The woman covered her face and choked, the words she wanted to say stuck in her throat, and tears fell in a string from her fair but haggard cheeks.
Xiaolan quickly handed over the tissue.
"First... please take your time first," Xiaoyin whispered, hugging the woman's shoulders, "We have plenty of time, don't be anxious, speak slowly."
Four people were gathering in the spacious and gorgeous living room. The design style of the room was simple and elegant. Bright and warm sunlight poured in from the floor-to-ceiling windows, but the four people inside did not feel the slightest joy.
The Taoist priest stood next to the tea cabinet, picked up the photo frame on the table and looked at it carefully.
"Although that child Mingya is not very obedient, he never does bad things." The woman held back her tears and regrouped her emotions before saying, "Recently, our youngest son and her younger brother Mingjia are about to take the high school entrance examination.
All the attention is on him. Mingya must have been ignored by us before he went outside... and then..."
The Taoist priest looked at the energetic girl in the family photo and the slightly stiff-smiling boy beside him.
"Hasn't the murderer been caught yet?" Putting down the photo frame, the Taoist priest turned around and asked.
"Alas..." The woman lowered her head weakly, "If we catch that bastard, we won't have to look for you..."
The Taoist priest walked towards the three people on the sofa and said, "Mrs. Gao, I'm sorry to expose your scars. What we know so far is that a week ago, several bags of human body parts were picked up by cleaners at the suburban farmers' market. According to testing,
The deceased is your daughter, Gao Mingya, who has been missing for half a month. According to the testimony of Mingya’s school friends, Mingya met a boy who shared the same hobbies with her during this period. The day before Mingya disappeared, she said to her friend
I was going out on a date with my boyfriend the next day, but Mingya showed up again, and it was already..."
The woman collapsed and hugged her head, "How could that bastard do it! Bastard! Devil! How could he do it!..."
The Taoist priest winked, and Xiaolan and Xiaoyin turned to comfort mode again.
"Mrs. Gao, I can understand you," the Taoist priest sat on the sofa opposite the three of them, his voice calm and calm, "but to catch the murderer, we still have to go to the police. You will contact us. There must be other reasons."
Mrs. Gao was silent for a few seconds, and finally raised her head, "Taoist priest, you are right, I won't find you if you just do this. The key is that, for some reason, after Mingya's death, Mingya was studying in the first place in Zhangcheng.
There is a saying that started circulating in high school. At midnight, as long as you bring two things that Mingya had touched before his death, you can enter the classroom of Class 3, Grade 2, where Mingya is located, and you can enter a place... called a different world by the children.
Space, where if you look for clues to Mingya’s death, you can find the real murderer.”
The three people's eyes lit up and they quickly looked at each other.
Two things, different worlds.
Could it be that the dead Mingya formed the world?
"Where did this statement come from? Has anyone entered that other world?"
Mrs. Gao shook her head helplessly, "I don't know who spread the news, but some children did try it, and... those children, they have not come back yet!"
Xiaoyin exclaimed, "Time flows there!"
After saying this, she realized that she had lost her composure. Xiaoyin immediately covered her mouth and looked at Mrs. Gao with an apologetic look.
"Do you know what's going on?!" Mrs. Gao looked at the three of them in surprise and joy.
"We have indeed seen this kind of situation," the Taoist priest nodded, "but there is a big difference between Mingya's world and others, which is what my assistant just mentioned. In Mingya's world,
Time, like the real world, flows, and people who enter there will disappear from reality, which is very strange."
Xiaoyin covered her mouth and nodded wildly.
As several people were talking, there was a rustling sound at the door.
"Squeak——"
"I'm back."
A boy wearing a school uniform appeared in the entrance hall. The boy had a sullen face, glanced at them briefly, and walked into the bedroom with his slippers on.
"You're back, Mingjia..." Mrs. Gao stood up with an embarrassed smile, "I'm going to do my homework for a while and eat later."
Before Mrs. Gao finished speaking, Mingjia had already hid in the bedroom.
"I'm here not only for Mingya, but also for my son Mingjia." Mrs. Gao looked worried. "Mingjia studies at Zhangcheng No. 1 Middle School, which is the same school as Mingya.
, after this incident came out, Mingjia was also affected at school. His child will take the high school entrance examination in half a year, and he can't change schools temporarily. Without Mingya, we only have one child, Mingjia, and we can't see him out anymore.
what is the matter……"
"Mrs. Gao, I think Mingga is quite introverted." Xiaoyin turned her gaze away from Mingga's closed bedroom door.
Mrs. Gao sighed again, "This child has always been like this. After Mingya's accident, he talked even less, so I was worried..."
"It doesn't matter if you talk less," Xiaoyin pointed cheerfully at Xiaolan, who had been offline for a long time. "People of the same age are easy to communicate with. Let our little girl enlighten him. Go ahead, Xiaolan."
"ha?"
Xiaolan was so excited that she almost slipped to the ground.
Mrs. Gao looked over expectantly, "This is pretty good, is it okay, little girl?"
The Taoist priest suppressed his smile and nodded to Xiaolan, "Go ahead. Xiaoyin's words make sense. Communication with peers is often the most useful."
Just like that, Xiaolan, who was unexpectedly sold, stood at the door of Mingjia's bedroom, and knocked on the door under the eager eyes of the three people.
Almost instantly, the door opened a small crack, and a vigilant eye appeared behind the crack.
"Ah... Mingjia..." Xiaolan smiled and waved, "They asked us to communicate..."
What a terrible opening statement!
Xiaolan mentally beat her head.
After blinking a few times, Mingjia opened the door. He didn't take another look at Xiaolan, but just returned to the desk.
Xiaolan poked her head in to observe. The boy's room was very neat. There were several celebrity posters hanging above the bed, like some band. Of course, Xiaolan had no way of knowing who they were.
"Uh...is this...is this a star?"
"This is Stardust, a very famous band." Mingjia rolled his eyes at Xiaolan, then seemed to feel that it was not polite, and quickly put his head back on the table, "We all like it very much."
"Ah..." Xiaolan said "I see" on her face.
This is the trend among children now.
"Your room is very tidy..."
"Um."
"It seems that you also like reading. There are so many books..."
"Um."
"Do you have a lot of homework? You have to take the high school entrance exam and you will be very busy with homework..."
"Um."
Xiaolan looked at Mingjia's motionless back and stood up in anger.