Chapter 255 The truth beyond the truth
According to Han Jianye's plan, they began to navigate towards the first convenience store named "Jia Jia" in the town.
Han Jianye asked Qi Xiaolei to get out of the car and go into the store to buy a few bottles of water. There was no need to say much about the next action, as everyone knew it.
Not long after, Qi Xiaolei came out carrying a bag of water. She said, "Captain Han, this store can be ruled out. The owner is a young local couple."
Han Jianye nodded and said, "Then let's go to the next one."
Liao Wei hesitated for a while, and said uncertainly: "Captain Han, can we really be sure that the man is the farmer named Niu we are looking for?"
Han Jianye took a sip of water and said in a deep voice: "Don't forget, Niu Guang has several key details that match. He is from Lianhua Village, his last name is Niu, and he has no son. These three important conditions are met, and it is hard not to suspect him. As long as we find this person, we can follow the clues and find out who wanted to give Ye Che to him as a son back then."
"Yes." Ye Bai agreed very much with Han Jianye's analysis, which was also the purpose of his visit to Zhunan City this time.
After half an hour's drive, they finally arrived at the second convenience store named "Jia Jia".
Liao Wei quickly got out of the car and strode into the store.
Ye Bai was in a very anxious mood, as he was expecting this store to provide the clues they desperately needed.
However, when he saw Liao Wei walking out of the store carrying two steaming bowls of oden and a few corn cobs, he immediately realized that this store would be excluded again.
After Liao Wei got in the car, he looked at Han Jianye and said, "Captain Han, this store can be ruled out. According to the clerk, the boss is a young man who is not married yet. He works outside as a delivery man during the day and comes back at night."
Qi Xiaolei took a portion of oden and took a bite of her favorite white radish. She sighed, "This boss is really hardworking. He opened his own store and still has to do takeout."
Su Wan grumbled as he ate some corn: "The competition in this society is so fierce, you have to fight hard."
For those who had not had time to eat lunch at noon, the corn cobs in their hands seemed especially sweet.
When they arrived at the third convenience store, Han Jianye's legs were already numb from sitting so much. He walked into the store with Ye Bai and stretched his legs.
As soon as they entered the door, they saw a short-haired woman sitting in front of the cash register looking at the computer, and next to her was a middle-aged man wearing glasses squatting beside her sorting express boxes.
Han Jianye calmly walked to the cashier counter and said to the boss lady, "Boss lady, give me a pack of cigarettes."
Ye Bai's attention was attracted by the business license on the wall.
He silently thought in his mind: "The name on the business license is Kuai Lulu?"
Then, his thoughts turned rapidly: "Niu Guang is a live-in son-in-law, and everyone in Lianhua Village has the surname Kuai, so..."
He turned his gaze to the man squatting on the ground registering the package, and confirmed in his heart: "He... should be the Niu Guang we are looking for?"
Han Jianye also noticed this, and his thoughts coincided with Ye Bai's.
It seems that they have finally found the right place this time.
Han Jianye didn't want to waste any more time beating around the bush with them, so he showed his police ID and said in a serious but steady tone, "We have something to discuss with you, and we hope you'll cooperate."
He didn't want to waste time and just wanted to get things clear as soon as possible.
The couple were startled by this sudden action at first, but they soon realized that Han Jianye and Ye Bai had no intention of arresting them, so they gradually calmed down.
However, when Ye Bai started asking questions, the two looked at each other, with a guilty expression on their faces, and remained silent, as if they were hesitating about how to answer.
The atmosphere was deadlocked for a while, until Ye Bai spoke again, his voice was unusually firm: "The little boy you wanted to adopt back then is my brother."
"Ah... this..." Kuai Miaohua exclaimed, stood up suddenly, his face full of shock, as if a secret deep in his heart had been revealed.
Ye Bai just stared at Kuai Miaohua quietly, but she slapped Niu Guang on the shoulder, her tone full of blame and tears: "It's all your fault, it's all your fault. You must have been clamoring for a son, and now the police have come to our door."
Niu Guang immediately explained: "Comrade police officer, it is unjust, we did not abduct or sell children."
Ye Bai pressed him: "Then you have to tell me what I ask you. You must tell the truth and don't hide anything. Our law enforcement cameras are recording the whole process."
Niu Guang nodded repeatedly, "Of course, of course, I will tell the truth."
Ye Bai asked him, "17 years ago, did anyone want to send a child to you?"
"This..." Niu Guang's eyes dodged and he kept swallowing his saliva, "There is such a thing, but there is no child sent here? You see, my old couple are raised by our daughter, which is also good."
Ye Bai urged him: "Who is this person who wants to send a child to you? How did he find you?"
Niu Guang began to explain in detail, "The thing is, I don't have a son. I really want a son, but my wife couldn't get pregnant after giving birth to three daughters. 17 years ago, a distant cousin of mine found out that I was a son-in-law and hadn't given birth to a son yet, so he came to my house and asked me if I wanted to adopt a son?"
Ye Bai immediately asked: "Is the person who wants to give you a child your distant cousin?"
"Yes, I still remember his exact words: He said he fell in love with a woman while he was working outside, and later that woman gave birth to a son for him, but ran away because she thought he was poor, and he raised the son by himself until he was 13 years old. He is now in love with a rich woman, but he can't let the rich woman know that he has a son, otherwise she will break up with him..."
"It's foster care, not adoption. Don't talk nonsense." Kuai Miaohua immediately corrected Niu Guang's words.
Niu Guang quickly agreed, "Yes, yes, it's foster care. My cousin said he would foster his son in my house and let him go to school in the village. He remitted me one thousand yuan every month as his son's living expenses. One thousand yuan, just think about it, our monthly salary at that time was only a few hundred yuan."
"Yes." Kuai Miaohua immediately took over the conversation, "At that time, we thought that a child could only eat a little, so we just raised him and got a thousand yuan a month. Where can we find such a good job? But he didn't send the child to us. We thought at that time that he must have thought it through and didn't send the child to us, so the matter was over."
Han Jianye asked him: "Haven't you ever thought that there is a big problem with what he said? If you don't want the rich woman to know about your child, why don't you send him to be raised by grandparents or other relatives? Instead, you are going to send your child all the way to the mountains?"
Niu Guang hesitated and explained: "It seems that he said he is too old to take care of me..."
Han Jianye asked coldly: "Who is your cousin? What's his name?"
"His name is..."
“Buzz buzz buzz…”
Coincidentally, Ye Bai's phone vibrated. It was Ye Che calling.
His voice was eager and excited, "Xiao Bai, I know who the owner of the phone is."