Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

The police asked Qian Meijuan again: "What's your name?"

Qian Meijuan said truthfully: "My name is Qian Meijuan. Uncle policeman, we are not bad people. My dad was afraid that we would not have enough money to take a bus back to the train station, so he wanted them to give us a few dollars off. We don't know the way back to the train station, so we can only take a bus..."

"Luojiagou, Qian Meijuan? Isn't your father's surname Wang?" the police asked.

Only then did Qian Meijuan realize that she had let the cat out of the bag. The diners were now watching the excitement with great interest, and some diners had made important discoveries from this scattered information.

"The recent death row inmate for child trafficking must be from Luojiagou, right?" a diner mentioned.

"Yes, they are from Luojiagou, and their surname is also Qian. Could this family be relatives of the death row inmate?"

"It's almost certain. This place is called Luojiagou. All those with the surname Luo are from the same family. There are very few people with other surnames, and they are basically all from the same family..."

"Look at that middle-aged man. Does he look like the death row inmate?"

"Now that you mention it, it's true. The death row inmate looks pretty normal in the photo. He looks about 80% like these people!"

"Who did they say they were going to the provincial capital to seek refuge with? They were talking about the Jinfeng Garment Factory, right?"

"Yes, Jinfeng Garment Factory. That factory has been advertising on TV. My wife said that their clothes are of good quality and fashionable. She even bought two pieces of clothes from that store in the north of our city a few days ago!"

"I don't know how he made his fortune. Maybe he used the dirty money from selling his children. Don't buy clothes there anymore."

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The diners were discussing more and more topics, and the topics were getting more and more far-fetched. Seeing their identities exposed, the Qian family members stood there and dared not say a word.

Especially old man Qian, who has been a henpecked husband all his life and is very timid and fearful. Now he is hiding behind his son with his legs trembling. He is so scared by the discussions, condemnations and curses of the diners that he has urinated.

It is now deep winter and students are going on winter vacation. The weather is cold and everyone wears thick clothes.

Old man Qian was wearing long johns, big cotton trousers and outer trousers. When he peed in his trousers, a warm current turned cold in a moment. The trousers were dark in color, so there was no visible trace of urine from the outside.

But whoever is suffering from this matter knows it. Old man Qian was already panic-stricken and frightened, and now he was wearing cold, wet pants, so he was shaking uncontrollably, and soon he could not stand and fell to the ground.

The police felt that the matter could not continue to be argued in the Huimin Hotel, so they had to take these people away first.

They went up to check on Old Man Qian and found that he had wet his pants.

Qian Jincai finally found an excuse and pleaded with the police: "Comrade police, my father is in poor health. If he gets scared and something happens to him, it will be troublesome for everyone. How about this, we give him the meal money and let us go?"

The policeman said, "It looks like the old man is fine. How about this, where do you live? I'll go with you and compensate the restaurant for its losses. You just want to pay for the meal, that's definitely not okay."

Sun Qi followed up on the policeman and said, "Why don't I go with you? We won't ask for more than the meal fee, the loss of the store, and the loss of our business. Just give us 600 yuan and we'll let it go. As for the other things, they have nothing to do with us!"

Although the Qian family was not satisfied with the amount of compensation Sun Qi asked for, the old man Qian, wearing wet pants, could not stand for long in such a cold weather. He was so nervous that he even had difficulty walking. It seemed that he would have to be carried back by his son or grandson.

Besides, everyone in the store had guessed their identities, so they couldn't stay here for too long. The Qian family knew how the villagers evaluated the death sentence of Qian Laoer.

These city people are more likely to hold on to them, and then they will inevitably suffer more humiliation and physical pain.

After weighing the pros and cons, Qian Jincai could only admit that he had bad luck, and left the restaurant in disgrace amid the diners' condemnation.

As for Old Man Qian, he was reluctantly carried on the back of the strong Qian Longbin.

They went out and took a taxi. Sun Qi and two policemen followed closely behind in the same car.

More than 20 minutes later, two cars stopped in front of a hotel on Zhanqian Street. A group of people entered the door and went up to the second floor in a grand manner.

At this time, Mrs. Qian was lying on the bed watching TV. When she heard the noise outside, she hurried to open the door. She found that in addition to her family, there were also people in uniform. Her old man was carried back by his grandson.

Old Mrs. Qian was so flustered that she didn't even bother to ask what was going on. She hurried to help Old Man Qian: "Old man, what happened to you?"

Old man Qian was too embarrassed to speak in front of so many people, Qian Longbin said angrily: "Grandma, my grandpa has peed his pants, let him change his pants first!"

As he spoke, he put Old Man Qian heavily on the bed and let out a long sigh.

Qian Jincai wanted to send the police and Sun Qi away quickly. He didn't bother to let Old Man Qian deal with his personal problems first, and directly said to Old Lady Qian: "Mom, we ran into something and have to pay them 600 yuan. You give the money first..."

"What, six hundred yuan? Who are you giving it to? Did you get scammed?" Old Mrs. Qian asked excitedly.

"No, no, don't ask first, just give me the money!" Qian Jincai said hesitantly.

Old Mrs. Qian has always been very careful with her money and would never spend it on outsiders without any clear explanation. How could she give money so readily?

She was not so scared when facing the police. She was a 70-year-old old lady and had not caused any trouble or committed any crime. What could the police do to her?

"If you don't explain things clearly today, don't expect me to give you a penny. You guys in big hats think we are not from the city and want to bully us? My son is afraid of you, but I, an old lady, am not!" Old Mrs. Qian spoke with full confidence and made it clear to the two policemen.

When the police saw the old lady like this, they knew she was a tough guy. They didn't waste time talking to her, but said to Qian Jincai: "Explain to the old lady why she has to pay this money. Pay the money quickly and solve the problem. Don't waste our time."

He paused, then continued, "By the way, take out your ID card. We need to register."

Qian Jincai could only pull Old Lady Qian aside and whispered the whole story to her. Old Lady Qian was so angry that she wanted to hit someone.

None of the three grown men in the family is really capable. This family cannot function without her.

Although she didn't want to give the money, she was afraid that the matter would get out of hand, so she turned her back, untied the cloth strip tied around her waist, took out 600 yuan from the small pocket on her underwear, and handed it to Qian Jincai. Qian Jincai then handed the money to Sun Qi.

The policeman asked again: "ID card!"

It seemed that he could not avoid the identity check, so he had to take out his ID card from his bag and let the police register it.

The police officer looked at the black and white portrait and name above and said, "Qian Jincai! What's his relationship with Qian Jindou? Are they really from the same family?"

When they heard the police mention the name "Qian Jindou", they were so nervous that they dared not speak. Even the old lady Qian, who had been so arrogant just now, bowed her head and dared not say anything.

The police immediately confirmed the relationship between this family and Qian Jindou, and asked solemnly: "Did you have any involvement in his affairs?"

"No, no, absolutely not. He hasn't come home for several years, and we don't know what he is doing outside!" The Qian family denied in unison.

"Since it has nothing to do with him, why were you so nervous in the hotel just now?" the police asked again.

Qian Jincai said hurriedly: "We are afraid of being implicated by him. We are all innocent. Police comrade, you have to believe us..."

The policeman replied: "Then why are you and your family moving to the provincial capital now?"

The Qian family could only answer truthfully: "Because of Qian Jindou's incident, the villagers kept coming to our house to make trouble. We couldn't stay in the village any longer, so we left..."

After the police completed the registration, they did not make things difficult for them. They only told them to obey the law and be good people, and then left with Sun Qi.

After those people left, Qian Meijuan's heart-wrenching cries were heard from the hotel room. The one who beat her was old lady Qian. Because she heard that Qian Meijuan had let the cat out of the bag about the family affairs, she put all the blame on Qian Meijuan.

None of the three big men in the Qian family spoke up to say a fair word for Qian Meijuan, and they tacitly acknowledged that this disaster was caused by Qian Meijuan alone.