Shen Wang (GL) · Chat

Archives room. Shen Wang looked at her colleague guarding the door with a smile. "Xiao Li, is there anyone inside?" Li Liao, seeing his idol standing before him, was stunned for a moment before hurriedly shaking his head. "No, no one, Captain Shen." Shen Wang lowered her head to register her information, casually asking, "Are there any cold cases that haven't been opened for a long time?" "Cold cases?" Li Liao perked up, thought for a moment, and then said in surprise, "Captain Shen, are you asking about that massacre from five years ago?" Massacre? Shen Wang's hand paused mid-writing. A bad premonition welled up in her heart. Her eyes darkened as she asked slowly, "Where was it?" "Huainan County in North City. I heard a girl in a small town had her whole family wiped out. It was a gruesome scene, but the killer was never caught. The case is a major headache for North City; several experts have come away defeated." After Li Liao finished, he felt goosebumps, as if someone was watching him. "Alright, I see." Shen Wang handed the pen back to Li Liao and walked into the archives. Pushing open the door, a smell of dust hit her, but Shen Wang remained unaffected. She walked straight to a specific file, her hand trembling as she picked it up. *The Huainan Massacre Case. Victims: 你, Xie Ting, Liao Jialin.* "..." Shen Wang traced your name bit by bit, her heart aching with a wrenching pain. The girl next door who grew up with her had died five years ago? She had just started working then—even her mother and the others hadn't mentioned it to her? So this was the "going abroad" her stepfather told her about? Heh, it seems there were hidden details behind your death back then. Shen Wang closed the file, her lowered hand clenching until the veins bulged. She would go back. Not just for the case, but more for her 你. She would seek justice for 你. She still remembered the night before she left the town years ago. You had found her, telling her how much you'd miss her. The small figure had hugged her tightly, hoping she wouldn't forget you no matter where she went. *Silly girl, how could your sister ever forget you?* Shen Wang held the file tightly to her chest, closing her eyes and imagining you were still there. "Sister." A youthful, ethereal girl's voice echoed in her ear. Enticed, Shen Wang unconsciously opened her eyes to see a girl in a light blue dress standing before her. The girl stepped forward and hugged her. Shen Wang froze in place. "你...?" The girl chuckled, her voice rising at the end as if the shy little girl from the past was acting spoiled again. "Sister, I'll be waiting for you in the town." Shen Wang reached out to grab the girl, but her hand passed through the body and hit the railing, making a loud clang. Hearing the noise from the archives, Li Liao ran in frantically. "Captain Shen, are you alright?!" Shen Wang lowered her gaze. When she looked up again, she had regained her composure. "I'm fine. I just accidentally bumped into something while taking the file." Li Liao let out a sigh of relief. "That's good. Do you have what you need? Let's head out." Shen Wang nodded and left the archives with Li Liao. Meanwhile, the girl who had just appeared before Shen Wang emerged from the darkness, covering her mouth with a laugh. "Sister... "You're still as naive as ever. We'll meet again."