Chapter 38 Looking for Someone

Ji Duo has a deep voice and speaks concisely, and he is naturally majestic unless they are in bed.

He made the call. The village party secretary had no doubts at all and had long forgotten his voice. He was very cooperative. "Comrade, please ask whatever you want. I told them a long time ago that they should report this to the police. They didn't listen and insisted that the child went to find his sister."

Although there is suspicion of subconsciously shirking responsibility, one thing is certain: Lin Wei is really missing.

Ji Duo looked at Lin Qiao who was leaning against the microphone. The young girl had a frown on her face, but her expression was very calm, just like when they first met. The more things went wrong, the calmer she became.

He couldn't help but lower the microphone a few centimeters to make it easier for her to hear.

In fact, the village party secretary didn't know much. He only heard that Lin Wei had not returned home three nights ago. Lin Shouyi and his wife searched the village with flashlights but couldn't find him. The next day, they went to other villages to look for several of his classmates, but still couldn't find him.

Someone mentioned it, and the two of them suddenly remembered Lin Qiao and immediately ran to find Liu Yulan.

"I think there's something else going on here. If the child is missing, what if something happens to him, or if he's harmed by someone?"

The water level is high in the summer, and young people like to take a bath in rivers and reservoirs. If nothing had happened, who would not think that something had happened and go find Lin Qiao first?

Seeing that he couldn't get any more information out of him, Ji Duo hung up the phone and said, "Thank you for your cooperation."

Although Liang's wife had escaped, she still heard some of the conversation. Seeing this, she immediately asked in a low voice, "Has the person not been found yet?"

"Not yet." Ji Duo covered the phone with his handkerchief again and thanked her.

Lin Qiao also sincerely said thank you, "I'm really sorry to bother you today. Ji Duo and I have something to discuss, so I'll go back first."

"Your business is more important." Liang's wife waved her hands, "What's this little thing?"

As soon as he left the house, Lin Qiao immediately told Ji Duo his guess, "I suspect my cousin may have had a quarrel with his family and ran away. He was like this when he was a child. There were some things he couldn't stand and couldn't reason with, so he would run away when he was angry. But before, he would always come back the same day he left."

Only when you are sure that nothing has happened to the person will you think about where the person has gone, and that is why you have not reported the case until now.

But the key issue is that Lin Wei did not come to find Lin Qiao. He was really missing for three days.

Ji Duo didn't say a word, "What are you going to do?"

"I want to go back and take a look." Lin Qiao had just been thinking about this problem. "We have to find the person first and make sure he is safe before we can do anything else."

Lin Qiao has always been assertive in doing things, so Ji Duo was not surprised. He just frowned and said, "I don't have time these two days."

This surprised Lin Qiao a little. After all, she just wanted to go back by herself and had no intention of letting the man go with her.

Last time, there was no way. No one except the Ji family could help her get her hukou back. This time, she had to find someone, but she didn't know how long it would take.

Perhaps because of Lin Wei's matter, she revealed this surprise subconsciously without trying to hide it. The man caught it clearly and his eyes froze instantly.

But Ji Duo also knew what was more important now, "I'll let Xiao Fang take you there."

It wasn't a questioning tone. At this moment, Lin Qiao couldn't be polite to him. "When can I leave? I want to go back as soon as possible."

"I'll make a call now." Ji Duo immediately returned to Brigade Commander Liang's home.

Xiao Fang came very quickly. After all, he was not far away. But if they set out now, they would not arrive before dark and would have to spend another night on the road. But that would be faster than setting out tomorrow. Time waits for no one. Ji Duo quickly wrote a letter of introduction to the two of them.

From the time Lin Qiao hung up the phone and decided to go back home to the time he set off in the jeep, it took less than half an hour.

The man held the car door with his hand and handed her a note. "Call me if you have anything. If you need anything, I can also help you get a call from the police there."

Above are the phone numbers of Brigade Commander Liang’s home, his office, and the Ji family’s old residence.

From her previous life to this life, Lin Qiao has never relied on anyone, but at this moment, she still feels a reassuring reliability from the man.

She held the note in her hand solemnly, "Then I'm leaving."

"Be careful on the road." Ji Duo closed the car door, said a few words to Xiao Fang who was driving in front, and then stepped back.

The car left, but the man did not leave. He stood there for a long time without moving.

"What's wrong? Are you worried about Xiaolin?" Brigade Commander Liang also heard about it after he came back. He saw it in the yard and came out to persuade him, "I think your Xiaolin is independent and has her own ideas. Others may not be able to do it on their own, but she will definitely be fine."

But Lin Qiao was too independent and too opinionated. Even when such a big thing happened, she never thought of relying on him.

In fact, he could see some clues before, but they were all trivial matters. She didn't show them, so he didn't care.

Ji Duo didn't understand why this was what he admired most about Lin Qiao when they first met, but now that Lin Qiao hasn't changed, he always feels a little uncomfortable.

"Sister-in-law, do you like to rely on me when I have something to do?" He turned and asked Brigade Commander Liang.

"That's for sure." Brigade Commander Liang said, "She gets very nervous when something happens. Is there any major issue at home that she doesn't have to discuss with me?"

Just as he finished speaking, his wife came out with a razor in her hand, "You haven't even finished shaving your head yet, and you're already running out. Do you think you'll look good with those few hairs on your head?"

"Can you speak? Is that my hair? I have an extremely smart brain."

Brigade Commander Liang had a loud voice and immediately started arguing with his wife. But after all was said and done, the man went back and let his wife shave his head.

When Ji Duo returned home, he could still hear the couple next door arguing, and after a while, the sound of Brigade Commander Liang yelling at his son. It was a noisy but lively scene.

Speaking of which, it seemed that he and Lin Qiao had never quarreled. They always talked about their issues and that was it.

He didn't think it was a bad thing before. After all, he married Lin Qiao out of responsibility. As long as he could take good care of Lin Qiao and the two of them could get along well, he would save himself a lot of trouble.

But now it seems not to be right?

He leaned against the sofa and lit a cigarette for himself, his brows furrowed more and more in the smoke.

The next day when they set out for the cemetery, Su Zheng could sense that something was wrong with him. "What's wrong with you? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

He didn't say anything. After he went in to pay his respects and came out, Su Zheng said again: "If you have something to do, leave first. I have checked my watch three times along the way."

He actually looked at the watch three times?

Even Ji Duo himself didn't notice it. After all, he was usually a very stable person and would never do something like looking at the watch, which would obviously indicate that he had something on his mind.

But before he came, the troops had already made all the arrangements. The most important thing today was to clean Gu Shaoping's grave. What else could there be?

It’s Lin Qiao.

For a moment he wondered if Lin Qiao should be here by now...

Lin Qiao was indeed almost there. She and Xiao Fang stayed in a state-owned hotel for one night and continued their journey after breakfast. They could already see the entrance to Shahe Village.

"I didn't expect that you would be the one to send me back again this time. I'll have to trouble you to save face for me later." Lin Qiao said to Xiao Fang apologetically.

If you want to solve the problem, you must take control of the situation as soon as possible and stop bothering with that uncle and aunt. Since Ji Duo has assigned Xiao Fang to her, she must use him when necessary.

Xiao Fang also knew it and smiled awkwardly, "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? For trips like this, Team Leader Ji never uses me for nothing. He gives me money and tickets, and even gives me days off. Other drivers envy me."

Lin Qiao really didn’t know this, but it was indeed in line with Ji Duo’s character of doing things in a flawless manner.

When she thought of Ji Duo, she couldn't help but think of the note he gave her, as if reminding her to just move forward, because this time there would be someone to back her up.

Lin Qiao's expression quickly turned cold, "We're here, get off the car."

There was no one in the Lin family's house, and the gate was locked. I stood outside and listened, and all I could hear was the quiet sounds of poultry.

In this era, every family

Every household was poor, and there was nothing to steal. The door lock only served as a reminder. After all, the courtyard wall was not high, and locking it was not as good as raising a dog. Lin Qiao opened a large stone at the door according to his memory, and indeed found the key underneath.

I looked around inside and outside, and there was really no one there. The small house where I used to live with my grandmother was also occupied by Lin Hui.

Lin Qiao remembered that Lin Hui had grumbled several times, feeling that the original owner had his own house but she did not, and had to live with her brother Lin Wei, which was inconvenient in every way.

But she and Lin Wei are siblings, and the original body is not Lin Wei, so how could it be possible for her to switch with her. Besides, the original body originally lived with her grandmother, and only became a person after her grandmother passed away. Therefore, every time she heard her talk, the original body would be silently sad for a long time.

Lin Qiao stepped out, turned around and locked the gate again, and put the key back under the stone.

Since the Lin family was not at home, she could only ask the neighbors. She went to the Guo family next door and knocked on the door, "Auntie Guo, are you home?"

Old Mrs. Lin had bound feet, which made it inconvenient for her to walk, so from the time I was twelve or thirteen years old, she wove those earthen basket kang mats and I would sell them at the small market in town.

Yan Zi from the Guo family next door was one year older than her original self. She was tough and smart. She often went to the mountains to pick wild fruits, put them in iron buckets, and sold them in the town for 1 cent per glass. The Guo family didn't want her money, so she kept the money after the sale, or bought some shoes and socks, or a fresh hair tie.

Because they always went to the market together, the two of them became familiar with each other. Even Aunt Guo looked at the original body more intimately than others.

Lin Qiao came back in a hurry last time and didn't meet the other party, but asking the other party if there is something is definitely the best choice.

Unexpectedly, Guo Yan's mother responded to the call and came out. When she saw it was her, the smile on her face suddenly froze, and she slammed the gate shut.

You know, it's hot in the summer, and in the countryside, as long as there's someone at home, the door is often wide open. The Guo family was the same, but after seeing Lin Qiao, they suddenly closed the door. Guo Yan's mother's face was not right, and if she said nothing happened, Lin Qiao would not believe it even if she was beaten to death.

"I heard that my elder brother Wei was missing, so I came back to help look for him. Aunt Guo, if you are busy, I will ask someone else."

She raised her voice and said something, and the action of inserting the bolt inside paused, but the door did not reopen, and there was no response.

It seems that something must have happened at home during the three months since she left. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the other party to be so unkind and not say a word about such a big thing.

Xiao Fang was following not far behind, and when he saw this, he stopped, fearing that Lin Qiao would feel embarrassed.

Lin Qiao was turned down but his expression did not change at all. He quickly changed his target and prepared to go to another nearby household to ask.

It happened that the third daughter-in-law of the village, Zhao, passed by here. Seeing the jeep she had seen once before, she couldn't help but stand by the car and look at it. After all, she was so busy watching the excitement last time that she didn't even look at the car. When she saw Lin Qiao, she immediately exclaimed, "Oh, you're finally back. Your uncle and aunt went to your mother's house to ask for you again."

He was still circling behind her in the car, "Did Dawei really go to Yandu to look for you?"

Lin Qiao called out "Aunt Zhao San" and asked, "You just said that my uncle's aunt went to my mother's again?"

"Yeah, hasn't Dawei been missing for several days? They were so worried that they even took Lin Hui with them this time."

"Thank you for telling me this." Lin Qiao called Xiao Fang, turned around and got into the car.

Seeing the jeep drive away, Zhao San's wife finally came to her senses, "It doesn't look like Dawei ran to look for her. Is she really lost?"

After a bumpy ride, when we arrived at Liu Yulan's newly married village, there was a commotion outside her house.

Sun Xiuzhi sat on the ground at the door of Liu's house, patting her thigh, "You are such a heartless person, you are not worried just because the child is not yours, right? Our Dawei has never been far away from home since he was a child. If he encounters something on the road, I will crash him to death at your doorstep and not let you have an easy life!"

She howled and cursed, and Lin Shouyi stood by, "Okay, sister-in-law is also an aunt, can you really let Dawei get lost?"

He has always been a face-conscious person and would never do such a thing in public, but this sentence also made Liu Yulan feel irritated.

If Liu Yulan didn't say anything, it would be unkind of her to watch her nephew get into trouble as an aunt.

Lin Hui also chimed in, "She might be hoping that something bad will happen to my brother, so that she won't be involved before my brother gets involved."

"That's right. We raised him. Now that we're living well, you've got him. Why don't you let us look for our son? My poor Dawei! You've trusted the wrong person!"

Liu Yulan's new family has many brothers. Because they have so many brothers and cannot find wives, they found her, a divorced woman.

The last time the Lin family came to look for someone, it wasn’t so noisy. This time, the door was blocked and someone was ready to take action immediately.

Several country men, young and old, came over. Sun Xiuzhi panicked and shouted, "Who dares to touch me? My nephew's husband is a high-ranking official in Yandu!"

These words made several people turn their heads and look at Liu Yulan. When Sun Xiuzhi saw this, her voice suddenly became louder, "If you don't believe me, go ask. Who in Shahe Village doesn't know that my niece was picked up by a military vehicle? If you dare to touch me, I will ask my niece's husband to arrest you all!"

"You! You are shameless!" Liu Yulan was so angry that she couldn't even speak clearly.

At this moment, someone outside the crowd said, "Oh my god! There really is a car coming!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a jeep coming from the end of the dirt road with a special license plate on the body of the car.

Some people were talking in low voices, while others were staring intently, and thus they did not notice that the expressions of several people from the Lin family in the circle were frozen.

However, the men from the Yang family who were about to take action all stopped, and for a moment they were not sure whether the car belonged to the nephew-in-law of the Lin family who came to support the neighbor.

The next second, the jeep stopped and a young girl in her twenties got out of the car. She was wearing a watch on her wrist and a pair of leather sandals. A driver followed behind her. She looked like she was from the city, but her pretty face was a little tense.

"Xiao Fang." Lin Qiao pointed at Sun Xiuzhi as soon as he got out of the car. "Take her to the police station and accuse her of breaking into a private residence and causing trouble."

The Yang family was stunned, the onlookers were also stunned, and Sun Xiuzhi opened her mouth wide in disbelief.

No one expected that the person was really here, and that he was driving a car, and that he really wanted to arrest someone. The person he wanted to arrest turned out to be the man who always claimed that his nephew-in-law was a high-ranking official in Yandu.

Seeing Xiao Fangzhen coming over, Sun Xiuzhi jumped up from the ground, moving even faster than when she sat down when she came.

Lin Qiao's words only had a frightening effect. When Xiao Fang saw this, he stopped making any move.

But they didn't take action, which didn't mean the Yang family wouldn't take action. Seeing that Lin Qiao wasn't here to support the neighbors, several men rushed forward and controlled Sun Xiuzhi and Lin Shouyi. They held their breath for a long time, and when they saw that Sun Xiuzhi was still yelling, they found a tattered rag from somewhere and stuffed it into Sun Xiuzhi's mouth.

What could the rags placed in the yard in the countryside be used for? They were mostly used to wipe mud off shoes. Sun Xiuzhi's face turned green at that time, and she vomited several times in a row.

Lin Qiao pretended not to notice and went over to hold Liu Yulan's hand, "Mom, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Liu Yulan was a kind-hearted person after all. When she saw her, she immediately asked, "Did you really not see Dawei?"

"I came back just for this." Lin Qiao said, "I didn't even give him the address when I left."

"You didn't give Dawei the address?" Lin Shouyi's expression finally changed.

Lin Hui also found it unbelievable, "He was the one who helped you run away, and you didn't even give him your address?"

"If I write to him, will it go to him or to you?"

Lin Qiao's question stumped everyone, especially Sun Xiuzhi who was still trying to struggle. Her face turned pale and she weakened.

Seeing that she was about to faint, several men from the Yang family quickly released her.

Sun Xiuzhi fell to the ground but couldn't care less. The first thing she did was to take off the rag and confirm with Lin Qiao again, "Did you really not give Dawei the address?"

"No." Lin Qiao answered confidently, "I came back this time just to find someone."

"It's over, it's over... It's been four days, if something happened to Dawei..."

Sun Xiuzhi murmured, and finally remembered to cry.

Lin Shouyi's face also turned green, and he slapped Lin Hui in the face, "You didn't say your brother was with Lin Qiao, so you must have gone to Yandu to find her?"

Lin Hui's face was swollen at that moment. "I was just trying to help you guys. It wasn't me who got angry and left."

Even at this time, he is still trying to shirk responsibility. If Lin Qiao were Lin Wei, he would have not wanted to stay at home after looking at this family.

She was too lazy to watch them wasting their time. She interrupted them directly, "Now you can tell me,

Why did Viagra pass away?"

Lin Hui looked angry, but she obviously didn't know much. Lin Shouyi's expression froze, and he turned to glare at Sun Xiuzhi, "It's all your fault!"

"Is it useful to say all this now?" As the matter involved her only son, Sun Xiuzhi was much more straightforward than her husband. She wiped away her tears and said, "A few days ago, your eldest brother Wei started dating someone, and your uncle and I saw them flirting in a cornfield. Your uncle and I disagreed, and we got angry and..."

"You just beat Dawei?" Liu Yulan felt that it was not necessary to beat the child for this.

As a result, Sun Xiuzhi's expression froze, "No, I slapped his partner twice."

Liu Yulan: ...

Lin Qiao: “…”

The people who were still watching outside the courtyard: "..."

Her son had a girlfriend, and it wasn't anything shameful, but she beat the girl without saying a word.

Sun Xiuzhi herself felt a little embarrassed after speaking out in public, "I was angry because I saw her seducing your brother. Besides, it didn't count as two slaps. Your brother blocked the second one. Who knew your brother was such a heartless person that he fought with us when he got home and didn't come back for so many days."

Seeing that she was still wiping away tears, Lin Qiao no longer wanted to say anything to her, "Is my brother's girlfriend Yan Zi?"

"How did you know?" It was obvious that even Lin Hui was unaware of this. "Could it be that my brother told you before and you deliberately didn't tell my parents?"

Before the original body got into trouble, she didn't even know about this. It could also be because she was young and didn't know much, so she didn't notice it even when it happened.

Lin Qiao was too lazy to even look at her. "I just went to ask Auntie Guo about the situation, but she ignored me."

"This Li Baodi, didn't she just slap her daughter twice!" Sun Xiuzhi cursed angrily, and then she became confused again, "Then what should I do?"

Wasn't it just slapping her daughter twice?

If Lin Qiao was Guo Yan's mother, she would have gone to the Lin family to ask for justice, or at least to get back the two slaps. It is estimated that Lin Wei disappeared after this incident, and the Guo family did not have time to respond. They also knew that they could not get back any justice at this time.

Lin Qiao looked at Lin Shouyi and said, "Report it to the police. This is no small matter."

No one expected that Lin Wei did not go looking for Lin Qiao, but was really missing. They came to Liu Yulan's place every day to make trouble, but not only did they not get any results, but they also wasted their most precious time.

Lin Shouyi nodded stiffly. To save time, Lin Qiao simply opened the car door and said, "Get in the car. I'll take you to the police station."

The new man Liu Yulan found was a simple farmer, with average looks but practical and capable. He was a little reluctant when he first married Liu Yulan, after all, she was a second marriage and two years older than him, but Liu Yulan had a good temper and later gave birth to three children for him.

Seeing that Lin Qiao was about to leave, Liu Yulan was still a little worried, so he said to her, "If you are worried, just go with him and take a look."

Liu Yulan looked at Lin Qiao, and Lin Qiao nodded, "Mom, you come up too."

Lin Hui was annoyed. She looked at Lin Shouyi and Sun Xiuzhi who were already in the car and said, "She's going to get on. What should I do?"

In fact, the jeep has a lot of space, and there are not many fat people these days. If you squeeze in, the back seat can still fit four people. But when she said that, Liu Yulan was obviously hesitant. Lin Qiao pushed her mother into the car directly, "You go back the same way you came this morning."

He closed the car door, turned around and sat in the passenger seat, "Let's go." He left the angry and frustrated Lin Hui alone.

Lin Shouyi and Sun Xiuzhi were still worried about their son and had no time to take care of her. As soon as they arrived in the town, they immediately went to the police station to report the case.

I heard that the person had been missing for three or four days. The police officer who received the report frowned. You can report a missing person within 24 hours. "Why did you come so late? The golden 72 hours for finding someone has passed."

Sun Xiuzhi's face was pale to begin with, and she almost fell to the ground when she heard that. "Then, then can we still find it?"

"Let's give it a try." The police officer went out and called another person. The two of them drove a three-wheeled motorcycle with a scooter that could seat three people, and went to Shahe Village to investigate the situation.