After leaving Zeng's house, the three of them went to Lian Leya's original school.

It is a secondary school.

Unfortunately, the principal went to the Education Bureau for a meeting, and the personnel secretary made a phone call, and the answer on the other end of the phone was that he would arrive at the school in half an hour.

The three of them waited patiently for the principal's arrival in the principal's office.

When he had nothing to do, Xiang Daimo took out the album from his bag and flipped through it with Lin Di page by page.

When they turned to the middle, Xiang Daimo and Director Wang's eyes were fixed on a photo.

"Xiaolin, Director Wang, look."

Lin Di and Director Wang stopped their gaze at Xiang Daimo's finger.

Where Xiang Daimo pointed was a group photo of six people, Lian Leya and Lan Simeng were sitting on chairs, three children were standing behind the chairs, and another child was sitting on Lian Leya's lap.

The time indicated above the photo is the spring of 1977, and after calculation, the alchemy Luo Dan in the photo is seven years old.

From zero-distance contact with his adoptive father to keeping a certain distance from his adoptive father, what information does this reveal?

When Xiang Daimo turned the album to the last page and looked at all the photos, he, Lin Di, and Director Wang found a regular thing: in the entire album, there were a total of five photos related to Alchemy Luodan, two were photos after the age of twelve, and three were photos before the age of twelve.

After the age of twelve, in addition to the one we mentioned earlier, there are six people in the other photo (which is also a family photo), Lian Leya and Lan Simeng are sitting on chairs, Lian Leya is sitting on the chair on the left, and there are four children standing behind the chairs.

Lian Luodan stood first on the right (with his right hand on the back of the chair behind his mother, close to his mother). The time of the photo was when Lian Luo Dan was fourteen years old.

The other two childhood photos are from before the age of seven, one shows Lian Luodan sitting on Lian Luoya's lap, and the other is Lian Luoya's right hand holding Lian Luodan's left hand, and the father and daughter are standing on the grass, and the background seems to be a park.

The three of them also discovered a strange phenomenon: since the age of fourteen, Lian Luodan has not taken pictures with her adoptive father again, but she has taken photos with her mother a few times, and her two sisters and a younger brother have been photographed with their parents many times.

Forty minutes later, the two of them finally waited for the principal, whose surname was Tang, and he was a lesbian, about fifty years old.

After knowing the intention of the three people, Principal Tang closed the door of the office.

"Comrade, what you said is true." Principal Tang said in a low voice.

"It's a crime, how can you let Lian Leya get away with it?"

"It's like this, Lian Leya only admits that he has misbehaved, he just likes those children, and he does the same with boys, and he admits that he didn't handle the relationship with the students well."

"The most troublesome thing is that the person who reported the situation to us did not sign it, the key is that the situation they reported is neither specific nor detailed, how kind of harm did the child suffer, and to what extent? We don't know anything - the person who wrote the whistleblower letter said vaguely, of course. ”

"Why don't you get the police involved?"

"We do have a great responsibility, Teacher Lian has been rated as an advanced worker in the district for several consecutive years, we are afraid of affecting the reputation of the school, our school is a key middle school in the district. But we are still very cautious, and after the research of several leaders of the school, Lian Leya ended his work in the school ahead of schedule. ”

As soon as Lian Leya left the school, those parents who had opinions did not pursue it further. The purpose of the anonymous letter was to prevent Alchemy from teaching their children any more. Not only did we meet their request, but we also allowed Lian Lea to retire early. ”

"The fact that an advanced educator retires early for no reason is problematic in itself."

"We asked Teacher Lian to retire early on the grounds that he was not in good health. Truth be told, we were afraid that something would happen, and even if we didn't have hard evidence, we wouldn't dare take the risk of keeping him on the podium. Besides, Teacher Lian did not put forward different opinions. ”

Lian Luodan's sudden escape into the empty door must have something to do with his adoptive father Lian Leya, but now he can't have a showdown with Lian Leya, because there is no direct evidence in the hands of the comrades—there is no convincing evidence at all.

So, Xiang Daimo and Lin Di thought of the abbot of Mingchen Nunnery, Master Huijue.

In this world, not everyone who wants to escape into the empty door can escape into the empty door, in addition to seeing whether there is a relationship with the Buddha, but also whether it is completely cut off from the earth. Although there is no limit on the number of personnel in the temple, there will be no increase in the number of people.

Before coming into contact with Master Huijue, the three of them met with the three children of Lian Leya.

On the afternoon of January 15, Xiang Daimo, Lin Di, and Director Wang met with Lian Daping, Lian Erping, and Peng Yaozong respectively.

The three did not provide any valuable information. They didn't feel that their father, Lian Leya, was favoring one over the other in his treatment of the four children.

On the contrary, they particularly emphasized that their father has always been very good to Lian Luo Dan, and in private, their father once told them: Luo Dan has no father since he was a child, and he is withdrawn and sensitive, if his father treats her better, he hopes that the three sisters and brothers will not care. I also hope that the three sisters and brothers will take more care of Luo Dan.

The three sisters and brothers also take good care of Lian Luodan in their lives, but because Lian Luodan always keeps a certain distance from them, they can only be peaceful.

The three siblings have a unanimous statement: Lian Luodan's personality has changed since he was twelve years old.

This should be a very sensitive age for a girl. Twelve or thirteen years old is the development period of a girl, is the change in Alchemy's personality caused by physical development, or is it caused by some special reason?

The three sisters and brothers also confirmed one thing: Lian Luodan has the habit of writing a diary since he was a child, and when he gets home from school every afternoon, the first thing he does is to write a diary.

"Do you hear any strange sounds every night when you go to bed? Have you noticed anything unusual about alchemy, especially before you became a monk? ”

Lian Daping's answer was: "The two of us sisters sleep very deeply at night, and as long as we fall asleep, we can't hear any sounds. Lordan is a very attentive person, and the side room where the three of us live has a total of two doors, the first is the main door, and the second is the door of the room for the three of us. ”

"Every time before going to bed, Lordan closes the main door, because the main door is closed, so sometimes the door of my sister and I is not closed, but the door of Lordan's room must be closed every day. As for Lorden's situation before he left home, I don't know, because I moved out after I got married, and I haven't been home to see my parents for a while. ”

Lian Erping's answer was: "I usually don't see anything abnormal, but I know something about the situation before Luo Dan became a monk." Before my parents found out that Lordan was missing, my wife and I went home to visit them, and at lunchtime, my mother said that she had not been home for several days. My dad asked me to take some time to visit Lordan's unit, and I agreed. ”

"I was about to go to the hospital when the hospital leader sent someone to my house. I have the impression that my father, including my sisters, has never treated her badly—this—you can ask the neighbors. ”

"In the past, although we didn't communicate much with each other, our relationship has always been good, and I still haven't figured out why Luo Dan suddenly ran to Mingchen Nunnery. It must have been something that happened to her outside, and she encountered a hurdle that she couldn't get over. She is a very withdrawn person, and she is depressed all day long. I don't know what she's thinking. ”

Lian Erping's words also confirmed her sister's statement, and the two of them have been very dead since they were children. As long as you are asleep, you can't hear any sound except thunder.

Lian Erping also thought of a detail, once, the parents took their younger brother to a colleague's house to drink the wedding wine, and when they came back, it was more than ten o'clock, they called the door, the sisters didn't hear it, and finally it was Luo Dan who opened the door. For this matter, their parents taught the two sisters a lesson.

By the way, Lian Luodan graduated from nursing school and worked in the inpatient department of a district-level hospital.

Peng Yaozong lives at home, and he has the most right to speak, so Xiang Daimo, Lin Di, and Director Wang talked with him for a long time.

Pang Yiu-chung works at a bank – the conversation takes place in the bank's conference room.

"Sister Luo Dan's personality changed significantly when she was around the age of twelve." Peng Yaozong recalled slightly.

This is consistent with the statement of the Lian Daping sisters. However, this change may not be directly related to Lian Luodan's two disappearances.

"You've been living at home, did Lian Luo Dan have any changes in his mood before he became a monk?"

"There are changes."

"What's changed?"

"As soon as she got home, she locked herself in the house, and she ate in her own room, in the past, she never ate in her room, she ate very little, only once, after eating, she sent the dishes and chopsticks directly to the kitchen."

"Once, when I went to the kitchen to carry a thermos bottle, I saw Sister Luo Dan dumping half a bowl of rice into the trash. I saw it, but I didn't pay much attention to it, so I didn't mention it to my parents. ”

"Now that I think about it, there was something really wrong with her emotions and actions. Maybe something was wrong with her, and I saw her vomit a few times. ”

This change should be related to the sudden disappearance of Alchem Luodan.

"When did this happen?"

"It's what Sister Luo Dan looked like four or five months before she disappeared."

"When she comes home, won't she be with you for a short time?" Lin Di asked suddenly.

"Yes, in the past, she wasn't like that, and during that time, she liked to be alone — as if she was deliberately avoiding us."