"We've caught two thieves and arsonists. Hurry up."
A middle-aged woman's shrill voice came.
"Madam, please don't make any noise. Take your time to tell us what happened."
"Take your time? My husband and son were killed by someone. You police haven't caught the murderer yet. What the hell are you doing?"
"Madam, we have a time limit for handling cases. The case just happened in the afternoon, so we have to have time to investigate and collect evidence."
"I don't care. You must catch the murderer as soon as possible to avenge my husband and son. Also, these two bitches wanted to burn us to death. They must be in cahoots with the murderer. Fortunately, we found them, or we would have been burned to death."
"Beat them to death. These two little bitches dared to set us on fire. They deserve to die."
"Ah …"
"Miss, this is the police station. Stop fighting, or I'll arrest you all."
"Humph, you police can't catch the murderer. You only know how to show off to us orphans and widows."
…
Loud noises and low screams and sobs came from outside. Fang Xiaomu couldn't hear them clearly, but Ding Ning's hearing was good enough to hear them clearly.
The slightly familiar sobs made Ding Ning's face suddenly become gloomy. They were the voices of Li Xiaoman and Liu Shasha.
Arson? Why did they go to the Gu family's house to set fire? Did they really want to burn the whole Gu family to death?
"Brother Ding, I'll go out and see what's going on."
Fang Xiaomu couldn't sit still. He was on the night shift tonight. If he was found not at his post, it would be troublesome.
"I'll go with you."
Ding Ning stood up. He wanted to find out what was going on.
At this moment, the reception hall of the Municipal Public Security Bureau was crowded with people.
There was a middle-aged woman standing beside a girl with heavy makeup and more than ten burly bodyguards. They were making a ruckus in a threatening manner.
Lying on the ground were two girls who were beaten black and blue and sobbing. They were Li Xiaoman and Liu Shasha.
Lao Li was asking about the situation with a group of policemen. Ding Ning stood in the crowd and soon figured out what was going on.
It turned out that after Gu Fangran and his son died, the bodyguards all left without saying goodbye for fear of getting into trouble. The surveillance at the entrance of the Academy of Arts had long been broken. In addition, Gu Fangran and his son had done many evil things. There were so many bystanders, but no one was willing to testify. As a result, the Public Security Bureau still hadn't figured out how Gu Fangran and his son died.
The middle-aged woman was Gu Fangran's wife, He Xiufen, and the girl was Gu Tianqi's elder sister, Gu Shanshan.
After the Gu family's father and son died, He Xiufen and her mother set up a mourning hall at home for their relatives and friends to pay their respects.
He did not expect that Liu Shasha and Li Xiaoman would sneak into Gu Tianqi's room disguised as worshippers when the Gu family's villa was open to welcome guests.
In the end, they were discovered by the servants at home, and the two women were trapped in the room. With no way out, they began to set fire to the house. The bodyguards put out the fire in time and caught them. The two women were beaten up and sent to the police station.
In fact, such a case could be handled by the local police station or sub-bureau. But because He Xiufen suspected that the Gu family's father and son's death had something to do with Li Xiaoman and her daughter, she sent the case to the Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Lao Li was a little embarrassed when he heard the situation. Because Gu Fangran was a representative of the District People's Congress and the tragedy happened on the eve of the National Day, the municipal leaders paid great attention to this case.
The case was definitely handled by the Municipal Criminal Police Team, but the leaders were still in a meeting and had not decided which team would handle it.
As a veteran criminal police officer, Lao Li knew that this case was not so easy to handle because of the special identity of the people involved. He instinctively did not want to take it, for fear that the case would be pushed to the three teams.
Rolling his eyes, Lao Li looked at Fang Xiaomu and said, "Xiaomu, you are on duty in your team today, right? Why don't you interrogate these two suspects of theft and arson first?"
Fang Xiaomu was not stupid. When he was about to refuse, he found that Ding Ning nodded at him, so he quickly said, "Okay, I will interrogate these two suspects first."
"Fang Xiaomu, the captain is in a meeting. You accept the case without the captain's approval. Who will be responsible if something goes wrong?"
Xu Yang, who was in the same team as Fang Xiaomu, was unhappy and said sarcastically.
"If something goes wrong, I will be responsible. We are policemen, and our duty is to handle cases. Do you still deserve to be policemen if you kick around a case because you are afraid of being responsible?"
Fang Xiaomu retorted angrily.
"You … humph! Okay, when the higher-ups blame you, don't blame me for shirking the responsibility. "
Xu Yang's face turned red because of Fang Xiaomu's rebuke, and he said angrily. He secretly scolded Fang Xiaomu for being a fool and a hothead. "Can't you see that Lao Li doesn't want to meddle in other people's business? I am kind enough to help you, but you don't appreciate it."
Lao Li's face turned red, and he secretly felt ashamed and annoyed. He clearly knew that Fang Xiaomu was scolding him indirectly, but he had nothing to say. After all, it was his fault.
Ding Ning looked on coldly and secretly shook his head. "Each of these people is more cunning than the other. They only know how to protect themselves. What qualifications do they have to be policemen?"
Xu Yang had a good relationship with Fang Xiaomu. Although he was very angry, he still put on a straight face and put Liu Shasha and Li Xiaoman on the ladder, taking them into the interrogation room separately.
Lao Li exchanged greetings with He Xiufen and repeatedly promised that he would give them an explanation as soon as possible. Then, he sent the aggressive He Xiufen and her daughter away.
A cold light flashed in Ding Ning's eyes, and he ordered Xiaocui to follow He Xiufen.
The interrogation did not go well. Li Xiaoman and Liu Shasha just cried and said nothing.
Fang Xiaomu was also at his wit's end. He took the opportunity to pour tea and asked Ding Ning what to do.
Ding Ning touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "If you believe me, let me go and talk to them."
"Well … Okay, Brother Ding, Xu Yang and I are now interrogating Liu Shasha. You go and talk to Li Xiaoman!"
Fang Xiaomu was a little hesitant because it was against the rules. But when he thought of the relationship between Ding Ning and Xiao Nuo, he immediately gritted his teeth and agreed.
"You … why are you here?"
In the No. 7 interrogation room, Li Xiaoman, who was full of anxiety, heard the sound of the door. She looked up and saw Ding Ning, and she immediately turned pale with fright and asked.
"Li Xiaoman, you don't need to know why I am here. You only need to know that I am here to help you."
Ding Ning walked slowly to the interrogation table, lit a cigarette, and slowly took a puff.
"Help me? No one can help me? "
Li Xiaoman's eyes turned red, and tears kept flowing down. She looked helpless and desperate.
"Do you know? The police have suspected that you and Liu Shasha trampled Gu Tianqi to death. Your and Liu Shasha's footprints are the evidence. "
Ding Ning threw a heavy bomb in an understated tone.
"I … I didn't. I … I just stepped on him in the chaos. At most, it was an accident."
Li Xiaoman's expression was obviously tense, and she explained in a panic.
Ding Ning took a deep puff of the cigarette, blew out a smoke ring, and said indifferently, "I had conflicts with you before, so I can understand that you don't believe me. But now the situation is different. We are not enemies, and I sincerely want to help you."
"Why? Why are you so kind? "
Li Xiaoman's handcuffed hands were tightly clasped together, and she stirred them nervously.
"It's not that I'm being kind, but I learned about your situation from my sister. You and Liu Shasha are different from Chen Yuxi. Chen Yuxi abandoned herself, and you only have some vanity to compare, so you were lured by Chen Yuxi to become what you are now."
"Li Xiaoman, no matter whether you believe it or not, Ye Huan, Ye Le, and I are not as despicable as you think. Their mother has liver cancer and is lying in the hospital with no money to see a doctor. Their relatives took advantage of the situation and forced them to pay for their mother's operation. Therefore, they had no choice but to sell themselves to raise money for their mother's operation. I happened to be able to help them, so I helped them conveniently. But from beginning to end, I never touched them and only treated them as my younger sisters. I don't want to flaunt how noble I am, but there are too many bad people in this world. I want to try my best to be a good person and hope that I can help you." Ding Ning took a deep breath and said with a sincere expression, "Li Xiaoman, believe it or not, Ye Huan, Ye Le, and I are not as dirty as you think.
"You … you mean what you said?"
Looking at Ding Ning's clear and clean eyes, Li Xiaoman inexplicably believed his words. Her tears flowed down uncontrollably again. "Why? Why didn't I meet you earlier? Boohoo … Why did I have to meet Gu Tianqi, that bastard, pervert, scum … "
"I think Gu Tianqi must have something on you and Liu Shasha, right? Tell me, maybe I can help you. "
Ding Ning persuaded her patiently.
"No … no … no, he didn't have anything on me. I just hate him and want to kill him. Don't … don't force me anymore … ah … please … don't force me anymore …"
Li Xiaoman's face was full of fear. Thinking of the unbearable past, she raised her hands and held her head tightly, curled up her body, and sobbed silently. She was about to collapse emotionally.
A touch of pity flashed in Ding Ning's eyes. "Gu Tianqi, the devil, what did he do to this girl? She would rather die than say it."
"Okay, okay, okay. Don't say it if you don't want to. No one will force you. Don't get excited, okay? Calm down."
Ding Ning stubbed out the cigarette butt, stood up, and walked to Li Xiaoman. He held her hand tightly and comforted her in a soft voice.
Feeling the warmth of Ding Ning's palm, Li Xiaoman seemed to be a little calmer. She bit her lips so hard that they bled, but her eyes were terribly empty.
"Xiaoman, Gu Tianqi, the devil, is dead. Try to be brave. Only in this way can I help you and help you get out of the shadow of the past. Otherwise, you can't find something on you in time. Once it is leaked, it will be a shadow that haunts you for the rest of your life."
Ding Ning squatted beside Li Xiaoman, held her hand, and persuaded her patiently.
"Wow … I … I …"
Li Xiaoman snuggled in Ding Ning's arms and cried loudly. She hated why she knew Gu Tianqi, the devil, instead of this gentle man in front of her.
Ding Ning's body stiffened, but he knew that Li Xiaoman was struggling and hesitating. A warm embrace might bring her a sense of security. As long as he persisted, he would definitely make her open her mouth.
He gently patted her thin shoulders, which kept shaking because of her sobs. "Cry, cry. Once you cry it out, everything will be fine. There is nothing you can't get through …"
"What are you doing?"
Xiao Nuo's angry voice suddenly came. Ding Ning frowned and turned his head to look.
The door had been opened at some point. Xiao Nuo stood at the door, her face full of disbelief and anger.
Jiang Hongbin stood beside her, looking at her provocatively with a sinister and complacent smile.
Fang Xiaomu stood behind her, looking at her in a panic. He wanted to explain but could not open his mouth, for fear that Ding Ning would misunderstand that he had betrayed him.
"What am I doing? You should know what I study!"
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