"Even though he’s called Da Lei, it’s just because his birth month is the first month of the year, making him older than his peers. His parents divorced, his mother went out for work, and his father found soone else to live with. With a stepmother cos a stepfather, so his als are not very good, he’s skinny and small, not even as tall as ."
Little Taotie put a cross on "Da Lei".
The pen moved to the words "Xiao Shan", and asked: "How about Xiao Shan, is he big and strong?"
"Xiao Shan is very tall, the tallest among peers in the village. His birth month is later, which is why he’s called Xiao Shan, but he’s big and strong like a big mountain."
Little Taotie put a question mark on "Xiao Shan".
She imdiately asked: "The figure you saw, are you sure it wasn’t Xiao Shan, as big and strong? Maybe he just changed clothes, which is why you didn’t recognize him."
"It’s not Xiao Shan. Xiao Shan is tall and strong, but he has flaws. Since he started farm work at a young age, his back isn’t straight, he’s always hunched, and Xiao Shan’s arms are long, but the person who pushed had short arms and a straight back."
Little Taotie put a cross on the question mark over "Xiao Shan".
The pen moved to the words "Village Belle".
Logically, the Village Belle should be excluded first.
After all, she’s a girl and a Village Belle, supposed to be a very beautiful girl, unlikely to be associated with being tall and strong.
But Little Taotie had a vague premonition that this incident might be related to the Village Belle.
Among the network of relationships of those in the know, only the Village Belle has no connection with the big brother.
The inford grandmother wouldn’t harm her grandson; if she wanted to, she wouldn’t raise him. Just a lack of care during infancy would be enough for a baby to die, no need to go to great lengths to raise him.
The inford uncle and aunt’s family, though they despise him, have been raising him. After all, he’s family, and having gotten what they wanted, the big brother agreed to give them whatever they wanted without hesitation. In this situation, no one would think of murder; murder is illegal. With a bit of reverence, one wouldn’t do such a thing.
Sotis reverence is sothing that should exist. If it’s only relying on laws and imprisonnt for restraint, so audacious people won’t care at all.
When one doesn’t believe people will turn into Fierce Ghosts after death, they lose all reverence. When a person has no reverence and is provoked or extrely paranoid, they can commit irreversible acts.
But when believing that people will turn into Fierce Ghosts after death, even with doubts, one holds onto a bit of reverence. When murdering or arson, they’ll weigh their actions, or after murder, nightmares might expose them.
Village people mostly have reverence, so even if they despise this unlucky person, they will raise him and don’t think about killing him when he’s young.
Having reverence, one wouldn’t think about murder for money or desired things.
Da Lei is pitiful, pitiful people feel for pitiful people. Regarding big brother’s luck, there might be feelings of envy and jealousy, but not to the extent of murder, killing soone with a similarly tumultuous fate seems to signal a lifeti of being stuck, Da Lei wouldn’t harm the big brother.
Xiao Shan is big and strong, if he wanted to harm others, he could do it himself without hiring soone and wasting money, so he too is excluded.
When all possibilities are excluded, the final answer, no matter how unbelievable, is the truth.
Little Taotie circled the words "Village Belle" and asked: "Does the Village Belle have a boyfriend, or a tall and strong admirer?"
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