"Xiaotian was probably in high school back then." Miss Han's expression turned reflective. "She was the one who started that group, too. That's all I know. She said she'd suddenly become an orphan. That morning, she had arranged to meet someone and ran into Liu Miao. She thought Liu Miao was there to scout the place and had been asking around. She couldn't remember the details. She couldn't remember who she'd arranged to meet, either. That day, she went to see a movie with her classmates and told them about it. She thought that if anything happened and the police investigated, she could be a witness. But when the movie ended, she suddenly had nowhere to go. She couldn't remember where her home was or who her parents were. She remembered things from high school and middle school, and that was all. She went to the police, but they couldn't do anything. After that, she went into the care system."
Miss Han shook her head. "She had it worse than me. Even after graduating high school, she still managed to get into college through a fundraising drive. She applied for student loans and grants once she got there. After that, we were in touch less and less. I think she started dating someone, got cheated, and ended up owing a lot of money on online loans..." She furrowed her brow. "We tried to help her, too. But in the end, she disappeared... A lot of people in the group had lent her money. At first, she was full of hope and really proactive. She compiled a lot of information."
"Did she compile the things you all had in common?" Wu Ling asked.
Miss Han nodded. "Yes. She put everything together and came up with a theory. Just like you said...