Chapter 2496 Listen to my analysis (Additional update for Xiaomis birthday)
Ding Jiamin and Xiaomi came to Little Red Horse Academy to understand the situation and then left. They had to go to other places to find people.
"Take us there."
"Take us with you~"
"Let me out, let me out~~~"
Xiaobai and the other three watched them leave eagerly, but they could only be locked in front of them by the big iron door. They really wanted to sing "Tears Behind Bars".
It wasn't until Xiaomi and the two disappeared that the three of them came out of their dramatic state. Lao Li also withdrew his gaze and continued to read his newspaper, pretending not to notice them at all.
But he was still noticed by the three little ones, and he heard them approaching him.
Xiaobai leaned over and asked, "Li Penbai, who do you think Ah Zhong was kidnapped by?"
Lao Li said: "I don't know. I didn't notice it last night, but he probably wasn't taken away. I hope nothing happens."
Xiaobai said: "What's going on with Ah Zhong? He won't go home. Did he have a quarrel with his parents?"
Lao Li said: "It's possible, but no matter how much we quarrel, we can't run away from home. We'll still be that little kid."
Xi'er deeply agreed: "This is unsafe and very dangerous for children."
When Xiao Xiaobai saw this, even though he had nothing to express, he still had to say a few words to show his presence, so he said: "Oh Mi Doufu, I hope Ah Zhong is well."
Hearing this, Xi'er quickly took out the Baby Buddha from her neck and prayed to the Baby Buddha to bless Ah Zhong.
The three of them gathered in the courtyard to discuss where Ah Zhong had gone. Suddenly, a voice came from the door of the courtyard.
"Excuse me, is this Little Red Pony Academy?"
Lao Li looked outside the door and saw a man and a woman, probably in their 30s.
He got up and walked over, saying, "This is it, are you okay?"
The man said: "Hello, hello, we are Lu Zhong's parents, we are here to see him..."
It turned out that these two people were Lu Zhong's parents. They heard that Lu Zhong had come to Little Red Horse Academy last night, so they hurried over to check on the situation.
Although they knew that the police had found him, they were uneasy and anxious at home waiting for the news, so they rushed over.
Both of them looked bad, especially Lu Zhong's mother, whose eyes were red and looked like she had cried and didn't sleep well last night.
Lao Li told them what happened with Ding Jiamin just now, and also told them all the news about Lu Zhong.
After hearing this, the two people thanked him again and then walked towards Huangjia Village, probably to chase Ding Jiamin.
Xiaobai and the other three were leaning against the iron gate and watching them go away. Xiaobai suddenly grabbed the iron fence and shook it loudly: "Let me out - let me out!! I'll go find Ah Zhong too! Let me go!"
Xiao Xiaobai followed suit and shook the iron fence, shouting to get out.
Lao Li said: "Every sixth grader in Lu Middle School gets lost. You are much younger than him. What if you get lost?"
Xiao Xiaobai didn't care about this, she was just making up the numbers, and she was still clamoring to go out.
Lao Li was too lazy to pay attention to them.
On the other side, Ding Jiamin took Xiaomi to inquire about Lu Zhong in Huangjiacun, and asked the shop owners along the street if they had seen him last night.
They asked all the way to the pancake and fruit shop, where Malanhua was being investigated by them.
"I didn't close up until 9:30 last night and went home. I definitely didn't see this boy passing by before that," Malanhua said.
After dinner last night, she scolded Bai Jianping, Xiaobai and others, then came to the store and stayed busy until half past nine before going home.
Ding Jiamin was asking questions and Xiaomi was taking notes, with a serious look on her face. After listening to Ma Lanhua's words, she couldn't help but ask: "That means you don't know if Lu Zhong came here after half past nine. Yes, right?"
Malanhua nodded: "Yes. Xiaomi, you are so awesome."
Xiaomi bared his teeth and tried to smile, and quickly recorded it in his notebook.
Ding Jiamin asked her: "Is there anything else you want to ask?"
Xiaomi put away the notebook, shook his head, and said, "Let's hurry up and continue looking for someone."
Malanhua came to send her out of the store: "You're welcome, this is what we should do. I hope this boy is healthy and safe. It's so worrying."
Ding Jiamin and Xiaomi continued to investigate along the street. Half an hour later, the two stood on the roadside discussing the case.
"The bosses of three stores said they didn't see Lu Zhong passing by before 9:30, so we can judge that Lu Zhong didn't actually come this way," Ding Jiamin said.
Xiaomi thought for a while and said: "Li Pengyuan's notebook recorded that Lu Zhong left Little Red Horse at 9:25 and came this way, but Aunt Ma closed the shop at 9:30 and went home. They all said that they had not seen Lu Zhong before this time, so Brother Azhong might have been in the area from Little Red Horse Academy to the pancake and fruit shop, or he quietly left Huangjiacun and went to West Chang'an Street. Already."
Ding Jiamin nodded, approving Xiaomi's analysis, and said at the same time: "Then our next investigation direction is to sort out the stores that we just walked along and didn't investigate, and then go to West Chang'an Street to investigate."
Xiaomi said: "Over there on West Chang'an Street, we can adjust the surveillance to see."
"Very good, then which stores did we not investigate just now? Take out the map quickly."
Xiaomi found a map of Huangjia Village from her schoolbag. The records on it were very detailed, and the shops along the street were all clearly marked.
Xiaomi drew on the map with a red pen and quickly reported: "Sister, there are three more stores that we have not investigated. One is a cake shop that is not open, one is a boiled shop that is not open yet, and one is Wanwan. Xiaohu’s barber shop is not open either.”
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Ding Jiamin said: "Very good, let's check again. If the door is not open yet, call the boss and ask them to come over."
"OK!"
Xiaomi was very motivated, so the two of them found the boiled shop first, but the door was still closed. Ding Jiamin found the shop owner's mobile phone number, dialed it, and inquired on the phone, but to no avail.
The same goes for the second cake shop. The owner said he didn't see Lu Zhong.
In the end, only Lao Niu Barber Shop remained.
As soon as the two of them walked to the door of the shop, they saw Lu Zhong's parents approaching. The two met, first communicated about the situation, and then went to Lao Niu Barber Shop together.
Just then, the door of the barber shop opened a crack, and a child came out. He brought a basin of water that had just been used to wipe the barber mirror, and poured it on the door. When he looked up, he was shocked. Several people were standing on the side of the road. Look at him.
"You? Huh? Xiaomi?"
"Wan Xiaohu!"
Wan Xiaohu and Xiaomi both recognized each other. Ding Jiamin stepped forward and said, "Xiaohu, is your grandpa at home?"
Wan Xiaohu was stunned, nodded and said: "At home! I'll call him."
He felt something was wrong, so he didn't ask too much, but quickly ran back to the store and shouted: "Grandpa! Grandpa—Sister Xiao Min has something to do with you—Grandpa—"
Ding Jiamin and others did not enter the shop, but stood at the door waiting, because the barber shop was not open. The door was still closed, but only opened a crack, which was enough to allow Wan Xiaohu to enter and exit.
Soon, footsteps were heard from the barber shop, and then the door opened, and the old man appeared with an apron tied around his waist.
"Officer Ding, what's wrong? Come in and sit down." Lao Niu said, welcoming them into the store.
He looked at Lu Zhong's parents doubtfully. He didn't recognize them, but he was familiar with Xiaomi.
Ding Jiamin first apologized for disturbing her so early in the morning, and then explained her purpose.
"Lu Zhong?" Lao Niu said in surprise and looked at the man and woman next to Ding Jiamin again. It turned out that these two people were Lu Zhong's parents.
Just as he was about to speak, Wan Xiaohu, who was listening on the sidelines, already exclaimed: "Brother Azhong? He is at my house! Brother Azhong——"
He shouted towards the stairs, and soon the sound of footsteps was heard, and it sounded like he was going downstairs, and then he appeared in everyone's sight.
Lu Zhong's father breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was safe and sound, while his mother was about to get angry but immediately held back, her eyes turning red.
