At this time, the young man who was holding the seller was interrogating Chi Yin.
Chi Yin had never thought that she would be targeted by the police just because she went to Nanyi City to buy a sewing machine. Her heartbeat, which had just returned to normal, started pounding again. She sat on the bench obediently and answered whatever people asked.
Based on Chi Yin's answer, Yao Tiancheng carefully recorded her home address and identity information in Yanhe County, and finally asked her, "Who are the people in your family?"
Now Chi Yin hesitated.
In the late 1980s, telephones were still not widely used, but there was no guarantee that the inspection team would call the county party committee compound and then send someone to Chi's house to inform her parents that she had been arrested.
Her parents are old, and her recent divorce is already enough of a headache for them. Now another one of them is arrested by the police. Isn't that just adding fuel to their fire?
Chi Yin asked quietly, "Can you not tell me?"
Bang!
Yao Tiancheng was so angry that he slammed the table, "Lady, please cooperate!"
Chi Yin was frightened and shuddered. She met Zhou Cheng's gaze and said tremblingly, "Su, Zhou."
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Zhou Cheng was stunned for a moment, then he pulled a chair and sat down in front of Chi Yin, "Who is Su Zhou to you?"
Su Zhou was from the inspection team. Chi Yin didn't know what she had done wrong, but she felt that Su Zhou could handle this matter, so she gritted her teeth and said, "He is my husband, and he works in the Nanyi City Inspection Team. If you don't believe me, you can call the inspection team and ask him."
"Your husband?" Zhou Cheng was skeptical. The inspection team worked closely with the public security department. He knew Su Zhou, who was very good at catching thieves. But how come he had never heard that they were married?
Zhou Cheng signaled Yao Tiancheng with his eyes, "Call Su Zhou to verify it."
Zhou Cheng stood up, picked up the thermos and poured water into the white porcelain jar, then pushed the jar towards Chi Yin, "What did the vendor say to you just now?"
Chi Yin held the white porcelain jar and drank from it in small sips. The sweet spring water went down her throat, driving away the tension in her body. After drinking half the jar of water, she was almost calm.
What Zhou Cheng meant was that the person who committed the crime was the seller?
Were those watches stolen?
No matter whether it was stolen or robbed, Chi Yin didn't want to have anything to do with it, so she told the whole communication process with the seller in detail.
Zhou Cheng didn't believe it, so he stood up and walked to Chi Yin, bent over and asked, "Are you really just going to compare prices?"
Chi Yin was frightened by his gaze, and swallowed her saliva and said, "I am not in the same group with him. I went to his stall just to see if there were any cheap watches."
Zhou Cheng retracted his gaze and said, "Then let me ask you, did he show you any gestures? For example, spread out five fingers?"
Five fingers open?
Chi Yin suddenly remembered that the seller had spread out his five fingers and tapped his palm with his little finger, but she was new to the second-hand market and had no idea what this gesture meant.
Chi Yin imitated the vendor's gesture with somewhat stiff movements.
Zhou Cheng curled his lips and told Yao Tiancheng, "Bring the person here."
When the peddler was escorted in by Yao Tiancheng, Zhou Cheng said bluntly, "She has already accused you of smuggling goods."
Chi Yin turned her head away subconsciously, fearing that her appearance would be remembered and she would be retaliated against in the future.
The vendor glared at Chi Yin with resentment, and defended himself with anger, "No! I am innocent! I held up five fingers to tell her, five dollars!"
Zhou Cheng came behind Chi Yin's chair, held her shoulders with both hands, and slowly turned her over so that she was facing the vendor.
Then he said to Chi Yin, "Come on, repeat what he just compared to you."
How come this person doesn't know how to protect the witness? Chi Yin couldn't help but mutter in her heart, but she was very honest with her five fingers spread out and her little finger lightly tapped the palm.
Zhou Cheng stared at the vendor meaningfully, "You hinted to her that it was smuggled goods and she would not bargain."
The vendor was so angry that he almost went crazy. He kicked Chi Yin's chair to the side and shouted with a red face and thick neck, "No, you lingering dogs, you are just selling foreign goods, is it that serious?"
Zhou Cheng said coldly, "Don't make yourself sound so wronged. Smuggling is against the law. Take him away!"
Yao Tiancheng escorted the vendor away. Before leaving, the vendor stared at Chi Yin wildly and threatened, "You little bitch, wait for me!"
Chi Yin's pretty face turned pale as paper again with fright, and she stood against the wall, holding the canvas bag tightly in both hands.
Zhou Cheng took the thermos and poured water into the white porcelain jar that Chi Yin had just drunk from, then handed the jar to her. "It's okay. He won't be able to come out for at least three months."
Chi Yin held the white porcelain jar in both hands, slowly brought it to her lips, and took a sip.
Su Zhou came in a hurry, and looking at Chi Yin's honest appearance, he couldn't help but want to laugh.
He learned the situation from Zhou Cheng, and didn't care about Chi Yin's "husband". He exchanged pleasantries with Zhou Cheng for a while, and said to Chi Yin, "Do you want to buy a watch? I'll take you to a regular stall to choose."
It was twelve o'clock now, and many good things were sold out, but Su Zhou seemed to have his own way, and Chi Yin followed him around in the market.
Finally, they stopped at a stall that sold goods on the ground covered with leaves. The vendor was a bald man in his early forties. He sensitively noticed that Su Zhou's breath was not right. He looked up and saw that it was him. He held his forehead with his hand, feeling depressed.
Chi Yin bent down and carefully checked the sewing machine and found several scratches on the wooden casing and a small dent on the machine head. The sewing arm moved freely without any sticking or creaking noises.
It's about 60% new overall, and although it has some minor flaws, they don't affect its use. She was already thinking about bargaining with the vendor.
Su Zhou noticed Chi Yin's bright eyes and squatted down to ask the vendor, "How much?"
The vendor stammered, "Eighty, eighty."
Su Zhou asked again in surprise, "How much?"
The vendor shrank his head guiltily, "Fifty."
Su Zhou was still not satisfied and said, "Less."
The vendor asked him in fear, trepidation and anger, "So how much do you say?"
"twenty."
"this--"
"Can it be done?"
The peddler hesitated. If he didn't sell it, he was still a little afraid of Su Zhou. If he sold it, the price he asked for couldn't be too outrageous. He had been in the second-hand market for many years, so how could he take the lead?
The hawker felt a headache just thinking about how his business in the second-hand market would be difficult if he offended Su Zhou.
"Okay, okay, okay." The vendor finally compromised, lowering his voice to a level lower than an ant's crawl. "Don't tell anyone that I sold it to you at this price. My whole family depends on me for a living."
Chi Yin had already told Su Zhou about borrowing the money, and Su Zhou paid the money and gave her an extra fifty yuan.
Su Zhou asked the vendor to carry the sewing machine to the long-distance bus station. Chi Yin walked beside Su Zhou, gently pulled the corner of his clothes, and whispered, "Have you caught him?"
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