deep sin

Chapter 103
Hearing this, An Changpu, who seemed more relaxed because of the small talk just now, suddenly tensed up, and Qin Ruonan who was a little distracted at the side also immediately came back to his senses, and the eyes of the two of them were in unison. He turned to the somewhat reserved old man behind his colleague.

Sure enough, the old man was holding a flat blue schoolbag in his hand.

"Yinyin, go to the duty room and take a break!" An Changpu said to Tao Yinyin while Qin Ruonan was going to receive the old man who reported the crime.

Tao Yinyin could naturally tell that it was a tactful hint for her to avoid it, so she nodded without saying much, and went to the duty room inside, closed the door and stayed inside.

The old man had already been settled by Qin Ruonan, and he sat down with his schoolbag on the desk in front of him. Although Qin Ruonan's attitude was very gentle, the old man still seemed very nervous. He sat on the chair with his back straight and his hands straight. Holding the lapel of his clothes, his fingers subconsciously buttoned the buttons on the lapel.

"Come on, sir, it's raining and cold outside, right? Drink some hot water to warm up first!" An Changpu poured a cup of hot water and put it in front of the visitor, and then took out his bag of teabags for dealing with people. Passed the cigarette, "Smoking?"

Without saying a word, the old man stretched out his hand and took out a cigarette. He didn't intend to smoke it, but clamped the cigarette to his ear. His fingers were very rough, and the texture of his skin and the cracks between his nails were black. , It looks a little dirty, but although the clothes are a little old, they are neatly worn. It seems that the living conditions should be relatively difficult.

"Master, what's your name? What do you do?" Seeing that the old man was still nervous, An Changpu didn't go straight to the subject to ask about the schoolbag. He hoped that the old man could relax through the conversation and chat for convenience. To communicate better, secondly, he was also worried that the old man's nervous state would be related to the situation when he found the schoolbag.

Although no trace of Fang Wan has been found for so many days, An Changpu and Qin Ruonan have already had the most pessimistic estimate in their hearts, but in this case, it also confirms the proverb-"No News is good news."If Fang dies without confirmation for a day, the child still has a chance.

Now this old man who came to the Public Security Bureau with a schoolbag to report the case, and cowered, does not know whether it can bring a glimmer of hope, or a "final sentence" on the child's life.

"My surname is Shen...I'm a shoe repairer." The old man replied in a low voice, rubbing his fingers unconsciously as he spoke, and secretly glanced at the two policemen in front of him out of the corners of his eyes.

"Where do you live?"

"Qunsheng Village in the east of the city."

Upon hearing the place name, An Changpu and Qin Ruonan already had an idea of ​​the old man's living area in their hearts.The so-called Qunsheng Village in the east of the city is actually not a real village, but an area in the urban area of ​​City C.In the early years, there was indeed a small village with a small population and a small area, called Qunsheng Village. Later, a certain entrepreneur took a fancy to that place and wanted to buy it to set up a factory, so he negotiated with the villagers. In the end, the original village became a factory area, and all the villagers were housed in the later buildings. The young and middle-aged were recruited into the factory of the entrepreneur and became workers. However, the local area is still called "Qunsheng Village" by habit. .In recent years, due to the poor performance of the factory, it finally closed down. People who used to have jobs lost their jobs, and most of the elderly who used to rely on pensions had no source of income. Therefore, a large number of residents went out to work, and a small number of elderly people and children remained in the labor force. Staying there, the living conditions are generally more difficult.

This Uncle Shen is probably the villager of Yuanqunsheng Village who relies on shoe repair skills to make a living there.

However, as Uncle Shen said, Qunsheng Village is located in the east of the city. It is far away from both Fang Da's house and Fang Wan's school. It belongs to the urban area but is relatively remote. Why did Uncle Shen find the schoolbag?
"Master, how long is your birthday this year?" An Changpu suppressed the question in his heart, and did not rush to ask, but continued to "chat" with Uncle Shen as if nothing had happened.

It can be clearly seen from the expression and posture that Uncle Shen is not at all in the mood to chat with An Changpu right now, but due to the identity of the other party, and the young man's polite and friendly attitude, Uncle Shen is not good either. To answer, I had to whisper submissively: "I just turned 70 this year, and I still have a wife at home. My son and daughter-in-law went to other places to work, and my grandson followed us."

When mentioning the little grandson, the old man involuntarily rubbed his hands on his knees a few times, the expression on his face was a bit complicated, kind, but also faintly uneasy.

This change in demeanor did not escape An Changpu's eyes. He observed calmly, and by the way, he thought about the old man's family composition and the possible connection with Fang Wan's schoolbag.

During this process, Qin Ruonan never spoke to the old man, she focused on the small schoolbag on the table.

There is nothing special about the schoolbag itself. It is not much different from the student schoolbags on the market. There is a large cartoon pattern printed on the front of the schoolbag. It seems to be the blue cat that children like nowadays. The pattern is still very New, no signs of cracking or peeling, it looks like either the bag was bought not too long ago, or the owner of the bag doesn't use it very much.

These are not the focus of her attention. The focus is that the small blue schoolbag on the table is wet.

That's right, the schoolbag is very wet. Uncle Shen didn't put the schoolbag on the table very quickly just now. The position of the schoolbag was slightly moved. Just such a small movement left faint wet marks on the table.Although it was raining and sleet outside, and there was hail for a while before, Uncle Shen came from Qunsheng Village in the east of the city, and the distance was not close, but the water on the schoolbag was definitely not wet by the rain.

The reason is very simple, the schoolbag was brought over by Uncle Shen, it doesn't make sense that the old man's body was not wet by the rain, but the schoolbag was so wet that it was almost dripping water.

Obviously, this schoolbag was artificially wet.

Qin Ruonan bent down, put his face close to the schoolbag, and sniffed it lightly, a strong soapy smell rushed into his nostrils, as if the schoolbag had not only been washed with soap, but also the soap used to wash the schoolbag hadn't had time to be rinsed. clean.

With such a preliminary speculation, she reached out to touch the wet schoolbag, and twirled her fingers, which turned out to be a little slippery.

This detail further verified the point of view in his heart, Qin Ruonan did not rush to draw conclusions, but quietly listened to the conversation between Uncle Shen and An Changpu.

In fact, it is not so much a dialogue as it is more like An Changpu talking to himself in a one-man show. Uncle Shen is obviously not a competent "opponent actor". No matter how friendly An Changpu is, he always They all just looked timid and timid, and they seemed to lack confidence in speaking.

An Changpu chatted with Uncle Shen for a long time. He originally wanted to let him relax through small talk, and find out his family situation by the way, so as to have a preliminary estimate of the cause of the matter in his heart. After chatting for a long time, the old man's The family situation is well understood, but the other party's nerves are still tense, as if they might break at any moment, and there is no sign of relaxation.

An Changpu was a little helpless, and turned to look at Qin Ruonan. Qin Ruonan could hear the conversation between him and Uncle Shen clearly all this time, but his attention was always on the old man, and he didn't pay much attention to the schoolbag. carefulness.

Seeing that An Changpu was no longer trying to make Uncle Shen relax, Qin Ruonan decided to give it a try to see if his analysis was correct.

"Uncle Shen, where did you pick up this schoolbag?" She tentatively asked the old man.

Uncle Shen had a dazed expression at first, a little absent-minded, but when he heard Qin Ruonan's question, his eyes widened all of a sudden, he stared straight at her, and even opened his mouth slightly.

Qin Ruonan was taken aback, thinking that his guess was wrong, he felt a little regretful, worried that what he said just now might have been too hasty, and before she could take any "remedial measures", Uncle Shen suddenly had a long With a sigh of relief, his shoulders slumped, and he slumped on the chair as if he was relieved from a heavy burden. The expression on his face was obviously relaxed.

The change in the old man's demeanor was also noticed by An Changpu. He was a little surprised. He looked at Qin Ruonan and then at Uncle Shen, waiting to figure out the ins and outs of the matter from their conversation.

"Girl, thank you!" Uncle Shen stared blankly at Qin Ruonan for a while, then stood up suddenly, took Qin Ruonan's hand with both hands, and shook it vigorously, "You are really a living god! I have always I'm worried, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain clearly, you won't believe me if you tell me! But I didn't expect you to agree right away without asking anything! Now I don't have to worry about getting into trouble!"

"Don't worry, speak slowly!" Qin Ruonan was a little embarrassed by the old man's praise, and quickly withdrew his hand, telling the old man to sit down and explain things clearly.

Uncle Shen finally relaxed and told the whole process of the matter.It turned out that Uncle Shen's wife had no source of income due to poor health, so he could only do some housework at home. The daily expenses of the old couple and the grandson basically depended on the income from Uncle Shen's shoe repair stall. It is tight, so every night after the stall is closed, the old man will rummage through the trash cans around, pick up some cartons, plastic bottles, etc., accumulate them and sell them to the recycling station, and exchange some money to subsidize the family. This schoolbag is some of the previous ones. The old man dug it out in a big trash can and found that the schoolbag was new, empty and relatively clean, so he took it home and gave it to his little grandson.

Uncle Shen’s grandson is 6 years old this year. He has just entered the first grade of elementary school. After taking the schoolbag home, the little grandson liked this very new blue cat schoolbag very much. He immediately put the book on it and carried it to school. There was a fight with the children in the class, and the schoolbag rolled on the floor was very dirty. Uncle Shen’s wife took out the children’s books and scrubbed them. It didn’t matter after the scrubbing, and found a piece of cardboard from the zipper compartment inside the schoolbag. Textured student card.

Although the handwriting on the student card was soaked in water and rubbed twice by Uncle Shen's wife, it was a little unclear, but the photos attached to it were similar to the ones that often appeared in the missing person notices after the news on the local TV station these days. The children look exactly the same.

Now, the old man Shen, who was an amateur scavenger, was terrified. He immediately took the schoolbag that hadn't had time to rinse it and hurried to the police station.

[Today I accompanied my mother for a physical examination, so the update is late, sorry!Thank you Witch Yuyu for the pink ticket!Xiao Mo was really happy to receive two pink sheets before his birthday~ What a big mouthful!By the way, I would also like to express my heartfelt thanks to Master Li and Zhuoer for their generosity! 】

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