Chapter 29 Chapter 29 There is a hidden secret
Chen Da's words immediately secured three days of vacation for Qiu Jiang, which meant that she could now ride her newly bought car home.
But given the current condition of her arm, even if she wanted to ride, others couldn't rest assured. After all, she was his subordinate, and an injured little girl. So Ji Mingcheng simply offered to take her back.
"I can take you home during lunch break. Let's go." He started walking towards the parking space.
How is this possible?
Qiu Jiang's eyes widened. She felt really embarrassed to put her bicycle, which cost less than 100 yuan, behind her leader's jeep, which was worth millions. Most importantly... she couldn't afford to pay for it.
If she gets scratched accidentally, she will cry.
Ji Mingcheng guessed her thoughts as soon as he took one look at her. "Little guy, you don't have to pay for any scratches. Just sit back and relax. By the way, Chen Da and Xingwang, you two can come with me."
Chen Da and Deng Xingwang didn't even ask where they were going, and just replied, "Yes—"
Seeing that she was going to follow, Deng Xingwang helped her carry the car to the trunk without saying a word. Fortunately, the car she bought was not a 28-inch truck, but was still small and exquisite, so she could squeeze in whatever she wanted.
Qiu Jiang could only be thankful that the bike had not been ridden much, and there was not much dirt on the tires, so she did not dirty other people's bikes.
Since the four of them were in the car together, Qiu Jiang and Deng Xingwang wisely sat in the back. It was Chen Da's first time riding in this car, so he praised him generously, "Captain Ji, your car is quite comfortable."
It is not at the same level as his own broken Jetta, and it can even be said that there is a world of difference. With his salary, he probably won't be able to drive such a luxurious car in his lifetime. But as a car lover, it does not prevent him from appreciating the strength and taste of the person who drives this car.
It was when he was chatting with Ji Mingcheng that Qiu Jiang found out why he suddenly appeared in the Municipal Bureau today.
"I've finished handing over my work at the branch office, and I'm here to report today."
Ji Mingcheng nodded, his eyes showing joy. "Welcome, our team five is finally here."
"Hehe, it's okay that our fifth team was just established this year. Let's wait and see next year. At the end of next year, when the criminal police team competition is held, our fifth team will definitely impress everyone."
Although Chen Da looks like a rough guy, he is actually ambitious. If he is going to do something, he must do it to the best of his ability. Not to mention that the establishment of these five teams is of great significance. He and Guo Kai can give up their respective captain positions because they hope to see the five teams shine and pave the way for their future development. From this point of view, he and Guo Kai hope more than anyone else that their five teams can produce dazzling results next year.
Fortunately, their fifth team was just established this year and the results are not bad. They solved two major cases in succession, which has won praise from the leaders above.
Not to mention that these two cases have attracted considerable attention in society. The fact that they solved the cases so quickly has received quite good responses from society. For this, the province even specially praised them, which brought great honor to Anxi City.
With such a good start, Chen Da is looking forward to next year, but he doesn't know whether Team Ji will still be here at the end of next year.
But let’s not talk about those for now. The premise is that they must work hard and must not start high and end low.
But even with the talented players like their season team, it probably wouldn't be possible.
Although they had not been together for a long time, he had managed to convince everyone with his own strength. Chen Da was naturally the same. He did not believe that with such a leader, they could not achieve good results.
Of course, they are not bad either, especially Qiu Jiang, a girl who fits his perception of office girls perfectly, and she has achieved quite outstanding results in these cases.
Speaking of her, Chen Da praised her a few more times.
Qiu Jiang was young and couldn't help but be praised. Her little face was already red in the back, and her delicate hands were clenched tightly, as if she was dizzy with the praise.
Ji Mingcheng glanced at her through the rearview mirror, and his eyes met Qiu Jiang's. Seeing her rosy face, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
"It's good, but your skills need to be improved." Ji Mingcheng praised her and also pointed out her problems.
Knowing that what he said was true, Qiu Jiang naturally wilted. However, she was still very motivated and did not want to establish an image of being incompetent in front of her superiors. She immediately made a promise, "Captain Ji, I will train hard."
"Well, just know how to work hard."
Qiu Jiang secretly encouraged herself and planned to speed up her training after her arm got better. She didn't expect to reach the level of the older brothers like Captain Chen in a short time, but at least she had to strive to reach the level of Deng Xingwang.
She made up her mind firmly, and her look of wanting to run out and exercise right now amused Chen Da who turned his head to look at her.
"You know what? This girl's skills are full of flaws, but she's still got some wit and explosive power. You didn't see it. When she faced the murderer face to face on Saturday, I was so scared I was wondering why I called her along."
"Then the girl slid down, grabbed the man's wrist, and pushed down hard, using all her strength to throw him over her shoulder. I was stunned at the time. I didn't expect this girl to be so good at the critical moment. It was just that her moves were full of holes. Fortunately, the murderer was not a martial artist, so she was thrown to the ground. So, our Jiang Jiang is really quick-witted."
Deng Xingwang knew before getting in the car that she was injured while arresting someone, but he didn't know the specific circumstances. He was listening intently when he heard this comment and couldn't help but feel confused. "Brother Chen, why is your brain so quick? Shouldn't you say Jiang Jiang has quick reactions?"
"I haven't finished yet. Listen to me," Chen Da continued. "I saw her moves at the time and they looked very familiar. Then I remembered that Captain Ji used the same technique when we were interrogating those fugitives. The little movements and postures were exactly the same. It's obvious that this girl observed carefully, but she just imitated them too stiffly. If it were another martial artist, she would definitely have taken a beating."
"You've noticed all this?" Qiu Jiang touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed.
At that time, her best way was to avoid him in time, which was completely possible with her speed, but she had only one thought at that time, which was that she must not let him get away. In a hurry, she remembered that Captain Ji was facing a similar situation as her, so she copied him, and unexpectedly the effect was very good.
Of course, the price is a bit high.
She wanted to touch his shoulder, but she pulled her hand back just before she could touch it, to avoid aggravating the pain.
As a leader, there is no subordinate who doesn't like to work hard, so Ji Mingcheng praised her for this, but he did not quite agree with her behavior of rushing forward when the other party was armed.
"Being a criminal police officer is certainly a heroic and fearless act, but that doesn't mean you need to force your way through a situation when you're not strong enough. Even if you dodged, with so many police officers around, it would just have taken a little longer to catch the person; he couldn't have gotten away. And now you've dislocated your arm. Doesn't it hurt?"
Qiu Jiang didn't dare to refute, because she was very scared when she thought about it later. But at that time she really couldn't think of anything else, she just wanted to catch him immediately, and she was a little impulsive for a moment.
"Captain Ji, I was wrong." She lowered her head and admitted her mistake. She really took this incident as a lesson. She thought that she must predict the situation before taking action next time. Otherwise, if it happened again, she would really have no hope of regaining her shoulders.
Ji Mingcheng had no intention of teaching her a lesson, he just wanted to give her some advice. Seeing that she realized her problem, he stopped there.
Taking advantage of this gap, Chen Da finally remembered that he had forgotten to give her something, and threw an envelope to her. Qiu Jiang caught it immediately and looked at him in confusion.
"salary."
These two simple words made Qiu Jiang completely happy. "I was thinking of going tomorrow. Thank you, Brother Chen."
"It's just a small matter."
Qiu Jiang's eyes curved up, and she put the two envelopes together, holding the money like a little money-grubber, her eyes rolling around, and it seemed that she had already arranged clearly how to spend it.
They are all experienced people. Who hasn't just started receiving a salary? They will all smile knowingly when they see it.
"It's time to get your salary, don't forget to treat us." Ji Mingcheng reminded me maliciously.
Qiu Jiang blinked and nodded in annoyance. Some classmates had indeed mentioned this to her in the police academy, but unfortunately she had forgotten. She immediately promised, "I'll definitely treat you when I get back."
"Hehe, then we'll just have to wait." Chen Da teased her.
Qiu Jiang took it seriously and immediately set aside money for the dinner.
What a little girl with no experience, she believes everything he says. The people in the car who were trying to fool her couldn't help but laugh.
But when it comes to money, Chen Da thinks of the case he just handled and feels a little heavy.
"Chen Mingwei spends lavishly and often borrows money. Kuang Tian is quite generous and has lent him quite a bit. This time, since his sister just gave birth, he wanted to get some of the money back to give his nephew a red envelope and buy him some gifts. Chen Mingwei refused and after a few arguments, he felt that Kuang Tian looked down on him and suddenly had the intention to kill him."
As soon as he finished speaking, Deng Xingwang cursed, "Asshole."
Qiu Jiang was furious after hearing this. Frowning, he said quickly, "It's only natural to pay back money you owe. He's already being unreasonable for not paying, and yet he still thinks others look down on him. How can that be justified?"
Whenever Qiu Jiang thought about how Kuang Tian, who was only a few years older than her, was cruelly killed for such a ridiculous reason, she hated that she didn't kick that bastard twice when she caught him.
The most pitiful ones are the Kuang siblings. The younger brother lost his life for such a ridiculous reason, and the sister lost her brother who depended on her for survival before she even finished her confinement. Even if Chen Mingwei is finally sentenced to death, it cannot change the fact that a family was torn apart because of him.
This is heartbreaking to hear.
But all they can do is arrest the murderer and bring him to justice. They have to rely on themselves to slowly get over the pain, and no one can help them.
Qiu Jiang lowered his head, feeling very depressed, and didn't speak for a long time.
Deng Xingwang had advised her not to act on her emotions while they were having dinner, but at this point he was even angrier than her.
The two of them were dejected and fell silent, and the atmosphere in the car became cold.
It took Ji Mingcheng a long time before he changed the subject. "A female corpse was found in a rental house in the east of the city. She was in arrears with the rent, and the landlord knocked but the door didn't open when he came to collect. He was so angry that he didn't want to rent the house anymore. When he opened the door, he saw the tenant collapsed on the bed, covered in blood. Most importantly, there was a fruit knife stuck in her lower abdomen, and her body was already cold."
"A murder of passion?" Chen Da frowned.
"I don't know the specific details. The forensic doctor has already arrived. Xingwang will take a statement later."
"Me?" Deng Xingwang widened his eyes.
"Is there a problem?" Ji Mingcheng asked.
"No, no, no problem." Deng Xingwang answered with a bitter face. Qiu Jiang had already perked up and listened attentively when she heard that a new case had occurred. She was puzzled to see that he looked so worried when he heard about taking the statement.
Taking a statement is obviously much easier than shooting or driving a car.
But what she didn't know was that some people are extremely good at certain subjects. His shooting skills are indeed okay, but his handwriting is really not that good. He wouldn't be so worried if he couldn't write a single character, but he was not a child who liked writing since he was young, let alone making such professional records. He was afraid that he would forget the words when he picked up the pen and couldn't keep up at all.
After all, he was from the same precinct, so Qiu Jiang had a better understanding of his situation. She hurriedly said, "Captain Ji, how about I take notes?"
Ji Mingcheng didn't say anything else, only asked, "Can you help him this time, and can you help him until retirement?"
"I can, I can, I have no problem recording...recording." Deng Xingwang hurriedly assured her while tugging at her sleeve.
Qiu Jiang gave him an apologetic look. Deng Xingwang quietly waved at her and mouthed, "It's okay."
When they reached the entrance of her alley, Deng Xingwang jumped down to help her get the car out. Before getting in, he whispered to her, "Jiang Jiang, you must pray for me when you get home. Pray that I don't get into trouble."
He didn't wait for her response after he said that, and got into the car miserably.
Qiu Jiang couldn't help but feel a little worried when she saw him like this, and she was still worried about him as she watched the car leave.
But what Captain Ji said was right. No one can help anyone forever. Sooner or later, he will have to face these things on his own.
In fact, it's not just him, it's the same for myself. After all, I'll be training with colleagues from the other five groups starting next week. I've fallen so far behind in progress, and it may not be easy for me then.
Thinking about it this way, this vacation really makes me uneasy, completely overshadowing the joy of getting paid.
"Jiang Jiang."
Qiu Hengan chose to have physical therapy in the morning today and had just returned. As soon as he opened the door, he saw her pushing a cart into the yard and was very confused.
"Brother." Qiu Jiang immediately threw away all her unhappiness when she saw him, and happily showed him the bicycle she bought. "How is it? Does it look good?"
"It looks good and suits you very well." Qiu Hengan had a smile on his face, and he only praised her without spoiling the fun at all.
"Hey." Qiu Jiang was indeed very happy after hearing this, and circled around him like a little bird. "Brother, did you go for physical therapy? How are you feeling today? Are you feeling better?"
She chattered on and on, and Qiu Hengan kept smiling as he listened attentively to her. He waited until she finished before replying, "Yes, Doctor Wang is very professional. He said my calves are a bit atrophied, but they've been healing well these days, so I think they'll recover."
"Great! After you finish your physical therapy, we'll go to the provincial capital and find a good doctor. I heard from Captain Zheng from Chenlin City that there's a good hospital in the provincial capital. He also said that if I go, he can help contact them. If everything goes well, you'll be able to stand up again."
She was full of anticipation. Qiu Hengan smiled and touched her head, "Our Jiang Jiang is really amazing."
"Yeah, Captain Chen also praised me today. He was my former branch leader, and now he's been transferred to Team 5 just like me."
Qiu Hengan didn't know this person, but that didn't stop him from thinking that the Captain Chen she was talking about had good vision, and he was even more proud of her.
The two siblings entered the house happily. Although it was not yet dinner time, people got off work not too late these days. If they wanted to make some complicated and delicious dishes, they had to prepare them in advance. So he tidied up and sat at the table to pick vegetables with Qiu Jiang.
"By the way, Ranran won't come here after today." He suddenly said.
Qiu Jiang didn't understand what was going on, and just as she was about to ask, she heard him start explaining.
"I heard that the school called their family today, saying that if the child doesn't come, he might be expelled. The child's aunt came over today and took the child back. They didn't know how to contact you, so they came to the Chinese medicine clinic to find me. They also said that they would bring the child back to you after the weekend to thank you."
So that's how it was. As long as she was sure they weren't sending the child back because they were embarrassed, she felt relieved. "Going to school is a big deal, and they really should go back. There will be plenty of opportunities to see each other in the future anyway."
The adults were fine with it, but the little kid was about to cry when he saw his little sister was missing after coming back. However, when he learned that his sister had gone to school, he immediately felt sympathy.
"As pathetic as we are."
"She's not my younger sister. You should call her sister Ranran." Shi Yuexiu's words made the two children very confused.
"Why should we call Ranran sister?"
"She's obviously younger than us?"
Qiu Jiang didn’t know who was the older and who was the younger of the three children. She used to think that the child with the two children was younger. Could it be that Ranran was older than them?
"Sister-in-law, how old is Ranran this year?"
"Seven years old." Shi Yuexiu also found out today. When she first heard the news, she was as shocked as they were, because her youngest son and daughter were only five years old. The child looked even younger than the two of them. No one would think that the child was older than their own children. No one knew what kind of torture the mother and daughter had suffered over the years to make the child so thin.
"asshole--"
Hearing this, Qiu Jiang was furious and cursed Niu Yong in her heart, saying that even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs, but he didn't even treat his own child well. She couldn't sit still at this moment, so she put on her clothes and ran out.
"Jiang Jiang, where are you going?"
"I'm going to the hospital."
Shi Yuexiu quickly stopped her and said, "It's already late. Didn't your boss give you a day off? If you want to go, it's not too late to go tomorrow."
Qiu Jiang was finally stopped by her, but she was angry all night. She ran to the hospital early the next morning, eager to tell Xie Youlian the good news that the man would definitely get the punishment he deserved. However, she could no longer control her emotions when she heard that the man was not Li Chengbin.
"Niu Yong? Niu Yong?"
Xie Youlian felt a chill all over her body when she heard this completely unfamiliar name. Suddenly, she started to laugh and cry again. Two lines of hot tears flowed down her face as she cried out at the top of her lungs, "I'm sorry for my daughter... Ranran, Mommy is sorry for you——"
"Alian, what's wrong with you? What happened?" Xie Youlian's parents were terrified and they both held her tightly.
Xie Youlian broke down in tears, "If I hadn't been unable to forget Li Chengbin and insisted on marrying him after my husband passed away while pregnant with my ex-husband's child, my Ranran wouldn't have been beaten and scolded by him every day because of me."
"I only knew that Li Chengbin's attitude had changed drastically, and I thought he was having a mental illness. I just thought it was me who caused his mental illness, and I should just put up with everything. I never thought he would be dead a long time ago. No wonder, no wonder..."
If she had stayed with the child and lived with her daughter, not been obsessed with the past and not remarried with guilt, Ranran would not have been beaten, and she would not have grown so thin at the age of seven.
It's all her fault.
Why did she end up putting the child in such a situation?
Niu Yong deserves to die, he must die.
Xie Youlian hurriedly grabbed Qiu Jiang's hand, and burst into tears before she could say anything. "Can he... die? Can he... die...? I... want him... to... die... die——"
Xie Youlian had only one wish, she wanted to see with her own eyes the devil who had ruined her and her daughter's lives die.
Qiu Jiang hadn't anticipated such an old story. Seeing her so excited, he patted her on the back and assured her firmly, "Now that the evidence is irrefutable, he will definitely not escape legal punishment. Don't worry, your wish will definitely come true."
Listening to her words, Xie Youlian's lips trembled constantly, and thousands of words could only be condensed into one sentence, "Thank you, thank you..."
Not only that, she also wanted to testify that she wanted to send him to the execution ground herself and watch him die with her own eyes open.
So today, two other colleagues from the police station came urgently to collect evidence for her. During the evidence collection process, Xie Youlian burst into tears with every word and fainted several times. However, she forced herself to continue to tell everything that happened in the past eight years.
The recording lasted for more than three hours. Everyone's eyes were red and swollen throughout the whole process. They were truly sad for the tragic fate of the mother and daughter.
After the statement was finished, Qiu Jiang led the two of them out. The young man who had taken the statement was still crying and cursing, "Damn bastard, go to hell."
"Of course it will, and soon," one of the older colleagues said with certainty.
Seeing them both looking over, he didn't say anything else, only stating what he knew, "Today I heard that Captain Ji has asked the procuratorate to expedite the process. With Captain Ji urging us on, the process should move faster."
Season team?
Qiu Jiang didn't expect that he was still actively promoting this matter. She felt a little guilty for a moment, wondering if she shouldn't have come to find Xie Youlian today, let alone tell her about this?
After they left, this thought intensified. She finally couldn't help but make a phone call and nervously told the whole story. When she heard no response from the other end, she felt even more guilty. She blushed and apologized, "Captain Ji, I'm sorry. I was wrong."
However, there was still no sound from the other side. Qiu Jiang thought that Captain Ji must be very disappointed in her. Not only was his martial arts skills poor, but he was also emotional. Thinking of this, she felt even more guilty. She even felt that she was not worthy of crying, and just waited for the other side to announce the verdict.
Until a voice came from the other side.
"What did you do wrong? Isn't this your job?"
"I shouldn't have come to see her." Qiu Jiang's face was hot with shame.
"Qiu Jiang, Xie Youlian's fever has subsided. The doctor said that her condition is completely stable today. Even if you don't go, other people will come to her to record her statement today, and they will tell her all these things. So, what is your mistake?" Outside a dilapidated residential area, Ji Mingcheng put one hand in his pocket and asked her seriously through the phone.
After hearing what he said, Qiu Jiang was a little stuck: "I..."
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