Pickle Jar

In the span of a week, the police had been summoned twice to Jiangjia Village—both times returning empty-handed. No evidence, no breakthrough. The villagers' grumbling resentment was already brewing like a summer storm, and now, to make matters worse, this woman from out of town was demanding they search yet again.

One of the officers, clearly out of patience, shot Lin Miao a look of barely concealed irritation.

"We've already conducted an extremely thorough search," he said stiffly. "We found no trace of the so-called evidence you mentioned. Now you want us to go over everything again? Do you think we're your personal servants to order around as you please?"

Lin Miao, confronted with their mounting hostility, felt her heart lurch in panic. She was certain—absolutely certain. In her previous life, she had heard Gu Zi, during a televised interview, describe finding the crucial evidence right here in Jiang Nan's house.