Seeing that she didn't speak, Gong Linglong rolled her eyes again, but her attitude towards Wang Gongan was much better. "Comrade Gongan, Meng Xiaoying and I have different personalities and temperaments. We always argue every time we meet. I admit this. However, if you say that she was seriously injured yesterday, I don't admit it. If the Meng family wants to put this on me, then they need to produce evidence."
"Tell me first, what conflicts did you have with Meng Xiaoying?" Wang Gongan said as he began to prepare to record.
"Actually, we didn't clash that often. I'd only been in Seoul for about three months. I first met her the day after I got married and joined the army. That day, she..."
When she finished, Wang Gongan frowned and asked, "That's all?"
"Yeah, that's all. We've only met a few times, but every time she sees me, she screams like a madman, as if I owe her millions."
Gong Linglong's expression was just right, one of confusion and frustration. She then turned to Mother Meng, "Yesterday at the entrance of the nursing home, your daughter screamed for no apparent reason when she saw me. You and your wife were there, so you should have seen it all. I didn't provoke her, I didn't even speak to her. It was she who went crazy for no reason when she saw me."
"Why are you talking so much? We are now investigating the beating of Xiaoying." Meng's mother said with a stern face.
"Now it's Public Security Wang who's asking me, and I'm just answering truthfully."
Gong Linglong curled her lips and rolled her eyes expertly, "Given your daughter's temper and her tendency to meddle in other people's affairs, as well as all the shady things she did in the art troupe, there are probably a lot of people who hate her."
At this point, he stabbed the Meng family's weak spot again: "Also, she was expelled from the art troupe this time mainly because she was colluding with enemy spies."
"Gao Xuemei was shot dead, and many of her followers were arrested, but there are always a few who slipped through the net."
"I heard that the Gao family has been breaking the law and discipline, and the whole family is not clean. When your relative Yu Zhen was being investigated by the army, he took vengeance against the Gao family. He exposed a lot of the evidence of their crimes. Maybe these people who slipped through the net are taking revenge on you behind the scenes."
Secretary Yan echoed this, "Comrade Xiao, Gong Linglong's words are not without reason. It wasn't just your daughter who was injured yesterday, but also Comrade Yu Nan from the Yu family. The Yu family's affairs involve enemy spies, and this is a very complicated matter that can't be explained in a few words. Perhaps your daughter was implicated by the Yu family yesterday."
Meng Mu had never considered this before, and now she was a little shaken, but there were only two groups of people taking action.
Yesterday, Yu Nan had just splashed water on Bai Shuixian, and Xiaoying had just had a quarrel with Gong Linglong, and now they were both retaliated against. The timing was too coincidental. She had a hunch that it had something to do with them, mother and daughter.
"Where was your mother yesterday afternoon?"
Mother Meng suddenly changed the subject. Gong Linglong pretended to be stunned and did not answer the question. Instead, she asked, "Why are you asking my mother?"
"Just answer the questions I ask you." Meng's mother was very dissatisfied with her attitude.
"You asked me to answer, so I answered. Who are you to question me?"
Gong Linglong wasn't one to be naive, and she even took the opportunity to quip, "I finally understand. Meng Xiaoying inherited her condescending attitude from you. You, her biological mother, taught her by example, and you've spoiled her to the point of being willful and arrogant."
Meng Mu had never been scolded in public like this before. She was so angry that her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys ached. She couldn't suppress her anger, but she said, "You talk too much nonsense."
"If you don't want to talk nonsense with me, you can leave. I'm not keeping you."
Gong Linglong rolled her eyes at her again, ignoring her flushed face, and said to Wang Gongan, "Comrade Gongan, do you have any other questions?"
"Can you tell me about your mother?" asked Wang Gongan.
"My mother works in a nursing home near East Lake Park. She's learned some basic medical skills before, and her main job is to give massages and cupping to the old leaders."
"Where was she yesterday?" Wang Gongan repeated Meng's mother's question.
"She was working at the nursing home yesterday morning, and I met her at noon to deliver something. Around one o'clock, my mother suddenly came to my office. She said that after lunch with a colleague, while they were washing dishes, one of them accidentally fell and spilled a bowl of boiling water on her hands."
"She works with her hands, and her hands were burned so she couldn't work. The nursing home leader granted her leave and let her go home to rest for a few days."
"After my mother came over, I asked her to take a nap in the warehouse behind. She slept for more than an hour, then couldn't help helping other colleagues count supplies. She went home with me after I got off work and is now in the military family compound in Seoul."
When she finished, Director Yang and the other leaders of the Civil Affairs Department all nodded: "Yes, her mother, Comrade Bai Shuixian, was with us yesterday afternoon. We can all testify."
"Comrade Public Security, I have quarreled with Meng Xiaoying, but my mother has never quarreled with her, not even a word." Gong Linglong continued to emphasize this point.
Wang Gongan nodded and asked Meng's mother, "Comrade Xiao, why did you ask about her mother's whereabouts just now?"
Mother Meng said with a stern face, "Yesterday afternoon, Yu Nan accidentally burned her mother's hand."
She only said half of what she said. The other half was naturally that she suspected Bai Shuixian was taking revenge on Yu Nan.
Gong Linglong smiled upon hearing her words, but her smile lacked any hint of amusement, and her voice rose unconsciously. "So, you said this man named Yu Nan scalded my mother, and then she and your daughter were beaten severely. You suspect it was us, mother and daughter, who did it, right?"
Meng Mu did not respond, her silence was tantamount to consent.
"Okay, if you doubt it, then doubt it."
Gong Linglong sneered and made her attitude clear. "You, the Meng family, have the right to be suspicious. Whether you call the police or conduct a private investigation, we will cooperate where necessary."
"But, there is something ugly I want to say first."
"Any case requires evidence. If you, the Meng family, cannot produce solid evidence and you wantonly slander us mother and daughter and damage our reputation, then I will also seek justice."
"Also, let me remind you that I'm not only a civil servant in the civil affairs department, I'm also a military wife."
"When the Meng family investigates this matter, you'd better consider my dual identity. Whether you report it to the police or conduct a private investigation, please inform my unit and military leadership before sending me to cooperate."
Meng Mu hadn't seen such a powerful young man for a long time. She didn't know whether to advance or retreat, and she was so angry that her stomach hurt.
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