Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Different opinions on the truth
Chapter 35
"We suspect that Du Zhen has been murdered."
When Li Quan said this, all the Du family members in the room were stunned.
Du Anqing picked up the pipe that had fallen to the ground with trembling hands. It took him an unknown amount of time to finally light the pipe again. "Comrade Gong, comrade Gong, what you said is not true, right?"
Li Quan glanced at Qin Ye, not knowing what to say for a moment, so he could only remain silent.
After all, it was New Year's Day, and it was already quite cruel for him to tell the Du family the news that their relatives might have been killed.
"Based on the bloodstains left on the swaddling clothes, it is very likely that Du Zhen was murdered."
Qin Ye took over the conversation, thought for a moment, and said one more word of comfort, "Of course, before we find Du Zhen, Du Zhen's murder is only our police's worst guess."
As soon as she finished speaking, Du's mother immediately burst into tears: "My poor daughter! How could you be so miserable! My daughter——"
The relatives in the room rushed up to support Du's mother and comfort her. The whole room was in chaos.
Qin Ye could only look at Du Anqing, who was still calm, and said, "Can we change to a quieter room? We need to collect your statements so that we can find Du Zhen as soon as possible."
Du Anqing held onto the kang with his hands, moved to the edge of the kang, put on his shoes, and hunched over to lead the way for her and Li Quan: "Comrade Public Security, let's go to the next room."
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Next door is the Du family's kitchen, with the floor paved with tiles, which looks very grand.
Qin Ye was surprised. In this day and age, even many residential buildings in the county were reluctant to use tiles to pave the floors. The Du family is even better, with tiles paved in their kitchen. It seems that the Du family is extremely wealthy.
"Public Security Qin, Public Security Li, you two take a seat."
Du Anqing pulled out the small stool under the table and handed one to Qin Ye and Li Quan respectively.
Without waiting for Qin Ye to ask, he started talking to himself: "Two months ago, Du Zhen returned home and said she wanted to stay here to have a baby. Zhen Zhen's mother-in-law is partial and only loves the youngest son. She doesn't like the eldest son, who is our Zhen Zhen's man."
Du Anqing sighed, "Before, I always thought Zhenzhen was lucky to marry a rich man in the city. But after she got married, I always heard her calling us and saying that her mother-in-law treated her badly. Her husband was busy doing business in other places and was away from home all day. The whole family ganged up on her and bullied her, looking down on us for being poor and not worthy of the Liu family."
No one expected that just when Du Zhen became pregnant, her husband Liu Hao died in a car accident in another city.
"Liu Hao's mother began to dislike our Zhenzhen more and more, and wanted to seize all of Liu Hao and Zhenzhen's property for her youngest son. Two months ago, Zhenzhen really couldn't stay in her husband's house anymore, so she hired a driver and returned to our house overnight."
Du Anqing lowered her head and wiped away the tears from her eyes: "My family thought that since Liu Hao was dead and the Liu family was not good to Zhenzhen, we should just let Zhenzhen remarry. But Zhenzhen was such a stubborn girl that she would never agree to it."
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, they invited their blind date and the matchmaker to their house, and Du Zhen got angry on the spot. He drove away from home with his daughter.
"She hasn't even called back since she left. We always thought she was still angry and didn't dare to call her to find out what happened. Who knows... who knows... wuwuwu——"
Du Anqing covered her face and cried inconsolably.
Qin Ye tilted his head to look at the notes Li Quan had taken, and after making sure he had remembered most of it, he asked, "Does Du Zhen usually send things home?"
Du Anqing: "Yes, yes. Zhenzhen is very filial. Whenever there are good things in the provincial capital, she will send them to our home."
Qin Ye was silent for a moment, then asked, "Did she send it on her own initiative, or would you ask her for it?"
Du Anqing hesitated when he heard this. Facing her serious gaze, he finally chose to tell the truth: "Sometimes, we take the initiative to ask for it."
For example, when they were decorating their house, or buying big items like sewing machines and motorcycles, Du Zhen only paid for them after they asked for permission.
Li Quan remembered Du Anqing saying that Grandma Du Zhen disliked her, and muttered to herself, "No wonder."
All these things add up to an estimated tens of thousands of dollars. Du Zhen often gives these things to her parents' family, so it would be strange if the people on her husband's side didn't have any objections.
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After asking Du Anqing, Qin Ye called Du Zhen's younger brother Du Bao.
As soon as Du Bao entered the kitchen, the first thing he said was: "Comrades from the Public Security Bureau! Catch that old witch! You must catch that old witch! My sister must have been taken away by someone she sent!"
The old witch that Du Bao mentioned was Du Zhen's mother-in-law.
Qin Ye turned the pen in his hand and did not respond to Du Bao's question. He just asked, "Why do you suspect her? Do you have any evidence?"
Du Bao was stumped by her question. He half lowered his head and rubbed the back of his head irritably. "The Liu family all hates my sister. For money, they even want to marry my pregnant sister to an old man! My sister ran back from the provincial capital just because of this!"
According to Du Bao, in order to seize the property left by her eldest son to his daughter-in-law Du Zhen, Liu's mother insisted on marrying her to an old man who was more than ten years older than Du Zhen.
Speaking of blind dates, Qin Ye thought of the reason why Du Zhen left the Du family, which was also because the Du family wanted to arrange a blind date for her.
She asked, "What about you? Who did you introduce to Du Zhen?"
"The man my family introduced to my sister is only 26 this year. He has never been in a relationship or married! He said that he doesn't mind my sister getting married for the second time and having a child."
When Du Bao talked about this, there was a hint of complaint in his words, "It's all my sister's fault for not knowing how to appreciate things. She gave up such a good marriage and ran away. Now, she is gone, alive or dead."
Nowadays, most people get married early, and a man who is still single at the age of 26 is not necessarily a good man.
Li Quan looked up from the transcript, not satisfied with Du Bao's attitude when he mentioned his sister. He glanced at Du Bao and asked, "What's that man's name?"
Du Bao: "Call Fu Weikai!"
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Ever since Du's mother heard the news that Du Zhen might have had an accident, she cried so hard that she fainted, so naturally she couldn't come to take a statement.
Qin Ye and Li Quan had to leave temporarily and planned to start a new round of investigation from Du Zhen’s in-laws’ house, while trying to find Du Zhen’s red Santana.
Before leaving the house, he happened to meet several villagers who were visiting the Du family and were walking out with them.
She thought about it and talked to one of the aunties: "Auntie, where does Fu Weikai from your village live?"
"Fu Weikai?"
The aunt stood there, frowning blankly, as if she couldn't remember who this person was for a moment.
Soon, someone else interrupted, "Hey, her aunt, Fu Quezi! Public Security comrades are asking you, where is Fu Quezi's home! Forget it, Public Security comrades, I'll point it out to you, Fu Quezi lives in the row of dilapidated houses at the east end of the village."
Following the villagers' directions, Qin Ye quickly found Fu Weikai, "my sister's high-quality blind date candidate" as Du Bao mentioned.
The man looked decent, but he had a gangster air and he had a limp. I heard that when he was a teenager, he was lying on the roof of a widow's house and fell down and broke his leg. Because his family is not well off and he is a cripple, he has not found a wife yet.
When Qin Ye saw the situation of Fu Weikai and the Fu family, his expression turned a little ugly.
No wonder Du Zhen had a big fight with her family and ran away because of the blind date.
She saw a photo of Du Zhen at Du's house. Du Zhen was very beautiful. After graduating from secondary technical school, she worked as a salesperson in their county supply and marketing cooperative. Later, she fell in love with Liu Hao, who came to the county to do business, and they became a couple. She followed Liu Hao and married him to the provincial capital, becoming a rich wife.
Based on Du Zhen's looks and education, she would not marry a second-rate guy like Fu Weikai even if it was her second marriage.
Li Quan looked at Fu Weikai's expression and shook his head: "Du Zhen's family introduced such a man to her, so what kind of ugly guy would her in-laws introduce to her?"
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After returning to the Public Security Bureau, Qin Ye contacted Du Zhen's mother-in-law, Liu's mother, through the contact information he got from Du's house.
Liu's mother seemed to think that the person who called her was Du Zhen. As soon as she answered the phone, she couldn't wait to ask, "Hey, Zhenzhen, when are you going to bring Yaya back? I even decorated Yaya's room. It's all pink, just as you said."
Liu's mother's voice was sincere and enthusiastic, and did not sound fake.
Qin Ye was silent for a moment, then said, "Hello, Ms. Liu, this is the Wuning County Public Security Bureau. Someone found your granddaughter Yaya in the grass this morning."
Bang!
The receiver on the other end seemed to hit something, making a harsh noise.
Qin Ye subconsciously moved the receiver away from his ear. The noise soon disappeared, and Liu's mother's voice came from the other end again: "Yaya? Why is our Yaya in the grass? Where is Du Zhen? Where is Du Zhen? ! ! Did the Du family hide the child from her and throw the child out? ! ! "
Mother Liu said in an increasingly urgent voice: "Public Security Comrade, please wait. Please wait. I will drive over here with my youngest son overnight."
The phone call was quickly hung up. Qin Ye lowered his eyes and read the confessions of the Du family in the transcript. Liu's mother's words seemed to still echo in his ears.
It seems that the relationship between these two families is really bad.
But why did Liu's mother think that it was the Du family who abandoned the child?
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In the early morning, Qin Ye was lying on a bench in the lobby of the Public Security Bureau, catching up on his sleep and waiting for Liu's mother.
Soon there was a sound of footsteps at the door. She opened her eyes and found that Liu's mother had brought her young son to the Wuning County Public Security Bureau.
Behind the two men was a man in a suit and tie. He looked to be in his forties, but his figure was no less than that of Li Quan, who exercised every day.
All three of them had dark circles under their eyes and chapped lips, and it was obvious that they had really rushed here overnight.
"Are you the Qin Public Security on the phone?"
As soon as Liu's mother entered the police station, she quickly walked to the bench and held Qin Ye's hand, "Where is our Yaya? And Du Zhen, where is Du Zhen?"
Qin Ye truthfully recounted the current situation to Liu's mother. Upon hearing this, the three of them all turned pale.
"Could it be, could it be a kidnapping? Was Du Zhen kidnapped?"
Liu's mother's tears were like beads that had broken off the string, but her mind was working rapidly, "An Public Security Officer Qin, please ask the Du family again if someone called them to kidnap them. They are unwilling to pay to redeem Du Zhen, but I am willing! No matter how much it is, I will pay!"
The man in a suit, who hadn't said a word since he came in, also spoke up: "Comrade Public Security, can you put an ad in the newspaper to look for the person? I'll pay for it, any amount is fine."
Only then did Qin Ye realize that the man in the suit was called Lei Shun, and was the old man that the Du family said Liu's mother had found for Du Zhen to remarry.
She was silent for a while, then looked at Liu's mother: "What do you mean by the Du family not wanting to pay to redeem Du Zhen?"
Mother Liu sniffed and gritted her teeth and said, "The Du family is hoping that Du Zhen will die. If she dies, all the inheritance left by my eldest son and Du Zhen can be given to her family's Du Bao!"
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