sbdcsierra Chapter 4 is in hand.
Chapter 4 is in hand.
Criminal Investigation Team Office.
The matter was clear enough; all the passengers on the bus were witnesses, and Wu Song's statement was taken smoothly.
Every time the police officer taking the statement asked a question about details, he couldn't help but glance at Wu Song a couple more times.
The atmosphere was somewhat awkward.
What made the atmosphere even more awkward were the parents' "old comrades-in-arms".
Wu Song's father was the captain of the Third Squadron of the Chengbei Branch Bureau, and his mother also worked at the Chengbei Branch Bureau. They sacrificed their lives together more than ten years ago, which remains a regret for the branch bureau to this day.
So people will come in one after another.
Some people, carrying teacups or cigarettes, would pretend to be passing by, then stay in the office for a while, asking, "Are you alright?" and adding something like, "Don't be impulsive in the future, your life is the most important thing."
Just as the statement was about to be completed, Xu Bin came in with a thermos.
He didn't say a word, just sat there drinking water.
After the statement was taken, Xu Bin stood up, smiled at Wu Song, and said, "Your brother is here to pick you up. He's right at the door. You can go back with him now."
"Oh?"
"My brother's here too?"
Wu Song strode out the door.
Standing at the door was a thin man who was not bad-looking, but less than 1.6 meters tall, with a face full of worry.
It was Wu Qiang, the elder brother of Wu Song, the person he was closest to in the world.
When Wu Song's parents died, Wu Qiang was eighteen years old, while Wu Song was only six.
Over the years, it has been Wu Qiang who has been guiding Wu Song.
Because she has a younger brother who is already 34 years old, she is still unmarried and has not started a family.
He's called the eldest brother, but he's practically like a father to me.
This is so similar to the pancake seller brother that Wu Song himself had!
This also deeply moved him.
In a daze, I seemed to see the older brother who carried steamed buns through the streets and alleys and supported me as I grew up.
"elder brother!"
Overcome with emotion, Wu Song took two steps forward, grabbed his elder brother Wu Qiang, and lifted him off the ground. "Why are you here?"
"Hey, hey, put it down, put it down! How old are you and you're still acting like this!"
Wu Qiang patted Wu Song's arm, and after Wu Song put him down, he examined the bloodstains on Wu Song's clothes with his eyes. "Luckily you weren't injured this time, otherwise, I..."
Wu Qiang raised his hand and finally patted Wu Song's arm, saying with a hint of reproach, "What did I tell you? Be careful when you're out and about, and don't be a hero. What did you promise me, and what did you do?"
"Brother, I wasn't showing off!" Wu Song smiled. "I only acted because I knew I could handle those five road bullies."
"you……"
"Just kidding, don't worry, brother. I won't easily intervene if there's any danger in the future." Wu Song knew what the other person wanted to hear, so he told him.
Hearing this assurance, although his elder brother Wu Qiang was still somewhat skeptical, his expression improved considerably. "Alright, I heard from Xu Bin that things are over. Come home with me, I'll cook you some dishes, and I'll also make you my best fish dish from the last two years. I guarantee you'll want a second one after you finish the first one!"
"Brother, just take the fish and sell it. Any home-cooked meals will do."
Wu Qiang was originally a security guard at a textile factory. Two years ago, the factory was restructured, and he was laid off with a sum of money. He then started a fish-selling business at the aquatic product market.
Business is doing alright.
Thinking of his elder brother's hardships, Wu Song couldn't bear to make him spend any more money.
"Hey, you've just been through something so big, you need to eat something good. I'll buy you a bottle of wine on the way back, have a little to calm your nerves, and once you're drunk, you'll forget about today's events."
"Wine?" Wu Song suddenly felt a void in his mouth. "Okay, buy a few more bottles."
"As for money, I also helped Brother Bin and his team solve a big case this time, and it seems there'll be a decent reward. Brother, when you get married, how much do you need to buy a house as your wedding home? I'll cover it!"
"Oh, you're so young, but you've got quite the nerve." Wu Qiang rolled his eyes at Wu Song. "How many could you possibly have?"
"Five hundred thousand."
"How many?"
"Five hundred thousand, that's what Brother Bin said."
"This, this, this..." The eldest brother, Wu Qiang, smiled with relief, "Great, Xiao Song, you don't have to worry about the house and dowry when you get married."
"Brother, I have plenty of time. Let me settle your marriage first."
"Why do you need to tell me what to do? I make a good living selling fish. Look at me, I've even changed my gear!" As they walked, Wu Qiang came to a motorcycle. "This is the motorcycle your brother just bought not long ago. Can you ride it? It's very simple. Come on, sit in front, I'll teach you."
"What's so difficult about that?"
Wu Song couldn't ride this thing.
However, during his university years, Wu Song had a roommate who owned a motorcycle, and he learned how to ride it after just a couple of laps.
He stepped onto it and drove all the way back to the police family compound.
"Sure! Xiao Song, this motorcycle is yours. You can ride it from now on. In half a month, you'll be a government employee with a secure job. You can't let people look down on you."
"Brother, you're really embarrassing me. Don't say things like that again, or I'll move out." Wu Song parked his motorcycle, picked up the things he bought on the way, and took them back to his home on the third floor, west side.
This was the public housing unit allocated to Wu Song and Wu Qiang's parents back then.
A two-bedroom apartment of 50 square meters.
There is a private kitchen and bathroom, so you don't have to cook in the hallway with everyone else.
Because both parents were police officers, and the father frequently received awards and commendations, they were able to be allocated a house back then, which was a rare occurrence.
After their parents sacrificed their lives, the eldest brother promptly applied to rent the place. As family members of martyrs, the two brothers could continue living there by paying a small monthly rent.
As soon as he put the things down, Wu Song's gaze fell on the newly bought wine.
The original body had never drunk baijiu before, and had no idea what the wine tasted like a thousand years later!
I immediately opened it and took a sip.
As soon as he swallowed the wine, Wu Song's eyes lit up.
"Hmm! This wine has power!"
……
Wu Song and his brother sold fish at the market for a week.
That day, Wu Song was preparing a fish with a knife when a familiar voice appeared, "Give me a shark."
"Oh, that's not for sale!"
Wu Song looked up with a smile, "Brother Bin, what kind of fish do you want? Pick whatever you like, it's free."
"Yeah, take whatever you want!" Wu Qiang, the older brother, said with a smile.
"I don't want fish, I want people! When you two aren't busy, come to the branch office!"
"Any news about that?"
"Yes!" Xu Bin nodded with a smile. "The DNA left by the murderer at the scene matches the DNA of those two people. This case is solved. I have to thank you. If it weren't for you, I don't know when this case would have been solved."
The only pity is that both of them died. By the way, Xiao Song, you should go a little lighter next time. If someone is killed, there's no way to bring them to justice.
"Those two got off easy. Otherwise, with their burglary and murder, which were extremely brutal, they would both have faced certain death."
"It was too dangerous at the time, I didn't have time to think about anything else, but I'll remember that for the future."
"Well, in that situation, preserving your own life is the most important thing. You're not wrong, I was just saying it offhand."
"Alright, let's go, I'll take you there!"
"Wait, I'll go too." Wu Qiang asked a local shopkeeper to watch the stall, and he and Wu Song followed Xu Bin to the branch office.
During this trip, Wu Song not only obtained the 500,000 bounty.
Because he stood up for justice and killed four highway robbers, he received a reward of five thousand yuan for his act of bravery.
A total of 505,000 yuan, all in cash!
Unexpectedly, Wu Song borrowed a backpack from Xu Bin and took the money to an ICBC branch near the police station. He left 5,000 yuan in cash for his daily expenses and temporarily deposited the rest into a current account.
Annual interest rate: 1.98%.
Seeing that Wu Song had deposited his money in a current account, Wu Qiang felt extremely distressed. "Oh, Xiao Song, a five-year fixed deposit with an annual interest rate of 9% is higher than the current account interest rate, isn't it? Why do you insist on keeping it in a current account?"
"I don't plan to save all my money in the bank; I want to buy a house."
In fact, given Wu Song's personality, he would rather use this money to drink and eat meat freely and make friends from all over the world.
What to do if you run out of money?
In his past life, Wu Song had never considered this question. What place doesn't have some thugs and ruffians? Just deal with them, and the money will come.
But his current identity is really not suitable for doing such a thing, and Wu Qiang has treated his predecessor well, so he has to consider him as well.
We need to take a longer-term view then.
Otherwise, with a salary of three to five hundred yuan a month after joining the company, it might not even be enough to cover drinking expenses.
If he wanted to make this 500,000 yuan continue to generate money in the future, Wu Song's initial idea was to buy land, specifically farmland.
However, farmland cannot be bought or sold, so Wu Song set his sights on houses.
In his previous life, he became a monk in his twenties and lived until his death at the age of eighty. During that time, he watched as the value of houses around Liuhe Temple rose from one thousand strings of cash to tens of thousands of strings of cash.
In Wu Song's view, in such a prosperous era, buying a house and investing in property was always the right thing to do.
"But a 100-square-meter apartment can be bought for only 100,000 yuan. So take out 100,000 yuan and put the rest in a fixed deposit," Wu Qiang said.
"I plan to keep only 100,000 for you to get married, and use the rest to buy a house, one of which will be given to you."
"Xiao Song, brother..."
"No need to say anything more." Wu Song raised his hand to interrupt his elder brother Wu Qiang. "Our parents have been gone for more than ten years, and we have lived in that house for more than ten years. If we don't have the money to pay it back, then so be it. But since we have money and I need to work, let's move out. A real man should act accordingly. Why should we take advantage of such petty gains? Let the house be given to other people in the branch office who need it more."
"That makes sense." Wu Qiang had initially intended to refuse, but after hearing Wu Song's words, he didn't know how to refuse. He nodded helplessly, "Consider it an obligation. I'll repay you later."
"Brother, you're being too polite with Wu Song. How much should I ask for for raising Wu Song to adulthood? Priceless!"
"No, one thing at a time, wait!" Wu Qiang stared at Wu Song's face for a few seconds. "Little Song, why are you speaking so formally?"
"He's a college student, after all." Wu Song smiled brightly.
I was filled with emotion.
You still need to be careful what you say; you might inadvertently start using the way you spoke in your past life again.
It must be changed, absolutely must be changed.