Chapter 89 Chapter 89 It’s such a magical era...
Qiu Jiang casually ordered two dishes and sat across from Ji Mingcheng to drink hot cocoa. Because the boss's wife had gone to the kitchen to cook, she stopped acting like she had just been and whispered to him, "Did I act like it?"
Ji Mingcheng nodded, "The arrogant little girlfriend is indeed very good."
Although this adjective is not very pleasant to the ear, it happens to be the role he is currently playing. He said this as an affirmation of his acting skills. He did not expect that he had the potential to be an actor. Qiu Jiang was so happy that he narrowed his eyes and lowered his head to take a sip of the straw.
Warm and fragrant, it's super comfortable to drink on this cold day.
Seeing that no one had come out yet, the two of them drank their drinks quietly.
After a while, three unshaven, unkempt men came in, wearing cotton pajamas, coats, and cotton slippers.
They called for help as soon as they arrived.
"Madam, serve us the same as usual."
Li Lezhen came out and saw that it was them. She immediately smiled and said, "Then you have to wait a few more minutes. I still have two dishes ahead of me."
"Well, the food doesn't matter, we have plenty of time, but first you have to give us a plate of sunflower seeds and peanuts, and some wine."
"Okay, okay, I'll get it done right away."
Li Lezhen was a woman with quick hands and feet, and she served them all quickly.
They began to chat and laugh while eating melon seeds and drinking wine. After taking a sip of wine, they grinned happily, as if they were living a fairy-like life.
The topics of conversation were nothing more than how his fellow villagers complimented him on his well-dressed life after he returned home, or how much money he won during the New Year, or things between men and women, all of which could become topics of conversation.
But as they talked, they tended to turn their gaze to the table opposite.
His gaze passed over Ji Mingcheng and fell on Qiu Jiang.
She is at the age of youth and beauty, not to mention she is so beautiful. She is a rare beauty here, so naturally she attracts their attention.
Their gazes were somewhat restrained at first, but when they noticed that the little beauty didn't react, they became a little more blatant. They were just a little embarrassed when Ji Mingcheng frowned and looked at them.
They were also shameless and said with a smile, "Your girlfriend is very pretty."
Before Ji Mingcheng could say anything, Qiu Jiang snorted coldly, "What's the point of being pretty? Doesn't he still look down on me?"
When the three of them heard this, they were very surprised.
"You are so beautiful, but your mother-in-law still doesn't like you?"
"His mother thinks I am not good at my job, especially since she is not feeling well, so she wants me to give her a massage. But I don't know how to do that, so she thinks I am clumsy and says she wants to find a daughter-in-law who can serve her." She looked aggrieved and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Ah? That's a bit too much. Didn't your husband speak up for you?"
Qiu Jiang pouted. "He did speak up for me, but the family's financial power is in his mother's hands, and the two of us still rely on her for food. What's the point of speaking up for me? Instead, my mother-in-law will think I'm trying to sow discord between them. God knows how I dare to do that."
"I thought she might complain about my poor massage skills, but I don't believe it. If I learn how to massage, what else can she complain about me?"
She said this angrily, but the three of them disagreed on this point.
"It's obvious that she doesn't like you. No matter how much you do, she still won't like you. Why not change..."
Someone just said this and remembered that his partner was still here. If he really said it, it would seem like he was trying to cause trouble, so that person smiled awkwardly and took a sip of wine.
Qiu Jiang understood his meaning very well, and a look of pain appeared on her face at the right time. "I would like to let it go, but I..."
She lowered her eyes slightly and looked at her lower abdomen wrapped in a cotton coat, her hand gently stroking it through the clothes.
Even without saying it, the meaning is clearly conveyed.
"Oh my god, you already have one?"
This little girl looks so well behaved, I didn’t expect that.
"Otherwise, I'm also a treasure at home, why should I try so hard to please someone so coldly?" Qiu Jiang smiled bitterly, as if everything was for the child.
Ji Mingcheng's brows twitched when he heard that, and his eyes became more dangerous. He knew that he couldn't expose her at this moment, so after struggling for a while, he simply gave in and watched her continue acting without saying a word.
Qiu Jiang did not disappoint his expectations and even echoed what he said before.
"I heard at the mall that there's a woman named Rong who's really good at massaging nearby. We were visiting here, so I decided to give it a try. But after searching for over ten minutes, my legs are sore, and I still can't find her. I'm afraid my mother-in-law will scold me when I get home."
She pinched her thigh and immediately winced in pain, tears streaming down her face.
She is already beautiful, and she looks even more pitiful when she cries.
Who could handle this? The three of them looked at each other and asked, "Have you heard of this person?"
"How can I afford to go to a massage parlor? I don't know any."
"Neither have I."
The three of them spent their little money on eating, drinking and smoking. They had no money at all to go to a massage parlor, let alone get to know a masseuse.
However, they don’t know, but someone knows.
Because the shop was small and they spoke loudly, the people in the kitchen could naturally hear them. Li Lezhen was busy cooking and didn't come out to chat. As soon as she finished cooking, she immediately brought the dishes out and sent them to Qiu Jiang's table.
"I do know a massage therapist named Xiaorong, she's my best friend. Her skills are incredible, and she's very clean. She just does simple massages, nothing fancy. Sometimes when I'm feeling unwell I'll ask her to give me a massage, but she hasn't been home for the New Year yet, which is unfortunate."
She really felt sorry, but it wasn't because she was too enthusiastic. More importantly, if she could attract customers, she could earn some tips. Even if it wasn't much, it was still money. Who would feel bad about money?
It just so happened that this person really didn't come. If she wasn't in the store, I could have found her home and looked for her, but she went back to her hometown. I didn't know where her hometown was, and she didn't have a phone number, so I couldn't contact her at all.
However, she didn't want to miss this opportunity, so she offered, "Why don't you leave me your pager or cell phone number? I'll contact you when she gets back."
The surprise in Qiu Jiang's eyes slowly faded, and she pleaded, "Can you please contact her first to see when she'll be back? I can then tell my mother-in-law when I get back, so she doesn't think I'm just trying to put her off and start a fight with me again."
"This...I can't contact her either." Li Lezhen was a little embarrassed.
"Madam boss, please help me think of a solution." Qiu Jiang clasped her hands together and begged with moist eyes.
Li Lezhen still looked very embarrassed, "Little sister, it's not that I don't want to help you, I just really don't know her number."
She had just said this when she suddenly remembered someone. "Oh, her brother seemed to have come to live here before the New Year. I saw him a few days ago. How about I ask him for you?"
She smiled and gave the solution, and Qiu Jiang's eyes lit up when she looked at Ji Mingcheng.
It feels like there's hope.
"Then I'll take you there, and you just give me a five-dollar tip."
As soon as she said this, the three men next to her couldn't help but laugh.
"Boss lady, your means of making money are still as good as ever."
"Go away, I'm just trying to help you and I'm only paying you a reasonable fee."
Li Lezhen turned her head happily, but as soon as she turned her head, something was pushed in front of her.
"Police, take us to find Zuo Xiaorong's brother now."
Her smile suddenly stopped and her face was filled with horror.
"Police, police?"
She repeated it haltingly, and the three people next to her dropped peanuts and sunflower seeds, which hit the table with a "crackling" sound.
The air was stagnant for a moment.
They have a horrible thought in their heads.
Do police officers now have scripts for investigating cases?
Horrible, so terrible.
At this moment, they were extremely grateful that they had not said anything they should not have said.
But the proprietress Li Lezhen's heart was beating like a drum and she was trembling with fear.
"Comrade police officer, I'm just trying to make a little money. I'm not cheating anyone. Please don't arrest me."
Ji Mingcheng had no time to chat with her. His serious face gave people the feeling that it was difficult to talk to him. "Take us to where Zuo Xiaorong lives now."
Li Lezhen was really regretful, but what else could she do now? She could only hope to make amends and that these two policemen would not pursue the matter of her asking for a tip.
"Hey, comrades, I'll take you there right now. It's very close, and I guarantee you'll see the person soon."
She quickly led them out and ran to the black wooden door next to her shop and called out an old lady.
"Mom, please help me watch the store first, I'll be back soon."
After saying this, he took them both away in a flattering manner.
Because this area has been developed a lot in recent years, there are shopping malls and crowds of people everywhere nearby. Therefore, in order to have more tenants, every household in the urban village here has built their houses into small compartments for easy renting out.
Zuo Xiaorong lives in such an urban village. It doesn’t look very attractive. It is located at the corner of an alley. Inside is a two-story courtyard. The courtyard is not big, but it is paved with stone slabs, which are wet at the moment.
Looking at the lime pool on the left, there is a large iron basin that looks very heavy, with a lot of clothes placed in it. The water pipe is open and the water is still flowing, but the person washing clothes is not here.
The flowing water not only made the courtyard wet, but also slippery. Someone passing by had their foot twitching and almost slipped. They immediately became furious and asked, "Who is washing clothes without closing the pool? Who are you trying to kill by slipping?"
Immediately, a woman in her thirties came out and was unhappy when she heard this. "I just walked away for a while, is it necessary to say that?"
"Have you been away for a while? Don't you even see where the water has flowed to?"
"Hey, it's just a water pipe, why are you talking like that?"
"What do you mean by that? I just like to say that, so what?"
Seeing that the two were about to fight, Ji Mingcheng, who had never seen such a scene before, frowned.
Qiu Jiang didn't want to get involved in other people's private affairs, so she asked Li Lezhen, "Which room does Mao Bo live in?"
"Mao Bo?" Li Lezhen was stunned for a moment, then she realized that the Mao Bo she was talking about was Zuo Xiaorong's younger brother.
It seems that this person came to see him specifically.
There seems to be something wrong with that man. Could he be involved in some crime?
She trembled inwardly and quickly pointed to the second room on the right corner of the second floor. "That's the house Zuo Xiaorong rented. The couple has returned to their hometown now, and her brother should be living here."
Seeing them both looking over, Li Lezhen hurriedly said, "Comrade, I've said everything I need to say. Can I leave now? The store is still waiting for me."
Ji Mingcheng waved his hand and told her to leave, and went upstairs first. Qiu Jiang stayed downstairs, closely observing the movements upstairs.
He was very fast and appeared in the second-floor corridor in the blink of an eye. When he passed the second house, he swept the unlocked iron lock on the door and knocked on it.
There was no sound inside.
He knocked again, and a faint voice came from inside, "Who is it?"
Ji Mingcheng's brows tightened, and without asking any more questions, he took two steps back. His long right leg kicked at the door like a storm. The door, which was not strong to begin with, immediately became shaky and fell into the room.
"Qiu Jiang——"
Hearing his shout, Qiu Jiang quickly jumped up. As soon as she reached the door, she saw Captain Ji pressing a still struggling person down on the bed, and there was suspicious powder on the dirty little table next to them.
Qiu Jiang's expression changed. After seeing that Captain Ji had successfully handcuffed the man, he immediately called for help.
Others were also searching in other urban villages nearby. After hearing the news, they quickly rushed here. Qiu Jiang received gloves and evidence bags from a colleague and packed up the corresponding powder and unground pink flakes.
The commotion here had already attracted the attention of other people in the courtyard, especially the owner of the courtyard who also lived here. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he saw the situation. When he looked back, he saw so many people who looked like policemen coming from behind, and his legs immediately went weak.
"What's going on?" He was panicked and saw a man with a hood on his head being dragged down.
Even if he can't see this person's face, he has lived here for half a month. How could he not know who he is?
When he saw that it was this guy who did it, he was so angry.
Seeing another police officer questioning someone in the yard, he immediately ran over. "Police officer, has this guy broken the law? What did he do? Let me be clear, he's not my tenant. His sister is the one I rent to. His sister went home for the New Year, and he's only been here for half a month. We don't know what he's done wrong. If he did, it has nothing to do with us."
The person he grabbed was Qiu Jiang.
He came at the right time.
"What do you know about him?" Qiu Jiang asked.
The landlord quickly replied, "He's only lived here for half a month. I don't know him at all. He rarely goes out. When he does go out, he buys a bunch of food and then stays indoors. I haven't seen him many times."
This is what everyone else said, including the two older sisters who had just quarreled.
"He rarely goes out. We haven't seen him."
"Yeah, and we were home for a week. I really don't know what he did wrong."
Qiu Jiang couldn't get any useful clues from them, but the homeowner was a local and had never been out, so she might be able to get something out of him.
"Third grade?"
He thought about it and it really occurred to him, "He went out to buy groceries that day and didn't come back until late at night."
"What time did you come back?"
The homeowner thought for a moment and confirmed, "It should have been around five in the morning. I ate something wrong at my wife's family's house that day and had diarrhea. I wanted to hold it in until daybreak, but I couldn't. When I got up, I even checked the clock. That's when I came out of the bathroom and saw him. I wanted to ask him what he was doing, but he was carrying something, just like he was out shopping. Plus, my stomach started to hurt again, so I didn't ask him."
Qiu Jiang wrote down what he said, thanked him, asked him to sign the record, and then got into the car and left.
When they arrived at the police station, they were not idle either. Deng Xingwang and others directly took the man to the interrogation room.
Outside the interrogation room, Chang Hou also hurried over. He walked up to Ji Mingcheng and asked, "Have you caught him?"
"Um."
"Then did he..."
Before Chang Hou finished speaking, Qiu Jiang laughed, "Director Chang, we just caught the man and haven't had time to try him yet."
Chang Hou patted his head and said, "Yes, yes, I am so angry that I am confused."
Angry and confused?
Who else can make him angry?
Qiu Jiang's eyes rolled around, but she didn't ask any questions out of sensibleness. Instead, she reported to the two of them what she had just heard.
"So Mao Bo is the murderer of He Aixia. There's no denying that, right?"
Qiu Jiang nodded, "Director Chang, it's like this."
Chang Hou finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then said angrily, "This He Meifeng was unreliable even when she was in school. She's over forty and still hasn't gotten into shape. She found this idiot and even got her mother's life in jeopardy during the New Year."
Chang Hou got angry when talking about this old classmate. "I just went to the hospital to see her, and she kept crying to me, saying that Mao Bo had harmed her mother. She said she didn't want to be with him for a long time, and he was so persistent that he had alienated her and her mother."
"Then why didn't she get any points?" Ji Mingcheng looked down at the records made by Qiu Jiang and said casually.
Chang Hou's face turned pale and red when he talked about this. "Why else could it be? Because she's addicted. She was having sex when she was in school, and she continued to do it after she got married, which made her husband mad. I thought she would change after not seeing her for so many years, but who knew she still couldn't get away from pants and crotch."
Ji Mingcheng's hand holding the paper trembled, and his face was full of disbelief.
It wasn't just Ji Mingcheng who was listening in. There were also Deng Xingwang and the others from Team 5 and the people in the interrogation room. Their eyes widened when they heard what was said, and they cursed in their hearts.
They had only heard that men could not live without women, but this was the first time they heard of a woman having such a hobby, which was really jaw-dropping.
Chang Hou was too embarrassed to tell them about this, but now that it had come to this, he couldn't help but speak out. "She said Mao Bo was good at that, and she wanted to have some fun with him for a few more days before kicking him out. That's why she tolerated Mao Bo's petty thefts in the grocery store and kept it a secret from her mother. Who knew that he would become more and more daring and even kill the old lady? Now she's finally furious and must catch him and put him in jail."
After hearing this, Qiu Jiang was amazed and once again felt that this is truly an era of equality and openness.
Women are also quite open in this regard.
This is just a really bad way of looking at people.
She was lost in thought, and was seen by Ji Mingcheng. He immediately frowned so hard that he could catch a fly, and coughed violently twice.
Deng Xingwang and the others who were listening with great interest were startled and stood up very quickly in an instant, telling each other some information related to the case.
Qiu Jiang met his slightly angry eyes, looked around, her heart trembled, and she tactfully moved away from them.
Do not look at what is inappropriate, and do not listen to what is inappropriate.
Outside the interrogation room, the atmosphere was tense for a while.
Chang Hou seemed to finally realize that so many people were listening, and his face flushed. "Mingcheng, you know the situation. Don't forget what I said during the interrogation. I have a meeting in the city this afternoon, so I'll be leaving first."
As he spoke, he walked out of the city bureau gate with the wind at his feet.
Ji Mingcheng was left with a frown on his face, staring at Deng Xingwang, Jia Wang and others.
"Why are you pretending? Do you think I can't hear what you are saying?"
Deng Xingwang and the others felt a chill on their backs and smiled at him ingratiatingly, "Captain Ji, I was wrong."
Qiu Jiang also admitted her mistake.
After all, she was also fascinated by the gossip.
You shouldn't.
She didn't dare anymore.
Although this gossip is really hard to resist.
Ji Mingcheng held his forehead and sighed deeply.
Even though they didn't know why Captain Ji sighed, everyone, including Qiu Qiu, felt a little guilty and lowered their heads dejectedly.
It was someone who suddenly came out of the house and broke the strange atmosphere outside.
"Team Ji is in trouble. He seems to be addicted—"
Following the colleague's shout, Ji Mingcheng immediately strode towards the interrogation room, and Wang Li, Deng Xingwang and Qiu Jiang quickly followed him.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw Mao Bo handcuffed and pressed on the table, but he still rubbed back and forth, shouting, "It's so itchy, itchy, please suck it for me, please, suck it for me..."
He was thin and had sunken eye sockets. At this moment, he was talking, crying and laughing, his body was extremely twisted, and he looked like a creature that was neither human nor ghost. He didn't look like a normal person at all.
Because no one gave him drugs and he was being held down like that, he became more and more violent, either banging his head on the table or hitting the police behind him with the back of his head.
Suddenly, someone got hit in the nose because he was not prepared, and blood flowed down from his nose.
Ji Mingcheng shouted angrily, "Come over here and pin him to death."
Deng Xingwang, Wang Li and three other people went over immediately. They worked together to stretch out his whole body and pressed him hard to the ground.
He was still struggling with all his limbs, crying and shouting, "Give me a suck, just one, just one, I'm so itchy, I really can't stand it anymore."
"I'm going to give you a fuck, what do you think this place is? Just lie still, or I'll be rude to you."
Deng Xingwang's tone was fierce, and Qiu Jiang had already pulled the colleague with nosebleed out the door.
He tilted his head upwards, his face and clothes were covered in blood, attracting everyone's attention.
Someone quickly went to find a medicine box, brought it over, and wiped the blood off his face.
"Don't tilt your head too high, or blood will come out of your mouth."
He changed his posture at the advice of the crowd.
At this moment, heart-wrenching screams came from the interrogation room with the door still open.
"Suck it for me—"
"I want to suck, give it to me, give it to me—"
The cry was as crazy as that of a wild beast, and it was painful to the ears just by listening to it.
You don't even need to understand the case to know that this must be another person ruined by drugs.
What’s hateful is that not only did they ruin themselves, but they also hurt their colleagues.
What a fucking bastard.
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