The Introvert is Becoming the Police Station's Beloved!

Chapter 425: Chapter 425: The Indifferent Jiajia’s Mother

Lin Xiaoyan had no choice but to say goodbye to Jiajia’s mother.

Just as they stepped out of the yard, the three of them heard Jiajia’s mother talking to Aunt Zhou.

"Aunt Zhou, in the future, when you go out, don’t bring strangers home casually. What if they’re bad people?"

Lin Xiaoyan and the others exchanged glances upon hearing this.

Nan Xi walked over to Lin Xiaoyan and asked, "Did you find something?"

Lin Xiaoyan slowly walked outside Jiajia’s home’s yard, right where the tucked-away monstera was.

However, the wall blocked the view, making it impossible to see inside.

Nonetheless... even through the wall, she could clearly smell that foul, fishy odor.

Lin Xiaoyan pointed to the wall, "That python should be hiding here."

Nan Xi and Xiao Bo both came over to look at the wall.

Nan Xi: "In the yard?"

Lin Xiaoyan nodded and looked upwards.

Nan Xi and Xiao Bo followed Lin Xiaoyan’s gaze upwards.

In sight were towering buildings.

The only connection from the rooftop to the ground was a pipe.

Xiao Bo walked to that pipe, touched it, and felt a bit of slime.

Very little, but indeed found it on the pipe.

Xiao Bo sniffed it, detecting a fishy odor.

He stretched out his hand disdainfully, asking Nan Xi for a tissue.

"Sister Nan, help."

Xiao Bo used to not fear snakes, but ever since he saw a dense swarm of snakes, he developed severe psychological aftereffects.

Nan Xi pulled out a tissue and handed it to him.

Xiao Bo wiped his hand vigorously, "There’s slime on that pipe, so the snake must have crawled down along it."

"Why are there snakes in the community?" Xiao Bo looked up at the residential building.

Lin Xiaoyan: "Artificially bred."

In the scene she had just "seen," the python had swallowed Jiajia, then when night fell, it crawled back to its own home.

It stayed at home for about a week.

A week later, it seemed to have digested the food in its belly or perhaps felt the sensation of being full.

During one feeding session by its owner, it swallowed its owner.

This time, due to the owner’s disappearance, someone reported it to the police, who broke in and found the python not yet fully digested.

Later, people found two human skeletons inside the python’s stomach—one belonged to the python’s owner and the other to Jiajia.

Lin Xiaoyan couldn’t understand the mindset of someone who kept such a large python.

Wasn’t it scary or disgusting?

Lin Xiaoyan relayed the "scene" she had seen to Nan Xi, who immediately made a phone call to a contact.

"That little girl’s mother was somewhat difficult to deal with. Otherwise, we could have searched her yard right then and found that snake..." Xiao Bo whispered.

Lin Xiaoyan: "People are very cautious nowadays, especially families with young children. There are too many bad people, having a sense of vigilance is good."

Xiao Bo thought about it and agreed. Society is complicated, with too many bad people pretending to be good while doing evil deeds.

Lin Xiaoyan looked back at the little girl’s yard, then followed Xiao Bo home.

After Lin Xiaoyan and the others left, Jiajia’s mother watched the surveillance footage with a cold expression.

"Don’t ever bring people home in the future. What if those people are bad?"

Aunt Zhou stood aside and apologized softly, "Yes, ma’am, I didn’t consider things thoroughly, I won’t bring people back again."

Jiajia’s mother snorted coldly and stood up, "I will call Teacher Jiajia soon. She won’t go to school for the next few days until her knee is better."

"Yes, ma’am."

"Where’s Jiajia?"

Aunt Zhou glanced at Jiajia in the yard, "She’s playing in the yard."

Jiajia’s mother turned to look at her daughter and walked over.

"Jiajia..."

Jiajia heard her mother’s voice and turned, smiling sweetly, "Mom."

"Hey, sweetie, does your knee still hurt?" Jiajia’s mother asked gently.

Jiajia obediently shook her head, "It doesn’t hurt anymore."

"Okay, if it doesn’t hurt, that’s good. You play here with Auntie for a while, mommy is going upstairs to paint, and once I’m done, I’ll take you out to play, okay?"

Upon hearing that her mom would take her out to play, Jiajia became very excited.

"Okay, then mom, go paint quickly, and we’ll go out and play..."

"Alright, mommy will finish quickly. Wait for mommy, okay?"

"Mm."

Jiajia continued playing with her toys while her mother stood up, looked at the door, and made sure it was tightly closed before heading upstairs to continue her work.

Before working, she walked to the window and looked down at the yard to see her daughter playing obediently with Auntie. She opened the window and called out.

"Auntie, once the sun comes out, don’t play in the yard."

Aunt Zhou quickly replied, "Yes, ma’am."

After giving instructions, Jiajia’s mother felt at ease and returned to work.

"Jiajia, would you like some water? How about Auntie pours you a drink?"

Aunt Zhou asked softly.

Jiajia nodded, "Okay, thank you, Aunt Zhou."

Aunt Zhou lovingly stroked Jiajia’s head, "You’re welcome; Auntie will go get you some water."

Aunt Zhou left to fetch water from inside.

Jiajia played alone in the yard.

In the corner, behind a patch of monstera, a golden python was coiled up.

It quietly extended its head, flicking its tongue, with its eyes fixed intently on the child playing in the yard, her back to it.

It stretched out its neck, slowly inching forward.

"Jiajia, come have some water."

The sound came, and the python immediately retracted its head.

Jiajia drank half a cup of water from Aunt Zhou’s hand.

"Wow, Jiajia, you’re amazing, drinking so much!"

Aunt Zhou praised her.

She placed the cup aside and continued playing games with Jiajia.

"Ssss..."

"This is Huihui, this is Mao Mao..."

"Ssss..."

"This is Ricky..."

Jiajia introduced her toy dogs to Aunt Zhou as she held them.

Aunt Zhou looked around curiously, wondering why she could hear a "ssss" sound.

She stood up to check for plumbing leaks or any issues in the yard.

After inspecting, she found no problems.

"Aunt Zhou, I’m hungry."

Suddenly, Jiajia lifted her head and looked at Aunt Zhou.

Upon hearing Jiajia was hungry, Aunt Zhou walked over, "Jiajia, you’re hungry. How about Auntie makes you some cookies?"

"I want to eat strawberry cake." Jiajia stood up and said loudly.

Aunt Zhou thought for a moment; there were strawberries bought yesterday, "Okay, Auntie will make you a strawberry cake."

"Jiajia, why don’t you come inside with Auntie, and we’ll make the strawberry cake together?"

"Okay."

The two went inside, and Aunt Zhou took out the ingredients to start making the cake.

"Hahaha, I want to mix the batter..."

"Oh, dear little ancestor, your clothes are all dirty. Auntie will put an apron on you..."

"Okay, I want to make a cake!"

"Alright, alright..."

Children’s interests come and go quickly.

Soon, Jiajia lost interest in making the cake.

She ran off to play alone in the living room.