For two days, Fan Hua and Geng Ailing stayed home, concentrating on completing orders. As they were busy, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
Geng Ailing stood up puzzled and asked as she walked towards the door, "Who is it?"
A man's voice rang out from outside the room: "I'm from the Fourth Road Public Security Bureau!"
When Geng Ailing heard what she guessed, she immediately opened the door.
I saw a young man in a police uniform standing outside the house.
"Excuse me, is this the home of Geng Ailing and Fan Lihua?" asked police officer Xiao Yang.
Geng Ailing nodded, and Fan Hua also came out and stood beside Geng Ailing.
"I'm from the 4th Road Public Security Bureau. A few days ago, you went to the bureau to report that a thief had stolen 103 yuan, correct?"
Geng Ailing nodded rapidly, "Yes, yes! Public Security Comrade, has the thief been caught?"
"He's been caught and the money has been recovered. Count it and see if the number is right!" Police officer Xiao Yang took out a handful of money from his pocket and handed it to Geng Ailing.
Geng Ailing excitedly took it and gave it directly to Fan Hua, "Lihua, use your brain, you count!"
Fan Hua didn't hesitate and took the money and counted it. It was exactly one hundred and three yuan.
"No problem, it's exactly 103 yuan. Thank you for your hard work, public security comrades!" Fan Hua said.
"Are you Comrade Fan Hua? Our Director Xie said you're very good at portrait painting. Would you mind painting another one for me?"
"Thank you, Director?" Fan Hua was a little surprised. Could it be that the man who looked a bit like a bureau chief last time was really the director!
"Yes, you met him the last time you went to the Public Security Bureau. If Director Xie hadn't injured his leg, he would have come here in person the next day."
Fan Hua didn't think they were so confident as to invite the director to come to her house in person to give her money. The main point might be that they wanted her to help paint their portrait!
So he nodded and said, "No problem, but I don't know who you want me to help draw?"
"Don't ask any more questions. We won't let you help us. The bureau will give you ten coins as a reward!"
Ten yuan for this was really a lot of money. It was obvious that the person she was asked to draw was definitely not an ordinary person. Adhering to the principle that the more she knew, the more dangerous it was, Fan Hua immediately shut her mouth and stopped asking questions, nodding in agreement.
"No problem, I can help draw!"
Public security officer Xiao Yang saw Fan Hua nod and said, "Then Comrade Fan, please come with me now, thank you for your hard work!"
Seeing this, Geng Ailing immediately said that she wanted to go too, "I want to go with Lihua too!"
She was really worried about Fan Hua, a pregnant woman, going to the police station alone.
Xiao Yang thought about it and decided that it wouldn't make any difference if he brought one more person, so he nodded and agreed.
After a quick packing, they followed Xiao Yang to the prison where the prisoners were kept. It was Fan Hua and Geng Ailing's first time in the prison, so they looked around curiously. As they were looking, they heard a familiar voice...
"Comrade Geng, Comrade Fan, thank you for taking the trouble to come here!" The person who spoke was Director Xie Yongliang.
Now that Fan Hua knew the other person was the director, she immediately greeted him politely: "Thank you, Director!"
Although Geng Ailing hadn't seen much of the world, she knew the director was a high-ranking official and needed to be polite, so she immediately flattered him: "So you're the director! No wonder you're so magnanimous. Thank you so much, Director, for helping us recover the money so quickly! You're truly amazing!"
Xie Yongliang smiled and teased: "You didn't speak to me angrily this time!"
When Geng Ailing heard this, she immediately blushed in embarrassment when she remembered her attitude when she went to report the case because she was too angry last time.
"I'm sorry, Director Xie. Last time I was just too angry because the thief was too angry... so I spoke..." Geng Ailing's voice became smaller and smaller as she spoke, and she returned to her usual unconfident appearance.
"It's okay, I understand." Xie Yongliang interrupted Geng Ailing and said with a smile.
After saying that, he ordered Xiao Yang beside him, "Go and bring the person over!"
After a while, Xiao Yang came over with a man. The man was in his forties, looked depressed, and was handcuffed. He sat across the table from Fan Hua and the others.
Xie Yongliang said in a cold and intimidating tone: "Describe the man's appearance in detail!"
The man said nothing and obediently described a person's appearance...
Fan Hua listened carefully and began to draw on paper according to the man's description. After several revisions, the man opposite her finally nodded excitedly: "Yes, that's what it looks like!"
Xie Yongliang took the painting from Fan Hua's hand and looked at it carefully for a while before nodding to Officer Xiao Yang, "Take the man away!"
After Xiao Yang came back, Xie Yongliang put down the painting in his hand, took out ten coins from his pocket and handed it to Fan Hua, saying gently: "Comrade Fan, thank you very much today. This is your reward. You may need your help in similar tasks in the future!"
Fan Hua accepted the reward without hesitation and said with a smile, "Thank you, Director, for your kindness. I'm glad to be of help!"
"Xiao Yang, go and see these two comrades out!"
Xiao Yang immediately nodded in agreement and took Fan Hua out.
On the way out, Fan Hua said to Geng Ailing in a good mood: "Sister Ailing, I've been busy at home these two days. The money we lost yesterday has returned to you, and we've earned an extra ten yuan. Let's go get something to eat!"
After hearing what Fan Hua said, Geng Ailing stopped being stingy and said happily, "Okay, let's go get something delicious to celebrate!"
So they kept coming to the state-owned restaurant downstairs, but they ran into their next-door neighbors Zhang Shaoyuan and Su Wen.
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