Chapter 2671 — They Moved Away Long Ago
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"His family was on quite good terms with our former captain, Captain Song. Why don't you go ask Captain Song?" Captain Zhang thought for a moment and suggested, "The shantytown over there has all been demolished, but the new housing estate hasn't been built yet, so the relocated residents haven't moved back—they're all renting places outside. I'm not sure who was on better terms with the family, and tracking them down one by one would be difficult. How about this: ask Captain Song and see if he can tell you anything."
"All right. Then I'll trouble you to introduce me, Captain Zhang." Tang Yuqi nodded.
Captain Zhang telephoned Qiu Lingshan and explained Tang Yuqi's situation. He had meant to settle it over the phone, but Tang Yuqi had nothing else to do, and Donghai City was not far from Songshan City, so he went to Donghai City in person.
Over the phone, Qiu Lingshan revealed nothing; she merely said she would do her best to help Tang Yuqi. But after hanging up, she sank into thought. Tang Zhi's going to the Snow Valley to cultivate was a secret. Qiu Lingshan knew of it, but she could not easily tell Tang Yuqi—even though he was Tang Jucheng's nephew and Tang Zhi's cousin. The matter involved a great deal of trouble, Wei Zhao above all. If Tang Yuqi appeared on the scene, would it drag Wei Zhao in?
So Qiu Lingshan hesitated, unsure whether she ought to tell Tang Yuqi the truth.
Just as Qiu Lingshan was caught in her wavering, Tang Yuqi arrived at the Donghai City police station and met her.
Qiu Lingshan's beauty and brisk competence made Tang Yuqi's eyes light up. He had not expected this policewoman before him to be so dashing and valiant, and yet possessed of no lack of charm.
Tang Yuqi was a true son of Huaxia, and his sense of beauty was the Eastern kind. Living overseas, he had still not found a girlfriend—he had simply never met a suitable Eastern woman. Who would have thought that here in Donghai City he would meet a girl who set his heart stirring?
"Hello, Miss Song. I'm Tang Yuqi. Captain Zhang of the Songshan City police station referred me to you." Tang Yuqi spoke politely, though his manner of address was not so formal—he called her Miss Song.
"Hello, Mr. Tang." Qiu Lingshan did not mind how he addressed her; she assumed that, coming from overseas, he was simply used to calling young ladies that way. "You're looking for Tang Jucheng and his family, is that right?"
"Yes, Miss Song. I heard from Captain Zhang that you were on fairly good terms with my uncle's family, and that you handled my cousin's case before. Is that so?" Tang Yuqi asked.
"That's true enough, though I wouldn't say I was all that close to the Tang family. After that I was transferred to the Donghai police station, and we lost touch," Qiu Lingshan said.
"Miss Song, as far as I know, when my uncle's family moved, you hadn't yet come to Donghai City, had you? So please think it over again—they left around July or August. Do you have any impression of that?" Tang Yuqi was a detective himself and paid close attention to details. He was not deliberately trying to contradict Qiu Lingshan; the thought had simply occurred to him and he had voiced it.
But Qiu Lingshan's expression shifted almost imperceptibly. There were some things she could not bring herself to say!