Chapter 427 The little girl is still alive!

The next day.

In the corridor of the operating room at Baishi County Hospital.

Fang Yonghui was lying in a long metal chair, folding his arms and sleeping soundly.

Zhang Yong sat against the wall with his legs stretched out and his head lowered, also sleeping soundly.

But neither of them was sleeping soundly, and they immediately opened their eyes at the slightest noise.

At this moment, hearing the hurried footsteps, Fang Yonghui stood up.

He opened his eyes and immediately lowered his head: “So it’s you two.”

Chu Yang was carrying a briefcase and Qiao Xue was carrying two food boxes.

“Director Luo notified us last night. There are no flights late at night, so we took the earliest flight here. Here, I brought you some food.”

Zhang Yong’s eyes lit up, and he quickly got up from the floor: “What’s delicious?”

Chu Yang blinked: “Abalone, lobster, and hairy crab.”

Zhang Yong’s mouth was watering: “Is this true?”

Fang Yonghui glanced at Chu Yang and said, “Don’t listen to his nonsense.”

Then he looked at Qiao Xue: “Sister Qiao, are you healed?”

Qiao Xue nodded: “Originally, I was just scratched by shrapnel. I could have been working a long time ago, but Director Luo wouldn’t let me come.”

Hearing this, Fang Yonghui and Zhang Yong looked at each other, and the latter exclaimed: “Director Luo is indeed concerned about female comrades. Brother Hui and I have been suffering for the past half month.”

Qiao Xue looked at their appearance. Their faces had turned darker and they had lost a lot of weight. It was indeed very hard for them.

Qiao Xue pursed her lips, sat in the metal chair, and asked, “This shouldn’t be the case. We have already tracked down the whereabouts of these two people in Linjiang City. I thought it would take at most a week to catch them. Besides, Director Luo is here, so why did it take so long?”

Fang Yonghui’s eyes narrowed, and he asked, “Why? Do the higher-ups have any objections?”

Qiao Xue shook her head: “Not really.”

“How fresh.” Fang Yonghui sneered: “Chasing fugitives is already a hard job. Do you really think we are heavenly soldiers and generals sent down to earth, and can arrest people in a few moves?”

Chu Yang smiled and said, “This is the first time I’ve heard you question the team leader’s ability.”

“Did I?”

Chu Yang was taken aback by Fang Yonghui’s sudden seriousness, and then he straightened his face. “No, why are you so serious? I was joking with you.”

“Oh.” Fang Yonghui lowered his head and ignored the two men. He took the food box handed to him by Zhang Yong.

They opened the lid and saw steaming mushroom and abalone porridge inside.

Chu Yang said, “Let’s eat. We’ll take a taxi from the Cantonese restaurant next to the hospital.”

Fang Yonghui and Zhang Yong nodded, took out their spoons, and began to devour the food.

Qiao Xue looked towards the operating room: “What’s the current situation of these two people?”

“The kidneys were cut, and the man’s corneas were removed. If we had gone a step later, I’m afraid he would have died.” Fang Yonghui didn’t want to dwell on this issue, so he asked, “Has the memorial service for Haozi been held?”

Chu Yang shook his head: “Still in the morgue. Director Sun said that he would take Sun Zhihao’s body back after the case is completely settled.”

“That’s perfect, we can also see him off for the last time…” Fang Yonghui sniffed.

Qiao Xue clenched her fist: “It’s too cheap for them!”

Hearing this, Zhang Yong’s spoon stopped beside the food box and his eyes became unfocused.

Chu Yang immediately said: “Don’t say such things, we are the police.”

Qiao Xue stopped talking and turned her head away sullenly.

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Baishi County Bureau, inside the reception room.

As soon as Luo Rui sat down, Lin Chen ran over and said, “Director Luo, Qiao Xue and Chu Yang have already rushed to the hospital to replace Fang Yonghui and Zhang Yong.”

“Okay, got it.” Luo Rui closed his eyes, his expression showing no sign of sadness or joy.

“The two suspects are fine. The doctors have sutured their wounds, but they still have a high fever and need to rest in the hospital for several days before they can be taken back. The interrogation will also be postponed.”

Luo Rui nodded, and Lin Chen sat down on the chair next to him.

“One more thing.”

Luo Rui heard her hesitant tone and glanced at her: “What’s the matter?”

Lin Chen sighed: “Captain Cai called and said that Captain Cao and his team have found Zhang Youer…”

“Ah.”

“It was to find her body.”

Luo Rui’s heart skipped a beat and he turned to look at her: “Dead?”

Lin Chen pursed his lips and said, “Captain Cao and his team found an eyewitness. On the morning of the day when Sun Zhihao was killed, Zhang Youer left the hospital, took a taxi, and headed straight to a place called Lijiahe in the suburbs.

A few fishermen saw Zhang Youer sitting by the river all day, and that night she jumped into the river.

Luo Rui lowered his head and said nothing more.

Lin Chen continued, “Captain Cao and the others speculated that Zhang You’er chose this place to commit suicide because when she was a child, Zhang Guanglu often took her to this river to fish. I think she did it out of remorse and guilt…”

“No need to sympathize. If she hadn’t agreed to be Song Zelin’s bait, Sun Zhihao wouldn’t have sacrificed himself.”

Luo Rui was unwilling to talk more about this matter, and said, “Since the two suspects cannot be taken away for a while, you call Fang Yonghui and ask him and Zhang Yong to go back to the provincial department first. I will write the report after I return.”

Lin Chen nodded, got up and made a phone call.

After a while, the door of the reception room was pushed open, and Dou Jianshe came in with dark circles under his eyes. He greeted weakly, “Director Luo, you’re here so early?”

Luo Rui and he stood up, and then a group of people wearing executive jackets walked in from outside the door. These people had serious expressions and had their own aura.

Dou Jianshe turned sideways and introduced a middle-aged man with a square face and big ears to Luo Rui: “Director Luo, this is General Zheng, deputy chief of the Criminal Police Corps of the Public Security Department of Haixi Province.”

Luo Rui knew this person and quickly reached out his hand: “Hello, Mr. Zheng.”

Zheng Chuan looks a bit like Chen Baoguo. Even with a smile on his face, he can give people a sense of majesty.

“Director Luo, you are young and promising.” Zheng Chuan stared at him, making Luo Rui a little nervous.

Then, Dou Jianshe introduced another person: “This is Mei Juan, Director Mei from the Public Security Department of Haixi Province.”

Luo Rui greeted him and shook the other person’s hand lightly.

Mei Juan looked at him curiously and smiled: “Director Luo’s name is well-known to us in Haixi Province. We must learn more from you during this cooperation.”

Luo Rui heard the hidden meaning, cooperation?

“What kind of cooperation?” He felt nervous because he didn’t see Lei Li and Zhang Wang among the group. Could it be…

“Let’s sit down and talk.” Zheng Chuan pointed to the chair.

So, everyone sat down, and Lin Chen quickly came over and sat next to Luo Rui.

Dou Jianshe closed the door of the reception room. Before he sat down, Zheng Chuan asked, “Director Luo, you know about the operation last night, right?”

Luo Rui nodded and looked at him warily: “Nothing unexpected happened, right?”

“Lei Li and Zhang Wang have captured the captain of the ship and rescued the people.”

“That’s good.” Luo Rui felt relieved.

Zheng Chuan looked at his deputy Mei Juan, who picked up the briefcase from her feet and pulled out a document from it.

Mei Juan handed the information to Luo Rui, and Zheng Chuan said, “Even if we defeat the criminals in Baishi County, we have no way to arrest their leader, Jin Hong. This person is very cautious.

Although everyone in Shiraishi County knows that he is the leader, we don’t have any evidence, and we can’t arrest him based on his confession alone.”

As Luo Rui listened, he took the information, which contained Jin Hong’s background information.

At first glance, the man’s photo doesn’t look like a vicious criminal at all, but rather a smug businessman.

Name: Jin Hong.

Age: 53 years old.

Native place: Yuncheng.

Marital status: Married, with three sons and one daughter.

He operates several private hospitals and a biotechnology company.

When Luo Rui saw the business that Jin Hong was doing, he immediately realized how big a deal this case was.

Zheng Chuan clasped his hands together and placed them on his desk: “Take a look at the address of his company.”

Luo Rui lowered his eyebrows and took a look. Jin Hong’s business spread across the two seas, namely Haidong Province and Haixi Province, but the most important biotechnology company was in Linjiang City, Haidong Province.

Luo Rui raised his eyebrows and looked up: “Boss Zheng, are you planning to cooperate with the two provinces in handling the case?”

Zheng Chuan nodded: “That’s right.”

“Then you have to find the leader of our Haidong Provincial Department.”

“We have already looked for them.” Zheng Chuan smiled and said, “Our two provincial departments in Haidong and Haixi reported this matter overnight, which means that we should do our best to eliminate the criminals headed by Jin Hong, so I told you so much.”

Luo Rui was once traumatized by Wei Qunshan. As long as the leader smiled sinisterly, it would definitely not be a good thing.

Luo Rui swallowed his saliva and asked as if he was guarding against a wolf: “Boss Zheng, what do you want me to do?”

Zheng Chuan leaned forward to the table and said, “Linjiang City is Director Luo’s old unit. Not to mention your influence on the entire Linjiang City police system, your Red Stone Capital alone is also a great force…”

When he said this, Luo Rui’s eyes narrowed and he quickly waved his hand to deny: “Mr. Zheng, I think you misunderstood. Red Stone Capital is not my company.”

“Yes, yes.” Zheng Chuan laughed and said, “Sorry, I made a mistake. The company is not yours. But if you are involved, it will be much easier to defeat Jin Hong’s criminal gang.”

Luo Rui leaned back in his chair and pondered for a while before saying, “Mr. Zheng, since the two provinces are cooperating on the case, I will naturally follow the arrangements of our provincial department. I will do whatever the provincial department says, right?”

Zheng Chuan nodded, then stood up and said, “Director Luo, I thought we could take the same flight. Since you don’t want to go together, I have to go see Director Wu first.”

Luo Rui stood up and politely extended his hand to shake: “Have a good trip.”

Zheng Chuan looked at him meaningfully: “Director Luo, we will meet again.”

Afterwards, Dou Jianshe diligently saw the boss off.

Luo Rui let out a sigh and sat down in the chair exhausted.

Lin Chen blinked: “Director Luo, are you really not interested in such a big case?”

“No.” Luo Rui rubbed his eyes: “My wife is about to give birth, I have to take a long vacation.”

“Your wife…” Lin Chen’s mind froze for a moment, and then he curled his lips: “You mean Mo Wanqiu? I suddenly forgot. You are already engaged, it’s too early to have a baby, at least by the end of the year. Besides, if the higher-ups can approve a long vacation for you, I’ll write my name backwards.”

Luo Rui glanced at her and said, “You know more than me?”

Lin Chen said, “I definitely know. When I was working on a case in Qingyang City, Captain Cai and I lived in the same room. She would chat with Mo Wanqiu for a long time every day. I heard it from the side.”

Luo Rui’s heart sank: “What did they talk about?”

“You want to know?” Lin Chen blinked and stretched out his hand: “Bring something to exchange.”

“Forget it. Don’t try to blackmail me.” Luo Rui picked up the briefcase, stood up and prepared to leave.

“Well, please give me some benefits.” Lin Chen also picked up the briefcase.

But at this time, Lei Li and Zhang Wang passed by the door. When they saw them, they immediately stopped, turned around and walked in.

“Director Luo.”

Luo Rui saw that their eyes were as bright as pandas, and said with a smile: “I heard from Director Dou that you have successfully captured the criminals, and you have definitely got the credit.”

Lei Li seemed very happy: “If Director Luo hadn’t provided the information, this group of criminals would have killed countless people.”

Zhang Wang nodded: “What a desperate gang, luckily they didn’t bring guns, otherwise things would have gotten out of hand. We chased them at the dock for several hours before we caught the captain.

These criminals are really not human. During our arrest, one of them threw three hostages into the water tank. Two of the adults were homeless and unconscious, waiting to die. If it weren’t for the little girl who was smart and kept knocking on the boat board with stones to alert us, they would probably have drowned. “

Lin Chen smacked his lips: “So dangerous?”

Lei Li nodded: “We took Scarface with us. He showed his weakness at that time.”

Zhang Wang sighed, “They are all a bunch of damned things, especially that child, so pitiful.”

Luo Rui sighed for a while and patted their shoulders: “Director Lei, Captain Zhang, you have been busy all night, I won’t disturb you.”

Lei Li asked, “Where are the two people you arrested? Are they all right?”

“It’s nothing serious. I’ll go to the hospital now.”

“Okay, when I wake up, I’ll treat you all to a meal in the evening.”

Luo Rui agreed: “Then I will be disrespectful to refuse.”

As he was about to leave, Luo Rui heard Zhang Wang and Lei Li say something. He couldn’t hear it clearly, but he turned his head subconsciously: “Captain Zhang, what was the name of the little girl you mentioned just now?”

Zhang Wang was a little puzzled, but still answered: “She said her last name was Xiang, what was her name…”

Lei Li took over the conversation: “Look at your memory, her name is Xiang Tao.”

Suddenly, the two people saw Luo Rui’s pupils dilated and he stared at them nervously.

“Where is she?!”

Zhang Wang and Lei Li looked at each other, and the latter replied, “The person has been handed over to the anti-trafficking office.”

“Take me there right now!” Luo Rui said sternly.

“Uh…” Lei Li was startled by his tone and could only reply, “Okay, okay.”

Lin Chen suddenly remembered who this girl was. She opened her mouth in surprise. Seeing Luo Rui following Lei Li and Zhang Wang and walking away, her heart started pounding. As she followed them, she shouted, “Oh my God!”

When they arrived at the place, Lei Li and Zhang Wang already knew what this girl represented.

As soon as the car stopped, Luo Rui opened the door and ran towards the Criminal Investigation Bureau building.

A moment later, under the guidance of the staff, he came to a room. After gently pushing open the door, he saw a thin girl curled up on the sofa, covered with a black police coat.

Her hair was dry and messy, her feet were bare and her face was dirty.

A female police officer stood at the door and spoke in a low voice: “She was just brought in this morning. We changed her clothes, and she ate some breakfast and went to bed. She didn’t cry or make a fuss, and she was very alert.”

Luo Rui swallowed his saliva.

Lin Chen stood on tiptoe and looked at the girl, but her face was hidden in her coat and he couldn’t see her clearly. “Director Luo, is it her?”

Luo Rui raised his foot and tried to go in, but the policewoman stopped him: “Let’s wait until she wakes up.”

Luo Rui nodded, returned to the corridor and sat on the metal bench.

Lin Chen stood against the wall, holding his briefcase. Neither of them spoke, feeling complicated and excited.

It was not until after noon that the female police officer came to greet us: “She has woken up, you can go in.”

But Luo Rui hesitated and sat there without moving.

Seeing his expression, Lin Chen asked, “Do you want to call Mr. Xiang?”

“Don’t fight yet. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.” Luo Rui took a breath, stood up and walked into the room.

He walked to the door and saw the girl eating freshly brewed instant noodles under the escort of a female police officer.

Hearing the footsteps, the girl turned her head vigilantly, like a stray cat, frightened and timid.

The policewoman immediately patted her hands and comforted her gently, “Don’t be afraid, uncle is also a policeman, he wants to ask you a few questions, okay?”

The girl nodded and continued to eat instant noodles.

Luo Rui slowed down his pace as much as possible and came to the girl. Lin Chen followed him nervously.

The policewoman stood up and gave the chair next to her to Luo Rui.

After he sat down, the girl raised her head and moved the instant noodles on the table closer to her, as if she was afraid that the food would be snatched away.

Luo Rui looked at her face carefully, but he couldn’t tell whether it was Xiang Tao.

After all, six years had passed, and the four children in Fengshui County were all killed by Bai Xianjin.

At that time, when searching for the bodies of these children, it was the victim’s father, Xiang Nan, who found the bodies of four children through the children’s dreams, but the whereabouts of his daughter, Xiang Tao, is still unknown.

In the past six years, Xiangnan has ridden his motorcycle all over the country in search of his child. How much suffering has he endured? How much pain has he suffered?

He still believes that his daughter is alive!

After the girl finished her instant noodles, Luo Rui asked softly, “What’s your name?”

The girl held the instant noodles with both hands, drank up the soup in the bowl, wiped her mouth with her sleeve, and then answered: “Xiang Tao.”

Luo Rui’s heart stopped beating for a moment, and he continued to ask: “What’s your father’s name?”

The girl looked at him with bright eyes: “My father’s name is Xiangnan.”

“Do you know where you are from?”

The girl shook her head and lowered her head with a frustrated expression.

Lin Chen clenched his fists. Since this girl could say her father’s name, she must be Xiang Tao.

Luo Rui continued to ask: “Do you have a brother?”

The girl nodded: “My brother’s name is Xiang Ming.”

Yes, she is Xiang Tao!

Luo Rui let out a long sigh, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart.

Lin Chen covered his mouth and started crying.

It’s been six years since the girl disappeared. Everyone thought she was dead, but unexpectedly she is still alive.

She was only five years old when she disappeared. What on earth did a five-year-old child go through?
Lin Chen put down his briefcase, squatted down, and gently took her hand. She suppressed her emotions and asked, “Xiang Tao, let’s take you to find your father, okay? We’ll take you home!”

Xiang Tao did not show any happiness, and there was no expression on her face. She suddenly broke free from Lin Chen’s hand and shrank back into the chair.

Seeing her resistance, Luo Rui stopped asking and ordered Lin Chen to inform Xiang Tao’s father Xiang Nan.

Lin Chen nodded and hurried to contact him, as he still didn’t know where Xiangnan was.

Luo Rui, Lei Li and Zhang Wang came to the conference room and asked, “Have the group of people we caught in the early morning been interrogated?”

Lei Li hesitated and said, “Director Luo, please wait a moment. According to the rules, I have to report this to the higher-ups.”

“No problem.” Luo Rui nodded.

Lei Li called Dou Jianshe, and after the two chatted for a while, he sat at the conference table and said awkwardly, “Director Luo, I’m sorry, I can’t tell you the specific details of this case.”

Luo Rui sighed: “Okay then.”

Lei Li said again: “Director Luo, if you really want to investigate, why not agree to it? This case is so big that Zhang Wang and I are eager to get involved.”

“I’ll consider it.” Luo Rui stood up. Since the other party was unwilling to say it, he didn’t want to make things difficult for him.

The next afternoon, at the gate of Baishi County Public Security Bureau.

A tattered motorcycle was parked at the door, with a flag for searching for a missing girl erected on the rear of the motorcycle, but the flag was covered with dust.

After getting off the motorcycle, Xiangnan ran to the duty room before the motorcycle even stopped, and excitedly asked the police officer on duty: “Hello, comrade, I’m looking for Officer Luo Ruiluo.”

The police officer looked at the short, sallow-faced man and replied, “We don’t have this person here.”

“No…” Xiangnan hunched his back and wanted to explain. He turned his head to look at the yard and saw Luo Rui jogging towards him.

“Officer Luo…Officer Luo.” Xiangnan climbed onto the fence with both hands and shouted.

Luo Rui greeted the police officer, and then the door was opened.

Xiangnan swallowed his saliva, his lips were dry. He hadn’t changed his clothes for a long time. There were several holes on the knees of his pants, and the soles of his pair of Liberation shoes were cracked.

Luo Rui patted his shoulder: “You are finally here.”

Xiang Nan asked hoarsely, “You…did you really find my daughter?”

Luo Rui nodded: “I need you to confirm it. It would be best if you could do a paternity test.”

“Where is she?” Xiangnan murmured, “Where is my daughter?”

“Follow me.” Luo Rui led the way and Xiangnan followed closely.

They had just reached the steps of the county bureau building when, in the shadow of the sun, Lin Chen walked out of the door holding the little girl’s hand.

Xiangnan was stunned, his body trembling slightly…

Then, he walked up step by step as if he had lost his soul.

At the last two steps, he stopped, a howl came out of his throat, his body could no longer support him, and he knelt down suddenly on his knees.

Xiang Tao broke free from Lin Chen’s hand and walked forward slowly. She looked at the weathered face and whispered, “You are my father, father…”

Xiangnan hugged her tightly and cried like a wild beast…

“Taotao, it’s you. It’s really you. Daddy is sorry for you. I’m sorry…”

The setting sun in the evening shone warmly on their faces, casting a light golden halo…

(End of this chapter)