Chapter 104 One More
Jun Lan: "Little boy, I'm your mother's friend. We're here to help you. Please open the door and come out!"
Child: "Auntie, I want to come out too, but Daddy locked the door and I can't open it."
Situ: "Now try to stay as far away from the door as possible."
Child: "Uncle, I'm hiding."
Situ kicked the door open.
Junlan reported Chen Zhiqiang for drug abuse and asked Situ to send the child back to his villa.
Because the child had an eye disease, no other relative was willing to take him in temporarily. After the police learned of the situation and discussed with the people from the Maternal and Child Health Street Office, they could only let Jun Lan take in the child temporarily and make a decision after Chen Zhiqiang was released from compulsory drug rehabilitation.
The child's name was Chen Mingli. He seemed very reserved when he first arrived at Junlan's villa. He was timid and cautious in everything he did, and never dared to say anything when he fell or got hurt.
Jun Lan: "Be sensible. Just treat your aunt's house as your own. Don't be so reserved. Just treat your aunt as your mother."
Mingli: "Then can I call you Junlan Mom from now on?"
Junlan: "Of course."
Mingli: "I'm afraid of causing trouble for you and uncle."
Yang Ning went over and picked him up: "No, uncle likes you very much, how could you bring us trouble?"
Mingli: "Uncle, you sent my little sister away for me, right?"
Yang Ning waved his hands in front of him to make sure he couldn't see, then asked him quietly, "How did you know?"
"I touched a lot of dolls in the room, and I heard Junlan's mother calling and video chatting with them every day. I can tell that you must have a little brother. I don't want your family to be torn apart because of me. Please send me to an orphanage. That's what my father always told me anyway."
Yang Ning: "Silly child, your younger siblings are still too young and need more care. I sent them away because Junlan's mother has been in poor health recently and can't take care of too many children. Besides, your mother's affairs have not been settled yet. If your mother's affairs are settled, we will take them back and let them play with you, okay?"
Mingli lowered his head and stopped talking.
Junlan: "Mingli, I have to go to school tomorrow, I have to go to bed."
Mingli went back to her room and went to sleep.
Yang Ning: "Alas, the unfortunate child has to take on the responsibilities of the family at an early age. This child is so sensible that it makes me feel distressed. What did they say when you went to the hospital today?"
Jun Lan: "They say he has to wait until a cornea donor comes along to donate his corneas before he can have a chance of regaining his sight."
Yang Ning: "What do the school say?"
Junlan: "They have no sympathy at all. They insisted that Mingli transfer to another school next month. They said they don't accept blind people and that they can't be held responsible if anything happens to the child. They asked us to transfer him to a special education school."
"That can't be helped. What do the police say?"
"What else can I say? It's going to take a long time and be quite difficult. We've already set up a special task force to investigate."
"I think Meizhu's husband is a big suspect."
"Isn't that what everyone thinks? But I just don't have any evidence. He's a drug addict. When he gets into an attack, he becomes disoriented and doesn't know anything. I don't know if he's truly crazy or just pretending to be stupid, which makes the investigation even more difficult."
"I don't care if he's truly stupid or just pretending to be crazy. Paying a debt and paying for a murder are all natural things. I don't believe he can escape justice. I'm just worried that Mingli will suffer..."
"Let's keep our voices down so the kid doesn't hear us."
At this time, Chen Mingli, lying on the bed, held the sheets tightly.
At the police station, the police are investigating Mi-joo's case, and the head of the special task force responsible for this case is still Xu Lin. (Don't ask me why it's still her, because I'm too lazy to make up a name anymore.)
Xu Lin: "Our city's Public Security Bureau is famous for its ability to solve every case. Was this case difficult?"
Yue Xiaofeng: "It's quite difficult. The body has been completely decomposed, and there are only a few pieces of evidence left. So much time has passed, and you can imagine how difficult it is to find evidence and witnesses. I have no clue at all."
Xu Lin: "Isn't her husband the most suspicious? Wouldn't we have some clues if we interrogate him a few more times?"
Yue Xiaofeng: "Captain, solving a case depends on evidence. We haven't had to use torture to extract confessions for a long time. We questioned the deceased that night. Don't underestimate Chen Zhiqiang, a grown man. He's been taking drugs for several years and his health is in a state of decline. It's no exaggeration to say that he didn't even have the strength to commit suicide by slitting his wrists. So how could he have killed a healthy waiter who was 1.7 meters tall and then tied him to rocks and threw him into the lake?"
Xu Lin: "Investigate, investigate again, and report back until you find useful information."
Yue Xiaofeng: "There is a clue worth investigating further..."
Xu Lin: "Hurry up and tell me."
Yue Xiaofeng: "Then Chen Zhiqiang said that Chen Meizhu has a lover outside, saying that he is her fellow villager in Myanmar."
Xu Lin: "Did you find the person?"
Yue Xiaofeng: "He provided too little information. We have no idea where to find this person."
Xu Lin: "Isn't this nonsense? There is no such person."
Yue Xiaofeng: "I need another solution, but I don't know if the higher-ups will approve it."
Xu Lin: "Hurry up and tell me."
Yue Xiaofeng: "According to my investigation, although the deceased and her husband didn't have a very good relationship, she loved her son very much. I think her son should know something. We want to ask her son."
Xu Lin: "He's just a ten-year-old kid, what could he know?" But she felt a headache looking at the only information she had. There were only dead ends everywhere she looked. Perhaps her son was really the only way out.
She said, "The child is currently staying at Lin Junlan's house. Let's go talk to him tomorrow!"
Yue Xiaofeng: "Does this mean you agree?"
Xu Lin nodded.
The next afternoon, Xu Lin bought candy and toys on the road and came to Jun Lan's house with Yue Xiaofeng.
Chen Mingli has dropped out of school and is staying at home. Junlan has temporarily become a tutor to help him with his studies.
After Xu Lin briefly introduced her purpose, she went straight to chat with Chen Mingli.
Xu Lin: "Little boy, how are your eyes?"
Chen Mingli: "Burned by charcoal, who are you?"
Yue Xiaofeng: "Don't be afraid, little boy. We are police officers. We are here to ask about your mother."
Chen Mingli: "She deserved to die."
Junlan: "Mingli, how can you say that about your mother?"
Chen Mingli: "That's what my father said. He said if Mom left with that uncle, she would no longer want me or this family."
Xu Lin: "Have you seen that uncle?"
Chen Mingli: "No, but I know that my mother would often go to Mingjing Building to look for her. Auntie, do you think my mother really left with another uncle and didn't want me anymore? Otherwise, why would she never come back to see me?"
Xu Lin: "Your mother didn't leave you because she left with another uncle. Instead, she turned into a star in the sky to protect you."
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