Chapter 65: It’s unreasonable (33)

Ren Siqiao raised his head and glanced at the police officer who asked the question, then nodded nonchalantly, "Yeah."

"So do you remember when was the last time you saw your father?"

Ren Siqiao was a little annoyed by being asked the same questions over and over again. She didn't want to talk, but still pointed in the direction of the residential area opposite.

Although no words were spoken, the police roughly knew the answer based on Lan Jin's confession. But knowing it doesn't mean that it's the end. Some words still need to be confirmed from the child's mouth, in case they are overthinking it, right?

The police asked again, "Qiao Qiao, can you tell us? We don't quite understand what you're pointing to."

Lan Jin immediately cooperated and said, "Qiao Qiao, your brother and sister are asking you a question. Tell them when you last saw your father."

Ren Siqiao pouted and said in a baby voice, "When we lived across the street."

"Haven't you seen him since then?" the police officer continued to ask.

Ren Siqiao nodded heavily, which was considered as answering their question.

Next, the police officers asked, "Qiao Qiao just said her father beat her and her aunt scolded her. What's going on? Child abuse is not allowed. We have to deal with this matter as well. Please tell us in detail now."

"I didn't really hit her, but my ex-mother-in-law liked me and my child, so our relationship with her was quite weak. After Ren Xing and Meng Ying got together, she was very popular with my ex-mother-in-law. She was showing off in front of me before we even got divorced.

Every time they saw me talking to my child, they were extremely arrogant. Although the child couldn't understand the specific content, he could still understand the tone. In addition, the two of them would occasionally knock on my door and stand at our door and scold us. I really couldn't stand it anymore, so I moved out.

Lan Jin didn't lie. Although she ignored them, they kept whispering to her. Did she think she couldn't hear them? So, this wasn't really a lie.

Lan Jin finished speaking and continued, "If this house hadn't been renovated, I really wouldn't want to live here. After all, it's too close. But my child is still young, and it would be better to wait until the formaldehyde has dissipated before moving in. For the sake of my child's health, after weighing the pros and cons, I decided to live here.

The roads are being cleared outside these days, and I'm worried I'll run into these two people if I go out. My kids and I haven't left the house during this period. But what happened to Ren Xing? I haven't seen him since we moved here."

"Ren Xing has been missing for a week."

"A week? That's when the road was just cleared. With so many people outside, someone would have seen him. You could ask others. Maybe he ran into someone he knew along the way and left with them. But why did you only come here to investigate after he'd been missing for a week?"

The police explained, "Meng Ying thought Ren Xing had reunited with you, but she didn't realize he was actually missing. That's why she waited a week before reporting the case."

Lan Jin couldn't help but roll her eyes and said with disgust, "Has she found a new way to disgust me? Please, comrade police officer, please explain clearly to me that Ren Xing and I have nothing to do with each other, and I will never get back together with him."

The investigation ended at this point. Lan Jin's words were reasonable, but also unreasonable. The reasonable part was that her statements matched those of the child. If adults could lie, could children?

In addition, if this happened to anyone, anyone with a bit of backbone would never get back together with Ren Xing, not to mention that Lan Jin got so much money and real estate during the divorce. No one with any brains would be with Ren Xing again.

But the unreasonable part is how everything can be related to Lan Jin. This is very unreasonable.

On the way back, the group discussed, "Although this situation has happened before, I still feel that Lan Jin isn't completely innocent."

"But children can't lie, right? She's not even three years old yet, and can't even speak clearly. You don't have children, so you wouldn't know. Even if you tell a child her in advance, she'll forget it immediately. So Ren Xing definitely didn't come to the house."

"But your explanation doesn't make sense. If a child has such a bad memory, how could she remember how long ago she met her father, and even clearly remember that she met him in the neighborhood across the street?"

"Because that man is her father. No matter how bad he is, he is still her father. Even though she is young, she is not stupid. She still knows this. What I mean by forgetting is to collude with the child's testimony. How can such a young child collude? I am more inclined to believe that Ren Xing did intend to find Lan Jin, but left halfway."

"Lan Jin said she didn't go out, who can prove it?"

"Who can prove it? There was no surveillance at the time. And if there was surveillance and it was confirmed to be related to Lan Jin, we would have gone straight to the house to arrest him."

Everyone was speechless for a while, and then started talking again.

…

Ever since the flood subsided, the place where they collected supplies moved from the rooftop to the first floor. Now that the electricity has been restored, they have directly stopped distributing rescue supplies.

But it doesn’t matter if there are no relief supplies, because the canteens and supermarkets are back online again, and the supplies are still the same, but now everyone can go out, so online shopping and delivery services have been cancelled.

In short, the rescue APP is temporarily suspended. If you want to buy something, please queue up directly at the door.

However, the purchase of items that should be restricted is still restricted, and the currency used to buy supplies has long been the previous contribution points.

But now everyone has a question, where is RMB?

The floods are gone, summer is almost over, but banks still can’t open for business?

It's not that the banks don't want to go to work. The main reason is that the policy from above has not yet been issued, and it is still unknown whether the RMB can continue to be used. Even if they go to work, it's okay, so naturally they don't go to work.

But no matter what, with the establishment of the canteen, everyone's meals have made a qualitative leap. At least the food everyone eats is no longer compressed biscuits.

…

The time came to September.

The heat outside did not decrease with the passage of time, but instead became higher and higher as time went by.

When the flood just passed, the thermometer showed that the temperature outside had not yet reached 40 degrees. Now the temperature indoors has reached 45 degrees, not to mention the outdoor temperature, which once approached 70 degrees. However, even so, the only electrical appliances that can be used are still electric fans. In such a hot summer, almost everyone feels dizzy and has a headache.

(End of this chapter)