Heyuan Town is not far from the county seat of Mi County. Lan Shengdong arranged the investigation of the two schools in the county seat and drove to Heyuan Town with police officers from several branches and Cen Lian and others.

“The villages here in Heyuan cannot be said to be particularly poor, but they have just emerged from poverty.” On the way, Lan Shengdong told them about the situation in Heyuan Town. “The middle school in the town only has a junior high school, and there are only four classes in each grade. There are more than 40 people in each class, and there are less than 500 students in school.”

"There are only so many students," Tang Hua was a little surprised, "Can't we recruit students?"

"The source of the river is too close to Taishan District. Those who are well-off send their children to school in the city. Even though they are dozens of kilometers apart, the educational level is far behind." Lan Shengdong lit a cigarette and said, " The primary school has fewer students now, and it is estimated that it will be merged with other towns in two years.”

Cen Lian looked at the desolate fields outside the car window and probably guessed why there were so few people and students. This place was very close to the city. Rather than earning a few bucks a year from farming, it would be better to just get on the bus and go to the city. If you work part-time, you will definitely earn more in a year than farming.

The car stopped at the gate of Heyuan Middle School more than an hour later. Bai Liyong, the director of the local police station, was already waiting for them at the gate of the school, and the school's dean of students stood beside him.

"Suo Bai, this is Chief Cen from the city bureau's support team," Lan Shengdong first introduced Cen Lian's identity, "There is a relatively complicated case that requires our assistance."

Bai Liyong couldn't help but glance at Cen Lian twice more, muttering to himself that this must be at least a murder case.

"I have long admired your name," he muttered to himself, while still politely greeting Cen Lian, "This is the dean of students at Heyuan Middle School, surnamed Liu."

Cen Lian then greeted Director Liu. After a round of polite greetings, Director Liu took them into the school and gave a general description of the school's situation on the way.

"The list of students in our school from six to four years ago has been compiled. Only 50% of them went to higher education, including those who went to technical secondary schools and vocational schools. There are more than 40 students who dropped out of junior high school before finishing junior high school. Among them, Thirty-six are female students, and the rest are junior high school students After graduation, some of them went out to work or went back to get married. Some of them can still be contacted, but some may not come if they change their contact information. " Director Liu said as he walked, and soon arrived at the office, taking the drop-out. The list was handed over to Cen Lian.

"So many students drop out of schools in this town every year?!" Tang Hua was shocked.

Even Cen Lian was shocked when he saw this list, because these dropouts were not only male and female, but some were even marked as "pregnant."

"Alas, this has always been the case in our town. In fact, among the children who dropped out of school, there are only a few who are not allowed to study at home. Most of them do not want to study. The few students marked as pregnant are because they were not satisfied when they were pregnant. When I was 16 years old, after the hospital called the police, my parents came to our school and said they wanted to send their child back to school. I went to suspend my child, but he never came back." Director Liu shook his head and looked helpless, "Although we are poorer here, it is okay to let the child finish junior high school, but the atmosphere in the school is not good, and falling in love is very annoying. Big ones happen every year, and we can’t control them. Going out over the wall at night to run around in the cornfield is like going on a date.”

Cen Lian could tell from Director Liu's tone that he was extremely troubled by the education of this group of students.

"Director Liu, are there any female students who were quite impressive in their studies but were forcibly taken back by their families?" Cen Lian asked based on forensic doctor Lin's judgment of the deceased.

Director Liu recalled for a while and found a certificate.

"There really is such a female student." He held a certificate for the first prize in the junior high school mathematics competition. "It was about four years ago. That girl's name was Li Lili. She was very good at studying. She went to the city to participate in a competition and won an award. "Originally, she contacted a pretty good high school in the city and wanted to offer him free tuition and tuition fees. But after the high school entrance examination, the child's family suddenly said that he would not be allowed to go to school, and no matter how hard he worked, it didn't work."

Cen Lian looked at the old certificate in Director Liu's hand, and could imagine how outstanding this student was, otherwise the dean would not have sighed when he mentioned it.

"Can I still contact this student now?" Although he really didn't want Li Lili to be the victim, he still had an ominous premonition.

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