Old Li and Zhang Ming waited for more than an hour before Xiaohua's two brothers, sister-in-law and younger brother were called back.
Seeing the two public security comrades standing there, they were a little nervous and uneasy.
The two young wives instinctively stood behind their men, lowered their heads and dared not look at them.
Xiaohua's elder brother mustered up the courage to speak first.
"Hello, Public Security Comrade."
"I wonder what you want from us?" the man asked cautiously.
Old Li smiled.
"Don't be nervous, sit down first and drink some water. I have something to talk to you about." Old Li said in a gentle voice.
"Okay, okay."
The five of them sat down carefully on the chairs. They didn't dare sit there honestly, so they only took up half of their buttocks. They took two sips of water carefully and looked at Lao Li.
As if waiting for his order.
Old Li knew they were nervous and didn't waste any time.
"I want to ask you about Xiaohua's situation. When did you find out she was missing? Was there anything unusual the night before she disappeared?"
The five people looked at each other.
After a while, the eldest brother spoke first, "There's nothing unusual. Xiaohua is like that every day. She often sits there in a daze, smiling foolishly, and never talks to anyone."
"And then when it's time to go to bed, she cleans herself up and goes back to sleep in her room. Xiaohua is very peaceful at night. She is afraid of the dark and has never gone out."
"We didn't watch her at night, and when we found she was missing in the morning, we all thought she had left at that time." After the eldest brother said this, he looked at Lao Li cautiously and didn't dare to say anything else.
Old Li nodded.
"Does anyone else have anything to add?" His eyes passed over the faces of his eldest sister-in-law, second brother, second sister-in-law and youngest brother.
Several people looked confused and anxious, only the second sister-in-law lowered her head as if she didn't dare to look at Lao Li. She just shook her head in agreement to indicate no.
Old Li is an old policeman with many years of experience, so he naturally saw that there was something wrong with his second sister-in-law at a glance.
He thought for a moment and said, "Xiaohua's brother will stay at home to take care of their mother. The four of you will go to the Public Security Bureau with me."
"Sir, Sir, Public Security Bureau, what are we going to the Public Security Bureau for?" the eldest brother asked nervously, his words unclear.
Old Li didn't say anything, just looked serious.
"Just follow me when I tell you to go. When you get there you will naturally know what it is about." Zhang Ming scolded.
Several people were trembling with fear.
The team leader and the branch secretary mustered up the courage to speak up and plead for help.
"Public Security Officer Li, they've always been very kind to Xiaohua and wouldn't intentionally hurt her. This disappearance must have been an accident. Can you please…"
Old Li looked at the team leader who was helping to speak.
"We asked them to just cooperate with the investigation. As long as they didn't abandon Xiaohua intentionally, they won't be held responsible for this matter," said Lao Li.
He bit the words 'willful abandonment'.
The second sister-in-law shrank slightly, and in the eyes of others, she looked a little nervous and scared.
But Old Li could see that her guilty conscience was completely different from the nervousness of his sister-in-law.
"Okay, let's go. It's getting late. We need to take four people with us. Two bicycles are not enough. Does the brigade have a tractor?"
The team leader shook his head cautiously, "Our team is relatively poor, so we don't have any."
"Then borrow an ox cart to take the people over, and let two militiamen cooperate with us."
"Okay, okay." The captain responded quickly and went to make arrangements.
The branch secretary stayed with them in the house and talked.
The stove in the room burned a little brighter than usual. After sitting there for a while, everyone's faces were sweating.
Xiaohua’s elder and second brothers didn’t know why Xiaohua’s disappearance had alarmed the police, and they didn’t dare to ask.
Now they feel like they are being roasted on a fire.
Soon, the team leader found a bullock cart and took the four people and followed Lao Li and his friends on their bicycles all the way to the Public Security Bureau.
Along the way, Xiaohua's sister-in-law kept preparing herself mentally, saying that Xiaohua ran away on her own and it had nothing to do with her.
Besides, that man said that he was taking Xiaohua to get married. Xiaohua has her own family and doesn’t need them to take care of her at home.
This is a good thing for Xiaohua and for them as well.
She did not hurt Xiaohua, she was helping Xiaohua, yes, she was helping Xiaohua. She repeated this all the way, repeating it to herself, until she finally arrived at the police station.
After entering the Public Security Bureau, Lao Li took the person directly to the forensic office.
Zheng Yan and Mr. Zhao exchanged glances when they saw Mr. Li and Zhang Ming coming with four people.
Zheng Yan stood up and asked, "Public Security Officer Li, what do you want from us?"
"I brought the family of the female corpse from before to identify the body."
"What female corpse?" Brother Xiaohua cried out in pain.
When the second brother heard what Lao Li said, his eyes turned red.
"Let's go and see for ourselves."
My sister-in-law was so heartbroken that she burst into tears.
My second sister-in-law was so scared that her legs went limp and she could hardly stand up.
Old Li glanced at his second sister-in-law.
"Call two female police officers to help her." said Lao Li.
Zhang Ming ran over and soon two female police officers came up, holding his second sister-in-law's arms on the left and right and walked towards the morgue.
"No, I won't go, I won't watch!" The second sister-in-law screamed, her voice was high and loud, and sounded particularly creepy.
At this moment, even if they were not the police, the eldest brother, the second brother and the eldest sister-in-law had noticed something was wrong. They turned around and looked at the second sister-in-law who was hysterical and looked like a madman.
The second brother pointed at his second sister-in-law and asked in a trembling voice, "What's going on?"
"I'm scared. I don't want to see it. I won't go. You guys go." The second sister-in-law said with a sob, and her voice trembled when she spoke.
"Why don't you want to go and see? This is the last time you see your sister-in-law." Old Li's voice sounded slowly.
"This girl died a tragic death. She was mauled to death by a tiger. There wasn't a single piece of good flesh left on her body. Even a piece of her skull was bitten off."
"If her left hand had not been bitten off and the flower-shaped birthmark on it could still be seen, there would be no way to determine her identity." Old Li said slowly.
At this moment, the second sister-in-law was no longer just trembling. She fell to the ground and had difficulty breathing.
"I didn't mean to do that. She said she was only taking her to find a husband, so I took her away. I don't know why she was killed by a tiger."
"I really, it's not me..." The second sister-in-law spoke incoherently.
Old Li quickly obtained the evidence of what his second sister-in-law had just said.
"It was you who sold Xiaohua to someone else and took her out at night?" Old Li asked.
The second sister-in-law shook her head and nodded in horror, unable to calm down at all.
The second brother went up and kicked his second sister-in-law hard in the chest.
"You bastard! How dare you do this to my sister?"
"Xiaohua is already pitiful enough. If you don't want to take care of her, just say so."
"Before we got married, I told you that we would take care of this little sister of ours until death. You agreed. Why did you change after we got married?"
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