Chapter 284: What Old Lady Zhuang said

Shen Jiale watched Old Lady Jiwotou leave and asked, "Does this old lady have any opinions about your family?"

Kong Xiumei said, "Grandma Zhuang is old and a little confused, but she has a good heart. After Xiaojun went missing, she came to my house and said that Xiaojun was taken away by my sister-in-law and scolded by my mother-in-law."

"She mistook Xiaobing for Xiaojun."

Kong Xiumei nodded: "Although Xiaojun and Xiaobing look exactly the same, it is easy to tell them apart. My sister-in-law's family is rich, and the clothes and shoes she wears are all new."

Shen Jiale said: "If you hadn't said it, I would have thought the child in your sister-in-law's arms just now was your son who had grown up. They really look exactly the same."

Comrade Zheng recorded some clues provided by the neighbors and shook his head at the two of them. It was still the same as two years ago, without any useful clues.

During that period, no strangers came, and the child disappeared during the day. Things were indeed strange.

Shen Jiale said he wanted to walk around.

Kong Xiumei said she would accompany

him. Shen Jiale didn't let her follow.

...

Old Mrs. Zhuang didn't go far, and sat under a big tree not far away to enjoy the cool.

Shen Jiale walked over and sat down.

Old lady Zhuang asked, "Who are you to Xiumei?"

"She asked me to help her find her son."

Old lady Zhuang looked at Shen Jiale suspiciously, "You are sitting on a chair, can the trafficker come to you by himself?"

Shen Jiale smiled and said, "Am I not here to find you?"

"Do you believe what I say?"

"Back then, their family tried their best to find the child, but they couldn't find him. After eliminating all the impossibilities, the remaining one, no matter how impossible it is, is the truth."

Mrs. Zhuang smiled and said, "You are a smart girl, but even if they knew the truth, their family would not take the child back."

"Their family has not given up looking for the child for two years. Of course they will take the child back if they find him."

"Xiaojun is enjoying his life. Otherwise, when I went to Sun's family to tell them, no one in their family believed me. They said I was trying to sow discord among their family members. Grandma Sun even scolded me."

"Did you tell the police?"

"Yes, they explained to the police and said I was talking nonsense. To me, they just wanted to save face and pretended to find the child, but they actually traded the child for money."

Shen Jiale said, "No way. If that were the case, Kong Xiumei wouldn't have been looking for her son's whereabouts for two years."

Old Mrs. Zhuang said disdainfully, "The whole family probably kept it a secret from her. She was so stupid. She was sold and still had to count money for others."

"Tell me in detail."

"Xiaoyan went back to her parents' home alone at night. I got up at night and saw clearly with a flashlight, but when she left, she was holding a child. Wasn't that child Xiumei's child?"

...

Shen Jiale chatted with Mrs. Zhuang for a while and then came back.

Comrade Zheng still didn't collect any useful clues.

Shen Jiale asked Kong Xiumei: "After the child disappeared, when did your sister-in-law come back?"

Kong Xiumei said: "Teacher Shen, don't listen to Grandma Zhuang. She is confused and has a bad memory. What she said is not accurate."

"You answer my question first."

Kong Xiumei thought for a while and said: "The child disappeared at noon when it was time to eat, and the sister-in-law came back after dark."

"Mrs. Zhuang said that she saw your sister-in-law coming back the night before."

"She got it mixed up."

Shen Jiale asked Kong Xiumei if there were other photos of the twins at home.

Kong Xiumei said sadly, "No, I had planned to take the photo when my sister-in-law and her family came at the end of the year, but unfortunately, Xiaojun disappeared before that.

I only saw Xiaobing once when he was born. My mother-in-law was afraid that I would be reluctant to give the child to my sister-in-law and it would affect Xiaobing's treatment, so she didn't let me see Xiaobing again. After

Xiaojun disappeared, my sister-in-law brought the child back, and I saw Xiaobing for the second time.

Zhiping saw that I was too sad, so he went to my sister-in-law's house to get this photo."

Shen Jiale asked again "When did your sister-in-law leave?"

Kong Xiumei said, "I told you that she stayed at home for only one day. The whole family went out to look for Xiaojun and couldn't take care of Xiaobing. Xiaobing fell ill, so his mother asked her sister-in-law to take the child to the hospital.

After that, she stayed at home to take care of Xiaobing, but she often called to ask if Xiaojun had been found."

Since Comrade Zheng came, he didn't just go through the motions. He went to every household around to ask, hoping to find useful clues.

However, just like that year, he didn't have any clues.

Comrade Zheng said to Shen Jiale: "If I had not gone to Sun Xiaoyan's home to investigate that year, I would have really believed what Mrs. Zhuang said and thought that the child was taken away by them. Otherwise, how could a living person just disappear like that without any trace."

Comrade Zheng explained that Sun Xiaoyan was Kong Xiumei's sister-in-law.

After being busy for most of the day, there was no progress. Shen Jiale said to Kong Xiumei: "I came here according to your suggestion. To be honest, I really don't know who looks like a human trafficker."

Kong Xiumei said: "Thank you Teacher Shen and Comrade Zheng for making a special trip for me. I have discussed it with Zhiping and we should let it go.

Although I don't want to admit it, the day Xiaojun disappeared, I felt difficulty breathing and my heart ached. He may be gone. I hope he can... Reincarnate in my belly again."

Sun's mother came over and said, "We should have done this a long time ago. If we had given birth earlier, the child would be as big as Xiaojun now."

Kong Xiumei was obviously very sad, and Shen Jiale didn't know how to comfort her. He could only say, "Look forward, that's right."

Comrade Zheng also said, "After I go back, I will carefully organize the clues I collected today and do my best to find out the truth."

Kong Xiumei and Sun Zhiping thanked the two again and watched them leave.

...

On the way.

Shen Jiale asked: "Comrade Zheng, since we can't find the child's whereabouts based on the existing clues, why don't we follow the clues given by Mrs. Zhuang?"

Comrade Zheng said: "Everyone around us has proved that Sun Xiaoyan came back the night Xiaojun disappeared, even Kong Xiumei said so.

I went to Sun Xiaoyan's home at that time, and her family and neighbors all proved that there was only one child in her family, and no second child appeared."

This matter ended here, and Kong Xiumei never appeared at the school gate again.

It seems that she did what she said.

However, Comrade Zheng has not given up. When he has time, he will take out the files from two years ago and the clues he has collected now, hoping to find clues.

...

This day.

Zhou Min asked Shen Jiale to go shopping, and they met Comrade Zheng who was buying flowers for his father at the flower and bird market.

Comrade Zheng asked, "Is Teacher Shen here to buy flowers and birds too?"

Shen Jiale said he was accompanying his eldest sister-in-law.

Zhou Min pointed to her son who came with her, and said to her son's classmates, "Chang Guo's classmate brought his father's thrush to Chang Guo to play with. As a result, the thrush was taken away by the cat next door and bitten to death.

The child was afraid of being blamed by his father when he went back, so I brought them here to buy another one."

Shen Jiale said, "The new one is not the original one. The parents should be able to see it. It is better to explain it to the parents first."

Lu Changguo's classmates said, " It's okay. My dad doesn't usually feed the thrush. I feed it. Just find a thrush that looks exactly like it. My dad can't tell the difference. "

Comrade Zheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said to Shen Jiale: "I'll go back to the station."

Seeing Comrade Zheng hurried away, Zhou Min also said: "Public security comrades are busy. When they encounter an emergency case, their family's affairs have to be put behind."

Suddenly, Shen Jiale also thought of something.