Animal Detective

Chapter 223 Case Closed, Time Capsule

Municipal People's Hospital.

When Shen Xin arrived, Wang Qiang, leaning on crutches, was obediently saying goodbye to the nurses and doctors at the nurses' station.

Thank you all, I will always remember you.

Wang Qiang used sign language and bowed to the crowd.

The head nurse rushed forward to stop him, ruffling Wang Qiang's hair: "What a good kid, what a pity..."

She sniffed, her eyes already red.

The staff from the welfare home were also there; it was a young female staff member in her thirties named Li. She greeted Shen Xin with a smile.

Wang Qiang's parents have not yet been found.

So for now, we plan to place him in an orphanage and look for someone else later.

Qianqian, who are Tang Ziyi's parents, once expressed their desire to adopt Wang Qiang.

This was also Tang Ziyi's idea. When he fell into Li Yihao's hands, Wang Qiang took good care of him.

Knowing this, Tang Ziyi's parents were very supportive of their child's idea.

However, Wang Qiang refused.

This child still wants to find his parents.

Upon seeing Shen Xin, Wang Qiang's eyes lit up, and he excitedly stepped forward to gesture.

Shen Xin didn't quite understand, but he could guess what he wanted to say from his expression.

"That's good, you've gained weight." Shen Xin ruffled his hair.

He felt more energetic, and his face regained some color.

He was wearing brand new clothes and looked no different from a normal boy.

The head nurse smiled and said, "Of course! Now that the child is in our care, we have to take good care of him."

Wang Qiang kept nodding and gesturing, presumably indicating that the nurses were taking special care of him.

Shen Xin nodded, then bent down and asked with a smile, "Are you happy to be discharged from the hospital today?"

Wang Qiang nodded.

Shen Xin then said, "Then it's double happiness. I have another piece of good news for you: we should have found your parents."

Upon hearing this, Wang Qiang's smile froze on his face.

Everyone present was stunned.

Taken aback, Teacher Li from the welfare home hurriedly asked, "Officer Shen, you...you're not joking, are you?"

The head nurse on the other side also said urgently, "That's right, did they really find it or is it fake?"

Wang Qiang stared intently at Shen Xin, his eyes filled with both fear and anticipation.

Shen Xin said, "How could I joke about something like this? Just this morning, someone contacted me, saying they saw the missing person video we posted and believe that Wang Qiang is the child they lost five years ago."

“I asked about the details. Their child’s name is Wang Shengyu. He was lost five years ago when he went to the market with his grandmother.”

"Then the child's mother was named Feng Ling, and the father was named Wang Qingcong. Just like you remember, he was tall and drove a truck."

"So I think there's a high probability they are your parents."

Wang Qiang's remaining memories all match up, but the safest method is still a DNA test.

"Then these must be Wang Qiang's parents! Wang Qiang, you've found your parents!" The head nurse excitedly hugged Wang Qiang.

Wang Qiang nodded blankly, completely bewildered.

Tang Ziyi and Song Yujia both found their parents and were taken away by them. How could Wang Qiang not be envious?

But after so long, he still hadn't found his parents, and he secretly considered many possibilities.

Maybe my parents don't want me anymore.

Perhaps they had another baby, a younger brother or sister, and forgot about them.

He didn't want to think about his parents like that, but he knew he had been missing for 5 years.

Although he is only 9 years old, he is already quite sensible.

Sometimes Wang Qiang thinks that it would be better if his parents gave up looking for him. He's already disabled, so why would he go back? He would only be a burden to his parents.

It would be better to let the parents have another child and then continue their happy life.

He subconsciously raised his hand, as if to make a gesture, but immediately stopped, biting his lip, his expression hesitant.

Shen Xin wasn't a particularly perceptive person, but at that moment he guessed what the child was thinking.

"Silly boy, what are you thinking? Those are your parents. They have never given up looking for you all these years."

This morning, Shen Xin received a call from Wang Qingcong while on her way to work.

He was so excited on the phone that he couldn't contain himself.

His words were full of self-reproach.

He was from Huaiyi, Juzhou. The area was poor, so to make a living, he drove a truck for others. His wife also worked outside, leaving their child at home to be cared for by his grandmother.

Who knew, the child was lost.

He blamed himself immensely.

But the child's grandmother felt even more guilty.

After losing her child, the grandmother fell seriously ill and couldn't stay alive for more than two years before her health deteriorated.

Before she died, she held her son's hand and only told him one thing: no matter what, she had to find her child, otherwise she would not be able to die in peace.

He was determined; he bought a truck and traveled all over the country, making a living while searching for his child.

The search lasted for more than three years, during which they endured hardships and slept outdoors, but they never gave up.

After the Chinese New Year, they drove a long distance and rested at a service area at night. They overheard other drivers discussing this matter and learned about Shen Xinfa's short video.

Then, after comparing the information, it matched up with my own.

It was nighttime, and they didn't dare to call Shen Xin for fear of disturbing his rest. They were in Tongnan, so they rushed to Nanjiang overnight and only managed to contact Shen Xin in the morning.

"So your parents will be here soon."

Judging by the time, the two should be arriving soon.

Wang Qiang nodded blankly, still utterly bewildered.

The nurses celebrated as if it were Chinese New Year, hugging each other and saying it was the best news they had received before the Lantern Festival.

After waiting at the hospital for more than half an hour, Shen Xin received a call from Wang Qingcong.

"Let's go downstairs and wait. Your parents will be here soon."

Shen Xin led Wang Qiang, along with doctors and nurses, and a large group of people, downstairs.

Wang Qiang had recovered, and he couldn't hide the excitement on his face.

The surprise came unexpectedly, but isn't that the best outcome?

Right under the entrance to the inpatient department, Wang Qiang and the others eagerly awaited their arrival.

Within minutes, Wang Qiang, with his sharp eyes, suddenly pointed in the direction of the hospital entrance.

Over there, a red 6.8-meter van appeared.

"I'm coming."

The nurses around him jumped and danced with excitement, and some of the more emotional ones even shed tears.

Wang Qiang's raised hand froze in mid-air.

He saw colorful printed canvas hanging on the side of the truck bed.

The missing person notice was prominently displayed, along with a photo of a child holding a toy gun.

He could imagine that this couple, who were not even sure if they were his parents, were driving around the country in a truck, trying to find him.

Inside the truck, the driver seemed to see the crowd under the gate, and Wang Qiang surrounded by a group of nurses.

He slammed the horn on.

Very loud!

His heart was filled with such excitement that it seemed to be shouting: Son, Dad is here to take you home!
With a screech of air brakes, the truck came to a stop.

The passenger door opened immediately, and a middle-aged woman with a thick braid hurriedly jumped out of the car.

"My son!"

She called out, tears streaming down her face.

On the other side, a middle-aged man with gray hair also jumped out of the car quickly, running towards them without even closing the door.

Wang Qiang was stunned, and the next moment he was held tightly in the woman's arms.

She knelt on the ground and wailed loudly.

When I looked up, I met the eyes of the middle-aged man.

Just as Wang Qiang described, Wang Qingcong was tall with broad shoulders, but after years of running around, his back had become somewhat hunched.

He stopped and looked at Wang Qiang, tears welling up in his eyes. He rushed forward and hugged his child and wife tightly.

"Mom, I found Sheng Yu, I found him... Mom..."

He started crying at the top of his lungs.

Several of the nurses present were already crying uncontrollably.

Shen Xin's eyes also felt sore.

Upon meeting him, Shen Xin felt certain that things were going well.

That's them.

No DNA test is needed; the father and son look so alike. Their face shape, eyebrows, and noses are practically identical.

At this moment, Shen Xin thought of his plan and became even more eager to complete it.

If we can find even one more child and prevent one family from breaking up, then it's all worth it.

Although they look very similar, the necessary procedures still need to be followed.

The hospital has DNA testing equipment, but it cannot perform paternity tests. Only documents issued by specialized institutions have legal effect and facilitate Wang Shengyu's subsequent procedures for registering the child's birth.

As for Wang Shengyu's situation, Shen Xin's only suggestion was to have Wang Qingcong contact Tang Ziyi's parents and sue Li Yihao and his associates together.

We must make Li Yihao and the other two pay a heavy price.

Shen Xin had other matters to attend to, so after making arrangements here, he hurriedly returned to the bureau.

They found Sun Zhao and his group in the observation room.

"Have you met the person?" Sun Zhao asked as he came up.

Shen Xin nodded and said that the father and son looked exactly alike, so they must be Wang Shengyu's parents.

"Okay."

Sun Zhao nodded in satisfaction; this was probably the best news he had received in recent days.

But when he turned around and saw the person inside, he felt a surge of frustration.

Are you still looking?

Shen Xin glanced inside and asked.

Inside the interrogation room, Ding Yuwei held a tablet and video-chatted with her colleagues at the local police station on Chongming Island.

Bai Jifei was deep in thought, recalling every detail of his encounter with Jiang Qi, and trying to figure out why Jiang Qi had left the riddle, leading him here. Only after Ding Yuwei solved the riddle yesterday did Bai Jifei finally calm down, clamoring to go to Chongming Island to find the message his wife had left him.

It's impossible for me to go.

He can only go to one place next, and that is prison.

Actually, at this point, as Lü Youwei said, transferring him to a detention center would have been sufficient.

Strike a hunger strike, want to die?
Once he's in the detention center, there will naturally be ways to deal with him.

To be honest, Sun Zhao and Chen Chao didn't want to waste any more time with Bai Jifei.

Although we encounter these frustrating cases every year and are not surprised by them, it's still disgusting when you actually encounter one.

However, given that Jiang Qi's death was involved, Lü Youwei decided, after careful consideration, to investigate the matter thoroughly.

That's what police officers do.

So you have to adopt the mindset of "the people may mistreat me a thousand times, but I will still treat them like my first love."

So this morning, I contacted the local police station on Chongming Island and asked them to send people to the Xisha Wetland to search for any information Jiang Qi had left behind.

Zhao Tianxing, standing next to him, pursed his lips and shook his head, then said, "I reckon it's where they first met, where they left some sweet nothings or something. Seriously, it's so cheesy love."

Jealousy filled the air.

Shen Xin chuckled inwardly, guessing that Zhao Tianxing's heart had been wounded once again.

At this point, after much guessing, they actually discovered something.

Bai Jifei recalled that after he and Jiang Qi fell in love, they went camping in the Xisha Wetland once. Under the starry sky, they chatted about the future and their children.

Driven by her emotions, Jiang Qi came up with an idea: she wanted to write something for her future self and her future child, and then bury it here.

We'll dig it up again when we can bring the kids over in the future.

Like a time capsule.

They each wrote something down, put it in their lunchboxes, found a tree, and buried it in the ground.

"It's been nine years, I almost forgot."

Bai Jifei muttered to himself.

"It smells sour and rotten, it's unbearably foul." Zhao Tianxing said sadly.

On the other end of the video call, two colleagues quickly located the tree.

"It looks like it's been dug up."

A colleague asked curiously.

The two then began digging.

After digging 30 centimeters, we actually found a plastic lunchbox.

"There are three pieces of paper in here, can we open them?" a colleague asked.

Bai Jifei was taken aback: "Three cards? No, it should be two, one for me and one for Jiang Qi."

As he spoke, he quickly gestured to open it.

"Then I'll take a look."

A colleague opened one of the sheets and read the contents of the paper aloud.

This seems to have been written by Bai Jifei.

"Jiang Qi, from the moment I met you, I knew that you were the love of my life. So, I don't know when you will dig this up in the future."

"I don't know why you dug it up, but whatever happened, whether you had a fight or had problems in your lives, Bai Jifei, remember why you love Jiang Qi, and keep loving her forever."

Bai Jifei muttered to himself, reading the last sentence aloud as well, his gaze unfocused.

Inside the observation room, Zhao Tianxing let out a long sigh, about to express his feelings again.

Before he could even speak, a single look from Sun Zhao made him immediately shut up.

The colleague across from me opened another piece of paper and said strangely, "This one says Sheng Hai Bank, and then there's a string of numbers. I don't know what it means, and this piece of paper seems a bit newer."

Ding Yuwei was taken aback and immediately looked at Bai Jifei.

Inside the observation room, Shen Xin, Sun Zhao, and the others all turned to look at Lao Zhou.

When the murder case was being investigated, it was Lao Zhou who investigated the couple's finances.

Zhou Zhongyi looked blank: "I don't remember the two of them having an account at Shenghai Bank."

Bai Jifei inside also had the same bewildered expression, but he obviously didn't care and eagerly asked what Jiang Qi had written on the last piece of paper.

The colleague on Chongming Island opened the last sheet of paper and read it aloud.

"Honey, haha, you absolutely have to become my husband! I hope you can become my husband."

My colleague across from me read "husband" in a particularly awkward way.

Bai Jifei's tears suddenly streamed down his face.

"And our baby, Mommy and Daddy have made a promise to bring you back here and then open the box together."

“What should I say? I should say, baby, the moment your mom and dad met, you were probably destined to be our baby.”

"Like the stars in the sky, when Mom wrote these words, a little angel was already preparing to become our baby."

"And my husband, I hope that when we open the box, I will still love you as always."

"Perhaps when we open this, we'll be old folks, or I'll have already passed away. Haha, I must go before you, because I know the person left behind will be very sad. Please forgive my selfishness."

"I feel like I'm a bit pessimistic, but if that's the case, then please live well in my place, because we said we would love each other forever, and living is also a form of love."

After reading it aloud, Bai Jifei covered his face and wept bitterly.

Inside the observation room, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Zhao Tianxing tilted his head back and pondered for a moment, then said, "Although Bai Jifei is quite a jerk, I feel like the two of them are really in love. When will I..."

He didn't continue, silently grieving.

Shen Xin remained noncommittal, then thought for a moment and said, "Captain Sun, I remember Bai Jifei's statement mentioned that Jiang Qi seemed to work at this Shenghai Bank."

Sun Zhao was taken aback, then remembered.

He immediately pressed the call button and told Ding Yuwei to ask her colleague on the other end to check with Sheng Hai Bank to see what the string of numbers meant.

Ding Yuwei explained the situation to her colleague across from her, glanced one last time at Bai Jifei who was weeping with his face covered, and then walked out of the interrogation room.

Back in the observation room, she saw Shen Xin return, and her expression seemed somewhat distracted.

Shen Xin was completely oblivious, silently pondering the meaning of the string of numbers.

My colleague on Chongming Island said that this piece of paper is different from the other two; it's been updated.

Bai Jifei also said that at the time, the two of them each had a piece of paper, and then they buried it, so there should only be two pieces of paper.

There's an extra one now, who put it there?
Did Jiang Qi hire someone to put it there?
Considering her words, perhaps she wanted to give Bai Jifei the courage to live on after his suicide attempt.

But who organized it?

Is that the foreigner?
That shouldn't be the case. According to Ding Junbao, when they found the foreigner, he was terrified.

So if he did it, he would definitely tell.

That means they implicated other people who weren't identified during the investigation.

And this string of numbers.

Old Zhou checked the bank account but couldn't find it. There are several possibilities: either it's not a personal account, or it's a foreign bank or a local bank that isn't a major mainstream bank.

Of course, you can check this kind of bank, but you have to make a special inquiry.

Just then, Ding Yuwei patted herself and asked about Wang Shengyu.

"Found them, they must be his parents."

Ding Yuwei breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great!"

Shen Xin nodded; this was indeed a joyous occasion.

I took out my phone and checked, and sure enough, Sheng Hai Bank is a joint venture bank.

At noon, Chongming's colleague went to the bank and gave him the result.

It was a private safe opened by Jiang Qi.

Moreover, it has been open for 5 years.

Upon seeing the specific account opening time, Shen Xin suddenly realized that Jiang Qi resigned around that time.

Now you need a key to open a safe.

When asked, Bai Jifei said he had no idea about the safe or where the key was.

He also wanted to open it and see what was inside.

In that case, the only option is to go through the proper procedures and apply for demolition.

This will take several days to complete the process.

In Songling, it has been confirmed that Jiang Qi's death was accidental, caused by severe dehydration.

This woman truly died of thirst.

Bai Jifei is also being prepared to be transferred to the detention center.

After making a scene, he calmed down a lot after finding the letter.

Shen Xin and Ding Yuwei went to see the person off.

As he was leaving the branch office and getting into his car, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at Chen Chao and the others who had followed him out.

"Captain Chen, I'm so sorry, I made a mistake and caused you trouble."

"sorry!"

He bowed deeply.

Chen Chao was stunned, not expecting Bai Jifei to pull this stunt. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Please accept my condolences and live well."

Bai Jifei nodded slightly, turned around, and got into the police car.

They arrived at the detention center in silence. After completing the formalities, just as Shen Xin and Bai Jifei were about to leave, Bai Jifei called Shen Xin back.

"Officer Shen, I just remembered something. I will hand over my dogs to my parents to take care of."

“You’re training police dogs, right? Forget about those Maltese, they’re not good for police work. But I’d like to give you those two Bloodhounds. They’re more useful to you.”

After saying that, he bowed deeply again, turned around and walked into the prison area.

Shen Xin raised an eyebrow slightly, still annoyed with him.

Pudding died so unjustly.

The case is now closed.

All that was left was a small tail, which was the safe deposit box of Sheng Hai Bank.

A few days later, after the Lantern Festival, before the procedures on the other side were even finished, Shen Xin unexpectedly met someone.

Lü Youwei's office.

Shen Xin knocked on the door and entered, only to be surprised to find that Lü Youwei had a guest, someone he knew.

Liu Jie.

"Director Liu, what brings you here?" Shen Xin was taken aback.

Liu Jie smiled kindly: "I've come to ask you for help, kid."

(End of this chapter)