Chapter 101 Chapter 101 The First Drawing
Pei Qing asked Zhong Qian: "Have the people at the embassy confirmed that Zhong Chun is not in danger?"
Zhong Qian said, "Of course. They also followed up for a few days, and Zhong Chun is living a normal life now."
The people at the embassy would not lie about such things, so why did Zhong Chun cut off contact with his mother Zhou Fangye?
Zhong Qian continued, "Zhou Fangye has been living alone with her son for so many years. She has a decent job as an ordinary employee of a company and will soon be at retirement age. I don't know what she is doing all day long. In my opinion, she should talk to the bank. Isn't there a new policy that allows people to use their houses for retirement? This way, when she is old, she will have the care of the community and her later years will not be so miserable."
Pei Qing: "There's nothing wrong with a mother wanting to find her son."
She looked down at the police report that Zhong Qian had found, thought about it, and decided to go back to find Zhou Fangye.
Is there a crack in the mother-son relationship between Zhou Fangye and Zhong Chun?
Zhong Qian seemed to be very familiar with Zhou Fangye, so Pei Qing continued to ask him: "When you were chatting with Zhou Fangye, did you find that there were some problems in the mother-son relationship between Zhou Fangye and Zhong Chun?"
Zhong Qian didn't even think about it and said directly, "Problem? What problem could there be? Zhou Fangye's husband died early, it seems that when Zhong Chun was in high school, Zhou Fangye's husband died. It has always been Zhou Fangye who took care of Zhong Chun. She never remarried and brought Zhong Chun up. It has been so hard for her to be alone for so many years. She even sent her son abroad. Who would have thought that her son would turn against her as soon as he arrived abroad."
Pei Qing asked: "Is Zhong Chun from a single-parent family?"
Zhong Qian nodded: "I guess so. When I was investigating the case, I went to visit Zhou Fangye's home with a few brothers. The neighbors had good opinions about Zhou Fangye, and even better opinions about Zhong Chun. They said that Zhong Chun had good grades and could go abroad. They also thought that Zhong Chun was still studying abroad. Zhou Fangye was afraid that Zhong Chun's failure to return to China would have a bad impact on his son, so he kept it a secret and didn't tell anyone..."
Pei Qing and Yang Xingping stayed in the police station for a while. They got some information, but it was not comprehensive.
Pei Qing and Yang Xingping planned to look for Zhou Fangye, as she was also curious about the identity of the man she had drawn.
Zhou Fangye was still in the police station. Xu An arrived early. He first checked the surveillance videos in the computers of several police officers and found the man in Pei Qing's drawing.
Who is this man?
Xu An always felt that he looked familiar. Could it be someone he knew?
Xu An searched his mind several times but could not find any trace of this person.
You probably don't know him?
Xu An's gaze fell on the hospital again.
Lakeside First People's Hospital.
He remembered this hospital, the one where Li Yeming stayed.
Medical parole?
Why didn’t Li Yeming just die in prison?
Even though I think so, I still have to work.
This man came out of the hospital. As long as we look for the hospital surveillance, we will definitely know which department this man went to, and we will definitely find him eventually.
Xu An took Zhou Fangye out of the police station. Zhou Fangye was still very nervous. She looked at Xu An and asked cautiously, "Who are you?"
She seemed to have heard the word "Municipal Bureau" in the police's conversation just now, but Zhou Fangye didn't quite understand why the police from the Municipal Bureau would be in charge of this matter.
Xu An took out the ID he had just obtained today and said to Zhou Fangye, "Hello, I'm from the Missing Persons Investigation Division of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. You previously reported to the police station that your son had lost contact and might be missing. We are now taking over the case."
He collected the documents, went back and said to Zhou Fangye, "Get in the car, I have something else to ask you."
Xu An sent Zhou Fangye back home.
After receiving his call, Pei Qing and Yang Xingping also rushed to Zhou Fangye's home.
Zhou Fangye's home is tidy, clean and very simple. The orange sunlight shines into the house, making it look spacious and bright. It looks like a good living environment.
Zhou Fangye asked several policemen to sit down. She sat opposite the policemen, rubbing her hands constantly. Pei Qing remembered the sound of palms rubbing together in the live broadcast room.
Zhou Fangye should be a socially phobic person.
Pei Qing took the initiative and poured a cup of tea for Zhou Fangye from the cup on his table.
Zhou Fangye was very frightened and thanked him repeatedly.
Pei Qing: "Nothing. By the way, we still want to ask you first, did Zhong Chun chat with you before he went abroad?"
If Zhong Chun had planned to cut off contact long ago, then everything should have been revealed before he left the country.
Zhou Fangye murmured, "Chatting? No, we don't chat often."
Yang Xingping looked up at Zhou Fangye. Unlike Pei Qing and Xu An, Yang Xingping had a very close relationship with his mother.
As a single mother who raised her son, if Zhou Fangye only took care of her son's food, clothing, housing and transportation without some inner communication, the mother-son relationship would actually be very unstable. When the child grows up, this relationship would either be dominated by the son or gradually fall apart.
Yang Xingping asked, "Is it your idea for Zhong Chun to study abroad, or is it Zhong Chun's own idea?"
Zhou Fangye replied, "It was Zhong Chun's own idea. In fact, when he graduated from high school, some of his classmates went abroad to study. But the cost of studying in a university is relatively high for us, and it takes four years. To be honest, although our family is not poor, we don't have the money to support him to study abroad, so Zhong Chun stayed in China to study. After graduating from university, he found an overseas study agency himself, and learned from his overseas classmates that he decided to study abroad for a master's degree."
Yang Xingping: "Where did he get the money to go abroad?"
Zhou Fangye pursed her lips and said, "It was the compensation money from his father's car accident. I gave it all to him. I was planning to save it to buy him a house. This house is a bit old, and I'm afraid his future partner won't like it after we get married."
So it was Zhong Chun who decided to study abroad on his own. This young man has his own ideas.
Zhou Fangye was also very indulgent to her son. The money for buying the house was originally used for studying abroad, and Zhong Chun was studying for a one-year master's degree, so the cost-effectiveness of the return was not high.
Yang Xing continued with a straight face, "Zhong Chun wanted to study abroad, so you let him go without trying to stop him?"
Zhou Fangye quickly shook her head and said, "It's a good thing that he wants to study. How can we persuade him? Our Zhong Chun is not the kind of person who would sell his house to study abroad. He only used his father's compensation money. I think he can accept it, so I let him go."
Yang Xingping didn't know what to say.
Pei Qing took over the conversation and asked, "When you were still in contact with Zhong Chun, did Zhong Chun ever say that he wanted to continue his doctoral studies?"
Zhou Fangye shook her head again: "No, he said he would return to China after finishing his master's degree."
As she spoke, Zhou Fangye began to cry. She didn't know how things had turned out like this. She only had one son, and deep down she hoped that he would return home after finishing his studies and be with her.
Whether out of emotional considerations or for considerations of her later life, Zhou Fangye hopes that her son can be close to home. They don't have to live together, but at least she can see him every now and then.
How could the child she raised ignore her?
Zhou Fangye looked at Pei Qing while crying and asked, "Did I do something wrong?"
What did she do wrong?
Maybe nothing was done wrong.
People are not objects, they always have their own ideas. When a child is young, he will rely on you, but when he grows up, only he knows what he is thinking.
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After leaving Zhou Fangye's house, Xu An went to the hospital to watch the surveillance footage to look for someone. Pei Qing and Yang Xingping went to visit Zhou Fangye's neighbors and Zhong Chun's former classmates and teachers, hoping to find out from them what kind of person Zhong Chun was.
Zhong Chun has had to attend self-study classes in school in the morning and evening since junior high school.
When he was in high school, his school became even stricter, with only two days off a month.
He spends much more time in school than at home. During his adolescence, his parents may not understand him, but his classmates and teachers definitely know something about him.
Pei Qing and Yang Xingping first found Zhong Chun’s junior high school teacher.
Seven or eight years have passed, and class teacher Zhong Chun's impression of this child has long been vague.
After Yang Xingping showed him the photo of Zhong Chun, the male head teacher, who was over 40 years old, looked at it for a long time before he remembered who Zhong Chun was.
"Oh, it's this kid." He said, "I remember this kid. What happened to him? Is he in trouble?"
His subconscious reaction made Pei Qing suspicious. Pei Qing asked, "Why do you think he committed a crime? Rather than an accident?"
The head teacher scratched his head and said with embarrassment: "This kid had a bad temper when he was in junior high school. When he was playing basketball with the class next door, he was not tall at the time, and there was a tall kid in the class next door who was always on guard against him. He got angry and broke the kid's chin with his head. At that time, the kids in the class said he had an iron head skill. Alas, these young boys, when they get angry, they don't care about anything. It's not easy to be a head teacher..."
After leaving junior high school, Pei Qing and Yang Xingping went to Zhong Chunzai's high school.
Zhong Chun's high school class teacher still remembers him and was deeply impressed by him.
The high school class teacher was a woman in her early thirties, but she had a yellow complexion.
Pei Qing thought that being a class teacher was not an easy job and he looked unhappy.
The head teacher said, "Is Zhong Chun still living with his mother? This kid is so unlucky. His father died and he couldn't rest in peace. He was dead, so he was dead. He was also involved in the mess of his father cheating and having an illegitimate child. That woman didn't get the money and still came to school to make trouble. She is not a parent of our school students, and was chased away by our school security uncle."
She was helpless: "I also told the class not to talk about trivial family matters. These kids were quite obedient and didn't cause any big trouble. Zhong Chun was still a little affected. He has been very quiet since then and often in a daze. Fortunately, he recovered in the third year of high school. We can't let his father's bad behavior affect his college entrance examination!"
Pei Qing: "What's the relationship between Zhong Chun and his mother?"
The female head teacher recalled: "It was pretty good. His mother would bring him food at night. The boarding students in our class were quite envious because the food in the cafeteria was too bad."
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Pei Qing and Yang Xingping walked out of the school, looked at the blue sky, and sorted out Zhong Chun's experience.
The father died in a car accident, and then a mistress and a seven-year-old child appeared. Whoever got involved would be unlucky.
Pei Qing: "This father is really irresponsible!"
Yang Xingping: "This is a major incident. Zhong Chun is not in contact with his mother now. Is this related to this incident?"
The two looked at each other, and Pei Qing spread his hands: "Then we need to find Zhong Chun, only he knows the answer."
Yang Xingping: “Is the person still alive?”
Pei Qing was not confident: "Let's find the man in the drawing first."
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