After some inspection, I found that the backpack originally carried by Lin Qianyi had disappeared in the room. Not only that, but the two sets of bedding that Widow Liu had prepared for us in the room now only had one set left. It seemed,
It's as if I was the only one living in this room.
But I know in my heart that I came to this village yesterday with Lin Qianyi and definitely not alone as Widow Liu said.
If this is the case, then why does Widow Liu seem to have never seen Lin Qianyi before?
At this time, I suddenly thought of what happened to Mr. Xu again. Could it be said that not only Widow Liu, but everyone in the village has also forgotten the existence of Lin Qianyi?
Thinking of this, I immediately ran out of the farmhouse to confirm this question.
I first looked for some villagers near the farmhouse who had met us yesterday, and then went to the ancestral hall. Finally, I even went to the old village chief’s house. But what shocked me was that all of them were without exception.
, all claimed that they had never met Lin Qianyi.
Especially the old village chief. He was the first villager we saw after we entered the village yesterday. He also took Lin Qianyi and I around the village for a long time, but now, the
In response to my inquiry, the old village chief showed a very confused look and said to me: "Lin Qianyi? Mr. Lin, you came to our village alone yesterday? I took you around the village for a whole day.
I haven’t seen any female companions around you?”
"You...how can you say such a thing?" I couldn't help but become a little anxious, and shouted to the old village chief: "How can you say that you have never met Qianyi? You wanted to invite us to stay at your house yesterday.
It’s you, isn’t it?”
"Young man, have you remembered wrongly? In order to take care of Widow Liu's family, there is a rule in the village that foreign guests can only go to her house for help. As the village chief, how could I violate the rules I set?
?”
"You are lying!" I yelled, "Stop pretending to me! I know it was you who kidnapped Lin Qianyi! Where did you take her!?"
The confrontation between the old village chief and me was on the road outside the village chief's house. At this time, the quarrel between the two of us had attracted some surrounding villagers. The faces of those villagers all showed indifference.
His indifference seemed to be completely different from yesterday's attitude.
I noticed that there were several old men among the onlookers. Yesterday when the village chief took us for a stroll, they were so enthusiastic that they gave Lin Qianyi something to eat. I immediately pointed at them and asked: "Grandpa, I
Remember you, you brought tea and cakes to my wife and me yesterday!"
Who knows, these old men also pretended to be deaf and dumb, saying that they had indeed seen me yesterday, but they had never seen Lin Qianyi.
At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly said, "Is this guy crazy?"
"It's possible. Is he crazy?"
Crazy... crazy...?
At this time, I suddenly thought of Mr. Xu. When he found out that his wife was missing and asked these villagers for help, but was told that he had never seen his wife, and was thought to be crazy, how he felt at that time,
Will I be the same as I am now? Lost, helpless...and angry?
However, because of the looks of the indifferent villagers around me, I gradually calmed down.
Now, I somewhat understand. If Lin Qianyi was kidnapped, then the villagers present... not to mention the entire village, would be the accomplices of the kidnapper! Otherwise
,Why do people in this entire village pretend that they have never seen Lin Qianyi?
Since these villagers are all accomplices, no matter how much I ask them, I am afraid they will not admit the existence of Lin Qianyi. In this case, I might as well find other evidence to expose these people's lies.
As long as I can produce evidence that Lin Qianyi has been to the village, I don't believe that these villagers can continue to quibble.
So, I left the old village chief and the onlookers behind and ran back in the direction of the farmhouse.
Now it is obvious that last night I felt dizzy and fell asleep for no reason. It must not be because of being too tired, but because I was secretly drugged. The person who drugged may be Widow Liu, and she
The only way to administer medicine is through the food we ate yesterday. Therefore, since I fell asleep due to dizziness last night, then those three college students may be like me later. So, after dinner last night
, those three people probably didn’t leave, but stayed in Widow Liu’s shop to sleep.
Those three college students are different from the villagers. Because they are not locals, they will not lie like the villagers. As long as they are willing to stand up and testify for me, Widow Liu and the old village chief will do something to me in order to cover up Lin Qianyi’s disappearance.
The lies you tell will naturally be revealed.
When I returned to Widow Liu's shop, she saw me coming back in a panic, and asked me with concern what happened just now? Am I confused because I drank too much? I ignored her and went straight upstairs.
Knocked on the door of the three college students.
After a while, just as I expected, the three college students who had dinner with us last night opened the door with sleepy faces, yawning and asking me what happened.
I asked them if they still remembered me? They looked strange and said: "Of course! Mr. Lin, didn't you say you wanted to go down the mountain with us yesterday? I'm really sorry. The three of us seemed to have drunk too much during dinner.
We all fell asleep after getting into the room, and actually forgot about going down the mountain. Don’t worry, we’ll get up right away, brush your teeth, have breakfast, and take you down the mountain.”
I hurriedly waved my hand and said that there was no rush to go down the mountain. What matters now is that my wife is missing! I suspected that she might have been kidnapped by people in this village, but Widow Liu and the villagers not only refused to admit it, but even claimed that they had never
I have never seen her. I hope these three people can help me and stand up to expose their lies in front of the villagers.
However, when I finished explaining my purpose, I saw the three college students looked at each other in surprise. One of the male students with eyes said to me: "Brother, did you drink too much last night?"
Yes? When we were having dinner last night, we heard that you were traveling here alone? "
"What did you say?" I was dumbfounded, "Didn't you all see my wife during dinner yesterday?"
The other party looked at me and said nothing.
I was anxious, so I grabbed her shoulders and shook her, asking him to speak clearly. I asked him whether he was awake or not. How could he have forgotten about Lin Qianyi just last night and this morning?
Already?
At this time, the other two people pulled me away from their friends, and they worked together to push me out of the room.
I was a little surprised and said: "What are you doing?"
One of the three people pointed at me and said: "Brother, we are willing to take you down the mountain because you are afraid of being in danger alone. If we had known that you had a brain problem, we would not have agreed to you yesterday! Yesterday we were
The agreement is cancelled, you can go down the mountain alone now, we want to continue sleeping for a while! No send!"
I saw the man trying to close the door, and I felt even more anxious. I quickly stretched out my hand to hold the door, and asked him: "Brother, what do you mean? I just want to know where my wife is..."
"How many times have I told you! You were alone at dinner last night, and we didn't even know you had a wife!"
Bang!
Looking at the door that was closed again, I was speechless for a while, and my mind was completely confused. What was going on? If the people who kidnapped Lin Qianyi were people from the village, then they would pretend that they had never seen Lin Qianyi.
It's reasonable, but why do these unrelated college students say they have never met Lin Qianyi?
I was in a daze when someone suddenly tapped me on the shoulder. When I turned around, I saw that it was Widow Liu.
When I saw Widow Liu, I was about to speak, but I saw her take out a book from behind her and said to me: "Mr. Lin, stop making trouble. This is my visitor registration book. Take a look at it yourself."
, there is only your name on it."
"Registration copy?"
I thought about it and remembered that when Lin Qianyi and I first arrived here yesterday, Widow Liu actually asked us to register in a book.
Thinking of this, I immediately took the notebook and turned to the page from yesterday.
However, on the guest list on this page, it turns out that there is only my own name, but Lin Qianyi’s cannot be seen...
"Look, when you registered yesterday, you only wrote your own name, right? Memory can have problems, but this book doesn't..."
"No!" I returned the notebook to Widow Liu and said to her, "You must have done something to this!"
Widow Liu looked at me with regret, shook her head and said: "Mr. Lin, I'm afraid you really need to see a doctor. Don't you recognize your own signature on this book? You can tell me
Say, how can I tamper with this book?"
Widow Liu's words made me stunned and speechless.
The name on the registration book was indeed my own handwriting, but Lin Qianyi's signature that was supposed to be written next to my name was missing.
Thinking about everything that happened around me after I got up today, at that moment, I really had doubts about myself. Could it be that I was really the only one who went up the mountain this time? Could it be because I have been there recently?
My longing for Lin Qianyi was so strong that I had the illusion that I was actually with Lin Qianyi all the time?
At this moment, I was really confused.
[Author's digression]: How many people have guessed the truth of the matter?