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"Wenhui, this is... a call from Director Tang of the machinery factory. He said my brother is a suspect in a rape and murder case. My brother isn't that kind of person. I need to go to the city. Oh, and call the logistics department first, ask them to send someone to take care of you."

Qiaoqiao was terrified and flustered, not knowing what to do first.

"What's the rush? Carry me to the toilet," Zhou Wenhui said calmly.

Yes, yes, take him to the toilet first, he can't hold his poop and pee.

Qiaoqiao struggled to lift Zhou Wenhui and put him in the wheelchair, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

"Would your brother be that kind of person?" Zhou Wenhui asked calmly as he sat in his wheelchair.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. My brother is the most upright person; he would never do such a thing."

Qiaoqiao shook her head. Her brother was a gentleman. How could he have committed rape and murder?

"Since you're so convinced it's not true, why the rush? What problem will going to the city center solve?"

"I...but...what if they wrongly accuse my brother?"

In Dashui Village, her family has been wronged quite a few times.

"As long as he didn't do it, no one dares to frame him!" Zhou Wenhui said authoritatively.

"You...you have a way?" Qiaoqiao asked cautiously.

"I need to go to the toilet, are you trying to kill me with holding it in?"

"Oh, okay, okay, I'm sorry."

Qiaoqiao trembled as she carried Zhou Wenhui to the toilet, then trembled again as she carried him to the wheelchair and flushed the toilet.

Looking at Qiaoqiao, whose face was deathly pale and whose hands and feet were trembling, Zhou Wenhui said, "Call my mother."

"Oh no, Mom said we can't call them unless it's an extremely urgent matter."

"Your brother has been wrongly accused and taken to the police station. Isn't this an extremely urgent matter?"

"Yes, but this is my family's business."

"Aren't you afraid of being tortured into confessing?"

"I... but my mother is in the military, where discipline is strict, and I can't bother her."

"Idiot, do you think war is something that can be fought in a day or two? If I tell you to fight, then fight." Zhou Wenhui's face darkened. This woman was as stupid as a pig.

"Okay, okay, I'll hit, I'll hit..."

Yang Zheng searched for Kong Xiange all night in the wind, rain, and thunder, never expecting that he would be taken away by the police as soon as he returned to his dormitory and took a shower.

When he arrived at the police station, he learned that Kong Xiange had been raped the previous night, pushed into a pond, and drowned.

How could this be? Yang Zheng didn't even see a shadow of her.

The police officer said, "Last night, only you, Lu Han, and Liu Dabao went out to look for Kong Xiange. All three of you are suspects, so you have to be detained temporarily."

Yang Zheng became anxious: "I'm searching in the east, and Kong Xiange's accident happened in the west. What does that have to do with me?"

The police officer said with a cold face, "Who can prove that you are in the east? Last night, Kong Xiange and Lu Han had an argument. She said that you and Lu Han are in cahoots. Whether you covet her beauty or not, we don't know."

Yang Zheng gave a wry smile: "I've only met Kong Qiange two or three times. She likes Lu Han, and I'm lusting after her beauty? Isn't that absurd and laughable?"

"Since you have no connection with her, why did you spend the whole night looking for her?"

"No, she lost her mind from anger. I was just worried something might happen to her. Besides, Lu Han and Liu Dabao both went to help look for her. Could it be that they were looking for her just because they were after her beauty?"

Yang Zheng was left speechless, both amused and exasperated by the police's fallacious argument.

"All three of you are suspects. We will handle this officially and clear your names once the truth is found."

"Why just the three of us? Does she think she won't encounter any bad people on the street?"

"Last night there was a torrential downpour and no pedestrians on the road. The three of you are the prime suspects."

According to this line of reasoning, anyone can become a police officer.

After hanging up the phone, Qiaoqiao sat blankly in the living room. Zhou Wenhui, his stomach growling with hunger, asked, "When are we eating?"

What kind of food should we eat?

Qiaoqiao was completely confused and hurriedly got up, saying, "I'll go make you some noodles."

When they got to the kitchen, they discovered that the door hadn't been opened in time, and the coal had burned through, leaving only a little bit of heat.

She frantically searched for sawdust to start a fire, newspapers to light it, and so on... Qiaoqiao busied herself in the kitchen, but the fire wouldn't start. Dejected, she sat on the floor and cried, "Brother, you'll be alright, you won't kill anyone."

Zhou Wenhui pushed the wheelchair to the kitchen, sighed, and didn't urge her to cook.

Soon, Zhou Zhonghai and Luo Meiyun returned.

Seeing her in-laws was like seeing saviors. Qiaoqiao's body went limp, and she knelt at their feet: "Dad, Mom, my brother isn't that kind of person. Please save him."

Luo Meiyun pulled Qiaoqiao up and said, "Qiaoqiao, we are a military family, you can't kneel down casually."

Qiaoqiao stood up, feeling utterly weak. She was willing to kneel as long as it could save her brother.

"Qiaoqiao, if your brother didn't do it, there's nothing to be afraid of. If he did, even a god couldn't save him," Zhou Zhonghai said seriously.

"My brother won't do that, Dad. I want to see my brother."

Qiaoqiao was worried and scared. Her heart was filled with thoughts of her brother, and she couldn't do anything.

"Qiaoqiao, go pack your things. You go with your father to the Huailin City Public Security Bureau. I'll stay home and take care of Wenhui," Luo Meiyun said.

"Okay, okay, thank you, Mom."

Soon, led by Tang Ping, Zhou Zhonghai and Qiaoqiao met Yang Zheng.

In the meeting room, Qiaoqiao threw herself into her brother's arms and burst into tears.

Once the siblings had calmed down, Zhou Zhonghai asked, "What exactly happened?"

Yang Zheng said, "Last night, I was reading at the Cultural Palace and didn't get back to my dormitory until after nine o'clock. I heard Lu Han and Kong Xiange arguing, and there were also many young workers from the single dormitory building gathered at the door."

Kong Xiange accused Lu Han of molesting her. Lu Han produced the love letters Kong Xiange had written to her, saying he had never loved her. Kong Xiange, utterly humiliated, ran away. Thinking it wasn't safe for a girl to be out so late at night, I chased after him with Lu Han.

On the playground, I ran into Liu Dabao, who was also very anxious. The three of us split up to look for Kong Xiange. Later, it started raining heavily, and I became even more worried that something had happened to Kong Xiange. I searched until morning, but I still hadn't found her.

Back in my dorm, I took a shower and was getting ready to go to work when they brought me to the police station.

Zhou Zhonghai frowned and said to the police chief beside him, "Is this how you handle cases?"

"We...we were just conducting a routine inquiry, and we did not convict him."

Zhou Zhonghai slammed his fist on the table: "Are you interrogating them? You're labeling them suspects. I'm asking you, what evidence do you have to prove they raped and murdered Kong Qiange?"

"No, is it still under investigation?" The bureau chief's heart pounded in his chest.

"What is the procedure for handling cases? It is to have evidence before arresting people. You have no evidence at all, but you still arrested them and brought them to the police station. What do the people who do not know the truth think?"

Even if they did nothing wrong, their reputation has already spread. As far as I know, Lu Han is a senior engineer at Huailin Machinery Factory, currently developing a renovation plan for the factory. If you all arrest people indiscriminately, who will be responsible for the factory's losses? Will you be responsible?

Zhou Zhonghai's face was frighteningly dark, but Qiaoqiao wasn't scared at all; on the contrary, she thought he was very charismatic.

"I'm sorry, Commander Zhou, we'll release them immediately."

"If you can't handle this police position, then let someone else have it. You're really controlling everything, arresting whoever looks like a criminal. What's the point of the law then?"

"Yes, we will write a self-criticism and explain our mistakes to our superiors." The director lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhou Zhonghai.

Zhou Zhonghai glanced at the bureau chief and said to Yang Zheng, "Come on, I'll take you back to your unit."

Yang Zheng looked at the bureau chief, who quickly said, "Comrade Yang Zheng, I'm sorry, we were being too ridiculous. You should go back to your unit immediately."

After leaving the police station, Tang Ping said, "Old Zhou, thank you for your help. I also spoke with the chief, but he's convinced the three are suspects and refuses to release them, so I called your house."

Zhou Zhonghai said seriously, "The local police are too arrogant. They arrested three people in a case with no evidence whatsoever. Tang Ping, I had to come. If I didn't, it could ruin three promising young men. They were doing a good deed, but they ended up being labeled murderers. Who would dare to do good deeds in the future?"

"Yes, yes, Lao Zhou, you can go back now. I'll take care of Yang Zheng." Zhou Zhonghai looked at Qiaoqiao, seeking her opinion.

Qiaoqiao really wanted to visit her brother's workplace, but she was hesitant because she was afraid of interfering with her father-in-law's work.

Yang Zheng said, "Qiao Mei, you should go back now. I'll come see you in a couple of days when I have some time off."

"Alright then, brother, take care."

"Don't worry, brother would never do anything that would disgrace the family."

"In that case, Yang Zheng, you go see Qiaoqiao during your leave. I have some business to attend to at the military headquarters, so I'll be leaving now."

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Zhou." Yang Zheng bowed deeply to Zhou Zhonghai.

"Silly boy, we're family, why are you being so awkward? Alright, Uncle's leaving."

Zhou Zhonghai looked at Yang Zheng with affection. He would never believe it even if he were beaten to death. How could a child with such good family upbringing be a rapist and murderer?