Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Mother Ning's Lies
Chapter 50
Qin Ye suggested that the acrobatic troupe members temporarily stay in the county guesthouse.
Ning Biao agreed without hesitation.
He has been traveling around the country with his parents performing acrobatics since he was a child, and has become quite a skilled person. Even if Qin Ye didn't say it explicitly, he realized that there might be other hidden reasons behind his son's fall.
When they heard that they were going to stay in the county guesthouse, the members of the acrobatic troupe walked out of the rest tent without waiting for Ning Biao to call them, and began to skillfully clean up the performance venue.
Qin Ye calmly scanned the crowd one by one and found that in addition to the six people from the Ning family, there were four other actors in the acrobatic troupe: one woman and three men.
The two older men were apprentices of Ning Biao's parents, and the younger boy and girl were Ning Biao's apprentices.
No one said anything, just focused on packing up their things, and there was no sign of any problem for the time being.
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Soon, everything was dismantled and loaded onto the circus's large truck.
Ning Biao took inventory of the scene and made sure nothing was missed. He opened the door of the truck's cab and invited Qin Ye and Li Quan to ride in the cab with him back to the county.
Qin Ye naturally waved his hand to refuse: "The two of us can sit in the back car with everyone else, and the driver's seat should be left for Captain Ning's parents."
The space in the cab is limited, and including Ning Biao who is driving, it can only accommodate three people in total.
Ning Biao's parents looked strong, but they were elders after all, and she and Li Quan could not let them squeeze into the carriage while they sat in the front row.
"Oh, thank you, thank you, public security comrade."
Ning Biao's mother was a petite woman. She tiptoed to Qin Ye's side. As soon as she opened her mouth, her eyes were red. "Comrade Gong'an, can I ask you something? Why do we have to stay in the county guesthouse? Don't you think Shengtian was killed by someone in our group?"
As soon as she asked the question, everyone who was climbing into the back of the truck looked over.
Qin Ye was cautious and did not say "yes" or "no". He just said: "Auntie, until the test results of the evidence come out, nothing can be said. But we do need you to stay in the county for the time being and cooperate with our investigation at any time."
"Okay, okay, cooperate. We must catch the rotten heartless villain who killed my eldest grandson!"
Ning Biao's mother nodded, walked to the door of the cab in small steps, and before getting in the car, she stretched her neck and spat in the direction of the four performers of the acrobatic troupe.
Obviously, what he just said was meant for the four of them to hear.
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Ning Biao and his parents entered the cab, and the other members of the acrobatic troupe also jumped into the back of the truck as if they were familiar with the route.
Qin Ye and Li Quan followed suit.
She jumped onto the car and saw Ning Shengtian's body at the innermost part of the carriage.
Xiao Cuihua knelt beside her brother's body and placed a beautiful wild flower that she had just picked from the roadside in his hand.
"You bitch! Stay away from my son!!!"
Gao Lanlan was about to get into the car when she caught a glimpse of Xiao Cuihua leaning over her son's body and instantly went crazy again.
She climbed up by holding onto the partition of the carriage, cursing Xiao Cuihua. Because she was distracted, she failed to climb up for a long time and almost slipped and fell.
It was one of Ning Biao's parents' male apprentices who was quick to grab Gao Lanlan's wrist, put his arm around her waist and helped her into the car, saying, "Lanlan, it's almost done."
Qin Ye was worried that Gao Lanlan would attack Xiao Cuihua again, so while protecting the little girl behind him, he couldn't help but look at Gao Lanlan and his male apprentice a few more times.
The behavior of these two people seems a little too intimate.
The man noticed her inquiring expression, forced Gao Lanlan to sit down, and explained: "Comrade Public Security, Lanlan is my biological sister. My nephew died at such a young age, and she feels sad. Please don't be offended."
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After listening to the man's story, Qin Ye learned that the man's name was Gao Qing'an, and he and Gao Lanlan were siblings.
Ten years ago, their hometown suffered a famine and the whole family starved to death, leaving only the two siblings to depend on each other. The two fled along the way and fortunately met the Ning Acrobatic Troupe, which was still run by Ning Biao's parents, and took in the Gao siblings.
Unlike other people in the circus who had learned acrobatics since childhood, the Gao siblings did not have any special skills and could only do odd jobs like selling tickets while staying in the circus.
Later, Gao Lanlan and Ning Biao fell in love with each other and chose to get married and have children.
Gao Qing'an also became a disciple of Ning Biao's father and learned the stunt of riding a motorcycle through a ring of fire. Every performance of his received a very good response.
"No one expected that Shengtian would suddenly have an accident."
Gao Qingan turned his head and glanced at the back of the car. His usually lively and active nephew was lying there, no longer breathing.
He forced a smile towards Qin Ye that was uglier than crying: "Everyone blames Cuicui, and so do I. But in fact, my heart is as clear as a mirror. I know that Cuicui cannot be blamed entirely for Shengtian's death."
The main reason was that the safety rope broke.
But except Ning Biao, everyone else prefers Ning Shengtian. They couldn't vent their anger on the broken safety rope, so they could only vent their emotions on Xiao Cuihua.
In their opinion, Xiao Cuihua can always catch Ning Shengtian smoothly in every performance.
Why was it that this time, when the safety rope had problems, Xiao Cuihua lost her grip and was unable to catch Ning Shengtian? If she hadn't missed, how could Ning Shengtian have fallen to his death?
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After Gao Qingan finished speaking, he took out a long balloon from nowhere, blew it up, and quickly folded it into the shape of a puppy. He handed it to Xiao Cuihua in Qin Ye's arms: "Cuicui, can you forgive your mother and uncle, please?"
The moment the balloon was handed over, Qin Ye clearly felt that Xiao Cuihua shook in her arms.
Children's subconscious emotions cannot lie. Xiao Cuihua is very repulsive to Gao Qingan's attitude. It seems that Gao Qingan is not nice enough to Xiao Cuihua on weekdays.
Qin Ye shook his head for Xiao Cuihua and rejected Gao Qingan's puppy balloon.
This action made Xiao Cuihua more dependent on her. She buried her little face in her arms and was unwilling to communicate with anyone else in the carriage except herself.
Gao Qingan's attempt to make peace was rejected. He raised his hand to touch his nose awkwardly and took back the puppy balloon.
Gao Lanlan wanted to scold Xiao Cuihua for being ungrateful, but when she met Qin Ye's cold eyes, she swallowed her words awkwardly and chose to continue hugging her son's body, glaring at Xiao Cuihua with resentment.
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The members of the acrobatic troupe quickly settled down in the county guesthouse, and Ning Shengtian's body was temporarily taken back to the morgue of the county public security bureau.
Qin Ye sent the safety rope to the inspection department to Hu Xuan. After Hu Xuan's inspection, he found that the safety rope did show signs of being deliberately damaged.
The murderer was probably worried that his tampering would be too obvious and would be discovered, so he carefully used a blunt object to grind the rope, deliberately creating a rough feeling that made the safety rope look like it had been overused.
If Qin Ye had not noticed the rust on the safety rope, everyone would probably think that Ning Shengtian's fall was an accident.
"I also examined Ning Shengtian's body."
Hu Xuan turned over Ning Shengtian's palms and pointed at his pale hands to show Qin Ye, "There is a trace amount of motorcycle lubricant left on his palms. It must have been cleaned up deliberately afterwards."
Ning Shengtian's palms were coated with lubricant, so they would definitely slip during the performance. No matter what, Xiao Cuihua could not hold a pair of small hands coated with lubricant.
Motorcycle lubricants.
Qin Ye immediately thought of Gao Qing'an, the only performer in the acrobatic troupe who performed on a motorcycle.
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Qin Ye and Li Quan quickly began to question everyone in the acrobatic troupe individually.
Their inquiries were all conducted at the county guesthouse.
I learned from other people that ever since Gao Lanlan married Ning Biao, she has become the hands-off manager of the acrobatic troupe.
Gao Qing'an felt embarrassed that his sister was eating for free, so in addition to being responsible for the motorcycle stunts, he also took over the odd jobs that Gao Lanlan used to do, including cleaning up the safety ropes used by everyone for the performance.
Ning Biao's father, Ning Zuobao, said something that further aggravated Gao Qing'an's suspicion: "Comrade Public Security, a few days ago, my son had an argument with Gao Qing'an for some reason. He cursed and threatened to kill our whole family."
Ning's mother knew more than Ning Zuobao. She sobbed and wiped her tears as she complained, "Back then I didn't agree with Gao Qing'an and Gao Lanlan joining the Acrobatic Troupe, but they both refused to listen. I was bullied by the Gao siblings every day, like an old maid. My granddaughter Cuicui also became their little maid!"
Ning's mother has always disliked the Gao brothers and sisters, but her son Ning Biao is kind-hearted.
Ning Biao is an active person, but he is also a responsible and kind person, yet he has a soft heart.
Ten years ago, when he saw the Gao brothers and sisters were desperate, he took them in without a second thought. He and Gao Qing'an got along particularly well, and within a few days they were calling each other brothers, and he treated Gao Lanlan like his own sister.
After a performance, Ning Biao got drunk. When he woke up, he found himself rolling around with Gao Lanlan.
He did not deny it and immediately took responsibility for Gao Lanlan, and the two got married.
At the beginning, life was harmonious, but Gao Lanlan changed since Xiao Cuihua was born.
She despised herself for giving birth to a boy without a penis and being unable to pass on the acrobatics to the Ning family. She didn't even want to look at Xiao Cuihua, let alone take care of her.
Ning Biao had no choice but to take the child in, buy milk powder from the supply and marketing cooperative, and feed the child himself.
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"Gao Lanlan, there's something wrong with her brain!"
Mother Ning shook her head and sighed, looking at Qin Ye for help, "Comrade Public Security, you are also a woman. Tell me, would you cry, make a fuss, or even commit suicide just because your man is good to your daughter and his mother?"
Ning Biao's behavior of personally feeding Xiao Cuihua angered Gao Lanlan. Gao Lanlan felt that Ning Biao had ignored her and that he had changed his heart.
Her malice towards Xiao Cuihua became more and more obvious.
Every time the uninformed audience came to watch the acrobatic performance, they thought Gao Lanlan was Xiao Cuihua’s stepmother.
The Ning family had advised and scolded Gao Lanlan, but not only did Gao Lanlan not change her attitude towards Xiao Cuihua, Gao Qingan even used the excuse that Ning Biao bullied his sister to scold Ning Biao severely.
Mother Ning started crying again as she spoke: "Shengtian must have been killed by the Gao brothers and sisters! The person they wanted to kill in the beginning was actually Cuicui!"
When she said this, she confessed that before Xiao Cuihua and her brother went on stage to perform, Ning Shengtian said that his safety rope was uncomfortable and wanted to exchange it with his sister.
When Qin Ye heard what Ning's mother said, his eyebrows jumped: "Why didn't you say it at the beginning?"
“I, I…”
Mother Ning tugged at the corner of her clothes and stammered, "I'm afraid everyone will blame me. Besides, if Cuicui catches Shengtian, even without a safety rope, Shengtian won't get hurt!"
People are all made of flesh and blood.
She has always favored Ning Shengtian. She is willing to give Ning Shengtian whatever he wants, including the safety rope on Xiao Cuihua.
Just then, the door of the room creaked open.
Xiao Cuihua poked her head in through the crack in the door. She pointed at Ning's mother and cried, "Grandma, you're lying!"
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