eurekapd Chapter 159
Chapter 159
After rushing Ding Zhuangzhuang to the hospital for emergency treatment, Fang Rui and his team
Fang Rui noted down the WeChat account. He asked, "Has the shop ever lost any repair tools? Like wrenches?"
"Last month we lost some tires. I found out an employee was stealing shop items to sell them! I fired him. I won't keep employees who steal!"
"When did Ding Zhuangzhuang start working here?"
"About six months ago. He had no ID card and couldn't find work. I felt sorry for him and took him in."
"Why didn't he have an ID card?"
"He said he was an orphan, abandoned by his parents and taken in by a mentally ill woman. She never formally adopted him, and the villagers didn't care about the situation, so he couldn't get registered in the household system. When he was twelve, the woman died, and the villagers drove him out. He became homeless, surviving by collecting garbage. When he turned eighteen, he still couldn't find work without an ID card, so he kept wandering until he ended up here.
He always wanted to get an ID card, but without household registration or any way to prove who his parents were, he remained undocumented. You know, he's a hardworking young man, clever too - just dealt a cruel hand by fate. Officer, has he done something wrong? He doesn't seem like someone who would commit crimes. He's just a bit antisocial, but honest and kind-hearted."
Everyone present felt moved by the owner's account. They sympathized with the image of a child wandering homeless and rootless, then growing up only to be forced into working illegally due to lack of documentation.
Mu Mian's eyes welled up with tears. If her parents hadn't adopted her, she probably would have starved to death - she would never have collected garbage, preferring to starve rather than deal with the bacteria in trash bins.
Fang Rui asked, "Can we examine their tool boxes?"
"Of course."
The employees put their toolboxes on the ground, and the owner brought out Ding Zhuangzhuang's as well. Fang Rui carefully inspected each toolbox. They all contained wrenches, and from the wear patterns and deterioration, these wrenches had clearly been used for a long time, covered in machine oil and rust, quite dirty.
Mu Mian sprayed luminol reagent in each toolbox, but none showed fluorescent reactions.
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"No blood traces," Mu Mian reported.
"Did Ding Zhuangzhuang like to drink?" Fang Rui asked the employees.
"I don't think so. He never joined us when we went drinking. He's very introverted, doesn't talk much, likes to read. And he's extremely skilled at car repair."
Someone couldn't help but comment: "Introverted? Would an introverted person dye their hair yellow? Would an introverted person two-time women?"
"His hair wasn't always like that. But since he's from out of town and people kept bullying him, he dyed it yellow so people would leave him alone. He's actually quite kind-hearted."
"Is he vegetarian?" Fang Rui asked.
"Vegetarian? He does like vegetables, but he eats meat too. He's not picky about food."
Fang Rui found this strange, as Li Meijia had said Ding Zhuangzhuang was vegetarian.
"Has he shown any unusual behavior recently?"
"Nothing unusual. He goes straight home after work every day. We don't really know him that well. He's peculiar, and we can't really connect with him."