Zhou Luancheng was not surprised either. He had seen Mu Xiaowan's face turn pale instantly when he saw the corpse in the woods before.
It was not the fear of seeing a dead body, but a kind of fear that one could not extricate oneself from.
Therefore, he concluded at that time that Mu Xiaowan must have recognized the deceased through some special features, but was unwilling to say it.
Mu Xiaowan was decisive, so since she had started talking, she just said it all: "The man with six fingers, judging by his height and age, looks a lot like a militiaman from the village where I stayed when I went to the countryside. His name was Shi Dalei."
"He took advantage of his father being the village party secretary and became a militia company commander. He would go to the educated youth camp whenever he had nothing to do. If someone lost something, he would blame me for stealing it. I would never admit to doing something I didn't do, so he threatened me.
Mu Xiaowan stiffened his neck and said, "I didn't steal anything, so I definitely won't admit it. Some timid educated youth asked me to give in, but how could I do that? Why should I give in if I didn't do it? So he wronged me, so naturally I remember him."
Mu Xiaowan didn't say how he threatened her specifically, nor did she want to say it.
Zhou Luancheng knew it all. Looking at the girl's stubborn look, although he tried to use a calm tone, there was still a flash of hostility in his eyes.
Silently, he reached out and rubbed the top of her head: "Let's go, we may have to go to Xiping Town ahead first, and then we can talk about this case."
Mu Xiaowan's anxiety and explosive mood were calmed down by this, and she said what was in her heart: "If it is really Shi Dalei, he deserves to die! But even if he is an unforgivable villain, this case should not be closed so hastily. Right?"
Zhou Luancheng nodded with a smile in his eyes: "Yes, we can't close the case so hastily, but we have to go to the town ahead first."
There were few cars on the road, so the two had to walk.
Zhou Luancheng asked some questions about Mu Xiaowan's life as an educated youth.
Mu Xiaowan thought for a long time but nothing interesting happened. All she had were bad memories: "I was young at that time, had a bad temper, and didn't know how to socialize with people, so no one liked me. The jobs assigned to me were herding cattle or keeping watch at night."
After thinking about it, it seemed like there was something interesting: "Every time I came back late, no one would leave food for me because I easily offended people. But I couldn't go hungry, and I didn't dare to steal food from the fields. If I was caught, I would be locked up, and in serious cases, I would be sent to labor camp."
"So I went to the mountains to catch wild rabbits or other things to eat. I also ate mice and snakes. I'm sure you haven't eaten them."
People were not able to eat enough, and the wild rabbits in the mountains had long since run away, so they could only catch mice or snakes to eat. If they were lucky, they could even catch some other game.
"My best catch was a badger, which was a pointy-mouthed creature that ate corn. It looked a bit like a pig, but was much uglier."
Zhou Luancheng glanced sideways and saw that Mu Xiaowan was talking happily, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
If it wasn't so fragile, who would eat these things? I could imagine her crawling around the mountain catching game.
Although he is younger than Chaoyang, he has experienced many things that he has never experienced.
When Mu Xiaowan felt her legs were about to break, they met a passing tractor. Zhou Luancheng stopped the tractor and the other party was very enthusiastic and took them to the town.
Mu Xiaowan was hungry, tired and very thirsty at the moment. She had shared two buns with Zhou Luancheng on the way, and the hunger was clearly visible on her face.
He looked listless and very unhappy.
Zhou Luancheng then realized that this girl's mood could only be affected by hunger, and he couldn't help laughing: "Just bear with it for a while, we'll find a place to eat later."
Mu Xiaowan wasn't very interested: "It's so late, the canteen in town has already closed, we might go hungry tonight."
Zhou Luancheng assured: "No, there must be a cafeteria open."
Mu Xiaowan then perked up and followed Zhou Luancheng to find food in the town.
Seeing that he seemed very familiar with the town, I was a little curious: "Have you been here before?"
Zhou Luancheng nodded: "I've been here before with Chaoyang and the others."
Mu Xiaowan suddenly felt a little jealous. Chaoyang and the others, including Luo Anran, were a little petty-mindedly jealous.
Zhou Luancheng was indeed very familiar with the town. He found a state-owned canteen in a remote area that was also open for business in the evening, mainly to receive town leaders for dinner.
The canteen is a small courtyard with six or seven rooms and a kitchen.
There is a slightly larger room with three or four tables, and the other rooms are independent private rooms.
After entering, Mu Xiaowan looked around curiously, then approached Zhou Luancheng and whispered, "Why is it so remote?"
Zhou Luancheng smiled. The girl was still naive. The policies had improved in the past two years and the management was not so strict. Some non-staple food businesses were allowed to operate privately and some farmers' markets were allowed to open for trading.
Therefore, eating and drinking with public funds in restaurants is not a big deal.
It is a bit remote to avoid being seen.
Zhou Luancheng ordered two stir-fried dishes and two bowls of noodles with soybean paste.
While waiting for the food to be served, someone else came in and went straight to the next room.
The room was not very soundproofed, and the voices of the few people who entered were particularly loud, so Zhou Luancheng and the others could clearly hear their conversation.
The topic of their conversation was still the two corpses.
"The work is about to be inspected and accepted. If a case cannot be solved at this time, it will be our work error."
"That's right. These two people could have died anywhere, but they died on our side. It's really unlucky. This will affect our brother Zhu's future."
"Keep your voice down, keep your voice down, I don't know if I can get a permanent job this time."
"Forget it, don't think too much about it. We've already closed the case and sent a car to bring the body back. If no one claims it, we can just bury it."
Mu Xiaowan was stunned. Are you so irresponsible?
Zhou Luancheng tapped the table gently, signaling Mu Xiaowan to calm down, and whispered to her: "These people used to be gangsters. Because of their family connections, they were arranged to work in the police station."
Mu Xiaowan was angry: "That can't be the case. What do you think we should do? Should we just ignore it?"
Zhou Luancheng laughed and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely take care of it. I won't go to Nanshan anymore. I will go directly to the village where you went to work."
Mu Xiaowan didn't hesitate: "I want to go too!"
If it was really Shi Dalei, she wanted to see the sad faces of his parents when they found out.
How could she let go of such a good opportunity to take advantage of someone's misfortune?
Zhou Luancheng could obviously see what she was thinking, and he still smiled gently: "Is it okay for you not to ask the teacher for leave?"
Mu Xiaowan hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll find a phone number to call the teacher tomorrow morning and tell him that I'm still sick and haven't recovered yet. It should be fine if I'm a day or two late."
Zhou Luancheng quite agreed: "Okay, let's go together."
By the way, I'll let you vent your anger.
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