Chapter 122: Chapter 122: Liu the Cripple and the Private Jailhouse
The neighbor brother was the first to take a step.
He walked towards the front door and said as he went:
"Ah Ping, what are you doing, you nearly scared
to death in broad daylight!"
Chen Xiao didn’t move; he was also watching Yang Ziping.
Why was his first thought of Yang Ziping lurking at the doorway?
The reason was that Yang Ziping seed to be playing hide and seek with soone!
But just seeing half of her face, it also seed a bit voyeuristic.
However, her eyes were strange, filled with a strong sense of mockery.
Chen Xiao stared at her until the neighbor helped Yang Ziping over.
Yet, when Yang Ziping saw Chen Xiao again, she acted as if she didn’t know him at all.
She too stared directly at Chen Xiao, but her expressions were varied.
Sotis frowning, sotis scratching her head.
This manner also seed to be responding to Chen Xiao, as if they had t before.
But Chen Xiao didn’t talk to her, instead, he pondered a question.
How did Yang Ziping co back?
Did she walk all night?
But from Nanqiao Town to Sifang Village of Qingxi Town, Chen Xiao didn’t see Yang Ziping at all.
After thinking for a mont, Chen Xiao said to the still-shocked Wen Baohui: "Take off her shoes and take a look."
Wen Baohui was startled for a mont, then quickly went over to help Yang Ziping sit down.
The neighbor asked puzzledly: "Officer, why take off her shoes?"
"Yesterday we t at the Qingxi City Bureau Criminal Police Team. At that ti, she also begged
to help find her child. But later she disappeared, and now she acts like she doesn’t know ."
As Chen Xiao spoke, the neighbor wasn’t surprised at all: "What’s the big deal? Ah Ping is like this now, sotis clear-headed, sotis confused. The only thing she rembers might just be coming ho."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao just smiled and said nothing, watching Wen Baohui easily remove Yang Ziping’s shoes.
After checking, Wen Baohui said: "The wear is quite severe, the heels have already co off."
Chen Xiao responded: "She probably did walk back."
"From Qingxi City?"
"Probably, but can she take a bus?" Chen Xiao looked at the neighbor.
The latter nodded: "When she’s clear-headed, she can. But she’s inherently frugal, she definitely wouldn’t take a taxi. At most, she’d take a town bus."
Chen Xiao didn’t ask more questions. After sending a ssage to Hu Yue, he said to Wen Baohui: "She must be very tired, Officer Wen, take her next door to rest, and rember not to let her wander off."
"Okay."
Wen Baohui took Yang Ziping away.
The neighbor watched Yang Ziping’s departing figure, sighing repeatedly.
Chen Xiao said: "Brother, isn’t your wife ho?"
"She’s not."
"No wonder," Chen Xiao said with a smile, and the neighbor turned back, feeling there was more to the statent but couldn’t quite grasp it.
Then he sat back down, speaking with a face full of lancholy: "Ah, I really don’t know what kind of sins Ah Ping committed in her past life to end up like this from such a good girl."
"Did you know she used to sell pancakes in the city?"
"Of course, her pancakes were really good. When she was doing well, she even cooked at ho and brought them over for us. My wife and kid loved them."
Chen Xiao said: "I heard every now and then, she cos back to wash and sun the house’s clothes, especially around Chen Yan’s birthday, she does it rain or shine?"
"Yes, ah... you didn’t ntion it, I wouldn’t mind, but once you did, it makes
mad. That ingrate, what gives him the right?"
Chen Xiao grinned without responding to this, instead asking: "How much do you rember about the night Xiao Diandian disappeared?"
"Initially, no one in the village knew. It was my wife who heard Ah Ping crying in the yard late at night, then we realized Xiao Diandian was missing."
"What ti at night was it, do you rember?"
"Hmm... probably close to two?" the neighbor said.
Chen Xiao: "So you’re saying, she looked outside for three or four hours before coming ho to cry."
"I don’t know about that. When she started crying, people from the village ca over one by one. Once they heard, the village committee organized people to search imdiately."
"Hmm, earlier you ntioned suspecting soone took Xiao Diandian. Who do you suspect?" Chen Xiao asked again.
In a deep voice, the neighbor said: "It’s not just
who suspects, many believe it was Liu Guai who took Xiao Diandian."
Chen Xiao was puzzled: "Who is Liu Guai?"
He was genuinely curious now.
Because in the county bureau’s investigation files, there was no ntion of Liu Guai or anyone with the surna Liu.
The neighbor beca a bit nervous, whispering: "Don’t say I told you, Liu Guai is a local tough guy in our area. The Liu Family are also quite the bullies here in Qingsha Town, using their wealth to dominate the locals."
"In the early years, Liu Guai wasn’t called Guai. It was after Uncle Yang brought Chen Yan over that he beca known as Guai. Although Liu Guai denies it, everyone here knows his leg was probably broken by Chen Yan. Because before Chen Yan arrived, Liu Guai had set his sights on Ah Ping, nearly forcing Uncle Yang to marry his daughter to their family."
Chen Xiao realized: "So, none of you have told the police about this?"
"Who would dare? The Liu Family is powerful. Who isn’t afraid of them seeking revenge later on?"
"With such an overbearing family, would they fear an outsider like Chen Yan?"
"Who knows. Anyway, after Chen Yan ca, Liu Guai beca Liu Guai."
Chen Xiao nodded slightly but didn’t find it very reasonable.
It’s known that if Liu Guai wanted revenge, he would have started long before after Chen Yan left. Why wait until Xiao Diandian was three?
After pondering for a while, Chen Xiao asked: "Before Xiao Diandian disappeared, was there any conflict between Liu Guai and Yang Ziping?"
"I haven’t heard of any conflict. But you think... his leg was broken by Chen Yan, and Xiao Diandian is Chen Yan’s child, wouldn’t he want revenge? Also, back in the 80s and 90s, their family even privately built a room!"
Chen Xiao frowned.
A room is another term for a prison.
The fact that Liu Guai’s family privately built a room was crucial information for Chen Xiao, so he hurriedly asked: "Which village is Liu Guai from?"
"Liu Jialing, where everyone is surnad Liu."
Chen Xiao acknowledged, chatted a bit more with the neighbor brother, then got up to return to Yang Ziping’s ho.
Entering the bedroom, Yang Ziping was indeed asleep again, with Wen Baohui keeping watch in the room.
"Mr. Chen, you’re back."
"When did she fall asleep?" Chen Xiao asked, and Wen Baohui replied: "After I brought her back, she just found the bed by herself, fell asleep within two minutes, and snored. She seed really tired."
"Do you know about Liu Jialing?"
Wen Baohui looked puzzled: "I grew up in the county and am not too familiar with this area."
"Alright, rember to keep an eye on her. Don’t let her run off again." Chen Xiao instructed and then left the room to call Luo Dali.
"Regarding the rural ho appliance distribution in Qingsha Town, did anyone from Liu Jialing get involved?"
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