35th day of quitting the circle, unlike your brother, I didn’t get to eat free...
Kong Xingyan widened his eyes, looked at the photo left and right, and confirmed that it was not his eyes that were blurring the lines.
He drummed his fingers on his knees and pondered for a moment. Then he turned to Sang Qiqi and said, "Even though you've fed me all the clues, I still have to follow the procedure. We need to review Wu Wenlin's information to confirm whether he really has a twin brother. If so, we need to recheck the brothers' photos as well."
Sang Qiqi understood the reasoning and didn't mind. She just reminded him, "Wu Wentao is lying on the hospital bed, dying. You better hurry up."
Kong Xingyan nodded repeatedly: "I know."
After taking Sang Qiqi to the police station and going through the interrogation process, Kong Xingyan had Chen Xin send her back to the funeral service. As he was leaving, he happened to see Xiao Xiao picking up a uniform hanging on a chair and putting it on, muttering, "This idiot still has the energy to do a livestream."
Chen Xin glanced at the screen of the phone in his hand and found that it was Wu Haohua's big face.
Wu Haohua subconsciously shuddered when he heard the sirens of police cars blaring from Sang Qiqi's livestream. This was a normal sign of a guilty conscience. However, he reacted quickly, his expression instantly returning to the initial irritation he'd felt after hearing Sang Qiqi's words.
With Sang Qiqi's departure, the live broadcast room was closed, and the three to four thousand viewers had no place to chat and discuss. Wu Haohua changed his mind and immediately applied to start the broadcast himself.
In a short while, all the wealth and glory fell on his head.
Watching the number constantly jumping up and down in the upper right corner of the screen, Wu Haohua nearly burst out laughing, unable to suppress his sorrow. Fortunately, he raised his hand in time to cover his face. By the time he lowered his wrist again, he was already sighing at his elderly father in the hospital bed, saying helplessly, "Dad, our family is truly miserable. Not only did someone get you into the hospital and put you on life support, but you're also being accused of a trumped-up crime... Who did we offend?!"
Most of the audience in the live broadcast room were on the side of Jiang Zhen and Sang Qiqi, but there were also some people with strong empathy and fans of a certain group who were determined to take advantage of the situation. This made the barrage in the live broadcast room look particularly chaotic.
But Wu Haohua doesn't care about that.
He opened the gift-giving system. Although he didn't explicitly ask for gifts from the audience, he cried out in tears, and every word he said was about money. "Dad, what should I do now? Those damn internet celebrities and stars are irresponsible, and our family savings are almost gone. How can I afford to treat your illness?"
As soon as these words fell, Wu Haohua's friend who had rushed over after receiving the news was very helpful and considerate and left a small gift worth two hundred yuan, with the message: I don't have much money, but seeing the uncle lying on the hospital bed so pitifully, I feel bad, so I'll give a small reward, I hope the anchor won't mind.
Wu Haohua was immediately moved to tears again: "Thank you to Zhang Haha's family, I'm really grateful."
With their friends taking the lead, some viewers in the livestream room also sent small, symbolic gifts. These were not expensive, mostly in the amount of one, two, or ten yuan. Wu Haohua watched this and complained internally, wondering how these people were so ungenerous. A whole night of livestreaming like this probably wouldn't bring in much money. It seemed he had to pin his hopes on Jiang Zhen.
Well... there's also Sang Qiqi. Judging from the current situation, they can probably get a lot of compensation from Sang Qiqi.
Thinking of this, Wu Haohua calmed down again.
[Huh? Are you giving tips to the streamer already?]
[Although I know everyone is kind, but do you want to take a closer look? Zhang Haha, the person who gave the initial tip, is actually a real-life friend of the streamer? You can even see a conversation between the two in the comments section of the first video on this account /smile]
[You're being led by the nose, you idiots! They're colluding to trick you into giving them tips! I've seen this play a hundred times!]
[Sang Qiqi was right. His father's face does look a bit strange, like he's been involved in a murder. But I'm not very skilled, so I haven't figured out what it is yet.]
[Hmm? Is that the guy in front the one who said Wu Haohua was childless based on his physiognomy?]
The police went looking for Sang Qiqi, why haven't they come looking for you yet? Could it be that Sang Qiqi herself was the one who blew the police sirens? Did she think that if things got out of hand, she'd staged this?
[How is that impossible? Sang Qiqi wasn't a good person to begin with.]
[The previous one is holding back, the real problem is revealed.]
[What are you trying to collect? I'm telling the truth. Who in their right mind would mock or insult an elderly person who is nearing death? She's just a piece of shit/smile]
Seeing the comments about to get into an argument, Wu Haohua pretended to stop them: "Everyone, please don't say that about Miss Sang. Miss Sang and Jiang Zhen are friends, so it's normal for her to stand up for her friend. It's just that the words were really harsh..."
Before he could finish his words, there was a knock on the door behind him.
Wu Haohua's phone camera spun around, following his companions. He saw the ward door being pushed open, and then Xiao Xiao, dressed in uniform, walked in. Xiao Xiao raised his eyes, looking at him expressionlessly. "Wu Haohua, right? Sang Qiqi called the police and said your father is likely involved in a murder case from over 20 years ago. Could you please come back to the police station with us? We have something to ask you...turn off the livestream for a moment."
Wu Haohua was not surprised when he saw Xiao Xiao's uniform, but when he heard Xiao Xiao say, "Your father is probably related to a murder case more than 20 years ago," he was a little confused and couldn't react for a while.
Until the other party repeated: "Wu Haohua?"
Wu Haohua shuddered, snapping back to his senses. He asked in shock, "Murder case?"
Isn’t this policeman here because Sang Qiqi insulted his father?
Xiao Xiao pointed at his phone with a headache: "Turn off the live broadcast. We will explain the specific situation to you clearly. When there is a result, we will also issue a public police report. So please turn off the live broadcast."
"Oh, oh." Wu Haohua was still immersed in the confusion and panic brought by the three words "homicide case". He hurriedly took the phone back in front of him and pressed it several times before he correctly pressed the prompt of "Confirm to turn off the broadcast".
Click.
The live broadcast room was closed, and the originally bright screen suddenly fell into darkness again.
The audience in the live broadcast room: “…”
Just, just drop a bomb and shut down the show?
Have you ever considered the feelings of these people who just watch the show?
With nowhere else to vent, viewers abandoned the livestream and took to Weibo. Soon, topics like #SangQiqiLive#, #SangQiqiImpersonated#, #WhatBastardDareToImitateMe#, #IsThisConsideredBlackmail#, #SangQiqiInsultsCriticallyIllPatients#, #SangQiqiCallsthePolice#, and #Homicide# dominated Weibo's trending searches like crazy.
[Amazing, who could have imagined Sang Qiqi would become this popular! This number of trending searches is almost setting a record in the domestic entertainment industry, right?]
[Did Qiao fans see this? You used to look down on Sang Qiqi, but now your brother has no chance of riding on Sang Qiqi's popularity. /doge]
[I watched the live broadcast of the impersonator, and it was really dramatic that the real person was drawn in the lucky bag lottery. Li Zi official should stop playing games.]
Everyone was stunned. Although Sang Qiqi did say that Wu Haohua's father was a villain, the sudden appearance of a murder case was too outrageous. /sweat wipes sweat]
[Anyone want to place a bet to see if Sang Qiqi is just talking nonsense or if it's true?]
[Let’s start gambling!]
[Waiting for Sang Qiqi to be detained/Smile]
After returning home and browsing the reply at 6G surfing speed, Sang Qiqi liked it without thinking and said: What a pity, unlike your brother, he didn’t get to eat free meals/crying loudly
Netizen: “…”
Qiao Fan: “…”
What! Mess with her!
Isn't this just asking for trouble?
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Fuping District Public Security Bureau in northern Beijing.
This was the first time Wu Haohua had been to the Public Security Bureau in his life. In the past, he would at most be taken to the police station for minor incidents and asked to talk about life. Now, as he followed Xiao Xiao into the interrogation room, he was so nervous that he had difficulty breathing and his legs were shaking violently.
Xiao Xiao caught a glimpse of his pale face and tense body from the corner of his eye. He felt speechless and amused at the same time. How could he, with such a small courage, learn to extort money from others?
He pointed to a seat and said to Wu Haohua, "Take a seat. I'm just asking a few simple questions. Tell me what you know, and say you don't know if you don't know. But don't lie. Do you understand?"
Wu Haohua nodded quickly.
Xiao Xiao stood up and called Kong Xingyan over. After Kong Xingyan sat down, he asked directly, "Did you know that your father has a twin brother?"
Twin brothers?
Wu Haohua frowned subconsciously, then nodded after a few seconds and replied, "I know."
Kong Xingyan's eyebrows raised slightly, but he wasn't surprised. After all, he had recently asked people to investigate the Wu family's situation. Wu Haohua's "knowing" proved that he was not lying, and their information was correct. Thinking of this, Kong Xingyan said, "Tell us about your father's twin brother."
Wu Haohua hadn't expected the murder the police were talking about to be related to his father's twin brother. Gradually calming down, he scratched his head and said, "Actually, I don't know much about my father's brother. He seems to have died when I was three or four. All the information I know comes from my grandparents and the neighbors."
"It doesn't matter. Just tell me what you know."
Having said that, Wu Haohua could only tell the truth.
"My father's brother is called Wu Wentao. I heard from my grandparents that he has been restless since he was a child. He is proficient in eating, drinking, gambling, whoring, and fighting. My family can't control him, so they don't do anything about it. Later, he ran away to do business on his own. As a result, not long after, debt collectors came to our house, saying that he owed a lot of debts outside, but they couldn't find anyone, so they had to ask us for money."
"That group of people were vicious and would block our house every day and would not leave. They also often harassed my mother, causing complaints from the neighbors. My grandparents had no choice but to use all their savings over the years to pay for it."
When Wu Haohua talked about this uncle, there was obvious disgust in his eyes.
"I thought they'd taken the money and the situation would be over. But within two months, they came back, still claiming my uncle owed them money. But this time, my grandparents really didn't have their savings, so they just gritted their teeth and endured it. Later, the debt collectors got into a fight with our next-door neighbor and almost stabbed him... The matter got so bad that it was reported to the police, who came and drove them away."
"This is the thing that left the deepest impression on me. When I was a child, I often followed my grandparents to the neighbors' homes to play, and the adults there would bring up these things as topics of conversation."
"Anything else?"
"Also, when I was three or four years old, there was a sudden news that my uncle was being sought out by an enemy and had to go into hiding abroad. When the news reached my family, we all panicked. We were worried that this enemy, like those loan sharks before, would take his anger out on the rest of our family if he couldn't find my uncle. But thankfully, nothing happened, and the enemy didn't come looking for us."
"There has been no news about my uncle in recent years. According to my grandfather, he probably died outside."
Wu Haohua and his family seemed unmoved by Wu Wentao's death. Normally, no one mentioned Wu Wentao, and if the police hadn't brought it up, Wu Haohua would have almost forgotten he existed.
Wu Haohua licked his lips, hesitant for a moment, but ultimately couldn't help but ask, "Officer, why are you asking me about my uncle? Does this have anything to do with the murder case my dad is involved in? My dad is usually a very honest man. He even believes in Buddhism and eats a vegetarian diet. He wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken. How could he possibly kill someone?"
He became more excited as he spoke: "That female celebrity named Sang Qiqi is just talking nonsense, right? She must be talking nonsense!"
Xiao Xiao and Kong Xingyan both looked up at him.
Xiao Xiao bit the tip of his pen and thought to himself, when Sang Qiqi had previously reported Qu Shen's death and revealed his real name, he had also thought she was talking nonsense. But when the female corpse was actually found in Zhong Jie's refrigerator and Zheng Hongyi told him that it was true, he suddenly realized -
What nonsense! Sang Qiqi is just awesome!
Kong Xingyan didn't have as many messy thoughts as Xiao Xiao. He raised his eyelids and said lightly, "We will investigate whether she is talking nonsense." Then he signaled Xiao Xiao to send the person away.
He didn't expect to get more information about Wu Wentao from Wu Haohua. After all, when Wu Wentao "died", Wu Haohua was only four years old, so he knew nothing.
After leaving the interrogation room, Kong Xingyan greeted Chen Xin, who had returned to the bureau, took the coffee from her hand, bit the straw, and asked, "Did you get it home safely?"
Chen Xin nodded and pointed at the coffee and said, "Qiqi bought this for me too."
Kong Xingyan muttered, "The little girl is quite considerate."
Chen Xin couldn't help but laugh.
As they walked towards the archives, they ran into Li Li, who was on duty. Li Li's eyes were lifeless, and he covered his mouth with his hands as he yawned. "I heard everything. Did you really bring him to the police station for questioning?"
"Of course," Chen Xin replied. "I'd rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let a single criminal go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Kong Xingyan patted his head: "The first half of the sentence is unnecessary."
Chen Xin said "oh".
Li Li pulled out some snacks from his drawer and fed them to Kong Xingyan. Kong Xingyan opened a bag of potato chips and ate them while saying, "According to what Sang Qiqi said and the information we just obtained from Wu Haohua, it's actually possible that Wu Wenlin and Wu Wentao were brothers swapping. They're twin brothers and look very similar. And when Wu Wentao 'died,' Wu Haohua was only four years old. What does a four-year-old know? He probably didn't even notice they had a different father. Perhaps the genders are too high."
Li Li had a different opinion and asked, "What about the rest of the Wu family?"
"Wu Haohua's mother passed away early, but it's hard to say what happened to the two elderly people in the Wu family." After crunching down his potato chips, Kong Xingyan patted the crumbs from his palms and said thoughtfully, "I'll take Chen Xin and Xiao Xiao to the Wu family tomorrow morning to check on them. Please help keep an eye on them at the hospital. Otherwise, the one in the hospital died before we could even investigate."
"I know. I'll make sure the best doctor gets him hung up."
The next morning, when it was still dawn, Kong Xingyan was already feeling restless.
He hadn't gone back to sleep since arriving at the police station last night. He was so preoccupied with things that he couldn't stop thinking about the old man's Maotai in his dreams. But the bureau was boring, so he just went through all the recent unresolved cases. When the breakfast cart sounded at the police station's entrance, he went out and bought four breakfasts, sharing them with Li Li, Chen Xin, and Xiao Xiao, then drove to Wu's house with his two assistants.
The Wu family lives in a residential complex on the outskirts of Fuping District.
This community is quite old and is inhabited by older people. Therefore, even though it is only 5:30, there are already quite a few old men and women wandering around in and out of the community.
Kong Xingyan and his group were all in plain clothes, so no one paid much attention to their faces.
Xiao Xiao pointed at the old lady in the crowd and tugged at Kong Xingyan's clothes: "Boss, is that the old lady of the Wu family?"
Chen Xin looked over and said with certainty: "Yes, it's the old lady of the Wu family. The one talking to someone is the old man of the Wu family."
Kong Xingyan raised his chin towards Xiao Xiao, who immediately stepped forward and spoke a few words in a low voice. Then, the two elders looked in the direction of Xiao Xiao's finger, their faces clearly showing panic and uneasiness.
Not missing their expressions, Chen Xin frowned and muttered, "Do they know something?"
Kong Xingyan: "Not necessarily. Normally, if the police suddenly showed up at your door, you'd be confused and nervous. Besides, isn't Wu Haohua still with the guy from the hospital who's been extorting money from the big anchor? I'm sure the old couple knows about this, and they might be worried about the police coming to their door because of it."
Kong Xingyan's guess came true when Xiao Xiao brought the two of them to him.
Mr. Wu and the old lady exchanged a glance and asked, "Are you here because of my grandson?"
Kong Xingyan raised his eyebrows at Chen Xin, who touched his nose and thought, "That's true."
The two of them didn't say anything at first, which made the old man even more nervous. He opened his mouth and said, "Haohua was raised astray by his father. We also told him that this was wrong, but he just wouldn't listen. There's nothing we can do."
The old lady also nodded. "Yes, police officer, we have told him many times, but not only did he not listen, he even got physical with my old man and pushed him to the corner of the table. Luckily, there was someone nearby, otherwise... you probably wouldn't be able to see him now."
Kong Xingyan had heard a lot about such brats who disobeyed discipline and even assaulted the elderly, so he was not surprised.
Last night, he'd spent some time watching the various videos Wu Haohua had posted criticizing Jiang Zhen, and he'd also watched a replay of Sang Qiqi's livestream. If others couldn't see what kind of person Wu Haohua was, and a veteran detective like him couldn't figure it out, he could just quit.
Those who act like this don't look like good people.
But in front of the two elders, Kong Xingyan didn't say anything bad about Wu Haohua. He just said, "You two misunderstood. My visit today has nothing to do with Wu Haohua. I mainly want to ask about Wu Haohua's father, Wu Wentao."
Wu Wentao?
Xiao Xiao opened his mouth to remind Kong Xingyan that he had said the wrong name, but the next second he was pinched hard by Chen Xin who was standing next to him.
The pain made him react quickly.
At the same time, the old man of the Wu family, who was also surprised by the name 'Wu Wentao', was stunned for two seconds, but quickly reacted and retorted: "Officer, you are wrong. Haohua is the son of my youngest son. The youngest son is Wu Wenlin, and the eldest son is Wu Wentao."
Kong Xingyan slapped his head, as if he had just realized it. "Oh, right, right, I didn't sleep all night last night, so I misremembered it. Please don't laugh at me."
The old man waved his hand, saying it was nothing, and then asked, "So what do you want to ask Wenlin?"
"Old man, please ask the police comrade to come upstairs and talk. It's not right to just stand here."
"Okay, three of you, follow me."
The two of them didn't give Kong Xingyan and the other two a chance to refuse, and took the lead and walked towards Building 10 at the back of the community. Kong Xingyan chatted with them to get closer, and the content was basically ordinary daily life, such as the good landscaping in this community and the good lighting in Building 10. Chen Xin and Xiao Xiao lagged behind. Xiao Xiao touched her hand, which was still aching, and couldn't help complaining, "Sister, you're too cruel."
Chen Xin glared at him unhappily: "How dare you say that? You've been working with the boss for so long, and you almost got into trouble."
Xiao Xiao touched his nose guiltily and could only smile awkwardly.
The Wu family's house was on the second floor. When they pushed the door open, the old lady went into the bathroom, claiming she had a stomachache. The old man smiled at the three of them, asked them to sit down, and then said, "If you have any questions, just ask directly."
Kong Xingyan didn't mince words with him. "Then I'll ask directly. Some enthusiastic citizens have reported that the identities of the two brothers, Wu Wentao and Wu Wenlin, have been swapped. In other words, the person now pretending to be Wu Wenlin is actually Wu Wentao. What do you think about this?"
With a bang.
The old man of the Wu family had just picked up the cup of water but because of the sudden fright, his fingers lost strength and he dropped it suddenly.
Kong Xingyan picked up the cup of water that had rolled off the table and put it back on the table. When he looked up, he saw that the old man's face was pale and his eyes were flickering slightly.
After a long while, the man dragged the cup back to himself with trembling fingers. He smiled at Kong Xingyan and said in a tense voice, "How is that possible? I can't even recognize my own son? What's more, my eldest son... Well, it's better not to say anything."
Kong Xingyan: "That still needs to be discussed."
The old man choked and felt a little helpless, but he finally pursed his lips and nodded: "Okay, just say it. My eldest son has been dead for more than 20 years, and he was also a bastard when he was alive..."
Before he could finish his words, Kong Xingyan raised his eyebrows. "So that's why you two just said that your Wu Haohua was raised crooked by his father? If I remember correctly, your youngest son, Wu Wenlin, is a pretty honest man, right?"
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