At 10:30 p.m. on April 30, 3021, Sun Ming got off work, Jiang Chengyan hadn't come back, and only Ling Huaan and Ma Xiaohan were left in the store.
"Mr. Ling, let me out. I will keep calm and actively cooperate with your investigation. I am looking for my daughter, she is waiting for me to rescue her." Lin Fanglu's voice came from the bell.
Ling Huaan said lightly, "You are a ghost with resentment, and the resentment is growing every day, so I can't let you out."
"Mr. Ling, we signed a contract, but what did you do? You stayed at home or in the store all day. When did you help me investigate? My daughter is only five years old, she is only five years old, I've been missing for more than ten days without any news, if there is an emergency... you don't help me, and you're still trapped here, how can you be so hard-hearted!"
"Your case is under investigation, and there are no clues yet, no matter how urgent it is." Ling Hua settled down and said, "The contract we signed is a two-way binding, if I didn't help you, my fate would be worse than yours. Don't worry, I cherish my life very much."
"Then what about my daughter? You let me out. I'm going to find Miaomiao. Our contract ends here. I'd rather give up the chance of reincarnation and find my daughter."
Before Ling Huaan could reply, a siren sounded from the opposite side. He frowned slightly, walked to the door of the store, pushed the door open, and walked out. Hearing the sound of the siren fade away, he walked back to the store again, picked up his mobile phone and dialed Jiang Chengyan.
"Hey, Hua An, there's a murder case in Hemei Community. I'm going to appear on the scene. I'm afraid it will be all night tonight. Don't worry."
"Hemei Community? Who died?"
"I don't know, we just left the police station and haven't arrived at the scene yet."
"I see, I'll wait for you to come back." Ling Huaan hung up the phone and walked to the location of the recycling counter.
Suddenly, the door of the store was pushed open, and a bell sounded from the door. Ma Xiaohan quickly acted as Ling Hua'an's eyes and said, "Uncle, someone is here, but he is wearing a hat and mask. I can't see him clearly."
The footsteps sounded, and the person walked straight to the shelf, took a box of braised beef noodles, and a ham sausage, and then came to the cashier to check out.
As the man approached, Ling Huaan keenly smelled a faint smell of blood, as well as a dispensable resentment entwined around him.
Putting the item on the cashier, the man said aloud, "Checkout."
At the prompt of Ma Xiaohan, Ling Huaan successfully scanned the code, and then a mechanical female voice sounded, "Eight yuan."
The man took ten yuan from his pocket and handed it to Ling Huaan.
Seeing this, Ma Xiaoxiao quickly reminded: "Uncle, he is giving you money, you raise your hand to the height of your chest."
Ling Huaan didn't move, the man shook the money in front of him and said, "Boss, can't you see?"
Hearing that the voice should be a middle-aged woman, Ling Huaan smiled and said, "Yes, I am blind. If it is convenient for you, you should scan the QR code."
"I didn't bring my mobile phone, it's ten yuan, don't look for it." The woman put ten yuan on the cashier, looked around, and said, "Can I eat noodles here?"
"Yes." Ling Huaan pointed to the location of the water dispenser, then pointed to the window, and said, "There is hot water over there, and there are tables and chairs over there."
Seeing Ling Huaan fumbling to put away the money on the cashier counter, the woman walked towards the water dispenser with instant noodles, tore open the package, and put away the seasonings. She seemed to be receiving hot water, but her eyes kept peeping at Ling Huaan.
"Uncle, she has been peeking at you." Ma Xiaohan whispered a small report.
Ling Huaan took out two coins from the cash register, held them in his hands, and said, "Is there more water in the bucket?"
"There's still half a bucket." After receiving the water, the woman went to the window and sat down.
Listening to the movement over there, Ling Huaan turned out of the cash register, groped towards the woman, and walked to the table. Seeing that he was about to hit the corner of the table, Ma Xiaohan hurriedly reminded: "Uncle, stop, if you go further, you will bump into it. "
Ling Huaan touched forward, touched the table, put the two coins in his hand on the table, and said, "This is change, please keep it."
The woman kept looking at Ling Huaan and said, "Aren't you afraid that I won't give you enough money?"
"Isn't it just eight dollars, I believe no one will rely on this money."
The woman opened the noodle bucket, stirred it with a fork, and said, "You think people are too good. Don't say eight yuan, even a dime, and people will blame you. You are always alone in this store. ?"
Ling Huaan sat down fumblingly and said, "No, my shop works three shifts, and I'm on the night shift."
After the woman ate the noodles, she didn't care that Ling Huaan sat across from her and said, "Are you the owner of this shop?"
"Isn't it like?" Ling Huaan smiled.
"You can't see, so aren't you afraid they lie to you?"
"There is surveillance at the cashier, and the things on the bright side are the most deterrent." The woman subconsciously glanced at the place where the surveillance probe was, and said, "Even if there is surveillance, you can't watch the surveillance video, how do you know them Did I lie to you?"
"You can listen. I can hear how much they charge. Just do the math to know if they lied to me."
"If a person really wants to deceive you, there are thousands of ways, even a wise person can deceive, let alone you." The woman's words seemed to mean something.
"I have opened a shop for several years, and I have indeed encountered scammers, but I still feel that there are many good people. For a long time, my account will be more than a few dozen yuan every day, only when I am on duty. Later, I let people watch the surveillance video and found that an old customer gave me 100 yuan every time he wanted a bucket of instant noodles, but he always told me that it was 10 yuan. I understood that he was seeing me blind and secretly helping me I."
"And then what?"
"Later we talked about it, and then we became a couple. Now we are very happy, so as long as we treat people with kindness, there will always be rewards."
The woman glanced at Ling Huaan, lowered her head and concentrated on eating the noodles, and said nothing.
"Sorry, I told you some things, you eat slowly, I'll go to work first."
Seeing Ling Huaan stand up, the woman finished her last bite and said, "Mr. Ling, sit down and let's talk."
Ling Huaan was startled, and then asked, "How do you know my surname is Ling? Are you a regular customer in the store?"
"Not only do I know your surname Ling, I also know that you are the boyfriend of the captain of the criminal investigation team."
Ling Huaan sat back on the chair and said, "Not many people know about this, how did you know?"
The woman took out a handful from her waist, put it on the table with a 'dang', and said, "Mr. Ling, please put everything on the table on the table."
Ma Xiaohan said nervously, "Uncle, she has a gun."
Ling Huaan looked in the direction of the woman and said lightly, "I have a grudge with you? What do you mean?"
"Mr. Ling, if you want Lin Miaomiao to come back safely, I hope you can cooperate." The woman's tone was obviously fearless.
Ling Huaan was startled, and then said, "Are you Ma Hongmei?"
Ma Hongmei smiled and said, "Mr. Ling, you are really smart. Don't worry, as long as you cooperate, I will not hurt you."
Ling Huaan took out the phone from his pocket and put it on the table.
Seeing Ling Hua'an stop, Ma Hongmei continued, "Mr. Ling, I made it very clear that it's all about you."
Ling Huaan was silent for a while, then took out the bell and paper charms from his pocket, put them on the table, and said, "This is what I have on me."
Ma Hongmei put everything on the table into a bag, threw it to the corner, returned to her seat, and said, "Don't be nervous, Mr. Ling, although I killed someone, I will not hurt you, you and the captain of the criminal investigation team. They are all good people."
Ling Huaan asked calmly, "What is the purpose of you coming to me specifically?"
"I want Mr. Ling to listen to my story, and finally ask Mr. Ling to do me a favor."
"If I don't do anything illegal, I may not be able to help you." Ling Huaan decisively refused.
"Although I met Mr. Ling for the first time, I haven't been staring at you for a day or two. I understand Mr. Ling's personality, so Mr. Ling can rest assured that what I asked Mr. Ling to help with is definitely not illegal."
"Why should I help you?"
"Because Lin Miaomiao is in my hands, Mr. Ling is a good person, so he shouldn't watch such an innocent child die." Ma Hongmei was sure that Ling Huaan would definitely help her.
"Tell me about it. As for whether to help or not, I'll think about it."
Ma Hongmei smiled and said, "Mr. Ling, you should be wondering why I killed Lin Fanglu."
"Because of your daughter Ma Qiuping."
Ma Hongmei was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It seems that Team Jiang has found a lot of things. Then did you find out what happened to my daughter back then?"
"No, Team Jiang tried to investigate, but everyone on the TV station kept silent, so the case has not progressed until now." Ling Huaan had no plans to hide it.
"They? They definitely won't say it. The pickled place is rotten from head to toe, from the inside to the outside, and there is a rotten smell everywhere." Ma Hongmei's tone was slowly ridiculed and resentful.
Ling Huaan looked at the resentment entangled in Ma Hongmei's body, which seemed to be stronger than before.
"What happened then?"
Ma Hongmei was silent for a while, and said, "Mr. Ling should already know my background. My father Pingping and I are from the same village. We grew up together and have a deep relationship. I swear that I will marry him in my life, but it's a pity that he My life was short. An accident happened when we were just getting married. I attended the funeral as his wife, and I planned to go with him, but I didn't expect to find out that I was pregnant. Not to mention that I was pregnant before marriage, it's hard to say. , that is, Pingping's father is dead. If I want to give birth to a child, I have to support it myself. If I want to marry, I can only marry those men who are married for a second time. In the eyes of my parents, it is not only shameful, but also loses money. They said that if I If they dare to give birth to a child, they will cut off their relationship with me, but even so, I still gave birth to Pingping."
Although she couldn't see Ma Hongmei's expression clearly, Ling Huaan could still hear the emotion in her words. It had to be said that Ma Hongmei had deep feelings for Ma Dezhu.
"Although my parents are not forgiving, I am their daughter in the end, and they can't let it go. And Dezhu's parents, seeing that I am pregnant with Dezhu's child, treat me as a daughter. Pregnancy, childbirth, confinement, the elderly from both families are by my side, and I don’t feel bitter at all when I look at my delicate and soft daughter lying beside me.”
Ling Huaan listened quietly, without interrupting Ma Hongmei's thoughts.
"But it didn't take long for the good days to come. My father had liver cancer and borrowed money everywhere to treat the disease, but I didn't work because Pingping was too young, and I had no source of income. Because of the loan, Dezhu The relationship between my family and my family became more and more tense, and this situation became more obvious after Dezhu's sister-in-law gave birth to a son. Later, I had to give Pingping to my mother to take him to the county town to find him. A babysitter job. After that, my dad left. The disease was in the advanced stage, and it was really incurable. The money handed over to the hospital was wasted. We all knew it, but it was my dad. Let him die."
Ling Huaan heard Ma Hongmei's unsteady tone and knew that she was sad, so she sighed and said, "Everyone experiences birth, aging, illness and death, so be careful."
Ma Hongmei wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "The cycle of life and death. I didn't understand it before, so I was sad, but now that I understand it, I still feel sad. This is how people feel. No matter how cold-blooded people lose their loved ones, their hearts will hurt. "
Ling Huaan frowned slightly, looked at the resentment on her body again, and became even more puzzled.