"Could it be a wanted criminal who has fled to our area? Maybe he's hiding in some corner," someone suddenly shouted, immediately causing panic among everyone.
"Oh dear, call the police... call the police right now and arrest the bad guy."
"I sent my daughter to stay with her maternal grandmother until the bad guys were caught, I'm so worried..."
"Yes, yes, children must be kept in close watch, and adults must stay close to them."
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The neighbors had very vivid imaginations. They thought of many things from just one sentence, and even imagined that a notorious thief was hiding in the alley, like a venomous snake, and would come out to commit crimes at night. Many people didn't want to live in the alley anymore and wanted to go to the homes of relatives and friends to avoid the danger, and then come back after the police caught the notorious thief.
Ye Qingqing was both amused and exasperated. This kind of imagination was far more powerful than that of screenwriters. Nowadays, at least eight out of ten TV dramas are about the battle between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, and the remaining two are about stepmothers or stepfathers. They are either good or bad. You can tell the ending just by watching the beginning. She can't even watch one episode. There is no originality at all. It's just unbelievable.
"Where did Pingping have the accident?" Ye Qingqing wanted to go to the scene of the accident to take a look, hoping to find something.
She felt things weren't that complicated. What kind of notorious thief would commit murder and robbery? If someone were truly a ruthless killer who could kill without shedding blood, how could they not even take down a child? She had just examined Pingping and found that the bruises on her neck were deep and large, indicating that the murderer was flustered during the crime, her hands were shaking, and she had even tried to give up at one point, but then changed her mind. That's why the two chokes were in different places, which caused the bruises to expand.
This also shows that the murderer was a first-time offender and lacked the necessary mental fortitude. In fact, it takes a lot of courage to be a bad person. Many ordinary people wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken, let alone a murderer.
"I'll take you there."
An elderly man was very kind and was the first to find Pingping. He had a habit of taking a walk after meals and happened to be near the scene of the accident when he heard the noise and found Pingping, who was on the verge of death.
Everyone followed. With many people around, they were emboldened and weren't afraid even if it was a notorious thief. Ye Qingqing took a flashlight and quickly arrived at the scene of the incident, a small alleyway, which was also a place where Xiao Tong used to be bullied. Because it was secluded and quiet, no one would know if there was a disturbance. Children would come here to play during the day, but rarely at night.
Because there were no streetlights and it was pitch black, the adults wouldn't let the children come over. Pingping was angry with his grandmother and said he would hide so she wouldn't find him. So he chose this dead-end alley, but an accident happened unexpectedly.
There was a pool of blood on the ground, a shocking sight. Next to the bloodstain was a small, neatly stacked pile of bricks, which no one knew whose house it was. Some of the bricks had bloodstains on them, and Ye Qingqing could roughly reconstruct the scene at that time.
The murderer shoved Pingping hard, causing Pingping to fall backward and hit the back of her head on a brick, injuring her head and causing her to bleed profusely. Perhaps this panicked the murderer, who then decided to strangle Pingping, but the old man came over, and the murderer, fearing discovery, hurriedly left.
"I walked this far and heard a noise inside, so I shouted. Then I heard footsteps and ran out. When I came over, I saw that Pingping had an accident." The location the old man mentioned was still some distance from the alleyway. In fact, there was another alleyway in between. The alleyways in Pingjiang are like a spider web, winding around and making people dizzy.
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