85.Xu Wenqiang is in trouble
Ambulances and police cars roared into the tranquility of the Qingshi Farmers' Market, and then roared away the New Year atmosphere of the Qingshi Farmers' Market.
The end of the year is difficult, but every year passes.
What’s sad is not the New Year, but the people who celebrate it.
The bright red spring couplets, the exploding firecrackers, and the festive atmosphere all reflect the various lives that all want to survive but have different joys and sorrows.
Chen Long, Xu Yanmei, and Chen Yang, their heads covered in blood, were taken to the hospital in an ambulance. The only one left, Xu Wenqiang, was unharmed and had to follow the police into the police car.
Su Xiaoshan struggled out of the crowd and grabbed Xu Wenqiang, but couldn't say a word.
Xu Wenqiang had to comfort him, "It's okay." However, after saying these two words, she couldn't say the second sentence.
"Let's go." A female police officer following Xu Wenqiang urged.
Xu Wenqiang got into the police car.
The police car roared past and the onlookers dispersed.
Su Xiaoshan stayed where he was, staring blankly at the empty road. The words "powerless" were so tight on his body that he almost felt like he was drowning.
He hated this feeling of being powerless, hated the cowardice of himself who could only watch helplessly and could not say a word.
"Xiaoshan, go home." Su Xiaoshan's mother patted him and said.
"Yeah." Su Xiaoshan followed behind for two steps, then suddenly ran, "Mom, I'm going home first."
"Kid, slow down." Mother Su shouted from behind.
Su Xiaoshan ran home in one breath and took out their class address book from his schoolbag.
However, Su Xiashan called several times but couldn't get through.
Su Xiaoshan threw the address book aside in anger.
Suddenly, he picked up the address book and dialed another number. This time someone finally answered.
Su Xiaoshan said, "Hello, I'm looking for Gao Zhe."
Gao Zhe called out, "Squad Leader, Happy New Year! I didn't expect you to wish me a happy new year. I'm really—"
"Gao Zhe," Su Xiaoshan interrupted Gao Zhe, "I want to find Xiao Cheng, but I can't get through to his home phone."
"Oh, you're looking for Xiao Cheng." Gao Zhe's hope was somewhat in vain. "He went to his grandparents' house for the New Year. No one's home right now."
"Do you have his grandparents' phone number?"
"I don't have that. But I have his cell phone number."
"Cellphone?" Su Xiaoshan felt a complex emotion. Cellphones were just becoming popular and were still expensive, so adults didn't use them much. He hadn't expected Xiao Cheng, a high school student, to already be using one.
"Give me his cell phone number." Su Xiaoshan said calmly.
On New Year's Eve, everyone was busy calling to wish each other a happy new year, so Xiao Cheng's phone was always busy. Su Xiaoshan had to call two or three times before he got through.
"Hello, is this Xiao Cheng?"
"Hello, it's me. Are you—Su Xiaoshan?"
Xiao Cheng thought he had heard wrongly.
"I'm Su Xiaoshan. Xiao Cheng, Xu Wenqiang is in trouble."
Xiao Cheng paused for a moment, and just then, a burst of firecrackers sounded outside the window, and large clusters of fireworks shot straight into the sky, and then exploded in the sky.
When the surroundings quieted down, Xiao Cheng asked, "What happened to Xu Wenqiang? Did she fight with Chen Yang again?"
"When you ask me that, I don't have an answer." Su Xiaoshan said in a muffled voice, "I don't know exactly what happened, but Xu Wenqiang was taken away by the police at Chen Yang's house."
"Police? When did it happen?"
"Just now."
Xiao Cheng was distracted for a moment.
"Xiao Cheng, didn't your father work as a policeman? And doesn't your uncle work in the court? Can you help me find out what happened?"
"Xiao Cheng, Xiao Cheng?"
Xiao Cheng didn't say anything, and Su Xiaoshan became anxious.
"I'm here." Xiao Cheng came back to his senses. "I'll ask around and call you back later."
Xiao Cheng hung up the phone and went to the balcony in the living room to find his father Xiao Shilei.
Xiao Shilei rarely mentioned to others that he had taken off his police uniform and went into business, but he didn't know how Su Xiaoshan knew about it. He even knew that his uncle worked in the court.
But I can't care about that now.
After Xiao Cheng finished speaking, Xiao Shilei felt that it was too much trouble and didn't want to deal with it. After all, he had left the police force for so many years and had not been in touch with many colleagues. If he suddenly came to his house, he would inevitably be nagging.
But Xiao Cheng said, "Dad, I like her." He knew he had to say something to excite his dad.
Xiao Shilei was indeed interested. "You have such strong tastes. You like someone who deals with the police?"
"Do you care?"
"Since you're already in love with it, I'll naturally take care of it. But what's the reward for me?"
"Bring her back to you."
"make a deal."
"But Xiao Cheng, our story is one thing, and the case is another. Don't even mention that I'm no longer on the police force. Even if I were still on the force, no matter who finds you, you can't get involved. Do you understand?"
"Dad, don't worry, I naturally know this."
But the purpose of Su Xiaoshan calling him was simply because he was attracted by his father's background as a former policeman and wanted him to "get involved".
Xiao Shilei made several calls and offered his best advice before finally finding out that Xu Wenqiang had been taken away by the police to take a statement. As for the rest, as it involved the case, no one else could talk about it, and Xiao Shilei didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Xiao Cheng felt relieved, then called Su Xiaoshan back to tell him Xu Wenqiang was fine for the time being, and said he planned to go to the police station. Su Xiaoshan immediately said he wanted to go too, and the two of them arranged to meet at the police station entrance.
However, when Su Xiaoshan was about to go out, his parents blocked him at home.
"It's already this late, and you're still coming up here?"
"It's New Year's Day, you better stay home."
Su Xiaoshan leaned against the wall dejectedly.
Arriving at the police station, Xu Wenqiang was invited into a room by a serious-looking female police officer to begin taking her statement. Then, Xu Wenqiang felt like she was talking the whole time.
She felt she had explained everything clearly and thoroughly. She told him how Chen Long had locked Chen Yang in the room, how Chen Yang had knocked Chen Long and Xu Yanmei unconscious with a weight, how Xu Yanmei had fainted and then woken up and knocked Chen Yang unconscious with a wine bottle. She even told him about Chen Long and Xu Yanmei's relationship, and about Lu Xue's death...
But the police kept asking, repeatedly, and carefully... as if Xu Wenqiang was hiding something.
Xu Wenqiang had taken political and legal courses at school, and she vaguely knew why they were so cautious, because this might already be a criminal case. What would happen to Chen Long and Chen Yang, what would happen to Xu Yanmei, and what would happen to her was no longer up to her.
When Xu Wenqiang came out of the police station, what she saw were the warm lights of thousands of homes, the sound of endless firecrackers in her ears, and her heart was desolate.
It was still the serious policewoman. She glanced at Xu Wenqiang, a sympathetic look in her eyes. "Let's go."
Xu Wenqiang turned around and was about to follow the policewoman, but found someone walking towards her.
The man walked in front of Xu Wenqiang from the dark night, looked her over from head to toe, and then said, "I'm glad you're okay."
Xu Wenqiang looked at Xiao Cheng in front of her, and the barren land in her heart began to grow weeds, and finally became an endless lush grassland.
"Xiao Cheng, why are you here..."
"Su Xiaoshan told me."
"Who are you?" asked the policewoman.
"Auntie, I'm Xu Wenqiang's classmate." Xiao Cheng said, "Can she go home now?" "She can go home, but her mother is in the hospital. I have to take her there now."
"Can I go with her then?"
Xu Wenqiang looked at Xiao Cheng, and the grass in her heart grew taller.
"Get in the car." The policewoman agreed.
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