Fan Xiaoer's former homeroom teacher was a female teacher, with short hair, slightly fat, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, and the smile on her face always gave people a kind but not easy to get along with.

And it just so happened that she was also surnamed Li.

After briefly talking to this teacher Li, Xu Ran chose to go straight to the point.

"I heard that Fan Xiaoer's previous parent-teacher conferences were attended by his sister-in-law Zhu Fang, do you know anything about this Ms. Zhu, Teacher Li?"

Xu Ran is a moody and good person, and the female teacher was amused by his words: "I've seen it twice, and it looks pretty good on the surface." ”

The off-string sound can be said to be very obvious.

Xu Ran smiled humbly: "Have you heard or seen anything about her?" Can you give us the details? This is important for us to investigate the case. ”

When the female teacher heard about the investigation, she showed an expected expression and shook her head: "I know ......"

Xu Ran and Li Wuyuan glanced at each other.

According to the teacher surnamed Li, there is an old bachelor in another village not far from Liudao Village, who used to dig coal with a family of three, but after an accident, his wife and children were gone, and after returning to the village, he became a big family in the village with the compensation of the coal boss, and last year he bought back a young girl as a daughter-in-law.

“…… Buy? Xu Ran said with some hesitation.

The female teacher pushed her glasses and nodded helplessly, and the intellectuals naturally formed a more positive view of honor and disgrace in their hearts.

She said: "I heard that her name is Chen Qian, a college student who was abducted by traffickers, she is very young, only in her early twenties. was forcibly bought, married, and conceived a child. ”

Xu Ran was silent for a moment, and Li Wuyuan said, "What about the police, no matter?" ”

Teacher Li shook his head: "It's too remote to manage, it's useless for anyone to go, and those villagers don't have the king's law in their eyes, and the rules they set themselves are the law." We had a young man here who spontaneously organized to save people, but was beaten back by the villagers with a hoe, and he lay down seriously for more than a month, and he couldn't get any explanation, so no one dared to care after that. ”

Li Wuyuan's expression turned a little colder.

Xu Ran: "What happened later? ”

"Later, I heard that the girl ran away," Teacher Li said in a solemn tone, "I ran in the early morning, with a big belly, and when I passed through Liudao Village, I was seen by Zhu Fang, who got up at night, and as soon as the day dawned, the people in the village came over, and when I asked her, she showed them the way." ”

Xu Ran's gaze also sank suddenly, as faint as a pool of surging stagnant water.

"Later, Chen Qian was taken back, and I don't know what she went through...... When I heard about her again, it was at the end of last year, on the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, she died in childbirth. ”

Xu Ran's slightly frowning brows became tighter and tighter, almost twisting into a knot.

Teacher Li, as Fan Xiaoer's homeroom teacher before his death, didn't seem to be able to make any more comments on his family, so he just sighed quietly.

"People's hearts are separated from their bellies, anyway, that's all I know, comrade police, if you want to know anything else, I'm afraid you have to ask Zhu Fang himself. Later, the old bachelor also gave her a red envelope, and many villagers were still proud of her. She said with a slight mockery.

It can be seen that through this incident, her impression of Zhu Fang has been rotten.

"Thank you."

Xu Ran thanked the other party, didn't stay long, and prepared to leave with Li Wuyuan.

The time for school has passed, and there are still lingering children who walked out of the school gate in twos and threes, waiting for an opportunity to look at Xu Ran and Li Wuyuan, and secretly guessing the relationship between the two.

Li Wuyuan walked with a dark face for a while before he spoke: "I don't want to care about her!" ”

She didn't name her, but it was clear that she was talking about Zhu Fang.

Xu Ran put his hands in his trouser pockets, his face expressionless: "It's the same." ”

Li Wuyuan's gaze swept over the students who were carrying their schoolbags home, and said unwillingly: "But the child in her belly can't be ignored." ”

Xu Ran: "It's the same. ”

The two of them walked all the way back to the guest house with cold faces, without a word on their lips, but they were already swearing in their hearts.

Unexpectedly, I didn't receive any good news after I went back.

"He won't come?"

Xu Ran handed the boiled water to his mouth, and before he could take a sip, he was angry with the news that Qi Lei brought back.

Qi Lei pouted helplessly: "He asked you to invite yourself." ”

"Lean ......" Xu Ran sent a mouthful of warm water to his mouth, swallowed it, and moved his Adam's apple up and down.

"Just go."

"Big brother, you can bend and stretch." Qi Lei gave him a sloppy thumbs up.

Xu Ran rubbed his hair irritably, and sighed heavily: "I'll go to the village, and you can help me inquire about someone." ”

"Who?" Qi Lei asked.

"Xu Weisheng, a bachelor old man, from another village, help me check his specific location."

"Okay." Although Qi Lei was curious, he didn't ask much.

Li Wuyuan's life was born for lazy words, but now she goes wherever Xu Ran goes, and she is not idle for a moment.

The two climbed to Liudao Village, walked all the way and asked all the way, and found Zhang Siyang's house.

The old man was sitting in the yard rolling a cigarette, and when he saw Xu Ran's tall figure appear outside the fence, he let out a cold snort through his nose.

"Lao Zhang, don't come unharmed." Xu Ran smiled and waved at him, but Zhang Siyang didn't hear it, shook the ash on his pants, got up and was about to go to the house.

"Lao Zhang, don't come unharmed."

It's obviously a similar sentence, but the effect of different people is surprisingly different.

Zhang Siyang paused, his white beard furrowed, and he turned his head to look at Li Wuyuan with a false smile on his face.

"Yo, the sun is coming out in the west, why is the biting lion cub suddenly like a comb?" Zhang Siyang stared at Li Wuyuan and said.

Since the day of their acquaintance, Li Wuyuan has never given him a good face.

"The child is young, he was not sensible before, so quickly bow to the uncle and apologize."

Xu Ran smiled and patted the back of Li Wuyuan's head, Li Wuyuan tilted his head, grinned and bared his teeth, and there were bursts of forbearance anger in his throat.

"Who's your uncle? Don't give me this set, I said at the beginning, if you encounter something, don't come to cry and beg Lao Tzu for help, it's not easy to say anything now! ”

Zhang Siyang didn't eat this set, and entered the house after speaking.

He was just about to close the door, Xu Ran stuck one leg in and got stuck in the crack of the door.

"Stinky boy, retract!" Zhang Siyang scolded angrily.

He saw through the crack in the door that Xu Ran grabbed Li Wuyuan casually, and the little girl wrinkled her nose on the spot, and her eyes were red when she said it.

“…… You fuck you! ”

Xu Ran: "I'm crying, you let us go in and say something first, rely on it-be a little stronger, don't break my legs." ”

Zhang Siyang had never seen such a dead face, so he was so angry that he shook his hands and let the two of them in.

Xu Ran's eyes followed him twice, he pushed the door to the side on his toes, and tilted his head at Li Wuyuan: "Go in." ”

Li Wuyuan crossed the threshold, sniffed, and his emotions returned to his usual stability.

"If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, go out." Zhang Siyang rang the bell unceremoniously.

Xu Ran looked around and smiled: "It's really clean enough, you won't even give a seat?" ”

Zhang Siyang glued the only bench under his buttocks and glanced at him: "The ground is cool, and it is also a fire and laxative." ”

Xu Ran was afraid that he would not be able to defeat him, so he smiled knowingly, and no longer turned around: "Okay, if you lose your temper with people at every turn, how can you still have the demeanor of a master?" I'm here to ask you a favor and look at one more thing. ”

Zhang Siyang eased his temper and smacked his cigarette and looked at him: "What's it?" ”

Xu Ran took out a painting from his bag, which was the one he painted when he was at Zhu Fang's house.

Zhang Siyang opened it to take a look, his old face stiffened, and he quickly threw it back as if his hands were hot.

"Uncle's! Why the fuck are you not dressed! ”

Xu Ran paused and cleared his throat: "Modern art ......"

"Shit! You draw her clothes and show them to Lao Tzu! ”

Xu Ran was helpless: "No way, she was like this when I saw her, and besides, all the important parts were either covered by me with my hair, or just brushed aside, what is there to mind." ”

Zhang Siyang turned half of his body with a dark face: "That's not good, I'm a disciple of Maoshan who is serious, no." ”

Li Wuyuan really couldn't stand these two people, so he took the painting and said, "It's just a female ghost with no clothes, what are you ashamed of." ”

Zhang Siyang emphasized: "It's not a matter of shame, it's a matter of fucking principles!" ”

Xu Ran nodded vigorously and agreed: "This is indeed a fucking matter of principle!" ”

"Don't learn from Lao Tzu." Zhang Siyang glared at him.

"Well, I'll tell you what she looks like," Li Wuyuan said succinctly, looking at the painting, as he walked:

"Long hair, black eyes, a pregnant woman."

Zhang Siyang: "Isn't that just a female ghost!" ”

"She died in childbirth." Li Wuyuan added.

Zhang Siyang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Then where did she appear recently?" Did you get caught up with someone? ”

"Enemy."

Li Wuyuan accepted the drawing paper, and his tone unconsciously became a little colder.

Xu Ran glanced at her and chuckled: "Specifically, in the Fan family, Fan Zuolin's wife Zhu Fang has recently been entangled by her. ”

"Zhu Fang?"

Zhang Siyang thought about it, and his eyes were a little uncertain: "The one with a big belly?" ”

Xu Ran nodded: "It's the one you introduced to the guest house." ”

Zhang Siyang: "Rely on ...... Is this the thing in her dream? Didn't you say you couldn't see your face at the beginning? ”

"I see it now." Xu Ran said with a headache, "Not only did I see it, but I also climbed into her bed." ”

"Hiss......" Zhang Siyang seemed to have encountered some problem, and his expression was a little contradictory.

"What do you think?" Seeing this, Xu Ran hurriedly asked.

Zhang Siyang smoked a dry cigarette silently, slowed down for a moment, and said to Li Wuyuan: "Look at her neck to see if there is a red thread on it." ”

Li Wuyuan unfolded the paper again and looked at it, and said, "It's not colored, it's gray." ”

"Is there a one?" Zhang Siyang said impatiently.

"Yes,"

Xu Ran groaned: "I saw it, there is indeed a red thread on her neck. ”

Zhang Siyang looked at him meaningfully, then looked away and said slowly: "That's right, that line is called blood bait, it is a thing that only has ghosts, and it is specially used to steal beams and change pillars." ”