Punishing Xiao Hai's Mother

"Will that peach seller come again today?"

Lin Chen continued questioning her.

"Probably not."

"How can you be so sure?"

"I... I'm not sure. I was just guessing. I'd never seen him there before; I only saw him last night, so I guessed he probably wouldn't come again."

"Why?"

Lin Chen pressed further.

"When I bought them last night, hardly anyone was buying. I was the only one, so his business was probably bad."

Xiao Hai's mother explained.

"Not necessarily. You only stopped there briefly on your way home from work. How would you know what it was like before you arrived or after you left? Maybe lots of people bought them. If these peaches really were the problem, the police should have discovered by now that many places had been infected. So these peaches probably aren't the source of infection."

Lin Chen said deliberately.

Judging from Xiao Hai's account, between nine and ten o'clock, that was the only thing he had done. The rest of the time, he had either been attending class or reading, with no opportunity to become infected.

If an insect had flown into the classroom, it couldn't have bitten only him. There were over forty people in that class, yet no one else had been bitten, so that possibility could be ruled out as well.

"Right. How could peaches be the source of infection? If someone could get infected just by eating a peach, who could guard against that?"

Xiao Hai's mother was clearly much more relaxed.

From the change in her expression, Lin Chen had already confirmed that something was wrong with Xiao Hai's mother.

"Can you tell me exactly where that peach seller parked his vehicle? I'd like to check the surveillance footage. If he tampered with certain peaches, then it's still possible."