Time Travel Article: My parents divorced at the beginning

Chapter 232 Investigation

Two flowers bloom, each with its own beauty. Since returning to Xinhu City, Gu Lei has started investigating according to the clues provided by Gu Qingyu.

Because the murder case of Accountant Wu had not been solved, the comrades in the Public Security Bureau had not given up on the hunt for Yang Liu, so Gu Lei focused the investigation on Liao Hong.

Based on the information he learned in Beijing, Liao Hong was an educated youth who had just returned to his hometown. So, Gu Lei planned to go to the educated youth office in Liao Hong's registered place to check the other party's information about going to the countryside.

He did it as soon as he thought of it. Gu Lei took the cigarettes and alcohol he bought from the supply and marketing cooperative and went straight to the Youth League Office without hesitation.

Because there is no longer a requirement for educated youth to go to the countryside, the Educated Youth Office is now deserted and almost no one comes.

When Gu Lei rushed to the Youth League Office, there was only an old lady who was about to retire still working there.

Gu Lei knocked on the door and asked, "Hello, is this the Xinhu City Educated Youth Office?"

Sister Zeng was on duty at the Youth League Office alone. She was knitting a sweater to kill time when she heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it? Please come in!" Sister Zeng asked.

Gu Lei pushed the door open and walked in. Sister Zeng frowned as she looked at Gu Lei who came in carrying cigarettes and alcohol, thinking: This man is carrying so many things, could he be another educated youth who wants to use the back door to find a job at the educated youth office?

So, without waiting for Gu Lei to explain his purpose, Sister Zeng spoke first, "The government now arranges the work of educated youth. We educated youth have no say in anything. You should take your things back."

Gu Lei was stunned at first, then realized that the other party had misunderstood his purpose, so he quickly explained, "You're mistaken, I'm not here to ask the Youth League Office to arrange a job for me!"

Huh? Wrong!

Sister Zeng was stunned for a long time after hearing this, and then she reacted and said, "Oh, oh! Sorry! So, young man, what's the matter with you coming here?"

"Well, I'd like to ask you about Liao Hong, who lives in the alley."

Sister Zeng hesitated after hearing this. She looked at Gu Lei and asked, "What...what is your relationship? Why are you asking about her?"

Seeing this, Gu Lei placed the cigarettes and alcohol he was carrying under Sister Zeng's desk and explained, "Communications were not convenient in the early years, and my family and my aunt's family lost contact. I heard that this Liao Hong might be my cousin!"

"I went to her place before and looked for her. The neighbors said she had left Xinhu for more than half a year. I heard that she had been working in the countryside in Heilongjiang Province before, so I came here to ask if there were any clues."

Gu Lei's explanation sounded full of loopholes, but Sister Zeng looked at the cigarettes and alcohol at her feet and didn't care whether what Gu Lei said was true or not. She helped him find information about Liao Hong's going to the countryside.

A lot of old information was hard to find. Gu Lei and Sister Zeng searched in the archives for a long time before they finally found Liao Hong's information about going to the countryside.

"This information is the person you are looking for!" Sister Zeng handed the information she had just found to Gu Lei.

Upon hearing this, Gu Lei hurriedly thanked him, took the information and read it carefully.

This document records all of Liao Hong's experiences and background information. Through this information, Gu Lei learned that Liao Hong had spent eight years in the Qianjin Commune in He City, Heilongjiang Province. She only returned to Xinhu City after the policy of allowing educated youth to return to the city was implemented.

After working hard for most of the day, there was finally some results. After thanking Sister Zeng, Gu Lei made a copy of the information and went back to the guesthouse to rest.

Next, he has to go to Heilongjiang Province in person according to the address on the document!