Chapter 12 (II)
Everyone looked around cautiously. Except for a cleaning aunt not far away who was cleaning up the feces among the grass, there were no suspicious people else.
"Anyway, everyone tried not to talk about it again. I've already said that I'm going to turn myself in, but only if I catch that pervert first. ”
There was a brief silence.
"What are we going to do next?" The little fat man Hu Fei spoke. "Now that we know who it is, shouldn't we call the police immediately and find the police to arrest him?"
"Not yet." Li said slightly calmly.
"Why?"
"Finding him is still the first step. The second step is to gather evidence. ”
"Evidence?"
"yes, haven't you seen Conan? If you need evidence to convict people, you have no basis for your words. ”
The little fat man nodded. He'd seen the full set of Sherlock Holmes and understood the truth.
"But how are we going to find the evidence?" Lan Xiaomei asked.
"Let me think about it." Li Weiwei said, "Everyone also thinks together and brainstorms." ”
"Do you want to go to his house again?" Lan Xiaomei proposed.
"Don't!" The little fat man jumped up, "Don't even go if you kill me!" It's terrible! ”
"I didn't say he'd go when he was home. We can sneak in. ”
"That's not going either!"
"I think it's a good idea." Li Weiwei said, "It's just that how to get in is a problem." ”
"Don't!" The little fat man was about to cry, "If we are discovered, we will die." ”
"It won't be discovered." Lan Xiaomei was very excited at the thought of taking another adventure, "As long as everyone is willing to take risks, I can think of a way to get in." ”
Li groaned slightly.
"Why don't you raise your hands and vote, and the majority obeys the minority. Raise your hand to go. ”
Lan Xiaomei raised her hand high. At the same time, Li Weiwei also raised his hand. The little fat man Hu Fei hugged his arm tightly. It's currently two to one.
"Xiao Jia, what's wrong with you?"
Only then did everyone realize that Justin had been silent, as if he was thinking about something, and when Li Weiwei asked him like this, he was excited and came back to his senses.
"What?"
"I said what's wrong with you? An absent-minded look. ”
"Nothing." Justin denied it, but in fact, he did get caught up in one thing, "What? Where are you talking? ”
"Vote. We're going to go to the dog sadist's house to collect evidence, are you going? Raise your hand when you go. ”
"To that pervert?" Justin just wanted to refuse, but saw Li Wei looking at him with an expectant look, "Then, let's go." ”
"What?!" The little fat man covered his head in pain.
"Alright, three to one." Li Wei smiled. "Little fat man, otherwise, if you are really scared, you don't have to go in, how about giving us a lookout outside?"
"But ......"
"Otherwise, don't participate."
"Including all future activities, you should not participate." Lan Xiaomei added badly.
"Okay." The little fat man nodded aggrievedly, he couldn't afford to lose these friends.
"Great." Li Weiwei said, "Now everyone is of the same mind." The next question we have to face is how to get into that perverted home. Xiaomei, you say you have a way? ”
"Leave it to me." Lan Xiaomei smiled confidently.
Immediately, the four little heads came together.
After being separated from his friends, Justin returned home. Along the way, he kept thinking about a question that was very important to him: where was his father on the afternoon of the crime?
At least I didn't go home. According to Lan Xiaomei, she saw her father in the garage that afternoon, but there was no trace of her father at home.
On that day, Dad went to work early in the morning and didn't come back until about 6 p.m., so it was impossible to appear in the underground garage of the community at noon.
He heard his mother say that although the school is out for the summer, his father still has to go to work every day, saying that he is participating in the research and development of the teaching plan for the next semester. Dad is the head of the elementary school math group.
He couldn't help but think of the quarrel he heard in the middle of the night not long ago.
That night, he was awakened by the sound of distant and approaching talking. Out of curiosity, he rubbed his eyes and pressed his ear to the bedroom wall.
Next door is my parents' room, and the sound of quarrels comes from inside.
He has always thought that the relationship between his parents is very good.
They were secondary school classmates, studied together in Singapore, got married and had children. After returning to China, he taught in the same school and was the envy of others.
Later, my mother became pregnant again, so she chose to quit her job and stay at home. Parents basically did not quarrel, as the labor period approached, the smiles on the faces of the family members also increased, and everyone seemed to be immersed in the beautiful expectation that a new life was about to come to this perfect family.
Therefore, this quarrel came as a surprise to Justin. He listened carefully to what they were arguing about, but he couldn't understand what they were arguing about, only vaguely heard the word "infidelity".
After the quarrel died down, Justin quietly got out of bed, opened a dictionary of modern Chinese, and found the word and its explanation. He was shocked at what he saw.
However, to his perplexity, when he woke up the next day, everything was as usual, as if the quarrel in the middle of the night the previous day had been like a dream, and it had never happened at all. He breathed a sigh of relief, and threw the matter out of the clouds as quickly as he could.
Now, it seems to have been turned out again. obviously went back to the community, but pretended that he was not going home to work, indicating that his father was lying. There is no need for a normal person to lie. All this is to illustrate one thing - Dad is "unfaithful" to Mom again.
That dinner, while Justin was eating, he secretly observed his parents. Mom still looked happy, serving the family the chicken soup she had boiled for a day, and sandwiched a big chicken thigh stewed to the bone and crispy meat into Dad's bowl.
Dad was a bit absent-minded, taking advantage of Mom's time in the kitchen, he would quickly pick up his phone and glance at it, then turn off the screen before Mom returned to the restaurant.
"Dad, are we going to Lan Xiaomei's house for dinner on the weekend?" Justin stared into his father's eyes as he asked, but the latter didn't look at him at all.
"yes."
"Huh?" Mom happened to come over with the food, "Why didn't you tell me about this?" ”
"I'm not going to tell you. It's that Chris, who said that we have lived in a community for so long and have never been together before, so we ......"
"Oh. I know who Chris is. Mom said coldly.
Dad put down his chopsticks.
"Angry? Blame me for not asking your opinion in advance? ”
Mom didn't speak, just scooped the soup into her bowl vigorously.
"Okay, it's a little thing, Chris is a foreign friend, and when I met him at school, I sent out an invitation, and I really couldn't refuse and casually agreed. I will now formally ask for your opinion, if you want to go, we will go, if you don't want to go, I will go to him tomorrow to refuse him in person, just say that there is something at home. ”
"No need. Since you have agreed, go ahead. ”
"Hmm."
Dad began to dig his head down and nibble on the big drumstick. Justin looked at his mom, and he saw a hint of melancholy in her face.
That night, Justin was tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep. He didn't want to see the family not get along, but he didn't want to see his mother sad. Although usually my mother is strict with herself, if you want to say that the person who loves you the most in the world, it must be your mother. He is 11 years old, he is a little man, and he should learn to protect his mother.
After breakfast the next day, Dad went out with his briefcase. Justin made an excuse and slipped out the door as well.
He followed his father downstairs, out of the neighborhood, and in the direction of the school. Dad had a car, but he rarely drove to work because it was only about a fifteen-minute walk from his neighborhood to school.
He quietly followed behind his father, keeping a distance of about fifty meters, like a little detective. In his heart, he very much hoped that his father would follow this path, walk to the school, and then enter the school gate as usual and start working.
However, after less than a crossing, his hopes were dashed.
Dad walked over to a red sedan parked on the side of the road, looked down at the car, smiled and pulled the door open, and got into the passenger seat.
The car then started and left.
Just as Justin was disappointed, the sedan turned around on the side of the road and drove in his direction. He quickly dodged behind a tree, then showed half of his face and looked at the car.
The glance stunned him again.
Because the person sitting in the driver's seat and holding the steering wheel is none other than his piano teacher Jin Can.