The Disowned Young Lady Married a Homicide Detective - Chapter 42

The two walked into the kindergarten one after the other.

“I wish I could have gone to school here when I was a kid. There’s also an amusement park. It’s so nice.” Sang Ning’s eyes lit up as she looked at the slide and seesaw next to her.

“Want to play?” Gu Yezhou looked down at the woman’s bright smile and gazed at the sky. “It’s a beautiful day today. Once the case is closed, I’ll take you to Beijing.”

“Beijing?” Sang Ning paused. “Isn’t your home in Yancheng?”

Before this newly appointed criminal police captain arrived, Xiao Zhang had said that it was because Gu Yezhou’s sister lived here and his family was here. People, no matter how many years they wander outside, will eventually return home.

“No, my parents are in Beijing.”

As Gu Yezhou walked, he said, “When I have time, I’ll take you back to meet them. I don’t know much about weddings, so feel free to tell me what you think about what to do.”

“ah?”

Sang Ning doesn’t plan to have a wedding.

Of course, I had considered it before, but the person I was going to marry was that scumbag Lin Zehui, not Gu Yezhou.

A man I picked up randomly at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau.

She admitted that she was furious that day, and also… lustful.

Sang Ning raised her head and looked at Gu Yezhou’s flawless profile.

Damn, how can a grown man have such good skin!

I didn’t see him using any skincare products in the bathroom at home!

“arrive.”

Gu Yezhou paused, while Sang Ning, who was still wondering what brand of skincare products this man used and asking for recommendations, bumped into him headfirst.

She rarely thinks about other things when she’s handling a case.

Perhaps, this person is Gu Yezhou’s reason.

Married people like Lao Chen would only advise her to get married and have children as soon as possible, saying it’s good for her health, she’ll recover quickly, and she won’t have to worry too much about the children when they grow up, blah blah blah.

Gu Yezhou raised his hand and knocked on the office door. A woman’s gentle voice came from inside: “Come in.”

As soon as Sang Ning entered, she saw a woman dressed cutely and with a lovely appearance.

The man sitting next to them, drinking tea, was none other than Dong Yunzhou, whom they were going to meet.

The man was dressed in an adorable mascot costume, with a mascot headgear next to him—it was Brown Bear. Sang Ning was quite fond of this kind of thing.

“Hello, this is Teacher Dong from our kindergarten.”

The headmistress’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Gu Yezhou.

Her face had a light pink blush.

When Sang Ning came in just now, the headmaster’s face wasn’t that red.

“Is the air conditioner set too high? I feel a bit hot,” Sang Ning couldn’t help but say.

Even she herself didn’t realize that her tone was sarcastic.

Sang Ning had been standing behind Gu Yezhou the whole time. Now that the principal saw Sang Ning’s face, a thought immediately popped into his mind: These two are such a perfect match.

Seeing Sang Ning in her police uniform, she quickly dismissed the idea.

It must be a superior-subordinate relationship.

“No, my office is closed. Please have a seat and ask me anything.”

The headmaster politely took out tea sets and poured tea for Gu Yezhou and Sang Ning.

Seeing that neither of them sat down, the headmaster looked a little embarrassed.

“No need, we just need to ask a few questions and then we’ll leave. But, I don’t know if it’s convenient for you, Teacher Dong?”

Without needing to introduce himself, Gu Yezhou’s gaze immediately fell on Dong Yunzhou as soon as he entered.

Dong Yunzhou was taken aback; he had sensed something was amiss the moment the two men entered.

The man’s eyes were so sharp that he couldn’t ignore them at all.

In recent years, he hasn’t done anything heinous, so why is the police targeting her?

Could it be that one of the children’s parents filed a complaint?

But he didn’t do anything…

After thinking it over and over, Dong Yunzhou still couldn’t figure it out, so he said, “The director is not an outsider. I have worked here for more than ten years, and she has always taken good care of me. Please ask whatever you want.”

The headmaster was about to leave when Dong Yunzhou’s words made him sit back down silently.

His expression couldn’t help but become tense.

“Principal, don’t be nervous. We’re here to see Teacher Dong. It has nothing to do with you. Of course, if you know anything, you can tell us.” Sang Ning gave a friendly smile.

Gu Yezhou pulled out a chair and sat directly opposite Dong Yunzhou, while Sang Ning stood to the side.

“I heard that Teacher Dong has an older brother named Dong Ruiyang, who had an accident while hiking ten years ago. Do you remember him?”

Upon hearing Dong Ruiyang’s name, Dong Yunzhou’s face turned pale, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

“I, of course I remember.”

Dong Yunzhou realized that his behavior just now was too abnormal.

He covered his face with his hands, his body trembling more and more violently, and he made low sobs.

“He is my older brother. Although we were born only a few minutes apart, he is my only older brother. How could I not remember him?”

He slowly raised his head, his palms already soaked with tears. “Officer, have you found my brother?”

“Found them.” Gu Yezhou had asked Shen Chen to narrow down the search yesterday, but in the end, they still checked all the remaining dozen or so people.

The vast majority are still alive, while some have already passed away.

Either the age doesn’t match, or the gender doesn’t match.

After a thorough screening, it was confirmed that the body dug out from the wall on the fourth floor of Ping An Apartment was indeed Dong Ruiyang.

“My brother is still alive?”

Dong Yunzhou couldn’t believe it. He asked excitedly, “Where is my brother? Is he doing well?”

“Why didn’t he come to see me all these years? Back then, after he fell off the mountain, my mother couldn’t bear the blow and passed away last year.”

“Officer, please tell me quickly, where is my brother?”

Gu Yezhou said coldly, “He’s dead.”

“Dead…dead.”

Dong Yunzhou slumped back in his chair, looking as if he had suffered some tremendous blow.

Sang Ning raised an eyebrow: “Since you were the one who reported the case, you must have expected this, right?”

So many years have passed, do you still believe your brother is still alive?

Or is it that you didn’t voluntarily register your death and close your account eight years ago?

Dong Yunzhou was trembling all over and sobbing uncontrollably.

The kindergarten director, who was standing nearby, couldn’t stand it anymore. She looked at Sang Ning with displeasure and said, “Officer, the death of Teacher Dong is already a very sad thing. Please don’t rub salt into other people’s wounds.”

Sang Ning looked coldly at the director, “Speaking of which, his brother was a security guard here ten years ago, did you know?”

The principal in front of me doesn’t look very old, around thirty-one or thirty-two. Ten years ago, she probably hadn’t even graduated yet.

Of course, in kindergartens, you can get a job by passing an adult college entrance exam and obtaining a preschool teacher’s certificate, or even without a certificate.

Ten years ago, this would have been quite common.