Jiangli glanced at Xiu Bangyan beside her out of the corner of her eye.
The moment Xiu Bangyan saw Lin Huijun, he got excited, almost instinctively wanting to rush towards her.
But as soon as he took a step forward, he remembered how he looked now and immediately hesitated, pacing back and forth uneasily.
Jiangli turned to look at Lin Huijun, and slightly bowed, "Is Xiu Bangyan your husband?"
Lin Huijun was taken aback, staring at the little girl who suddenly appeared at her doorstep, and burst out, "You, you know my husband? Bangyan isn’t dead, is he? The police lied to me, right? You’ve seen my husband, haven’t you? Where is he?"
Lin Huijun quickly walked up to Jiangli and grabbed her hand.
"Please tell me, where is he?"
Jiangli glanced at her hand, which was covered in callouses.
She reached out and held Lin Huijun’s hand back, "Can we talk somewhere in private?"
Lin Huijun quickly said, "Sure, sure, let’s go inside and talk!"
She fumbled to get her phone, tears falling onto the back of her hand instantly.
Several times, the keys nearly slipped from her grip.
The boy beside her took the keys from her quietly and stepped forward to unlock the door.
Lin Huijun looked apologetically at Jiangli, "Sorry, let’s go inside now..."
Jiangli said, "You’re not afraid of bringing a stranger into your house?"
Lin Huijun paused, then went inside first, "What’s there to be afraid of? It can’t get worse than this. Besides, what could a little girl like you do to us?"
Xiu Bangyan’s eyes were red, barely holding back his emotions.
After giving him a glance, Jiangli followed Lin Huijun into the house, "From what you said earlier, you just got back from the police station?"
Lin Huijun put her things on the nearby table, stunned for a moment before responding.
She nudged the boy next to her, "Yangyang, go inside and eat. Mom will join you soon."
Then she handed the food to the boy and pushed him toward the bedroom door.
The boy looked at Jiangli with his dark, mature eyes.
Without saying a word, he quietly took the food and went into his room.
As he closed the door, Lin Huijun wiped the corners of her eyes, "Today the police called. They said... my husband is dead and told me to come to the station... But how is that possible? They didn’t even find a body and told me my husband is already dead, how is that possible?"
For the past three years, Lin Huijun had been waiting for the missing Xiu Bangyan to come back.
Every moment she hoped that someone would knock on the door, and when she opened it, Xiu Bangyan would be standing there.
But today, the police suddenly told her Xiu Bangyan was dead...
Lin Huijun rushed to the police station, only to face an even more brutal reality.
The police told her Xiu Bangyan’s body was destroyed, and no remains could be found.
His remains were scattered all over Jade Mountain, making it impossible to piece together. They could only try to extract DNA from several dumping sites to identify him.
"They searched for three years and couldn’t find a body, yet they told me Bangyan is dead. That can’t be true, right?" Lin Huijun, with red eyes, looked at Jiangli almost pleadingly, "Little girl, you must have heard something and came to find me, right? Where is Bangyan? Please tell me, tell him to come back quickly, will you? I, I really can’t hold on any longer..."