Empty Boat

Seven years ago, a bloody incident occurred at Plum Kindergarten.

The heartless murderer wielded a knife and hacked to death the seven-year-old girl Zheng Ningning.

Seven years later, Zheng Ningning’s mother Gan Ling tracked down the sole witness to the crime scene, kindergarten teacher Jiang Xiaohui.

“Teacher Xiao Jiang, tell me what the killer looks like.”

“I can’t say.”

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Seven years ago, kindergarten teacher Jiang Xiaohui witnessed her student Zheng Ningning’s tragic death. Zheng Ningning had no father or mother and lived with her grandmother.

Seven years later, Jiang Xiaohui was hounded by a woman who claimed to be Zheng Ningning’s mother.

“You will tell me.” The other woman was utterly resolute.

“I won’t say.”

On the river that separates you and me floats only an empty boat. Will you come to ferry me, or shall I go to ferry you?

Unable to ferry oneself, how can one ferry others?

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