"Xiaolan is very nice, polite to everyone, but her mother-in-law is too harsh, speaks very unpleasantly, constantly cursing people. We had some conflicts with her before, and she cursed us for three straight days."
"Such a pity for Xiaolan, such a good daughter-in-law, just married for not even two years, and her husband was killed in a car accident, making her a widow at such a young age."
"Her mother-in-law is really too malicious, cursing her every day, fortunate that Xiaolan has the temperament to endure it."
"Xiaolan truly is a good girl, such a pity."
"This girl has it so hard."
"..."
When Lin Wendong visited other villagers and asked them, he found a different version of the story.
According to her mother-in-law, she was a seductive and bad woman, always hooking up with random men.
But in the eyes of a group of villagers, she was seen as a good daughter-in-law, and they all felt sorry for her.
Lin Wendong didn't say much after hearing this.
He had seen such situations many times.
On the other hand, Chen Lin was still young, and it was her first time witnessing such a situation.
Today's scene refreshed her understanding.
"How can this mother-in-law ostracize her daughter-in-law like this?"
"What a waste of such a good person."
Chen Lin couldn't help but criticize for a bit too, feeling unworthy on the woman's behalf.
"Such things are hard to clarify."
"Alright."
"Let's get back to the real task."
Every family has their own difficult scriptures.
Lin Wendong didn't let them dwell on this topic too much.
Instead, he got them moving.
Solving the case was their top priority.
These family feuds and such were no longer important.
Lin Wendong had visited many villagers and observed many people, but all were dismissed.
"Little Li, check out Zhang Cuilan's social relations, including people she frequently contacts."
"Yes, Chief Lin."
"And Little Chen..."
"What's up, Chief Lin?"
"Register the personnel situation in the village."
"Yes."
After assigning tasks to everyone, they started to get moving.
Lin Wendong then planned to visit Baisa Reservoir again.
So far, they only had the murder weapon left to find.
If they could find the murder weapon, then...they would have more clues to solve the case and possibly find the murderer.
But since last night, when they retrieved the first body, they had been searching near where the bodies were found.
Yet, they had still found nothing.
It wasn't too far from Xia Sha Village to Baisa Reservoir, roughly a half-hour walk, but just a few minutes by car.
Taking advantage of the early daylight, he walked around near the previous retrieval spot to see if there would be any discoveries
...
Everything was packed and ready to go.
Fang Hao picked up his fishing gear, ready to head out again.
He planned to return to Baisa Reservoir to fish.
Originally, he wanted to contact Lin Wendong and Chen Lin directly to tell them where the murder weapon was.
But then he thought it over.
He wasn't there anymore, and...Baisa Reservoir was so large, he definitely couldn't describe it accurately.
Besides, they didn't have the map of clues he did.
So he decided to wait until he got to the reservoir and found the murder weapon before notifying them.
"Okay, everything's ready."
"Let's head out."
Getting ready to head out again.
This time, he was certain he wouldn't catch any nonsensical stuff.
He would definitely catch fish!
And big ones at that.
Before departing, Fang Hao called out to a few of his regular fishing buddies on the fishing group chat, asking if they wanted to join him.
"Fang, you still dare to go fishing today?"
The crowd responded surprisingly.
"And to Baisa Reservoir no less?"
"What's there to be afraid of, just two bodies, what's scary about that?"
"Are you coming or not, Old Zheng?"
"I'm not going anymore, I'm not going, I'm going to rest today," the angler named Old Zheng feared going out today.
"Coward."
Fang Hao contemptuously replied.
Then he continued to look for others.
Old Zheng was just too timid; he hadn't been able to go out yesterday because his wife was keeping tabs on him.
Today, after hearing that he had pulled two bodies from Baisa Reservoir last night, he was even more scared.
"Brother Han, wanna go fishing?"
"How did you know I caught a twenty-plus pound silver carp?"
"???"
I was asking if you wanted to go fishing, not what you had caught.
Damn.
This guy must be here to aggravate me.
Full well knowing I hadn't caught any fish.
Yet he boasts about catching a twenty-plus pound silver carp.
After saying this, the other party even sent a picture of themselves holding the big fish.
Damn jerk.
Forget it.
I won't ask them anymore.
I might as well go fishing on my own.
Fishermen are never faint-hearted.
Fang Hao isn't a coward either; he doesn't believe in ghosts or spirits and isn't afraid of anything.
He's just a fisherman.
Who would pay him any mind?
It's not like he'd be targeted for a robbery or murder, being a broke guy.
Since no one joined him for fishing, Fang Hao went out by himself.
He continued to drive his old beater car towards Baisa Reservoir.
Familiar roads.
He arrived at his destination in no time.
After parking the car, Fang Hao brought his gear to the reservoir.
His gaze swept around the surrounding area, covering the lake's surface.
The reservoir was noticeably quieter today.
There were only a few people fishing.
A stark contrast to yesterday's bustling scene.
However, Fang Hao did see an unexpected figure.
The female angler named Feifei.
She was actually here.
It wasn't dark yet, so Fang Hao could clearly see her features.
Hmm... she actually looked quite nice.
When she noticed Fang Hao, her eyes showed a hint of surprise.
The incident of pulling out the bodies last night made a deep impression on her, so she naturally remembered him.
They nodded at each other as a way of greeting.
After that, Fang Hao got ready... to find a new fishing spot.
This time, he really wanted to do well.
He couldn't go home empty-handed again.
When he reached his destination, he also pulled out his phone, ready to start a live broadcast.
Broadcasting live while fishing.
This kind of life seemed not too bad.
Right.
And then there was the matter of the weapon.
Fang Hao took out his phone and sent messages to Chen Lin and Lin Wendong, telling them he had found something special at the fishing scene and wanted to hand it over to them.
Fang Hao didn't mention it was a weapon.
After all, if he mentioned a weapon, it would be too obvious.
Putting it ambiguously like this, the others would only think it was his good luck coming across something by chance.
"Something special?" Chen Lin muttered.
She couldn't guess what Fang Hao meant.
But her intuition told her that this thing was going to be important.
So she contacted Lin Wendong.
"He told me too. I'm on my way to Baisa Reservoir, about two minutes away. I'll head there first," Lin Wendong said.