Two days later, in the office of the special investigation group at the Shanghai Police Station …
Zhao Yu and the others were standing in front of the big screen, watching the live broadcast.
The live broadcast came from the Shouyuan Police Station in the distant Tongjiang Province. The content of the live broadcast was Gao Chaoyue, Gao Chaolin's younger brother, telling the police what had happened that year.
"My brother and my sister-in-law were definitely doing business! They were doing very well, "Gao Chaoyue said." My parents and I were all doing business!
We had a factory in our hometown to process ham, while my brother and my sister-in-law sold the ham in Shanghai. At that time, they even exported it abroad! Business was very good! "
"It's a pity that a ruthless fire destroyed my brother's family. Otherwise, our family would be very rich now!"
The police officer in charge of the interview asked Gao Chaoyue if he had ever been to Shanghai and been to his brother's house.
"Of course I have," Gao Chaoyue said without hesitation. "I will never forget where they live for the rest of my life!"
"Wenan Road, Fuxing District, number 19 …" Gao Chaoyue said. "I remember that in 1988, the ham needed to be sent to the ship, so I stayed at my brother's house for more than three months.
Later, my brother saw that I was working too hard, so he bought a car, hired someone, and asked me to go back to my hometown to be in charge of the factory! "
Then, the police officer asked Gao Chaoyue about Sun Yujiao.
"My sister-in-law is quite nice," Gao Chaoyue said. "Although she is from Shanghai, she is very nice to me. When I left, she said that she would introduce me to a woman from Shanghai!
It's a pity that I didn't get to meet her. "
"Mm … But …" Gao Chaoyue felt that something was amiss, so he added, "My sister-in-law is a lady from a respectable family. She's a little arrogant, and her words are a little arrogant. My parents don't like it …
"But, she is really nice to me. Every time I come back from Shanghai, she will buy me new clothes and shoes, and they are all from international brands …"
At this time, the police officer asked, "What do you remember about the fire that year? Do you think that the fire was an accident? "
"Aiyo, what are you saying?" Gao Chaoyue touched his chest and said, "It makes me feel cold all over. It's been more than 30 years. What … What's going on?"
The police officer comforted him and asked him to say whatever he thought of.
At this time, Gao Chaoyue was obviously more nervous than before, and he stuttered.
"When the fire started, we were all in our hometown …" He dry-washed his face and said, "It was over there, um, Shanghai that called our house!
"We're all dumbfounded. We … we can't believe it at all …
"Then … Then we drove over there. But when we got there, all we could do was collect the corpse …" Gao Chaoyue's expression became unusually sorrowful as he recalled the sad past.
Seeing this, the experienced police officer was silent for a moment. Then, he tried to comfort Gao Chaoyue while trying to get him to tell him what had happened.
"We … we collected the corpses at the police station," Gao Chaoyue said painfully. "It's the kind of burnt corpses. My brother's family …"
At this point, Gao Chaoyue could no longer hold it in. He covered his mouth and cried out loud.
This time, the police officer didn't stop. He took the opportunity to ask, "Do you remember that the corpses were complete when you cleaned them up?"
"Woo woo woo …" Gao Chaoyue nodded vigorously. But after he nodded, he understood the policeman's question. He quickly shook his head vigorously and said painfully, "That's impossible. How could a burnt corpse be complete?
"When we received the corpses, we basically identified them by the skulls. There were two big ones and two small ones … The rest … How could we tell which was right and which was wrong …"
After answering, Gao Chaoyue first wiped his snot and tears. Then, he finally understood something. He hurriedly asked the police officer in surprise,
He hurriedly asked the police officer in surprise, "You … Do you think that the fire … Was … Was deliberately set by someone? Who … Who was it? Who could be so heartless and cruel … "
Seeing that Gao Chaoyue was so agitated, the police officer quickly comforted him. After a long time, Gao Chaoyue gradually calmed down.
"Then …" The police officer in charge of the interrogation continued to ask, "About the villa, what happened later? How did you deal with it? "
"Sigh …" Gao Chaoyue covered his face and said, "We regretted buying the house! Because there was such a big fire, and so many people died. Who would dare to live in the house? "
"At first, it was left idle for many years, and it was about to collapse."
He then added, "Later, an agent came to us and said that they wanted to take over the villa and were willing to pay 1.5 million for it.
"We didn't agree, so after several negotiations, we finally settled on two million," Gao Chaoyue said. "My family got one million, and my sister-in-law's family got one million.
To be honest, that was a lot of money at the time! Our idea was simple. If the house was left idle, it would collapse one day, and we wouldn't be able to sell anything! "
He then added, "Moreover, the house had to be sold sooner or later. After all, it was a matter between the two families.
"Sigh … Who would have thought that the house would be worth more than a hundred million now?" Gao Chaoyue covered his face. "What's worse is that the one million was used for my wedding to buy a Mercedes … Now, the Mercedes is scrapped …"
The police officer asked again, "Do you know who sold the house to?"
"The agent wanted it themselves," Gao Chaoyue said with jealousy. "They were so smart! Since the house had a fire, they simply renovated the house and rented it out! "
He then added, "Shanghai is an international metropolis, and there are more foreigners there than locals. So, the agent rented the house to them and earned a high rent.
Gao Chaoyue then said, "Later, I also heard that when the house price skyrocketed, they simply sold the house to foreigners. They were so smart!"
He then added, "But, I guess they still regret it, because they sold the house for ten or twenty million, but now the house is worth more than a hundred million!"
He then added, "In other words, the foreigners who bought the house made the most money!
"Oh, life is unpredictable!" Gao Chaoyue said. "If my brother's family hadn't died, I would have settled down in Shanghai. Even if I had to buy a small house, I wouldn't be living like this now!"
Hearing Gao Chaoyue's words, there was silence.
On Zhao Yu's side, everyone looked at each other.
"Um …" After a moment of silence, the police officer on the screen continued to ask, "So … What about your brother's and sister-in-law's graves? Where were they buried? "
"Well, they were buried in our ancestral grave, but …" Gao Chaoyue swallowed and said, "Because the bodies were burnt by the fire, it was difficult to identify them, so we buried them all together. We buried the family of four in the same grave …"
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