The plane has begun to descend, and the flight attendant has begun to make announcements asking passengers to fasten their seat belts. At this time, it is meaningless to worry about when the timing of this special mission will start, because Chu Chu's life has already come to an end.
At the last moment, even if Cheng Yu delayed starting the clock until a week later, Chu Chu would not be able to survive until fifteen days later.
Just clear it. Cheng Yu gritted his teeth and announced to the system that the special mission had officially begun.
On the light screen in his mind and in the mission system, a countdown had begun to appear, which indicated that Chu Chu's life had less than seven days left. Half an hour later, the plane slowly landed at Xiangyang Airport, Cheng Yu and Du
Xiaoyu walked out of the airport quickly and walked lightly. After asking the airport ground staff, she learned that there was a counter set up by a car rental company in the terminal.
The car could be picked up directly from the airport parking lot. Cheng Yu immediately took Du Xiaoyu to the car rental company's counter and went through the car rental procedures.
Lao Bian is still very reliable. He has already sent the address of Chu Chu's parents to Cheng Yu's mobile phone. However, Cheng Yu was just talking about the system, so he didn't notice the information on the mobile phone. Works at a car rental company
Under the guidance of the staff, Cheng Yu and Du Xiaoyu got into the car. The staff of the car rental company took the trouble to explain the rules of car rental to Cheng Yu and Du Xiaoyu, and finally asked them to confirm that the vehicle's fuel gauge was full.
After telling them that they needed to fill up the gas tank when returning the car, Cheng Yu and Du Xiaoyu drove the rented car out of Xiangyang Airport.
He used his mobile phone to navigate and directly located the location of Chu Chu's parents' home in Jingmen. Cheng Yu really admired the place name of Jingmen. The district where Chu Chu's parents lived was actually called Duodao District.
Dua means picking up, and Dua Dao means carrying a knife. A district-level unit is called Dua Dao, which makes people a little worried about the fierce folk customs in this place where everyone carries a knife.
The car quickly got on the highway. It took Cheng Yu about an hour and a half to get off the highway, a journey of more than 160 kilometers.
The location of Chu Chu's parents' home is in the western suburbs of JM City. Du Xiaoyu sat in the passenger seat and checked, and found that this area belongs to a modern agricultural area, known as zero industry, and is a relatively livable place in Jingmen. This is quite similar to Chu Chu's parents' earlier work.
For related reasons, the reason why Chu Chu’s household registration is in her grandparents’ house is because Chu Chu’s parents worked on a farm earlier. It’s not that they couldn’t settle down, but they mainly studied.
It is not that convenient. Although there are schools for children, the conditions in all aspects are not as good as those of social schools.
The place where they live now is a new rural modern agricultural area. It is probably for this reason that the couple was transferred here from the farm. Of course, this is said to be a new rural area, but in fact it is different from the countryside.
It's very big. After all, Jingmen is building a livable new city. Those traditional rural small buildings are rare, but they are more like normal urban communities.
many.
According to the map and following the navigation, Cheng Yu quickly drove to the Guanpo community where Chu Chu's parents lived. This should be a demolition and resettlement community. Most of the people living there were former local farmers. Of course, they are no longer traditional
Instead of farmers facing the loess and turning their backs to the sky, modern cultivation is the way forward.
Cheng Yu had seen large areas of farmland on the farm. This was the time when the green seedlings were growing vigorously. He also saw many drones flying above the farmland, spraying fertilizer downwards. Although this kind of community has walls,
There is a gate, but basically no one cares about it. Unlike the communities in the city center, which are all closed management. Cheng Yu drove the car in smoothly and followed the navigation to 28
Downstairs of the building.
The first floor of the second unit in the middle is the home of Chu Chu's parents. However, the two-meter-high space below the house here is not a residence, but is used as a warehouse or garage, so you have to climb stairs to get up to the first floor.
Cheng Yu asked Du Xiaoyu to call Chu Chu again. Although they had good intentions, they were uninvited guests after all. It would be best if they could be contacted in advance.
However, despite Du Xiaoyu's call, the phone was still shut down after all. It seemed that the shutdown was not an accident.
In desperation, Cheng Yu could only get out of the car with Du Xiaoyu, go upstairs and knock on the door according to the house number given by Lao Bian. The door opened quickly, but the person who opened the door saw Cheng Yu and Du
Xiaoyu was obviously taken aback. She was probably waiting for someone. When she heard the knock on the door, she thought it was that person. But she didn't expect that the person standing outside the door was
Two strangers.
Fortunately, Cheng Yu and Du Xiaoyu had good looks, and they didn't look like bad people or salespeople. Although the woman who opened the door was confused, she didn't close the door immediately.
"Hello, is this the home of Teacher Chu Chu?" Du Xiaoyu asked. But Cheng Yu had already seen that this was probably not the home of Chu Chu's parents. At least, Chu Chu and her parents did not live here now.
The woman in front of me was dressed at home, wearing summer short-sleeved home clothes. She was probably in her thirties. When she opened the door, she was holding half a watermelon in her hand. She didn't look like a neighbor or relative who came to visit.
, must be the person who lives here. But Chu Chu should be almost thirty years old now. Even if her parents got married and gave birth to her, they would have been in their early fifties. If they got married later, she might be sixty years old.
According to the information Du Xiaoyu received from the school, Teacher Chu Chu was a standard only child and had no brothers.
Brothers and sisters, so this woman cannot be from the Chu Chu family.
"Chu Chu?" The woman was obviously confused, which confirmed Cheng Yu's guess.
Du Xiaoyu was about to ask again, but Cheng Yu pulled her gently and said with a smile: "Sorry to bother you, but I would like to ask, did you buy this apartment or rent it?" In fact, this sentence
Just to find out more, Cheng Yu wanted to see if the other party was easy to talk to. Those who were easy to talk would naturally answer honestly. Those who were not easy to talk would definitely roll their eyes and say something like "it's none of your business. Who are you?" After confirming the other party.
It was only after talking that Cheng Yu could ask further questions.
The woman looked Cheng Yu up and down, then looked at Du Xiaoyu, and seemed to think there would be no trouble between the two, so she said, "It's for rent."
Cheng Yu said: "Excuse me, is the landlord of your apartment named Chu?"
The woman shook her head and said, "My surname is not Chu, but my landlord's surname is Cui."
Cheng Yu nodded and said with a smile: "Then your landlord must be a woman."
The woman bared her teeth and said, "You guessed it quite accurately." Cheng Yu waved his hand and said, "I didn't guess correctly, but because I know the owner of this apartment, the man's surname is Chu, so you said the landlord's surname was Cui.
, it can only be his wife. After all, when it comes to renting a house, as long as the couple has one
Just come and sign the contract personally." The woman nodded and said: "Yes, yes, I rented this house two months ago. My man opened a shop nearby, and he fell in love with this apartment at that time.
The garage downstairs is also free for us to use, which is convenient for me.
Is it a man's job? Sister Cui came to sign the contract for us, and the agency called her."
"Then do you know where Sister Cui has moved to?" The woman shook her head and said, "Then I don't know. We don't have to ask too much about their affairs. Anyway, they must still have a house to live in, and so do I.
The agent I found showed me the house. After I asked, the agent took me here.
, I think it’s good and I’ll let the landlord sign the contract. These days, you don’t even have to meet in person to pay the rent, you just put it into the card. Who would ask others where they live.”
"Then there should be Sister Cui's phone number on your rental contract." Upon hearing this, the woman seemed a little alert. She looked at Cheng Yu and Du Xiaoyu with suspicious eyes, but how did she see these two people?
Neither of them really looked like criminals, so the woman frowned and asked, "You two?"
What are you doing? You're looking for someone, but why don't you even have her phone number?" Cheng Yu pulled Du Xiaoyu and said, "Sister, the situation is like this. This is my wife, the owner of this suite.
Well, the guy whose surname I mentioned is Chu. The daughter he gave birth to to Sister Cui you mentioned is named Chu Chu. Chu Chu is my wife’s university teacher. We heard that Teacher Chu Chu was ill and resigned from the school.
We returned to Jingmen. However, when we called her number, her mobile phone number was out of service, so we asked someone to ask for the address of her parents' home, which is the house you are renting now. Unexpectedly, she came to her door.
It was all in vain. Teacher Chu Chu’s disease is difficult to treat. She probably went to many hospitals but was not cured, but she never mentioned it to my wife, so we didn’t know about it before. My wife is here
In college, her teacher took good care of her, so we wanted to come and see Teacher Chu Chu. Also, to tell you the truth, the conditions at our home are
It's relatively good, and we have contact with quite a few good doctors. We also contacted an expert before we came here and wanted to take Teacher Chu Chu to try again." After listening to this, the woman finally understood and was even a little moved. She immediately said:
"Oh, there are not many people like you who still remember the teacher after graduation. Just wait... No, you come in. This day is quite good.
It's hot, I've turned on the air conditioner. You go in and cool down first, and I'll go find a rental contract for you."
Cheng Yu and Du Xiaoyu looked at each other and stepped into the house, but stood at the entrance and did not go any further inside.
The woman rummaged through the two drawers under the coffee table for a long time, and finally came over with two A4 papers full of words: "Here is the rental contract. Let me take a look. The phone number is..."
Du Xiaoyu quickly took out his mobile phone and wrote down the number.
Sincerely thanking the tenant, Cheng Yu and Du Xiaoyu went downstairs.
"Why do you want to move? I think the environment around here is pretty good, and their floor is low, isn't it very convenient?" Du Xiaoyu muttered as he went downstairs.
Cheng Yu said: "Don't worry about it for now. Just call Teacher Chu Chu's mother."
After going downstairs, the two got into the car. It was already past five o'clock, but the sun at the end of June still made people feel hot and uneasy.
With the air conditioning in the car, the two of them felt much more comfortable, and Du Xiaoyu dialed the number he had just written down.
This time, the call went smoothly, and someone quickly answered the call. Du Xiaoyu set the phone to speakerphone so that Cheng Yu could hear him.
"Hello, who are you?" came the voice of a middle-aged woman, her voiceprint clearly showing a bit of exhaustion or depression, and a bit of caution at the same time.
Du Xiaoyu hurriedly said: "Is this Aunt Cui? Hello, I am Sister Chu Chu's student, and my name is Du Xiaoyu." The other end of the phone was obviously stunned and asked strangely: "How do you know my phone number?"
The noise on the other end suddenly disappeared. Probably Cui's mother covered the phone. Maybe she wanted to ask Chu Chu if there was anyone named
Du Xiaoyu's student. Du Xiaoyu said: "I am in Jingmen now. I'm sorry that I came directly without your permission. I have been calling Sister Chuchu, but her phone is down and I can't get through. I just