Hearing this, Bai Ying raised her eyebrows and looked with interest at the handsome male police officer in white police uniform opposite her.

"Officer Zhuang, are you interrogating a criminal? If I remember correctly, I'm the victim of harassment, right?"

Zhuang Yongliang frowned slightly and said righteously, "Comrade Bai, I'm just performing my duties as a public security officer and conducting routine inquiries with you. There's no need for you to be so defensive."

"Okay," Bai Ying sighed and made a helpless gesture. "I don't know what Chen Gouzi told you, but since he said I hit him, what about the medical report? He can't even produce an injury report. I can't say that I hit him, so I really hit him, right?"

Zhuang Yongliang pursed his lips, a hint of confusion appearing on his handsome face.

When Chen Gouzi explained that he did not harass Bai Ying, his eyes flickered and he was obviously lying, but when he said that Bai Ying hit him, his face was full of fear and it did not seem like he was lying.

Especially since arriving at the police station, Chen Gouzi has been holding his chest and crying in pain, but when they really took Chen Gouzi to the hospital for examination, they couldn't find anything and naturally couldn't produce an injury report.

But……

Zhuang Yongliang looked at the little girl in front of him. There were still some fine hairs on her fair face, and she looked very childish.

Such a weak-looking little girl doesn't seem like she can beat a strong man like Chen Gouzi.

But the way she gestured was completely different from the harassed women he had seen in the past. Those victims all looked like they had suffered a severe blow, as if the sky had fallen and crushed them. How come Bai Ying was so calm?

She was very calm throughout the whole narration, so calm that it didn't seem like she was talking about her own affairs, but as if... she had already anticipated that Chen Gouzi would do something inappropriate.

Although Zhuang Yongliang could not produce any evidence that Bai Ying beat Chen Gouzi, he always felt that this case was strange, so he put down the big case at hand and came to take the statement.

Bai Ying knew that the police officer who was taking her statement was suspicious of her.

She also thought about whether she should pretend to be very scared, but after thinking about it, she decided not to. She was not a professional actor. In front of these experienced police officers, the more she pretended, the more suspicious she would become. It would be better for her to show her true self.

Anyway, there were no injuries on Chen Gouzi's body, and the police couldn't produce any evidence, so they couldn't convict her based on suspicion alone.

What is there to be afraid of?

Despite repeated explanations, Zhuang Yongliang still refused to believe that Bai Ying was really fine. Just as he was about to continue questioning Bai Ying, a police officer suddenly broke into the office with a stack of materials in his hand.

"Deputy Director Zhuang, here's the list of trauma patients you requested from the hospital. We don't currently have a case that matches the man who was shot while participating in the smuggling operation last night. However, we've already told the hospital to notify us immediately if they encounter a patient with a gunshot wound."

Zhuang Yongliang raised his hand to stop the police's report and took the information.

Bai Ying's heart skipped a beat.

For no reason, she was very concerned about the smuggling issue mentioned by the police, as if she would regret it if she missed it.

She wanted to stay and listen, but Zhuang Yongliang refused.

He looked at Bai Ying and ordered her to leave, "Okay, you can go now."

Things have their priorities, and right now the most important thing is to solve the smuggling case.

Bai Ying pondered and said, "Um... I, I have another question."

"What's the problem?"

"I want to ask, how many years will Chen Gouzi be sentenced to?"

Bai Ying thought about it and still didn't dare to ask about the smuggling case. The male police officer was already suspicious of her, and asking about this kind of thing would definitely make him more suspicious of her. If she was really arrested, she would be doomed.

Zhuang Yongliang pondered for a moment and said, "Chen Gouzi's case didn't have a very serious impact, so he will be sentenced to five years of forced labor on a farm."

These days, every commune and brigade has a militia. Generally, they handle problems themselves and rarely report to the police.

Their Public Security Bureau mostly handles public security incidents, and there are very few criminal cases. In addition, the Public Security Bureau is now under martial law, so there is no need to transfer the cases to the procuratorate for arrest or the court for conviction.

Therefore, the specific procedure when encountering a case is to call the parties involved to the bureau. There is no need to ask superiors, and no one will intercede or use backdoors. The final decision is made directly, and the suspect's sentence is determined and he is sent to a farm for labor reform. It can be said to be very simple and crude.

"Only five years?"

Hearing this, Bai Ying was shocked and then felt strange.

Chen Gouzi and his previous life's Shen Ao were both attempted murders, so why was Shen Ao's sentence so severe in his previous life? He was sentenced to life imprisonment, almost as severe as murder.

It can't be that just because Shen Ao had a bad background at the time, he was sentenced harshly, right?

Bai Ying vaguely sensed something unusual, but she also knew that she couldn't figure it out for the time being, so she could only put it aside.

"This is the sentencing standard for this matter." Looking at Bai Ying's pitiful expression, which looked like she had been hit hard, Zhuang Yongliang finally couldn't resist his conscience and said softly, "But I will try to get Chen Gouzi a longer sentence."

"Thanks, you're a good police officer."

Bai Ying smiled, thanked him, and stood up to leave the Public Security Bureau.

On the spot, Zhuang Yongliang: "..."

What's going on? It feels like he's been fooled.

The little girl looked weak and delicate, but her eyes were not weak at all. Not only did she pretend to be stupid in front of him, she also took advantage of the situation to scheme against him. However... in his opinion, those little schemes were not shrewd and sophisticated, but rather a bit cute.

Zhuang Yongliang shook his head and laughed, then he restrained his smile, looked down at the thick stack of materials in his hand, and his brows gradually furrowed.

The man who participated in the smuggling last night suffered such a serious gunshot wound that he could not be treated in an ordinary clinic and had to go to a large hospital. However, there were no similar patients on the hospital's patient list.

"Where on earth did that person go?"

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Bai Ying left the Public Security Bureau and got in a car with Zhao Dayong to have dinner at a state-owned restaurant.

Although the two of them just had a simple meal, the meal still cost Bai Ying a huge sum of two dollars, which made her feel a little distressed.

In order to make the most of this meal, Bai Ying asked Zhao Dayong to take her to the department store. She used the ticket her mother gave her and the money Chen Ao gave her to buy some candies as wedding candies, as well as things like enamel basins, spittoons and mirrors, which she could use when she moved to the farm.

Zhao Dayong sent Bai Ying back to Liushu Village and helped her move her bags to her doorstep before leaving.

The gate in front of her was closed, and Bai Ying raised her hand and knocked on the door.

Soon, the tightly closed courtyard door opened from the inside, and a tall young man came into view.

He was born with fair skin, delicate and handsome features, and a bright smile on his face that revealed eight snow-white teeth. His pair of almond-shaped eyes sparkled, and he looked cheerful and sunny.

"Third brother?!"