Although I knew this was a possibility at the beginning, I was still a little surprised when the facts were actually revealed.
"yes."
The round-faced old lady nodded, "My daughter-in-law from the city is quite beautiful."
"He just doesn't seem like someone he's easy to get along with."
"Forget it, brother Keke. After all, he is a boy and there are many people at home."
"But Coco..."
The round-faced old lady shook her head, "I always look at her alone."
"She didn't go home when it was dinner time, and no one came out to call her."
"It would be like this without a stepmother, but with a stepmother..."
The round-faced old lady sighed, "Poor child."
"A child without a mother is just a piece of grass."
"Keke's mother left too early."
"Not Grandma Coco yet."
Mother Chen frowned in displeasure, "Lao Chu didn't say anything, but she insisted on Coco's mother having another son."
"How old is Mom Coco?"
"As a result, I have a son, but my wife is gone."
"Is she satisfied?"
"What is she dissatisfied with?"
The round-faced old lady snorted coldly, "Didn't you find a beautiful city wife again?"
"Hey~"
Mother Chen shook her head.
…
When the middle-aged man saw two old ladies chatting like this, he couldn't help but laugh and interrupt, "...Mom."
He originally wanted to ask the round-faced old lady a question directly, but found that he didn't know how to address her, so he paused and looked at Mother Chen.
"oh oh."
Mother Chen patted her forehead lightly, "Look at me, I almost forgot about business."
"Just started chatting with you."
She looked at the round-faced old lady with a wry smile on her face.
"Ahem, let's talk about the serious stuff first."
Mother Chen coughed lightly and said, "Ajuan, besides knowing that Keke's family moved to the city, do you know anything else?"
"Is there any information you can find about Coco?"
"Which city knows?"
"Did Keke's family just move to a nearby county or go to a big city?"
"Did you really not ask for a contact number from their family?"
...
Mother Chen asked a lot of questions.
The round-faced old lady was a little dizzy. How could she remember so many questions?
She also heard the last question.
"What contact number do you want?"
The round-faced old lady curled her lips, "Why do I need their phone number?"
"I don't get along with that old lady."
"you......"
Mother Chen shook her head.
She turned to look at Xiao Xiao, her face a little helpless and apologetic, "Classmate Xiao, this is the situation."
"We probably can't help you much."
...
Thinking of the story about the tomb ghost and the girl that classmate Xiao told him yesterday, the middle-aged man couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart.
There was a hint of regret between his eyebrows.
Now that he heard such a story, he naturally hoped that the story would have a perfect ending.
The so-called perfect ending... is that the tomb ghost and the girl meet again.
The broken relationship between monsters and humans is reconnected, and their friendship can continue forever.
This is the ending that fits this fairy tale-like story, isn't it?
...
Xiao Xiao shook his head slightly, "I'm the one troubling you."
"do not worry about it."
"I'll figure it out myself."
"What can you think of?"
After the words came out of her mouth, Mother Chen realized that this sentence seemed a bit misleading.
"No, I mean what can you think of?"
Well, this sentence doesn't sound any better than the previous sentence.
Mother Chen explained again, "It's not..."
"Grandma, I know what you mean."
Xiao Xiao smiled and stopped the old lady from continuing to struggle.
"I just think that since I know my name and age, at least the public security system should be able to find out."
"Public security system?"
The two old ladies repeated in confusion.
In other words... "Call the police?"
The two old men were a little surprised.
Mainly from the perspective of the elderly, if it reaches the point of calling the police, it is a very serious matter.
But, looking for Cocoa...is it such a serious matter?
But he is not lost, nor is he missing.
She just moved.
Find a girl who has lost contact because she moved. Will the police accept such a case?
I always feel...should...
...
The middle-aged man was also a little surprised.
Student Xiao wants to find the police?
So how did he explain to the police why he was looking for a girl?
The police don't just tell you that you want to find someone and then help you find someone without asking anything.
Could it be...
Is this the same rhetoric I told the old lady before?
That shouldn't work, right?
That rhetoric is just fine to fool the old man...
If the police find out that you are lying, the consequences will not be good.
...
"I have a friend whose father is a police officer."
Xiao Xiao gave a simple explanation.
Everyone else looked astonished.
"Oh, if you check it in the public security system, you should be able to find it right away."
The middle-aged man smiled and looked relaxed.
If you can't find anyone, asking for help from the police is naturally the quickest way.
Previously, he was worried about the involvement of monsters in the incident and was unable to explain to the police.
Now, since Classmate Xiao said that there are people he knows in the police, then Classmate Xiao's somewhat vague statement before should be able to pass the test.
Very good.
This way the problem is solved.
While he was happy, the middle-aged man couldn't help but think that if he had known that classmate Xiao had this relationship, he would not have proposed coming to the house to ask the old lady in the first place.
It's a waste of everyone's time.
…
"I'm sorry to trouble you, Uncle Chen, you two old men."
Xiao Xiao's thanks made the middle-aged man stunned.
He almost thought he had just spoken out what was in his heart.
He had no intention of complaining.
No matter what, he would have suggested going back to the old lady in the situation yesterday.
He opened his mouth to say something.
The old lady on the side had already spoken first, "What's the trouble?"
"It didn't help at all."
Mother Chen shook her head.
"Why do I think your words mean something?"
The round-faced old lady glanced sideways at Mother Chen.
"Is not it?"
Mother Chen looked back with a half-smile.
"..."
The round-faced old lady murmured in a low voice, "How did I know that after so many years, there would still be people asking about the child Coco?"
"correct."
The round-faced old man suddenly thought of something, "Can we talk now?"
"What are you doing with that kid Coco?"
"oh……"
Mother Chen repeated the reason that classmate Xiao told him yesterday to the round-faced old lady.
"Coco's friend..."
The round-faced old lady smiled slowly, "That child has a friend who cares about her so much..."
"Very good, very good."
The child was at home... She, an outsider, could see that... After Coco's mother left, the child had not been very happy.