Shanghai Jiao Tong University's future entrustment app: I will take my motherland flying.

Chapter 122 An incident plunged the entire Song family into darkness.
Just as Song Zhining was at home with her family, waiting for Charles's feedback, an event suddenly broke the silence of the Song family, plunging everyone into gloom.

It was the morning of the ninth day of the month when Song Qingwan, with red eyes, ran to the old house.

Upon seeing her grandparents, uncle, and Song Zhining, tears streamed down her face before she could even speak.

"Oh dear, Wanqing, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Grandma Song felt a pang of heartache when she saw her granddaughter crying.

"Good child, don't cry. Tell Grandpa what's wrong."

Everyone went up to ask.

Sobbing uncontrollably, Song Wanqing cried, "Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle, Sister, please come quickly! Something's happened at Dad's orchard..."

Everyone from the old house set out together, heading towards Song Songbai's orchard in the direction of the mountains.

When they arrived, they saw Song Songbai and his wife sitting on the ground, silently shedding tears, while the orchard in front of them was a mess and desolate place.

Looking around, Song Zhining saw that the orchard had several kinds of fruit trees.

Meanwhile, the fruit of the trees that had already borne fruit had fallen to the ground, and the trees had been cut down. The buds of the trees that had not yet borne fruit had all withered, and some of the smaller trees had even been uprooted.

The entire orchard was in a mess, as if bandits had swept through.

Over here, Song Hemian helped his younger brother up and asked him what had happened.

"I don't know either. I came here this morning and saw the orchard like this."

"Brother, I don't even know who I offended, that they're targeting me like this."

“Look at these fruits, they were all going to be sold soon, but now… and these trees, they’ve either been cut down or uprooted…”

“Not only that…” Song Zhining stepped forward, her face grim, and said, “She was also drugged.”

Upon hearing Song Zhining's words, everyone immediately realized that there was indeed a strong, pungent smell of chemical pesticides in the air.

"Uncle, let's call the police and let them investigate!" Song Zhi Ning said decisively.

Song Zhi Ning clenched her fists tightly. She knew how important this orchard was to her uncle, Song Song Bai.

My uncle has been running this orchard on this land for over twenty years, almost from when he was young until now, when he's almost fifty. He's poured all his energy and effort into this orchard, and he has a deep affection for it.

Back then, it was through this orchard and selling fruit that my uncle managed to pay for my cousins' tuition. He also saved up some money by selling fruit, which was enough to help my grandmother and father when they were seriously ill and hospitalized.

There was something that Song Zhining only learned about later when her cousin mentioned it unintentionally.

It turns out that when Dad was seriously ill, his uncle, who had used almost all of his savings to treat his older brother, was planning to sell the orchard to raise money.

If it weren't for her being linked to the Future Entrustment APP, which led to her subsequent extraordinary encounter...

My uncle might have already sold the orchard.

My uncle has relied on this orchard to support his family for half his life, so he naturally has a deep affection for it.

If the orchard had been sold back then, how would my uncle have made a living?

Song Zhining didn't know, and couldn't guess.

But at this moment, looking at the deliberately destroyed orchard and at her weeping and grieving uncle and aunt, she felt anger.

So, let's call the police.

We must find the person who maliciously caused this damage.

“Ningning is right, we should call the police,” Song Heming agreed. So, Song Songbai quickly called the police, and they arrived shortly afterward.

After a brief investigation, it was confirmed that the orchard had indeed been maliciously damaged, and not by one person, but by a group of people.

Moreover, many fruit trees were indeed sprayed with chemical pesticides, causing them to die instantly and beyond saving.

Song Songbai's economic losses amounted to over 100,000 yuan.

This was considered a major case in the village, so the police quickly opened an investigation.

"This looks like a revenge plot. Have you had any conflicts or disagreements with anyone recently?" the police officer asked.

Upon hearing this, Song Zhining and the others immediately thought of the matter between Old Lady Jiang and Jiang Youcai. Apart from that, their Song family had always been on good terms with others and had an excellent reputation in the village. They had never had any conflicts or disputes.

"Jiang Youcai and his grandson, right..." The police noted it down; this grandfather and grandson would be the focus of their investigation.

However, when the police heard the reason for their conflict, they shook their heads, clearly finding the behavior of Grandma Jiang and her grandson quite bizarre.

"You did the right thing; close relatives cannot marry."

"Actually, if your orchard had surveillance cameras, we might be able to find out who it was," the policeman said before leaving.

However, there are no surveillance cameras in the orchard, so the police can only investigate and see if they can find the suspect.

Song Songbai sighed upon hearing the policeman's words.

He has tended this orchard for over twenty years, and it has always been excellent; there has never been any accident.

So I never even considered installing surveillance cameras, but who would have thought...

This was a pretty big deal, and with the police arriving, people from Shaxi Village and several neighboring villages were paying attention to it.

Before long, the news spread like wildfire through several villages.

Song Heming could only comfort his younger brother and tell him to hold back for now and see if the police could get a result from the investigation.

Meanwhile, when Song Zhining and the others returned home, the younger generation were all in a bad mood because of what had happened.

“It must be Jiang Youcai, there’s no one else but him.” Song Yunting’s hands clenched tightly, full of anger. “If I had known that day, I would have gone up and beaten him up too, preferably crippled him.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Zhi Ning slapped his head, "Don't beat people up so easily, let alone cripple them. Fighting and killing is not good."

Song Yunting: My dear sister, you were the one who beat Jiang Youcai into a pulp yesterday!

"Sister, if it's Jiang Youcai, are we going to let him go?" Song Yunzhou asked.

“Of course not,” Song Zhining replied, her face somber. “It’s still uncertain who it is, but whoever it is, if there is real evidence, they will definitely go to jail.”

"Let's wait patiently for the police investigation results."

"Don't be impulsive, especially you, Xiao Ting. Don't take advantage of your decent martial arts skills to go find Jiang Youcai on your own, understand?"

Song Yunting shrank back and nodded. His sister was amazing; she actually knew he had such a plan.

Song Yunting did have an impulse to question Jiang Youcai, and even considered using force to threaten him, but upon hearing what his sister said, he calmed down and restrained himself.

The police gave feedback the next day, saying they hadn't found any substantial surveillance footage to prove that the orchard's destruction was related to Jiang Youcai.

Moreover, Jiang Youcai was also summoned for questioning, but he vehemently denied it.

Because he wasn't a suspect, the police couldn't detain him; they could only question him before finally releasing him.