Chapter 235
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Fu Zhengzheng and Qiao Keren walk along while talking . Then Chen Yu and some other policemen run past them quickly . Fu Zhengzheng feels something is wrong, so she pulls Chen Yu and asks, “Captain Chen, what happened?”
“Xu Ziqiang is missing . ”
“Missing? When?” Fu Zhengzheng is shocked .
“Just now my teammate took Sergeant Ji to the hospital for Xu Ziqiang and was told he had left the hospital this morning without telling the doctor . They went to his home but found he didn’t go home . His whereabouts are unknown now . ”
“His whereabouts are unknown?” Fu Zhengzheng is anxious, “We have important questions to ask him!”
“Well, Sergeant Ji just called me . I’ll look for Xu Ziqiang with others right now . OK, no time for more talking . I have to go . ”
Then Chen Yu leaves in haste .
“Xu Ziqiang’s wound has healed but he was so anxious to leave the hospital . There must be a skeleton in the closet! He is our only clue now . I have to look for him too . ” Then Fu Zhengzheng intends to catch up with Chen Yu but is stopped by Han Siqi .
“Xu Ziqiang’s ribs are broken . He can’t run far, and so many people are looking for him . Don’t worry . ”
Fu Zhengzheng isn’t relieved, “But what if someone comes to his aid? He is our keyman now!”
“If someone comes to his aid, that will be better, because all of them can be pulled out . It will save trouble for you, right?” Han Siqi says while glancing at Qiao Keren .
Fu Zhengzheng takes the hint but doesn’t take it to heart . She takes out a pass from Han Siqi’s pocket and gives it to Lin Yongcheng, “We have something to do . Send Keren back . You must take good care of Keren and her family . ”
Then she tells him where Qiao Keren and her family live now .
Lin Yongcheng takes over the pass and opens mouth, but it seems that he doesn’t know what to say, so he just nods, says nothing and gives the car key to Han Siqi .
Han Siqi doesn’t take over the key, “I have a car . Go to the hotel to take the car with Keren and use it recently . ”
Qiao Keren doesn’t feel anything strange . She waves and leaves first . Lin Yongcheng glances at Han Siqi and then turns around to catch up with Qiao Keren .
After they leave, Fu Zhengzheng turns around and says to Han Siqi, “Siqi, let’s go to check the situation . ”
“No . ”
Han Siqi drags Fu Zhengzheng towards the car .
“Siqi…”
“I’m tired . ”
“But…”
Noticing that Han Siqi looks tired indeed, Fu Zhengzheng thinks for a while . She stands near the car but doesn’t get into it .
“You go back for a rest . I’ll go to look for Muxian and He Menghuai . ”
“No . ” Han Siqi pushes her into the car, “Do you forget what the doctor told you? Haven’t you been busy enough these days?”
“Don’t forget it’s also my duty…”
Han Siqi interrupts her impolitely, “You are on vacation now . If Muxian and He Menghuai weren’t here, you could do it . Now that they come here, just leave it to them . It’s lunchtime now . let’s go home for lunch . ”
Looking at Han Siqi’s resolute look, Fu Zhengzheng has no alternative but to get into the car with him .
On the way she keeps silent and her mind is completely occupied by Xu Ziqiang .
Xu Ziqiang left hospital this morning, neither earlier nor later . He must have heard of something and was afraid that his secret would be found out, so he hid to himself .
I hope Muxian and Chen Yu can find Xu Ziqiang .
When they get home, Chen Yuying is knitting and watching TV on the sofa . Seeing them come back, she stops knitting and stands up .
“Dishes are being heated in the pot . I’ll fetch them for you . ”
Fu Zhengzheng stops her at once, “Mom, let’s serve ourselves . ”
Han Siqi has entered the kitchen to fetch dishes .
Fu Zhengzheng looks inside and asks, “Mom, where are my brother and dad?”
“Your brother said he had something to do . Your dad went to play chess with his old friend . Are you and Siqi still busy for Yongcheng these days? How is it?”
Fu Zhengzheng takes over the dishes from Han Siqi and replies, “Yongcheng is fine . He has been released, but he won’t come here temporarily, because he went to his friend’s house . ”
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“Oh . ” Chen Yuying doesn’t ask more . She looks at Fu Zhengzheng and says with a sympathetic expression, “Honey, look at you . You didn’t eat on time these two days and have become thinner . ”
Fu Zhengzheng laughs, “Mom, even someone is on a diet, it can’t be so effective . ”
Then she looks at Han Siqi and says, “Mom, talking of ‘thin’, Siqi becomes much thinner these days because of dad’s torment . ”
Chen Yuying smiles, “Your dad did this is for Siqi’s sake . He hopes Siqi can become stronger to protect you and Xingxing . ”
Fu Zhengzheng makes a face, “Does your daughter need others’ protection?”
Han Siqi puts some dishes to Fu Zhengzheng’s bowl and smiles, “Even if my wife and child don’t need protection, it’s beneficial to build up my body . If I am sick, won’t you be tired?”
Chen Yuying is pleased to hear what Han Siqi says and feels sympathetic, “Your dad trains Siqi so intensively suddenly . Does he think he is training his soldiers? I’ll persuade him later . Everything should be done step by step . If a healthy man becomes sick due to tiredness, it’s not worthwhile . ”
Fu Zhengzheng jokes with a sentence from the Internet, “Siqi, if only we were two rats . When you are sick, I’ll feed you raticide . ”
“Nonsense . ” Chen Yuying smiles, “Raticide is the most unpalatable thing to eat . ”
Fu Zhengzheng sticks her tongue out and asks, pointing to the semi-finished sweater on the sofa, “Mom, whose sweater are you knitting?”
“Xingxing’s . It has been long since I knitted last time . I’m not as skilled as before . ”
“You are knitting for Fu Xing? Mom, don’t knit . So troublesome . ”
“It’s not troublesome . I knit quickly . ”
Looking at the semi-finished sweater far away and thinking of the sweaters Nie Wan’s mother knitted for Nie Wan’s baby, Fu Zhengzheng stands up, holds Chen Yuying’s arm, lightly rubs it and says, “Mom, I feel so happy . ”
Chen Yuying smiles, “Silly girl, I don’t knit for you, so what are you happy about? Have your lunch while the dishes are hot . When they become cold, they’ll be bad for your stomach . ”
Fu Zhengzheng grins, sits down and finishes lunch quickly . Then she pushes her empty bowl before Han Siqi .
“Han, wash the bowls, wipe the table and then sweep the floor . ”
Chen Yuying responds at once, “I’ll tidy . Go to rest . ”
Zhen Mingzhi told her they didn’t came back until nearly 5:00 a . m . Seeing them get up so early in the morning and then go out, she doesn’t want to leave the housework to them .
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But Fu Zhengzheng disapproves, “Mom, let him do it . No problem . ”
Han Siqi has risen to collect bowls and chopsticks .
Chen Yuying wants to grab the bowls and chopsticks from him, “Leave them to me . ”
She didn’t want to leave housework really to Han Siqi before . She was testing him . After observing him these days, she finds he is nice to her daughter, so she plans to end the test early .
But Han Siqi avoids Chen Yuying’s hands and enters the kitchen with bowls and chopsticks, “Mom, I can do it . ”
Fu Zhengzheng puckers her face in a smile, holds Chen Yuying and whispers, “Mom, let him do it . He lost the bet with me today and has to do housework for a month . He was willing to bet with me and now he must admit defeat . ”
“Your son has been six years old . Do you think you are still kids?” Chen Yuying pokes Fu Zhengzheng’s forehead with her finger and smiles lovingly, “Well, leave you alone . I’ll knit the sweater for Xingxing . ”
After her mother goes to the sitting room, Fu Zhengzheng meditates . Then she wipes the table quickly with a rag and sweeps the floor carelessly . When Han Siqi comes out after he has washed bowls, she puts down the broom and grumbles, “I’m so sleepy and want to sleep . ”
Looking at the table that’s tidied passably, Han Siqi holds her hands and says with a smile, “let’s go . ”
They return to the room, wash their faces and then go to bed .
They embrace and talk about something private . Then Fu Zhengzheng yawns deliberately . Seeing that, Han Siqi stops talking, tucks her in and closes his eyes .
After a long while .
“Siqi? Siqi?”
Fu Zhengzheng calls him quietly . Finding that Han Siqi doesn’t respond to her, she moves out of his arms lightly and rises cautiously . Seeing he turn around and continue sleeping, she puts on clothes softly, walks gingerly towards the door with her shoes in hands . She looks back at the door and Han Siqi is still sleeping . Then she closes the door noiselessly and dashes downstairs .
Chen Yuying sees her come downstairs and asks, “Aren’t you sleeping? Why do you come down?”
Fu Zhengzheng waves at her mother . She doesn’t reply and is just busy making a call .
“Hello, Muxian, have you found Xu Ziqiang? What? He died? Why? Where are you? OK, I’ll go now . ”
Fu Zhengzheng hangs up the phone and rushes out .
Chen Yuying catches her and asks in panic, “Who died?”
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“Mom, don’t worry . It’s a witness . I have to go there and see what happened . If Siqi asks where I am after he gets up, just tell him you ask me to shop in the supermarket . ”
Fu Zhengzheng touches her pocket and finds she doesn’t take the car key . She thinks and then runs out quickly for fear that Han Siqi will be woken up if she goes upstairs to fetch the key .
“Wait, Honey…”
She has no time to explain to her mother . After running out of the community, she hails a taxi and heads for the hospital .
She sees Ji Muxian and He Menghuai at the hospital gate .
She runs to them out of breath and asks, “Muxian, Menghuai, what happened?”
Ji Muxian points to the hospital and says, “He died from a car accident at 10:00 a . m . Doctors gave emergency treatment to him in vain . ”
“Has the trouble-causing driver been found?”
“It’s an unlicensed car . ” He Menghuai says, “The car was found on a riverbank out of the city, but the driver was gone . ”
Fu Zhengzheng continues to ask, “Is it premeditated?”
“We have no evidence now . ” Ji Muxian pauses and then says slowly, “We know from the hospital that when Xu Ziqiang just entered the hospital that day, his friend came to see him and persuaded him to leave the hospital . Then this friend persuaded him several more times, but he refused . He even threatened to extort a big sum of money this time in front of ward mates . ”
Fu Zhengzheng asks, “Extort? Extort from Lin Yongcheng or another one?”
He Menghuai interrupts, “He might want to extort Lin Yongcheng . His wardmate said he was waiting for Lin Yongcheng to settle in private . Yesterday, he cursed Lin Yongcheng in the ward, saying he attached greater importance to money than life . ”
Fu Zhengzheng is struck dumb . She and Han Siqi wanted to negotiate with Xu Ziqiang and settle in private, but it’s delayed because of Qiao Keren .
If they had negotiated with Xu Ziqiang, he might have gone as far as he could after he got the money .
She mutters, “Xu Ziqiang was hospitalized because his ribs were broken, but his friend kept persuading him to leave . It seems that his death may be related to this friend! Let’s ask the persons who have seen his friend and try to paint his head portrait . ”
Ji Muxian nods, “These people are cautious . Even if we paint it, we may not find them in C City, including the two men that broke into Qiao Keren’s home . ”
Fu Zhengzheng is a little disappointed . After pausing for a short time, she asks, “Muxian, Menghuai, what do you think about the so-called ‘map’?”
Ji Muxian is about to respond when his phone rings and it’s from Chen Yu .
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