Piranha Plant (3)

Now that things were going in the right direction, everything would be easy to handle. Meng Siqi immediately invited Zhao Leiting to visit Fu Songan's family together.

The two drove to a residential area and learned that Fu Songan's wife lived there. With the guidance of the security guard, the two successfully found a house on the first floor.

There is a small courtyard outside the door. It has obviously not been taken care of for a long time and looks a bit deserted. The vines have covered the original plants.

Even so, judging from the clothes drying in the yard, Meng Siqi knew that there was at least a woman and a child living in the house, probably Fu Song'an's wife and daughter.

Zhao Lei Ting knocked on the door directly. The one who opened the door was an old lady in her 50s or 60s with half white hair. She asked, "Who are you?"

Meng Siqi and Zhao Leiting were both in plain clothes. To facilitate their work, Zhao Leiting took out his police ID and said, "Auntie, is this Fu Songan's home? We are from the Municipal Public Security Bureau. We are here to understand the situation."

The old lady's expression immediately became serious. Before she could speak, a young woman's voice came from inside: "Mom, who is it?"

"It's the police comrade." The old lady called out softly inside.

The old lady stood at the door, waiting for a response from inside, not sure whether to let the two in. Meng Siqi guessed that the owner of the house should be the young woman, Fu Songan's wife, and the old lady should be her mother or Fu Songan's mother.

Just when Zhao Lei Ting asked again if it was Fu Song's home, a woman in her thirties appeared in his sight. Her face looked a little haggard, her hair was messy, and she seemed to be busy with housework and had no time to tidy herself up. She was wearing simple household clothes, which were also very old.

She took off her rubber gloves, brushed her messy hair and asked, "Are you a police officer? Is there any news about Song An?"

Zhao Lei Ting said: "Hello, we are here to learn about Fu Songan's situation. Is it convenient for us to come in and talk?"

"Yes, please come in." The woman put down her gloves, quickly tidied up the sofa and tea table, and said to the old lady, "Mom, hurry up and pour tea for the two of you."

"No need, don't rush, we'll just sit for a while and then go back." Zhao Leiting waved his hand.

Meng Siqi stood in the house and took a quick look. There were plush toys on the sofa, so there should be a young daughter.

Regarding the male host's information, nothing was found in the living room. The living room was a bit messy and didn't look like it had been cleaned up.

Fu Song'an is 31 years old this year. His wife is Pan Chun, and they have a two-year-old daughter. In order to take care of their daughter, Pan Chun quit her job and focused on taking care of the family.

After Pan Chun tidied the sofa, he asked the two to sit down. Meng Siqi sat on the sofa and took out the notebook.

The old lady brought two glasses of hot tea. Meng Siqi took them with a smile and said to Pan Chun, "Ms. Pan, would you mind sitting down and chatting for a few minutes?"

Pan Chun nodded and said to the old lady, "Mom, please go to the room and take care of Xixi."

"Okay." The old lady turned and left, closing the door.

As soon as the door was closed, Pan Chun asked impatiently, "Is there any news about Song An?" Her eyes revealed a bit of anxiety and also a bit of hope.

Zhao Leiting replied: "I'm sorry, we haven't received any news from Fu Songan, but we are here today to learn more about his situation before he left the country. I hope you can cooperate with the investigation."

The light of desire in Pan Chun's eyes dimmed, and she licked her dry lips, "Okay, ask ahead."

Meng Siqi picked up the notebook and asked the questions she had prepared in advance: "Ms. Pan, I hope you will remain calm when I ask you some questions, because we are also trying to understand the truth behind Mr. Fu's disappearance."

"Yeah." Pan Chun nodded again, without any emotion.

"Did you know in advance that Mr. Fu was going to leave the country in September last year? Did he mention anything to you before he left?" Meng Siqi asked.

"I know that he would go abroad for technical exchanges from time to time. I didn't study medicine, so I didn't ask about any of the exchanges. He was in a hurry that time and left directly from the studio. Later, I heard from the school that Song An had disappeared abroad..." Having said this, Pan Chun stopped describing, feeling a little sad.

I asked a few more questions about leaving the country, and Pan Chun gave ambiguous answers, which seemed to be what he had heard from others, and the descriptions were ominous.

Perhaps Pan Chun didn't know much about this matter, so Meng Siqi skipped a few questions and asked a new one: "How is your relationship with Fu Song'an?"

Pan Chun seemed to have not come out of the previous question. This question made her eyes jump for a moment, and she was a little evasive. She pursed her lips and slowly said, "We have always had a good relationship."

"I heard that Fu Song'an has a female student who usually gets along quite well with him..."

"These are all rumors!" Pan Chun changed his previous anxious expression and suddenly spoke with force, his emotions also became excited, "Song An cares about his family very much. He is just busy with work. It is impossible for him to have such a thing."

It seems that there were indeed some rumors about Song Xinran and Fu Songan, otherwise Pan Chun would not be so emotionally unstable.

"I believe you. Can you recall what happened between Fu Song'an and his female student Song Xinran?"

"I said there was nothing between them!" Pan Chun emphasized again and refuted, his emotions even more excited than before.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Pan. I know you don't want to face this problem, but it may have some connection with Fu Songan's disappearance. I hope you can cooperate with the investigation. Do you hope that there will be no news about Fu Songan?"

"Are you saying that Song An's disappearance is related to that woman?" Pan Chun's excited emotions suddenly froze, and even some resentment flashed in his eyes.

"We are just suspicious." Meng Siqi answered cautiously.

Pan Chun seemed to be recalling and brooding over some past events that she didn't want to experience. The resentment in her eyes became more and more obvious. After a long time, her tense face slowly calmed down. She licked her lips again and twitched the corners of her mouth: "I don't know much, I can tell you..."

Pan Chun deliberately looked at the closed door and said in a low voice: "Song An's work has been getting busier and busier, especially when his daughter was born. He had to take leave from his unit with great difficulty. In fact, I didn't care about these things at first. After all, Song An and I are childhood sweethearts. One day, a box of cakes was delivered to our home, and it was signed by Song Xinran. At that time, I knew that a female student had intended to take advantage of Song An. I asked Song An about it, and he said at the time that it was a little gift from the student and was sent to the wrong place. In fact, I believed in Song An very much."

"Because of the child, I have no time to ask about Song An's life. He is usually very busy. I used to bring him lunch occasionally, but after the child was born, he rarely walked around. When I was breastfeeding, I once brought lunch to his studio to give him a surprise. That time, I accidentally found a young girl bringing food to Song An. I later learned that her name was Song Xinran, and she had been seducing my Song An. There are some things I can't say, anyway, I heard about the evil face of this vixen from others."

In Pan Chun's eyes, Song Xinran is the kind of mistress who destroys other people's families. This is not only a fact she has concluded, but also a fact that people who know Fu Song'an believe to be true.

Fu Song'an is an excellent lecturer and associate professor. He is young and promising. He has been deeply engaged in medicine over the years and is a down-to-earth person. Therefore, he naturally gives people a more upright impression. This is also some information that Meng Siqi learned in advance.

Song Xinran was Fu Songan's student. She did not look for a job after graduation and her resume was blank, which meant that she would never be able to work in a hospital in any province or city. She chose an incomprehensible path and stayed by Fu Songan's side for four years.

Regardless of whether Song Xinran is a mistress or not, when comparing their two identities, most people would probably think that Song Xinran is the indecent one.

She asked, "Later, did you find out that there was an unusual relationship between Fu Song'an and Song Xinran?"

"It's impossible. This is naked seduction. That woman is shameless. She didn't go anywhere after graduation. She would rather sacrifice her own future to seduce Song An. What does she want? It's nothing more than Song An's fame and status. I know a bad woman like this at a glance."

Pan Chun said this with gritted teeth. She had already judged Song Xinran's nature, and no one could change her mind.

Meng Siqi believed in facts and evidence. What was Song Xinran after for those four years? Was it really Fu Songan's fame and status, and was she trying to become a mistress and destroy other people's families? Or was there something else going on? If this matter was not clarified, then there would be no way to understand Song Xinran in depth, and it would be even more difficult to investigate whether she was involved in Jin Yaming's crime.

"So, you warned Song Xinran?" Meng Siqi asked speculatively.

"I didn't. I think anything I say to a woman like that is dirty..." Pan Chun was emotional, her chest heaving, but she seemed to be intentionally controlling it, and her tone was finally calm. "I had just given birth to a child, and I was very depressed. One time, Song An came home, and I had a big fight with him. That time, Fu Song An explained to me that there was nothing going on between him and Song Xin Ran, but I asked for a divorce, and Fu Song An said he would consider resigning Song Xin Ran, so I stopped the matter."

Pan Chun can be seen as a well-educated and tasteful woman. From the moment she entered the door, Meng Siqi could feel that even though her life was not going well, the skin on her face was still shiny, except for some haggard bags under her eyes and a few messy hair.

Moreover, her emotions always remained within an acceptable range. She hated Song Xinran very much, and she did express her resentment towards her, but she did not verbally insult her much, and she did not directly confront the mistress. All this was enough to prove that she still loved Fu Songan very much, and she even kept her good qualities in the eyes of her husband.

Pan Chun said, "After the quarrel, I believed Fu Song'an would do this well, so I kept waiting, until..." Her voice stopped abruptly, and a sigh was revealed between her pale lips, "He never came back..."

Pan Chun was still upset for a long time. Meng Siqi understood Pan Chun's feelings and did not ask any more questions. In fact, it was difficult to understand what kind of person Song Xinran was from Pan Chun. Once a person is defined, everything she does will be considered "long-planned".

For example, when Pan Chun sent the cake, she must have thought that Song Xinran was provoking her, that the mistress was provoking the original wife. But the truth is, maybe it wasn't like that, so the image of Song Xinran in Pan Chun's eyes was that of a greedy, shameless, and despicable mistress.

After saying goodbye to Pan Chun, the two got back into the car and thought about their next move. Zhao Leiting said, "I feel like everyone who knows Fu Songan must think that Song Xinran is a mistress."

"What do you want to say?"

"What I mean is that Song Xinran disappeared from the eyes of her classmates after graduating from college. No one can actually give an answer to what kind of person she is. But Fu Songan is different. He is a famous professor with a high social status. So even if Fu Songan seduced or forced Song Xinran, others would not think so."

Meng Siqi understood what Zhao Leiting meant. In this story, Song Xinran was a natural underdog. No matter what she did, she was an invader who interfered with other people's families, and she had no say.

In fact, who is the leader in this relationship may not be the most important thing. What Meng Siqi wants to know more is what Song Xinran experienced in those four years, when Jin Yaming appeared, and how he eventually became Song Xinran's new boyfriend.

If all this cannot be solved, then Song Xinran's portrait will remain unclear.

"Let's go to Fu Song'an's studio and take a look?" Zhao Leiting suggested.

Regardless of the information found before or what Pan Chun mentioned, in addition to being a professor at the school, Fu Song'an should also have a private studio, which may be related to medicine.

This studio may not be very big. Fu Song'an must be too busy to take care of everything as he is busy with school work. Song Xinran may be his assistant in the studio. Perhaps if we start from the environment they have experienced, it will be easier to find the direction of the investigation.

"Okay, I want to know too," she replied.

Zhao Leiting started the car and sped away.