"Officer, I've been farming at home all these years. I didn't break the law. You can't accuse a good person like me!"
The village head's son's face, which had been tanned by the sun for a long time, was flushed red. He looked at Jiujiu and Zhou Sheng with a pitiful expression. His honest appearance made people feel pity for him.
However, Jiujiu and Zhou Sheng, who knew the man's true colors, were not fooled by his appearance. Instead, they asked, "What kind of good person are you?"
Jiujiu asked, "Kidnapping women and children, rape, murder. What haven't you done? Don't think that we won't be able to find out just because your old man took the rap for you."
Every time Jiujiu mentioned a crime, the village chief's son's body trembled uncontrollably. When Jiujiu finished speaking, the village chief's son's expression was very ugly. He looked at Jiujiu with eyes full of fear.
He didn't expect a young girl to dig up his past so thoroughly.
Thinking of the crimes he had committed in the past and the country's current criminal law, the village chief's son's legs turned to jelly. He immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
He had thought that those years in prison were the most painful years of his life. However, it had been too long. The longer he lived, the more he didn't want to die. Even if his current life was very different from before, he still couldn't bear to die.
A bad life was better than a good death. If he could continue to live by kneeling and begging for mercy, to him, it was a good deal.
Seeing that the village chief's son was indeed as cowardly as she had expected, Jiujiu's lips curled into a faint smile. She said softly, "It's not impossible for you to continue living, but you have to answer whatever we ask you. Do you hear me?"
Hearing Jiujiu say that there was a chance to live, the village chief's son nodded quickly and said repeatedly, "Officer, please ask. I'll tell you everything."
Knowing that he could continue to live, the village chief's son breathed a sigh of relief. His expression instantly became much more relaxed.
Jiujiu chuckled and whispered, "How did those children survive back then?"
Hearing Jiujiu ask about those children, the village chief's son was stunned. He hesitated and said, "Officer, my father is in charge of this matter. I really don't know anything."
"Don't know?" Jiujiu raised her eyebrows. Her voice was cold, and a strong killing intent came out, making the village head's son tremble.
Jiujiu lowered her voice and said threateningly, "Do you not know, or do you not want to live anymore?"
As soon as the words' I don't want to live 'rang in his ears, the village chief's son, who had just shook his head and said that he did not know anything, immediately smiled and said, "Officer, I don't think I've thought about it carefully just now. Let me think about it carefully. I'll think about it carefully."
The village chief's son, who had wanted to give a perfunctory answer, thought for a moment and said, "Officer, those people were sent here by a woman. She's close to my father. I've only seen her a few times."
"A woman?" Jiujiu caught the keyword. She thought for a moment and pulled out the old woman's portrait from her phone. She showed it to the village chief's son and said, "Is it this person?"
The village chief's son looked at it carefully. When he saw the portrait, he immediately nodded and said, "Yes, it's her."
In order to continue living, the village chief's son wanted to tell Jiujiu everything he knew. So when he accused the old woman, he put in a lot of effort and even added a sentence.
"She also has a small mole on her chin." The village chief's son looked at the photo and said, "When I first met her, I was only 18 years old. At that time, my family was poor. Although my father was the village chief, he did not have the money to get me a wife. So, I went to her and wanted her to buy me a wife. Because my father had told me that he wanted her to buy me a wife, I had a very deep impression of her. When I first met her, I paid more attention to her. I remember this small mole very clearly."
Jiujiu and Zhou Sheng looked at each other. After the two of them memorized this feature, Jiujiu continued to ask, "Anything else?"
"Yes." The village chief's son seemed to have thought of something and said, "My father asked me to call her Auntie. He said that she was a distant relative of mine and asked me to build a good relationship with her in the future. He said that I would live a good life."
Jiujiu looked at Zhou Sheng. After they exchanged thoughts, Jiujiu said again, "Are you sure that your father asked you to call this person Auntie?"
The village chief's son nodded vigorously. "I'm sure. When my father asked me to call her Auntie, she gave me a hundred yuan. At that time, it was in the 90s. My father worked hard outside and only earned thirty yuan a day. She gave me a hundred yuan casually, so I remember it very clearly."
"Okay, I got it." Jiujiu looked at the village chief's son and said with a disgusted expression, "I'll go back and confirm the situation now. If it's true, I'll report it to the higher-ups. If you dare to lie, I have a hundred ways to make your life a living hell."
After Jiujiu finished speaking, the village chief's son shuddered. Zhou Sheng looked at Jiujiu disapprovingly.
Wasn't this an extortion?
Zhou Sheng got into the car and drove very carefully on the way back. The two of them didn't speak. When they arrived at the hotel, Zhou Sheng couldn't help but say to Jiujiu, "Zhong Pao-ah, I know that you've been holding a grudge about being kidnapped back then, but it's been so many years. You should learn to let it go. Also, do you know what your behavior just now was like?"
That kind of behavior was like that of a hooligan. Also, the words extorted couldn't be used as evidence.
Jiujiu blinked. Her long eyelashes brushed across her cheeks like a small fan. Jiujiu looked at Zhou Sheng and asked innocently, "Like what?"
At this moment, Jiujiu looked like an innocent little fairy. She didn't look like the ruthless person who had just extorted a confession from the village chief's son.
It was the first time Zhou Sheng had seen someone who changed so quickly. He was a little stunned. What made him even more stunned was Jiujiu's next words.
"Captain, I know that you're upright and plainspoken. You want to get evidence in an open and aboveboard way. But you don't know that this group of villagers is the most unruly. If you're a little weaker, they'll definitely use some nonsense to pester you endlessly. They'll only tell you the truth if you're completely fierce to them."
Jiujiu recorded what she had asked the village chief's son today and said, "If I hadn't been fierce to him, he wouldn't have told me these things honestly."
Jiujiu raised her eyebrows at Zhou Sheng. Her smug look was like a little fox who had succeeded in stealing fish. She was cute and naughty. Zhou Sheng couldn't help but smile.
Zhou Sheng patted Jiujiu's head and said with a serious expression, "Don't do it again."
Jiujiu mischievously bowed to Zhou Sheng and said with a smile, "There won't be a next time."
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