Su Qiushi said, "You should think about this from the perspective of the people who have a grudge against you! Or, someone who has a grudge against that Chief Cheng!"
Yi Lele blurted out, "I swear—it must have been those two people who did it when it was raining and snowing! They've been so smug these past few days, talking badly about you all the time in the village."
"Oh, what did they say?" Su Ruyi became interested.
“One said you must have done something bad and been captured and shot, while the other said you must have been kidnapped by bad guys and maybe taken back to the mountains to become… a bandit's wife.” Yi Lele said angrily.
Su Ruyi's face was icy: "You really have a vivid imagination!"
She has truly experienced the power of rumors.
Su Qiushi's gaze was full of affection: "Ruyi, what's wrong with your third brother? Why does he act like an enemy? Like a fighting cock, he tries to pinch you the moment he sees you."
Su Ruyi sighed.
She couldn't recount all of Su Yin's actions in her previous life, so she could only pick out the things Su Yin did in this life and recount a few.
For example, his involvement in the black market, his stealing money from his family and running away, and his being escorted away to avoid being sent to the countryside.
Of course, there's also the fabricated story by Su Ruyi that Su Yin is a master thief.
Su Ruyi had made up her mind to firmly establish the reputation of the master thief on Su Yin, so that he could take it wherever he went!
In that case, would anyone still be willing to be his underling or cooperate with him?
While in Haicheng, she thwarted Su Yin's plan to become the black market boss. As far as she knew, Su Ruyi had saved people like Wang Bo and Li Xiaoqiang from their tragic fates.
Because, in the previous life, during the growth of Su Yin's business empire, all these people were used as cannon fodder by Su Yin.
They were either forced into jail or driven to suicide.
Moreover, none of them realized what was happening when the time came; Su Yin's sweet talk skills were truly first-rate.
After listening to their rambling analysis, Shen Guoliang grew impatient: "What's the point of all that? Ruyi, since you remember it's Bingcheng, let's go to Bingcheng and see where this building is! I refuse to believe that there's any lawless place in Bingcheng!"
Su Ruyi thought for a moment and said, "Hmm, that's a good idea!"
So she followed Shen Guoliang and drove to Harbin, driving around the city's streets and alleys.
Unfortunately, Harbin is too big.
For Su Ruyi, it was an even more unfamiliar city.
She was in such a panic when she climbed down from the three-story building that she didn't pay any attention to its features.
In Harbin, three-story buildings that match Su Ruyi's description are as numerous as hairs on a cow!
Su Ruyi looked at each building one by one; each one seemed similar, yet each one also looked somewhat unfamiliar…
She then began to look for similar deserted alleyways.
I never imagined that there were so many of these deep, narrow alleyways!
They are all narrow alleys where no one passes by for half a day.
The gloomy environment and oppressive sky.
Finally, Su Ruyi shouted at Shen Guoliang, "Stop the car! Stop the car!"
The car stopped, she opened the car door, rushed to the roadside and vomited.
Seeing this, Shen Guoliang had no choice but to give up.
At the same time, in front of the window of the three-story building from which Su Ruyi jumped out of the window to escape, stood a middle-aged man with a gloomy face and a solemn expression.
This man was Ding Honglei, Ding Daguo's cousin.
Since Ding Daguo went to jail, Ding Honglei hasn't had a good night's sleep.
The matter concerning the homestead of Qingshan Team 1 and the two sets of official seals were entirely at the behest of Ding Honglei.
Therefore, as soon as Ding Daguo entered, Ding Honglei was on high alert, fearing that he might say the wrong thing.
But the person sent down by the provincial work team happened to be Zhang Bin, the one he didn't get along with.
Zhang Bin is a veteran criminal investigator with a wide variety of interrogation methods. No prisoner under his supervision can remain silent.
Ding Honglei was afraid that Ding Daguo might make a big mistake if he wasn't careful.
Therefore, he could only instruct a member of the special task force who had some leverage over Ding Daguo to secretly add some laxatives to Ding Daguo's food.
Ding Daguo became dehydrated and was taken to the hospital.
Unexpectedly, Ding Honglei had also tampered with the hospital—he gave him a stronger laxative.
Three days later, Ding Daguo died in a toilet stall at the hospital.
Ding Honglei breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news that Ding Daguo had passed away.
Regarding the issue of homesteads, none of his subordinates in more than a dozen counties and hundreds of villages have encountered any problems.
Unfortunately, his nephew, Ding Daguo, got him into a huge mess!
The suspect died of diarrhea right under their noses!
Zhang Bin was furious.
He wrote a report directly, demanding a thorough investigation into the issue of having two sets of official seals across the province.
This wasn't originally aimed at Ding Honglei; it was a case of casting a wide net, but Ding Honglei just happened to become the biggest, fattest fish.
Ding Honglei has been running around trying to deal with this matter lately.
After Ding Daguo, Dingjiazhuang's cousin, died, many strange things happened to his family, and they were very bizarre—all the men in the family disappeared!
Ding Honglei could somewhat guess how they got into trouble.
After all, Dingjiatun is located behind several isolated villages on the back mountain, which is the place with the greatest demand for buying and selling women and children in the province.
And it goes without saying what role his cousin Ding Daguo played in all of this.
Ding Honglei did send people to investigate, and they found a girl named Su Ruyi.
All the clues pointed to this little girl, yet all the trail ended with her...
However, Ding Honglei was busy dealing with Zhang Bin's inspection team at the time and put the matter aside.
Two days ago, Zhang Bin's inspection team was finally transferred due to a more important case, and Ding Honglei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, he received a call from an old classmate.
His old classmate is from Haicheng, named Xia Dong, and is now the vice mayor of Haicheng.
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Xia Dong began by complaining on the phone with great disappointment, saying that his twin daughters were spoiled rotten and that he even mentioned something that was almost a scandal—
Two women both fell for a young man and actually gave up their good jobs in Haicheng to go to the countryside with him.
The two even made a bet: whoever gets the young man first will lose a full thousand yuan to the other.
As Xia Dong recounted these events, Ding Honglei was completely bewildered: "Old classmate... if you have something to say, just say it directly."
Xia Dong evaded the question for a while before saying, "My two troublesome daughters have come to your territory, brother. They are currently working in the Qingshan Team 1, Dingjiatun, Tieshi, Heilongjiang Province."
"Going to the countryside?!" Ding Honglei immediately sensed the odd tone in Xia Dong's voice: "What's wrong, old classmate? Has someone bullied my two nieces?"
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