Chapter 400 Xu Liu's Personal Situation
The last time Xu Liu met her parents was when she left home at the end of her freshman winter break.
Likewise, this was her last contact with her parents.
Xu Liu's father said that their family didn't have a phone and they had to go to a nearby store to make a call, so Xu Liu usually wouldn't take the initiative to call home.
Her mother had called the duty room of the girls' dormitory more than a month ago, but the dormitory manager said that no one answered after the broadcast. She was not sure whether she was not in the dormitory that day or deliberately did not want to answer.
Afterwards, the task force confirmed through questioning Xu Liu's roommates that Xu Liu was in the dormitory that day. Because the broadcast was audible to everyone in the dormitory, someone reminded her, but she clearly stated that she did not want to answer.
Qiao Jiali, who was in charge of the questioning, keenly noticed the problem and asked Xu Daming and Feng Ailian, "What is your relationship with your daughter?"
Xu Daming didn't say anything, and Feng Ailian stammered that it was okay.
After further questioning, the truth was revealed.
From the very beginning, Xu Daming and Feng Ailian had no intention of letting their daughter go to college. They thought it would be enough for her to finish high school, go out to work and earn money, and then help their parents support their two younger brothers to go to college.
Ironically, among the three children of the Xu family, the eldest daughter Xu Liu is the best student. She ranks among the top students in their county high school. The school even has high hopes for her and believes that she may be able to be admitted to Peking University or Tsinghua University.
After all, if a poor county produces a prodigy who goes to Peking University or Tsinghua University, it will bring many benefits in terms of policies.
But that's how people are. When they get something beyond their understanding, they will act stupidly.
Coupled with the mentality of "you can be good, but not so good that I'll be jealous" from people around you, bad behavior occurs.
Because of his stupid and bad behavior, Xu Liu suffered great interference in the second half of his senior year, when the college entrance examination was approaching.
The reason was that someone whispered in Feng Ailian's ear that if your Xu Liu was admitted to Peking University or Tsinghua University, he would have to go abroad in the future to earn money from foreigners.
Once she goes abroad, she will never come back. At that time, she will not care about the life and death of you two and your two younger brothers. Wouldn't all the years of your training be in vain?
Feng Ailian didn't understand these things at all, she just believed whatever others said.
After returning home, she kept whispering to her husband. At first, Xu Daming was dismissive, but he couldn't stand Feng Ailian's nagging every day, so he also started to wonder.
If his daughter really went abroad, what would happen to his two younger brothers? With his income as a bricklayer, it would be difficult for him to support one child to go to college.
But what's funny is that subsequent investigations found that Xu Liu's two younger brothers had average academic performance. The second brother was better off and barely managed to get into an ordinary high school, while the third brother's grades were probably good enough to just finish junior high school.
But the couple did not think so. They foolishly believed that it was because their daughter was so good at studying that she influenced the second and third children.
So one weekend in April, Xu Liu, who usually lived in the county high school, went home as usual.
When he woke up the next morning, he found that the books in his schoolbag were missing. He ran to the kitchen and saw Feng Ailian tearing off her books, test papers and notebooks one by one and stuffing them under the stove.
All her efforts turned into the flame for cooking.
She rushed to get the books back like crazy, and even overturned the stove during the argument, causing Feng Ailian to be burned.
Seeing their mother being burned, the two sons rushed forward and started punching and kicking their sister.
Xu Liu grabbed all the remaining books that were not burned, then packed up his things and ran back to school overnight.
Afterwards, Feng Ailian never mentioned the book burning incident. Instead, she told the neighbors about her daughter's unfilial behavior and showed her scars to others.
Even when Qiao Jiali was questioning them, she couldn't wait to show Qiao Jiali the scar left behind, as if she was trying her best to prove that what she did was right.
The usually good-tempered Qiao Jiali was so angry that she said she almost wanted to beat the woman up.
Since then, until the college entrance examination, Xu Liu did not dare to go home.
This was confirmed after the task force sent people to Shuguang County High School where Xu Liu was studying at the time.
During that one and a half months, Xu Liu stayed at school and did not go home, and even borrowed money from classmates to make ends meet.
This incident obviously had a great impact on Xu Liu's state and psychology. Her scores in several mock exams dropped sharply. The head teacher talked to her several times, but he just thought it was caused by the approaching college entrance examination and the excessive psychological pressure on her.
In the end, Xu Liu, who was in poor condition, failed to get into Peking University or Tsinghua University in the college entrance examination, but fortunately, he had a good foundation and was admitted to the 211 Hongda University.
When facing the investigation of the task force, her high school teachers expressed regret, thinking that the child could have done better in the exam.
Little did she know that the golden phoenix in the mountain nest had its feathers plucked by her parents.
Although Hongda University is far inferior to Peking University and Tsinghua University, in 1997, the value of 211 universities was still extremely high.
If Xu Liu's parents behave like human beings next time, there will be a chance to ease the relationship with their daughter.
Unfortunately, stupid people are destined to be stupid all their lives.
What's more, most parents in the past had the attitude of refusing to admit their mistakes even if they were beaten to death. What's more, Xu Liu's parents didn't think they were wrong.
After receiving the admission letter from Hongda, Xu Liu faced a serious problem: how to pay the tuition?
Because Xu Daming and Feng Ailian still didn't want Xu Liu to go to school, but this was not learned through questioning the couple. In the initial conversation, the two kept silent about this matter.
The task force learned this after sending people directly to Xu Liu's hometown to investigate Xu's relatives and friends.
The specific process in between is unknown because Xu Daming and Feng Ailian remained silent and refused to respond to the matter, but it must have been a very difficult time for Xu Liu at home during that time.
What's even more outrageous is that the two wanted Xu Liu to give up going to college and go out to work on the grounds that she failed to get into Peking University or Tsinghua University.
In the end, it was Xu Liu's grandmother who took out her own coffin book and gave it to her granddaughter, which solved the problem of the first year's tuition.
As for living expenses, the couple gave a symbolic amount of 500 yuan due to the gossip of people around them, but never gave any more afterwards.
Their reason was that their daughter never asked them for money, so they thought she was rich.
In fact, they did think their daughter had a lot of money.
Because before the Chinese New Year this year, the only grandmother who loved Xu Liu passed away.
The old lady was with Xu Liu the night before she passed away.
After the old lady died, her children did not find much inheritance, so they pointed the finger at Xu Liu, believing that the old lady must have given all the money to her. The children even quarreled and called the police.
The local police station has a record of the police response, but this is a civil dispute and the police can only mediate at most.
So in the end the matter was left unresolved. As to whether the old lady left the money to Xu Liu, it is unknown.
But what Xu Liu's parents said directly angered Qiao Jiali, who had been patient for a long time.
They said: We told her not to go to college, and now she has been killed. All the money we spent before has been wasted.
Qiao Jiali was so angry that she turned around and directly revoked their qualification to stay in the guesthouse. The task force had originally arranged the guesthouse for them out of humanitarianism.
But these two people were obviously unaware of this and asked Qiao Jiali if they could make the murderer pay compensation if they caught him to recover some of their losses.
Although she was very angry at their ignorance and selfishness, Qiao Jiali still put the overall situation first and told them that they could file a claim for compensation in court if they caught the murderer.
Given Xu Liu's family situation, her parents were unable to provide any effective clues afterwards because they had basically no idea what their daughter was doing at school.
However, the task force analyzed several key points based on his family situation and information provided by his classmates and counselors.
First, Xu Liu's family was not well off, but not yet to the point of poverty. The main problem came from family conflicts.
Therefore, it is necessary to further investigate her personal financial situation and confirm the source of her daily living expenses.
Because according to confirmation from many roommates in the same dormitory, Xu Liu did not have a part-time job like Lu Xiaoshuang.
We need to find out what a student eats, uses, and where his money comes from.
Second, Xu Liu's self-proclaimed and all-around display of her wealthy family background and arrogance indicate that she may have serious psychological problems.
Mainly vanity and inferiority complex.
These two mental states usually appear together, all stemming from the troubles caused by her family problems.
Children who come from families with complicated situations and poor economic conditions often care more about their status in the eyes of others in the new environment after leaving their original living environment, and then start to pretend to be rich for the so-called "face".
In essence, it is an amplification of the inferiority complex.
In addition, her admission to Hongda was a result of "failure" due to poor performance, so it is natural that she would have the arrogant attitude she usually has.
To put it simply, deep down she looks down on the people around her and thinks she is superior to others. She is with you now just because she is in trouble.
Third, Xu Liu may have a boyfriend or a long-term partner.
Based on the aforementioned roommate's statement that Xu Liu did not have a part-time job, theoretically Xu Liu's financial situation should be relatively tight.
But the fact is, she has never acted poor since the first day of school.
Although she didn't go to the extent of showing off her wealth by using all kinds of famous brands, her daily eating, drinking and dressing gave people the impression that her family conditions must be quite good.
Therefore, Mo Youyou and his roommates, who had been living together for a semester and a half, did not discover Xu Liu's true family situation.
For example, on the day Xu Liu disappeared, the backpack she was carrying was a Nike.
In 1997, Nike was already a famous brand in the eyes of ordinary people. At that time, 99% of ordinary people had never heard of luxury goods such as "ouch" and "crying".
Even Nike was not available in Hongcheng in 1997, and there were only specialty stores in the provincial capital.
Of course, pirated copies that are hung on the wall of a small shop with the hook pointed somewhere unknown are not counted.
Zhou Yi felt mixed emotions after hearing Xu Liu's investigation.
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