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 hurriedly walking 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.
“青青，你回來啦。”蘇蓉從沙發上站了起來，“午飯已經做好了，咱們先吃吧。”
“今天就我們倆嗎？”
“是啊，大家最近都很忙。你爸聽說老廠長家裏出事，也過去看了，估摸中午是不回來吃飯了。”
唐大哥依然在加班，唐二哥被導師叫走負責一個項目，唐三哥這兩天跑到下面的縣裏去賣貨了，唐珍珍則住在文工團宿舍。
彙演就要開始了，需要忙碌彩排等各種事，她現在已經沒時間回家了。
蘇蓉說着停頓了一下，道：“你在外頭聽說了嗎？我們廠出命案了，死者是老廠長的女兒。”
“我剛回來聽人讨論，石隊長剛過來，現在也不知道是什麽情況。”
“哎，她是被人在家裏活活打死的，半夜的時候，兇手進了她家。你說這也太恐怖了，人還做着夢呢，莫名其妙就送了命！”
蘇蓉越說越感到害怕，“青青，晚上你睡覺記得關好窗戶，現在這世道太不安全了。”
雖然窗戶上都鐵欄杆，可有心人想要掰開并不難。
他們家裏有兩個如花似玉的大姑娘，要是出了什麽事，那可就完了！
唐青青點點頭：“您別害怕，公安局派了石隊長過來，他雖然年輕可辦案很有一套，很快可以抓住兇手的。”
“但願吧，在兇手沒被抓住之前，你早上別這麽早出門了，要鍛煉就在院子裏做做操就好。”
蘇蓉原本覺得機械廠挺安全的，平常最多有個小偷小摸，可現在出了人命，讓她非常沒有安全感。
蘇蓉跟孫清認識，熟悉的人遇害，這讓蘇蓉更加害怕。
唐青青看她吓得臉都白了，也就答應了她的要求。
“我最近是怎麽回事，身邊人老是遇到這種事，你說我要不要去……”
蘇蓉說到一半，想到身邊的人是唐青青不是唐珍珍，說這些只怕唐青青會笑話她，連忙住嘴沒有往下說。
“我去給擺飯。”
蘇蓉吃飯的時候也心不在焉的，根本吃不下。
而今天她最拿手的打鹵面也大失水準，鹵子特別地鹹，唐青青放了很多面湯才能沖淡，否則好像放鹽到嘴裏嚼似的。
“您要是擔心，我一會去幫忙，看能不能加快破案效率，早點抓到兇手早點安心。”
蘇蓉回過神，搖頭道：“不用，你還得上學，不能把功課拉下。”
吃不下飯，蘇蓉幹脆放下了筷子。
“你孫姨跟我是一年的，我們結婚也是一年的，連你大哥和她大兒子都是一年的，特別地有緣分，以前經常來往。”
老廠長對唐建國幫扶頗多，兩家關系一向不錯。
當時他們差不多時間結婚，又一起懷孕生孩子，那時候兩人經常交流彼此心得體會等。
雖然後來關系淡了，可曾經過往還刻在腦海裏，怎麽也沒有想到這麽一個大活人，就這麽沒了。
蘇蓉感受到世事無常，“你說人咋能說沒就沒了呢，前一陣我看到她的時候，還打扮得花枝招展的，看背影還以為是哪個大姑娘。”
唐青青只是靜靜地聽着，忍不住問道：“孫姨在外頭的那些謠言是真的嗎？”
廠子裏有很多大車司機，可誰家的老婆也沒有像孫清這樣傳出這麽多緋聞。
尤其她的父親還是令人尊敬的老廠長，按理來說，大家處于對老廠長的尊重，也不該這麽胡亂傳孫清的這些閑話，要是老廠長聽了該多傷心難過。
這種名聲也太難聽了，尤其對女人來說，可謂是非常致命的。
蘇蓉怔了怔，下意識想要否認，不希望這種事污了唐青青的耳朵。
可随即又想起她的本事，思忖片刻最終還是實話實說。
“應該不是假的，她的大兒子和二女兒因為她的名聲受牽連，婚事都很不順。尤其是她的二女兒，原本談得好好的，那男的是銀行裏的，不管是長相還是能力或是家世，都是非常好的。”
“結果就要談婚論嫁時，男方親戚打聽到未來丈母娘竟然是這樣的品行，覺得她的女兒怕也不是什麽好的。後來這樁婚事就這麽告吹了，如今他們家老二都沒再搭理這個做媽的，逢年過節都不回家。”
“老大也是差不多的情況，他長得雖然沒有你大哥端正，也沒有你大哥能幹，可在廠子裏也不算太差，可沒有哪個正經家的姑娘願意嫁給他，都擔心有這麽個不着調的婆婆，以後日子肯定會不好過。”
這些不過是旁證，蘇蓉跟女兒實在沒法說出一些腌臜事，只能依靠這些來證明謠言的真實性。
蘇蓉是工會的，這些家長裏短的事，也會鬧到工會裏來，因此知道的事也比普通人多。
蘇蓉跟孫清會疏遠，也正是因為她瞧不上孫清這樣的人。
要是跟她走得太近，恐怕別人會誤會她也有什麽，否則不能玩到一塊去。
從前瞧那孫清還挺好的，夫妻也很恩愛，沒想到竟然是這樣的人，非常不檢點，太對不起自己的丈夫了。
孫清的丈夫徐明浩為人特別忠厚老實，開車技術也特別地穩，是出了名的老好人一個。
他平常話不多，只知道埋頭幹活。
每次賺回來的錢，都會交給孫清。
有人說孫清作風有問題，讓他別把所有錢都給了孫清，誰知道她把這些錢用來幹嘛。
被人怎麽說，他都不相信，覺得自己妻子這些年很是不容易。
兩人結婚，他什麽都拿不出，自己的工作都是靠了岳家。
賺到了工錢，交給妻子管也是應該的。
徐明浩雖然是上門女婿，不過最小的兒子是跟了他的姓的，由此對孫清更加感激和縱容，別人說她什麽壞話他都不會相信。
大兒子和二女兒氣母親不檢點，父親什麽也不管，跟家裏關系非常淡，二女兒甚至還非常怨恨，沒少在外頭說自己有這樣的一個媽，真是倒了八輩子的黴。
蘇蓉想到什麽：“你懷疑是情殺？”
唐青青搖搖頭：“我沒有去過現場，完全不知道是什麽情況，一切皆有可能。”
前一陣另一個區就有人入室盜竊，結果被女主人發現，小偷擔心女主人叫起來，情急之下把她給捅死了。
“你還是別管這些事了，你現在是學生，還是得好好學習。案子是破不完的，你又不是有編制的，不用這麽辛苦。”
唐青青點點頭，高中課程明顯比之前要難上許多，她必須要全力以赴，才能考上自己心儀的大學。
“要是需要我幫忙的，我再過去看看。”
唐青青還要忙于學業，因此她不會紮進一個案子裏，也不會跟公安一樣從開始就插入整個案件。
若是有關于足跡方面的證據，他們公安局沒法獲得有效信息後，才會找到唐青青。
畢竟他們是國家養的，總不能這麽廢物，全都依仗一個小姑娘，說出去也太丢人了。
可若是實在沒轍，那還得讓唐青青出馬。
唐青青現在像從前一樣，在公安局這邊也能領到補助。
她現在沒有什麽別的開銷，全都給攢起來了。
唐青青下午來到學校，也全都在讨論這件事。
她踏入教室，就發現今天的不同。
平常特別喜歡踩點和遲到的同學，竟然早早就來了，顯得唐青青特別像落後分子。
“青青！快過來！”湯小小朝着唐青青招手，她一直盯着門口，唐青青一出現她就看到了。
“青青，你也聽說那件事了吧？”
唐青青一聽就知道她說些什麽：“大家今天來這麽早，就是為了讨論這件事？”
“對啊，大家現在都在猜誰是兇手呢。”
難怪剛才看一些人吵得面紅脖子粗的。
“青青，我想跟你商量個事。”
“你說。”
“我說了你別生氣哈。”
“不生氣。”
“我被欺負的事能不能就這麽算了？孫家英媽媽都沒了，老廠長肯定特難過，我不想火上澆油。”
現在确實不是計較這件事的時機，人家家裏遭遇了那麽大的事，他們還上門相當于落井下石，哪怕他們是占理的。
“抱歉，我沒能幫得了你。”唐青青很是慚愧。
湯小小笑了起來：“你跟我說什麽道歉啊！誰也沒想到會這麽巧。哎，你說怎麽會發生這種事呢！我媽說以後下晚自習要來接我，可是她一個人走過來我也很擔心啊！”
湯小小媽媽特別寶貝自己的女兒，不管別人嘲笑女兒胖啊什麽的，她依然覺得自己女兒是最好最漂亮的，是個脆弱容易受到傷害的孩子，對她很是不放心。
“你回頭讓阿姨別過來接，我們多組織幾個同學一路回去吧。”
湯小小抿抿唇：“會有人樂意跟我走嗎？”
自從她胖了以後，就不被其他人接納，那種女生之間的小團體都是不帶她的。
她就像一個邊緣人物，只有讓她做事的時候才會想起她。
“放心吧，遇到這樣的事多一個人心裏更踏實。”
"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?"