From Pengcheng to Shancheng, the distance is 350 kilometers. In an era when infrastructure was not as developed as it is later, they set out at three in the afternoon, turned from the expressway to the secondary road, and then from the secondary road to the small road and country road.
The sky was getting darker and darker, the road was getting more and more crooked, and it even started to rain. Finally, at twelve o'clock in the evening, their car stopped in the town of Gongliang.
The group found a hotel to stay in. Seeing that they were exhausted from the journey, the hotel owner asked if they had eaten. After knowing that they had not eaten, he enthusiastically helped to arrange a meal for them at the restaurant next to their hotel.
The restaurant owner was a little unhappy when he was woken up by the phone call from the hotel owner, but when he heard that he had to cook for more than a dozen people and the food had to be good, he immediately smiled and started to prepare with his wife.
The food was served, and halfway through the meal, Lin Shuyue's phone rang. She took it out and saw that it was Hang Jiabai calling.
Lin Shuyue was a little surprised, but still put down her chopsticks and walked aside to answer the call.
In the office of Pengcheng Public Security Bureau, Hang Jiabai had just returned not long ago. He happened to hear someone talking about the exciting things that happened in the Public Security Bureau today. He was distracted for a moment. When he came to his senses, the call to Lin Shuyue had been connected, and Lin Shuyue's familiar voice came from the other end.
It was no longer possible to hang up, so Hang Jiabai could only bite the bullet and talk to Lin Shuyue. Fortunately, he did have something to talk to Lin Shuyue about.
"Lin Jianxin reported Zhang Zhenfa for three crimes. One is that he poisoned the restaurant of the other restaurant. Two is that some of the beef and fish used in Heung House were not fresh meat for many years. Three is that Zhang Zhenfa killed his wife."
Once these three pieces of evidence were revealed, it was already a criminal case, especially the one about poisoning the rival restaurant, which caused a big stir in Pengcheng back then.
Dozens of people were poisoned by the food, including an elderly man who died of kidney failure and two children who became disabled. The rest of the poisoned people also suffered from some sequelae.
The restaurant owner is still in jail. If Lin Jianxin hadn't exposed the incident, he would have spent another ten years in jail.
Even if Zhang Zhenfa kept denying it, there was nothing he could do. The matter had been brought to the attention of the police, and they had to get to the bottom of it.
Especially since Zhang Zhenfa is not in any serious condition now, both the father-in-law and the son-in-law have been locked up.
Zhang Zhenfa knew that if his deeds were exposed, he would have no chance of escaping, so he immediately told the police on duty that he wanted to report it.
"Zhang Zhenfa reported that Lin Jianxin was involved in gang activities outside, but he had no evidence." The only evidence of Lin Jianxin that Zhang Zhenfa had in his hand was the fact that Lin Jianxin sold his child.
The police have already known about this matter. Zhang Zhenfa said he would pay Lin Jianxin to shut up, but Lin Jianxin didn't shut up, so Zhang Zhenfa could only say that he hadn't found any evidence yet.
"My colleagues have already checked and will have results soon. Also, Zhang Zhenfa said that his wife's death was related to Lin Jianxin. Both sides have different opinions on this point."
Lin Shuyue said that she already knew about it and thanked Hang Jiabai for calling to inform her.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Shuyue returned to her seat. Lin Shuxing poured a bowl of soup and placed it in front of her: "Who called?"
Lin Shuyue said: "A friend from the Public Security Bureau."
Lin Shuyue didn't keep it a secret: "He told me that after we left, Lin Jianxin and Zhang Zhenfa started to quarrel with each other."
"Lin Jianxin reported Zhang Zhenfa for poisoning his opponent's restaurant, and Zhang Zhenfa reported Lin Jianxin for engaging in gang activities. Then both sides said that Zhang Mei's mother was killed by the other side."
When Lou Fengqin heard this, she couldn't hide her joy: "Yes, that's it, dogs bite each other and it's better to bite both of them to death!"
Because it was so late, everyone ate much faster than usual. After dinner, everyone returned to the hotel. Lin Shuyue, her mother and daughter, and Zeng Xiaoyi stayed in the same room.
The remaining room were free to distribute among the men.
That night, none of the women in the room, including Zeng Xiaoyi, slept well.
Lou Fengqin was particularly concerned. She would think about how tall and heavy Ah Yang had become after so many years. She would also wonder whether the family that bought him treated him well, whether they had abused him, and whether they had allowed him to go to school.
Sometimes she wondered what he would do if that family treated him badly, and sometimes she wondered what she would do if he didn't live well.
She tossed and turned like this until dawn.
As soon as the sun rose, everyone got up, washed up and went downstairs. It was still drizzling today.
Bai Wenhua, Luo Zhengjun and three plainclothes policemen also came down from the building.
When they went to the Santai Village mentioned by Lin Jianxin, the local police also followed them in plain clothes.
Compared to yesterday when there were still people talking on the road, today's journey was mostly silent.
The car finally arrived at Santai Village, a plain village. It was June, and there were many farmlands on both sides of the road, and clumps of bamboo forests could be seen everywhere in the fields of the village.
After entering the village, the policemen in front stopped their cars and went to Zhou Longxiang's home, where Ah Yang was bought, in the rain with umbrellas in hand.
There is a pomelo tree in front of Zhou Longxiang's house. It is lush and green, and fist-sized pomeloes are growing on the tree.
The local police knocked on Zhou's door, and soon, footsteps were heard from inside.
Soon, the door opened and a boy about eighteen years old appeared in front of everyone.
The moment he appeared, Lou Fengqin burst into tears.
This boy is so similar to Lou Fengqin, and also looks like Lin Shuxing and Lin Shuyue.
The boy's name was Zhou Shuyang. The moment he saw Lou Fengqin, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
He looked at the group of people again, and being smart, he already understood what was going on.
"Is this Zhou Longxiang's home?"
He didn't ask anything, didn't say anything, just silently said: "Yes, come in."
The two Lin sisters supported Lou Fengqin and followed the police into the room.
This is a house that can be described as bare and there is nothing of value inside or outside the house.
An old man in his seventies came out and the local police immediately went over to explain the situation.
The old man was stunned and subconsciously looked at his grandson.
After a long time, he sighed: "You are finally here."
The old man's words puzzled everyone. Lou Fengqin grabbed Ah Yang's hand as soon as she entered the room, and she was already crying.
Ah Yang lowered his head and was still being pulled by Lou Fengqin.
The old man went to the room and took out a letter after a while: "This is a letter left by my son. He left ten years ago."
The police officer in charge of the case took the letter and read it, then handed it to Lou Fengqin.
In the letter, Zhou Longxiang explained the whole story of that year.
Back then, he and Lin Jianxin were friends working at the same construction site.
After Lin Jianxin hooked up with Zhang Mei, they rarely met each other.
It had been more than half a year since Zhou Longxiang saw Lin Jianxin again. Lin Jianxin came to Zhou Longxiang and said he wanted to give him a child. But it was not easy for him to have a child, and he needed 5,000 yuan for nutrition.
Five thousand yuan was simply a sky-high price in that era. Zhou Longxiang had been working on construction sites for so many years, earning only a little over a hundred yuan a month. Where could he get the five thousand yuan?
And Zhou Longxiang has decided to go to the orphanage when he has money. and he has even found out the adoption procedures.
But Lin Jianxin said that if he didn't want the child, he would sell him to several other people at the construction site.
Who are those people? Zhou Longxiang knows better than anyone else. If they have a child, will the child live well?
So Zhou Longxiang took out all his savings and gave Lin Jianxin a total of 1,000 yuan.
Then he took Lin Shuyang back home. He only changed the child's surname, not his name.
And over the years, he had never hidden his background from Lin Shuyang, and Lin Shuyang had always known his original name.
But Zhou Longxiang didn't know where Lin Jianxin's home was at that time. Once he left, Lin Shuyang had no way home.
Old man Zhou told the police: "In the past few years since Ah Yang was brought here, Ah Xiang has been working outside. He has looked for Lin Jianxin several times and asked him when he would bring Ah Yang back. But his always replied was that he give Ah Yang already to us."
"What a sin, what a sin."
Lou Fengqin closed her eyes in pain. She held Lin Shuyang's hand tightly and said, "Ah Yang, when you were sent away, mom didn't know. Lin Jianxin has always said that you were abducted."
"I have been looking for you all these years and have never given up." Lou Fengqin was afraid that Lin Shuyang would not believe her, so she took out the missing person notices she had printed over the years from her bag, from the year Lin Shuyang went missing to this year.
In addition to this, there is also a poster looking for him.
"We only found out yesterday that it was Lin Jianxin who sent you away."
Lin Shuyang looked at the woman who looked so similar to himself, and then looked at the missing person notices in his hand, and tears gradually welled up in his eyes.
He had hoped countless times that his biological mother would appear in front of him and tell him that he was not abandoned by her.
But he waited for so many years, and they finally came, but he had grown up.
Old Zhou walked up to Ah Yang and said to him, "Ah Yang, your mother and sister are here to see you. Go with them."
Lin Shuyue and Lin Shuxing have already introduced themselves to Lin Shuyang.
Lin Shuyang looked at Old Man Zhou: "Grandpa!"
Old Zhou smiled and said, "Your aunt comes every day and says she wants to take me over to live with her in her old age. You were still young before, and I kept pushing it. Now that your mother is here, I can finally go and enjoy a few days of peace and quiet."
Lin Shuyang cried. At this time, a fat man also walked in.
This is the village party secretary of Santai Village. He already knows the purpose of Lou Fengqin and others' visit.
He walked in, smiled and handed cigarettes to Bai Wenhua and the others, and said, "Everyone in our Santai Village knows that Ah Yang was fostered here by Ah Xiang's friend. Police comrade, no one in our village is suspected of human trafficking."
In the past two years, officials have often come to the village to promote legal knowledge. Old Zhou also knows what the crime of human trafficking is: "Yes, yes, we don't trade in people."
"Yes, yes, yes. Ah Xiang has been very good to Ah Yang over the years. Ah Yang is the only student in our village who was admitted to the National Middle School."
After hearing these words, combined with Lin Shuyang's words, Lou Fengqin knelt down towards Old Man Zhou: "Uncle, thank you, thank you for treating Ah Yang well."
Lou Fengqin has traveled to many places, and few of the lost children can live as well as Ah Yang.
Even the Zhou family allowed Lou Fengqin to take Ah Yang away. Lou Fengqin was both grateful and content.
Her face was full of gratitude towards the Zhou family.
The police officers who came with them were also very satisfied with the situation. They originally thought that they would have a tough battle to fight.
Old Man Zhou helped Lou Fengqin up and said, "Ah Yang is a good child. It is a blessing for Ah Xiang to have such a child to look after him. In the future, treat Ah Yang well."
Old man Zhou's daughter was married in this village. When she heard about this, she hurried over.
She was very outgoing and took Lou Fengqin's hand and started telling her about the interesting things that happened to Lin Shuyang over the years.
Lou Fengqin was talking to Aunt Zhou, but her eyes never left Lin Shuyang.
Lin Shuyue had already turned on the good and evil discrimination system. Even among the people in this village, those with the highest good and evil values were not as high as Zhang Mei.
Old Man Zhou's good and evil value is only 3%, while Aunt Zhou's is 2% higher than his.
Lin Shuyue and Lin Shuxing kept chatting with Lin Shuyang. Lin Shuyang was very shy, but he answered all the questions his two sisters asked.
As they chatted, Lin Shuyang said, "Sister, I remember you."