Several thugs begged the two men desperately.
The little yellow-haired middle-aged man clasped his fists and said, "Comrades, I really ask you to think of a way to get Brother Yan out quickly."
Little Green Hair cried, "He can't possibly kill his own family, he's such a good person."
"He taught us street dancing and helped us, the unsuccessful guys, get commercial performances and make money."
"Brother Yan didn't take any money himself, but used his share to give to my grandma to buy medicine."
Xia Zhining and Ji Shuyun looked at each other and saw the complexity and solemnity in each other's eyes.
Xia Zhining nodded: "We will try our best."
Xia Zhining and Ji Shuyun went to several dance practice places mentioned by the gangsters, and found that they were all open-air places such as woods and lawns.
There were no surveillance cameras installed in these places, so they had no way of determining when exactly Yan came or how long he stayed there, and naturally, they could not find any evidence to prove his innocence.
It was almost dusk at this time. Xia Zhining picked up the little crow and returned to the scene of the crime in Jiuyan River with Ji Shuyun.
Ji Shuyun also brought a bucket of small fish that Xia Zhining bought at the market as a reward for the water birds by the river.
The Jiuyan River looked particularly deserted at dusk, as there was not a single person in sight due to a murder.
The area where Professor Xu's body was found is still surrounded by a cordon.
Xia Zhining fed the little crow in the cage while humming, "Boss Crow, this is the situation of the case. Can you help find a witness?"
Xia Zhining was already prepared for Boss Ya to make another fortune from her.
Unexpectedly, Boss Crow just flapped his wings in a cool manner.
[Stand here and don't move. I'll use my connections to ask for you.]
Xia Zhining was curious. Has Boss Ya changed his personality and is no longer greedy for money?
"Do you have any connections on the riverside?"
The crow boss was using his power to bully others, and he said arrogantly: "My big brother, the golden eagle, flies everywhere. Anyone who sees these little water birds by the river has to kneel down and beg for mercy."
Xia Zhining squatted down and gently poked Boss Crow's round chest with her fingertips: "That's right, my brother said that the body might have floated here from downstream. You can ask along this river downstream~"
Boss Crow immediately turned his head away, folding his wings across his chest: [Humph! You still need to tell me such a simple thing! I already knew it!]
Its small black eyes blinked, trying to discern the direction of the river's flow, and then it asked proudly: "Which way is upstream and which way is downstream? Why don't you tell me clearly?"
"Yes, yes, I was wrong."
Xia Zhining held back her laughter and pointed it in the direction of the river downstream.
The crow flew toward the river with its head held high. After a few steps, it suddenly turned back and said, "...Um...remember to prepare some bird seed biscuits! I want the new flavors."
[It's not the boss who wants to eat it! I'm planning to give it to my employees as a reward.]
Wow, Boss Crow actually has employees?
Looking at its pretending to be arrogant but actually cheerful little figure, Xia Zhining finally couldn't help laughing out loud: "Zhilila, the tsundere~"
While waiting for news from Boss Ya, Xia Zhining and Ji Shuyun stood by the river, and the water reflected their facial features which were somewhat similar.
Xia Zhining leaned over the railing and couldn't help asking, "Brother, you haven't told me about my parents yet?"
After Ji Shuyun was seconded to the Municipal Bureau, he was so busy that he was nowhere to be seen. Xia Zhining had a lot of questions that she wanted to ask, but they were all stuck in her heart.
Now I finally have a break to ask properly.
When talking about his parents, Ji Shuyun's tone became a little depressed: "Our father's name is Ji Yanqing. He was an ordinary police officer. The cemetery is fifty kilometers away. I will take you to pay your respects when I have leave."
"My mother's surname was Xia, and I think her name was Xia Tang. She was very educated, but she left when I was six, and my father didn't know where she went."
When Xia Zhining heard her mother's surname was Xia, she couldn't help but ask, "Then is our mother related to the Xia family in Jiangcheng?"
Ji Shuyun shook his head: "No, it's just that we have the same last name, which is probably one of the reasons why the baby was taken away by mistake."
There was regret on Xia Zhining's face.
Ji Shuyun added, "My mother left behind some manuscripts, and I kept them in a bank safe for fear of losing them. I can't read the characters in the manuscripts, but there are some hand-drawn pictures, including animal skeletons and cell diagrams."
"I feel like you might understand. This case is closed. I'll take you to see it."
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