Chapter 904: Traces
On the edge of the West Lake, Xia Haoran wandered around alone.
After visiting the branch of Beauty Group in Hangzhou, Xia Haoran took out his mobile phone and made a call to his former college classmate Adu, but unfortunately, this kid is currently on vacation in a certain country and will not be able to come back in the short term. For this reason, Xia Haoran can only regret it.
I have to say that Du Jianjin, a kid, has studied law for graduate school across departments since graduation, so after graduation, he did not return to work in the company run by his parents, but worked in a well-known law firm.
Xia Haoran was not surprised by Adu's choice, because he knew in his heart that among the few college roommates at the beginning, this guy who always kept a cool head and had an IQ close to a demon may only be the lawyer who is his best choice. Only in this way can it be regarded as 'making the best use of it'.
Xia Haoran shook his head and admired the magnificent scenery of the West Lake, while his mind was thinking about how to find that little girl.
With his cultivation, it was really not easy to find the other party's roots with just a wisp of breath that day. In addition, Xia Haoran did not have any information about the other party in his hands, so how could he be in this vast sea of people?
"Huh, Xiguan Elementary School?"
Xia Haoran suddenly muttered to himself, but then, he reached out and patted his head again, and his face showed a look of chagrin.
That's right!
Xia Haoran vaguely remembered that the little girl was wearing this set of washed white school uniforms, and on the chest of the school uniform, the words "Hangcheng Xiguan Primary School" were printed. It's just that it's school summer right now, so what if he finds Xiguan Primary School?
Thinking of this, Xia Haoran took out his mobile phone from the storage ring, opened the smart map and looked at it carefully, and when he determined the location of Xiguan Primary School, he casually stopped a taxi and went straight to Xiguan Primary School. Since he has already come, no matter what, Xia Haoran has to go over and verify it in person.
"An urban village?"
Coming out of the taxi, Xia Haoran's brows couldn't help frowning.
In a narrow sense, urban villages refer to residential areas that have evolved into rural villages in the process of urbanization due to the expropriation of all or most of the cultivated land, and the peasants are still living in the original villages after becoming residents, also known as "urban villages";
In China, the scale of urban villages in large, medium and small cities is very large. Not to mention the second-tier cities like Hangzhou at the moment, that is, in those first-tier cities, even super cities such as Modu, Beijing, and Huadu, there are still many remnants of urban village tribes.
When it comes to urban villages, the first image of Xia Haoran is the low and crowded illegal buildings, the dirty environment, the mixed flow of people, the chaotic public security, the lack of supporting infrastructure, and the special zone outside the urban management system. Therefore, in the eyes of many urbanites, urban villages are called the "cancer" of the city!
According to the instructions of the driver, Xia Haoran knew that Xiguan Primary School was located in the center of this urban village.
"Hot slices of Sichuan noodles, this little brother, do you want a bowl?"
"Wushan butter cake, little brother can buy one and try it. ”
"West Lake special snack lotus root noodles, do you want a bowl?"
……
Along the way, the dirty streets are lined with a variety of snack bars. It is precisely because this is an urban village, with a huge population base, and three religions and nine streams entrenched, Xia Haoran found that the business of these snack bars on the street is still quite good.
Xia Haoran walked forward casually, and from time to time someone stepped forward to greet him and solicit customers from his store. In the end, Xia Haoran randomly chose a small restaurant and walked in, saying that it was a small restaurant, but it was actually a small store of less than 20 square meters, with three or five tables and two or three staff members.
Xia Haoran squinted his eyes and looked at the signboard nailed to the wall, and then said, "Let's have a basket of xiaolongbao, a cat's ear, a lotus seed soup, and two stacks of side dishes." ”
"Okay, little brother, please wait a minute. ”
The boss smiled back at Xia Haoran, revealing a simple face and hot sweat rolling on his forehead.
Xia Haoran found an empty dining table and sat down, for him now, eating doesn't matter what hygiene is or not. Even if he eats poison, it does not pose any threat to his body. Seeing that the snacks he ordered were brought to the table one by one, Xia Haoran tasted them one by one, and couldn't help nodding his head in praise.
It tastes good!
In general, Hangzhou is a famous tourist city in China, the greening, sanitation and environment of the whole city are relatively good, and the local snacks are also very complete. Even, in the short few minutes that Xia Haoran stayed just now, he saw the signboards of "Hundred Years of Age" hanging on the door signs of several snack bars.
In recent years, although the names such as "century-old shops" and "Huaxia time-honored brands" seem to be a bit ostentatious, and most of them are not worthy of the name, it has to be said that the more inconspicuous the street shops, the more inconspicuous the cooking chefs in them, their skills are not much worse than the chefs of those star-rated hotels.
While Xia Haoran was enjoying the food, his divine sense quietly spread out, and the range of hundreds of kilometers instantly appeared in his mind one by one.
It seems that he was right!
Xiguan Primary School is less than a kilometer away from the small restaurant where he is dining at the moment. It's just that it was the summer vacation of the school at this time, and the entire campus was quiet, except for the three or two security guards who stayed behind, Xia Haoran didn't see even one teacher and student.
What to do?
If you go through the official channel, Xia Haoran can get the phone number of the girl's head teacher in seconds and inquire about the detailed address of the other party. However, Xia Haoran didn't plan to do that at the moment.
That's right!
Xia Haoran killed a xiaolongbao in one bite, and he suddenly realized a small link that he hadn't cared about before. Since the girl was studying at Xiguan Primary School, her place of residence should be near the school, and as far as he knew, a small dwelling of less than ten square meters and extremely poorly decorated should be a masterpiece of an urban village.
In this way, the scope has undoubtedly narrowed down considerably.
Xia Haoran continued to enjoy the food, while mobilizing the huge divine consciousness in his mind, and with Xiguan Primary School as the center, he began to investigate the entire urban village one by one.
One minute.
Two minutes.
Five minutes.
……
In the blink of an eye, ten minutes passed, and Xia Haoran also solved all the food on the table in front of him, but the little girl still hasn't landed.
"Impossible!"
Xia Haoran subconsciously muttered.
"This little brother, is the food in the small shop not in line with the taste of the little brother?" Hearing Xia Haoran's muttering, the boss who was busy hurriedly ran over and asked with his head bowed.
"Uh......"
Xia Haoran was slightly stunned, it was obvious that this boss should have misunderstood his performance just now, and he hurriedly said: "No, this boss, the food in your store is very good." Seeing the boss beside him, Xia Haoran's eyes rolled, and then he said again: "This boss, I want to ask you something." After speaking, Xia Haoran took out a thousand yuan and handed it over.
"Huh? This ......"
The boss looked at the handful of gross tickets in his hand, and his face was full of panic: "This little brother, this is absolutely unacceptable! Your consumption is not so much, besides, that is, you need to ask something, as long as the old man knows, he will definitely know everything!"
"Boss, don't be humble, there are still others watching here. Xia Haoran smiled and said, "That's the case, I have a distant relative, a little girl who is about ten years old, and she lives alone in this urban village. I'd like to ask the boss how can I find her quickly?"
"A little girl about ten years old, living here alone?" The boss was slightly stunned, and then pondered for a few seconds and asked, "This little brother, can you be sure that little girl lives in this urban village?"
"Sure!"
Xia Haoran nodded and said in a deep voice: "The news I got is that she is now studying at Xiguan Primary School in front of her. It's just that this little girl has been separated from her family for many years, and I don't know how she has lived all these years. ”
"Shenma?"
After listening to Xia Haoran's words, the boss seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly said loudly: "This little brother, can you be sure that it is a little girl about ten years old? She has been separated from her family for many years? She is currently studying in Xiguan Primary School, and she lives in this urban village?"
Xia Haoran had already arranged a soundproof ban around the two of them when he started to ask, otherwise, he would not have made a fuss by this old guy at this time!
"Yes!" Xia Haoran nodded affirmatively.
Seeing Xia Haoran's affirmative expression, the boss pondered for a moment and said, "Little old man, I have been in this small shop for nearly 20 years now, so as long as I am a person who often passes by here, I can basically be familiar with my face." Unfortunately, about a year ago, I happened to meet a lonely little girl. After speaking, the boss told Xia Haoran about the events at that time.
The little girl was dressed plainly, dirty, and when she saw her, she was still carrying a snakeskin bag in her hand, but when she saw the yellow-skinned and listless appearance, the old man knew that the other party was malnourished and starved for a long time, and he kindly invited the little girl to the store to get some food. Later, he saw the other party picking up garbage in the village with a snakeskin bag many times, and it took him a long time to know from other people's mouths that the little girl was alone.
"Boss, take a closer look, does this little girl in front of you look the same as the little girl you just said?"
Xia Haoran had an idea, and a light curtain instantly appeared in front of the two, and what was reflected in the light curtain was the image he had tracked Liu Mengmeng through the breath of the paper man.