Seagull

Chen Nan: "Ah Ze, Zhang Cen and Zhang Lan are not siblings, but half-brothers. Zhang Cen's mother died of illness a few years after giving birth to Zhang Cen. The fourth grandma couldn't let go of her. She has no future, and she is looking around to find a wife for her son to have a son. This matter is so big that the old lady not only visited the matchmakers in Shanping Village, but also the whole town to talk about it. Basically every few days Some people would bring girls to their house. I heard that the condition of the old lady's house was really one of the best in the town at that time, but she was always dissatisfied. She also thought her butt was small, she was old, she was ugly, and uneducated. "

Chang Ze couldn't help expressing his doubts: "Is it the old lady who decides? Where's his son?"

Chen Nan: "You mean Zhang Ren? I heard from Zhang Min that he went to sea as an adult, and basically didn't go home for a year except during fishing bans and typhoon days, and sometimes he didn't come back during the Chinese New Year. Because the fourth grandfather went early, This family is mainly run by an old lady, who is very strong, and Zhang Ren has a relatively... cowardly personality. Moreover, he fell into the sea and drowned two years after Zhang Lan was born."

Chang Ze: "It means that Zhang Ren can't be the master. I'm very surprised, their family is quite rich, why Zhang Ren wants to go to sea, the risk factor is quite high. I can earn a lot of vegetables at home, right? to sea."

Chen Nan spread his hands: "Who knows? Maybe I like the feeling of riding the wind and waves? That's not the point." Seeing that the topic was off, he turned back: "The point is, since the fourth grandma wants to find a daughter-in-law so much, why is there such a Don’t want Tang, who is good-looking and still a college student, but give it to Zhang Zhong instead?”

Chang Ze made a joke, trying to make the atmosphere less tense: "Maybe she thinks she can't give birth to a son?"

Chen Nan smiled cooperatively, and vetoed the joke: "It's unlikely. Zhang Min said that the fourth grandma stopped moving after seeing off Tang. If the girl came again, she would refuse and even hook up with him. I think it might be The second type. Think about it, when I want him to want it, I will give it away? Only after I satisfy myself first, there will be a second one, and then I will give it away out of favor or other things. other people."

Chang Ze put his hand on his chin and rubbed it back and forth, obviously listening to his words: "You mean the other victim is at Grandma's house? And she is probably Zhang Lan's mother?"

The fourth grandma stopped looking for a daughter-in-law for no reason, and gave Tang to Zhang Zhong for free, which is indeed very suspicious.If she was suspected, then another female college student was at her home. Then, on the premise that no new person was found after Zhang Ren's wife died, Zhang Lan was probably the child of the female college student.

Chen Nan nodded: "Yes. Zhang Min went out early, and he didn't know about Zhang Lan's existence. I called Li Juan and asked about something."

Chang Ze: "What."

Chen Nan: "Zhang Lan came very suddenly. It was the fourth grandma who carried her out during the day and said it was her grandson. When she asked the child's mother, she said it was gone. At that time they suspected that she had adopted him from outside, until Zhang Lan When he was a little older, he could see his little dimple, which was exactly the same as Zhang Ren and Zhang Cen, so he was sure that Zhang Lan was really the grandson of the fourth grandma."

Chang Ze sensed something was wrong: "Impossible, Ah Lan told me about his mother before, at least she was still alive when she was in elementary school."

Chen Nan: "I think the old lady was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so she hid it very deeply, and said to the outside world that his mother was dead, and she just kept her at home. Therefore, I am [-]% sure that Zhang Lan's mother is another The trafficked person..."

Chang Ze also retorted from time to time: "If Alan's mother is the woman Zhang Ren met outside, it's just because the Fourth Grandma doesn't like her and she doesn't want to mention it?"

Chen Nan still shook his head: "Zhang Ren has been at sea all year round, and the probability of meeting women is very low. My idea didn't come out of thin air, there are other reasons. Zhang's family has fields and land. The community we lived in before had some It is the land where Zhang Lan’s grandfather dried salt. Although he is poor, he has no problem with food and clothing. With the addition of the fourth grandma, their family is regarded as a “rich person” in the town. To do things, it was definitely not hard to do business in those days. The combination of the fourth grandpa and the fourth grandma lived better than others at that time. They had land, property and houses, and they had more than enough food, drink and clothing. But Li Juan It is said that in the year when Fourth Grandma Zhang sent Tang, Fourth Grandma sold more than one piece of land in the village before, and she sold it at a low price, and she also took on other jobs for several months as a subsidy. Obviously enough, Why is there still a shortage of money? It can only be that she has to pay a large amount of extra expenses. This is the first. Second, the fourth grandma did not always live in the village. Their family used to live in the town, but suddenly one day, the fourth Grandma brought Zhang Cen back suddenly, and built a wall around the house. It was the white wall we saw before, which was made by the fourth grandma in a hurry. No household in their village is like this, and the fourth grandma is the first."

Chang Ze said: "No wonder I feel that the wall doesn't match the house well. No one in the village doubts the reason for such a strange move?"

Chen Nan continued: "They are very curious, and they doubt that they can be called. I also asked Li Juan this question, and she said that because the fourth grandma came from the town, Shanping Village at that time usually only had people who were born and raised in the village, which was rare. In addition, the life of the fourth grandma is better than them, so they just think of them as 'rich people' with different living habits."

Chang Ze felt that he was numb after receiving the information: "What else?"

Chen Nan: "Third, do you still remember what Li Juan said at Zhang Cen's house before? She overheard Zhang Zhong's words and even saw Tang Meiling."

Chang Ze nodded, looked up at the ceiling: "I remember."

"At that time, we only noticed Zhang Zhong's description of the female college students. Think about his other words. In the village, there was an old man and a child. The fourth grandma knew Zhang Zhong well. At that time, she moved to the village. At that time, she was the only one in the family. And Zhang Cen. Everything can match what Zhang Zhong said. In addition, she sent Zhang Zhongtang, suddenly built a wall, suddenly lacked money, suddenly rejected all the girls, and suddenly embraced Zhang Lan who has no mother... ...With all the signs and inferences, the fourth grandma is the buyer of another female college student. " Chen Nan paused, with his waist bent, his hands crossed, his two thumbs circling each other, and he said slowly The words stayed in my mind for a long time: "And this college student..."

Chen Nan still couldn't express it completely.

Knowing that he didn't say the whole thing, Chang Ze sat upright, half awake and half dazed, and added: "It might be Sister Jiajia we're looking for." Of course, Chang Ze didn't forget the other female college student that Li Juan described back then. They did not forget their image, nor did they forget every action they took after they came back. Whether they were looking for Zhang Qi or Tang Meiling, they all tacitly assumed that the one who hadn't been found out was Sister Jiajia.

Chen Nan was no longer interested in drinking tea, so he fell back on the sofa, pinched the bridge of his nose lightly with his fingers, and looked tired: "This is why I haven't found you for so many days, and I haven't wanted to talk about it since I found you." The reason. Even I don't know how to face their two siblings, let alone you."

Chang Ze frowned even tighter. He recalled chatting with Zhang Cen and Zhang Cen in the village, and spent so many days with Zhang Lan. There were so many opportunities to talk, why not?not a single one.Isn't it what they thought it was?Is there something else in it that they don't know that is pointing the whole thing in the wrong direction?

Chang Ze opened his mouth after thinking about it, and tried to come up with reasons to refute his point of view: "They all said they had never seen Sister Jiajia; they knew that we were looking for another female college student, if they knew, why didn't they say it? We asked about the photo, or did we ask Li Juan later, Sister Cen really looks like she hopes we can find it soon, I don’t think it’s wrong.”

Chen Nan sighed, and it was hard to accept: "I hope so too. But at present, based on the incident, we can only infer this far. Either we are wrong, or they are lying....Maybe, they have their own secrets. Yes or not , we can ask again..."

Chang Ze interrupted Chen Nan. He knew what Chen Nan wanted to say, so he only needed to question Zhang Cen or Zhang Lan. Chen Nan was a policeman, and there were many ways to find out the answer.But they were Zhang Cen and Zhang Lan. Chang Ze couldn't imagine how they would be interrogated as suspects when they were not sure yet.He made a suggestion: "These are all speculations, there is no certainty. Let's stick to the original plan. Go see Zhang Qi and Tang Meiling tomorrow. If there is no result, we will..."

Chang Ze hid the rest of the story, only feeling confused and depressed, drank the tea that Chen Nan poured for him, only felt bitter and astringent, then opened the door and went home.