Chapter 207 Discovering the Secret
Xiao Bai looked around: "But I didn't see anyone."
She even searched every inch of the small house on the north side that others were unwilling to enter; there was no way anyone could be hiding there.
Shen Zhenzhu stood up, clapped her hands, and whispered a few words to Xiaobai: "Although Dongbao is not intellectually disabled, he may be more perceptive than normal people in some aspects. Although he is a suspect, it has been proven that the iron axe was not the tool used in the crime. We should also broaden our horizons and not judge the 'tenth person' according to common sense."
Xiao Bai frowned, recalling the portrait sketch of Chen Zhenzhu, and pointed to her head: "Think this way?"
Shen Zhenzhu said, "Yes, I think the 'tenth person' might be hidden among the nine. The case is unusual, so I'm calling for backup."
Xiaobai rubbed her face, feeling her heart pounding a little. She thought for a moment and said, "I found medicine boxes in several rooms."
Shen Zhenzhu said, "Find them all."
Ning Dujuan's work ID was tucked among the scrap metal; it bore jumbled fingerprints, likely belonging to the people who brought the scrap in. The valuable evidence had been destroyed; they could only wait for Tie Fu's fingerprints.
Wu Zhongguo visited the social relationships of the five missing persons, and after finishing, he immediately went to the courtyard to provide assistance.
Seeing Xiaobai searching for medicine in each room, he came over and asked, "Where's Sister Pearl? What are you looking for?"
Xiao Bai said, "We're looking for psychiatric medication. Sister Pearl explained the situation to Grandma Tong in her room, but the old lady's blood pressure won't come down, and she refuses to go to the hospital."
"Then I'll go with you." Wu Zhongguo opened the drawer and helped them look for the medicine.
When Shen Zhenzhu came out of Grandma Tong's room, Wu Zhongguo came over to report: "We've made a discovery. The missing primary school teacher, Zhou Xiaoyang, decided to make a home visit to the families in this tenement after a meeting on the night she disappeared, hoping to get the out-of-school children back to her school. She was leaving get off work with her colleagues at the time, and her colleagues only remembered this later. They said that if Zhou Xiaoyang hadn't gone home, she might have gone on the home visit. Zhou Xiaoyang's family didn't know about it, so they didn't tell us."
“Then it’s certain that the disappearance case is inextricably linked to the tenement.” Shen Zhenzhu came to a corner of the tenement where miscellaneous items were piled up and said thoughtfully, “Feng Le, Wang Jingjing, Zhou Xiaoyang, and Ning Dujuan have all testified that they are connected to the tenement, especially Meng Wanjun, for whom two eyewitnesses have confirmed that she was with Grandma Tong.”
Shen Zhenzhu briefly explained the current situation. After understanding it, Wu Zhongguo frowned deeply: "If we can't find the owner of the severed hand today, the situation is very bad. Before I came here, Director Liu called to ask about the progress, saying that the provincial department had pressured the families of missing persons abroad. Did they not call you?"
Shen Zhenzhu said, "He didn't call me, but now I know he's under pressure."
Wu Zhongguo chuckled, "Alright, it seems Director Liu anticipated I would ask that question."
A moment later, Zhao Qiqi arrived, having jogged over and breathing out white puffs of air. He said, "The fingerprint verification is complete. The fingerprints on the iron axe belong to everyone in the No. 6 tenement, so it must have been used for chopping firewood. The fingerprints on the severed hand are being compared with those of the missing person. The family members are initially quite agitated, so it's taking some time. Meng Wanjun's belongings are at her own home, and since she's going abroad soon, we'll have to break down the door to get in. Ning Dujuan is from out of town, and her family has already come from out of town, but it will all take time. I decided to come and help out; I couldn't sit still in the office."
He looked around the yard and spotted Zhu Min peeking through the crack in the door, as well as Aunt Liu and Mai Cuiqiu chatting in Grandma Tong's room.
There was also Old Jiang, who was constantly tidying up things; he also seemed like an honest and simple man.
It's impossible to see any connection between this and Chen Zhenzhu's assessment of "quiet and sensible, sometimes violent".
After searching Aunt Liu's house, Xiao Bai entered Grandma Tong's house. As she opened the drawer, a strong smell of medicine wafted out.
Inside were painkillers, rheumatism ointments, oxytetracycline, and other medications commonly used by the elderly, as well as some medicines with strange names. She carried the drawer and all to the yard, saying, "Come and see, there are quite a few psychotropic drugs here."
Grandma Tong had regained consciousness and was eating steamed buns with porridge. She leaned against the headboard, put down her bowl, and said in a hoarse, aged voice, "These are all for Dongbao. The doctor said his intelligence can still be developed a little."
Shen Zhenzhu walked to the door, leaned against the door frame, and said with a smile, "Wouldn't it be good to find him a wife if his intelligence improved?"
Grandma Tong shook her head and said, "This is ruining a good girl's life. Even if Dongbao were a perfectly healthy person, it would be better not to let him get married in this kind of environment."
Aunt Liu chimed in from the side, "That's right, what if Dongbao gets angry and drives people away?"
Chen Zhenzhu asked, "Has Dongbao ever hit you?"
Aunt Liu said, "No, not at all." She pointed to the south house and said, "They've been attacked quite a few times over there."
"I understand, thank you for your cooperation." Shen Zhenzhu returned to the courtyard and took the medicine box handed to her by Xiaobai.
She looked at them one by one, stopping when she saw one of the medicine boxes: "Falpiperidine? This is an intramuscular injection drug, how come it's here?"
Xiao Bai and Zhao Qiqi didn't know about this kind of drug, but Wu Zhongguo, who was knowledgeable, said, "Faloperidol is the trump card drug for mentally unstable people. It's very cheap, and usually, when someone loses control, an injection can stabilize their emotions. I used this when I used to arrest mentally unstable people on the street."
Shen Zhenzhu added, "It's not just about stabilizing; for people with acute mental agitation and aggressive behavior, a single injection can cause the patient to become stiff, walk uncontrollably, and experience memory loss. It's a psychotropic drug with very severe side effects."
Zhao Qiqi secretly glanced back at Grandma Tong's bare house. The only thing that could be considered a sign of life was the dried sweet potato on the chair.
“Maybe we can’t control him… but at least it’s cheap and effective.” Zhao Qiqi hesitated and said, “You still can’t lock him up, right? One injection will do the trick.”
Chen Zhenzhu simply took the medicine inside and asked Grandma Tong directly, "Grandma, do you remember this medicine?"
Grandma Tong slowly sat up straight, wanting to take it and take a look.
Chen Zhenzhu said through the evidence bag, "Just look at it like this, see if it reminds you?"
Aunt Liu took the rice bowl from Grandma Tong's arms and muttered, "What can an old lady remember? Aren't you just making things difficult for her?"
Grandma Tong immediately said, "This is not Dongbao's medicine. I remember all the medicine Dongbao took. I swear on my life, this is not the medicine he took."
Shen Zhenzhu scrutinized Grandma Tong, an elderly woman who had adopted Dongbao and raised him with great care and hardship.
Another suspect, Dongbao, is intellectually disabled but treats stray cats with gentleness. Would he kill the cat with his own hands? Is he two-faced? Is he unable to control his behavior?
Could he and Grandma Tong hide their crimes right under his nose?
She asked, "Has anyone been in or out of your room recently?"
Aunt Liu was displeased: "We walk back and forth all the time, and we never lock the door."
Grandma Tong nodded, wiped away her tears, and said bravely, "I don't have anything in my house. Anyone who wants to come in can come in. Sometimes the kids who come in to play outside also like to rummage around. I believe people aren't that bad. Maybe I accidentally put some junk in... Girl, I see you haven't eaten. Have some dried sweet potato."
Shen Zhenzhu picked up a piece of dried sweet potato and said with a smile, "It's quite delicious. We originally had a rule that we couldn't take even a needle or thread from ordinary people, but we've made an exception."
Grandma Tong had nothing else to offer the investigators, but seeing that Shen Zhenzhu didn't mind eating a bite of dried sweet potato, she breathed a sigh of relief: "Eat it, it's fine since you ate it all."
"Sister Pearl, Dongbao is causing a scene in the interrogation room, saying he wants to come back." Xiaobai, holding a mobile phone and covering the microphone, walked up to Chen Zhenzhu and said, "What should we do?"
Shen Zhenzhu lowered her voice and said, "Then let him come over. I still have some questions to ask him. He doesn't say anything over there, so he should be more relaxed here."
"Received." Xiaobai turned around and said to Lu Ye on the other end of the phone.
Twenty minutes later.
Dongbao was brought over, but Chen Zhenzhu wasn't there. The staff coaxed him out of the car.
Upon seeing that Dongbao was not wearing handcuffs, the agents present became alert.
Another child who was watching the commotion was about to shout, "Dongbao, Dongbao—" when his father covered his mouth after he called out twice: "Don't shout, or you'll get locked up."
Upon hearing this, the usually mischievous child burst into tears: "Guan Dongbao, don't lock me up!"
Dongbao ignored them and hurriedly ran into the yard and rushed into Grandma Tong's house: "Grandma, Grandma! Dongbao is back."
Grandma Tong burst into tears immediately. She held Dongbao's hand tightly and said, "You're back. Has anyone bullied you?"
Dongbao grinned foolishly, as if she had gotten a great deal: "You drank the sweet water and ate the candy, so Grandma will give you candy." As she spoke, she pulled out the candy that Chen Zhenzhu had given her from her pocket like a treasure, the wrapping already peeled off and covered with bits of grime from her clothes.
Shen Zhenzhu thought he had eaten the candy, but she didn't expect him to put it in his mouth, lick it, and then spit it out.
Grandma Tong stuffed the candy into Dongbao's mouth, finally got down from the ground, and carried Dongbao to the yard to wash his hands and wipe his face: "Be careful not to get the new clothes that people gave you dirty."
"Dongbao knows." Dongbao chewed the candy eagerly and swallowed it quickly.
He squatted in front of the tap and spread his hands. After Grandma Tong washed his hands, he rinsed his hair with the icy water flowing from the tap.
Grandma Tong was already used to it. She took a towel and wiped his hair a few times until it was almost dry.
Shen Zhenzhu came to their side and said to Grandma Tong, "Grandma, let me talk to him."
"Hey." Grandma Tong looked back every few steps as she walked to the door, where she put the leftover steamed buns aside for Dongbao to eat.
Chen Zhenzhu squatted on the ground and rolled up a snowman: "1?"
Dongbao thought Shen Zhenzhu was going to ask him another secret, but seeing that she wanted to play, he happily squatted down and made a snowman: "Dongbao will teach you, and make a snowman too."
They were making a snowman together, and no one around them knew what Chen Zhenzhu was doing. Some relatives of missing persons who had stayed outside heard that Dongbao had arrived and rushed over on tiptoe. Seeing that Dongbao was not handcuffed or shackled, and thinking of Dongbao's fighting ability, they swallowed the words they were about to shout.
Chen Zhenzhu and Dongbao made nine snowmen in one go. She pointed to one of the snowmen and said, "Dongbao, if you answer correctly, you'll get candy. Tell your sister who this is?"
In the dimly lit east room, Dongbao said, "Dongbao knows, it's from the sea."
He doesn't know how to address people, so this is all he can say.
Chen Zhenzhu asked again, "Then who are these snowmen?"
Dongbao stared at the orange hard candy in her palm, licked her lips, and said, "It's for the big brother who doesn't go out, and Dongbao and Grandma."
Chen Zhenzhu deliberately said, "1, 5, 7?"
Dongbao said angrily, "Mom is so stupid, it's 9, all of these together make 9!"
Xiao Bai, Wu Zhongguo, and the others standing behind Shen Zhenzhu were taken aback. No one expected that Dongbao could actually do math.
Grandma Tong stood swaying by the doorway, explaining to everyone, "Sometimes he would go to the elementary school to collect trash, and some teachers would tease him by having him count cans. Over time, he learned a little bit."
Dongbao happily stretched out his hand: "Mom, give Dongbao some candy."
Chen Zhenzhu shook her head and said, "No, it should be 1, 5, 10."
Dongbao felt that her mother had gone back on her word and angrily said, "It's 9!"
Shen Zhenzhu hid the candy behind her back: "I think there are 10 people."
If it were anyone else who broke their promise, Dongbao would have just snatched it. He did the same instinctively, but Chen Zhenzhu reacted much faster and wouldn't let him get the candy no matter what.
The two argued in the yard for a while, and the victim's family outside was on the verge of a breakdown: "Is this how you handle cases? You think you can solve a case by playing with an idiot?! I'm going to sue you, I'm definitely going to sue you!"
Shen Zhenzhu didn't care about the noise outside; she was focused on teasing the fool.
“I said there are 10 people, so there are 10 people. Dongbao can’t count.”
Dongbao said angrily, "My second brother isn't home, so how can there be 10 people!"
Shen Zhenzhu stopped what she was doing, waved the candy in front of him, and said, "Who is Second Brother? I saw him at home."
Dongbao angrily said, "Second brother isn't home!"
Shen Zhenzhu gently peeled off the colorful candy wrapper and asked with a smile, "Where does Second Brother live?"
Dongbao seemed to have encountered a problem. He tilted his head, pointed, and then scratched his head: "Dongbao can't find him."
Chen Zhenzhu gave the candy to Dongbao, then took out the syringe she had found and asked, "Did Dongbao drop this?"
Dongbao wasn't interested in the injection. He glanced at it and said, "The candy was dropped by Dongbao, this isn't."
Chen Zhenzhu asked, "Does Dongbao sometimes feel sleepy?"
Dongbao had already swallowed the candy. Staring at Chen Zhenzhu's pocket, she said absentmindedly, "Dongbao wants to sleep. Grandma wants to sleep, Mom wants to sleep, everyone wants to sleep."
As he spoke, he pointed to Old Jiang, who was sitting at the door of the south room smoking, and said, "He's sleeping too."
Old Jiang was caught off guard by Dongbao's mention of his name and was stunned for a moment: "But don't you want to sleep? If people don't sleep, they'll all die."
Dongbao pointed behind him and said, "Big brother is sleeping too."
"I wasn't asleep, I'm awake." Jiang Yuan'an pushed open the door, his head aching from the noise outside. He rubbed his face and smiled at Dongbao, saying, "Dongbao, you're back."
Old Jiang sighed: "We still don't know what's going on. The people outside are even trying to get rid of the cat."
Dongbao's cheerful mood vanished, and a low growl escaped his throat as he yelled, "I'll kill you!"
Old Jiang almost fell to the ground, and hurriedly said, "It wasn't me who wanted to send the cat away, why are you killing me?"
Jiang Yuan'an helped Lao Jiang up, frowning as he said, "Dongbao, stop fooling around. Haven't you caused enough trouble already?"
"I'll kill you!" Dongbao grabbed a shovel from the ground and swung it at the father and son!
"Dongbao, stop!" Chen Zhenzhu shouted and rushed forward to stop him.
Dongbao's face was contorted with rage, and there was a bloodthirsty ruthlessness in his eyes!
Caught off guard, Old Jiang turned around and picked up the stool with one hand, then slammed the shovel heavily against the wood, making a clanging sound.
"Ah! My hand! Ah—" Old Jiang's perfectly good right hand was scraped by the shovel, and he sat on the ground screaming in agony.
Shen Zhenzhu gripped the shovel to stop Dongbao from moving forward. Zhao Qiqi and Xiaobai rushed up from the left and right, one grabbing Dongbao's neck and the other helping to snatch the shovel.
Dongbao made a "whoosh" sound, like an angry wild beast.
"He's bleeding!" Jiang Yuan'an helped Old Jiang up from the ground, his face contorted with anger. He scolded Dong Bao, "I always told you not to do anything foolish, how could you be so confused that you can't even tell the difference between good and bad people!"
"Dongbao can tell the difference! Dongbao will kill the bad guys!" Dongbao was even stronger than Zhao Qiqi, and he moved step by step with difficulty towards Old Jiang.
Jiang Yuan'an hugged the injured Lao Jiang and said disappointedly, "My dad originally said he would keep it a secret for you, but you really, really make me sad."
He helped Old Jiang inside and said angrily, "Police officer, I want to report Dongbao! I saw him carrying someone into the alley!"
"Are you sure?" This time, not only the others, but even Chen Zhenzhu was taken aback: "Where is he?"
Jiang Yuan'an said quickly, "I don't know where he hid; he disappeared in the blink of an eye. I didn't think about it at first, but I've been thinking about it for the past two days and something feels off. I feel like it's related to the case you're investigating!"
Dongbao stomped her feet in anger because she didn't have enough vocabulary and kept muttering incomprehensible words.
He threw down the shovel, stubbornly insisting on barging in, occasionally blurting out "Big Brother," "Second Brother," and "Mother." His forehead and neck were flushed with anger.
"Dongbao, calm down." Chen Zhenzhu closed the door to the south room and stood in front of it.
An operator nearby, seeing Dongbao's outburst, reminded Chen Zhenzhu, "This can't go on. Should we give him an injection?"
Grandma Tong shouted at the door, "Don't hit it! That's not his medicine. I swear on my worthless old life, it really isn't Dongbao's!"
Seeing that the old woman's blood pressure had risen again, Chen Zhenzhu quickly said to Xiaobai, "Help her inside."
Grandma Tong sobbed uncontrollably, saying, "What a tragedy! Who did we offend?"
Xiao Bai let go of Dong Bao's arm and ran to Grandma Tong, saying, "Don't worry, we won't hit him. Why would we use medicine indiscriminately?"
"Kill...kill..." Dongbao screamed one heart-wrenching cry after another, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
Left with no other choice, Chen Zhenzhu forcibly pulled him into the small house to the north: "Dongbao, let me sit with you for a while. Stop making a fuss. Tell me, where did you take the person you were carrying?"
"Dongbao won't tell." Dongbao burst into tears: "Dongbao wants to avenge her friend."
Chen Zhenzhu wiped away his tears and whispered, "Who is your friend?"
Dongbao grabbed Chen Zhenzhu's arm, as if asking Chen Zhenzhu to make decisions for him, and wailed with his mouth wide open: "Little Gray."
Shen Zhenzhu had no memory of this person in the tenement. She said to Xiaobai, who was guarding outside, "Do you know Xiaohui?"
"I don't know either," Xiaobai frowned.
Dongbao cried and said, "Little Gray is gone. Someone took him away. Dongbao can't find Little Gray."
Chen Zhenzhu gave him another orange hard candy, but Dongbao turned his head away and refused to eat it. He wiped away his tears and pointed at Nanwu, saying, "Kill him! Kill him!"
Chen Zhenzhu pushed him to sit down, pressed on Dongbao's shoulder and asked, "Where does Xiaohui live? I'll go find him for you. Don't cry, crying won't solve anything."
Dongbao clenched her fists tightly, her teeth grinding together: "Little Gray lives in a cage, just like me. Dongbao wanted to protect her friend, but her friend still died, boohoo—waaaaaah—"
Shen Zhenzhu understood and tried asking, "Your friend Xiao Hui is a kitten, right?"
Dongbao nodded emphatically: "It is the Second King of Cats."
Chen Zhenzhu said, "And what about the Cat King?"
Dongbao grinned and started crying again, this time with even more grievance: "Yes, the Cat King won't play with Dongbao. He thinks Dongbao is stupid."
"Sigh." Chen Zhenzhu thought for a moment and felt a glimmer of hope. Holding Dongbao's hand as if looking at her precious child, she said, "Dongbao, tell me, you said you locked your friends in cages to protect them, right?"
Dongbao nodded: "Grandma also puts Dongbao in a cage to protect him."
As Chen Zhenzhu pondered those words, Dongbao glanced hesitantly at the wall, then at the cat cage just outside. He suddenly noticed Chen Zhenzhu's probing gaze, forcefully shook off her hand, and said warily, "No, nobody trusts Dongbao, and Dongbao doesn't trust anyone either."
Shen Zhenzhu followed his gaze, but Dongbao suddenly reached out and pressed his large hand on Shen Zhenzhu's head, turning her head back: "Don't look."
"Okay, okay, I won't look, don't strain me." Shen Zhenzhu shrank her neck, when suddenly she heard someone outside calling her: "Sister Zhenzhu, it's terrible, people from the provincial department are here."
"Huh? So suddenly?" Chen Zhenzhu put down Dongbao's hand and said gently, "Dongbao, please don't make a fuss. Sit here for a while, I'll be right back."
"Mother, don't go!" Dongbao cried out.
Shen Zhenzhu took out all the candy from her pocket and put it in his hand: "I'll be back soon."
The clerk from the provincial department looked tired, was wearing a cotton-padded coat, and was talking to Wu Zhongguo.
As Shen Zhenzhu approached, she overheard them saying, "The provincial department also has experts in mental health who can participate in interrogations and assess the type and severity of mental illnesses."
Shen Zhenzhu had a bad feeling, so she reached out her hand to greet them: "Hello, I am Shen Zhenzhu, who is in charge of the missing persons case."
"Captain Shen, I've heard so much about you." One of the men, wearing glasses, had narrow eyes and thin lips and looked rather unapproachable. Next to him was a square-faced man whom Shen Zhenzhu had seen before from the provincial department.
The man with the large face said to Shen Zhenzhu, "I am Fang Huaigang from the Provincial Department's office, and this is Qian Minghai, the lawyer entrusted by the victim. Some of the victim's family members have some questions about the handling of the missing persons case, so the Provincial Department sent us here to ask a few questions."
Shen Zhenzhu said, "I understand the anxiety of the missing person's family. The case was handled within the established procedures. Is there anything I can do to ask?"
Qian Minghai smiled politely and said, "Please rest assured, Section Chief Shen, we will not interfere with the case without cause. We only came here to appease the families of the missing persons. Actually, it's not a big deal. One of the missing persons, Comrade Meng Wanjun, has a relative who is a well-known overseas Chinese. It is said that more than one witness saw Meng Wanjun in contact with the guardian of the suspect, Dongbao, before her disappearance. Therefore, she protested to the provincial department leaders through the Overseas Chinese Business Association about the slow progress of the case."
Shen Zhenzhu smiled insincerely and said, "Does Attorney Qian mean to take Dongbao away and have the provincial department interrogate him?"
Qian Minghai said, "That would be even better—"
"Of course not, it means you can come and assist with the investigation." Fang Huaigang frowned and interrupted Qian Minghai.
Originally, the provincial department was only going to ask a few questions as a formality because of the influence of the Overseas Chinese Business Association, so that Qian Minghai could explain to the association. But now it seems that Qian Minghai is the one who is taking the suspect away.
"Can I say a few words to the suspect?" Qian Minghai asked with a smile, not angry at all.
Shen Zhenzhu blocked his way and said in a serious tone, "The investigation is still in progress, and Attorney Qian does not have the authority to conduct it. The investigation is urgent, so I cannot accompany you. I hope Attorney Qian understands."
Qian Minghai pushed up his glasses, and seeing that Chen Zhenzhu was about to leave, he glanced sideways at Fang Huaigang and suddenly raised his voice, saying, "Dongbao, someone saw your grandma walking with a woman, and I don't think that woman is your mother!"
Dongbao rushed out and shouted, "It's my mother! My grandma left with my mother! Big brother saw it too!"
Seeing that Qian Minghai was deliberately leading Dongbao astray, Shen Zhenzhu stopped and turned around, saying, "Attorney Qian, please have some self-respect. Section Chief Fang, you brought these people here. If you cause trouble like this, it will be difficult to explain to Director Tu later."
Qian Minghai revealed a mocking smile and said, "As far as I know, Dongbao also hid the severed hand. Dongbao is the prime suspect. Dongbao, tell me honestly, did you cut off the hand or did your grandmother cut it off?"
A narrow choice between two options may seem like there is a choice, but in reality, there is no choice.
Dongbao wasn't as clever as the cunning Qian Minghai. He opened his mouth, wanting to protect his grandmother, and blurted out, "Dongbao did it! Grandma didn't do it!"
Having gotten the answer he wanted, Qian Minghai spread his hands and smiled at Shen Zhenzhu, "The criminal confessed to the crime himself. I didn't expect it to be so easy. Captain Shen, I'm sorry, I solved the case before you."
Dongbao scratched his head hard, his wild sixth sense detecting a mocking tone in Qian Minghai's smile.
"Those who bully Dongbao are bad people, Dongbao will beat you up!" Ignoring everyone's attempts to stop him, he rushed towards Qian Minghai, shoved Qian Minghai to the ground, and raised his fist high.
Qian Minghai hadn't expected that even a large number of police officers couldn't stop Dong Bao. He received two stinging punches to the face, his glasses shattered, and his eye sockets turned bruised and purple. "Stop it!" he shouted. "Or I'll sue you!"
Dongbao, riding on his back, pointed to his own head and said, "Dongbao is an idiot, Dongbao hits people and doesn't pay compensation!"
Fang Huaigang had already put up with Qian Minghai countless times on his way here, and he couldn't stop Dongbao no matter how hard he tried.
The other operators were all locals from Liancheng and subordinates of Shen Zhenzhu. Seeing Qian Minghai's pretentious act, they simply pretended not to see him.
Xiao Bai, Zhao Qiqi, and Wu Zhongguo pretended to pull Dongbao away, but Dongbao's fists still came down.
In the end, Qian Minghai's nose started bleeding uncontrollably. Xiaobai got a little scared, grabbed Dongbao's waist, looked around, and said, "Sister Pearl, where is Sister Pearl?"
Zhao Qiqi scanned the area but couldn't spot Chen Zhenzhu.
Wu Zhongguo, who was squatting on the ground plugging Qian Minghai's nose to stop the bleeding, saw Chen Zhenzhu standing on the roof of the north room and said, "She's up there!"
Xiao Bai looked up and asked, "How did you climb up there? Sister Pearl, be careful!"
Seeing that Shen Zhenzhu was not following the usual path, Qian Minghai covered his face and said indistinctly, "Captain Shen, you won't help me."
Dongbao said proudly, "Mom will help Dongbao, not the bad guys."
Shen Zhenzhu lowered her head to measure the distance to the roof, paced back and forth a few steps, then waved to them, "The distance is wrong, there's some space inside. Have someone break down the wall!"
Dongbao cried out, "Mommy, Mommy's a bad person too! Don't smash things, my friends will be scared!"
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Author's note: See you tomorrow, there are 100 red envelopes waiting for you! [Let me see]
Please, please give me some nutrient solution! [starry-eyed]
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