Chapter 214 Conversation
Children are naturally close to small animals. When they saw the coal ash, their eyes lit up, and they stretched out their little hands and politely asked Xia Mufan: "Can I touch him?"
Xia Mushige nodded.
Liangliang happily reached out his hand and rubbed Meihui's little head.
Coal Ash's ability to please others has improved day by day. He squinted his eyes and rubbed his bright little hands, behaving very well.
Liangliang has been unhappy ever since Lingling, his pet who had been with him day and night for three years, left. Feeling the warm and furry touch in his palm, Liangliang smiled happily and hugged Coal Ash in his arms, as if he was back to the time when he was interacting with Linlin, and the sadness of losing his pet was healed.
Seeing Liangliang's happy look, a hint of warmth flashed in Zhong Yinghong's eyes.
Xia Mufan walked around the wooden doghouse and keenly noticed several scratches on a corner near the bottom. Because the wooden house was placed on the grass, the green paint blended in with the color of the grass, and the scratch was not obvious.
Xia Mufan winked at Gong Weiguo. Gong Weiguo walked forward and took pictures of the wooden house from different angles, especially the scratch marks, and took several pictures in a row.
After taking the photos, Xia Mufan said to Zhong Yinghong: "We need to take this wooden house back for trace detection."
Although Zhong Yinghong didn't understand what trace detection was, her intuition told her that something was wrong. Zhong Yinghong frowned tightly, "What trace detection? It was my Lingling who was buried alive by that ugly bastard. If you want to investigate, you should investigate that woman. Why did you come to my house to check? I didn't break any law. Why did you take the dog house away?"
Xia Mufan's tone was full of force and refutation: "Jia Xihua used to do gardening in your yard. This dog house is related to the evidence, and the specific content is not convenient to disclose to you."
No matter how Zhong Yinghong looked at it, she couldn't see anything wrong with the green doghouse. She didn't have the courage to directly resist the police's request, so she could only nod helplessly: "Well... okay."
Xia Mushige asked his teammates to move the dog house into the car.
Seeing that they were about to leave, Liangliang hugged Meihui reluctantly and said, "Police sister, can I play with your cat for a while longer?"
Zhong Yinghong was afraid that the police would stay any longer, so she quickly snatched the coal ash from Liangliang's arms and returned it to Xia Mufan, coaxing her son: "Okay, Liangliang. The police comrades still have things to do. This cat was brought here by them, and they can't just play with it in our house."
But Liangliang refused to do it.
His eyes were filled with tears, and he looked at Xia Mushige with a sob: "Police sister, is it really not possible? I just want to play with your cat for a while."
Xia Mufan patted Coal Ash on the back and smiled: "Sure, we have to work overtime tonight, so I'll leave Coal Ash at your house for one night, and I'll come pick it up tomorrow morning."
Meihui rubbed Xia Mufan's palm reluctantly, then jumped up and landed accurately in Liangliang's arms, making a coquettish sound: "Meow~"
[Xia Xia, don't worry, I promise to complete the task. 】
[I'm going to keep an eye on this family tonight. 】
Zhong Yinghong heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that the coal ash would only stay at home for one night and Xia Mufan and the others would leave. It's just a cat, just keep it.
Thinking of this, Zhong Yinghong raised her hand, touched her son's head and said to Xia Mufan, "The child likes small animals. It's rare that he gets along well with your cat. Thank you for letting it stay and accompany Liangliang for one night."
After thanking Xia Mufan, Zhong Yinghong told her son: "Liangliang, keep your word. Remember to return the cat before going to school tomorrow."
Liangliang nodded sensibly: "Okay, I remember. This is the policewoman's cat, I can't keep it forever."
When seeing Xia Mufan and the others off, Liangliang reluctantly asked all kinds of questions: "Is its name Coal Ash? Does it need to eat at night? Can I give it water? Should I give it a bath? Is it well behaved when it goes to bed at night? Should I prepare a cat bed for it?"
When Coal Ash heard the word "bath", his fur immediately exploded: "Meow--"
It has a weird pronunciation, and sounds a bit like "No!"
Liangliang sensed the coal ash's resistance and looked up at Xia Mufan: "What's wrong with it? Is it unhappy?"
Xia Mufan smiled and said, "Coal Ash doesn't like to take a bath, so it can drink water. You don't need to feed it, just let it be free. If you tell it not to run around, it will stay by your side obediently (I'd be surprised)."
After leaving the villa, Xia Mufan immediately arranged a surveillance mission and placed Sun Xianbing and Yu Jing on guard near Shanshui Haoting, reporting the whereabouts of Zhong Yinghong and Jiang Zheng at any time. The rest of the people rushed back to the bureau and asked colleagues from the technical department to inspect the paint scratches on the wooden house and compare them with the green paint on the bottom of the snakeskin bag containing the cat's body.
In the evening, the phone rang, and Sun Xianbing reported: "Jiang Zheng is back."
Xia Mufan said, "Hmm," and said, "Keep waiting. Meihui will come find you if anything happens."
Meihui plays a cute and well-behaved cat, and meets Jiang Zheng, who always comes home late, in Liangliang's arms.
Liangliang presented his treasure to his father: "Dad, look! It's called Coal Ash. Isn't it cute?"
When Jiang Zheng saw the cat, he frowned, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes: "Where did this wild cat come from?"
Liangliang was a little frustrated and said unhappily: "Dad, Meihui is not a wild cat, it is a cat raised by the police sister."
Jiang Zheng was shocked and looked at Zhong Yinghong.
Zhong Yinghong smiled bitterly: "That officer Xia has a cat, it's smart and obedient. Liangliang liked it and insisted on staying with it, and Officer Xia agreed, so what can I do?"
Jiang Zheng stared at the coal ash and quickly looked away as if he had seen something dirty: "Officer Xia is a cat owner and treats this cat like a treasure. Is she willing to leave the cat here?"
Zhong Yinghong quickly explained: "We'll just leave the cat here for one night. We'll take it back tomorrow morning."
Liangliang could see that his father was unhappy, and pouted and said, "Dad, it's just a cat. I like cats! Lingling died, I'm sad, I want a cat."
Looking at his son, who had a chubby face and clear eyes, Jiang Zheng's heart softened: "Okay, okay, okay, I'll be free in a couple of days and buy you a cat."
Liangliang immediately became happy: "Okay! I'll choose one myself. I want to choose a kitten that is as smart and obedient as Coal Ash. I want it to help me with my homework and skateboarding."
The nanny prepared a sumptuous dinner and specially prepared a small bowl of minced meat rice for Mei Hui, which she put in Lingling's old stainless steel bowl on the table foot. Coal Ash knew that the food was prepared for him, so he jumped down from Liangliang's arms, laid down at the foot of the table and began to eat quietly. While eating, he kept his ears perked up, paying attention to every move on the table.
Jiang Zheng and Zhong Yinghong had no appetite and just took a few bites before putting down their chopsticks.
Zhong Yinghong had a lot to say, but after taking a look at the ignorant Liangliang, she shut her mouth again.
Jiang Zheng asked: "The police came today. What did they say?"
Zhong Yinghong looked annoyed: "The police came to tell me that they found the murderer who killed Lingling."
Liangliang's eyes widened: "Mom, the police are so great. They found the bad guy so quickly. You must remember to tell the police and ask them to criticize and educate the bad guy."
Jiang Zheng looked at the child lovingly and said, "Okay, okay, Liangliang is right. Let the police arrest the murderer and put him in jail."
The big bright eyes were full of admiration for the police: "Dad, I want to be a policeman in the future. If anyone does something bad, I will arrest him. I also want to be like that police sister, holding a majestic police dog and raising a cute kitten, and taking them everywhere."
Jiang Zheng's laughter was a little dry: "Okay, Liangliang, study hard, go to the police academy and become a policeman in the future."
The family talked for a while, and after dinner, Zhong Yinghong assigned a task to her son, asking him to do his homework in his room upstairs. Then she and her husband went upstairs and into the bedroom.
After closing the bedroom door, both of their faces turned gloomy.
Jiang Zheng stared at his wife: "What did you do? Why did you bring the police to our house?"
Almost at the same time, Zhong Yinghong also spoke up: "The police said that you bought that ugly guy's son ten years ago. What's going on?"
They both paused for a minute.
Jiang Zheng raised his hand, signaling his wife not to speak, and walked to the window to look.
The single-family villa has a great view, and there are green trees and flowers everywhere when you look out the window. As night falls and the lights come on, the neighborhood is very quiet with almost no vehicles or people.
Jiang Zheng didn't notice anything unusual, so he closed the curtains, took out his cell phone from his pocket, turned it off and threw it on the dressing table, then signaled to his wife with his eyes to turn off the phone.
Zhong Yinghong didn't know why her husband was so cautious, but she still obediently took out her cell phone, turned it off and placed it on the dressing table.
After confirming that it was safe, Jiang Zheng finally spoke: "We are being targeted by the police."
Zhong Yinghong's heart trembled, and she lowered her voice: "How could it be? We have always been very cautious in these years, how could the police find out?"
Jiang Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "I need to ask you this! Why did you bring the police here?"
Zhong Yinghong's eyes flickered, and after a while she tilted her neck to explain, "I just accidentally saw that ugly girl dragging a woven bag from the car and throwing it into the trash can. Then I saw her wearing a hat and a mask, and moving stealthily, and suddenly an idea came to my mind."
Jiang Zheng's eyes were filled with anger: "What's the idea?"
Zhong Yinghong now knew that she had done something wrong, and she looked a little embarrassed: "In the past few years, the police have been fighting against human trafficking. I don't know how many of our old acquaintances Xia Mufan and his men have arrested. I heard from someone who went out that Xia has been looking for Sister Hua and has not slacked off at all."
At this point, Zhong Yinghong's eyes flashed with resentment: "This Xia is really cruel. She has the ability to find a baby that has been lost for seven or eight years. If we don't show up, there is no guarantee that we won't find her, so I thought of sending her a ready-made person."
Jiang Zheng tried hard to suppress his surging anger: "I've told you countless times, don't move, don't move! Especially at this time, we have to stay calm. When we contacted those people, we always covered our faces and kept our voices down. They only knew that we were Sister Hua, but they had never seen our faces. What are you afraid of? You jumped out now, you are really stupid!"
Zhong Yinghong could only try to defend herself: "I really had an idea at that time. I saw that ugly guy was acting sneaky and took advantage of the night to open the woven bag, and it turned out to be a burnt cat. I heard that Xia really likes cats. If she saw someone killing cats, she would definitely be very angry. As long as someone can send this cat to Xia, she will definitely catch the ugly guy."
Jiang Zheng was so angry that his teeth itched: "What then? What if they catch him?"
Zhong Yinghong said: "I met Cai Yutie when I was washing my car some time ago. He had just been released from prison. I called him on purpose and asked him to put the cat's body in the panda house at the zoo and then notify Xia Mufan. Cai Yutie has heard my voice and received my kindness. He will definitely do whatever I ask him to do."
Seeing Jiang Zheng's face livid, Zhong Yinghong stood against the wall and continued, "If Xia Mufan can't find out, it's a good opportunity to scare her and stop her from trafficking all day long. If she finds out, let that ugly bastard take the blame. Aren't the police investigating cases for promotion and wealth? I'll send the evidence to Xia Mufan, and the ugly bastard will confess even if he's tortured. As long as we send Sister Hua, the police will naturally stop pursuing us, and we'll be completely cleared of all charges and won't have to worry anymore, right?"
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