Chapter 63: Searching
At the end, Mo Ping’s face was full of anger.
"How dare Mo Yougen? Without A Chang, Mo Yougen’s family wouldn’t even have enough to eat. That ungrateful wretch, I’ll kill him now." After saying this, Mo Ping stood up swiftly and turned to walk down the mountain.
Yiyi quickly pulled him back, "Even if you kill Mo Yougen, you’ll end up in jail, and can you really kill him? What if you fail and end up in jail instead?"
Hearing these words, Mo Ping gradually calmed down, but his face was filled with sadness.
"A Chang was so good, so excellent, how could he be gone? Mo Yougen is truly despicable, it should have been him who perished."
Mo Ping’s emotions were a bit agitated at this moment, mumbling to himself, "I remember A Chang was excitedly telling me he made a new friend, Mo Yougen. I was happy for him then, after all, A Chang was going to be the village head, and it’s good to have good relations with more people. But who would’ve thought his kindness led to his death?"
Hearing this, Yiyi was also a bit angry.
Mo Yougen’s selfish desires led him to disregard life, brutally murdering his friend, and now he even caused trouble for Mr. Lu, who knew the truth. He’s simply inhuman.
"What should we do next?"
Mo Ping’s mind was a mess, so he looked at Yiyi with hope, as this little girl had seen Mo Yougen argue with Mr. Lu, the police should believe their statements when the time comes.
But at that moment, Yiyi suddenly remembered something.
"When Mr. Lu was arguing with Mo Yougen, he mentioned he only recently learned about Mo Yougen killing his son. How did Mr. Lu find out? Where did he discover the truth?"
Mo Ping shook his head blankly, "I don’t know."
Yet Yiyi looked Mo Ping up and down, saying, "Since you were friends with Mr. Lu’s eldest son, why is your relationship with Mr. Lu only average? Otherwise, you might have discovered the truth like Mr. Lu did."
"My interactions with A Chang were always in private, even Mr. Lu didn’t know. Initially, Mr. Lu warned A Chang not to associate with me when he saw us getting close, so naturally, I didn’t stick around Mr. Lu. But after A Chang was gone, I did my best to help. Like clearing the weeds in the Lu Family’s field, I did it secretly."
Hearing this, Yiyi was a bit surprised.
Normally, Mo Ping seemed idle and uninterested in doing proper tasks, who would’ve thought he was so loyal and righteous, doing good without making it known.
As Yiyi remained silent, Mo Ping continued, "I think we should just go and report it now." At this moment, he couldn’t think of any other solution, he just wanted to tell the police what he knew.
But Yiyi changed her mind at that moment.
"I plan to quietly go to Mo Yougen’s house to see if I can find anything. If we can find evidence, that would be best, we must make sure Mo Yougen can’t turn the tables."
"You’re going alone?"
Mo Ping looked at Yiyi in surprise, thinking she must be joking.
Yiyi nodded directly and said, "Yes."
"How about I go instead?"
For a man like him not to go, but let a young girl go take risks, it made no sense.
Yiyi once again revised her impression of Mo Ping, seeing him as somewhat responsible, "No need, I’ll go myself." She wasn’t confident in Mo Ping, so she’d rather find the evidence herself.
"You’re so stubborn for a young girl, what if you’re discovered, you might get badly beaten."
"Don’t worry about that, if there is a beating, it’s me doing the beating. You should go home now, and after I return from Mo Yougen’s house, whether I find evidence or not, I’ll come find you, then we can go to the police station together." After saying that, Yiyi turned to leave.
"Hey... hey... don’t go."
Seeing this, Mo Ping called out to Yiyi’s back vigorously, and when she finally disappeared, he had no choice but to go home first.
When Yiyi reached Mo Yougen’s house, she heard an intense argument coming from inside.
"Mo Yougen, I want a divorce."
Already in a bad mood, Mo Yougen flew into a rage upon hearing this, "Jin Duoduo, enough, stop spouting nonsense."
Yet Jin Duoduo’s voice remained unusually calm, "I am not spouting nonsense. I’m going back to my parents’ house now. You take care of yourself."
With this, an ear-piercing sound of smashing came from inside, followed by Jin Duoduo’s shrill voice, "Mo Yougen, you useless man who only hits his wife, I curse you never to die peacefully."
"Dad... Mom..."
Then two anxious cries followed.
Seeing this, Yiyi raised an eyebrow, but she had no mind to concern herself with this drama, she remained quietly lurking, wondering if she’d have an opportunity to sneak in today.
Very soon, the opportunity arose.
Jin Duoduo stormed out with a suitcase first, followed by her son and daughter.
"Mom, where are you going?"
Mo Jieyu looked worried, holding onto her mother’s wrist.
Beside her, Mo Kailuo was also in panic, originally the family had always been harmonious, how did it come to this now?
Seeing her pair of children, Jin Duoduo couldn’t harden her heart.
"I’m going to your grandparents’ house, do you want to come with me?"
Mo Jieyu didn’t hesitate at all, nodded directly, Mo Kailuo frowned but eventually nodded as well.
Seeing this, Jin Duoduo instinctively took her two children to the town.
Originally, Mo Yougen thought his wife was just angry, thinking not many get divorced now, but Jin Duoduo really dared to take their children back to her parents’ house.
When Yiyi saw Mo Yougen, he was walking out of the house gloomily, eyes dark and brooding, not sure what he was thinking.
"Dad..."
Jun Jie was also scared, with no one inside, he could only clumsily walk to Mo Yougen’s side.
Mo Yougen ignored him and walked straight out.
"Dad... Dad..."
The little boy, afraid of being left alone, hurriedly followed with his short legs.
Seeing the empty house, Yiyi swiftly slipped inside.
Mo Yougen’s house was similar to other houses in the village, the main difference being a small room used by Mo Yougen as a study, which was Yiyi’s focus of examination today.
After searching inside and out, Yiyi frowned deeply, realizing there was nothing useful here.
But she found it hard to leave just like that, so she meticulously searched again and found nothing once more, feeling frustrated she pounded the wall.
As her fist hit the wall, Yiyi noticed something strange, the brick seemed loose on the wall.