Li Wei followed Lu Jia into the old community.
There are large trees in the community, and red brick houses are nestled in the woods.
Lu Jia glanced at the unit number and house number written on the note. She found a person to ask for advice, and the person gave them directions. Lu Jia and Li Wei said: "It seems that they live in a unit at the back."
It was already dark by this time. Although there were street lights in the community, there was only one far away and the trees were green, so the road was not very clear.
After finally climbing to the third floor, Lu Jia confirmed the address and then asked Li Wei to go up and knock on the door.
Soon someone came to open the door, but saw two strangers outside. The old lady was surprised and said: "Who are you looking for? Are you looking in the wrong place?"
The sound of the TV in the room came out, and Li Wei said: "We are Tian Mengmeng's teacher. Is this Tian Mengmeng's home?"
A teacher from Mengmeng School? The old lady was confused. She had never seen these two people, but she still let them into the house.
There was no communication in advance, but Lu Jia was impressed by Li Wei's adaptability. He thought to himself that this was a good idea, so let's go in first anyway.
"Honey, the teacher from Mengmeng School is here, please bring some water." The old lady greeted the old man who was watching TV on the sofa, and then asked the two of them to sit inside.
Li Wei didn't know much about Tian Mengmeng's situation, so he didn't dare to speak casually for fear of being betrayed. After entering the room, Lu Jia was the one talking.
"Tian Mengmeng hasn't been to school for three days. She didn't ask for leave in advance. You must be her grandparents. Do you know where she went?"
The old lady said: "Didn't Mengmeng say she was going to her grandmother's house to find her mother?"
"Went to grandma's house? Did you send it there in person?" Lu Jia was a little surprised. If that was the case, why did he write such a weird letter
"She went by herself, what's the problem?"
Lu Jia asked again: "Have you beaten her before?"
Naturally, the old lady refused to admit that she had beaten her granddaughter, and quickly changed the subject: "What are the two teachers here for?"
Lu Jia took out the letter. The old lady was illiterate and the old man was presbyopic. Lu Jia asked Li Wei to read the letter to them.
The expressions of the old couple changed drastically: "Who are you?"
Li Wei then said calmly: "It doesn't matter who we are. Now we have to get Mengmeng back together. If the little girl fails to figure out something and regrets it, it will be too late. We have already called the police. Could you tell me where her grandmother’s house is?”
Before the old lady said anything, the old man started to drive people away: "This is our Tian family's business, and you don't need outsiders to interfere."
Lu Jia and Li Wei were kicked out. Li Wei thought this was a bit strange, so she went downstairs with Lu Jia.
"Sister Lu, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. I think it's better to ask the police to come over for questioning. I'm afraid it will be easier for them to identify themselves than for us."
Lu Jia thought for a moment and said, "Don't alert the police yet. Let's first find out where Tian Mengmeng's grandmother's house is and confirm whether she has gone to her grandmother's house."
This makes things more difficult. Fortunately, Tian Mengmeng and her daughter are in the same school, so it is easy to find classmates in Tian Mengmeng's class. After many inquiries, the two finally found the address of Tian Mengmeng's grandmother's house. Then the two of them took a car and walked for about three hours to Tian Mengmeng's maternal home.
When they arrived at an urban-rural fringe area to inquire, Tian Mengmeng never showed up at her grandmother's house.
Tian Mengmeng is indeed missing. Do the old couple of the Tian family know it or not. Li Wei felt uneasy for no reason: "Sister Lu, she has been missing for a week. A little girl in the second grade of junior high school can go nowhere without much money. I'm afraid she can't do it without alerting the police."
Lu Jia thought about it and nodded again and again: "Okay, let's inform the police station."
Li Wei contacted the police station, and the police station sent two policewomen over. Li Wei and the policewomen knocked on Tian's door again.
Lu Jia walked in and said: "We have been to Mengmeng's grandma's house, but her grandma said that Mengmeng has never been there at all. Can we ask the two elders to cooperate with us to find Mengmeng? The little girl has been missing for so long, and she has many nights and dreams. I'm afraid will be in danger.”
Old Man Tian originally wanted to say that he did not want anyone to interfere with the Tian family's affairs, but when he saw the police present, he opened his mouth and did not dare to say anything.
A female police officer said: "Please cooperate with our work."
The old lady's face was full of indifference, as if she didn't care about her granddaughter's safety at all. She said nonchalantly: "If she wasn't at her grandmother's house, she would have been picked up by her mother. Her mother already had a man." That's why I killed my son, because I just wanted to remarry. Now it will be as she wanted." The old lady gritted her teeth as she spoke, full of hatred.
When the two policewomen heard this, they had to pay attention to the amount of information. They quickly asked: "Auntie, can you tell us about the situation here, about your dead son and Mengmeng mother? And cute.”
Li Wei made another request: "Mom, can I go to Mengmeng's room and have a look?" Old Man Tian pointed casually. Li Wei walked into the room.
This house is only about 60 square meters, with a total of two bedrooms. Tian Mengmeng had been living in one room with her parents before.
Li Wei stood at the door and took a look. Although the room was not big, it was quite neat and tidy. There is a pile of books on a small red-painted desk. Mengmeng's schoolbag is still on the table. There is a double bed with well-folded quilts and everything. There are several photos hanging on the wall. The most eye-catching one is the huge photo of a young man in a black frame. Li Wei guessed that this was the posthumous photo of Tian Mengmeng's father
She was stunned for a moment and walked to the desk to look through the cute books. The girl's handwriting on the book was exactly the same as the handwriting on the letter.
Why did you write that letter? Did she really go to see her mother? Then why did she say she wanted to see her father
Finally, she rummaged through the little girl's schoolbag and found a composition book. She flipped through it and found that most of the composition had been written. Behind each composition, there were comments and comments written by the teacher with a red pen.
Li Wei read it carefully. Tian Mengmeng may not have good academic performance, and his composition only has smooth sentences, and does not have much literary talent to express his meaning clearly. There is nothing special about Tian Mengmeng's composition, but the last one is about "My Mother".
Li Wei read it carefully. Tian Mengmeng wrote between the lines that she missed her mother and hated her grandparents. She thought it was her grandparents who drove her away.
Li Wei realized that this composition would become an important message, so she took the composition copy and walked out.
(End of chapter)