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In a fit of rage, Sun Qian strangled the girl to death. By the time Sun Qian came to his senses, the girl's face was ashen, and she was no longer breathing; it was too late to save her.

Although Sun Qian was still young at the time, he knew he had done something wrong, and he went to his grandmother in fear.

When Grandma Sun learned that her grandson had strangled someone to death, her first reaction was not to call the police or demand an explanation from the girl's family. Instead, she repeatedly told her grandson not to tell anyone about it.

Then, she secretly carried the girl's remains to a mountain near them and abandoned the body in a cave on the mountain.

--That cave is very special. If a newborn child dies in one of the nearby villages, the child's remains will be thrown into this cave. Over time, the cave has become extremely eerie, and people from the surrounding area will not come here intentionally. Even if they do come here, they will not go deep into the cave.

When a girl goes missing, her family will naturally search for her. However, in the countryside, children are not raised with much care and are allowed to roam freely outside of mealtimes. Therefore, even the elderly in the family cannot say for sure where the child has gone.

Finally, the police came, but they couldn't find anything. As time passed, the case became unsolved and was gradually forgotten. Perhaps only the girl's family would occasionally remember the "missing" child, maybe muttering something like, "Was the child kidnapped?" After all, there was no trace of her, neither alive nor dead.

Who could have imagined that the girl was murdered, or rather, murdered by Sun Qian, who was also a child at the time?

After this incident, Sun Qian suddenly became "sensible." He stopped stealing chickens and dogs and being naughty, and became sensible and obedient. Even his grades improved.

Sun's relatives, friends, and fellow villagers all praised him for growing up and becoming sensible. Little did they know that his maturity was tainted by the loss of a life.

Sun Qian successfully passed the entrance exams for junior high school, high school, and even university. After graduating from university, she tried to find a job but failed. Then she became an outdoor live streamer, and her life was quite comfortable.

If it weren't for Ye Mo, his murder would never have been discovered, and no one would have known that the six-year-old girl wasn't "missing," but rather murdered.

Upon hearing Ye Mo's words, Shen Yan's expression changed involuntarily.

Suddenly, something occurred to him, and he said, "That Sun Qian, isn't he the streamer from that night?"

Whenever he thought about who this person was, he would think of other things, such as that night when he claimed to be Divine Calculator and told the streamer a few things. Shen Yan had seen that video, and he remembered that Ye Mo had mentioned that the streamer was twelve years old.

But for some reason, when the topic turned to the streamer's twelve-year-old self, Ye Mo suddenly said he couldn't predict it and didn't know.

Shen Yan found it a bit strange at the time because Ye Mo stopped halfway through his sentence and then said he couldn't calculate it. The transition sounded particularly abrupt. However, Shen Yan was so shocked by the fact that Ye Mo was out eating melons in the middle of the night that he forgot about it.

Now it seems that it wasn't that Ye Mo didn't "calculate" it back then; it was clearly she who "calculated" it, but didn't dare to say it.

"You should have just said it back then..." Shen Yan said, "And none of this would have happened today."

Ye Mo sighed and added, "If I had spoken up then, I was really afraid that person would have suddenly attacked and killed me on the spot. There weren't that many people left then, how could I dare to take the risk?"

What if that person realizes their secret has been exposed, and, in a fit of despair, goes berserk and tries to kill everyone around them?

"That would be a terrible thing!" Ye Mo said.

In that situation, she could guarantee her own safety, but she couldn't protect the safety of others. If someone were to have an accident because of her "slip of the tongue," although Ye Mo felt that she was a person without much morality, she didn't want such a thing to happen.

"And then? Why didn't you call the police?" Shen Yan frowned, feeling that Ye Mo's actions of putting himself in danger were unwise. "If you had called the police and had him arrested sooner, you wouldn't have encountered this danger."

Ye Mo laughed and said, "If I went to the police station without any evidence and told them I suspected someone was a murderer... and then the police asked me how I knew, would I say I found out through a fortune teller?"

She said helplessly, "If I really said that, I'm afraid the police would think I'm crazy."

"..."

Shen Yan had to admit that Ye Mo was right. Without evidence, calling the police and being unable to explain why would only confuse the officers.

"But..." Shen Yan felt that Ye Mo had other options. He thought for a moment and hesitated, "Actually, you could ask the Ye Family for help. Why don't you ask your older brother for help?"

He felt that if the Ye Family had helped, this matter would be easily resolved, because the Ye Family definitely had connections in the police station.

"I'm curious about that too." Just then, a voice suddenly interrupted, startling Shen Yan so much that he couldn't help but look back as if he'd seen a ghost.

"Mr. Ye?" Shen Yan looked at Ye Lin, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, in disbelief. "You, how did you get here?"

Besides Ye Lin, there were two other people following him. One was Secretary Huang, and the other was a middle-aged man Ye Mo had never seen before. He was wearing glasses, carrying a briefcase, and had a solemn look.

"The general manager saw the news online and was a little worried that something might have happened to Miss Ye..." Secretary Huang explained with a smile.

It was only then that Ye Mo realized that it was already broad daylight. From filming to the accident, and then to giving a statement at the police station, the whole night had passed just like that.

"News? What news?" Ye Mo belatedly caught the key point, "I'm on the news again?"

Ye Lin: "... I thought your focus would be on my question!"

He gritted his teeth, "Sometimes I really hate your heartless attitude."

Ye Mo: "..."

Secretary Huang explained, "Paparazzi took photos of you entering the police station, Miss Ye, and posted them online. When I woke up this morning, many people had already seen the photos, and many were speculating whether you had broken the law."

Secretary Huang put it very tactfully, but Ye Mo could fully imagine how nasty the comments from those online trolls were.

"But don't worry," Secretary Huang added, "The general manager has already had all the photos deleted, and the topic has been suppressed. There's no related news online now."

When the Ye Corporation family took action, it was as swift and decisive as autumn leaves falling; news about Ye Mo's suspected crime and subsequent arrest was completely wiped out of the internet.

Ye Mo looked at Ye Lin, smiled ingratiatingly, and said gratefully, "Thank you for helping me, big brother."

Ye Lin scoffed, crossed his arms, tapped his forearm with his index finger, and asked the same question he had just posed, "You still haven't answered me. Why didn't you come to me for help when you encountered something like this?"

Ye Mo: "..."

Ye Mo's eyes flickered as he said, "It's just that you're a busy person, big brother, and I was afraid of disturbing your work."

Ye Lin: "To be honest."

Ye Mo: "..."

Ye Lin said calmly, "If you don't tell the truth, you won't get your allowance next month."