Auspicious Flowers and a Beautiful Moon Garden - Chapter 16: The Girl Lost at the Scene

The story of Xiao Shi and Xiao Ling, the siblings, is indeed not a pleasing one, but Yang Luo was right; it is a touching story. It was on Xiao Shi's first day reporting to the criminal investigation team...
"Comrade, hello, my name is Xiao Shi, I'm here to report for duty."
The on-duty police officer, Lao Wang, took the transfer order, glanced at it, and looked up at the chubby-faced young man in front of him with squinted eyes. Although he didn't say a word, he had already taken a liking to this new colleague who was much younger than him.
"Old comrade, I'm here to report for duty!" Seeing that Old Wang didn't react, Xiao Shi reminded him again.
"Oh, welcome!" Old Wang snapped out of his daze and quickly stood up to greet Xiao Shi. "Come, come, have a seat. Have a smoke?"
"Thank you, may I ask your name?" Old Wang's enthusiasm made Xiao Shi, a newcomer, feel completely at ease. "My surname is Wang, and my name is Wang Liushun. You can just call me Old Wang!" As he spoke, Old Wang lit a cigarette for Xiao Shi. Xiao Shi chuckled inwardly but remained silent. Old Wang took a puff of his cigarette and then asked, "Young man, what's your name?"
"My name is..."
"Oh, your name is Xiao Shi. I just saw you. Look at my head. Hahaha, I'm getting old and useless!" Old Wang, with a cigarette between his fingers, placed his hands on his spread knees and laughed heartily.
After chatting for a few minutes, the impatient Xiao Shi couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Wang, when can I report to my superiors?"
"Oh dear, look, I forgot about that again!" Old Wang slapped his forehead and laughed again. "You've come at the wrong time. There's no one in the team, and none of the leaders are home. I'm the only one on duty. Can't you see how empty it is? You probably won't be able to register today."
"Where is that person? Is there some major case involved?" Xiao Shi asked, feeling both regretful and excited.
Old Wang sighed, took a puff of his cigarette, and said, "It's nothing major. It's just a group of laid-off workers from several state-owned enterprises petitioning the municipal party committee. The whole team went to maintain order to prevent any unexpected incidents!"
"Oh, I see."
The atmosphere was slightly somber. The two chatted for a while longer when the phone rang. Old Wang answered it: "Oh, Old Zhou... What?! Robbery and murder!... Two lives!... Okay, tell me, I'll write it down.... But there's no one in the team right now!... It's a petition, such a big thing and you don't know?... Well, okay, I'll ask for instructions, you wait here."
"Uncle Wang, has a major case occurred?" Old Wang had just hung up the phone when he saw Xiao Shi standing beside him with wide eyes and an excited expression.
"That's right, it was reported by the Nancheng Police Station. A home invasion robbery, a couple who ran a business were both hacked to death, what a tragedy!" Kind-hearted Old Wang sighed with regret, shaking his head repeatedly as he dialed the phone. Xiao Shi's heart sank, but his eyes lit up. He grabbed Old Wang's hand, which was dialing, and asked eagerly, "Uncle Wang, who are you calling?"
"Give it to the leader, I guess. There's no one else in the team right now, so I have to ask for permission, right?"
"How can there be no one here! Aren't I a person?!" Xiao Shi's eyes widened.
"You—!" Old Wang's small eyes widened even more than Xiao Shi's, his face filled with disbelief. "Two lives lost! This is a major case! How old are you? What if something happens to you? Besides, you haven't even reported for duty yet, so you're not considered one of our team members." As he spoke, Old Wang removed Xiao Shi's hand and prepared to continue dialing the phone.
"Uncle Wang, listen to me." Xiao Shi pressed Old Wang's hand again and said urgently, "Don't underestimate me because I'm young. I've practiced martial arts since I was a child, and my skills are absolutely top-notch. Ten or eight ordinary people wouldn't be a match for me. Although I haven't reported for duty yet, I'm still a policeman and one of our team members. Besides, I'm not going to do anything reckless. When you ask the leaders for instructions, just mention it to me and say that there's an idle person in the team. It doesn't violate any principles!"
Old Wang was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiao Shi, and stammered, "Well... alright then, I'll ask for your permission, but don't get your hopes up too high. With my more than 30 years of experience as a policeman, it's impossible for the higher-ups to agree to your request." Old Wang admired this young man he had just met. Although he didn't believe in top-notch kung fu skills, he didn't doubt Xiao Shi's professional competence, because new recruits usually went to police stations for internships after graduation, and very few were directly assigned to the criminal investigation team.
After making the call, Old Wang was so surprised he couldn't speak for a long time. Not only had his superiors agreed to Xiao Shi's request, but they had also assigned the case to him. Old Wang's more than thirty years of police experience gained another new dimension. He only knew one side of the story; the other was that Xiao Yuanshan happened to be present when the call connected. Without the approval of this deputy director in charge of criminal investigation, Xiao Shi would never have been able to take on this case independently.
Xiao Shi was overjoyed. He greeted Lao Wang and set off immediately. Like a newborn calf unafraid of tigers, he was thrilled to be handling a major case independently on his very first day as a police officer.
Nancheng Residential Area is a bustling commercial district with two large service wholesale markets. It is home to many business people from other places. Xiao Shi guessed that the two deceased were of this type because Lao Wang said that the deceased were "a man and a woman who did business," but did not say that they were a couple.
Following the address given by Lao Wang, Xiao Shi arrived at the scene. Zhou Xiliang, the director of the Nancheng District Police Station, greeted him. He did not show much surprise because Lao Wang had notified him in advance.
After exchanging greetings, Zhou Xiliang began to explain the case to Xiao Shi as usual: "We received the report at seven o'clock this morning. The person who reported it was the landlord, who went to collect the rent at six-thirty. The deceased were out-of-towners who ran a clothing wholesale business nearby. The man was from Z province and his name was Xiao Haiqi; the woman was from H province and her name was Zhao Huijuan. Both of them had families, but they had been living together in this city for more than ten years. They had a nine-year-old daughter who was in the third grade at a primary school. Because the child did not have a household registration, she attended a private class. The neighbors and teachers all called the child Xiaxia, so she was probably born in the summer."
"How is the child now?" Xiao Shi interrupted.
"We didn't find it. It's probably at a relative's house. Luckily, otherwise we definitely wouldn't have escaped unharmed."
"Don't they have them at school either?"
“We investigated, and the teacher said the child didn’t come to school today.”
Xiao Shi nodded, and Chief Zhou continued, "The incident likely occurred around 2 or 3 a.m., the time Xiao Haiqi sets up his stall every day. Since there were no signs of forced entry, it's estimated that the murderer entered while Xiao Haiqi was setting up his stall, and is likely someone familiar with or knowledgeable about him. The two victims suffered a total of more than ten stab wounds. The initial assessment is that there were two perpetrators, because there are two types of knife wounds. In my experience, one is a triangular military dagger, and the other is a short knife like a dagger. That's basically the situation." Xiao Shi was very young, still a trainee police officer, but Zhou Xiliang didn't show any disrespect. He explained the case in great detail. He had also come from this stage, and he knew the importance of a new police officer's first case to the profession.
"What's the situation on site?"
"The scene was chaotic, with obvious signs of a fight, but this is just my observation. We don't have the technical expertise; we just protected the scene."
"May I go in and take a look?" Xiao Shi asked.
"Of course, we're just helping you with your work." Zhou Xiliang looked at his junior brother in front of him, patted him on the shoulder, and said with concern, "However, be prepared."
Xiao Shi smiled and said, "Thank you, Director Zhou, I will."
The crime scene was on the first floor. A police officer was standing at the door. Zhou Xiliang opened the door and Xiao Shi walked in.
Director Zhou wasn't exaggerating. If the scene could be described in eight words, it would be: a river of blood, a gruesome sight. The room was ransacked, blood everywhere, footprints scattered haphazardly. Two bodies lay in pools of blood, one horizontal and one vertical, their faces contorted in agony. Xiao Haiqi's face was mostly down, mouth agape, with at least seven or eight stab wounds, his intestines protruding more than a foot. Zhao Huijuan lay on her side, head resting on an arm, a half-meter-long crawling wound beneath her, but her expression was relatively peaceful, her eyes wide open, as if watching something in the distance. The deaths of the two were extremely gruesome, a sight too painful to behold.
Xiao Shi felt a heavy weight in his heart. This first case had taught him a profound lesson. He carefully circled the scene twice, observing everything. There were many traces left at the scene: footprints, hair, skin flakes, and even fingerprints. The forensic department could certainly obtain many clues and evidence, but unfortunately, these things weren't as magical as in the movies. Footprints might be able to determine the killer's height and weight, but blood type and fingerprints could only be used for identification after the killer was apprehended, because the police didn't have blood type records or fingerprint databases. Solving the case still required interviews and investigations.
"Director Zhou, let's go out first." After observing carefully, Xiao Shi decided to leave first. He couldn't do anything else until the comrades from the technical department investigated the scene.
"Oh, okay." Zhou Xiliang paused, looking at his junior colleague in surprise. He'd only seen such a horrific scene three times in his many years as a police officer. An ordinary person would vomit even if they didn't faint at the sight of blood, but Xiao Shi was too calm, even frighteningly calm. Aside from a slight heaviness incongruous with his age, his face showed no abnormality. This was nothing like a trainee detective on his first day on the job! He had to look at this eighteen-year-old with new eyes.
"Did the deceased have any relatives or acquaintances in this city?" Xiao Shi asked.
"Probably not."
"None?! Not a single one? Haven't they lived in this city for over ten years?" Xiao Shi turned to look at Director Zhou.
"As far as we know, no. The clothing wholesale business is very hard. Except for the three days off during the Spring Festival, we set up our stalls at dawn and close them in the evening every day. We do wholesale before eight o'clock and retail during the day," Director Zhou explained patiently.
Xiao Shi turned around, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly turned back to the scene.
Zhou Xiliang was greatly surprised and followed closely behind. Xiao Shi stood in the center of the ground, looking around before finally fixing his gaze on the crawling marks beneath Zhao Huijuan, then gradually moving upwards until it settled on her expression and eyes. The mother's gaze was fixed on a large bed placed against the wall. Xiao Shi walked over quietly, suppressing the violent pounding of his heart, and slowly bent down.
Under the dark bed, a little girl huddled in the corner, her face deathly pale, her body trembling uncontrollably, her eyes filled with terror. There was a puddle of water between her legs. Xiao Shi painfully turned his head away; he knew it was urine.
This was the first time Xiao Shi and his sister had met.

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