Chapter 33 Liang Wei
It was a quiet night, perhaps even a little too quiet.
Tu Lanxun lay in her best princess bed, Tang Weining slept on a small bed on the slide, and N crouched in the ball pool, refusing to move. Everything was completely silent, not even the usual midnight sounds of flushing and coughing in residential buildings.
It was as if something scared him away.
When I woke up early in the morning, the computer ghost sent me a message from Liang Wei. Liang Wei ordered takeout from the Shengjian Zhouzhou shop this morning, and it seemed that she was not planning to go out.
The accounts of 10110101 and Tang Pengan were blocked, probably because their phones were turned off and their whereabouts could not be found.
Tang Weining paid for a rental car, and the two of them and the ghost stopped by for a meal at a nearby breakfast shop. She chose a seat near the door, and when Tang Weining brought a plate of scallion pancakes, she asked for a cup of soy milk and a bag of sugar cakes and put them in the car.
During the meal, Tu Lanxun gave Tang Weining another science education: This time he came to find Liang Wei, mainly to find the things she took away from Xiaoguang's school - something related to Bai Chao. If he found it, he might find Bai Chao's soul.
Tang Weining was alone digesting the fact that Bai Chao's soul had been detained. Tu Lanxun felt that he wanted to commit suicide again, but it didn't matter, that was a story for the future. He would not die before finding Bai Chao.
"The master also told me that as long as I can invite the ghost fetus, I can reunite with Chaochao and Xiaoju's family." Tang Weining said in a low voice: "Are you helping me because you have a dream of pursuing the murderer?"
Tu Lanxun stepped forward and said solemnly, "That's too low-brow. Of course I did it for the money."
Tang Weining was slightly startled, but then he made up his mind and looked over at him with a bright look in his eyes. "I can also give you money. As long as you catch that 10110101 and bring it to me, and also find Chao Chao, I'll give you money for both!"
"OK."
This is the sentence Tu Lanxun has been waiting for.
After finishing their meal and returning to the car, Tang Weining ate a table full of salty breakfast. When he wanted to grab a sugar cake to balance it out, he shouted, "Hey, aren't there five sugar cakes in a bag? Why are there only three left? The soy milk is gone too."
Tu Lanxun looked up at the sky: "You must have remembered it wrongly."
Tang Weining didn't dare to disobey, his face looked strange, and he quickly said: "Oh, I remembered it wrong."
After driving to the Lotus Community, they arrived at Liang Wei's home without any effort. She did not live with her parents. Tu Lanxun glanced at Tang Weining, who went up and knocked on the door.
“Knock, knock, knock.”
The clatter of slippers echoed through the door. The peephole dimmed, but there was no movement. Tang Weining spoke deliberately, "Liang Wei, it's me, I'm the eldest brother."
The door opened a crack, and Liang Wei looked over warily, not at Tang Weining, but behind him. Tu Lanxun said in a friendly manner, "I'm the private detective hired by Mr. Tang. I'm here today to ask you something."
They were finally let in and sat down on the sofa. Liang Wei didn't even bring a glass of water. She stood far away from Tu Lanxun, just separating Tang Weining in between, and kept looking at Tang Weining's arm.
Tang Weining said nothing as he rolled up his sleeves to their highest point, revealing a patch of skin on his shoulder. He turned it around and found it was smooth, bare. Liang Wei breathed a sigh of relief, covered her mouth, and collapsed onto the sofa.
"The main reason I came to see you this time is..."
Tu Lanxun wore a mask and didn't want to talk much. Tang Weining, who was in charge of communication, was interrupted by Liang Wei, "No, brother, listen to me first."
"How much do you know? You didn't go on a business trip or go to Fu City at all. These are all excuses..." Liang Wei picked up a sofa cushion with a horrified look, "There's a problem in our family!"
Tang Weining was stunned for a moment, "That's why you ran back to Micheng."
He seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, "Didn't you take the things from Xiaoguang's school locker? Is it here? Take them out for me!"
Liang Wei thought hard for two seconds, with a trace of confusion on her face. She shook her head and said, "I threw it away."
Tang Weining stood up and growled in a low voice: "Where was it thrown? When was it thrown?"
Liang Wei, however, seemed to be dreaming, her words were incoherent, and she chuckled, "Who cares... Everything is wrong now, it's all over, there's no going back... I'm the only one left..."
"Speak up, where did you throw her?"
Liang Wei's eyes suddenly changed, flickering as she looked at Tang Weining: "A few months ago, I threw that bag into the trash can. I don't even remember which trash can it was. I just found one randomly along the way."
It was probably cleaned up long ago, and it might not even be found at the garbage disposal station. Tang Weining sat back dejectedly, clasping and unclenching his hands, as if he wanted to strangle someone.
Liang Wei panted twice and continued, "However, the next morning, that thing appeared in my house again. It was placed at the head of my bed, next to my pillow. As soon as I opened my eyes, it slid towards my face. Isn't that weird? Hahaha..."
She held up three fingers and said, "I threw it three times, and it didn't work."
Tu Lanxun took over from Tang Weining and asked, "What exactly is it?"
Liang Wei's eyes flashed with fear. This time, without having to recall anything, she answered directly, "It's a white porcelain angel statue, about the height of a mini-bottle of Coke."
Tang Weining came back to life, downloaded the Fei Niao app, opened his Fei Niao space, and found an old post. "Is this it?"
The photo was taken using the A-color filter that was popular ten years ago. The background was a fireplace, which looked unfamiliar, but the layout of the backdoor garden in the far corner looked familiar. It was the Bai family's villa.
"This is it."
Tang Weining was almost in tears. "I bought it the year Chaochao and I got married." He then asked, "Since you didn't throw it away, where is it now?"
"At home in Lucheng, Shangjingfu City." Liang Wei said weakly.
So they came to Mi City in the wrong place?
It was proven on the way that Tang Pengan had very serious problems, while Liang Wei looked like a normal person. Even N didn't say that she had an aura that didn't belong to a living person.
Tang Weining asked the last question: "Why did you take the initiative to ask me when I posted on WeChat Moments before?"
Liang Wei stared at him, then quickly looked away, not wanting to look at his face. "I just want to remind you to stay away from...stay away from Tang Pengan. He's not as good as you think."
"But you seem to already know." Liang Wei smiled bitterly, "Xiao Juhao's death is related to him, and Bai Chao's disappearance... should be the same. Believe it or not, I really have no involvement in this. I'm already drafting the divorce agreement."
Tu Lanxun was curious: "Then will you return to Lucheng?"
"Not going back." Liang Wei shook his head. "I plan to find a job in Mi City. It was wrong of me to hide the matter from Big Brother before."
She lowered her eyes. "Just think of me as a selfish mother back then."
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Tu Lanxun and his group left the Lotus Community without any gain. The only thing they knew was that the white porcelain angel statue carrying Bai Chao's soul was still far away in Tang Pengan's home.
"Should we remind Liang Wei to be more careful? Peng An might come over." Tang Weining was packing his luggage and still thinking about this.
"No need." Tu Lanxun met the other person's gaze with a half-smile, "Because she, like you, is hiding something."
Tang Weining flinched and didn't respond. They put on their bags, went downstairs, and hailed a taxi. Tang Weining pulled out some cash and said, "Drive to the new train station, the faster the better."
The next high-speed train would depart in half an hour. After rushing into the station, there were still thirteen minutes left. Tu Lanxun went straight to the Micheng Specialty Store and bought two gift boxes of glutinous rice snacks made with fermented rice wine. The red boxes and red silk ropes looked very festive. They almost rushed to check their tickets and get on the platform.
There is no other way. The key is time difference. As long as we can get back to Lucheng before Tang Pengan reacts, we will win.
"What if he doesn't have Chaochao at home? What if he brings Chaochao out?" Tang Weining was very anxious.
Tu Lanxun didn't care, "Then just block him directly."
Three hours later, they arrived in Lucheng and headed straight for Shangjingfu City. The door of Tang Pengan's house was easily opened, and a cold breath blew in.
The house was decorated in a doctor's style, with items neatly arranged and mainly in plain colors. Tang Weining saw Tu Lanxun looking at the air next to him, so he looked over and then quickly looked away.
"Is there?" she asked with her eyes.
"He was taken away." N said with interest.
He stretched out his long legs and stood in front of a bookshelf where the angel statue had once been placed.
"There are two ghostly smells here." N turned around. "Both are very faint, both because they are isolated in shells. The only difference is that one was forced into the statue, and the other took the initiative to possess a real person."
Tu Lanxun made a rather simple but rigorous plan. All she had to do was wait, but while waiting, she issued tasks to the two generals of the convenience store.
—— Regarding the computer ghost: Search the computer system of Lucheng Second Hospital, especially the medical waste disposal records and the anesthetic (,) drug in and out files. Combined with the doctor's attendance search, try to find evidence that Tang Pengan or Liang Wei illegally removed aborted fetuses and stole anesthetic (,) drugs.
Melatonin is not enough to make Bai Xiaoju sleep until he can't wake up, but anesthesia, especially gas anesthetics, can.
Bai Xiaoju once said that he felt like "his father hugged him" in his dream.
——For N, it's much simpler. Just see Tang Pengan and beat him up until 10110101 comes out of his body. Just name the price, and Tang Weining will pay it.
While processing online store orders, Tu Lanxun said to Tang Weining, "If you still can't win this time, I'll just quit. Just report it to the police and turn yourself in."
Unfortunately, she was not only a bad-mouthed person, but also broke her promise. According to the time, Tang Pengan must have returned to Lucheng, but he never went home or to work.
It was as if this man had disappeared, his phone turned off, and no one could find him. The only way to confirm this was through the internet: he wasn't so mad as to attack his ex-wife, and Liang Wei was still alive.
Tang Weining stamped his hands on the floor in frustration, then slumped down in front of the bookcase in Tang Pengan's house. He leaned his head back and was hit by a hard book. "Ouch!"
The book fell out, it was a hardcover magazine collection, and a bookmark slid out, it was a student ID card printed in ink with a very young photo of a boy attached to it.
Regardless of the Tang brothers' courage or kindness, they always look good. They are like handsome boys who walked out of the comics, but they are the naive version.
"It's our high school student ID." Tang Weining's expression was a mixture of laughter and tears. "Only Peng'an has it. We shared one during the last semester, and we were too embarrassed to apply for a new one back then."
Tu Lanxun casually asked, "Where's yours?"
Tang Weining pursed his lips. "It's not a very pleasant story."
As I waited anxiously, Tu Lanxun's online shop chat list flickered. Bai Xiaoju sent a message with a blurry photo. Ghost photos always come out blurry, probably due to magnetic interference.
In the photo, Bai Xiaoju's chubby little hand is holding the gold bracelet. She said, "Sister, look, the bracelet is moving. Is it because mom misses me?"
Beside him, N frowned, sensing something through the screen. "The death aura has faded. Something's wrong with Bai Chao."
"How do you say that?"
"Maybe Tang Pengan is doing something. Her soul is about to disappear."
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