Chapter 72 Hu Meili was arrested
Around ten o'clock in the evening, the courtyard of No. 28 Ping'an Hutong was dark and quiet, as if all the residents in the courtyard had fallen asleep.
Suddenly, a rough male scream cut through the darkness. Hearing the noise, Shi Yue immediately stood up and turned on the light. He recognized it as Yang Zhiqiang's voice.
When Shi Yue pushed open the door and came out, he saw that everyone else in the yard had turned on the lights. After all, it wasn't particularly late at this time, and everyone had just gone to bed and hadn't fallen asleep yet. When they heard the noise, they all got up to check what was going on.
Shi Yue was the first to open the door. The second was the Li family who lived on the other side of the Yang family. Li Xiuying, who was wearing a large vest, pushed open the door, looked in Shi Yue's direction, and asked.
"Hey Xiaoshi, was it your family that was shouting just now? I heard the noise coming from your side. What's going on? What happened?"
Shi Yue shook his head innocently and pretended to be confused, "No, it wasn't my family shouting. I just came out after hearing the noise."
Li Xiuying: "If that's not your house, then it must be Old Yang's, right?"
Gao Cuifen, who had also poked her head out, said, "It should be the old Yang family. That voice just now sounded like Zhiqiang's."
"Oh no, something might have happened to Old Yang!" Li Xiuying became worried instantly.
She ran out and came to the Yang family's door, knocking on it while asking, "Old Yang? Zhiqiang? What happened to you? Are you okay?"
As Li Xiuying knocked on the door, a muffled sound of something falling was heard from inside the Yang family's house.
At this time, almost everyone in the yard had come out. When they heard the muffled sound, they were more certain that something had happened to the Yang family. Just when everyone was hesitating whether to kick the door open directly, Yang Zhiqiang's out-of-tune voice came out.
"Let me go, let me go, you bitch!"
The next second, Yang Zhiqiang hurriedly ran out of the house. His clothes were neatly dressed, but his expression looked a little bad.
He folded his hands over his chest and ran to everyone in a panic, looking frightened and saying, "She's being a hooligan! Hu Meili is trying to be a hooligan to me!"
Everyone thought something had happened to Old Lady Yang and was getting very nervous, but when they heard Yang Zhiqiang's words, their expressions froze instantly.
Gao Cuifen rolled her eyes speechlessly. "Yang Zhiqiang, you're so funny! We all thought something had happened to you. I didn't expect you to wake us up in the middle of the night just to amuse us."
She thought Yang Zhiqiang was joking, glanced at him speechlessly, and turned to go back to the house.
Although the others didn't say anything, the condemnation in their eyes made it clear that they thought the same thing.
Li Xiuying, who was worried about Old Lady Yang's health, knocked on the door and elbowed Yang Zhiqiang, saying, "Zhiqiang, you are already an adult, why are you still joking around? It doesn't matter if you make everyone else upset, but Meili is still a girl. If your joke gets out, who knows what she will think of Meili!"
Yang Zhiqiang folded his hands over his chest and said aggrievedly, "Aunt Li, don't you know me? Am I the kind of person who would joke about something like this?"
He shouted excitedly: "Hu Meili really acted like a hooligan to me!"
Li Xiuying felt that Yang Zhiqiang's expression was not right, and he didn't seem to be joking.
Her expression changed instantly. She pulled Yang Zhiqiang and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Yang Zhiqiang's eyes were red, and he said loudly: "Just now, I was sleeping soundly in bed, and suddenly I felt something was wrong and woke up. When I opened my eyes, I saw Hu Meili standing in front of my bed. I was scared awake and screamed. As a result, Hu Meili saw that I was awake, without saying a word, she started to undress herself and threw herself on me while undressing. I was scared to death, so I quickly pushed her away and got out."
Upon hearing this, the first person to change her expression was Hu Meili.
In fact, she still hadn't realized how the situation had turned out like this. Just as she entered Yang Zhiqiang's room and was about to take action, she saw that Yang Zhiqiang had woken up. Not only did Yang Zhiqiang wake up, but he also screamed, alarming everyone in the yard. Hearing Li Xiuying knocking on the door, she was paralyzed. But the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. She gritted her teeth and continued with her plan.
She thought that there were only Yang Zhiqiang and her in the room. As long as she took off her clothes before Yang Zhiqiang could react, Yang Zhiqiang would still not be able to explain himself.
What she didn't expect was that before she even unbuttoned her clothes, Yang Zhiqiang stood up, pushed her to the ground, and then jumped out.
Damn it, that bastard Yang Zhiqiang was so cruel. It felt like he pushed her with all his strength. She fell hard on her butt. She finally stood up and chased after him, only to hear Yang Zhiqiang complaining to the people in the yard.
Hu Meili glared at Yang Zhiqiang who was pretending to be aggrieved and pitiful. She wanted to rush up and slap him, but in front of so many people in the yard, she could do nothing.
She gritted her teeth, suppressed her anger, and explained, "No, it's not like that. Brother Yang, how could you say that? It was clearly you just now..."
She bit her lip, tears in her eyes, and spoke timidly.
If someone who didn't know the truth saw this scene, they would probably think that Yang Zhiqiang bullied her.
In fact, Hu Meili thought so. Although she didn't know why Yang Zhiqiang didn't fall asleep as she had planned, things had come to this point. Yang Zhiqiang would definitely be on guard against her after tonight. It would be almost impossible for her to attack him again.
That would only prove that Yang Zhiqiang bullied her.
With this in mind, Hu Meili started to cry and said, "Brother Yang, it was obviously you just now. I didn't mean to be rude to you. It was you who made me... I..."
She tried to throw dirty water on Yang Zhiqiang.
Little did she know that Yang Zhiqiang had been on guard against this move of hers.
Yang Zhiqiang shouted: "Shut up!"
He pointed at the clothes on Hu Meili and said, "Are you still going to say what I did to you? Before you make up a lie, can you take a look first? Both you and I are wearing fine clothes. How could I do anything to you?"
Hu Meili paused. Before she had time to undress, Yang Zhiqiang jumped out, so the clothes on her and Yang Zhiqiang were indeed still intact.
She couldn't help but glare at Yang Zhiqiang angrily. Damn it, it was almost there. If she took off all her clothes, Yang Zhiqiang would never be able to explain clearly!
The scene in the yard froze in an instant, and the awkward atmosphere seemed to be frozen.
Everyone now understood that Hu Meili was indeed being rude to Yang Zhiqiang.
But this is where the embarrassment lies. If a man was being harassing a woman, their first reaction would definitely be to help the man report to the police, but now the situation has reversed, and they really don't know what to do.
As for reporting to the police, it doesn't seem worth it. After all, Yang Zhiqiang didn't lose anything.
Even in the minds of some people, Hu Meili is such a beautiful girl, even if she was bullied by him, it was Yang Zhiqiang who took advantage of her.
Yang Zhiqiang glanced at everyone in the yard and took in their expressions.
He pretended to be excited and said, "Call the police! I want to call the police. Who of you can help me call the police? If I don't, I won't be able to explain myself clearly. She just wanted to accuse me of being a hooligan. I, a clean and honest man, can't bear the label of a hooligan!"
Hearing this, everyone's expression changed instantly.
Originally, everyone thought that Yang Zhiqiang had not suffered any losses and there was no need to report to the police, but after his reminder, everyone remembered that, yes, Hu Meili had just wanted to throw dirty water on Yang Zhiqiang.
If Yang Zhiqiang hadn't come here to explain himself, they would probably have misunderstood Yang Zhiqiang.
They were neighbors who watched Yang Zhiqiang grow up, and they almost misunderstood Yang Zhiqiang, let alone outsiders.
For the sake of Yang Zhiqiang's reputation, we really have to report it to the police.
At this time, Shi Yue stood up. According to what he and Yang Zhiqiang had agreed upon, it was his turn to perform.
He stood up and said, "I'll go, I'll report it to the police."
The big guys in the hospital didn't think there was anything wrong. After all, Shi Yue was from the security department and he dealt with the police frequently, so it was normal for him to stand up at this time.
Shi Yue hurried out to report to the police. As a young man with quick legs and feet, he quickly arrived at the nearby police station. Coincidentally, the person on duty that night was Captain Xu, an old acquaintance of Shi Yue.
When Captain Xu saw Shi Yue coming, his heart tightened. According to his experience, as soon as Shi Yue appeared, there must be a big case.
He hurried over and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Shi Yue quickly said to Captain Xu as he had agreed with Yang Zhiqiang, "Captain Xu, come with me to our yard. There's a female hooligan in our yard. She ran into my neighbor's room in the middle of the night to take off her clothes. After being discovered, she even threw dirty water at my neighbor. She's now causing trouble in the yard with my neighbor."
Captain Xu came to listen to Shi Yue's words with the intention of solving a major case, but ended up hearing such outrageous gossip.
This, this, this...
He remained silent. Although this kind of matter was indeed under the jurisdiction of the police, it was different from what he thought.
Captain Xu was silent for a moment, but he still called his apprentice and walked towards the compound with Shi Yue.
Not to mention, he was quite curious about what this female hooligan looked like.
Captain Xu and Shi Yue rushed all the way back to the slum. At this moment, the people in the yard had not dispersed yet, but were still gathered in the yard. It was obvious that they all wanted to see the gossip.
When Captain Xu walked into the yard and headed towards the Yang family's door, his eyes met Shi Qiu Shui's as he peeked out of the window to watch the excitement.
Looking at the clever Shi Qiushui, Captain Xu couldn't help but laugh. He poked Shi Yue beside him and said, "Hey, your daughter really likes to join in the fun."
Shi Yue turned his head and saw his daughter. He twitched his lips helplessly and thought to himself, that's right, this little gossip has been looking forward to this excitement since it was still dark.
Captain Xu made a joke and quickly got into the state of handling the case. He found the two parties involved, but of course there was no need for him to look for them, after all, Yang Zhiqiang and Hu Meili were right there.
As soon as Yang Zhiqiang saw the police coming, he immediately came up to them with tears and snot running down his face.
He said pitifully, "Comrades from the Public Security Bureau, please help me!"
He pointed at Hu Meili and said, "It's bad enough that a pure and innocent young man like me was taken advantage of by a female hooligan. But she even threw dirty water on me. If this gets out, how will I find a partner? I'm already 30 years old. I can't find a partner, can't get married, and can't have children. What's the point of living? I might as well die!"
Yang Zhiqiang started yelling and trying to commit suicide, and Captain Xu and his apprentice came up to stop him.
"No, no, no, comrade, don't get excited, let's talk it over."
Captain Xu assured him earnestly, "Comrade, calm down. We'll investigate thoroughly. If it's really as you say, we'll definitely take care of it for you."
Yang Zhiqiang asked doubtfully, "Really?"
Captain Xu: "Really? How could I lie to you? Calm down and tell us what's going on."
Yang Zhiqiang took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said, "Okay, then I'll tell you. This is what happened. After eating the dinner Hu Meili made tonight, I felt extremely sleepy, so sleepy that I couldn't even open my eyes. So I went to bed very early, before it got dark. Just now, around ten o'clock in the evening, I felt uncomfortable in my sleep and woke up. When I opened my eyes, I saw..."
He repeated what he had just said to everyone in the yard.
After listening to what happened, Captain Xu made a few notes in his notebook, then turned to look at Hu Meili and asked, "Is it as he said just now?"
Hu Meili wanted to continue throwing dirty water on Yang Zhiqiang. She bit her lip and glanced at Yang Zhiqiang, then said aggrievedly, "If Brother Yang says so, then so be it..."
Captain Xu wasn't buying it at all. He said sternly, "Be serious. If it's yes, it's yes. If it's no, it's no. What do you mean by saying yes, it's no? Don't think that just because you're a woman and you're a hooligan, it's okay. Even if you are a woman, as long as we confirm that you are a hooligan, we can arrest you!"
Hu Meili's expression froze. She didn't expect that this damned policeman would be as stubborn as Yang Zhiqiang.
She gritted her teeth, hesitated for a while, and finally nodded: "Yes, it's what Brother Yang said..."
She didn't want to admit it, but Yang Zhiqiang was watching her closely. Even if she didn't admit it, Yang Zhiqiang would expose her.
It would be better to just admit that you are a hooligan.
Of course, there was another reason why Hu Meili admitted it so readily, which was that she felt that even if she admitted it, she would not be sent to jail by Yang Zhiqiang.
After all, she was Mrs. Yang's savior and had taken good care of her for such a long time. Based on these two points, no matter how cruel Yang Zhiqiang was, he would not send her to prison.
Hu Meili gritted her teeth and admitted it. She looked at Yang Zhiqiang with red eyes and said, "Brother Yang, I'm sorry. I know it's not right for me to do this tonight, but I, I like you too much..."
She said pitifully, "I like you so much, but you said you looked down on me, so I... I'm sorry, Brother Yang, I know I was wrong. I promise, I promise I won't do this again next time. Please forgive me this time."
Many people in the hospital softened their hearts because of her words, but Yang Zhiqiang was not moved at all. He knew very well that everything this woman said was a lie.
Captain Xu did not soften his stance because of Hu Meili's words. He still looked at Hu Meili with a serious expression and said, "You admit that you were a hooligan to Yang Zhiqiang, right?"
Hu Meili nodded gently: "Yes, I admit it, I admit it..."
Captain Xu: "Do you have anything else to say?"
Hu Meili was stunned and didn't understand why Captain Xu asked this.
Captain Xu: "Think carefully, is there anything else you want to confess? If you confess now, I can consider it as surrendering."
Hu Meili's heart tightened, and she glanced at Captain Xu guiltily.
Captain Xu's words seemed to hint at something. Could it be that he saw through his plan?
No, it's impossible. She didn't reveal any clues at all. There's no way that the damn police officer could have discovered it.
Hu Meili tried to calm down, shook her head and said, "That's all. I have nothing else to say."
Captain Xu looked at Hu Meili deeply and asked, "Then why did Yang Zhiqiang feel sleepy after eating?"
Hu Meili's heart suddenly hung in the air. She felt so guilty that her voice began to tremble: "What? What did you say?"
Captain Xu asked more bluntly, "Did you drug Yang Zhiqiang?"
Hu Meili was startled, then shook her head frantically: "No, no! I didn't drug him! Public Security Comrade, you can't wrongly accuse me!"
Captain Xu: "Are you sure there isn't one?"
Hu Meili: "Yes, I didn't!"
"Okay." Captain Xu turned to his young apprentice and said, "Go collect the Yang family's leftovers and bring them back to the bureau for inspection."
"Okay, Master."
Captain Xu reminded him worriedly, "Be careful when you collect the trash. If there are any leftovers in the trash can, pick them up as well."
"Okay, Master."
Seeing Captain Xu's apprentice enter the Yang family's kitchen, Hu Meili's legs went weak and she sat down directly on the ground.
She didn't understand how things had come to this.
Just like she didn't understand why Yang Zhiqiang suddenly woke up, she also didn't understand why she didn't say anything. Captain Xu immediately suspected that she had drugged him.
What Hu Meili didn't know was that Yang Zhiqiang was also shocked. Although he had just emphasized that he started to feel sleepy after dinner, in order to imply that Hu Meili might have drugged him, he had just said one sentence out of a lot to say when Captain Xu got the message?
Perhaps this is the strength of the captain of the criminal investigation detachment!
Yang Zhiqiang felt it was impressive.
But in fact, this matter is really a coincidence. Captain Xu suddenly asked this question just now because their team happened to catch a counterfeit drug dealer who was selling fake drugs in an illegal clinic yesterday, and confiscated a batch of foreign sleeping pills without import licenses from the counterfeit drug dealer.
He had just interrogated the fake drug dealer during the day, so he was more sensitive to this matter. When he heard Yang Zhiqiang say that he felt sleepy after eating, he subconsciously felt that something was wrong and wanted to lie to Hu Meili.
Captain Xu himself didn't expect that Hu Meili would react so strongly to his casual lie.
Comrade Hu is so guilty, could there be something else going on?
His eyes suddenly sharpened a little, and he said, "Hu Meili, I'll give you another chance. It's not too late for you to confess now."
Hu Meili's lips trembled as she stammered, "I, I, I put sleeping pills in Brother Yang's food."
Wow, the whole yard was in an uproar.
Because of the presence of the police, no one dared to talk freely and could only whisper to each other. But even so, the sound of everyone's discussion was buzzing.
Except for the father-in-law and daughter, everyone in the front yard was truly shocked. Who could have thought that Hu Meili, who had always been timid and honest in front of them, and trembled when talking to strangers, would actually do such a thing as drugging people!
But they understand the saying, don't judge a book by its cover!
After hearing Hu Meili admit that she had drugged the patient, Captain Xu did not ask the apprentices who had been collecting the patients to come back. Admitting is one thing, and testing is another. It is possible that Hu Meili lied, but the test results cannot be faked.
When the apprentice came back from collecting dinner, Captain Xu called out to him and said, "Cuff her and take her to the police station for interrogation."
Hu Meili has only admitted to the fact of drugging Yang Zhiqiang. Where did the drug come from, who bought it, and why did they buy it to give to Yang Zhiqiang? These questions have not been answered yet. They will interrogate Hu Meili based on these questions next.
Captain Xu took away Hu Meili and Yang Zhiqiang at the same time.
After all, he is the party involved and needs to make a statement.
When they arrived at the Public Security Bureau, other police officers came to take Yang Zhiqiang to take a statement, while Captain Xu brought his apprentice to interrogate Hu Meili overnight.
Hu Meili kept her mouth shut and insisted that she liked Yang Zhiqiang, but Yang Zhiqiang had no interest in her. In order to be with Yang Zhiqiang, she did such a stupid thing as drugging him.
As for where the medicine came from, she just said that she bought it on the roadside.
Captain Xu knew Hu Meili was lying the moment he heard her. Her account was incoherent and vague. When he asked her what the seller looked like, where on the street he sold it to her, and how much she paid for it, she couldn't answer a single word.
Captain Xu stayed up all night but failed to get the truth out of Hu Meili. As dawn approached, he yawned, patted his apprentice beside him, and signaled him to take a break and ask again later.
He came out of the interrogation room with his little apprentice, pinched his brows and made himself a cup of strong tea. Just as he was about to drink it, the test results of the food brought back from Yang Zhiqiang's house came out.
The police officer in charge of the inspection waved the report in his hand and said, "Captain Xu, a big discovery, a big discovery! The sleeping pills found in the Yang family's leftovers are the same ingredients as the sleeping pills we confiscated from the counterfeit drug dealer yesterday. This type of sleeping pill is relatively rare on the market, so I suspect Hu Meili bought the sleeping pills from a counterfeit drug dealer, but I don't know if she bought them herself."
"Okay!" Captain Xu slammed the table and stood up excitedly.
Regardless of whether Hu Meili bought the sleeping pills herself, determining the source of the sleeping pills means they have found a breakthrough. Next, they just need to continue investigating along this breakthrough, and there is no need to worry about not finding out the truth of the matter.
Captain Xu was no longer sleepy. He said energetically, "Let's go and interrogate the fake drug dealer again and ask him if he remembers who he sold the drugs to recently."
"Yes, Captain Xu!"
Fortunately, the fake drug dealer remembered all the people who bought sleeping pills from him. In fact, there were only a few of them. A Qiang was on the list given by the fake drug dealer.
Captain Xu scanned the list up and down.
The name Aqiang was highlighted.
While instructing his subordinates to verify the identities and suspicions of the people on the list as soon as possible, he walked into the interrogation room where Hu Meili was with the list.
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