From a distance, I could see Ashun's parents standing at the door.
Perhaps she also saw the people coming, Ashun’s mother turned around and went into the house.
"He hid inside. There must be something fishy going on."
Chen Dazhuang saw this scene and said with a firm tone.
The two police officers looked at each other and understood each other instantly.
"Village chief, find a few people to join me."
Chen Yaohua said to the village chief.
The village chief immediately responded, pointed to a few people including Chen Jianjun, and followed Chen Yaohua to run around the back of the house.
Officer Zhai Meng led everyone and quickened their pace to the door of Ashun's house.
"Officer, what is this for?"
Ashun's father, who was standing at the door, asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Before Zhai Meng could speak, the villagers behind him started to loudly accuse him.
"Baomin, don't play dumb. Did your Ah Shun steal Ah Wang's TV?"
"Why are you pretending? Your wife saw us just now and rushed into the house. Did she want your son to escape?"
"Where's Ashun? Let him come out!"
"The police are here, there's no way to hide, just confess and you'll get leniency!"
…
"I don't understand a word you are saying."
Chen Baomin frowned.
"Enough, be quiet, there are police officers here, why are you making noise?"
The village chief turned around and shouted.
Only then did the villagers quiet down.
"Is your son home? We now have reason to suspect that your son is the suspect who stole the TV from Chen Wang's house. Please ask him to come out."
Zhai Meng said calmly.
"Theft? Suspect? Are you kidding me?"
Chen Baomin was furious and denied it, "My son would never do such a thing, officer, please don't frame him without evidence!"
Chen Wang watched quietly and noticed the flash of panic in his eyes.
Chen Baomin glared at Chen Wang again and said, "Awang, we are all from the same village. Why are you making such a fuss and bringing so many people here? My son doesn't even know you, so why do you suspect my son?"
"Whether it's true or not, let your son come out and confront you first."
Chen Wang said calmly.
"Why? Impossible. Without evidence, no one has the right to do so."
"Baomin, you're going a bit too far!"
The village chief frowned and scolded.
"Village head, you also have a son. If someone suddenly brings so many people and police officers to your house and says that your son is a murderer and wants to arrest him, would you agree?"
Chen Baomin looked at the village chief and questioned.
The village chief was speechless for a moment.
"Comrade, someone has reported that your son said he wanted to rob Chen Wang's house after drinking some time ago. In this case, our public security organs have the power to summon and interrogate the suspect."
Zhai Meng spoke in a steady tone, word by word.
Chen Baomin was stunned for a moment, then shouted angrily: "Who reported it?"
However, no one answered him at all.
"Baomin, cooperate with the police officer, otherwise the situation will only get worse."
The village chief gave earnest advice.
"Village chief, you have to believe me, believe Ah Shun, he really can't do such a thing."
Chen Baomin said with a grim expression.
"Then don't stop them. Just let the police officer go in and investigate."
"That's right. If it really wasn't Ah Shun who did it, how could they still wrongly accuse you?"
"I think he is just guilty and is protecting his son."
"Don't waste time, get out of the way!"
…
The villagers started shouting at each other.
"What does this have to do with you? Why are you here to join in the fun?"
Chen Baomin yelled at everyone hysterically.
Just then, a woman's crying and shouting were heard from the alley outside the crowd.
"What are you doing? Let my son go. Don't arrest him. He didn't do anything. Let him go!"
"Let me go."
"Be honest."
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Officer Chen Yaohua walking out of the alley holding a young man's arms.
The young man was none other than Ah Shun.
Following behind was Ashun's mother, who was crying and making a scene, trying to ask the police officer to let Ashun go, but was stopped by Chen Jianjun and others.
"son……"
Chen Baomin's face showed anxiety.
"Officer Zhai, this is the suspect. We caught him when he was trying to escape through the back door."
Chen Yaohua approached with Ah Shun and reported the situation.
"Let me go, who ran away? I was just out having fun. I'm not a suspect. I didn't do anything!"
Ah Shun bent over and struggled desperately, yelling loudly.
"Shut up!"
Chen Yaohua applied a little more force on the hands that were holding his arms.
"ah……"
Ah Shun immediately cried out in pain.
"What are you doing? You are bullying people. Look everyone, the police are bullying people. Woo woo..."
Ashun's mother sat down on the ground and started crying like a shrew.
She looked quite pitiful, but no one came forward to help her.
This family is not popular in the village. Now, there is a high possibility that Shun has committed theft and broken the law. Who would want to get involved in such a mess?
The two police officers ignored her. Zhai Meng asked calmly, "Comrade Chen Dashun, right? Where were you after midnight last night? Can anyone prove it?"
"Where can I be? I'm at home sleeping!"
Ah Shun gritted his teeth and shouted.
"Yes, Ah Shun is sleeping at home. My wife and I can prove it."
Chen Baomin immediately agreed.
"Yes, my Ah Shun is a good boy. He never stays out overnight. He slept at home yesterday."
Ashun's mother also shouted loudly.
"The two of you have no use for your testimony."
Zhai Meng said this, looking around at the other villagers.
"Who else saw Chen Dashun last night? When and where?"
The villagers looked at each other and talked among themselves.
"I, officer, have seen it."
Suddenly, a middle-aged man raised his hand to answer.
In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on him.
"Officer, after lunch yesterday, it should have been around one o'clock. I took my things to work in the fields. My field is just down the slope from Awang's house. I happened to see A Shun wandering around Awang's house."
The man explained the situation with a somewhat nervous expression.
"Bullshit, when did you see me? You're lying."
Ah Shun shouted angrily.
"Chen Jianshe, stop talking nonsense. If you want to harm my son, I will never let you go."
Chen Baomin pointed at the man and threatened him loudly.
"Ignore him, just say whatever you want to say."
The village chief said coldly.
The man named Chen Jianshe nodded, glanced at Chen Baomin, and said with disdain: "I, Chen Jianshe, have always been down-to-earth, never lied, and I am not blind. I said I saw it, and I saw it. At that time, I was wondering why he was sneaking around there, but now it seems that he was just scouting the place."
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