Turbid Light
The camera was pointed at Li Qiuqi's face and captured her panicked expression. She was surrounded. To her, these people approaching with microphones were no different from the evil deeds in the basement behind her. She kept backing away, her feet slipped on the sand and she fell to the ground. Finally, she burst into tears.
When the police arrived, they surrounded Li Qiuqi and kept questioning her. Li Qiuqi covered her ears, trembling all over and muttering, "I don't know... I didn't... I'm not..."
When reporters saw the police approach, they swarmed over. Cheng Xiaoxiang calmed the media while having auxiliary police clear them away. Chen An, navigating the commotion, approached Li Qiuqi. She was in a state of distress, her untidy hair tangled in her needle-pricked hands. The female officer helped her up and led her away. Chen An's gaze drifted back to the amusement park.
This is the children's playground invested and built by Xu Mingwei. It is also the largest children's playground in Qu'an City. It is two stories high and not far from the city center. Parents who do not have time to take care of their children will entrust their children here and pick them up at night.
Because of the news that these children had been evacuated, Chen An walked in slowly, and a chill instantly crept up his spine. Under this park with such complete facilities, there turned out to be an illegal surrogacy base.
The underground base is as big as the park, and no one knows how long it has existed, but after the reporter exposed it, the police still arrested a large number of people involved in the case.
Chen An pushed open one of the doors. The room was quiet with only the sound of instruments beating. Four women were lying on the bed, still sleeping unconscious.
The exposure of the surrogacy base also pushed the Xu family to the forefront. The security guards helped Xu Jiaming stop the reporters who crossed the line. Xu Jiaming had been surrounded for half an hour and was now in a dilemma.
*
"Mr. Xu, as Xu Mingwei's son, are you aware that your father is engaged in illegal surrogacy?"
Xu Jiaming closed his eyes irritably, then patiently replied, "First of all, my father didn't engage in illegal surrogacy. The Xu family simply invested in and built the Renai Paradise, but he wasn't the one managing it. Like all of you, I only learned about this today! So, could you please make way and let me out first?"
The reporter ignored the latter part of the request and continued to question, "I heard that the person who exposed it is your girlfriend. Do you have anything to say about this?"
After the female reporter asked the question, the male reporter quickly followed up with another question, "Mr. Xu Jiaming, did you send your girlfriend to a surrogate mother? Do you have any reproductive defects?"
Xu Jiaming was furious. He took off his sunglasses and kicked the male reporter. "I said, let me out, understand? What you're doing is illegal!"
This kick successfully angered everyone, and instead of retreating, the reporter launched an even more fierce attack on him.
"Xu Mingwei cheated on your mother, and after Ms. Mu passed away, he brought his mistress with him. And you're still defending Xu Mingwei like this. It really is true that the son resembles the father!"
"Xu Jiaming abandoned his girlfriend and used her to develop a surrogacy business! He's just as heinous as his father!"
*
"Wow~ The wind direction is changing so quickly!"
The increase in hot searches is eye-opening. The day before, people were still mourning Xu Mingwei online, praising him as a philanthropist, but a day later he turned into a demon.
After examining her injuries, Li Qiuqi came to the police station. She was in a trance and refused to be touched by anyone. She even bit the nurse when she was examining her injuries. She looked around like a stressed cat.
"Qiuqi!" Xu Jiaming, having escaped the reporters, rushed to the police station. He walked quickly towards Li Qiuqi, but Li Qiuqi stared at him in horror and stepped back. "I'm Xu Jiaming, I'm your boyfriend."
Li Qiuqi clutched her clothes with tears in her eyes. She shook her head and shrank into the corner.
"Separate trials," Chen An said. The surrogacy incident and the Xu Mingwei case had attracted widespread public attention, and they needed to be solved quickly. Li Qiuqi wouldn't be able to recover for a while, so Chen An considered whether to ask Xun Muke to come over.
"Let's try Xu Jiaming first." Chen An sent the message out and took people to try Xu Jiaming.
"Xu Jiaming, male, 20 years old, son of the deceased Xu Mingwei, where were you before and after the incident?"
Xu Jiaming sat in his seat, the overhead light hitting his face. He was impatient and said, "I'm at home!"
"How do you prove it?"
"I..." Xu Jiaming participated in an event around the time of the incident, but he couldn't say what it was. "No one can prove it, but I was just at home. I didn't do anything!"
After reacting for a while, Xu Jiaming suddenly exploded, "Damn it! Are you guys suspecting that I killed my father?"
"It's not impossible."
Xu Jiaming scratched his hair. "What the hell! Why would I kill him? What's the benefit?"
"Xu Jiaming, do you know how your mother Muqiu died?"
The corners of Xu Jiaming's mouth twitched slightly, and then he completely relaxed and shrugged nonchalantly, "I don't know, an accident?"
"What a coincidence, I didn't know either." Chen An smiled and seemed to be joking with him.
Xu Jiaming's face turned ugly, and he said unhappily, "I know what you want to say. It's nothing more than saying that Huo Iris interfered with their relationship and brought back a son who is older than me. You want to say that I will kill Xu Mingwei to avenge my mother, right?"
"How is that possible? Hahahaha." Xu Jiaming said, "I was only that old when she died. How could I possibly kill someone for her?"
Chen An frowned and looked at him with some disgust.
"That's right. I did hate Huo Iris when he came into my family. I hated him for not valuing me and not considering my feelings. But after we grew up, he treated me very well. He gave me money and let me do whatever I wanted. He promised me that the Xu family's property would be mine in the future and that I would be the sole helmsman of Mingzhu Clothing. I am very satisfied."
A small favor would make him abandon his mother and the humiliation he suffered. He could not empathize with his mother's suffering and would not stand on her side.
Chen An recognized the man and changed the question, "Why didn't you take action when you knew Li Qiuqi was missing?"
Xu Jiaming's expression turned innocent. "I didn't ignore her. Didn't I give her parents money? If I hadn't reported her to the police, wouldn't she have been missing?"
Cheng Xiaoxiang wanted to throw his pen when he heard this. How could there be such a shameless person?
"Her parents are particularly difficult to deal with. When they ran out of money, they came to me. I gave them money, I gave it all. But after so many times, I am not a sucker. I gave them a sum of money a long time ago. This money bought Li Qiuqi's life. So now Li Qiuqi is mine. Whether she is missing depends on whether I report it to the police."
Cheng Xiaoxiang rolled his eyes. "This is a new society, and you think you're a slave owner!"
"I don't care about that. They are not really doing this for Li Qiuqi's good anyway. They might as well treat her better than me." Xu Jiaming was complacent.
"Oh, being nice to her means participating in sex games behind her back?" Chen An casually said something he didn't want to explain. Xu Jiaming froze, then retorted, "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you have any evidence?"
"You want evidence?" Chen An opened a folder and pushed it in front of him. Inside were several photos. "These are photos of you at the Cha Cha Club from the 10th to the 13th. I think you initiated this event."
Xu Jiaming quickly flipped through the photos. These were indeed photos of him in the club. He didn't care at all about Li Qiuqi's disappearance. After all, he had already got her. He just needed to spend a little money to support her. Besides, sometimes he didn't even have to spend any money. Li Qiuqi loved him very much and was willing to use the money she earned from working to buy him gifts, but this kind of life was a bit too boring.
After going to college, he joined some circles with many rich second-generations, and gradually he discovered the fun.
He had just participated in the girlfriend swapping game during those days, so he didn't have the time to commit the crime. That's right, that's it. Xu Jiaming silently wiped the sweat from his forehead and tried to find a way to explain, "It's... nothing, just playing some small games."
Chen An had already figured out what was going on when he got the photos. "Gathering for sex/orgy, Xu Jiaming, do you think it's just a game?"
Xu Jiaming was speechless. He had only been to this club a few times, so even if it was for group fornication, the sentence would be relatively light. "I admit that I did participate. Doesn't this also mean that I didn't have time to kill the old man?"
Chen An suddenly leaned forward and asked, "Are you sure you were in the club for the past three days?"
Xu Jiaming couldn't help but recall that night again, and shuddered suddenly, "...Yes, I have been staying in the club the whole time."
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