Xinxin held her hand and passed some spiritual power to her to help calm her down. She finally felt better and asked Luo Ren, "What happened next?"

Luo Ren continued to look at Jiang Xinxin and said, "I brought Li Tan out as well. When I got back, I saw Uncle huddled at the study door, his hands covered in blood from the fishing line. He weakly urged me not to let him out. I wanted to get the murderer out of Li Tan as soon as possible, so I had to temporarily tie Uncle up and lock him in the study, thinking that would be enough."

"But after I sent Li Tan to the hospital and rushed back as quickly as possible, my uncle was dead and Pinting had gone crazy..."

Luo Ren was very sad. This was the first time he had mentioned the incident to outsiders since it happened two years ago.

Jiang Xinxin noticed that this boy treated her a little differently and was ready to refuse him cautiously, but now was not the right time.

Mu Dai looked at Luo Ren with a distressed expression and asked, "So you don't know what happened?"

Luo Ren lowered his head, still finding it difficult to face the incident. "Maybe it was because Pinting heard that I was going to call the police, so she released my uncle..."

"But the police determined that my uncle committed suicide, and I have no idea what happened to Pinting, so I can only start my investigation from Luoma Lake, which my uncle mentioned."

"The Luomahu case implicates Li Tan and Huo Zihong. After a detailed investigation into Huo Zihong, I discovered that if this series of bizarre events were part of a grand drama, Huo Zihong was the centerpiece."

"And she does know many secrets that we don't yet know. She knows who the murderer was who killed Luomahu 22 years ago, and she also knows who was the mastermind behind all this."

Mu Dai suddenly thought of Zhang Guanghua, whom Huo Zihong asked Wan Fenghuo to investigate. Huo Zihong would not have acted without a purpose. Even when he heard that Zhang Guanghua was very likely still alive, his reaction was a little wrong.

But she didn't know whether she should tell the news at this moment.