Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 304 Attention
Two minutes later, Li Yancheng walked out of the interrogation room and came to the lounge diagonally opposite.

As soon as he came in, a staff member of the base came in with a cup of steaming hot tea in his hand, and a pack of cigarettes and a pack of matches were placed on the table.

"Chief Li, please have some tea."

"Thank you"

"You're welcome. I'm next door. You can call me anytime if you need anything. My last name is Dong, so you can just call me Xiao Dong."

"Ok"

After the staff left, Li Yancheng raised his arm and looked at the time. It was now nine fifty.

He had to estimate the time to be twenty-five minutes. If they had not finished by the time, he would make them stop even if he had to force his way in.

It is not a pity that Chen Zhiyuan died, but he must not die at his hands, and certainly not now.

These were Mr. Fang's original words that Mr. Xu conveyed to him this morning.

When he heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked.

He thought this was just a simple favor, and apart from the complicated procedures, there shouldn't be any other problems. He didn't expect that there seemed to be something really involved.

On the way here, because there were other people in the car, Sun Yijuan didn't say anything to him in detail.

From the brief conversation in the interrogation room just now and the expressions of Mr. Gu, Director Yang, and Sun Yijuan, he could tell that Mr. Gu seemed to have other considerations.

It seems that it is this old man Gu who is delaying the time this time.

While thinking about it, Li Yancheng picked up the cigarette that the staff member had just handed over and took a look. It was also Daqianmen, and it came with a filter.

He didn't smoke this cigarette. After putting it back on the table, he reached out to take out his own cigarette and lit it.

With a creak, the door of the lounge was pushed open from the outside.

"Brother Xiaomin," Li Yancheng stood up and called out with a smile after turning around and seeing who pushed the door.

"I just glanced over and saw someone wearing a police uniform here. I guessed it was you. Has it already started over there?"

The person who came was Su Xiaotong's elder brother Su Xiaomin. Seeing that he was not mistaken, he walked in with a smile.

"here we go."

"Sit down, don't stand. What time does it start?"

"Five minutes ago, nine fifty."

"I heard that there is a time limit for interrogation using your method, right?"

"Yes, it can't be more than half an hour, otherwise the person being interrogated will definitely die."

Su Xiaomin raised his arm and looked at the time: "Okay, I'll sit here with you for a while, and I'll go over at 10:15."

His words stunned Li Yancheng.

"Brother Xiaomin, did you come here just for me?"

"It seems you know." Su Xiaomin nodded.

"You're not wrong. Mr. Fang called me early in the morning and asked me to come over. He was worried that something might go wrong. Xiaojuan is a woman and she just arrived in our department. She might not be able to say something, and some things are even harder to do.

And you are not one of us. If there is any unusual movement here, there is a high probability that something will go wrong, so I was asked to come and look after it."

Su Xiaomin's words made Li Yancheng's breathing stagnate. He didn't expect that he had become so nervous.

Seeing that his face had changed a little, Su Xiaomin smiled and waved his hand and continued, "Yancheng, don't be nervous. Mr. Fang is just worried that something might happen, not that it will definitely happen.

This old man has always been very cautious and considerate in what he does. With me here, there will definitely be no problems.

Let’s not talk about this anymore. My old man asked Xiaotong to invite you to his home. Did he tell you about it? "

"Xiaotong told me yesterday that if I'm not busy this Sunday, Xiaomin and I will go to Uncle Su's house to visit Aunt Su.

Xiao Min told me a long time ago that she wanted to go visit her uncle and aunt, but she has been so busy lately that she can’t stop. ”

"I know. My old man said that it's clear from Xiaotong's condition. He also knows that you haven't been very busy recently, so he asked you to go over and take a look."

As we were talking, the time was almost up.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened, and the interrogation ended on their own initiative before Su Xiaomin even arrived.

When Sun Yijuan came over and asked Li Yancheng to remove the needle, she saw Su Xiaomin was also here and narrowed her eyes slightly.

Li Yancheng was greatly relieved by the smooth ending. Under the current circumstances, he just wanted everything to be safe and sound, and he had no intention of watching any big drama.

……

Declining the offer to stay at the base for lunch, Li Yancheng returned to the office before noon.

"Wow, you came back pretty quickly. I thought you would have to finish lunch there before coming back. Sister Juan wouldn't be so stingy as to not even give you food, right?"

Just as he turned into the yard, Su Xiaotong happened to come out of the stairwell of the office building and the two met face to face.

"Don't mention it. I don't have any appetite at all." Li Yancheng waved his hand and pulled Su Xiaotong to walk a few steps to the middle of the yard.

"Brother Xiaomin has also gone there. It was Elder Fang who called him to go there. To be honest, when I saw Brother Xiaomin going there, and he went there specifically for me, my hair stood on end and I broke out in cold sweat. It was not until he got off the car at our gate just now that I felt a little better."

"Haha" Su Xiaotong smiled and patted Li Yancheng's arm.

"Don't think too much. Mr. Fang must have asked my brother to go there just to prevent any accidents. However..."

At this point, Su Xiaotong lowered his voice by a few decibels: "But after this incident, Mr. Gu should definitely retire and take a rest. This old man did a bad job this time. He failed to fully understand the meaning of the above and messed things up.

If nothing unexpected happens, Sister Juan's father, Luo Yang's father-in-law, will come to Beijing to take over Mr. Gu's position.

Hehe, this old man has a hot temper. It will be interesting if he comes back. I guess Beijing will be more lively in the future."

Li Yancheng had no interest in these fights at all.

He couldn't reach it and didn't want to care about it. With his small body, it was not his turn to worry about those things.

Just like the interrogation of Chen Zhiyuan just now, he didn't know what this guy confessed later.

But he knew that no matter what he confessed, it would be impossible to find out anything if he checked it now.

From the questions that Chen Linfeng had confessed when he first interrogated him, he could tell that some people might be involved, but now looking back, haha...

Through this incident, he finally understood that the wheel of history is not so easy to correct. He should find a way to live his own life well and do his job well.

"Let's go to the cafeteria to eat. We'll go out and talk to someone this afternoon."

Li Yancheng raised his chin and gestured towards the cafeteria, then walked towards that direction.

……

2:30 p.m., small conference room in the administrative building of Jingshan Steel Plant

Sun Mingbo handed his work permit back to the two police officers opposite him, confused.

He was just doing experiments with others in the laboratory built for him in the factory when he was suddenly called over by a staff member from the factory office, who said that the police were looking for him.

After he came over, he realized that the person who came to see him was not a police officer at all, but someone from the Social Affairs Bureau. This made him feel really confused.

He couldn't understand why the people from the Social Affairs Bureau would look for him.

To be honest, being visited by this unit is not a good thing.

Although he knew that he had nothing to fear as he was upright, he could never be sure whether someone would sue him out of jealousy.

Look, at the beginning of the year, their factory had a deputy director who was...

"Please take a seat, both of you." While pondering in his mind, Sun Mingbo pointed to the chairs.

"I wonder why you two came to see me today?"

"Comrade Sun Mingbo, first of all, I want to make one thing clear. We came here to talk to you today, and the content of the conversation needs to be kept confidential.

That is to say, once you leave this door, you cannot tell anyone outside what we talked about today, including your parents, wife and children."

The first person to speak was Su Xiaotong, who first explained the confidentiality system.

"Su... Director Su, right? Don't worry, I understand."

"Okay." Su Xiaotong nodded, glanced at the notebook in front of him, and began the formal conversation.

"Comrade Sun Mingbo, you were one of the people selected by the organization in the 15th year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, went to Hungary to study in March of the 16th year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and returned to China in January of the 19th year of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Is this okay?"

"That's right"

"Do you remember how many people were in your batch?"

"Uh... Director Su, when you say the same batch, do you mean we went abroad together that year, or did you mean we went to study in the same country that year?"

"I'm going to the same country as you."

"There were six of us who went to Hungary at that time. They were Sui Donghe, who is now a translator at the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce, and..."

Although he was wondering why the people from the Social Affairs Bureau asked him this, Sun Mingbo still cooperated very well.

"Comrade Sun Mingbo, when you were abroad, did the six of you, or if we include other batches of students who went abroad, often get together?"

"No, Director Su may not understand that we were under a lot of pressure to study at that time. Not only did we have to integrate into the local language environment as quickly as possible, but we also had to learn many pre-university courses.

To be honest, I wish the 24 hours in a day could be as long as 48 hours. Where would I have the free time to have a party?

Everyone belongs to different majors, and except for a few individuals, most people do not live in the same dormitory. We occasionally meet during meals, and we just chat briefly.

Like the one I just mentioned, Kang Hongzhong, who is currently working at the Chemical Research Institute, we are not from the same college, and the number of times we met in the three years there can be counted on one hand. "

The Su Xiaotong that Sun Mingbo was talking about knew someone who had returned from studying abroad on government sponsorship.

According to that person, they lived like ascetics there.

There is no way. Take language for example. Although they will be organized together in advance before going out to learn the language of the destination country they are going to.

However, what they learned was more like a dumb foreign language. When they went there, they still couldn't understand it and they still couldn't communicate normally.

So when I got there, the first thing I did was to relearn the language.

Not only do you have to learn the language, but you also have to study relevant courses in your major.

If you don't work hard, you won't learn anything.

"Have you and Sui Donghe lived in the same dormitory?" Hearing this question, Sun Mingbo's face turned slightly red and he nodded embarrassedly.

“Donghe and I did live in the same dormitory. It was three months after we went there, which was not a short time, about half a year.

To be honest, I don't have much talent for learning languages. I haven't been able to communicate normally with others for three months.

Donghe was the best linguistics student in our group, so the school arranged for him to live in the same dormitory with me so that he could teach me more conveniently.

After he finished speaking, Sun Mingbo seemed to realize something. He was stunned for a moment, then asked curiously, "Director Su, I don't quite understand. What exactly do you two want to ask today?"

"Are you still in touch with Sui Donghe?"

Su Xiaotong did not answer his question, but continued to ask on his own.

"Of course there is a connection."

"When was the last contact?"

Now Sun Mingbo understood that the two people from the Social Affairs Bureau were probably coming for Sui Donghe.

"Uh...we...we had lunch together the day before yesterday. He was with his girlfriend, and I brought my lover."

"The day before yesterday? The fifteenth, Sunday?"

"Yes! Director Su, can you please tell me what happened to Donghe? Did something happen to him?"

Sun Mingbo asked again nervously.

"What do you think will happen to him?"

"I don't know either, but I think something must have happened if your Social Affairs Bureau came to ask me about it."

"You guessed right, something really happened to Sui Donghe." Su Xiaotong didn't play tricks this time.

"Director Su, may I know what happened to him?"

"he died!"

"What? He died...died? When did this happen?"

Sun Mingbo stood up in an instant and asked with a look of surprise on his face, his voice becoming a little out of tune.

"It was the night you had dinner together."

"How did he die?"

"That's what we want to know, Comrade Sun Mingbo. As far as you know, how is Sui Donghe's health? Does he have any illness?"

"Physical condition?" Sun Mingbo repeated these four words and slowly sat back in his chair.

"I'm not sure about that. I think... I don't think he has any disease. Anyway, I've never heard of him having any disease."

Sun Mingbo was even more confused at this moment.

From what he said, it seems that even the cause of Sui Donghe's death has not been figured out.

But since the cause of death has not been clarified, why is it the people from the Social Affairs Bureau who are investigating it?
"Director Su, if you want to know about Sui Donghe, you have found the wrong person.

It's not that I'm shirking responsibility. Although Donghe and I have a pretty good relationship and we often visit each other after returning to China, I can't say that I have a deep understanding of his current situation.

I am very busy with this project right now. I had dinner with him the day before yesterday, and it was the first time we contacted each other in nearly three months.

Of course, you can ask me anything you want to know, and I will tell you everything I know. "

Although he was full of surprise and sadness about Sui Donghe's death, Sun Mingbo felt a little relieved in his heart when he knew that the Social Affairs Bureau did not come here because someone had filed a complaint against him.

Su Xiaotong was still very satisfied with his attitude.

What he hated most was meeting the kind of person who claimed to be noble and looked down on everyone, but who would be so scared when something really happened that he would pee his pants.

"Comrade Sun Mingbo, please tell me about Sui Donghe's performance and relationships during his study abroad. Just tell me as much as you know.

Also, if you have heard any rumors about him, tell them, no matter what they are."

"Okay." Sun Mingbo nodded, thought about it for a moment and then started talking.

He lived with Sui Donghe in the same dormitory for half a year and had a relatively good understanding of Sui Donghe's situation during his study abroad. He spoke for more than two hours and stopped at around five o'clock.

Sui Donghe's major during his study abroad was not languages, and it was by chance that he engaged in translation work in the business field after returning to China.

This guy is a talented person. Take learning a language for example. Others may not be able to learn as fast as he does in just three or four hours even if they study hard for ten hours.

Therefore, the deepest impression he left on Sun Mingbo during his study abroad was relaxation.

Because of my extroverted personality, I have many friends and can even chat with foreigners.

It was also because of this that he was interviewed by the embassy staff, and he became more restrained after that incident.

When Li Yancheng was recording, he heavily put an exclamation mark here. It is very likely that Sui Donghe was brainwashed while studying abroad.

"Comrade Sun Mingbo, after returning to China, besides you, who else did Sui Donghe contact more frequently?"

“Uh… I know Li Zhengxi who is currently working at the Pharmaceutical Research Institute. He is one year younger than us and only came back at the beginning of this year.

There is another one who I just introduced, Liang Qiutao, who is the same age as us. He now works in the Project Approval Office of the Science and Technology Commission. As for whether there are any other people, I am not sure.

Oh, by the way, he also pursued a female classmate who was one year older than us, her name seemed to be Shao Yaru, but she was not from Jing City, but from An City, Qin Province.

I'm not sure where she works now, but I just remember that she should be a physics major and her research direction is related to light waves.

What impressed me most was that Donghe assured the female classmate that he would definitely transfer her to Beijing to work. "

At this point, Sun Mingbo smiled and shook his head: "Haha, it's not that easy to transfer jobs. I don't know whether they have contacted me after returning to China. This is their private matter and I haven't asked.

Director Su, this is about all I know."

"Okay." Su Xiaotong smiled and stood up and stretched out his right hand: "Thank you, Comrade Sun Mingbo. Please think about it when you have nothing to do after you go down. As long as it is about Sui Donghe, no matter what, you can contact me anytime you think of it. I'll leave you a phone number later."

"no problem"

Seeing that the people from the Social Affairs Bureau were finally leaving, Sun Mingbo breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stood up to shake hands with the two men.

……

On the roadside outside the gate of Jingshan Steel Plant.

After coming out of the factory, Su Xiaotong stopped the car on the side of the road, lit a cigarette for him and Li Yancheng, and then asked, "What do you think of Sun Mingbo?"

“He doesn’t have the arrogance of an intellectual, which may be related to the fact that he is now in charge of a project alone and needs to interact with people frequently.

But he also learned to be cunning, answering questions in a way that avoided the main points. He seemed to have said a lot, but when it came to the key points, he basically just brushed over them, and his intention to distance himself from the issue was very obvious. "

Su Xiaotong didn't say anything, but just looked down at the time.

"It's already half past five. Let's go home and look for Li Zhengxi tomorrow."

After saying that, he stepped on the clutch, shifted gears, and released the handbrake.

No mention of overtime!

Li Yancheng was a little uncomfortable with this operation. He turned his head and looked at the driver's seat in disbelief.

"Why? You want to work overtime?"

Su Xiaotong of course knew why he looked at him as if he had seen a ghost, and asked with a smile.

"No, no, no." Li Yancheng hurriedly shook his head: "The leader was very kind today. I was finally able to get off work on time. I am so happy that I can't wait to work overtime."

"Okay, kid, I'll take you home directly later. Go and spend some time with your wife."

"Hey, thanks!"

……

In the next two days, Su Xiaotong and Li Yancheng visited and talked with the other two people, Li Zhengxi and Jin Rongde.

This brief conversation was mainly to get a clearer understanding of Sui Donghe.

To ask if it is effective.

Of course there is. Through these conversation records, we can piece together a more three-dimensional picture of Sui Donghe, allowing investigators to grasp some of his information more intuitively and clearly.

But that’s all. It’s almost impossible to find any clues through such a superficial conversation.

People nowadays are afraid of getting into trouble, so they try not to say too much.

But among the three people who were responsible for the conversation, Li Zhengxi caught the attention of Li Yancheng and Su Xiaotong.

They noticed this person not because they discovered something, but because this person talked a lot.

For example, Su Xiaotong asked the three people the same question, which was, do you know that Sui Donghe spends money lavishly?
Sun Mingbo and Jin Rongde both gave conventional answers and said frankly that they had not noticed it.

Li Zhengxi's answer was that he discovered it, and he also asked Sui Donghe where he got so much money.

Sui Donghe told him that he came into contact with foreigners in his daily work and would sell some things to them privately. He also said that all the translators in their unit had done so.

Li Zhengxi said that after knowing that his old classmate was making money in this way, he told him to stop doing it, saying that it was illegal and he should not ruin his future.

But he was not sure whether Sui Donghe did as he was told.

This is just one of the reasons why Li Yancheng and others noticed this person.

Another crucial reason is that, based on the time calculation, Li Zhengxi should be the last person the deceased had contact with before his death.

When Su Xiaotong told him that Sui Donghe died on the roadside on the west side of Andingmennei Street about 20 minutes after they separated, Li Zhengxi seemed very shocked and sad.

But Li Yancheng, who had been observing from the side, felt that his performance was a bit artificial, and not as smooth as Sun Mingbo's at that time.

"So you also think that Li Zhengxi seems to have known about Sui Donghe's death?"

"That's right"

Facing Su Xiaotong's question, Li Yancheng nodded: "Although his behavior at the time seemed normal, combined with Sun Mingbo's expression after hearing the news, and looking at Jin Rongde's reaction today, I think he should have known the news in advance.

We talked to him on the 18th. It had been three days since Sui Donghe's death. It was normal for him to know about it, as the news was not deliberately blocked.

If you know, then just know. Why pretend you don’t know?”

As he spoke, Li Yancheng tapped the table twice with his fingers to emphasize his tone.

(End of this chapter)