Lao Lin and Jiang Ping hurriedly went out with Xu Yiguang at eight o'clock, and when they went out, Jiang Ping was already covering her mouth and crying.

Xiaoxiao, who has always been sensitive but doesn't talk much, obviously realized something, but that night, when there was no one at home, she deliberately pretended not to know anything, and then took a towel from the bathroom and wiped her bedroom inside and out, which didn't need to be wiped at all. couldn't wipe the place, so she had to move a stool to stand on it, and she could reach it, as if as long as the room was cleaned up, Jiang Juan would appear in front of her.

Lin Miao had been standing at the door of Xiaoxiao's bedroom, watching Xiaoxiao busy back and forth meaninglessly, grabbing the thick towel with her young hands, carefully and meticulously wiping the bedside table, wardrobe, bed back, window, lampshade, and TV.

At nine o'clock, Xiaoxiao suddenly ran into the bathroom with a towel and locked the door. Lin Miao heard the sound of the shower spraying water in the bathroom, waited for more than 20 minutes, and couldn't help but stand outside the door and shout Xiaoxiao's name, and then heard Xiaoxiao answer loudly: "Miao Miao, wait a minute! Wait for my mother to come back, I want to sleep with my mother at night, I want to wash up!"

Lin Miao choked up and couldn't open her mouth.

After waiting for a full forty minutes, Xiaoxiao finally opened the door of the bathroom, walked out with wet hair and bare feet, stood in front of Lin Miao, sighed, and said with a smile: "My teeth are brushed too!

"Hmm. Lin Miao responded gently, went in to wash up, and when she came out, the living room was already quiet.

Lin Miao walked to Xiaoxiao's room and knocked on the door.

There was no sound in the room, Lin Miao pushed the door in, turned on the light, and saw that Xiaoxiao was already lying down, with her eyes closed, pretending to be asleep.

Lin Miao sighed, closed the door, turned off the light, walked to the bed, and climbed up.

As soon as he lay down beside Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao suddenly turned his head, looked at him with bright eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Miao Miao, you said my mother, can you come back at ten o'clock?"

Lin Miao took off her watch and looked at the time.

Ten o'clock is still five points away......

"I guess I won't be back until eleven o'clock. Lin Miao said without any basis or need, and put the watch on the bedside table.

Xiaoxiao sighed regretfully: "I fell asleep at eleven o'clock, so I won't be able to see my mother until tomorrow morning......"

Lin Miao said: "Well, go to bed early, you can see it when you get up in the morning." ”

Xiaoxiao stretched out her hand to hug Lin Miao, and asked with a smile: "Fortunately, the bed here is very big, and the three of us can sleep." ”

Lin Miao smiled, Xiaoxiao leaned closer, hugged Lin Miao, her breathing slowly became gentle, and she fell into a dream. Lin Miao couldn't fall asleep for a long time, and finally fell asleep after half past eleven.

This sleep seemed to be extremely short, and she didn't sleep enough at all, and Lin Miao was woken up by Xiaoxiao. Lin Miao picked up the watch placed on the bedside, opened one eye to see the time, it was only more than 6:20 in the morning, usually at this time, Xiaoxiao was woken up by Lin Miao.

Xiaoxiao pointed to the light that came in through the crack in the door, and said happily: "Miao Miao, my mother seems to be back, you see, the lights outside are on, I guess my mother must have slept on the sofa last night, my mother used to like to sleep on the sofa the most." ”

Lin Miao looked at the light in the living room outside, and remembered that when he came in last night, he left the light on by the way.

It seems that Lao Lin and Jiang Ping may not have come back all night.

Lin Miao got up tiredly, put on the cotton shirt one by one, put on her clothes and pants, put on her shoes, turned on the light in Xiaoxiao's bedroom, and opened the wardrobe in Xiaoxiao's room, helped her turn out the cotton shirt she was wearing inside, and urged her to put on her clothes.

Xiaoxiao dressed very slowly, wearing every piece of clothing, it was like a ritual, and she wore it for more than ten minutes, and only when Lin Miao squatted on the ground and helped her put on her shoes did she give her hand to Lin Miao, and then opened the door of the room.

Xiaoxiao walked out of the room and looked at the living room, which was empty and empty.

She was silent for a moment, and finally became anxious, shouting at the empty house: "Mom, Dad, Auntie!" While shouting, she ran up, ran into Lao Lin and Jiang Ping's bedroom, ran into Lin Miao's bedroom, ran to the balcony, and even ran into the bathroom.

After a lap, she finally walked back to Lin Miao's side, and asked in a low voice with the few remaining expectations: "Miao Miao, did my mother go upstairs with my aunt to have breakfast?"

Lin Miao nodded, and was about to say yes when the doorbell rang.

Xiaoxiao was a little scared, and turned her head to look at Lin Miao.

Lin Miao took her hand, walked to the door, and opened the door.

Outside the door, Jiang Yang's eyes were red, and Zhang Youwei also looked haggard as if she hadn't slept all night.

Lin Miao didn't wait for them to speak, and immediately asked, "Are you here to send me and Xiaoxiao to school?"

Jiang Yang nodded.

Xiaoxiao looked up at them and whispered in her heart, "Uncle, where is my mother?"

Jiang Yang shuddered, and his eyes became wet all of a sudden.

Zhang Youwei squatted down and hugged Xiaoxiao into her arms, unable to say a word.

Lin Miao took a deep breath and asked Jiang Yang, "Does grandma know?"

Jiang Yang shook his head, and Lin Miao said, "Let's send Xiaoxiao to grandma first, don't go to class today, my Principal Jin will make a phone call and help Xiaoxiao ask for a leave." ”

"Good. Jiang Yang choked up and replied.

Lin Miao immediately turned around and called Principal Jin's house at Bailifang Primary School, early in the morning, woke Principal Jin from the bed, and after finishing it concisely, he hung up the phone directly despite the fact that he was still guilty there.

Before seven o'clock, Lin Miao picked up her schoolbag and took Xiaoxiao downstairs with Jiang Yang and Zhang Youwei.

It was still less than seven o'clock, Jiang Yang drove into the three alleys and sent Xiaoxiao to Lin Miao's grandmother's house. The old man vaguely guessed something, and pulled Jiang Yang to hold on, Jiang Yang could only say with red eyes: "Mom, wait until I send Ah Miao to school before coming over?"

Lin Miao's grandmother let Jiang Yang go, but the whole person seemed to be a little untenable.

Xiaoxiao handed it over to her grandmother, on the way to school, Jiang Yang wiped her tears while driving, and when the swimming bridge came down and Jiang Yang drove away, Lin Miao asked Zhang Youwei: "My aunt...... Was it an accident?"

Zhang Youwei shook her head.

Lin Miao felt that her stomach was tumbling, and her body felt unspeakably uncomfortable, but the tone of her voice became more and more cold, and her mood was a little indifferent, and she said, "It's not an accident, it's artificial, has the murderer been caught?"

Zhang Youwei still shook her head.

Lin Miao asked again: "Is there a clue then?"

"Yes. Zhang Youwei said in a tired voice, "Someone in the dance hall saw it, it was a foreigner, very strong, hairless, and very dark......

Lin Miao's eyes changed suddenly, and he continued: "He is about one meter seventy-five tall and weighs more than two hundred pounds, so he is a fat man." ”

Zhang Youwei looked at Lin Miao in surprise.

Lin Miao looked up at Zhang Youwei and said softly: "I know him, you and your uncle have also met." ”