Grocery Store No.514

Early the next morning, Ling Huaan got up to make breakfast, and Jiang Chengyan got up as well. As soon as the two arrived in the kitchen, they saw the three little ones busy with work, Xiaohu was frying eggs, Niuniu was washing vegetables, and little wolf was cleaning up with a rag. stove.

Niu Niu turned her head to look at Ling Huaan, said with a smile, "Uncle, breakfast will be ready soon."

Ling Huaan felt sore, as if he saw himself as a child through them, he stepped forward to take the shovel from Xiaohu's hand, and said, "Go out and wait, leave this to uncle."

Xiaohu looked a little uneasy, and said, "Uncle, what we can do is in grandma... we are the ones who cook in that yard, uncle let us do it."

Ling Huaan patted their heads, and said softly: "You don't need to do these things at Uncle's house, you can obediently go to the restaurant and wait, or watch TV for a while."

Jiang Chengyan took the food from Niu Niu's hand and said, "Is it Niu Niu? Leave this to uncle. You can go out and wait for a while, and you can eat right away."

"But..." The three little ones looked at each other, none of them moved.Yu Xi is in the middle.

Ling Huaan said helplessly: "Team Jiang, I leave breakfast to you, and I'll take them out."

"Okay, you go."

Ling Huaan took the three little ones out of the kitchen, placed them in the dining room, took out a small bag of peanuts from the refrigerator, took another bowl, put it on the table in the dining room, and said, "You three peeled these peanuts, , you have to peel it off before breakfast is done, do you understand?"

"Understood." San Xiaozhi hurriedly responded, as if he was relieved.

Ling Huaan returned to the kitchen and helped Jiang Chengyan prepare breakfast. The original two became five people, and the three little ones had a lot of food. In order to make them full, the two cooked a lot more.When the food was brought to the table, the three little ones had finished peeling the peanuts, wiped the table and swept the floor, and were obediently waiting at the table.

"Go wash your hands, let's eat."

"Uncle, we've finished washing." Niuniu spread her palms with a smile.

"Okay, let's eat. There is no such thing as cheating at Uncle's house. If you are full, you are full. If you are not full, you are not full. You can't lie, you know?"

"I know." The three little ones nodded obediently, and when they saw Ling Huaan pick up the chopsticks, they picked up the chopsticks and looked at them eagerly.

Jiang Chengyan's heart was sour, he gave each of them a deep-fried dough stick, and said, "Eat it."

After the meal was finished quietly, Sanxiao just wanted to wash the dishes, but Ling Huaan stopped him and said, "The three of you are in charge of cleaning the table and sweeping the floor. Uncle Jiang and I will wash the dishes. Let's work together to see who does the cleaning." Clean, whoever wins will get chocolate, okay?"

"Okay!" Niuniu smiled, her big eyes curved into crescent moons.

In the kitchen, Ling Huaan looked at the three little ones who were busy outside, sighed and said, "Team Jiang, let Su Ke come over later to collect their DNA samples. I suspect they were also abducted."

"Abduction?" Jiang Chengyan paused, and said, "Hua An, you come and clean up. I have something to do. Go out and make a phone call."

Seeing Jiang Chengyan hurried out the door, Ling Hua'an was a little puzzled, but didn't think too much about it, and then cleaned up the dishes.

Jiang Chengyan picked up the phone, dialed Yao Min directly, and said, "Yao Min, send me a picture of the little girl you drew yesterday."

"Captain, when I went to the Technical Investigation Division yesterday, they were off work, and the photos haven't been synthesized yet."

"I want your portrait, send it to me now."

"Okay, I'll send it to you right away."

After a while, Jiang Chengyan received the portrait. He looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but his eyes lit up. He hurried out of the bedroom and came to the dining room. Looking at Niu Niu, who was half as imaginary as the portrait, he couldn't help but be ecstatic, "Hua An, Hua An, Come out."

Ling Hua'an heard the voice, wiped his hands and walked out of the kitchen, asking strangely, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Chengyan handed the portrait in his hand to Ling Huaan, and said, "Hua An, do you think the little girl in this painting looks like Niuniu?"

There is no need to compare, Ling Huaan can tell at a glance that the portrait is Niu Niu.

"Where did this come from?"

"According to the memories of Liu Xiaohan's kindergarten teacher, the man who took Liu Xiaohan away that day was accompanied by a little girl. This is the portrait Yao Min drew according to the teacher's dictation."

Ling Huaan looked at Niuniu, before he could speak, he heard a commotion outside, he frowned slightly, and was about to open the door, but Jiang Chengyan stopped him, saying, "I'll open it."

Jiang Chengyan came to the door, called the door, looked at Yang Xiaolan outside the door with some surprise, and said, "Ms. Yang."

Yang Xiaolan was startled when he saw Jiang Chengyan, and said, "Officer Jiang, why are you here?"

Liu Ling said with a bitter face: "Jiang team, I just came to work, she walked in the door, crying and calling for the boss, I can't stop her."

"Go get busy, I'll take care of it." Jiang Chengyan stepped aside and said, "Ms. Yang, come in."

Yang Xiaolan entered the door with a dazed expression, and when she saw Ling Huaan, her emotions became agitated again, and she rushed over without saying a word, crying, "You give me back my daughter, give me back my daughter!"

Seeing this, Jiang Chengyan quickly stopped her and said, "Ms. Yang, I am calm."

"Calm down, how can you tell me to calm down, my daughter died, and died so badly, how can you tell me to calm down!" Yang Xiaolan's red and swollen eyes looked at Ling Hua'an with hatred, and said, "It's him, my daughter's death must be related to him It’s inseparable, that bastard...that bastard asked me to deliver the package to him, if it wasn’t for him, my daughter wouldn’t have died. You give me back my daughter, give me back my daughter!”

In the morning, Yang Xiaolan, who was in a trance, suddenly received a package. After opening it, it was empty. She suddenly remembered that the murderer had taken Liu Xiaohan's life to threaten her to deliver a package to Ling Hua'an, so she came to make trouble.

"Yang Xiaolan, calm down, he wasn't the murderer, and he didn't kill your daughter!"

"Even if he didn't kill him, he still has something to do with him. Otherwise, how could the murderer let me deliver a package to him, my Hanhan, my poor Hanhan..."

Seeing the three little ones hiding behind them anxiously, Ling Huaan said reassuringly, "It's okay, you go back to your room first, and uncle will take care of it. Xiaohu, take your younger siblings back to your room."

Xiaohu took the two of them back to the room, but before entering the guest room, Niuniu turned around and hesitated to speak.When Ling Huaan saw it, he knew it in his heart.He looked at Yang Xiaolan and said calmly, "Do you want to see your daughter?"

Yang Xiaolan's crying stopped, and then she said angrily: "My daughter is already dead, and you killed her. I want you to accompany me!"

Ling Hua'an sighed, and said, "Your daughter's death does have something to do with me, so I will try my best to help her."

Yang Xiaolan was startled, then excitedly grabbed Jiang Chengyan's clothes, and said loudly: "Officer, did you hear that? He admitted that he was the one who killed my daughter. Hurry up and grab him!"

"Yang Xiaolan, that's not what he meant, you misunderstood."

Yang Xiaolan pushed Jiang Chengyan away and asked, "Why are you here? You are in the same group, and you want to protect him."

"Yang Xiaolan, your daughter died tragically. I can understand your sadness, but you can't slander others just because you want to shirk your responsibility. Don't forget, if it wasn't because you played mahjong..."

Ling Huaan interrupted Jiang Chengyan and said, "Captain Jiang, enough is enough."

Yang Xiaolan staggered when she heard the words, leaned against the wall beside her, raised her hand and slapped herself twice, and burst into tears.

Ling Huaan sighed and said, "Yang Xiaolan, I can let you see your daughter's ghost, do you want to see it?"

Yang Xiaolan looked at Ling Hua'an blankly, and said, "What do you mean?"

Ling Huaan didn't explain too much, but handed Niu Tear to Yang Xiaolan and said, "You just need to put a drop on your eyelids, and you can see your daughter's ghost."

Yang Xiaolan stared blankly at the things in Ling Huaan's hands, and then reacted, without hesitation, put a drop on her eyelids, as long as she could see her daughter, she was willing to pay any price.She opened her eyes cautiously, and the first thing she saw was a pair of feet, with a circle of bruises on her ankles, then a yellow dress, and above that was the face she thought about day and night.

"Hanhan!" Yang Xiaolan rushed over, trying to hug Liu Xiaohan, but passed straight through her body.

Ling Huaan explained: "She is in the state of a ghost now, so you cannot touch her."

"Mom..." Liu Xiaohan called in a low voice. Although her memory was fuzzy, the intimacy from the bottom of her heart made her believe that Yang Xiaolan was her mother.

"Hanhan..." The sound of 'Mom' made Yang Xiaolan cry again.

"Mom doesn't cry..." Seeing Yang Xiaolan sad, Liu Xiaohan wanted to cry too, but couldn't.

"Hanhan, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, mother is sorry for you, it's all mother's fault..." Yang Xiaolan knelt down in front of Liu Xiaohan, crying so hard that she couldn't help herself.

Liu Xiaohan stretched out her fingers, trying to wipe Yang Xiaolan's tears, but she couldn't touch her at all. She quickly turned her hand away and said comfortingly: "Mom don't cry, uncle said that as long as Hanhan behaves, he can help Hanhan reincarnate. You can have a new life, so don't be sad, mom."

"Uncle?" Yang Xiaolan looked at Ling Huaan and asked blankly, "Is it true? Can Hanhan really be reincarnated?"

Ling Hua'an nodded and said, "As long as the resentment in her body is purified, she will have a chance to be reincarnated."

"So Hanhan will always be by your side before reincarnation, right?"

"Yes." Ling Hua'an understood what Yang Xiaolan wanted to say, and stopped him: "Humans and ghosts have different paths. The resentment and Yin Qi in her body are harmful to ordinary people. I will put her into a magic weapon, so I cannot agree to your request."

Disappointment flashed across Yang Xiaolan's eyes, and she pleaded, "It's okay, Mr. Ling, I can work, I can work in a grocery store, and I don't need a salary. I just want to be closer to her, okay?"

Ling Huaan said earnestly: "Yang Xiaolan, I understand your feelings, but Liu Xiaohan is dead, which means that her fate with you is over in this life, and she will have a brand new life. You should also let go and have your own life."

"Mr. Ling, Hanhan is my life. His father is away on business all the year round. I brought her up alone. My relationship with her... how can I just let it go. Mr. Ling, please, please Please let me stay by her side, otherwise I really don't know what's the point of living."

"Uncle, I miss mom..." Liu Xiaohan also looked at Ling Hua'an eagerly.

Seeing this, Jiang Chengyan felt uncomfortable, and said, "Hua An, just let her stay at the grocery store."

Ling Huaan sighed, and said, "Okay, I will hang the bell at the door, and you can stay wherever you want."

"Thank you, Mr. Ling, thank you!"

"I temporarily covered up the resentment on her body, you mother and daughter have a good chat."

Ling Huaan dragged Jiang Chengyan into the guest room, leaving the mother and daughter talking in the living room.

Ling Huaan walked towards Niu Niu, stroked her hair, and said, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

Niuniu's big eyes filled with unease, she tightly grabbed Ling Huaan's clothes with both hands, and said with tears in her eyes, "Uncle, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

Ling Huaan took out a tissue to wipe Niu Niu, and said, "As long as you tell the truth to uncle, you will still be a good boy."

Niuniu struggled for a while, then lowered her head and said, "Uncle, I know Hanhan."

"You recognized her when you saw her yesterday, didn't you?"

Niuniu nodded and said, "Well, I can see her."

Ling Huaan was taken aback, and then asked, "When did you start seeing ghosts?"

"I can see it all the time, in the village, in the woods, everywhere." When Niuniu talked about this, there was no trace of fear in her eyes, which showed that she was used to it.

Ling Huaan understands that Niuniu's eyes are rare yin and yang eyes, and she is born with the ability to see things that others cannot see.

"You said you knew her, how did you know her?"

Fear appeared in Niu Niu's eyes, she grabbed Ling Hua'an's clothes tightly, her fingers turned pale due to excessive force.Ling Huaan held her hand comfortingly and said, "Don't be afraid, it's over, uncle will protect you."

Niuniu's eyes were red, and big tears fell from the corners of her eyes. She said guiltily, "Uncle, I'm sorry, I lied to her, I'm sorry, I caused her to die."

Ling Huaan touched her head and said: "Since you know you made a mistake, you should make up for it in time. Now that you tell us everything you know, you are making up for the mistake, so that your heart can also be at peace, understand? ?”

Niuniu looked up at Ling Huaan and said, "Uncle, can I have a piece of chocolate?"

Ling Huaan was taken aback, then took out chocolates from the glass bottle on the table, handed one to Niu Niu, then took out two to Xiaohu and Xiaolang respectively, and said, "Eat it."

Niuniu took the chocolate, peeled off the tin foil and put it in her mouth. Perhaps the sweetness of the chocolate calmed her nervousness and made her look much more relaxed.

"The uncle went to find grandma that day. Grandma told us to stay in the yard and not come near the house. We didn't dare to approach. I don't know what they said. Later, grandma came out and let me go. Although I was afraid, I didn't dare to resist. Then I entered the house. Uncle waved at me, I was very scared, I knew that uncle was going to beat me again, and...and...do something terrible.” A look of fear appeared on Niuniu’s face again, obviously falling into terrible memories inside.

Ling Huaan reached out to hug Niuniu, but she subconsciously pushed her away, "Don't touch me!"

Apart from fear, there was hatred and disgust in her bright eyes, which made Ling Huaan's heart skip a beat.When she came back to her senses, she looked at Ling Huaan and hurriedly said, "Uncle, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I'm sorry..."

"It's okay. Niuniu, it's okay, uncle will protect you, and those bad guys won't hurt you again."

Niu Niu held onto Ling Hua'an's clothes tightly, with tears streaming down her face, she choked up and asked, "Uncle, why did Uncle treat us like that? I feel so hurt every time, woo woo..."

The little tiger and little wolf on the side also had red eyes, and their bodies even began to tremble when they thought of their past experiences.

Although Niuniu couldn't understand, but seeing their expressions, Ling Hua'an could understand that these three children were also murdered by that beast, and Liu Xiaohan was just one of the victims.He embraced them gently, and comforted them carefully. The psychological trauma of these three children far exceeded his estimation. I am afraid that if one of them is not handled well, it will be a lifetime of shadow.

Jiang Chengyan sat on the sidelines and listened, feeling uncomfortable. After so many years in criminal investigation, he still couldn't figure out why there are so many ugly people in this world?They do all kinds of evil, are mentally ill, don't treat people as human beings, and don't even realize how insane what they are doing.After a long time, Niuniu gradually regained her composure, and Ling Huaan asked in a timely manner: "Where does that uncle live? What does he look like, and how can I find him?"

"He lives in our village. I followed him secretly once. The last house in the last alley at the west end of the village is the courtyard on the west."

"Then what are the characteristics of his appearance that can be recognized at a glance?"

"He has a scar under his nose and he has six fingers on his left hand."

Ling Huaan and Jiang Chengyan looked at each other, and then asked: "Then why did Liu Xiaohan obediently follow Uncle?"

"It's because of me." Niuniu lowered her head guiltily, and said, "Uncle treated me that way. I was too scared, so I begged him not to beat me again. Uncle said, if I can trick another child back, he won't beat me." Hanhan and her mother came to Xiaohuzhuang to visit relatives that day, and they happened to be met by uncle. The uncle called me over that day, just to let me lie to Hanhan, and he took me to play outside the yard of Hanhan's relatives, Hanhan Hearing the movement, she came out and played with me very happily. She called me sister and gave me candy. But when the uncle was about to do something, her mother suddenly appeared and took Hanhan home. The uncle did not give up. , I inquired about Hanhan’s address, and took me to the city to find her, but Hanhan was going to kindergarten during the day, and her mother picked her up after school, so we had no chance to do anything. Until that day, my uncle saw that Hanhan was not coming Then, let me call her and trick her over. I called her name, and Hanhan ran over when she saw that it was me. The uncle lied to Hanhan and said, if the teacher asks who he is later, Hanhan The answer was dad, so I bought her a hamburger. Hanhan was fooled, her teacher chased after her and asked who her uncle was, she said it was her dad, and then Hanhan followed us away."

"So uncle killed Hanhan, right?"

"The uncle took Hanhan home, Hanhan cried and wanted to find her mother, and then the uncle started beating her, and she cried even harder, calling 'Mom' and 'Sister' non-stop, and I hid outside the door , I know she has seen me, but I dare not move, I am afraid that uncle will hit me." Niuniu started to sob again, crying and said: "Finally Hanhan was dragged by uncle and dragged into a cage in the utility room, I threw her there. I sneaked over to see her, she was bleeding a lot, I was scared, I didn't know what to do, she took my hand and said: 'Sister, I want to go home, I want Mom', I knew she was going to die, just like those little friends, I didn't want her to die, so I stole milk for her while grandma was asleep, but as soon as she drank it, she vomited it out again, and vomited blood. I thought I was very scared, so I ran back. The next day I went to find her secretly and found that she was not dead. I was very happy, but in the end she died. Woohoo, it’s my fault, it’s all I killed her. Uncle, I am also a villain, I am also a villain..."

After hearing this, Ling Huaan felt uncomfortable, and didn't know how to comfort her for a moment, so he just patted her on the back lightly.No matter what her original intention was, in the end she killed Liu Xiaohan, the karma between her and Liu Xiaohan had already been planted, and what should be paid back must be paid back.

Jiang Chengyan opened the door, looked at Yang Xiaolan's mother and daughter, and asked, "Hua An, what are you going to do?"

"Tell the truth." Ling Hua'an sighed, and said, "The end of a matter is never to escape, but to face it."

Jiang Chengyan looked at Niu Niu, and couldn't bear to say: "But she is still a child."

"A child's mistakes are also mistakes, and she cannot be easily forgiven because of her age. Doing so will not benefit her future growth."

Jiang Chengyan was taken aback, and said with relief: "Hua An, you are right, I was the one who got stuck."

Ling Huaan squatted down, looked straight at Niu Niu, and said, "Niu Niu, are you willing to tell Liu Xiaohan and her mother the truth?"

Niuniu looked at Ling Huaan anxiously, and said, "Uncle, I'm afraid..."

"Niuniu, if you make a mistake, you have to be brave enough to bear it, so that you can get inner peace, otherwise you will carry the mistakes you made on your back for the rest of your life."

With tears in her big eyes, Niuniu said, "Uncle, I am not afraid that Auntie will beat me, I am afraid... I am afraid that Auntie will not forgive me."

"Niuniu, if you do something wrong, you have to bear the consequences. No matter whether Auntie is willing to forgive you or not, don't hold any resentment. After all, Liu Xiaohan's death is related to you, understand?"

"Well, I'm sorry for Hanhan. Uncle, I'm willing to tell Auntie the truth." There was still anxiety in her eyes, but Niuniu chose to face it.

"Good boy!" Ling Huaan stroked Niuniu's hair gently, and said, "Just tell me how you tricked Hanhan away, and don't talk about other ghosts, you know?"

"Why?" Niuniu's tearful eyes were full of confusion.

"You don't need to understand this, just remember what uncle said."

"Okay, I will listen to uncle."

Ling Huaan pushed open the bedroom door, took Niuniu's hand and walked out.

"It's you? Uncle, why is she here?" When Liu Xiaohan saw Niuniu, she felt uncomfortable and frowned.

"She was also a victim, and I rescued her." Ling Huaan paused and said, "Ms. Yang, Hanhan, there is something Niuniu wants to tell you."

Yang Xiaolan wiped away her tears, looked at Niuniu suspiciously, and said, "Mr. Ling, what happened? Who is this little girl?"

"She is a victim I rescued from Xiaohuzhuang." Ling Huaan squeezed Niuniu's little hand, and said encouragingly: "Niuniu, come and tell Aunt Yang."

Niuniu looked timidly at Yang Xiaolan, then at Liu Xiaohan, and stammered what she had just said.

Yang Xiaolan froze in place when she heard this, and the tears she had just wiped away flowed out again.

Liu Xiaohan seemed to recall the past, her blood-red eyes widened, two lines of blood and tears flowed out, she looked at Niu Niu with hatred, and said, "Uncle, she is a bad person, she is a bad person! She lied to me, yes She killed me!"

Seeing the grievances on Liu Xiaohan's body constantly surging, Ling Hua'an frowned, silently recited a spell, pinched his fingers, and imprinted it on Liu Xiaohan's brows, saying: "Liu Xiaohan, control your emotions, otherwise you will be controlled by your grievances and commit murder." , there is no chance of reincarnation."

"She lied to me, she lied to me! Uncle, she should be damned, damned!"

Liu Xiaohan's resentment soared, her tangled hair kept flying along with the resentment, and her blood-red eyes looked coldly at Niu Niu.

Niuniu was frightened and hid behind Ling Huaan, crying and said: "I'm sorry, Hanhan, I'm sorry, I hurt you, it's my fault, woo woo, I don't want you to die, I want to save you, woo woo, sorry……"

Xiaohu and Xiaolang guarded Niuniu on the left and right. Although they couldn't see the ghost, they somehow understood what was going on. No matter what happened, they had to protect Niuniu.

"Liu Xiaohan, if you don't stop, I will beat you."

Without waiting for Ling Huaan to do anything, Yang Xiaolan stood in front of Liu Xiaohan and said, "Mr. Ling, don't hit her, please don't hit her."