Gone with the Wind 微暗之火 Episode 12

The police quickly focused on the wild lake and launched a search, but the search process was not smooth due to low underwater visibility. Just when everyone felt that there was little hope, the salvage workers suddenly discovered a tightly wrapped corpse. Judging from the degree of decomposition of the corpse, it did not look like it had been dead for five years, until they saw Liu Changshui's name written on the witness document.

Soon the salvage team pulled another body out of the lake. After forensic identification, it was confirmed that the two corpses were Hu Lifan, who disappeared five years ago, and Liu Changshui, who absconded with money six months ago. Because Hu Lifan's body was soaked in water for a long time, the forensic doctor was unable to determine the specific time of his death. Preliminary speculation is that it was at least more than five years.

Judging from the condition of their skulls, both of them suffered heavy blows. But Liu Changshui died of suffocation, while Hu Lifan suffered a comminuted skull fracture, which may have been caused by brain injury or other reasons. Since his organs had been destroyed, no firm conclusion could be made. Forensic doctors found that the two crimes were very similar based on the modus operandi, so they speculated that they were probably committed by the same person.

Although Lin Fanglu suspects Xu Yi is the main suspect, no direct evidence has been found yet. The forensic doctor said that even if a DNA test was performed, it would need to be sent to a provincial institution, and revealed that Liu Changshui was hit hard without any defense, and there was no sign of a struggle between the two, while Hu Lifan lost the conditions for comparison.
Then Lin Fanglu came to Nanya again and showed her two photos of the scene where the body was dumped. As expected, Nanya's mood swings were obvious, and she finally told the fact that she had been violated by Hu Lifan. Since Nan's father died, Hu Xiu and her son tried to control Nanya, forcing her to drop out of school and humiliating her in public.

But Nanya was dismissive of Hu Xiu's mother and son, and even warned Hu Lifan to pee and look in the mirror, and to be mentally prepared if he wanted to marry her, because every night he might be killed by her. As soon as he finished saying this, Hu Lifan, prompted by Hu Xiu's eyes, rushed forward to drag Nanya back to the room. Fortunately, Chen Ling came in time to protect Nanya and took her away from Hu Xiu's house.

At this time, Nanya could only feel the warmth in the Chen family. The whole family expressed concern and comfort and regarded her as a relative, which moved her deeply. From then on, Nanya worked in a factory and planned to save money to go to college. This was her only hope to escape Qingshui Town.

In the spring of 1994, Nanya and Chen Ling had grown up, and Chen Ling made friends with her boyfriend Xu Yi, and introduced her to Nanya without hesitation. The three of them often go shopping, eat or go to dance clubs together. In the process of getting along, Xu Yi gradually fell in love with the beautiful Nanya. Sometimes when he kissed Chen Ling, he was thinking of Nanya. Even when he sent her back to the dormitory, he would look at her reluctantly for a long time.

Until one day, Xu Yi mustered up the courage to express his feelings to Nanya with flowers in his hands, but was ruthlessly rejected by Nanya. Nanya couldn't accept Xu Yi's betrayal of Chen Ling, let alone be the third party to destroy other people's feelings, so she let Xu Yi leave. The next second, Hu Lifan came out of the corner and mocked Nanya for being so frivolous. No matter how much she pretended to be innocent, she was still the woman he had slept with.

For a period of time after that, Xu Yi was obsessed with Nanya, and Nanya was alienated from Xu Yi in various ways. Anyone with a discerning eye could see the strangeness, but Chen Ling didn't take it seriously at all. Hu Lifan had nothing to do every day, and when he was short of money, he would come to Nanya to ask for money, and he would do it again and again, making Nanya miserable.

Soon Chen Ling revealed to Nanya that she was planning to get married. Nanya reminded Chen Ling to think carefully and not to be fooled by the surface, but Chen Ling didn't listen at all. Hu Lifan informed Nanya to go home for dinner tonight, but Nanya refused to be slapped, which caused discussions among colleagues in the factory. Chen Ling and Xu Yi hurriedly came to the rescue, and Hu Lifan had to leave angrily.

On this day, Xu Yi came to Nanya again, wanting to invite her to a movie, and hoped that she would make a decision after watching the movie. That night, Xu Yi drove to Nanya's residence without waiting to come to Nanya, and accidentally bumped into Hu Lifan violently assaulting Nanya. Hu Lifan had long been resentful towards Xu Yi and kicked him to the ground and beat him violently. When Xu Yi saw Nanya injured, he pushed his face into the fire in anger and even raised a shovel and hit him hard on the head.