Hearing this, Fan Wei began to get nervous. He lost his initial nonchalance and pretended to be calm. "Impossible. I didn't kill anyone, and I didn't sell children to Old Lady Ma. I sold her pork."
Shen Yuandao glanced at him and said, "You still haven't given up even now."
Fan Wei remained stubborn, a provocative smile on his face. "Just because I said I didn't kill anyone, then I didn't kill anyone. Do you think you, the police, can arrest people for no reason?"
His attitude aroused Qin Huaichuan's anger, and the latter slammed the table and was about to say something.
At this moment, Xiao Zhang's urgent and powerful voice came from outside the door, "Captain."
Song Qingshan turned around immediately upon hearing the voice and strode out of the room. "Xiao Zhang, what's going on?"
Xiao Zhang followed Song Qingshan breathlessly, his hands supporting his knees, trying to calm his breathing. "Captain, Sister Jiang took a few of us to investigate the village where Old Lady Ma is."
He raised his head and looked at Song Qingshan seriously. "We found that the village was very unusual. There were almost no children in the village, especially girls. There were very few of them."
Song Qingshan frowned, "What's going on?"
Xiao Zhang shook his head and continued, "Sister Jiang also noticed something was wrong. We took advantage of the villagers being asleep and quietly walked around the village several times. Strangely, we didn't find anything suspicious."
He paused, then continued, "However, we found an important clue in the neighboring village—it turns out that Fan Wei and Old Lady Ma are from the same village."
Song Qingshan heard this, and a gleam flashed in his eyes, "So what Old Lady Ma said is not entirely true, she and Fan Wei have known each other for a long time."
He gently stroked his chin, his brow furrowed. "But what's the point of them buying and selling the bodies of young children? It seems we need to continue talking to Old Lady Ma."
With this in mind, Song Qingshan looked at Xiao Zhang and instructed, "Go tell Xiao Jiang to keep an eye on that village and report anything immediately."
…
"You two are back!" Su Mianmian's voice was filled with joy as she poked her head out of the kitchen with freshly washed vegetables in her hands.
Shen Yuandao nodded lightly, his tone revealing a bit of fatigue, “Well, I’m not too busy today, I’ll come back and go early tomorrow morning.”
Su Qingqing got up from the stool upon hearing the sound and walked over. "How's the case going?"
Qin Huaichuan frowned slightly when he heard this, and shook his head helplessly, with a bit of frustration in his tone:
"I have no clue. This case is much more complicated than I imagined. So far, I haven't found a breakthrough."
Su Mianmian took the dishes to the kitchen to cook, and poured a glass of water for them.
"There will always be results, just take your time."
Qin Huaichuan nodded, lowered his head to drink water and stopped talking.
…
"Brother Ayuan, Brother Qin, it's time to eat!" Little Ayan had just woken up holding Naitang and was very happy to see the two of them coming.
After saying that, the fat boy pulled one of them in each hand and pulled them to sit on the table.
Su Mianmian smiled at her little Ah Yan's actions, brought the food to the table and said, "Hurry up and eat! After dinner, you two should go to bed early, because you still have to go to work tomorrow."
The two nodded, and just as they picked up their chopsticks to scoop up a handful of noodles, they heard a hurried knock on the door, breaking the silence in the room.
Su Mianmian couldn't help but frown slightly. She put down the chopsticks in her hand, said softly, "I'll go and take a look", then stood up and walked towards the door.
The moment the door opened, Xiao Zhang's anxious face standing outside came into view.
Xiao Zhang was sweating profusely, and looked at Su Mianmian anxiously, "Comrade Xiao Su, are Comrade Shen and Comrade Qin here?"
Su Mianmian nodded when she saw this. "They are here, having dinner. What happened, Comrade Zhang?"
Xiao Zhang heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but then spoke anxiously: “It’s like this, there has been new progress in the case, and Comrade Shen and Comrade Qin need to return immediately.”
After hearing this, Su Mianmian realized the seriousness of the matter and brought Xiao Zhang into the house.
Inside the house, Shen Yuandao and Qin Huaichuan had put down their chopsticks after hearing the noise, and stood up with serious expressions.
The two grabbed their coats and hurriedly left the house with Xiao Zhang, leaving only Su Mianmian, Su Qingqing and Xiao Ayan standing at the door, watching their backs disappear into the night.
After the others left, the three siblings ate, chatted for a while, and then fell asleep.
…
Shen Yuandao and Qin Huaichuan never returned home after they left.
It took several days, until the end of April, before there was any progress on this matter.
This day
Little Ayan held Su Mianmian's hand and stopped at the door of the first grade classroom. He turned to look at Mianmian, waved his chubby little hand, and shouted crisply:
"Sister, Ayan has to go to class!"
Su Mianmian responded with a smile, squatted down, and touched Xiao Ayan's soft hair.
"Go ahead and study hard. I'm going to the office now. Come find me after school."
After watching little Ayan skipping into the classroom, Su Mianmian turned around and walked briskly towards her office.
Today, the atmosphere in the office seemed different from usual. Principal Huang and Teacher Gao were talking about something, and the atmosphere was a bit heavy.
Su Mianmian came over and asked curiously, "What happened?"
The two of them were startled when they heard Su Mianmian's voice. Teacher Gao patted his chest and said, "You scared me to death, little girl."
Su Mianmian smiled shyly, "I'm sorry, Teacher Gao."
Teacher Gao waved his hand and said, "I heard from my husband that a lot of police officers came to the North Road alley last Tuesday night."
Su Mianmian understood. No wonder Xiao Zhang was so anxious that night.
Teacher Gao continued, "It turns out that Fan Wei killed his adopted daughter."
When she heard the word "adopted daughter", Su Mianmian knew that there was progress in the matter of the poor three-year-old girl.
"Why? Isn't she an adopted daughter? Even if you don't like her so much, you shouldn't do such a cruel thing to her, right?" Su Mianmian asked in confusion.
Principal Huang took over the conversation, his tone tinged with indignation. "We heard about this. People in that North Road alley said that the little girl accidentally discovered Fan Wei's dirty deeds and was silenced by that beast."
At this point, Principal Huang's voice couldn't help but become low. It was obvious that Principal Huang thought of his daughter, and his eyes were full of regret and anger.
Su Mianmian was still confused when she heard Principal Huang continue, "Fan Wei looks honest and simple on the outside, but he's actually full of evil intentions.
The things he did in private were worse than those of an animal, and he ruined many young girls."
At this point, Principal Huang and Teacher Gao both showed deep disgust and anger on their faces.
Teacher Gao added: "After being hurt by him, those little girls couldn't bear the humiliation and chose to commit suicide after returning home. What a sin!"
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