Unlike Lin Zhe's nervousness and panic, Song Zhanjin's expression was very calm.
He was watching and waiting.
He wanted to know how Lin Zhe would react next.
Should he blindly condemn Wu Biyun in anger and put all the blame on Wu Biyun for Cui Wentao's disappearance, or should he solve the problem rationally and calmly?
Lin Zhe stared at Wu Biyun with an angry expression and his lips moving, and words of condemnation seemed to be on the tip of his tongue.
But suddenly, he discovered something unusual.
"Wu Biyun, what's wrong with your face?"
Wu Biyun was slapped by the gangsters. Her face was red, swollen and broken, and even one of her corneas was congested. There were red marks on her neck from being pinched.
Lin Zhe's expression suddenly changed.
"Is someone bullying you?"
There was a little more appreciation in Song Zhanjin's eyes when he looked at Lin Zhe.
This man was not blinded by love, and did not shift the blame to the victim Wu Biyun without asking whether he was right or wrong.
But on second thought, Song Zhanjin felt that all this was reasonable.
After all, they are Lin Wanjun's parents. After all, they gave birth to such an outstanding daughter. How bad could they be?
Just then, there was a noise coming from downstairs, and Song Zhanjin stood at the window and looked down.
"The people have arrived!"
I saw more than a dozen people gathered downstairs.
There were three public security comrades from the town police station, Du Jianwu, the director of Hanyang Commune, and several commune cadres, the head of the Youth League Office, and several Youth League members.
Seeing such a grand scene, Lin Zhe was confused.
"What happened? Why are there so many people here in the middle of the night?"
Song Zhanjin smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled.
"Isn't your fiancée missing? Let's help you find her!"
Hearing this, Lin Zhe no longer hesitated, turned around and quickly went downstairs.
"Comrade Song!"
Just as Song Zhanjin was about to go out, Wu Biyun stopped him.
"Can you...keep this a secret?"
Song Zhanjin frowned slightly.
"Are you worried about your reputation if it gets out? But you should know that if you don't tell the truth, those criminals will go unpunished, and they might harm even more people in the future."
Wu Biyun hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'm saying, don't drag Cui Wentao into this. Just say I was the only one there when the incident happened. I will stand up and accuse them of their crimes, and I will not let any of them off!"
"Why?"
Song Zhanjin was a little confused.
If we tell the truth, Cui Wentao is the witness and she can fully prove that Wu Biyun was not actually violated and she is still innocent.
But if there were no witnesses, and the news got out, the rumors would drown Wu Biyun.
"She's...getting married soon."
Wu Biyun said in a low voice.
Song Zhanjin looked at him expressionlessly for a while, then suddenly said, "Go out and wait for a moment."
After Wu Biyun left, Song Zhanjin held Lin Wanjun's hand.
"Junjun, tell me, should I listen to her? Should I let her bear all this alone?"
He said, "I tend to tell the truth, let everyone know the truth, let Lin Zhe know what kind of person his fiancée is."
"Junjun, if you support my idea, just move your fingers and tap my palm twice."
After a short wait, Lin Wanjun raised her fingers slightly, slowly and clearly tapped Song Zhanjin's palm twice, and finally, held his hand.
Song Zhanjin gently kissed Lin Wanjun's lips.
"I know! Wait until I get back!"
Soon, Song Zhanjin and his men found the shack.
Song Zhanjin came from the military, and the knots he tied were extremely strong and difficult to untie. These criminals almost twisted themselves into a pretzel, but still couldn't break free from the ropes.
When they saw the police comrades in police uniform coming in, several people showed expressions of despair and fear on their faces.
They knew it was over.
Song Zhanjin described what happened in detail.
From the time he followed Cui Wentao and Wu Biyun out of the county, from the time Cui Wentao insisted on taking a shortcut, from the time the criminals kidnapped two girls, from the time Cui Wentao asked Wu Biyun to suffer in his place...
Song Zhanjin described the facts objectively and in detail, without any personal feelings because it had nothing to do with him.
The public security comrades temporarily interrogated several criminals and confirmed that what Song Zhanjin said was true.
Lin Zhe stood precariously in the corner of the shack, his face pale with disappointment.
In his heart, Xiaowen is a weak and kind girl. She is reluctant to even step on an ant to death, but forces her best friend to take the blame for her.
What disappointed him most was that when Song Zhanjin subdued the criminals alone, and when Cui Wentao mistakenly thought that it was her fiancé coming to save her, she still chose to escape alone.
Lin Zhe is a person who has a clear distinction between love and hate.
At the beginning, the reason he fell in love with Cui Wentao was her kindness and love, as well as her seemingly weak but tough character. She attracted him deeply.
But now…
"Wu Biyun risked her life to turn back and save me, but Cui Wentao ran off on his own. So after dealing with those bastards, I had no choice but to take Wu Biyun back with me."
Song Zhanjin spread his hands with a mocking smile on his face.
"She ran away on her own. Who knows where she went?"
The public security comrades were divided into two teams. One team, assisted by Du Jianwu and others, took the criminals back to the police station for further interrogation, while the other team searched for the missing Cui Wentao.
Several representatives of the educated youth heard the whole story.
In their minds, Cui Wentao is like a goddess, so high and mighty that they dare not even blaspheme her.
But now, the goddess has fallen from the altar to the dust, not only vulgar, but even selfish.
"Cui Wentao is so stupid! If she hadn't said anything, with Wu Biyun's intelligence, she might have helped them escape!"
"That's right. She caused trouble herself, and ended up having Wu Biyun take the blame. Oh my god, I feel so heartbroken and disappointed for Wu Biyun!"
"Lin Zhe still treasures Cui Wentao? I wouldn't even want a woman like that, even if she offered to pay me!"
…
The educated youth were all young people, and they were all impatient. They were looking for Cui Wentao while whispering to each other.
There was no way Lin Zhe couldn't have heard it.
He frowned and said nothing, just searching for Cui Wentao with a flashlight.
Everyone else was searching frantically, except Song Zhanjin, who was following the team and walking slowly forward.
It snowed heavily all night and finally stopped at dawn.
No matter how everyone called Cui Wentao's name, she never responded.
"Will you encounter any wild animals?"
"Did he fall into a hunting trap?"
…
The cold and tired educated youth sat outside a dilapidated cave, panting and gnawing on cold steamed buns that had frozen into ice cubes.
"That shouldn't be the case. We're so loud, there's no way Cui Wentao wouldn't hear us if he's still alive!"
Lin Zhe had a look of despair and pain on his face. He walked through knee-deep snow searching everywhere, calling out Cui Wentao's name heartbreakingly.
His voice echoed among the trees, drifting far away, but all he got was dead silence.
Lin Zhe squatted on the ground in despair, holding his head in pain.
Originally, he was full of disappointment and anger at Cui Wentao's selfish behavior, but as she disappeared for longer and longer, his anger turned into tension and heartache.
He even thought that as long as Cui Wentao could be safe and sound, he could forgive her for anything!
Song Zhanjin, who had been silent all the time, walked around the educated youth and walked straight into the depths of the cave with a cold face.
"Cui Wentao, how long do you plan to hide?"
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