Unlike other residents who just hastily set up a simple stove, which can usually cook a meal, Zhao Xia's relatively dilapidated tube building can be called luxurious, and there is no half a gap on the cement stove, almost every few months, Zhao Xia will carefully apply a new layer of cement outside.

This stove is a little too big, blocking the corridor that is not spacious, plus the simple stove built by the residents on the other side, the whole corridor is the most difficult for them to pass through, there were once residents who lived in the inside, and they couldn't make the trip when moving furniture, and communicated with Zhao Xia several times, but did not get a reply, and finally the resident patiently ran out, blocked Zhao Xia's door and scolded, so that she quickly demolished it.

In fact, Zhao Xia is usually very talkative, and she has a good relationship with her neighbors, but she doesn't know why, she just can't listen to others say that she dismantles the stove, and the stove is like her lifeline, who moves her and who is in a hurry, so she has fought with almost all the neighbors. In the end, everyone attributed this behavior to Zhao Xia's widowhood for many years, and the loss of her only son, a little psychopathic, and didn't take it to heart.

But only Zhao Xia herself understood in her heart why she was so nervous about the stove, because there was her son who disappeared 14 years ago.

Compared with being ruined, Zhao Xia would rather die in her own hands. This may be the last way a mother can educate her son. She gave him life, brought him into this world, from a small lump to such a big one, she loved him with all her heart, and longed to hold all the good things in the world to him, and take care of him carefully. I don't know how many hearts ****. When the child grows up, a mother does not ask how rich he is or how filial she is, but only hopes that her son can become a man who stands up to the sky, at least can abide by the law and live a peaceful and happy life.

When Zhao Xia accidentally rummaged through her son's closet with a bloodstained shirt and a knife, she felt like her whole world was gone. The nightmare repeated again, her son knelt in front of her, intermittently telling him what he had done one by one, Zhao Xia could hardly believe her ears. Is this still the son who used to be kind, cute, sensible, obedient, smart and lively? It was when he began to resemble his father more and more. And when did he start following his father's path?

There was another knock outside the door, interrupting Zhao Xia's memories. She hurriedly wiped away the tears on her face, and opened the door with a little anger: "Are you still finished?" Do you think anyone loves money as much as you do? But it was not Zhang Xiaomei outside the door, but Zeng Xiaoyi, who had a gloomy face, and a woman she looked a little familiar with.

Zeng Xiaoyi's eyes almost burst into flames. Without saying a word, he grabbed Zhao Xia's neck: "You return my daughter's life!" Say. Where the hell is your son? Debts to pay off money, murder to pay for life. Did he think he would escape the law by hiding? Where in the world is there something so cheap! I can't find him, so I'll strangle you!" One life for another!! Let my poor daughter close her eyes underground, too! Zhao Xia was pinched a little dazed until she felt that she couldn't breathe. It was the survival instinct that made her get rid of Zeng Xiaoyi.

The long-term illness and weak body made Zeng Xiaoyi, a man in his fifties, weigh less than 80 pounds, and Zhao Xia was able to push him away with a little effort. Zeng Xiaoyi was about to pounce and continue to pinch, but was stopped by Wen Mo.

At breakfast time just now, Zeng Xiaoyi recalled his daughter, full of fatherly love was so thick that he wanted to swing out, it seemed that he couldn't express his love for his daughter in words, he dropped his chopsticks in the middle of the meal, went into the house and turned out a few old photo albums, starting from the full moon shining on the hundred suns, until the photos of Miao Miao's last birthday, a whole album was stored. In the nineties, when digital cameras were not popular, photography was still a slightly luxurious thing, and the cost of this album was quite expensive. It can be seen that Zeng Xiaoyi really loved his daughter at the beginning.

Miao Miao's eighth birthday left a lot of photos, it can be seen that the conditions in Zeng Xiaoyi's home were still good at that time, the little girl was wearing a beautiful red dress, smiling at the camera so much that she couldn't see her teeth, and she was still holding a bag of dried cheese from Inner Mongolia.

Inner Mongolia? Wen Mo immediately thought that the serial murderer should be inextricably linked to G City in Inner Mongolia. Nine years is not like now, the circulation of goods is fast, the distance is long, at that time other places of special products, the main way to obtain only one, that is, relatives and friends have been there, when they come back, they are kind gifts.

Wen Mo pointed to the bag of dried cheese and asked Zeng Xiaoyi: "Do you still remember, the origin of this bag of dried cheese, did you buy it for your daughter, or did someone else send it?" It's important to think about it. ”

Zeng Xiaoyi obviously can't turn around, in the past 18 years since his daughter's accident, he is full of thoughts about how to avenge his daughter, to find that bastard, all the details recalled in his mind are the scenes of his daughter lying in the living room bloodily, and as for the other memories, they have slowly faded with time. In fact, even he couldn't tell how much of his so-called good memories of spending time with his daughter were real, and how much of them were imagined in his mind during the long lonely years. Now Wen Mo pointed to the photo and asked him, which suddenly made him feel that his brain was blank, and he couldn't recall what happened at the party on his daughter's last birthday in her life. He knew that these memories must have been treasured in an area of his mind, but now he couldn't find out where they were.

Milk cool dried cheese. This is definitely not what I bought for my daughter, let alone my wife. The wife loves her daughter very much, but her love, with a bit of stern color, Zeng Xiaoyi is a father, he thinks that he should not interfere more in the matter of raising his daughter, just use his spare time to accompany his daughter as much as possible to have fun, and give her a happy childhood. But the responsibility of the wife is different, she needs to educate her daughter well, for snacks, the wife is very strict, and the materials in that era are still relatively scarce, especially in their emerging third-tier small cities, because of the discovery of mineral resources, heavy industry has been built according to the mine. All people's needs are premised on work, unlike big cities where there are a variety of local specialty stores. The wife will never get used to her daughter buying these things that hurt her teeth, because not long ago her daughter just started to change her teeth, and her previous teeth were not good because she ate too much sugar, if she changed her teeth this time and was still like before, then her daughter would have to live with a mouthful of small yellow tooth decay in her life, which his wife would never allow, so during this time, she was very strict with her daughter's sweet tooth, and she didn't even buy sweet and greasy cream cakes on such a major day as her birthday.

So this bag of jerky must have been sent by someone else. On their daughter's birthday, they only invited a few of their best friends and some children who knew their daughter in a nearby building. Children come to other people's homes for birthday banquets, and parents rarely come empty-handed. Miao Miao received many gifts on her birthday. There were a lot of hairpins, shoes, and cards, but Zeng Xiaoyi didn't remember that someone sent her such a big bag of dried cheese.

Who the hell is it? Who the hell is it? He must have seen this man, he must have seen it! Because he was by his daughter's side the whole time, he basically didn't leave except for half a step to go to the toilet. Zeng Xiaoyi stared at the photo with a confused eye. Try to remember all the details of what happened that day. He suddenly remembered that there seemed to be an uninvited guest that day, who seemed to be Zhu Feng, the son of Sister Zhao.

Zhu Feng was seventeen years old at the time. Because he didn't have a father since he was a child, his personality was a little feminine, he spoke in a girly voice, always hunched over, his head was lowered, and he never greeted acquaintances when he met them. In fact, the people who know Zhu Feng in the tube building feel that he and Zhao Xia have no resemblance from head to toe, the mother is so good at being a person, but the son is withdrawn and unsociable, interpersonal relationships need to be managed, it was originally a group of people who are not related by blood living in a building similar to a miscellaneous courtyard, and whether the neighbors get along well depends entirely on whether the two families will be people. There are good people like Zhao Xia, who are quiet, and there are also people like Zhang Xiaomei, who are offended by the surrounding neighbors.

Although Zhu Feng was only seventeen years old at that time, he was still a minor, and he was still a child before starting a family, although everyone still regarded him as a child, but a 17-year-old child should be mature anyway, so people's requirements for him are naturally different from before, and they are relatively harsh. It is precisely because of this that no one in the tube building really likes Zhu Feng, this child is too gloomy, he always looks up slightly when he looks at people, and looks at you from the corner of his eyes, the cold meaning contained in his eyes can make the people watching can't help but shiver.

So when he appeared at Miao Miao's birthday party very abruptly and sent a gift, Zeng Xiaoyi felt that this child was a little inexplicable, and did not let him in. But Zhu Feng still left the bag of dried cheese and ran away without looking back.

Now that I think about it, Zhu Feng has not lived in the tube building in the past few years, according to Zhao Xia, she sent her son back to her parents' house to go to school, and her mother's home seems to be in G City! And Zhu Feng went to G City for four years from 94 to 98, and he only came back at the beginning of 98!

He, he, he? Could he be the murderer??!! This guy who has been looking for him for more than ten years has always been under his nose, and has always lived only a dozen meters away from him!! Even, he clearly remembered that after Miao Miao's death, Zhu Feng had come to comfort him more than once, and stood in front of Miao Miao's mourning hall in silence. He also naively thought that he had mistaken this taciturn child, thinking that he was just not good at talking, but had a kind heart.

It turns out that this is the truth!

That's why Zeng Xiaoyi rushed over to find Zhao Xia regardless of it. Zhao Xia wanted to sit on the ground without tears, and there was only one thought in her heart: it's over, she has kept the secret for so many years, and she will soon be exposed to the sun, and then everyone will know that their family of three is all murderers. Even if they die, they will bear such a reputation and be reviled by the world.

Zeng Xiaoyi smashed the floor and asked sharply: "Did you already know?" I already knew that your son killed Miao Miao and killed so many innocent people? You are also a mother, how can you be willing to watch other people's parents be heartbroken? Your son killed not only Miao Miao, but also my wife, and me, the tragedy of our family was caused by your son, and all of this must be counted on your son's head! If you still don't say anything and don't tell us where he went, you're also a murderer! Walk! Let's go to the Public Security Bureau now and make things clear! Your son must let him pay for the sins he has done! Walk! ”

"Nope! Please! Please! Don't go to the Public Security Bureau! I admit it's all our family's fault, and we're sorry for you! Please! My son, my son, he is no longer in this world, he is dead, and he will never hurt anyone again. Meow Meow's life, my son returned it to you, if you still think it's not enough, you can take my old life. Please! Don't go to the Public Security Bureau, don't let my son be ruined! I beg you! It's all my fault, it's all my fault! It was I who failed to educate my son well that led him to the wrong path! ”

Zhao Xia tugged at the corner of Zeng Xiaoyi's clothes, knelt on her knees and kowtowed, and after a while, blood was already on her forehead. Wen Mo hurriedly hugged her. Before the matter was clarified, they came to embarrass a poor mother, which was a bit unauthentic. But Zeng Xiaoyi's reckless behavior was crooked, and Zhao Xia spat out so easily, admitting that her son was inextricably linked to the series of serial rapes and murders in Y City.

Zhao Xia was stopped by Wen Mo and couldn't do any more masochistic behavior of touching the ground with her head, but her mouth was not idle at all, and she kept begging for mercy, just begging them not to go to the public security bureau, how pitiful and pitiful it looked like that looked.

Children should never be paid for by their parents. Parents gave them life and gave them a warm harbor to grow up in their young and ignorant years. When they finally grew up, they watched with sadness and pride as they spread their wings and fly out of their parents' world, into the free sky, and their steps were so fast that there was no time to stop, waiting for their elderly parents. But their parents are still paying attention to them all the time, and what they desire is not to give back, but only to be responsible for the life they have raised.

From this point of view, Zhao Xia, like Zeng Xiaoyi, is innocent. (To be continued.) )