You can talk about this for eight hundred lifetimes.
Liu Chunling's eyes gradually turned red. Pei Qi comforted them: "Let's find the children first, explain the matter clearly, and both sides can sit together to discuss a solution."
Jiang Lin leaned against the wall and looked at the gloomy sky, feeling a little sad. "It's wrong for them to learn bad things."
Pei Xu turned his head to look at him and said seriously: "Jiang Lin, you are fine!"
Jiang Lin frowned and cast a questioning look at him. "Hiss!" He pretended to tremble and said teasingly, "I've seen it all. A dog can spit out ivory."
Pei Xu lightly hit his shoulder and said in a joking tone: "Did I give you face just now?"
Jiang Lin raised his chin proudly, "Young Master Jiang wants your evaluation?"
Pei Qi gave them a task, to find the three children.
Two electric cars and a tricycle of the film crew were driving on the road of Peijia Village. Jiang Lin asked loudly: "Pei Xu, do you know the direction to look for?" The cold wind was blowing and pouring into his mouth. Jiang Lin coughed a few times.
Pei Xu tilted her head slightly and looked at him: "Let's go to the Internet cafe or billiard hall in town first to look for it."
The light in the Internet cafe was dim, and the smell of cigarettes was extremely unpleasant. Jiang Lin covered his nose in disgust. He didn't even dare to touch the chairs with his hands, as if they were stained with something that made him physically uncomfortable.
Pei Xu looked for people row by row, the fluorescent light of the screen reflected on the faces of the internet-addicted teenagers.
"No, let's go to the next one." Pei Xu looked back at Jiang Lin and said.
Jiang Lin came out of the Internet cafe and immediately let go of his hands and took a deep breath.
Pei Xu crossed his arms and looked at him, "Jiang Dingliu, you haven't seen the world, have you?"
"My vision is too narrow. I come here to surf the Internet and spend money to suffer. The air is not circulating. I will be smelling cigarette smoke after staying here for five minutes." Jiang Lin smelled himself while saying this.
The two searched all the Internet cafes and billiard halls in the town, and even a few secret casinos, but found nothing.
The shops on the street gradually lit up their signboards. Pei Xu hung up the phone and said, "The kids haven't returned home yet."
"Once you find them, you must whip them with the bamboo whip that your father used to chase you." As he spoke, Jiang Lin gestured the whipping motion and unconsciously pouted his lips slightly.
Pei Xu's eyes were filled with smiles, and he teased him, "Mr. Jiang, you really like eating fried pork with bamboo shoots."
Jiang Lin replied in a daze: "I don't like it."
Pei Xu reminded him: "Bamboo whip, human flesh, use your imagination."
Jiang Lin thought for a while, then suddenly realized what was going on. He said regretfully, "I am still too kind. If I had caught you that night, I could have treated you to fried pork with bamboo shoots."
"You can talk about this for eight hundred lifetimes!"
The two grandmas, A Xiu and A Lan, were looking for someone in the old house in the village with flashlights. Pei Xu and Jiang Lin passed by the village committee and immediately stopped the car.
The lights in the village committee were bright and the curses were loud!
The people of Liujia Village stood and cursed: "You said you were going to find someone, but in fact you were just stalling for time!"
Pei Xu leaned close to Pei Zongli's ear and said, "Dad, we didn't find anyone in town."
Jiang Lin walked behind Pei Qi, and Pei Qi advised: "Don't be impatient. We in Pei Village are upright in everything we do. We will never harbor children who have made mistakes. Wouldn't that harm them?"
A woman on the other side snorted and said, "You've said all the nice things we can say. Since you don't want to settle it privately, then we'll call the police." The others echoed her.
There was a commotion in the village committee hall. Jiang Lin helped Pei Qi out, and Pei Xu followed him out upon seeing this.
"Grandpa, let's call the police." Jiang Lin suggested.
Pei Xu also agreed with his suggestion, "Now that several children are missing, they probably know that someone is looking for them, so they dare not go home. It's easy for something to happen if they stay outside in the cold weather."
Pei Qi took them back home, "Ah Xiu, A Lan, how about we call the police?"
Ah Xiu and her grandmother's wrinkled and swollen eyes showed fear. She waved her hands helplessly and kept saying, "Don't call the police! Don't call the police!"
Alan's grandmother supported her, her eyes red. "If we call the police, everyone will know that our child stole something. How can we hold our heads up high in the future? The villagers and classmates will laugh at them."
Grandma Xiu said hoarsely, "Our child is usually so obedient, it's impossible for him to steal anything."
Pei Xu and Jiang Lin looked at each other tacitly, wanting to say something but stopping themselves.
Pei Qi patiently persuaded: "We have watched the children grow up, and we know their character, so we have to find them and ask them clearly. The whole village has been looking for them for a long time but can't find them. We are also worried that something happened to the children outside."
Alan's grandmother sobbed, "The children are still young. If they are scared when they go to the police station, and admit to things they have never done, who will take care of them?"
Jiang Lin was about to speak when Pei Xu pulled him out of the room. "Don't make a sound. Let Master Qi speak. At this juncture, they won't listen to what the young people say even if it makes sense."
Pei Qi persuaded earnestly: "Call the police. They will help find the children and investigate the matter thoroughly. They will not wrongly accuse anyone nor will they favor the people of Liujia Village."
Grandma Xiu grabbed Pei Qi's arm and cried, "Village head, you are familiar with the leaders of the police station. Please speak up for them and help the children."
After half an hour of struggling, Pei Xu called the police.
Pei Zongli breathed a sigh of relief. The anger of the people in Liujia Village was about to overwhelm him. He was stuck in the middle, persuading one side and stopping the other side, otherwise a fight would easily break out at the scene.
The police car drove into Peijia Village with lights flashing, and the people of Liujia Village rushed forward, recounting the losses in a torrent of words.
"Comrade police, it's not easy for ordinary people like us to earn a little money. You must help us get our money back!"
The two grandmas wanted to step forward to argue, but Pei Qi stopped them.
The police comrade mediated: "Well, we need to find the children first. When we have news, we will notify both of you to come out."
The people of Liujia Village were persuaded to leave Peijia Village, and the disturbance subsided temporarily.
Most of the people from the village committee dispersed at once. Pei Qi said, "Jiang Lin, Pei Xu, you are well educated, follow us and learn about the situation."
Pei Xu patted the back seat of the electric bike and tilted his head and said, "Jiang Lin, get in the car."
The electric car turned on its headlights, illuminating the village road ahead. It was so quiet that everything seemed to have fallen asleep. Jiang Lin looked back and around from time to time, feeling uneasy.
"Pei Xu, let me drive."
"Why? Are you afraid that I, a short-sighted person, will lead you astray?"
Jiang Lin followed his words and said: "That's right! Brother is in the prime of life and cherishes his life very much."
Pei Xu's mouth corners slightly raised, and he increased the strength of his right hand, "Hold on tight, your brother Pei will take you to fly!"
Jiang Lin leaned forward suddenly, and put his hands on Pei Xu's shoulders. His shoulders were thick and hard, and Jiang Lin slightly closed his fingers, feeling the power hidden under the warm skin, and then slid his hands down along the side of his shoulders, thinking to himself: "Such muscle lines, this guy actually also works out!"
“How do my muscles look?”
Jiang Lin immediately loosened his hands upon hearing this. His fingertips felt as if they had touched a flame and felt warm and hot. Jiang Lin said guiltily, "Not bad, but a little worse than mine."
Pei Xu provided the police with basic information about the three children, and the two waited on the first floor for the results of their search.
Jiang Lin gradually felt sleepy and yawned loudly.
Pei Xu looked at him and said, "Jiang Lin, why don't you get a room in town and go to sleep first."
Jiang Lin immediately straightened his sitting posture, "Are you kidding? I am the champion of staying up late! I am still staying up late when the dogs are asleep and the chickens are awake. It's just that I came to Peijia Village and I am too tired from working during the day, so I temporarily quit staying up late."
Pei Xu half-closed his eyes and said, "You are quite proud."
"Of course. When I was shooting night scenes, the director always praised me for my good spirits."
Pei Xu suddenly became interested, leaned forward slightly, and smiled wickedly: "Are you referring to the campus youth idol drama you filmed with a certain actress?"
Jiang Lin's pupils slightly dilated, "No way? Not only did you read my encyclopedia, but you also searched for my dramas to watch?"
Pei Xu said nonchalantly, "I felt it was too quiet when I was writing at night, so I just searched for it and listened to it as background music."
Jiang Lin stood up like a catapulted rocket and argued unconvincedly: "Being the background music? Do you know how popular my drama is?"
"I don't know. I only know that you are sitting with me now." Pei Xu hit the nail on the head, and Jiang Lin was so angry that he stamped his feet. "For your behavior, I can only say that your art appreciation ability is as poor as your grandmother's! How did you get a doctorate?"
"I passed the exam seriously, so it's easy and no pressure." Pei Xu looked calm.
"The show was a huge hit back then! The restaurants and tourist spots I visited in the show attracted a large number of fans to check in, and my clothes, jewelry, and even hair color became hot items at the time!"
"Then why were you hidden away?" Pei Xu's words were like a cold arrow that shot straight into Jiang Lin's heart. He looked at him resentfully: "Do you have to force me to slap you in the police station?"
Pei Xu said frivolously, "Don't hit me! Look." He pointed at the surveillance camera facing them in the corner, "The police are watching everything you say and do."
Jiang Lin rolled his eyes at him, "You straight bastard!"
The two waited until after one in the morning and finally got the news.
The two men sat in the police car to look for someone. The car drove out of the town and turned into a village road. There were mountains on both sides and eucalyptus trees planted on the roadside.
Jiang Lin muttered quietly, "This village is even more remote than Peijia Village. Not to mention at night, even driving alone on this road during the day would make me feel nervous. Only those who are not brave enough are not worthy of living here."
Pei Xu looked at him meaningfully and understood something in his heart.
The car stopped in front of some dilapidated old houses. Jiang Lin turned on the flashlight. The abandoned mud-brick houses were already dilapidated. The tiles on the roof were broken into pieces and fell to the ground. The beams collapsed crookedly. The garbage on the ground was covered with spider webs and moss was growing piece by piece.
The leading police officer said to everyone: "According to the surveillance footage on the main road and the mobile phone positioning, the three children finally disappeared in this area. Everyone split up to look for them."
Jiang Lin consciously followed Pei Xu. Pei Xu whispered, "Jiang Lin, you search outside." After that, Pei Xu took a police flashlight and went into the house to search, calling their names in turn.
The flashlight of a cell phone had a limited visibility range. Jiang Lin stepped carefully on the tiles covered with green moss and searched the periphery. The dark mud brick houses gave off a damp and rotten smell. Jiang Lin couldn't help but shudder. The horrific scenes he had accidentally seen and the horror stories he had heard in the past were now playing out in his mind one after another.
There was a rustling sound behind him, which made him feel uneasy. Jiang Lin panicked for a moment, and his finger touched the flashlight screen icon, and he was instantly in darkness. Jiang Lin stepped on empty air in panic, and his body fell backwards uncontrollably.
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