That noon, Chen Xihua was driving back when she received a call from Chen Baohua.
His panicked, somewhat hoarse, and urgent voice rang out: "Fifth Sister, Father and Mother have been taken away by the police, what should we do?"
"Sixth Brother, you believe Fifth Sister, right? Father and Mother will be alright, it's just temporary."
As for the details, I'll tell you later. Don't rush, stay calm, can you do it?" Chen Xihua was actually quite worried about Chen Baohua.
After all, he knew nothing. He was all alone at home, and he was only fifteen or sixteen years old. It was impossible for him not to be afraid and nervous about such a big thing happening in his family.
"Fifth Sister, really? Father and Mother will be alright!"
Chen Baohua asked uncertainly, wanting to hear his fifth sister's affirmation again.
He tried to calm himself down, telling himself to trust his fifth sister and that his parents would be alright.
But around 10 a.m. this morning, when he went out into the corridor, he suddenly heard people in the residential area outside saying that something had happened at Chen's Pastry Shop, resulting in food poisoning among customers and that his parents had been taken away by the police.
Soon after, Wang Xiaoling, the second cousin's wife, who was carrying her luggage and walking out of the family quarters to return to Guangdong Province, was also taken away by someone.
When he heard the news, he was really panicked. He ran out of the residential area and rushed to the nearest police station to ask what was going on.
However, the police stopped them at the door and only said that the matter was still under investigation and that they could not disclose any other information.
They also said that the parents are temporarily unable to meet or have contact with outsiders for the next few days.
Chen Baohua was really scared. He didn't know what to do, and his sisters weren't home!
As I slowly walked home, the whole western district of the county was abuzz with the news that Chen's Pastry Shop had caused food poisoning among the film crew who were recently shooting in Gaoyang County.
His eyes widened in horror, unable to believe it, and he ran to the vicinity of the film crew in the northern suburbs of the county, wanting to find out what was going on.
When he arrived there, he found that the entire film crew had been surrounded by police, and no one else was allowed to enter or leave.
Chen Baohua stood there for an unknown amount of time, then walked home blankly, feeling utterly lost.
It took him a while to realize that his second and fifth sisters' strange behavior over the past six months must be related to this matter, which is why he immediately realized that he should call and ask his fifth sister.
Chen Xihua listened quietly as Chen Baohua recounted in detail what had happened in Gaoyang County over the past half-day on the phone.
She answered him seriously and confidently: "Xiao Liu, I'm sure our family will be fine."
But to avoid arousing suspicion, you should stay home for the next few days and avoid going out.
If your grandparents ask, just say you don't know.
Chen Baohua hummed in agreement, "Okay, Fifth Sister!"
Actually, before receiving Chen Xiaoliu's call, Chen Xihua had already received a message from her second sister: Wang Xiaoling's operation today is proceeding as planned.
Hearing what Xiao Liu said, Chen Xihua realized that the leaders of her second sister's unit had tried to make things more realistic.
I revised her simple plan and ideas, taking all aspects into consideration.
Apart from the fact that the poisoning incident involving members of the film crew was fake, everything else was handled according to proper and legitimate procedures.
Chen Lao Er and his wife were taken away by the police for investigation and cannot be released for the time being. Of course, Wang Xiaoling was also arrested.
Now, everyone in the residential area knows that something has happened to Chen's pastry shop.
By this point in time, the entire Gaoyang County should already know, and newspapers will soon report it as well.
Meanwhile, the police sent people to control the film crew and deliberately told the public that the matter was not serious, and that the people who ate Chen's pastries only had mild stomach discomfort and some diarrhea.
The fact that they wouldn't let the crew members go out, this ambiguous behavior, seems like they were intentionally covering up the truth.
Or perhaps they simply don't want ordinary people to know, fearing it might cause unnecessary panic.
Actually, this was to make things more realistic. The Black Hawk Brotherhood would definitely send people to monitor the development of events, which would create the impression that:
The fact that the higher-ups wanted to suppress the matter, downplaying it, only further confirmed the authenticity and severity of the poisoning incident.
At the same time, in the Bac District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, the police immediately sent word that officers had arrived and taken Chen Jianhua away for questioning.
At this moment, Chen Jianhua is with his lover, Xiaomin.
The little boy, who was about three years old, was very scared and worried. He subconsciously whispered, "Mommy, is Daddy going to be arrested too?"
The woman, Xiaomin, narrowed her eyes. She tried to cover the little boy's mouth, but it was too late.
The two policemen who had just stepped out the door, as well as Chen Jianhua who was about to be taken away, all heard it clearly.
"Jianhua, listen to me, our son is talking nonsense..." Xiaomin's eyes suddenly showed panic.
She never expected that her son, who was so young, would remember something she had said unintentionally.
"What? This dad? Which other dad? Junlei!" Chen Jianhua exclaimed in disbelief.
Soon, from the woman's expression, he roughly understood what was going on.
"Su Min, you shameless woman, Chen Junlei isn't my son, is he?"
You've been seeing other men behind my back! Who are they? Were they arrested too? So you've turned to me for help?"
Chen Jianhua was instantly enraged, his eyes wide with fury.
The police just came to my door, saying that his wife, Wang Xiaoling, had committed a crime, so they needed to take him back for questioning.
Chen Jianhua's emotions remained relatively calm; on the contrary, at this moment, he was truly furious, feeling a surge of anger rising from his chest to the top of his head.
Because Wang Xiaoling's crime was indeed unrelated to him, he felt a moment of panic, after all, he had also drugged his father-in-law Wang Cheng a few years ago.
But no one came forward, and the police did not release any relevant information, only saying that the father-in-law had committed suicide and was in a coma.
He felt that the matter was over and he shouldn't be discovered.
And coincidentally, this time, Wang Xiaoling was arrested for drugging someone, and the Chen family was the victim.
He even thought: if his father-in-law's poisoning was later discovered, he could lead the conversation to say that Wang Xiaoling must have known about his affair and wanted to poison him, but accidentally caused her father to ingest it.
No one knew that in that short period of time, Chen Jianhua had already planned how to completely absolve himself of any involvement.
Chen Jianhua was somewhat pleased, thinking that Wang Xiaoling had ruined her own life by sending him to prison to be with her father, which gave him a good reason to get a divorce.
But Su Min, a homeless woman who depended on him, was actually lying to him.
He was actually deceived and manipulated by a woman who appeared gentle and timid.
Chen Jianhua even raised someone else's son for two or three years; it's truly despicable.
Clearly, the two police officers at the door also immediately sensed that something was wrong.
They certainly had been monitoring Chen Jianhua and the people around him, and they also knew about Su Min.
However, Su Min's records only show that she was abducted as a child, and she claims that she doesn't remember where she's from.
Several years ago, she could no longer endure the abuse from her adoptive parents and finally managed to escape. The police also investigated and confirmed that this had indeed happened.
Not long after, Su Min ended up working at the Wang family's Dacheng Mold Factory.
Later, she got involved with Chen Jianhua. And it seems that Chen Jianhua was the one who took the initiative to approach her.
Therefore, the police had never suspected anything before, and had only been monitoring the situation.
"Su Min, right? Since you've been living with Chen Jianhua for several years, you'll also go back and give a statement regarding his wife, Wang Xiaoling!"
One of the police officers, who was experienced in handling cases, felt that Su Min's problem was more serious.
So they took her along with the little boy, Chen Junlei.
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