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After hearing the suspect's testimony, my suspicions about my mother grew even stronger.
It seemed that my mother had never mentioned this incident, yet our family unexpectedly came into a windfall because of it.
Moreover, the police had narrowed down the suspect to males based on the semen evidence.
If the semen had existed before Ma Guilan's death, the range of suspects would greatly expand, potentially including my mother.
My mother might have become a suspect for some reason, and the police had not investigated further.
I took out my notebook and began sketching while explaining my reasoning to my uncle.
The position in which Ma Guilan's body was found was quite bizarre.
She was completely naked, with only a black jacket covering her body, yet her legs were together,
and her hands were crossed over her abdomen, clearly arranged by someone.
Typically, a thief or assailant would flee the scene immediately after committing a crime; who would pose the victim like that?
Unless this person truly hated Ma Guilan and wanted to ensure she could not rest in peace even after death.
"If the witness's words are true, then the Ma Guilan case may need to be reopened," I said, putting down my pen and looking at my uncle.
"Mom might be the first suspect to be targeted."
"Uncle, can you tell me anything you know? That way I can investigate the truth."
My uncle looked at me with a bitter smile.
"Xiao Wen, I have actually suspected your mom too. After all, on the day of the incident, Gui Lan wrote a letter to your mom, inviting her to meet on the back mountain."
"But that letter has long since disappeared."
"I have always wondered if your mom killed Gui Lan for some reason back then, but without evidence, I couldn't be sure."
"Think carefully. Is there any place in your house where that letter could be hidden?"
His words reminded me of the study at home.
When I was a child, I often read in the study.
I remember once finding an unsigned letter in one of the books.
The letter was written in blue ink, with large, careful handwriting.
It mentioned that manager Niu had a secret base filled with some illegal drugs, and manager Niu wanted Ma Guilan to come help him with something.
But Ma Guilan refused.
The letter concluded by stating that if Manager Niu forced her, she would inform someone named Yunping.
Could Yunping be my mother?
Excitedly, I took the letter to ask my mother.
To my surprise, when she saw the letter, she flew into a rage, gave me a severe beating, and punished me by making me stand in the study for the entire afternoon.
That was the first time I had ever been hit in my life, leaving me with a psychological scar.
The next day, there was a safe added to the study.
And that book mysteriously disappeared.
Could it be that the book held some secret?
Lying in bed at night, I kept replaying my conversation with my uncle in my mind, especially regarding the envelope.
At midnight, I quietly opened the safe in the study.
The letter I discovered as a child might be the only breakthrough I had.
But I didn't know the password to the safe.
I asked my uncle, and he said he had tried many times, but none were correct.
My mother used to keep important items in the Safe, so my uncle gave me several possible combinations.
There was Grandma's birthday, Grandpa's death anniversary, my mother's birthday, my own birthday, and their wedding anniversary.
However, I tried again and again, but nothing worked.
"Uncle, think harder. Is there any other password?"
"If I can't think of anything else, we'll just have to break the Safe open."
I was so anxious that I started to sweat. I kept messaging my uncle while fiddling with the combination lock.
Suddenly, a sequence of numbers popped into my mind.
"09142001," my uncle's birthday.
Ding—
With a crisp click, the Safe door slowly swung open.
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