Chapter 550 Is This Too Cruel?

He refused to admit that he was brave enough. If he had been brave enough, he would not have jumped out of the window with Bai Wei in front of the guards.

Song Qinian felt somewhat embarrassed facing Lei Ming, his face turning red all the way to his neck.

“Hehehe…”

"Our great hero, the detective expert, turns out to be quite shy."

Chief of Staff Lei was beating the children on a rainy day. He was free anyway, so he teased Song Qinian who was lying on the hospital bed.

Song Qinian was not stupid. While listening to Lei Ming's ridicule, he racked his brain and tried to decipher the hidden meaning. He muttered to himself that it seemed that the military district leaders supported his investigation.

If that were the case, Huo Yan and Tang Xuemei would not have been arrested and released just because they had a backer.

Thinking of this, he wanted to sit up, but Lei Ming held him down, "Just lie down, don't force yourself."

"If you have anything to say, lie down and talk."

Song Qinian didn't expect that Lei Ming saw his worst side, and his face turned even redder with embarrassment.

"Chief of Staff Lei, Director Hao, please have some tea!"

Bai Wei came in from outside, holding a tray with three cups of tea on it.

As she spoke with a smile, she placed the tray on the bedside table, handed a cup of tea to Lei Ming, and then handed another cup of tea to Chief Hao of the police station.

"Thank you."

Lei Ming and Director Hao spoke in different voices.

"You are welcome."

"You guys talk, I'll go wash the clothes I took off."

Bai Wei brought a cup of hot tea at just the right moment, and was about to leave the ward. Chief of Staff Lei came with the director of the police station, and he was not just here to see Song Qinian.

The rumor has spread like wildfire outside that Commander Huo is returning to Beijing with his troops, and there will be something interesting to watch.

She couldn't ask, nor could she stay in the ward. After serving the tea, she had to leave.

"You go and get busy."

Lei Ming waved at Bai Wei and said with a smile.

He watched Bai Wei leave the ward, picked up the teacup, smelled it, and said with a smile: "This is top-quality jasmine tea, I like it."

"Chief Staff Officer Lei likes to drink it. I still have some at home. It's no problem for me to give you a few kilograms. Don't think too much about it. This is the tea from our hometown. It's not worth the money."

Song Qinian is not stupid. He keeps thinking and mobilizing all his machinery, thinking about how to say that he is not afraid of the powerful and has arrested Huo Yan and Tang Xuemei for the sake of justice.

And the awareness of not being afraid of going home to farm.

Just at this moment, Bai Wei came in with a tray and brought jasmine tea from his hometown to Lei Ming and the police chief. They felt that Bai Wei was their think tank and a timely rain.

At this time, she brought out the specialties of her hometown.

The step of hometown has been paved, we just need to see how Chief of Staff Lei will proceed.

"This is tea from my hometown. It's very good."

"I thought you bought it yourself, or that the little soldier brought it back as a souvenir when he returned home to visit his family."

Chief of Staff Lei spoke slowly while sipping his tea.

The police chief was completely confused after hearing what he heard. He couldn't see what was ahead and couldn't find the direction. He was dragged here by Lei Ming in a daze to visit Song Qinian.

He was willing to visit Captain Song, who solved a series of cases, and also knew why Captain Song had the surgery.

But he listened to Lei Ming and Captain Song talking about tea. He didn't know anything about the tea ceremony, and his level was not high enough, so he could only listen to their lofty discussions.

"When the little warriors go home, they will bring back some local specialties. But even though they bring a lot, there are too many wolves and too little meat. Everyone rushes to taste them, and then they are all gone."

"We tasted local specialties from various places, as well as different folk customs and practices."

…

Song Qinian recovered well, his voice was sonorous and powerful, and when he talked about the young soldiers and the barracks, he was full of passion and reluctant to leave.

The day he joined the army, he just wanted to do his job well in the army. He never thought that one day he would offend the powerful and have to go home to farm in this way.

Song Qinian didn't say a word. He had offended Huo Qiheng and was going to be demoted to a commoner.

But every word revealed the helplessness of having one's uniform stripped off.

Chief of Staff Lei was not stupid. He heard the hidden meaning and muttered to himself, "Who said that soldiers have simple minds? If a simple mind can help them come back alive from a battlefield full of gunfire and bullets?"

He couldn't express his opinion now, nor could he give Song Qinian any assurances. After thinking for a while, he said to Song Qinian, "Director Hao and I came to visit you. On the one hand, we want to see how well your injuries have recovered, and on the other hand, we want to tell you the results of the case."

"Huo Yan was sentenced to 20 years in prison for arson. Tang Xuemei and Huo Yan were accomplices and were sentenced to 15 years in prison."

…

Song Qinian pricked up his ears and listened to Chief of Staff Lei's words without missing a word, as he judged the mastermind, accomplices, and participants in the case.

The sentence was also specified in detail. In the 1970s, the criminal law was not sound and the sentences were light.

If the crackdown had taken place during the 1980s, Huo Yan and her accomplices would have been beheaded.

This happened several years ago. Chief of Staff Lei didn't know, and neither did Song Qinian and Director Hao. Only Bai Wei, who was washing clothes in the bathroom, knew it clearly.

Suddenly, every word of the conversation in the ward entered Bai Wei's ears. She shuddered all over and found it unbelievable.

Since she traveled through time to this life, she found that she was not like the male and female protagonists in the online novels she read in her previous life. They were either bound by the system or had special abilities.

She has nothing but her past memories and an immortal soul.

What happened now? I could hear the conversation in the ward over the sound of running water, even though we were separated by several rooms?

She felt it was incredible, but also felt it was reasonable. After all, she was better than ordinary people, more forward-looking in this world, or had more insights.

Thinking of this, I felt relieved. No matter what, that voice from the unknown conveyed a message to me.

Those who do evil must be punished.

Song Qinian was just about to say, "Thank you, Chief. I didn't expect the case to be closed so quickly."

Before Song Qinian could say anything, Lei Ming continued, "Tang Xuemei is pregnant and has been for several months."

"In order to protect the rights of women and children, she was released from prison during her pregnancy and breastfeeding period, and will be imprisoned when her child is 18 months old."

When Song Qinian heard Lei Ming talk about Tang Xuemei's current situation, he was speechless for a moment, and wondered in his heart if he was too cruel.

Lu Mingyao and I are brothers in life and death, and comrades in the same trench. It is a bit cruel to let the child leave his mother at such a young age.

Suddenly a voice echoed in his mind, shaking Song Qinian's heart - don't be too kind, if you are too kind, your wife and children will suffer.

"clear."

Song Qinian answered the smart voice without even thinking.

"I respect the decision of the police department and military district chief."

"Severe punishment for those who set fires can have a deterrent effect."