Tender Light Episode 11 Recap
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Nan Ya used to be beautiful and outstanding, and multi-talented, once becoming the focus of attention among her classmates. However, after her mother passed away, the so-called "stepmother" Hu Xiu appeared with her son Hu Lifan, and Nan Ya's life gradually turned dark. Hu Lifan was only slightly older than Nan Ya, and whenever he looked at his stepsister, his eyes were filled with an undeniable lewdness.
Originally, Nan Ya, Lin Fanglu, and others had arranged to watch a meteor shower, but she was harassed by drunk hooligans on the way. Although Hu Lifan appeared in time and took Nan Ya away, he had already prepared to carry out his long-planned evil intentions. In the end, Nan Ya failed to resist and suffered a shameless assault in the woods.
Afterward, Hu Lifan walked away arrogantly, leaving Nan Ya like a walking dead person, struggling to walk towards home. At this moment, Nan Ya's father was humming a tune, Hu Xiu was in a rather good mood, and Hu Lifan was eating noodles next to them. The family of three seemed warm and harmonious. However, Nan Ya walked straight up and smashed the noodle bowl, then turned and rushed into the kitchen to grab a knife.
Seeing this, Nan Ya's father understood instantly. He angrily raised a shovel, but Hu Lifan took it away and started punching and kicking him. To prevent Nan Ya from calling the police, Hu Xiu and her son locked her in the woodshed. And Nan Ya's father, despite knowing his daughter had been violated and he himself had been beaten, still knelt before Hu Xiu to beg for forgiveness.
That night, while Nan Ya was unconscious, Hu Xiu cleaned up the bloodstains and residues for her, completely erasing the evidence of her son's crime. Nan Ya's father could only stand by the door, weeping sadly. The next day, Nan Ya didn't come to school, which aroused everyone's suspicion.
Lin Fanglu went to ask Nan Ya's father about the situation, but Nan Ya's father was reeking of alcohol and ignored him, finally lying that Nan Ya was sick and had taken leave. Meanwhile, Nan Ya was still locked in the room.
Nan Ya's father brought her food and persuaded his daughter not to call the police, because it was a time of harsh crackdowns, and if Hu Lifan was caught, he might face the death penalty, and the family would be torn apart as a result. Nan Ya's father hoped his daughter would marry Hu Lifan after graduation, believing that they had already had a substantive relationship.
If she didn't marry Hu Lifan, he feared no one would marry a woman who had lost her virginity. Listening to her father's words, Nan Ya's heart sank to the bottom. She finally understood why her mother was disappointed in her father, and she also hated being born into such a family. After learning about Nan Ya's experience, Lin Fanglu was both shocked and angry.
Even Lao Chen found it hard to believe that such a small town like Qingshui Town could have so many vicious people. It was precisely because of this that Lin Fanglu drank alone by the bridge, listening to the songs from his alma mater and recalling Nan Ya's dropping out of school.
He hated his weakness and incompetence, for not protecting Nan Ya and not having the courage to take her away from this troubled place, because once he made a wrong choice, it might take years or even decades to pay the price, and he didn't dare to gamble. Early the next morning, Lin Fanglu used the photo taken by Xu Jian to find the restaurant where Xu Yi and Liu Changshui met. But the restaurant had closed down.
The manager revealed that the restaurant used to be a repair shop. Lin Fanglu therefore obtained important information: the repairman Wu Shangui didn't go away, but married and had children in the neighboring Furong Town, where he opened a mahjong hall. Subsequently, Lin Fanglu and Lao Chen personally went to the mahjong hall to investigate.
Through Wu Shangui, they learned that Xu Yi had driven there in the middle of the night five years ago because his car had broken down and he asked Wu Shangui to check it. During that time, Xu Yi's behavior was somewhat strange, and he even prevented Wu Shangui from opening the trunk. According to Wu Shangui's recollection, there was also a woman in the car at that time.
Lin Fanglu and Lao Chen speculated that if this person was Nan Ya, it was highly likely that she and Xu Yi jointly killed Hu Lifan and dumped the body in the suburbs. In order to cover their tracks, the two would need a ticket checker to provide an alibi, which perfectly matched Xu Jian's statement about "hiding an affair. " Lin Fanglu drove along the road to the suburbs and discovered a large lake ahead. His first instinct was that Hu Lifan's body was most likely thrown in here.
