Chapter 101 Sister
After staying one night in the guesthouse, Xiao Zhang strongly recommended that they set off for Shuilan Township.
Shuilan Township is close to Li County, and then to Tang City via Li County; the further away, it is only a two-hour drive from the capital of Western Province. Whether they are visiting the surrounding grotto attractions or Li Ao goes to a large hospital in a big city to have his arm checked, it is very convenient.
"Really? I think you just want to have fun." Li Aohu said with a stern face, but he was also a little tempted. Now Tu Lanxun and the other three and a half policemen had completed the formalities and were on short vacation. It would be no bad idea to relax along the way.
Xiao Zhang tilted his head and immediately gave a bad mouth, "Captain Li, I haven't taken a New Year's leave in three years. I've saved up quite a bit. How about…"
Li Ao was speechless. "I haven't taken a break either. I haven't taken a break in ten years..."
So they set out on their journey again, riding the rickety green sleeper train to Shuilan. At Shuilan Station, they decided to buy a ticket and skip the transfer to the capital of Western Province. Instead, they headed to Li County, which was closer to the grottoes and boasted many wild caves. If anything happened to Li Ao's arm, they could reach Tang City in time.
"Oh, Captain Li." While Xiao Zhang and An Feng were buying lunch boxes at the dining car, Tu Lanxun climbed down from the upper bunk and sat on Li Ao's lower bunk, softly mouthing, "How's the situation with Zhu Hong going?"
She hasn't forgotten that Li Ao came to Xi Province initially for Zhu Hong's underground hacker gang.
Li Ao whispered, "He was arrested a long time ago. He told everything during the first round of interrogation. Someone from his family has already come to take him back."
"This time, the male celebrity incident is related to them." Tu Lanxun made a hand gesture of wings ascending to heaven and spoke mysteriously in code: "Meimei's incident is also related to them. Zhuzhu is also in Western Province. It's not a coincidence, right?"
She leaned closer, her eyes gleaming with a nasty shrewdness, "West Province is their other home...?"
"We demolished their homes in Lucheng and Fushi, but it didn't affect the overall operation of the group. Meimei continued to do bad things, which means her superiors are still alive. But Meimei was caught alone and helpless, and finally ate a peanut, which means they are short of manpower. The demolition of their homes in the east has affected things in the west..."
Li Ao's face became increasingly sad as he stared at the train siding, "Why didn't Wenchong take you away..."
It happened that Xiao Zhang and An Feng came back, carrying four boxes of half-warm lunches. The train meals were quite western-style. Tu Lanxun picked up a piece of thinly cut but very tasty beef. A light sound of a packaging bag being torn open came from above his head. It was N squatting on the upper bunk, quietly eating the food he brought from the convenience store.
They were getting closer and closer to Li County. The middle bunk was occupied, and Tu Lanxun and An Feng were isolated on the upper bunk. Listening to the noise coming and going, An Feng spoke very little and occasionally chatted with Tu Lanxun. His presence made N uncomfortable, so N stood up on the upper bunk, pushed himself up with his hands, and ran directly to the top of the train.
Tu Lanxun felt sleepy, staring at the train roof and lost in thought. The sun was shining brightly outside. Would N be blown away by the strong wind on top of the train? Trapped by a distance of 20.22 meters, would he fly diagonally above the train, like a ghostly balloon dancing in the sun?
Thinking of this, Tu Lanxun laughed out loud, attracting An Feng to look over.
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It was a dry, sunny day in Li County, but still cold. An Feng tried several times to help Li Ao but failed, so he could only move forward with his injured arm. Xiao Zhang was responsible for carrying a lot of the luggage, and Tu Lanxun was responsible for the other part. Then he shouted, "Sorry, let me go!"
She thought, finally here.
I wonder if Song Siyu, Teacher Nie’s long-lost sister, who studied at Li County Experimental High School more than ten years ago, is doing well now.
Li County is not a prosperous place, it can barely be considered a tourist transit station, so the benefits of shopping and consumption in a tourist city are not enjoyed. On the contrary, the transportation is very developed. As soon as you exit the train station, you will see many drivers holding signs, and the signs all have the words "XX Grottoes" on them.
"Let's find a place to stay first." Li Ao said.
They found a hotel in a small county town that claimed to be a "six-star" hotel. In fact, it was just an old-fashioned luxury business hotel. The room was very large and the bed was very wide, but the paint on the headboard was patched in red and purple, and the glass shower head in the bathroom was old and gray, but it was still quite clean.
Tu Lanxun paid the bill and booked two nights. She asked the front desk clerk for a phone number list of local travel agencies and car rental companies, and also found out the location of Experimental Middle School.
Li Ao waved his hand and said, "Disband, free movement!"
Xiao Zhang: "Ah, you're not going to treat us to a meal? Consultant Tu is treating us to a hotel stay, so as the team leader, why don't you show some appreciation?"
Li Ao: "You also know that it is Xiao Tu who invited me to stay at the hotel. I will treat Xiao Tu to dinner tonight. You can do whatever you want, oh."
Tu Lanxun came out of the room with her bag on her back and said, "I won't be home tonight. You guys can eat. I have an old classmate who should be in Li County. I want to talk to her."
She repeatedly assured herself that she would be careful about her safety. Li Ao and Xiao Zhang knew that there was more than one ghost around her, but they still asked where she was going.
"Your classmate is a teacher." Xiao Zhang said.
Tu Lanxun couldn't help but think of Liu Maosheng's daughter. He sighed for a moment, said a few words casually and went out.
Li County is not big. You can get to Experimental High School by walking straight along a main road. It is the time for students to rest in the evening. Various aromas waft from the snack stalls at the school gate. Tu Lanxun blends in with the crowd and gets himself a roujiamo with hot and sour noodles. He also sees a stall selling fried sweet potato fries and sweet and plum-flavored fried chicken, so he buys some for N as well.
"It feels like going to school." Tu Lanxun stretched, "I didn't expect I'm already this old."
N stood in the shade of a tree. The fried food in Tu Lanxun's hand disappeared into thin air. He looked over and asked, "Who are you competing with for points?"
Tu Lanxun felt instantly comforted and in a much better mood. She asked N to use a little trick, and the two of them sneaked into the school among the students. Twelve years had passed, and Song Siyu was no longer a student there, but N said, "Just now, when I came out of the train station, I saw that her old house had been demolished and replaced with a new high-rise building."
So they went to look for student files, but still couldn't find anything. Tu Lanxun contacted the computer ghost remotely, and the latter successfully hacked into the file system of Experimental High School. Fortunately, electronic files had become popular twelve years ago, and she quickly found Song Siyu's family information and graduation registration whereabouts.
"She got into a university in the capital. That's great." Tu Lanxun breathed a sigh of relief. "It must be hard for her to stay in Li County now."
The computer ghost girl's search range expanded from Li County to the whole country. Fortunately, Song Siyu had not changed her name. After eliminating countless people with the same name, an online resume was pushed in front of Tu Lanxun based on the graduation school and year.
"Wanqianxingguang Entertainment Film and Television Company?" Tu Lanxun raised an eyebrow. "Agent?"
This is such a big surprise. Song Siyu is now an agent and has a high status in the circle because she has a first-tier traffic star under her.
——Nan Shaochen.
She had been in Tang City some time ago. Tu Lanxun had just missed being in the same city with Song Siyu a few days ago. Because Nan Shaochen's agent was not present on the day of the accident, the police did not summon her for questioning.
What a coincidence.
Tu Lanxun suddenly asked, "Why are we going to look for Song Siyu? Will we run into Teacher Nie?"
N said, "I want to confirm something. I don't know for sure if I'll be able to meet him."
Tu Lanxun disliked this kind of cover-up, especially in an incident in which she was deeply involved. N tactfully continued to explain, "I'm worried that the Heavenly Kingdom Group will cause trouble for her."
"Ah? Don't they know who she is?"
"But Teacher Nie's ghost is still there." N smiled bitterly. "To be honest, I'm just feeling uneasy. I want to see if there's any danger around Song Siyu. Just to make sure she's safe."
Tu Lanxun understood. N's main guilt was towards Teacher Nie. This guy was so strange. He seemed so cold and calculating, yet how could he end up being the one to feel guilty towards this and that?
Then they have to set off for Tang City. Tu Lanxun was still thinking about how to trick Li Ao and Xiao Zhang into changing their route to Tang City. But when he returned, he saw Xiao Zhang and An Feng surrounding Li Ao, whose wound was a little swollen.
"It's all An Feng's fault," Xiao Zhang complained. "He didn't keep an eye on Captain Li. He let Captain Li drink while I was out getting a drink."
An Feng quickly proved his innocence, "Come on, I had already snatched the wine glass away when you came back. He didn't even touch his lips. It was the chili and garlic concoction you ordered. It was full of irritants that poisoned Captain Li!"
Li Ao was extremely tired. He held his arms and tilted his head to one side. "I'm under psychological pressure too. I just closed a big case, and I want to let it out."
Tu Lanxun achieved his goal, but he was not happy. "Okay, let's go to Tang City Hospital for treatment."
It was Officer Cao who came to pick them up from Tang City. This time it was a private trip, and Officer Cao was also in casual clothes. He didn't know Li Ao before, but he and Captain Luo were classmates at the regional police academy, and he also knew several police officers involved in the gun smuggling case. At this moment, seeing Li Ao, who was injured in the line of duty, felt more intimate with him than seeing a close colleague.
"What's going on? Come on, let's go to the hospital. We don't have any welcome drinks, but we do have a CT scan."
Li Ao was taken away by the friendly Officer Cao, who sent Xiao Zhang and the other "children" to play on their own. An Feng said he wanted to catch up on some sleep and work errands at the guesthouse. Xiao Zhang was bored, and Tu Lanxun happened to need her help.
"Last time, that Nan Shaochen, can you come with me to find him?" Tu Lanxun felt that it would be more appropriate to bring someone who could show his ID.
Xiao Zhang was surprised: "You're not starting to chase stars, are you? The last time we met, he was still in a sleeping beauty state. Wow, love at first sight."
Xiao Zhang finally agreed, and Tu Lanxun asked Officer Cao for Nan Shaochen's current address. Unexpectedly, but not difficult to guess, he is now recovering, and is not in that big villa, but in his childhood home.
Agent Song Siyu is often there too.
Officer Cao even joked, "You want an autograph?"
Tu Lanxun was familiar with the route this time. He rented a car and drove over. There were basically no people living in the family building, but it was not a dangerous building. When Tu Lanxun parked his car, he saw two other cars next to it. They were low-key in style and had anti-peep film on them. It was obvious who the owners were.
The unit door was closed, but the lights on the third floor were on in the evening.
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