Chapter 235: Damn the acting, just a little bit...

After arriving in Hong Kong, they first found a small shop in the downtown area to have a midnight snack, and then strolled in front of the shop with a cup of herbal tea.

Ji Mingcheng arrived with a large group of people more than ten minutes later.

When they arrived, Qiu Jiang popped up and said to the shop owner, "Uncle, another cup of Jiufen herbal tea."

"Here I come."

Liang Jiahao and the others smiled happily, "Madam is so generous!"

"Look, my team member recognizes you quite well." Ji Mingcheng took the cold tea she handed him and took a sip, jokingly.

Qiu Jiang's eyes sparkled as she jokingly replied, "Then Inspector Ji, why don't you go to Peng City more often and treat my team to some herbal tea? I guarantee they'll call you 'boss' all the time."

Do you think he doesn't want to?

It’s because he’s been so busy lately that he doesn’t even have time to go home and chat on the phone.

Ji Mingcheng gritted his teeth.

Deng Xingwang hid behind Ren Wu and touched his nose with a guilty look, obviously not wanting their team to see him at this time.

Unfortunately this is impossible.

He was also drafted into the army.

“Ah, I also have to sit back and wait???——” Deng Xingwang wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Captain Deng is fine, but why am I included?"

Ren Wu had never felt so pitiful.

The complaints are real complaints, but the curiosity is also real curiosity.

By the way, is there any difference between the work of the police in Hong Kong and that in Peng City?

The two of them followed them with a feeling of both grievance and excitement.

Qiu Jiang naturally went to work overtime as well.

Because it was not a systematic one, they did not ask about the case and only took a quick look at the photos of the target.

She was an old lady in her fifties or sixties with drooping eyelids and wrinkles all over her face.

"No way, you can't even catch such an old man?"

After all, Deng Xingwang had dealt with Liang Jiahao and the others before, and they were familiar with each other, so it was strange that he expressed it so directly at this time.

Liang Jiahao firmly defended the powerful image of the Hong Kong police, "How is that possible?"

"We've already captured five of her followers, and it took us a lot of effort to find out where she frequents."

believer?

Deng Xingwang was stunned when he heard this. He leaned over and asked, "Is this some kind of cult?"

"This old witch is very evil. As you know, many people want sons and think that having daughters is a loss of money. So they come to her to change their fate. Some pregnant women end up giving birth to boys, while some give birth to daughters. She says that these girls are blocking their family's luck of having a son. When people hear this, they offer their daughters to her as sacrifices, hoping to give birth to a son."

"If they didn't give birth to a son after the sacrifice, she would say their hearts were not sincere. But those people were stupid enough to actually believe it and burned their daughters one by one."

"This happened so many times that we felt something was amiss, so we followed the clues and found this cult. But this old witch is too cunning, and many places are her deceptions. We only caught her stupid followers, not her. It took us a lot of effort to confirm that her base is in this area, so we have been busy catching her these past few days."

After hearing this, Qiu Jiang and the others all frowned, obviously disgusted by this phenomenon.

"What are you doing? They are your own daughters and children. Why would you kill your own daughter just to have a son?"

Deng Xingwang and Ren Wu were almost mad with anger.

Ren Wu especially didn't understand.

Although people in Peng City also like to have sons, they will raise daughters anyway. After all, more sons means more blessings. If you can't have a son, you will just keep having more. I have never heard of anyone burning a daughter as a sacrifice.

Don't even think about what kind of thing such a horrific doctrine could be.

They now have only one thought, that is, fortunately the mainland has a zero-tolerance attitude towards such evil things and will never allow such things to exist.

So they haven't encountered such a case yet.

I can only say thank God.

But as fortunate as they were that they had never encountered these unscrupulous people before, they hated them so much now.

No, we have to catch the guy even if we don’t celebrate this weekend.

They swept away the regret of not being able to play games just now, and were now determined to catch everyone in one fell swoop.

"We have now locked down the old witch in several buildings between these four roads, but this place is full of good and bad people, and no one knows where she is, so our team has to disperse and we are really short of manpower," Liang Jiahao explained.

The implication is that unless the circumstances were special, they would not have conscripted them.

Deng Xingwang and Ren Wu had no other thoughts at the moment, and they patted their chests.

"No big deal, we're willing to be drafted."

"Good brother, I'll treat you to noodles when I have time."

"good."

After everyone finished communicating, they all took their seats.

Because the three of them were not familiar with this place, they became partners with the people from Group 5.

Qiu Jiang naturally formed a group with Ji Mingcheng.

Everyone quickly separated and stood in their own seats.

Ji Mingcheng patted her shoulder and gave her a telescope to look at a family of three selling fish balls not far away.

The fish ball business was booming, but the husband was not in a good mood, especially towards his wife and daughter. He would scold them for the slightest thing.

Now he was even pointing at his own daughter and calling her a waste. The woman had a numb expression and did not react even after being hit twice by him. It was only at this moment that she hugged her daughter in her arms as if she were alive.

However, this will only cause dissatisfaction among men, and they will curse at them harshly.

Qiu Jiang frowned when he heard this, and wanted to beat him up.

Until he patted her shoulder again.

Qiu Jiang put down the telescope and took several deep breaths, but she was still upset. It was not until his words dissipated all her anger.

“They are the actors I found.”

Seeing her rare stunned expression, he raised the corners of his lips and hooked her nose.

"How was it? Did you perform well?"

Qiu Jiang: "..."

The acting is not just good, it makes people want to beat someone up.

But luckily it was an act.

Otherwise she was really afraid that she would scold them.

But she still has some doubts.

"If you have already caught several people, they might be more cautious and not take the bait so easily." She frowned as she thought about this problem.

Ji Mingcheng flicked her forehead lightly and chuckled, "They have relatives here, and they came here this time under the guise of seeking refuge with 'relatives'. Their relatives are a powerful force in trying to give birth to a son. They just had a son five years ago, and most importantly, their eldest daughter died in a fire. You think that if they suddenly show up and seek refuge with relatives who once shared their 'situation', and are so generous, will they share any good ideas with them if they know of any nearby?"

Qiu Jiang's eyes were shining, but she still had doubts. She asked curiously, "Isn't this family afraid that they won't even be able to be relatives in the future?"

"Who said their identities are real?"

She didn't quite understand and after thinking for a long time she finally connected it to the word "actor" he had just said. She was so surprised that her mouth opened slightly.

Then there were even more surprises.

Yes, why didn’t she think of this method before?

Even after the case is closed, if the family wants to settle accounts with the "couple", when they return to their hometown for a confrontation, they may see relatives who look completely different from the couple.

And he has never been to Hong Kong.

Moreover, if the eldest daughter of this family was also murdered for the same reason, they would probably have to sing "Tears Behind Bars" without even having the chance to ask.

Oh, by the way, people living in prison here probably wouldn’t sing this song.

After thinking everything through, she felt that this method was really great.

She smiled with her eyes curved.

"I've made note of this method. I'll definitely try it when I get a chance."

Ji Mingcheng raised his eyebrows, "I'll give you a good idea, so is there a reward?"

"Ahem, Sir Ji, we're still on the phone, please pay attention."

"Yes, Sir Ji, please don't show your affection in front of us."

"Hey, if you really want to show off your affection, that's fine. Just treat us to a meal. We can even scatter flower petals for you to create a romantic atmosphere."

"Hahaha, yes, yes—"

Hearing their joking voices, Qiu Jiang's face turned red instantly.

Ji Mingcheng was quite shameless. He took her hand, kissed her, and said, "No problem. We can talk about it once we catch them."

"Oh, then we'll just wait—"

Their voices were filled with anticipation.

Qiu Jiang glared at him with a red face.

Too bad there's none of that behind someone's cheeky defense.

In the end, her eyes were tired, so she had no choice but to look away and simply raised the telescope to look at the fish ball stall.

The white fish balls were sold one by one, and the couple's stall business seemed to be booming. At this time, a thin little girl in tattered clothes passed by their stall, and the stall owner immediately called her with a smile.

"Xinxin, come to your uncle's place and eat fish balls."

The little girl named "Xinxin" swallowed her saliva very obviously. Seeing that he was really friendly, she slowly walked over, took the fish balls, and bowed to him politely to thank him.

"You silly girl, you only know how to eat all the delicious food by yourself, don't you know how to share it with your brother?"

A woman who was also dressed in rags came hurriedly with a very strong boy, snatched the fish ball from her hand and stuffed it into the little boy's hand.

Without a word, the boy grabbed the fish ball and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing and shouting, "Delicious."

The little girl seemed to have known the result and stood there stupidly with her head down.

"What are you still standing there for? Go back and cook."

The woman was vicious and showed no maternal love for the little girl at all.

The little girl walked back stiffly with her head down.

The stall owner smiled and complimented, "Sister-in-law, it's just a fish ball. If a girl wants to eat it, just eat it."

"What can she eat as a money-loser? I think you are too lenient with these money-losers, that's why you can't give birth to a son." The fat woman said firmly.

The stall owner turned around and glanced at his daughter. The little girl flinched, and he glared at her instantly. "This is not something that can be put on the table."

After scolding his daughter, he sighed and said to the woman, "If I didn't have this one money-losing girl, how could I be so nice to her?"

"Bah, what's the point of being good? It's still a jinx. It's because of these jinxes that my good son is unhappy and doesn't want to join your family."

"Ah? What's the meaning of this?"

The stall owner seemed quite concerned.

The woman glanced at the little girl behind the stall and seemed to want to say something, but was stopped by a man's cough.

"What are you chatting about? Why don't you go back and cook?"

"Oh, I'll go right away."

After they finished talking, the two of them went back. The stall owner frowned, turned off his phone which was still talking, and went back to making fish balls.

Everyone who had been on high alert and staring at what was happening here now frowned deeply.

Damn, almost.