Chapter 281

281 Dismissed

When Lin Ci heard this, he glanced at the woman and hesitated for a moment before saying, “We won’t arrest the wrong person, nor will we let a bad person off. You…”

Although Zhao Bing was young, he was very experienced. They had been talking about that accomplice the entire time just now. If this was really made up, then as the target of slander, her first reaction should be confusion. Her focus should also be on the accomplice, instead of repeating what she had said previously.

“Lin Ci, she’s stalling for time.” Zhao Bing looked at the woman with a sharp gaze. Then, he said to Lin Ci, “Don’t waste time with her. Hurry up and escort her back to the police station, then send more people over.”

After Lin Ci understood, he glared at the woman and pushed her forward. “Move!”

!!

Yu Bing knew that the woman couldn’t do much in the hands of the police, so she hurriedly said to Zhao Bing anxiously, “Officer Zhao, let’s set off and chase after him.”

Zhao Bing nodded. “Lead the way!”

As Yu Bing led the way, she quickly searched in the direction where Xiao Sheng had disappeared. Just as she ran forward to the corner at the end of the road, she saw Xiao Sheng appear with an unconscious child.

Yu Bing jogged forward and asked with concern, “Xiao Sheng, are you alright?”

Xiao Sheng sized Yu Bing up first. After discovering that she wasn’t injured, he noticed Zhao Bing, who was wearing a police uniform. “I’m fine. It’s just that the man ran away. He left this child behind halfway. I was worried, so I could only bring the child back first.”

When Zhao Bing heard this, he knew that they definitely wouldn’t be able to catch up with the accomplice. He still had to interrogate the woman he had caught just now. “Now, we can only think of a way to get that woman to spill the beans. I’ll have to trouble the two of you to return to the police station with me to give a statement.”

At this moment, Yu Bing couldn’t care less about her own business. She cooperated and went to the police station with Xiao Sheng.

The little boy was the only witness at the moment. After the doctor’s examination, they found that he hadn’t suffered any injuries. He had only inhaled an excessive amount of ether, so he was still unconscious.

Yu Bing could only go to record her statement with Xiao Sheng first.

Yu Bing thought about it carefully. If the two previous missing children cases were also related to them, since the two cases had happened less than a week ago and the police had been investigating the city’s transportation these few days, it was very likely that the two children hadn’t been transferred away yet.

Human traffickers wouldn’t stop on their own. If they couldn’t catch that accomplice, more children would be captured!

Yu Bing told Zhao Bing her thoughts.

Zhao Bing also considered the situation Yu Bing had mentioned. When he saw Lin Ci come out of the interrogation room, he asked, “Lin Ci, how did it go?”

Lin Ci replied with annoyance, “No matter what I said, that woman kept repeating the same thing. She said that she was innocent. I couldn’t get anything out of her.”

As Zhao Bing was about to enter the interrogation room to interrogate that woman, Yu Bing hurriedly asked, “Officer Zhao, can we listen in?”

After Zhao Bing thought about it, he agreed. Yu Bing and Xiao Sheng followed Lin Ci into the observation room at the side.

Through the one-way glass in the room, Yu Bing saw that the woman’s expression was very calm. The trace of panic that was on her face when she had been caught had completely disappeared.

Zhao Bing looked at the woman in front of him, who looked very ordinary and wouldn’t be noticed on the streets. Instead of sitting upright in all seriousness, he relaxed and leaned against the back of the chair as he asked aloofly, “Name, age, and hometown.”

The woman glanced at Zhao Bing and said slowly, “Chen Yu, 34 years old, from C City.”

When Zhao Bing heard the woman’s accent, he asked, “You married here from elsewhere?”

Since he could find out about this very easily, Chen Yu didn’t hide it. “Yes, I got married ten years ago.”

At this moment, a female police officer entered the interrogation room with a little boy in her arms.

After Zhao Bing looked at the record of Lin Ci’s interrogation in his hand, he looked up at Chen Yu and said, “Do you know this little boy?”

Chen Yu was stunned for a moment before she subconsciously denied it. “I don’t know him.”

Zhao Bing’s expression didn’t change as he continued, “We’ll know the truth when he wakes up. Are you sure you don’t know him?”

Chen Yu stared in the child’s direction for a few seconds before replying helplessly, “Officer, I really don’t know him. How old is that child? How can you believe in whatever he says?”

Testimonies of children under the age of 10 were indeed dismissed, but Zhao Bing’s expression didn’t change.