Chen Xiao sat on the bed and lit the lamp at the bedside.

His eyes lowered as he looked at the empty room except for him.

He remembered that dream very well now, even every step of the way.

It's just that it seems that every dream is like this, and the memory will gradually fade over time.

Chen Xiao could remember clearly the pair of white and emaciated hands that stretched out the rag doll, but he couldn't remember the outline of the person who stretched out.

He felt like a little bit, but it didn't seem like a little bit.

Shaking his head, Chen Xiao threw away the thoughts in his mind.

There should be a reason for the appearance of this dream.

Aging is said to be thinking during the day and dreaming at night.

During the day, he read the missing person notices almost a little bit a day, and the appearance of the latter was almost engraved in his mind.

It's just that this dream made Chen Xiao feel very bad in his heart.

He felt that the appearance of the little dot in his dream at this time was like an omen.

"I hope it's different from what I thought, but I should go to Qingsha Town early tomorrow morning and see for myself the home where Xiao Dian was born."

Chen Xiao had an idea in his heart, so he didn't think much about lying down again and closing his eyes to rest.

After that, Chen Xiao never dreamed again, and slept until dawn.

Luo Dali and they will never delay Chen Xiao's explanation.

Early in the morning, the three of them went to print several bundles of missing person notices and came back, and then drove out to distribute them to other pilots.

Chen Xiao saw that it was almost time, so he also drove to Qingsha Town.

As soon as he arrived at the Qingsha Town Police Station, Chen Xiao just got out of the car and saw a woman standing at the door of the police station.

The woman seemed to know Chen Xiao, and immediately walked over the moment she saw him.

"Hello Mr. Chen, my name is Wen Baohui, a police officer of the criminal police team of the Nanxi County Bureau, and the county bureau arranged for me to investigate the case of the disappearance of the girl Xiaodiandian with you."

Wen Baohui is not very old, and her appearance and posture should be almost the same as Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao glanced at Wen Baohui, and shook hands with a smile: "Hello, Officer Wen." With the help of your county bureau, it will be much easier for me to check. ”

Wen Baohui was a little excited: "Mr. Chen is so polite, I feel so lucky!" Yesterday the city bureau held a press conference, you don't know how many people in our county bureau want to go. But I didn't expect to see you today! ”

Chen Xiao smiled slightly: "Since you are waiting for me at the police station, then you must have said hello to Yang Ziping's village committee, let's go now." ”

"Okay, I'll drive."

Wen Baohui got into the driver's seat very competently, and Chen Xiao got into the car unceremoniously.

Along the way, Wen Baohui didn't communicate too much with Chen Xiao, only two short greetings.

When she arrived in Sifang Village, where Yang Ziping was located, Wen Baohui spoke again: "I have already greeted the village committee before I met Mr. Chen, and no one in the village will come to disturb him until Mr. Chen wants to see them." ”

"This couldn't be better, let's go directly to Yang Ziping's house."

Chen Xiao said, and Wen Baohui also led the way in front.

Soon, the two arrived in front of a small two-story western-style building.

At this moment, the door of the small western-style building was opened, and Chen Xiao asked tentatively: "From yesterday evening to now, has Yang Ziping ever come back?" ”

"I have already asked, Yang Ziping has not appeared in the village since yesterday, and I asked the people from the village committee to open the door first. When I opened it, I made them wear gloves, and no one entered Yang Ziping's house. ”

Chen Xiao looked at Wen Baohui with some surprise: "Is this what the leaders of the county bureau told you before you came, or did you explain them yourself?" ”

Wen Baohui paused: "The leaders didn't explain, I just think that if Mr. Chen wants to come, he must follow strict procedures." ”

Chen Xiao smiled and nodded, he now felt that the biggest reason why Wen Baohui was transferred to cooperate with him should be clever.

"Then let's go inside and have a look."

After Wen Baohui said hello, she saw that Chen Xiao had already put on shoe covers and foot covers.

After the two walked into the house together, Wen Baohui was about to look around, but saw Chen Xiao standing in the hall without moving.

Wen Baohui also stood for a while, and then couldn't help but ask curiously, "Mr. Chen, what are you looking at?" ”

"Officer Wen, what case are we investigating now?"

"Disappearances."

"Since it's a missing case, what do you think we should investigate?"

"Check the last place of disappearance of the missing person, according to the information Yang Ziping confessed before, Xiao Diandian disappeared after falling asleep at night."

"What was Yang Ziping doing at that time?" Chen Xiao asked again.

Wen Baohui replied: "At that time, she was doing laundry in the backyard, and she would come back here with her daughter every once in a while. Then take out all the clothes that have been piled up at home for a long time and wash them, and after drying them the next day, she will return to work in Qingxi again. ”

"Okay, you go get a basin of water and do the laundry in the backyard, I'll go to the bedroom and lie down for a while, and then see if I can hear you doing the laundry."

Chen Xiao said a word, and didn't care what Wen Baohui thought, so she went straight to the bedroom.

The bed in the bedroom was already very messy.

But Chen Xiao didn't care about lying down, and then closed his eyes and emptied all the thoughts in his mind.

The world around him seemed to fall completely silent at this moment.

Time passed minute by minute, and Chen Xiao didn't hear any sound.

Then he got up, opened the door, and listened again.

Again, I didn't hear any laundry sounds.

He believed that Wen Baohui must be acting according to his arrangement, and since he couldn't hear the sound, it meant that when Xiao Dian woke up halfway, he wasn't sure where his mother was.

So it's possible that she was lost when she went out looking for her mother.

At that time, it was after half past ten in the evening.

Why is it so late?

Yang Ziping said that Xiaodian was reluctant to sleep that night, and she coaxed the child until more than ten o'clock before she was able to withdraw.

Chen Xiao walked towards the backyard.

Wen Baohui was really doing the laundry.

Chen Xiao didn't call her, but quietly watched Wen Baohui's actions of washing her clothes.

Soon, a flash of inspiration flashed through his mind.

"Officer Wen, you missed a very important question at that time."

Chen Xiao suddenly spoke, and Wen Baohui's body instinctively trembled.

After taking a deep breath, Wen Baohui smiled bitterly and asked, "What's the problem?" ”

"Did Yang Ziping find out that the little dot was missing after the laundry was over, or did she find it halfway through the laundry?"

Wen Baohui immediately pondered.

A few seconds later, Wen Baohui's eyes widened suddenly, and she exclaimed, "Mr. Chen, I ...... you asked this question." ”

Chen Xiao did not answer, but said to herself:

"I can tell you with certainty that Yang Ziping found Xiao Dian missing halfway through the laundry."

"Why?"

"Didn't you already know the answer? Every once in a while, Yang Ziping will return to her hometown and take out everything that is stacked in the closet to wash and dry. In this case, is the amount of laundry large or small? ”

"Great!"

"Then when did Yang Ziping start doing laundry?"

"She said it was after ten o'clock in the evening."

"When was the little dot found missing?"

"After half past ten."

"I'll take it as ten o'clock for the time being, you're a girl, I want to ask you, can you wash all the old clothes in the closet in half an hour?"

Wen Baohui's eyes widened and she shook her head: "Impossible." ”

"If that's the case, why isn't there a single piece of dirty laundry in this backyard? Don't see a single piece of clothing still drying in the whole house? Yang Ziping, didn't she receive a huge stimulus after Xiao Diandian's disappearance and went insane? Could it be that she is insane, and she is anxious about her daughter's whereabouts, and she still has the heart to wash and dry clothes? ”

Chen Xiao's calm rhetorical question shocked Wen Baohui and couldn't help but open her mouth wide.

(End of chapter)