Chapter 25 Chapter 25 The Second Drawing
Seeing this kind of remarks, the audience on the public screen was stunned.
[What do you mean by going home without food or water? Your daughter has been away from home for three days, and you are waiting for her to go home when she is hungry, cold, and thirsty? ]
[Now, I know why your daughter ran away from home. ]
[Auntie, you should call the police. This anchor is very accurate in fortune-telling. Something really happened to your daughter.]
[Damn, I feel suffocated even when I am surfing the Internet.]
[What do you know? I know my daughter best. She will come back to beg me sooner or later!]
【I sympathize with your daughter.】
[Mom, it’s so hard to raise children nowadays. ]
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Pei Qing frowned and took another look at the drawing.
Heavy rain, a person covered from head to toe in a black raincoat, and a large blue suitcase with suspected red blood stains next to it.
But it hasn’t rained in City A recently.
Pei Qing sent the draft drawing to the parent and ignored the private message he received.
She took a casual look and saw that the words were not nice, just a bunch of questioning words.
Pei Qing modified the announcement in the upper right corner of the live broadcast room.
[Paid work, quality depends on the weather, no refunds, please place orders carefully. 】
Everyone on the public screen burst into laughter.
【Understand. 】
【The host has a good temper. 】
【6666】
[Why did I ask you to return the money? It doesn't make sense. You've already eaten the food and you want to vomit it out.]
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After Pei Qing finished editing the announcement, it was already half past nine, so she went offline.
Under pressure from Li Muxu, she didn't dare to stay up late. In case she couldn't get up in the morning, the aunt at home would call Li Muxu, so she had to go to bed early and get up early.
Early to bed and early to rise makes you healthy!
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The next morning, Pei Qing woke up at eight o'clock.
Just woke up, she lay on the bed with sleepy eyes, rubbed her eyes, looked at her mobile phone, found that it was still early, and lay in bed for a while. It was not until half past eight that she got up to wash.
After washing up, she went downstairs to find something to eat.
The aunt at home was cleaning the kitchen and was a little surprised to see Pei Qing appear outside the kitchen.
Pei Qing walked up to her and asked, "Aunt Chen, is there anything to eat?"
Aunt Chen smiled and said, "We have wontons, noodles, fried dumplings, and steamed buns. If you want rice rolls, we can make them now. Or do you want to eat something else?"
Pei Qing had just woken up and had no appetite.
"Two slices of toast will do. I'm not very hungry."
Aunt Chen took out the toast and microwaved it for a few seconds.
Pei Qing doesn’t like eating hard toast. With a “ding” in the microwave, the toast will become soft, and Pei Qing likes that texture.
After the microwave dinged, Pei Qing took the toast and left the kitchen.
Aunt Chen followed behind and asked, "Xiao Pei, what do you want to eat for lunch?"
Pei Qing: "I'm not going to eat at home at noon, Aunt Chen, you should take a rest."
Aunt Chen asked one more question: "Isn't Xiao An eating at home?"
Pei Qing: "Yes, I have something to do today. When he wakes up, I will grab him and go out with me."
She took the toast, ate a few bites and went upstairs.
Pei Qing found Xu Qianyu's photo and looked at it carefully.
She was wearing a school uniform with the school logo on the upper left corner of her jacket.
Pei Qing read out: "Anqing No. 1 Middle School."
Students from No. 1 Middle School, a key high school, should have very good grades.
I am eighteen years old this year and should be in the third year of high school.
Pei Qing enlarged the photo again and searched carefully on the school uniform.
This kind of stereotyped school uniform is so uniform that you can't tell whose name it is when they are taken off. Usually people's names are written on the uniform, some write on the inside, and some write on the outside.
Pei Qing searched for it and enlarged the collar. There were a few words written on the collar, but they were not clear.
She had no choice but to give up and turn to the school forum.
It is August now, and some grades may have already started school.
If a student goes missing for three days, there will definitely be some discussion among other students.
Either discuss it in the group or discuss it on the forum.
Pei Qing can’t enter the group, so let’s look for him in Tieba first.
Anqing No.1 Middle School's Post Bar——
Here it is, found it.
Pei Qing clicked on it.
She opened it and saw a bunch of posts crying and wailing.
[Why is school starting already?]
[I don’t want school to start. Can I call the Education Bureau to report it? ]
[Which good school starts in August? ]
【I don’t want to go to school. I want to go out and play. 】
[The air conditioning in Mader School is like a moron. It's freezing in the back and hot in the middle.]
[School starts, and we have to check homework. School starts, and we have to take exams. Is this how people live? ]
【Report Report Report Report Report】
[Wake up, if you report tutoring in high school, the Education Bureau will ignore you. ]
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Pei Qing smiled. It was normal for a group of kids not to want to go to school.
But has the senior year of high school started now?
Then how did Xu Qianyu disappear?
She searched Xu Qianyu's name on the forum, but of course found nothing.
She thought back to her high school life and realized that she usually wouldn't mention people's names in forums, but would just use nicknames.
But what would be Xu Qianyu's nickname?
Pei Qing couldn't think of it.
She is not Xu Qianyu's classmate.
Pei Qing had no choice but to go fishing, so she posted a message.
Given Xu Qianyu’s parents’ temper, they would definitely go to the school if their daughter went missing, and might even scold the teacher.
Try asking first.
[By the way, does anyone know who the woman who caused trouble at school a few days ago was? I heard that a student is missing. ]
Soon, there was a reply to this post.
[You don’t know? It’s Xu Xueba’s mother. ]
[By the way, have you contacted Sister Xu? ]
[Damn, is something really wrong with her? ]
[No way, she probably just doesn't want to go to school and is hiding somewhere.]
[I didn’t get in touch…]
[I haven’t been able to contact you either…]
[I too, damn, nothing has really happened, right? It’s normal for her to not want to care about her mother, but it’s not right for her not to reply to our messages. ]
[If I had a mother who controlled me from head to toe, I would also want to destroy the world every day. ]
[It wasn't the first time she ran away from home. She didn't reply to our messages before. Maybe she was afraid that the teacher would secretly follow her.]
[But before, she would reply every other day at most, but now it’s been three days! Haven’t the police found her yet? ]
[Did you watch the news a few days ago? She wasn't kidnapped, was she? Didn't the teacher tell us in the group chat to be careful and to go to and from school in groups, and it would be best if parents could pick us up.]
【I will send another message to ask. 】
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Pei Qing successfully fished.
Quite a lot of people know Xu Qianyu.
She sorted out the existing information.
He is a top student with good grades and a good personality, otherwise so many people wouldn't care about him.
Her mother is really annoying, and all her classmates know it.
I ran away from home more than once.
So she ran away from home on her own. What happened along the way?
Pei Qing opened the drawing and looked at it again.
Heavy rain, people in raincoats, and a large suitcase.
Pei Qing couldn't help but worry.
When she first painted Sun Xiuxiu, Sun Xiuxiu had not been killed. She was killed later.
So what exactly happened in this drawing?
She couldn't even tell who the person in the raincoat was.
And this large suitcase is big enough for a petite woman.
I'm in trouble.
Pei Qing scratched his hair.
She searched the school forum using "Xu Xueba" and "Xu Jie" and found several photos of Xu Qianyu.
Much more relaxed than the photos her mother sent.
Some of the photos are candid shots.
[Look at me, Sister Xu, with my hands in my pockets. I dare to ask who is my opponent. ]
[My sister's bangs are really unique. ]
[The top student is both beautiful and smart, so can you please let me copy the homework? It's time to save my life. The sports meet is going on. The teacher said that she will check the homework when she goes back tonight. Please help me, please help me, she must have written it! ]
【I'll ask for you.】
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Pei Qing searched again and found similar conversations.
A lot of people liked the photo.
At least on the forum, no one expressed dislike for Xu Qianyu.
She opened the photo and looked at it. There was a watermark on it.
[2323, Qianyu is awesome]
What is this? These students are so energetic.
But how many classes are there in the senior year of Anqing No. 1 Middle School?
Pei Qing searched everywhere and even found a public announcement of the school's final exam results on a forum.
Xu Qianyu, Class 23, Senior 2…
Overall ranking: first in the class and ninth in the grade.
Wow, a true academic master!
Pei Qing read it again and again and saved the announcement.
This was last year’s announcement, so Xu Qianyu should be in Class 3 (23) this year.
The problem is back to square one.
Xu Qianyu should have run away from home on her own, but the question is, what happened to her after she ran away from home?
This is the urban area, not the remote area of Hongmen which is full of historical problems.
Who will she meet?
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At eleven o'clock in the morning, Xu An finally came down from upstairs.
As soon as he went downstairs, he saw Pei Qing bringing out a cup of coffee from the kitchen.
Pei Qing handed him the coffee.
"Latte, warm, 50% sugar, drink it quickly and leave after finishing it."
Xu An finished the drink in one gulp and asked, "Where are we going?"
Pei Qing: "Didn't you ask if there was anything unusual yesterday? Now it's time to go. There's a snack street outside the school. Let's go there and see if there's anything delicious."
Xu An was pushed out the door.
Pei Qing drove Xu An to Anqing No. 1 Middle School.
Fortunately, it was only the senior year that started, so although the traffic was a bit congested, it was not to the point where we couldn’t drive.
On the way, Xu An had already finished looking at the drawing that Pei Qing had drawn last night and listened to Pei Qing talk about Xu Qianyu's situation.
Pei Qing asked him: "Do you think the person wearing the raincoat is a man or a woman?"
Xu An looked at it again and again.
"Like men, men and women stand differently."
Pei Qing: "You can tell even with a raincoat on?"
Xu An: "This is just a preliminary guess, but it's not guaranteed to be true."
Pei Qing found a roadside parking spot.
It's just after school, so there shouldn't be any traffic police to issue tickets.
She and Xu An got out of the car.
The streets were filled with students in school uniforms, making a lot of noise.
Pei Qing: "I saw them on the forum this morning saying they were going to report the school for illegal tutoring."
Xu An gloated: "It's so miserable. A good summer vacation is condensed into just one month."
The two found a small restaurant to eat. All the diners were students. Pei Qing and Xu An arrived not too late, so there were still empty seats.
As soon as the two sat down, two more students rushed towards the table.
Seeing that they couldn't snatch the ball from the two adults, the two children looked worried.
One of them boldly asked: "Hello, can we share a table?"
Xu An nodded: "Okay, sit down."
The two children smiled, sat down happily, and helped ask the store owner for a pot of hot water.
"Sister, do you iron the dishes?"
Pei Qing took it with a smile: "Thank you."
Really high spirits.
The two students are outgoing and enthusiastically introduce Pei Qing and Xu Anli’s signature dishes.
“Spicy chicken, spicy chicken is so delicious!”
"And the three fresh vegetables are also good."
Pei Qing interrupted: "Do you guys come here often to eat?"
"Yes, yes. This place is close to the school and the food is served quickly. Many of our classmates come here to eat."
Pei Qing asked again: "Aren't you going home at noon?"
"Oh, why bother going back home and coming back?"
Xu An looked at their school uniform pockets, which were a little droopy, and asked curiously, "Your school doesn't allow you to bring cell phones."
When the two students were asked this out of the blue, they quickly put their hands into their pockets.
Pei Qing laughed: "Don't panic, he just asked casually, he is not your teacher."
One of the students felt embarrassed and stretched out his hand again.
"I'm used to being caught by the dean. In theory, our school doesn't allow cell phones, but almost everyone does. Just don't go too far and let the head teacher and dean see it. It'll be fine."
Pei Qing: "Are there no parents who are particularly strict and don't buy mobile phones for their children?"
"Yes, but second-hand phones are cheap now, you can buy one for three or four hundred yuan. If you really want one, just buy one secretly and don't get caught."
"This situation is very common, everyone has it, and it's inconvenient to chat if there is any."
"Sometimes the school will check mobile phones very strictly, and they will check secretly during breaks. In short, when the inspection is strict, be careful and don't bring your phone with you. You can bring your phone with you when the inspection is less strict."
The two students also told school gossip.
"There was a time when the school went crazy checking cell phones, like a psychopath."
"No, there was a very crazy parent, the mother of the top student in Class 23. She rushed into the school with the top student's cell phone and said that a male classmate seduced her daughter and affected her daughter's progress..."
"I remember that man was slapped in the face."
"I heard that too. It seems that the parents of both sides started fighting in the office, and the teacher couldn't stop them."
"Then the school started checking cell phones like crazy, probably because they were afraid that another parent would start a fight in the teacher's office."
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Pei Qing was startled when he heard about Class 23. He waited until they finished talking before asking, "Is the top student in Class 23 you're talking about Xu Qianyu?"
"Hey, sister, you know Xu Qianyu."
Pei Qing: “I’ve heard of it.”
The two students began to discuss again.
"Then did you know that Xu Qianyu ran away from home again?"
“The police came several times.”
"I feel like their class teacher's hair is turning gray with worry."
"It's because Xu Qianyu has good grades. If it was someone with poor grades, the school would have been unable to tolerate it long ago."
"I remember Xu Qianyu took a year off from school before. Is she going to take another year off?"
Pei Qing: "She even dropped out of school?"
One of the students was not so sure: "I heard from others that some people are jealous and say that Xu Qianyu's grades are good because she has studied before."
"I'm just not good enough. Even if I study ten times, I won't be able to get the top few in my grade. They are just jealous."
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