Chapter 176 Child Abuse

There was no hint of vitality in the girl's eyes. She was clearly a very cute and delicate little girl, but she gave the impression of being a lifeless corpse.

Boss Zhou wasn't a person overflowing with love. In fact, he often seemed selfish and mean. Even when he occasionally did good deeds, it was always "depending on his mood."

But at this moment, Zhou Ze still felt a pang in his heart.

Humans naturally tend to feel a sense of closeness and beautiful fantasies towards beautiful things, but with this girl, those fantasies had been completely shattered.

"Where is your home?" Zhou Ze asked.

The girl remained silent.

She wasn't afraid,

Nor was she intimidated,

Only numb with a sense of resignation.

Domestic violence wasn't exactly a rare occurrence in the country. Most people had heard of it to some extent in their upbringing and lives.

Some had even experienced it.

Some European and American countries had refined child protection to the level of law, but such things still occurred repeatedly, with huge scandals erupting from time to time.

Not to mention China, which had always preferred to smooth things over when it came to domestic violence issues. The Chinese had always been plagued by the idea that family scandals shouldn't be aired in public.

The silence of most people, even the silence of the victims themselves, was to some extent complicit.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Yanfeng arrived.

He felt like he hadn't done anything today except keep going to the bookstore, leaving, and then going to the bookstore again. It had only been half a day, and he had already come back three times.

With Zhang Yanfeng were several police officers from the local police station. The young officers didn't put on airs in front of Lao Zhang, letting him walk in front.

"Right, I've already taken that couple who committed charity fraud back to the station. Don't worry, they won't get off easy. The amount of their fraud is quite large. What's going on this time?"

Lao Zhang pushed open the door to the operating room and walked in.

"Child abuse," Zhou Ze said.

Lao Zhang was stunned for a moment. He reached out and lifted the blanket covering the girl. Seeing the tragic scene on the girl's body, even the veteran detective, who was used to seeing all kinds of things, couldn't bear to look directly at it.

"Which animal family did this?" Lao Zhang asked.

A detective's eyes were very sharp. Looking at the clothes and shoes the girl was wearing, it was unlikely that she was an abducted child.

It was quite normal for abducted children to be abused. The situation had improved a lot in recent years. A little over ten years ago, when Lao Zhang had just become a detective, there were criminal gangs trafficking children everywhere.

Some forced children to beg, breaking their legs or gouging out their eyes.

Others had children commit robbery and theft.

"I don't know. Investigate it. Also, the child collapsed on South Street Pedestrian Street and was brought here. You can check the surveillance footage."

Zhou Ze took off his white coat and took a wet wipe from Fangfang to wipe his forehead.

When Zhou Ze walked out of the operating room, he saw a female police officer in uniform sitting at the pharmacy counter.

She smiled at him.

Zhou Ze returned a smile and immediately turned back to look at Lao Zhang.

Obviously, this female police officer had come with Lao Zhang. Looking at the police rank on the female police officer's shoulders, she was definitely not a minion running errands for Lao Zhang. In fact, Lao Zhang was probably running errands for her.

Could it be that Lao Zhang had found a second spring?

She really looked good.

A girl who could look good in a police uniform was like a boy who still looked handsome with a buzz cut.

Although this woman might not be particularly young, probably close to thirty, she was definitely ripe as a peach... ahem.

But,

She still wasn't as good-looking as his own Yingying,

Nor as good-looking as Dean Lin.

Yes,

A doctor's uniform still felt better, and he was more familiar with the hospital-themed aesthetic.

"Is Mr. Xu comparing me to your female friends?"

Officer Chen asked directly.

Zhou Ze's eyes narrowed.

He believed that he had restrained his emotions when he looked at her.

You had to know that when men secretly sized up women, they often pretended to be very serious.

For example, when stealing a glance at a girl's legs on the street, or when passing a hair salon, they would quickly glance at it with a righteous look, not daring to linger too long.

Moreover, Boss Zhou was a person who had died once. If he wanted to, he could have long ago achieved the ability to keep his emotions hidden.

This policewoman was very impressive.

At this moment, Lao Zhang came out and said to Zhou Ze, "We got her name. I had someone check it. I'll send people to her house later to take a look."

"Did you see the needles in the tray?" Zhou Ze asked.

"Needles? What needles?"

"The needles on the girl's arms. There were several. I just took them out. They were stabbed into her."

Lao Zhang took a deep breath. "How about this, I'll take people there together later."

Zhou Ze nodded.

At this moment, Fangfang walked to Zhou Ze's side and took out a notice, saying, "Boss, this is an invitation from Tongcheng Academy of Art, hoping that we can send someone from our clinic to their place for a week.

It seems to be for the freshmen military training and they need to have some doctors."

"You guys can just go," Zhou Ze said.

Fangfang shrugged. She had originally thought that the boss would want to go, so she had deliberately asked. An art academy. Just hearing that, she knew there must be many cheerful and lively girls inside.

And many handsome and cute young men.

"It's not military training, it's a police training session arranged with our police department," Zhang Yanfeng interjected. "Because in recent years, there have been more frequent incidents of college students being harmed and deceived, so we've specifically arranged for our officers to go for training, to practice combat skills and pass on some experience. You should go with us."

Lao Zhang invited Zhou Ze.

"Why?"

"I trust your medical skills."

"I'll think about it."

In this place, because there were outsiders, it wasn't convenient for Lao Zhang to call Zhou Ze "Boss" or "Head." A criminal police captain calling a bookstore owner "Boss" or "Head" would indeed shock others.

At this moment, Lao Zhang's phone rang. Lao Zhang answered the phone and said a few words. He asked them to send the information to his WeChat. After hanging up the phone, Lao Zhang said directly:

"We found the child's home information. She lives in Xicheng Jingyuan. Her father is a dentist and quite famous."

Xicheng Jingyuan wasn't far from South Street. It was within walking distance. It was considered an area with relatively expensive housing prices in Tongcheng. Those who could live there were basically rich and noble characters.

"Let's go together," Lao Zhang suggested.

"Let Mr. Xu go with us. Mr. Xu can be the one who reports the case," Officer Chen said.

Zhou Ze hesitated for a moment, but agreed.

Lao Zhang drove, Zhou Ze sat in the passenger seat, Officer Chen sat in the back, and a car from the local police station followed behind.

Child abuse could be a big deal or a small deal, depending on the attitude and determination of the law enforcement officers.

Perhaps,

What the girl was fortunate about,

Was that Zhang Yanfeng was the kind of good police officer who disdained smoothing things over and liked to get things done.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Zhou Ze pursed his lips at Lao Zhang,

Meaning to ask,

What exactly is your relationship with this Officer Chen?

Before Lao Zhang could secretly answer, Officer Chen, who was sitting in the back, said directly:

"Before he went to perform an undercover mission, he called me and confessed his love, saying that if he came back alive from the mission, he wanted me to be his girlfriend."

"............" Lao Zhang.

"............" Zhou Ze.

"Hehe, did you agree?" Zhou Ze asked.

"I refused," Officer Chen replied. "Because I thought that kind of approach was too cliché. It's not like we're filming a tragic police and bandit drama."

"That's right, police characters who make that kind of flag will definitely sacrifice themselves on the eve of completing the mission."

After joking,

Zhou Ze fell silent.

He suddenly felt that his joke was out of line and not very funny,

Because that respectable police comrade, the real Wu Jingze, had indeed sacrificed himself on the eve of completing his mission.

Whew…

Lao Zhang's hand on the steering wheel

Trembled slightly.

Zhou Ze reached out and gently punched Lao Zhang's shoulder. "Seize the opportunity."

Although Officer Chen had rejected Wu Jingze in the first place, her willingness to take the initiative to see him again and sit in his car this time was actually showing another attitude.

And looking at her high police rank,

He really didn't need to curry favor with a criminal police captain in a local municipal bureau.

Lao Zhang smiled wryly.

His child was already dating and preparing to fight against social aging by responding to the country's call.

Lao Zhang was definitely not a greenhorn when it came to matters between men and women.

But could he accept this "kindness" with relish?

They had arrived at their destination. Because it was a high-end residential area, the security guard wouldn't let them in casually.

The comrades from the local police station who were following behind went to show their identification to the security guard.

Zhou Ze and Lao Zhang left Officer Chen in the car and came down to light a cigarette.

"Don't look so worried; you're not a balding old man in his fifties anymore."

Lao Zhang rolled his eyes at Zhou Ze.

"That female police officer looks good, capable and beautiful. Seriously, it would be a real pity to miss out on her. You don't need to feel guilty about the original owner of this body.

That female police officer is also shrewd and rational. Try dating her. She can tell whether you're the type she likes or not, and she won't be swayed by emotions.

If she really likes you, it means she likes you, Zhang Yanfeng, not Wu Jingze."

"Are you so accurate at reading women?"

"Not bad."

"Then why did Lao Dao say you were a confirmed bachelor in your previous life?"

"............" Zhou Ze.

"I really don't plan to think about relationship matters. Of course, she is indeed a very good woman. I can feel it."

Lao Zhang exhaled a smoke ring, his expression somewhat wistful.

Zhou Ze reached out and hooked his arm around Lao Zhang's shoulder, saying:

"Lao Zhang, there's a question I think we need to discuss together. This question once perplexed me."

"What question?"

"That is, you've changed your body now. Your DNA fingerprint has changed.

Suppose,

I'm just saying if,

What I mean is it's possible,

In case you get together with this female police officer,

Wouldn't you be cuckolded?"