Chapter 78: Letter from the Dead
Three hours, not long, not short, at the moment when the train stopped, Wen Yan directly got up and took his backpack and couldn't wait to get off the train, Chen Mengyao followed: "Little ancestor, slow down!" You've got one in your belly! ”
It was almost noon that the two of them found a dilapidated town from which the letter had been sent, and the whole town was lifeless, except for the old man who faltered on the road, and it was difficult to see a young man with vitality.
The economy here is backward, and young people are basically working in the surrounding cities, leaving only the elderly behind.
After asking a few times, they finally came to 'Lao Xu''s house, but in front of them was a dilapidated two-story building that was almost uninhabitable, with a false door and weeds growing in front of it, as if no one had lived in it for a long time.
Wen Yan had a bad premonition in his heart, judging from the depreciation of the envelope, the letter was not newly written, maybe it was written for a long time before it was sent?
At this time, a gray-haired old lady came out next door, and Chen Mengyao stepped forward and asked, "Grandma, is there anyone surnamed Xu who lives here?" It's a small two-story building ......"
The old lady Nunu said: "Gone, long gone, no one has lived in this house for three years." I don't know if this family's surname is Xu, and he doesn't interact with people, so I heard that he has an incurable disease, and most of them are dead. In the past, two people lived here with a child, the woman died first, and then the child didn't know where to go, and now there is no one living at all. ”
Wen Yan's heart sank: "Grandma, are you sure?" Someone sent me a letter from here a while ago......"
The old lady was a little impatient: "I don't know, I don't know, anyway, I haven't seen anyone in or out of this house for a few years." ”
This is undoubtedly bad news for Wen Yan, except for the letter in his hand, there are no other clues at all, so it is impossible to find out the truth.
She was unwilling, and the hope that had been kindled so hard could not be dashed like this.
After hesitating for a moment, she made a decision: "Yaoyao, let's go in and have a look!" You might find a clue. ”
Chen Mengyao had never done such a thing, and she was a little weak-hearted: "Xiaoyan...... This is a trespass, right? Although the door is not locked, it is better for us to just go in, right? ”
Wen Yan couldn't care so much at the moment, so without saying a word, she pushed the door and walked in, the smell of mold and dampness in the room came to her face, and she covered her mouth and coughed for a while.
The furniture in the house is old-fashioned, in disrepair and tattered, cobwebs everywhere, strangely enough, there is still half a bowl of uneaten noodles on the dining table downstairs, which has long been moldy and rotten and condensed into lumps, many things have been restored and untouched, the bedroom closet door upstairs is wide open, and a lot of clothes are still there, covered with a thick layer of ash, it seems that the owner of the house was in a hurry at that time.
The two searched for it, but found nothing of value except for a damp photo, so they had to give up and leave.
Chen Mengyao dragged Wen Yan to find a fly restaurant in the town for dinner, and booked a return ticket by the way, but they didn't get the desired result, so the two naturally didn't have the heart to stay and play.
Wen Yan took the photo he found and looked at it carefully, it can be seen that it is a man, a woman and a child, and it is a boy, which can be seen from the dress, but the upper body and the face are damp and can no longer be seen clearly.
Even if you can restore the face on the photo, the world is so big, trying to find someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack, especially when the other person is very likely to be dead......
She didn't want to believe that Lao Xu was dead, how could a dead person send a letter?
"Xiao Yan, don't think about it yet, we have to take our time in this matter. Let me help you analyze it, I forwarded the letter to you not long after I received it, and with the distance from here to the imperial capital, it will not take long to receive the letter, that is, the sender must have been alive at least when he sent the letter. As for why the other party sent the letter to an address that is no longer in use, probably because he doesn't want you to know where he lives now? Ouch, I don't know what the situation is, anyway, Lao Xu is definitely not dead, don't be discouraged, he will send the first letter, and there will definitely be a second one, let's just wait! Since he doesn't want us to come to him to ask for clarification, then he can't start without a follow-up, right? Chen Mengyao forcibly comforted her, and almost wrapped herself in.
"Yaoyao, don't worry, I'm fine, I've been waiting for so many years, I can continue to wait...... It's really okay......" Wen Yan put the photo away, barely squeezing out a smile, she didn't want Chen Mengyao to be in a hurry with her.
Her original plan was to figure out what happened back then, if her father had nothing to do with the plane crash that year, but was a victim, she would have a good talk with Mu Tingchen, put down the sins she had borne for more than ten years, overturn the case for her father, and then confess her pregnancy...... Of course, she didn't dare to think about it.
But now the progress is stuck here, so that she has to continue to follow the original trajectory until her stomach can't hide it, and Mu Tingchen knows that she is pregnant...... Then she gave birth to a child and left the house with her sins...... This is not the result she wants!
When Wen Yan returned to the Mu Mansion, the sky had already darkened, the lights of the Mu Mansion were bright and not bright enough, and Mu Tingchen had not come back yet......
After a day of running, she was too tired to move, shuffled into the door with heavy steps, took a shower and went back to her room to lie down, completely without appetite to eat.
Liu's mother was worried that she would have stomach problems again, so she brought the food to the bed: "Yanyan, eat a little, don't be hungry again." Young Master...... tonight If you don't come back, you can rest after eating. ”
Wen Yan got up and took the dishes and chopsticks and ate a few bites, her stomach suddenly surged, she rushed into the bathroom and spit out all the little things she had just eaten, and when she rinsed her mouth in the mirror, she found that her face was surprisingly pale......
Mother Liu's brows were furrowed together: "Yanyan, why are you still throwing up recently?" Don't have any serious problems, the young master doesn't care about you, you have to take care of yourself! ”
Wen Yan dragged himself weakly to the bed: "I'm fine...... Mother Liu, let's take the food away, I don't want to eat today......"
Mother Liu sighed, turned around and went downstairs with a dinner plate, and after thinking about it, she secretly called Mu Tingchen: "Young master, my wife vomited again just now, she didn't even eat, her face was very bad, I can't persuade you...... You care about her so much, she's not in good health......"
On the other end of the phone, Mu Tingchen didn't speak, and hung up directly.
Mother Liu wiped away her tears, glanced upstairs, and reluctantly went back to the room.
M Moser Group Building, President's Office.
Mu Tingchen looked at the phone and was stunned for a while, then got up and took his coat and took the elevator downstairs.
In the Rolls-Royce downstairs, Chen Nuo saw Mu Tingchen coming out of the company's gate with sharp eyes, and hurriedly got out of the car and opened the back door: "Young master." ”
"Go back to the Mu Mansion." Mu Tingchen's tone was a little irritable.