Chapter 9: Too many things to figure out
Xia Ju got up very early today, she felt that she should go to school too, she didn't want to stay at home so meaninglessly, thinking too much, it would only aggravate her sadness.
Han San's rickshaw was not at the corner of the street, Xia Ju hesitated for a moment, and walked quickly towards the school in the cold wind. In fact, her home is not far from the school, if you don't take the main road, you can go through a few small alleys, and it will take about half an hour to arrive.
Xia Ju's school was a private school founded by the church, which initially only accepted girls, but later the school's popularity gradually expanded, and the people's customs became more and more civilized.
When passing through the boys' class, Xia Ju slowed down, she wanted to see if Shen Junchen was here. Shen Junchen's seat was in the front row, and he could see it clearly from passing by the door.
Unsurprisingly, Shen Junchen's seat was empty, Xia Ju lowered her head and walked into the girls' class next door, the teacher had not yet come, and several familiar classmates immediately swarmed around her, asking about Xia Ju's current situation.
"Is Xia Ju here?"
While Xia Ju was busy dealing with the concerns of her classmates, the teacher leaned in and asked.
Xia Ju hurriedly stood up: "Teacher, I'm here." ”
The teacher glanced at Xia Ju: "If you don't come early, you won't come late...... Come out, someone is looking for you. ”
Xia Ju stood up a little inexplicably and followed the teacher out of the classroom.
Xia Ju: "Teacher, who is looking for me?" ”
The teacher gestured with his chin to the two people in tunics standing at the end of the corridor, one tall and one short, and whispered, "Xia Ju, be careful, they are from the secret service headquarters." ”
After speaking, he didn't wait for Xia Ju to answer, glanced at the two in disgust, turned around and walked into the classroom.
Xia Ju hesitated and walked over: "You guys...... What are you looking for me? ”
"You're Xia Ju?"
"Yes."
The short tunic lit up the pistol on his waist: "Secret Service Headquarters." My brother and I are here today to ask you a few questions. Shen Jin knows, right? ”
"Acquaintance."
"You and Shen Junchen are classmates?"
"Yes, it's a classmate from this school."
"You saw the murderer that day, didn't you?"
"I didn't ...... I saw it too clearly, oh no, I didn't pay much attention to it. ”
"Didn't notice? As far as we know, one of the murderers took a look at you before committing the murder! Miss Xia, we think...... You know this murderer! ”
Xia Ju denied without hesitation: "I don't know." ”
"I don't know, why doesn't he look at others, just at you! Miss Xia, if she doesn't report it, she can be regarded as complicit with the murderer! ”
Xia Ju said lightly: "Every day when I walk out of school after school, I may first see an old gentleman passing by, or a grandmother selling refreshments on the street, or anyone who passes by me - but we don't know each other!" Do you understand what I mean, sir? ”
The tall and short tunics glanced at each other, and the tall tunic smiled: "What a clever little girl!" Forget it, forget it if you don't know each other, don't get so excited. When Junchen came out, he specially told us not to scare you, and now it seems that it is our brothers who are scared! ”
The two of them changed their grim and cold faces when they were intimidated just now, and replaced them with smiling faces: "Miss Xia, if you see these three people in the future, you must tell us immediately!" Oh, by the way, it's okay to tell Jia Junchen. ”
Xia Ju said embarrassedly: "Please let the two chiefs speak clearly, what is my family Junchen, Shen Junchen and I are just ordinary classmates!" ”
The short tunic smiled: "The little girl is ashamed, we all understand this." Let's go, Miss Xia, what a bother! ”
The two guys turned around one after the other and were about to leave, when the short tunic suddenly turned around and said with a smile: "Miss Xia, you haven't seen Junchen for a few days, right?" I'll tell you the good news, your Junchen has joined our secret service headquarters! We'll all be a family from now on......"
Xia Ju was surprised, she didn't understand why Junchen suddenly joined the secret service headquarters, the agent headquarters are a group of notorious murderers, and Junchen, who didn't even dare to kill chickens, became one of them, which is really unbelievable.
There have been a lot of things in the past few days, and there are just as many things that I can't understand, and Xia Ju spent the whole day in cranky thoughts. After school, Xia Ju walked out of school, her mind was still muddy, and she subconsciously walked into the Sifang Bookstore.
A Yuan, a guy from the bookstore, was wiping the dust on the bookshelf with a rag, and looked up: "Oh, Miss Xia is here, you haven't been here for a long time." ”
Xia Ju smiled reluctantly, and then suddenly thought of what she was doing when she came into this bookstore, who was waiting to pick her up? I didn't feel sour in my heart, the person who picked me up would never come again, thinking of this section, I unconsciously burst into tears.
"Miss Xia, what's wrong with you?" Boss Tang happened to pass by, and when he saw this scene, he was also very sad in his heart.
Xia Ju's father would say thank you to Boss Tang every time he came to pick up Xia Ju, this thank you may not be nothing, but it shows a person's minimum character.
"No, it's nothing......" Xia Ju turned around and wiped her tears.
"Alas, the dead are gone, and the living are like this." Boss Tang sighed and shook his head and left.
Xia Ju: "Thank you, Boss Tang." ”
Xia Ju wandered between the rows of bookshelves, and she didn't know what books she was going to choose, just passing the time.
Huzi, who was selling cigarettes at the door, walked in with a cigarette case: "Sister Xia Ju." ”
Xia Ju: "Hey. Huzi, come to deliver cigarettes to Boss Tang? ”
"Yes, Sister Xia Ju, are you okay?"
Xia Ju nodded vigorously, choked in her throat and couldn't speak, such a greeting from a child made Xia Ju miss her deceased father doubly. Xia Ju couldn't stay any longer, and no matter how well she knew them, she was afraid that she would collapse.
Xia Ju casually bought a copy of "Ta Kung Pao" and hurriedly walked out of the bookstore. I bought some steamed buns and pickles at a street food stall, then called a rickshaw, and returned home with a sense of relief along the way.
The lunch box on the door was still hanging there, which confirmed Xia Ju's suspicions more and more, the person who used to deliver food to him every day was very likely to be the young man who killed people without even blinking his eyes.
After washing her hands, Xia Ju took out the bun and browsed the newspaper while eating her dinner. Flipping through the newspaper's personal advertising classification column, one of the advertisements caught Xia Ju's attention: Happy birthday of Ju'er on December 26th! Magnolia.
December 26th is Xia Ju's birthday, and the signature on it is Ju'er, and the name is magnolia! This must not be a coincidence, there is no such coincidence in this world!
And apart from Xia Ju and her father, there will be no third person in this world who knows this day, if anyone else knows her birthday, it must be her biological mother!
Xia Ju excitedly read the newspaper over and over again, and then covered the newspaper on her chest, calming down her chaotic mood for a long time. I thought it was my father's nonsense before he died, but I didn't expect it to be true, and my mother posted such an advertisement in the newspaper.
What does that mean? Why didn't she come to see herself? Even if her parents have any grievances, now that her father has died, what reason does she have not to show up? It's just a matter of not showing up, what is the purpose of posting such an advertisement again?
Xia Ju only thought about it for a few minutes, then immediately got up and went downstairs and rushed to the Ta Kung Pao newspaper office.
PS: I hope that the gods passing by can give more valuable advice, if there is any poison, I can correct it in time! Please!