The 72nd melon
"You... who are you? Why are you pretending to be Xingzhou?"
"Xue Xixi, this is hilarious. If I'm not Zhang Xingzhou, who else could I be?"
A quarrel broke out outside, and the few people who were still cramped in the hall were startled and quickly rushed to the balcony.
On the balcony, Zhang Xingzhou just stood there nonchalantly, holding a cigarette in one hand and putting the other hand in his pocket, looking at Xue Xixi with a half-smile.
Xue Xixi had been forced to the balcony railing and stared at Zhang Xingzhou in horror.
"Xixi! Xixi, what's wrong with you?" Xue's father and mother surrounded Xue Xixi anxiously.
Xue Xixi was shocked and panicked, her eyes red, "Dad, Mom, this guy is not Xingzhou! He is definitely not!"
Xue's father and mother looked puzzled and turned to look at Zhang Xingzhou in confusion.
In their impression, this person does look different from the previous Zhang Xingzhou, but didn’t Grandma Zhang say that there was no problem? How could it not be?
The old man's sonorous voice came from behind, "This is my grandson. I raised him with my own hands. How can I admit my mistake?"
Grandma Zhang walked the slowest. She was over eighty years old, with gray hair, a haggard face, and a shaky step. But even so, she did not hesitate to protect Zhang Xingzhou behind her.
Those slightly yellowed and cloudy eyes glared at Xue Xixi, "Little girl, stop talking nonsense!"
Xue Xixi stamped her feet anxiously, "Grandma, you really got fooled by this guy! I know you're familiar with Xingzhou, but Xingzhou and I grew up together, how could I have made a mistake!"
Grandma Zhang looked at Xue Xixi disdainfully and snorted coldly. She turned around and patted Zhang Xingzhou's hand lovingly, "My dear grandson, don't worry, grandma is here!"
Then, she turned to Xue Xixi, her eyes as cold and unkind as ever, "Who knows why you said that? Maybe you deliberately framed my eldest grandson because you wanted a divorce? Little girl, you have a really dark heart!"
"grandmother!"
Xue Xixi was about to cry, her pretty nose wrinkled, her eyes red with grievance, "I know Xingzhou was disfigured in that car accident, and his face is different, but, but that part can't be different too, he really isn't..."
"What nonsense are you talking about! What I say is true, don't you understand?" Grandma Zhang shouted angrily, interrupting Xue Xixi's defense.
The old man was obviously so kind and gentle, but at this moment his face was filled with gloom, as thick as ink that could not be dissolved. Seeing that Xue Xixi still refused to give up, she picked up the balcony broom and slammed it on the railing.
"Anyway, no one is allowed to say anything bad about my grandson! Anyone who says anything bad about him will be kicked out! I, an old woman, welcome such people!"
She swept over with a broom, and without thinking twice, kicked everyone out of the Zhang family.
Xue Xixi didn't want to give up, but smoke and dust hit her in the face. Grandma Zhang beat her very rudely. The three people from the Xue family staggered and were kicked out of the Zhang family.
Also kicked out of the Zhang family were guests such as Lin Cha.
Lin Cha and the others wanted to help Xue Xixi explain, but seeing that Grandma Zhang was furious, she wouldn't listen to anyone. Furthermore, the evidence they could produce was the same as Xue Xixi's.
Even Xue Xixi found it difficult to speak, let alone outsiders like them.
Outside the Zhang family's door, Xue Xixi was extremely anxious.
She was more worried about Grandma Zhang at home than about the divorce. She kept knocking on the gate, but there was no response from inside.
Xue Xixi: "It's over. Grandma Zhang is with that liar. Will anything happen?"
"I've already called the police," Lu Yanyan consoled her, showing Xue Xixi the chat history. "I reported everything to Officer Liu, and he said he'll be here in ten minutes!"
Xue Xixi felt a little relieved after hearing this, but her forehead was still covered in cold sweat.
Xue's father and mother stood by, their brows furrowed. Unable to contain themselves any longer, they stepped forward, grabbed Xue Xixi's hand, and asked in a deep voice, "Xixi, tell Mom the truth. What's going on? Grandma Zhang said that the child is her grandson, so why do you insist that he's not Xingzhou?"
"Yes, Xixi!" Xue's father also agreed, "You have to explain the reason, otherwise when the police come later, we won't be able to explain it!"
Xue Xixi hesitated for a long time.
It’s not easy to explain this kind of thing. Girls are too embarrassed to talk about it.
But Grandma Zhang was still in the house, and the liar was right next to her. If she didn't tell the truth, something really might happen.
Thinking of this, Xue Xixi gritted her teeth and told the truth.
It turns out that Xue Xixi and Zhang Xingzhou had been having sex since they confirmed their relationship in college. Last night, on their wedding night, they rekindled their relationship, but Zhang Xingzhou was somewhat resistant, and Xue Xixi noticed that Zhang Xingzhou's thing had changed.
"Not only that, last night I said a few coquettish words to him and he went to the guest room. He's completely different from the Xingzhou before!"
"I didn't realize anything was wrong at the time. I thought the car accident had caused all these changes, but I spent the whole night researching. I even asked Grandma Zhang this morning, and she said the car accident didn't damage Xingzhou's... lower body at all, so that thing wouldn't have changed!"
"From this point of view, there is only one possibility, that is, he is not Xingzhou at all!"
Xue's father and mother were a little embarrassed.
I never expected that my daughter would judge the other person's identity based on this thing!
The guests were also a little embarrassed.
It's okay to hear other people's thoughts, but it's really embarrassing to hear other people having sex.
However, now is not the time to be awkward.
"Officer Liu is a female officer. When the time comes to take the statement, you can ask her to find a female officer to take the statement," Liu Mingqian consoled him. "Besides, this matter can be confirmed by simply verifying the DNA of Grandma Zhang and that person. It won't be difficult to prove."
The Xue family breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.
"Now, I just hope the police can come soon."
Zhang family
After driving away the Xue family and other guests, Grandma Zhang returned to the hall angrily.
"Xingzhou, don't be afraid," Grandma Zhang put down the broom and comforted Zhang Xingzhou, "I'm here. You are my only relative. I will never let anyone hurt you!"
"Grandma," Zhang Xingzhou's voice trembled as he held Grandma Zhang's hand tightly. He lowered his eyelids, a bitter look flashing in his eyes. "You are so good to me."
"Isn't that nonsense?" Grandma Zhang smiled and patted Zhang Xingzhou's shoulder. "You are my eldest grandson. If I don't treat you well, who else can I treat well?"
The gate to the courtyard was tightly shut, preventing anyone from entering. Only the occasional knock on the door could be heard. Grandma Zhang asked Zhang Xingzhou to go upstairs and rest, while she paced back and forth downstairs.
She turned a deaf ear to the knocks on the door, and the people outside probably realized that Grandma Zhang would not open the door, so they called instead.
Grandma Zhang was very impatient and kept hanging up the phone. But the other party persisted and, seeing that the call was repeatedly unsuccessful, he switched to texting.
"Grandma, I know you're angry, but Xixi never lies. She definitely didn't say that just to get a divorce! We've already called the police. They'll be back soon to verify Xingzhou's identity. Then you'll know if he's your grandson!"
Grandma Zhang suddenly became nervous.
What would Xingzhou do if the police came? Would the police really believe what the little girl said and arrest Xingzhou?
She hurried upstairs, wanting to inform Zhang Xingzhou, "Xingzhou, Xingzhou..."
The door was opened, and the morning sunlight shone through the door into the room. The room was silent, with only a patch of sunlight and occasional dust flying.
The room was clean and quiet.
Zhang Xingzhou has already left.
Along with his luggage and clothes, they also disappeared.
Ten minutes later, Liu Youyou arrived at the scene with two policemen.
The gate opened, and Grandma Zhang sat dejectedly on a chair in the courtyard. Her back was hunched, her body curled up like a homeless animal, and her eyes were dull.
Liu Youyou led a thorough inspection, but as expected, there was no trace of Zhang Xingzhou. Furthermore, colleagues from the Trace Inspection Division found traces of him climbing over the courtyard wall.
"Is there anything missing at home?" Liu Youyou asked.
"The money is gone," Xue Xixi said, "even the 130,000 yuan gift money we received at our wedding yesterday was all taken by him."
"Where are the people?" Liu Youyou asked again.
"That's fine. He probably just wanted the money and didn't hurt Grandma Zhang."
In the courtyard, Xue's father and mother were still comforting Grandma Zhang.
"Grandma, I told you a long time ago that this guy is not a good person. He lost such a large sum of money! You still don't believe it! 130,000 yuan, this is not a small amount!"
Grandma Zhang seemed unable to hear the voices of Mr. and Mrs. Xue, and still kept her head down, like a child who had made a mistake.
The guests stood aside, wanting to comfort Grandma Zhang, but they didn't know what to say at the moment.
"If Zhang Xingzhou at the wedding is not grandma's grandson, then who is grandma's grandson?" Lu Yanyan suddenly asked the guests around her in a low voice.
Wasn't it said that only Grandma Zhang and Zhang Xingzhou survived the car accident? But the person before him wasn't Zhang Xingzhou. Who was he? And where was the real Zhang Xingzhou?
There were actually seven people involved in that car accident.
Lin Cha checked the Chigua system immediately after knowing that Zhang Xingzhou was not the real person. Because he did not know the exact time of the car accident, he searched for a long time before finding the relevant information.
[Grandma Zhang, Grandpa Zhang, Zhang's father and mother, Zhang Xingzhou, Zhang Xingzhou's sister, and a passerby.]
[At the beginning, in order to avoid the passerby, Zhang's father hit the front of the car with a roadside telephone pole. The lightning fell and hit the fuel tank, causing the car to explode.]
[The real Zhang Xingzhou...died in that car accident, and the one who survived and impersonated Zhang Xingzhou was that passerby.]
He was burned all over his body, and his facial bones were destroyed. He later underwent facial plastic surgery, so even though he looked nothing like the real Zhang Xingzhou, Grandma Zhang had no doubts.
Or maybe she didn't want to doubt it.
It is better to have a "relative" around than to let her know that all her relatives died in that car accident.
"The police didn't find out the identity of that passerby at the time," Liu Youyou said slowly as she walked over to Lin Cha and the others. "It was mainly because he had no identification on him, and there was no surveillance at the accident site, so there's no photo of him."
"However, our colleagues in the Trace Examination Department have already extracted that person's fingerprints. After comparing them, they should be able to find out his true identity."
Afterwards, the guests went to the police station with Liu Youyou, accompanied by Xue’s parents, Xue Xixi, and the chief of Qingchuan Village.
In theory, Grandma Zhang should also come to give a statement, but she is old and in poor mental condition. She has suffered the blow of losing a family member before. Now that she knows that her only relative is gone, she is like a lost soul and cannot give a statement at all.
The village chief asked his assistant to take care of her and went to the police station to take a statement on behalf of Grandma Zhang.
When I came out of the police station, it was dark again.
"I'm sorry to have taken up so much of your time," Liu Youyou said apologetically as she escorted them out of the police station.
"Of course not. We wanted to help Grandma Zhang, too," Liu Mingqian replied. "No one expected things to turn out this way."
Lu Yanyan: "By the way, Officer Liu, do you have any clues about the identity of the imposter?"
Liu Youyou hesitated for a moment, then realized that even if she kept it a secret, Lin Cha would most likely know about it, so she spoke directly, "He has a criminal record. We'll find out once we compare his fingerprints."
"His original name was Chu Weiqian. His parents divorced early in life, and he was raised by his uncle. However, he was a bad student. At the age of 16, he stole money from a classmate and was kicked out of the house by his uncle."
"After that, he wandered around, having no fixed place to live. He impersonated Zhang Xingzhou, perhaps hoping to get close to Grandma Zhang and swindle her money! Although Grandma Zhang was alone, the old house under her name was worth a lot of money. If he took over Zhang Xingzhou's identity, he would be able to inherit everything the Zhang family had, which would be a considerable sum."
Everyone sighed when they heard this.
In the end, it was all about money.
After completing the statement, Lin Cha was taken away by Chen Yun and went directly to Hengcheng.
This week's schedule is quite full. The editing and special effects of "Painted Bones" have already started. There are some missing shots, so Lin Cha needs to return to the set to reshoot them.
In addition, Cassel took a fancy to Lin Cha's recent commercial value and invited her to be the spokesperson for Cassel and endorse a new jewelry product.
Therefore, Lin Cha spent half of this week reshooting scenes for "Painted Bones" and the other half was spent with Cassel.
The time in Hengcheng was too tight, so Lin Cha had to concentrate on filming and had no time to take care of Grandma Zhang's situation.
The village committee had been sending people to take care of Grandma Zhang, but she was over 80 years old and had suffered a series of setbacks, so her mental state was very poor. She often stayed in the yard, looking at Zhang Xingzhou's childhood toys, and would stay there for the whole day.
She also had a poor appetite and could not eat much. She even drank water rarely, and her complexion became increasingly haggard and sallow.
Three days later, Lin Cha finished reshooting and returned to Hai City.
Jiang Mingkai was also traveling with them. They lived in the same residential complex, so Jiang Mingkai took a ride in Lin Cha's car.
Halfway through the journey, Jiang Mingkai received a call from Liu Youyou.
"Grandma Zhang is missing?!"
"Gone?" Lin Cha was stunned. "How could it be gone?"
Jiang Mingkai frowned. "The police didn't expose the Zhang family's affairs, so other than the people on the village committee, no one in Qingchuan Village knew that Zhang Xingzhou was a fake. Yesterday, Chu Weiqian returned to Qingchuan Village under the name of Zhang Xingzhou and kidnapped Grandma Zhang!"
Lin Cha:!!!
Jiang Mingkai: "The police have been searching for them all day and still haven't found any trace of them."
He raised his eyes and looked at Lin Cha.
Liu Youyou contacted Jiang Mingkai at this time because she hoped that Lin Cha could know the location of Grandma Zhang.
Lin Cha didn't know Grandma Zhang's real name, but based on Chu Weiqian's name, she quickly found the clue.
Found it!
[After Chu Weiqian kidnapped Grandma Zhang...did he go to Haishi Hospital?]
The police came to the hospital immediately.
Chu Weiqian was unconscious, wearing a hospital gown, lying in bed and had not yet woken up.
Yu Xia rushed into the ward with a group of police officers and shook Chu Weiqian's shoulders violently.
"Chu Weiqian! Wake up! Where is Grandma Zhang?! Chu Weiqian!"
Chu Weiqian, who was in a coma, frowned.
Perhaps it was the effect of the anesthetic, he still hadn't woken up, only his brows were furrowed.
However, the young nurse who was helping Chu Weiqian change the dressing couldn't sit still anymore and pushed Yu Xia away. "He's a patient, why are you being so mean? This is a hospital!"
"He's a criminal!" Yu Xia said angrily with a cold face, "He just kidnapped an elderly woman in her eighties! The elderly woman is in poor health, we must find her!"
"Kidnapping? How is that possible?" The young nurse exclaimed and looked at the unconscious Chu Weiqian with a look of disbelief.
At this moment, Liu Youyou hurried over.
"Yu Xia! Calm down!" She held Yu Xia down.
She knew that Yu Xia was impatient and would never let Chu Weiqian go, so she shook her head at him and said, "Everyone is here, they can't get away."
Then, Liu Youyou looked at the young nurse, bowed, and said with a guilty look, "Because we were anxious to find the missing elderly person, our police colleagues were a bit reckless just now, and our tone was quite harsh. Please bear with me."
The young nurse shook her head to show her understanding.
Liu Youyou looked at Chu Weiqian, who lay unconscious on the hospital bed. "This is the kidnapper we're looking for. What happened to him? Why was he suddenly hospitalized? Is he sick?"
The young nurse was just a newcomer to take care of the patient. She didn't know the patient's condition and didn't know how to explain. At this moment, a woman in a white coat walked into the ward.
"He's not sick."
Liu Youyou turned around and saw the woman behind her.
She was as dignified and kind as ever, smiling and adjusting the rimless glasses on her nose.
——Qian Xici, director of Hai City Hospital.
"Dean Qian, nice to meet you again," Liu Youyou nodded slightly at Qian Xici, "Can you tell the police about his situation?"
Qian Xici looked at Chu Weiqian lying on the hospital bed.
Chu Weiqian may have sensed something, his brows furrowed deeply and his eyelids twitched.
Qian Xici sighed deeply, "He just donated a kidney to his grandmother who was suffering from renal failure. He's still under the effect of the anesthetic, so he hasn't woken up yet."
"W-what?"
Liu Youyou and Yu Xia were stunned, feeling as if they had heard wrongly.
Qian Xici glanced over and saw a photo in the hands of a police officer. It was Grandma Zhang’s ID photo.
She pointed at the film and said, "The missing elderly person you're looking for is his grandmother. Grandma Zhang was in a car accident and her kidneys were damaged. She needs a kidney transplant. Zhang Xingzhou's kidney is the most suitable, but Grandma Zhang thought it was too expensive and didn't agree to the surgery."
"Yesterday, Zhang Xingzhou brought his seriously ill grandmother to the hospital and said he had raised enough money for the surgery, so we performed a kidney transplant on them."
"That's it, any other questions?"
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