Chapter 146: Jinjiang First Launch

Mi Xiaoqin immediately waved her hands and said, "It has nothing to do with me! I know nothing about this, it's not my fault. I vaguely felt that Lele's height was growing a little slowly, but I thought it was because she was losing weight, so I didn't think much about it. I didn't expect that someone had given her drugs. No matter how cruel I am, I would never give drugs to my child. Who is so black-hearted——"

When she said this, she suddenly shut up. It was obvious that if she didn't do it, then it could only be her husband. After all, it was impossible for an outsider to take the child to the hospital for an injection, and the doctor would not agree to that.

Xia Mang muttered quietly: "No wonder he wanted to find a toilet in advance, it turns out he wanted to pee."

Everyone looked towards the toilet door. Mi Xiaoqin put her hands on her hips and shouted, "Qin, get out of here! Did you secretly take your child to get an injection? You kept it a secret from me, and now the master has figured it out. You are such a disgrace, and you are such a pig teammate. I will not forgive you when I get home!"

Lu Xue frowned slightly, feeling a little strange, although Mi Xiaoqin scolded Qin Junfeng, her words were full of doting and she didn't seem to be angry at all, instead there was even a hint of flirting in her voice, if it was a normal parent who found out their child was secretly given an injection, they would definitely be furious, but this couple... Never mind, they weren't normal parents anyway.

The toilet door was locked tightly, and there was no sound inside. Qin Junfeng was as quiet as if he were dead.

Mi Xiaoqin was embarrassed when she didn't get a response, so she yelled again: "Are you deaf or what? Get out of here quickly, we haven't found the child yet. Did you fall into the toilet when you went to the bathroom?"

There was still no sound from inside, and everyone found it a little strange. Lame Brother went forward and knocked on the door, but no one answered. He tried to turn the doorknob, but the door had already been locked and it didn't budge.

"Oh no, could something have happened to him in there?" Lame Brother said in a low voice.

Mi Xiaoqin's face turned purple in an instant. She anxiously held Bai Mian's hand and begged, "What happened? Master, please help me, quickly!"

Without hesitation, Brother Lame took out the tool box from the shop. Usually, Brother Lame was responsible for all the repair work in the shop. He was very familiar with it. Within two minutes, he opened the toilet door. There was nothing behind the door. There was no one in the room. There was only an open window - Qin Junfeng had already jumped out of the window and escaped.

Xia Mang snorted coldly: "This guy runs really fast, he has some talent as a thief."

Hearing this sarcasm, Mi Xiaoqin subconsciously rolled her eyes at Xia Mang, and Bai Mian saw it all.

Lame Brother frowned and looked out the window, which was full of green. "Outside is the back mountain. Where did he go?"

Mi Xiaoqin took the initiative to say, "Don't worry about him. He is just like that. He is a turtle with his head tucked in. But he is usually very good to me and the children. He is still a good man. Don't blame him too much. I apologize to everyone for what he did this time. I guess he just ran back home. Master, you can communicate with me about the rest."

Bai Mian shook his head subtly, and Lame Brother said, "Well, we must find Qin Junfeng, not to hold him responsible, but because we are on the mountainside. The terrain behind the mountain is steep and there are dense trees. It is easy to fall down if you are not careful. If you are not a local villager, it is best not to go up the mountain. There is a risk of life. If you accidentally fall down the mountain, you will be smashed to pieces!"

Hearing this, Mi Xiaoqin's breathing quickened: "Then what are you waiting for? Go find it, go find it quickly! Oh, and call the emergency number and let the emergency personnel help you find it--"

At this point, she paused, her eyes full of despair: "No, we can't call for emergency personnel. We can't make a big deal about this, otherwise it will be more troublesome. Then I'll have to trouble you to help me find--"

As she spoke, Mi Xiaoqin bowed to Lame Brother. Lame Brother had originally planned to go out to find someone, so he agreed immediately. To be on the safe side, Lame Brother also called a few strong men from the crowd to go out with him.

After the men left, Mi Xiaoqin sat on the chair anxiously, as if her soul had been sucked away. She was so worried about her husband that she didn't even hear what Qing Baimian was saying.

Bai Mian: "The ET photography team discovered that Lele had been given an injection. They believed that the child had been abused, and that her parents must have been the ones abusing her, so they were unwilling to hand the child over to her parents. According to common sense, they would have called the police if they had discovered such a thing, but the ET team did not dare to do so. After all, it was not legitimate for them to kidnap the child, and they might be mistaken for kidnappers if they were not careful."

"So there was a disagreement among ET. Some of them thought that they should send the child back and not care about the matter anymore. Some thought that they should ask the parents out for a face-to-face talk. Some thought that they should call the police. They had several arguments about this and now they can't make up their minds. Lele is still living in the hotel with them."

Mi Xiaoqin hurriedly asked: "Which hotel are you staying in?"

Bai Mian asked back: "Shouldn't you ask how the child is doing now?"

Mi Xiaoqin quickly changed the subject: "How is Lele now?"

Bai Mian: "Le Le is doing well now. She sleeps until she wakes up naturally every day and eats whatever she wants. She is surrounded by a group of brothers and sisters who care about her. They bought her a lot of toys and played with her in the hotel. It is no exaggeration to say that this is the happiest time of her life so far. She finally found the feeling of being a child again. She doesn't need to change clothes frequently every day, doesn't need to pose in a mature and sophisticated manner, and doesn't need to have her eyes hurt by the light..."

Before Bai Mian finished speaking, Mi Xiaoqin interrupted her impatiently: "Master, I understand what you mean. I didn't take good care of the child before. I will let the child relax in the future. You just need to tell me where Lele is, and I will pick her up now! And I can promise you that I won't make things difficult for those college students. Is that okay?"

Bai Mian still didn't tell the hotel address, but instead talked about another topic: "Don't you think it's strange that Lele didn't struggle at all when they took her away? Why didn't Lele call you during this period? Why did Lele have that expression in that video?"

Mi Xiaoqin did not answer. She just felt that Bai Mian's questions were all inexplicable. Bai Mian directly took out the video of Lele's disappearance and played it repeatedly in front of Mi Xiaoqin, and asked her to pay special attention to the expression on the child's face.

"I used to think her expression represented surprise or fear, but after taking her pulse, I finally understood that this expression represented hope," Bai Mian said. "When Lele saw the strange brothers and sisters were going to take her away, she felt that she saw hope. Ordinary children would be terrified when seeing strangers taking them away, but Lele was completely the opposite. She always wanted to escape from this home, escape from you. In her eyes, home is the most terrifying place in the world."

Mi Xiaoqin rubbed her ears and said impatiently, "Alright, Master, I've already admitted my mistake. It's pointless for you to keep repeating this. Just tell me where the hotel is. You're still not telling me. Are you trying to ask for a higher price?"

As she spoke, Mi Xiaoqin took out her mobile phone and prepared to scan the code to pay Bai Mian. It seemed that in her eyes, there was nothing that money could not solve. Bai Mian stopped her, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and smiled at her: "Since you think these are boring, let's talk about something interesting. Ms. Mi Xiaoqin, why are you so anxious to know the hotel address?"

Mi Xiaoqin found it funny: "What kind of question is that? My daughter is missing, and you said she is in a hotel, so of course I want to know the address of the hotel!"

Bai Mian suddenly stood up and stepped forward, grabbing Mi Xiaoqin's wrist rashly: "Are you anxious to find your daughter, or are you anxious to end this conversation with me?"

Mi Xiaoqin took a few steps back without saying anything. Bai Mian immediately continued, "Do you think that if I were to check your husband's pulse, I would only be able to see what your husband did, but not what you did? Do you think that as long as you leave quickly, what you did will not be exposed?"

"She's involved too?" Xia Mang was very surprised. She thought giving the child a blocking injection was cruel enough, but she didn't expect there was an inside story to this matter.

Mi Xiaoqin's face changed: "I don't know what you are talking about. Now I regret coming to you. I think you have some mental problems. That's enough. Let me go. I'm leaving!"

She struggled to break free from Bai Mian's hand and tried to rush out, but there were so many people surrounding her, how could she leave? Everyone blocked the door tacitly. Seeing that there was no way to go, Mi Xiaoqin just started to perform on the spot. She covered her chest and fell straight down, pretending to have an acute illness. Bai Mian ignored her and started talking to himself.

"When people talk about something, they usually only talk about the parts that are beneficial to them, and will skip the parts that are not beneficial to them. So when I listen to the stories of the benefactors, I will also pay attention to the parts they did not talk about. Mi Xiaoqin, you only told half of what happened in the studio that day. There is still the other half that you did not tell."

"That afternoon, you received the news that the child was missing, and then you ran to the studio and made a scene. The filming plan for that day was cancelled, and the filming team evacuated midway. That afternoon, another incident occurred—"

"That afternoon, the photography company rented Studio No. 2 to another photography team, who also came to photograph child models. When the child model was sitting on a chair and posing, an explosion suddenly occurred in the studio. The child model was seriously injured and several staff members were slightly injured. This explosion was not an accident but was man-made."

Everyone found it difficult to understand and started discussing:

"Oh my god, someone secretly planted a bomb in the studio? In this day and age, who would dare to sell bombs and explosives without fear of death?"

"It doesn't have to be bought. I saw on the Internet that some college students major in this and they can make it themselves."

"The child is so pitiful. He used to have an outstanding appearance and a promising future. But after being blown up like this, I guess he will have a hard time for the rest of his life. I don't know how much it will cost to stay in the hospital..."

"What kind of hatred or grudge do you have to attack a child? If you are caught, you will definitely be sentenced to death. Shoot him hard!"

Hearing these discussions, Mi Xiaoqin broke out in a cold sweat. Needless to say, she was the real culprit of the explosion. Even if Bai Mian didn't say it, everyone could see it. Bai Mian analyzed the cause of the explosion:

"The police have investigated and found that the cause of the explosion was an old battery at the scene. This battery had reached the scrap standard, but for some reason, this battery was moved to the child model shooting area that day and covered with a cute chair cover, which made it look like a small rectangular chair and could easily have caused the child model to sit on it by mistake."

"Child models often sit while taking photos. Once they sit on the battery, it will be squeezed and its internal structure will be deformed, causing an explosion. It can be said that the battery is a time bomb hidden in our lives."

Everyone was shocked. Xia Mang imitated Bai Mian's analysis and said, "This explosion was man-made. The murderer must be Mi Xiaoqin. But why did she do this? She decorated the battery to look like a small chair, which shows that her target was the child model. Hitting the staff was just an accident. The mother of a child model blew up another child model... I understand. This is competition among peers! Maybe the child model injured in the explosion is more popular than Lele. Mi Xiaoqin was afraid that her peer would steal Lele's business, so she simply got rid of this peer!"

The elder sister Lu Xue was obviously more mature than Xia Mang. She didn't answer so quickly, but said after thinking for a while: "No, the ET team taking Lele away was a completely accidental event. Mi Xiaoqin couldn't have expected it in advance, and she couldn't have expected that Studio 2 would be rented to another child model in the afternoon. So her initial target was the people who were shooting in the studio that day."

"You actually want to blow up your own daughter?" Xia Mang screamed at Mi Xiaoqin, "Are you crazy? This child is so outstanding, and she has done nothing wrong, you actually want to kill her? And isn't she your cash cow? If you kill her, how will you live?"

Mi Xiaoqin, who was lying on the ground, finally couldn't pretend anymore. She slowly opened her eyes, sat cross-legged on the ground, and sneered at Bai Mian: "Master Bai, you have to provide evidence when you speak. The police haven't found the real culprit yet, and you are slandering me here without any evidence. Aren't you afraid that I will sue you?"

Bai Mian: "The police are investigating, and they are almost done. This kind of old and flammable electric car batteries are not common, so you have to go out of your way to buy them. You went to the second-hand car market to buy the used batteries. Although there was no surveillance installed in the studio, and they didn't take a picture of you putting the batteries in the house, the surveillance at the second-hand car market did capture you. The police have copied the surveillance video. The reason they haven't summoned you yet is that they don't want to make a fuss."

Mi Xiaoqin said stubbornly: "What can the back look like me prove? There are so many people in the country whose back looks like mine. Can anyone who commits a crime be blamed on me? It's just a little resemblance, it's not ironclad evidence!"

"Warehouse No. 1, Mingtai Factory, No. 12, Ankang Road, Beijing," Bai Mian gave the address. "This is an abandoned factory. It was rented out last month. Your name is on the lease contract. Now there is an explosion site in the factory. There are old batteries and sandbags on the ground. Does this scene look familiar? Yes, you conducted a crime drill here last month."

"After the police saw you on the surveillance video, they immediately found the lease in your name. Now they are rushing to the factory. As long as they see the scene inside the factory," Bai Mian checked the time, "they will come to arrest you within an hour."

"You kept saying that you couldn't call the police because you were afraid of paying the penalty. In fact, this reason is just an excuse. The real reason is that you are afraid that the police will find out that you committed the murder."

"But the law is long and wide, and nothing can escape it. If you do it, you will be discovered."

Hearing Bai Mian's words, Mi Xiaoqin burst into tears. She stopped making excuses and admitted her crime: "Yes, I did it. I wanted to blow up Lele, but I didn't expect to hurt another child. I didn't know that child at all, and it was unintentional."

"Why?" Xia Mang asked.

Mi Xiaoqin screamed in despair: "Because she seduced my husband, she is a mistress!"