Wu Liang and Madam Wu suppressed their fear and looked over. Sure enough, the corpse's foot did not bear their daughter's birthmark.
At the sight, Madam Wu heaved an inward sigh of relief.
Though she did not know who the deceased was, as long as it was not her daughter, that was enough.
But then another thought struck her. If the deceased was not her daughter, where had her daughter gone?
As Madam Wu thought this, she voiced the question aloud.
Hearing her words, Shen Shixu had a flash of inspiration and thought of a possibility.
"Madam Wu, you've managed the Wu Family's inner household for years, so you must know the people in your residence well. Sorry for the trouble, but please think carefully. Apart from your daughter, has anyone else gone missing from the Wu residence these past few days?"
Shen Shixu felt that the corpse must belong to someone else from the Wu residence, someone who had been very close to Wu Qiaoyun.
As Wu Qiaoyun's mother, Madam Wu should also have been quite familiar with the deceased.
Prompted by Shen Shixu, Madam Wu did indeed recall that someone was missing from the residence.
"Now that you mention it, there is one person missing: my daughter's personal maid, Fen'er. When the servants reported it, my husband and I even cursed her for being ungrateful. My daughter treated her so well, yet the moment something happened to my daughter, she vanished without a trace..."
As Madam Wu spoke, she remembered something. Fen'er's build was extremely similar to her daughter's. From behind, even she sometimes had trouble telling them apart.
Covering her mouth with a handkerchief, Madam Wu exclaimed in shock, "Th-this corpse... could it... could it be Fen'er?"
Shen Shixu thought that was highly likely. Although the deceased