023 Death Wishing Tree
Qiu Ruide died ten years ago because he fell off a cliff, and Zhang Yangrong was adopted just ten years ago.
Regardless of whether these two people have a practical connection, we can start investigating the orphans adopted ten years ago. If we really find orphans with tattoos on them, we can protect them, so that the murderer's conspiracy will not succeed.
"Where is Hou Cailiang? Hou Cailiang was not adopted." Zi Yi asked curiously.
I calmly replied: "No matter what Hou Cailiang is, at least the accident between Qiu Ruide and Zhang Yangrong was adopted ten years ago. We narrowed the scope and started the investigation ten years ago, and there will definitely be results!"
"There will be a certificate of an orphanage when the child is adopted. When you meet Dean Qiu, you will find a certificate of the child you have been adopted for ten years." Jiang Bing said calmly.
The car drove for about half an hour and finally arrived at the foot of the mountain where Wolong Orphanage was located.
We climbed up the steps one by one like last time. Jiang Bing was afraid that my body would be like, so he specially asked Zhao Jiyou to support me.
In fact, I really didn't feel discomfort. If I hadn't suddenly felt dizzy and my bones were soft, I was like a normal person.
But, this is also true.
Along the way, I was like an old man who was constantly supported by Zhao Jiyou. His carefulness was seen as funny by me. His appearance seemed like I would turn into a pool of water and flow down if I accidentally did it.
When we came last time, we were still in the mood to appreciate the hazy mountains in the distance, but now we can't get any interest.
It is only today that I realize that Zhang Yangrong’s murder was just the beginning, but it would definitely not be the end.
Although I was supported by Zhao Jiyou, I was still exhausted and panting when I climbed to the gate of the orphanage. I found that not only was I dizzy from time to time, but my physical strength was much worse than before.
At this time, I finally began to worry about my body, which is the capital of revolution. If one day I really have problems, who would care more about myself than me?
I thought to myself that after the case is over, I must go to the hospital to check my body and see what is wrong.
The Wolong Orphanage is as always, because it was past eight o'clock when we arrived, and the children in the orphanage had already gotten up. Rows of children squatted in front of the small ditch flowing around the yard, holding a toothbrush and brushing their teeth. Some of them were still competing for who could brush cleanly and quickly.
Lao Wang, who was guarding the door, is in his sixties. He sat peacefully in front of the orphanage gate and looked at the particularly sensible child in the yard with a smile on his face.
Although this kind of scenery is not beautiful, it is absolutely peaceful.
We were so peaceful that we didn't dare to disturb us rashly, for fear of disturbing this area of harmony.
The one who discovered us should be a teacher in the orphanage. She walked to the door with water and was about to splash dirty water outside. When she looked up, she found that the four of us were standing outside the orphanage.
Lao Wang, who was sitting next to the door, realized something and turned his head to look at us. When he saw that it was Lao Wang, we, quickly stood up and walked quickly to us.
"Are you here to find the dean?" Lao Wang asked us in a straightforward manner.
I nodded and said politely: "I want to find Dean Qiu to understand the situation in some things."
"The dean locked himself in the house when he came back from the police station yesterday, and he didn't eat or drink all day." The female teacher who poured the water said carefully.
We can guess Qiu Sishui's current mood. Zhang Yangrong is quite sensible in Qiu Sishui's eyes. No one will feel good about such a thing now, let alone Qiu Sishui who grew up at Zhang Yangrong.
"It's important, we'll see Dean Qiu now." I knew that if Qiu Sishui learned about Hou Cailiang, it would definitely be another major blow, but now we have no other way.
If Qiu Sishui didn't find the clues to pursue the adoption of the child, I'm afraid Qiu Sishui will only have more and more blows in the future.
"I'll go in and ask the dean, please wait in the yard." Lao Wang's hoarse voice came from his mouth.
It can be seen that Lao Wang respects the dean very much. When he went to the morgue to see the body yesterday, he could tell that it was followed by the dean.
The female teacher took us to the orphanage. The children who were washing in the orphanage saw the four of us gathered around, and their brothers and sisters kept calling.
These children are in their teens, and the younger ones are even two or three years old.
Children from poor families have long been in the family, not to mention that these children either lose their parents or are abandoned by their parents, and are much more sensible than ordinary children.
When I saw these children, I suddenly realized that I knew I would come to the orphanage but didn’t bring anything to these children. I couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed when I thought of this.
I glanced at Jiang Bing and suddenly thought of what a prize hand reached into Jiang Bing's pocket.
Jiang Bing was shocked and quickly looked back at me.
I smiled at her and shook my head, then took out a bag of rock candy in her pocket to relieve my headaches.
I opened the rock candy bag, poured it into my hands and fed it to the children one by one. The younger ones were fed very little, while the older ones were fed a large piece.
Children in orphanages do not live a luxurious life, and many people know rock candy, because in their memory, this seems to be like candy.
Thirty or forty children fed the rock candy in the bag and it all spread out. I smiled and touched the children's heads and faces with indescribable comfort.
In the end, the teacher took them to class and left the courtyard.
The yard looks a little lonely without these children.
"You really have a way to use candy to make the child happy." Zhao Jiyou shook his head with a smile.
I said helplessly: "I knew I would come to the orphanage but didn't buy anything for these children. I couldn't say anything."
While speaking, I noticed the teacher who was cleaning the dead leaves falling from the wishing tree.
Last time we came, we saw Qiu Sishui picking up the dead leaves on the ground and putting them in a paper box to keep them. We didn’t think about throwing them away. The teacher’s movements were exactly the same as Qiu Sishui, cleaning the dead leaves and putting them into the box under the wishing tree.
I walked up to the teacher curiously, "Why did you throw these leaves into the box?"
"This is what the dean means." The female teacher nodded politely to us and replied with a smile: "The dean said that this wishing tree is the parents, and the leaves on the tree are the children. Leaves are the meaning of parents not wanting children. In order to help the children find their parents as soon as possible, the dean intentionally placed all the leaves falling from the tree in the carton under the tree."
I looked in the direction pointed by the female teacher, and it was indeed full of leaves inside, and a box was filled.
"When the spring is coming next year, the dean will ask us to dig holes underground and then bury all these leaves underground. It can be regarded as falling leaves returning to their roots." The female teacher smiled and put the broom and dustpan aside and replied.
I nodded thoughtfully and then looked at the red rope tied to the wishing tree, and asked casually: "Last time I came to hear Dean Qiu say that this wishing tree has existed for decades. Does every child write his own wish on this tree?"
"Yes." The female teacher replied: "Writing your wishes on the wishing tree is already a sign in our orphanage. Any children in our orphanage will write their wishes on it."
"Can I go up and take a look?" I licked my lips and rubbed my palms, looking at the female teacher politely.
The female teacher hesitated and nodded and said, "Look, the one with the name on it is the red rope left by the children in our orphanage, and the one without the name is the red rope left by outsiders."
With the permission of the female teacher, I immediately moved a ladder and walked up the ladder and looked at the dense wishes on the wishing tree.
"Be careful." Jiang Bing shouted to me below.
I ignored Jiang Bing and searched on the tree with my own memory.
I remember the last time I saw Zhang Yangrong’s red wishing rope on the wishing tree, it was on the shortest branch of the tree.
Thinking of this, I used my memory to find the branches of Zhang Yangrong's wish last time, and then began to look at them one by one.
Just now, the female teacher said that the red rope had a name on the red rope was a wish made by the orphanage children, and the outside world had a name left you.
It has been ten years since Zhang Yangrong and Hou Cailiang. The wind and rain have been blowing for ten years. The red rope will definitely not remain the same, but it will not delay my search.
After searching on the tree for about five or six minutes, my eyes suddenly remained on a red rope at the top of the branch.
The red rope floated gently with the breeze, and the crooked word "天" came into my eyes.
I opened my mouth and couldn't wait to move my body towards the red rope.
Perhaps it was because I was so focused that my toes had already left the ladder.
"Be careful!" Jiang Bing below called me again, but now my mind is full of red ropes that make wishes and doesn't listen at all.
I moved my body little by little and finally grabbed a red rope that I had stared at for a long time.
It turns out that being too focused is not a good thing. The price of grabbing the red rope is that my feet took off the ladder and the man fell straight down.
It was not until this time that I regretted it. Although the height of the branches is not high, I am sure that I will fall very hard if I planted it.
I didn't even have the chance to shout and fell straight down. Just when I thought I would fall to the ground without a doubt, I found that my body was caught.
What I opened my eyes and saw Zhao Jiyou's honest smiling face.
"Put me down." I shouted, and Zhao Jiyou obediently put me down.
I looked at the red rope in my hand and squeezed it and said sweating: "Finish it."
"What made you fight so hard?" Jiang Bing glared at me complainingly, looking at the red rope in my hand.
I glanced at the wish on the red rope and was stunned in surprise.
Jiang Bing and Zhao Jiyou and Ziyi also leaned over their heads and looked at me, feeling as if I had withdrawn, and my eyes were dumbfounded.
"I hope I can lie in bed forever, eat and drink." - Hou Cailiang.
Chapter completed!