heart poison

When Hua Chong pushed open the door of the inquiry room, Yuan Hao, who was temporarily called by Liu Zhiqin to listen in, just dragged his chair and sat down.

Liu Zhiqin frowned slightly, "Why don't you sleep for a while?"

This questioning room is not big, and the small sobs are loud and harsh.Hua Chong looked at the crying woman opposite, and the man who kept comforting her, swallowed back the words "I was woken up", and said only: "I'll come and take a look."

"Then I'm going back?" Yuan Hao stood up, wanting to give the chair to Hua Chong.

"Sit down." Hua Chong tapped his temple, "Just get up, stand for a while to refresh yourself."

"I still have to go back and watch the surveillance, our technical investigation team is all working overtime!" Yuan Hao said and walked towards the door, "Your Brother Xiaoliu dragged me to be his recorder, and I will go back when you come."

your home……

The combination of two simple words seems to have a chemical reaction.Hua Chong subconsciously glanced at Liu Zhiqin, and saw that Liu Zhiqin was also looking at him.

In the next second, the two tacitly looked away.

Yuan Hao didn't know the disturbance caused by his words, so he left after speaking, closing the door neatly.

Hua Chong sat down, did not communicate with Liu Zhiqin, and looked at the couple who had just experienced the pain of bereavement.

The woman looked young, not quite like the mother of a 9-year-old child, but at this time her hair was disheveled, her face was haggard, and her eyes were red from crying. Even though the man kept comforting her in a low voice, she still couldn't calm down.

Compared with women, men are much calmer. Although there is a little sadness on their faces, the emotions don't seem to be strong.

He seemed more concerned about his wife's condition than the loss of his beloved daughter.

This is not surprising, because he is only Wang Xiangmei's stepfather, not his biological father.

Liu Zhiqin pushed a folder to the right, and Hua Chong opened it for quick browsing.

The woman's name is Wang Jiamei, 28 years old, from Lu Town, Han Province, unmarried, she brought her daughter Wang Xiangmei to Los Angeles a few years ago to work hard, and is currently doing business in the Canhua Clothing Wholesale Market in Fukang District.

The man was Qiu Han, 35 years old, a native of Los Angeles, divorced, childless, and opened a teahouse in a residential area next to the Canhua Clothing Wholesale Market.

Hua Chong's eyes fell on Wang Jiamei's age.

She is only 28 years old this year, and Wang Xiangmei is 9 years old, that is to say, she gave birth to Wang Xiangmei when she was 19 years old, and the child's father is not married to her.She raised Wang Xiangmei as an unmarried mother, but Wang Xiangmei suddenly disappeared and had been dead for 4 days when she was found.

As for this man named Qiu Han...

Hua Chong raised his head, just in time to meet Qiu Han's eyes.

Qiu Han is not handsome, not handsome, but not ugly at all, a little fat, but fortunately, his hair is not too thin.However, sitting with the petite and beautiful Wang Jiamei, just looking at the appearance alone gives people a feeling of "not matching".

Being stared at by the criminal police of the serious crime team, Qiu Han seemed a little at a loss.

He was stunned for a moment, apparently unaware that there were documents about him and Wang Jiamei in the folder in Hua Chong's hand, and explained with a little trepidation: "Actually, I am not Xiangmei's father, I am here with Jiamei today. I, We were planning to get the certificate next month..."

Wang Jiamei's sobs suddenly became louder.

Perhaps because the napkins he was carrying were used up, Qiu Han pulled out a stack of folded rolls from his pocket and said in a low voice, "Jiamei, the police are watching, they want to help us find the murderer of Xiangmei, you Stop crying now."

It would be unkind to tell a mother who has just lost her child not to cry.Liu Zhiqin sighed, took out a pack of napkins, and put it in front of Wang Jiamei.

Qiu Han hurriedly said, "Thank you, thank you!"

Hua Chong looked at the alarm records of the police station and asked, "Did you find Wang Xiangmei missing on the night of August 8? When was the last time you saw her? Where is she?"

Wang Jiamei covered her face with her hands, with tears between her fingers.

Qiu Han supported her shoulder with one hand, and clenched his other hand into a fist, putting it on the table, "The last time I saw Xiangmei was around 26:3 p.m. on the [-]th. That morning, Xiangmei went to a math cram school." , I have a holiday in the afternoon. At noon, I went to the cram school to pick up Xiangmei and had dinner at the teahouse—by the way, I run a teahouse, and Jiamei is in the clothing business. The clothing store is very busy, and the air in the shopping mall is not very good. Xiangmei usually comes to my teahouse to do homework after school."

"A teahouse, the kind where you play mahjong and poker?" Liu Zhiqin asked.

Chou Han nodded awkwardly, "But we don't gather crowds to gamble, the street police station will check regularly. Me, my place is compliant."

Today's mahjong halls are branded as "tea houses", and there are many large-scale gambling games among them.But the serious crime team didn't have the energy to deal with gambling. At most, after the case was solved, they would notify the branch to investigate.

Liu Zhiqin didn't dwell too much on this issue, and said, "After you brought Wang Xiangmei to the teahouse and before she disappeared, did the teahouse have any abnormalities?"

"No." Qiu Han said, "My teahouse is on the first floor of a residential building. There are two houses in total. The one on the left is very noisy, while the one on the right is less crowded in the afternoon and relatively quiet. Xiangmei reads comic books in the house on the right. , came to me for money after 2 o’clock, and went out to buy two packs of snacks.”

"Has she ever come back after going out?" Hua Chong asked.

"After coming back, I sat in the same place and continued to read her novels. Around 3 o'clock, a group of guests came, and the house on the left could not accommodate mahjong tables, so I added a few tables to the house on the right. At that time Xiangmei is still there, but when I went to collect the money after 4 o'clock, she had disappeared."

At this time, Wang Jiamei cried even harder and her whole body was shaking.

Qiu Han seemed embarrassed and guilty, "I'm sorry, it's my fault, I didn't like Xiangmei, it's all my fault!"

"Is there a camera in the teahouse?" Hua Chong said, "Our technical investigation team will come over in a while, and you can call out the surveillance of the day."

"This..." Qiu Han looked puzzled, and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Liu Zhiqin frowned, "Didn't you install a camera?"

"It's installed, it's installed! It's just..." Qiu Han sighed heavily, "It's just that the camera in the house on the right broke down last month, and I haven't replaced it."

"The camera was damaged in July, and you haven't replaced it by the end of August?" Hua Chong looked at Qiu Han coldly.

In many cases involving children, one of the most important reasons why children are trafficked, harmed, or even killed is the negligence of their parents.

By the time the police are called for, the vast majority of injuries have already occurred.What the police can do is sometimes only to catch the person who hurt the child, but there is no way to erase the harm that has already happened.

Just now, when Qiu Han said that he would take Wang Xiangmei to a teahouse for dinner, homework, and reading, Hua Chong felt very unhappy.

Where is the teahouse?That's a place to play cards and waste time.To put it bluntly, it is a lair where many people who have nothing to do and do not seek to make progress escape from reality.You only need to pay a few Taiwan dollars and make a cup of low-quality strong tea, and you can spend half a day playing mahjong in the teahouse and killing half a day.Which of these teahouses opened in a residential area is not full of curses, mixed with fish and dragons, and smoky atmosphere?Wang Xiangmei, a 9-year-old girl, what homework did she do there?What books can I read?

The environment she was in was even worse than Chen Yun's all-night barbecue restaurant.

But now, Qiu Han actually said that the camera in the room was broken and hadn't been replaced for a month!

Qiu Han was taken aback by Hua Chong, and hurriedly defended himself: "Actually, my teahouse has been open for several years, and there has been no accident. Everyone is very conscious. The camera is not cheap, and it is very troublesome to replace it. What’s inside, Xiangmei went to a lot of cram schools during the summer vacation, and spent a lot of money... I, I just want to wait for a while when I have more money, and then change the camera. Anyway, I usually watch it in the teahouse..."

His voice became smaller and smaller.

Liu Zhiqin's gaze became as indifferent as when he was looking at Zhen Qin.

Wang Xiangmei's prospective stepfather actually blamed Wang Xiangmei for not changing the camera!

——It’s not that I don’t want to change the camera, but enrolling in cram school is also expensive!

Hua Chong felt a fire in his chest, but he had to suppress it.The incompetent parents in front of me may have clues to solve the case, and the investigation of interpersonal relationships must start from them.

He asked: "Did Wang Xiangmei go home in the past six months and talk about the unusual things that happened around her? For example, being followed by someone, being approached by a stranger? Or has there been any obvious change in her performance at school and at home?"

Qiu Han looked at Wang Jiamei, and called out in a low voice, "Jiamei?"

Hua Chong knew at a glance that Qiu Han didn't care about Wang Xiangmei at all. He knew nothing about what happened around Wang Xiangmei. It was no wonder that Wang Xiangmei suddenly disappeared from the teahouse, but he didn't find out until he collected the money.

Wang Jiamei wiped away her tears, her eyes were dull, as if she still hadn't recovered from the grief of losing her daughter.

Hua Chong didn't urge, "Think about it carefully, we are outside, if you think about it, if you are willing to talk, let's talk again."

As he spoke, he glanced at Qiu Han, and said again: "Don't worry, we will definitely find the murderer and bring the 'murderer' to justice."

Wang Jiamei couldn't stop crying.

??

Dawn was about to break, and the corridors of the Municipal Bureau were still brightly lit.

Hua Chong leaned against the wall, rubbing his eye sockets like a student doing eye exercises.Liu Zhiqin stood beside him and said: "After dawn, the technical detective and I went to adjust the public surveillance of the community where the teahouse is located. If Wang Xiangmei was taken away by someone wandering near the teahouse, then this person may be caught by the community's camera come down."

"There are too many blind spots for cameras in the community." Hua Chong shook his head, "And I have been to the Canhua Clothing Wholesale Market, do you know how chaotic it is? It is full of people, as if all the low-end clothing business people in Los Angeles are crowded together Get the goods there. The neighborhoods next to it are said to be residential districts, but in fact many of them are engaged in Taobao business. Everyone comes in and out there. In the community where Han’s teahouse is located, I guess the camera coverage is not high.”

Liu Zhiqin was silent for a moment, "But I still have to try."

"You must try, but don't have too much hope." Hua Chong said: "The perpetrator even has the drug sevoflurane, and he is very cautious about throwing the body. 'He' must be a careful person, maybe Step on it early, and go to the blind spot of monitoring."

Liu Zhiqin sighed, "The flower team, Wang Xiangmei and Chen Yun are all arranged by their parents in the shop, does this count as a common ground?"

Hua Chong took two steps, "Forget it, it doesn't count."

"If it counts, then the murderer consciously chose these children whose safety has been ignored by their parents." Liu Zhiqin said: "If it doesn't count, then it's just a coincidence."

Hua Chong agreed, and said, "Chou Han needs to investigate in detail."

"Well, I will also investigate Wang Jiamei." Liu Zhiqin said.

At this time, the door of the inquiry room was opened, and Qiu Han stood there with an embarrassed expression, "Jia Mei said that she wanted to chat with you alone, I..."

Hua Chong gave Liu Zhiqin a wink, let him go in first, and then led Qiu Han into another room, accompanied by other criminal police for the time being.

Wang Jiamei had already wiped away her tears, looking at Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin desperately and eagerly.

Hua Chong started with a question related to Wang Xiangmei and Qiu Handu, "Who is Wang Xiangmei's father?"

Wang Jiamei lowered her head and said softly, "He was my classmate when I was studying."

Ten years ago, 10-year-old Wang Jiamei found out that she was pregnant, but her boyfriend left her and went to a coastal city to work with other young people from the same town.Half a year later, Wang Jiamei gave birth to Wang Xiangmei in her hometown, and she became the laughing stock of the whole town.The Wang family regarded her as a disgrace to the family, and when Wang Xiangmei was one year old, they hurriedly kicked her mother and daughter out of the house.

Wang Jiamei couldn't get by in Luzhen, so she simply brought her young daughter to Los Angeles.

Big cities have more opportunities than small villages and towns.

She worked from dawn to dusk and worked everywhere, taking care of her children and running around for a living. When Wang Xiangmei was 5 years old, she bought a shop in the Canhua Clothing Wholesale Market and gained a firm foothold in the city.

She was born beautiful, and she has been taking care of life for many years, but it has given her a more mature charm, and there has always been no shortage of suitors.Some of those people are self-employed, and some are playboys of rich families.She wanted to start a family, firstly to find a safe haven for herself, and secondly to make Wang Xiangmei feel loved by her father.But self-employment is unreliable, and playboys are good at playing with emotions, so they are not her lover.

Until 2 years ago, she met Qiu Han who opened a teahouse.

Qiu Han has been divorced for many years. Although he looks ordinary, he is a few years older than her. He is very good at taking care of others and treats Wang Xiangmei very well.

The most important thing is that Qiu Han and his ex-wife have no children, their parents have passed away long ago, and they have three properties under their name.

Such conditions are already very attractive to Wang Jiamei.

And Wang Xiangmei has a good impression of Qiu Han - the main reason is that he often buys her popular comic books.

Wang Jiamei once asked Wang Xiangmei: "Is it okay to let Uncle Qiu Han be Xiangmei's father?"

Wang Xiangmei said without thinking, "Okay!"

In the past half a year, although there is no proof yet, Wang Jiamei and Qiu Han have been living together.Naturally, Wang Xiangmei also moved into Qiu Han's house and lived in a bedroom alone.

The clothing wholesale business cannot be left unattended. Wang Jiamei goes out early every morning and only returns home at night.In the past, Wang Xiangmei stayed in the facade after school, unwilling to go home alone. Later, she changed places and went to Qiu Han's teahouse to do homework and read books.

"Did she voluntarily?" Hua Chong interrupted Wang Jiamei and asked, "Voluntarily go to the store with you, or do you ask her to stay in the store?"

Wang Jiamei was puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"You just need to answer." Liu Zhiqin said.

"It's her who wants to come to the store." Wang Jiamei sighed, "I actually hope that she will go home after school. The house is so quiet. The environment is much better than my clothing store and Brother Qiu's teahouse. But she refused, saying that there is no People, she is afraid. I have no choice but to leave her a little girl at home, what if something happens? After all, it is more at ease to bring her by my side. But I really didn't expect that she, she would be under our noses... ..."

Having said this, Wang Jiamei began to cry again.

Hua Chong looked at her, knowing that even if Wang Xiangmei was being watched, her mother who was busy with work all day would not know, so she could only ask: "Recall, have you offended anyone in business?"

"If you want to offend, those of us who do wholesale business are more or less competitive." Wang Jiamei shook her head lightly, "But I can't think of anyone who would harm my daughter because of this!"

"What about Qiu Han? Let me ask, do you really understand him?" Liu Zhiqin asked.

Wang Jiamei was stunned for a while, "Do you think there is something wrong with Brother Chou? No, no, it's impossible. He has always been nice to Xiangmei. Although I haven't read any books, I have been doing business for so many years, and I still have a good eye for people." Brother Chou, brother Chou does have a lot of problems—stingy, short-sighted, and a bit fussy, but he still does his best for Xiangmei."

Not always.Hua Chong thought so in his heart, but said: "You misunderstood, what we mean is, has Qiu Han offended anyone?"

Wang Jiamei supported her forehead, and said half a minute later: "I know Brother Qiu has a distant brother who was adopted into their family when they were very young. Later, their parents passed away, and Brother Qiu didn't give this distant brother any money. But... this is all A long time ago."

No matter how long things have passed, it is still a clue, because the engraved hatred will never diminish with time.Hua Chong asked, "What's the name of this distant brother?"

"It's called Bai, Bai Linmao. The forest is dense and lush." ​​Wang Jiamei was very disturbed, "Could he be the murderer?"

"It's too early to judge who the murderer is." Liu Zhiqin's voice was very flat, without any emotion, "By the way, Ms. Wang, I have a more personal question to ask you."

Wang Jiamei wiped her tears, "Yes."

"After you marry Qiu Han, do you plan to have another child?"

"This..." Wang Jiamei lowered her head and hesitated for a few seconds, "Is this related to the case?"

"Not necessarily." Liu Zhiqin didn't fool her, "But your answer may affect my judgment on the case."

Wang Jiamei took a deep breath and nodded.

Hua Chong asked: "Is it your meaning, or Qiu Han's meaning?"

"We all want another one." Wang Jiamei seemed embarrassed, "Children are the bargaining chip to maintain a relationship. Two people who have no blood relationship live together, after all, they need some support. Brother Qiu's ex-wife can't have children, and they are because of this reason Divorce. Then..."

She paused, stroked her messy hair, lowered her head lower, "Although he didn't say it, I can tell that she chose me because I'm young and in good health. It is possible to give him a son in the future."

"Son?" Hua Chong interrupted.

Wang Jiamei got it wrong and explained: "I, we already have a daughter from Xiangmei, and if we have another son, everyone will be happier."

Hua Chong suddenly felt ridiculous.

Everyone is happier?Does this "everyone" include Wang Xiangmei?

Liu Zhiqin asked again: "Does Wang Xiangmei know that you want to give her a younger brother?"

"I..." Wang Jiamei rubbed her fingers frequently, "Brother Chou and I didn't tell her, but she's not too young, so I might have guessed it."

"You seem to know too little about your daughter." Liu Zhiqin leaned on the back of the chair and looked at Wang Jiamei with half-closed eyes.

"I'm really busy." Wang Jiamei's tears fell again, "If she can survive, I, I..."

No matter how vicious the bet is, the dead will not come back to life.No matter how tear-jerking, it's just a deformed self-movement.

??

It was already dawn, and the work of making arrangements was about to start. Chen Zheng bought a nutritious breakfast and invited everyone to fill their stomachs.

"Did you find anything?" Chen Zheng asked.

Hua Chong waved his hand, neither saying "yes" nor "no".

Chen Zheng looked at Liu Zhiqin, and said with his lips: "What's the matter with him?"

"Wang Xiangmei's death and Chen Yun's disappearance are all related to their parents' inaction." Liu Zhiqin held a bowl of lean meat porridge, "By the way, Team Chen, it is necessary to invite Zhang Dandan's family. Questions to ask them."

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Chen Zheng nodded, raised his chin towards Hua Chong, and said in a low voice: "Your flower team doesn't like to handle cases related to children, but there is no way, this case can only be handed over to the serious case." group. You help him a little."

"Ok, I know."

Chen Zheng said again: "The Luoguan Village case can only be let go for now."

"If I'm free, I'll keep an eye on both sides." Liu Zhiqin said.

"Thank you." Chen Zheng patted Liu Zhiqin on the shoulder, "If you need me to communicate, please tell me right away."

"What are you mumbling about?" Hua Chong walked over with a fresh meat pancake, "The voice is so low, are you chatting?"

"It's breakfast time now, isn't it allowed to chat?" Chen Zheng said with a smile.

"You called me and Brother Xiaoliu back with just one phone call, and left Xiao Chengxin and his backlog team in Luoguan Village. I think he's going to kill you." Hua Chong saw Liu Zhiqin eating porridge with preserved eggs and lean meat, Hastily put down the fresh meat pancakes and filled a bowl for himself.

"You think I want to? The higher-ups have set goals for the backlog team, and it will be troublesome if they can't be completed."

"Xiao Chengxin is not expected to be the leader of the backlog team." Hua Chong said bluntly.

"Tsk!" Chen Zheng shook his head helplessly, "Our Criminal Investigation Detachment has quite a lot of capable people, but who would like to go to the Accumulated Case Team if you're an 'expectant', let you go, are you willing?"

Hua Chong pointed out, "This is a problem with the system."

"The problem of the system is the most difficult to deal with. You don't know how much pressure I have on my shoulders." Chen Zheng sighed exaggeratedly, "Hua'er, work harder, solve this case for me earlier, and then go to help me." Xiao Chengxin, it can be regarded as sharing my worries."

"I know." Hua Chong finished his porridge in a few sips, and suddenly said: "I really hope that Chen Yun, Zhang Dandan and Wang Xiangmei have nothing to do with each other."

"Yes." Chen Zheng patted the table twice, swallowed the words that came to his lips, and said: "I put the newly arrived chrysanthemum tea in your drawer, and some refreshing medicine, don't worry , are all good medicines and have no side effects.”

"Troubleshooting." Hua Chong smiled.

Liu Zhiqin had finished his breakfast, packed up his and Hua Chong's belongings, checked the time, "It's almost time to leave."

Chen Zheng looked at the thin coat on his arm, "This is?"

Hua Chong took a look, "Isn't this my clothes?"

"Yeah." Liu Zhiqin said lightly: "It rained for two days in a row, it just cleared up, and the temperature is relatively low. Bring a coat. If you feel cold, put it on."

Hua Chong's heart was very hot, and he understood that it must not be because of the lean meat porridge he just drank.