With a gloomy face and frowning brows, he said: "Qiao Mei committed suicide. Where did she hear the news from? She believed that Qiao Mei was murdered."

“Madam, this news is too secretive, and we have no way of knowing the source of her suspicion that Qiao Mei died of murder.”

Hua Feng replied calmly.

"What's the relationship between Nicole and Qiao Mei?"

Hua Feng said: "The name on her ID card is Nicole. She once went to the police station to change her name. Her previous name was Qiao Le. She is Qiao Mei's biological sister."

"Has she been abroad all these years?"

Liu Mengsheng placed the wine glass on the table and looked at her well-maintained fingers.

Hua Feng said: "I checked her entry and exit records. She has been staying abroad since she came back to attend the funeral shortly after Qiao Mei committed suicide. She only returned to China recently."

Liu Mengsheng intuitively felt that this matter was not simple. It had been several years since the incident. At that time, Qiao Mei and Lin Subai's father had accidents one after another, and the police did not find any traces of murder. After Qiao Mei's death, Qiao Le went abroad directly. They did not pursue the matter for so many years, but recently the consortium suddenly returned to the country to investigate. It was weird no matter how you looked at it.

She said with a gloomy face: "I don't believe that someone who has been staying abroad would suddenly return to China without any warning, and directly investigate her sister's suicide after returning. It's just a simple suspicion.

You should investigate this matter carefully. She got the information that Qiao Mei was murdered."

Hua Feng said: "Okay, Madam, do we need to inform the young master about this?"

Liu Mengsheng was silent for a moment, then replied: "What happened back then involved Su Bai's father and me. He deliberately forgot what happened during that time because he instinctively didn't want to remember it.

Since he has chosen to forget, as a mother, I can still bear some of the hardships for him. I won’t let Su Bai go through this again. Just report anything you find out to me directly.”

Hua Feng said: "I'm afraid a storm is coming!"

"Let's take it one step at a time! The group was on the verge of bankruptcy back then, and there were many ups and downs. Many people were deeply involved, some were innocent, and some benefited. How could it be possible to completely distinguish them?"

Liu Mengsheng sighed slightly.

While Liu Mengsheng and Huafeng were discussing what happened back then, Nicole, who had left the apartment, was not idle either. She walked through the places where her sister lived and worked back then.

This time she came to Linjiang Avenue, which used to be a cluster of factories and had a large number of old residential buildings nearby.

Nicole once heard from her sister that many employees in her factory bought houses nearby, not only because it was close to the factory but also because the house prices were very cheap.

At that time, the elder sister's eyes were full of envy, and she said to Nicole: "I don't know how long it will take for us to have a house. I really want to have a home."

Qiao Le still remembers the envious look in his sister's eyes as she looked at the residential building.

She replied to her sister: "Let's start saving money now, and we will have our own house sooner or later."

But my sister smiled and said, "We don't have the money to buy a house now! This money should be saved for your education, which is the most important thing.

As for buying a house, we will make plans after you graduate from college. I believe that if we two sisters work together, we will soon have enough money to buy a house."

When my sister said this, her eyes were full of longing and expectation.

Nicole accompanied her sister silently, and she made up her mind that she must buy a big house for her sister. However, this dream had not yet come true, and her sister had already faded away.

When that dream began, her name was Qiao Le.

The factory where his sister worked had closed down a long time ago. Qiao Le was not objective about finding out about his sister's past. After so many years, who could remember his sister's story?

No matter how difficult the task is, you have to do it yourself.

My new roommate was right. The person who sent me the letter was most likely an acquaintance of my sister.

Nicole thought of the conversation with Leng Xiaoxiao that night, which gave her a general direction in finding her sister.

In order to find clues, we can only trace the sister's past experiences and deduce the identity of the sender from her experiences.

Nicole has been searching for her sister's past footprints these days, but she has found nothing after visiting for these days.

I spent a long time in the bathroom of my apartment today because I had achieved nothing these days and was feeling depressed.

But life goes on, and no matter what the outcome of her sister's matter is, there needs to be a solution. Nicole was unwilling to accept her fate, so she captured her memory again, only to find that she had forgotten two of the most important places.

The first place was a factory that had long been closed down, located on Linjiang Avenue, where Nicole was at the moment.

She took a deep breath and knocked on the first door of the residential building.

Nicole knocked several times, but no one came to open the door. If she hadn't heard voices coming from the room, she would have thought that no one was in the room.

Since she knew there was someone in the room, Nicole would naturally not let it go. When she saw that no one came to pay attention to her, she knocked every once in a while like a lunatic.

Originally, the owner of this household was not going to answer, but the persistent knocking on the door was really annoying, so the male owner said to the female owner:

"Open the door and take a look. If you keep knocking on the door, maybe you have something to ask us!"

The hostess walked towards the door unhappily, opened it and saw a strange girl.

Wearing formal clothes and exquisite makeup, she looked very professional. The hostess had a preconceived notion that Ni might be a door-to-door salesperson.

She looked displeased, mainly because her family lived in the first household on the first floor, and there were people coming to their door to sell goods almost every day. This was an old neighborhood with no property management company and naturally no doorman or security guard on duty.

No one stops these salesmen, they come to harass my family every day, which makes my family very annoyed.

The hostess said coldly: "Are you a door-to-door salesman? I don't have anything to buy. Go find someone else! Stop knocking on the door."

As he said that, he wanted to close the door quickly.

But Nicole reacted quickly and stopped the hostess from closing the door, saying, "Sister, I'm not a door-to-door salesperson. I just want to find out something from you."

The hostess was stopped by Nicole from closing the door, and she was on guard and wanted to get angry.

But after listening to what Nicole said, he stopped closing the door and said happily: "So you are not here to sell products, come on! I thought you were here to sell things and hand out flyers, which made me misunderstand."

The hostess turned the tables and blamed Nicole. Although Nicole felt a little aggrieved, she also knew what she was going to do when she knocked on the door.

You can't vent your anger just because the hostess blames you.

But Nicole could also understand the older sister's troubles. When she came to the community just now, she saw fallen advertising papers everywhere on the ground, and the notice board was covered with layer upon layer of advertising leaflets.

One can imagine how much trouble they would suffer in a residential building without property and security management.

After the woman finished blaming Nicole, she remembered that she was impatient and spoke too hastily. She blamed the girl without asking any questions. In an instant, her expression became somewhat embarrassed, and her attitude was not as cold as before.

Of course, there was no way the hostess would apologize, since the girl had been ringing the doorbell for a long time.

She coughed twice, and to hide her embarrassment, she said in a rough voice: "What do you want to ask? Say it quickly."

Not only should Nicole not get bothered by the hostess's attitude, she also had to greet her with a smile.

"I want to ask about Huayun Manufacturing Factory. Big sister, have you heard of Huayun Manufacturing Factory?"

When the hostess heard the name Huayun Manufacturing Factory, she felt it sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it before.

She said to Nicole: "The name Huayun Manufacturing Factory sounds familiar, but I can't remember where I heard it. Sorry! I can't help you. You can ask somewhere else!"

As soon as the elder sister said this, Nicole, who had already lost hope, felt shattered in her heart.

The man who was watching TV in the living room heard his wife talking to a beautiful young girl and said, "You have amnesia, don't you? You don't even know about Huayun Manufacturing Plant.

You forgot that my sister-in-law worked in that factory for a while, and then it closed down. My sister-in-law received a large severance pay and used it to open a snack bar."

When the hostess heard what the man said, she suddenly remembered and retorted: "It was too long ago and I can't remember it clearly!

Now that you mention this, I remember the matter of Huayun Manufacturing Plant.

The factory was engaged in the business of TV transistors and some electronic components at that time, but later it could not collect the payment due to quality issues.

In addition, the TV market was in recession at the time and the number of orders received decreased. In order to change the factory's predicament, the boss was anxious to transform, but the factory went bankrupt before he could catch his breath.

At that time, when Huayun Manufacturing Factory was still in existence, we, the residents living nearby, often went there to do odd jobs. Although the boss's management ability was average, he paid very good wages and was a conscientious businessman. "

The male owner argued: "If the boss wasn't a kind person, your sister would not have received such a generous severance package!"

"You've been staring at my sister's severance pay all day, and you sound sour every time you mention it. Can you look at something else? It's been several years since this happened, and you still have this attitude. I don't know how to face my sister anymore.

Besides, when the Huayun Manufacturing Factory was recruiting workers, you didn't go. What did you say at the time? You said that the factory was small, had limited development potential, and the managers were average, so there was no way to develop it vigorously.

I gave all sorts of reasons, but my sister didn't care and went in directly."

The hostess exposed the host's shortcomings without showing any weakness. The host wanted to refute something, but the hostess turned around and glared at him. His eloquent lips and tongue were instantly silenced, and he muttered: "Women are the most unreasonable."

When the host and the hostess were talking, Nicole couldn't get a word in. Her heart, which had already turned cold, became more excited after listening to their conversation.

She asked: "Sister, can you give me your sister's address? I'll take the address and go find her. I want to ask her something."

When the hostess heard this, she said with some caution: "Girl, you don't need to give me the address. After all, you are a stranger. It is somewhat unsafe to give you my sister's address. And if I give you her address without my sister's consent, she will be very angry if she finds out."

After the hostess said this, she felt that her words were a bit harsh and heartless. She paused and proposed a compromise.

"Girl, if you trust me about what you want to know, tell me first, and then call my sister to see if she knows what you want to know.

This way you don't have to run back and forth, and I don't have to hesitate about whether to give you my sister's address."

Nicole thought about it for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

Said: "Then I'll trouble you, big sister."

Seeing that the girl agreed, the hostess smiled warmly and called Nicole into the house to talk.

"Miss, your explanation will definitely take some time. Standing in the hallway and talking will somewhat hinder the residents entering and leaving the community."

Nicole had finally gotten this clue, so she naturally wouldn't refuse. She pretended to be polite and then followed the hostess into the house.

Behind the entrance is the living room. The hostess asked Nicole to sit on the sofa and brought her a glass of water.

Nicole took the cup of water and thanked him repeatedly. She was indeed a little thirsty after being outdoors in such hot weather.

She was in a hurry to go out and forgot to bring a water bottle. She didn't see any convenience store nearby, so she could only endure her thirst.

Normally, there would be more or less shopping malls and convenience stores near residential buildings, but there is not a single one here.

Nicole drank a few sips of water to quench her thirst and asked this question. When the hostess heard it, she laughed.

Explained: "There is a shopping mall not far from the residential building, but the location is a bit remote. If you are not a long-term resident here, it is difficult to find the place.

As for why there is no convenience store here, it is because no shops were planned when the residential building was built.

When people want to buy something, they usually go to the shopping mall around the corner.

Before there were no shopping malls, there was a large night market nearby, but later the urban management department took control and did not allow small vendors to set up stalls. After the night market disappeared, shopping malls appeared.

Everyone went straight to the mall to buy it. Fortunately, the mall was not far from here.

In addition to the shopping mall, there is also a large vegetable market about one kilometer away from here, which can basically meet everyone's daily needs.

If there is something you can’t buy in the mall or the wet market, you can just take a bus to the city center to buy it.”

After listening to the hostess's explanation, Nicole finally realized that it was not that there was no shopping mall, but that she had not found the right place.

She remembered that she had been here for such a long time and had not introduced herself yet, so she said, "Sister, my name is Nicole. I used to live nearby. Is it convenient for me to ask what your name is?"

The hostess said: "My name is Liu Lan, you can just call me Sister Liu.

My husband's last name is Wang, and everyone calls him Lao Wang. Since you are a little girl, it is not appropriate to call him Lao Wang directly, so just call him Brother Wang. He has lived in this place for more than ten years, so he knows a lot about things. "

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