However, the process was not smooth.

"The local police have located the girl's hometown, but they haven't been able to see her. She's being watched by her family and they're not allowing her to see anyone."

The girl's parents, however, were completely unmoved by reasoning, refusing to acknowledge anything and refusing to let their daughter come forward.

I suspect that the deceased's family must have found them beforehand, otherwise the two of them wouldn't have been able to take so many days off to go back to their hometown.

They were probably afraid of offending people, and also afraid of damaging their daughter's reputation, so they stubbornly refused to come forward.

After hearing what Captain Chen said, everyone fell silent.

Finally, Su He asked, "What is Hu Xing doing now?"

Qi Yang sighed, "He went to the girl's hometown and reportedly even knelt down before them, but the family still refused to let their daughter come out to testify."

Everyone frowned even more upon hearing this.

"And there's more bad news." At this point, Captain Chen continued, "The deceased's family put pressure on the Municipal Public Security Bureau. This case can't be delayed any longer. They've already asked us to close it, and even the court hearing date has been set for the day after tomorrow."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone became anxious.

"Then what should we do? We can't just let Hu Xing bear the blame for murder, can we?"

"Yes, it was clearly a rescue, how can it be charged with murder?"

"So what should we do now?"

Su He thought about it and felt that the key to the matter lay with that little girl.

So he asked, "Where is the little girl's hometown? Is it far?"

Qi Yang guessed what she was thinking. "It's not far. It's in the neighboring Hebei province. It only takes half a day by train."

Upon hearing this, Su He immediately looked at Captain Chen and said, "I'd like to ask for leave this afternoon."

Captain Chen guessed what she was going to do, thought for a moment, and nodded directly, "Okay, be careful on the road, and do your best."

Qi Yang, who was standing nearby, chimed in, "Why don't I go with you?"

Su He shook her head. "No need, I can go by myself."

Qi Yang didn't insist, but said, "Then just do your best. That family doesn't seem easy to reason with, and their hometown is in the countryside where they don't know anyone. They're probably quite xenophobic. If it really doesn't work, just come back, and we'll think of another way."

Team Leader Chen added, "Time is running out, so don't force the young lady to come forward if she's unwilling."

Su He nodded.

After that, she called Lin Jingyan's workplace and told him that she would be going on a business trip for two days, without specifying what it was about.

Lin Jingyan didn't ask any further questions, but simply told her to be careful.

Then Su He prepared the letter of introduction, went home again, told her family that she was going on a business trip, and packed some personal items. Just as she was leaving, Dahei came back, so she thought about it and decided to take it with her.

Of course, she didn't just bring Dahei along randomly; she had other ideas.

Afterwards, Su He declined Grandma Su's offer to prepare food for her, citing her urgent departure. After leaving home, she did not go to the train station first, but instead took Da Hei to a certain place.

It was quite late when they arrived at the train station. The only afternoon train was at around 4 p.m. Su He didn't insist. She bought a ticket, hid Da Hei in her backpack, and boarded the train.

They didn't arrive in Danyang County, Hebei Province, which is the little girl's hometown, until 9 p.m.

When she arrived, it was already late, so she stayed overnight at the guesthouse at the train station. As for Dahei, he went out to find food.

They didn't return until dawn.