"A thousand paper cranes?"
Mo Gong'an took it in his hand and examined it, then turned his head and said, "Newspapers are such a good thing, they can even be used to wallpaper walls, and you're just letting your kids fold them up to play with?"
Jiang Ci's face turned ashen as she said, "My child doesn't know how to fold origami cranes at all!"
She looked at Huang Zheyue, who immediately said, "I've never folded origami cranes before, this isn't something from home!"
"It's not your property?"
Mo Gong'an's expression turned serious. "Do you often have friends visiting and leaving things behind?"
“No, apart from my family and Zheyue, the only other time was last week when some friends came over, but they were just visiting. Why would they bring newspapers?” Jiang Ci said. “My family has never subscribed to a newspaper.”
Mo Gong'an glanced at their newspaper box. If they had subscribed to newspapers, it would be marked so that people could deliver the newspapers. The last time they subscribed to newspapers was last year.
The neighbors who came over to watch the commotion started gossiping, "Could it be that Old He's kid from across the street folded some origami cranes and left them at Zhou's doorstep?"
Old He objected, saying, "My family wouldn't let our kids waste paper like that! Don't talk nonsense!"
When Old He said that, someone hesitated and said, "Could it be... something that Baihua's mother-in-law left here?"
“Think about it, Baihua’s mother-in-law’s godson came up to steal from the Zhou family. Her godson definitely doesn’t know where the Zhou family is! Although Baihua’s mother-in-law could tell the Zhou family’s location in advance, what if she got it wrong? Wouldn’t that cause a huge uproar?”
"So Baihua's mother-in-law specially made a paper crane and placed it in the Zhou family's house. As long as her godson sees this paper crane, he will know that this is the Zhou family's house, and he can steal it every time!"
“It’s really possible!”
Some people were analyzing the situation. Hearing this, the old lady He and her daughter-in-law at the back exchanged a glance. The old lady He said, "Could it be that the other day, Baihua's mother-in-law went upstairs, saying she was borrowing soy sauce, but actually she came to leave the origami cranes here as a marker?"
"That's really possible!"
After their analysis, Old Mrs. He immediately perked up and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Baihua's mother-in-law came once the day before yesterday! She came once the day before yesterday!"
When Mo Gong'an asked her to come over, the old lady of the He family immediately recounted what had happened before: "That day, I suddenly heard people arguing outside the door. When I went out to take a look, I found that Bai Hua's mother-in-law and Jiang Ci were arguing. Bai Hua's great-grandmother said that Comrade Jiang was not a good neighbor and would not even lend her soy sauce."
"Officer Mo, you don't know, Bai Hua and her husband almost covered up their bad deeds when the naked educated youth were attacking people. It was Comrade Jiang who exposed them. The two families already had a feud, how could Comrade Jiang possibly have any neighborly feelings with the Bai family?"
"I think Baihua's mother-in-law's excuse about borrowing soy sauce was just that—she really wanted to put origami cranes at Comrade Jiang's doorstep!"
The old lady of the He family spoke with absolute certainty.
After listening, Mo Gong'an said, "Go and check on Bai Hua's family."
So a whole bunch of people went to the Bai family's house.
As soon as they arrived at the Bai family's door, the door, which had been opened a crack, suddenly slammed shut.
Zhou Huai suddenly exclaimed, "Isn't this just a newspaper?"
Zhou Huai squatted down, pushed the clutter aside, and pulled out a newspaper from it.
There's a gap missing at the top!
Mo Gong'an immediately unfolded the origami crane in his hand and laid it flat.
Place it through the tear in the newspaper.
The crowd of onlookers immediately squeezed through. Some of them had sharp eyes and noticed that when the edge of the tear aligned with the edge of the unfolded origami crane, even the words matched. They immediately exclaimed, "This is a newspaper!"
"That's right, that's right! I print newspapers, I can vouch for it! This is the same newspaper!"
Mo Gong'an sneered, glanced at the Bai family's newspaper box, and then walked to Bai Hua's door and knocked.
There was no movement inside.
"Stop pretending! I know someone's home! If you don't open the door, as a police officer, I have a duty to forcibly enter the suspect's home to conduct a search! Open the door now!"
Mo Gong'an's voice was stern.
A moment later, a muffled coughing sound rang out, "They're here...they're here."
The door was opened.
The man who opened the door looked sickly. "I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well. I was resting in the bedroom and didn't hear the knocking."
"What's going on? Why are you all gathered at my door?"
The man said, looking quite confused.
Police Officer Mo asked, "What's your name? What's your relationship with Bai Hua? What's your relationship with her mother-in-law?"
The man said, "My name is Fuqiang, Baihua is my wife, and her mother-in-law is my mother."
"Have you been home all day?"
Fu Qiang said, "Yes, I was injured on duty before, and my health has not been very good. I have been unable to work, so my wife has taken over my job at the newspaper. I have been staying at home."
"It's too cold today, and I'm worried about catching a cold again, so I haven't gone out."
"Officer Mo, with such a loud commotion outside, didn't you hear a thing?"
Fuqiang: "No, I've been sleeping the whole time."
Police Chief Mo, “Someone said they saw your mother bring several men to your house yesterday. Those men are all your mother’s godsons. Are you aware of this?”
Fuqiang paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Those people must have been seeing things. I never go out. The children go to school, Baihua goes to work, and I stay at home. My mother has indeed gone out, but no one else has ever come to our house."
Fu Qiang was more composed than Mo Gong'an had imagined, standing openly before him without fear of Mo Gong'an's scrutiny.
Jiang Ci's gaze fell on Fu Qiang.
The fact that such a person could tolerate his wife having children with other men shows his cold-heartedness and selfishness.
If forced to choose between protecting oneself and protecting one's mother, this person would undoubtedly choose to protect themselves.
They might even push their own mother out to clear themselves of any wrongdoing.
"Don't talk nonsense. They saw it with their own eyes. You're saying they're seeing things? That's utter rubbish!"
Fuqiang coughed, looking as if he could be blown away by the wind, and said, "Officer, I can go with you to the police station for an investigation."
Mo Gong'an looked him up and down, then said, "Let's go."
"Wait a moment, I'll go in and get dressed."
Fuqiang went back inside.
Jiang Ci wanted to say something, but she was looking after the two children and didn't stand too far inside.
At this moment, Zhou Mingli took a step forward and said, "He is not an easy person to deal with. We have dealt with him before, and he is very eloquent."
Mo Gong'an nodded. "I sensed it. Don't worry, I won't just listen to him."
Zhou Mingli's expression did not relax. He said, "Suppose he knew very well what his mother did and witnessed what happened downstairs, do you think he wouldn't destroy the evidence?"
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