Chapter 767
The Weiming Lake in June is like a piece of emerald gilded by the sun. The rippling waves sway gently with the breeze, and the weeping willows on the shore hang their green ribbons into the water, breaking up the light and shadows all over the lake.
Su Miao stood on the stone steps, her fingertips gently stroking the graduation certificate she had just received. The gold-plated school emblem shone softly in the sun, and it seemed as if all of Xi Nian's youth was condensed on this thin piece of paper.
Meng Linlin ran over briskly, camera in hand. "Miao Miao! Let me take a solo photo of you. You look so beautiful in your graduation gown!"
Su Miao was amused by her and stood slightly sideways. The black tassels of her bachelor's hat swayed gently with her movements and fell on her shoulders.
As the top student of this class, she received an acceptance notice from the Ministry of Culture, which means that she can be directly assigned to work in the Ministry of Culture after graduation. This is an opportunity that many people would be scrambling for.
She had a serious discussion with her father about the issue of career choice.
His father said that he was young and strong, and was more than capable of managing his own business. If Su Miao wanted to work in the Ministry of Culture, he would strongly support her.
The Ministry of Culture only recruits two fresh graduates each year. Aunt Qin knew this the moment the list came out and called to say that this was a rare opportunity and she hoped she would carefully consider it.
"Miao Miao, being able to be directly assigned to the Ministry of Culture is a testament to your academic excellence and a recognition of your achievements in social activities during your university years.
You have said before that you chose this major largely because you like it, so I suggest that you accept the assignment and participate in the work you like.
Besides, being employed doesn't lock you in forever. If you want to change your path one day, it's not too late to resign. You're still young, give yourself more different life experiences so you don't have any regrets.
After careful consideration, Su Miao finally solemnly signed his name on the allocation intention form.
After filling out the form, the school will transfer her file to the unit in August, and she will officially report on August 23. Now is her last summer vacation in her student career.
The summer in Nanning is always unreasonably hot. The sun hangs in the sky like a big fireball, and the cicadas chirp from morning to night.
My second uncle's family planted an acre of watermelons. The vines were all over the ground, and the watermelons were round and shiny.
He didn't sell them, but only ate them at home and gave them to others. After all, the money he made from selling watermelons was a drop in the bucket compared to his current income.
Yesterday, Uncle Hu Zi’s truck brought over a dozen more. Su Miao opened two of them and used them to entertain the customers in the store.
When the neighbors learned that Su Miao was immediately assigned to the Cultural Bureau in Beijing after graduation, they all gave him a thumbs up.
Shouyan is indeed a place where intellectuals should go. It's a ministerial-level unit! What's the difference between this and being a Beijing official? It's really promising.
Everyone was eating cold watermelon and chatting with each other when suddenly two uniformed police officers appeared at the door of the store with serious expressions.
The older one pulled out his ID and said, "We are from the Yongcheng Public Security Bureau. We would like to consult Comrade Su Miao on some matters."
Several fans were running in the store, but they couldn't dispel the sudden heavy air.
Su Miao reacted and invited the two police officers into the front yard.
"Comrade Public Security, what can I do for you?"
The older police officer flipped open the notebook in his hand and paused his pen on the paper:
"We came here today to ask if you've been in touch with your mother recently. Her husband, Wang Dachui, reported her missing for a week."
Missing? Su Miao's heart skipped a beat and he replied:
"No, I'm studying in Beijing and just graduated this month. I just returned to Nancheng with my dad two days ago. After my parents divorced, I basically stopped contacting my mom.
The last time I saw her was a few years ago when she came to see me at the store, and I haven’t seen her since.”
The police officer lowered his head to take notes, then raised his eyes and asked, "She came to see you a few years ago. Was she specifically looking for you?"
Su Miao recalled the scene of that day and replied:
"Well, sort of, but not entirely. She wanted me to live with her and change my last name to Wang Dachui's, but I refused, and we ended up parting ways on bad terms.
Later, I heard from my former sister that she adopted my cousin as her daughter. I thought that since she had her own child, there was no need for us to contact each other.
The police nodded. What Su Miao said was consistent with their initial understanding.
"Comrade Public Security, may I ask about the specific circumstances surrounding my mother's disappearance?"
The police officer closed the record book and spoke in a more relaxed tone, "Of course, we received a report from your stepfather Wang Dachui two days ago, saying that your mother Liu Xu left home on July 14 and never returned.
He called all the relatives and friends, and everyone said they hadn't seen your mother.
After waiting for two days and seeing that she still hadn't returned home, your stepfather filed a police report. We investigated the area where she lived for several days, but we didn't find any useful clues. It was as if she had vanished from the face of the earth."
"She... doesn't have any clues at all? For example, when she left that day, did she explain where she was going?"
Seeing that Su Miao was very sad, the police also understood her concern for her mother and told her everything they knew so far:
"She left home at night, saying she was going to play mahjong with friends, but she didn't come back until the early hours of the morning. Your stepfather called her friends to ask, and they said your mother hadn't even been there.
Because she went out at night, fewer people saw her and it was harder to find her. However, we did learn some unusual things about their family.
Your stepfather's investment in Zhucheng failed, his company was gone, his savings were gone, and he even owed the bank a large sum of money, so it's not ruled out that your mother left home for this reason."
At this time, Su Yuan was coming back from outside. When he saw the police in the yard, he was stunned.
Su Miao quickly told his father what happened. After listening, his father tightened his grip on the bag.
Although the relationship with the Liu family was already very bad, she was Miaomiao's biological mother after all, so he still said:
"Leaving home because you owe money? That's not the solution. Are you stressed out and wanting to go out and relax?"
The two police officers originally felt it was inappropriate to speak ill of her mother in front of the child, but now that it had come to this...
The older one hesitated for a moment, then spoke out:
"Another possibility is that she was trying to avoid debt. We checked Liu Xu's account and found that she had withdrawn all 5,000 yuan from her personal account the day before she disappeared.
Wang Dachui also said that the two gold bracelets in the drawer at home were missing. So we speculate that she might not want to bear the debt and took the money and hid somewhere else.
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