Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the police notified Lin Baoyan to go to the police station, saying that they had caught the thief that day.

Seeing the familiar Wang Gongan, Lin Baoyan felt a little dizzy.

Still with a tired face and a gentle tone, Wang Gongan comforted Lin Baoyan.

"Don't think too much. You won't attract attention here. This time, I want to ask you something and also inform you of some news."

Lin Baoyan immediately understood why he was Wang Gongan, because there was indeed a Wang Gongan in the police station, and this news was probably related to the enemy spies.

"Why did you go to the orphanage five days ago?"

"The He family blind date in the Central Courtyard was very lively. Everyone had relatives, but I was the only one alone. I felt uncomfortable, but I really had no relatives, so I wanted to go see Chen Guangzong." Lin Baoyan began to regret her decision.

"You met Chen Guangzong, did he say anything to you?"

"He asked me if I had any news about his parents. I said the neighborhood office hadn't notified me, so I didn't know. Later, he asked me if I could take him away. I refused, saying that it was impossible to take him away. He hated me for reporting him and causing his parents to be arrested. I said that was because his parents were enemy spies. Even if they weren't, I would have been arrested too."

Lin Baoyan described in detail what she said to Chen Guangzong at that time: "By the way, I also bought a pound of fruit candy and two pounds of cakes from the store and brought them to him. Seeing that he was beaten badly, I also told him to hide the food."

Public Security Wang nodded, what Lin Baoyan said was consistent with what they had investigated.

"Chen Guangzong had a hard time in the orphanage and was often beaten."

Lin Baoyan was silent for a while. Although she did not approve of bullying, it was reasonable when the targets of bullying were the children of enemy spies.

"Aren't you surprised?" Wang Gongan was a little surprised.

"Why should we be surprised? He is the child of an enemy spy. Isn't this what he deserves? The ancestors committed evil, and the descendants suffer. It's fair."

Wang Gongan nodded.

"That night, Chen Guangzong tried to escape but was intercepted." Wang Gongan stared at Lin Baoyan and said.

"What?" Lin Baoyan stood up in shock: "It's impossible. He has nothing. How dare he run away?"

Then he remembered the snacks he had sent: "Take those snacks? But how long can they last? He just ran away like that? It's so cold, he's not stupid. No, someone is there to pick him up?"

Wang Gongan nodded secretly in his heart, this young comrade is quite perceptive.

"Yes, there was indeed someone to pick us up. Fortunately, the person has been arrested."

Lin Baoyan was nervous.

Chen Guangzong has been staying in an orphanage and he is only a ten-year-old boy. How could he have the connections to find someone to pick him up? This must be the relationship between Chen Datou and Hu Meihua. Now that they have been arrested, have they found out something else?

"In addition to this contact, we later found out and captured the thief who went to your house that night. According to his confession, the thief was going to kill you that day. Fortunately, you woke up and scared him away."

Wang Gongan stared at Lin Baoyan, unable to understand how this young comrade could inhale the smoke without getting knocked out.

It was clearly that smoke that could make the strong and healthy men in their department lie down without any problems after inhaling it for three minutes. Why was this young comrade an exception?

And strangely enough, the minister rejected the request of the medical department to give this young comrade a physical examination.

That's right, the thief confessed that he blew a lot of smoke into Lin Baoyan's room first, and then tried to pry the door open. As a result, the little girl was not knocked unconscious and cried out, waking up everyone in the yard. He had no choice but to give up the murder and run away.

Lin Baoyan's face turned pale.

Although she had long guessed that the thief was actually coming to kill her, guesses are always guesses and she always held on to a fluke mentality. Now that her guess has been confirmed, when she thinks about the situation at that time, she immediately feels a wave of fear and breaks out in a cold sweat.

She confirmed with a trembling voice: "Have they all been arrested? There won't be another thief coming here to take it, take it" She couldn't say the word, so she changed it to: "Take it and kill me."

Wang Gongan was a little stunned. What? Huh? But after thinking about it, he seemed to understand what was meant. He nodded and said, "Don't worry. This time, we have pulled out all the lines. No one will go there again to, uh, huh, huh, huh."

If I change the words, it doesn't seem so scary anymore. I can try saying this when talking to certain people in the future. It should help reduce the fear.

Lin Baoyan finally relaxed. Her nerves, which had been tense for the past few days, suddenly relaxed and her brain even worked a little slower.

Wang Gongan said sternly, "Comrade Lin, I have a piece of news to tell you."

Lin Baoyan couldn't help but straighten her sitting posture.

"Chen Datou and Hu Meihua escaped from their prison ten days ago and hid in Sijiu City. The contact and murder this time were all done by these two people. Fortunately, we were able to follow the clues and arrest these two people this time."

"Based on the escape routes and contacts of these two people, we found and arrested a group of escaped criminals. Through interrogation, we accidentally found out the truth about your parents' case."

Lin Baoyan opened her eyes wide and looked at Wang Gongan longingly.

"Your father, Lin Bochang, is the eldest son of the family. His ancestral home is in Anhui, but he moved to Peking in his early years. There were very few people in the family. Your grandmother died early, and your grandfather also passed away shortly after you were one month old. After that, your father inherited all the family property according to your grandfather's will, while his only half brother got nothing except a house."

"This half brother was dissatisfied, so he colluded with a spy he knew, who was Hu Meihua's superior, to kill people and rob them. Because Peking was still in the hands of the Plaster Banner at the time, he sent Hu Meihua to get close to your mother and act as an insider. When your parents were not prepared, he poisoned your entire family and your half uncle was also killed."

"All your family's property was taken away by the secret agents. You were going to be killed, but for some reason, Hu Meihua refused to let anyone kill you. Later, her superiors handed you over to her."

"That jar of valuables was also part of the bonus that Hu Meihua received."

"You were not entrusted by your parents to Hu Meihua for raising."

Lin Baoyan burst into tears.

Last year, she also asked Wang Gongan if she had any relatives.

However, due to years of war and lack of information, coupled with the scarcity of information on the Lin Bochang family murder case, it was impossible to find out the specific circumstances of the Lin family. Therefore, there was no way to find out whether she had other relatives. In the end, she was allowed to live alone instead of contacting relatives to raise her.

Now I finally know the situation at home, but it would be better if I didn't know it.

A concubine's uncle who wanted to kill her brother in order to inherit the family property but was eventually killed, and an adoptive mother who killed her entire family but raised her up, neither of them could she face.

Wang Gongan considerately allowed Lin Baoyan to cry her heart out.

After crying for a while, Lin Baoyan asked anxiously, "What about my mother? Are there any clues?"

Wang Gongan sighed: "According to the information I found, your mother is the orphan of your grandfather's good friend and grew up in your home when she was young."

Therefore, her mother's maternal family was also completely wiped out.

This means that she is truly alone in this world.