I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 455: Empathy

Chapter 455: Chapter 455: Empathy

Yu Jingting held his grip when the woman berated him, leaving Meng’s mother unable to speak.

Suizi hurried forward to separate the two, and Meng’s father took the opportunity to grab his wife.

"Jingting, don’t hit her. Let’s talk it out!"

"Look at her acting like a mad woman. Can she even listen to what we have to say?"

"It’s understandable she’s upset about what happened. Let’s put ourselves in her shoes. We too have sisters and daughters. How could we not care if something like this happened?"

Suizi’s words struck a chord in Meng’s mother.

Even in the face of Yu Jingting’s strong pressure, Meng’s mother did not back down, but Suizi’s words hit her like a punch, striking at her heart.

"Put yourself in my shoes? How could you possibly feel my pain? I wish everyone was dead! My maiden daughter has been bullied, and no one must survive!"

"Big sister, you must be a good mother, right?"

That sentence made Meng’s mother break down completely, crying loudly.

Meng’s father hugged her to comfort her, making Suizi’s heart ache.

You could tell that the couple had a strong bond.

Men aren’t valued over women in the north, and Meng Lian is an only child, with both parents working. This type of family structure is common in the north.

If they hadn’t run into this misfortune, they would’ve had a happy little family.

"Sometimes I contemplate why good people have to suffer such misfortunes. It’s just not fair."

"Yes! It’s not fair!" Meng’s mother cries out, "We are good to our parents, and we work diligently. Why does misfortune befall us? My maiden daughter studies so hard..."

There are many things that are hard to understand.

Seeing Meng’s mother in this state, Suizi could very much relate to her.

In her previous life, Suizi had been kind and virtuous. Apart from running away from marriage and breaking Jingting’s heart, she hadn’t done anything wrong.

Such a good person was pushed off a cliff by that bastard Li Youcai, and after death, was even buried in a wall.

During that time, Suizi sat on the wall, unable to fathom why the world had treated her so cruelly.

For a brief period, she had thoughts of revenge against everyone, like Meng’s mother, intending to harm Li Youcai’s entire family, even his dog, once she was mobile.

"I finally realized the truth, that the basic truth of life is suffering, and the purpose of life is to overcome one hardship after another. Perhaps it’s unfair to this child but we can seek justice for her in a proper way. If you act out of desperation, what will happen to your child? You and her father are all she has left."

Yu Jingting raised an eyebrow at Suizi’s words.

His wife might stumble over her words during arguments, but when discussing important matters, she made quite a lot of sense.

Meng’s mother’s strong emotions slowly subsided to Suizi’s powerful words, her loud crying became soft whimpering.

She was certainly resentful, but she wasn’t thinking of extremes anymore.

"The first thing to do now is to catch the culprit and bring him to justice."

"It was Su Zhe who did it!" As soon as she heard this, Meng’s mother became agitated again.

"Big sister, Su Zhe is a friend of ours. I know it seems like I’m defending him, but let’s think calmly. Su Zhe is disabled. Although Meng Lian isn’t as tall as our Jiaojiao, she would still be about 150 cm tall, right?"

A soon-to-be fifth-grade child confronting an adult man could be difficult, but Su Zhe is handicapped and confined to a wheelchair.

"Given Su Zhe’s condition, how could he have taken advantage of your daughter? And why do you insist it was him? Did Meng Lian see his face? Was he caught in the act?"

Suizi voiced her inner doubts.

Liao Yong wasn’t in a position to divulge too many case details, but both Suizi and Yu Jingting felt there were many suspicious points in this incident.

When Suizi asked that, Meng’s mother immediately became alert, and the nerves that had softened due to Suizi’s words tensed again.

"Big sister, our goal is the same, to solve the case and seek justice for the child. You see my boyfriend Staring right sy’a tend, right?"

Suizi tugged at Jingting’s arm.

Yu Jingting, who had been watching the excitement with his son in his arms, was caught off-guard when his wife involuntarily dragged him into the conversation.

Where did his part come from?

"My man here, he’s been in the newspapers a few times for doing good deeds and has helped numerous people. I can show you his certificates. You may not trust me, but at least trust the newspapers."

"Let’s not rely on me. I’m just a vagrant, not a piece of good dough." Yu Jingting has never wanted to draw a clear line between himself and being a good person as he did at that moment.

Suizi nodded firmly.

"I’m also a mother, and my little sister is a girl as well. As parents, our hearts are the same; we want to protect our children. This is our common goal, and furthermore...."

Suizi stepped forward and whispered in Meng’s mother’s ear.

Meng’s mother’s eyes lit up immediately.

"Alright, I trust you. Here’s what happened at the time."

Meng’s mother went on to explain the situation.

Yesterday, their daughter did not return home by dinner time, which wasn’t unusual.

Children of that time period had little homework; they would leave their school bags at home after school and run around the house. If they hadn’t returned home by dinner time, the parents would stand at the door and yell for them, and they would return if they heard.

But no matter how much Meng’s mother yelled, there was no response.

It was dark, and Meng’s mother was worried, so she took a flashlight and went out to look for her with her husband.

"There’s an open field in our backyard where the kids like to play. We looked there but didn’t see her. It had just snowed, and there were tracks of a wheelchair in the snow."

In untouched snow, these kind of tracks suddenly appearing were very striking.

Meng’s parents followed the tracks and found Meng Lian in a thicket of wild grass, unconscious, with rubber bands wrapped around her body. Her padded jacket had been pulled off and her dungarees had been removed.

She was lying there in her underwear.

If the couple had arrived any later, the child might have frozen to death.

The couple rushed the child to the hospital and reported it to the police.

The hospital examination confirmed that she hadn’t been violated, but there were a lot of markings on her body, indicating that whoever had tied her up had touched her inappropriately.

A glove used in laboratories was left at the scene, along with wheelchair tracks.

"In our area, only the Su family has someone in a wheelchair, and ordinary people wouldn’t wear that kind of glove. Who else could it be but him?"

The Su family lived three streets away from Meng’s, which wasn’t exactly close, but there were only a few wheelchair users in the area, and Su Zhe was particularly memorable.

Laboratory gloves+wheelchair tracks, these are very distinctive items, strongly indicative of a certain individual - put them together, and the first person you think of is Su Zhe."

"Did the child see who it was?" Suizi continued to ask.

Meng’s mother shook her head.

"She was traumatized and didn’t say anything when she woke up. She just cried. I asked her several times, and she only said someone had knocked her out and she couldn’t remember anything else."

"Big sister, I think I have a clue about the case now. Let’s go to the police station immediately."