Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Suspect in the Child Drowning Case

Chapter 6

When the old woman finished speaking, her voice choked and she could no longer utter a single syllable.

She could only look at the camera with pleading eyes, hoping that Qin Ye would accept her commission.

Qin Ye realized that the client in front of him was the mother of the child who drowned in the neighboring village, and said, "Okay, I'll take your commission. Tomorrow morning, I will go to Waping Village to find... find the child for you."

Based on her many years of experience in criminal investigation, if the four-year-old Gu Hu really drowned, he would be in great danger.

But when facing Gu Hu's white-haired biological mother, she still prefers to describe the search for the body as "looking for the child." This was the only consolation she could give to her client.

The commissioned connection was interrupted, and only one of the ten viewers in the live broadcast room left.

Qin Ye was just about to close the live broadcast room.

At this time, the audience "Ming Yue Qing Feng" who had not left posted a barrage: [The client who just appeared, is she really Gu Hu's mother? Judging from her age, she should be in her early sixties now, right? She looks older than my 80-year-old grandmother. 】

Qingfeng Mingyue's description sounded very familiar, as if she was an old acquaintance of the client.

Qin Ye's curiosity was aroused, and he couldn't help asking: "Do you know Gu Hu's family? Were you also from Wuning County?"

In a blink of an eye, the number of viewers in the live broadcast room dropped to zero.

Qingfeng Mingyue left after posting the comment, as if he didn't hear her question.

Bang, bang, bang——

The door of the room was slammed loudly, and Qin Ze's unpleasant voice came from the door: "Mom asked me to call you to eat!"

"Okay, I got it, thank you."

Qin Ye agreed immediately.

She turned off the live broadcast room, put away the screen, washed her face, and then went to the main hall where the Qin family ate.

As she walked in, the three people at the table all looked up at her.

The four people looked at each other, and no one spoke first.

In Qin Ye's two lifetimes, this was the first time she had to face the scene of her family waiting for her to eat.

Facing the gazes of several people, she touched her nose uncomfortably, not knowing what to say to break the silent and awkward atmosphere in the main room.

Mother Qin secretly poked Qin Guman's elbow with chopsticks.

Qin Guman sat up straight with a start, rubbing his calloused hands awkwardly, with a flattering smile: "Ye Ye, are you tired today? What did the police say? What's going on with your uncle? Have you caught An Chuqiang's grandson?"

"Tsk! You are..."

Mother Qin gently twisted the back of Qin Guman's hand, as if she was disappointed with him. "Can you ask your questions one by one? If you ask a long list at once, which one should Ye Ye answer for you?"

She was afraid that Qin Ye would be angry because Qin Guman asked too many questions, so she hurried to teach Qin Guman a lesson.

Qin Ye naturally knew what Qin's mother's intention was, and sighed in his heart. He didn't know when she could change the bad image that the original owner left to her family.

It’s not that she necessarily expects her family to be happy and harmonious. At the very least, whenever Qin's father and mother talk to her, they shouldn't act like a mouse seeing a cat.

Every time she saw the Qin family members speaking timidly, she felt really uncomfortable.

"Mom, it's okay! Dad cares about me too. If he wants to ask you anything, just let him. I remember all the questions!"

Qin Ye took over the conversation with a smile, pulled out a small stool on the ground, sat down next to Qin Guman, and began to answer the questions he had just asked one by one: "I'm not tired, just a little hungry. The public security comrade said that he would tell me if there is any progress in the case, and also said not to go down to the river recently, fearing that there will be floods, it's dangerous!"

When she said this, she paused and looked at Qin Ze.

Qin Ze was drinking rice porridge from a bowl. When he noticed Qin Ye was looking at him, he drank faster.

He drank the wine in two gulps, threw the bowl back on the table, and glared at Qin Ye with his neck stiff: "I'm not going into the river. I'm not like some idiots who always like to run to the river. I'm afraid of being pushed into the river by An Chuqiang!"

The fool Qin Ye mentioned by Qin Ze: "..."

"How are you talking to your sister?!"

Mother Qin raised her hand and slapped Qin Ze on the back of his head, "Your sister cared about you out of kindness, and you scolded her!"

Qin Ze shrank his neck, broke off a piece of mixed grains, and muttered softly: "Who asked her to be so kind."

Qin Ye didn't want his family to have a meal in peace because of him, so he quickly brought the topic back to the case: "Uncle admitted in front of the whole village that he lied. The police also got the address of An Chuqiang's home, so they should be able to catch him soon."

She felt a little dry in the mouth as she spoke, so she picked up the porridge and took a sip. The corn grits at the bottom of the porridge were so sparse that they melted before entering your mouth, just like drinking plain water.

It seems that the Qin family is having a hard time now.

"That's right, Dad."

Qin Ye looked at Qin Guman, "The secretary said that he wants you to go to the threshing ground to look after it starting tomorrow. He doesn't want your uncle to do it anymore."

Qin Guman had never expected that he would be able to take care of the grain field: "Really?! Secretary T asked me to take care of the grain field, that's great! I can earn more work points, and this year's grain distribution will give us more, so we can have a few full meals."

He was disabled in both legs and could not do the farm work in the production team, so his wife was the only one who depended on him to earn work points for the family. Fortunately, he had some tailoring skills. On weekdays, villagers from all over the country would come to him when they wanted to make clothes but found it troublesome.

Unfortunately, my legs were not as good as before. As soon as I stopped taking the medicine, they started to hurt terribly. The little money he earned from tailoring was eventually spent on his legs, and sometimes he had to ask his wife for extra money.

Qin Guman has always felt guilty about this, thinking that he was a burden to his family.

In order to reduce the burden on his family, Qin took on all the chores such as cooking and washing clothes as long as he was capable of doing them.

Now that he knew he could go to the threshing ground to earn work points, Qin Guman couldn't stop smiling.

"Gu Man, is this okay? I always feel uneasy."

Unlike Qin Guman's happiness, Qin's mother was more concerned. "His aunt-in-law took the job of watching over the threshing ground very seriously. Now that our family has taken over this job, how can she not come and make a scene?"

When Qin Guman heard his wife's words, it was like a bucket of cold water was poured over his head, and his smile faded a little.

yes! How could he forget about that shrew Shen Dahong? You can't afford to offend his family.

Qin Ye looked at the couple hesitating and felt a headache: "Mom, Dad, the secretary said that the job was assigned to Dad, so it's Dad's. What are you afraid of? If Shen Dahong dares to make trouble, I'm here for her! I'll take her to find the secretary, and she'll be able to show off her power in front of him!"

Both Qin's father and mother are weak-willed and cannot stand firm.

The original owner has always been strong at home. No matter what she said, as long as the couple could do it, they would do it according to her wishes no matter how difficult it was.

After hearing what Qin Ye said, although Qin's mother was afraid that Shen Dahong would come to her house and make a scene, she still gritted her teeth and agreed: "Since Ye Ye said so, let's go. I heard that we can earn eight work points a day."

Qin Gu nodded and agreed: "Yes! We should go, we should go. This is a good thing that is hard to find even with a lantern."

The two of them talked back and forth, and finally the matter was settled.

Qin Ye was extremely satisfied, with a smile on his face, as if he had already seen the good days in the future waving to the Qin family.

She picked up the bowl and drank half of it in one breath. When I put down the bowl, I found that the multi-grain cakes in the basket in front of me were gone.

Qin Ye turned her head and found that Qin Ze was holding her multi-grain cake in his hand and had bitten off half of it in one bite.

"Why are you looking at me again?"

Qin Ze frowned impatiently and said unhappily, "Isn't it just eating your broken cake? Is it necessary to stare at me?"

How on earth did this brat manage to rob people’s food and still feel so clear about it? ! !

Qin Ye gritted his teeth, unable to bear it any longer.

She put down her chopsticks and was about to teach Qin Ze a lesson when a white flour meat bun suddenly appeared in the basket in front of her - it was what she and Qin's mother brought back for Qin Guman and his son.

Qin Ze calmly took back his hand that had put the bun in his hand and gave her a sidelong glance: "Tsk, stingy guy, I'll give you my bun as compensation, okay?"

Qin Ye: “???”

Not sure, take another look, it seems that her cheap brother is a tsundere.

…

The next day, Qin Ye got up early and went for a run, intending to get his body back to the state of his previous life as soon as possible.

But now my body is too weak and I don’t have the energy to keep up. She had just run half a circle around the village, probably less than three kilometers, and she was already holding her waist, gasping for breath.

Qin Ye could only give up for the time being and planned to proceed step by step, increasing the amount of exercise little by little every day.

When she returned to Qin's house, she ran into Qin Ze going out.

Seeing her blushing face, Qin Ze's eyebrows twisted into knots again: "What did you do so early in the morning?"

"Morning run."

Qin Ye said truthfully, and then asked, "What about you? What are you going to do now?"

Qin Ze walked towards the house, and while walking he did not forget to retort: ​​"Which eye of yours saw me going out? I want to open the door of my house to get some fresh air, is that not allowed? And..."

His speech speed suddenly increased, and if you didn't listen carefully you couldn't hear what he was saying: "Don't run to the barn at the east end of the village. People say that Old Zhang is a stinky old man. He talks nonsense all day long, and he must be harboring evil intentions. Be careful if you run into him one day, or he will do something bad to you."

Fortunately, Qin Ye had sharp hearing and heard every word clearly.

She was so happy: "Qin Ze, are you saying this to show your concern for my sister? Let me guess, you went out just now, didn't you want to find me?"

"What are you talking about? I didn't!"

Qin Ze jumped up like a dog whose tail was stepped on, and retorted loudly, but his ears turned red.

Qin Ye took in his reaction, suppressed his laughter, and invited him: "After dinner, if you have nothing to do, come with me to Waping Village. I heard from Public Security He that a child in Waping Village fell into the river and disappeared. Let's go and help look for him."

It's better for her to take Qin Ze with her than for Qin Ze to run out and hang out with those second-rate guys.

The original owner and Qin Ze are both sixteen years old this year. Their peers in the village who were of the same age as them, those who went to school went to the county town to attend middle school, and those who did not go to school followed their families to work in the fields.

The Qin family had no money to send the siblings to school, and the two of them refused to work, so they just spent their days fooling around. As a result, they grew up astray.

The original owner is no longer here. Since she took over the original owner's identity, she owed the original owner a favor and could not just watch Qin Ze grow up astray.

Qin Ze subconsciously made up an excuse to refuse: "I won't go. I'm going to the county town to see my friends."

Qin Ye could tell that he was lying, so he raised two fingers and said, "Two choices: one, you go with me; two, I tie you up and take you with me."

As she spoke, she walked to the beam where the dried peppers were drying and pulled out a hemp rope. In front of Qin Ze, he stretched the rope and tied it into a strong and beautiful knot.

Qin Ze felt a chill on his forehead, and in a trance, he seemed to see himself being tied up by Qin Ye and paraded through the streets.

And his reputation as Brother Ze disappeared completely in front of his younger brothers in the whole county.

…

In the end, Qin Ze left with Qin Ye in shame.

Waping Village is not far from Juexing Village. After walking for less than twenty minutes, the two entered the village.

There are not many people in the village now. Almost everyone has gone to the river to help search and salvage Gu Hu's body.

Qin Ye and Qin Ze passed by the door of a certain house, and suddenly a woman's shrill cry was heard in the yard.

"Li Daniu, please, please think about it again, did you remember the wrong place? Think about it again--"

Among them, there was also vague persuasion from others: "Hu Zi's mother, we know you can't accept that Hu Zi is gone, but you've been pestering Daniu, but to no avail! Everyone in the village has fished out what needs to be fished out..."

Qin Ye knocked on the gate with her fingers, but perhaps it was too noisy in the yard and no one heard her knocking. She waited for a long time but there was no response.

She simply pushed the door open and walked in, not forgetting to hook her hand to signal Qin Ze to follow her.

Everyone in the yard gathered together, patiently comforting the crying woman in the middle, including He Gongan.

No one noticed the appearance of Qin Ye and Qin Ze.

It was not until they approached the crowd that He Gongan saw Qin Ye. He nodded slightly at her as a greeting.

Qin Ye also responded to the other party's greeting with a nod.

Afterwards, she also focused her attention on Gu Hu's mother, Gu Yun, her first client in the case.

Gu Yun is still very young now, even though the torture of the past few days has made her look disheveled and haggard.

Qin Ye could still see that Gu Yun was now a real beauty.

She couldn't help but recall the barrage message from "Ming Yue Qing Feng".

For the next forty years, Gu Yun would probably have lived a miserable life, right? Her peers had just retired and were preparing to enjoy a good life in their later years; but she was immersed in the pain of losing her son and turned into an exceptionally old white-haired woman.

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it, my Hu Zi can't possibly die!"

Gu Yun's cries became more hysterical.

She broke free from the restraints of others and stumbled to a short and strong man: "Daniu, you must have remembered the wrong place, right? I remember very clearly that you said at the beginning that Hu Zi fell into the river on the east bank, but after Hu Zi's shoes were found on the west bank, you said that he fell from the west. Daniu, think about it again, think about it again..."

Li Daniu raised his leg, wanting to kick the crazy woman away, but because there were so many people around, he had to retract his leg.

He bent down and repeatedly kowtowed to Gu Yun to beg for mercy, his tone full of impatience: "My aunt, I said I remembered it wrong, I remembered it wrong, how many times do you want me to say it!"

Qin Ye took in all of Li Daniu's actions and shook his head slightly.

Something is wrong, she felt, something was wrong with this Li Daniu.