"It's Zhou Miao's voice, Comrade Gong'an. She's the child's stepmother. Arrest her quickly. She might be involved in child trafficking here, and it's very likely that she's the one who sold the child."
It has to be said that Xie Guihua was right. One of the younger police officers cooperated by rushing in and pulling out a young woman.
"Let go of me, let go of me, what are you doing? I'm pregnant, be gentle."
Comrade Gong An curled his lip and said, "So what if you're pregnant? You're breaking the law, girl."
He released his grip, pointed at the two unconscious girls, and asked, "Comrade, are you their stepmother, Zhou Miao?"
With Xie Guihua around, Zhou Miao knew she couldn't deny it.
"Yes, I am Zhou Miao, but how did my child end up here?"
She tried to remain calm.
“I took the kids out to buy food just now, and when I turned around, they were gone. It’s their first time in the city, so they probably got lost.”
"Comrade Gong'an, may I ask who helped me find my child? I want to thank her in person."
The on-the-spot change was quite smooth.
She thought she was winking at the two people on the ground without leaving a trace, but the woman had a sudden idea.
"Oh dear, the old man got no good reward. We just saw the two children fall to the ground and picked them up. We were going to take them to the police station to ask them to help find the children's relatives."
"We hadn't gone more than a few steps when this madman grabbed us and insisted that we were beggars. We're just honest, law-abiding country folk who came to the city to buy medicine for our sick child. We never expected to be labeled like this."
“Comrade Gong’an, you can go to the hospital and ask if you don’t believe me. I have the receipts on me. We paid the fees and were thinking of grabbing something to eat before going back to get the medicine and go home when we ran into the two children.”
The woman reached into her bosom with her uninjured hand and pulled out a hospital bill. It had a string of medication names written on it in a flamboyant style and was stamped, indicating that the payment had been made.
Gong An witnessed the whole process, so how could he be deceived by her few words?
Whether the order is real or fake is not important.
The young policeman flashed a sarcastic smile, revealing a set of white teeth. "Comrade Zhou Miao, confess and you'll be treated leniently. Are you sure the child got lost on his own?"
"Those two people didn't say that. They claimed to be the parents of those two children. One minute they're parents, the next they're saying they're doing a good deed. Think it through before you speak."
Zhou Miao's heart pounded; she felt there was something more to his words.
"It's true. My children rarely go out and don't know the way in the city. They wanted to eat meat buns, and I felt sorry for them suffering in the countryside, so I brought them here. I didn't expect them to get lost on the way."
The child is still unconscious. We can keep him in a coma for now. At worst, we'll just buy him two meat buns later.
As for the money she received, it went into her pocket, and the two men can forget about getting it back.
For the sake of their freedom, the two dared not utter any nonsense in order to get their money back. They would simply get 120 yuan for nothing and then find another way to drive those two wretched girls away next time.
Thinking this way, Zhou Miao felt much calmer.
Xie Guihua rolled her eyes. "Zhou Miao, I would believe you if you treated the children in the compound even a little bit better. During the days they were sick, I brought them food every single day."
"Not only do you not cook for the children, but you also accuse me of having ill intentions. Now you say you care about the children? I don't believe you for a second."
"Comrade Gong'an, even if the children were lost, they wouldn't have collapsed on the ground. I hope you can thoroughly investigate why the two children are unconscious."
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the sisters' disappearance was related to Zhou Miao, and just thinking about it made her feel uneasy.
"Comrades, I am the child's biological father. Please do me a favor and leave. Thank you."
He didn't want to air his family's dirty laundry in public.
The onlookers looked at the two police officers, and seeing them nod, they suppressed their desire to see what would happen next and left, looking back every few steps.
Zhou Miao froze upon hearing the familiar voice, her face turning deathly pale. She turned around in disbelief and saw Xu Jianghai sitting in a wheelchair with a gloomy expression.
"Hai, Brother Hai, what are you doing here?"
My back was covered in cold sweat, and I was so frightened that I couldn't speak properly.
Xu Jianghai didn't look at her, but thanked Xie Guihua instead.
“Sister-in-law, thank you for saving Xiaoying and Xiaolan. There’s no need to investigate this matter. I saw Zhou Miao selling children with my own eyes. Whether those two were traffickers or buyers still needs to be investigated.”
His tone shifted abruptly, and his already gloomy expression turned icy cold.
"Zhou Miao, what else do you have to say?"
"Brother Hai, I, you..."
Xu Jianghai snorted, "You want to ask me why I'm here instead of at the hospital? How else would I see your ugly face if I weren't here?"
"Zhou Miao, you said you brought your child to buy meat buns, but it turned into selling my daughter? And you ended up with 120 yuan in your pocket for no reason?"
"With such a strong wind and rain, how could you let such a small child fetch your food? Don't you have any heart?"
Every word spoken felt like a heavy hammer pounding into Zhou Miao's heart. She knew it was all over, everything was over.
As her husband's wife, how could she not know his temperament? He was extremely concerned about his reputation and face. By choosing to expose her in front of others, he was clearly not planning to give her any way out.
Why should she? She's carrying his precious son! He clearly values his son the most...
Yes, son, how could she forget?
She's not finished yet; she has a get-out-of-jail-free card.
She rushed to Xu Jianghai, tears streaming down her face.
"Brother Hai, I didn't mean it. I just changed my personality without realizing it because I was pregnant. I'm carrying your son. It's because of your son that I changed."
"Brother Hai, believe me, this isn't my true nature. Really, how could I not love your child?"
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