Chapter 47 Not Enough Brain
Lu Xiaoshuang was born on October 24, 1978, which was the day of Frost's Descent, so her parents named her Xiaoshuang.
Lu Xiaoshuang's father and mother were both educated youth who went to the countryside to work. They fell in love and gave birth to her in the impoverished Northwest.
Although she lived in poverty, Lu Xiaoshuang inherited her parents' thirst for knowledge and had excellent academic performance since childhood. At the same time, she also inherited the simplicity and kindness of that yellow land.
After finishing sixth grade, her father, the only teacher in that yellow land, decided to send his daughter back to the city.
Although they had to stay there due to the times, the policies at that time were caring for the children of educated youth.
So in the early summer of 1991, Lu Xiaoshuang, who was only thirteen years old, carried a backpack full of patches and 246 yuan saved by her parents, and boarded a green train to her father's unfamiliar hometown.
After two days and two nights of bumpy ride, she got off the train in fear and anxiety and arrived at her destination: Baicheng.
Lu Xiaoshuang's father is from Baicheng and her mother is from the south. After comprehensive consideration, they decided to let their daughter go to Baicheng.
From then on, Lu Xiaoshuang began her life as a guest in the Lu family.
Zhou Yi didn't know what happened in the six years in between, but she thought that for a thirteen-year-old girl, being in a strange "hometown" and facing a group of strange "relatives", she must have been anxious and cautious every day.
Unlike the case file of the 316 case, the 316 case was just one of the thousands of case files Zhou Yi had read during the eight years he was banished to the "cold palace". He had some impressions of it, but he needed a certain opportunity and time to recall the details in the case file.
But the Baida dismemberment case is so famous. This horrific and unsolved case is a thorn in the heart of almost every Baicheng policeman.
He had read it countless times, and all the details recorded in the case file were almost engraved in his mind like a knife or an axe.
He couldn't forget it even if he wanted to.
That's why he immediately wrote down the information about the Bai Da dismemberment case after the dust settled on the March 16th case.
But he didn't expect to meet Lu Xiaoshuang so suddenly.
Although they just passed by each other, it still gave Zhou Yi a huge shock.
Because there were only forty-eight days left before she was dismembered.
"Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi."
Zhou Yi suddenly came back to his senses when he heard Xu Nian's call.
"Ah, what's wrong?"
Xu Nian looked at the backs of the girls walking away in confusion and asked, "Is this someone you know?"
"No," Zhou Yi shook his head, "I recognized the wrong person."
Although Zhou Yi almost wanted to rush over just now, his reason made him hold back.
He didn't want to be thought of as crazy.
I don't want to alert the murderer.
The perverted dismemberment murderer was always in the dark. If his sudden appearance caused him to temporarily hide his murderous intentions, it would not save Lu Xiaoshuang, but would put her in a more dangerous situation.
Because Zhou Yi couldn't protect her all the time, only by catching the murderer could the problem be completely solved.
"It's okay, let's go." Although Zhou Yi said this, he still couldn't help but look back.
Xu Nian saw all of this.
After that, the two of them just walked in silence without communicating, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.
Xu Nian didn't know that Zhou Yi's mind was now filled with all the details of the Bai Da dismemberment case.
Although he had tried countless times to look at the case files without success, he still tried to find some clues from the case files.
"We're at the library now. I'm going to return a book." Xu Nian said.
Zhou Yi was stunned, stopped and looked up, and found that there were three words "Wensi Building" hanging on the building in front of him, and there was a plaque of Baida Library on one side of the wooden door.
"Oh, okay, then you go ahead and do your work. I'll leave first." Zhou Yi said as he was about to turn the handlebars.
"It's almost noon. If you're not in a hurry, why don't you wait for me? I'll take you to the cafeteria of Baida for a meal later?" Xu Nian asked tentatively.
"Next time, I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do."
After Zhou Yi finished speaking, he got on his bike and left quickly.
Xu Nian stood on the steps of the library, watching his receding figure, feeling a little lost.
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Zhou Yi rode home at lightning speed, not even bothering to lock his bike before running upstairs.
The door of the house was open, and his father Zhou Jianguo was setting the table, while his mother Zhang Qiuxia, wearing an apron, was serving the dishes.
"Son, you're back. Wash your hands quickly and it's time to eat." said the mother with a smile.
"Your Third Uncle didn't pull anything, right? He's been losing things since he was a kid..."
Before Zhou Jianguo could finish his words, Zhou Yi rushed to the desk and opened his notebook.
He discovered that relying on his brain alone was not enough because there was too much information.
He must write it down, analyze it, and then make plans for the next step.
Otherwise, this information will only become more and more confusing in your mind and turn into a mess.
"What are you writing in such a hurry?" my father came over and asked curiously.
Zhou Yi was about to put pen to paper when he was suddenly startled and the pen stopped in mid-air.
Yes, in the current environment, it is not suitable to sort out this information.
How would I explain it if my parents saw me killing someone and dismembering a body?
Even if I were a policeman, I would scare my parents.
"It's okay, let's eat."
Zhou Yi said as he slammed his notebook shut.
A family of three was eating, and the father was picking at his bowl with a frown on his face.
The mother tapped the father's chopsticks with her chopsticks and glared at him.
"You're already old, why are you still picking at your food when you eat?"
"No, why is there not even any meat?"
"These are all vegetarian, they are bland."
Hearing this, my mother was immediately unhappy. "We don't have enough money for food this month. We can only eat vegetarian food for the rest of the month."
"Why is it not enough?" asked the father puzzled.
"Jianye comes back and eats and drinks for free."
My father suddenly remembered that there were three good things happening at that time. When he went to buy wine, he also bought some delicious dishes and spent a lot of money.
He was so happy at that time that he didn't think about the budget issue. Now that his wife brought it up, he remembered it.
"Well... I'm glad to be back, brother."
"Yes, I'm also happy that Jianye is back. I didn't say we shouldn't eat this meal or drink this wine."
Mother put down her chopsticks and continued, "But the factory hasn't paid us for three months. If we don't save money, we'll be starving."
The father pointed at Zhou Yi with his chopsticks and said, "I have a son now. Zhou Yi will go to work at the Municipal Bureau tomorrow."
"Bah, you think you're a father, how dare you take advantage of your son?"
"What's the big deal? No matter where he goes, he's still my son, Zhou Jianguo."
Zhou Yi, who was eating, didn't say anything. He put down his bowl, took out a cowhide envelope from his pocket and placed it on the table.
"Oh, I almost forgot, this is for you."
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