You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 292 Original Sin!

Criminal Investigation Team, Reception Room.

As soon as Yao Weihua and Maozi saw Yang Jinwen enter, they quickly stood up to greet him: "Team Leader Yang."

Aunt Wang was very reserved, unsure whether to stand or sit.

The two police officers in front of her were people she wouldn't normally have the time to meet, not to mention that their politeness towards this tall young man meant they must be of much higher rank.

Yang Jinwen smiled and said, "Auntie, please sit down. Let me pour you a glass of water."

He walked to the table, picked up the kettle, poured a cup of warm tea into a glass, and handed it to Aunt Wang.

"Thanks……"

After Aunt Wang accepted the gift, Yang Jinwen said, "Don't be shy, let's sit down and chat."

"well……"

Grandma Wang held the glass teacup in both hands. The teacup was at just the right temperature, not too hot to handle. The warmth traveled through her hands and into her heart, instantly calming her anxious emotions.

Yang Jinwen looked at Yao Weihua: "Where are we in the question?"

"We're just chatting casually, I haven't asked you anything formally yet, right, ma'am?"

Aunt Wang nodded: "The two police officers are so kind. They even invited me to breakfast, but I told them I had already eaten."

"Of course," Yang Jinwen said with a smile.

Yao Weihua discovered that, unless dealing with criminals, his captain was indeed like a harmless and civilized person, giving people a very good impression and being very polite.

But once he deals with murderers, his outward appearance vanishes, and his imposing manner suddenly surges, like a spring drizzle that abruptly transforms into a summer storm.

"Auntie, when did 'Yin Hong,' also known as Zhang Chen, come to the mine?"

"July 95, 2."

"You remember it so clearly?"

"The first day was the Lantern Festival, right after the New Year. I remember the night before, I cooked sesame dumplings for the miners."

What was the situation like at that time?

"She was walking back and forth outside the gate. At that time, everyone in the mine was at work, and only Old Li, the gatekeeper, and I saw her."

I didn't notice at first, but in the afternoon, when I went out to empty the swill, I saw her sitting by the roadside, clutching her stomach.

I asked her what was wrong, and she said she hadn't eaten for several days.

I felt sorry for her, so I went to the kitchen and got her two cold steamed buns. She wolfed them down. I saw her face; she was a very beautiful woman. She was eating the buns while tears streamed down her face.

I asked, "Honey, is something wrong?"

She shook her head and refused to say. After finishing her steamed bun, she begged me to find her a job, even if she didn't get paid.

My daughter is about the same age as her, and I couldn't bear it, so I went to beg the boss.

The boss agreed, saying that since she dared to go down into the mine to dig coal, he would keep her.

From that time on, Zhang Chen worked in the mine.

Yang Jinwen had heard this story many times before.

He asked, "Is 'Zhang Chen' her real name?"

"I don't know about that. She said her name is Zhang Chen."

Did she have any luggage with her at the time?

Aunt Wang shook her head: "No, I was just wearing a set of clothes, and the clothes were dirty and torn."

"Who was she closest to during her years working in the mine?"

“She works in the mine every day and sleeps in the same room with me at night. When we have holidays, I take her to the county town for a stroll.”

"What are her preferences?"

"Like?"

"What do you like to do?"

While tilting her head to think, Aunt Wang replied, "She likes spicy food, she really likes it. Also, she likes children. Once when she went to the county town, she saw the children on the street and kept staring at them."

I felt really embarrassed; the child's parents all thought we were human traffickers.

I took her to a clothing store, and she specifically looked at children's clothes, touching them with her hands.

At this point, Yang Jinwen suddenly remembered the nursery in Zhong Aihua's house.

Zhong Aihua said that he and "Yin Hong" had been married for a year, but she showed no signs of pregnancy.

But 'Crimson' had already prepared a children's room, with plush toys on the bay window and a rocking horse at the foot of the bed.

Could it be that Yin Hong had given birth before coming to Danan County?
Aunt Wang has been through it all; women have a very keen sense of smell, especially older women.

She stated with absolute certainty, "Zhang Chen definitely has a child; you can't fool me."

"You asked her?"

“I asked her, and she said she just likes him. She's never had children or been married. She's lying, and I can tell right away.”

Yang Jinwen raised an eyebrow, not doubting her guess. "Besides that, what else can you see?"

"She's very daring. When we need extra food at the mine, I always let the men do the knives, but she dares to kill chickens. She cuts open the chicken's neck with a cleaver, and blood spurts out, spraying all over her hand, but she doesn't even blink."

I asked her, "You're so brave!" She joked that she had killed someone.

She said it with a smile, so I didn't take it seriously." Yang Jinwen nodded: "At the end of 95, she and Yuan Dajun got together. What do you think about that?"

Aunt Wang sighed, "I knew this day would come sooner or later. Zhang Chen was so beautiful. During the year she worked at the mine, I was the only one who saw what she looked like."

I told her at the time, "With your looks, any man would be completely captivated by you. Men don't let go of women who are too beautiful."

The mine is full of men, and some of them are undocumented, without proper identification. If she wants to avoid trouble, she should cover her face.

She understood this principle, so that year, she deliberately smeared coal dust on her face.

Every night after taking a shower, she would stand in front of the mirror, staring at her face for a long time.

At the end of 95, when the mine was preparing for a holiday, I don't know why she wanted the men in the mine to see her face clearly.

She washed herself clean and put on the new clothes she had bought a long time ago. When the men in the mine saw her, it was as if a movie star had come to their mine. The big men's eyes were wide open.

Especially the Yuan brothers, Yuan Dajun and Yuan Lang. To be honest, they definitely wouldn't let such a beautiful woman go. Sure enough, Yuan Dajun started to approach her and even reassigned her to work in finance at the mine.

I wondered if Zhang Chen did this on purpose. She didn't want to continue digging coal in the mine; she wanted to live a better life.

Then I thought about it, and realized that's not true. What woman wants to cover her face every day? To dress like a grown man every day?

After that, Zhang Chen followed Yuan Dajun. However, she was kind-hearted and remained close to me. When she saw me working alone in the kitchen, she hired another person to help me. She also often came to the kitchen to help me. She was not arrogant because she had climbed up the social ladder.

Several times, when she was chopping vegetables for me, I noticed that her wrists were covered in injuries and her neck was also injured. I asked her what happened, and she got angry, so I didn't dare to ask any more questions.

In the latter half of 96, I stopped working at the mine, and I don't know what happened after that.

After listening to what Aunt Wang had to say, Yang Jinwen pondered for a moment and asked, "Auntie, you really don't know where she's from?"

"I really don't know. I've asked her several times, but she won't tell me."

"Was she speaking Mandarin or with a Sichuan accent?"

"When she first came, she couldn't speak Mandarin, and neither could I. We each spoke our own language, but we could still understand each other."

After staying there for a while, she stopped speaking her native language and started using Mandarin.

"If I let you listen again, could you hear her accent?"

"I think so."

Yao Weihua understood Yang Jinwen's meaning and said, "I'll go ask Captain Fu. There are quite a few people from Sichuan Province in Dannan County. I'll find a few of them to come over."

"Okay." Yang Jinwen nodded.

Shortly after, Lü Weiwei followed Yao Weihua into the reception room.

Yang Jinwen asked in surprise, "You're from Sichuan Province?"

"Yes, Captain Yang, you didn't know?"

Which part of Sichuan Province?

"Chengdu".

Yang Jinwen stood up and offered her the chair.

Lü Weiwei knew what she had to do: find people based on their dialect.

She said hesitantly, "Captain Yang, the accents are different in every part of Sichuan Province, so it might not work."

"It's okay, give it a try."

Lü Weiwei nodded, sat down opposite Aunt Wang, and said with a smile, "Auntie, let me say something, see if it sounds right."

"it is good."

Lu Weiwei thought for a moment and then asked, "'What are you doing?', 'Nangge', 'Anyi', do these three words exist?"

Aunt Wang frowned. Although Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces are geographically close and have some linguistic similarities, there are still significant differences. Aunt Wang was completely confused.

Cat opened its eyes wide and whispered to Yao Weihua, "The Sichuan dialect sounds really nice, so soft and sweet."

Yao Weihua rolled her eyes at him: "Have you ever heard the term 'henpecked husband'? Don't underestimate women from Sichuan."

Seeing that Aunt Wang was shaking her head, Lü Weiwei asked again, "Auntie, have you eaten?"

This was a very ordinary sentence, but after hearing it, Aunt Wang immediately nodded: "It's somewhat similar."

Lu Weiwei rolled her eyes, controlled her tone, and repeated, "Auntie, have you eaten yet?"

"Yes, that's the accent. Zhang Chen always asks me that when he comes to the kitchen after work."

Yang Jinwen quickly asked, "What accent is that?"

Lü Weiwei said, "Deyang."

"Deyang?"

"Deyang's accent is that he can't distinguish between retroflex and alveolar consonants, and he can't even distinguish between tones."

Yang Jinwen took out the train timetable for K121 from his notebook. This train departs from Chengdu and its next stop is Deyang.

Yang Jinwen instructed Yao Weihua and Maozi: "Here's what you two do. Go to the railway police station and request the railway bureau to investigate the train that arrived in Dannan County from Deyang on January 22nd. Check if the deaf-mute woman boarded the train in Deyang."

At the same time, investigate whether any woman with a similar 'crimson' appearance was seen in Danan County or at Deyang Railway Station on the morning or during the day of January 23!

Yao Weihua nodded: "As long as she doesn't cover her face, it's impossible for men not to look at her."

This also refers to 'Yin Hong's' appearance; if she didn't deliberately disguise herself, it would be difficult for her not to attract attention.

Based on her appearance, if one had to compare her to a movie star, Yang Jinwen felt that no star could compare.

But in the eyes of the world, a woman being too beautiful is a sin!
(End of this chapter)