Original Sin (VII)
Zheng Yingrong appeared in Gu Fang's office. Her eyes were puffy, the makeup on her face had been washed off, and her capillaries were almost visible on her fair skin. She sat there in a daze, not saying a word since she came in.
Gu Fang played with the pen and looked at her secretly.
The two of them remained silent like that. More than half an hour passed, and Zheng Yingrong still maintained the same posture, hardly changing.
Gu Fang couldn't waste time with her any longer, "Miss Zheng, is there something wrong?"
Zheng Yingrong nodded and then shook her head.
Gu Fang: "If there is nothing important, I will go and get busy."
Zheng Yingrong suddenly raised her head and asked, "Are you going to arrest Zheng Baochang?"
Gu Fang frowned slightly and didn't even call him dad. Could something have happened? "You and your dad..."
"He is not my father!" Zheng Yingrong gritted her teeth, tears welled up in her eyes, filled with hatred.
"You had a quarrel with him?"
Zheng Yingrong cried silently, "After my mother passed away, he began to hate me. I once thought I was not his biological child, but I finally understood last night that I looked too much like my mother and he was afraid of me."
Gu Fang remained silent, waiting for her to continue.
Zheng Yingrong had a sarcastic smile on her face. "It turns out that his deep affection for mom is all fake, all pretense. What he said about not getting married for mom is all bullshit! Liar, big liar!"
Zheng Yingrong burst into tears, her tears streaming down her face and her voice becoming louder and louder.
Jiang Shengyu and others who heard the noise quietly slipped to the door. What happened? Did Captain Gu bully others?
Gu Fang met their gaze, rolled his eyes, and slammed the door.
Qi Jiabao: “No, I have to go find Sister Shen.”
Jiang Shengyu grabbed him by the back of his neck and said, "What are you doing? Don't you think it's not chaotic enough?"
"But……"
"No buts, sit down!" Jiang Shengyu pushed him to sit down, "Stay still."
Qi Jiabao looked towards Gu Fang's office and asked, "What do you think is the relationship between Captain Gu and her?"
"No matter what the relationship is, it has nothing to do with you." Jiang Shengyu slapped the file on him and said, "Get to work!"
Qi Jiabao curled his lips and said, "I can't find any evidence anyway."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Jiang Shengyu glared at him, and Qi Jiabao immediately wilted and went to look at the information obediently.
Zheng Yingrong stopped crying, but was still sobbing. Gu Fang brought her a tissue and asked, "What's going on?"
Zheng Yingrong wiped her tears and said nothing. She was hesitating. If she spoke, Zheng Baochang would definitely be arrested and her brother would not be rescued. But if she didn't say it, she would tremble all over when she saw Zheng Baochang. She was afraid that Zheng Baochang would treat her the same way he treated his mother.
Gu Fang waited patiently, considering how to avoid irritating her and make her tell the truth as soon as possible.
Zheng Yingrong seemed to have made up her mind, "I want to see my brother, tell me when you see me."
Gu Fang was still playing with the pen. "This is the rule. If I let you see it, it will be a violation of the rules and you will be punished."
Zheng Yingrong gritted her teeth, "Then I'll go get a lawyer, and the lawyer will definitely be able to see him." She stood up, walked to the door, opened it, and turned back, "If our positions were not different, would you consider being with me?"
Gu Fang didn't look at her, staring at the pen in his hand, "No ifs."
Zheng Yingrong smiled bitterly. She knew it was like this, but she refused to give up and kept asking.
She walked out and everyone in the second team turned to look at her. Zheng Yingrong scanned their faces one by one. They were either tired or listless, but they were glowing, unlike her, who was always dim.
Jiang Shengyu smiled and said, "Are you leaving? I'll see you off."
"No, thank you." Zheng Yingrong walked out and heard the phone on the table ringing and someone running. She turned around and saw the person who had just spoken to her rushing into Gu Fang's office. Then, Gu Fang hurried out, "Zheng Yingrong!"
Zheng Yingrong paused, surprised and shocked.
Gu Fang walked up to her quickly, with a hint of hidden worry in the depths of his eyes, "Get in my car! Xiaobao, go get Forensic Doctor Shen."
Zheng Yingrong's heart was beating wildly, calling forensic doctor Shen meant there was a murder case!
Shen Xingyan came out carrying a toolbox, ran over quickly and got into the car.
Zheng Yingrong sat in the passenger seat, holding on to her seat belt tightly, her face pale.
Shen Xingyan glanced at her and frowned. She looked at Jiang Shengyu and asked him. Jiang Shengyu looked serious and nodded. Shen Xingyan sighed secretly.
…
A lot of people gathered under the Zheng Building. A cordon was set up in front of the crowd and an ambulance was parked on the side. Another police car came roaring with sirens blaring. The car stopped and several people jumped out. The one rushing in the front was Zheng Yingrong, who almost staggered through the crowd.
Zheng Baochang lay face down in a pool of blood, his arms twisted behind his back, one of his leather shoes dropped to his side, his eyes were open lifelessly, his pupils had lost focus.
Zheng Yingrong threw herself on the corpse and burst into tears. She shook Zheng Baochang, trying to wake him up.
Gu Fang exchanged a glance with Jiang Shengyu, and he took Qi Jiabao into the Zheng Building.
Shen Xingyan took out a ruler to measure the distance, then examined the body. There were multiple fractures all over the body, the brain was burst, and the internal organs were damaged. She walked over to Gu Fang and asked, "What do you think?"
"Zheng Baochang doesn't seem like the type of person who would commit suicide. There must be something else going on."
"Zheng Junliang was arrested. He should be thinking of ways to save Zheng Junliang instead of jumping off the building. The possibility of murder is very high. I will take the body back first and examine it carefully again."
Shen Xingyan took out a body bag to put the body in, but Zheng Yingrong held on to it tightly and refused to let go.
Shen Xingyan patted her shoulder and said, "My condolences. I have to find out the cause of death. You don't want your father to die in obscurity, do you?"
"I was just hating him for killing my mom, but he left so soon. I feel so stupid. No matter how much I hate him, he is still my dad."
"I understand how you feel, Miss Zheng. Tell Captain Gu everything you know. Otherwise, neither you nor your brother will have a good life."
Zheng Yingrong wiped away her tears, "I know you are right, but my father never let me know about his affairs. He even rarely lets me go to the company. Even if I want to, I am powerless." She grabbed Shen Xingyan's arm, "My brother, I want to see my brother, my brother must know!"
Zheng Junliang is still detained in the Municipal Bureau. He lies on his side on the bed, hugging his arms and squinting his eyes slightly. He has been detained for two days. Except for the first time when Gu Fang interrogated him, he has not been interrogated again.
He didn't know what was going on outside, or whether his father had found a way to save him. He could only control his temper and wait.
The cell door opened and someone walked in. Zheng Junliang did not move. This was a temporary detention center and different prisoners would come in. Several waves of them had come in the past two days.
Suddenly he felt the man approaching him, and a cold silk-like thing was wrapped around his neck. Zheng Junliang suddenly became alert and grabbed the "line", but it was stiff and it turned out to be a wire. Zheng Junliang was secretly shocked. Someone wanted to kill him!
He held the wire tightly, but it was too thin and it cut into his hand. He endured the pain, kicked the wall with his feet, and exerted force, and he and the man fell to the ground. He got a moment to catch his breath, grabbed the man's arm desperately, and bit him.
He really wishes he had Shen Xingyan's skills now, otherwise, he wouldn't bite people like a mad dog.
The man felt pain but did not cry out. He bent his arms and attacked Zheng Junliang's head with his elbow. Zheng Junliang felt a black screen before his eyes, and after a moment of trance, he let go of his mouth.
The man stood up, straightened the wire, and attacked again.
Zheng Junliang rolled and crawled, "Help! Someone come! Someone is killing someone! Help!"
His shouting stimulated the man, and he changed his killing moves and only attacked his vital parts.
Zheng Junliang felt sore all over, his head felt like it was splitting open, and blood was coming out of all his orifices. "Help, help, help quickly!" No one in the police station heard his cry for help. It must be someone who instructed him to do so!
But he can't die yet, he still has a younger sister to take care of. Thinking of Zheng Yingrong, Zheng Junliang's weak body came to life again. He waved his fists and kicked wildly, no matter what part it was, as long as he hit or kicked it.
The man didn't expect Zheng Junliang to be so tenacious. He got anxious and wrapped the wire around Zheng Junliang's arm. He then clenched his fist and hit his temple with it.
Zheng Junliang was hit hard and fell heavily to the ground. It felt like there was a propeller spinning inside his head, making a constant buzzing sound.
Seeing this, the man loosened the wire, grabbed his throat and pulled him backwards. Zheng Junliang's face instantly turned red, saliva flowed out of his mouth, and he rolled his eyes. He suddenly saw Zheng Yingrong, who smiled and waved to him, as if saying goodbye.
“Rongrong…”
Zheng Junliang used all his strength, grabbed the man's hand and squeezed it to death, but he became increasingly weaker and the strength gradually drained away from his body. Did he die just like that? He once thought that death was far away from him, but he didn't expect it to be so close.
He vaguely heard the sound of running and shouting, but his mind was unable to process anything and he could only sink into darkness.
Gu Fang rushed in first, grabbed the man's wrist, twisted it hard, and took it off. The man didn't even cry out in pain and turned around to attack Gu Fang.
Qiu Ming stepped forward instantly, took the move, and subdued him in a few moves.
Gu Fang didn't care about anything else and kept patting Zheng Junliang's face, "Zheng Junliang, Zheng Junliang, wake up, Zheng Junliang..."
Shen Xingyan checked his breathing and pulse and performed CPR. Finally, Zheng Junliang's heart started beating again.
Gu Fang let out a long breath, his face darkened, and he stood up. The man had his hands handcuffed behind his back and looked annoyed, but his eyes were fixed on Zheng Junliang, as if he wanted to kill him immediately.
Gu Fang lifted his collar and asked, "Who sent you here?"
"No one sent me here, I just don't like him!"
"Xiao Qiu, put him in solitary confinement. I wonder how long he can keep his stubbornness going!"
Zheng Junliang woke up. He looked at Shen Xingyan who was so close to him and laughed. He said in a hoarse voice, "I thought I was going to die."
Shen Xingyan rolled his eyes at him and said, "You should be thankful that we reacted quickly and rushed back in time, otherwise we would have to collect your body."
Zheng Junliang knew that Shen Xingyan must have been murdered when she went out, "Who died this time?"
Shen Xingyan looked at him deeply and said nothing.
Zheng Junliang stared at her evasive eyes, sat up suddenly, and grabbed her arm, "My dad?!"
Shen Xingyan turned her head away, and Zheng Junliang grabbed her even harder, "Tell me, is that right?"
Seeing this, Gu Fang pulled his hand away unhappily and looked him in the eyes. "What you have to do now is to tell me everything you know. I can't guarantee that they won't attack you again while I'm away."
Zheng Junliang slammed his fist on the ground, "Assholes! Bastards! They actually killed my dad! Where's Rongrong?"
"She is in the bureau and is not in danger for now."
Zheng Junliang gritted his teeth and said, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything!" Since they killed my father, he would fight them to the death!
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