Chapter 237: Jumping into the River to Commit Suicide
When Zhou Yi and Lu Xiaoshuang arrived at their aunt's house, their aunt was cooking.
Lu Xiaoshuang went to tutor Zhao Min first.
Zhou Yi and his uncle had nothing to do, so they sat on the sofa in the living room and watched TV.
Zhou Yi's uncle Zhao Tiesheng is a rather honest and introverted person. He is not very good at communication, but he is very serious about doing things.
In the previous life, my aunt and uncle lived an ordinary life until they were old.
My aunt has a strong personality, but my uncle almost never argues with her. It is said that whenever a conflict arises and a quarrel is about to occur, my uncle goes out for a walk.
After taking a two-hour walk and coming back, my aunt's anger was half gone.
This kind of ordinary state is actually the state of most families, which is much better than the chaos.
My aunt's house has a 25-inch color TV, which looks much better than a black and white TV.
The TV was playing "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", in which Liu Yong and Heshen were fighting with each other, and there were lots of jokes.
My uncle was laughing so hard that he couldn't help but turn up the volume with the remote control.
But within three seconds, my aunt popped her head out of the kitchen and said sternly, "Zhao Tiesheng, don't you know your daughter is studying? Keep your voice down!"
My uncle quickly turned the volume back up.
Zhou Yi hugged his shoulders and stared at the screen on TV, but his mind was thinking about other things.
This morning, while he was waiting for Lu Xiaoshuang, Lu Zhengfeng from Luohe called him and said that there was some progress on the Tao Cong he had been investigating.
Zhou Yi originally felt very embarrassed. After all, it was Saturday and people were still helping him look up things.
But then he thought, this is Old Lu. When they were partners in the previous life, he had eaten and drunk a lot of food here. Suddenly, he didn't feel guilty anymore and just thought of it as Lu Zhengfeng paying back a debt.
Lu Zhengfeng said that he checked the sentence records of several prisons in Luohe and also checked the list of detainees in the detention center.
We did find a person named Tao Cong, and then we specifically checked this person's prison registration form.
The above shows that this person is from Hongcheng, born in 1975, and was sentenced to one year in prison for selling stolen goods in 1994.
Due to his good behavior in prison, he was released two months early and has no record of being imprisoned or detained since then.
The information provided by Lu Zhengfeng finally matched the information Zhou Yi had learned before.
But the crime of selling stolen goods made him a little confused, because in his previous life, during the eight years in the archives, he focused on murder cases.
Because if you count all kinds of non-homicide cases, such as robbery, theft, intentional injury, etc., the case files of the entire province together, it is no exaggeration to say, will pile up like a mountain.
Not to mention eight years, even if he were given eighty years, he might not be able to finish reading all of them.
Moreover, apart from the provincial capital itself, in principle, all non-homicide and non-major serious cases in the local area do not need to be submitted for filing to the provincial capital.
So he could be sure that the case involving Tao Cong's crime of selling stolen goods was not a murder case.
He was still hesitating whether to continue investigating Tao Cong. At the moment, it seemed that he had no significant connection with the savings bank robbery and murder case two months later, but Zhou Yi's intuition always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this person.
Unexpectedly, Lu Zhengfeng took the initiative to say that he would retrieve the case information in which Tao Cong was involved and fax it to Zhou Yi.
Since he said so, Zhou Yi was not polite and simply asked him to investigate whether Tao Cong was still in Luohe and what he was doing after he was released from prison.
Zhou Yi was making an assumption. If Tao Cong was related to the 614 Savings Bank robbery and murder case, he could then keep an eye on this person in advance.
But he hadn't figured out what to do after being targeted.
Even if there are clues to a case that has not occurred, how to properly resolve it is the biggest problem Zhou Yi faces.
Of course, he hopes to nip all tragedies in the bud. That would be the perfect situation.
But in fact, this is almost impossible to do. Just like when Qian Lailai was kidnapped for the first time, he deduced that Liu Jianshe had ulterior motives based on clues from his past and present lives. In desperation, he chose Qian Hongxing to cooperate with him in "fishing". Regardless of whether this is a problem from a legal perspective, Qian Hongxing's behavior proves that not everyone and everything can be controlled by oneself.
If there is another case like this, he is worried about what to do and how to prepare for it.
"Wash your hands and eat." Auntie called.
At the dinner table, the aunt couldn't help but ask Lu Xiaoshuang how her daughter was doing in her studies.
Lu Xiaoshuang did not sugarcoat it and told the truth, but after all, she was a top student and analyzed Zhao Min's weaknesses clearly, including how to strengthen them, how much time it would take, etc.
Nanming No. 3 High School, where Zhou Yi and Zhao Min study, is an ordinary high school, ranked in the upper-middle level in the city.
But the Qingshan Middle School where Lu Xiaoshuang studied was a key high school, ranking among the top three among the more than 20 high schools in the city.
So to some extent, Lu Xiaoshuang was one of the best students in the city in her class.
To be honest, Zhou Yi was not outstanding in his studies, not even as good as Zhao Min, so Lu Xiaoshuang's well-reasoned analysis shocked him greatly.
He suddenly thought, if someone had analyzed and tutored him like this when he was in high school, would he have a chance to go to the People's Public Security University like Chen Yan?
The aunt was so excited when she heard this that she kept picking up food for Lu Xiaoshuang, and soon the bowl was piled up.
After dinner, my uncle went for a walk, and Lu Xiaoshuang continued to tutor Zhao Min.
Zhou Yi had nothing to do, so he made an appointment with Lu Xiaoshuang to go back, and then went out for a walk to digest his food.
My aunt really spent a lot of money today and prepared all kinds of delicious dishes. Zhao Min said that only during the Chinese New Year can we eat such good food.
So Zhou Yi, who was eating for free, was indeed a little full.
Although it was dark outside, the temperature was just right, perfect for a walk.
Zhou Yi had no purpose, just strolling around, looking at this era that was both familiar and a little strange.
There is a river near my aunt's residential area. The river is not very wide, but it is said to be very deep.
Zhou Yi walked along the river, intending to go all the way to the bridge in front, then cross the bridge and return from the other side.
After walking for about sixteen or seventeen minutes, I saw a person standing vaguely on the shore ahead.
When he got closer, Zhou Yi saw clearly that it was an old man standing by the river.
At first Zhou Yi thought it was an old man peeing in the river, and thought it was too unethical.
But after he passed by, he looked back and found that the old man was still standing there motionless.
Suddenly feeling something was wrong, he stopped and turned around.
The old man did not pee in the river, but just stood there blankly, his back slightly hunched, his hands hanging on both sides, his head lowered, staring at the dark river surface.
Zhou Yi thought, oh no, this old man is going to jump into the river!
"Uncle, what interesting things are there in this river?" Zhou Yi walked over and asked with a smile.
Hearing the voice, the old man turned around blankly and looked at Zhou Yi.
As expected! The old man's eyes were dim.
But Zhou Yi pretended to be relaxed as he walked over to the old man, bent down and looked into the river: "Hey, could there be fish? There's no net here, otherwise I could catch some."
The old man was a little at a loss as to what to do with this "uninvited guest". He touched his body randomly a few times, not knowing what to do, and then turned and left.
Zhou Yi immediately followed him: "Old man, where are you? It's dark now, don't walk by the river, be careful of slippery feet."
The old man was walking when he suddenly stopped and turned to look at Zhou Yi.
His dry mouth trembled for a long time before he said tremblingly, "Young man, can you... give me 40 cents? I want to... buy two white steamed buns. I haven't eaten yet..."
Zhou Yi's heart skipped a beat, but at the same time he felt relieved. The old man asked for food, which meant that he still had a desire to survive.
Without saying a word, he pulled the old man into a noodle shop in front and ordered a bowl of beef noodles for him, with an extra portion of beef.
The old man was very embarrassed and fidgeted. He couldn't help but say, "Young man, I... I only need two white steamed buns. I don't eat meat... I don't eat meat."
Zhou Yi comforted him, "It's okay, old man, just eat your meal in peace. I'm a police officer, and it's my duty to help you."
When Zhou Yi said he was a policeman, the old man's eyes became a little angry. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Young man, you are a good person. Good people will be rewarded. Good people will be rewarded."
After a while, the boss brought over the beef noodles with added meat.
Zhou Yi poured the beef from the plate into the bowl, then took out a pair of chopsticks from the side and handed them to the old man.
"Eat it while it's hot, old man."
"How about... you take a bowl and divide... some of it? I don't need that much..." the old man said anxiously.
Zhou Yi smiled and said, "No, I've already eaten. It's okay, just eat."
The old man nodded and began to eat noodles.
Just after taking a mouthful of hot noodles, the old man raised his left hand and wiped away his tears.
Zhou Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Although the social living standards had improved a lot in 1997, there were still many poor people.
This old man looks to be in his seventies, probably a few years older than my grandfather.
And looking at the calluses on his hands and the dry, cracked wounds like dead tree bark, you can tell that he is a hard-working man who does manual labor.
Why on earth would someone jump into the river out of frustration?
But Zhou Yi didn't plan to ask for the time being. He let the old man eat his fill first. After all, he hadn't eaten for a whole day, and he just wanted to ask him for two steamed buns when he mustered up the courage.
At first, the old man would stop after eating a few bites and look at Zhou Yi, as if he was a little embarrassed.
But after Zhou Yi gestured to him to continue eating several times, he finally started eating boldly. He was obviously very hungry. Not only did he finish all the noodles and meat, he even drank up every drop of the noodle soup in the bowl.
As soon as the old man licked the edge of the bowl and put down his chopsticks, Zhou Yi asked, "Old man, do you want another bowl?"
The old man was so scared that he quickly shook his head: "No, no, I'm full."
However, his next words made Zhou Yi's heart tremble suddenly: "I'm full, it's time for me to get on the road."
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