Chapter 60 Chapter 60 New Suspect

In the kindergarten's senior class, Xia Qinqin entered the classroom, took off her schoolbag from her back, and handed it to Teacher Tang to hang on the nail.

Fangfang and Yang Yongming, who were sitting on the bench, waved at her with a smile, pointing to the empty seat between them for her and asking her to come and sit.

Xia Qinqin ran over with a smile. Fangfang took her hand and asked, "Qinqin, why are you so late today? I thought you weren't coming."

Yang Yongming nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I brought some candy, let's eat it together after class."

After Xia Qinqin sat down, she described to the two people what happened in the cafeteria in vivid detail, "That bad auntie beat the child! Fortunately, my mother went over and stopped her..."

After hearing this, Fangfang praised, "Mother Qinqin is so amazing!"

Yang Yongming also said: "Yes, Qinqin's mother is so amazing!"

Fangfang pouted and glanced at Yang Yongming unhappily. She hated him. He always imitated her words...

Xia Qinqin, who was sitting between the two of them, said with a smile, "Yes, my mother is the best."

Zhou Wenqian led Lu Yannan into the classroom. Tang Jiayi walked over and said, "This must be the new student that Principal Tian mentioned this morning. I'm Teacher Tang. What's your name?"

Lu Yannan said: "Hello, Teacher Tang, my name is Lu Yannan."

Tang Jiayi smiled and said, "Hello, classmate Lu."

Zhou Wenqian said to Tang Jiayi, "Teacher Tang, please take the children to class first. I'm going back to the office."

The first class in the morning is Tang Jiayi's class, and the next class is Zhou Wenqian's class.

Tang Jiayi nodded and said, "Okay, you go first, and leave this to me."

Tang Jiayi reached out to lead Lu Yannan into the classroom, but Lu Yannan dodged and shook his head. Tang Jiayi smiled, walked to the podium, clapped her hands and said loudly: "Students, class time is up, please don't talk. There is a new student in the class today, let us welcome him together."

The children in the senior class turned their heads and looked curiously at the strange boy at the door.

One of the kids couldn't help but whispered, "Wow, his face is as white as Xia Qinqin's."

The people on the island have relatively abundant sunlight, so the skin of both adults and children is somewhat dark. Xia Qinqin's fair skin is particularly conspicuous among the group of children.

Now, there is another child with skin as white as jade.

Tang Jiayi turned around and said to Lu Yannan with a smile: "Lu Yannan, come over here and introduce yourself to everyone."

Lu Yannan nodded slightly, walked to the center of the podium, raised his eyes and looked around calmly, then slowly said, "Hello everyone, my name is Lu Yannan."

Tang Jiayi said to the children in the audience, "From now on, Lu will be a member of our class. You all should get along well with each other, understand?"

"Got it~" the children responded in unison.

There were originally four benches in the classroom, with fifteen students sitting on each bench, and one bench was empty.

Now that there are new people, the seats need to be rearranged.

Tang Jiayi pointed at the empty bench and said, "Student Lu, please sit on that bench first."

Lu Yannan nodded, walked towards the bench in the last row, and sat in the middle with his back straight. A dozen pairs of curious eyes kept watching his every move, but Lu Yannan seemed to see nothing, sitting there by himself, looking at the podium calmly.

Tang Jiayi said: "Now, let's select a few children to sit with Lu Yannan. In the future, the four of us will sit on one bench, and everyone's position will be more comfortable."

Then he asked, "Is there anyone willing to sit with Lu?"

The children looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while.

After a few seconds, Xia Qinqin raised her hand and said, "Teacher Tang, I would like to sit with Lu Yannan."

Tang Jiayi smiled and said, "Okay, then you go ahead."

Xia Qinqin trotted over, sat next to Lu Yannan, and said with a smile: "Brother Yannan, I'm here to accompany you. Don't be sad. No children want to sit with you because they don't know you yet, not because they dislike you."

Lu Yannan said with a wooden face: "I don't care."

"ah?"

"I said, I don't care whether they like me or not. I don't want to sit together with others." He turned and looked at Xia Qinqin seriously.

Xia Qinqin shook her head and said, "So you don't like sitting with others, then I should sit back down?"

Lu Yannan turned his head and looked at the podium in front of him. "Whatever you want."

Tang Jiayi continued to ask: "Is there any other child willing to sit over there?"

Fangfang stood up and said, "Teacher, I want to go over."

Yang Yongming also hurriedly stood up and said, "I want to go too."

Tang Jiayi smiled and said, "Okay, you all go over there, now we're all seated." She then began to arrange for the other children to adjust their seats.

Fangfang and Yang Yongming happily ran to Xia Qinqin's side. Fangfang sat next to Qinqin first, holding her arm and said, "Qinqin, why did you leave me here?"

Xia Qinqin patted Fangfang on the shoulder and said, "I promised Brother Yannan's uncle that I would take good care of Brother Yannan."

Yang Yongming looked at Fangfang, who was sitting to the right of Xia Qinqin, and was talking to Xia Qinqin. He then looked at Lu Yannan, who was sitting to the left, and walked over and said, "Hey, classmate Lu, can you sit a little closer?"

Lu Yannan raised his eyes and glanced at him indifferently. Yang Yongming suddenly felt speechless. Hmm... why do I feel that classmate Lu's eyes are so strange.

Xia Qinqin said at this time: "Xiao Ming, please sit down. There is room next to you. Why are you standing here?"

Yang Yongming said: "I, I want to sit next to you."

After hearing this, Xia Qinqin turned to Lu Yannan beside her and said, "Brother Yannan, can you move over there and let Xiaoming sit over here?"

Lu Yannan refused outright: “No.”

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to."

"...Okay." Xia Qinqin shrugged. She learned this from Uncle Lu yesterday and she thought it was very funny.

Fangfang pointed to the empty seat next to Lu Yannan and said, "Xiaoming, please sit over there. You boys can sit with other boys, and we girls can sit with other girls."

Yang Yongming nodded reluctantly: "Oh." He walked over and sat down.

Teacher Tang also arranged seats for the other children and began to teach everyone to recite poems.

"How about we learn a new poem this week?" asked Teacher Tang.

"Okay." The children responded in unison.

Tang Jiayi walked up to the podium, picked up the chalk and wrote "Quiet Night Thoughts" on the blackboard. The beautiful handwriting on the blackboard made Lu Yannan, who was sitting in the audience, look admiring. This teacher's handwriting is quite good. I didn't expect there is such a person on this island.

There are many experts among the people. What grandpa said really makes sense.

Tang Jiayi quickly finished writing a poem, turned around and pointed at the words on it and said, "Classmates, come and follow the teacher to recite it first, the moonlight shines brightly before my bed."

"The moonlight shines brightly in front of the window,"

"It may be frost on the ground."

"It may be frost on the ground."

The children followed the teacher in unison, but Xia Qinqin noticed that Lu Yannan, who was sitting next to her, was just looking at the blackboard without opening his mouth.

She touched Lu Yannan's arm with her hand, and Lu Yannan turned to look at her. Xia Qinqin said softly, "Student Lu, the teacher asked us to recite poetry together."

Lu Yannan said: "I have already learned this poem, there is no need to learn it again."

Xia Qinqin was about to continue talking when Teacher Tang said, "Xia Qinqin and Lu Yannan, stop talking and recite the poem with me."

"Oh, okay." Xia Qinqin nodded immediately, turned around and stopped talking to Lu Yannan, and recited the poem seriously with the teacher.

Lu Yannan listened to the poetry recitation of people of the same age around him, turned his head and looked out the window, thinking: Going to school with a bunch of kids is really boring...

Meng Yufei walked to the Women's Committee, where Director Tian and Zhou Wenqian's offices were also located.

When Director Wang saw Meng Yufei coming in, he smiled and asked her to sit down, and asked Xiao Cui to pour tea.

"Xiao Meng, are you here for Tong Caifeng's matter?" Xiao Cui had already told her what happened in the cafeteria that morning.

Meng Yufei nodded: "Yes, I want to ask how the Women's Committee handled this matter in the end, and how the two children were resolved?"

Director Wang sighed and said, "We have already criticized and educated Tong Caifeng, and warned her not to hit children again next time. As for the two girls, we coaxed them and let them go back to school."

Meng Yufei frowned after hearing this. This actually did not solve the substantive problem at all. She did not believe that Tong Caifeng would hear this warning.

Director Tian, ​​who was sitting next to them, said, "There is nothing we can do about it. The Women's Committee can only play a role in communication and coordination. Not to mention that they have no power to enforce the law, even if they send Tong Caifeng to the Public Security Bureau, they cannot convict her."

Zhou Wenqian on the other side said coldly: "It was said before that the emperor was guilty of the same crime as the common people. I think we should make a law now that parents who beat their children are guilty of the same crime as strangers."

Director Tian shook his head and said, "Xiao Zhou, you are just being impulsive. Who hasn't been beaten when they were little? Are you going to convict all these parents? Oh, the two sisters in the Fang family are so miserable, having such a mother."

Director Wang said, "Tong Caifeng is a stubborn person. Fortunately, Fang Zhaodi is a strong person. I have already told her that if Tong Caifeng hits the sisters or steals their milk, she should come to me immediately. Although I cannot do anything to Tong Caifeng, I can still keep an eye on her and do some ideological work."

Meng Yufei said: "Director Wang, I think simply doing ideological work in private is useless for people like Tong Caifeng."

"What do you mean?" Director Wang asked.

Meng Yufei suggested: "I think that if Tong Caifeng makes the same mistake again next time, we should let her do some ideological work in front of everyone. Doesn't our Women's Committee have a women's conference every month? We can use her as a negative example."

Zhou Wenqian nodded and said, "That's a good idea. The criticism meeting should be held for people like her. Isn't she afraid of being embarrassed? Then let her embarrass herself on a bigger stage."

Director Wang hesitated: "But, this kind of thing cannot be easily opened..."

Meng Yufei said, "I know what you are worried about. I said this mainly to her to intimidate her. If she would rather set a negative example in front of everyone and beat the child, then satisfy her. And this matter must be made known to Captain Fang. The child has not only a mother, but also a father. Now that the mother doesn't care about the child, will the father also care?"

Director Wang said, "Head of the team Fang is a hands-off manager at home. He leaves all household affairs to Tong Caifeng. But last time I went to him for his little girl, he was quite reasonable and bought a can of maltose for the kindergarten every month."

Meng Yufei said: "As the head of a group, Captain Fang still cares more about his reputation than Tong Caifeng. Even if Tong Caifeng doesn't mind being embarrassed, Captain Fang won't be willing to do so."

Zhou Wenqian curled her lips and sneered, "That's right, the higher the position this person holds, the more he cares about so-called respectability."

Director Wang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to Fang's house at noon and tell her that next time this happens, let her make a self-criticism at the women's conference."

Although the problem has not been fundamentally solved, it can at least temporarily suppress Tong Caifeng's mischievous behavior towards the two children.

After saying this, Meng Yufei said, "I came here for another matter. I want to ask the Women's Committee if they can put on a show at the May Day event."

Director Wang was a little embarrassed: "Xiao Meng, it's not that I won't help you. You can see that there are only two people in my Women's Committee. What kind of program can I give you?"

Meng Yufei said: "You can't spare any manpower, but you can organize some. The Women's Committee is in charge of about 100 families in the family compound. It's a good opportunity to use the May Day holiday to show everyone the positive and progressive spirit of our families."

Director Tian also agreed: "Yes, this women's work is not easy to do. Over the years, the Women's Committee has solved so many problems for everyone. Now there is an opportunity to show it."

Then she suggested: "I think we should just do a stage play. Your Women's Committee has a lot of material. Just pick a neighborhood conflict or a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict. Under the coordination of our Women's Committee, the conflict was successfully resolved..."

Director Wang nodded at her with a smile, "You are indeed a cultured person. You even wrote this script for me."

Director Tian said: "It's not difficult. You provide the material and I will write the script for you. Our script is all based on the real stories of the masses."

Meng Yufei said: "Director Tian's idea is good. Not only is the stage play interesting, it also has educational significance."

Director Wang nodded and agreed, "Okay, we are going to hold a women's conference this week. I will announce this at the meeting and organize the families to sign up. Xiao Meng, you have supported my work so much before, and this time our Women's Committee will not let us down."

Meng Yufei said, "I will ask the director to give some souvenirs to the people who participated in the performance. We can't let everyone come to help empty-handed."

Director Wang smiled and said, "This is good. With souvenirs, everyone will be more active in participating. It doesn't need to be expensive. Even a notebook or a towel can make everyone happy for a whole day."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "If nothing else, these can still be satisfied."

Director Tian said: "It is convenient to have people from the Finance Department to organize the activities. They control the financial power and can better seek benefits for everyone."

Meng Yufei turned around and said, "Principal Tian, ​​you have to support my work. Why don't you put on a show at your kindergarten and let Teacher Zhou organize a chorus for the children?"

Director Tian said readily, "Okay, I definitely support your work, Director Meng. Xiao Zhou, do you have any opinions?"

Zhou Wenqian said: "I have no opinion."

That's enough, two shows have already been shown. Meng Yufei had completed her mission this time, so she stood up and said goodbye and went back to the office.

After leaving the gate of the Women's Committee, Meng Yufei subconsciously glanced at the kindergarten next to it. She climbed over the half-person-high fence and saw several children playing on the slide and the merry-go-round. The adult standing next to them was Mrs. Zhang.

The children in the small class were in the classroom, while the children in the large class were in class. The two classes had always staggered their time so that the children could play in the yard.

Turning my head, I saw Yin Guixiang in the corridor again. There were two child chairs beside her, and she was feeding water to the two children on them.

Meng Yufei retracted her gaze and was about to turn around when she saw a figure appear at the gate of the kindergarten and hurriedly opened the gate and went in.

Meng Yufei's pupils tightened. The way this person walked - he walked with his feet turned outward!

She squinted her eyes and looked carefully at the man's back. He was about 1.6 meters tall, thin, and wearing green rubber shoes.

This is consistent with the characteristics deduced by Xia Junshan based on the footprints found by the lake.

Her sight slowly moved upwards, and the man walked to the corridor to talk to Yin Guixiang. Meng Yufei saw the man's face clearly.

It’s Wei Shufang!

Meng Yufei was shocked. Could it be that Wei Shufang released the snake?

Why? Before Qinqin encountered the snake, they had never met Wei Shufang.

Then I thought that it was Han Jianhong who caught the snake and saved Qinqin. She and Wei Shufang lived under the same roof, so did she know about this?

Then Meng Yufei put the idea aside. Jianhong was not that kind of person.

If it is really Wei Shufang, then what is her purpose?

Meng Yufei suppressed her thoughts and fixed her eyes on Wei Shufang not far away until she entered the classroom.

Meng Yufei returned to the logistics department absent-mindedly. There were still many people queuing outside the corridor. She ignored them and walked into the office with a sullen face.

When Xiao Zhang saw her coming back, he smiled and said, "Sister Meng, you're back. What did the Women's Committee say?"

Meng Yufei said: "Director Wang agreed, and they will produce a program."

Xiao Zhang said: "Sure enough, Director Wang has a good relationship with you, Sister Meng, so he will definitely agree."

She noticed that Meng Yufei didn't look well, so she asked, "Sister Meng, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Meng Yufei shook her head and said, "It's nothing, I just feel a little hot."

Xiao Zhang stood up and poured Meng Yufei a glass of water. "Then sit down and rest for a while. The temperature has risen in the past few days. It's stuffy and humid. You haven't lived here before, so you may not be used to it all of a sudden."

Meng Yufei took the water, raised the corner of her mouth and said reluctantly: "Thank you."

After get off work, Meng Yufei took her bag and went downstairs to the cafeteria with Xiao Zhang. At the bottom of the stairs, she saw a familiar figure standing there.

Xiao Zhang smiled and said, "Captain Xia, please pick up Sister Meng from get off work."

Xia Junshan nodded with a smile. Xiao Zhang turned around and said, "Sister Meng, I'll be leaving first." After saying that, he ran away grinning. He couldn't just stand here and be a third wheel.

Meng Yufei walked up to Xia Junshan and said with a smile, "Why did you get off work so early today?"

Xia Junshan smiled and said, "I'm here to take you and Qinqin home."

Meng Yufei's eyes softened and she said, "Then let's go pick up Qinqin together."

Xia Junshan noticed that Meng Yufei was not in a good mood and asked her, "What's wrong?"

Meng Yufei said: "It's hard to explain right away, let's talk about it when we get back."

Xia Junshan nodded and said, "Okay."

The two of them arrived at the kindergarten gate and ran into Lu Shaohuan. Xia Junshan said, "Shaohuan, are you here to pick up Yannan?"

Lu Shaohuan turned around and greeted with a smile: "Captain, sister-in-law, come and pick up Qinqin. Tsk tsk, Captain, you have a wife and children and a warm bed, which is really enviable."

Xia Junshan said with a smile: "Why, are you jealous? You should hurry up and solve your personal problems."

Lu Shaohuan shrugged: "Isn't it that there is no suitable person?"

After school, Xia Qinqin came to the gate of the courtyard with her classmates, carrying her schoolbag. She looked outside, looking for her mother. When she saw Meng Yufei, her face lit up, and when she saw Xia Junshan standing side by side, her smile became even brighter.

She turned around and said happily to Lu Yannan beside her: "My father and mother are here to pick me up."

Lu Yannan remained silent, with his eyes lowered, not knowing what he was thinking.

Xia Qinqin saw Lu Shaohuan next to her again, took Lu Yannan's hand and said, "Brother Yannan, Uncle Lu is here to pick you up, let's go over there quickly."

He happily pulled Lu Yannan out of the courtyard. Lu Yannan wanted to take back his hand, but he couldn't pull it back...

"Dad~Mom~come and pick me up!" Xia Qinqin's joyful voice rang out, and Xia Junshan smiled and reached out to take his daughter who was running towards him.

Lu Yannan, who was pulled by Xia Qinqin, said politely: "Hello, Uncle Xia, hello, Aunt Meng."

Xia Junshan smiled and nodded, "Yannan and Qinqin go home together after school."

Xia Qinqin turned to Lu Shaohuan and said, "Hello, Uncle Lu, I brought Brother Yannan here with me. Brother Yannan and I are in the same class, and we sit together."

Lu Shaohuan bowed and smiled, "Really? Thank you. You two should get along well with each other in class in the future."

Xia Qinqin nodded happily and said, "Yeah, okay."

Lu Shaohuan said to Xia Junshan: "Captain, sister-in-law, I will take Yannan away first. Brother is waiting for us to go back for dinner."

Xia Junshan nodded and said, "Okay, you guys go back first."

Lu Shaohuan led Lu Yannan away. On the way, he asked, "How was your school day today? Did you get along well with your classmates?"

Lu Yannan said: "Boring."

Lu Shaohuan smiled and said, "Kid, what do you think is not shameless?"

Lu Yannan said, "Let me read at home by myself. The kids in my class... are a little stupid. They can't memorize poems even if they recite them for a long time."

Lu Shaohuan said: "With your personality, it seems that I can't expect you to make friends in kindergarten."

The uncle and nephew walked in silence for a while, and Lu Shaohuan asked, "You said that your teacher taught you to recite poetry today. Was it Teacher Zhou who picked you up to go to the classroom this morning?"

Lu Yannan shook his head and said, "No, it's another teacher, Teacher Tang. Her handwriting is very beautiful."

Lu Shaohuan asked: "Oh, then what did Teacher Zhou teach you?"

Lu Yannan looked up at Lu Shaohuan, wondering why he had nothing to say today. After thinking for a while, he thought that he might be concerned about him, so he said, "Teacher Zhou taught us to sing, and also said that he would form a choir class for us to perform on May Day."

After thinking for a while, Lu Yannan said a few words, "Teacher Zhou sings very well, and the students in the class also learn very seriously. They learn to sing faster than to recite poetry."

Lu Shaohuan nodded nonchalantly and said, "Is that so."

Xia Qinqin held her father in one hand and her mother in the other, and walked towards the cafeteria humming a song happily.

After preparing the meal, the family of three returned home. After dinner, Meng Yufei coaxed Xia Qinqin to sleep, then went out to the living room.

Xia Junshan sat on the sofa, looked up and asked, "Qinqin fell asleep."

Meng Yufei walked over and sat down, saying, "He fell asleep."

Xia Junshan took her hand and asked, "What's the matter?"

Meng Yufei told him what she had discovered that morning, "I think the person who went to the lake was most likely Wei Shufang."

After hearing her words, Xia Junshan thought seriously for two seconds and nodded, "She is indeed very suspicious."

Meng Yufei was really confused: "Why did she want to harm Qinqin? Qi Huiying had met her once before, but Wei Shufang had never met us at that time."

Xia Junshan said: "Maybe it's not to harm Qinqin."

"You mean, Fangfang?" Meng Yufei thought of Fangfang who played with Qinqin that day.

Xia Jun said: "We can't rule out this possibility. Now that we have identified a new suspect, I will conduct a private investigation in the next few days. We will know sooner or later whether it is her or not."

Meng Yufei said, "Finally, there is some progress on this matter." Otherwise, she would always be worried about who wanted to harm Qinqin.

After a few seconds of silence, Meng Yufei said, "Actually, I have another thing to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Xia Junshan looked at Meng Yufei and saw that her expression was even more serious than before. He wondered what else was going on.

Meng Yufei said: "Qinqin, maybe you can really hear other people's thoughts."