Siheyuan: Starting with level 8 benchwork skills

One night, Haiping came home after Mark's class. It was nearly eleven o'clock, but her husband Su Chun had not come home yet. When she finished her bath and went to bed, Su Chun had not come home yet.

She called Su Chun's cell phone, and the customer service's sweet voice came from it: "The number you dialed is turned off, please call again later..."

She felt a little strange. Could it be that this person had run out of power? He should have told her in advance!

So Haiping lay down on the bed to rest. When she woke up again, it was already 3:30 in the morning, and the other side of the bed was still empty.

At this time, Haiping couldn't fall asleep again. She put on her pajamas and continued to call Su Chun, but was still told that his phone was turned off. At this time, she was angry. Where would he go in the middle of the night? Was this guy out playing cards again?

"What is he doing? Is he out gambling?" Haiping was furious. "I will interrogate him when I see him tomorrow."

Until 4:30 in the morning, Haiping was as anxious as sitting on pins and needles, "Something is wrong, did something happen to him? Car accident? Or was he sent to the hospital? Or was he arrested by the police? Why didn't anyone contact me? If he lost all his money and others refused to let him go, I have to find out the truth!"

She first tried to contact the police and made an excuse to find out whether Su Chun was arrested that night for the car accident.

The answer from the other end of the phone was straightforward: "We don't handle car accident cases here. Please call the ambulance service (120). In the future, if it's not urgent, don't call (110) casually."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm worried about my husband's safety."

"Oh! It's not even five o'clock yet. Maybe he went out to socialize or play cards and didn't tell you. Don't worry, wait until more than 24 hours have passed!"

Haiping still felt uneasy and called the emergency number again. After searching, they asked: "What is your husband's last name?"

"His last name is Su Chun." "There are three car accident reports tonight. We checked and didn't see any records of someone named Su Chun. He should be fine. However, it is possible that something happened somewhere else. Otherwise, please wait patiently for a moment?"

Haiping was already extremely worried at this time, and she just hoped that it would be early morning so that she could go directly to Su Chun's workplace to understand the actual situation. She finally waited until morning, and then hurried to Su Chun's unit to inquire.

After entering the office, Haiping felt that the atmosphere around her was not right, and the staff looked away. They even avoided her before she asked.

The time spent waiting seemed to be particularly long, until the head of the unit finally arrived. "I want to ask what happened to Su Chun. He didn't go home last night."

Faced with such a question, the leader looked at Haiping with heavy eyes and explained: "I just heard about this matter. I got the news from the Security Department. In fact, Su Chun was implicated in the leak of important information of the work organization. Yesterday afternoon, he was taken back to the department by the Security Department for investigation and questioning."

Hearing this, Haiping was very surprised and asked anxiously: "Is it him? How could he know any important information? This can't be done! You must take me to find him now!"

The leader looked apologetic and replied: "I'm sorry, it may be a little troublesome at the moment. After all, the case is still under review."

Haiping raised her voice in excitement and asked, "He is under investigation? Is he a criminal? If he is a criminal, the relevant departments should handle it. As for your security department, what authority do you have to conduct an interrogation? I will file a complaint with the relevant departments, accusing you of privately detaining and violating my **!"

The person in charge comforted her and reminded her not to get too angry: "We will ensure justice. This is not an act of arresting him, but we need to investigate the facts of the specific situation **. In fact, he has been transferred to the relevant agency for further review earlier today. For details, I suggest you consult the relevant public authority directly. I am sorry that I cannot provide more support personally."

Haiping was even more angry and disappointed. Why did Su Chun always cause her so much trouble again and again?

Without time to think, I ran to the public authority. After inquiring about the relevant situation, I was told, "When I was about to contact you, you turned around. He has been detained on suspicion of a criminal case."

"So when can I meet him?"

"During the investigation of the case, I'm afraid that the meeting is temporarily not allowed."

"But I'm not sure what his status is? Is he safe, healthy, or what?"

"You don't have to worry about what happens to him. We provide protection here. Food and lodging are all included. You don't need to waste any more time. Going home and waiting for notification is the best option! By the way, we may summon you when necessary. I hope you can be on standby at any time so that we can find you."

She stopped the staff member who was handling the criminal case and asked for help sincerely: "Comrade, I need to know what I can do for my husband now? I can't visit him, and I can't find out what happened. Now I don't know what to do?!"

The staff member kindly gave advice: "Based on my experience, your wisest choice is to hire a lawyer."

This sentence woke Haiping up like a bolt from the blue. She immediately contacted Song Siming for an answer and considered that if the situation became serious, she might divorce Su Chun.

Haiping was so fed up with Su Chun's behavior that she had to surrender to Song Siming in order to make up for his mistakes. The money she got from her sacrifice for Song Siming was enough for her to buy a house and settle down with Ranran and her parents, and live a leisurely life; why did she have to let herself be trapped in the endless entanglement with Su Chun, a burden!

When Song Siming learned about this, he provided Haiping with legal aid information, allowing her to contact a lawyer. After consulting and investigating, the lawyer called and replied: "Ms. Guo, your husband's problem stems from the drawing work!"

"What kind of drawing task is it?"

The lawyer continued, "Recently, a Fujian Province agency asked him to complete some drawing papers and paid him the corresponding fees; but these drawings actually involved confidential public information."

"Okay, I understand. I would also like to trouble you to help me find out the details and understand my husband's current condition."

The next day, the lawyer met with Su Chun, and then returned to tell Haiping, "I met the client today, and the situation is not optimistic. He was intercepted by the security department directly during the transaction, and he quickly confessed everything. In my opinion, the arrest operation may be carried out at any time, and then we can only follow the process. As for the specific amount of money involved, we need to wait until the relevant official documents are issued. The police may summon you in the next few days to learn more details, so please prepare your expectations accordingly."

"What does this have to do with me? I know nothing about what he has done, so what can I say?" she immediately retorted.

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Just as he walked into the alley, Qiao Erqiang saw a young man with an ordinary face putting a bag of hawthorns on Qiao Sanli's bicycle.

Facing Qiao Sanli's questioning, the ordinary-looking student seemed extremely flustered and incoherent: "I didn't... I didn't do anything else."

Without thinking, Qiao Erqiang walked up to the boy, grabbed the bag of food, and threw it at him. He even kicked him in dissatisfaction and scolded him, "Boy, what are you doing? You are so young and yet you are not a good person!"

Sanli said happily: "Second brother, you are back!"

Simei excitedly rushed to Qiao Erqiang and clung to him tightly, shouting, "Second brother, you are back. I missed you so much! Woo woo woo..."

Qiao Qiqi also ran over and shouted, "Second brother! Second brother!"

"Stop, stop, Simei, let go, I want to teach this guy a lesson!" Qiao Erqiang stopped Simei, pulled the boy who was much shorter than him aside, and said, "Damn, I haven't been home for more than a month. Where did you come from, kid?

Have you never heard of my reputation—I am Qiao Erqiang. You dare to find trouble with my sister, do you want to be beaten?"

The young man, known to everyone as "Sparrow Eyes", was stunned. As everyone knew, Qiao Erqiang had a great reputation. It was precisely because he had not been here for some time that he had the opportunity to quietly approach his sweetheart, Qiao Sanli.

At this time, "Sparrow Eyes" said timidly: "Er, Erqiang brother, I... I am Sparrow Eyes. I used to play with you and Niu Ye and others. We are also acquaintances. We grew up together in this place."

"Who is your brother? Don't try to make connections. I don't know any Niu Ye!" Qiao Erqiang patted his head lightly, not very hard, but just enough to make him feel a little painful.

"Ouch!" Sparrow Eyes quickly held his head and tried to run away, but Qiao Erqiang tripped him and said, "Boy, do you know that Niu Ye was imprisoned for some problems? Since you followed Niu Ye before, I think you also want to be sent to the correctional facility for two years like him, right?"

Sparrow Eyes was horrified when he heard this, and immediately apologized, "Brother, I was wrong. Please don't send me to the correctional institution. I will never do this again!"

"You little bastard, you'd better watch your own business from now on. If you dare to cause trouble to my house again, I'll give you a good beating! Get out of here now!" Qiao Erqiang kicked him hard on the buttocks and kicked him away.

Seeing that the scoundrel who harassed her ran away, Sanli felt warm in her heart and couldn't help but hold Qiao Erqiang's arm tightly: "Second brother, it's good that you are back, I really missed you!"

"Well, I miss you too."

"Qiqi, how are you doing with your studies lately?"

Qiao Erqiang was chatting with them, but Simei, who was standing next to him, felt very aggrieved. "Second brother dotes on her too much. Why can Sanli hug you like that? You only know how to hate me!"