Zhou Yubai heard a knock on the door and simply tidied himself up to make himself look like he was recuperating at home.
The door opened and several police officers stood at the door.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Zhou Yubai asked calmly.
Gu Qichuan heard the voice and came over, "Brother Zhao?"
"Qi Chuan, why are you here?" The man leading the team was Brother Zhao.
"I live here, Yubai, this is Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao, my brother-in-law Zhou Yubai." Gu Qichuan walked a few steps to Zhou Yubai and introduced both parties.
"Your brother-in-law?" Brother Zhao was slightly surprised, then he looked at Zhou Yubai with a much kinder expression, "Hello."
"Hello." Zhou Yubai responded.
"Brother Zhao, what's going on? Why are so many people coming here?" Gu Qichuan asked. He was familiar with these people in the public security department. He spoke in a relaxed tone and winked at Zhou Yubai.
Zhou Yubai stepped aside to let everyone in, and everyone sat down in the yard.
Niu Niu was a little scared when she saw so many fierce-looking uncles. The little boy ran over and hugged Zhou Yubai's thighs. Zhou Yubai bent down and picked up the little boy.
Niuniu hugged Zhou Yubai tightly, "Dad, I'm scared."
"Niuniu, be good and don't be afraid." Zhou Yubai patted Niuniu's back gently and comforted her in a low voice.
"Brother Zhao, look at you, you scared my niece." Gu Qichuan immediately took out candy from his pocket and stuffed it into Niuniu's hand, "Don't be afraid, Niuniu, they are the police, they are good people, they are here to protect us, they are not bad people."
"Ahem, um, Qi Chuan, I'm here to see Yu Bai for something. You can take the child somewhere else first. Come back after we've asked him questions." Brother Zhao said.
Under normal circumstances, Brother Zhao would not avoid asking questions in front of the child, but since Gu Qichuan was around, he had to give him face. After all, he would need to take care of Qichuan in many ways in the future.
"OK."
Gu Qichuan coaxed her gently for a while before Niu Niu let go of Zhou Yubai and let Gu Qichuan carry her to the backyard.
"Brother Zhao, you can talk now." Zhou Yubai looked at everyone.
"When was the last time you and Zhou Mingyue met?" Brother Zhao asked.
Zhou Yubai frowned slightly, "About a year ago."
"She is your biological sister. How come you haven't seen each other for such a long time?" Brother Zhao continued to ask.
"When I came back, my second sister had already married. I went to see her and asked her how she was doing, but she didn't want to interact with me. I looked for her several times and it was always the same. I wasn't in a very good condition at the time, and I was always busy afterwards, so I didn't look for her again."
"What happened to my second sister?"
Zhou Yubai looked at Brother Zhao and asked.
"About a month ago, have you met your second brother-in-law?" Brother Zhao continued to ask without answering.
Zhou Yubai felt something was wrong. "No, I only saw him once at my second sister's house. I never saw him again."
"What were you doing at that time?"
"I was busy building a house, and I was with Qi Chuan every day," Zhou Yubai said. "Many villagers worked with me. They all testified that I had never left my home, and had never met my second brother-in-law."
Zhou Yubai was sure that Brother Zhao would not answer his question, so he simply stopped asking and just answered, then waited for him to speak up.
"Do you know if your second brother-in-law knows anyone in Kaoshantun?" Brother Zhao thought for a moment and asked again. He would verify Zhou Yubai's testimony with Gu Qichuan and the villagers later.
"Meet the people in the family, Zhou Sicheng, Zhou Si'an and Song Lai Di."
"Isn't Song Lai Di your mother?" Brother Zhao felt it was wrong for his son to call his mother by her name.
"I have severed my relationship with her and separated our clan. We have no relationship anymore. The village chief, Qi Chuan and everyone in the village know about this. She almost killed my wife." Zhou Yubai said in a deep voice.
Brother Zhao was stunned.
Zhou Yubai's wife is Gu Qichuan's sister.
Brother Zhao asked some more small questions before he started to explain the reasons.
"Zhang Daqing's family sued your second sister, saying that she murdered your second brother-in-law." Brother Zhao said.
"Zhang Daqing is dead?" Zhou Yubai frowned.
"Zhang Daqing is missing. The Zhang family insists that your second sister had an affair with someone and murdered your second brother-in-law together with her lover. We investigated your second brother-in-law's whereabouts and found that he had been to Kaoshantun before he disappeared." Brother Zhao said.
"We also asked Zhou Sicheng, but didn't get any useful clues, so we came to you to find out the situation."
Brother Zhao didn't say one thing: Zhou Sicheng said that Zhou Yubai and Zhou Mingyue were biological siblings from the same father and mother, and they had a very good relationship before, so maybe Zhou Yubai knew something.
Zhou Yubai was from the army, so Brother Zhao brought so many people to visit him.
In case of arrest, you won’t be caught off guard.
As a result, Zhou Yubai and Gu Qichuan were together.
Compared with Zhou Sicheng and Gu Qichuan, Brother Zhao definitely believes in Gu Qichuan.
"Where is my second sister now?" Zhou Yubai asked.
"At the Public Security Bureau, the Zhang family reported the case and we took her into custody." Brother Zhao paused slightly.
"Have you found the adulterer that the Zhang family mentioned?" Zhou Yubai looked at Brother Zhao. Zhou Mingyue was his second sister no matter what. He would not just sit there and do nothing when he knew that Zhou Mingyue was wronged.
He believed that Zhou Mingyue would never have an adulterer, let alone murder.
She is stubborn, but not brave enough.
"Not yet..." Brother Zhao was completely embarrassed now.
"There was no adulterer. My second sister was detained because of the accusation made by the Zhang family." Zhou Yubai summarized the whole incident in one sentence.
"What the Zhang family said is true. And usually when one of a couple is missing, the biggest suspect is indeed the adulterous spouse." A young policeman couldn't help but interrupt.
"The premise is that there really is an adultery." Zhou Yubai hit the nail on the head.
Everyone fell silent.
Brother Zhao is not a good-for-nothing. He is an aspiring police officer who always takes cases seriously. Even in such an era, there are no wrongful convictions on his hands.
The issue of adultery that Zhou Yubai mentioned was also a point of suspicion for him.
"Yu Bai, although your second sister is in custody, she has not suffered. Our detention is also a form of protection for her." Brother Zhao said.
Zhou Yubai frowned.
The Zhang family...will not let my second sister go.
"I'll go to Zhang's house with you guys, Brother Zhao. You find a stranger, and while I go to look for trouble, I'll let the stranger talk to the people watching the excitement. Maybe he can learn some words from the villagers that are different from the Zhang family." Zhou Yubai said.
"Okay." Brother Zhao nodded. "You are injured all over, so it won't be dangerous for you to go there. Let Qi Chuan go with you."
"Okay." Zhou Yubai went to the backyard and called Gu Qichuan, and simply said that his second sister had something to do and had to go to that village.
Gu Qichuan looked at Niu Niu.
"I'll go call Ruirui back early."
"Where are Ah Li and Song Que?" Gu Qichuan asked.
"We went to the mountains to play." Zhou Yubai replied, "Aren't you familiar with Song Que?"
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