Chapter 297 This world is forcing the entire Qiao family down a path of destruction.

"Inheritance?" Qiao Qiao asked in confusion. Could a police badge number be inherited?

Master, this is a legacy.

Xiao Yuan's tone was somewhat heavy.

[The fact that a police badge number can be inherited means that the father died in the line of duty as a police officer. His badge number will be retired, and if his son reaches the same position as his father, the badge number will be passed on to the son.]

Qiao Qiao felt a dull ache in her heart as she listened.

"What year did your uncle die?"

[The year the master returned to Kyoto.]

"Then were these three people the ones who killed my uncle?" Otherwise, Qiao Qiao couldn't find a reason why she was silenced by the laws of the world again.

That's right.

[Furthermore, the owner may have amnesia due to his young age. This time, his cousin Meng Zihuan was indeed kidnapped. Of the three, the one with the wrench and the one with the switchblade were subdued, the other with the gun escaped, and Uncle Meng was also seriously injured.]

After being injured, Uncle Meng stepped down from his frontline duties, but the one who escaped was never caught.

Because there is no ID card system in place yet, this person fled to a mountain city, changed his identity and became a coal mine owner, operating an illegal coal mine, and resumed his old business. By chance, he met Uncle Meng again...

Even without Xiao Yuan saying it, Qiao Qiao could guess what happened next.

New grudges combined with old ones led to the death of my uncle.

Qiao Qiao remained silent.

A long silence followed.

My heart aches indescribably.

She felt sorry for her uncle and also for her younger cousin.

The world seemed to be in even worse shape than she had imagined.

Just like the last time she went out on the street, she happened to run into the bad guy who would later kill her father.

It was as if everything, everything that was happening around her, was pushing her and the entire Qiao family toward their doom.

She couldn't understand why the laws of the world were treating her, a mere cannon fodder and her family, this way!

Qiao Qiao once thought that killing her was the ultimate goal of the laws of this world.

Although all three of them have been arrested, Qiao Qiao is still worried. When Meng Zhengcheng, who has successfully won back his wife, returns, she tries her best to keep her mind sharp so that the whole family will be alert.

Then the Qiao family watched a pantomime.

Inside the bubble, a puppet with the word "Bad Guy" on its head is holding a pistol and firing two shots at another puppet with "Meng Zhengcheng" on its head.

The little figure, holding a whiteboard high above his head, strolled from the left side of the bubble to the center, pointing outside the bubble at Meng Zhengcheng, who was grinning like a fool because he had "successfully pursued his wife."

He slapped the whiteboard he was holding so hard it trembled.

Following the little man's finger, everyone first looked at Meng Zhengcheng, who was laughing like a fool, and then at the whiteboard that was trembling from being slapped.

On the whiteboard, a shocking line was written: You were killed by a chicken!

As the little figure patted the whiteboard, its gaze toward Meng Zhengcheng was filled with disdain and pity, as if to say: "You should be more careful. You've been killed by chickens, and you're still in the mood to be happy."

"..." Meng Zhengcheng.

Meng Zhengcheng, who was still cheerful after being killed by a chicken, suddenly stopped laughing.

He wiped his face and asked seriously, "Those people from today?"

The little person inside the bubble nodded.

"What year was that? This year?"

The exact date was displayed on the whiteboard: December 23, 1988.

Meng Zhengcheng, who had just learned his death date, was no longer laughing.

Because he never expected that the butcher's knife hanging over his head would eventually fall!

He was the one who first brought down the butcher's knife!

It's a shame he held back from asking when he saw the date of Qiao Changdong's death!

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In Hongfeng Town, the custom of exchanging New Year's greetings is arranged according to the closeness of the relationship. Generally, in the first few days, relatives visit each other to exchange New Year's greetings. After the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, it starts to be friends who visit each other.

Xiang Dongyan has no relatives or friends in Hongfeng Town. The only family she truly cares about is Qiao Qiao's family.

When Xiang Dongyan was in her third year of junior high school, she didn't dare to think that Qiao Qiao would come to her house before the eighth day of the new year.

When Qiao Qiao arrived, she was standing by the window, looking at the few pots of flowers that had come back to life, marveling at them.

"The water that Guai Guai gave us is truly amazing. It actually brought this flower with rotten roots back to life. It's truly incredible."

"And Lao Pei, look, don't my hands look a little whiter and smoother now?"

Ever since discovering that the magical water Qiao Qiao gave her could cure her frostbite, Xiang Dongyan has been using a few drops every day to wash her hands and feet, but she hasn't dared to use it on her face yet.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that her hands and feet looked much whiter and smoother, and there was no sign that she had ever had chilblains.

Pei Anting didn't notice much difference.

However, it's quite amazing that this water alone can bring dead plants in the house back to life.

He couldn't help but add a few words of advice: "Don't tell anyone about these. If Aunt Wu and Aunt Yang ask, you should say that these flowers were newly bought this year."

Hearing this, Xiang Dongyan rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"What, do you think I'm that brainless? Telling everyone everything..."

"Of course not." Seeing that Xiang Dongyan was about to get angry, Pei Anting's mind started racing. He pointed outside the courtyard and said, "Hey, listen, isn't someone calling us to open the door?"

Pei Anting had only said that to distract them, but unexpectedly, when the couple quieted down and listened, they actually heard someone calling for Auntie outside, and the voice sounded very familiar.

Xiang Dongyan thought she was hallucinating and said to Pei Anting next to her, "I haven't seen Guai Guai for only four days, how come I'm already hallucinating?"

“Mom, it’s not a hallucination. It’s Qiao Qiao and Uncle Qiao who are here.” Pei Yuanfan ran from the sofa to the window, craning his neck to look outside. He saw Qiao Qiao, who was being held in Qiao Changdong’s arms at the front door, waving to him with her little arms outstretched.

"Really?!" Xiang Dongyan couldn't believe it. She walked over and saw that it really was the Qiao family father and daughter outside. She was overjoyed.

I ran all the way to the courtyard gate and opened it.

Xiang Dongyan grabbed the little girl who was wishing her a Happy New Year and pulled her into her arms, giving her a few kisses.

"Oh my, my darling is here! My darling, why are you here so early? Seeing you makes Auntie so happy! So happy!"

How could she not be happy that the little girl came to wish her a Happy New Year so early! She was overjoyed!

"Quickly, come in quickly, come in quickly."

Seeing that Qiao Changdong was still carrying a lot of things, Xiang Dongyan scolded him, "Oh, Changdong, you guys are too. We're so familiar with each other, why are you being so polite? I'm already so happy that you came."