Chapter 99 A Letter of Lamentation

  After listening to Zhang Wei and the others' intentions, a senior citizen in his sixties rushed forward two steps, his voice trembling: "Officer...this isn't Lier. She's been murdered..." He finished speaking and turned away with sorrow.

  Zhang Wei smiled and said, "Old man, you are Zhou Li's." Zhou Li's mother introduced, "This is my father, Lier's grandfather. This is my mother-in-law, Lier's grandmother. This is my husband's second brother, third brother." Zhang Wei nodded and greeted each person. Then she said to the two elderly people, "I'm very sorry, we still haven't found any news about the two children for now. But let's think positively, although there isn't good news, it also means there isn't bad news, right? We've found Chen Yu Meng's school bag through monitoring video in Dunhua Fang Xincun." After finishing her words, Zhang Wei stood quietly aside and left time for Zhou Li's family to digest the information.

  Zhang Wei's specialty is behavioral psychology analysis of criminal behavior. How could they not understand their thoughts? Simply put: "We found an important clue in Chen Yu Meng's school bag. The two children discovered a cave when they went to Wohu Mountain on their last outing. The two children treated the cave as their secret base. Chen Yu Meng wrote about it in her composition. We came today following this lead. We need to check the children's personal belongings, especially diaries and computers."

  Mrs. Zhou hastily opened the door to a room and said, "Please come in, officers. This is Lier's room. We're not well off at home. No computer. Her things are usually kept in that cabinet." Mrs. Zhou pointed to a combination storage cabinet next to the desk. Zhang Wei nodded to Tian Miao Miao, Gong Qian, and Yuan Luo. The four of them put on gloves and began to inspect one by one.

  It was probably over 20 minutes. Everyone had almost finished checking the things of Zhou Li. When they thought they had gained nothing, Gong Qian accidentally knocked over a pile of books next to her. The books fell to the ground with a loud noise. Gong Qian hurriedly wanted to clean up. Tian Miao Miao's sharp eyes discovered a small box beside Gong Qian's feet. After crawling under the desk and using some effort, Tian Miao Miao finally pulled out a metal box. Upon closer inspection, it was found to be a candy box. The candy box was handed over to Gong Qian. Tian Miao Miao emerged from under the table with a dirty face. Everyone suddenly became excited.

  No need to hide it so secretly. It must be something that Zhou Li attaches great importance to. Opening it, there's not much inside. There's a ticket for Deng Xiaoping's concert. The little girl is quite a fan.

  She unfolded the three sheets of paper stacked in a heart shape. Gong Qian took it and opened it to take a look, her three views were destroyed by impulsiveness. Love letter. It was actually a love letter. A boy in Zhou Li's class wrote it to her. There are three letters like this.

  Several people looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Have we really grown old? Damn it, this is just elementary school sixth grade! Zhang Wei rubbed her temples to relax a bit and said: "Alright, you three gossipy women stop gossiping about someone's love letter. Hurry up and take another look to see if there's anything else."

  "Yes. Auntie." The three young people, Zhang Wei and the others, wanted to hit someone. You're the aunties. Your whole family are aunties.

  Might as well take everything out. A crumpled piece of notebook paper fell from the top. Tian Miao and Gong Qian exchanged a glance, picked it up, and opened it to take a look. It was Zhou Li's handwriting. Hurriedly flipping through it, their faces turned pale halfway through; Gong Qian quickly scanned it too, but didn't know what to say either. Tian Miao handed the paper to Zhang Wei for her and Yuan Lu to see as well, saying: "Zhang sister... a suicide note..."

  Zhang Wei and Yuan Luo rushed over. For more chapters, please visit. The four of them crowded together to finish reading the "will".

  Four female police officers looked unwell. This was indeed the time when Zhou Li wrote a letter of complaint similar to a will. Just the day before they went missing, their language teacher Peng Hui read out Chen Yu Meng's composition "Secret Base" in class and commented on it publicly. In Zhou Li's letter, it is recorded: "Teacher Peng read Mengmeng's composition on stage. She said Mengmeng was childish and overindulged..."

  The four people who have seen Chen Yumeng's photos, of course, know that Chen Yumeng is a bit fat. A little chubby girl. But the person is as named. Mengmengda. What kind of dog shit teacher is this... Can say in front of the whole class that Chen Yumeng has excessive nutrition just because she is slightly fat.

  She said Mengmeng is stupid. Doesn't pay attention in class. Her brain is always thinking about something else. Is she only thinking about how to eat? Everyone in the class burst out laughing at her words. I didn't laugh. I kept looking at Mengmeng. She lowered her head, her face looked like...I knew Mengmeng had already cried.

  That old turtle still wouldn't let up on Momo. He was still babbling away on the podium. Saying that even writing an essay could be nonsense. I think you might as well not take the middle school exam. Your grades have always been holding our class back. I feel like Momo is being wronged. I raised my hand and stood up, saying that Momo wasn't talking nonsense. That place was something we discovered together. Teacher, what makes you say that Momo is talking nonsense? Moreover, the nine-year compulsory education is a national policy. What gives you the right to make Momo give up on taking the middle school exam?

  The teacher rushed down from the podium, walked to my front, and slapped me twice in front of everyone. She also pushed me, causing me to bump into the corner of a desk belonging to three classmates from another class. It hurt so much. This wasn't her first time hitting a student. We got this new head teacher when we were in 4th grade. She had already slapped five other students before. This old witch was incredibly cruel. Normally, she would check our bags for no reason and throw out any snacks she found through the window. One classmate once brought a phone to school and put it in their bag. When she searched it out, she smashed it into pieces in front of everyone. After hitting me, she told me and another student to go stand at the back of the classroom. I loudly said, "What right do you have to physically punish me? You're still hitting me! My tuition fees aren't paid for you to hit and punish me!"

  The old witch told me to get out of the classroom. She then told other classmates about it. Zhou Li and Chen Yu Meng led the disruption of class order. You all just wait. After those two leave, we'll stand at the back and continue class. As a result, a despicable guy in our class took the lead in heckling us. He shouted for us to quickly go to the back and stand there, saying don't affect their class. This person usually doesn't study hard and just tries to curry favor with the teacher. Often reports on others. Many of my classmates want to beat him up...

  They couldn't calm down after reading this. Tian Miao Miao slammed her fist on the desk in anger. Gong Qian even slapped the table and said, "Let's go to school and settle accounts with that idiot." Tian Miao Miao glared at her with a bad temper and said, "Are you sick? It wasn't she who kidnapped two female students. What do you have to settle accounts with her for? I quite admire this Zhou Li. At such a young age, she has a sense of justice and knows so much. When I was in elementary school, I didn't even dare cry when the teacher hit me. I felt inferior for a long time, as if I had committed some great sin... Ah."

  Zhang Wei shook her head. She took over the letter and continued to read: "The class is over. I pulled Mengmeng to the toilet. On the way, Mengmeng told me that she really didn't want to go to school anymore. This damn teacher was too hateful. I said where could we go if we didn't go to school? Mengmeng said did you forget our secret base? We can buy some food and drinks and go to the secret base without coming back. It's obviously her fault. She hit someone and still asked us to invite our parents. My dad is unreasonable too. When I get home, he will scold me. I won't go home. Zhou Li, will you accompany me? I said we are good sisters. If I don't accompany you, who will?"

  The letter ended abruptly here. Zhou Li didn't finish writing it. Zhang Wei held the letter paper and slowly walked around Zhou Li's house in circles. Tian Miao Miao protested, "I'm dizzy." She ignored her. After walking for who-knows-how-many circles, Zhang Wei suddenly stopped and said, "Zhou Li hasn't made up her mind yet." Tian Miao Miao quickly asked, "What?" Zhang Wei loudly said, "Zhou Li hasn't decided to go into the mountains with Chen Yu Meng. From this letter, can you see what's going on? Zhou Li is a girl who is relatively mature and has her own ideas. Her narrative ability is very strong, which shows that she has a clear mind. So, can we think that Zhou Li considers things more thoroughly than Chen Yu Meng? The purpose of leaving this letter is to let her family know the reason for their departure and where they went. And since the letter isn't finished, it means she's not ready yet." Tian Miao Miao hurriedly asked, "How much pocket money does Zhou Li have? Does she usually save up?"

  Tian Miao rushed out of the room. Not long after, she came back, panting slightly and said: "Her mother said that Zhou Li has a sugar box. All her pocket money is in it. Usually she keeps it herself; she's very sensible. She never spends money randomly. It must be this box. There's not even one cent left in the box. Oh my god! There were over 1,000 yuan in here. She took them all away."

  Zhang Wei quickly squatted down and carefully checked the box again. She said helplessly, "This is a disaster." Gong Qian didn't quite understand and asked, "Xiao Sa, what are you two talking about in riddles?" Zhang Wei scolded her with a slap on the hand before explaining, "According to our previous analysis, Zhou Li wasn't prepared. She wrote the letter up to this point and then realized it wouldn't be right for her and Chen Yu Meng to go to the secret base without food or drink, they would get hungry and thirsty, and at night they would freeze without a quilt. So she took all the money to buy necessities." Gong Qian said, "Your expressions don't match, there's something else." Tian Miao Miao impatiently said, "She took this money and went with Chen Yu Meng to buy things. Think about it, two sixth-grade girls taking over 1000 yuan out to buy things, who knows which bastard spotted them and kidnapped them? Is that possible?"

  Gong Qian finally understood. Yuan Lü was also shocked. If it's really like that, this case can't even determine the nature of the crime. It's a complete mess from start to finish. Everyone fell silent for a moment. Zhang Wei clapped her hands and signaled everyone to say: "Alright, let's stop here for today. Let's go back to the team and continue discussing. Two points are clear: First, the content of the letter cannot be told to the children's parents for the time being, so as not to escalate the conflict; Second, when we go out later, you are absolutely not allowed to mention kidnapping. Do you understand?"