Chapter 33 Chapter 33 The Fifth Drawing
Qiu Tang returned home at night and took out his key to open the door.
The house she rented had an old-style door that required a key to open.
The keyhole must have been rusted, and she tried several times to open the door but failed.
Qiu Tang used the key to turn the lock a few times, and the door was blocked by her foot, making a rattling sound.
But the door still wouldn't open.
Qiu Tang had a sullen face and kicked the door directly.
“Boom—”
The door still didn't open.
There was a light cough behind me.
"Hey, are you Qiu Tang?"
Qiu Tang turned around and saw two uniformed policemen standing on the stairs.
The police looked at her, then at her door, and asked for her opinion.
"Do you want us to open the door for you, or do you just go back to the bureau with us?"
“Boom—”
Qiu Tang kicked the door again, glanced at the police, and said, "This door is broken. I'm going with you."
Qian Bingcheng took Qiu Tang back to the police station.
Twenty minutes later, Qiu Tang was sitting in the interrogation room.
She fiddled with her hair, asked the policewoman for a rubber band, and tied it into a ponytail.
Qian Bingcheng began to ask questions: "How did you and Xu Qianyu know each other?"
Qiu Tang: "I don't know her."
Qian Bingcheng turned on a surveillance video and pointed at it and said to Qiu Tang: "You spread the news that Duan Jin had committed murder and escaped. We have also located your IP address in the online game. If you don't cooperate, we can apply for a search warrant and find your computer."
Qiu Tang stared at the surveillance camera and said, "Okay. Xu Qianyu and I didn't know each other. We met each other at the martial arts school before."
Qian Bingcheng: "Have you ever been to a martial arts school?"
Qiu Tang: "No, my parents are as quiet as if they were dead, so they are too lazy to spend money on me."
Qian Bingcheng listened to her continue.
"My girlfriend was inside at the time. I wanted to climb over the wall to find her, but I saw Xu Qianyu wandering outside. She was holding a lighter. We were about to burn it when the surveillance camera captured us and people from the martial arts school came out."
Qian Bingcheng: "Your girlfriend?"
Qiu Tang: "Yeah, don't be so surprised. Haven't you ever seen two women dating?"
Qian Bingcheng: "Did you rescue your girlfriend this time?"
Qiu Tang looked at him coldly and said, "She died a long time ago. Her parents took the compensation and didn't care about her. I still paid for the cremation."
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Different from Qiu Tang's posture in the interrogation room, Yan Wenxing was very tense when he entered the interrogation room even though he was not handcuffed.
Fang Jie asked him to relax and asked, "You don't have any heart disease, do you?"
Yan Wenxing shook his head and clenched his hands.
Fang Jie was speechless: "I'm kidding you."
He looked through Yan Wenxing's file. He was 20 years old, unemployed, and had dropped out of college after one year and stayed at home.
Fang Jie: "Are you going to the martial arts school run by Duan Liang?"
Yan Wenxing shook his head.
Fang Jie: "Then how do you know Xu Qianyu?"
Yan Wenxing: "I, we met in the game."
Fang Jie: "I found out that you paid two fees at the Overpass Psychiatric Hospital. Was this your money or Xu Qianyu's?"
Yan Wenxing: "It's my money. Qianyu borrowed it from me before. She said her friend was in the hospital and no one paid the bill, so I accompanied her to pay the bill."
Fang Jie: "Oh, you didn't expect she would go to a mental hospital? You are very brave to go with her."
Yan Wenxing's throat moved: "It's nothing, the people inside are just a little strange, and the aggressive ones are locked up, so it's okay."
Fang Jie: "You paid tens of thousands, aren't you afraid that Xu Qianyu won't pay you back?"
Yan Wenxing: "It's okay if you don't pay it back. I don't need the money. I just feel sorry for them."
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Zhuo Pancai was treated better. She was a minor, not yet 16 years old, and was accompanied by a female police officer who asked her some questions.
Zhuo Pancai was silent the whole way. When asked when she knew that Xu Qianyu was sent to the martial arts school, Zhuo Pancai said that she found out when Xu Qianyu just came back.
Zhuo Pancai: "We grew up together, I know she has a scar on her body."
She held a disposable water cup in her hand: "Later, Qianyu's grades got better and better. She was just afraid, afraid of being sent back. I thought that was not okay. People can't live in fear, so I accompanied her back once."
She shuddered. "The time we went there, we saw a man being dragged out of a car. Two people from the martial arts school covered his mouth and carried him in horizontally. The people standing next to the car just watched. Qianyu said, another unlucky person who was sent in by his parents."
Later, they felt that this was not the right way to go, so they met Qiu Tang again and began a series of plans.
The details of the case are simple and clear. The question now is who drove the car to pick up the students from the martial arts school.
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When Pei Qing returned home, Aunt Chen was cooking pumpkin porridge in the kitchen. The sweet aroma of pumpkin wafted out of the kitchen.
Pei Qing walked over. Aunt Chen was sitting in the kitchen. Seeing Pei Qing, she smiled and said, "It smells good, right? It's not ready yet. Let it simmer for another half an hour. Drink it when you wake up."
Pei Qing: "Okay."
She went upstairs to wash up first, but did not take a nap as Aunt Chen asked. Instead, she took out her tablet and looked at the mental hospital on the drawing.
I never thought that He Rui could be better than other parents when it comes to comparing bad things.
It's so horrible. He Rui gave birth to a child but didn't raise him. Other parents who send their children to martial arts schools are purely vicious. They use martial arts schools to imprison their children's bodies and suppress their children's souls with their fists. Even if the children finally come out, they are physically and mentally traumatized. How long will it take for them to return to a normal life?
Pei Qing opened a new page of canvas. She was a little worried about how these children would survive after being taken away.
She didn't want to ask Xu Qianyu, and even if she did, Xu Qianyu wouldn't tell her.
But if the police find these minors and have to notify their guardians, wouldn’t that be another cycle of tragedy?
Pei Qing opened a new page of canvas and began to paint.
Half an hour later, an orchard appeared on the drawing.
Amidst the green, there is a country path. The path is quiet, with only a big yellow dog squatting on the ground.
Next to the big yellow dog is a sign that reads Tian Xin Orchard.
Where is this?
Pei Qing was just about to take out his cell phone to search when a call suddenly popped up on his phone.
It’s He Rui.
She was very annoyed and hung up the phone. Just as she was about to open the map navigation, He Rui called again.
Pei Qing stared at the phone for a few minutes before answering it when it was about to hang up.
"Are you sick?"
She cursed, "I've told you so many times, I will never give you money! If you don't have money, go earn it yourself! Forty is the age to work hard, find a good job and go to work. You want to ask me for money? It's impossible in this life, the next life, or the next life! Stop dreaming, if you ask me for money again, I will sue you for blackmail!"
He Rui was scolded by her and couldn't stand it anymore. She yelled, "I'm your mother. Asking you for some money is extortion! Do you have a conscience? Fine, go ahead and sue the police. See if they will pay any attention to you!"
Pei Qing: "Did you take the eight million from Li Muxu before? Wait, I will go to Li Muxu right away and ask him to find a lawyer to sue you. Eight million! How dare you take it? Even if you sold me, you still couldn't get eight million! Where are you? Don't even think about running away. Eight million is enough for you to stay in jail for ten years. If you don't pay me back, I will sue you!"
He Rui: "He was willing to give it to me!"
She immediately changed the subject: "What does this mean? It means that you two have a good relationship as siblings. He is willing to pay eight million, and you still don't treat him well. In the future, he can even give you ten eight million..."
Pei Qing was so angry that he almost died: "Just wait, I will go to the police today to file a case against you for extortion. If you don't pay back the eight million, you will go to jail."
She took a deep breath and said, "Don't even think about running away. You just said that Li Muxu and I have a good relationship. I said I would sue you. Do you think he would listen to me or you? I'll have my bodyguards arrest you now!"
With a click, the phone was hung up.
Pei Qing threw his phone aside.
“Dongdong——”
Someone knocks on the door.
Pei Qing went to open the door and found Li Muxu standing at the door.
She suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Did he hear it just now?
Pei Qing asked cautiously: "Brother, you didn't go to work today?"
Li Muxu: “No.”
Pei Qing didn't know what to say for a moment.
Li Muxu said: "Don't underestimate yourself, you are worth more than eight million."
Pei Qing blushed: "Then I am indeed worth more than eight million now." Li Muxu looked at her and smiled: "Even if you can't draw, you are still worth more than eight million."
Pei Qing moved aside to let him in.
"I thought about it and decided to ask He Rui for the money. You can ask the lawyer to prepare it. It's not like you can just take 8 million for nothing. It's a lot of money."
It's just money well spent.
Li Muxu: "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to do it. If she doesn't pay me back, I'll let her work off the debt, okay?"
Pei Qing nodded.
Li Muxu looked at her tablet: "What are you drawing?"
Pei Qing: "Oh, it's an orchard. Students from the martial arts school might be here."
She was a little worried: "I plan to go and take a look. Xu An asked me where these kids are before, and I can't tell him. If I tell him, he can look for them or not. If he doesn't look for them, he can go home and rest."
Li Muxu: "I'll go with you to take a look."
Pei Qing: "Hmm?"
Li Muxu: "Move them to another place before the police find them. It's better for them to be missing than to be found and handed over to a guardian."
Pei Qing asked: "Is it okay? Will it be troublesome?"
Li Muxu: "You have to believe in your ability. Your painting will be faster than the police checking the surveillance."
Pei Qing said proudly: "Of course. But what if the parents don't give in?"
Li Muxu: "There are so many migrant workers in City A, a few missing students are nothing. If these parents really care about their children, they won't send them to correctional schools, but it's just for the sake of face. Maintaining a certain tacit understanding with the police is good for everyone."
Pei Qing understood: "We can also divert the blame to others and let these parents ask the martial arts school for compensation. It would be best if they started a fight."
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