Chapter 172 Kindergarten Gate
Chapter 172 Kindergarten Gate
The police also mobilized their forces to search for Liu Jiawang, who was the prime suspect in the deaths of his wife and daughter.
After leaving the police station, Lu Mingxuan and Song Qiao returned to the vicinity of the vegetable market.
Seeing the old man setting up his stall and starting his day's work again, Lu Mingxuan said, "Let's go ask that old man."
Didn't he say he didn't know Wang Cuihua?
Just because we didn't know each other a few days ago doesn't mean we don't know each other now.
After saying this, Lu Mingxuan pulled Song Qiao to the old man's vegetable stall.
"Grandpa, you've set up your stall?"
The old man looked at Lu Mingxuan and Song Qiao: "It's you two again? Haven't you found the person yet?"
"No! Sir, I have photos of two people here. I'll give you a copy. Also, I've left my phone number. If you see them, please let me know."
Lu Mingxuan took a piece of paper out of his suit pocket. Song Qiao looked at it and found that it contained photos of Wang Cuihua and Tong Yao. She didn't even know when he had printed it out. It seemed that he had put more effort into it than she had.
"Grandpa, here's a thousand yuan. Take it first. I'll reward you handsomely when we find them." Lu Mingxuan took out more money from his pocket and handed it to the old man selling vegetables.
"No need to pay, I'll ask around for you." The old man was a righteous man and pushed the money to Lu Mingxuan.
Lu Mingxuan thought for a moment and said, "Alright then, I will definitely reward you handsomely once I find the child."
Leaving the vegetable vendor, Song Qiao looked at Lu Mingxuan and asked, "When did you prepare all this?"
“I prepared it after I got back that day. People of this age usually don’t remember very well. They might not remember what the nursery rhyme looks like after just one glance. If I give him that photo, he’ll look at it when he’s not looking, and he’ll ask about it when someone is selling vegetables. Don’t you remember that it was Liu Jiawang who provided the clue in the first place?”
Song Qiao nodded: "Your idea is good. So where do we go now?"
Lu Mingxuan thought for a moment and said, "Let's go and ask around. There are several kindergartens in this town. Maybe we can see Wang Cuihua and Tong Yao at the kindergarten gate."
Song Qiao suddenly realized: "That's right, that's a solution too. Let's go now."
Song Qiao pulled Lu Mingxuan and the two of them back into the car.
"Let me drive, your back is uncomfortable."
Lu Mingxuan thought for a moment and handed the key to Song Qiao: "Then you can drive it. I'll take this opportunity to check out the nearby kindergartens."
The car drove slowly on the main street of Wenzhen, partly because they were looking for a kindergarten, and partly because there were many people in the town.
The car arrived at the gate of a school, where a sign read "Wenzhen Middle School" in large characters.
"I guess the kindergarten is nearby."
After Lu Mingxuan said this, he asked Song Qiao to stop the car, and the two of them got out of the car.
"This is a school, not a kindergarten."
Song Qiao looked around and said.
“Generally, kindergartens and schools are located next to each other, which makes it easier for the education department to manage them.”
Sure enough, after walking about 100 meters, a building that looked like a fairy tale castle appeared in front of Song Qiao.
"Mingxuan, is that a kindergarten?"
"Yes! Let's go take a look."
After saying this, the two walked towards the kindergarten.
It was lunchtime, and parents were dropping off their children. The two stood at the school gate, watching each parent carry their child out of a different car.
Goodbye, Mom!
"Goodbye, my darling!"
Looking at the warmth on the faces of the children and their parents, Song Qiao thought of Tong Yao. She had abandoned her after she was born. What if she found her but didn't recognize her?
Just as Song Qiao and Lu Mingxuan were standing at the door waiting, the security guard at the kindergarten gate came out.
What are you two doing here?
"We're looking for our child here."
The security guard looked at the two of them and said, "I don't know you. Do your children attend kindergarten here?"
Just as Song Qiao was about to tell the security guard the truth, Lu Mingxuan quickly answered for her, "Yes, our child's name is Tong Yao. Uncle, do you know this child?"
"Nursery rhyme? I don't know it. There are so many students here, how would I know their names? I think you'd better leave quickly and not stay here, otherwise you might be arrested as human traffickers."
The security guard thought they were child traffickers. Upon hearing this, Song Qiao quickly said, "Do we look like child traffickers to you?"
"Human traffickers don't have it written on their heads, how would I know? Let's go, don't stand here."
Lu Mingxuan looked at Song Qiao and said, "Let's go."
At this moment, Wang Cuihua, who was bringing her child over on her electric scooter, saw Song Qiao from afar. She stopped her scooter, and Tong Yao asked, "Mom, why aren't you moving?"
"Wait a minute, there's a lunatic at the main gate."
Tong Yao peeked out and said, "Isn't that Dr. Lu? Mom! And Jiang Xiaoran's mom is here too. They're not crazy."
"The lunatic is in the gatehouse, let's not go there. Yao Yao, we're not going to school today, Mom will take you shopping."
When Tong Yao heard that they were going to buy things, she happily agreed, "Okay, Mom, I want to buy new clothes."
Wang Cuihua promised to buy her a down jacket when the weather got cold. She had never worn a down jacket before and envied the children who wore them.
"Okay, let's go buy new clothes."
All the way there, Wang Cuihua kept thinking: How did Tong Yao find this place? Do we have to move again? If we keep moving like this, how will Yao Yao go to school?
Lu Mingxuan pulled Song Qiao to a spot a little further away and said, "We were wrong just now. We don't dare to stand at the school gate. If Wang Cuihua sees us, she won't dare to come over."
Song Qiao looked at Lu Mingxuan with a worried expression: "Mingxuan, waiting like this isn't a solution. There's more than one kindergarten in this town, right? I think we should go in and ask the principal if there's a child named Tong Yao here."
Lu Mingxuan thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, let's go in and ask."
Just as the two reached the door, the security guard came out again: "Why are you back again? Hurry up and leave, I'm about to close the door."
Despite the constant stream of children dropping off their kids, the security guard closed the gate two-thirds of the way. Seeing this, Song Qiao quickly said, "Uncle, we'd like to go in and ask the principal if the child we're looking for is here."
"The principal is not here. He went to a meeting at the Education Bureau. Please come back when he returns."
Security guards blocked the entrance, which only allowed one person to pass at a time, preventing Song Qiao and Lu Mingxuan from entering.
Wang Cuihua hadn't gone far with Tong Yao. In a children's clothing store near the kindergarten, she watched Lu Mingxuan and Song Qiao walk towards the gate, and her heart began to race.
"Mom, I like this dress. Some of my classmates bought it too."
Tong Yao looked at a pink down jacket hanging on the wall and said.
Wang Cuihua didn't even look at it and said, "Buy it!"
Upon hearing this, the woman selling clothes quickly used a pole to pick up the clothes for Tong Yao to try on: "Little friend, are you in kindergarten yet?"
When Wang Cuihua heard the clothes buyer asking about nursery rhymes, she quickly took the clothes off her and said, "We're not buying them, let's go look at other stores!"
The clothing seller, not knowing what he had done wrong, watched Wang Cuihua leave with Tong Yao and felt extremely displeased.
Song Qiao and Lu Mingxuan were unable to enter the kindergarten and had to leave.
"Mingxuan, how about we go and take a look at other kindergartens?"
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