I'm only five years old, how come I've become the military region's darling?

Su Mei stared at the man opposite her in disbelief. The man who had been so careful and happy when he heard she was pregnant in her previous life that his eyes were red with joy was now asking her to abort the child.

How could he be so heartless?

Those are their children!

Su Mei felt a sharp pain in her heart; her chest felt heavy and she could hardly breathe.

"Fu Chen, you don't want it?"

Fu Chen looked at Su Mei, who was trembling all over and whose lips were trembling with tears, and scratched his head in frustration. "Su Mei, do you think this is an appropriate time?"

"What's inappropriate about it!"

Why could she have it in her past life but not in this one?

That's her child!

Su Mei gasped for breath, her eyes brimming with tears. Knowing that Fu Chen was someone who responded better to gentle persuasion than force, she gently hooked her fingers around his sleeve. "Fu Chen, I'm really, really happy to have this child. Can you think of a way?"

What can he do? If this is discovered, he'll go to jail.

Fu Chen wondered if Su Mei had lost her mind.

You can have another child, but what if this gets exposed?

Not only will they go to jail, but they'll also lose their jobs and never be able to hold their heads high again!

Did she know or not?

Seeing that Fu Chen didn't speak, Su Mei took a deep breath and said, "Fu Chen, I thought about this before I went to the Red Flag Brigade to find you. No one knows about this. Can you help me find a place where I can give birth to the baby? After we get our marriage certificate, we can say that the baby was premature."

She was willing to hide away for the sake of this child.

That sounds nice, but now you don't need an identity to go anywhere. Nobody knows about this, so how did Liao Jing find out?

The more Fu Chen talked, the more he felt that Su Mei was being unrealistic. Why make things so complicated when a simple abortion could solve the problem?

"Su Mei, listen to me."

Fu Chen, however, remained calm at this moment. "Su Mei, the paternity test report has already reached Commander Cao, and you've been suspended from your duties at the hospital. If the truth about this child is discovered now, you'll have absolutely no chance of turning things around."

"I know you're reluctant to part with this child, but I also need to consider your feelings, right? Once this is over, you'll still have a chance to go back to work at the hospital. Now that Liao Jing knows, can you guarantee no one else will?"

"We can't take that risk. Think about this carefully. We can have children in the future, right?"

Su Mei stood there, stunned.

Her mind was a little confused. "You, let me think about it."

Fu Chen watched Su Mei run away in a panic and breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that Su Mei could understand.

Otherwise, everyone would be in trouble. He glanced in the direction of the Public Security Bureau from afar.

That child certainly won't let Su Mei off easily.

He wanted to persuade Su Mei to give up the idea of ​​having children as soon as possible.

Ruan Xiaochun looked at the two people under the big tree. She didn't hear what they were saying, but she had already guessed what they were talking about.

Su Mei must have told Fu Chen about her pregnancy.

It seems the talks didn't go well.

If that's the case, will the younger brother from the previous life still be born?

She also loved that little dumpling. She raised the tiny child herself, and when the child was very young, the child would follow behind her and call her "sister."

At that time, she truly loved that younger brother.

But as he grew older, he began to treat her the same way he treated everyone else.

She was a slave in that household.

This life...

"Koharu, Koharu?"

Ruan Xiaochun was in a daze when he looked up at Xing Yong, who had called out to him.

"Captain Xing, what's wrong?"

Xing Yong: "I'll take you back. Let's go."

"Officer, wait a moment."

Xing Yong turned around and looked at the woman who had caught up with him.

"Forensic Doctor Zhang."

Zhang Ning: "Officer, the autopsy results are in. The neck wound on the deceased did not match the knife found at the scene. I suspect the murder weapon was a much sharper one. The cause of death was that the carotid artery was severed, resulting in excessive blood loss. There were no other injuries on the body, and the victim was not sexually assaulted."

"The killer's methods were very efficient, basically killing with a single blow. It's clear that the other party hated Liao Jing a lot, and was also very professional, at least having some understanding of the human body."

"This is the report and photos."

Xiaochun stood on tiptoe to look at the document, which also had a large photo attached to it.

The little guy looked up and asked, "Was this cut from the front? Last time Daddy got slashed on the arm from behind, the wound wasn't like this."

Zhang Ning froze for two seconds. "A frontal scratch?"

Something suddenly popped into his head. "Captain Xing, I'll go take care of my work now."

Xiaochun looked at Zhang Ning, who was running away in a hurry, with a blank expression.

Xing Yong's gaze lingered on Xiao Chun's face for a moment; this kid was truly born to be a criminal investigator.

"Let's go, we were about to leave work, but now we have something else to do."

Xiaochun blinked her bright eyes.

"Is Captain Xing going to investigate the Red Flag Brigade?"

"So you found out?"

Since Xiaochun developed basic logical reasoning skills, she has been able to naturally understand many things.

"Logically speaking, Liao Jing doesn't know anyone from the Red Flag Brigade. The fact that Fu Chen was able to leave means he probably didn't kill anyone, so it's possible that someone who knows Liao Jing passed her a note."

Xing Yong's eyes gleamed. "Anything else?"

"The knife cut straight across, and Liao Jing didn't resist at all, which means the person was someone she knew very well. Liao Jing never expected that the person would kill her."

"So, Xiaochun guesses that this person must be someone Liao Jing knew before."

Xing Yong hummed with interest, "Then I'll trouble Xiao Chun to come with me."

On the way back to the military region, we happened to pass by the Red Flag Brigade.

When the three arrived at the commune to which the Red Flag Brigade belonged, the staff on duty were already getting ready to go to sleep.

"Officer, are you still investigating a case so late?"

"Things are urgent, and the pressure is high."

The officer on duty opened the door with a key. "This is where the Hongqi Brigade and their village clinic keep their files. Officers, please take your time looking around."

"This is troublesome."

Xing Yong took out the documents.

He had seen Liao Jing's information before. She was born in 1954 in Huishi City. In 1970, she was sent down to Xiaozhou Village, Labahua Brigade, Tianchang County, Shaanxi Province as an educated youth. Because of her medical skills, she started working in a health center. In the spring of 1973, she was recognized as an advanced educated youth for saving people during a flood and was exceptionally admitted to Tianchang County Hospital. In 1974, she was transferred to Tanshui Military Region Hospital, where she mainly worked as a nurse.

Based on previous interrogations, Liao Jing was well-liked, hardworking, and eager to learn; she had generally never caused any trouble.

Murders are generally categorized as crimes of passion, revenge killings, or crimes for money. Crimes for money can be largely ruled out, but the other two require a significant amount of time to investigate.

Ruan Jianhua carried an oil lamp, Xing Yong quietly checked the information, and Xiao Chun rested her chin on her hand, lost in thought.

She was thinking, "What kind of deep hatred would drive someone to kill someone the moment they meet?"

Unless, like her, they share a deep-seated, life-or-death feud.

She wished Su Mei were dead.

The little girl blinked and suddenly asked, "Captain Xing, do you think anyone has gotten into trouble because of Liao Jing?"

"Hmm?" Xing Yong went through the thought process in his mind. "It doesn't seem like it."

If such information were available, it would have been discovered during the first screening, since revenge killings are the most important clues in such murder cases.

"Has anyone close to her passed away?"

When the child asked the innocent question, Xing Yong looked up in a daze, "I'll go make a phone call."

"Niu Qiaobao, please check if any murders have occurred around Liao Jing before."