Chapter 30: The Truth Before X Red Tooth Reappears

  Ruan Feng stared at me and said: "These people from Liu Long Village ate the old lady, it was Du Huang Niu's old lady."

  Although some people in Liu Long Village have psychological abnormalities and cannibalism, when I heard Ruan De's speculation, I was still shocked. Because, based on my own general thinking, even if they are psychologically abnormal and produce abnormal cannibalistic behavior, their targets should only be outsiders.

  Now Ruan Dewen's conjecture is that it has pushed the crime alive into a deeper and bottomless abyss.

  I paused for a moment and said, "I don't quite believe your conjecture. Although these people are evil, I feel that they are still relatively kind to their own family members in the village. This village is full of death and decay, but amidst this decay, I see some warm flowers blooming. Although these warm flowers are nourished by human flesh and scalding human blood. Moreover, if they were eating Du Huang Cow's grandmother, Du Huang Cow wouldn't have gone without resisting or reporting the crime for so many years. Even in her final moments before death, Du Huang Cow was still full of humanity."

  I suddenly stopped talking. Because I knew what I just said was wrong, who says Du Huang Niu didn't resist? Didn't he take away all those cannibalistic tribes in the end? He just endured hatred and such a long period of desolation, taking decades to put it into action...

  "If my conjecture is correct, then all the mysteries can be explained. According to what I know, Du Huangniu's grandmother has always been a respected elder in the village. This is also why black-and-white portraits of the old lady can be found in other villagers' homes."

  Ruan De continued: "As for why Du Jie thought there was an old lady's head in his stomach, it's actually because he had participated in that one...that one banquet...but even he himself has forgotten. He must have forced himself to undergo selective forgetting. The human brain cells have amazing functions, such as some people who get over a breakup and wake up the next day completely forgetting their loved one. Du Jie is similar, choosing to forget. But this kind of forgetting is not thorough..."

  Ruan De Feng used the term "feast" and it was after a pause of several seconds that he said it, I know it's hard to describe that feast with a precise word, or say return to the primitive era, naked without any humanity, simply a carnivore satisfying the stomach's demand for food.

  Ruan De stopped for a moment, as if to gather his thoughts: "On Du Jie's path to growth, this sense of inner fear or guilt has been intensifying with the passage of time. As a result, when he was 14 years old, in 1990, during a gastroscopy examination, he experienced hallucinations - a major factor contributing to the formation of these hallucinations was the impact of his brain nerves on him."

  Ruan De's analysis is indeed reasonable, which can clearly explain why Du Jie's father would get furious every time he hears Du Jie mention the old lady's face on his stomach. It's because Du Jie's father is afraid, fearful, guilty, or perhaps it's the result of other emotions at play.

  I suddenly remembered that the year Du Huangniu kept mentioning before his death was 1982. From that year on, Liu Long Village became different and began to head towards destruction and death.

  In 1982, Du Jie was six years old. At that time, he was just a child, an innocent age, full of curiosity about this colorful world. However, it was in this year that he could not choose his own life because he was still just a child and everything had to be arranged by his father. His father arranged for him to have a bowl of steaming hot meat soup...

  All the goosebumps on my body stood up, just like when I was stung by a venomous caterpillar, causing a cold and piercing pain.

  If it's really as Mr. Dui predicted, then that would be a terrifying and frightening old case. This dark, terrifying and frightening past has been sealed in Liu Long Village, covering up the truth, but due to billionaire Du Jie entrusting us to investigate his father, the truth is finally revealed.

  But what's the use of revealing the truth?

  I don't know, I couldn't figure out the answer, and what Ruan Deyun inferred is probably the most complete and closest to the truth, or maybe it's the only truth. It's just that this truth is too bloody, gloomy, frightening, inhumane, and cruel, so I've been refusing to infer it myself.

  But Yuan De Feng was braver than me, he bloodily cut open the skin that wrapped up the truth and handed it over to me with a bloody mess.

  "This is the secret of Du Jie's father. This huge secret, I can only say that it's just a thin layer on the surface, and the details inside, I don't dare to think deeply about them, they must be terrifying and cruel. It's possible that Du Jie's father is the main culprit, or maybe it's someone else... anyway, I don't dare to think about it anymore. Thirteen, I know Du Jie gave you half of the reward, the remaining half, he will only pay after knowing the truth."

  I shook my head and said, "Although I once had a serious hatred for the rich, this truth is too bloody. I don't want to give it to Du Jie. Let this bloody meatball disappear and rot here. Just thinking about it makes these outsiders shiver, let alone Du Jie who's directly involved - he'll probably go crazy if he knows the answer."

  "Uh-huh." Ruan Dewen's face showed a tired expression, he said: "I also need to go back to the hospital for work. At this moment, I feel that people don't have to pursue too much fame and wealth, don't have to be too successful, as long as they are healthy and alive, can see the sunrise every day, that's already a very happy thing."

  "Thank you, Dr. Ruan."

  After saying goodbye to Ruan De Feng, I gave a long vacation to Kui Ruolan and Chen Qiuyang. This time's terrifying experience in Liu Long Village made me have a deep understanding of this world. I think Ruan De Feng is right, being healthy and alive is already a very happy thing.

  After returning from Liu Long Village, my stomach started to feel uncomfortable. Sometimes I would think of the mouthful of meat soup I drank in that Xianren Mai Shi cave, and as soon as I thought of it, my entire stomach would start cramping.

  I told Ruan Defeng about the situation with my intestines, and he thought that psychological factors played a big part in it. Of course, he didn't rule out the possibility that the water and soil of Liu Long Village were causing my intestinal discomfort. He prescribed some medication for me and asked if I wanted to undergo a gastroscopy examination.

  As soon as I heard this, I immediately said: "The shadow of Liu Long Village, the old grandmother's head shadow of Du Jie, I have not completely eliminated it. For the time being, I still don't have the courage to accept a gastroscopy examination."

  Ruan Feng smiled and said: "Great detective, don't make fun of your own body. Take the medicine first and try it out, or have a Helicobacter pylori test later."

  "Does it hurt? Do you need to insert a tube into my stomach? That's too scary, I have a hard time accepting this examination..."

  "You, the president of this innocent society, are still so timid? No need to insert a tube, just take one capsule and sit quietly for 20 minutes, then blow air at the reagent, zero harm, zero pollution. Alright, you go back first, be more open-minded, having experienced the event in Liu Long Village, I believe it has caused huge trauma to everyone, I think your problem is psychological."

  After leaving the hospital, I hitched a ride to a lane on Shangxiajiu Street to eat congee. The characteristic snacks of Long City are not in those luxurious restaurants, but hidden deep in the bustling streets, in quiet alleys.

  I like this kind of quiet and secluded feeling, those alleys hidden behind high-rise buildings are a good choice.

  I used to come to this alley often to eat rice noodles, but the most delicious thing here is actually braised pig's trotters with ginger. The trotters are cooked in a sweet and sour vinegar sauce that is both tender and refreshing, warming the stomach and nourishing the body, making it a very tasty and characteristic snack.

  Small alleys set up small stools, and those clay pots filled with all kinds of delicious food are lined up along the alleys, emitting a tempting aroma.

  "Boss lady, I'll have a bowl of braised pork trotters with ginger and beef brisket noodle soup." After ordering, I sat on the small stool playing with my phone.

  There were few pedestrians in the alley because it had just rained, and the weather was even colder. There were fewer people strolling around, and even fewer people entered this deep alley.

  Because I was bored, so I opened WeChat and searched for people nearby.

  The phone in my hand almost slipped out of my hands and fell.

  Because I saw that within 100 meters of me, there is a WeChat account named Liu Long Village. And the profile picture of this Liu Long Village's WeChat account is a red photo.

  They were two rows of deep red sharp teeth.

  It was the first night I spent in Liu Long Village that I saw the red, pointed teeth outside my window, and later, the two rows of red dentures that Du Jie's father wore on his mouth before he prepared to eat people.

  Isn't the case of Ryūson Village already closed? The true culprit has been found by the police, everything has come to light, and why is there a sharp-fanged creature lurking within 100 meters of me?

  Those who have used WeChat know that this 100-meter distance may be the actual distance, or it may be 10 meters, 20 meters, or an even shorter distance.

  I looked around and saw that except for two students wearing blue school uniforms playing with their phones in a nearby snack shop, I didn't see anyone else playing with their phones.

  I suppressed my unease and sent a friend request to Liu Long Village.

  The other party didn't accept my friend request, I wanted to open his circle of friends to see what content was there, unfortunately the other party set permissions, even non-friends can only see the first 10 photos is not possible.