"We don't know what you are talking about. This is sheer nonsense! Nanhe and the others have taken great care of him since he was a child." Mu's father yelled and slammed the table hard, trying to cover up his inner panic with a tough attitude. His face turned red and veins popped out on his forehead.
Zhu's mother also echoed from the side, her voice shrill and piercing: "That's right, you must have made a mistake. How could you do such an evil thing. Don't try to wrongly accuse a good person." She crossed her arms, leaned back in the chair, her eyes full of resistance.
The police remained unmoved and continued to question in an orderly manner. Facing the evidence, Mu's father gradually wavered and his eyes began to evade. But Zhu's mother remained stubborn. Whenever the police mentioned key questions, she kept shaking her head and loudly refuted.
"Don't waste your energy. If you say you didn't do it, then you didn't do it. Don't try to get anything out of your mouth." Zhu's mother said fiercely, the muscles on her face twitching slightly with anger.
When the public security personnel tried to break through her psychological defenses by taking some records from the hospital, Zhu's mother just glanced at them and sneered: "What do these mean? These are all useless things. What do they have to do with you?"
Although the public security personnel patiently explained to her the policy of leniency for confessing the crime, Zhu's mother turned a deaf ear to it, kept repeating her innocence, and even began to accuse the public security personnel of persecution by the investigation.
The interrogation reached a stalemate. At this time, Yang Qingyan stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "Maybe there is a way to make them tell the truth. There is a kind of hallucinogenic drug that, when used properly, can make them relax their vigilance and tell the truth. Of course, this will be carried out under legal and compliant supervision, and we have already applied for the procedures in Beijing."
After hearing this, everyone fell into a brief thought. Old Chen frowned and paced back and forth in the room. After weighing the pros and cons, he finally agreed to Yang Qingyan's proposal.
The police took the hallucinogenic drug prepared by Yang Qingyan to the interrogation room.
After a while, the expressions of Mu's father and Zhu's mother began to change. Their eyes gradually became blurred and their bodies relaxed.
"So, did you switch the Xia family's children and take Mu Nanhe home?" Old Chen asked in a deep and powerful voice with a serious expression, and his voice echoed in the interrogation room.
Father Mu and Mother Zhu had expressions of fear on their faces, their bodies trembling slightly, as if they were making a final resistance against the effects of the drugs.
Zhu's mother's eyes flashed with pain, her lips trembled, and she said weakly: "It was... it was done by you. When you gave birth to a girl, and she died at birth. When you saw that the boy of the Xia family was so healthy, you... you didn't want to be childless, so you... you secretly switched the baby."
Mu's father gritted his teeth, a look of regret on his face, and then confessed: "When I knew about this, my family had already changed. I knew it was a boy, so I kept it a secret..."
The truth finally came to light. Zhu's mother insisted on seeing Mu Nanhe and said to him, "Mu Nanhe, do you have to be so cruel? We have raised you for more than a dozen years. Don't we have any feelings for you? If you withdraw the lawsuit, we will forgive you."
Mu Nanhe looked at her and sneered: "How dare you say that you have been raising me for more than a dozen years? I have been treated like a cow for more than a dozen years and I don't even have food to eat. If it weren't for your second uncle's help, you would have gone up the mountain to find food by yourself. Where would I punish you now? Take care of yourself." After saying that, he left without paying any more attention to her.
The case was later transferred to higher authorities, who sentenced Mu's father and Zhu's mother to 20 years in prison based on the facts of their crimes and relevant legal provisions, stealing a baby and abusing a soldier.
When the verdict was announced, Mu Nanhe felt mixed emotions. Many mysteries were finally solved, and he understood that although justice was late, it was not absent after all.
Father Xia and Mother Xia walked forward excitedly with tears in their eyes. Father Xia held Mu Nanhe's hand tightly and said in a trembling voice: "Nanhe, you are really our child. After so many efforts, we finally found you."
Mother Xia was also wiping her tears and nodding: "Yes, child, you have suffered from these."
Mu Nanhe's eyes were filled with tears. He looked at his biological parents in front of him, his heart full of warmth and emotion. He held Father and Mother Xia's hands tightly and said, "Mom and Dad, I and Qingyan will definitely honor you well in the future."
Father Xia said, "Nanhe, do you want to go to Jing City with us?"
Mu Nanhe: "Dad, you and Qingyan will go back to He City to resume work first, and we will come back to Jing City to see you when we are free."
Father Xia nodded, and Mother Xia continued, "Nanhe, Qingyan, you should go home more often. I have reserved a room for you."
Yang Qingyan went forward and hugged Xia's mother: "Mom, don't worry, we will go back when we have time."
Father and Mother Xia boarded the train back to Beijing. Mu Nanhe invited Chen Lie to dinner and then prepared to return to He City to resume work.
Two days later, Mu Nanhe and Yang Qingyan boarded the train for their return trip. In the carriage, they sat side by side, looking at the scenery outside the window that kept receding, with a lot of thoughts in their minds.
Yang Qingyan, like a docile little cat, gently rested her head on Mu Nanhe's broad and strong shoulders. Her silky hair accidentally brushed across Mu Nanhe's cheeks, bringing a gentle touch. Yang Qingyan asked softly, "Nanhe, your name... is it given to you by them?"
Hearing Yang Qingyan's question, Mu Nanhe was startled for a moment, then shook his head slowly. A faint reminiscence appeared unconsciously on his handsome face. It was as if his thoughts were pulled back to the distant past, the childhood full of ignorance and curiosity.
"Actually, they didn't give me the name." Mu Nanhe's voice was deep and charming, like a gurgling stream, slowly telling the past, "When I was young, I met a very learned old gentleman. The old gentleman was knowledgeable and experienced, which made the young and ignorant me deeply admire and worship him. So, I plucked up the courage to ask him for advice and asked him to give me a nice and meaningful name."
At this point, Mu Nanhe paused for a moment, the corners of his mouth lifted unconsciously, revealing a slight smile, and continued: "After thinking for a moment, the old man solemnly named me 'Nanhe'. From then on, I fell in love with this name and kept it in my mind. When the population census was conducted later, I reported this name, and it has been with me ever since."
Yang Qingyan suddenly realized and couldn't help but chuckle, "No wonder, you were wondering how they could come up with such nice names when they were not well-educated. It turns out that you asked someone else to come up with the names yourself."
Mu Nanhe raised his lips and looked at Yang Qingyan with tenderness. Then, his expression became serious and he said, "Qingyan, get ready to return to the army when you get back."
Yang Qingyan sat up straight, her eyes full of concern, and warned: "Don't do too much intensity training at the beginning, you have to increase it slowly, your legs can't bear it."
Mu Nanhe nodded, reached out and held Yang Qingyan's hand, and said, "You know, let it go."
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