Chapter 32: Squad Leader
Lin looked disapproving, saying that if it was fake, then it would be a goof sooner or later, and it would be better to wear a goof sooner rather than later. I felt like I couldn't understand her brain circuits, and the more time passed, the more anxious I became, and finally the door opened just as I wanted to run away with Lynn's hand.
"I'm sorry for the time, please come in, the house is a little messy, please don't dislike it."
"Uh...... It's okay. ”
I looked at Li Xiao and smiled apologetically, then opened the door and invited us in, and hurriedly ran to the side and brought two pairs of slippers and put them in front of us. I glanced at Lynn with some surprise, but she smiled playfully at me.
When I got to the house, I found three children hiding behind the door in the kitchen, looking timidly at Lin and me.
"Duoduo, Guoguo, baby, a guest is coming, hurry up and say hello, how does my sister usually teach you?"
Li Xiao watched the three children hiding behind the kitchen sliding door, and couldn't help but smile helplessly, but his eyes were very gentle, squatting down and stroking their little heads, and said softly.
"Uncle and aunt are so ......"
The three guys said hello timidly, and I responded with a smile. But I noticed that the smile on Lynn's face stiffened a little.
"Hello, but ...... I'm not an aunt, I'm a sister, ......? ”
Seeing that Linpi was smiling and not smiling, I couldn't help but smile helplessly. I thought this was a girl after all, and I really cared about this title. I don't care about myself, my uncle is my uncle, just don't call me grandpa.
Li Xiao seemed to be preparing lunch before, and the smell of vegetables wafted from the kitchen. We explained to Li Xiao that we were here to understand the situation, and Li Xiao said that she was willing to cooperate, but hoped to wait until she finished cooking, because the younger siblings had not yet eaten.
I looked in the house for a long time and didn't see any adults, so I asked Li Xiao where her parents were. Li Xiao was silent for a long time, and then told me that she had passed away two years ago.
I couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and when I looked at Lin, I could see a trace of surprise in her eyes—Teacher Li had never mentioned this to us.
Immediately apologized to Li Xiao, Li Xiao smiled and said it didn't matter, I hope we can sit in the living room and wait for a while. Lin and I sat in the living room, watching TV and waiting for Li Xiao. And those three children, at the beginning, seemed to be very afraid of me and Lin, just children are children, always curious about new people and things.
I was not good at dealing with children, so I didn't pay attention to them, but Lin seemed to like the appearance of children, and when she saw that they kept secretly looking at this side, she waved to them and talked to them. After a few minutes of hooking up, the kids finally couldn't help but come to Lynn's side.
Seeing Lynn holding the three children in her arms, giggling and looking very happy, I was also a little impressed by her. Lynn looks very childlike when she plays with the children, and inexplicably exudes a feeling of motherly love.
When Li Xiao finished frying the dishes, she said that if she didn't dislike it, she would eat with them, and Lin readily agreed, I was not hungry, but I felt that it was rude to refuse, so I sat down at the table. There are three or four stir-fried dishes, but most of them are vegetarian dishes, and there is only one meat dish.
The meat dish is fish-flavored shredded pork, and the color and flavor are all stir-fried, but Li Xiao doesn't eat a bite of it, and only cares about serving vegetables for his younger brothers and sisters. Lin also likes these three children very much, and also feeds them first with Li Xiao. I'm not a picky eater, but looking at the dishes on this table, I still feel a lot of emotion.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiao no longer has parents. And looking at the current situation, Li Xiao seems to be acting as a parent, not only taking care of herself, but also taking care of her three younger siblings.
That's when I noticed that this small house was about 60 square meters away. The furniture is actually very old, and the same is true for digital TVs. If I'm not mistaken, it's probably second-hand or someone else's gift.
Even the clothes on Li Xiao's body made me feel a little emotional-this child was actually wearing a school uniform at home. Of course, the uniforms of St. Lan Private High School are not as beautiful as those of public schools, and the uniforms of girls are also very fashionable.
But generally speaking, when you are at home, you should not wear a school uniform, and looking at Li Xiao's not wealthy family, I can only think that she is wearing a school uniform because of economic reasons.
It's really more popular than people, before that Wang Yaoyao threw tens of thousands of yuan at a group of fox friends and dog friends, but Tao Yaoyao was distressed in order to save the dozen yuan.
After eating, Lin and I helped Li Xiao clean the dishes and chopsticks, and then Li Xiao urged her younger siblings to go back to their rooms, and after gently closing the door, Li Xiao returned to the living room, wiped her hands and sat opposite Lin and me.
"I don't know much about it, but I'll do my best to cooperate with the two officers."
Without waiting for Lin and I to speak, Li Xiao smiled apologetically and then said so. I thought to myself that this is really a good boy, too polite, and after talking to Wang Yaoyao and Cheng Kui, the two wild children, I came to see Li Xiao again, and I had a feeling that my soul had been purified.
In fact, as early as the moment I saw Li Xiao at the beginning, Wang Yaoyao's statement that I suspected that Li Xiao was the murderer was thrown out of the clouds by me - how could Li Xiao be the murderer of the chain kidnapping case! It's clearly an angel with folded wings!
As I was pondering what questions to ask, Lynn asked straight up - I almost fell on my head when I heard her questions.
"Li Xiao, in fact, before I came to see you, we had already met Wang Yaoyao and Cheng Kui, and Wang Xiaoyao thought you were suspicious, what do you think about this?"
"I said, what's the matter with your question......"
I glanced at Li Xiao and saw that she was a little dazed, and immediately muttered to Lin dissatisfied, but she completely squinted her eyes and focused on Li Xiao's body, and as soon as her palm was stretched, she directly blocked my mouth, as if she thought I was noisy.
"Uh...... That, Wang Xiaoyao said that I was the murderer of the disappearance case, do you mean that? ”
Lynn nodded and said that was it. Li Xiao looked very calm, smiled slightly, and said, This is a very interesting hypothesis, can you tell me the reason? Wang Xiaoyao would say this, there should be a reason for her.
Lin asked rhetorically, "It doesn't seem like your relationship was very harmonious before, right?" Li Xiao shook his head and said that it was just that Wang Yaoyao unilaterally didn't like me, and I was not dissatisfied with Wang Yaoyao. Lin and I glanced at each other, and then Lin said that she hoped Li Xiao could say it carefully.
Li Xiao smiled helplessly and explained to us that there was nothing to say In fact, Li Xiao said that since she was admitted to Shenglan and was in the same class as Wang Yaoyao, she has not liked herself very much. She herself didn't know why Wang Yaoyao had such a big opinion about herself.
However, as far as she is concerned, she is the class president of Class A for three years, and it is her obligation to maintain a good relationship with the whole class, so even if she knew that Wang Xiaoyao hated herself, she tried to take the initiative to contact Wang Xiaoyao a few times to improve the relationship between the two.
Speaking of this, Li Xiao smiled reluctantly and said to herself, but maybe I was too anxious, things were not very smooth, and the relationship between me and Wang Yaoyao has not been able to improve well.
Even, listening to what the two of you said today, it seems that not only have I not been able to improve my impression in Wang Xiaoyao's heart, but even made her hate me even more.
Li Xiao said, a gloom flashed in his eyes, and he seemed to be a little lost.
"The disappearance case caused a lot of panic and shock to everyone in the class, but I didn't expect that Wang Yaoyao would actually treat me as a murderer......"
I looked at Li Xiao a little sad, my desire to protect was rising, and I said comfortingly: "You don't have to worry too much, this is actually a hypothesis, and the evidence that she said that you are the murderer is too weak, to be honest, I actually don't believe her at all." ”
Saying this, I suddenly felt a pain in my thigh, almost jumped up from the sofa, and looked down suddenly—Lynn was quietly pinching my thigh meat with her fingers.
Lin's technique was so spicy that it hurt so much that I almost burst into tears, but I still forcibly held back, mainly because I didn't want to be embarrassed in front of Li Xiao! But looking at Lynn's somewhat reproachful gaze, it seemed to blame me for saying the wrong thing.
Li Xiao blinked, and then whispered, "That...... Wang Xiaoyao pointed out that I was the murderer, is there evidence? Can you tell me about the evidence? ”
Lin thought about it, and then said that it was okay to tell you the matter, and just listen to how you can refute the evidence presented by the other party. After that, Lin also told Li Xiao all the doubts recorded in Wang Yaoyao's notebook one by one. She had been watching Lynn's eyes intently, listening intently.
Just looking at Li Xiao's current appearance, you can actually understand how sincere Li Xiao is in normal times.
After listening to Lin's words, Li Xiao sighed lightly, she played with the petals stuck to the corners of her apron, and whispered, So that's the case, but after listening to you, my behavior does seem to be quite suspicious.
Lynn asked her, now that you know the other party's reason for suspecting you, do you have anything to refute? Li Xiao looked at Lin and said that it was impossible to refute, but this matter was really just a coincidence to her.
As the class leader, she has to convey the teacher's orders, and at the same time, because of various learning matters, she also has to often take individual contact with many classmates. As she spoke, Li Xiao even took out her mobile phone and said that it was a fact that she contacted those students before they disappeared.
However, after contacting, the content of the conversation was all about studies and business, and did not talk about private matters, if we don't believe it, we can check her phone directly.
In fact, before coming, we also said that it was best to take a look at Li Xiao's mobile phone. When we talked to Wang Yaoyao before, we also thought about doing this, but Wang Yaoyao and Cheng Kui, the two bear children, would not cooperate with us no matter how much they thought about it.
On the other hand, look at Li Xiao, look at their ideological awareness, and think about us "law enforcement" personnel, and take the initiative to hand over their mobile phones. Of course, Lin took it unceremoniously, she was in charge of checking it, and I watched quietly from the sidelines.
However, I found that Lin was also very principled, and after getting the mobile phone, I only looked through the group messages of Class 3 A, as well as the content of the contact with the seven students who disappeared.
After reading it, Lin felt that there was no surprise - just like Li Xiao said, he did take the initiative to contact the other party the day before their disappearance, but it was all about homework.