Captain Chen nodded and turned to look at me.
“How is your relationship with Ma Zhaoqiang?”
“Ever since he divorced his mother, he hasn’t really talked to me much.”
We were about to leave the police station when a young officer rushed up to Captain Chen.
“Captain Chen, the kidnapper sent another video, along with a severed finger from the victim.”
Captain Chen's eyes widened in disbelief.
“How can there still be a severed finger? I thought this was a staged case.”
“In this video, the kidnapper is wearing a white mask and loose robes. He clearly used a voice changer; his voice is very shrill. He said we haven’t taken him seriously enough, so he sent us a gift. If we don’t accept this gift, the consequences will be unimaginable.”
“A gift?”
“A black plastic bag containing a severed finger. The location is the trash can of the milk tea shop at 36 Central Street.”
“Quick, go retrieve the item and bring it to the scene. Let’s see if any of these parents can recognize whose finger it is.”
My heart sank instantly, and the Fat Parent beside me also realized the seriousness of the situation. He stopped shouting and quietly sat down on a nearby bench.
"What should we do? What if it's Wei Hao?"
He muttered to himself, his eyes filled with terror.
Soon, the severed finger was placed in a transparent plastic bag and brought to the scene. To help the parents identify it, the police even took a photo.
"Whose finger is this?"
captain Chen waved the photo in front of us.
Mother Xue stared intently at the picture, and suddenly, she lunged forward, crying uncontrollably, "This is my son's! It absolutely is my son's!"
"He has had a habit of biting his nails since he was little, so there are many pits and uneven marks on his nails. This is definitely my son’s!"
"Ugh..."
By the end of her statement, she was already in tears.
"Why am I so foolish? Why did I argue with him? If I hadn’t fought with him, he wouldn’t have run away from home, and he wouldn’t have encountered this situation..."
"Please don’t cry; we will do our best to find the kidnapper," captain Chen said while comforting Mother Xue and instructing his subordinates, "Take her down for now."
But Wei Hao's nephew, that chubby guy, sneered at that moment:
"What are you even investigating for? Hurry up and find Wei Hao!"
"Can’t you see they sent a severed finger? If you don’t hurry, the next thing we receive might be his arm!"
"It's all your fault; your efficiency in handling this case is just too low!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Mother Xue ’s cries erupted once more.
“Shut up!”
captain Chen shot him a fierce glare, then turned to the Young Police Officer beside him and said, “Cuff him!”
“What?”
The fat man looked shocked, and before he could react, his hands were already shackled together. The group of parents around us stared in disbelief.
“I suspect he is involved in Wei Hao’s kidnapping case,” captain Chen stated slowly, ignoring the puzzled looks from the crowd.
“From the crime scene, it appears that Wei Hao willingly followed the kidnappers. The person left behind must be someone he is very familiar with, which is why he felt so at ease eating instant noodles and drinking beverages.”
“According to our investigation, Wei Hao recently had a financial dispute with the fat man, amounting to one hundred fifty thousand.”
“So at this moment, the fat man is the prime suspect.”
After hearing captain Chen ’s explanation, I could clearly feel the surrounding parents’ gazes toward the fat man growing increasingly hostile.
“It’s you?”
Mother Xue stood up, her fists clenched tightly.
“Why did you do this? Give me back my son’s severed finger!”
“Was my son also kidnapped by you?”
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