Chapter 66 : So, Was It Another Man Showing Up?

Gu Nian nodded strangely: "Of course not. You said that Chu Zhaoyang hid it from you in the beginning because he was afraid that you would worry. I think there may be a deeper meaning. Anyway, I the only one knew, and I didn't tell others. If he really had any plans, we couldn't disrupted him. So, I didn't tell anyone."

How did Yan Chuwei know?

Chu Tian frowned and thought, Gu Nian would not lie, she believed it.

"What's wrong?" Gu Nian asked.

Chu Tian came back to her senses and shook her head: "It's nothing."

*** 

After lunch, Gu Nian and Chu Tian said goodbye and she returned to the police station.

In the office, she also kept paying attention to the door. Mo Jingcheng would pass by their door when he returned to the office.

When she came back just now, she went to see Mo Jingsheng's office. Mo Jingsheng had not come back at that time.

After a while, when she saw Mo Jingsheng passing by the door, Gu Nian quickly got up and chased after him.

"Boss," Gu Nian shouted.

After coming here, she followed her colleagues and called Mo Jingsheng boss. Otherwise, Mo Jingsheng would always correct her. He was just the deputy chief. And calling him Director Mo was weird.

Mo Jingcheng stopped just in front of the office door and turned to look at her.

"I have something I want to ask you." Gu Nian whispered.

Mo Jingsheng nodded, took the key and opened the door, let Gu Nian to go in. He took a disposable paper cup and gave her a glass of water.

Gu Nian took it and thanked him, then heard him ask: "Is the injury okay?"

Gu Nian was stunned for a moment before she realized what Mo Jingsheng was asking. Maybe Yan Chuwei insisted on looking at the wound at noon, and Mo Jingsheng happened to see it.

"It's a small injury, it won't have any impact." Gu Nian said with a smile.

Mo Jingcheng pointed at the table and said, "I have already gone to greet them. I will follow up on the case and ask them to catch the person as soon as possible."

Gu Nian did not expect that Mo Jingsheng would personally intervene in her case. Her case belonged to a different department and was not under the jurisdiction of this department. But Mo Jingsheng's position was there, and with him coming forward, the other side will naturally be more concerned.

Seeing her surprise, Mo Jingcheng smiled slightly, and the seriousness on his face suddenly dissipated a lot, and his already handsome face seemed to be glowing, making him stand out even more.

Gu Nian couldn't help but think that if he was willing to smile more, he wouldn't know how much harm he would do to others.

"Based on your relationship with Old Chu, it's appropriate for me to do this." Mo Jingsheng said.

Gu Nian's face turned red all of a sudden. Why did he involve Chu Zhaoyang for nothing?

Gu Nian lowered her head, embarrassed to see Mo Jingsheng's teasing expression.

"What do you want to ask me?" Mo Jingcheng asked, no longer making fun of her.

Gu Nian immediately raised her head and her expression became serious.

"Today at noon, Chu Tian told me about Chu Zhaoyang's kidnapping. I know that he was deeply affected by that incident." Gu Nian said. Seeing Mo Jingcheng's face darkened, she felt a drum in her heart.

Was Mo Jingsheng unhappy that sheknew too?

She also found out today that Mo Jingcheng was actually Chu Zhaoyang's good friend.

"I didn't expect that she would even tell you this." Mo Jingcheng said with lowered eyes. It seemed that the girl really thought highly of Chu Zhaoyang and Gu Nian.

"I didn't understand the situation and did something to hurt him. I'm very grateful that Chu Tian told me about him." Gu Nian said, "She said that you may know more details about Chu Zhaoyang's kidnapping. I....I want to know what happened to him."

Mo Jingcheng took a deep look at her and said, "I don't know the specifics. His psychiatrist knows better, but those are all in the medical records and belong to the patient's privacy, including his family members and doctors. I only know that Zhaoyang was locked up in an abandoned factory at first. Later, the group learned that the police had scouted the factory and urgently moved him to a cave."

"When my father took him out of the cave, he had... not only wounds, but also punches and kicks, including knocking him against the wall, causing bruises all over his body. He was covered in bruises all over his body, including his face. It was all stained with... urine and feces. It belonged to the kidnappers. They had been torturing him."

Gu Nian fiercely grabbed the armrests of the chair and couldn't bear to listen anymore, tears fell directly from her eyes.

At that time, he was only seven years old!

Such a tiny child has to suffer so much. How scared was he to be locked up and tortured by a group of extremely vicious people?

Those people were simply beasts!

How could they...how could they do something to such a young child!

If they want medicine, they could just wait, why do they have to torture a child!

Gu Nian couldn't help but think that the little boy who was originally white, tender and very beautiful was tortured to the point of being covered in wounds. He wanted to resist, but the torture became even worse.

"At that time, Zhaoyang's parents called the police immediately, but they still didn't hand over the medicine. The kidnappers would send a video every once in a while. They were all videos of them beating Zhaoyang, and they even directly raped themselves. The video of him peeing on Zhaoyang's face and mouth was also filmed."

Later, Mo Jingsheng checked the case records and saw the videos.

Now thinking of those scenes, Mo Jingsheng couldn't bear it and felt depressed.

"Before that, Zhaoyang was very courageous. He was not afraid of anything. So after being kidnapped, he did not give in. He would find a way to escape, and he would resist when he was beaten. But after all, he was only seven years old, and he couldn't beat them all because they were adults, let alone several of them. Every time he resisted, he would be beaten so hard that his whole body was bruised and his head was bleeding. As time went by, he got tired and became numb from being beaten, and he couldn't even cry anymore. Like a puppet, they were beating him around, but he didn't even make a sound."

"When my father took him out, his face was swollen and bruised, and his original skin color was not visible anywhere on his body—"

"Stop talking, I know, stop talking!" Gu Nian couldn't bear to interrupt him, "Sorry, I... I can't listen anymore. Sorry, I..."

She stood up incoherently and walked out in a panic. When she reached the door, she suddenly stopped.

"Have all the kidnappers been caught?"

Mo Jingsheng was silent for a moment and said, "Two of them ran away and there are still no clues."

Gu Nian sniffed and raised her hands to wipe away the tears on her face: "My previous goal was to be a good policeman like my father, but now there is another one. I must catch the two kidnappers who escaped. Stop and bring them to justice!"

Mo Jingcheng stood up and looked at her with satisfaction and respect.

He nodded and said slowly: "Me too."

*** 

When he got off work in the evening, Chu Zhaoyang received a call from Chu Tian.

"Brother, I'm going to your place for dinner tonight, come and pick me up." Chu Tian's sweet voice came through the phone full of energy.

She had always been like this. Chu Zhaoyang was too reserved, so Chu Tian took the initiative and worked hard to bring the two of them closer and closer, never allowing a moment of alienation.

Chu Zhaoyang also knew in his heart Chu Tian's efforts for him, his expression softened, and he said three words lightly: "I won't go."

Chu Tian: "..."

Was it really okay for him to reject her so gently?

"I have news about Gu Nian here, are you coming?" Chu Tian asked with her chin clasped.

Chu Zhaoyang: "..."

It seemed that Gu Nian wanted to see him but was embarrassed, so she had to use Chu Tian's mouth to tell him.

Because Gu Nian was so troubled, he reluctantly gave her a chance.

Perhaps Gu Nian was by Chu Tian's side now.

Chu Zhaoyang held the collar of his shirt and straightened it twice with his long, knuckled fingers. At the same time, he cleared his throat and said in a smooth voice: "Wait."

After hanging up the phone, Chu Zhaoyang drove to Chu Tian's hospital and saw Chu Tian waiting at the door of the hospital from a distance.

However, she was alone, and there was no trace of Gu Nian around her.

Chu Zhaoyang parked the car in front of Chu Tian, ​​drove down, and looked around. Indeed, there was no sign of Gu Nian. She did not go to the trash can to throw away garbage, nor did she go to the small supermarket to buy anything.

Chu Zhaoyang raised his eyelids and said numbly: "Where is she?"

Chu Tian had a toothache expression on her face when he asked this question. She grinned and pointed at her nose: "Am I not here!"

Chu Zhaoyang looked at her intently, with a deep and unpredictable expression on his face.

Even though they had been together for 24 years since childhood, Chu Tian still felt numb when he looked at him. She cleared her throat and said, "Are you looking for Gu Nian?"

Chu Zhaoyang: "..."

"I only said there was news about Gu Nian, but I didn't say she was here. Brother, please don't always think about it." After Chu Tian finished speaking, she quickly got in the car.

Chu Zhaoyang: "..."

What was he thinking about?

Wasn't this a normal association?

Chu Zhaoyang drove with a dark face.

For a while, he didn't hear Chu Tian speak, so he turned around and asked, "...Where's the news?"

Chu Tian felt that if she died in the future, she would be choked to death by Chu Zhaoyang.

Was there any sibling love left?

He didn't ask her if she was tired or hungry in the hospital nor buy her some drinks and snacks. Let her cushion her stomach in the car open his mouth to call out another person. It really made her heart feel cold.

After Chu Tian slandering him, she said abruptly: "Gu Nian is injured."

"Screech——"

Chu Zhaoyang slammed on the brakes and parked the car on the side of the road.

Chu Tian was not mentally prepared at all. She fell forward suddenly and almost hit her head.

"Brother, what are you doing!" Chu Tian shouted in shock.

"How did she get hurt?" Chu Zhaoyang asked in a deep voice, his face full of nervousness.

Chu Tian told the story of Gu Nian's injury, and touched her chin to analyze: "I think she must have offended someone. And since the knife was thrown at her face, she probably offended a woman, a love rival hiding in the dark. "

Chu Zhaoyang gritted his teeth. Why didn't that woman stop for a moment? Another love rival appeared again.

So, was it another man showing up?

Chu Zhaoyang was so irritated that he wished he could catch Gu Nian now and ask her about the people she usually provoked.

Thinking that she had been injured when he went to find her last night, but he didn't notice it, he frowned and blamed himself.

He grabbed her wrist last night and struggled with her for a while. He didn't know if he hurt her.

"Starting from tomorrow, you will check on her every day and change her dressing when it's time." Chu Zhaoyang said, calmly driving back on the road.

Chu Tian: "..."

When other's brother and the sister-in-law are together, it was the sister-in-law who pleases the sister.

When it came to her, she have to help her brother chase his sister-in-law, and also have to work as a cow or a horse. What a life!

"Why don't you go?" Chu Tian asked immediately, "Brother, it's not okay for you to be bored like this all the time. If you are worried about others, you have to go and see it in person, otherwise they will think you don't care."

"I have to go on a business trip." Chu Zhaoyang explained calmly.

"Why are you on a business trip again? You just came back, and your injury is not healed yet." Chu Tian said dissatisfied, "I can tell you, I helped you hide your injury from our family. This is a special period, if you get hurt again when you go out, I won't hide it for you."

Chu Zhaoyang's eyebrows softened and he said patiently: "I have to go back and finish the matter in S City."

When Chu Tian heard this, she felt even more uneasy. Chu Zhaoyang patiently said, "I'm prepared this time. There will be no problem."

So Chu Tian ran to the police station at noon every day, resolutely carrying out the orders issued by Chu Zhaoyang, checking Gu Nian's wounds, changing dressings, and seeing if there were any young men in the police station who were interested in Gu Nian, which would be very helpful for Chu Zhaoyang's supervision meaning.