After closing the kitchen door, Li Guiying rubbed her eyes and prepared to go back to the bedroom for a nap.
In addition to the kitchen, her bungalow has three other rooms. She and her family live in two of them, and the remaining one is rented to a cook.
At this moment, the cook who had disappeared for two days just came back from outside.
Looking haggard.
Most of his face was covered by a white mask, leaving only a pair of bloodshot eyes.
Their eyes met, and Li Guiying was the first to greet him, "You're back? What's wrong with your face?"
"It's nothing. I just have a little allergic reaction in my nose."
The other person's voice was rough, completely different from the one he had used before.
If it weren't for the bloodshot triangular eyes and the same stature as before, she would have thought it was someone else based on the voice.
Li Guiying nodded without further greeting.
But the other party stopped her and said, "Wait, was that person the new tenant?"
"Oh, you mean Xiao Meng? She rented the kitchen for a week because her husband is hospitalized in the People's Hospital."
There are two hospitals nearby, the one to the east is the People's Hospital.
To the west is the military hospital, which is not open to the public.
When renting the kitchen, the other party did not specify which hospital it was, so Li Guiying assumed it was the People's Hospital.
When Meng Zhen returned to the hospital, it was already past eight in the morning.
After having breakfast with Liu Yuzhou, Meng Zhen went directly to Friendship Shopping Mall.
Buy two sets of clothes for your husband, as well as underwear, socks, and various daily necessities...
When she came out, she was carrying two big bags in her hands. She had spent all the deposits for clothes and bags that she had just received two days ago.
Inside the military hospital ward.
Zhao Wei and Xiao Zhang just arrived and came here today to take a supplementary statement.
The short man who fainted and was arrested yesterday woke up, but he was very cunning. He insisted that he just wanted to get to know the female comrade who was taking pictures, but he didn't expect that the other party would hit him with an electric baton.
In fact, he himself became a victim.
Apart from a hemp rope, no other tools were found on him.
Hemp rope is a very common thing, and there is no way to prove that he had a motive for committing the crime.
What's even more unfavorable is that the short man said that he didn't know his escaping companion at all.
This is a bit messed up, the case has come to a standstill.
I know the other person is lying, but I can't do anything about it.
Moreover, both soft and hard tactics were used during the interrogation, but that person was really tough and could withstand it.
The only way to break through now is to catch the one who escaped, interrogate him separately, and defeat him one by one.
Zhao Wei had already taken separate statements from Zhou Xinyue and Liu Yajing yesterday.
The former said that Meng Zhen had photos of human traffickers, but the latter said he had never seen the photos.
Catching criminals in the 1980s was already difficult. Coupled with inconvenient transportation and lack of information, criminals could easily find a remote mountain village to hide and survive for decades.
If we have a photo, we can at least put a wanted notice in the newspaper to increase the chances of catching the criminal.
So the key issue now lies with Meng Zhen. Can he provide photos of the human traffickers?
Zhao Wei told Liu Yuzhou about the current progress of the case.
While they were discussing the photos, Meng Zhen just happened to come in carrying two large bags.
"Officer Zhao, Officer Xiao Zhang."
Meng Zhen put the things on the table and greeted with a smile.
They both called out, "Sister-in-law."
Zhao Wei took a look at the two bags on the table and thought, wow, my sister-in-law really knows how to live.
Before he could finish this thought, he saw Meng Zhen taking out the things in the bag one by one.
I bought shirts, trousers... everything from head to toe.
Every time Zhao Wei picked up something, his heart trembled.
To be precise, I was trembling for my friend.
They are all high-end goods sold by Friendship Department Store that do not require cloth coupons.
This will cost several hundred dollars, right?
Even if one is born in a family as wealthy as Zhao Wei, a few hundred yuan is not a small amount of money.
His mother compares prices from three different stores before buying a bottle of soy sauce. She is very thrifty. But any piece of clothing my sister-in-law buys is a high-end item from Friendship Department Store.
It turns out that beautiful lesbians are not something that ordinary people can afford.
Zhao Wei secretly glanced at Liu Yuzhou on the bed, only to see that he was calm and composed, without even a frown on his face.
It seemed as if he was accustomed to his wife's consumption level.
Zhao Wei watched Meng Zhen busy for a while before retracting his gaze and getting straight to the point: "Sister-in-law, we came to you today to make up a statement."
Meng Zhen understood: "I'm available anytime. Do you need to go to a separate room or stay here?"
Zhao Wei didn't dare to call the person away alone, so he pointed to the chair opposite and said, "Just here."
Although it was a bit against the rules, the person on the hospital bed said nothing, but his oppressive gaze was always on him.
During the record-taking period.
After Zhao Wei asked a few customary questions, he changed the subject: "Sister-in-law, I heard you produced a photo of two human traffickers? And you even wrote a plan on the back of the photo about how to escape?"
Meng Zhen's beautiful eyes immediately revealed a hint of regret. "Actually, that wasn't a photo of a human trafficker at all. I found it near a photo studio a while ago. It might have been accidentally thrown away by a customer who had just picked up their photos. I didn't expect it to be useful so soon."
What is coming will eventually come, and she knew that she couldn't get around the photo.
That photo definitely can't be handed over. Once the source is traced back, not only will it be difficult to explain, but it could also easily set itself up for failure.
She remembered that Zhou Xinyue and the others only briefly looked at the front of the photo, but after hearing her reminder, their attention immediately shifted to the words on the back.
Hearing that the clues to the photo were broken, Xiao Zhang was a little discouraged:
"Well, without a photo, finding someone is probably like looking for a needle in a haystack."
Zhao Wei didn't say anything, but there was a hint of loss in his eyes.
Meng Zhen looked at the two men's lost expressions, stood up, and took out two sketches from his canvas pocket:
"I'm not finished yet. I don't have a photo, but here's a sketch I drew of those two people yesterday. Maybe it can help you."
There are twists and turns.
There is light at the end of the tunnel.
Zhao Wei's eyes lit up and he quickly reached out to take it.
Wow, this sketch is like an enlarged version of a photo, the facial features are very clear.
The two people's appearances are portrayed vividly.
Seeing this, Zhao Wei and Xiao Zhang shouted: "Thank you, sister-in-law!"
Meng Zhen waved his hand: "I hope you can catch that man soon."
After getting the sketch, Zhao Wei and Xiao Zhang did not stay long. They hurried back to the bureau and asked their colleagues from the reconnaissance department to help them look for the person.
After the two left, Meng Zhen felt relieved, finally he had gotten away with it.
Zhao Wei didn't ask any of the questions she was afraid of.
For example, concentrated sulfuric acid and electric batons.
It was estimated that the two men had little experience in criminal investigation and were focused on the suspect's photo, but ignored what happened to her.
Just as I came to my senses, I heard the serious voice of the man next to me:
"Why are you carrying an electric baton? And what about the concentrated sulfuric acid? I don't remember seeing it on you.
Zhao Wei is my friend, so I can help you deal with it this time, but I hope to know the truth."
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