Chapter 258 More New Clues
Lin Xiaoxia looked at Lin Rui and said meaningfully, "Second brother, don't think too much. I'm anxious for you to go back for another reason. Zhang Xinxin may have to go look for Sister An Ning again in the next few days. She's such a mean person, and Sister An Ning is so innocent. You have to go back and protect her. Oh, and hurry over to their house to get to know them so that the two families can get to know each other better."
Lin Rui smiled bitterly and said, "You're still worrying about me. I'm not as good as a brother as you are. I feel more at ease when you take care of me. Look at you, you worry about my marriage, my career, and today you're even thinking about doing business for me. You're so good to my second brother, I feel so guilty."
"Second brother, isn't it only natural for me to be nice to you? You've been nice to me, too. By the way, regarding this business matter, I've had this idea before. I wanted you to have your own business. This is perfect. When we get back, I'll show you the shop, the decoration, and everything. By then, Sister An Ning will have her own gallery, and you won't be left behind financially."
“But I’ve never done business before, and you’ll have to worry about it when the time comes. It’s not like you’re just giving money to my second brother.”
"Second brother is good to me, so what I do should not be my duty? Besides, there are many businesses I can do, and my focus is not here, so I will help you open the store, but you will have to take care of it yourself in the future."
"But Xiaoxia, if you help me with my business, will my elder brother think we are being unfair to him? Or should we also count him in?"
"No need. I'll find a way for you later. You already have four people working together. If you add one more, won't it be chaos?"
"Well, you just need to know it in your heart. Big brother is still very good to us, but he has a family now, so maybe he won't be as casual as me about some things."
"I understand. Don't worry. He's my own brother and I love him dearly. Only when we get along well will our parents feel at ease."
"Then I'll go back the day after tomorrow and stay with you for another day?"
"Then you should go back tomorrow afternoon. This way, you can rest peacefully when you get home at night and won't be late for work the day after tomorrow."
"We'll talk about it later. Train tickets are easy to buy anyway."
"Well, then you should go to bed early. Tomorrow we'll go around and post the missing person notice again."
"Okay, I'll go back then."
After Lin Rui left, Lin Xiaoxia washed up and called Lu Jingshen to report the day's itinerary to him.
Lu Jingshen said that he and Lin Xiao asked Lin Jianye out last night and talked about Lin Mei.
Lin Jianye criticized the two of them, saying that they were too opinionated and did not even discuss such a big matter with him. They even asked Lin Xiaoxia and Lin Rui the name of their hotel and wanted to come along.
However, they persuaded him to stay, saying that they would wait for Lin Rui to come back to check on the situation, and let him go if necessary. They also told Lin Jianye that his residence was not fixed for the time being, and that the most important thing for Lin Jianye now was to keep an eye on Huang Wanxia, and not to let Huang Wanxia know about it when the Ai family sent money.
Lin Jianye said that he would notify Ai Weimin and ask him to send the money to the Public Security Bureau, which would then transfer it to him. There was no need to meet in person, so as to prevent Huang Wanxia from knowing anything.
Anyway, they will take care of the family matters, so Lin Xiaoxia can rest assured.
The next day, Lin Xiaoxia and Lin Rui went out and walked around the streets, asking around and posting some missing person notices at bus stops or at the entrances of residential communities.
However, there was no progress. After lunch, Lin Rui called a few friends and told them that he would go back in the afternoon and asked them to take good care of Lin Xiaoxia.
These people are very loyal, so Lin Rui can rest assured. They have also started looking for people through relatives and friends, and will call him as soon as they have any news.
Lin Rui was persuaded by Lin Xiaoxia to take the bus at around 5:00 p.m., and he would be home in the early hours of the night.
After seeing Lin Rui off, it was already late. Lin Xiaoxia had dinner and walked on the street. Bincheng is a city that never sleeps, and there are many places open at night.
Lin Xiaoxia always carried Lin Mei's photo and missing person notice with her, and posted several missing person notices in crowded places.
These past two days, she was waiting for news about the missing person notice while asking around on the streets.
The advertisement contained the phone numbers of the three brothers. After all, Lin Xiaoxia might not live in this hotel all the time, so it was impossible for her to leave her phone number. These were also the reasons why Lin Xiaoxia sincerely took Lin Rui and several friends to do business. They were really helping a lot, and it was not just a matter of a few days. They might go back and still have to receive many calls. If they were not people who really cared about you, they would not take on such a thing.
The next day, she thought about how they had been asking about the child-picking incident at the bus station, but hadn't asked the driver or conductor for details. She wondered if they could remember anything strange about the incident. After all, Lin Mei was crying, so was there something that had impressed the driver or conductor? That might be a clue.
So Lin Xiaoxia went to the bus station again by herself. This one was easier to find because the journey was long. There was only one bus every other day, and there was only one driver and ticket seller.
However, the original driver has quit and gone into business, but the ticket seller is still here, now in logistics.
Lin Xiaoxia found the ticket seller at that time. The ticket seller was in his forties, very talkative and enthusiastic.
After listening to what Lin Xiaoxia said, the ticket seller enthusiastically helped her recall the past.
After thinking for a while, she said that she remembered fourteen or fifteen years ago, there was a little girl of four or five years old in the car who said that the person holding her was not her mother, but the woman holding her said that the child was willful and was badly taught by her grandmother, and when she was angry, she would not recognize her mother.
At that time, everyone said that the child had been corrupted by the elderly and even refused to recognize his mother.
It just so happened that the ticket seller also had a conflict with her mother-in-law, and her mother-in-law even taught her son to scold her, which made her quite touched and left a deep impression on her. She had always hated the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the use of children as a weapon. This was also because her own family was like this, so she didn't suspect anything at the time.
Lin Xiaoxia quickly asked again: "Sister, what do you remember? Help me think about it again."
The conductor thought for a moment and said, "The woman got off the bus very quickly, saying she had something to do and had to go back to Lingyuan City. She also asked me to refund half of the ticket price. I thought she was in a hurry, so I didn't think much of it and refunded her the money."
The more Lin Xiaoxia thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. She asked again, "Sister, do you remember anything about that woman's appearance? Or what she was wearing, or what she was holding?"
The ticket seller shook her head: "She looks like an ordinary woman in her thirties, nothing special." After saying that, she clapped her hands: "The bag in her hand was printed with some school in Puwan County." She didn't see the back clearly, but she remembered the front. She had relatives in that county, so she paid special attention to it.
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