mesbooks Chapter 164: Clues Brought by Li Xinghua
Chapter 164: Clues Brought by Li Xinghua
Seeing that Luo Xiaoran didn't say anything, Sun Qingyuan raised his voice and shouted angrily: "Have you found Kong Qing?"
Luo Xiaoran glanced at him coldly, "Why are you yelling at me? You and Kong Qing have been seeing each other almost every day these days. Have you noticed anything wrong with her?"
Sun Qingyuan knew he had lost his composure. He paused for a moment, searched through all the memories in his mind, and shook his head: "Besides being worried about you and looking forward to your return, she was also tending to the medicinal field. There was nothing wrong with that."
The winter sky darkened quickly, and Luo Xiaoran could hardly see the appearance of the medicinal field, but she still faced the field, her voice a little hoarse:
“First of all, it is ruled out that Kong Qing was under voluntary circumstances and has not returned yet.
Besides, she doesn't have many relatives here and has no other place to stay.
The folk customs in Hexi and Hedong villages are relatively simple, so kidnappings are unlikely to happen.
There is no blood in Dandan Mountain, so we can rule out the possibility of an attack by a large beast."
Her temples were throbbing wildly, and Luo Xiaoran spoke faster and faster, until Sun Qingyuan could no longer hear her mumblings clearly:
“Kong Qing doesn’t know how to swim, but I once told her how to save herself if she accidentally falls into the water.
As the weather gets colder, villagers often come to the river to wash clothes during the warm afternoon.
If Kong Qing fell into the river, someone would definitely see him.
I have informed everyone that there is a reward for anyone who provides clues, but up to now no one has said that they have seen Kong Qing in the river, which means that Kong Qing did not fall into the river by mistake..."
"Miss Luo!"
A voice was heard not far away. Luo Xiaoran turned around and saw a figure slowly moving from the darkness to the range of the torch. It was Li Xinghua.
"Miss Luo," Li Xinghua was wearing a tattered cotton jacket, with her hands crossed in front of her, looking a little embarrassed.
"Is there anything wrong?" Luo Xiaoran slowly opened her cracked lips and asked in a deep voice.
Li Xinghua shrank her neck. Luo Xiaoran looked even more terrifying now than when he broke into her house and interrogated her.
But thinking of Hu Zi's words, Li Xinghua mustered up her courage and stammered:
"Miss Luo, I heard about Kong Qing's incident this afternoon and saw the village chief and many people looking for him in Hexi Village.
Thinking that Kong Qing might have gone to Hedong Village, I ran to my mother's house and asked my brother and sister-in-law to help look for him in Hedong Village, but I couldn't find him.
When I got home in the evening, my son Hu Zi heard me talk about looking for Kong Qing, and suddenly said that he had seen Kong Qing this morning.
Huzi is a kid who doesn’t like to sleep. He gets up very early every day and wanders around the village. Sometimes he can even find…”
"Tell the important point!"
Sun Qingyuan looked annoyed and rudely interrupted Li Xinghua's long speech, asking her to cut to the chase.
"Hu Zi said that he seemed to see Kong Qing following a man in the morning. He didn't remember what the man looked like, but he saw them leaving the village."
"Is this true?"
Sun Qingyuan's eyes widened as wide as they could, seemingly popping out of their sockets, looking extremely ferocious.
Li Xinghua was frightened by his expression, and subconsciously moved towards Luo Xiaoran before carefully replying, "That's what Hu Zi said."
"Take us to your house! I want to ask him in person."
Luo Xiaoran spoke, and the three of them walked towards Li Xinghua's house at a very fast speed.
……
"mother!"
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Zhang Xiaohu from the house ran out quickly. When he saw Luo Xiaoran and Sun Qingyuan, he subconsciously stopped.
Li Xinghua took a step forward and led Huzi into the house: "Why did you run out? It's so cold in the yard, be careful not to catch a cold!"
Luo Xiaoran and Sun Qingyuan followed into the house.
"Huzi, Miss Luo and Master Sun have something to ask you, you must tell the truth." Li Xinghua instructed her son.
Because of Zhang Erhe, the villagers wouldn't let their children play with Zhang Xiaohu. Zhang Xiaohu had no choice but to play with himself. His personality became a little withdrawn, and he only showed the liveliness of a child in front of Li Xinghua.
Facing Sun Qingyuan and Luo Xiaoran, he still had some resistance. Sun Qingyuan obviously didn't care about so much and asked directly:
"Huzi, did you see Sister Kongqing leaving with someone this morning?"
Zhang Xiaohu had already told Li Xinghua about this matter. He didn't know why Master Sun asked it again, and subconsciously looked up at his mother.
Li Xinghua patted his head and said, "Just repeat what you said to mother."
After his mother spoke, Zhang Xiaohu slowly said, "I saw Sister Kong Qing. She left the village with someone."
"Is that person a man or a woman, how old is he or she, and what does he or she look like?" Sun Qingyuan immediately asked again.
Zhang Xiaohu blinked his eyes, as if recalling something, and spoke after a while: "The man is not very old, and I don't remember what he looks like."
Sun Qingyuan was anxious, the wrinkles between his brows were enough to kill a moth, and his voice became louder and louder:
"Since you saw it, how come you have no memory of it? Or are you lying?"
Zhang Xiaohu was directly questioned by Sun Qingyuan loudly, and was so scared that he hid behind Li Xinghua, buried his face in Li Xinghua's back, and refused to show his head. Sun Qingyuan was secretly annoyed and blamed himself for not controlling his emotions.
At this time, Luo Xiaoran walked around behind Li Xinghua, squatted down, and asked softly: "Huzi, can I talk to you for a few words and ask you a few questions?"
Zhang Xiaohu raised his head from Li Xinghua's back and hummed softly: "I'm not lying, I really saw Sister Kong Qing."
Luo Xiaoran nodded, her voice still soft and calm, but she was very nervous.
So many people searched for Kong Qing all afternoon but didn't see her. If Kong Qing left the village in the morning when most people were still asleep, then it would be reasonable that no one saw her today.
Now the only clue lies in Zhang Xiaohu, she must make a breakthrough.
"Huzi, I know you like to play on the road leading out of the village. Tell me, did you see Sister Kongqing there?"
Luo Xiaoran's voice was very calm, and the action of squatting down allowed Zhang Xiaohe to talk to her without having to look up. He naturally let down his guard against Luo Xiaoran and nodded heavily:
"Yes, right there!"
"Did Sister Kongqing and the man whose appearance you couldn't remember go to Fuyuan County? Is that the road you took to attend private school?"
"Correct."
"Why didn't you remember the man's appearance? Was it because he was too tall and was walking in front of you, so you couldn't see him clearly?"
"How do you know?" Zhang Xiaohu widened his eyes. Luo Xiaoran described exactly the scene at that time.
"After I get up, I like to go to the big poplar tree at the entrance of the village and play around it in circles."
Luo Xiaoran was deeply impressed by the big poplar tree at the entrance of the village. The trunk of the poplar was so thick that four or five people could hug it.
At that time, she took Kong Qing and Niu Shubao to hide behind the tree and caught Zhang Erhe and Wang Xiaofeng who wanted to elope.