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Chapter 196: The Dark and Windy Night

On a dark and windy night during the Spring Festival of 1977, Li Heman was walking in a quiet alley. He was really happy today because they had gambled at the mahjong table for two days and two nights and successfully made Qiao Zuwang owe a huge sum of one hundred and sixty yuan.

Li Heman was extremely excited when he thought that the Qiao family would starve to death on the streets in the future. Then, his body, which seemed weak due to not sleeping for two days and two nights, became even lighter, as if he was flying in the clouds.

Li Heman, who was flying in the clouds, suddenly felt a piercing pain in the back of his head, and then he fainted. When he woke up again, he found that not only was the back of his head in unbearable pain, but his lower body was also in even more severe pain.

Li Heman struggled to lift up his pants and was shocked to find that he had become the only eunuch in the new society.

"Oh help."

Some of the shrill and cracked cries for help woke up the residents near the alley, and they all came out to check the situation in a bad mood.

"Who the hell is yelling here in the middle of the night?"

Qiao Zuwang, who was sleeping soundly, heard a violent knock on the door outside. Qiao Zuwang, who was woken up, complained angrily, "Qiao Yicheng, you idiot!
Don’t you know to go out and open the door?!"

Hearing his father's rebuke, Qiao Yicheng did not react at all and continued cooking in the kitchen. Qiao Erqiang, the "eater" next to him, glanced at his elder brother and ran to open the door obediently.

When Qiao Erqiang opened the door of his house, he saw four policemen standing outside. He took several steps back in fear.

"Little boy, is Qiao Yicheng home?"

"My eldest brother is cooking!"

Qiao Yicheng quickly heard the noise, washed his hands, and walked out. Looking at the police outside, Qiao Yicheng looked a little confused.

"Uncle police, are you here to see me?"

"Little friend, are you Qiao Yicheng?"

"Yes! I am Qiao Yicheng!"

"Student Qiao Yicheng, there's a criminal case involving you. Please come with us to the police station."

"Huh? Okay! Please wait for me!" Qiao Yicheng said to the police outside the door, and then instructed Qiao Erqiang, who was stunned beside him, "Erqiang, do you know where our elementary school principal lives?"

"Ok, I know!"

"Then go find him now! Just tell him that I was taken away by the police for no apparent reason!"

"Yes! Big brother! I understand!" Qiao Erqiang nodded heavily.

Qiao Yicheng arranged for Qiao Erqiang and looked at Sanli, "Sanli, stay home and look after Simei and Qiqi. Don't run around!"

"I know! Big brother! You must come back soon!"

"Don't worry! Big Brother will be back soon!

If you have any problems, go to Aunt Wu next door for help!

Don't bother with our dad!"

"Okay! I understand! If you have any questions, find Aunt Wu!" Sanli nodded obediently and repeated.

Qiao Zuwang, who had been secretly observing the situation at the door, heard his eldest son Qiao Yicheng's arrangement and angrily cursed in a low voice, "This guy with the back of his head!"

The four policemen were all shocked when they saw Qiao Yicheng arranging things calmly, and they all began to believe what Li Heman reported.

Qiao Yicheng followed four policemen and got into a police car under the curious gaze of the neighbors.

"Ouch! What happened to Qiao Yicheng, the eldest son of the Qiao family?"

"Who knows! Could it be that he was so hungry that he had no choice but to steal from others?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Is Yicheng a kid who steals other people's things?" Aunt Wu, who ran out to watch the fun, heard the neighbors' discussions and retorted angrily.

"Aunt Wu, we're just making wild guesses! Don't get too worked up!"

"Huh! How could you guess like that? Isn't this just deliberately ruining someone's score?"

Aunt Wu did not accept the neighbor's explanation. She turned around and went to the Qiao family next door and volunteered to help Yicheng take care of the children.

The neighbors all regretted Aunt Wu's reproach. Although the Qiao family was in financial difficulty, the children were very well-behaved and were unlikely to steal anything.

Police station, an interrogation room.

"Name?"

"Qiao Yicheng!"

"gender?"

"."

"gender?"

"Are you blind? Can't you see that I'm a real man? Do you want me to take off my clothes for you to see?"

"Little brat, be quiet!
Don't think that just because you're young, we won't take coercive measures against you!" The young policeman angrily slammed the table, trying to scare Qiao Yicheng in front of him.

"Tsk!" Qiao Yicheng looked at the young policeman in front of him with disdain.

The director outside the interrogation room was really surprised when he saw Qiao Yicheng's performance. Seeing that the interrogation was facing a deadlock, he quickly called out the police officer in charge of the interrogation.

"Xiao Liu, what's wrong with you today?"

Li Heman is not sure about something, but you, Xiao Liu, are sure about it?" The director questioned the police officer Xiao Liu in a bad mood.

"Keke, I think Qiao Yicheng is too calm!
It doesn't suit the age at all!
So I doubt him!"

"Do you have evidence?

Does Li Heman have any evidence?
Can a child do something this complicated?

This is Nanjing, not your mountain village. The police need evidence to investigate a case!"

"But."

"But what? Isn't it just that the child is too calm?
Xiao Liu, you have been working in our police station for more than a year!

You don't even understand the Qiao family's special situation?" "Ah," Xiao Liu heard the director's hidden meaning and became a little confused.

Noticing the confusion of police officer Xiao Liu, the director shook his head in disappointment, and then introduced the situation of the Qiao family.

Seeing the increasingly shocked expression on Police Officer Xiao Liu's face as he introduced himself, the director sighed, "Xiao Liu, if you were born into this kind of special family!

When facing some things, you may be calmer than him!"

"Director, I'm sorry! I was wrong!"

At this time, Qiao Yicheng's external aid came to the police station. When he saw the police station chief, he was furious, "Chief Zhu, how do you police handle cases?
Why did you bring Qiao Yicheng to your police station?"

"Principal Hu, we just asked Qiao Yicheng to come to the police station to find out some information."

"Nonsense! You should have gone through our school first and understood the situation with someone from our school present!"

"This..." Director Zhu really wanted to say that there was no such rule.

"Director Zhu, do you know Qiao Yicheng's grades in our school?

He always ranks first in the grade in every exam, and in the whole city of Nanjing!

Do you know how many key middle schools in Nanjing are vying for Qiao Yicheng's place?

"Huh? We just wanted to understand the situation as quickly as possible. We really didn't think about it so much!" Director Zhu and police officer Xiao Liu looked at each other in shock.

"Hmph! I hope you didn't scare classmate Qiao Yicheng!
Otherwise. Humph!"

Soon, accompanied by the elementary school principal, Director Zhu personally began to interrogate Qiao Yicheng, "Qiao Yicheng, do you know Li Heman?"

"I know him! He's our neighbor in the alley."

"Yeah! Li Heman was attacked last night and his lower body was seriously injured!

Li Heman guessed it had something to do with you!
Do you have anything to explain?"

"I stayed at home last night and didn't go out!"

“Who can prove it for you?”

"My brothers and sisters!"

"Do you have any grudge against Li Heman? Or do you really dislike him?"

"No, there's no holiday! But I really hate him. Even the five of us siblings hate him!"

"This..." At Qiao Yicheng's frankness, several people present, including the elementary school principal, showed surprised expressions.

"Can you tell me why?"

"Li Heman often encouraged my father, Qiao Zuwang, to gamble. Your police station should know all about this!
But what you don't know is that when my mother passed away, my father Qiao Zuwang was still gambling with Li Heman and the others!"

"what?"

"I'm sure! I can take responsibility for what I just said!"

In fact, when the police at the police station heard Li Heman say that he suspected Qiao Yicheng, they were unwilling to believe it, because this was simply impossible for a child to do.

The reason why Qiao Yicheng was brought back for questioning was because they were trying to find some clues by sifting through straw. In addition, police officer Xiao Liu and others had no experience in handling cases, so the matter that could have been solved by directly questioning Qiao's family suddenly became so complicated.

After getting the clues provided by Qiao Yicheng, but without any evidence to prove that what happened last night was done by Qiao Yicheng, the elementary school principal took Qiao Yicheng away.

As for Li Heman in the hospital, he is about to face the most stringent interrogation by the police. I believe that under the police's interrogation methods, Li Heman will not be able to escape the police's interrogation.

The elementary school principal took Qiao Yicheng out of the police station. Looking at Qiao Yicheng who was still calm, the principal was filled with emotion.

"Yicheng, what happened today didn't scare you, did it?"

"No! Principal!" Qiao Yicheng smiled and shook his head.

"Haha, you performed really well today! Even adults might not be able to do that!"

“Haha, that’s because they feel guilty!

I haven't done anything bad, so I'm not afraid of the police investigation at all!"

"Yeah! Yicheng, you are really smart!

I also have good news for you. Because of your excellent grades, many key middle schools in Nanjing want to admit you!"

"Principal, I also have something to ask of you!"

"whats the matter?"

"Principal, I have already taught myself all the junior high school courses, so I want to take the entrance exam this time and go directly to the high school department!"

"What? Yicheng, are you serious?"

"Yes! Principal! What I said is true!

And this is not without precedent, skipping grades is quite normal!"

"Yes! There is indeed a precedent for skipping grades!

But can you really get into high school?"

"Hehe, Principal, don't worry!

I am very confident!

This time I hope I can skip junior high school and get into high school.

Our primary school is like launching a "big satellite"!

After hearing what Qiao Yicheng said, Principal Hu's eyes lit up and he suddenly felt that this matter had more advantages than disadvantages. After all, Nanjing is one of the important cities in China. Their primary school launched the "big satellite", which means that he, as the principal, has made great contributions to the education of talents.

Then again, even if Qiao Yicheng failed, he would still be the glory of their elementary school, so the principal was very supportive of this kind of thing that had no disadvantages.

(End of this chapter)