Hunt down

Song Nai said goodbye to Zhou Jiming's parents early the next morning, and went back to 1936 with his travel bag on his back.

There are more than 100 children left in the hotel who have not been taken away. The orphanages that adopted these children are relatively far away, and some of them may have been delayed because of things, so it is much later than other shelters.

Although there are not many children left in the hotel, the management is still not so smooth, but because Jiang Jiale, a slightly older child, is helping the children, everyone will be more relaxed.

Wang Lizhen had long stood at the door to greet Song Nai.Running around all the way, Song Nai hardly fell asleep for what happened to the parents last night, and did not change clean clothes. He nodded to Wang Lizhen with his travel bag on one shoulder, and then walked upstairs without stopping.

"Are the children okay?" Song Nai asked while walking.

"Yes, the mood is much more stable than when I first came here, and it is rare to cry and scream in the middle of the night, and it is much easier to carry than before."

"Well, the people who came to take these children away from the shelter these days should be coming soon, and then you all should go back and rest for a while."

Wang Lizhen followed Song Nai with her head down, only paying attention to the steps under her feet, and didn't notice Song Nai who stopped at the stairs on the third floor just after saying this, and almost stepped on his heels.

Wang Lizhen leaned back a little, took a step back, and poked her head to see what was blocking Song Nai's pace. She first caught a glimpse of a furry head, and then a pair of eyes that hesitated to speak. The child still held a piece in his hand. The cake after eating was given to everyone by a birthday child today, and it was a birthday cake made by Chef Cui.

"What's wrong?" Song Nai asked Jiang Jiale who was blocking his way.

Jiang Jiale tried to take two steps forward, but slowly withdrew, his hands grabbed the hem of his jacket, his lips were tightly pressed, and then he tried to take two steps forward, as if thinking of something, he quickly put the cake in his hand Handing the plate to Song Nai, he stammered, "Song...Brother Song Nai, cake, eat...do you want to eat?"

Song Nai chuckled, "I don't like sweets very much, you can eat it by yourself."

It seemed that Song Nai's smile made Jiang Jiale relax a bit, and he once again blocked Song Nai who was trying to walk past him.

"Anything else?" Song Nai asked.

"I..." Jiang Jiale's face flushed red.

"If you don't want to talk to me, you can ask Aunt Wang. If you need anything, just ask. If it's not too much, you will be satisfied." Song Nai reached out and touched Jiang Jiale's head, and then moved him to the side with his strength. I found the neutral position and walked around, preparing to go upstairs.

"I, I don't want to go anywhere else!" Jiang Jiale's voice trembled with excitement.

Song Nai was about to move up a step and stopped in mid-air, and then moved down a step. After standing still, he looked back at Jiang Jiale, "Then where do you want to go?"

"I, I want to stay here forever!"

Song Nai smiled.

Jiang Jiale immediately added in a panic, "I can work part-time, I can do odd jobs, I can work for you, let me stay! I won't live for nothing!"

Song Nai suppressed her smile, and said in a tone that strangers should not get close to, "I don't accept child labor here, and you seem to have misunderstood, don't think that I bring you all back, it means that I really accept you, you guys It didn’t belong here in the first place, and it couldn’t belong here in the end.”

"Song..."

"Waiting for the person who will take you away," Song Nai interrupted Jiang Jiale, "You have a place you should go to, and that's not here." After finishing speaking, Song Nai went upstairs without looking back.

Being rejected by Song Nai in an emotionless tone, even some education, Jiang Jiale felt aggrieved in his heart, tears welled up in his eyes, he gritted his teeth and didn't let himself cry, lowered his head not wanting to let Wang Lizhen see.

Wang Lizhen handed Jiang Jiale a handkerchief, and she took his cake from Jiang Jiale, took him by the hand and led him to the side of the corridor, "Don't blame the boss for being ruthless, he has to think more."

Jiang Jiale didn't use a towel, he rubbed his eyes indiscriminately with his slender arms, and asked in a nasal voice, "Because we are troublesome?"

Wang Lizhen stroked his head, "You can't misunderstand the boss like this. He has done everything he can for you. He brought you all back under the pressure of so much public opinion. Not to mention the closure of the business and no income. It is rumored that the boss imprisoned you here just to show off, and the rumors are all about him and the hotel, keeping you here is almost of no benefit to him and the entire hotel."

Jiang Jiale wiped his eyes again, looked up at Wang Lizhen, "Then why did he keep us here for so long?"

"He wants to make up for something."

"Make up?" Jiang Jiale didn't understand.

"Well, you're still young, and you don't understand if I tell you," Wang Lizhen withdrew her hand, "He can't keep you here because you are still an orphan. If you want to stay here forever, someone has to adopt you, Boss There is no way to adopt you."

"why?"

"The boss has a criminal record. Even if he reluctantly adopts you, your future life will be stained. That's something he can't do, and he doesn't think he's qualified to go into it. You're still young, you need to study, you need to study, You need to see the wider world, you need to create your own future instead of working here, understand?"

Jiang Jiale blinked, "Brother Song Nai...does that mean?"

Wang Lizhen nodded, "He is the hardest-working and kindest person I have ever met in this world. He must think so."

----

When Zhou Jiming returned to the police station in the early morning, he wanted to visit Huang Xiang in the detention center, but the people in the inspection team refused his visit on the grounds that his status was special and Huang Xiang was still under interrogation.

"Huang Xiang was arrested this time, so you just pray that he just accepts|bribes|whore|prostitutes and doesn't take|drugs, otherwise he will stay inside for the rest of his life and never get out!"

This is how the inspection team explained to Zhou Jiming in the end.

He waited there until the next morning. Early in the morning, he saw Huang Xiang being taken out of the interrogation room. Except for the messy hair on his forehead, he was still neat and tidy as always, with neat and meticulous clothes, even his shirt. The traces of tucking into the pants are all rigorous and careful.

Zhou Jiming covered his face with his hands and rubbed it up and down twice to wake himself up, then stood up and walked towards Huang Xiang.

"Director!" Zhou Jiming called out without hesitation.

Huang turned his head to look at Zhou Jiming, and said "hmm" expressionlessly.

"Both, now, can I have a chat with our chief?" Zhou Jiming said to the inspectors standing on both sides of Huang Xiang as if chatting.

The two looked at each other and nodded each other, which means it's okay, but it needs to be a little bit, and it can't take too long.

Zhou Jiming saluted, said "Thank you", and went to the reception room with Huang.

However, they did not communicate alone, and the two inspectors also followed beside each other for a while.

Zhou Jiming looked at Huang Xiang, who was sitting opposite him with his hands handcuffed, and felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of the director who asked him to let him go to investigate the case on the other side of the video.

"Director, is there anything I need to explain?" Zhou Jiming asked.

Huang Xiang tapped the table twice with his fingertips, and the surrounding area was surprisingly quiet. Not only Zhou Jiming, but also the inspectors were also paying attention to Huang Xiang's actions, as if they wanted to find out one or two flaws.

"Qi Chuan...that case," Huang Xiang said slowly, his eyes fixed on Zhou Jiming, as if he was warning again, or as if he was entrusting something inexplicable, "Be careful."

When Huang Xiang said this, Zhou Jiming roughly understood the situation. He nodded without saying anything, and then asked, "What do I need to check?"

"mouse."

Zhou Jiming looked into Huang Xiang's eyes, showing no timidity or fear at all, and some showing no hesitation, determination, and faith. He seemed to have seen the outcome of this matter, and even Huang Xiang no longer cared about his own reputation. He wanted to catch him. the man behind.

He was aware of the case of Qi Chuan, whether it was the years of safety in the orphanage, the inaction of the Qichuan City Public Security Bureau, or the obstruction of the local police when they went to investigate the case, the video of him beating someone was spread on the Internet , and now Director Huang Xiang has been arrested, all of this is definitely not a simple accident or dereliction of duty. When all the mysteries are entangled, only one key point is needed to solve them all.

But now, Huang Xiang entrusted this task to Zhou Jiming. He was the only one who insisted on investigating the case of the Qichuan Huixin Welfare Institute at that time, and he was also the one who took over the Huixin Welfare Institute with a heart that was not afraid of death. Dare enough, Ruthless enough and pure enough, Huang Xiang trusted him.

"Understood." Zhou Jiming replied.

"Then... it's hard work." The sound of handcuffs brushing against the table stimulated Zhou Jiming's heart. Huang Xiang held Zhou Jiming's hand and let go after a while.

----

Li Fei copied a surveillance video from the place where Huang went into the accident. When Zhou Jiming returned to the police station, they were analyzing the contents of the surveillance video to see if they could find any clues.

The clarity of the video is not bad. Although the lighting in the room where the video is shot is dim, it does not affect the appearance of the characters appearing in it.There are quite a few people in the video, there are three people sitting at the table, Huang Xiang is sitting in a row of sofas on the right, accompanied by three girls, they are all close to Huang Xiang, showing their intimacy.

Sitting in the middle was a young man in a suit and leather shoes, with Erlang's legs crossed, facing Huang Xiang. He was raising a glass to toast Huang Xiang.

A girl next to him stood up and went to get a bottle of wine far away from them, intending to refill the young man. When her face was facing the camera, Zhou Jiming quickly pressed the pause button.

"Zoom in." Zhou Jiming said to Li Huiyao.

"Simple!"

In three or two clicks, the girl's face in the video was not enlarged, but the resolution was increased, and her face appeared on the screen very clearly.

"Deputy team, what's the problem?" Li Fei asked.

Zhou Jiming squinted his eyes and took a closer look, then propped himself up on the table, "Fang Jinyi."

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