When Su Ying arrived home, the two young men were sitting on the left and right of the dining table in the main room, writing self-criticisms under the lamp.
Han Jingchen was scratching his head. No matter what he wrote, he was not satisfied, but he had to write.
There will be a school assembly tomorrow morning. The four people involved in the fight will take turns to go on stage and read their self-criticisms. This is the best result that Second Aunt has helped them to obtain.
Gu Zhinan had already finished writing. His handwriting was neat and decisive, and there was not a single correction in the 500-word self-criticism.
Han Jingchen negotiated with Gu Zhinan: "Give me this self-review, can you write another one?"
Gu Zhinan refused decisively, "Although I am very grateful that you took the initiative to help me, it is a stupid act to fight to solve the problem. I am the number one in the school and I will accompany you to read the self-review, so you won't look so embarrassed. Take my self-review, do you think the teachers can't hear it?"
The implication is that Han Jingchen cannot write a self-criticism of his level.
Han Jingchen sighed, "I'd better go cook first. I'll have the energy to write after I'm full."
Su Ying pinched him back and said, "I'll cook dinner tonight. Write your self-criticism and think about where you went wrong."
Han Jingchen held the blank homework book in his hand, bit the tip of his pen, and thought, "Should I let the other party make the first move?"
Su Ying asked: "Why do you think the four of you started fighting?"
Han Jingchen said without hesitation, "Because of Tang Suicao."
Su Ying was surprised, "Oh, your IQ has improved a bit, you actually know the source is Tang Suicao."
Han Jingchen didn't understand why Tang Suicao liked to look for him and Gu Zhinan so much.
"We're not from the same school, what's the fun in that?"
Qiao Lanlan also got off work and rushed into the kitchen. Su Ying drove Han Jingchen to the main room to write a self-criticism and asked Qiao Lanlan how she was punished in school.
"Ms. Xie, did I embarrass you?"
Qiao Lanlan didn't care. "I'll give them both a slap on the wrist. I won't be selected as an advanced candidate this year, but the chance to be Vice Principal Tang is gone too. I don't lose out, hahaha..."
Su Ying: "Don't be so happy. In Ms. Xie's current mental state, can she still be the principal?"
Qiao Lanlan said that Xie Huaixiang had already submitted a report of retirement due to illness to the higher authorities, and was preparing to leave because he was unwell and needed to return to Beijing to recuperate. The higher authorities were going to transfer a principal over.
Both of them were glad that Youyou was not raised by Ms. Xie.
Qiao Lanlan was still very angry and couldn't help but talk about Tang Suicao again.
"Tsk tsk, that little girl is so lucky. In my class, the four best boys fought over her, and her father's nomination for vice-principal was ruined. Another child would have been beaten to death, but she is lucky. Her mother wrote to discuss with Teacher Tang that she wants to bring Tang Suicao to Beijing City to go to school, and asked if the custody can be changed."
"Does Tang Songping agree?"
Qiao Lanlan said, "He wanted to save face, so he didn't agree at first. But you say that girl is lucky. There's a daughter of a leader in the Education Bureau who's been divorced for more than a year. She just happened to fall in love with Tang Songping. His family also has a child, so they don't really want Tang Suicao. Now, his mother wants to take him away, so Tang Songping took advantage of the situation and sent his daughter away. I guess they'll have their wedding by the end of the year. It'll be his third marriage!"
Tang Songping is good-looking, otherwise she wouldn't have given birth to a child as handsome and beautiful as Tang Suicao.
Su Ying can't control other people's families. Now that Tang Suicao is gone, the two children at home will have some peace and quiet for a few years.
"It's better to leave. I'm really a little worried about that little girl's luck."
Who says it isn’t true? Qiao Lanlan had seen it in her previous life.
She was worried about the little girl from Tang Suicao's stepfather's family. "Her stepfather also has a little girl of her age. She's going to be very pitiful now. Who knows what kind of trouble she will bring to her stepfather's family?"
In the past, Su Ying didn’t care about people who had nothing to do with her, but maybe after coming here and having a family again, she will think about things from their perspective.
When Su Ying thought of the little girl she had never met, perhaps a girl as lovely as Xingxing and Cancan, who had lost her biological mother and whose father's love was taken away by her half-sisters who suddenly broke into the house, she felt a little pity.
If it was Xingxing Cancan, she would be suppressed to the extreme by the luck of the daughter brought by her stepmother, and she would be so angry that she would die.
"Lanlan, how can you be sure that she will bring harm to her stepfather's family after joining that family?"
Qiao Lanlan was sure that she had already suffered harm in her previous life. Could her character change in this life? Not necessarily.
"Do I even need to ask? She's not in the same school as our child, but they fought over her and she was almost expelled. She's going to live with her stepfather soon. Do you think the other girl won't be affected?"
That will definitely be affected, Su Ying also sighed.
…
Han Jingyuan came back during dinner. Based on Su Xinyi's reminder, Su Ying deduced that the cousin who had not shown up yet should have come over by now.
She cooked tonight, and the food was delicious. Han Jingyuan hadn't eaten Su Ying's cooking for a while.
When I heard about tonight's treat, it turned out that Han Jingchen had gotten into a fight at school and had no time to cook because he had to write a self-criticism. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I wanted to teach the kid a lesson, but I was afraid that Gu Zhinan, who was also punished, would be suspicious. In the end, I just said a few words to them in a nonchalant manner.
Su Ying asked Han Jingyuan: "By the way, did you encounter anything on your way back?"
Han Jingyuan actually encountered this and was curious about how Su Ying knew about it?
"Today I met a girl who looked a bit like you on the street. She sprained her ankle and wanted me to help her."
"Did you help?"
Han Jingyuan saw that Su Ying's voice had obviously risen, and subconsciously shook his head, "Of course not."
He was not stupid. After get off work, he went to the post office to pick up the package his grandfather had sent. A girl who looked a bit like Su Ying fell on the road he had to pass. There were passers-by coming and going, and they reached out to him for help.
Han Jingyuan felt something was strange, so he took a detour and left.
Su Ying didn't expect that Han Jingyuan, a man, would turn a blind eye to a girl's outstretched hand for help and even take a detour. She couldn't help laughing for a long time, and her mood improved a lot.
Han Jingyuan thought that he had done the right thing. If he had really helped her, he would definitely not be able to enter the room tonight.
He analyzed: "I suspected that the girl was one of Cui Xingdong's body doubles. I don't know why she approached me. After dinner, I will go out and check."
Su Ying told him not to check, "This is not it."
Han Jingyuan was even more confused, "Why are you so sure?"
Su Ying smiled: "Because she is my cousin."
Gu Zhinan heard it in the main room and felt a headache. He ran to the kitchen and asked Su Ying, "Is it Cancan's aunt who is here?"
Han Jingyuan was even more confused. Su Ying's cousin was Gu Cancan's aunt. The generations in her family were very messy, with her sisters and aunts being a mess.
Su Ying explained: "Her mother and my mother are cousins, and they are married to a pair of cousins. Cancan is customarily supposed to call her aunt."
Su Ying pointed her head with her finger, "But Su Lianqiao is not very smart. She insisted that cousins are the real blood relatives, and aunts are much closer than aunts. She insisted that Cancan call her aunt."
Gu Zhinan added: "After my brother and sister went on a blind date, Sister Lian Qiao also tried this with my eldest brother."
Han Jingyuan didn't feel well at all, "Did your elder brother help you?"
Gu Zhinan shook his head, "No, my eldest brother said she wanted to scam me, so he called the police."
Han Jingyuan: ...Gu Chengfeng is even more cruel than him.
Su Ying laughed like crazy and told Han Jingyuan, "Su Lianqiao was taken to the police station and given a lesson. She decided to work in the police station in that area in the future to avenge her past humiliation. Later, she was recommended to study at the Public Security University."
"So, she succeeded?"
Su Ying nodded. After graduation, Su Lianqiao joined that area as a police officer and this time he came to South Island on business.
But Su Ying didn't expect that Su Lianqiao, who was not very smart, would go to test her second brother-in-law as the first thing after arriving on the island.
Han Jingyuan thought it was quite a coincidence. "You are not her biological child either, so why do you look somewhat similar to your cousin?"
Su Ying said, "It's a coincidence. It's because Su Lianqiao and I look a bit alike that my relatives thought I was either my mother's or my father's illegitimate daughter."
There were all kinds of rumors, but in the end it was proved that Su Ying was adopted and raised.
Just as they were about to start eating, a clear voice rang out from outside the door before anyone arrived. "Sister, Su Ying, this is Su Lianqiao, have you really lost your memory? Why don't I believe it? Sister, sister... don't close the door, I haven't had dinner yet..."
Su Ying asked Han Jingyuan to close the gate, but Su Lianqiao had been ranked first in all subjects at the Public Security University for two years, and the two-meter-high wall could not stop her. What's more, she was starving, and the smell of food in the yard made her climb over the wall uncontrollably.
Under the wall was her dear cousin, who was looking at her without any emotion. This expression was definitely not like that of the cousin from before. Maybe she really had lost her memory.
Su Lianqiao was very flattering, smiling ingratiatingly, and couldn't help showing off, "Sister, I got a permanent job."
…
"Zhi Nan, do you miss your cousin?"
"Not really."
Gu Zhinan hurriedly ate all the rice in the bowl and said, "Sister, I'm going to go next door to teach Chuan Bai his homework."
Su Lianqiao pinched Gu Cancan's chubby little face, "Cancan, do you miss your aunt?"
Little Gu Cancan was very frank, "I had forgotten that I had an aunt..."
Su Lianqiao was not angry either, and stretched out her evil hand towards Han Xinxing, "This child looks really smart. Sister, are you still used to living in this house?"
Su Ying asked Han Jingchen to take her two younger sisters away and go to the next door to play with Chuan Bai for a while.
Then he asked Han Jingyuan to go out and buy a bottle of soy sauce.
Han Jingyuan did not leave. "I still have soy sauce at home. Besides, the supply and marketing cooperative is closed. Where can I buy it? Your cousin is here on business. Let me listen together."
Su Lianqiao didn't dare to joke anymore. "Sister, don't be angry about testing my brother-in-law. I was afraid that you would be deceived after losing your memory. Now I admit that you have a first-class eye for picking men. My second brother-in-law is also quite good."
Su Ying didn't argue with her. "Su Xinyi called me this afternoon, and I heard her say that you came here to help the older twin brother find his younger brother, right?"
Su Lianqiao nodded repeatedly, "I even brought people to South Island."
Su Lianqiao explained the reason why he brought people here.
On the day she was converted to a permanent employee, a young man named Wen Yan came to the police station to report a case. Because he was so handsome, Su Lianqiao, who was about to get off work, sat back at the reception desk.
Wen Yan said that he and his brother were orphans from an orphanage, and he was later adopted. After he became an adult, his adoptive parents passed away, so he wanted to find his only relative in the world.
"I don't know if it was telepathy, but his brother happened to find him, contacted him, and asked him to come to Beijing to meet him."
"Wen Yan waited in the guesthouse until the day we agreed to meet. He received a call from his brother, who said he was coming to South Island to take care of some personal matters and would be back in two or three days. He asked Wen Yan to wait for him."
"Wen Yan has been waiting for three days but didn't receive any calls from his brother. He was worried, so he went to the local police station to report the case. He hoped that we could help contact the police station in South Island to help find him."
Su Lianqiao contacted the Chengdong Police Station and personally accompanied Wen Yan to Nandao to look for someone.
The case involved relatively confidential information, so not many people knew about the suspect's profile, and the Chengdong Police Station was even less aware of the inside story. Su Lianqiao did not know that Wen Yan's younger brother was involved in a vicious assault case.
…
Su Ying took out the sketch paper, patted it in front of Su Lianqiao, and asked her to take a look, "Is this the person?"
Su Lianqiao’s eyes widened. It was impossible for her perfect sister who had lost her memory to have met Wen Yan.
Then the sketch she drew could only be of Wen Yan’s younger brother!
The sketches that appear in the hands of a public security officer are either suspects or victims.
Su Lianqiao stammered, "Sister, sister, is brother Wen Yan dead?"
Su Ying: "He ran away. He broke into someone's rented house and stabbed someone. So far, the suspect has not been found."
Su Lianqiao felt that her luck with love this year was too bad. She finally met someone who made her heart beat faster. When she first arrived on the island, her dear sister said that Wen Yan's brother was a suspect...
Su Lianqiao was so depressed, "Then how should I tell him?"
"Tell the truth."
Su Ying stood up to see the guests off. "Okay, let's stop here for tonight. Tomorrow morning, take Wen Yan to the Chengxi Police Station and I'll take a statement from him."
Su Lianqiao clung to the door frame and refused to leave. "Sister, we haven't seen each other for a long time. How about a candlelight chat?"
Su Ying: "Do you think I will let you sleep in the bed that I share with your brother-in-law?"
Han Jingyuan has gradually retreated. These two sisters are very thick-skinned. They won’t say anything nice in a while, and his wife will definitely win.
The children couldn't listen, so he took Xingxing and Cancan out.
Sure enough, Su Lianqiao was not discouraged. "I can sleep on the floor, but I promise it won't be next to the big precious bed in your bedroom."
Su Ying: "No, I won't even let you into the bedroom. You are my sister-in-law, you have to avoid suspicion, prevent fire, theft and my sister-in-law, don't you understand?"
Su Lianqiao: "...Our tastes are completely opposite. I don't like what you like, and you don't like what I like, so sister, what you said hurts my heart."
Su Ying chuckled and handed her the sketch paper. "It's even more hurtful. The weak and frail scholar type you like has a brother who is a tough guy. Go back to the guesthouse and think about how to tell your crush about his brother on the way."
Su Lianqiao was still ruthlessly driven away by Su Ying to live in a guesthouse.
Han Jingyuan wondered if it was Su Ying's sister, and reminded her, "Love can easily make a girl with low emotional intelligence like her lose her mind. The case is not over yet, and there are also suspicious points about Wen Yan. Why don't you remind your sister?"
Su Ying said: "No need to remind me."
Han Jingyuan had no choice but to ask Gu Zhinan to persuade him, but Gu Zhinan was too embarrassed to say anything when he looked at his brother-in-law.
"Sister Lianqiao falls in love at first sight once every three months on average. She said it herself. She likes good-looking men, just like she likes good-looking clothes. You don't have to buy them just because you like them. There's no need to be in a relationship if you fall in love at first sight. The better-looking one will always be the next one."
Han Jingyuan: ...
He couldn't help but ask, "Are all your cousins in your sister's family so shocking?"
Gu Zhinan nodded with difficulty, "My sister is the most normal one. For my sister's generation, the elders in the family even moved the grave specially, hoping to improve the feng shui."
"Will it work?" Looking at Su Lianqiao's behavior, Han Jingyuan felt that it would not work.
Gu Zhinan said: "It's even more hopeless. My sister's brothers and sisters from the collateral line, except for my sister who got married, divorced and remarried, the others who dated could not avoid the fate of being dumped or being snatched away. They are even more desperate and will not stop until they say something shocking."
Han Jingyuan finally understood why none of Su Ying's relatives came to visit during the last National Day.
"So your sister doesn't want to hang out with relatives?"
"Yes." Gu Zhinan said: "My sister said that there is no normal person here. They are too busy hiding and too lazy to visit relatives."
Before going to bed, Su Ying asked Han Jingyuan to come to the police station tomorrow, "You passed by Wen Yan's brother, come and recognize his brother tomorrow."
…
Early in the morning, Su Lianqiao brought Wen Yan, who was looking for his relatives, to the Chengxi Police Station.
Looking at the face that was exactly the same as the suspect in the sketch, Director Hao was shocked and thought that the person in front of him was the suspect.
He was just joking with Su Ying yesterday, who could have thought that there would be a real clue coming to him.
The moment Wu Yunzhou saw Wen Yan, he spurted out a mouthful of soy milk. Su Lianqiao pulled away the inquiring eyes and looked at the somewhat restrained Wen Yan, and glared at Wu Yunzhou, "What a fuss! Where is your composure?"
Xiao Zhou felt very embarrassed after being yelled at by Su Lianqiao. He kept apologizing and didn't even bother to eat breakfast.
Su Ying took Wen Yan to the interrogation room, asked Xiao Zhou to prepare the notes, and then began to ask questions.
"Hello, Comrade Wen Yan. Please tell me everything that happened to your brother since you can remember."
"Do we need to talk about things that happened so long ago?"
"need."
"Oh well."
"I have been in an orphanage with my brother since I can remember. Later, my adoptive parents came to the orphanage and wanted to adopt a child. They liked me at first sight. I wanted them to take my brother away with me. They were very nice and agreed. But my brother ran out to play that day and never came back."
"My adoptive parents waited for two days, but they had to go back to work and couldn't wait any longer. They promised me that as long as my brother came back, they would come back to adopt him."
Su Ying has been paying attention to Wen Yan's aura. When he talked about the past, he was not lying, the experience was real.
She asked, "Your brother never returned to the orphanage?"
Wen Yan nodded, a little sad, "I didn't go back. My adoptive parents were afraid that I would be sad, so they didn't mention it to me later. I want to find them, but I don't know where to start."
"But I kept thinking about him in my heart. After my adoptive parents passed away, one day I suddenly received a call from someone who said he was my brother and asked me to come to Beijing to meet him."
"I was adopted, and the welfare home has recorded the address of my adoptive parents. My parents haven't changed jobs or moved over the years. If my brother wants to find me, he can find me. I asked my brother some things that only the two of us knew when we were young. After he confirmed that it was my brother, I was very happy and came to Beijing to wait for him at the agreed time."
"At the appointed time, my brother didn't show up. He called the guesthouse and said he was going to South Island to do some work and would be back soon. He asked me to wait for him for a few days."
After waiting for a few days, his brother was nowhere to be seen and there was no phone call. Wen Yan was anxious and had a bad feeling, so he had no choice but to go to the police station in the guesthouse to report the case.
Su Lianqiao said, "Sister, I have called the welfare home and his adoptive parents' workplace to verify the information Comrade Wen said. The situation is true."
"OK."
Su Ying asked the young man, "Your brother is suspected of wounding someone and absconding. He may not even be in South Island. Do you plan to wait here for a few days, or go back home first and wait for him to contact you again?"
There was fatigue in Wen Yan's eyes. He obviously didn't get enough rest last night. He asked with fantasy: "My brother, did he really hurt others?"
Su Ying said: "I will take you to the detention center. The victim has seen your brother's face. You are twins. I need your cooperation to let him identify you."
…
Wen Yan was very cooperative. When Yu Zhian, who was brought out of the detention center, suddenly saw the face of the person who stabbed him, he was so scared that he stepped back and bumped into the guard.
From that horrified expression, there was no need to ask any more questions to confirm that it was difficult to tell the difference between Wen Yan and his brother in appearance.
Su Ying confirmed with Yu Zhian that this was the face he saw in the rented house.
"They look the same, tall and in the same shape."
Yu Zhian has gradually calmed down from his shock, and is touching the scar on his neck with lingering fear. Anyone who sees the murderer who stabbed him would be frightened.
He thought about it carefully and added, "If you look closely, their temperaments are different. The younger brother who stabbed me is very cold, and his eyes are bright and chilling. The older brother's eyes are also bright, but he is very warm. I don't think it's just one person pretending. Maybe they have different experiences. Even if they are twins, they will have two completely different personalities when they grow up."
Su Ying asked Han Jingyuan to meet Wen Yan again, and then asked: "Do you think the temperament of the man who passed by you that day is different?"
Han Jingyuan only saw a pair of eyes under the brim of the hat that day. They were cold and calm. They had just cut a stranger's neck, but they could still look at the person without any emotion.
Wen Yan's eyes are much more like those of ordinary people, and they have emotions.
Han Jingyuan was not sure. "From the eyes and emotions alone, they were different. But I only took a quick look that day and could not judge based on the expression. I saw a scar on the back of the man's left hand that was holding the bag, from the base of the palm to the palm."
Wen Yan's hands were clean, white, and without any scars.
It's almost certain that they are twins.
…
The question now is, why did Wen Yan’s younger brother contact his older brother at this time?
Why did he stand up at the agreed meeting time, run to Nandao, and look for Cui Xingdong's basement in person? If it was a gang, couldn't they send someone else? Why did he have to come in person?
Where is Wen Yan's brother now? What did he take away from the basement?
If things get out of hand, will he still contact his brother?
Su Ying felt that there would be no contact in the short term, but Wen Yan was not giving up and wanted to stay in South Island for a few days.
Su Ying asked, "If your brother really contacts you privately, Comrade Wen, will you put the interests of the country above your own and inform us?"
"I, I..." Wen Yan was quite embarrassed. His adoptive parents were both law-abiding citizens, and he grew up under the red flag.
Wen Yan lowered his head, "I don't know."
It's human nature.
Although there has been progress in the case, it is useless if Wen Yan's brother cannot be found, and there are more doubts.
Captain Zhao took people to investigate. Su Ying was a go-go person. She left work on time and no one among her colleagues said anything about her. Now in the minds of her colleagues, Su Ying had already secured the title of mascot.
…
After another two or three days, Captain Zhao still had no results, so Su Lianqiao came to Su Ying's house every night to eat.
As a police officer who had just been promoted to the post, Su Lianqiao had already speculated five or six bizarre versions of the twins case.
"Sister, maybe there are no twins at all? I calculated the time difference carefully. It's enough time for Wen Yan to direct and act out the crime in South Island, report it to the police in Beijing, and then come to South Island to find his brother, so as to clear himself of suspicion."
"Perhaps he was the only one from the beginning to the end. Sometimes he was the elder brother, sometimes he was the younger brother. He was very smart, really very smart, but I still saw through him!"
Su Ying: "... Stop talking nonsense. If there was only one person, he would just run away after committing the crime. No one would go through so much trouble just to expose themselves."
“That’s right.”
Su Lianqiao continued to reason, "Could it be that his brother was adopted by an organization since he was a child, and now wants to leave the organization and live a normal life, and then the organization asked him to complete the last mission, and he would be free if he succeeded, so the brother looked for his brother and asked the brother to wait for him to do something, but after the evil organization succeeded, they killed his brother?"
Su Ying: "...The world is peaceful now. There is no organization like the one you imagined. Can you please stop making alarmist remarks and creating panic?"
"Oh well."
Su Lianqiao said: "Sister, I will continue to keep in touch with Wen Yan. As long as his brother dares to contact him, I will definitely catch the suspect!"
Su Ying laughed, "Didn't you fall in love with Wen Yan at first sight? Are you willing to capture his brother?"
Su Lianqiao said righteously, "Beauty and justice, I stand for justice!"
Su Lianqiao had been eating for nothing at home for two or three days. Su Ying said, "Even if Wen Yan didn't leave, he wouldn't have chosen to meet me in South Island, so you should go back quickly."
Su Lianqiao said: "Wen Yan said to wait for another day, and if that doesn't happen, we'll go back. I suspect that the suspect's brother will contact Wen Yan on the way, so I'll go with Wen Yan."
"That's fine."
…
Su Ying's house was very lively tonight, with several groups of people coming to visit. Halfway through dinner, Xie Huaixiang arrived.
After all, Ms. Xie is Han Jingyuan's elder, and Han Jingyuan is at home, so Su Ying can't say not to let Ms. Xie in.
Ms. Xie took advantage of the children's fight at school and almost got Gu Zhinan and Han Jingchen expelled, but later she criticized them through a school-wide announcement.
She has already resigned from the position of principal, citing illness as the reason.
Xie Huaixiang looked at this happy family and compared herself with them, feeling bad.
It was excessive for her to target the two teenagers, but Su Ying's family was reunited and she hadn't even been allowed to see her daughter until now. Xie Huaixiang couldn't understand what crime she had committed that she was not allowed to see her family?
She went to the army to find her leader, but the leader was not there. She asked Han Jingyuan, but Han Jingyuan only said that Shen Meijing had brought it upon herself.
Xie Huaixiang came to beg Su Ying this time, "I don't understand. It was Xu Fenyue who pushed Su Xinyi downstairs. Even if she arrested my daughter, she shouldn't have prevented me from seeing her. Xiao Su, please tell me what unforgivable crime Meijing committed that even I can't go to see her?"
There is always a reason why you can't say anything. Su Ying will not tell Han Jingyuan what she can't say.
"You should go back. I heard that your daughter-in-law is about to give birth. Go back to see the child. But for the sake of the child, don't offer to help your son and daughter-in-law take care of the child. You really should stop transferring your love for Shen Meijing to others. It's not a good thing."
Xie Huaixiang staggered. She wanted to use her heartbreak as an excuse to return to Beijing to live with her son, hoping to ease some of the grief in her heart through the little life that was about to be born.
Su Ying seemed to see through her heart and poured a basin of cold water on her, extinguishing all the little hopes in her heart.
When Chen Wusheng was about to take Youyou away, he said the same thing. Chen Wusheng said, "Don't transfer your love for Shen Meijing to Youyou. He can't bear it. Please give Youyou to me to raise. I won't let him become a person like Shen Meijing."
Xie Huaixiang has given up the idea of living with her son and daughter-in-law and taking care of her grandchildren herself.
She still resented Su Ying, "You have a really poisonous tongue."
Su Lianqiao was unwilling to do so. She and her cousin had been competing with each other since they were young, and they would fight whenever they met, but the sisters were united and would not tolerate being bullied by outsiders.
"What are you talking about, old woman? Shen Meijing did something illegal, and you have no one to blame, so you blame my sister. Believe it or not, when I return to Beijing, I will investigate your entire family. Just pray that your family has not done anything illegal, or I will keep a close eye on your family!"
Su Ying stopped Su Lianqiao who was jumping up and down, "Forget it, I still have a small problem to solve, you should be quiet."
"What little trouble?"
Su Ying raised his chin towards the outside of the yard. A very well-behaved and pretty girl was waiting for Xie Huaixiang at the door. While waiting, she was saying goodbye to Gu Zhinan and Han Jingchen.
"Brother Zhinan, Brother Jingchen, I'm going to go to my biological mother's place. We may not see each other again in the future."
Han Jingchen was so annoyed that he thought it would be better if he couldn't see her anymore. He really couldn't understand why he felt pity for Tang Suicao a few months ago.
He had observed that almost everyone who came into contact with Tang Suicao liked her, and she was actually not pitiful at all.
Gu Zhinan was also a little annoyed, but she was about to leave, so she still said politely: "Sister Suicao, you don't have to please anyone, just be yourself."
"If someone is willing to be your friend, then they are your friends. If they are not willing, then you don't have to please them, right?"
Tang Suicao asked cautiously, "Brother Zhinan, are you willing to be my friend? Can I still write to you after I go to Beijing?"
Han Jingchen was afraid that Gu Zhinan would agree, but he couldn't make the decision for Gu Zhinan.
After all, Tang Suicao only asked Gu Zhinan and did not take him with him, so he looked at Gu Zhinan anxiously.
Gu Zhinan thought about it and realized that Xingxing and Cancan both disliked Tang Suicao, especially Xingxing, who could even be said to hate her.
He also didn't want to make Xingxing Cancan angry because of outsiders.
The boy said, "Forget about the correspondence. I don't really want to be friends with you."
Su Lianqiao leaned on the wall and watched for a long time, then turned to Su Ying and said, "Well done, I like our brother's straightforward character."
Su Ying pulled her down and said, "Don't be so self-indulgent. He is my brother. It has nothing to do with you."
Su Lianqiao secretly complained but did not dare to resist her cousin.
At this time, Xie Huaixiang, who was waiting on the side, couldn't stand it anymore, so she walked over and pulled Tang Suicao away.
"Grandma told you not to be a slut, but you didn't listen. Give up now. Men are such sluts. The better you treat them, the less they care. If they can't get you, they will even want to give you their hearts. Come on, grandma will teach you slowly in the future."
Su Ying: ...Tang Suicao actually recognized Xie Huaixiang as her grandmother. So after going to Beijing, she will have another price tag. Her stepfather will also be kind to Tang Suicao for the sake of the Su family.
Han Jingyuan: ...He really didn't expect that Xie Huaixiang would say such words. So, from childhood to adulthood, how did she privately instill her views on love in Shen Meijing?
Su Lianqiao was amazed and said to herself, "This girl is incredible. Her opportunities are so good that they are unmatched by ordinary people."
Most of the people Su Ying met had a good first impression of Tang Suicao and they all unconsciously wanted to protect her.
Only a select few remain sane.
She asked Su Lianqiao, "Don't you feel sorry for Tang Suicao?"
Su Lianqiao touched Su Ying's forehead. No fever?
"She's pitiful? I'm already 24 and still don't have a serious boyfriend, and she had four boys fight for her until they almost dropped out of school. Who is pitiful?"
Gu Zhinan: ...
Han Jingchen: ...
Gu Zhinan pleaded sincerely, "Sister Lianqiao, please go home quickly. If you don't leave, our family's living expenses this month will be overspent by you."
Su Lianqiao sneered a few times and took a few photos of solidarity. "I expected you to be so stingy. I brought my newly-paid salary here. You are so stingy. Use it to buy groceries."
Han Jingchen laughed heartily at the side, "Gu Zhinan, you always say I'm stingy. Now you know how angry and helpless it feels to be called stingy."
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However, Su Lianqiao still decided to leave. After waiting for a whole day the next day, Wen Yan felt there was no hope. He was surrounded by police officers from South Island. Even if his brother had not left, he would not show up at this time.
The two bought boat tickets for the next morning and prepared to leave South Island.
Su Ying still used the routine of buying island specialties as gifts, including scallops, abalone and sea cucumbers, which were dried by the fishermen themselves and were rarely available in the mainland.
She said: "I won't send you off tomorrow. Be careful on the road. If you find Brother Wen Yan, he is a ruthless person. Don't be stubborn. Your life is the most important."
Su Lianqiao agreed and asked, "Sister, are you going back to Beijing for the New Year?"
Han Jingyuan's vacation has not been decided yet, and Su Ying doesn't know either. "It depends on the situation. But even if I go back, I won't visit relatives. Your concern is unnecessary."
Su Lianqiao disagreed, "We are distant relatives, brothers and sisters, so we can get together by ourselves. It's settled. If you go back, give me a day."
Su Ying neither agreed nor refused, "It depends on the situation."
The next day, Su Ying went to work as usual. Captain Zhao still did not give up and led people to investigate South Island, hoping to find any clues of Wen Yan's brother's activities in South Island.
Su Ying was doing reception work at the station. No visitors had come in since the station opened. Su Ying asked Wu Yunzhou who came in hurriedly while eating breakfast.
"Xiao Zhou, when are you going to develop the film in the camera?"
"I just learned to develop photos independently. We can go now."
Xiao Zhou was afraid that if he developed the film badly, he would not be able to take the responsibility and would definitely be fired by Captain Zhao and the director.
However, he was afraid that the film might contain important clues that could not be made public, so he did not dare to let an outside photographer develop it. Xiao Zhou could only learn how to develop photos from his relative who worked in a photo studio after get off work every night.
Su Ying went to the evidence room, took the camera, and went to the photo studio with Xiao Zhou.
Xiao Zhou went to the darkroom in the basement, where Su Ying was waiting.
The last time she went into a photo studio was when she and Han Jingyuan took their wedding photos. Now, she has become a police officer and is investigating cases.
Su Ying couldn't help but feel a little shaken. She wondered if she had made the wrong choice when she chose the job.
What she wanted was stability, but being a police officer seemed too exciting. Others wouldn't encounter a major case for years, but she encountered one right after she started working.
Su Ying sighed and decided to wait until this case was over and then change jobs.
At least Han Jingyuan was happy after changing jobs.
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Xiaozhou came out of the darkroom, taking a photo, and left the photo studio with Suying.
There is only one photo in a roll of film, the rest are blank.
Xiaozhou gave the developed photo to Su Ying. There were seven people in the photo, five men ranging from those in their forties to those in their twenties. They all looked energetic, with clear eyes and smiling faces.
In the middle are two ladies with pretty faces, rare beauties.
Especially the girl in her early twenties in the middle, whose long hair was blown up by the wind. At the moment the shutter was pressed, her slender white fingers happened to touch the loose hair at her temples.
Her smile was as beautiful as a flower. Xiaozhou had never seen such a beautiful girl.
Xiao Zhou analyzed the demeanor and physical fitness of each person in the photo and said with certainty, "Look at the men here. Their arms under their short shirts have solid muscles. They must have trained before. They must have served in the military or attended police school. Otherwise, how could they have trained like this?"
After saying that, he secretly pinched his biceps. He did not have the perfect physique like those men in the photos.
"But how could there be such a negative in Cui Xingdong's basement? Did Wen Yan's brother go into the basement to look for information related to this photo? Sister Ying, should we keep this photo secret and not let Wen Yan's brother and his gang know about it? We still have a negative that slipped through the net?"
Su Ying also expressed her confusion and said, "Give the photos to the director, and don't talk about it outside."
When they returned to the institute, Director Hao was not there. Their colleagues were very worried when they saw them return.
"A floating corpse was found on the beach. The body was found two to three days after death. It was initially determined to be the brother Wen Yan was looking for. The director called and said the body had been moved. You can go directly to the funeral home."
Su Ying and Xiao Zhou looked at each other. This was too weird. They had just developed the photos and got some clues, and then they found the body of Wen Yan's brother.
Su Ying asked Xiao Zhou to go to the dock, "Go and call my sister and Wen Yan back. I'll wait for you at the funeral home."
He called Han Jingyuan again and said, "The suspect has been found, but he has been in the sea for two or three days. Come over and identify him."
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