Chapter Seventy-Five: All previous efforts are wasted
Hearing Liu Haoyu’s words, the woman became enraged.
As if her true nature had been exposed, she cursed and said:
“How did I wrong her!”
“I raised her with hardship, how much effort did I put in?!”
“What right do you have as an outsider to point fingers?”
“…”
The woman, having lost her composure, acted like a shrew, which made even Su Luoluo and the firefighter unable to watch.
When the firefighter stopped her, the woman pointed directly at Liu Haoyu’s nose and scolded:
“You were on the rooftop just now, weren’t you? Did you cause my Luoluo to jump?”
Hearing the woman’s words, Su Luoluo’s eyes grew dimmer.
The effect of the Qingxin Mantra and Liu Haoyu’s painstaking persuasion seemed to have all been in vain.
“Mom…”
“Don’t call me Mom! I don’t have a child like you, hurry home!”
The woman glared at Liu Haoyu with a fierce tone and then quickly left the rooftop.
The firefighter stood frozen on the spot.
At this moment, he seemed so powerless and helpless.
“Brother, you didn’t really intend to jump just now, did you?”
The firefighter, who understood human relationships better, had surely seen through Liu Haoyu’s true intentions.
In response, the latter merely nodded faintly, offered a cigarette, and said:
“Yes… but from the current situation, it seems things aren’t as simple as I thought.”
As the saying goes, if the roots are rotten, any effort is futile.
The hope that Liu Haoyu had painstakingly built for the young girl was completely destroyed by her cruel and ruthless family environment.
It wouldn’t be so easy to try the same trick again next time.
“Sorry, I don’t smoke.”
This firefighter was a few years younger than Liu Haoyu, and being a firefighter, he didn’t have the habit of smoking.
Seeing that the other party didn’t take it, Liu Haoyu put the cigarette back into the pack.
“The me you see, the me you see…”
Just as he was about to leave, a vigorous mobile phone ringtone sounded.
Liu Haoyu stopped, picked up his phone, and saw an unfamiliar phone number displayed.
“Hello?”
“Little Liu? It’s me.”
Hearing the familiar voice, Liu Haoyu paused.
“Officer Wang?”
“Yes, we’ve made significant progress with the Red Gate clues!”
“After the reinforcements from other precincts arrived, we began a carpet search with almost no blind spots.”
“Intelligence indicates that its current location is in the school district housing in the old city district of Jiangliu City.”
“The Special Task Force now has twenty-eight people, and we are preparing to seal off that area.”
“But the Red Gate is very powerful, so this matter requires your help.”
Officer Wang Wenqi spoke rapidly on the phone, and his tone revealed his joy and excitement.
After searching for so long, they had finally found a lead, and with so many people plus Liu Haoyu, facing the severely injured Red Gate was almost a sure thing.
“School district housing…”
Liu Haoyu looked at the Soul Seeking Talisman in his hand, and then thought of the unknown young girl just now. He seemed to have a bad premonition.
“Officer Wang, help me investigate this girl’s information. Add me on WeChat, and I’ll send you the photo later.”
“Ah?”
Officer Wang Wenqi was a bit confused by Liu Haoyu’s sudden request to find someone, but he readily agreed.
“Okay, but you better not be up to anything illegal, finding people for you is an exception.”
“It’s not a crime, it’s to save a life.”
Liu Haoyu took the video recorder from his chest, extracted a few screenshots, and sent them to Wang Wenqi.
The efficiency on the other end was very fast, and soon Liu Haoyu received the clues back from Wang Wenqi.
His phone displayed:
“Name: Su Luoluo.”
“Age: 15”
“Parents:…”
“Residence: 5th Floor, Building 3, Unit 4, School District Housing, Dongwan Road Primary School.”
The previous information could all be skipped; the key was the last part, the residence.
Liu Haoyu’s face darkened completely as he looked at the address.
Officer Wang Wenqi on the other end was also quite surprised.
“I remember I didn’t tell you which school district housing it was just now?”
“Little Liu, the person you’re looking for… what a coincidence.”
“Does she have any background?”
Facing Wang Wenqi’s question, Liu Haoyu replied with a solemn expression.
“A girl who might do something drastic at any moment.”
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“You’ve completely shamed me!”
As soon as she returned home, the woman threw Su Luoluo’s schoolbag onto the sofa.
Her demeanor was as usual, excited and condescending.
“Your wings have grown stronger as you’ve gotten older, haven’t they?”
“Your homeroom teacher just told me yesterday, so don’t think I don’t know that you’ve been daydreaming and zoning out in class lately!”
“Do you think you’re worthy of the money I spent to send you to school?”
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Under her scolding, the young girl was degraded and made to feel worthless.
Desperate, she clenched her fists but could not resist.
Remembering the words of the unknown uncle, Su Luoluo said in a weak voice:
“I… I have depression, I don’t want to go to school anymore.”
The woman, who was already furious, burst into laughter upon hearing Su Luoluo’s words.
“What do you mean depression? You don’t want to go to school, so you don’t want to go to school. Do you think I can be fooled by such an excuse?”
“…”
The young girl fell silent. She had already expected this outcome.
Therefore, she didn’t want to continue speaking, but silently endured the woman’s scolding and reprimands.
The scolding continued for an unknown amount of time, and perhaps the woman got tired.
She pointed at the clock.
“Look at the mess you’ve made? Look at the time! Go do your homework quickly!”
The young girl left the living room speechless and returned to her room.
As soon as she entered, the woman’s voice came from outside.
“Don’t lock the door, I’ll come in to check later.”
But it seemed Su Luoluo didn’t hear this voice, and she locked the door.
For some reason, she looked at the door in front of her as if it were stained with blood.
This door seemed like a gate to hell.
But… hadn’t she always been in hell…
The young girl made a very difficult decision.
Even if the future might be beautiful, with her current situation, would she be able to wait for the future?
She slowly walked to the balcony.
The bustling world on the other side of the Cangling River seemed so distant to the young girl.
Behind her was the dim room, and the oppressive and suffocating feeling made her unable to breathe.
She climbed over the railing, looked at the darkness below, which was like an abyss, and slowly closed her eyes.
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When Liu Haoyu arrived at the school district housing, he found a large crowd of police officers surrounding the area.
Officer Wang Wenqi was among them.
The police officer looked regretful, and Liu Haoyu’s heart sank. He immediately asked:
“What happened here?”
Officer Wang Wenqi sighed when he saw Liu Haoyu.
“Five minutes ago, the central station received a call, and we happened to be at the scene.”
“As a result, the girl saw us arrive and immediately jumped.”
“She didn’t even give us a chance to save her.”
