I became the police station's darling after I could understand what the furry creature was sayi

Chapter 102 Not reporting it to the police? The vengeful old man and the missing child?

The notice for assistance in locating the second set of remains and the reward notice were already released two days ago.

But there has been no further news.

When the police station heard the old man's story, two points matched the announcement, so they sent him to the branch office.

According to the old man's account.

He didn't know the missing child's name, only that he was from Liujia Village and had disappeared three years ago.

"Where are the child's parents? Have you tried to contact them, sir?"

Nan Punian inquired.

The information matches up, but to report a child missing after not seeing them for three years seems too hasty.

If someone's child is of school age and goes to study in the city with their parents, and the parents are busy with work and don't return to the village for the New Year, it's normal not to see them.

"I didn't dare to look for it..."

The old man paused, glanced at Nan Punian, and then said something that stunned everyone: “I suspect that the child was killed by his parents.”

Nan Punian immediately frowned.

Nan Shu and Li Feng exchanged a glance. Li Feng's eyes trembled, filled with "Holy crap!"

“Sir, you know that every word you say now could be testimony, and you could be held legally responsible,” Nan Punian reminded him.

Upon hearing this, the old man shrank back, "I...I don't know anything about the law, I was just guessing, I...I'm not going to report it! I want to go home!"

"uncle."

Nan Shu spoke up, pouring the old man a cup of tea. "Don't be afraid. We're just asking you a few simple questions. Can you tell us why you said that?"

Compared to Nan Punian's cold demeanor, the little girl's smile seemed incredibly warm and approachable, making people unconsciously lower their guard.

The old man stopped calling out and left, weakly saying, "I... I don't know the child's name, but I know where he lives..."

The old man had a bad life. His daughter-in-law died in the delivery room while giving birth, and his son, who had congenital heart disease, barely survived to the point of getting married and having children. However, his daughter-in-law died of a heart attack on the day she gave birth, leaving him all alone.

Fortunately, he still had a small, dilapidated house in Liujia Village where he could stay. He was old and made a living by collecting scraps. Every day before dawn, he would walk from the village to the nearest city to collect bottles to sell, and then walk back home.

Three years ago, the child was thirteen years old, during the Chinese New Year.

An old man went out to collect cardboard boxes, while the child was setting off fireworks with the other children in the village.

“I know all the kids in the village look down on me. But that one kid came up to me and gave me a handful of candy and cookies.”

"There was also something black and bitter, both bitter and sweet. I didn't like it, but the child did. For the next few days, he would secretly bring me things, like apples and pears. When I saw that child... it was like seeing my grandson."

When the old man mentioned the child, his tone unconsciously softened.

“After the New Year, I never saw that child again. I secretly gave a few yuan to a child in the village and asked him where the child had gone. The child in the village said that the child had gone to study in the city, but the child’s parents were still in the village.”

"I kept thinking that my parents were still in the village, and the child would definitely come back for holidays. So I waited and waited, but I never saw that child again..."

The old man sighed.

He placed his love and fantasies for his grandson on that child. Every year during the Spring Festival, he would wait at the village entrance. But as he watched, the muddy roads in the village were transformed into cement roads, most families built two- or three-story houses, and even the child's house changed from a single-story house to a three-story house. The child's parents even had another child this year.

It was as if, apart from him, no one else remembered that child; that child... seemed to have been completely forgotten.

“I’ll be eighty in a month. My health isn’t what it used to be. I can feel it. I often forget things. I thought I should tell you police officers while I can still remember that child…”

"Such a good child, you can't just let him disappear like that, right, policewoman?"

"Yes."

Nan Shu responded and handed a few sheets of paper to the old man. The old man held them in his hand, his rough, muddy hands trembling uncontrollably.

Nan Punian looked at Li Feng and said, "Find someone to go to Liujia Village to get a sample."

According to the old man's description, it was a three-story house, the home of a couple who had recently given birth; it was quite easy to find. Li Feng responded and got up to go out.

"Sir, thank you for your cooperation today. Have you had dinner yet? Shall we go get something to eat? After we finish, I'll have my colleague take you home."

Nan Punian spoke up.

Compared to when they were playing good cop and bad cop, Nan Punian's attitude was much gentler, and he got up to help the old man.

"I haven't eaten. I'll just grab a bite when I get back."

The old man remembered both kindness and grudges, dodging Nan Punian's hand and speaking with a stern face.

Nan Punian was both amused and exasperated.

"Grandpa, it's getting late. Let's go to the cafeteria to eat. I haven't eaten yet either." Seeing Nan Punian's discomfiture, Nan Shu smiled and said to the old man.

The old man got up.

"Then, let's go."

Nan Pu Nian: ...

There weren't many people in the cafeteria.

During the National Day holiday, some police officers were deployed to subway stations, train stations, and famous tourist attractions.

The old man was getting on in years and didn't have much of an appetite. He only ate one bowl of noodles and then stopped. During the conversation with him, Nan Shu noticed that he seemed to be a little hard of hearing.

It wasn't so noticeable in the confined environment of the interrogation room, but it became apparent in the larger, more noisy space of the cafeteria.

Nan Shu repeated herself two or three times before the old man finally understood one sentence.

after eating.

The police officers drove the old man home.

It's not easy to collect blood samples at night, so I have to go back early the next morning.

no matter what the result is.

At least there are new clues and information in the second skeleton case.

Ten p.m.

Nan Punian drove Nan Shu and Xu Yunli back home. He glanced at the rearview mirror and asked, "Why did you two go to Nanhu together today?"

His sharp black eyes held a hint of wariness as his gaze swept back and forth between the two of them.

"I met two friends and thought I'd go for a walk in Nanhu Lake."

Nan Shu didn't think much of it and answered directly. Through the rearview mirror, she glanced at Xu Yunli in the back seat. As for the forensic doctor Xu... Nan Shu still didn't know what he said he had to go to Nanhu for.

"Um……"

Noticing Nan Shu's gaze, Xu Yunli adjusted his glasses and slowly said, "You know that Teacher Wu is hospitalized, at the Third People's Hospital of Hangzhou."

The Third People's Hospital is located right next to Nanhu Lake.

"Okay, then I'll go see him tomorrow when I'm free."

Xu Yunli's eyes flickered behind his glasses, and he softly hummed in agreement.

at this time.

Wu Lin, who was hospitalized at the First People's Hospital and was about to be discharged, suddenly sneezed.

"Which little brat is talking about me again?"

(End of this chapter)