Show one's ugliness

When Qi Heng was in prison, he worked for a long time to make dolls.

They supervised the Yangnan Toy Factory as an OEM.

The reason why he can think that the doll is unique is not because he made the doll he gave to Geng Xuntong's daughter.

It is because of his long-term experience in making various dolls in front of the machine, he can know the body proportions, hair density and fabric routing by taking one at random.

These are nothing.

What really impressed him about the doll was.There was a particularly obvious mark on the doll's leg.

At that time, he was afraid that Geng Xun would go far away, so he bought it in a hurry.

While running after Geng Xuntong, he noticed a mark on the smooth leg of the doll he was holding.He wiped it vigorously with his fingers, but it couldn't be wiped off, and the color had soaked into the material.

If it wasn't for the fear of not being able to catch up with Geng Xun, he would probably go back and change one.

That imprint should have been inscribed by the owner of the supermarket accidentally when writing the price on the doll's exterior.

The imprint is the lower right corner of the ones digit "8", which looks like a letter "c" turned left and right.

When Zhong Zhenghao saw the same style doll in the car that Zhong Zhenghao was driving, Qi Heng pulled it out from the gap in the seat.

Coincidentally, the doll had the same mark on its leg.

If he hadn't seen the contact number of Geng Xuntong on the missing child information, he might not have thought of the same doll at all.

Even if it said that the little girl was missing with a doll, he wouldn't have paid much attention to it.

But many times, because of a coincidence, the details will be magnified.

After Qi Heng called Geng Xuntong, he found out that Geng Xuntong had been transferred to the south at the end of April.But the wife and children are still in the mother-in-law's family.

His daughter An An followed others when she was out with her grandmother one morning in mid-May.

The last scene where An An appeared in the surveillance video was holding a doll in her hand, so it was printed on the missing message.

The child has been missing for more than half a month.

The police have already filed a case.

Geng Xuntong resigned and came back to look for children.Every day near the place where the child was lost, signs are held in bus terminals and train stations all over the city.

Listening to the state of Geng Xuntong's speech on the phone, Qi Heng knew that the loss of the child had left him devastated.

So he didn't rush to talk on the phone about seeing the doll.

He just told Geng Xuntong that he saw the missing child's message and asked if it was Geng Xuntong's daughter.

After hanging up the phone, Qi Heng wanted to try to remind Ji Cen of the doll they saw on the day Xiao Mingjun moved.

But judging from Ji Cen's reaction, Ji Cen only thinks that the two dolls are a coincidence.

After standing at the gate of Yongli for a while, Qi Heng suddenly said that he was going back.

Ji Cen pointed to the room: "Don't you take the leftovers packed for the dog?"

Qi Heng walked in and picked up the packing box, but he threw it into the trash can on the way.

Qi Heng didn't go home directly, but called Geng Xuntong again.

After returning to Yangnan, he waited at the door of the pastry shop that he and Geng Xuntong met last time. About half an hour later, Geng Xuntong got off the taxi.

"Little Qi," Geng Xuntong strode over, "Let's find a place to sit."

"Brother Tong, I hope I didn't bother you for nothing."

Geng Xuntong shook his head quickly: "How could that be?"

Even if it's just that Qi Heng was wrong, Qi Heng thought too much.But this little clue can also bring great hope to Geng Xuntong.

He came back from the development zone with great excitement.

At present, all the police can do is a lot of publicity and announcements. Like other children who have been lost recently, An An's disappearance has not made any progress.

After Qi Heng finished speaking, Geng Xuntong was much relieved.

Looking at it now, maybe Zhong Zhenghao's little niece is really the key to finding An An.

After sitting in the drink shop for a while, Qi Heng told Geng Xun what he wanted to say.

It can be seen that Geng Xuntong is very nervous, he has been drinking ice water.But as a police officer, he has great restraint not to panic too much.

He asked, "Are you familiar with that Zhong Zhenghao?"

"It can only be said that he is familiar," Qi Heng said after shaking his head, "But a person I know is very familiar with him, and he should even be familiar with his brother."

"Is that the owner of the graphic shop you mentioned just now?"

"Well," Qi Heng continued, "He is my mother's good nephew, you can ask him for help."

"No matter what, it doesn't matter whether it's a coincidence or a misunderstanding. The first thing to do is to find the doll," Geng Xuntong said, "Thank you for providing the clue to me."

"But now I can only rely on my one-sided words." Qi Heng frowned, "Can it really have a certain effect?"

"So we need to find an opportunity as soon as possible to confirm the existence of that doll, and then I can ask the police to intervene in the investigation." Geng Xun said calmly.

Qi Heng had to separate from Geng Xun after receiving a call from Qiao Aiqing.

He ran all the way home.

Song Yufen was cleaning up the mess on the floor, while Qiao Aiqing was resting on the sofa.

Seeing the arm that Qiao Aiqing was holding, Qi Heng was very distressed.He sat down and asked, "How did you discuss it?"

It was Song Yufen who answered: "Old son, you can't be angry after I told you, your mother made a deliberate choice."

Qi Heng snorted softly: "Don't tell me, we have to move out of here quickly."

"It's about the same." Song Yufen said quietly.

Qi Heng turned to look at Qiao Aiqing: "You really gave them the house?"

Qiao Aiqing: "This house was originally..."

"Don't tell me that. I know the specific situation of this house. How many times have you guys told me that? In terms of blood, we are related to Qi Jingshan. But look at him, is that something a human can do? ? If you compromise with him now, he may squeeze us in the future!"

Qiao Aiqing: "Your second uncle will be alive in a few days."

Qi Jingshan's terminal cancer, Qi Heng, was the last to know about this matter.

Although he hated Qi Jingshan very much, he heard that he was going to disappear.An indescribable anguish in my heart.

He didn't say anything more and listened carefully to Qiao Aiqing and Song Yufen's conclusion of their discussion with Qi Jingshan's family today.

Qiao Aiqing decided to divide the money into two equal shares after cashing out the house she lives in now.

One was given to Qi Heng, and the other was given to Qi Zhen.

The accounts of the previous generation can no longer be settled.Even to the head of the next generation.

It just so happened that Mr. Qi only had these two grandsons, and this time, he was not partial.

Qi Heng was actually quite surprised by this result.He thought that in the end either the two of them would still own the house or give up the house.

He wanted to say something else, but what Ji Cen said in the car after picking him up from the police station made him shut up.

Adults' affairs really need to be resolved by the adults through negotiation.

He didn't say anything more and got up to get food for the general.

Not long after Qi Heng left from Wynn, Ji Cen drove to Wei Xing's house in Yangan to deliver rice.

Although Wei Xing pushed back and forth, Ji Cen knew that the two bags of rice had been delivered to Wei Xing's heart.

"It's either as a thank you, or there is too much rice to eat, so I want to treat you to it." Ji Cen said with a smile.

Wei Xing patted Ji Cen on the shoulder: "Then I will accept your wishes, and this will not be an example."

Ji Cen chose to go to the police station to lead people thanks to Wei Xing's help so that Wei Xing could not feel guilty.

After all, public officials are not allowed to accept gifts.

That's why Ji Cen made the matter of sending rice a private exchange between friends.

After moving the rice, Wei Xing and Ji Cen stood in the shade of a tree smoking and chatting.

Thinking of Qi Heng who was arrested in the police station today, Wei Xing said: "I just remembered today during the investigation of the case. Your friend is the one who killed Zhao Dejiu's eldest son before."

Ji Cen: "It's him."

"I remember that case was quite concerned at the time," Wei Xing continued, "It has been blurred for a long time on intentional injury and defensive conduct."

"That's right, I didn't know him at that time," Ji Cen thought for a while and said, "So what was the sentence?"

Wei Xing: "It's true that he was too defensive. He fought back to protect his mother. Otherwise, he would probably have no mother. Zhao Dejiu's eldest son is not a good guy, and he has to force him to ask for debts."

"That's right," Ji Cen said meaningfully, "If someone threatens my mother's life, I will do my best."

Wei Xing smiled: "So, one of the things we know the most is that people on the outside are not necessarily good people, and people on the inside are not necessarily bad people. Most of the time, they can't help themselves. I I also heard from my colleagues that he was admitted to a key university but was unable to go, and he was imprisoned after the trial.”

Ji Cen, who was squatting on the ground, let out the smoke from his nostrils little by little. He looked at the cigarette butts on his fingertips, and suddenly remembered the regretful and disappointed look in Qi Heng's eyes when he said he wanted to study but had no chance when he was eating in the second canteen. .

When the landline in the store called, Ji Cen thought it was Cui Xiaodong who told him that Lu Xia was coming.

Lu Xia called him last night and said she had something to talk about.Ji Cen thought it was Lin Tejia who attacked her.

Fortunately, it's not what Ji Cen thought.

Lu Xia doesn't want to continue working part-time at Wynn.

She decided to take the postgraduate entrance examination.I want to concentrate on preparing for the exam in the future and not do other distractions.

Ji Cen was very optimistic about Lu Xia's decision and asked her to find time this afternoon to come over to collect her salary.

After picking up the phone, he said, "I've calculated the salary. It's in the drawer under the cash register. You can give it to Lu Xia."

Cui Xiaodong: "Lu Xia hasn't come to Brother Ji yet, someone is looking for you and has been waiting for a long time. Are you nearby?"

Ji Cen: "Who is it?"

"I don't know him. Seeing his appearance, I must wait for you."

After a few seconds of silence, Ji Cen said, "I'll be back in a while."

After hanging up the phone, he stubbed out his cigarette: "There's something wrong in the shop, I'll go back to Brother Wei first."

Wei Xing: "Go back, pay attention to safety on the road."

On the way back to Changqing, Ji Cen wondered who would be looking for him.

He has lived in this area for several years. Because of his extensive social network, most of the people who come to him without knowing him are on business matters.

Is there any big list that can be done?

Thinking of this, he accelerated and drove back.

Before the car stopped at Wynn, he saw a man standing in front of the information wall at the door.

When he got out of the car after parking, the man smiled at him.

"Is that Ji Cen?"

Ji Cen nodded: "You are?"

"Hello, my name is Geng Xuntong." Geng Xuntong stretched out his hand and unfolded the paper in the other hand, "I am the father of this child."

Ji Cen immediately knew that this was Qi Heng's friend.

Qi Heng has only two friends, and Ji Cen has met them all.

Since I haven't seen this one before, there is a high probability that I met him in prison.

It really is.

Geng Xuntong quickly revealed that he was a prison guard before, saying that he was Qi Heng, whom he met in prison.

"Qi Heng asked you to come to me?" Ji Cen invited people upstairs, he was afraid that it would be inconvenient for him to talk about something going in and out downstairs.

"Yes," Geng Xun followed Ji Cen up the stairs, "I have something to ask for your help."

Ji Cen moved a chair for Geng Xuntong after entering the door: "What about the doll?"

"Yes," Geng Xuntong nodded with a smile, "Xiao Qi said he saw my daughter's doll in your friend's car. I want to confirm it and report it to the police."

Ji Cen closed the door and sat in front of the computer: "I did see a doll in my friend's car that day, but I don't know if it's the one he gave to your daughter as Qi Heng said."

Geng Xuntong: "So I would like to trouble you to ask your friend to come over and show the doll to Qi Heng again. Qi Heng will be there in a while."

Ji Cen: "Then I'll make a call."

"It's really troublesome for you." Geng Xuntong said gratefully.

When Ji Cen called Zhong Zhenghao, Zhong Zhenghao was playing a game. After hearing Ji Cen's request, he was shocked: "What doll?"

Ji Cen: "Do you still remember the doll in your brother's car?"

"What do you want that doll for?"

"Fucking hurry up, people are worried about losing their children." Ji Cen said.

"What?" Zhong Zhenghao asked.

"The doll was probably the belongings of a lost child."

"Really?"

"You care so much, you bring that doll first."

Geng Xuntong kept his hands together while waiting.Ji Cen could see that there was worry in his calmness.I didn't bother, but went downstairs to help Cui Xiaodong.

He was actually waiting for Zhong Zhenghao to bring the doll.

He hoped that the doll really belonged to Geng Xuntong's daughter, but also hoped that it wasn't.

I hope the former is because he wants the lost child to be reunited with his family as soon as possible.I hope the latter is because he doesn't want the loss of this child to have anything to do with Zhong Zhengyan.

The more people came in, the more nervous he felt, thinking it was Zhong Zhenghao.

After seeing Lu Xia walk in the door, Ji Cen went to the cash register and took out the salary and handed it to her.

"I'm really sorry, Brother Ji, I couldn't tell you in advance," Lu Xia smiled, "I should give you time to find a replacement."

Ji Cen: "That's a trivial matter, you should prepare well for the postgraduate entrance examination."

"If you want to change your destiny, it is more reliable to study. When you were young and ignorant, you missed a good opportunity. I hope you can make up for it after passing the exam here." Lu Xia said.

"Your consciousness is very good."

After Lu Xia took the money and counted it, she said, "Brother Ji is too much."

Ji Cen: "Not much, it's all for you."

"It's five hundred more."

Ji Cen walked out of the cash register and stuffed back the money that Lu Xia wanted to hand back: "Here, the material fee given by Brother Ji. Study hard and wait for your good news."

Cui Xiaodong uttered a tone of envy.Ji Cen glanced at him: "Look, if you take the postgraduate entrance examination, I will also subsidize the materials fee for you."

Cui Xiaodong shook his head straight: "Students like me can't do it."

Lu Xia, who was clutching the money, pursed her lips, her eyes were red.

She hugged Ji Cen and said in a trembling voice, "Thank you, Brother Ji, it's nice to meet you."

Ji Cen was taken aback by the hug.But when people are excited, this kind of behavior is really normal.He didn't move.

He raised his hand and patted Lu Xia's back lightly: "Come on for the test."

Lu Xia: "Yes!"

Qi Heng, who received the news from Geng Xuntong, saw this scene as soon as he arrived in Yongli.

He had never seen such a careful and gentle side of Ji Cen, and he stared at it for a long time.

After the hug, Ji Cen didn't know what he was whispering to the pretty girl, he couldn't hear it at all.

He slowed down and wanted to wait for the two sticky people at the door to separate before going in, but he couldn't go any slower, so he stood there and waited for a while.

When Ji Cen watched Lu Xia leave, he saw Qi Heng standing by the door, and he said, "It's like a ghost, why don't you make a sound when you're here."

"Aren't you afraid of disturbing you and your girlfriend?" Qi Heng stepped into the door.

What kind of girlfriend.Net fucking nonsense.Just as Ji Cen was about to speak, Qi Heng asked, "Where's my friend?"

"upstairs."

"Have you brought the doll?"

"Nope."

After saying this, Ji Cen's gaze passed from Qi Heng's ear to Zhong Zhenghao who was trotting over from the side of the road.

"Where's the doll?"

Zhong Zhenghao shook the bag in his hand: "I brought my little niece and that doll that are about the same age, and I can't fucking remember what that one looked like that day. It feels almost the same."

Ji Cen took the bag and signaled Qi Heng to look for it, but he didn't even remember what shape the doll was.

Qi Heng opened the bag and looked down, grabbed the hair and pulled out a doll, then lifted the doll's skirt to look at the doll's thighs.

"I'm stupid, rude enough." Zhong Zhenghao said.

Qi Heng shook his head slowly: "It's not this."

Ji Cen weighed the bag and said, "If not, I'll look for it again."

Qi Heng looked up at Ji Cen and Zhong Zhenghao: "I mean, it's true that the doll has this style, but it's not the one I saw in the car that day. It's a new one."

While Ji Cen was still reacting to Qi Heng's words, Zhong Zhenghao was already impatient: "What's new and old, my little niece's dolls are all here, if it's not what you said, then there are none."

Qi Heng didn't speak.He was sure that the doll in the car belonged to An An.If the dolls brought today are not the same, or Zhong Zhenghao's little niece has more than one such doll.Either that doll with the special mark was dealt with and replaced in time.

Either way, there is a problem.

Ji Cen asked Cui Xiaodong to call Geng Xuntong, and then said to Qi Heng: "I think you got it wrong. It just happened to be the same."

"That's right, otherwise," Zhong Zhenghao said disdainfully, "Is there any lost child hiding in my brother's house?"

Qi Heng met Zhong Zhenghao's gaze: "What if?"

"What the hell do you mean?"

Ji Cen stopped Zhong Zhenghao's arm from being raised: "Speak well, don't move."

"No, Cen Zi, there is something wrong with him, right?"

Geng Xuntong had already arrived at the door. He took the doll in Qi Heng's hand and looked at it carefully, and said, "Xiao Qi, this is the same style as the one you bought for An An, but it really doesn't seem to be the same one."

Qi Heng looked at Geng Xuntong, and he couldn't say anything at this time.

Geng Xuntong touched the doll in his hand, as if thinking of his daughter again.He shook his head lightly: "These days I've been living in the last disappointment and the next hope. As long as I don't give up, I will be able to bring her home one day."

Seeing Geng Xuntong go down the steps, Qi Heng followed.

Zhong Zhenghao looked at the backs of the two people and said to Ji Cen: "What's the matter, it's really bad luck."

Ji Cen: "You took out the doll and your little niece didn't cry?"

"Why didn't you cry? My sister-in-law took her away and I went in to get it. My dad even scolded me. Fortunately, my brother is not at home, otherwise I would have been kicked."

"Go back," Ji Cen turned and went back to the house, "coax your little niece well."

Zhong Zhenghao picked up the bag and put it on his shoulder: "That Qi Heng, no wonder he was able to kill people before, he really is a tiger. Cen Zi, how can you let him mess around."

Ji Cen turned around and gave Zhong Zhenghao a dissatisfied look: "You know what the hell, is he just messing around? He just wants to help his friend find the child."