Chapter 121 (Two in One)
The police arrived at this moment, there were four of them in total, and each of them was quite old.
They got out of the car and first glanced at the microphone in Pang Hui's hand and the camera following him, then frowned.
The oldest policeman looked around and asked directly, "Who called the police?"
While he was asking questions, the other three policemen had dispersed and were heading towards the onlookers around.
Zeng Guozhu, who was standing next to Lu Ercai, no longer had the arrogance on his face. He put on a flattering smile, took out a cigarette from his pocket, walked up to the policeman and offered him a cigarette.
"Comrade police officers, you have worked hard. You have worked hard. Come on, have a cigarette first."
The police officer questioning him frowned even more: "Don't try to trick me. The people's police don't take anything from the people. Tell me first, who called the police? Who abducted whose child?"
The fight against human trafficking is now underway nationwide, with local public security bureaus issuing anti-trafficking notices at least once a week. Pingsha Police Station finally received such a police report and took it very seriously. Not only did they mobilize all the police officers in the station, but at least two-thirds of them came, and the remaining one-third are waiting for news in the station.
The interrogating policeman scanned all the people at the scene with his sharp eyes. Some people who usually liked to commit petty thefts did not dare to look at him, and even did not dare to watch the excitement, and left in shame.
Zeng Guozhu was extremely embarrassed. He was very proud and the smile on his face froze when he was rejected in front of so many people.
But he still didn't speak to Lu Ercai. They had taken everything into account, except for Lu Yinglan's sudden arrival. All of Lu Ercai and Zeng Guozhu's calculations were based on the assumption that Lu Yinglan would not appear.
They asked and found out that the police officers at the police station generally would not check the household registration booklet. It doesn't matter even if they investigate. Everyone in their village can testify that she is Zeng Xiaoyi's mother.
But now that Lu Yinglan is here, Lu Ercai can no longer say those words that confuse right and wrong. Family members know their own business. If Lu Yinglan reveals their dealings over the years, they will gain nothing.
Lin Shuyue feels that she has many advantages, one of which is that she has been kind-hearted since childhood and can't bear to see others in trouble. She stood up straight and threw the core of the apple she had eaten accurately into the trash can in the yard. Then she said, "These two people came to call the police and said that we kidnapped their daughter."
Lin Shuyue pointed at Lu Ercai and Zeng Guozhu.
Lin Shuyue didn't know anyone from Pingsha Police Station, but the police there knew her. After all, she was the one who had been receiving rewards from the Public Security Bureau for several months. Most of the meritorious services rendered by their city bureau are related to this person. After knowing that Lin Shuyue was the "defendant", the four policemen became skeptical about what Zeng Guozhu had just said on the phone.
Reporter Lin has done countless good deeds. She also assisted the public security organs in arresting a child-snatching gang that had been rampant in Shenzhen more than ten years ago. With such a person, you say she abducted young girls? Isn't this bullshit?
Anyone can be a human trafficker, but Lin Shuyue cannot be one!
But as professional police officers, they couldn't be unprofessional. He nodded to Lin Shuyue and asked Zeng Guozhu: "Is that so? Tell us the whole story."
Zeng Guozhu put the cigarette back into the box with a stiff face, curled his lips and looked at Lu Ercai. Lu Ercai no longer had the energy to beep like before. She opened her mouth but no sound came out.
The police officer questioning him frowned and lost his patience: "What's going on with you?"
"Comrade police officer, let me tell you." Lu Yinglan spoke from the side.
The police officer who was questioning her looked at her and asked, "Who are you?"
"I am Zeng Xiaoyi's biological mother." After her grandmother passed away, Lv Yinglan has not returned to Pengcheng for many years. Because she felt that there was no place for her in this city anymore.
At the beginning of this year, she suddenly wanted to come back and see the familiar streets here and Zeng Xiaoyi, but she was later held up by other things and did not come. Lu Yinglan didn't expect that she would come back again because of Zeng Xiaoyi's matter. But this time, she had to come back.
She didn't like Zeng Xiaoyi, but she couldn't just watch Zeng Xiaoyi jump into the fire pit. Having been sisters with Lv Ercai for more than ten years, she knows Lv Ercai very well. Lu Ercai is a bottomless pit. No matter how much money or things she has, they can never fill her up.
The police looked at Lv Ercai, then at Lv Yinglan: "Okay, tell me, what's going on?"
Lv Yinglan looked around at the crowd watching the excitement, then lowered her head, glanced at the suitcase in her hand, and slowly let out a sigh of relief: "Zeng Xiaoyi was born to me when I was sixteen. After the child was born, because I was unable to raise her, the child was taken away by my sister Lv Ercai to raise."
When talking about Zeng Xiaoyi's birth, Lu Yinglan still feels a little uncomfortable. When she was sixteen, she was raped on her way back from the fields after checking the water. Not long after, she became pregnant and went to the hospital to have an abortion. The doctor said that a B-ultrasound machine had just been brought in and asked her to have a check. After the check, the doctor told her that her endometrium was naturally thin and if she had an abortion, she might be infertile for life.
After much consideration, Lu Yinglan decided to give birth to Zeng Xiaoyi. During her pregnancy, Lu Yinglan was looked down upon. Her father, who favored boys over girls and was very concerned about his reputation, didn't even let her sit at the table for meals. His dream of selling her for a high price as a dowry because of her beauty was shattered, and her mother also ignored her. She was able to get through those times safely with the help of her sisters and her grandmother.
"After Xiaoyi was taken away by her, I went out to work. Every month, I would send money to my sister. When Xiaoyi was three years old, I went to their village and moved Xiaoyi's household registration out and registered her in the collective household of their village." Lv Yinglan had complicated feelings for Zeng Xiaoyi. She hated the memory of being raped because it ruined her life. Her hatred was inevitably transferred to Zeng Xiaoyi.
After Zeng Xiaoyi was taken away by Lu Ercai, Lu Yinglan felt relieved. But as time goes by, she will still miss her, and miss the few months when Zeng Xiaoyi was in her belly. She remembers clearly every time she moved. Sometimes she would dream about the year Zeng Xiaoyi spent by her side after he was born. Zeng Xiaoyi was wrinkled when she was just born, but slowly, she grew fairer and tenderer, and looked very much like her, both in outline and in eyes and eyebrows.
But even so, Lu Yinglan never regretted sending Zeng Xiaoyi away. Not only because she couldn't get over the psychological hurdle, but also because she was unable to raise Zeng Xiaoyi at that time.
Over the years, Lv Yinglan has never lacked money for Zeng Xiaoyi's support. Sometimes when Lv Ercai said she wanted to buy something for Zeng Xiaoyi or enroll her in cram school, she would give her extra money.
She knew that Zeng Xiaoyi was not having a good life under Lu Ercai's control, and she also knew that most of the money Lu Ercai wanted might not be spent on Zeng Xiaoyi, but she didn't care.
But her indifference also has a bottom line. She cannot tolerate Zeng Xiaoyi becoming Lu Ercai's lifelong cash cow. Lu Ercai has a big appetite, and Zeng Xiaoyi can satisfy her now, but after a while, she will no longer be satisfied. Just like the child support she gave to Xiaoyi over the years.
At first she only needed 20 yuan a month, but now, even 300 yuan a month can't satisfy her appetite. From time to time, they would come up with various excuses to ask for money. If she didn't come to stop it, Zeng Xiaoyi's second half of life would probably be ruined.
Lu Yinglan finished speaking and lowered her head.
Having a child before marriage is shameful in the eyes of the world, and it is even more shameful for Lu Yinglan.
At that time, she was pregnant and attracted people's attention wherever she went. The fact that she was pregnant with a rapist even sparked gossip among the villagers. Wherever she went she could hear them talking about her.
Lv Yinglan still can't forget what her father said to her: Why don't rapists rape others, but instead rape you? You should never look for the reasons in yourself, because flies won't bite seamless eggs!
When her father said these words, he must have forgotten that it was he who asked them to go to the fields to check the water, and that they were too lazy to go and pushed it to her.
Lin Shuyue keenly discovered that after Lu Yinglan said this, the eyes of people around her looked at Lu Yinglan strangely.
□□This kind of thing is normal everywhere. The police comrade nodded and asked Zeng Guozhu: "The child is not in your name, and is not in the same household registration book with you. How can you be considered their biological parents? And you kidnapped and sold the girl. Do you have any evidence?"
What evidence can Zeng Guozhu have? They have always known that Zeng Xiaoyi lives in Lin Shuyue's home. They spend the money sent by Lu Yinglan every month lavishly. They never say a good word about Lin Shuyue's family, calling them all fools and suckers! The reason they called the police was that Lu Yinglan didn't come. When Lu Yinglan came, their only advantage was gone.
The couple was silent.
"It's ok to make a false report to the police, but you also contacted reporters. What do you want to do? You saw that the kid has money, and you want to take his money? Go away." In just a short while, one of the policemen had already understood the whole story. Including the reason why Lin Shuyue's family raised Zeng Xiaoyi. He shouted directly at the onlookers.
As soon as the police spoke, the people who came to watch the excitement scattered like birds and beasts. After the crowd dispersed, Lin Shuyue saw Zeng Xiaoyi standing behind the crowd.
Zeng Xiaoyi's face was very calm at this moment, as if she had already expected that she was not the biological child of Lu Ercai and Zeng Guozhu.
Lou Fengqin really didn't see her just now, and was startled. She hurried over and said, "Xiaoyi, why are you back? Didn't you eat at school?"
Zeng Xiaoyi shook her head: "I left a test paper at home, I came back to get it."
"Xiaoyi, come back soon." Lin Shuxing called in the yard. Zeng Xiaoyi glanced at Lou Fengqin and walked home. From beginning to end, she did not look at Lu Ercai and his wife, nor at her biological mother Lu Yinglan, nor at the reporters and police carrying cameras and microphones.
She went back to her room to get the test paper and was stopped by the police.
The policeman's attitude was very gentle: "Zeng Xiaoyi, right? It's just right that you're back. Now, Zeng Guozhu and Lu Ercai have called the police and said that Lou Fengqin and Lin Shuyue abducted you. What do you say?"
Zeng Xiaoyi glanced at Lu Ercai and Zeng Guozhu, and Lu Ercai gave her a look as usual. Zeng Xiaoyi suddenly remembered that many years ago, when she was about eleven or twelve years old, Lv Yinglan was coming to her house, and Lv Ercai taught her in advance that if Lv Yinglan asked her whether they were good to her, she must say yes.
At that time, Zeng Xiaoyi particularly wanted Lu Ercai's attention. Although it was strange, she still nodded obediently. When Lu Yinglan came, she was wearing a red dress and was very beautiful. It was the first time that Zeng Xiaoyi was stunned by someone. She remembered that Lu Ercai kicked her like this at that time.
Lu Yinglan asked her that question, and she said it according to what Lu Ercai taught her. However, in a corner where Lu Yinglan couldn't notice, Lu Ercai still pinched her, and it was very painful. Zeng Xiaoyi also remembers it vividly.
Memories of my childhood came flooding back to my mind at this moment, and all the grievances finally disappeared at this moment.
It turned out that Lu Ercai and Zeng Guozhu were not her biological parents, and they had no blood relationship. She suddenly felt that the clouds in the world had been cleared away and the sun had come out.
She looked at the police and said, "No, I was not abducted by my godmother and my second sister. On the contrary, they took me in."
"At the beginning of April this year, I was sent to an Internet addiction treatment school by Zeng Guozhu and Lv Ercai because I contradicted them. After I was arrested at the Internet addiction treatment school, I returned home and was locked up by them, and they wanted me to get married. After I escaped, my second sister found out.
So she introduced me to work as a waiter in the small restaurant run by my eldest sister and brother-in-law. I am paid 300 per month. ”
"Later, they sponsored me to go to high school. My godmother adopted me as her goddaughter. My food, clothing, housing and transportation were all taken care of by my godmother and her family. During this period, Lv Ercai and Zeng Guozhu found my classmate and asked me to go back and get married. My partner's wife had just passed away last year and she had a 14-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son."
As soon as Zeng Xiaoyi said this, before anyone else could do anything, Lu Yinglan had already picked up a tile that the village kids used for hopscotch and threw it at Lu Ercai.
"Lv Ercai, I knew you were a good-for-nothing, but I didn't expect you to be such a good-for-nothing. I make three hundred yuan a month, plus tuition and tutoring fees. Adding up, it's at least a thousand yuan a month if not eight hundred. With so much money, you're still not satisfied? What kind of beast are you? Xiaoyi is only seventeen years old, and you let her marry that kind of person?" Lu Yinglan was really angry.
When she was pregnant, Lv Ercai was the best person to her. She had been married to Zeng Guozhu for two years without giving birth to a child, and her life in Zeng's family was not easy, but she still gave her some food and daily necessities from time to time. Even though she knew that Lv Ercai did this because she wanted the child in her belly, Lv Yinglan was still grateful for what she had done.
When Zeng Xiaoyi was three years old, she knew that Zeng Xiaoyi was not living well. The only thing she did for Zeng Xiaoyi was to use all her savings at that time to bribe the leaders of Zengwu Village to step in and transfer Zeng Xiaoyi's household registration to the village collective. Over the years, Lv Yinglan has contributed a lot of money to the infrastructure construction of Zengwu Village. It's just that no one else knows about it.
Lu Ercai also knew that what she did was wrong. After Zeng Xiaoyi disobeyed, the man was very unhappy. As they were all from the same clothing wholesale market, he chose a day with the most people to cause trouble, and later snatched away many of their customers. All the merchants and regular customers in their entire wholesale market have learned about the evil things they have done, and now their business has plummeted.
People who used to have a good relationship with her no longer like to talk to her.
When the police heard this, his face turned black: "You are committing a crime, do you know that? Okay, now follow us to the police station."
Zeng Xiaoyi didn't have to go with them. After she understood the situation, the police let her go back to school. After all, she is now a high school student, which is the most critical time in her life.
Zeng Xiaoyi didn't even look at Lu Yinglan, but when she reached the intersection, she stopped the car, turned around and looked at Lu Yinglan for a long time. When she got in the car again, the wind blew and her tears flowed all over her face.
Pang Hui and his cameraman were about to run away, but were stopped by the police. They had no choice but to follow them to the police station. Pang Hui is very satisfied with today's first-hand information. The topic that the new singing champion of "Singing With You" is an ungrateful person who is famous for not supporting his parents is too old-fashioned. How can it be as attractive as the mysterious background of the singing champion?
Pang Hui had made up his mind. After a while, he would go to Lu Yinglan's village to find someone to find out what happened. He must use his pen to trample Zeng Xiaoyi, the new champion, under his feet. He has no grudge against Zeng Xiaoyi, but who makes her Lin Shuyue's sister? This alone is enough to make Pang Hui hate her.
When he no longer needed Lu Ercai and his wife, Pang Hui straightforwardly told the police that Lu Ercai and his wife had asked him to expose Zeng Xiaoyi. There were also many rumors made up by Lu Ercai. One of them was particularly explosive, saying that Zeng Xiaoyi had been dishonest since childhood and had had ambiguous affairs with three boys for a bite of food. And among those three boys, one was Lin Shuyang.
As soon as these words came out, Lou Fengqin exploded. While the police were not paying attention, she ran over and slapped Lu Ercai twice on the face. The policeman who was taking their statements pretended to shout at them twice, and Lou Fengqin knew when to stop, so she slapped him again before backing away.
Lu Yinglan didn't get the upper hand, but her delicate and beautiful face was already covered with frost.
The interrogation ended quickly. Zeng Guozhu called the police falsely and was administratively detained for five days and fined two hundred yuan. Lu Ercai and Zeng Guozhu never thought that there would be such a punishment for making a false report to the police. Lu Ercai almost fainted. She can't read, and her clothing stall was run by Zeng Guozhu. Now Zeng Guozhu is going to be detained for five days. How much money will he lose in these five days? And there’s that two hundred yuan fine, is that a fine? That is Lu Ercai’s life!
With the purchase of the house, her dream of earning 200,000 yuan every year without doing anything was shattered. Lu Ercai fainted and when she woke up, she was in a clinic next to the police station. The policeman who was guarding her told her to pay for her medical expenses herself and then left. Lu Ercai sat on the hospital bed in a daze, unable to react. Her cell phone rang. It was the Hong Kong agent calling.
Lu Ercai hurriedly explained the situation, and the agent on the other end called him a waste and hung up the phone.
The matter was over, Lin Shuyue and the others went back, and Lu Yinglan followed them dragging her suitcase.
Lin Shuxing had already prepared the food. Lou Fengqin glanced at her. Since she was a guest, she still asked, "Would you like to eat together?"
Lu Yinglan placed the suitcase at the door: "Thank you, big sister."
She followed Lin Shuyue into the living room. Lin Shuyue went to the kitchen to serve her food. Lou Fengqin sat opposite her, thought for a moment, and asked her, "Where do you live now?"
"In Guancheng. Not far from Pengcheng." Lin Shuyue put the rice in front of her. She thanked Lin Shuyue and continued, "I'm already married in Pengcheng. My husband knows that I have a daughter, but he doesn't support me to live there with my daughter."
This was the reason why Lu Yinglan shamelessly followed Lou Fengqin home today.
Lou Fengqin felt that the food in her mouth was no longer fragrant: "So what you mean?"
Lu Yinglan said, "So what I mean is, let Xiaoyi live in your house. During this period, I will give you 300 yuan a month as her food expenses, and I will pay for all her study expenses separately. In addition, I will also pay for any expenses she needs for her studies."
Lu Yinglan brought over the set she had given to Lu Ercai exactly as it was.
The living room was completely silent except for the sound of chewing food.
Lou Fengqin said: "I can't promise you that. Wait until Xiaoyi comes back and then you can tell her."
Even if she didn't have as much money as Lu Yinglan, she would still treat Zeng Xiaoyi as her own child. And she felt that Zeng Xiaoyi should know about this kind of thing.
Lu Yinglan nodded and said nothing more.
Lin Shuyue originally wanted to go to the newspaper office after lunch, but now she was not in a hurry to leave and just waited for Zeng Xiaoyi and the others to come back from school.
Lu Yinglan didn't leave either. She followed Lou Fengqin and told her about her past ten years.
"My husband is a businessman from Formosa, doing export trade in Southeast Asia. He is ten years older than me and has two children, but they both live with his ex-wife in Formosa. We have been together for more than ten years, but we have no children."
Lou Fengqin is peeling peanuts at the moment. These peanuts were sent by Lou's aunt some time ago. They were grown and dried by her family, and there are more than ten pounds of them. Lou Fengqin plans to peel them and keep them for stewing soup and frying peanuts. Her whole family likes to eat fried peanuts, whether they are mixed with salt and sugar or in cold dishes, they can all be eaten.
Lv Yinglan followed her and peeled her clothes. After hearing what Lv Yinglan said, Lou Fengqin asked, "Won't your husband blame you for not having children?"
"I can't have children anymore. I got sick when I gave birth to Xiaoyi. My parents didn't care about me at that time. Although my grandmother cared about me, she was an old lady and didn't have much money. When I later had money, I still couldn't get pregnant for a long time, so I went to check and found out about this situation."
Lou Fengqin was silent. She didn't know how to comfort Lu Yinglan. There is a big difference between not being able to have children and not wanting to have children.
Lu Yinglan is quite open-minded: "It's actually good not to have children. When I was pregnant with Xiaoyi, I vomited from the beginning until the birth. It's good not to have children now. My husband already has children, so it doesn't matter whether I have children or not."
Lou Fengqin was silent for a moment, then asked, "Where is Xiaoyi's biological father?"
This time it was Lv Yinglan's turn to remain silent. After a long while, Lv Yinglan finally said, "I don't know who her father is. Zeng Xiaoyi is the child I gave birth to after being raped."
As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Shuyue raised her head, and Lou Fengqin even stopped peeling peanuts.
Lv Yinglan said: "My husband's statement that he doesn't want me to take care of the child is a lie. It's me who can't face Xiaoyi. I can't get along with her. Her existence reminds me of my unbearable past all the time."
Lou Fengqin really didn't know what to say now. Before she knew about this, Lou Fengqin actually blamed Lu Yinglan. After all, as a mother, she really did not fulfill her responsibilities as a mother. Even if she gave money to Lu Ercai, she was irresponsible.
But after knowing this incident, Lou Fengqin didn't know how to comment on it.
She sighed and was about to speak when two policemen came in. When they saw Lv Yinglan, they asked directly, "Lv Yinglan, huh? You are involved in two criminal cases. Please come back with us for an investigation."
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