Chapter 107
After the group of people looking for her entered the door, they all looked downcast, and Lin Minjun had a bad feeling in her heart
This asked out, and sure enough, someone answered and said dejectedly: “No, we split up, went to the school, classmates’ homes, friends’ homes have asked, even her often go to the co-op have asked, they all said that they have not seen people, and, also, did not even know that she was going to leave, not to mention where she went, we said up she ran away, people still think it is very strange ”
Someone scratched his hair, “Now everywhere has been searched, like the earth has evaporated”
Everyone in the room is sighing, after all, everyone is watching Ling Ling grow up, see her from a wow and cry little baby into a little girl, and then into this now the appearance of a big girl, and now the person is missing, everyone’s heart is not comfortable
Some people said: “How can this child run away for good reason, what can’t we say properly, what difficulties can we all help ah, this girl is not abducted right?”
Dog egg mom said: “Nowadays, the little girl’s heart can be high, all said to be free love, I remember a few months ago did not say that Ling Ling got a date, this is not a date abducted, is not it?”
“Hush, you dare to say this, don’t let Xiao Xu hear, be careful she will come back to tear your mouth” Someone said in a hurry
If these words continue, they will start discussing Ling Ling’s reputation, Lin Minjun didn’t want them to say these words, her eyes turned around the house and realized something was wrong, “Where is sister-in-law Xu, why isn’t she here?”
Dog egg mom said, “Xiao Xu went to the Public Security Bureau to report the case, this moment is estimated to stay there and wait for news, you say, children are not the enemy of a past life, this cold weather can not return home, we have to go out to look for that girl, Xiao Xu is a day and night did not sleep”
Lin Minjun then said, “Now no news is good news, sister-in-law Xu didn’t come back is still hope”
Everyone drank hot water, feeling warmth all over, nodding their heads, no matter what they say, in the end, they still hope to find Ding Ling in a hurry
After waiting for a while, Yan Li saw several people yawning, so he let everyone go home first, “There’s no point in waiting here, why don’t you guys go back to bed first and replenish your energy”
In fact, everyone is also sleepy, is no one out of the head to say go home, heard this, immediately someone got up to go home, so one after another to go, soon the house only left Lin Minjun and Yan Li two brothers
Lin Minjun said: “You also go back to rest, Erwa still have to go to school tomorrow, don’t think about me, I’m just a little worried about Ling Ling”
Before leaving, Yan Li came over and held Lin Minjun’s hand, feeling her small hand cold, “I will find her”
“Well, trust you”
Everyone left, Lin Minjun closed the door, lying on the warm and cozy bed, tossing and turning just couldn’t sleep, her heart kept thinking about sister-in-law Xu and Ding Ling, the mother and daughter
At the same time, the Public Security Bureau
Sister-in-law Xu was sitting in the office hall, her eyes were red and she kept wiping her tears
Because of Ding Ling’s disappearance, the Public Security Bureau was brightly lit and busy tonight
Auntie Xu, who was sitting next to her, said, “Don’t get too worked up, aren’t the public security officers already looking for her? So many people will find it sooner or later”
“I’m not angry, I’m angry” Xu sister-in-law covered her face and said: “I don’t know how to teach a daughter like this, the last time I was ready to run, good thing by the yard of the small forest stopped, then we also talked, the knot are open, the apology I also apologized, the justice, I went to the door to scold Just don’t know how a girl think, how to run away again without saying a word”
Auntie Xu asked, “It’s not necessarily that she ran away by herself, could it be that she was abducted by a human abductor?”
Sister-in-law Xu sighed and said, “There is one thing I only told the public security, did not dare to tell the people in the hutong, in fact, I have cleaned up the house, Ling Ling’s several pieces of clothing is missing, she saved up her own New Year’s money is also missing, you say that people abductors can abduct these things away?”
So the odds are that Ding Ling took advantage of the darkness of the night and the wind to pack up her own things and run away
Auntie Xu let out a long sigh, speechless
Sister-in-law Xu smiled bitterly, “This is also considered a blessing in misfortune, at least she ran away with someone by herself, there is still a clue, she must have run away with someone she came in contact with, in case she was abducted and captured by someone, I can’t find it any way, right now, as long as the child is still alive, I don’t ask for anything else”
But after saying that, she was silent for a while, suddenly don’t head to give herself a slap, “But if this child is back safely, I must educate her, I work every day is already tired enough, do I owe her or do I owe them the old Ding family, this life as a cow as a horse, give birth to a daughter is still not stop”
After all, this family, Auntie Xu immediately pulled her hand, not letting her fling herself in the face again, “Everything will wait for Ling Ling to come back and then say, the child does not know what the situation is now”
As she was talking, a young public security officer with a very tender face came over
“How is it, is there any news about my daughter?” Sister-in-law Xu stood up all of a sudden and asked eagerly
The public security officer quickly said, “Don’t be too anxious, there are already many public security officers out looking for her, and there are also many people inquiring about the situation, I came over here to ask you some questions, this will help us find her as soon as possible”
Sister-in-law Xu’s face was translucent with gray, “You ask”
The public security officer then said, “Do you know how the child’s academic performance has been recently? As well as, the recent test scores? There are many children who have high expectations of themselves, and when their test scores drop, they can’t accept the harshness of their families for a while, so they run away from home”
Sister-in-law Xu didn’t hesitate to say, “My daughter’s academic performance has always been very good, she’s never fallen out of the top five in the past few months, and her most recent exam scored third in her age, it can’t be because of this”
“Then has she ever told you that she was bullied in school or anything?” Public Security asked again
“And no” Sister-in-law Xu said categorically
The public security officer said, “How is her mood these days? Has she often said pessimistic things or shown an impatient temper?”
This time, Xu’s sister-in-law couldn’t answer and opened her mouth, “I was busy working, I didn’t pay attention to this”
The public security officer asked a few more questions, and Sister-in-law Xu still couldn’t answer
She was able to answer Ding Ling’s academic performance and living habits, and could know the answers almost without thinking, but as for Ling Ling’s inner world, what was going on in her mind, Sister-in-law Xu didn’t know a thing
Sister-in-law Xu looked dumbfounded
The public security officer put away his notebook, got up and said, “Then think about it again and see if you can think of any clues, I’ll leave first”
As if she had been slapped in the face, Sister-in-law Xu sat in her chair and did not move
Auntie Xu had always said what she had to say, and directly said, “Xiao Xu, are you usually the one who doesn’t talk to Ling Ling? Although I have not raised children, but many children in the yard are I watched grow up, I have to say ah, the child is not good grades, food and clothing on the line, but also have to talk to her more, know what the child’s heart is thinking Look at Wu Xiuhua’s family Cao Bin, when he was a child, he did not worry about food and drink, how is it now?”
Seeing Xu’s sister-in-law’s face pale, Auntie Xu added: “Forget it, you’re usually the father and mother, can’t take care of this is inevitable, now the most important thing is to find Ling Ling back, think about what she usually love to chat with people, maybe we can ask”
Sister-in-law Xu’s heart was so guilty at this moment that she kept hammering her chest
She lowered her head and thought for a while, then suddenly stood up and said, “No, Ling Ling usually seems to be quite close to Xiao Lin in the courtyard, sometimes Ling Ling will go to her store to eat rice noodles, Ling Ling also often told me that Xiao Lin is quite good to her”
Auntie Xu: “Then what are we waiting for, now dragging the child for a minute is one more minute of danger, let’s go back to look for Xiao Lin”
So in the middle of the night, Lin Minjun didn’t fall asleep, and was tossing and turning in bed thinking about this matter, when he heard someone knocking on the door of the big miscellaneous courtyard in a windy manner, waking up everyone
However, all of them were not angry, instead, all of a sudden from scurrying up, someone hurriedly opened the door
Once they saw that there was sister-in-law Xu standing outside, they hurriedly asked, “What’s wrong? Is it Ling Ling who has news?”
“Xiao Xu, how is the child? Did you get it back?”
Sister-in-law Xu’s eyes were red and swollen, she pursed her lips and didn’t say anything as she headed inside, Auntie Xu followed behind and explained, “We haven’t found it yet, we’re back to find Xiao Lin to ask about the situation”
Lin Minjun heard the commotion and also opened the door, and saw Mrs Xu standing at the door
As soon as she opened the door, Mrs Xu directly wanted to kneel down, “Xiao Lin, I beg you, save Ling Ling”
Lin Minjun hurriedly held her back, “Say what you have to say properly, don’t kneel down, even if you don’t beg, I will still help, but sister-in-law you have to tell me, how can I help? What can I do to help?”
At this time almost everyone in the yard was woken up, the lights were on in every house, and some people ran over in their cotton slippers, all looking at the door to see what was going on
Lin Minjun said, “It’s cold outside, sister-in-law you come in and talk, speak slowly, what’s going on?”
At that moment, she welcomed everyone in and poured a cup of hot water for Mrs Xu
The moment Xu’s hand came up, Lin Minjun felt like she had grabbed an ice cube, so she couldn’t help but shrink
Sister-in-law Xu: “The public security said to ask the closest people, maybe there will be clues, I thought about it, in the last six months only you and Lingling said the most”
Speaking of this Xu’s sister-in-law’s tears kept falling down as she pleaded, “I want to ask you to think about it, recently when you talked to Ling Ling did you find anything wrong, did she say anything about leaving or anything like that”
Ever since she was stopped by Lin Minjun last time, Ding Ling would occasionally go to the rice noodle store and not eat, she would just sit there and stare, Lin Minjun would then serve a bowl of hot soup and the two of them would talk
The number of times was not much, just once or twice a month
The people gathered in the room were shocked when they heard this, “Xiao Xu, Ling Ling is your daughter ah, what’s in her heart you don’t know?”
“This is also too uncharacteristic, the son can be leathery, the daughter or to take care of, you alas, I do not know what to say”
Being said by everyone with a voice, Xu sister-in-law’s heart is also bleeding, lowered her head and kept on crying
Seeing her like this, Lin Minjun couldn’t be more harsh, “Sister-in-law Xu don’t cry, I will definitely not excuse myself if I can help, you guys sit down first, I’ll think about whether Lingling said anything about running or something like that when she was chatting with me before”
She asked Sister-in-law Xu to sit down and took a few deep breaths herself to calm down and think back to the conversation she had with Ling Ling earlier
Every time Ling Ling came in, she looked tired and sullen, and would be much better again with a bowl of rice noodles, and most of the time when Lin Minjun chatted with her, she talked about things at school, asking her if there were any interesting things happening at school, ah, if she had made any new friends lately, or, did the teacher talk about any interesting topics in class?
Ding Ling was very willing to talk and giggle
In recent times, Ling Ling seems to be in a bad mood
Sister-in-law Xu had been observing Lin Minjun’s expression, and when she saw her frowning, she immediately asked, “Little Lin, did you think of something?”
“Don’t worry, I just remembered that Ling Ling seems to have been preoccupied during this period of time, I tried to ask but she was dead set on not saying anything, sister-in-law, do you know what’s wrong with Ling Ling?” Lin Minjun said
Sister-in-law Xu’s face went white again, her eyes followed suit, and she didn’t say anything for a long time
Lin Minjun understood at a glance, she definitely didn’t know either
This clue was so broken, and the discontented gazes in the room also fell on Sister Xu in unison, almost crushing her
After thinking about it, Lin Minjun changed the topic, “I remember that Ling Ling disappeared in the middle of the night, did she do anything unusual the night before she disappeared? Or said anything?”
“No” Sister-in-law Xu choked and said, “Last night I was in a hurry to go to the night shift, after Ling Ling came back I made her a bowl of noodles, she didn’t say anything after she ate it, she just said she was very sleepy, I prepared clothes for her to wear tomorrow and left, then came back, and the person was gone”
Lin Minjun asked again, “Then the last person to see her was you sister-in-law?”
Sister-in-law Xu looked confused, “The last time I saw her was at 5:30 in the evening because I had to go to work at six o’clock”
“Has anyone else seen Ling Ling after Sister-in-law Xu went to work?” Lin Minjun asked the people behind her
“I’ve seen it, last night I came out to go to the toilet and saw Sister Ling Ling” A childish voice suddenly said from behind
“Who is this, why didn’t you say earlier if you saw it?”
“Who’s talking?”
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment
At this time Yan Li pushed aside the crowd and carried out a child with a red face and a fat thrown face from the crowd
Dog egg mom took one look and screamed out, “My family steel egg!”
She was anxious, also afraid of sister-in-law Xu to find their own children to settle scores, the first past a slap, “you this child, saw how not early to say, before the public security over to ask when you do not say?”
Steel egg is young, to the mother so hit directly scared to cry, wow, “Ling Ling sister let me not say ah, take her away that person’s also give me candy”
Sister-in-law Xu froze, “What person?”
This was like a ball of wool, the more it was pulled, the messier it got
“A man” Steel Egg tried to recall