"It's a classmate in our class. On the first day of school, she came straight to Miaomiao and said she wanted to be friends with her. But there were so many other people around, yet she bypassed them all to find Miaomiao. When we said no, she started crying. The next day, rumors spread in school that we looked down on her. I don't know what nonsense she told others," Cheng Ruan answered, picking up where Uncle Lin left off.
Uncle Lin nodded slightly. What Cheng Ruan described was just kids' petty squabbles. He guessed that the incident of the night - blooming jasmine was probably just an accident.
After sending the little kids back to their respective homes, Uncle Lin returned to the police station to handle this case.
After getting home, Miaomiao told Wei Ziqi what had happened during the outing in the past two days right in front of him. Wei Ziqi added fuel to the fire from time to time, making Shao Rong and Han Shuo seem even more guilty.
During dinner, Lin Yao quietly sent a text message to Wei Ziqi, asking him to find some time during class later to go to the office to see him.
After seeing the text message, Wei Ziqi nodded imperceptibly to show that he got it.
After dinner, Miaomiao was going crazy over her school homework and the extra assignments left by Wei Ziqi. While Miaomiao was struggling, Wei Ziqi quietly left the room to talk to Lin Yao.
"I just asked Miaomiao's uncle. There were no fingerprint clues on the flowers. Has there been any abnormality on Shao Rong's side?"
"Yes. When Miaomiao questioned her about the night - blooming jasmine, Shao Rong subconsciously shrank her hand. Han Shuo took a step forward as if to protect Shao Rong. I didn't notice anything else."
"Okay, I got it. Go and tutor Miaomiao."
Wei Ziqi quietly closed the study door and returned to Miaomiao's room. The little girl was still writing hard. When she saw Wei Ziqi, she quickly lowered her head and continued writing.
With the school teachers' and the "little teacher" at home's assignments, there was really too much homework. Waaaaah...
As Miaomiao wrote, Wei Ziqi watched. Whenever there was a wrong answer, he corrected it directly. To deal with Miaomiao's studies, only the题海 - tactic would work. As long as Miaomiao did enough questions and remembered enough answers, she would learn more.
Halfway through, Miaomiao suddenly stopped writing, tilted her head and looked at Wei Ziqi. "Little teacher, do you and Dad have something to hide from me?"
"Hmm? Why do you ask?" Wei Ziqi patted Miaomiao's little head.
"I saw it. There was a text message from Dad on your phone. Dad asked you to go to the study. And last time when you came back after leaving, you had a phone! You two must have a little secret from me!" Miaomiao puffed out her cheeks and stared seriously into Wei Ziqi's eyes.
Miaomiao's eyes were so clear that Wei Ziqi could see his own reflection in them. It was like a mirror reflecting his inner self. It was really hard to tell a lie.
"Yes, Uncle Lin and I have some men's little secrets. We can't tell you," Wei Ziqi admitted frankly. When facing someone he loved, there shouldn't even be a white lie. Telling the truth was a sign of trust.
"Um..."
The little girl frowned. Wei Ziqi was already prepared to be bombarded with questions.
"I knew it! Ah, I'm so smart. I guessed it right away," Miaomiao covered her cheeks and laughed, boasting about her superior intelligence.
Wei Ziqi was a bit confused. Why had Miaomiao changed her personality today?
"Aren't you going to ask what the secret is?"
"Why should I ask? A secret won't be a secret if it's told. Little teacher, you can't betray Dad. You have to keep your secret with Dad well," Miaomiao advised earnestly, just like a teacher trying to turn a delinquent into an excellent student.
Wei Ziqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. So he was the one being lectured instead?
"Okay, okay, I know. I'll definitely keep the secret with Uncle Lin. I won't tell anyone."
"Yeah, that's a good boy."
Miaomiao nodded vigorously and then buried her head in the battle with her homework again.
Finally, after finishing today's mountain of questions, it was time for Wei Ziqi to go home. On his way home, passing by Han Shuo's house, Wei Ziqi stuck the bug that Lin Yao gave him on the wall. It was on this wall that he heard the secret of rebirth last time. He hoped that this time he could hear the truth about the night - blooming jasmine from inside this house.
Everything was as Lin Yao expected. In the middle of the night, while still working in his study, he suddenly heard a noise from the bug.
The sound was not very clear through the wall. Lin Yao turned up the volume to the maximum and finally managed to hear the conversation on the other end.
"Are you really not the one who put the flower there? Now the case has been officially investigated. If you don't tell the truth and it's really traced back to you, no one can help you."
"It was me, but they won't be able to trace it back to me. I covered my hands with my sleeves when I took out the flower. There are no fingerprints of mine on it. And the snake crawled over and erased all the footprints and traces. What evidence can they find against me?"
"It was really you! Didn't you say you weren't the one in the mountains?" Han Shuo suddenly shouted, and the sound from the bug suddenly became very loud, scaring Lin Yao into quickly covering the earpiece.
Damn it, his daughter was sleeping next door!
"There were so many people around. If I admitted it, I'd be walking into a trap. Don't worry, brother. After living a whole life, I'm not that stupid to leave any evidence. "
"Is this just about leaving evidence? Do you know what you're doing? This is attempted murder, do you understand? Is killing someone so easy for you now? Aren't you afraid?!"
Han Shuo really thought his sister had gone crazy, crazy beyond cure.
Killing someone was something he didn't even dare to think about. But Shao Rong not only dared to think about it, she even did it, and even tried to harm someone twice. This was no longer just about being bold. Han Shuo even felt that Shao Rong was getting addicted. Maybe one day when she got angry with him, she would kill him too.
Dancing with wolves and seeking benefits from a tiger.
These two idioms suddenly popped into Han Shuo's mind, and he even started to get confused.
By helping Shao Rong again and again, was he really saving her? Or was he actually harming her?
"What's there to be afraid of? I'm only seven years old now. In the next seven years, even if I really kill that little bitch, so what? Even if Lin Yao has conclusive evidence to prove that I did it, so what? Convict me? Sentence me? Have you ever seen a minor under the age of fourteen go to jail? I don't even have to go to a reform school."
"This is not an excuse for you to kill someone..."
"Come on, stop lecturing me. You can't even figure out your own life, but you keep trying to educate me. Do you really think you're the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva who saves all sentient beings? You even called me over in the middle of the night. Aren't you tired?"