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Don't let him get away...

Without hesitation, Xu De took off after him.

The figure ahead was limping, and as he ran, he kept looking back, a hint of panic faintly showing on his blurry face.

This is the wilderness, and the road is difficult to travel on, full of potholes.

He has some problems with his legs; one leg is longer than the other, which makes his running even more unsteady.

Not long after...

"Sizzle!"

A tremendous force suddenly came from behind him.

Immediately afterwards, the figure felt dizzy and fell uncontrollably into the grass by the roadside.

When the figure came to its senses.

Xu De and his two companions were now standing before him, completely surrounding him.

Wang Chao was bent over, panting heavily. He placed his hands on his knees and cursed as he looked at the person lying on the ground.

"Why are you running?"

Taking this opportunity, he quickly observed the person in front of him.

Who is this?

While running, Wang Chao considered that the other person might be Zhang Da or Zhang Er's cousin, or even a relative, but...

When they finally caught up, they discovered that the person was completely different from the one they had imagined.

The man was in his forties, with dry, brittle hair, rough, wrinkled skin, and an aura of stench unique to garbage. Seeing himself surrounded, he didn't run, but instead angrily shouted:

"It's just two bottles, why chase after them? Is it really necessary to chase them like that!"

"You bunch of bastards, one day..."

As they were talking.

He stood up, cursing, and took some... from the burlap sack he was carrying.

A bottle? A stainless steel basin!

Xu Delin's eyes widened in disbelief.

The two witnessed the other person taking some personal items out of the urea bag, along with some crushed plastic bottles that were shaken off onto the ground.

"What about the rest? Why are you giving me junk?"

Wang Chao's eyes twitched.

The beggar frowned. "What else? That's all. Take it or leave it."

"Aren't you police officers?"

"Who said we were police officers?"

Upon seeing this, Wang Chao immediately couldn't hold back and straightened up angrily, saying:

"Besides, I wouldn't take this junk even if it were given to me for free!"

The beggar was taken aback and retorted, "You're not a policeman? If you're not a policeman, why are you chasing me?!"

Wang Chao was speechless, his face flushed: "Why should I chase you if you don't run!"

"If you chase me, of course I'll run. If you don't chase me, why should I run? If you call my name twice, I'll stop right there."

The beggar's face showed an absurd expression, finding it utterly unbelievable.

"You!" Wang Chao exclaimed in shock.

The three of them ran around for a long time, wasting their energy, just for these mineral water bottles?

Xu De remained silent.

He squatted down and looked at the contents of the urea bag.

The other party wasn't lying; the items they brought were indeed just mineral water bottles, cardboard, and iron basins, among other everyday items.

only.....

"Are you a beggar?" Xu De asked, looking at the other man's tattered clothes.

Upon hearing this, the beggar grumbled and said, "Of course."

He could feel that this kid had kicked him, but since the situation was against him, he didn't dare to say anything.

"Why did you steal these things?"

As Xu De spoke, he raised the mineral water bottle in his hand and shook it.

"What do you mean by stealing? I just picked it up!"

The beggar disagreed and spoke up to correct him:

"The two young lads who lived here have been missing for almost four months. I guess they're dead somewhere, their bodies are already rotting."

"These things are obviously junk, so what's wrong with me picking them up..."

After saying that,

Everyone finally understood the cause and effect.

Competition for resources among beggars is fierce. In most cases, if one beggar dies, the others will take all his belongings with them. The beggar in front of us calls himself a rat.

Their sneaky behavior just now was simply an attempt to take away survival resources.

He came quite a few times.

Around January, after Zhang Da and Zhang Er disappeared for half a month, he came over to collect his belongings.

At first, it was just some cardboard, but it came more and more frequently later.

Roughly speaking, in the three months since Zhang Da and Zhang Er were taken away by the judiciary, the other party has come about 17 times. However, this time they were unlucky and happened to run into Xu De.

"Who told you those two died? They're just in the hospital, okay?..."

Lin Yue said speechlessly.

"Hospitalized? A homeless person can be hospitalized?" The mouse laughed upon hearing this.

Lin Yue retorted, "Otherwise what?"

The mouse said, "What else can we do? If something happens, we'll just find a place to wait to die."

Lin Yue choked for a moment.

"Alright, stop arguing."

Xu De shook his head, interrupting the other person, then looked at them, pondered for a moment, and suddenly narrowed his eyes, saying:

Do you know Zhang Da and Zhang Er?

If the other party doesn't recognize them, they probably don't know that two "youngsters" live here.

Seeing that the three men were not difficult to talk to, the mouse immediately changed its tune and became more assertive.

"What's it to you!?"

Xu De narrowed his eyes, reached into his robes, and pulled out his hand.

The mouse's heart tightened, and he instinctively tried to run. He immediately turned around, took a step with his slightly lame leg, but...

As Xu De stretched out his hand.

The rat's body, which had been halfway turned, was abruptly stopped by him. His turbid, fierce eyes were now crystal clear as he stared intently at the other's hand.

All I saw was...

Xu De pulled out three hundred-yuan bills from his pocket, held out his hand, and handed one to the other person.

The mouse stared wide-eyed, reached out and took the money, then swallowed hard and made a "gurgling" sound.

"Can you tell me now?" Xu De asked.

The mouse's face turned serious, and it began to mimic the pretentious speech.

"Sir, it's my pleasure!"

Then, he quickly put away the money, his face showing a fawning smile, and said:

"You've come to the right person."

"There's nothing about homelessness, scavenging, or begging in the entire Nanshan District that I, Rat, don't know about!"

"Ask me anything, and I'll tell you everything I know without holding back!"

Xu Dedao:

"How old are those two children who live under the bridge?"

The mouse's expression froze, and it said awkwardly:

"Um... I really don't know, you should ask me something else."

Seeing this, Wang Chao sighed and said, "Confucius said: 'Do what you say before you speak it.'" The mouse, upon hearing this, looked furious.

"Who's exaggerating!? I certainly know about homelessness, but the information you're asking has absolutely nothing to do with homelessness."

Wang Chao was shocked and subconsciously took a half step back.

"Do you understand?"

The mouse snorted and replied, "Confucius said: 'Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me!'"

Wang Chao: !?

Wang Chao stared at the other person with his mouth agape in disbelief.

"Alright, alright, let's get down to business."

Xu De shook his head, looked at the rat, and after thinking for a moment, asked again:

"How did those two people living under the bridge become homeless?"

The mouse said, "I know that... how else could it have turned into that? It was eaten to extinction."

As he spoke, the mouse casually remarked:

"Some people are exploited and left with nothing, yet they still have to work like oxen and horses, grinding grain and serving the entire family that has been exploited. Compared to that, what does it matter if you're penniless and become a homeless person?"

Xu De's eyes twitched, and he stared at him for a long time before finally looking away.

He then asked:

"I mean, where did you get this information from?"

They were eaten alive, leaving no descendants...

Based on the other person's age, it's highly likely they knew about this... either by witnessing it firsthand or hearing about it on the spot! This provides a direct indication of the sisters' ages!

"this"

The mouse hesitated.

Xu De took out another bill and handed it to the other party.

The rat's face was righteous. "This isn't about money; it mainly involves other people!"

Xu De took out another hundred yuan and handed it to the other party, making a total of three hundred yuan.

The mouse smiled.

"Young man, you have a great eye for people!"

He reached out, folded the three hundred yuan into a cylinder, and put it in his pocket.

"Those two under the bridge, one is called Zhang Da and the other Zhang Er. They look like brothers, but they are actually sisters."

"Hey, that old man did teach these two sisters quite a few survival skills."

"As for the news..."

"That's what their neighbor told me before they became homeless."

The neighbors where I live?

Xu De's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Didn't they move?!"

Police reports indicate that the reason the aunt was able to leave the country despite having no family fortune, besides her son, was because the small town in question was demolished for redevelopment. Yes.

The authorities planned an industrial zone in that area, and most of the town was demolished.

In other words, only after the demolition was completed could the other party have enough money to go abroad, and Zhang Da and Zhang Er lost their homes and were later temporarily taken in by a homeless old woman.

And the neighbors from that time... disappeared after the demolition was completed, and no one knows where they went.

Upon hearing this...

The mouse nodded, making no attempt to hide anything, and said:

"They did move... but only half of the town was demolished. Some neighbors didn't want to leave after their houses were demolished, so they moved into the area that hadn't been demolished yet." "When they were moving, they were short-handed, so they gave me thirty yuan plus two full meals, and I went to help them out."

"I learned about this from the conversation of the host family during the meal."

The host is chatting...

Xu De paused, his eyes gleaming as he looked at the "rat" in front of him.

Do you remember where we moved to?

The mouse casually replied, "Of course I know. There's only half a town left. It's such a small place, and it has a few self-built villas. How could I not know?"

Xu Dedao:

"Take me to him!"

Neighbors... This is different from the neighbors in a city neighborhood.

In a residential community, you might never know the person across the street from you in your entire life, but it's different in a rural town.

In the 80s, your neighbors knew far more than you might imagine.

There's a saying that goes, "A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative."

They thought they'd never find these people again, but who would have thought... they found clues about them on this "mouse" in front of them! The mouse shook its head: "No, I can't reveal information about my master."

"Even homeless people have principles!"

Wang Chao glanced at him up and down, then suddenly pulled out two hundred yuan in cash, and then took out his pen and paper and handed them to the other man.

The mouse's eyes lit up at the sight.

Without any hesitation, he took the money and began to do the work.

He then pulled out a pen, wrote a few lines in the notebook, tore it out, and handed it to Xu De.

then.

The rat's wrinkled face was now serious. He stretched out his rough hand and made a zipping motion to his lips.

He has principles.

If I say I won't reveal any information about the host, then I absolutely won't!

Xu De looked down and saw a few crooked words written on the paper.

[No. 107, Longhe Lane, Fujia Town!]

4 month 5 day.

7:30 in the morning.

Fujia Town, Nanshan District.

In the chilly morning air of Longhe Lane, a crisp knocking sound echoed at the door.

"Bang bang bang!"

The iron gate of the large courtyard in front of house number 107 was knocked on.

"Who is it?"

A middle-aged woman's voice rang out from the courtyard, and soon footsteps approached the main gate.

"Squeak~"

The iron gate opened, and through the crack, a middle-aged woman in her fifties appeared before them, her face full of doubt as she stared at the three young men outside, as well as a middle-aged man who seemed quite uncomfortable.

"Who are you...?"

"Hello, we are lawyers from Houde Law Firm. We are here to learn about 'Zhang Yue and Zhang Xing'," Xu De said politely, introducing himself first.

Looks matter in every era.

The middle-aged woman was initially wary when she saw Wang Chao.

But upon seeing Xu De and Lin Yue's faces, her guard lowered slightly, and she spoke in a gentler tone, though with a hint of doubt, "Zhang Yue, Zhang Xing? Who are these?"

Don't you recognize me?

Xu De paused, and before he could speak, a voice suddenly came from behind the middle-aged woman in front of him.

"Xiaoyue and Xiaoxing? What happened to these two sisters?"

The middle-aged woman turned around and saw her husband, a thin man, walking towards her.

Little Moon, Little Star...

Xu De and Lin Yue exchanged a glance, secretly relieved.

You've found the right person!

"Hello, do you know these sisters?"

The man paused, then spoke:

"Come in and let's talk."

"Sigh, her father and I were coworkers. We worked on construction sites together when we were young. Who would have thought that he would suddenly get sick and die like that?" "All that's left is his wife, who just gave birth to their second child, but she had two pregnancies in a row, and the first one was premature due to complications."

"Without a man, even with the help of her neighbors, she couldn't bear it and passed away not long after..."

"Sigh, I finally found a relative, but... that relative is a real jerk!"

In the living room.

Old Sun invited Xu De and the others into the house, and after the two sides exchanged ideas, they entered the house.

Old Sun then proceeded to ramble on and on, recounting everything he knew.

"You have no idea, if the neighbors didn't help them, these two kids wouldn't even have a decent meal!"

"To be wiped out of the family line, how tragic."

"They even ran off with the money after the land was demolished, leaving not a single penny behind!"

"I was thinking of helping the two kids out then, but as soon as I turned around, they disappeared. I searched for days but couldn't find them. They're such beasts! I wonder if they're dead overseas!"

Old Sun kept cursing.

Xu De sat on the sofa, exchanged a glance with Lin Yue, and then got to the point.

"Do you know when these two sisters were born?"

Old Sun said, "The eldest should be born in 86, and the second one in 87, I think. I can't remember exactly, but it should be one of these years."

The eldest was born in '86? The second in '87?

If this is true... the oldest one is only 17 years old this year!

Lin Yue felt a surge of warmth within her.

However...

Soon, the other party poured cold water on their enthusiasm.

Old Sun shook his head and said:

"But I'm not sure."

Lin Yue said, "No evidence? Birth certificate, vaccination record, either one will do!"

Old Sun clenched his fists tightly and cursed:

"They're all burned. Those bastards probably tore up all the evidence to make a clean getaway."

"Don't even mention me, calling the police won't do you any good!"

Unable to find...

It's impossible to find out.

Everything about Zhang Yue and Zhang Xing's ages has long since disappeared over the past decade or so.

Age...cannot be changed!

Lin Yue's heart sank completely. Her lips moved for a moment, but she didn't know what to say.

In the 18th case, Liu Jingqi's age was able to be corrected because of irrefutable evidence!

However... there is no conclusive evidence in this case.

Even if Zhang Da is indeed underage, her legal age is 18, making her an adult who bears full criminal responsibility! Furthermore, aside from witness testimonies, there is no objective evidence to prove she is a minor!

Zhang Er, however, was exactly 17 years old.

If the murderer was...

In a daze.

A voice suddenly sounded.

"Uncle Sun, you mean... the last time you saw the two sisters was at least ten years ago?"

Xu De suddenly spoke up.

"And...Dan...was her body weaker because her first child was premature?"

Old Sun was somewhat bewildered and confused, and said:

"Yes, she was probably not even as tall as my leg back then... My first child was indeed premature, otherwise I wouldn't have had a second one."

"These two biological parents had a second child so quickly so that someone would be able to take care of the first one."

Xu De's eyes flickered for a moment.

He did not reply.

He simply reached into his briefcase and pulled out two photos.

One is Zhang Da's, and the other is Zhang Er's.

"Uncle Sun, take a look... Can you tell which of these two is the older sister and which is the younger sister?"

Old Sun peeked out and saw two almost identical photos in front of him.

He hesitated for a moment, then pointed to a somewhat frail photograph and guessed:

"Is this Zhang Yue?"

"Still this one?"

Old Sun looked for a long time but still couldn't tell which one was the adult sister.

Xu De then looked at the rat.

"Mouse, you've known these two sisters for years, haven't you...? Which one is Zhang Yue, and which one is Zhang Xing?"

A mouse on one side peeked out.

Finally, he hesitated before speaking:

"Zhang Da should be Zhang Yue, right...?"

"Why would you think Zhang Da is Zhang Yue?" Xu De asked rhetorically.

The mouse hesitated more and more, "Big...she calls me Zhang Da, so she must be the older sister."

"My name is Xu De. Am I of high moral character? Indeed, I am."

"But if someone names themselves 'Rich Man,' does having that name automatically make them rich?"

Xu De retorted:

"Titles and status...have absolutely nothing to do with each other!"

so..

"That's impossible to prove."

The mouse shook its head.

Xu Dedao asked, "Then tell me, is this possibility even possible?"

After thinking for a moment, the mouse nodded. "That's possible, but... you have no evidence to prove it."

"Yes, I can't prove it."

"I have no objective evidence to prove that Zhang Yue's age is problematic, but..."

An unknown light flickered in Xu De's eyes.

There is a misconception.

Ordinary people might think that the judiciary is rigid, inflexible, and only looks at irrefutable evidence.

If you want to change something, there must be irrefutable evidence.

But that's not actually the case.

This shows you don't yet understand just how outrageous the "Law on the Protection of Minors" really is!

According to Article 4 of the Law on the Protection of Minors, when handling matters involving minors and where there is significant suspicion, the court must adhere to the principle of acting in the best interests of the minor and providing special priority protection!

In layman's terms, if someone falls between being a minor and an adult, even if you can't provide evidence to prove their age and identity, but the objective suspicion is strong enough, the court will rule them a minor!

So here's the problem.

"What objective evidence proves that Zhang Da is an adult older sister, and not a 17-year-old younger sister!?"

Xu De suddenly turned to Wang Chao and Lin Yue and asked them a question.

Xu De cannot prove it.

But correspondingly...

Fan He and Zhou Ning cannot prove that Zhang Da is the older sister.

According to the law, matters that cannot be proven will be judged based on the most conservative and favorable circumstances.

In other words...

"Now, those who need to prove their age and identity..."

"It's not us anymore."

Xu De smiled.

"It's Fan He Zhou Ning!!!"

If the other party can prove their true age and identity, then Zhang Yue is the underage older sister born in 86.

If they can't prove Zhang Da is the older sister...

The court will likely exercise caution and rule based on the younger sister's status as a minor... she is a minor!

This is a vicious cycle, a dead end that leads to a dead end, a vicious cycle that you can't escape no matter what you do!

Again.

He didn't want to give the money.

Xu De didn't want anyone else to bear the blame!