Chapter 32: Negligence

Director Xie had a heart attack and fainted in the conference room, which frightened Zhao Hongshan and several of his subordinates. Gu Song and Huo Yan didn't expect things to turn out like this, they looked at each other, and they were a little speechless for a while.

Taking advantage of Zhao Hongshan's Zhang Luo to send Director Xie to the hospital for rescue and calling his family, Gu Song suggested that Huo Yan go to Director Xie's nanny first to have a good chat. After all, the case has developed to this point, and the only person they have time to save is probably Concubine Ye, who has just disappeared.

Director Xie's daughter is a doctor, and her son-in-law is also a police officer, and the two of them are usually very busy at work, so the chores such as picking up and dropping off children from school, cooking, and shopping for vegetables are all handed over to Sister Hua, the nanny at home.

Sister Hua is a woman in her forties, simple in appearance, diligent and capable, and she is a distant relative of Director Xie's wife from the countryside. Since 2014, Sister Hua has been at Director Xie's daughter's house for more than three years, treating Concubine Ye like her own daughter. This time, because of her own negligence, Concubine Ye had an accident, not to mention how much self-blame Sister Hua felt in her heart.

When Gu Song and Huo Yan saw Sister Hua, her mental state was still very poor, and her whole person seemed to have lost her soul. One can imagine how much pain and torment she endured in her heart in these few short hours. Just because of those few minutes of negligence, her life could have been rewritten.

"Sister Hua, hello, we are here to help Director Xie's family find Concubine Ye. I know that if something like this happens, you must be very uncomfortable and blame yourself, but in order to find Concubine Ye's whereabouts as soon as possible, please cooperate with us to answer a few questions, okay? Huo Yan smiled and communicated with Sister Hua in a relaxed and friendly tone. At this point, she really didn't want to put more pressure on the poor woman.

"What do you want to ask?" Sister Hua glanced at Huo Yan with a dull gaze, and soon fell into endless grief. "If I can get my little Concubine Ye back, let me give you my life. I'm sorry for Director Xie's family, they trust me like relatives, they trust me so much, but I do such a sorry thing for them, I don't have the face to see them. If Concubine Ye can't come back, I can only apologize with death......" Sister Hua said, tears streaming down her eyes again.

"Sister Hua, calm down." Huo Yan handed her a tissue and comforted her, "We still have time, don't give up so early." Although the work of finding children is handed over to the police, you need to relax a little now and try to cooperate with us to carefully recall the scene before and after Concubine Ye's disappearance this afternoon, is it okay? ”

"I, I'll try it......" Sister Hua wiped her tears and snot and sobbed.

Huo Yan nodded and began to ask, "This afternoon, when you took Concubine Ye to the market to buy vegetables, did you notice that someone was following you on the road?" ”

"No, there were a lot of people on the road at that time, and there were parents picking up their children from school everywhere, even if someone followed us, I wouldn't have noticed it."

"What about the past half month? Didn't you notice any suspicious people around you who were haunting the area? I believe that the person who took Concubine Ye must have been eyeing you for many days, and has been waiting for such an opportunity to start today. ”

"Is that so?" Hearing this, Sister Hua instantly showed a frightened expression, "We have been targeted by bad guys for a long time?" How could I be so careless and not feel it at all? ”

"You can't be blamed for this, maybe the murderer is very good at hiding himself, or maybe he is a very inconspicuous person himself. Anyway, he must have followed you all the way from near the school to the vegetable market, hiding somewhere and secretly waiting for an opportunity. Can you tell me now about the process from the time you met your acquaintance to the time you found out that Concubine Ye was missing? ”

"After arriving at the market, I took Concubine Ye for about ten minutes and bought a lot of vegetables. Then I remembered that Concubine Ye's father wanted to eat sauerkraut fish, so I went to the stall where I often bought fish. Then, I met a fellow villager I hadn't seen for many years, and I ignored Concubine Ye when I was happy. It's also to blame that I was carrying things in both hands at the time, and I didn't hold Concubine Ye's hand, otherwise she wouldn't have lost it...... Alas......" Sister Hua sighed deeply and wiped her tears again, wishing to go back to the moment when it happened.

After a long time, she regained her spirits and continued: "After chatting with my fellow villager for a while, I suddenly seemed to wake up from a dream, turned my head to look at my side, and found that Concubine Ye was gone. At that time, I didn't react to what was going on, thinking that Concubine Ye was bored by herself, so she ran to play somewhere nearby. But after looking around the market, I didn't find Concubine Ye, so I realized the seriousness of the problem. ”

"Did anyone approach you during your chat? Concubine Ye wouldn't have been taken away by the murderer at that time, right? Although she felt that it was unlikely, Huo Yan still had to confirm it in person.

"No, no, no." Sister Hua waved her hand again and again, "Concubine Ye's child is smart, and her family members are all policemen, and she has a very strong sense of self-protection, so it is impossible to be deceived by bad people casually." If someone tried to forcibly take her away, she would definitely cry out for help, so there was absolutely no way the killer could take her away from me. What's more, there were so many people in the market at that time, no matter how bold the murderer was, he wouldn't dare to blatantly snatch the child, right? ”

"That's right." Huo Yan also thought so, "That means that Concubine Ye should have quietly run away by herself while you were chatting with an acquaintance, and then was captured by the murderer somewhere." ”

"It must be like this, or else there would be no explanation for it."

"Where do you think Concubine Ye will go? Does she usually like to run around alone? ”

"Not really. Concubine Ye is a relatively obedient child, she will not go to dangerous places alone, and even if she runs, she can't run far. ”

"Didn't the acquaintance you were talking to, or the stall owner who was close to you, notice anything unusual?"

"Nope." Sister Hua shook her head and said, "I inquired with those people at that time, and they didn't notice when Concubine Ye walked away, and they didn't know where she went. ”

"Okay, I probably know everything." Huo Yan turned her head to look at Gu Song, wanting to ask him if he had anything else to add, but saw Gu Song's brows tightly locked, with a confused expression on his face.

"Officer Gu......" Huo Yan called him tentatively and asked, "Do you have any ideas?" ”

"It's coming." Gu Song replied, "Without further ado, let's hurry up and go to the place where the child disappeared to see the situation." ”