three desperate women

Chapter 43 A new friend who dares to challenge
Hu Bingqing and Gu Ruotong smiled at each other, shook hands awkwardly, and then sat together on the sofa in the living room of Uncle Jiangnan's house.

Jiangnan's aunt poured a cup of tea for Hu Bingqing and Lu Aisha, and the two took it and held it in their hands. They didn't drink it, and thanked them repeatedly.

"Auntie, you have another guest here, so I'll be leaving first!" Gu Ruotong stood up and said goodbye.

"Tongtong, I didn't take good care of you, please come again next time!" My aunt sent it to the gate.

"Hey, okay. Aunt, let's go first. Lawyer Hu, let's go first!" Captain Gu looked at Hu Bingqing and said goodbye.

"Okay." Hu Bingqing glanced at Captain Gu and waved his hand.

She looked at the teacup, then put the teacup on the coffee table, and rubbed her hands together.

"Are you Director Hu?" My aunt sat on the other side of the sofa and asked with a smile.

"Ah, auntie, Jiangnan mentioned me?" Hu Bingqing nodded and said.

"It's not just mentioning you, our whole family is grateful to you, thank you for the surgery that Director Lou found for my eldest sister, otherwise I don't know how long the queue will be! Thank you!"

My aunt grabbed Hu Bingqing's hand and shook it a few times.

"Auntie, you're welcome, I happen to know her too, so please help if you can." Hu Bingqing smiled.

"Then why are you here today? Jiang Nan said that you asked him to go on a business trip. The business trip will take more than a month. I haven't called him for a long time."

"Auntie, we are on a business trip to Yangcheng. Director Hu wants to see how Jiangnan's mother is recovering, so I will drop by to take a look," Lu Aisha said.

"Oh, thank you. His mother is sleeping and recovering very well. Thank you for still thinking about it. This Jiangnan really met a good person."

"Auntie, let's go back first, don't bother me, we still have things to do."

"Okay, you don't have to visit us often because you are so busy, it's all good!"

"Auntie, bye!"

The two walked out of the dilapidated and low corridor and stood at the door of the unit.

"Director, it seems that the family doesn't know anything."

"Yeah, where did Jiangnan go? Why did Gu Ruotong appear?"

"Do you think she knows Jiangnan?"

"She came here alone, and it shouldn't be on official business, so it's very likely that she knew each other!"

"She can't be Jiangnan's girlfriend?"

"Ah? Are you saying that Captain Gu is an old cow eating tender grass?"

Hu Bingqing looked at Lu Aisha in disbelief.

"Am I that old?"

Gu Ruotong suddenly spoke from behind the two of them.

The two of them were startled, and turned their heads in unison to stare at Gu Ruotong who came out of the shadow behind the building.

"Are you really his girlfriend? But Jiang Nan once said that he is single." Hu Bingqing said.

"What kind of girlfriend, first, I am definitely not as old as you, and second, I am not as old as an old cow eating young grass."

Hu Bingqing looked at Gu Ruotong and rolled her eyes, but said nothing.

"What are you two doing here?"

"May I ask in what capacity are you asking this question? The captain of the criminal police? Or a stranger? Or who?"

"Personally, we are neither friends nor strangers. At most, we are acquaintances. You are Jiangnan's boss, and I am Jiangnan's junior. We are all here for Jiangnan. How about having a meal together?"

Hu Bingqing didn't speak, took out her mobile phone and looked at the mailbox, but there was still no news.

"Is Captain Gu treating you?" Lu Aisha asked.

"No problem. Yangcheng is also half of my hometown, so let me enter into the friendship of the landlord. But, let's take your car! I don't drive."

"Aisha, go directly back to the hotel to eat!"

"Don't! Lawyer Hu, I'll take you to eat delicious food! We need to have a good chat."

The three got into the car, Hu Bingqing sat in the co-pilot, and Captain Gu sat on the book "Jin Zhiying Born in 82" as soon as he entered the car.

Gu Ruotong reserved a private room, and the three of them ordered a large table of dishes. Hu Bingqing looked at the delicious food in front of him, and started eating without saying a word.

After the three of them were full, they sat on chairs and chatted.

"Captain Gu."

"Just call me by my first name."

"Tongtong?" Hu Bingqing grinned.

Lu Aisha couldn't help spit out a mouthful of Sprite, and coughed several times in a hurry.

Gu Ruotong looked at the flushed Lu Aisha, smiled awkwardly and took a sip of tea.

"Let's call him Captain Gu!"

"Hey, are you a child with Jiangnan? When did you lose contact with him?" Hu Bingqing asked.

Gu Ruotong looked at Hu Bingqing with narrowed eyes, but said nothing, and Hu Bingqing also looked at her and continued to ask:

"Don't believe me? Then there's nothing to talk about!"

Hu Bingqing spread her hands and pursed her lips.

"It's not that I don't believe it. I just don't want you to get involved. I'm afraid that you are all in danger. After all, I'm a policeman. Besides, the key is that you don't trust me, right?"

"At least we should be united in the matter of finding Jiangnan!" Lu Aisha wiped her mouth and said.

Hu Bingqing and Gu Ruotong looked at each other, and there was silence in the private room. Hu Bingqing coughed and said, "Gu Xincheng."

Gu Ruotong opened his squinted eyes and looked at Hu Bingqing, but only for a few seconds, and then returned to normal.

"I said I haven't contacted you for 30 years, do you believe it?" Gu Ruotong looked at Hu Bingqing firmly after speaking.

"How much do you know about Jiangnan?"

"A few minutes ago, I felt the same as you, or even more than you. Now I feel that what I know is useless. Let me briefly introduce it, which should deepen your trust in me."

"All ears."

"When I was 6 years old, I left Bincheng with my mother and came to my grandma's house in Yangcheng. At that time, I lived upstairs and downstairs with my grandma in Jiangnan.

I watched Jiangnan be born and grow up. Jiangnan has no father, or I have never seen him, but I am just like him.

Jiang Nan's uncle was the only man I knew well during the years I grew up with Jiang Nan.

After graduating from university, I was admitted to the Bincheng Police Academy. I was assigned to a police station, performed well, and then transferred to the criminal police team.

After graduating from university, Jiangnan worked as a programmer in a software company in Yangcheng. Her ex-girlfriend studied law.

He accompanied his girlfriend to prepare for the exam, but he passed the exam, but his ex-girlfriend failed the exam, and the two broke up.

Jiang Nan practiced in a small law firm through his uncle's relationship, and then practiced for two years.

My mother is seriously ill and needs to go to Bincheng for heart surgery. It is said that there is an expert in the central hospital who can do it.

He also came to Bincheng with his mother, and I helped him find the house.

He borrowed money everywhere, but it was a drop in the bucket. In the end, he had to borrow money from usury. His family didn't know about it, and neither did her mother, only that it was borrowed money.

He told me that he was looking for a guarantor and told me not to interfere, but I didn't care too much.

A week ago, I called him and he said he had business to travel.

He refused to answer the call again, and the way of replying on WeChat was very different from before, so I started looking for him.

I found his loan company and learned that the guarantor was Gu Xincheng, and he had already paid off the principal with interest, which was paid by Gu Xincheng.

And I also know that Gu Xincheng's people are also looking for him.

I'm investigating privately. No one has reported his disappearance or death. Everything is a mess.

That's all, it's about the same as what you checked, right?Or do you know something that I don't? "

"Not too much. Can't you check the surveillance to see where he went?"

"Sister, I can get surveillance, but I can only do so through personal relationships, and I can't blatantly use public power for private purposes. Then there is too much surveillance, and I can't see it.

It's your turn, Lawyer Hu, what do you know? "

Hu Bingqing stared at the teacup for a long time, but didn't drink it.

Lu Aisha walked out of the private room and went to find the waiter.

"Are you sure you have no nepotism with Gu Xincheng?"

"I promise!" Gu Ruotong looked at Hu Bingqing resolutely.

Lu Aisha came in with three bottles of mineral water, closed the door, and handed the water to the two of them.

"Captain Gu, are you sure Li Tingting committed suicide?"

"Yes, to put it simply, she did commit suicide. Near the Central Hospital that night, a man used a drone to take aerial photos to support some kind of event, and happened to take pictures of Li Tingting falling from the building.

And she didn't have any scars on her body, except for the scars from the caesarean section, there was no abnormality. "

"Where's the nanny?"

"Wait a minute, what does Jiangnan's disappearance have to do with it?"

"I'm not sure if it's related now, but they are all related to Gu Xincheng, and that Lu Zhiqiang.

One committed suicide and two disappeared. Lu Zhiqiang should be dead, right?You should know this better than me. "

Hu Bingqing unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle and took a big sip of water.

Gu Ruotong stared at Hu Bingqing again for a long time, and also took a sip of water.

"Hu Bingqing, sister Hu! Should I give you one?"

The two smiled at each other.

"The nanny was indeed hired by Gu Xincheng, but I didn't ask anything. The nanny only said that she was taking care of the pregnant woman and told Gu Xincheng about her every move. She didn't know anything else.

My colleague also asked Gu Xincheng, but it was just the boss's care for his subordinates. "

"Will all bosses buy houses for their subordinates? Will bosses find nannies to monitor their subordinates?"

"Ah? You mean that child belongs to Gu Xincheng?"

"I can't tell, but there must be something wrong between the two of them. In my opinion, Li Tingting will definitely not commit suicide."

"I interrogated you before, didn't you say that? Lawyer Hu, are you suspected of perjury?"

"Because I already knew that you were Gu Xincheng's daughter at that time, I couldn't say it. Is it justifiable? Captain Gu!"

Lu Aisha looked at Gu Ruotong with wide eyes: "Are you Gu Xincheng's daughter?"

Gu Ruotong smiled and said, "Does this mean that you have started to treat me as a friend? You have started to trust me?"

"Hmph, I still have to observe and observe."

"What else do you suspect? Except that Li Tingting did not commit suicide, based on the current evidence and investigation, Li Tingting did jump down the stairs by herself.

Did she tell you something before she died?
Is that why you don't trust me? "

"It would be a lie to say that we are not afraid, Lu Zhiqiang is dead, Li Tingting is dead, and Jiangnan is missing.

The key point is that Gu Xincheng and I still have business conflicts. If you say you are me, what will you do? "

"I think you have misunderstood the police? You still have to trust the police?"

"I'm sorry, I've seen too many of them, and it's imperative to be defensive."

"Then what do I have to do so you can trust me?"

Hu Bingqing took out her mobile phone and checked her email, but there was still no news about x, so she clicked on a photo and showed it to Gu Ruotong.

"You help me find this person."

"Isn't this Jiangnan?"

"The one with the hat!"

"It's too blurry, wearing a mask and wearing bad street clothes, this task is too difficult!

But, I like a challenge, you send me this photo. "

"Mail!"

"Scan me and add me on WeChat."

"Ah?" Hu Bingqing was confused.

Lu Aisha came over, took Hu Bingqing's mobile phone, worked with Gu Ruotong, added friends, and sent the photo to Gu Ruotong.

"Are you full? Sister Hu, I'll pay the bill!"

Hu Bingqing stood up with a smile, touched her stomach, and the three walked out of the private room one after another.

"Where do you live? Captain Gu, let's see you off!"

"I live downstairs at Uncle Jiangnan's house, so there's no need to send it off. When are you going back to Bincheng?"

"Let's see tomorrow afternoon. I want to go to the law firm where Jiangnan used to work."

"No need, I have been there, there is no useful information.

He seldom contacted friends in Yangcheng. There were a few college classmates who basically didn't contact him after he borrowed money.

I also checked the people in Bincheng, he really doesn't have any friends, only one. "

"Ah? Bi Shujun?"

"You said, you are really a smart woman, but why can't you even add WeChat friends?"

Hu Bingqing looked at Gu Ruotong, who was taller than her, and did not speak, but rolled her super big eyes.

She had never talked so closely to a woman taller than her.

The three of them came to the door of the restaurant. Gu Ruotong settled the bill, took the list, and read it for a long time.

"No, Lawyer Hu, what kind of water do you drink? Fairy water? A bottle costs more than 20."

"Don't be so stingy? Captain Gu, when you find out about the man in the baseball cap, I'll buy you a drink. You can order whatever you want."

"When are you going back? I want to take a ride. Can I go to your hotel to stay with you at night?"

"Aren't you pushing your limits a bit? Captain Gu?"

"I'm serious, my old house has been unoccupied for several years, it's full of dust, and it hasn't been cleaned up. Why don't you take me in for a night?"

Hu Bingqing opened the car door, Gu Ruotong got into the passenger seat in an instant, fastened his seat belt, and looked at Hu Bingqing's angry face with a smile.

"you"

Hu Bingqing had no choice but to go to the back seat and open the car door, bent down and put the book aside, and sat in.

After returning to the hotel, Lu Aisha and Gu Ruotong lived in the twin room next door, and Hu Bingqing returned to her double room.

She turned on the computer, and the WiFi had been connected by Lu Aisha in advance. When she saw the new email, she quickly opened it.

There are only some screenshots of surveillance, and nothing else is known.

She picked up her phone and called.

"What's the matter?
Is it so mysterious?
Well, hard work.

It's just that I didn't expect that there are things you can't do! "

Hu Bingqing said with a smile,
"The price remains the same.

real or fake?

Well, keep investigating when you're not busy.

OK, that's it! "

There was a knock on the door, and Hu Bingqing quickly closed the computer. She knew it was Gu Ruotong without thinking.

"Hello…"

Gu Ruotong was wearing a pink pajamas, the trouser legs and sleeves were cut off, and the loose style gave a tight-fitting effect.

Hu Bingqing stared at her for half a minute, her face flushed from holding back, and she covered her face with her hands.

"Tch, laugh as much as you want! Lu Aisha lent it to me, and I took the courage to put it on.

I didn't bring anything with me, and I was supposed to leave at night.

Isn't it destined to meet thousands of miles away, to be with you! "

"We didn't beg you to come, you were the one who begged for nothing and insisted on looting the hotel for the return bus!"

"Look at what you said, aren't we all friends!"

Gu Ruotong found an open box of snacks on the TV cabinet, reached out and took a small bag, tore open the package, and took a bite.

"Well, this is delicious."

"Are you here to eat my biscuits?"

Hu Bingqing watched her roll her eyes and sit on the bed, turned on the computer and looked at the pictures inside.

"I just want to ask, does that man have any other characteristics? He is all in black, like a crow."

"He's about 185, taller than Jiangnan. When he passed me, he smelled like meat buns."

"Meat buns? Sell buns?"

Hu Bingqing stared wide-eyed, she turned the computer to Gu Ruotong, Gu Ruotong held the biscuit and stretched her neck to look at the computer.

On the computer screen, the man in black and a baseball cap appeared in the corridor of the VIP ward of the Central Hospital...

(End of this chapter)