Chapter 97
The old factory manager has taken great care of Tang Xiaoxiao's family, so it's no wonder they are reluctant to speak up.
Tang Qingqing: "The old factory director is a very fair person. If Sun Jiaying did something wrong, he would not cover it up."
Tang Xiaoxiao shook her head: "Their family situation is quite complicated, and this matter is not easy to handle."
"No matter how complicated it is, you have to be reasonable. It's unacceptable for her to beat you like this."
Tang Xiaoxiao had a tangled expression and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Shi Zhan was itching to do it, and urged impatiently: "What's the complicated method? Tell me quickly."
"Many people in the factory know about this..."
Shi Zhan: "Then why are you still hesitating?"
"I don't know how to say this." Tang Xiaoxiao was very embarrassed, and after hesitating for a moment, she finally spoke.
"Sun Jiaying is the daughter of the old factory director. Her mother is the old factory director's late-born daughter. When she was born, her older brothers and sisters were already grown up, so she was more spoiled. So her personality is more... more courageous."
Shi Zhan: "Bold? What do you mean by that?"
Tang Xiaoxiao looked around. There were still not many people in the class, and everyone was doing their own thing, not paying attention to the situation in their corner.
She waved her hand, and the three people's heads came together.
Tang Xiaoxiao then whispered, "It's a rumor. Sun Jiaying's mother is not a good person. Some people also say that Sun Jiaying was not born to her mother and father, but to another man."
Shi Zhan and Tang Qingqing both gasped and widened their eyes. They had never expected the inside story to be so shocking.
Tang Xiaoxiao hurriedly warned: "This is something that was spread outside, it's not what I said! Don't spread it out and say it was me who said it!"
Shi Zhan and Tang Qingqing both made assurances.
"Sun Jiaying was raised by the old factory owner since she was a child. It is said that she did this because her background was special and it was too embarrassing to be raised at home."
Sun Jiaying had older brothers and sisters and a younger brother. She was the only one among four people who was sent to be raised by the old factory director.
Sun Jiaying's parents are both working, so they have no problem raising four children.
Moreover, the couple also worked in a machinery factory and lived not far from each other. Sun Jiaying often went back to her parents' home for meals. It seemed unnecessary to abandon the child to be raised there. Moreover, she did not take care of the child after abandoning him, as if the child did not exist. It was very strange.
Tang Qingqing: "That doesn't prove anything. Some parents just don't love one of their children."
"Of course it's not because of this that I think Sun Jiaying's mother is not serious. There have always been rumors that Sun Jiaying's mother is a bit of a prostitute. Anyway, her reputation is not very good. Sun Jiaying's father is a truck driver who specializes in long-distance driving and is not at home all year round. Everyone says that her mother has ambiguous relationships with many people."
Shi Zhan couldn't believe it. Although he was not from the machinery factory, he had been studying in the school affiliated with the machinery factory and had some knowledge about the factory.
"How could such a wise man like the old factory manager raise such a daughter? It's impossible, right?"
Tang Qingqing thought of something and asked, "Why does Sun Jiaying have the same last name as the old factory manager? Is her father's last name also Sun?"
"No, Sun Jiaying's father is a live-in son-in-law."
Shi Zhan was surprised: "A live-in son-in-law? The old factory manager's family doesn't lack sons, why would he want a live-in son-in-law?"
Nowadays, any man with a bit of backbone is unwilling to be a live-in son-in-law, and the girl's family will marry their daughter off unless they have no other choice.
"It is said that Sun Jiaying's mother did not want to leave home and serve her parents-in-law. Their family conditions were relatively good, so they accepted a live-in son-in-law."
Sun Jiaying's father's family was not well off and could not afford the gift money to marry a wife, so Sun Jiaying's father chose to be a son-in-law.
He is now able to become a truck driver because his father-in-law arranged for him to learn the skills after he got married.
Not everyone has the opportunity to learn how to drive a car these days. If he didn't have this connection, he would have to make money by selling his physical strength.
Although truck drivers are away from home all year round and face risks on the road, their income is very considerable, making it one of the most desirable professions today.
After hearing this, Tang Qingqing and Shi Zhan could probably guess what kind of person Sun Jiaying's mother was, but they didn't know whether she was as bad as the rumors said.
Tang Qingqing: "This is all hearsay. Whether it's true or not, it doesn't conflict with us going to Sun Jiaying to get an explanation."
Tang Xiaoxiao was worried that Tang Qingqing thought she liked gossiping and was spreading rumors behind people's backs, so she quickly added:
"Before, an auntie rushed to their house and scolded Sun Jiaying's mother for seducing her husband. They even fought and the eldest auntie scratched Sun Jiaying's mother's face. But it was over in the end. Sun Jiaying's mother has a very bad temper. She can scold people so badly that they can't even lift their heads if she touches them."
Shi Zhan raised his eyebrows: "Oh, it looks like there is really some cat pus."
Tang Qingqing: "We don't need to worry about these. We need to find an explanation. Since Sun Jiaying did this, no matter what the situation is in her family, we have to ask for an explanation. When she was bullying others, why didn't she think about the other party's difficulties?"
Tang Xiaoxiao was still a little worried: "The old factory manager loves Sun Jiaying very much and has always thought that Sun Jiaying is a good child. I am afraid that he can't stand it."
The old factory manager was extremely disappointed with Sun Jiaying's mother and had taught her a lesson many times, but Sun Jiaying's mother's temper had already been formed. She did what she wanted and didn't listen to anyone.
The old factory manager and his wife wanted to take good care of Sun Jiaying so that she would not be as ridiculous as her mother.
Sun Jiaying was indeed well-behaved in front of the old factory manager. The old factory manager often praised his granddaughter for being sensible and well-behaved. If he knew that she liked to bully others outside, he would be very angry.
Lao Chang has been around for many years, and Tang Xiaoxiao is really worried that he will get angry and do something bad.
Shi Zhan: "You can't just stand it like this. If only she were a man, I would beat her back for you. Let's see if she still has the nerve to act arrogantly!"
Tang Qingqing raised her eyebrows and looked at him: "You are acting like a gentleman now. When you first came to me..."
"Stop, stop. Why are you talking about the past? It's been a long time. Besides, nothing happened to me."
"I'm just petty, what's wrong?"
"No...it's nothing. It's all my fault. I won't do it again!"
Tang Qingqing stopped making things difficult for him and said to Tang Xiaoxiao:
"If we don't say anything, Sun Jiaying will be taught a lesson sooner or later if he continues like this. The old factory manager will not be able to bear such a sudden attack."
Tang Xiaoxiao finally nodded and no longer suppressed the matter.
We had originally agreed to go there after school today, but as soon as we walked out of the school, we saw a police officer standing there waiting for Tang Qingqing. He wanted her to go to the scene for an appraisal. A factory safe had been broken into and there were important documents inside. The case needed to be solved quickly and the criminals arrested.
Tang Qingqing could only make an appointment with Tang Xiaoxiao to say goodbye, but she didn't expect that if she missed this day, she would never have the chance to meet again.
That night, Sun Jiaying's mother, Sun Qing, was murdered at home!
Tang Qingqing didn't reveal this incident when she went for a morning run. When she went home for lunch at noon, she noticed something was wrong.
From time to time, Tang Qingqing heard people talking about "dead people" and was wondering if something had happened when she saw Shi Pengfei walking hurriedly into the factory compound.
At this time, Shi Pengfei looked like a homeless man, with an untidy beard and it was obvious that he had not taken good care of himself for several days.
Shi Pengfei is now extremely busy every day as he has a lot of cases on hand. According to Shi Zhan, he has not been home for many days and has been living directly in the Public Security Bureau.
The same was true of Shi Pengfei's father. Both father and son almost forgot where their home was.
Shi Zhan's aunt often came to chat with Shi Zhan's mother, and every time she would complain that the father and son were not home all day. She was very worried about being alone at home every day.
Public security is getting worse and worse. After more than two years, the country has no choice but to implement a "severe crackdown" to suppress this evil trend.
"Captain Shi, what happened?"
Shi Pengfei originally had a serious look on his face and walked like the wind, but when he saw Tang Qingqing he immediately stopped and his expression softened a little.
"There was a murder in your factory. Someone was killed in the middle of the night."
Tang Qingqing was surprised: "Ah, who was killed? Do you have any clues now?"
"I just received the news and rushed over. I don't know what the situation is yet."
Shi Pengfei had just returned from another trip, and before he had time to go home, he was assigned to take over this case. He is still in shock.
Murder is a serious case and can easily cause panic among the people. Tang Qingqing did not dare to delay Shi Pengfei and told him to call her if he needed her help.
Shi Pengfei nodded, took a step with his long legs, and quickly disappeared from sight.
Such a big thing happened in the machinery factory. Tang Qingqing felt very uneasy. If the murderer was not caught in time, I was afraid that the machinery factory would not be peaceful for a while.
News spread quickly and everyone was discussing the matter. In this short journey, Tang Qingqing was able to roughly understand the situation just by hearing a few words here and there.
The deceased was beaten to death with a club. His head was covered in blood and was horribly damaged.
"The one who died was the old factory director's youngest daughter, Sun Qing, the one who had married a live-in son-in-law."
When Tang Qingqing heard this, she stopped immediately.
She just mentioned this person yesterday and was planning to go find her, but she didn't expect something like this would happen today!
Tang Qingqing asked the person who was speaking, "Auntie, excuse me, who did you just say was dead?"
"She is the old factory director's little daughter. The old factory director dotes on this daughter. I'm afraid she will get seriously ill after hearing the news."
"Who said it wasn't true? Although I don't like Sun Qing, his death is really...ah."
"This is too scary. He was beaten to death in his own home. I can't sleep at night just thinking about it."
"That's right. There aren't many people at home. My husband has to work the night shift and my son is on a business trip. I don't know what to do now."
When Tang Qingqing returned home, she saw Su Rong with a sad face and Tang Jianguo had not returned yet.
"Qingqing, you're back." Su Rong stood up from the sofa, "Lunch is ready, let's eat first."
"Just the two of us today?"
"Yes, everyone is very busy recently. Your father heard that something happened at the old factory manager's home, so he went to check it out. I guess he won't be back for lunch."
The eldest brother Tang is still working overtime, the second brother Tang was called away by his instructor to take charge of a project, the third brother Tang went to the county below to sell goods these two days, and Tang Zhenzhen lives in the dormitory of the art troupe.
The recital is about to begin, and she needs to be busy with rehearsals and other things. She no longer has time to go home.
Su Rong paused and said, "Have you heard outside? There was a murder in our factory. The deceased is the daughter of the old factory director."
"I just came back to listen to the discussion. Captain Shi just came over. I don't know what's going on now."
"Well, she was beaten to death at home. The murderer broke into her house in the middle of the night. It's too horrible. She was still dreaming and died for no apparent reason!"
Su Rong became more and more frightened as she spoke, "Qingqing, remember to close the windows when you go to sleep at night. The world is too unsafe now."
Although there are iron bars on the windows, it is not difficult for someone to pry them open.
There are two beautiful girls in their family. If anything happens to them, it will be the end of them!
Tang Qingqing nodded: "Don't be afraid, the Public Security Bureau has sent Captain Shi over. Although he is young, he is very good at handling cases and will catch the murderer soon."
"I hope so. Before the murderer is caught, you should not go out so early in the morning. If you want to exercise, just do some exercises in the yard."
Su Rong originally thought that the machinery factory was quite safe. Normally, there would be at most a petty theft. But now that someone had died, she felt very insecure.
Su Rong knew Sun Qing, and the murder of a familiar person made Su Rong even more scared.
Seeing that she was so scared that her face turned pale, Tang Qingqing agreed to her request.
"What's going on with me lately? People around me keep encountering similar situations. Do you think I should go..."
Su Rong was halfway through her speech when she realized that the person next to her was Tang Qingqing, not Tang Zhenzhen. She was afraid that Tang Qingqing would laugh at her if she said this, so she quickly stopped talking.
"I'll go serve the meal."
Su Rong was absent-minded while eating and couldn't eat at all.
Today, her famous salted noodles were not up to standard. The salt was particularly salty, and Tang Qingqing had to add a lot of noodle soup to dilute it, otherwise it was like putting salt in her mouth and chewing it.
"If you're worried, I'll go and help you later to see if I can speed up the case and catch the murderer sooner so we can have peace of mind sooner."
Su Rong came back to her senses and shook her head, saying, "No, you still have to go to school and can't fall behind in your studies."
Unable to eat, Su Rong simply put down her chopsticks.
"Your granddaughter and I are one year apart, and we were married one year apart. Even your eldest brother and her eldest son are one year apart. They are particularly connected, and we used to visit each other frequently."
The old factory manager helped Tang Jianguo a lot, and the relationship between the two companies has always been good.
They got married at about the same time, got pregnant and had children together, and they often exchanged their experiences with each other.
Although our relationship faded later, the past is still engraved in my mind. I never thought that such a living person would be gone like this.
Su Rong felt that things in the world are unpredictable. "How can a person just disappear like that? When I saw her a while ago, she was still dressed up beautifully. From the back, I thought she was some older girl."
Tang Qingqing just listened quietly and couldn't help asking, "Are those rumors about Aunt Sun true?"
There were many truck drivers in the factory, but none of their wives had as many scandals as Sun Qing's.
Especially since her father is the respected old factory director. Logically, out of respect for the old factory director, everyone should not spread such gossip about Sun Qing. If the old factory director heard it, he would be very sad.
This kind of reputation is too ugly, especially for women, it can be very fatal.
Su Rong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to deny it, not wanting Tang Qingqing to hear such a thing.
But then he remembered her abilities, thought for a moment and finally told the truth.
"It's probably true. Her eldest son and second daughter were implicated by her reputation and their marriages were not smooth. Especially her second daughter, she was originally in a good relationship with a man from the bank. No matter his appearance, ability or family background, he was very good."
"As a result, when they were about to discuss marriage, the man's relatives found out about the character of his future mother-in-law and thought her daughter might not be a good person. The marriage was called off. Now the second son of the family doesn't care about the mother anymore and doesn't come home during the holidays."
"The eldest is in a similar situation. Although he is not as handsome or capable as your eldest brother, he is not too bad in the factory. However, no decent girl is willing to marry him. They are all worried that he will have a hard time in the future with such an unreasonable mother-in-law."
These are just circumstantial evidence. Su Rong and her daughter really cannot tell any dirty stories, so they can only rely on these to prove the truth of the rumors.
Su Rong is a member of the trade union, so all these private matters of parents will be brought to the union, so she knows more than ordinary people.
The reason why Su Rong became estranged from Sun Qing was because she looked down on people like Sun Qing.
If I get too close to her, people might misunderstand that she has something too, otherwise we won't be able to play together.
I used to think Sun Qing was a nice person, and the couple was very loving. I never expected that she would be such a person. She is very indecent and she is so sorry to her husband.
Sun Qing's husband Xu Minghao is a very honest man with very stable driving skills. He is a well-known good guy.
He usually doesn't talk much and just keeps working.
Every time he earned money, he would give it to Sun Qing.
Some people said that Sun Qing had problems with her behavior and asked him not to give all the money to Sun Qing because who knew what she would use the money for.
No matter what others said, he just didn't believe it and felt that his wife had had a very hard time these years.
After they got married, he couldn't provide anything and had to rely on his wife's family for his job.
It is only right that you give your salary to your wife to manage.
Although Xu Minghao was a son-in-law, his youngest son took his surname, which made him even more grateful and tolerant to Sun Qing. He would never believe anything bad others said about her.
The eldest son and the second daughter were angry at their mother for her misbehavior, while their father didn't care about anything and had very little connection with the family. The second daughter was even very resentful and often said outside that she had such a mother and that it was a disaster for her.
Su Rong thought of something: "Do you suspect it was a murder of passion?"
Tang Qingqing shook her head: "I haven't been to the scene, I have no idea what the situation is. Everything is possible."
A while ago, someone broke into a house in another district and was discovered by the hostess. The thief was afraid that the hostess would wake up, so he stabbed her to death in panic.
"You'd better not worry about these things. You are a student now, so you still need to study hard. There are endless cases to solve, and you don't have a staff, so you don't have to work so hard."
Tang Qingqing nodded. The high school courses were obviously much more difficult than before. She had to do her best to be admitted to the university of her choice.
"If you need my help, I'll go check it out."
Tang Qingqing is still busy with her studies, so she will not get involved in a case, nor will she insert herself into the entire case from the beginning like the police.
If there was evidence about footprints, the Public Security Bureau would not have found Tang Qingqing until they were unable to obtain effective information.
After all, they are supported by the country. They can't be so useless and rely entirely on a little girl. It would be too embarrassing to tell others about it.
But if there is really no way, then Tang Qingqing will have to take action.
Tang Qingqing can now receive subsidies from the Public Security Bureau just like before.
She has no other expenses now, so she saved them all.
Tang Qingqing came to school in the afternoon and everyone was discussing this matter.
As soon as she stepped into the classroom, she noticed that today was different.
The students who usually liked to stalk the place and arrive late actually arrived early, making Tang Qingqing look like a laggard.
"Qingqing! Come here quickly!" Tang Xiaoxiao waved at Tang Qingqing. She had been staring at the door and saw Tang Qingqing as soon as she appeared.
"Qingqing, you've heard about that, too, right?"
Tang Qingqing knew what she was talking about as soon as she heard it: "Everyone came so early today just to discuss this matter?"
"Yes, everyone is now guessing who the murderer is."
No wonder some people were arguing so fiercely just now.
"Qingqing, I want to discuss something with you."
"You say."
"I told you not to be angry."
"Not angry."
"Can I just let go of the bullying I've suffered? Sun Jiaying's mother is gone, the old factory manager must be very sad, I don't want to add fuel to the fire."
Now is really not the time to think about this matter. Such a big thing has happened to the other family, and they still come to the door, which is like adding insult to injury, even if they are in the right.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't help you." Tang Qingqing felt very ashamed.
Tang Xiaoxiao laughed: "Why are you apologizing to me? No one thought it would be such a coincidence. Hey, how could this happen? My mother said she would pick me up after the evening study session, but I was worried when she came alone!"
Tang Xiaoxiao's mother dotes on her daughter very much. No matter how others laugh at her daughter for being fat or something like that, she still thinks her daughter is the best and most beautiful. She is a fragile and vulnerable child, and she is very worried about her.
"Go back and tell Auntie not to come pick us up. Let's organize a few more classmates to go back together."
Tang Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and said, "Will anyone be willing to go with me?"
Ever since she gained weight, she was not accepted by other people, and those small groups among girls did not include her.
She is like a marginal figure, and people only think of her when they ask her to do something.
"Don't worry. When you encounter something like this, you'll feel more at ease with someone else."
"That's right! People like you will only be more popular. Such a big bunch sticking there will definitely be like a door god." Shi Zhan said with particular sincerity.
Although Tang Xiaoxiao was puffy and fat, looking at such a big piece, most gangsters would have to weigh it, which gave people a great sense of security.
Tang Qingqing's face darkened: "What nonsense are you talking about!"
Tang Xiaoxiao waved her hands quickly: "It's okay, it's okay. Hearing that, I feel that my body is not in vain. In fact, I also feel that I am very safe this way. Other girls are molested by little hooligans, but I won't."
Tang Qingqing didn't know how to comfort her, and at this moment, Shi Zhan interrupted and saved her from her confusion.
"Tang Qingqing, who do you think would have killed Sun Jiaying's mother?"
Tang Qingqing shook her head honestly. She hadn't even been there to see it, so how could she know?
"I think it was her husband who did it. He felt that she had cheated on him, so he attacked her in revenge."
"Impossible!" Tang Xiaoxiao denied it directly, "He went to drive and hasn't come back yet. How could he come back and kill someone?"
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