1970s: Transmigrated into a cannon fodder female supporting character in a lucky koi novel!

"You're in cahoots with Er Laizi, so you're the one who told Er Laizi to tell Zhang Mazi that it was Shu Yun who disfigured us. You're trying to use me to get back at Shu Yun, aren't you!"

Guo Caixia looked at Wen Li with a confident expression, as if she were a victor.

Wen Li put the dumplings in the basket and covered it, her face showing no sign of guilt. "What do you want to say?"

"Hahaha, what am I trying to say? Wen Li, you're really good at pretending!"

Guo Caixia removed her headscarf, revealing a face covered in crisscrossing scars. Perhaps because her wounds hadn't healed properly, the scars resembled centipedes, looking both ferocious and terrifying.

"You're the one who made me who I am today, so why do you have the right to live a comfortable life without a conscience?"

Wen Li sneered. Why couldn't she live a good life with a clear conscience?

The original owner of this body in her previous life lived a good life while being trampled on by her. She was able to live the life of a rich wife with a clear conscience, so why can't she?

"Your face injury has nothing to do with me. I only had Er Lai Zi tell Zhang Ma Zi the truth, so you wouldn't keep popping up to disgust me every now and then!"

Guo Caixia clenched her fists tightly. "Give me a hundred yuan, or I'll tell everyone that Er Laizi is just your dog!"

Wen Li was speechless. She hadn't made any deliberate attempt to hide her meeting with Er Laizi. She only concealed her conversations slightly to avoid being overheard. She had even attended Er Laizi's wedding, so why would she be afraid of Guo Caixia spreading rumors?

She ignored the somewhat deranged Guo Caixia and, holding the basket, intended to let her go.

"You don't care about Er Laizi, but what about Li Hong? Don't you want to know how Li Hong died?"

Wen Li paused, her eyes darkening. She knew very well that Li Hong wouldn't commit suicide, but no matter how she speculated, she couldn't figure out who had killed her. This matter remained unresolved in her heart.

"What do you know?"

Guo Caixia smiled smugly, held up three fingers, and said, "Give me three hundred yuan, and I'll tell you what I know!"

Wen Li was not threatened in the slightest.

"Now that you know who killed Li Hong, do you think... if this information were leaked, wouldn't the murderer try to silence you?"

Guo Caixia was surprised that Wen Li wouldn't take the bait, and her expression became somewhat frantic.

"Fine, we can all die together then. My life is over anyway, nobody cares if I live or die. But you're different, you still have family who love you! Hahaha~"

Wen Li frowned. Guo Caixia had indeed piqued her interest, but she didn't want to be threatened.

"Are you so sure that person can hurt me?"

Guo Caixia's lips curled up. "Don't try to trick me into saying anything. I won't say a word until I get the money. If you leak this out, I'll drag you down with me before I die!"

"By the way, you'd never guess who that person is, Wen Li! You're so clever, yet you can't even see the true colors of those around you!"

"I'll give you three days to think it over. I'll be waiting for your good news!"

After Guo Caixia finished speaking, she turned and left. Her back was light and quick, as if she was certain that Wen Li would take the bait.

Wen Li has indeed taken the bait. Guo Caixia's words just now made it very clear that the person was likely to become friends with her.

She suspected many people: Liu Xiu, Li Lingling, Shu Yun, Jiang Chen, Chen Jiahao, and Director Zhao!

Chen Jiahao was the most likely to have a motive, but he had an alibi at the time, as did Liu Xiu.

So Wen Li couldn't figure out who it could be. After all, Li Hong was just an ordinary Confucian scholar who, apart from competing with Chen Jiahao and Liu Xiu for that spot, hadn't offended anyone.

This is why most people believe she committed suicide and do not suspect homicide.

Judging from Guo Caixia's tone, that person must still be in the village, and that person's identity will greatly surprise Wen Li!

Back at the educated youth compound, Wen Li continued to guess who that person could be, going through all the people she was close to, but still had no clue.

At the time, there was no conclusion, and now that so much time has passed, finding the murderer is even more difficult.

Unless there are eyewitnesses, Guo Caixia may be the only person who knows the murderer.

Lu Zechuan didn't go out today. Seeing Wen Li's troubled expression, he took the basket from her hand.

"What are you thinking about? You seem so engrossed."

After the two entered the house, Wen Li told Lu Zechuan about Guo Caixia looking for her.

Who do you think that person is?

Lu Zechuan went to check and found that Li Hong had drowned. There were so many people playing in the water by the river at the time, so even if there was evidence, it would have been destroyed long ago, and he didn't find any clues.

Besides, he had a mission, so he couldn't openly interfere in this matter. He could only temporarily let Xu Yuan secretly investigate those people.

But after so long, not a single clue has been found, which shows that the person is meticulous and has very clever methods.

"If there were suspects, it would be easy to investigate, but Xu Yuan has already checked all the people you mentioned, and it wasn't them!"

Wen Li helplessly shrugged, "It seems Guo Caixia really knew I'd fall for her trick!"

"Leave this to me. Now that she knows who the murderer is, I have ways to make her tell the truth!"

"Do you think Guo Caixia might want money, and that's why she said that to lure me in?"

Wen Li wanted to know if it was true how Li Hong died, but she and Li Hong didn't have a good relationship, and besides, she wasn't the type to meddle in other people's business. Unless this matter was related to her, she might not necessarily fall for it.

"Whether it's true or not, you'll find out by asking!"

Around midnight, Lu Zechuan and Xu Yuan quietly left the educated youth compound and headed towards Zhang Mazi's house.

The two were agile and quickly scaled the wall into Zhang Mazi's house.

They searched several rooms quietly and finally found Guo Caixia fast asleep in the woodpile in the kitchen.

The two men exchanged a glance, knocked Guo Caixia unconscious, and then took her to a small, dilapidated house in the back of the mountain.

Upon arriving at the destination, Xu Yuan immediately woke the person up by splashing a basin of water on them.

Guo Caixia was still asleep when the cold water was poured on her, and she shivered from the cold.

She slowly opened her eyes. It was pitch black all around her, with only two dark figures standing in front of her. Just as she was about to cry for help, she felt something cold pressed against her neck.

The words that were about to come out of her throat were swallowed back down. Countless possibilities flashed through her mind, but she still couldn't figure out who she had offended.

"Who...who are you? What do you want?"

"Tell me, what did you see the day Li Hong died?"

Guo Caixia's heart leaped into her throat, her teeth chattering. "I...I didn't see anything, please let me go!"

Xu Yuan deliberately pressed the dagger close to Guo Caixia's neck, then lowered his voice.

"I heard everything you said to Wen Zhiqing this afternoon. Are you sure you're not telling the truth?"

Guo Caixia's head exploded with a bang, leaving her completely unable to think.

She clearly checked and there was no one around at the time, so how could there be anyone else eavesdropping?