Chapter 2 Chapter two

Shi Ping walked to Fraxinus Fraxinus Middle School with the interview bag on her back.She once thought of taking the early bus to leave the Fraxinus Village at dawn, but she changed her mind after dawn. She saw the golden sunshine in the morning, and everything in her heart returned to normal.Shi Ping felt that what happened at night was caused by her own psychology.Around 9 o'clock, Shiping decided to go to Fraxinus Middle School.When she left the township government guest house, Li Meifeng did not come.Xiuxiu is watching TV in the reception room. Fraxinus Fraxinus Middle School has no walls, which is very rare.Such an environment is very problematic for the management of the school.When Shi Ping walked into Fraxinus Middle School, the students were teaching in the classroom.The empty campus seemed deserted, but someone still spotted her. A tall, middle-aged man in a jacket walked towards her. Shi Ping didn't know where this person came from, and he appeared as soon as he said he appeared. up.

The man quickly walked up to Shiping, and he asked her in a rough voice, "Hey, what do you do?" Shi Ping greeted her with a smile, and she said, I am a reporter from Chiban Evening News, and I am here to interview.Excuse me, are you? The man said, oh, "Chiban Evening News", our school has subscribed to this newspaper, and I really like reading the articles in that social documentary. By the way, I am the chief of the security section of this school, and my name is Hu Dalong. Shi Ping catered to him and said, I am a reporter from the Social News Department of the Evening News, and my name is Shi Ping.

Said, Shiping handed over her business card. They both stood in the sun, the sun was so good, it was like gold. Hu Dalong took Shi Ping's business card, looked at it for a while, and said vigilantly, are you here for an interview at our school? Shiping nodded. Hu Dalong's face changed slightly, why did you come to our school to interview? Shi Ping said, I heard that a female student in your school died a few days ago? Hu Dalong's expression changed immediately, he raised his voice, who did you listen to? Shi Ping rolled her eyes, and deliberately said that such a big event spread in Chiban City.

Hu Dalong said, oh, that's right. Shiping asked him, you should be very clear about the whole story, right? Hu Dalong looked flustered, he stuttered a bit, I, I'll take you to the principal's office and let the principal talk to you. Shiping didn't know what was going on in his mind, so she could only say, well, go to your principal. The principal Zhu Shangwen is a gentle old man.He wears a pair of very delicate gold-rimmed glasses. His thin face is very white, but not pale. He is neatly dressed, and he looks like an old man who pays attention to the quality of life.In the principal's office, Zhu Shangwen politely asked Shi Ping to sit down, and made her a cup of tea himself.After Hu Dalong introduced Shiping into the principal's office, he slipped away. Before slipping away, he whispered something in Zhu Shangwen's ear.Seeing this, Shi Ping felt that Hu Dalong was a bit strange.

Zhu Shangwen sat opposite Shi Ping, keeping a distance from Shi Ping.Zhu Shangwen smiled easily. Reporter Shi, I heard that you are here to interview Xiao Lili? Shiping said, the dead girl was called Xiao Lili? Shi Ping recalled the shrill call last night, and the word Lily was in the call, and Shi Ping's heart twitched. Zhu Shangwen took a sip of tea and said, yes, her name is Xiao Lili. It was difficult for Shi Ping to understand Zhu Shangwen. A student in his school died, and he was still so calm, and he pretended to be nonchalant. Shi Ping looked at Zhu Shangwen, how did she die?

Only then did Zhu Shangwen sigh and say, I have been the principal of this school for more than 10 years, and I am about to retire soon, and I have never seen such a thing.She committed suicide.Drank the medicine.None of us can figure out why she can't think about it so much. Shi Ping thought, a student committed suicide, why did she commit suicide!There must be many problems here, and she wants to expose those hidden problems through this incident. Shi Ping asked again, Principal Zhu, can you talk about why she committed suicide? Zhu Shangwen shook his head helplessly. No one knows about this issue at the moment. There is no sign of her death at all. She committed suicide strangely. After several days of investigation by the police station, no conclusion was drawn.

Shi Ping felt that Principal Zhu Shangwen was hiding something. He might not provide too much to Shi Ping. Shi Ping wanted to find a breakthrough from another person and find out the truth of the matter. Shi Ping asked again, Principal Zhu, I heard that a female classmate committed suicide with Xiao Lili, but she didn't die, can I talk to her? Zhu Shangwen nodded, rolled his eyes and said, no problem, you can find anyone, as long as it doesn't interfere with school work, it's no problem, Shi Ping found out that the female classmate's name is Li Xiaofang. Li Xiaofang was led by Hu Dalong, the head of the security section.In the principal's office, Li Xiaofang seemed a little restrained.To Shi Ping's surprise, Li Xiaofang's eyes were very bright, and her two eyeballs were like two glass balls, which made people feel a little fake, but they didn't have the fear and anxiety that Shi Ping imagined.Zhu Shangwen and Hu Dalong were both there, and Shi Ping became a little restrained.Because Li Xiaofang's next class is a self-study class, Shi Ping offered to go to the playground with Li Xiaofang, and Li Xiaofang agreed.When they left the principal's office, Hu Dalong stopped Li Xiaofang and whispered something in her ear.Shiping became suspicious of Hu Dalong. Why was he so mysterious about this matter? Could it be that he had something to do with this matter?

Shiping and Li Xiaofang stood under the sun. Shiping was very surprised, and Li Xiaofang acted nonchalantly under the sun.Her glass-like eyeballs did not move and said, "Reporter Shi, you are here to find out about Xiao Lili's situation. It's actually nothing. Xiao Lili is not in pain, not at all." Shi Ping felt that Li Xiaofang seemed very active, so she asked, what did you say? Li Xiaofang smiled innocently, her face seemed to have been painted and there was a layer of powder.She said, I said that Xiao Lili died without pain at all, if I died with Xiao Lili that day, I would not have pain.Xiao Lili is now living her happy life in heaven, but unfortunately, I couldn't go to heaven with her.

Shiping didn't expect Li Xiaofang to say such words, she was speechless immediately. Li Xiaofang pointed to a huge eucalyptus tree not far away and said, at noon that day, we were sitting under that tree. We sat back to back, drank folk songs, and prepared to go to heaven. We imagined the appearance of heaven, where there are sweet-scented osmanthus , There are many beautiful butterflies flying. While talking, Li Xiaofang couldn't help walking towards the tree.Shi Ping seemed to be controlled by Li Xiaofang, and she couldn't help walking towards the tall eucalyptus tree together with Li Xiaofang.Li Xiaofang went under the eucalyptus tree and sat on the exposed root. Shiping also sat on it, but she and Li Xiaofang were sitting face to face.

Li Xiaofang said, Reporter Shi, don't you want to know the truth? Let me tell you, this matter has nothing to do with anyone. Really, we are going to die, and it has nothing to do with anyone.I missed that moment and didn't die. It seems that I won't be able to go to heaven.I sat back to back with Xiao Lili that day.We took the medicine, and then sang songs happily. We are really happy, and we will go to heaven soon. Can you not be happy?If the guy named Gu Qiusheng hadn't come to save us, maybe I would have gone to heaven like Xiao Lili, I hate Gu Qiusheng to death. Shi Ping asked, who is Gu Qiusheng?

Li Xiaofang smiled, and some of the powder on her face fell off.She said that he was our classmate, and I didn't know why he was staring at us that day.I only heard from Xiao Lili that Gu Qiusheng wrote her a love letter, and he didn't even care about his appearance, but he still pursued Xiao Lili. Lily is the most beautiful girl in our Fraxinus Middle School.I could have gone to heaven with her, but she left alone. At this point, Li Xiaofang's eyes showed a trace of sadness. Shiping couldn't understand Li Xiaofang in her heart, she felt that both Li Xiaofang and the dead Xiao Lili were bewitched, if what Li Xiaofang said was true.She couldn't confirm the authenticity of what Li Xiaofang said, maybe Li Xiaofang had another side that was unknown. Li Xiaofang glanced at Shi Ping and said, Reporter Shi, do you suspect that what I said is a lie?The school asked me, and I said the same thing. The police station asked me, and I didn’t change my words. What I said was true, whether you believe it or not.Some people suspect that I murdered Xiao Lili, why would I do that, we were best friends from elementary school to middle school, how could I murder her?We agreed to go to heaven together. Xiao Lili came up with the idea. At first I disagreed, but she convinced me.I also felt that life was boring, so I agreed to her. I know that what I say now is useless. It would be great if I went to heaven with Xiao Lili. Shiping was stunned, she didn't know what to say to this girl. The sky is far away and the sun is shining brightly.There was a wind blowing, and a few dead leaves fell from the tree. Shiping raised her head and looked at the sky, she suddenly saw a flock of birds flying by.Li Xiaofang also raised her head, looking at the group of birds.Just as the flock of little birds passed over their heads, suddenly a bird fell vertically, and the flock of birds screamed and fled away.The fallen bird landed right at Shiping's feet.Shiping leaned over and picked up the dead bird. The body of the dead bird was still warm.Shiping suddenly thought that the girl named Xiao Lili was originally a bird flying freely in the sun, but she died in the sun inexplicably like this bird.Shi Ping was stunned by the dead bird. Could it be that the dead bird is some kind of omen? After Shi Ping left Li Xiaofang, she walked out of the school, and she went to the Shuquliu Township Police Station.Director Wang Yong of the police station received her.When she talked about it, Director Wang immediately said that it was indeed a suicide. After our investigation, there is no possibility of homicide. As for why she committed suicide, there may be many reasons for it. There are some factors in her family and school. . Shiping also didn't want this to be a homicide, she was very concerned about the cause of Xiao Lili's death, and she said to Director Wang very seriously, can you tell me in detail the reasons for Xiao Lili's suicide in many ways. Director Wang smiled, Reporter Shi, I'm really sorry, I'm going to handle a case right now, how about this, when Fang Ming who is in charge of Xiao Lili's case comes back, I'll let him find you. Shiping had no choice but to say, that's fine. Director Wang asked, Reporter Shi, where do you live? Shiping said, I live in room 214 of the township government guest house. Director Wang wrote a line on a piece of paper.Shiping said goodbye.As soon as she left the gate of the police station, she saw a person standing there not far away looking at her.Shiping knew that person.That was the young man who took the car with her from Xixian County to Franz Liu Township. She had a deep memory of his bright little eyes. Shiping ignored him.She walked towards the township government guest house, those small eyes were watching her all the time, as if she wanted to dig out something from this strange woman. Shi Ping returned to the township government guest house, she had just passed the door of the reception room, when Li Meifeng came out, she stopped Shi Ping, Miss Shi, I can't tell, you are still a reporter! Xiuxiu also followed. She stood behind Li Meifeng and looked at Shiping curiously.Shiping looked at them and smiled. Li Meifeng also laughed. There are very few reporters here, and it is very rare to have a reporter here.I don't know what reporter Shi came to interview in this poor place like ours? Shiping smiled and said, yes, I'm here to find out about the dead girl in Fraxinus Middle School. Li Meifeng's complexion changed a little. She said, isn't it just a girl who committed suicide? What's there to interview? When Shi Ping heard her words, she felt very uncomfortable. She said, after all, it was a human life, not a chicken or a puppy. A smile immediately appeared on Li Meifeng's face, yes, human life is at stake, human life is at stake, please do your interview well, and you can tell us what to do. Shi Ping smiled, don't worry, I will come to you if I need something. After finishing speaking, Shiping stepped on the creaking stairs and returned to the room. She sat there, looking at the small stream outside the window, and her heart couldn't get any brighter. She didn't believe that a person's death was such a simple matter. After a while, Xiuxiu entered Shiping's room with food on a tray.Seeing that Xiuxiu's face was flushed, Shi Ping seemed not so dark anymore. Xiuxiu put the tray on the table and said to Shi Ping, "Reporter Shi, eat it while it's hot, it won't taste good when it's cold." Shi Ping had no appetite at all, and she kept repeating the scene of the bird falling from the sky inexplicably in her head. Xiuxiu also said, Reporter Shi, if the food in the canteen of the township government is not good, you can tell me, and I will buy it in a small restaurant by the road. When Shi Ping heard about the small restaurant, she naturally thought of the small restaurant outside the Xixian Bus Station, and the cockroach. Thinking of the cockroach, Shi Ping felt nauseated, and it seemed that she would not be able to eat this lunch. Shi Ping said to Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu, have you eaten yet? Xiuxiu said, not yet. Shiping said, I don't want to eat at noon, so you can take my meal.It doesn't matter, the account will still be credited to me. Xiuxiu said, how can this work, you must eat, otherwise you will lose your strength. Shi Ping said, Xiuxiu, I really don't want to eat at noon, and it would be a waste to throw it away. You don't have to be polite, you can eat it. Xiuxiu said, Reporter Shi, you really don’t want to eat? Shi Ping nodded, and Xiuxiu took a stool and sat down at the table, and began to eat. Shi Ping said, Xiuxiu, take it and eat it. Xiuxiu said, I'd better eat here. When I went down to eat, Director Li saw her. She wanted to talk about me. I was very afraid of her. Shiping said, then you can eat here. Seeing Xiuxiu's head buried in her meal, Shi Ping felt that this country girl was quite pitiful.In Shiping's eyes, girls in the country are like wild flowers in the field, they fend for themselves, bloom and fade, and rarely attract the attention of the outside world.Thinking of Xiao Lili's death, Shiping felt sad again. Xiuxiu quickly finished her meal, she raised her head, looked at Shi Ping, and suddenly said, Reporter Shi, have you seen Xiao Lili? Shiping shook her head. Xiuxiu also said, Xiao Lili is the most beautiful girl in our Mandshurica village, she is tall, her skin is very fair, her eyes are big and watery, everyone says she looks like a movie star. When Xiuxiu said these words, her eyes were full of yearning for beauty. Shi Ping stared at Xiuxiu and listened to her words, she thought, the beautiful girl in Xiuxiu's eyes must be very beautiful, she couldn't say the exact reason for this conclusion.The yearning for beauty in Xiuxiu's eyes disappeared after a while. Xiuxiu said, I wouldn't feel sorry for Xiao Lili's death, she is too contemptuous of others, she thinks her family is rich and she is beautiful, she never takes people seriously. Shi Ping looked at Xiuxiu, she felt a kind of resentment appeared in Xiuxiu's eyes.She really didn't understand why such a pure country girl like Xiuxiu behaved like this. Shiping didn't know what was wrong with Xiao Lili and Xiuxiu, and she didn't want to ask about it. She said to Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu, let's go, I want to rest for a while. So Xiuxiu took the tray and left. When she left, she gave Shiping a strange look.Shi Ping and Xiuxiu's eyes met, and she trembled in her heart.Shi Ping suddenly felt that Xiuxiu had also become extremely mysterious. Because she didn't sleep well last night, Shi Ping took a very heavy nap this afternoon. After she passed out, she felt her body float up lightly, and then turned into a feather. A bird flew in through the window.She flew lightly out of the window following the bird.The sunshine outside the window is still so charming, shining like gold.The autumn sunshine makes people obsessed, and she is also obsessed with the death of a girl in the Mandshurica village.There is a scent of late rice floating in the air.She and the bird were flying over the ash country.The ash village was so peaceful, as if nothing had happened, the bird took her all the way to a mountain, and she saw a new grave, a beautiful girl in a white dress was sitting on the grave, her eyes were blurred Looking up at the sky, she was singing local folk songs.Shi Ping shouted to the girl in mid-air, who are you?The girl smiled at her sadly, and then disappeared...Shi Ping was woken up by a knock on the door. She got up from the bed and saw that it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.She thought, Xiuxiu must have knocked on the door.She didn't watch out for anything during the day, walked over and opened the door.She was stunned for a moment after opening the door. The person who came was not Xiuxiu or Li Meifeng, but a short and thin boy. He was ugly, with one big eye and the other small one, and a purple-red birthmark on his face. . who are you?Shi Ping didn't have a good impression of this unexpected boy, on the contrary, she was a little disgusted and a little wary.Shi Ping's gaze stayed on the young man's face, she couldn't guess what he was looking for her for. The boy said in a hoarse voice, I am Gu Qiusheng, a student in Class Two (2) of Shuiquliu Middle School.While talking, he glanced at Shiping. When Shi Ping heard his hoarse voice, she remembered that late-night phone call.Could it be him calling?Shiping was full of doubts. She said to Gu Qiusheng, are you the Gu Qiusheng who watched Xiao Lili and Li Xiaofang commit suicide from behind the village? Gu Qiusheng nodded. Shi Ping asked again, have you called me? Gu Qiusheng stood outside the door, shaking his head in confusion, I don't know you, how could I call you? Shi Ping blinked, why did you come to me? Gu Qiusheng scratched his hair with his hands, can you let me go in and talk to you? Shi Ping shook her head, if you don't tell me why you came to me, I won't let you into the room. Gu Qiusheng's eye circles were a little red, and he said, well, let me tell you, Li Xiaofang lied to you this morning. Shiping looked at him and let him into the room. She asked Gu Qiusheng to sit down, and Shiping sat down herself.They face each other.Shi Ping looked at Gu Qiusheng's face, and said, Xiao Gu, do you know what Li Xiaofang said to me? Gu Qiusheng said with certainty, of course she knew, she was like this now, and anyone who asked her would say that Xiao Lili's death had nothing to do with anyone. Shi Ping asked again, then, why did Li Xiaofang lie to me? Gu Qiusheng scratched his hair vigorously with his hands, do you know why Xiao Lili committed suicide? Shiping shook her head. Gu Qiusheng choked up and said that it was all because of Teacher Wang Gang. It is well known that Xiao Lili is beautiful, even the cattle grazing by the Fraxinus mandshurica stream know that as long as Xiao Lili walks by the stream, those buffalo and yellow cattle will look up at her and then moo.Among the male students of Franzalis Middle School, many of them had fantasies about her, many of them secretly wrote love letters to her, and even many of their female classmates were very jealous of her.Xiao Lili didn't take male classmates seriously at school.Some male classmates called her cold-blooded, and even nicknamed her Cold-blooded Fairy after her. ... But why did she die? In our school, there are quite a few male students who fight for Xiao Lili.I am one of them.I also wrote a love letter to Xiao Lili, but not only did she not reply to my letter, she even asked Li Xiaofang to warn me.Don't look at Li Xiaofang's ordinary appearance, but because she and Xiao Lili are the best friends, it seems that she is also a beauty.She put on an air of a beautiful woman in front of me, and said to me condescendingly, Hey, Gu Qiusheng, you three-inch nail Wu Dalang, don't write letters to Xiao Lili in the future, you are on the white paper of the whole world Xiao Lili won't pay attention to you even if it's full of nice words for Xiao Lili. I was so angry that if it wasn't for Li Xiaofang being the daughter of the deputy mayor of the village, I would have slapped her hard.To be honest, since then, I really haven't written a love letter to her. I know that she doesn't like me, but I am fascinated by Xiao Lili in my heart, and I always lose my mind in class , Fantasizing about being with her, in this way, my academic performance plummeted.I think I'm done.I can't help myself.After I stopped writing love letters to Xiao Lili, I expressed my love for her with practical actions...but why did she die? One day, a classmate spoke ill of Xiao Lili behind his back. He said that she slept with so-and-so, which was very ugly anyway.After I heard his words, a rush of blood rushed to my forehead, I went crazy, I went up and gave the classmate two hard punches in the face, his eyes were swollen, but I couldn’t beat him His, he beat me to death in turn.When I was sitting under the tree alone, my whole body ached, but when I thought of Xiao Lili, my heart was very sweet. ... But why did she die? Since I stopped writing love letters to Xiao Lili, I have used another way to express my love for her.As long as I have time, I follow her, hide in the dark, and watch her. As long as I look at her, I will have a great sense of satisfaction in my heart.In the process of following her, I discovered a secret. This secret told me that Xiao Lili's death was related to our Chinese teacher Wang Gang. I can say that it was Wang Gang who killed Xiao Lili.I am responsible for saying this.Do you know why I haven’t said anything about it, even when the police station asked me about it? Wang Gang’s uncle is Li Xiaofang’s father, Deputy Township Chief Li. Reporter Shi, you are different. I believe in you. You represent justice. I always hope that I can be a reporter in the future and uphold justice for the society. It was a night, and I remember that the moon was full that night.We were all doing evening self-study in the classroom. I watched Li Xiaofang enter the classroom. She walked up to Xiao Lili and whispered something to her.After a while, Xiao Lili left the classroom alone, and I followed her out quietly after she left the classroom. When I followed her out, Li Xiaofang was doing homework there.No one doubts that I will follow Xiao Lili.I watched Xiao Lili walk towards the bungalow in the teachers' dormitory under the moonlight.I followed quietly.I watched her enter the dormitory of our Chinese teacher Wang Gang.I hid under the window sill of Teacher Wang's dormitory, listening to what they said inside. The windows and doors were closed, and the curtains were drawn, but there was a crack that loomed inside. I listened for a while, but I couldn't hear the voices inside before I stood up and looked inside through the crack.At the beginning, they seemed to be talking about an essay or something. Xiao Lili's essay was also the worst in the school, and they lost their voices as they talked.I saw Teacher Wang and Xiao Lili from that gap. Xiao Lili sat on the edge of the bed, she looked very nervous.Teacher Wang's stool was placed in front of the bed.He and Xiao Lili were sitting face to face, and I could only see Teacher Wang's back.I couldn't hear a word of what he was talking to her, I only saw Xiao Lili's face was red, and she lowered her head from time to time to look at her hands.I saw Teacher Wang put Xiao Lili's hand on Xiao Lili's hand, and Xiao Lili's hand was pulled out from under his.What were they talking about again, the voice was so thin that I couldn't hear it at all.After a while, I saw Teacher Wang standing up.The whole body rushed towards the sitting Xiao Lili. A sudden rage flared up in me.I picked up a brick on the ground and smashed it hard on Teacher Wang's window glass.Then, I ran quickly.I pretended to be nonchalant and returned to the classroom.After a while, I watched Xiao Lili enter the classroom, her eyes were very red, as if she had been crying.After she sat back in her seat, she just lay there without raising her head.Li Xiaofang walked over and asked her what was the matter softly, but she didn't answer, let alone raise her head. At that moment, I hated Teacher Wang to the core. I concluded that it was Teacher Wang who killed Xiao Lili, and Li Xiaofang was an accomplice! ... But why did Lily die? Shi Ping looked at Gu Qiusheng. During the process of narrating, the young man's eyes showed a trace of coldness. He sat in a stiff posture, motionless, making one wonder if his mouth was moving when he was speaking. .She couldn't be sure that what he said was true, but his words allowed Shiping to find a footnote for Xiao Lili's death for no reason. If Xiao Lili's death had something to do with that teacher named Wang Gang, there would be a big problem here. Now there are some teachers who seem to be good teachers on the surface, but are not as good as beasts in secret.In any case, Gu Qiusheng's words made Shiping feel that the interview was meaningful. Gu Qiusheng stared at Shi Ping with cold eyes, reporter Shi, I assure you, what I said is the truth, if there is a lie, there will be a thunderbolt. Shiping was silent for a while and said, Xiao Gu, I will continue to understand the truth, thank you for telling me so much. Gu Qiusheng stood up and said, I'm leaving. Shiping also stood up, okay. Gu Qiusheng walked to the door, he opened the door, Gu Qiusheng called out, Shi Ping saw Xiuxiu standing outside the door with a sullen face, she didn't know how long Xiuxiu had been standing outside the door. Gu Qiusheng said to Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu, I didn't say anything. After speaking, Gu Qiusheng left in a panic, he seemed to be very afraid of Xiuxiu. Shiping felt very strange. Xiuxiu didn't talk to Shiping, but just gave Shiping a cold look, then turned around, and left step by step, her footsteps were on the floor without a sound. Shi Ping looked at her back, feeling a little cold in her heart. At this time, her cell phone rang, and it was Shi Future. Shi Ping said, Shi Future, what do you want to do? Shi Weilai said on the other end of the phone, Shiping, where have you gone? I have been looking for you all night. Shi Ping sneered, what are you looking for me for? Shi Future said, you are my wife, I will find someone else if I don't. Shi Ping said, you don't need to look for me, we're done. Shi Weilai said, listen to my explanation—— Shiping snapped off the phone and said in her heart, Shi Future, it's too late for you to explain, I will never listen to your lies again.But she felt a pain in her heart, she still didn't want her husband to betray her, she hoped that everything was not true, and she hoped that she would still be the only one in Shi Future. Shiping decided to go to school to find Wang Gang.She walked out of the township government guest house, and saw Li Meifeng standing under a tree talking to Hu Dalong, the head of the school's security section.Seeing Shi Ping, Li Meifeng stopped talking with Hu Dalong immediately. Hu Dalong walked up to Shi Ping, smiling all over his face, "Reporter Shi, where are you going?" Shiping had an idea, I was going to school to find you. While Hu Dalong and Shiping were talking, Li Meifeng hurried back to the township government guest house. Hu Dalong said, Reporter Shi, I know you still want to know about Xiao Lili when you come to me, but I don't know if I should say something or not. Shiping smiled, Chief Hu, if you have something to say, just say it, it's okay. Hu Dalong looked around and said, "Reporter Shi, I advise you to go back and stop interviewing. Xiao Lili did commit suicide. Think about it, if a person wants to die, what can you do?" Shiping was surprised, she didn't understand why Hu Dalong tried to dissuade herself from interviewing this matter.Shi Ping still smiled, I don't think things are that simple, there must be a reason for Xiao Lili's suicide. Hu Dalong's face changed a little. Reporter Shi, to tell you the truth, I advise you to go back out of good intentions. If you want to stay and continue the investigation, I have no choice but to cooperate with you well. After hearing what he said, Shi Ping originally wanted to ask him something about Mr. Wang Gang, but now she didn't want to ask. She couldn't figure out what the relationship between Hu Dalong and Wang Gang was. She didn't want to startle the snake. Shi Ping said, Chief Hu, thank you kindness. Hu Dalong changed the subject, Reporter Shi, we are in a remote village here, we have nothing to entertain you, so you have to take care of it. Shi Ping said, it's nothing, I'm here to work, and it's nothing to suffer a little. Hu Dalong said, then I'll go first, I still have some things to do. Shiping watched him leave in a hurry.Shiping felt that the people in Fraxinus Mandshurica village were weird.She suddenly lost her mind, how should the interview continue?This is a very important question. Shi Ping saw that person again, the thin and lean young man who hitchhiked with her to the Fraxinus Village, standing far away, watching her in the sun.Shiping was also standing in the sun, she and he looked at each other for a while, then the thin young man turned and left.Shi Ping still felt that she should go to the school to find Principal Zhu Shangwen to find out about Wang Gang's situation.Shiping followed the creek all the way to Ash Middle School. When she walked into Fraxinus Middle School, the students just finished school and went home in groups of twos and threes.She ran into Li Xiaofang, and Li Xiaofang greeted her with a smile. Many students looked at Shiping strangely.Shi Ping came to the principal's office, but the door of the principal's office was closed tightly.She knocked on the door, but no one answered her.Shi Ping knocked on the door again, but still no one answered. At this time, a female teacher wearing glasses came over. She looked at Shiping and said, you must be the reporter.Principal Zhu went to the county for a meeting in the afternoon and will be back tomorrow. Shiping said oh, thank you, then I will come back tomorrow. After finishing speaking, Shiping turned to leave.At this time, the female teacher stopped Shi Ping, reporter Shi, you should go back, you can't find anything out of your investigation. Shi Ping ignored her, thinking as she walked, why did this female teacher, like Chief Hu, dissuade her from interviewing?There must be something wrong here. Shiping was sitting by the stream alone, looking at the gurgling stream, and there were crisp birdsong coming from the water willow bushes.In the distance, it seems that someone is singing a folk song, the singing is sad and melodious, and the setting sun is sinking in the west, dyeing the clouds in the western sky blood red.Shi Ping felt that someone was watching her from behind. When she turned her head, the river beach was empty and there was nothing. The village was filled with smoke. The death of a girl seemed quite normal and did not affect the life of the village at all. Life and death, honor and disgrace, death can no longer move this country.As the sun went down, darkness surrounded it from all directions. Shiping thought it would be safer to go back to the township government guest house.When Shi Ping returned to the guest house of the township government, she happened to meet Li Meifeng coming home.To Shiping's surprise, Li Xiaofang took Li Meifeng's hand and walked together. Li Meifeng told Shi Ping, reporter Shi, the windows and doors must be closed at night. Li Xiaofang smiled at Shiping, but said nothing. Shi Ping didn't understand the meaning of Li Meifeng's smile, nor did she understand the meaning of Li Xiaofang's smile.When she passed by the reception room, the door of the reception room was open and Xiuxiu was watching TV.Shiping hesitated for a moment, then walked in.Seeing Shi Ping come in, Xiuxiu quickly stood up and said, "Reporter Shi, I have put your food in your room, go and eat." Shi Ping said, it's okay, I'm not hungry, Xiuxiu, I want to ask you a question. Xiuxiu said, Reporter Shi, tell me what's the problem. Shi Ping said, what is the relationship between Li Meifeng and Li Xiaofang? Xiuxiu smiled, you don't know, Xiaofang is the director's daughter. Oh——Shi Ping quickly connected Li Meifeng, Li Xiaofang and Wang Gang, as well as the deputy mayor Li. I dare say they are a family. Could it be that what the short and ugly boy Gu Qiusheng said was true.Shiping stood there blankly, she seemed to understand something, but in fact she didn't understand anything, a black net covered her. Xiuxiu asked her, Reporter Shi, what's the matter with you, you look so ugly. Shiping regained her composure and said, nothing, nothing. After finishing speaking, she hurried upstairs, Shi Ping opened the door, she saw a white envelope on the ground, she picked it up, Shi Ping opened the envelope, and found a piece of paper inside, she took out the paper and unfolded it, inside A line of scribbled words came into Shi Ping's eyes: surnamed Shi, get back to your red board, or you will be taken aback! After Shi Ping finished reading this line, her blood rushed to her forehead. There must be something wrong with Xiao Lili's death. She could see the panic of the writer from the lines.Who did it?A few faces flashed through Shiping's mind, but she was not sure who wrote it. No matter who wrote it, she must investigate the matter, and she would not leave the village of Fraxinus Fraxinus until the truth came out. Shiping had a premonition of what danger was waiting for her, and she was a little scared. But she won't back down.Shi Ping seemed to hear a girl like a flower bone calling for help, and that desperate cry for help filled the whole world.This night, Shi Ping wrote some words, and after finishing writing, she lay down on the bed.The footsteps she was worried about did not appear tonight. In the middle of the night, she heard the shrill cry in the field outside the window. Lily, come back— Lily, come back— The call trembled in the wind.She got up and opened the window. She saw a torch moving on the river beach from a distance, and the call was also moving with the torch.Shiping felt a little cold in her heart, she wondered if Xiao Lili, who had been buried under the loess, would be cold.What will happen tomorrow?Shiping didn't know anything, this autumn was so chilling and cold to her.