"Huaiyang Village back mountain."
"The deceased is Luo Wentao, aged twenty-nine. Before her death, she was wearing a thin autumn dress that did not fit her well."
Zhao Yan closed her notebook, recording the information given by Officer Xiao Qin.
"Let's go, let's go to Huaiyang Village to take a look," Zhao Yan said, patting Wu Jiaxin's shoulder.
Zhao Yan opened the car door and sat in the back seat.
"Sister Zhao, Luo Wentao's parents reported her missing at the police station eleven years ago."
"Many people were looking for Luo Wentao during those months, but they couldn't find her."
"Her parents searched for so many years and passed away with regret last year."
"At that time, Luo Wentao was only eighteen years old."
Zhao Yan was stunned and asked, "How do you know so much information?"
Wu Jiaxin handed over her phone, "Officer Xiao Qin told me. We've been in touch."
Zhao Yan took the phone and looked at Wu Jiaxin's chat records with Officer Xiao Qin.
Then she returned the phone to Wu Jiaxin.
"Luo Wentao committed suicide," Zhao Yan said in surprise.
Wu Jiaxin nodded, "Yes, the forensic doctor investigated and found that Luo Wentao committed suicide. She jumped from the mountain, and the villagers who found her were eyewitnesses."
Zhao Yan felt it was unreasonable.
If Luo Wentao had desperately escaped, why would she have committed suicide?
Wu Jiaxin turned on the navigation and drove towards Huaiyang Village.
Now that living conditions have improved, the village roads are no longer dirt roads but cement roads, so there is no significant bumpiness when sitting in the car.
They arrived at Huaiyang Village.
The village has about a hundred households. Driving about seven or eight minutes forward on the village road, one can get from the village road to the main road.
Combined with Mu Chuan's words, Huaiyang Village does not seem like a village that traffics people.
Of course, this matter is not absolute.
Zhao Yan found an old farmer who was planting fields and explained the situation.
The old farmer agreed to take Zhao Yan and the others to see.
Coincidentally, this old farmer was the one who saw Luo Wentao jump off the mountain to commit suicide.
"I was just coming down the mountain after picking mushrooms when I saw her. She was standing on the top of the back mountain. I was about to call out to her when she suddenly jumped down."
"She fell so miserably that I was scared and immediately called the police."
As he spoke, the old farmer's face showed a look of horror.
"Old man, are there people who specifically traffic people in these mountains?" Wu Jiaxin asked.
The old farmer replied, "I heard about it seven or eight years ago, but I haven't heard about it now."
"However, there are several villages in the mountains, and I heard that some villages buy their wives."
"Once they are bought in, it's very difficult to escape. If they are caught trying to escape, they will be severely beaten."
As he spoke, the old farmer pointed to the foot of the mountain ahead, "It's just ahead. You two girls should come back quickly after looking for a while, don't stay too long."
"Some people saw a woman running around in the mountains. When they chased after her, they didn't see anyone, which scared many people and made them not dare to stay here for too long."
Zhao Yan turned around and thanked him, "Thank you, old man."
The old man waved his hand, "No need to thank me."
After the old man left, Zhao Yan led Wu Jiaxin forward.
She walked to the place where Luo Wentao jumped off the mountain to commit suicide. As soon as she arrived, she indeed felt a gloomy feeling.
She looked up at the mountaintop, which was more than ten meters high, with many large rocks on the mountainside.
The entire mountain was slanted. If someone jumped down, they would likely roll down, and their body and head could hit the rocks, rather than falling to their death from a vertical drop.
"It's possible she was being chased, and in a moment of desperation, Luo Wentao jumped down like this, slipped, and fell down the mountainside," Zhao Yan said.
Zhao Yan stared intently at the top of the mountain.
She actually saw a woman running in panic on the mountaintop.
Recalling the old farmer's words, she quickened her pace and started climbing the mountain.
Zhao Yan chased after the figure, feeling that the woman was running very fast.
It was less like running and more like floating.
Just as she was about to catch up, the woman suddenly disappeared.
She looked at the weeds in front of her and saw a thin autumn dress.
After chasing for so long, she had been chasing an autumn dress.
She took out a talisman, chanted a few words softly, and the talisman burned into a fireball.
The fireball flew towards the direction behind her.
Seeing the direction the fireball was flying, Zhao Yan felt a sense of dread. The direction was towards Wu Jiaxin.
Zhao Yan quickly turned back and saw Wu Jiaxin climbing to the mountaintop.
Her head was lowered, and she was walking step by step towards the summit.
This was clearly a suicide attempt.
Zhao Yan knew that Wu Jiaxin would not commit suicide.
She opened her Yin-Yang eyes and saw a female ghost in red clinging tightly to Wu Jiaxin's back, controlling her.
Just as Wu Jiaxin's foot was halfway onto the mountaintop, she retracted it.
The female ghost in red shook her head desperately, grabbed her head, and muttered, "She is innocent. Why should I kill an innocent person?"
"I don't want to, but I can't control myself."
"I'm dead, so she should die too. There are no good people in this world."
"Let's die together, let's die together!"
"No, how much I wanted to live back then. Why should I drag others to their death? Others must also want to live."
Taking advantage of the female ghost's muttering, Zhao Yan rushed from the side and pushed Wu Jiaxin's chest with her shoulder, causing both of them to fall backward.
When Wu Jiaxin fell and sat on the ground, she finally woke up.
Seeing herself sitting on the ground, Wu Jiaxin was confused and felt a pain in her buttocks.
She looked around the environment, her face showing confusion, with a look of surprise asking how she got here.
Before she could get up, Zhao Yan thrust her peach wood sword behind her.
The peach wood sword stopped at the neck of the female ghost in red. Zhao Yan did not stab her, but looked at the female ghost's eyes, which were filled with blood and tears.
Looking at her face, Zhao Yan retracted her sword and said, "Luo Wentao?"
Luo Wentao raised her gaze and stared intently at Zhao Yan.
The moment Zhao Yan retracted her sword, Luo Wentao suddenly lunged forward.
Zhao Yan kicked her away, sending Luo Wentao tumbling to the ground. The Yin energy was still inhaled into her lungs.
She quickly checked herself and found that this Yin energy did not cause her any harm.
Suddenly, she saw a scene, and upon seeing it, Zhao Yan was stunned.
In a clearing on the mountain, four men surrounded Luo Wentao, their faces filled with lewd smiles.
Luo Wentao was trapped in the middle, begging for mercy, trying to escape. Facing the men's pulling and dragging, she could not escape at all. She was like a toy being played with, toyed with by the four men.
The valley was filled with Luo Wentao's cries and pleas, which greatly ignited the beastly nature of the four men.
And among these four men, one of them was Mu Chuan.