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"Officer Ma?"
I asked in confusion, "What happened to my husband?"
Officer Ma did not answer me but instead asked, "Do you know Wu Jing?"
I nodded, "She is an employee at my husband's company."
Officer Ma's expression grew more serious, "Wu Jing has gone missing. The last trace of her was found at Daluoling Scenic Area. Yesterday, the staff at the scenic area discovered her body, and it is preliminarily judged to be a homicide."
Homicide?!
A wave of nausea surged in my stomach, and my heart raced like a drum.
"Homicide? Who killed her?"
Officer Ma looked around, "Can I come in and take a look?"
I numbly nodded and mechanically led him inside.
He examined the place carefully, but there was nothing in the room.
There were no signs of a struggle and no clues at all.
Officer Ma seemed somewhat disappointed as well.
After seeing Officer Ma off, I felt utterly exhausted.
However, I had more important things to do.
I took out the itinerary and notes I had found earlier, looking at them over and over again.
All the clues pointed to the night of October 25th.
I remembered my husband telling me that he had to work late that night.
He had often used working late as an excuse to drive to unknown places in the evenings.
And I had long since become numb to it.
Or rather, I was avoiding it.
I subconsciously avoided all truths.
But now it seemed that I had to uncover the truth of that night.
I grabbed my bag and took the elevator down to the underground parking lot.
I pulled the storage device from my husband's car's dashcam.
Back home, I connected the storage device to my computer and imported the footage from the evening of October 25th.
As I watched the video, a chilling feeling suddenly washed over me.
It felt as if there were eyes watching me from the darkness.
At six thirty in the evening, my husband drove out of the community.
By seven thirty, he arrived at Daluoling Scenic Area.
This place is remote and has few visitors, but the scenery is nice.
My husband had brought me here to play before; he said the mountains and waters here are beautiful, making it a great place for retirement.
In the video, my husband parked the car and then got out with a shovel.
He looked around for a moment and then walked into the forest.
The video showed no one, but the sounds were keenly capturing everything.
The leaves rustled, and there was the sound of the shovel digging into the ground.
I felt a chill run down my spine.
About an hour later, my husband reappeared in the video.
It seemed like he had disappeared for a whole hour.
But what exactly happened, no one knows.
When he reappeared, his face looked pale under the moonlight, and he seemed eerie.
He got back in the car and turned around to leave the scenic area.
During the time he was missing, I heard a struggle in the mud.
It sounded like someone was crawling painfully in a pit.
Then, I heard a dull thud.
It was the sound of a shovel striking a skull!
I was so frightened that I almost threw my mouse away.
The next moment, I saw a slender, fair-skinned woman's hand stuffing a lipstick into my husband's pocket.
I stared blankly at the screen, my mind completely empty.
At that moment, my phone suddenly rang.
It was a call from Wang Naixin.
"Hello, Xiao Wu Jing, what are you doing?"
I took a deep breath, trying hard to calm myself down. "I'm looking at the itinerary. I want to know where my husband went on the night of October 25."
Wang Naixin's tone sounded a bit unnatural. "Why did you suddenly think to check this?"
I replied lightly, "It's nothing. I just feel that some things should be clarified."
Wang Naixin chuckled awkwardly. "Yeah, some things really need to be clarified... By the way, I was thinking of going to the scenic area outside the city today. Do you want to join me?"
I was about to speak when suddenly a text message came in on my phone.
"Wife, help me, don't call the police, come to Daluoling."
It was a message from my husband!
I felt flustered and didn't know what to do for a moment.
After a brief pause, I made up my mind.
"Okay, I'm on my way."
Wang Naixin seemed surprised: "What's wrong? Who sent you the message?"
I smiled and said, "It's nothing, just some family matters. I need to step out for a bit."
After hanging up the phone, I opened my photo album, which was filled with pictures from my university days.
In the photos, we were youthful and full of energy.
I flipped through them one by one until I stopped at the group photo from our graduation play.
In the picture, my husband was kneeling on one knee, holding a ring in his hand.
"Wu Jing, will you marry me?"
I closed my eyes, and for a moment, it felt like I had returned to my youth.
Moments later, I opened my eyes and dialed Wang Naixin's number.
"Hello, Xiao Wu Jing, what's up?"
I smiled and said, "Come with me for a trip."
The weather was gloomy yet bright.
It felt like a complex riddle.
In front of the car window, a huge LED screen was playing an advertisement for a lipstick brand.
In the shot, a woman had half of her face covered in lipstick, her lips exaggeratedly puckered, laughing wildly as if she were about to swallow all the vehicles on the overpass.
Wang Naixin rolled up the car window, gripping the steering wheel tightly, glancing anxiously at her watch from time to time.
"How long until you arrive?"
"Almost there, don't rush me."
I leaned back wearily in my seat, my clothes disheveled, hair messy, and dark circles under my eyes as thick as a panda's.
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