Reborn back to the time before I sold my blood to support my scumbag boyfriend's college educat

"What do his parents do for a living?"

Pei Shizhou asked doubtfully, "It sounds like the idiot's family is indeed very suspicious."

"I don't know about that. Maybe the neighbor of the idiot knows. I heard that the idiot became mentally challenged because of a high fever when he was a child, and his mental capacity is only that of a five or six-year-old."

When the mentally challenged man's parents are not home, they give money to the neighbors so he can eat at their house.

The boy is just simple-minded; he never does anything bad, and the adults like him quite a bit. The other children tease him, so he has to play by himself. His parents don't seem to associate with anyone except the neighbors.

Anyway, Luo Dayou was in charge of that area for five or six years and never spoke to the mentally challenged man's parents. Sometimes he would greet them, but they would ignore him.

"Luo Dayou, I understand the situation you've described. This is no small matter. I hope you won't tell anyone about what I asked you today, not even your family."

Pei Shizhou said with a serious expression, "If the pen really belongs to Xia Guoan, it will only bring harm to the Luo family if this gets out."

"Comrade Pei, I understand, I promise I won't tell."

Lo Ta-yu is an honest man, and taking the found pen home was the most unconscionable thing he ever did in his life.

"Especially about the fountain pen, don't mention it to anyone else. Oh, and remember to tell your eldest son later."

Pei Shizhou was worried and patiently gave Luo Dayou instructions.

"Okay, I understand. I'll tell him later."

"Okay, I'll head back now. If you need anything, you can find us at the place we just came from."

Luo Dayou saw Pei Shizhou out, and Luo's parents warmly invited Pei Shizhou to come over for a meal.

Pei Shizhou politely declined the invitation from Luo's parents and turned to leave. He was thinking to himself that he should take the pen to Xia Zhiheng as soon as possible, but he didn't know if Xia Zhiheng could recognize it as Uncle Xia's pen.

The leader just said to let him get the pen, understand the situation, and then return to him immediately.

Pei Shizhou quickened his pace to his car, drove away, and arrived at his destination half an hour later.

"Shizhou, how's it going? Did you get the pen?"

Seeing Pei Shizhou walk in, the leader asked anxiously, and Xia Zhiheng also followed closely behind.

"Got it, Brother Zhiheng, can you check if it's Uncle Xia's pen?"

Xia Zhiheng immediately took the pen and examined it carefully. He heard from his uncle that the pen was a gift from his deceased teacher, and his uncle cherished it very much.

"It looks somewhat similar. My uncle treasures it and carries it with him. I'm not entirely sure, but the style looks very similar."

Xia Zhiheng wasn't sure either. His uncle's time in Kyoto was short, and they didn't live together. His uncle never left his pen lying around, except when sleeping or showering. Otherwise, he kept it in his breast pocket.

"Then it seems we'll have to ask other people who know Uncle Xia."

Pei Shizhou said. The leader nodded, "Shizhou, go and contact Xia Guoan's old colleagues in Beijing and see if they can recognize him."

Zhiheng, think back again, is there any other characteristic that can confirm the identity of this pen?

Everyone sprang into action. Pei Shizhou quickly contacted two former colleagues who had retired with Xia Guoan.

When they arrived and saw the pen, one of the former colleagues said with certainty, "This is Mr. Xia's pen. There's a small chip on the nib of his pen, which was left from an accidental bump during work. I was there at the time, and Mr. Xia was very distressed about it."

Upon closer inspection, everyone indeed discovered the small notch at the tip of the pen.

After confirming that the pen belonged to Xia Guoan, the leader said seriously, "Since this pen was found in that area, Xia Guoan might be in that area."

We need to search the surrounding area to see if we can find more clues.

"This matter should be handled sooner rather than later. Shi Zhou, you take your men and go there first. I'll arrange for others to follow."

"it is good"

Pei Shizhou also felt they needed to act quickly; Xia Shu's pen might have been deliberately left behind the day he was arrested. The longer they delayed, the more likely Yang Yunxia would discover it, and Yang Yunxia certainly knew about Xia Guoan.

"Shi Zhou, be careful and pay attention to safety. If necessary, you can kill Yang Yunxia on the spot. You must protect Xia Guoan and the safety of the people."

It would be a lie to say Xia Zhiheng wasn't saddened by these words; his feelings were very complicated. He hoped his uncle would be rescued, but he also didn't want anything to happen to Yang Yunxia.

"Yes, mission accomplished."

After Pei Shizhou left, the leader wouldn't let Xia Zhiheng leave and made him stay, with the leader personally watching over him.

Pei Shizhou led a few men to the vicinity where Luo Dayou had found the pen. He first went to the neighbor's house of the mentally challenged man to find out what was going on. As soon as they knocked on the door, a middle-aged man opened it.

Pei Shizhou gave a signal to the people next to him, one of whom reacted quickly by covering the man's mouth with his hand. Dragging the man into the house, Pei Shizhou closed the door.

The middle-aged man's eyes widened in fright. Pei Shizhou said softly, "Don't be afraid, we are police officers. We want to ask you something. Don't shout, I'll have him let you go."

The other man showed his identification to the man, who, regaining his composure, nodded. Pei Shizhou then had the man released.

"Do you know anything about the idiot's family? Has anyone suspicious come by recently?"

The man thought for a moment and said, "No outsiders have been to the fool's house lately."

"Do you know what the mentally challenged man's parents do? Have you seen them recently?"

"Yes, the idiot's mother is home recently. His father hasn't been around for a long time; I heard he abandoned them and remarried."

The mentally challenged man had no one to take care of him for a while, so he ate at my house for over two months. When his mother came back, she gave us a thousand yuan.

Sigh, the mother and son who are mentally challenged are quite pitiful. I heard that his mother works as a nanny for a wealthy family.

They used to only come back once in a long while, but now, the man's father has abandoned them. His mother can't go out to work, and she just quit her job a few days ago to take care of the man.

Pei Shizhou's heart skipped a beat; the timing matched. He then asked, "Where is that idiot now?"

The man pointed to the next room, "They should be sleeping at home."

"Where the hell is he? Is he home or not?"

"I don't know, she should be home around nine o'clock."

Pei Shizhou thanked the man and led the group out. The walls of the idiot's house were about three meters high, and they couldn't see clearly inside from the outside.

Pei Shizhou led one person inside to check the situation, while the others stayed outside to keep watch.

It was pitch black inside, and Pei Shizhou and his companion cautiously made their way forward. There were four rooms inside; they had checked the first three and found no one there. Suddenly, they heard a slight noise ahead.

The two men exchanged a glance, drew their pistols, and cautiously approached the source of the noise in the room. In the dim moonlight, they saw a blurry figure sleeping inside.

Pei Shizhou carefully climbed through the window and looked closely. It turned out to be a man, who must be the idiot.

There was no one else in the house at the moment, so Pei Shizhou quietly searched the house, trying to find some useful clues.

Just as they were about to finish searching the house, they seemed to hear something hitting the wall. Pei Shizhou gestured for his companions to be quiet and listened carefully.

Then, Pei Shizhou tapped on the wall with his hand and found that the sound coming from the wall was somewhat hollow, as if there was a hidden world behind the wall.

Pei Shizhou and his companion exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with excitement and wariness. They began to carefully search for the mechanism to open the secret room, and finally, in an inconspicuous spot in the corner, they found a small, rotating protrusion.