Miao Chenli was taken back to the provincial office to receive condolences from the director; Zhong Yongbao was replaced by the police, and the police comrades helped him take care of the empty-nest elderly; Chen Min, who was far away in Changyan, also received a call, and colleagues from Wangjiang asked enthusiastically, When will they return.
There are always cops patrolling around Superman's place, and you might run into one as soon as you go out.
Chu Yu sat at the dining table, not even in the mood to eat lunch.
Xia Yihan was lost, and there was no news at all. Now she really became a sinner who deliberately helped the murderer escape, and jumped into the Yellow River to wash away.
Several subordinates wanted to comfort her, but they didn't know where to start. After all, mentioning such a bad thing would only make it worse.
The embarrassed Chu Yu still paid attention to the movements of the provincial department. According to Gu Miao, the current work of the provincial department is to cooperate with Changyan City to search for the whereabouts of the Huaihua Phantom. The focus is to protect the five victims. After carving a circle of locust flowers, the next round is ready to cut the weeds and remove the roots.
However, the provincial department did not investigate the series of unsolved cases, probably because the most urgent task is to find the Phantom of Sophora japonica, stabilize the hearts of the people, and stop all kinds of rumors and rumors.
Chu Yu knew in his mind. In the past, when the Superman Division was in charge of the command, it was to combine the Huaihua project and the series of unsolved cases for investigation and advance them simultaneously. Although the mysteries were more and more rolling, Chu Yu believed that when enough fragments were collected, the chaos would be destroyed. It is messy, but as long as they find the most crucial arrangement hints, they can piece together the fragments and finally form a whole picture to generate the truth.
She was looking for that hint now, the key hint.
For the provincial department, ending the investigation of the phantom of Huaihua is actually not complicated. The evidence of Xiao Huaihua's murder and injury is complete. As long as she is arrested and brought to justice, it will be considered a success.
Only one thing was missing—motivation.
Why does the little locust flower carve the locust flower? Why should the victim help shield the criminal? What is the relationship between Xiao Huaihua and the victim
These Chu Yu must find out, if the series of unsolved cases cannot be found, then she will not allow the Huaihua project to close.
After all, she ate lunch. Chu Yu was like a walking corpse, and she put the food in her mouth, but it tasted the same, and she could no longer eat it. She was accumulating energy for the afternoon activities, so that she would not have enough energy to fight the police.
Now for the Superman Department, especially for Chu Yu, the situation is tense, and if you can, you should stay still, and strive for a chance to "confess and forgive", and the punishment may be lighter in the future.
But Chu Yu was uneasy, and he belonged to the typical "no tears without seeing the coffin" type. Both his right and left arms were chopped off, and he continued to jump around.
From Gu Miao, she learned the address of Mu Shangqing's former neighbor and planned to visit in person.
Chu Yu and Song Qingyang seized the opportunity and slipped out from the ground floor, avoiding the surveillance area.
The two also dressed up in disguise, wearing masks and elderly hats. Fortunately, it was winter, so they could be swollen and cover up.
In the taxi, Chu Yu couldn't help but sighed, how could he be so mixed up? It's not as good as Xia Yihan, who would cringe when he went out.
The two went straight to Hua Xie Ting to visit an old grandmother named Cai Shuying. At that time, Gu Miao said that she had met Mu Shangqing and Xia Yihan six or seven years ago, and Chu Yu was very interested. Ask again.
Cai Shuying is a veteran-level resident of Huaxie Ting. She was born in Huaxie Ting and grew up in Huaxie Ting. Even after the demolition, she still comes back often, and she can't leave this small broken place.
Gu Miao asked Cai Shuying about words, but the notes were not complete, because Mrs. Cai herself was not clear in articulation, and had a strong local accent. Gu Miao heard it in the fog at the time, and didn't know that after the transcript was handed in, Chu Yu couldn't understand it.
According to the address, Chu Yu went to the second floor of the street shop. At first, Mrs. Cai would come back every three to five to see, but then she simply moved back and lived opposite the original block.
Chu Yu called her in advance. She knew that there were guests visiting, so as soon as she knocked on the door, the door opened. Mrs. Cai stood behind the door and invited them to come in and sit. She was in good spirits and smiled. Shiny, and the wrinkles at the corners of the mouth look kind.
Because I heard about Mu Shangqing's past, I knew that Huaxieting was a "backland" and the quality of the residents was generally low. Mu Shangqing's neighbors always scolded him and his mother as mentally ill, so Chu Yu told the residents of Huaxieting, although he did not Hate it, but don't like it either.
But now that she saw Mrs. Cai, Chu Yu was in a better mood. She made them two cups of wolfberry water. She was afraid that it would not suit the taste of young people, so she added rock sugar to the water.
Chu Yu stood in front of the yellow wooden window and looked at the buildings outside. After Huaxie Ting was demolished, it was re-planned, the roads were paved and widened, the greening improved, and businessmen of all sizes came in and opened tea houses, clothing stores, KTV really has the atmosphere of a modern city. Unlike before, the atmosphere of the urban-rural junction is strong, and it can't be shaken.
Mrs. Cai stood by the window with her, talking about the development history of Hua Xie Ting. She is old now, lives alone, and is often nostalgic, and no one listens to her.
Now there are often comrades from the government who want to know the situation, and Mrs. Cai is also willing to share and dig out the old past. She does not express it fluently. It may be that she is born with a bad tongue and stutters, but Chu Yu is patient enough. , No matter what she said, she listened attentively.
Song Qingyang finished drinking a cup of wolfberry rock candy. She had nothing to do, and was a little bored. She was used to speaking Mandarin, and Mrs. Cai spoke a rustic dialect that she didn't understand very well. , almost fell asleep on the sofa.
But fortunately, Chu Yu persevered, and when she encountered something she didn't understand, she repeated it and guided Mrs. Cai to explain until she understood.
After two or three hours, Chu Yu finally figured out Madam Cai's logic and could act as her Mandarin translator.
The two chatted from the window to the sofa, and then from the sofa to the kitchen. Mrs. Cai kept them for dinner, and Chu Yu helped her peel the beans. The brain and hands were completely separated. logic.
Mrs. Cai used to live in Mu Shangqing's house on the street. She was not familiar with Zhou Lan, but she made clothes with her. She liked Mu Shangqing very much. Stuffed with homemade rice cakes.
Mrs. Cai used to work in Huaxie Ting small restaurant. The boss was her distant relative. She was like a friendly help and earned some living expenses by the way.
Zhou Lanxin and Mu Shangqing had hardly ever eaten in the restaurant. Mrs. Cai knew that his family was poor. Even in the living standard of Hua Xie Ting's low enough state subsidies, his family was still outstanding. and features.
When Mrs. Cai was throwing away the garbage, she saw Mu Shangqing being bullied. Those children, who were not much older than him, and some were not taller than him, dared to spit on him. He looks good, has good grades, and has Polite, it should be likable, but because he doesn't fit in with other children, he doesn't like to be wild with other children, he doesn't swear or fight, so he becomes an outlier and the object of bullying.
It stands to reason that other parents should follow Mu Shangqing as an example. When teaching their own cubs, they would say "Look at other people's Shangqing, learn well, be polite, and look at you again, just like growing up from a garbage heap".
But they didn't, because Zhou Lan wanted to live frugally, and sent Mu Shangqing to the city's primary and secondary schools to enjoy the best educational resources, so adults had grudges in their hearts, everyone must be poor together, and they must be mourned together, what do you do? Also enjoy something different, the start is different from ours
Therefore, no matter how good and good Mu Shangqing is, in the eyes of adults, it means that the school teaches well and the teachers take good care of them. If they send their children to primary and secondary schools in the city, the children will be equally good, but they do not have the energy and I have a hard time living with spare money, how can I take care of my children, and I can't support it when I'm full!
The children bullied Mu Shangqing, and the adults knew what they knew, but they didn't say anything, and they felt a little relieved. If you have the ability to go to a good school, then if you have the ability to move directly to the city, don't be neighbors with our group of poor ghosts, you can't look up and look down, and you're upset when you see it.
Later, when Mu Shangqing was 12 or 3 years old, he would resist. Those children who bullied him were beaten by him and became incontinent. They ran all the way home and cried.
The adults were not happy, and there were many discussions:
-I usually look at Sven's child, how can he be so frantic when he beats people, when other children beat him, it's just a joke, he returns, how can he beat people to death!
- He used to pretend to be quiet and sensible, but now he can't stand it anymore, his nature is exposed, just like his mother, maybe he is like his dad, what does his dad do, shouldn't he be a murderer, Fear of crime absconded!
- I look like a mental illness, how can a normal person bully people like this, it must be a mental problem, and they can't tell right from wrong!
Later, the adults and the children reached a consensus that Mu Shangqing had mental problems, and the children made up a jingle. At that time, everyone said: "Langtouqing, mentally ill, beat people to death, start crazy Very nervous, my mother said, stay away, or you will get sick."
However, the children only dared to read behind their backs. If Mu Shangqing was irritated in front of him, he would be crazy again, and they didn't want to be beaten up again.
Thanks to Mu Shangqing, Zhou Lanxin also got the title of "sick". Originally, the neighbors only thought that she was stubborn, gloomy, and did not like to chat. How do you look at her now? Why is it abnormal? hours, take the kids to and from school
How can a normal person look good and still be a widow without a partner
How can a normal person give birth to such a crazy son
So the neighbors in the neighborhood reached a consensus that Zhou Lan was also sick and passed it on to Mu Shangqing. Her mother and son were abandoned by the man because of mental problems!
This time, when the children scolded Mu Shangqing, they brought their mother along with them. With more focus, the jingle became longer and longer.
This situation continued until Mu Shangqing was in high school. The school was too far apart in Dongcheng District and had to live on campus. The peers who bullied him in the past either started working part-time or learned skills, and rarely returned to the school. Family.
In the urban-rural junction, the flow of population is already large. People come and go every year, and there are fewer and fewer familiar faces. Those past events also gradually disappear with the movement of the population.
However, every time Mu Shangqing returned to Hua Xie Ting, he could still see his neighbors, but he never communicated with each other. He had lived for decades, but he couldn't fit in. I don't know if it was sadness or happiness.
Chu Yu took care of the contents of Mrs. Cai's dictation. Whether it was explicit or implied, it was about these meanings, which was quite different from Gu Miao's previous inquiry transcript.
The other three neighbors that Gu Miao asked about were mostly mental issues surrounding Mu Shangqing, emphasizing that they were not familiar with his family, while Mrs. Cai explained the reactions of the neighbors, she did not bother about Mu Shangqing's Mental problems, but other people's attitudes towards his problems.
Compared with the two oral accounts, Chu Yu believed the latter more. Because of the inconvenience of speaking, Mrs. Cai is not good at chewing her tongue, and she has been lonely until she grows old. Chu Yu guessed that she might have other defects, so she is an anomaly who has no children and no daughters. It didn't melt too well either.
She has been working in a restaurant for a long time. People at the dinner table love to talk about the world. If you put the big things on the table, you can talk for an hour. At this time, it is the gathering time for gossip and discussion. Mrs. Cai is here. I must have heard a lot about the work of serving dishes back and forth.
In the end, it is also what Chu Yu cares about the most. Madam Cai has never bullied Mu Shangqing, nor has she talked about his family. This allows her to look at people and things neutrally from an outsider's point of view, and come to a more A close-to-truth evaluation.
In the evening, at the dinner table, Chu Yu had a good understanding of the background information. She found that Mrs. Cai couldn't say any new information, so she turned passive to active, and asked questions to dig out information in a targeted manner.
"Grandma Cai, Aunt Zhou, when did she die?"
Mrs. Cai was stunned for a while. She could remember her previous experiences and feelings, but it was really difficult to recall the specific time.
"About... more than 20 years ago, I haven't seen her for a long time. When she died, none of the funerals her baby gave her were invited, otherwise I'd go and give her a gift."
Chu Yu: "Then where is she buried?"
"It should be buried at the head of the earth dam behind her house. There is a locust tree there. It's also good. When the weather is hot, it can provide shade for her and help her keep out the rain. Unfortunately, the tree was pushed during the demolition. All that's left."
Chu Yu's breath stagnated: "Are there many locust trees...?"
"Not many, just one," Mrs. Cai gestured, "but that locust tree... is really beautiful. Every summer, the flowers fall, and it looks beautiful. The ground is covered with snow, just like... snow. "