Quick Transmigration: What to Do When the Male Supporting Character You Saved Becomes Obsessed with

Chapter 293 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (4)

"Hmm..." Jin Shuhe finally let out a trembling sob, and large tears fell down her face.

He stubbornly kept his head down, desperately trying to hold back.

"Can you tell me everything you know later?" Wu Qidong continued.

"Okay, I can."

The little boy, whose shoulders had been held high, slumped down and leaned against the corner, sobbing uncontrollably.

Looking back at the memories, Lu Liruan wanted to reach out and wipe away his tears, just to stay by his side silently.

But he quickly regained his composure, so fast that even Lu Liruan was surprised. He took the policewoman's fingers, carefully wiped his face, and said to Wu Qidong, "Officer, I can answer your questions now..."

Wu Qidong didn't beat around the bush. He ordered his men to continue investigating the scene while he drove the child back to the municipal bureau.

"Where are we going?" Aunt Zhang was being stopped by Old Zhao from going over and causing trouble for the police officers. Now that she saw the police officers were about to leave with the child, she hurriedly called out to greet them.

"Take the child back to the Municipal Public Security Bureau to make a statement."

"Officer, can we go with the child?" Old Zhao asked anxiously as he followed.

“Okay, if the child’s father can’t come back tonight, the child can be taken care of by the police station,” Wu Qidong told them.

“Xiao He, come to my place…”

Before Aunt Zhang could finish speaking, Old Zhao interrupted her.

Aunt Zhang looked at him strangely: "Zhu Zi, what are you doing? Old Jin is definitely not coming back today. Isn't it appropriate for Xiao He to go to my place?"

"You..." Old Zhao looked at Officer Wu's back and lowered his voice, "We still don't know what happened to Xiao Miao! Look at this, does it look like something a normal person would do? I just heard the people standing next to us say that it seems... it seems like something, a serial killer?"

"That means the guy who killed Xiao Miao also killed someone else!"

"This is really weird!"

"Why can't you understand what I'm saying!" Old Zhao said, getting a little impatient.

"With so many people gathered here, the person who killed Xiaomiao probably knows about it too. Xiaohe was in the house when he killed Xiaomiao... What if he tries to catch Xiaohe? If you take Xiaohe home, he might kill you too!"

"what!"

Aunt Zhang covered her mouth, no longer daring to cry. She looked around furtively before asking in a low voice, "Then... what should we do?"

"That's so weird, it's impossible that it could really kill Xiao He..." Aunt Zhang was quite frightened by Lao Zhao's words.

"Let Xiaohe stay at the police station; it's safer than having her stay at your house!"

"Yes, yes, you're right... But what if Old Jin comes back? The two of them can't stay at the police station together, can they?"

"Old Jin is still a man after all... We'll see what happens when the time comes. We'll go with Xiao He and see what the police officers decide."

They were speaking quite loudly, and this time not only Jin Shuhe, but Officer Wu also heard them.

There is indeed such a possibility, but Wu Qidong was afraid that saying it would frighten them, so he did not go into details.

"Don't be afraid, no one can hurt you." Wu Qidong felt the hand of the child he was holding move.

Back at the Municipal Bureau, Jin Shuhe answered whatever Wu Qidong asked, and although he could sense the fear, he did so in a very organized manner.

"You heard that clearly?"

"Ah."

"Were you under the bed, wrapped in a quilt?" the police officer who was questioning Jin Shuhe with Wu Qidong asked him.

“I can hear things very well,” Jin Shuhe said firmly. “I heard it, I’m not lying.”

"I didn't mean you were lying," the policeman quickly reassured him.

His concern is that under such tension, many people will experience hallucinations, mistaking what they imagine for reality.

Especially since the child described it in such vivid detail.

He described in great detail even the footsteps he supposedly heard and the "rustling" sound of dragging things.

Considering the child's location and circumstances at the time, allow him to make reasonable doubts and then confirm them.

“I really heard it,” Jin Shuhe emphasized.

“We wrote it down.”

Wu Qidong felt that this child was truly different from other children of the same age.

After the questioning was finished, Jin Shuhe was taken to the rest room by the policewoman.

As the interrogation room door closed, Jin Shuhe heard the policeman who had questioned him whisper, "If what that kid said is true, it's really quite creepy."

It was terrifying. Lu Liruan turned on all the lights in the room and covered herself with the blanket, but she still felt a chill to the bone. She couldn't imagine what Xiao Jinshuhe had gone through that afternoon or what he had experienced.

From this point onward, the memories from Jin Shuhe's perspective become less clear.

In fact, it is normal.

Lu Liruan recalled that most of her childhood memories were vague, with only a few fragments, either very happy or very sad, that she could remember clearly.

Jin Shuhe's memory was as clear as a movie playing in front of him, with every detail as clear as if it were in the best picture quality, which shows just how deep that afternoon's memory had been in his mind.

The next day, his father, Jin Shengquan, handed over the truck to a colleague to cover his shift, and he took the earliest train back to Pucheng.

After cooperating with the investigation, he took Jin Shuhe to Uncle Zhao's house for a few days, and then moved out of that self-built house to a remote place on the other side of the city.

The case remained unsolved for a week, a month, a year...

This serial killer seemed to have suddenly stopped and disappeared without a trace, leaving no clues or traces, and slowly it became a cold case for the city police.

The victim's husband, Jin Shengquan, did not urge or pester her, as if he didn't care at all; once she died, she was gone.

Only that child, Wu Qidong would see every now and then, sitting quietly in the hall with his schoolbag on his back, and when he saw him, he would earnestly inquire about the progress of the case.

For the first time, Wu Qidong felt so guilty in front of a child that he couldn't lift his head.

The child was very polite and never bothered him. After hearing that there was no progress, he quietly left, his small figure standing out inconspicuously among the adults passing by...

Xiao Jinshuhe felt that his father had forgotten his mother, or perhaps he had never thought about her at all.

After his mother died, he would leave himself alone at home whenever he went out, sometimes leaving some money behind, and sometimes leaving none at all.

They didn't say where they were going or when they would come back.

Jin Shuhe got used to it. When he had money, he would cook a simple meal for himself. When he didn't have money, he would go to Aunt Zhang's house for a bite to eat.

Aunt Zhang's house is not far from their newly rented house.

Jin Shuhe also transferred to this school. He didn't have many friends at school, so he stayed home by himself after school.

After the tragedy when I was eight, life without my mother returned to its peaceful and monotonous state.

The year he graduated from elementary school, his father, who was always away driving, brought home a young woman.

The woman moved into his house, but his father still often went out for days at a time and didn't come back, so Jin Shuhe stayed at home with the woman.

The woman basically ignored him. Even at home, she rarely spoke to him. She never cooked, but she bought cases of wine for the house.

It turns out that her father never left any money when he went out, and Jin Shuhe never said a word.

But the woman refused, making a huge fuss, which drew all the neighbors from the poorly soundproofed house out to watch the spectacle.

So from then on, Dad would always leave money behind before going out.

"Where's your son's money? Doesn't your son eat or drink?"

"Didn't I already give it to you?" The man asked, a cigarette dangling from his lips, staring at a lottery ticket as he watched the draw on TV.

"Damn it!" After realizing he hadn't won, he cursed, threw the lottery ticket on the ground, stomped on it a few times, and turned to glare at the woman.

"Ha, your measly money isn't even enough for my drinking, let alone raising your kids? Do you think I'm a maid?" the woman said in a shrill voice, completely unconcerned.

"You little brat, say something! Are you mute?" she shouted at Jin Shuhe, who was doing his homework at the broken table in the corner.

Jin Shuhe looked at them coldly.

"You're fucking unlikable!" The woman tossed her long, wavy, dyed light brown hair and spat, "Give it to me!"

The man had no choice but to take out his wallet from his coat. As soon as he opened it, the woman's newly painted nails swiped out all the banknotes inside.

"You damned woman!"

"Leaving you money is pointless; it'll only benefit some people more. You should use it to support your mother and your child!"

The next day, after his father left, the woman disappeared. There were several bills on the table, more than his father would occasionally leave.

Later, when Jin Shuhe was in the second year of junior high school, one night, a woman banged on his door: "You little brat, your dad got run over by a car! I'm too scared to go see him alone, you have to come with me!"

She exclaimed.

The last time Jin Shuhe saw his father, his face was still the same. Usually, when he drank too much, his face would turn sallow and pale, and it was the same now, with no difference.

His body was covered in blood, which was concealed by a white sheet, revealing a deep red stain.

The investigation concluded that the driver was driving under the influence of alcohol.

He was driving under the influence, but the other party also violated traffic regulations. The car he was driving belonged to a freight company, and the freight company said they were already being lenient by not pursuing the matter against him, and wouldn't offer any compensation...

The woman cried and wailed all night, and went out to get her hair done the next day.

On the day her father was cremated, it was a freezing winter day with temperatures below minus twenty degrees Celsius. The woman wore a blue dress under her thick cotton-padded coat.

"I'm wearing the dress you bought me back then to see you off. Doesn't it look good? Take a few more glances. I guess I've done right by you!"

After a while, a plume of blue smoke rose from the large chimney.

As Jin Shuhe held the cheapest urn containing the ashes, he wondered when the woman would leave.

But the woman did not leave.

She continued to drink and smoke as usual, dressed up and went out, leaving some money for Jin Shuhe before leaving.

Jin Shuhe never asked her, and she never brought it up herself.

When Jin Shuhe was in his first year of high school, the government issued a notice that this area would be demolished. The landlords were overjoyed and evicted the tenants, and the rent and deposits were refunded very readily.

Jin Shuhe thought she would take the money and leave, but after she instructed Jin Shuhe to carry the luggage, she got into the car, searched for a day, and finally rented an old building.

These are all the memories Lu Liruan can see about Jin Shuhe.

There are no details at all, like an old calendar covered in dust, torn off very quickly.

Lu Liruan no longer felt any emotion from his memories.

Letting out a breath, Lu Liruan thought to herself, "So that's how it is."

In Jin Shuhe's memory, that old building is the one where he lives now.

So... my identity this time is the male supporting character's neighbor?

"This identity setting is getting more and more perfunctory," Lu Liruan thought to herself.

Apart from Jin Shuhe's own memories, the rest is the original plot.

As Lu Liruan looked at it, her brows furrowed.

The boy, after finishing high school, for some unknown reason, repeated a year and then got into a police academy in the city.

After graduation, I was assigned to a grassroots position. In my second year of work, due to my outstanding performance, I was seconded to the Municipal Public Security Bureau to work in the department that has now been integrated and renamed the Major Crimes Unit.

At this time, the head of the Major Crimes Unit was none other than Officer Wu Qidong, who had investigated his mother's case years ago.

Because he worked well with his colleagues in the Major Crimes Unit and had excellent basic technical skills, and because the Major Crimes Unit was short-staffed at the time, his file was transferred directly to them.

As Lu Liruan continued reading, she realized that Jin Shuhe, the male supporting character, did not have a romantic relationship with the female lead of this world.

The female lead is a family member of the victim in a case that Jin Shuhe was involved in.

Because of their similar experiences, the two gradually became friends outside of work, and the female lead also regarded Jin Shuhe as a very good friend with whom she could confide.

Perhaps due to his childhood experiences, Jin Shuhe is excessively obsessed with pursuing the truth and catching every murderer. He can work day and night for a case, completely disregard his own life, and is willing to risk injury and danger.

He also relentlessly pursued his mother's case from years ago, wanting to bring justice to his mother and the other victims who also died at the hands of that serial killer!

But his persistence and relentless efforts also sowed the seeds for his eventual downfall.

Lu Liruan didn't even look down before a sigh welled up in her heart.

Jin Shuhe died in the line of duty at the young age of 28. He had no relatives or lover and was all alone. He was posthumously awarded the First Class Merit and buried in the Martyrs' Cemetery.

The female lead was his only friend besides those from his workplace who attended his funeral and frequently visited him at the cemetery.

His colleagues continue to investigate case after case, doing their best to find the truth for each victim and to give an explanation to each victim's family.

His mother's case remained unresolved when he sacrificed his life, and the Major Crimes Unit never gave up, continuing to investigate along his footsteps.

The original plot ended abruptly here, leaving Lu Liruan somewhat stunned.

Because it's just too concise.

The flashback section is based on Jin Shuhe's own memories and is shown to Lu Liruan so that she can feel Jin Shuhe's emotions.

But the subsequent plot is straightforward and lacks almost any detail!