Chapter 58: The True Mother X Slaughter Night

  "She said: 'Thirteen, you tell me, what exactly did you and my sister say?'"

  I said: "You're feeling sad now, I don't want you to get stimulated again, how about we talk tomorrow? You rest for a while first."

  "Thirteen, don't you think I can still sleep now? Please, just treat me like Qing Jiang begging you, tell me what you and she said."

  "I said: 'Okay. I just asked her if Hongmei had found her and whether they had discussed the matter of her being the biological mother of the twin-faced baby.'"

  Qing Jiang stared at me, sneering and saying: "Thirteen, did you really think that my sister was the mother of a two-faced freak baby?"

  "I said, 'In 1997, at Luoshui Slope, the goat's beard clearly saw your sister giving birth to a two-faced monster baby there, and was so scared that he threw it away - the goat's beard went to your uncle's house that day, and he recognized the green skirt as the woman he saw at Luoshui Slope that day. He couldn't possibly be lying, the expression on his face when he saw your sister was absolutely not fake. I believe him.'"

  Qing Jiang said, "Alright, just that Zhu Thirteen, I can tell you with absolute certainty that in 1997, my sister was definitely not pregnant. Although she often came back to Xiayuan Village that year, I never saw her belly get big. My sister has always had a history of miscarriages, all those fetuses turned into hydatidiform moles, it's impossible for her to give birth to a complete child."

  "But---" "Alright, Thirteen, you can go now. From now on, don't interfere with any of my affairs. I don't want to see you again. Consider it a request from me, respect me and don't let me see you again."

  I had no choice but to stand up and say to her: "Then take good care of yourself."

  I left the emergency room. As soon as I came out, I immediately wanted to go find Hongmei, it was obvious that Qingjiang's death must have something to do with Hongmei. Unexpectedly, Hongmei actually took the initiative to come find me, she sat on the stone bench in the pavilion at the entrance of the apartment, leaning against the pavilion, looking at the night scene in front of her, with a melancholy expression on her face, but occasionally, a hint of a cold smile would appear at the corner of her mouth.

  This cold smile in my eyes is full of the satisfaction of a sinister plot.

  "You're finally back! I've been waiting for you for a long time. It seems that Qing Jiang's little sister must be very sad."

  "Do you still have a shred of humanity? Someone has died. Even if you don't go to mourn and care, please don't gloat over the misfortune here."

  "What's humanity? Haha, how old are you? You're discussing humanity with me? I, Hongmei, have crossed more bridges than the roads you've walked. Don't make me laugh."

  "Alright, I won't mention human nature. What exactly did you say to Qing Cheng and what did you threaten her with? Was it you who drove her to death?"

  "Haha, young man, in my eyes, you're just a kid, so please don't pretend to be an adult and interrogate me. How well do you know Qinglang? What do you know about her? You only think she's a good person because she's Qingjiang's sister? And I'm crazy, so I must be a bad person? Oh, haha, no, I admit it, I'm not a good person."

  "At least she won't harm people like you!"

  "Harm people? Ha ha, I have indeed harmed many people, but I have never harmed her. The one who drove her to jump off the building and kill herself tonight is not me, nor you, but that young green orange from 1997."

  I was shaken by Hongmei's words, and I had a faint sense of unease, because I foresaw that Hongmei would tell me some extremely cruel truths next, some truths that I did not want to accept.

  Hongmei said: "Do you know who the biological mother of the two-faced baby is? Not Qinglang, but me."

  "What?" Hongmei's words were like a flash of lightning on a clear sky, cutting down over the vast fields.

  "It's impossible, you can't be the biological mother of the Two-Faced Demon Infant. Goat Beard wouldn't deceive me."

  "The goat's beard didn't cheat you, I didn't cheat you, only the green orange has been cheating you."

  ……

  In 1997, that year, Hongmei, who was pregnant and had eloped to Shangyuan Village without regard for anything, was about to give birth. At that time, Qingliu, who had been inseparable from Hongmei since childhood, returned home from her husband's family. When she learned that her best friend was about to have a child, she secretly came to Shangyuan Village and arrived at Hongmei's home.

  Hongmei's husband had passed away, and he didn't even get to wait for the birth of their child before passing away. No one was willing to take care of this woman who came from Xiayuan Village, luckily Qingliang secretly came over.

  She said: "Let me take care of you until you give birth."

  Qīng Chéng was a graduate of the Wei School of Specialized Medicine and had some basic medical knowledge. Unexpectedly, Hóng Méi suddenly went into premature labor and gave birth to a baby in her own home. However, she didn't know that after her good sister helped her deliver the baby, she took the twin-faced monster baby and ran away, all the way to Luò Shuǐ Pō (a place name). Only then did she discover the terrifying appearance of the twin-faced monster baby, was frightened, and threw it down at Luò Shuǐ Pō before fleeing in a panic.

  It just so happened that Goatbeard was passing by and saw all this, which is why he thought the two-faced freak baby was born of Cyan.

  Hongmei's eyes welled up with tears, and she said: "We've been together since childhood, I trusted her so much, I never thought that because she couldn't have children herself, she would be so ruthless and take away my son. Even if it was born deformed, even if it had two faces, what's the difference? It's still the only flesh and blood left to me by my late husband... Because of this cruel and vicious woman, my son went missing until 6 years ago when I finally found him, but he had already become an idiot, a dull and ignorant baby, and looked like a monster..."

  After hearing Hongmei's words, I felt that there were many things that didn't add up. I said: "No, no, the truth can't be what you're saying."

  "Sorry, but that's the truth. The Qing Jiang you know is actually ruthless and cunning."

  "Have you ever thought about this, the midwife who helped deliver the baby was Qingying. So when the baby came out, she must have already seen that it had a double face deformity. But according to what Shanyang said, she saw the baby's double face and was frightened, then threw it on the ground and ran away. This is a suspicious point. Second, if Qingying really was jealous of you because she couldn't give birth to a child herself, as you said, and wanted to take your child away, then the child you gave birth to should be a healthy and robust one. Anyone who saw it for the first time would be frightened by its appearance, so it's unlikely that she felt jealous after seeing the baby."

  "Alright, I'm not a great detective, but it's undeniable that she stole my child and turned him into a monster. She's been using him as a scapegoat to escape the law. If she hadn't stolen him, he may have looked strange, but at least with my upbringing, his mind would have matured and his IQ would be high. Instead, he's now a weak-minded infant who looks like an alien. I don't care what her motives were, good or bad, the fact is that she stole my child."

  "Alright, I won't argue with you about this anymore. I just want to know what exactly did you say to her when you went to her ward."

  Nothing, I just chatted with her for old times' sake. We hadn't seen each other since 1997. Since I was already at the hospital, I thought I'd drop by and visit her.

  "Is it really that simple? Did you say anything to her?"

  "Of course it did, I just told her that the son she had stolen from me back then was still alive."

  "Didn't she ever hear about the Two-Faced Baby?"

  "I saw the shock on her face, and I felt that she didn't know. No wonder, all these years she's been desperate for a child, how could she have paid attention to anything else? But I saw that she seemed to be afraid of my son, like he was some kind of monster, so I took it upon myself to tell her the truth - that my son is not a killer. Whether or not she believed me, I don't know. All I said was that much, but who knew she would jump off the building? I think she must have been consumed by guilt, or afraid that my son would come back and take revenge on her, so she chose to jump."

  After Hongmei left, I returned to my room. I always felt that Qingcong's reason for taking away the two-faced baby was not due to jealousy. Seeing a child born with such deformity, even if a woman who wants to have children very much, there will be few women who will have a jealous mentality. So, what is it? Why did Qingcong take away the two-faced baby as soon as it was born? Is it possible that she saw the terrifying appearance of the two-faced baby and didn't want to scare Hongmei, so she took away the two-faced baby out of kindness? This possibility does exist, but the probability is extremely low.

  So why did Qing Cheng take away the Double-Faced Baby?

  I really can't think of a reason. Besides, Qing Cheng is already dead and there's no way to verify it, I also can't find out what the reason actually was.

  Thinking of Qing Cheng, I also thought of Qing Jiang, and my chest hurt again. But she said it so decisively, I really didn't want to disturb her for the time being. Can only wait for a while, when time has faded everything, then contact her again.

  Tonight will be a sleepless night.

  What shocked me was that this night was indeed a sleepless night. Because, the real murder case, a series of death chain reactions, started from this night...

  The first person to die was Taiwanese businessman Mr. Wu. His wife, Mrs. Cai, who was sleeping next to him, woke up in the middle of the night at around 1 am after having a nightmare that their two children had died. Her hand accidentally touched Mr. Wu's body as he slept with his back turned towards her, and she suddenly realized that her husband's body felt cold like ice.