Now?
Su Ruyi became anxious, "But I have urgent business to attend to back in my hometown right now, can you wait for me to come back?!"
"cannot."
Lian Xun refused, saying, "It won't be long, just an afternoon. Your train back to Haicheng won't be until tomorrow morning, so it won't delay your business. We've been questioning relevant personnel individually recently; it's a civic duty, so please cooperate. Also, don't worry, as long as you explain everything clearly, we'll let you go immediately."
"Well... alright then." Su Ruyi had no choice but to go with him.
Unexpectedly, upon arriving at the provincial government office in Heilongjiang Province, Lian Xuan's expression immediately changed.
They said they'd investigate for an afternoon, but they ended up asking questions about just one case all day.
He asked the same questions repeatedly and incoherently.
The three cases took three whole days to answer.
Lian Xun asked a question, and the two clerks kept writing.
It does allow for eating and using the restroom, and also provides a few hours of rest at night.
But this clearly shows that Su Ruyi is being interrogated as a suspect.
Fortunately, Su Ruyi secretly ate a lot of energy-restoring pills from her spatial storage while she was in the bathroom; otherwise, she would have blurted out the whole truth.
This also served as a profound warning to Su Ruyi—she had not handled the matter of killing the entire Ding Daguo family of nine tyrants poorly.
If neither the person nor the body is found, then they will inevitably be subject to endless investigations from above.
As for Jiang Aiguo, she was completely innocent and suffered as a result.
Lian Xun went to the women's labor camp to inquire about Su Qiaoqiao, who insisted that Zhong Misu and Jiang Aiguo had both told her that Su Ruyi had a way to leave Dingjiatun and live under a different identity.
Lian Xun directly gave Su Ruyi the results of Su Qiaoqiao's interrogation.
Only then did Su Ruyi remember Su Qiaoqiao, who had already been imprisoned.
Su Qiaoqiao told Lian Xun with certainty that Jiang Aiguo and Zhong Misu must have left Dingjiatun through Su Ruyi's "path"—this was the reason why Su Ruyi was unjustly detained for three days.
Su Ruyi countered, "Does Comrade Su Qiaoqiao have any evidence?"
Lian Xun coldly replied, "If you have evidence, I'll arrest you directly!"
"Oh?" Su Ruyi's lips curled into a smile. "Then I think it was Su Qiaoqiao who did it! Only Su Qiaoqiao has the so-called 'connections.' She brought down a brigade leader in Dingjiatun and has a criminal record for fraud. Shouldn't we investigate her more thoroughly?"
"..." Lian Xuan was speechless.
He left in a hurry, then quickly returned with a stack of documents, slamming them onto the table in front of Su Ruyi.
Lian Xun spent a week in Dingjiatun, asking more than a hundred people, and finally figured out Su Ruyi's entire itinerary since she went to the countryside.
This truly broadened his horizons—Su Ruyi's life in the countryside was incredibly rich and colorful!
Unable to get any information from him, Lian Xun, who had been full of confidence, became irritable.
He grabbed a large stack of interrogation results from in front of him, slammed it on the table in front of Su Ruyi, and said sternly, "Your whereabouts are really strange! I can lock you up without even doing anything! Don't try to play any more tricks on me! You've been to Sanhe County, Tieshi, and even Bingcheng several times! Tell me! What exactly are you up to?"
"I'm a doctor, making house calls to treat patients, isn't that a normal thing?" Su Ruyi shrugged.
She now regrets not asking Chief Cheng to step in and resolve the matter.
It seems that Lian Xun doesn't want to investigate these cases thoroughly, but rather needs a scapegoat, and has already prejudicially decided that Su Ruyi is a suitable scapegoat.
"Where can you, a mere village doctor, go to treat patients? Who would ask you to make house calls?" Lian Xun clearly didn't believe her.
Just as Su Ruyi was about to continue her explanation, her young secretary rushed in and whispered to Lian Xun, "It's your wife on the phone. Your son jumped off a building!"
The sound was very soft, but Su Ruyi heard it.
"What?!" Lian Xun jumped up and turned to leave.
"Director Lian!" Su Ruyi exclaimed hurriedly, "Have you finished your investigation?!"
"Release her first!" Lian Xun said without turning his head. "Tell her not to leave Ice City. I'll keep an eye on her!"
Lian Xun left, and someone brought Su Ruyi's bundle.
Looking at the bundle that had been turned upside down, Su Ruyi was extremely annoyed.
Fortunately, she was able to leave. She slung her bag over her shoulder and walked out without looking back.
As she walked out of the courtyard gate, Lian Xun's car sped past her like an arrow, almost knocking her to the ground.
Lian Xun was extremely anxious.
Upon arriving at the First People's Hospital of Harbin, Lian Xun saw Lian Jianjian, whose legs were in casts and whose head was wrapped up like a mummy.
The child's eyes were closed, and he remained motionless.
The doctor frowned and scolded, "You're the child's father? Why are you so late? You knew this child had mental problems, why didn't you take a proper look after him?"
Lian Xun, who had been scolded like a grandson, bowed and scraped, saying, "Doctor, is my son in danger?"
"The leg fracture can still heal. But the brain injury is too severe; surgery is not an option. The next 48 hours will depend on the patient's luck," the doctor said, shaking his head. "The situation is not optimistic; you need to be prepared!"
The nanny sat in the corner with her head down, not daring to look at Lian Xun.
Lian Xun couldn't contain her anger and grabbed the man, demanding, "What happened? What exactly happened? Why would my son jump off a building out of nowhere?"
The nanny couldn't look him in the eye: "I went to the balcony to hang the clothes, and I didn't know he had followed me. When I bent down to get the clothes from the basin, I felt someone stepping on me... When I stood up, Jianjian had already... had already climbed onto the edge of the balcony, stepping on me. I reached out to grab him, and he had already jumped down..."
Lian Xun's home is on the third floor.
The height is neither too high nor too low; it won't be fatal, but the injury won't be minor.
The nanny muttered, "Jianjian has been in a bad mood lately because you lied to him and said there would be a miracle doctor who could completely cure his illness, but... no one has been able to cure him. He feels that you didn't keep your word... and besides, you haven't come back for three days and three nights, so he's getting more and more agitated..."
Upon hearing this, Lian Xun was filled with regret—if he hadn't been so eager to convict Su Ruyi so that the case of the nine missing people in Dingjiatun could have been closed, why would he have stayed away from home for three days and three nights?
He regretted working too hard lately and had completely forgotten about finding that "Miracle Doctor Song".
If he had found Dr. Song and cured Jianjian's illness, his mind would have been clear, so why would he have jumped off the building?
Lian Xun slammed his fist hard against the wall.
By this time, the story of "Dr. Song," fabricated by Cheng Weiguo, had already spread throughout the entire Heilongjiang Province.
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