Chapter 156: Wedding
It was late when I returned to the unit, and my mother was still sitting in the living room waiting for me, and when I came back, she was chatting with Jiang Jun. My mother liked Jiang Jun very much, and after my father died and Xu Yi disappeared again, I rarely saw my mother smile so happily. When my mother saw me coming back, she immediately went to the kitchen and brought me chicken soup.
When Jiang Jun saw his mother leave, he asked me how the case was going, and I told Jiang Jun the general situation, and when Jiang Jun first heard about Fu Ping, he didn't know what it was, but when I talked about Bixian, he understood. He thought it was ridiculous, but frowned when he heard that many people in the girls' dormitory had seen the pen move.
Jiang Jun is a criminal policeman, and he is more concerned about all kinds of cases, and he follows me and wants to solve all kinds of cases with me, on the one hand, to make some contributions to the police community, and on the other hand, he also wants to learn something. I thought about it for a while, and when I talked about the next progress of the case, he stepped in as my assistant.
I am going to talk to the leaders of the police academy and ask Jiang Jun to hang a sign as a professor's assistant in the police academy, and with this identity, it will be much easier for him to follow me in the future. Jiang Jun and I didn't talk for too long, my mother brought out the chicken soup, she prepared a bowl for me and Jiang Jun, and asked about Xu Yi, my mother said that Xu Yi had been walking back and forth in the living room all afternoon, and she was too tired, so she persuaded Xu Yi to go back to the room.
After drinking the chicken soup, I went into the room, where Xu Yi was lying on the bed. Xu Yi was worried about me, and when I sat down on the edge of the bed, Xu Yi opened her eyes, and she immediately sat up and asked me how I was doing. I told Xu Yi what I had told Jiang Jun again, but Xu Yi still felt that I was too tired and persuaded me not to take the case.
I nodded and said that I had already talked to Wen Ning, Wen Ning was very capable, and he had been in the police for many years and had rich experience, maybe the case really didn't need me to worry too much. I didn't say anything about it, a case, if I didn't get in touch, it's fine, once I get involved, I won't give up easily.
After talking to Xu Yi, I took a shower and fell asleep.
The next afternoon, we changed our clothes and got ready to go. Meng Ting's wedding was scheduled for a famous hotel in City B, and I got up early in the morning, but I waited in the living room all morning and did not receive a call from the police and the police academy. There can only be two reasons, either the case is not progressing at all, or the case is going well.
Mother has always sympathized with Meng Ting, saying that she was pitiful and had waited for Du Lei for so many years. Du Lei has a good relationship with me, and he usually comes to the door a lot. Du Lei, me and Xu Yi all have similarities in terms of family, my father died, Xu Yi's parents died, and Du Lei was an orphan since he was a child, which is why the three of us came together. Mother likes Du Lei's peaceful personality, so she treats Du Lei as her own child.
When Du Lei and Xu Yi disappeared, their mother cried for several days, and her body was about to collapse. My mother told me that if Meng Ting encountered any difficulties, I must help her well.
After everyone had changed their clothes, the four of us took a taxi and set off. Today was cloudy, and the weather was not so sultry, but Jiang Jun and I were dressed in straight suits, and we were sweating after a while. The wedding scene was very lively, and it is said that the painter chartered the entire hotel.
Meng Ting's parents stood at the door of the hotel and shook hands with the people who came to the wedding one by one, and opposite Uncle Meng and Meng Ting's mother stood another couple, about the same age as Uncle Meng, who thought to be the parents of the painter. Seeing me, Uncle Meng's smiling face immediately put down.
The painter's parents, who didn't know what was going on, greeted us warmly. I didn't want to make the relationship too stiff, so I took the initiative to stretch out my hand to Uncle Meng, today is Meng Ting's big day, and Uncle Meng didn't want to be unhappy, so he still shook hands with me and smiled at his mother to say hello.
The greeter took us to the hotel and sat down, dozens of tables in the hotel were full, none of them were of any one we knew. Everyone was bustling and talking about something, and a few of us at the table greeted me and asked me what my name was. This table is full of Meng Ting's colleagues and friends, because they all work in the newspaper, almost everyone has heard of my name.
Immediately, everyone brought the topic to some of the cases I had solved, and I answered without a word, thinking all about the case. Before the wedding, my mobile phone rang, and I told Jiang Jun to guard my mother and Xu Yi well and left the lobby of the hotel.
Uncle Meng and the painter's parents happened to come back as well, and Uncle Meng glanced at me without greeting me.
The call came from the school's leader, who said there was an update on the case. The criminal police who remained in the village brought back the news, and through their investigation, they finally found the eyewitnesses of that night. The houses in the village are far apart, and one villager next to the mountain said that in the early morning of the day of the incident, he saw a girl running up the mountain.
In the early hours of the morning, the villager was woken up by the heat and went to the window to smoke, and he was lying on the windowsill and saw a girl passing by the downstairs of his house. The police took a photo of the fourth girl in the dormitory for the villagers to identify, but the villagers could not give a definite answer, because it was too dark in the early morning, and he was upstairs again, so he couldn't see the girl's appearance clearly.
The villagers gave the police an approximate height and body shape by using the moonlight, and the police questioned the girl's classmates, and finally guessed that the girl the villagers saw was the fourth student in the deceased's dormitory. The villagers also said that the girl seemed to have something small in her hand and looked around as she walked.
The leader asked me where I was, I said I was attending the wedding, and the leader hummed, saying that the focus of the police search had been put on the back mountain, and if there was any news, notify me immediately. After hanging up the phone, I immediately had a bad premonition in my heart, and the sound of the microphone talking came from the hotel lobby, I thought that the wedding was about to start, so I put away my phone and walked in.
Sitting back at the table, Xu Yi asked me in a low voice what was wrong, I smiled and said I'd talk to her when I got back.
The wedding went very smoothly, the wedding was Western-style, Meng Ting wore a wedding dress, the painter wore a dress, and the two looked really compatible. When Meng Ting and the painter came over to toast, I finally knew the painter's name, his surname was You, a single name for a brigade, You Brigade, it was indeed a very nice name.
I didn't have much contact with the art world, but the other reporters and editors at the table were familiar with Youlu. You Lu shook hands with me, Meng Ting was also smiling today, after they left, Xu Yi secretly said that she always felt that Meng Ting's smile was not natural.
We all know that Meng Ting can't forget Du Lei so easily.
The banquet lasted for a long time, during which many relatives and friends of You Lu and Meng Ting came to the stage to bless them. Mother is also happy for Meng Ting, mother and Meng Ting have also been in contact for a while, she said that Meng Ting can find a home, and Du Lei will be happy in the spirit of the sky. But as soon as the mother's words were finished, the wedding scene was in a commotion.
Everyone stood up, and I turned around, only to see Meng Ting suddenly dragging the wedding dress to the ground and running towards the outside of the hall. Uncle Meng called Meng Ting in the back, but Meng Ting didn't care, stepped on high heels and continued to run outside, I left Jiang Jun in the hotel and rushed out first.
Subsequently, Uncle Meng and many others ran out with me.
Meng Ting's speed was very fast, and by the time we all reacted, Meng Ting had already run out of the hall. I asked the person at the hotel desk, and after pointing out the direction, I chased it out. The wedding had been going on for a long time, and there were not many people outside the hotel, mostly drunk men.
A few people were vomiting on the side of the road, and I looked around, but I didn't find any trace of Meng Ting. Uncle Meng and many others ran out with him, and everyone decided to go their separate ways. Outside the hotel was a big road, I walked forward for a while, and found a white scarf on the ground, which was Meng Ting's veil.
The veil fell on the trail, and I ran down the trail, and You Brigade followed me after me. The trail was crooked, and after running for a while, we heard the cry, which was Meng Ting's.
You Lu was in a hurry, and we followed the direction of the sound. On the side of the trail is the hotel's lawn, which is illuminated by neon lights. When we saw Meng Ting, You Lu and I both stopped.
Meng Ting was dragging a person's leg and fell to the ground, and in her mouth, she shouted Du Lei's name......