Chapter 12 turning point

Li Deng set off.He went by train.When we arrived in Yangshu County, the sun was already westward.He was worried about getting off work, so he immediately took a taxi to the General Chemical Plant, looking for Jiang Songlin.The people in the factory office were already leaving get off work with their bags in their hands. He told Li Deng that Jiang Songlin had been laid off. Li Deng asked: "Do you know where his family lives?" "I have no idea." "I'm looking for him from City J, can you find out for me? I don't have any clues." The man put down his bag, picked up the phone, dialed a workshop, found the director of the workshop, and asked, "Where does Jiang Songlin's family live in your workshop?"

The person on the phone obviously asked the person next to him, and finally found the address.Li Deng thanked the man in the factory office, came out, and went directly to Jiang Chunhong's house. Jiang Chunhong's house lived far away, and when Li Deng arrived, it was almost dark.Beautifully dressed women began to move out.When Li Deng came to Jiang Chunhong's house, he found that the area was full of old, dilapidated bungalows, and it was obvious from a glance that the people living there were poor people.There was a stench in the air, and it was unclear whether it was from the nearby public toilets or from the garbage dumps on the roadside.In the alley where Jiang Chunhong lived, the doors on both sides were tightly closed.And Jiang Chunhong's family lives in the innermost end.Li Deng walked over step by step, his heart beating more and more violently.Finally, he knocked on the door.After a long time, a middle-aged woman opened the door.

"Excuse me, is this Jiang Chunhong's home?" The woman's face was haggard. She looked at Li Deng hostilely and said, "Who are you?" Li Deng said: "I am her classmate in elementary school, and I came to see her specially. Are you her mother?" "yes." The woman didn't have the slightest intention of welcoming, she opened the door and walked in directly.Li Deng followed in.After entering the door, there is a narrow living room.The light bulbs in the house were dim and there was a musty smell.Li Deng sat down on the dirty sofa.The woman did not pour water for him, but sat at the door of the kitchen on the side of the small living room peeling potatoes.

"Uncle isn't home?" "He hasn't returned from selling pancakes yet." "Jiang Chunhong..." She pointed to a closed house on the other side and said, "She's in that house, you go." Li Deng looked at the door, feeling very weird, the door didn't even have a gap, it was tightly closed.Li Deng felt something was wrong.This woman should call her out, or lead him in, how can he let him see by himself?He looked at the door, then at the woman, gritted his teeth, stood up, and walked slowly towards the door.When he came to the door, he paused for a while, and finally pushed open the door desperately, and saw that the lighting inside was even worse, darker, and the musty smell was stronger.There was a bed in the middle of the room, and the surrounding area was dirty and messy.There was a person lying straight on the bed.Li Deng looked up and saw that it was Jiang Chunhong, with her esophagus and trachea inserted in her mouth.

He turned around and asked, "Auntie, why did she..." The middle-aged woman didn't even lift her head, and said, "The one who was pushed down from upstairs became a vegetable." Li Deng was dumbfounded and couldn't speak for a long time. Finally, he asked, "How long?" The woman sneered, "It's been more than three years." Li Deng was taken aback again, and muttered in his mouth: "How did it become like this?" "Ah." The woman sighed and said, "After we moved here, she didn't go to school, and when she was a teenager, she mixed with some bad guys in society, fought, and took drugs. How many times did my father and I beat her, It didn't work. Later, her father was laid off and sold pancakes on the street. She didn't make much money, so she went to the karaoke hall to sing. This is considered to be the right way for her, and she wants to help the family earn some money. One day, it happened to a customer The quarrel, was pushed down from the fourth floor by that bastard, and fell like this..."

Li Deng thought, didn't she do it? Suppressing his violent heartbeat, he walked slowly to Jiang Chunhong's bed and stared at her for a long time.He felt fear, guilt, and sadness.What a girl she had been!She should be an outstanding woman, should find an excellent man, and should enjoy a better life, but maybe because of her own prank, her fate took a big turn and became like this... Jiang Chunhong, who was lying in front of Li Deng, had an ugly complexion, which was the result of long-term lack of nutrition.Her hair was dry and lacklustre.Her expression was very uneasy, a little painful, a little irritable, a little depressed...

Back then, she was so beautiful, but she was not ostentatious, a very elegant little girl.And now, she looks like a dead person, or like a witch.Could it be that in the middle of the night, when everyone was fast asleep, this vegetative person would suddenly get up and quietly walk out of this room?Li Deng shivered.Finally, he backed away from Jiang Chunhong's room and closed the door gently. He said to the woman, "Where was she pushed downstairs?" "It's the Huanhuan Karaoke Hall at Zhengyang Cross." "Has the murderer been caught?" "No, that one ran away with a thousand cuts, and no one cares about it."

Li Deng thought for a while and said, "Auntie, I'm leaving. Maybe I will visit her again in the future." "It's like this whether you look at it or not." Jiang Chunhong's mother said in a bad mood. When Li Deng left Jiang Chunhong's house, he felt like a stone was pressing on his heart.He came to Huanhuan Karaoke Hall to find out about the situation.As soon as he entered the door, a girl with heavy makeup came over and said to him, "Sir, can I find you a lady?" "I'm looking for your manager." The girl looked at him, pointed to a box and said, "Over there."

Li Deng knocked on the door and went in, and sure enough he found the manager.As a reporter, he interviewed him about Jiang Chunhong being pushed downstairs three years ago. The manager was playing chess, reluctantly stopped, and said: "This matter has nothing to do with me. I only contracted this karaoke hall last year." "Can you tell me about the situation at that time?" "Jiang Chunhong was here as an escort lady at the time. She slept with a guest, and after she was done, she had a dispute with the guest because of payment...that's all." "Where is the murderer now?"

"I don't know." "...Okay, thank you." Li Deng had no choice but to leave the karaoke hall.It seems that Jiang Chunhong has really become a vegetable.Li Deng's heart became heavier and heavier, and he even wondered whether he should marry her, or serve her all his life to atone for his sin.Apparently, it was wrong to suspect that she was playing tricks.However, that voice was exactly the same as Jiang Chunhong's!He walked aimlessly on the street, lost sight of the target, and the fear in his heart suddenly escalated.Who is she?Is it really a strange woman with Jiang Chunhong's voice?The buildings on both sides are very short, there are few pedestrians, and the road looks very spacious.As Li Deng was walking, the phone rang again, piercing his ear like a knife.He shuddered, stopped, and saw a public phone on the side of the road ringing.The man in the shadows is going to speak to him!

He hesitated for a moment, walked over, and picked it up firmly: "Hello?" There was no sound from inside. "Hey?" Still no sound from inside. "Hey!" Just as he was about to put it down, suddenly someone spoke inside, and it was indeed that woman. Her tone this time was completely different from the past. She asked slowly, "You...come...see...I...do...what...?" Li Deng gasped, and was about to ask, "Are you Jiang Chunhong?" The phone had already hung up. Li Deng put down the phone with a "snap" and turned back and ran towards Jiang Chunhong's house.He ran wildly like a gangster being chased by the police and the crowd, and rushed to Jiang Chunhong's house in only ten minutes.He knocked hard on the door.The door opened slowly, and it was still Jiang Chunhong's mother.She looked at Li Deng in surprise. "Auntie, I'm sorry...you let me in." Before anyone could say anything, he rushed in impatiently.He quickly opened the door of Jiang Chunhong's room and saw her lying quietly on the bed in the dark.The quilt on her body was still the same as before. Jiang Chunhong's mother followed and asked, "What's wrong?" "Nothing. I heard...I thought...I just..." Leaving Jiang Chunhong's house, Li Deng suddenly decided that he would stay in this county for a few more days, and he wanted to find out the truth here.He believed that he was close to the secret!