WWY Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Popping Candy – Never Expected a Case of School Bullying to Emerge…

Although Tuxi Ling was anxious to deal with Qin Man’s case, he remained patient, wanting to pay attention to the missing person case along the way.

He asked Village Chief Wu, “What exactly happened?”

Village Chief Wu explained in detail.

“That girl’s name is Yingying Zou. She just started junior high school last year. This yard is her home. Her father died early, and her mother works in a big city all year round. She lives with her grandmother. A few years ago, her mother sent back a sum of money and then there was no news. Everyone guessed that she had hooked up with a rich man and didn’t want to acknowledge this daughter.”

“The year before last, Grandma Zou died, leaving this girl to live on her own. She has an uncle in the city, but she doesn’t like to go, and she’s unwilling to accept help from the village. I figured, well, that’s that. Yingying is independent early and can take care of herself. There’s just one thing, some bad elements in the town and village like to bully people. Yingying always gets bullied by them. The village also tries to manage it, but we can’t keep an eye on her all the time. Sometimes she’s scared and doesn’t leave the house for three or five days. Who would have thought that she wouldn’t be at home this time! And how did a stranger end up occupying her house?”

Tuxi Ling frowned, “Missing for so many days? Doesn’t the school care?”

“That kid used to ask for leave all the time because of things like this. The school and teachers are probably used to it,” Village Chief Wu sighed heavily. “I just asked around the village. A few days ago, Yingying was slapped on the street by a group of crazy girls when she was dismissed from school. They were driven away by an adult. At the time, that kid was crying…”

Never expected a case of school bullying to emerge, Tuxi Ling felt uncomfortable and asked, “What specific day was it?”

Village Chief Wu recalled, “September… September…”

He couldn’t pinpoint it for a moment and waved towards the outside of the yard, “A’pa, come in!”

With a response from outside, a greasy fat man carrying a worn leather bag trotted in, nodding and bowing to Tuxi Ling, “Officer, hello!”

“Quickly, tell the officer in detail what happened the day you saw Yingying!”

A’pa works in the city. On September 3rd, he took a minibus to the village entrance as usual. As he walked home, he saw several girls surrounding Yingying Zou. They were unfamiliar faces, probably from a neighboring village. Like Yingying Zou, they were wearing the uniform of No. 3 Middle School, so they should be classmates.

It was dismissal time, and many students stopped to watch the commotion. Yingying Zou was sitting on the ground, not daring to raise her head. She was covered in dirt, the strap of her schoolbag was broken, and she was crying. The girls wouldn’t let her go, cursing very rudely and kicking her from time to time.

Later, somehow, the leading girl slapped her several times across the face. Her face swelled up instantly, and her nose was bleeding. A’pa, who happened to be passing by, saw that something was about to happen and hurried over to stop them, even scaring the girls.

He was tall and burly, and he looked intimidating when he put on a stern face. Although the girls were unwilling, they left. A’pa helped Yingying Zou up and sent her home.

Tuxi Ling asked, “Can you confirm it was September 3rd?”

A’pa nodded, “I can confirm! The 1st and 2nd of this year were the weekend, and the 3rd was the first day of school. The traffic was so bad on the road that I was half an hour late in the morning!”

Tuxi Ling and Shengbo Xia, who was responsible for recording, exchanged glances, both feeling that something was strange about this matter.

“You sent Yingying Zou home, and then?”

“Then she locked the door! I asked her through the door if she had eaten, but she ignored me and went back to her room to cry. I felt bad listening to it, so I left.”

“When you arrived home, was the door locked?”

“It was locked. When Yingying Zou was rummaging through her schoolbag to find the key, I saw that the back of her hand was scratched, and I reminded her to rinse the wound first when she got inside!”

Tuxi Ling looked at his frank appearance and suddenly asked, “When did you see her again after that?”

“I haven’t seen her again!” A’pa scratched his head, a little impatiently, “I just got off work and came over to see what was going on when I heard the police were at Yingying’s house. I just learned from Uncle Wu that she hasn’t appeared in the village since that day! I’m saying, officer, I’m very busy from eight to five. How can I have time to pay attention to irrelevant people?”

Tuxi Ling nodded, “Understood, thank you for your cooperation!”

Yingying Zou is thirteen years old, a girl in her prime, while A’pa is an adult man, and the last person to have contact with Yingying Zou, so Tuxi Ling had to rule out the possibility of any illegal harm he might have caused her.

If A’pa was related to Yingying Zou’s disappearance, then if he suddenly asked that just now, A’pa would definitely show a brief state of thoughtlessness, but he didn’t. Instead, he showed emotions such as the police being inexplicable, not understanding human language, being sick, and wanting to scold people, indicating that he was indeed innocent.

“Village Chief Wu, what is Yingying Zou’s social circle like? Does she have any contact with unemployed people?”

“No, that kid is very well-behaved, otherwise she wouldn’t have been bullied!”

“Then please ask the villagers if anyone has seen her since September 3rd. I will immediately have someone investigate further.” Tuxi Ling turned to Shengbo Xia, “Bozi, take someone to follow up with visits to the school teachers, the classmates she had conflicts with, and the small shops on the way to and from school, don’t miss anything.”

Shengbo Xia muttered, “Can’t the village police station handle the missing person case? We’re short of staff here…”

Tuxi Ling hit him, “Qin Man appeared in this yard, and Yingying Zou disappeared. Do you think these two things are a coincidence?”

Shengbo Xia suddenly realized, “No, did Qin Man, that grandson, harm the little girl?”

This reminded Tuxi Ling. After hurrying Shengbo Xia and Village Chief Wu away, he called Wu Li, “What’s the situation with Qin Man’s background investigation?”

“The investigation is basically over. There were no abnormalities, so I wasn’t in a hurry to report.” Wu Li agreed and took out a memo, “Qin Man was born in a poor rural area in the Northwest. He studied at the Capital Medical University, a combined bachelor’s and master’s degree. He had a record of applying for a poor student subsidy. After graduation, he went directly to a public hospital in the capital and had good achievements in treating asthma. Maybe that’s why He Weiyu took a fancy to him and made him his family doctor. His parents are still farming in their old home in the Northwest. He doesn’t have any relatives in this coastal city. As for friends, he often contacts two university classmates and two pharmaceutical representatives. I’ve called all of them. Oh, right, one of the pharmaceutical representatives is the one who connected him to a foreign pharmaceutical company to buy medicine. These people have very simple backgrounds and can be ruled out.”

“What about the bank?”

“All banks have been investigated. Qin Man has a total of two debit cards and one credit card under his name. The card with multiple overseas transfer records before is a debit card, which is also the card He Weiyu used to pay his salary every month. In addition to the money transferred to pharmaceutical companies to buy medicine, the rest is related to a game platform.”

“What? Game platform?”

“Yes, we can’t find out which games he has contacted on the platform. From the account transactions, it’s not as simple as recharging. He’s definitely involved in gambling.”

“Recharging? What?”

Wu Li secretly grimaced, deeply feeling the generation gap, and explained, “A large amount of recharge behavior in games.”

Tuxi Ling nodded, “Anything else?”

“Um, nothing else. The family members were only notified this morning. They are on their way, but they won’t arrive until tomorrow. I briefly inquired about his father on the phone. His father meant that because his family was poor, Qin Man had been very inferior since he was a child and had little contact with relatives on the family side.”

In this way, Qin Man hiding in Yingying Zou’s house seems more like a temporary idea.

But where did Yingying Zou go?

The investigators have all been sent out for overnight visits. Tuxi Ling walked around the scene. There were no signs of fighting, and there was no blood.

Yingying Zou’s home could be described as “bare walls.” The ceiling was plastered with white paper, and the wall skin was peeling off in many places due to the age, but each peeling was carefully shoveled, revealing the cement inside.

The old bedding was neatly stacked on the head of the bed, the clothes were washed out of shape and white, the curtain was pieced together from two pieces of cloth, and the other side of the curtain was the kitchen. A few bowls and dishes were placed on the dark cupboard, and the next layer was seasoning.

This home is very poor, but it is clean and tidy everywhere. Tuxi Ling felt that Yingying Zou was a girl who was trying to live well.

“Team Ling!” Wu Li came in from outside, “Qin Man’s things are all in the cellar. They should have been deliberately thrown in… What are you looking for?”

Tuxi Ling bent down and pulled out a colorful packaging bag from the gap between the stove and the cupboard. When Wu Li saw it, her eyes widened instantly, “Popping candy?”

In an instant, Tuxi Ling’s gaze became rarely grim, and he clenched the bag tightly in his hand, squeezing out a few words from between his teeth, “Inhuman!”

Wu Li quickly reminded, “Team Ling! That’s evidence!”

Tuxi Ling let go. The popping candy packaging bag made a rustling sound, adding a few creases that made him feel guilty.

That suspect who loved to eat popping candy like Shengbo Xia controlled Qin Man in this yard, removed everything in his car that could save him, remotely controlled the vehicle, and created the illusion of his suicide.

What about Yingying Zou, the original owner of the yard? It is likely that he has been killed, otherwise he would not have the courage to mess with Qin Man here.

We must find this bastard, find the evidence that he killed Yingying Zou, killed Weiyu He, and killed Qin Man, and bring him to justice!

Wu Li ran out to get an evidence bag and soon came back, “I’ll send it back for comparison first!”

Tuxi Ling nodded, “Go!”

Before leaving, Wu Li turned her head and grinned with her little white teeth, “Team Ling, don’t put too much pressure on yourself! That bastard will be caught sooner or later!”

Tuxi Ling smiled.

This intern is always full of vitality. Over the past few months, she has grown up like a real policeman. When she graduates, she must write a good internship report for her.

He patted his face to prevent his judgment from being swayed by emotions and went out to see the collection of evidence.

Judging from the things Qin Man left behind, he was planning to go out.

The suitcase was packed full of clothes, chargers, skin care products, and even the property certificate. In short, everything that was missing in his house was found here.

This posture is very similar to running away. He should have foreseen the backstab of his accomplices, right?

Tuxi Ling picked up Qin Man’s wallet, which contained a stack of banknotes, some membership cards, an ID card, and a bank card. The number of bank cards matched what Wu Li said.

After carefully flipping through the wallet, he was suddenly attracted by a small piece of paper in the interlayer.

This is…

He pulled out the piece of paper and saw a line of words written on it: y^yyf^7392.

What does it mean?

He took out his phone, just about to search for it, but the screen lit up first.

[Lan He]

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