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"Hello, what do you want to buy?" the woman asked repeatedly in Mandarin with a smile.
"Xiaoyu?" Qin Jinhuan saw something was wrong with Mu Yu, and instinctively hugged her and asked, while glancing at the woman warily.
Mu Yu pushed him away, took a step forward, looked at the woman and asked tentatively: "Hello, are you Ms. Gong Lilan?"
The woman's face suddenly changed when she heard the name. She stared at Mu Yu for a while before answering, "Who are you?"
"I am Doudou's cousin. Do you remember Doudou? Her family used to live across the street from yours, and her mother was my aunt. I used to go to my aunt's house during holidays and met you, and you even gave me fruit to eat. But It’s been so many years, I guess you don’t remember me anymore, right?”
"Are you Doudou's cousin?" Gong Lilan obviously couldn't remember such a person, but seeing that she spoke in a formal manner, and seeing that she and Qin Jinhuan were well-dressed, although he was suspicious, he still politely greeted them to come in. He sat in the supermarket and took two bottles of drinks from the shelf and handed them to them.
"No wonder the little sister looked familiar to me just now. She turned out to be Duoduo. When I went to my aunt's house as a guest, Duoduo always liked to play with Doudou. At that time, she was only so tall. I didn't expect that she is so tall now. !" Mu Yu said while gesturing with her hands, "I am the same age as Doudou, and I remember she is five years younger than us."
"Yes, she is five years younger than Doudou, and is sixteen this year." Speaking of her daughter, Gong Lilan's face lit up with a loving smile.
"Duoduo is so beautiful now and so tall. If she has the opportunity to be a model or stewardess in the future, she will definitely have a bright future."
These words made Gong Lilan's face slightly unhappy: "I don't expect a girl to have much future. I just hope she can grow up safely and happily, get married and have children, and live a smooth life."
"Auntie, your thoughts are very similar to my mother's. When I took the college entrance examination, my mother strongly urged me to choose a university closer to home. Now that I am about to graduate from college, she wants me to stay in the university instead of working in a big city. I work in my hometown and say that they are still young and can still help me and even protect me. Why do you think I need their protection as an adult?"
"But you are still a girl. Girls are easily bullied and deceived when they go out. Your parents ask you this out of concern and love for you." When he said this, Gong Lilan glanced at Qin Jinhuan.
Mu Yu smiled with understanding: "I also know that my parents are doing my best, but I always feel that they are a bit too worried. There are indeed many bad people in the world, but there are always many good people! Besides, I have read ten After several years of studying, I still have a basic sense of self-prevention. Hey, Auntie, is Duoduo in high school now?”
"She will be a sophomore in high school in September. She started studying early."
"Has she decided which school she will attend next year in her senior year of high school?"
"I only want to be an actor or a model, and I am clamoring to go to the Imperial Capital to attend an art school. I also vowed to establish myself in the Imperial Capital in the future." Gong Lilan said with a hint of helplessness and deep worry in her tone, "Emperoral Dragon Snake It’s mixed, how can you live peacefully in a small city?”
"Everyone has their own dreams, and so does Duoduo." Mu Yu expressed understanding, and then her voice changed again, "Auntie, does Duoduo's father support Duoduo's idea?"
She pretended not to know that Zhao Yongli was dead.
"He? He doesn't support it either. He has the same idea as me." Gong Lilan's tone was obviously slow when he said this.
"Oh. Duoduo should still be in the rebellious stage now, and may be more insistent on her own ideas. You will have to communicate with her well then."
"Thank you for the reminder. Are you coming to Qingyun Mountain for a trip?" Gong Lilan glanced again
Qin Jinhuan.
"No, we went to Yangcheng and passed by here. When it was time to eat, we just found a place to eat." Mu Yu responded vaguely, and then asked, "Auntie, didn't your family open a shop in Huacheng before? When did you move here? Has a store opened in a small town far away?”
"Business in Huacheng is not easy, and competition is small in such a small place."
"Oh. Eh? Is Uncle Zhao at home? I haven't seen him in many years."
"We divorced a long time ago and we are no longer together."
"Ah? Divorced? How could you get divorced?"
"If we can't get along, we'll leave. Do you want to get something to eat on the road?"
"No, no, thank you, auntie. Auntie, after your family moved, I asked my aunt about Duoduo's whereabouts, but my aunt said that you lost contact with your previous neighbors after you moved. Auntie, even if you and Uncle Zhao are separated If you want to get married, there’s no need to break up with all the neighbors, right?”
Gong Lilan laughed: "I was afraid that the neighbors would be upset if they asked about the divorce, so I didn't contact her again."
"Auntie, do you have any relatives in Qingyun Town?"
"No."
"Then why do you think of bringing Duoduo to live so far away from Huacheng?"
"Big cities are indeed prosperous and lively, but I prefer the simplicity and tranquility of small places. In contrast, I prefer the freedom and relaxation of small places."
"But it's so remote here, and the various hardware conditions are definitely not good, which is not conducive to Duoduo's learning and growth."
Gong Lilan smiled: "It's a bit out of the way here, but it's not as bad as you said. Duoduo's academic performance here is no worse than in the city. I still have some things to pack, so you can take whatever you want. ”
"Hey!" Mu Yu called to Gong Lilan who was about to walk into the supermarket, "Auntie, my aunt and Doudou have always missed you and Duoduo. Can you give me your contact information?"
Gong Lilan hesitated, but still took a piece of paper and wrote a number to Mu Yu.
At this moment, Huang Bo came over to call for dinner. After getting the mobile phone number, Mu Yu said goodbye to Gong Lilan and went to the restaurant next door.
As soon as he sat down at the restaurant, Qin Jinhuan couldn't help but express a series of doubts to Mu Yu.
After the restaurant owner and his wife walked away, Mu Yu softly explained his doubts.
It turned out that she had seen Gong Lilan's photos and carefully reviewed Rong Jian's investigation of Zhao Yongli and Gong Lilan.
"There are not many people named Gong, and 'Princess' looks about the same age as Duoduo. In addition, Gong Lilan has a red spot under her left cheek, so when I see her appearance, I think of 'Princess' and Yingzi said," If the princess was a foreigner, I would have guessed that she was Gong Lilan. As for the Doudou next door to her, it was because when Rong Jian told me about her neighbor, she mentioned Doudou in passing when she was a child. She was very easy to make people laugh, so everyone called her Doudou, and she also said she was the same age as me, so I remembered it. As for Doudou’s cousin, Gong Lilan gave me fruit, and that was all my fault. Nonsense.”
Qin Jinhuan suddenly laughed: "Doudou, Duoduo, these two nicknames are really special."
"Actually, I don't remember the name of Zhao Yongli's daughter." Mu Yu said as he took out the record book to check, "But I remember very clearly why his daughter's nickname is Duoduo. Because Zhao Yongli is particularly patriarchal, He has disliked this daughter since he was a child and always looked forward to having a son. He gave his daughter the nickname Duoduo, which means superfluous person. It is because of his thoughts that Gong Lilan is very afraid of having a son and is afraid that his daughter will be wronged if he has a son. ”
At this point, she asked him somewhat depressedly, "I can't get anything out of this by beating around the bush. Do you think we should reveal our identities and open the door?"
Ask her something straightforward? "
"She cut off contact with everyone and hid in this remote town just to hide or forget a past. In this case, no matter how hard you try, she will definitely not tell you the real reason. By the way, there is one thing. I wonder if you pay attention?"
"what's up?"
"The phone number she gave you was fake."
"Ah?!" Mu Yu immediately took out the note that had been tucked into the record book, "Impossible! There was a phone number written on the awning in front of her store, I saw it! It's the same as this one!"
"There is a different number in the middle," Qin Jinhuan pointed to the fifth number, "Here is six, she wrote nine."
"Yeah?"
Seeing that Mu Yu didn't believe it, Qin Jinhuan glanced at Bian Zijun. Bian Zijun understood and immediately walked out. He pretended to get something in the car and glanced at the awning of the supermarket next door, then quickly walked in.
"The number written on the awning is indeed six. Also, young lady, the supermarket next door has closed."
"Close the door? Lunch break?" Mu Yu was a little surprised.
"I don't think it's lunch break," Qin Jinhuan said. "Gong Lilan should have been on lunch break when Duoduo was looking at the store. When Yingzi asked Duoduo to leave, Duoduo went to the lower room and came out in less than three seconds. Then Gong Lilan Lan came out of the inner room. When she came out, her bangs were still wet and there were a few water stains on her chest, indicating that she had washed her face before Duoduo went in, and she would still come out to check the store even if Duoduo didn't call her. "
After listening to Yan, Mu Yu thought for a while, loudly called the restaurant proprietress over, took out two hundred yuan and asked her to help buy some biscuits and instant noodles.
"I just went to the supermarket next door and forgot to buy it. We were in a hurry after dinner. Thank you for your hard work."
"Oh, it's okay." The proprietress spoke nice Yangcheng dialect, took the money and quickly went to the supermarket next door.
After a while, she came back empty-handed, with an apology on her face: "Sorry, the supermarket next door is closed. This is the only supermarket in town. It seems you have to go to Yangcheng to buy some."
Mu Yu deliberately complained: "Why do you close the door in broad daylight? How can anyone do this kind of business?"
"Maybe the boss lady is not feeling well. Normally she never closes the door during the day. I'm really sorry." After returning the money to her, the boss lady went about her business.
"It seems that our appearance touched her very much." Mu Yu sighed, "I always feel that her avoidance must be related to the stories behind these four serial murders. It's a pity that she won't tell us anything! Even if If you reveal some clues to us, we won’t be as clueless as we are now.”
"If she doesn't say it, maybe someone will." Qin Jinhuan said this abruptly, and then called Bian Zijun over to whisper.
"Ah Huan, do you have any good ideas?" Mu Yu leaned over curiously, but at this time Bian Zijun had turned around and left, and she didn't hear anything.
"Let's talk after dinner."
"But… "
"Let's talk after dinner."
Mu Yu immediately rolled her eyes at him, but still listened to his words and ate obediently.
She finished the bowl of rice in a few seconds, and then stared at Qin Jinhuan eagerly.
Qin Jinhuan, however, seemed unhurried and ate slowly as usual. This made Mu Yu anxious. He gently pulled at the corner of his clothes several times, but all he got was a nonchalant "Wait a minute."
Finally, after he finished eating and sat for a while, Bian Zijun's call came. After he answered the call, he immediately took her hand and walked out.
"Where to go? What to do?"
"You'll know when we get there."