Chapter 133 Chapter 133 How did he die?
The bus slowly came to a stop, and the driver turned to the passengers behind him and said, "We have arrived at the city bus station."
Press the door opening button at the same time, and the car door opens with a "whoosh".
Ning Shixia moved quickly, unbuckled his seat belt, and was the first to run to the car door and jump out.
"Xiao Xia, slow down and be careful!" Ning Shiqiu chased after her, repeatedly reminding her to be careful.
"I know, I know. I'm very careful!" As soon as Ning Shixia got out of the car, he saw Yao Ju standing next to a black sedan.
She waved her hands vigorously: "Brother Saw, over here, over here! We are here! We brought you some delicious food!"
Yao Ju couldn't help but smile when he saw the energetic Ning Shixia. He also imitated her and raised his hand and waved vigorously: "Xiaoxia, come and try my four-wheeler!"
The driver standing next to him couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard the word "four-wheeler". This word made people feel that the luxury car was on the same level as the three-wheeler.
He thought to himself: Children are really interesting. They have simple minds and only look at the wheels when they look at a car. They don’t care what brand it is or how expensive it is. His children are the same. They think excavators and bulldozers are much more impressive than luxury cars.
"Here I come!" Ning Shixia looked left and right, and after making sure there was no car, he quickly rushed over and took off his backpack.
Her backpack was a smaller version of the green military bag that Zhao Ruyue had someone custom-make for her. Nowadays, other people think this kind of bag is too tacky, but Ning Shixia likes this color.
After seeing the normal size green army bag, she insisted on buying one. But when she got it, she was too small to carry it on a daily basis.
Zhao Ruyue had no choice but to order a smaller bag for her online, but even though it was a small bag, it had a large capacity.
The Green Army bags were filled with various snacks made by Ning Shaoming, which were convenient for the children to take out and eat.
Yao Ju habitually wanted to help her carry the bag, but Ning Shixia refused and directly opened the backpack.
"Yesterday my father made snowflake candy, nougat, pork jerky, beef jerky, cowhide candy, and peanut sesame candy. It's a pity you were not here, otherwise it would have been delicious to eat them hot out of the pot."
Ning Shixia kept talking while taking things out for Yao Ju. She brought double the amount, one for herself and the other for Yao Ju. Yao Ju was also very conscious, as soon as she opened the bag, he also consciously opened his empty bag and let her stuff the things in.
"There was also a bottle of milk tea, but it couldn't fit in my bag, so I put it in my brother's backpack."
As she spoke, Ning Shiqiu walked up to them, took out milk tea from his bag, and stuffed a bottle into each of their backpacks.
He also had some snacks in his bag, but not as many as Ning Shixia's. He only picked out two or three that he liked to take with him. He would have to eat at a restaurant outside at noon anyway, and if he brought too much, he would not be able to finish it.
In order to let the two children play longer in the city, Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming got up early in the morning to take them to catch the bus.
It was still early in the city and the Children's Palace was not open yet. Yao Ju warmly invited them to his home: "I've been to your home many times, but you haven't been to my home to play!"
Yao Ju was originally worried that they would refuse again this time, but then he heard Ning Shixia say, "Okay! My dad has cooked a lot of dishes for you and brought them here too. You have to put them in the refrigerator in time to preserve them."
It was only then that Yao Ju realized that the bags held by his Aunt Zhao and Uncle Ning contained square boxes that looked like packing boxes, as revealed by the shapes of the bags.
After they arrived at Yao Ju's house, Ning Shixia walked into his large house which was decorated magnificently and exclaimed, only to find that his voice could actually echo in the house.
But the more I walked, the more I felt something was wrong. It seemed that no one lived in the house. It was luxurious, but looked empty.
"Brother Saw, are your family members not at home?" Ning Shixia was echoed when she spoke, and she was so scared that she could only move closer to Yao Ju and whisper to him, "Your house is so beautiful, like a castle."
Yao Ju patted her head gently and helped her put her backpack away. He thought: Only someone as innocent and lovely as Xiao Xia would think that her home is like a castle.
Others said that the decoration of his house was that of a nouveau riche, like a hotel lobby, and they looked down on it.
"They are all visiting relatives in their hometown and can't come back for a while. I want to go and play with you guys, so I told them and they let me go back first. Anyway, I'm young and I can't understand what the adults are saying when they're having dinner or chatting. They have to stay in their hometown until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before returning to the city."
During the Chinese New Year, his family also gave holidays to the aunts they hired, except for the driver.
Originally, his parents each had a driver, but in order to appear harmonious and close as a family, they let his mother's driver take a holiday as well, leaving only his father's driver to drive them back to their hometown during the Chinese New Year.
The driver helped him pick up people, and after sending them home, he had to rush back to drive for his parents.
So he is the only one left in his house right now, without even a cleaning lady.
If Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming had come to such a luxurious house before, they would definitely feel that they didn't know where to put their hands and feet.
Now they are very calm. After all, they also have their own careers. Even if they are not as good as Yao Jujia, having a career gives them their own confidence.
Ning Shaoming was a little worried: "Why don't you come back to town with us today? Such a big house will be so empty if only one person lives in it. Even if the security of the community is good, it's not safe enough for one person to live in it."
If there is only one person in such a big house, even an adult would be scared, let alone a child.
At first, Yao Ju got along well with his child, but they didn't interact that often. Even though they knew that he lived alone and felt sorry for the child, they didn't want to interfere.
Since their family opened a store in the county town, his children often go to the county town, and the three children have more opportunities to play together. Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia often bring Yao Ju home for dinner. If Yao Ju plays too late, he will stay and sleep with Ning Shiqiu.
After spending the past two years together, Yao Ju got along better and better with his two children, and they also treated him as their own nephew, which is why Ning Shaoming said this.
Hearing Ning Shaoming's words, Yao Ju agreed immediately: "Okay, then I'll put all the food you brought me in the freezer, and I'll take it back to the county town to eat slowly when school starts."
He liked going to Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia's house the most, and he especially liked the warm atmosphere in their home. Every time he went there, he secretly pretended in his heart that he was also a part of this family.
Although he was not actually a member of this family, every time he went there, he was never ignored or taken care of specially. Yao Ju liked this feeling very much.
However, Yao Ju didn't go there every day. Most of the time, he had dinner at home.
Ning Shaoming and Zhao Ruyue put the things they brought on the kitchen table, and Yao Ju took out the packing boxes one by one and put them in the freezer of the refrigerator.
Through the transparent take-away box, he could see that it was filled with his favorite dishes: braised pork, boiled fish, boiled beef, dry pot lamb, cumin beef ribs, cumin beef, braised pig's trotters with soybeans...
There are more than a dozen boxes in total, and each box contains a different dish. Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia’s family definitely couldn’t eat so many dishes in one day yesterday. It’s obvious that this was specially made for him.
Yao Ju felt warm inside and had a feeling of being valued.
After putting his things away, Yao Ju went to the living room, turned on the TV, found the game controller, and played video games with Ning Shiqiu and Ning Shixia.
Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming sat on the sofa to rest and watched them play.
Yao Ju lost a game, and when it was Ning Shixia's turn to play, he ate an orange and looked around the familiar living room, feeling that the house was full of warmth.
There was none of the coldness he felt when he was around, or the suffocating feeling he had when his parents were around.
He really wanted to keep this warmth, but unfortunately they were just guests.
They played until about ten o'clock, thinking that the Children's Palace would open, so they ended the game. Yao Ju handed Ning Shaoming a small phone book and said, "Here are the numbers of taxi drivers in the city. The marked ones are the ones that do not rest during the New Year. You can call a taxi when you come to the city in the future, so it is convenient to wait on the roadside."
Ning Shaoming and Zhao Ruyue had been to the city many times and had saved the numbers of several taxi drivers, but those drivers had all gone home for the New Year, otherwise they wouldn't have needed Yao Ju to go to the station to pick them up.
Ning Shaoming contacted a car, and when the car was about to arrive at the entrance of the community, they packed up and went out.
Once the heavy door was closed, the laughter was blocked out and the whole house became cold and silent again.
The Municipal Children's Palace will be closed until the third day of the New Year and will reopen on the fourth day.
But it doesn't open normally. It's only open from 10 am to around 4 pm, and sometimes it closes early.
They went at a suitable time and took a tour around the city. They found that there were not as many things to learn in their city as in big cities, and there were not many interest classes to choose from.
It is the Chinese New Year period now and many classrooms are empty. They cannot see all of them and can only take a brief look at them first. If the children are interested, they can wait until the Children's Palace officially opens before coming.
It didn't take much time to look around inside, but when I came out it was just time for dinner.
As Ning Shiqiu had guessed, Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming took them to a restaurant for dinner.
After eating, I took them somewhere else to play. I finished the milk tea I brought with me, and ate some snacks when I remembered.
When it was time to go home, Ning Shixia brought too many snacks and couldn't finish them, so most of them were left.
Before returning home, he stuffed all the food into Yao Ju's pockets as he always did: "Please leave them at your home in the county. My father said he has sealed them with a sealing machine, so you can keep them and eat them slowly."
Yao Ju was also happy to help her finish, and nodded with a smile: "Okay, I'll take them all back and eat them slowly."
Ning Shiqiu said disdainfully: "Just spoil her. She behaves like this every time she goes out to play."
Yao Ju didn't care at all: "Xiao Qiu brought more because she saw that I like to eat these."
Ning Shiqiu rolled his eyes: "You think too much, she just has big eyes and a narrow mind!"
Yao Ju didn't care about his rolling eyes and insisted, "Then I like to eat it too!"
He wasn't lying. Every time he brought back food, it was his favorite food, and he ate it all. Sometimes Huanhuan would come and snatch it from him.
Every time he went back to the county town, if he brought any delicious food, he could take whatever he wanted as long as he bought it himself.
But every time I brought things back from the Ning family, I felt like a thief. Otherwise, if Huanhuan found out, he would definitely take a lot of things.
Before going back, they went to Yao Ju's house again. Yao Ju only took a few pieces of underwear and socks, and a pair of shoes to change into.
He also left some clothes at Ning Shiqiu's house. If they were not enough, he could go to the county town to get them, which was not a big deal.
Yao Ju and Ning Shiqiu also became familiar with their friends in the town. It was already evening when they returned to the town. They were not tired after playing all day and went to play with their friends again with the things they bought.
Ning Shixia didn't go with them, after all, they were of the same age and she hung out more with girls in town. But she also went to see her friends with the things she bought.
Ning Shiqiu was a little worried, so he watched his sister reunite with Zhao Silian before he went to his friend's house with Yao Ju.
Several girls were playing at Zhao Silian's house. Zhao Silian's father often went to other people's houses to drink and was rarely at home. Sometimes he might not come back all night. When they were playing at Zhao Silian's house, there would be no adults disturbing them.
They played until it was almost dark, then dispersed. Ning Shiqiu and Yao Ju came to pick up Ning Shixia, and the three of them went home together.
Halfway through the journey, Ning Shixia touched her hand and found that she had left her watch at Zhao Silian's house and forgot to take it. The three of them turned back to get her watch.
By this time it was completely dark and the weather was quite cold. Many people stayed at home with their doors closed and warmed themselves by the fire. There were no street lights, only light from the houses.
When they got closer to Zhao Silian's house, they suddenly found a dark shadow clinging to her window and looking inside.
The three of them were frightened. They were not as tall as adults and were not very noticeable standing in the corner. It was not dark yet when they came out to play. According to their going home time, it would be completely dark by the time they got home. They did not bring flashlights when they came out to play.
They were so scared that they stood there and dared not move, and the figure did not notice them.
Just when they were thinking about whether to call their parents at home, Zhao Silian's loud scolding voice suddenly came from her house: "Bah, who cares about your filthy money! Get out of here! Or I'll call someone!"
The dark figure seemed to have never expected her to be so loud, and after being scolded, he ran away without saying a word.
Ning Shixia and the other two who were hiding in the corner waited until the man ran far away before they dared to run to Zhao Silian's door and knock on it.
This time it was Zhao Silian's turn to be scared. She thought that the man had come again. Her father had gone to some drinking buddy's house to drink today and had not returned home. Her uncle and aunt's family had also gone to visit relatives in her aunt's family and had not returned yet. Zhao Silian was very scared.
Until I heard Ning Shixia's voice: "Sister Silian, it's me, Xiaoxia, and my brother and Brother Saw."
Only then did Zhao Silian relax, crawl out of the rice jar, and run over to open the door.
"Aren't you guys going home?"
Ning Shixia said: "I left my watch at your house, I came back to get it."
"Oh, your watch," Zhao Silian ran back to the room and took out the watch that Ning Shixia had dropped. "Here, I found out you left your watch after you left. I didn't dare go out at night, and I was worried that my dad would come back tomorrow and think it was mine, so he would exchange it for wine. So I put it in my room first. I wanted to give it to you tomorrow."
Ning Shixia took the watch and put it on, then asked her what happened: "We just saw a dark shadow lying there, and we were almost scared to death!"
Speaking of that, Zhao Silian was still frightened: "Me too! Suddenly someone said something outside, gave me a hundred yuan, and asked me to touch him, ugh——"
She feels like vomiting just talking about it now!
"I saw that he was sneaking around and thought he wouldn't dare let others know, so I yelled at him. Fortunately, I yelled him away!"
"Sister Silian, why don't you come to my house and sleep with me for a while? Your father is not at home, and your uncle's family is not at home either. What if that person comes back?"
Zhao Silian didn't dare to stay at home alone any longer. Her hands were still shaking. She nodded quickly, "Thank you very much. Can I wait for my uncle and aunt to come back before going home to sleep?"
"Sure, no problem. I'll ask my parents to pick us up."
They didn't dare to walk back on their own now.
Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming felt strange when they received the call. The place where the children went to play was not far from home, and they usually went out and came back by themselves. They should have been home a long time ago.
They had originally planned to go out to look for someone, and when they received the call they didn't dare to delay any longer, so they went to pick up the person with a flashlight without hanging up the phone.
When they arrived at Zhao Silian's house, they saw that Zhao Silian had locked the door, so they followed her in. Zhao Ruyue and Ning Shaoming didn't ask any questions.
After arriving home, the two boys went to take a shower, and Zhao Ruyue went to her daughter's room to ask what happened.
The two children told each other what had happened. Since they were completely safe now, Zhao Silian spoke in more detail than when they were at her home.
She said, “I think I recognize whose voice that is.”
"who?"
"It sounds like the voice of Zhou Sibo, the guy on our street who sold his house to someone else and moved to the county town." Because he was an acquaintance, Zhao Silian didn't dare to confirm it at first and didn't know whether she should say it.
Seeing Zhao Ruyue's serious expression and always trusting her, he dared to say it.
The Zhou Sibo that Zhao Silian mentioned is the old bachelor Lao Qian. He probably went back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year.
Zhao Ruyue heard from her eldest sister that after he exchanged the house with Zheng Junsheng, he had to stay at his brother's house when he came back to visit relatives during the New Year. That old Qian had bad living habits, and her brother's wife disliked him very much.
I didn't expect that he would dare to put his hands on the little girl.
This incident frightened Zhao Ruyue, as there were many left-behind children in the town!
I don’t know if this Lao Qian is doing this for the first time or he is a repeat offender?
Listening to Zhao Silian's description of the situation, the man was scared away so easily by her, he didn't seem like a habitual offender.
Zhao Ruyue also hoped that he was not a repeat offender, otherwise even if he was caught in the future, he would cause harm to the children he had harmed.
The town is conservative, and it's not good for children to get involved, so Zhao Ruyue said to the two girls, "You guys take a good rest, pretend you don't know about this, don't go out and tell others, otherwise it will alert the enemy. If you encounter this kind of thing next time, you must tell us adults, okay?"
Both children nodded and said they understood.
After she went out, she said the same thing to the two boys.
But after the children fell asleep, she and Ning Shaoming returned to their room and couldn't help feeling worried.
This matter is not easy to handle. Zhao Ruyue thought at this time, it would be great if there was surveillance.
Lao Qian was scared away and didn't have time to do anything. They had no evidence, and even the children didn't actually see what the man looked like. It was useless to call the police just because the voice was familiar to them. This kind of thing is really frustrating sometimes.
There was a rumor circulating in the town that there was an old bachelor who was a pervert who specifically targeted children and might have hurt others by mistake. After all, there were other bachelors in the town, but they hadn't done such a thing.
Zhao Ruyue thought about it for half the night and didn't know when she fell asleep.
Until the next day, the children were frightened the night before and decided not to go out and watch a movie at home.
When Zhao Ruyue heard about the movie, she had an idea and said to Ning Shaoming, "How about we find a similar movie and promotional video to show in town?"
In the past few years, the projectionist from the county town came to the town to show movies several times a year. In the past two years, he came less frequently and only when the weather was hot.
I came here three times last year, once during the summer vacation and once during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I didn’t come during the Chinese New Year, and I don’t know if I will come again this year.
It’s okay if they don’t come, they can go to the county town to rent equipment themselves.
Showing movies with similar themes in the town can not only serve as a warning to parents and children, but also serve as a warning to people with ulterior motives.
Even Old Qian could be scared away by a child, and he doesn't look like a brave man. Maybe after watching those movies, he felt guilty and didn't dare to do anything wrong.
Although I don’t know what the effect will be, doing something is always better than doing nothing.
Zhao Ruyue went to rent the movie projection equipment that day, and was accompanied by a projectionist who used to come to the town to show movies.
It was only when she went to rent equipment that she found out that the cinema in the county town could no longer operate and had been transferred to a private contractor.
Others helped find suitable ones for the movie and promotional video, and Zhao Ruyue only needed to pay the money.
While the movie was playing that night, Zhao Ruyue was secretly observing Old Qian.
I don’t know if he was too thick-skinned, but he looked normal. However, the next day, Zhao Ruyue heard from her elder sister that Lao Qian had returned to the county town early.
Zhao Ruyue felt a little relieved. By the time Zhao Silian and her uncle's family came back, the New Year was almost over. People in the town were either farming or working. The tourist attraction had not officially opened yet, so many people still had to go out to earn money.
Not many people always find the excuse of a rare holiday to get together and drink. Zhao Silian's father spent more time at home, so Zhao Silian returned to live in her own home.
Just when Zhao Ruyue thought that the matter was over, Tian Qing suddenly came to her.
Zhao Ruyue thought that there was something wrong with Tian Qing's computer and she came to her because she couldn't solve it.
When Tian Qing opened his mouth, he didn't talk about computers. Instead, he asked, "Aunt San, do you remember the bald old man we met when you first came with me to my neighborhood?"
Zhao Ruyue nodded and said, "I remember. I seem to have forgotten to tell you that the man used to be my neighbor who lived on the same street as my old house in town."
Tian Qing whispered, "You know what? That ugly thing is dead!"
"What? He's dead!?" Zhao Ruyue couldn't believe her ears and asked hurriedly, "How did he die?"
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