Serial crimes
"Why do I feel like traveling all over Jianan Province?" Jiang Li sat in the co-pilot seat and discussed the newly discovered clues with him.
Chen Fuzheng has been deeply involved in Jianan Province in recent years. Although he travels on business all year round, he basically moves around the province. The report on Fanquan Township health products that caught Chen An's attention before was followed by a notice for someone missing, and he happened to see his master's name.
"So you're saying your master really did have a child, but it disappeared a long time ago, and they never mentioned it, so you didn't know about it?"
Chen An simplified the story of Qiao Qingfeng and told him about it.
"Yes," Chen An said, "Chen Fuzheng's report confirms my guess."
Last summer, he went to Fanquan Township to investigate two people, He Fan and Qiu Ke. If his inference was correct, Qiu Ke, who was taken away by Qiao Qingfeng, was very likely his son.
"That's not right." Jiang Li interrupted his thoughts. "If Teacher Qiao knew that Qiu Ke was his son, why did he take him away to use him as an informant? And from what you said, Master's wife didn't know about Qiu Ke either. I'm more inclined to believe that he simply picked Qiu Ke away."
Jiang Li was right, Qiao Qingfeng's motives and the results did not match.
Jiang Li suddenly sat up straight and said excitedly, "Hey, do you think you might be your master's son?"
Chen An rolled his eyes at him. "Impossible. Guess what? We actually did a DNA test."
Jiang Li was shocked. "Fuck, really?"
Chen An nodded helplessly.
This is quite speechless. He was forced to do a DNA test with Qiao Qingfeng because of some people's rumors.
Qiao Qingfeng treats him very well, and everyone knows it. When there are not so many assessments, no one cares about this. But after the number of assessments and rewards increases, even the most outstanding people will be accused of being relatives. Chen An has no parents. Those who are familiar with him know that he grew up in an orphanage, and those who are not familiar with him start to spread rumors that he is Qiao Qingfeng's son. They thought the rumor would not last long, but who knew that even the orphanage was alarmed, and the two had to do a DNA test to prove their innocence.
In fact, he actually hoped that he was Qiao Qingfeng's son. After so many years, he didn't yearn for family affection because he was used to not having it, not because he didn't need it. He was disappointed for a while when the result came out.
Jiang Li patted his cheek and said, "It's okay. I don't have parents either."
Chen An looked at him and said, "I will be your father from now on~"
Disappointed, speechless, then smiled and said: "You are not my father, you are my ancestor."
Jiang Li especially likes to hear him call him ancestor. It feels like he is worshipping him. The fact is that he is the ancestor in the family.
"Maybe Mr. Qiao didn't realize Qiu Ke's relationship with him? But then again, we can't be sure that Qiu Ke is his son. Oh, it's so difficult."
Having reached a dead end, Jiang Li collapsed, exhausted and boneless.
Chen Fuzheng's wife is Chen Ping, an obstetrician and gynecologist nurse at the South China United Hospital. However, this hospital split off some departments a few years ago to form an independent hospital, and has changed its name to United Hospital.
Chen An and his team still went to the main hospital. After the split, the flow of people in the hospital was dispersed and there were fewer people.
"I don't know why I always feel a chill every time I walk into the hospital." Jiang Li pulled his arm and looked at the dark corridor ahead.
Chen An took his hand off his arm, interlocked their fingers, and led him away.
At the end of the corridor was the Old Archives Room, the location the old man had told them was right here. Dust flew everywhere when they pushed open the door. Jiang Li choked and grumbled, "Don't they clean it?"
"After the split, this place is obviously deserted. It's normal that no one cleans it." Chen An opened the window to ventilate, and then the two of them quickly searched.
All the files before 2010 are here. They are filed neatly and you can find them easily by number.
Chen Ping, female, was born in 1968 and started working at the age of 24. A black and white ID photo was pasted on the upper right corner. The person in the photo had a small braid. The damp paper was taken out and it was densely covered with her resume.
"It looks like there's nothing wrong." Jiang Li quickly flipped through a thick casebook. "Hasn't the information about Chen Fuzheng's son been found yet?"
The investigation of Chen Fuzheng has been quite bumpy. Chen An has handed the matter over to Bai Shuo, but there is no news yet.
"Not yet." Chen An finished flipping through the last pile of documents and sighed, "There aren't many clues left here, just work records."
Jiang Li was tired of searching and sat down on the ground. It was getting dark. He had been to two places today but had not found any useful information.
Chen An pulled the man up from the ground and said, "Let's go to one last place."
Leaving the hospital, Bai Shuo provided Chen An with a new direction. He found the nurse who worked with Chen Ping in the past.
The gate was half open, and in the yard a little boy was sitting on a wooden horse, with a woman watching him.
Chen An knocked on the door, and the woman looked up. "Who are you?"
"Auntie, we are looking for someone." Jiang Li said.
The woman stood up and walked to the door. "Who are you looking for?"
"Is Zhou Qing here?"
The woman became alert instantly, looked him up and down, and shook her head, "No, I don't know." She instinctively wanted to close the door, but Chen An held it shut.
"Auntie Zhou, we are just asking some questions. We are not bad people." Jiang Li tried to persuade her.
Zhou Qing still shook her head. The door wouldn't close. She angrily said, "Hurry up and leave! If you don't leave, I'll call someone!"
Only when she showed her fierce look did Zhou Qing resemble the photo somewhat.
They refused to let go, leaving Zhou Qing helpless. She spread her hands and asked, "What do you want?"
"I said, we just want to ask some questions."
Zhou Qing glanced back at her grandson, walked out the door and closed it, "Let's talk over there."
Zhou Qing's attitude must have been due to something she had experienced before, and they guessed it might be related to Chen Ping.
"We want to ask about Chen Ping." Jiang Li said.
Zhou Qing guessed it, because she had the best relationship with Chen Ping back then, and the police also came to look for her after Chen Ping disappeared.
"Why did Chen Ping disappear?" Jiang Li asked.
Zhou Qing shook her head and said lightly, "I don't know."
Her attitude seemed like the standard answer she had gotten after being questioned many times. After so many years, it was difficult to trace the truth, so she just had to answer that she didn't know.
Chen An saw through her thoughts and confessed directly, "I'm a police officer. I'm here to investigate Chen Ping's disappearance. As far as I know, the forces behind Chen Ping's disappearance are not simple. Judging from your expression just now, you must be afraid of being found by those people. Maybe next time, it won't be the police who come to find you."
Many people asked her questions, but none of them hit the nail on the head. Twenty years later, someone finally spoke out her concerns.
After a long time, Zhou Qing sighed, "Chen Ping really shouldn't have helped."
"Help?" Jiang Li was puzzled. "Help with work?"
Zhou Qing shook her head and said regretfully, "Chen Ping is too enthusiastic. There was a woman who came to our hospital to give birth, but she couldn't produce her ID card."
Without an ID card, wouldn’t that mean you are… an illegal resident?
Chen An and Jiang Li looked at each other and thought: It turns out that only those who are in the know can have the big information.
Zhou Qing began to recall that vague time.
Chen Ping studied at a medical school and was assigned a job directly at the South China United Hospital after graduation. She was fair-skinned and had pigtails, looking like a beautiful nurse in a TV drama.
She and Chen Fuzheng met in the hospital. Chen Fuzheng was a reporter and sometimes he had to go undercover. If he was accidentally discovered, he would be retaliated against. He was beaten and had to go to the emergency room late at night. Chen Ping happened to be on duty, and that's how the two met.
At first, Zhou Qing thought that the two were just simple friends. After all, in her eyes, being a reporter was an unstable job, while Chen Ping had a stable job. Chen Fuzheng was not worthy of her. She repeatedly persuaded Chen Ping not to marry and live together just because of her educated youth face, but Chen Ping said that they had the same beliefs and common ideals. Anyway, she said something that she could not understand.
Not long after, they got married and their life went smoothly. Gradually, Zhou Qing felt that Chen Fuzheng was a good husband. A huge change happened in the summer of 2005.
It was Chen Ping's idea to see the pregnant woman without an ID. The woman came late at night with a big belly and looked like she might give birth at any time. Chen Ping happened to be on duty that night, so she secretly let the pregnant woman stay in a temporary bed, thinking that she could wait for her family to come the next day to get a hospital number.
The two chatted a lot that night. The woman looked very young and beautiful, but her complexion was not good and her spirit was very poor. After a long conversation, Chen Ping realized that no one accompanied her. She ran away from her husband's house and now had nowhere to go.
Her pitiful appearance softened Chen Ping's heart. Coincidentally, Chen Fu was on a business trip during the year and his son was still in school, so Chen Ping really brought the woman home.
"Wait, have you seen the woman Chen Ping rescued?"
I don’t know why Jiang Li’s eyelids kept twitching after Chen An asked this question.
"Of course I haven't seen her. I even helped her." Zhou Qing smiled a little. They must have been very happy to help her. "I still have photos, but I haven't shown them to anyone else."
Zhou Qing walked in quickly, unlocked the door with the key, and took out the yellowed photo from layers of plastic bags. Three people were standing together, and the woman in the middle was pregnant.
“This is it.”
Zhou Qing's finger frightened them both.
If this person isn’t Su Jinxian, who else could it be?
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