"Why did you come back so late yesterday?" Lin Xiaoxiao asked casually when she ate breakfast the next day, thinking about what had happened the day before.
Qin Yu knew that she was still thinking about the corpse, so he briefly explained the situation.
"It took some effort to retrieve the body. People from the Municipal Public Security Bureau came and took the body away. We will find her family as soon as possible."
"The initial assessment is that it was a homicide; other details are still unknown."
"I came back late because something happened at the recruit camp."
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded, "It's good that you're alright."
After finishing his meal, Qin Yu went to the military base.
Lin Xiaoxiao had just finished washing the clothes she had changed out of last night when there was a knock on the courtyard gate.
"Xiaoxiao, open the door quickly."
It was Sister Lü's voice.
Lin Xiaoxiao opened the door, and Aunt Lü hurriedly came in and closed the door behind her.
He grabbed Lin Xiaoxiao anxiously and asked, "Your sister-in-law is asking if you've done something wrong?"
Lin Xiaoxiao: "???"
She got into trouble? How come she didn't know?
He shook his head honestly.
Sister-in-law Lü's expression immediately relaxed a lot, and she was no longer so anxious. She then told her what had happened.
"Two police officers have come to our unit, specifically asking for your name. Ge Hong is on her way to your house right now with some people. Think carefully, are you sure you haven't done anything wrong?"
She had just dropped her child off at the affiliated primary school when she returned and saw Ge Hong leading police officers toward the family compound. On the way, she told people that the police were looking for Lin Xiaoxiao.
Although she didn't say it outright, everyone could see her schadenfreude.
They probably just want Lin Xiaoxiao to get into trouble.
That's incredibly cruel.
Sister-in-law Lü didn't dare to delay at all and ran to the Qin family's house as fast as she could.
I plan to inform Lin Xiaoxiao in advance so that she can prepare.
Lin Xiaoxiao wasn't worried. She knew why the police had come to her door, so she said to Sister Lü, "I found a body in the river in the reed marshes yesterday. The police are probably just here to take a statement."
Aunt Lü breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good."
As long as they haven't committed any crimes, it's fine.
"What?" Realizing what she had just heard about the word "corpse," Sister Lü's voice nearly cracked. "Corpse? Corpse? Corpse? Corpse?"
Good heavens!
She often went to the reed marshes to collect wild duck eggs.
This is terrifying.
Just then, Ge Hong's voice came from afar, "Police officer, it's this house up ahead..."
Lin Xiaoxiao opened the door and saw a group of women following behind the police officer.
Everyone was just a bystander.
Upon seeing Lin Xiaoxiao, Ge Hong immediately jumped out, her face beaming with undisguised joy. "Mrs. Qin, these police officers are here to see you."
"If you've done anything wrong, just confess honestly and don't damage the image of the military and the reputation of the family compound."
“I’ve heard that turning yourself in can get you a reduced sentence.”
"Your sister-in-law is only thinking of you."
Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at her and said, "When did Sister-in-law Ge become such a helpful person? Instead of making fun of people, you should be nicer to the children at home."
“They’re all so pitiful. Their clothes are torn and drafty with no one to mend them. They have lice in their hair and it’s itchy with no one to wash it. If you knew them, you would say they were your biological mother. But if you didn’t, you would think they were some wicked stepmother who ran out of some remote corner.”
Ge Hong has a son and a daughter, both of whom are only six or seven years old. They wander around the family compound all day begging for food.
Some of the older women were soft-hearted and gave the child away because they felt sorry for him. When Ge Hong saw this, she immediately had a plan in mind.
Sending children out to beg for food can save food for the family.
So they deliberately didn't feed the child, didn't mend his clothes when they were worn out, and often didn't wash his hair for months.
Her selfishness was notorious in the family compound. She would save money and buy herself a bicycle to show off, while treating her children like dirt.
Ge Hong's face turned pale and then red after being scolded by Lin Xiaoshuo, but when she saw the police officers next to her, her desire to watch the show still prevailed.
With his neck held high, he said, "This is not the time to talk about my family matters, Mr. Qin. The police officers are all waiting."
The two police officers who arrived glanced at Ge Hong, then stepped forward and said to Lin Xiaoxiao, "Comrade, we have some questions about yesterday's events that we'd like to ask in detail. Do you have a moment?"
The police were very helpful.
Yesterday, the officer told them that it was his wife who immediately informed the troops after discovering the body.
This visit was merely a routine inquiry.
"Let's go inside and talk," Lin Xiaoxiao said, ushering the police officer inside.
Ge Hong wanted to go in with them to get firsthand information so she could spread the word around the family compound.
The young policeman stopped her and said sternly, "Comrade, you have no right to listen in."
Ordinary people have a natural fear of the police.
Getting involved with the police is never a good thing.
Ge Hong gave an awkward smile, took a few steps back, and stopped talking about following along to listen.
After the Qin family's gate closed, the sisters-in-law became restless.
"Do you think the Qin battalion commander's family has really gotten into trouble? They don't seem to be doing anything wrong."
"This is the first time the police have come to our residential compound. It's their first time."
Ge Hong stood in the crowd and began to guide the conversation verbally.
"If I haven't done anything wrong, why would the police come knocking on my door?"
Seeing her smug face, Sister-in-law Lü couldn't help but lean over and pinch her hard.
"Ouch!" Ge Hong's face twitched in pain. "You surnamed Lü, do you want to fight?"
Sister-in-law Lü glanced at her disdainfully, "A body was found in the river in the reed marshes yesterday. Xiao Xiao was the first to find it. The police will definitely take a statement when they come. You have such a foul mouth, you just spout nonsense."
"Just wait, when Xiaoxiao has some free time, she'll definitely get back at you."
At this moment, several of the women suddenly realized what was happening.
"It seems so. My husband mentioned it when he came home yesterday."
"Me too, I thought I misheard."
"It seems we can't go to the reed marshes; who knows if there's a murderer there."
There was a flock of wild ducks in the reed marshes. They could fly, and although they were hard to catch, the ducks liked to lay their eggs there.
If you're lucky, you might find one or two; that's enough to cook a dish.
So most of the women's wives like to go there.
Upon hearing that a body had been found in the reeds, everyone started rubbing goosebumps on their arms and vowed never to go there again.
Now that everyone knew the reason for the incident, they lost interest in watching the spectacle and went home.
No matter how unwilling Ge Hong was, she followed him.
She was afraid that Lin Xiaoxiao would come back to her senses and cause her trouble.
Meanwhile, Lin Xiaoxiao extracted crucial information from the police.
"The deceased had a partner before his death. The breakup was quite messy. After the breakup, the deceased asked his partner for several large sums of money. It is initially suspected that the murder was caused by a financial dispute."
The suspect is the deceased's ex-partner.
Lin Xiaoxiao touched her chin, feeling that things weren't so simple.
However, investigating cases is the job of the police. She is only responsible for telling the police the information she knows, and that has nothing to do with her.
The police left after taking the statement; they were in a hurry to get to the mountain village.
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