Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 318 Missing?

Watching He Juling walk into the archway of the inpatient area, Zhao Laosan turned around and walked quickly towards the hospital gate.

What he was sure of now was that his adopted nephew had no idea what the fire was all about until his death.

He still felt a little guilty towards He Juling.

This nephew's wife has always treated him well. Even during the three years when Liang Qiutao was studying abroad, she would always remember to come and give him some New Year's gifts during the holidays.

It can be said that he has now buried her happy life with his own hands.

However, after walking a few steps, Zhao Laosan put this guilt behind him.

Because he suddenly thought that he had saved her to some extent.

If Liang Qiutao had continued to live, given their limited abilities, what they were planning to do would have been discovered sooner or later, and by then, He Juling might have been even more seriously implicated.

Thinking of this, Zhao Laosan's steps suddenly became lighter and he quickly walked out of the hospital gate.

His steps were so brisk that he didn't notice a pair of eyes staring at him from across the street.

……

Here, Li Yancheng and Luo Min finished their meal in the cafeteria. They walked around and chatted, and it was already past eight o'clock when they returned home.

There were still quite a few people sitting at the gates of the courtyards in the alley, and the children were running around in the alley and having a lot of fun.

"Dacheng"

Just after I had chatted with everyone at the gate of the yard for a few words, Duan Zhenghui, the eldest son of Deputy Director Duan of the No. 21 yard next door, came over.

"Zhenghui, do you... have something to ask me?" Looking at his expression, Li Yancheng knew that he had something to ask him.

"Can I have a word with you for a moment?"

"What's wrong, Zhenghui?"

Li Yancheng followed Duan Zhenghui and walked a few steps to a deserted place on the side, and asked curiously.

"Dacheng, do you know the people in the third department of your bureau?"

As Duan Zhenghui spoke, he took out a cigarette and gave it to Li Yancheng, then struck a match to help him light it.

"The third place? I'm not very familiar with that place. Why are you asking this?"

"That's Dacheng." Duan Zhenghui lit the cigarette in his mouth with the match and said after he exhaled the smoke.

"I have an informant, a small-time hoodlum in our area, who makes a living by selling things at the ghost market. His home is in Donggaofang Hutong. His nickname is Xiaowu, and his real name is Zhao Guowu. He is eighteen or nineteen years old this year. Do you have any impression of this kid?"

"Xiao Wu? Donggaofang Hutong? Are you talking about Zhao Dunzi's son? The one who fell off the scaffolding and hit his head?"

"Yes, yes, that's him. When you were in the army, Zhao Dunzi's wife was gone, and Xiao Wu was the only one left at home."

"Yes, I remember. I seem to have seen him during the Chinese New Year this year. He is your informant. What's the matter?"

"This kid has been missing for a week."

???

Li Yancheng felt a little puzzled. What did the disappearance of this Xiao Wu have to do with him? And why did he come to him for three questions for no reason?
Duan Zhenghui also realized that he had not made his words clear, and hurriedly explained: "Well, you see, what I said is inconsistent.

Dacheng, the reason why I asked you if you are familiar with the Third Office is because Xiao Wu has found a godfather outside. This person works in the Third Office of your bureau, but he seems to be a cook. "

Three places, cook?
"The chef you are talking about might also be named Zhao, right?" Li Yancheng raised his eyebrows.

"Huh? You can guess that! His last name is Zhao. Others call him Zhao Lao San. I don't know his full name."

Hey, this is the second time I’ve heard of this Zhao Laosan in just two or three days.

He is also Liang Qiutao's uncle and Xiao Wu's godfather.

Now Liang Qiutao is dead and Xiao Wu is missing.

Ok?
"How do you know Xiao Wu is missing?"

"I had something to do with him today, so I went to his house, but the neighbors said they hadn't seen him for a week.

I leaned over his window and took a peek into the house. I saw what seemed to be a piece of paper on the table, so I asked the neighborhood committee to help me open the door.

The piece of paper on his desk was a note. Judging from the content, it should have been written by him. He said that he had to go back to his hometown in Beihe Province for something urgent and would be back in a month or so. "

"What's wrong with this?"

"From the content, there is nothing wrong. Xiao Wu's hometown is indeed in Beihe, and he does go back occasionally."

As Duan Zhenghui spoke, he took out two pieces of paper from his trouser pocket.

"Dacheng, the words on these two pieces of paper were written by Xiaowu, take a look and see if there is anything wrong."

Li Yancheng took the two pieces of paper and started reading them under the street light.

The contents of the two pieces of paper are similar, except for the dates of signature. One was written in September last year and the other was written this year.

But the words on the paper...are so ugly that they are a bit abstract.

At a glance, the words on the two pieces of paper seem to be written by the same person. Several of the words are so ugly that it would be difficult to imitate them. There is no apparent problem with this.

But Li Yancheng knew that since Duan Zhenghui could take it out and show it to him, there must be something wrong with it.

"What are you two looking at? Can I see it?"

At this time, Jin Zhihai, who was sitting and chatting at the gate of the yard, could no longer sit still. He stood up and walked over. Before he got close, he started asking.

"Yes, of course. Zhihai, come and take a look."

Duan Zhenghui didn't hesitate and called him over directly.

Jin Zhihai then walked behind Li Yancheng and looked at the two pieces of paper in his hands.

"Wow, this handwriting is quite ugly, Xiao Wu? It can't be the one in Donggaofang Hutong."

"That's Xiao Wu, Zhi Hai, can you tell that the words on these two pieces of paper were written by the same person?"

Li Yancheng looked at it for a long time but couldn't see any difference, so he simply handed the paper to Jin Zhihai.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Jin Zhihai took the two pieces of paper, looked at Li Yancheng, and then at Duan Zhenghui.

"Zhenghui said Xiaowu was missing and found this note at his home. This one is from the past.

After comparing the two, he thought there might be something wrong with the note he just found, but I didn’t see it.”

Li Yancheng pointed out the dates of the two notes to him so that he could identify them.

"Zhenghui, don't keep us in suspense. If you find any problem, just point it out to us."

After hearing what he said, Jin Zhihai simply stopped looking and looked up at Duan Zhenghui and said.

"You two look at that word 'Wu'."

武？
As Duan Zhenghui spoke, both Li Yancheng and Jin Zhihai's eyes fell on the signature at the bottom of the paper.

The two pieces of paper were signed with the words "Xiao Wu" written on them, and the date was below the name, so the format was quite careful.

After being reminded, Li Yancheng noticed that although the writings of both Xiao Wus were equally ugly, there were indeed some differences.

The short horizontal stroke on the character "武" written on the note last year was a little long, reaching the hook but not showing the end. The character "武" on this note this year was just as ugly, but very standard.

Just based on this?

This doesn't seem to mean anything.

Seeing the two of them looking up at him in confusion, Duan Zhenghui spread his hands and said helplessly, "I know that the difference between these two words 'Wu' may not mean much to you.

To be honest, I don’t know how to explain it.

I can't understand why, as soon as I saw this note, I felt that something must have happened to Xiao Wu.

I'm not even sure why I suddenly thought of looking for Xiao Wu today.

In fact, it is normal not to see him for a month or two.

This kid is sometimes elusive. You see, he didn't go home for a week this time, and his neighbors didn't tell the neighborhood committee or the police station. Everyone is used to him being like this.

Or maybe he really is fine, and just went back to his hometown to do something, and I was just nervous for nothing."

"I know what you mean, Zhenghui. How about this, I'll ask the chef at the third place for you after work on Monday."

Looking at Duan Zhenghui's slightly solemn expression, Li Yancheng pondered for a moment, nodded and said.

"Thank you, Dacheng."

"What's there to thank me for? You are also responsible for the residents in your jurisdiction. Do you have any photos of Xiao Wu?"

"I don't have it, but he must have it. If you want it, I can get it for you now."

"There's no rush. Just give it to me tomorrow night."

"Anyway, I don't have anything to do right now, so just treat it as a transfer. I'll give it to you later."

After saying this, Duan Zhenghui was about to leave, but Jin Zhihai hurriedly stopped him and returned the two notes to him.

"Dacheng, why did you just say to ask the chef from the third department? What's his relationship with Xiaowu?"

"Zhenghui said Xiaowu found a godfather outside, who is the chef of our third department."

"Maybe Xiao Wu went back to his hometown? This kid usually hangs out with one of Lao Zhu's guys and runs around all the time. Zhenghui might just be worrying about nothing."

Li Yancheng smiled and nudged Jin Zhihai's belly with his elbow: "Zhenghui is responsible. He suspected that a resident in his area was missing and used his ability to search for him. Why do you say that he is worrying about nothing?

Zhihai, how long have you been working in criminal investigation? How come you are out of touch with the masses? "

"Hey, you are worthy of being the section chief. You put on the hat very well."

"That is required."

"Hey, I want to ask you a question. I saw that you were in a bad mood last night, so I didn't say much. Have you resolved the matter yesterday?"

Such a big incident happened in front of the Chengdong Library yesterday. As a police officer in the Criminal Investigation Department of the Municipal Bureau, it would be strange if Jin Zhihai didn't know the inside story.

He was shocked when he first heard that there was a shooting there and that a female library employee was involved.

His first reaction was that something had happened to Luo Min, so he rushed over with his colleagues.

Only later did we find out that the case had been taken over by the Security Department of the Social Affairs Bureau, and the two parties involved in the shooting had been taken away.

The two female library employees involved are family members of front-line staff of the Social Affairs Bureau.

After hearing this, Jin Zhihai knew that it must be Luo Min.

He hurriedly found the police officer from the local police station who had responded to the call to inquire about the details.

I was relieved to hear that the woman was fine.

There was nothing to do here afterwards, so they returned to work.

Then the whole afternoon I heard rumors that the son of so-and-so was arrested by the Social Affairs Bureau, and the son-in-law of so-and-so was also arrested.

Jin Zhihai's little heart trembled constantly after hearing this.

He asked for leave and ran to a gate.

When I went over, I saw that the original three-person sentry post at the gate had been replaced by six people. Then I saw several people coming in jeeps, and they were shouted away before they even got close to the sentries.

He immediately realized that the problem was very serious, so he didn't go over to join in the fun and turned back to his unit.

Last night, he saw that both of them came back safely, but their faces were not very good. He didn't ask much, but just asked Li Yancheng to go to bed early.

Seeing that the brother and his wife seemed to have recovered now, he asked.

"It's considered resolved. I'll check some of the things they confessed and hand it over to the court once the case files are sorted out."

"I heard that those people you arrested yesterday were all sons of someone, can they be sentenced?"

Jin Zhihai's eyes widened instantly.

He thought that at most he would be locked up for a few days and suffer a little and that would be the end of it, but it turned out to be such a big deal that he had to go to court to be sentenced.

"Why can't they be sentenced? They have committed a crime and must be tried by law."

“No, I’m talking about brother.” Jin Zhihai lowered his voice a little more.

"Aren't you worried that those people will cause trouble to you in the future?"

Hearing this, Li Yancheng smiled faintly, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it for the two of them before speaking in a seemingly nonchalant but actually murderous tone.

"I haven't gotten rid of my anger yet. To be honest, Zhihai, if it weren't for the explanation they gave me yesterday, I would have definitely turned the world upside down.

If anyone wants to trouble me, well, that's what I want."

Having said that, Li Yancheng grinned, his white teeth looking somewhat dazzling under the soft yellow street lights.

Jin Zhihai was speechless for a moment. He didn't know what to say. With a fight of this level, with his weak arms and legs, let alone participating in it, even if he was blown to the edge, the outcome would be either death or disability.

Looking at his good brother, he raised his hand and grabbed his arm: "Come with me!"

"where to?"

"Back to the Yard"

"Then I can go on my own."

He was a little curious as to why Jin Zhihai suddenly pulled him into the yard, but Li Yancheng didn't ask anything. He said something to his wife who was chatting with the aunties and sisters from the neighborhood at the door, and went back to the yard first.

Seeing the two men enter the yard one after another, Xing Lihua and Luo Min looked at each other, but tacitly did not follow them in. As women, they usually did not get involved in the men's affairs.

"Wait for me a moment. I'll get you something."

After entering the backyard, Jin Zhihai went back to his home. Li Yancheng did not go back to his home either, but sat on the stone bench in the yard.

As soon as he sat down, Jin Zhihai came out of the house holding a wooden box.

"Brother, I can't help you with that matter, and I know you don't plan to let me help you.

I just think that if you want to do something privately in the future, it’s best not to leave any traces.

This was left by my old man. It has never been filed and no one outside knows about it. I have been maintaining it and finding a chance to go out and shoot it twice every year. You take it.

If you have to, it’s best not to use your own.”

(End of this chapter)