After hearing Tan Wan mention this name, Wang Mei was obviously stunned.

After a while, she asked, "Why did Officer Tan suddenly ask about Xiaoqi?" ”

"I've seen him paint on the wall in the hallway before, so when I see these paintings on the backyard wall, I think of him." Tan Wan smiled slightly and asked, "Did he draw these too?" ”

Wang Mei shook her head: "This is painted by all the children together, the children like to paint, but there are brushes but no paper in the courtyard, and those who want to paint on weekdays have to draw on the wall." ”

"Why, the yard doesn't provide drawing paper for children?" Talk about the doubts.

Wang Mei looked at her and said, "It depends on what the fundraisers will send, and what they will give, so that the children can have something."

Whatever the fundraiser gives, the children use, and nothing else. ”

Tan Wan narrowed her eyes, she couldn't figure out the logic inside: "I still don't understand, even if the fundraiser only gave a paintbrush, but the money for painting paper is not expensive, isn't it just a matter of buying a few copies of drawing paper?" ”

"Heh, buy a few copies of the paper......" Wang Mei learned to talk late, and sneered in a sarcastic tone.

Tan Wan thought that what he said was not wrong, but I don't know why Wang Mei had such a reaction.

She looked at Wang Mei with an unhappy tone: "Did I say something wrong?" ”

"Miss Tan has never lived in an orphanage, she doesn't know the life of an orphanage, and here and outside are two completely different worlds.

Children here have only a minimum survival base, and often have to endure abuse by some adults in order to eat a bite to eat.

It's good for the kids here to have a paintbrush and they don't have the luxury of drawing paper. ”

Wang Mei's tone was very flat, and she used the most bland words to tell the cruelest truth.

It's like eating a homely meal.

"What?" After hearing all this, Tan Wan frowned, "Why don't you call the police?" ”

Wang Mei didn't answer immediately, she looked up and saw the big tree planted in the backyard.

Then she pointed to the tree and asked, "Last month, the gardener told me that there were two rotten branches on this tree and asked me if I wanted to prune it, and the pruning cost was 500 yuan.

But I felt that the gardener had cheated me out of my money again, so I blew him away. ”

Tan Wan also looked up at the tree she was talking about, it was a huge banyan tree.

This banyan tree, I don't know how many years it has been growing, its crown is like a huge umbrella, the branches are luxuriant, the trunk is rough, and it is covered with traces of time.

Its forks are hundreds and thousands, and it looks very healthy, and it doesn't look like it's starting to rot.

Tan Wan didn't speak, and watched Wang Mei take the ladder and put it under the banyan tree.

Wang Mei shouted to Tan Wan to come closer, then climbed the ladder herself, pointing to a few of the branches.

Tan Wan didn't know how to feel it, stood under the tree, and looked in the direction of Wang Mei's finger.

Several of the layers of branches were indeed badly rotted and infected with the surrounding branches.

If you don't look closely, you won't be able to tell from the outside that the tree is starting to decay.

Wang Mei: "Like this big banyan tree, the Red Heart Orphanage has lived long enough and has a very good reputation with the blessing of the media, even if the interior has rotted to the extreme, as long as the shell is shiny, no one will believe it." ”

In the next second, I saw Wang Mei pick up the gardening shovel leaning against the wall, and raised her hand to cut off the two or three branches.

Under the action of external forces, the leaves of the banyan tree hit each other and made a loud sound, and as the branches were cut off, the banyan tree quickly returned to calm.

At this moment, Wang Mei asked Tan Wan again: "As long as the rotten ones are cut down when others come to check, others will not find its clues, and in the eyes of others, it is still the strong and gorgeous banyan tree." ”

Tan Wan lowered his eyes, and continued: "But insects can't hide it, if you want to cure insects, you need people like you to invite a professional florist, and a professional florist will not let this kind of gold and jade plant develop in society." ”

Although Tan Wan didn't say it directly, she believed that Wang Mei knew what she meant.

Those media may be drowned under the operation of capital, but as long as professionals such as the police intervene, the matter will definitely not be over, and it will be completely 'treated'.

Hearing this, Wang Mei didn't continue to speak, she slowly helped the ladder down, and then put the ladder back.

"Let's take you to see the room where the kids live." Wang Mei was immersed in her own world, and left after speaking.

Tan Wan didn't speak, and followed by default.

Before entering the backyard building, Tan Wan saw a deep and large sink.

A mop slanted into the sink and a few drying rags rested on the edges, which looked old and faded in color after constant soaking.

Tan Wan stood on the edge of the sink and reached out to pick up one of the rags.

The dried rag feels hard to the touch in your hand, and the fibers have been washed and hairy.

She had a rag in her hand and her eyes were fixed on the sink.

There is still some stagnant water in the sink, and the inside of the faucet is rusty and not closed tightly, and it is dripping frequently.

"Teacher Wang." Tan Wan stopped the person in front of him, "What is this sink used for?" ”

Wang Mei glanced back at Tan Wan, then at the sink, and replied flatly: "As you can see from Officer Tan, it is used to clean dirty rags and dirty mops." ”

After Wang Mei finished speaking, she continued to walk forward, as if she didn't want to waste her time in such a place.

This sink is about 50 cm deep, which is a relatively deep sink, and the width is about 40 cm.

This sink with a depth greater than its width is designed to facilitate the rinsing of long handles such as mops.

If Liu Xiaoyan's height is substituted into it, the height of this sink is about Liu Xiaoyan's crotch.

If the killer fills up the sink, press Liu Xiaoyan's head to the bottom of the pool.

The water depth of 50cm is enough to easily drown an adult.

Tan Wan stood in place and kept thinking in his heart, Liu Xiaoyan's body was sent from the Red Heart Orphanage.

Otherwise, if you want to transport a dead person, the target is too big and not very convenient.

Therefore, Tan Wan also guessed seven or eight times out of ten in his heart, and Liu Xiaoyan most likely died in the Red Heart Orphanage.

Wang Mei walked in front and never heard the footsteps behind her.

She looked back and saw that Tan Wan was still staring at the sink.

So he stopped and turned back to interrupt Tan Wan's thoughts: "Talking about the police officer? ”