Chapter 22
"You..." Director Wu almost fainted. "I want to file a complaint..."
He took out a notebook and leaned over to Chang Ting's chest to write down his police number. Chang Ting stubbornly reminded him, "I'm from the Municipal Criminal Investigation Detachment. Don't complain to the wrong place."
Zhou Zhengzheng hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "I'm sorry, Director Wu, my master is quite straightforward."
Director Wu, for some reason, grew even angrier and insisted on complaining. Zhou Zhengzheng looked up at the sky helplessly.
It's over. I'm going to be criticized again for not fulfilling my responsibilities as a bridle.
Zhou Zhengzheng finally realized what was happening when he saw the colleague in the white coat squatting in front of Zou Li and opening the medicine box. Wasn't this Forensic Doctor Xie?
"Master, did you bring Forensic Doctor Xie here directly?"
Chang Ting lowered his voice, "We need to get evidence of Xu Xixi's drug abuse as soon as possible. Besides, the child's health can't be delayed. Once we find out, we need to start treatment immediately."
Zou Li had already woken Xixi up and coaxed her to stretch out her arm so that Dr. Xie could draw her blood. Xixi was very well behaved, hiding her face in her mother's arms, not even crying.
Maybe he has suffered too much, but now that his mother is holding him, the needle insertion and blood drawing are not scary at all.
After taking the blood sample and giving Xixi a simple examination, Forensic Doctor Xie came to Chang Ting.
"The child is in good health."
Chang Ting was stunned. "It's okay? She's been fed medicine for a long time, how is it possible?"
"From what I can judge, there shouldn't be any in the recent past." Forensic Doctor Xie thought for a moment, "There hasn't been any drug damage in the past two months. Of course, further examination is necessary to confirm this."
Chang Ting was suspicious. Did he really misunderstand Xu Candong?
He stepped forward and looked at Xu Xixi's arm. The skin color was normal and there were no bruises as seen in the live broadcast.
He was a little confused.
Doctor Xie went back first with the blood sample for testing. Chang Ting and Zhou Zhengzheng persuaded Zou Li to take the child to the hospital for further examination.
Zou Li was very cooperative. As she carried Xixi toward the police car, Xixi's little hand suddenly reached over her mother's shoulder and called out sweetly, "Auntie Qin..."
Chang Ting, who was following behind, was stunned and suddenly turned around.
Among the onlookers, a curly-haired woman hurriedly turned around. Something flashed through Chang Ting's mind, but his mind was in a mess, so he couldn't think deeply.
As the police car drove to the hospital, the sky gradually darkened, and the lights outside the car window stretched out like flowing mercury. As Chang Ting drove, he calculated that Xu Candong's 24-hour detention was almost up, and Xu Xixi's test results would be too late. So he made a phone call. Driving was inconvenient, so he turned on the hands-free mode.
"Master."
Xiao Pingyuan, the deputy director in charge of the Criminal Investigation Detachment, was Chang Ting's mentor when he first joined the police force.
He said, "The results of an examination here will be out later. I will apply to extend Xu Candong's detention time. Please give me the green light and sign..."
"No." A cold voice on the other end of the phone interrupted him.
"You won't even give me this little bit of face?!"
"How can you still have any face? You've already overdrawn your reputation with me and become shameless. Besides, it's not a matter of face. Xu Candong called in a lawyer and is very arrogant. There's no way to keep him."
"Lawyer?" Chang Ting was surprised. How could a scoundrel like Xu Candong hire a lawyer so quickly? He refused to give up. "If the child is confirmed to have taken inappropriate medication, it would be harm and abuse. Before the results are out, the lawyer has no right to rescue the child!"
"Haha." Xiao Pingyuan sneered, "The lawyer said that even if the test results show something, it can't prove that it was Xu Candong who fed her the medicine. Children often eat things they don't like, and she might have stolen her father's medicine bottle and eaten it as candy."
Everyone in the car can hear the hands-free call.
In the back seat, Zou Li was shaking with anger.
Xixi suddenly said in a baby voice: "Xixi didn't steal the candy."
Chang Ting shouted into the phone: "Did you hear that? She said she didn't cheat!"
"Hey, I heard it, the baby is the best..." Xiao Pingyuan's voice immediately became softer, as if he was coaxing his granddaughter.
Then his voice turned cold again. "If it gets to a trial, the child's testimony might be effective. But with a two-and-a-half-year-old, the chances of it being believed are slim."
Chang Ting was so furious he couldn't vent his anger. He slammed on the brakes, pulled over, opened the door, and got out, saying, "Zhou Zhengzheng, you take them to the hospital. I'll go back to the bureau."
Without waiting for Zhou Zhengzheng to answer, he hailed a taxi and sped away.
He met Xu Candong who was walking out with his lawyer at the door of the municipal bureau building.
He stopped Xu Candong.
"Hey, Brother Chang!" Xu Candong said with a playful smile, "Have you found my daughter? Have you done a blood test? I'm so sorry, the child ate something wrong and caused you trouble. Come, have a cigarette."
Chang Ting didn't take the cigarette. "Don't be so complacent. I didn't realize you were such a good pretender before."
"What are you talking about, Brother Chang?" Xu Candong put the cigarette in his mouth and took out a lighter to light it.
Chang Ting looked at the silver tiger-head lighter, which looked exactly like the one in the comics. He suddenly remembered seeing this lighter five years ago. Back then, he had scolded high school student Xu Candong, telling him not to smoke at such a young age.
He suddenly said, "The lighter is good quality. Has it been used for five years?"
Xu Candong's expression froze slightly. He put his lighter in his pocket and said, "Who could possibly remember this?"
Chang Ting grabbed his collar and asked, "Were you also pretending to be stupid five years ago?"
Xu Candong raised his hands: "Brother Chang, please don't wrongly accuse me. I am the most honest."
The lawyer stepped forward and said sternly, "Comrade police officer, if you lay hands on my client, I will file a complaint against you!"
Chang Ting glanced at the lawyer, who turned out to be a renowned lawyer from one of the city's major law firms. He was increasingly astonished at Xu Candong's abilities. He silently calculated that he had already accumulated several complaints, almost enough to warrant a disciplinary action.
A good man never suffers a loss in front of him.
He helped Xu Candong straighten the collar of his polo shirt. "Who did it? I just wanted to catch up with him."
He patted Xu Candong's shoulder and said with a forced smile: "You probably haven't read the comics."
Xu Candong was puzzled: "Brother Chang, what comics are you talking about out of nowhere? I don't read that kind of childish stuff."
Chang Ting didn't answer, but smiled mysteriously: "Go away."
The lawyer spoke again: "You have violated basic civilized law enforcement norms..."
Xu Candong put his arm around the lawyer's shoulder and walked out, laughing: "Forget it, forget it, I won't bother with my brother Chang. Lawyer, thank you very much for today, brother will buy you a drink."
"Don't be so polite." The lawyer pinched two fingers to lift Xu Candong's sleeve and pulled his hand off his suit, like picking up a toad that had jumped onto his shoulder.
Chang Ting stroked his chin and watched, thoughtfully: "This isn't his lawyer. Who brought in this reinforcement?"
The next day, Xu Xixi's test results came out.
It is suspected that the child has taken inappropriate drugs, but the drugs have been stopped for a long time. The child has a strong recovery ability and his body has not suffered serious damage.
The medicines in the two bottles taken from the room were also tested, and the ingredients did not match the labels. They were all very safe vitamin tablets.
Someone had already taken action. It must have been someone who knew the inside story.
Chang Ting looked at the report in silence for a long time, then uttered two words: "Chen... He!"
Since she could draw Xu Candong's evil deeds into cartoons, naturally no one knew the inside story better than her!
At this time, someone came and shouted that Deputy Director Xiao was looking for him.
Chang Ting went to the deputy director's office. Xiao Pingyuan threw several pages of complaints in front of him and started to criticize him harshly.
"Write a self-criticism for me!" Xiao Pingyuan slammed the table.
"Can I get ten of them and write them once?"
"you……"
"Okay, okay, eight is eight. Please listen to my report on Qiu Yue's case first."
Hearing this name, Xiao Pingyuan's face suddenly became solemn.
Xiao Pingyuan handled Qiu Yue's disappearance five years ago, a case that remained unsolved until her remains were recently found in the wilderness. This was a regret and shame for Xiao Pingyuan.
As Chang Ting reported, he opened Chen He's comic strip for Xiao Pingyuan to read. Xiao Pingyuan put on his reading glasses and looked at his phone from a distance. He still couldn't understand.
Chang Ting: "You have to keep up with the times, old man."
After being hit hard by the chisel, he patiently explained to his master.
Xiao Pingyuan was more and more surprised. "So, this Chen He is also a student of the Zangmo Base. Why don't I remember this name?"
"She was omitted from the list given by Principal Zhu."
Chang Ting flipped through his phone and found a student ID photo from Chen He's file: "That's her."
Xiao Pingyuan studied it for a moment, then suddenly remembered, "I was the one who rescued this girl! The fire was already huge, but the situation was chaotic, and we couldn't guarantee that all the students had evacuated. I risked going back to the first floor to search, and when I opened the door of a room, I found her. The room was already filled with smoke, and she seemed oblivious to the fire, lying on the ground picking up something. I then carried her out."
"Picking up something? Picking up what?"
"I didn't notice that. And I don't think I've seen her since then."
Chang Ting frowned. This fellow Chen He always seemed to be shrouded in mystery.
"We need to investigate this Chen He carefully," he said.
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