"Sister!"
Seeing his elder sister trembling slightly, Wan Yunting's heart sank to the bottom. It seemed his guess was correct.
"Mm..."
Wan Manyu, having snapped back to reality, turned around, looking flustered and unsure of herself. She nodded unnaturally and said, "I... I am in contact with Hou Bing. He occasionally comes to see Wan'er, bringing toys and such..."
"Sister, I'm sorry."
Suddenly, Wan Yunting lowered his head, sighed softly, and said no more. He turned and walked out, leaving Wan Manyu stunned, her eyes blankly watching Wan Yunting leave. Her trembling hands didn't know what to do, because she had a faint feeling that her third brother knew something about her and Hou Bing...
"Ker, it's getting late. Shall we go back?" Wan Yunting said after coming out.
"It's only nine o'clock. So early?"
Su Ke'er looked at him, puzzled. Wan Yunting said expressionlessly, "I have something to do and need to go back early."
"Oh, okay."
Su Ke'er nodded. However, Wan'er was reluctant for them to leave. Only when Wan Manyu came out to hold her daughter did she dare to look Wan Yunting in the eye. She said unnaturally, "You two be careful on your way."
"Okay, bye-bye, sister."
Su Ke'er didn't know what had happened between her brother and sister in the kitchen, but she could clearly sense that Wan Yunting's mood was off.
"Let's go."
Wan Yunting nodded, then pulled Su Ke'er out directly. Wan Manyu held Wan'er and watched them get into the car and leave before closing the door. She then put her daughter down and said, "Wan'er, go watch TV first."
"Okay."
Wan'er scampered into the living room by herself. Wan Manyu quickly took out her phone and called Hou Bing...
"Brother Yunting, did you and sister quarrel?"
Sitting in the passenger seat, Su Ke'er turned to look at Wan Yunting, who was driving in silence, and asked.
"No."
Wan Yunting shook his head and said, "We were just discussing elder sister's husband's affairs."
"Well, why didn't we see sister's husband tonight?"
Su Ke'er asked curiously. Wan Yunting raised an eyebrow and said, "He's missing!"
"Ah, missing?"
Su Ke'er's big eyes widened. She recalled something, "Could the missing chairman that's been in the news lately be sister's husband?"
After all, for the past few days, the news in Huadu had been reporting on Cheng Kai's disappearance, and the impact was enormous...
After dropping Su Ke'er back at Southern Hospital, Wan Yunting drove directly to the police station.
"Why are you here?"
Niu Qiuling, who was about to get off work, saw Wan Yunting hurry in. He asked directly, "Are Director Pang and Captain Zhou off work yet?"
"Director Pang should still be in his office. Captain Zhou is not here." Niu Qiuling looked at him, puzzled. "What's wrong?"
Wan Yunting waved his hand and went straight to Pang Yuan's office. Pang Yuan, who was tidying up, heard a knock on the door: "Come in."
Wan Yunting pushed the door open and said, "Director Pang, I want to ask you to summon Hou Bing to the station for questioning!"
Pang Yuan was startled and looked at Wan Yunting strangely. "Did you talk to your elder sister?"
"Mm."
Wan Yunting nodded with a solemn expression. Niu Qiuling also followed in. He said, "So I want you to summon Hou Bing for questioning. He's very suspicious now!"
Pang Yuan nodded and said, "I'll have Zhou Dong summon him over now."
"Okay."
Wan Yunting nodded and sat in Pang Yuan's office to wait...
At Wuhu Group, after receiving Wan Manyu's call, Hou Bing was preparing to leave his post and go over. However, as soon as he stepped out of the company, he met Zhou Dong and his colleagues: "You must be Hou Bing. We are police officers, and we need your assistance with a case. We hope you will come back to the police station with us."
Hou Bing remained expressionless and nodded, cooperating fully as he followed Zhou Dong and his colleagues back to the police station.
"Captain Zhou brought him back."
Niu Qiuling came in and said to Wan Yunting and Pang Yuan in the office.
"Let's go and see."
The three of them went directly to the outside of the interrogation room...
Hou Bing had already been brought in by Zhou Dong. After a brief introduction, he began to probe.
Wan Yunting, Pang Yuan, and Niu Qiuling stood outside the one-way glass of the interrogation room, watching every move inside...
"Captain Zhou, I wonder which case I am suspected of, and I need to cooperate with the investigation?" Hou Bing said calmly and composedly.
Zhou Dong looked up at him. He had just checked Hou Bing's file and discovered that he had served in the military for five years and had almost joined the special forces. This indicated that the man had extremely strong psychological resilience.
"The Cheng Kai disappearance case!"
Zhou Dong stared at Hou Bing and said, "I heard you are the ex-boyfriend of Cheng Kai's wife, right?"
"Mm."
Hou Bing nodded and said, "We started dating in college. Due to special circumstances, and me joining the army, we couldn't be together in the end. However, when I returned to work in Huadu, we occasionally kept in touch!"
"So, you admit that you went to see Cheng Kai's wife on the night of the 7th?" Zhou Dong's tone shifted, and he asked.
"Yes."
Hou Bing nodded, which made Wan Yunting outside raise an eyebrow...
"What time did you go to their house that day?" Zhou Dong looked at him. "Why didn't I find you from the front gate surveillance?"
Hou Bing's expression was calm, and he said, "I went to their house at 7:40 PM and entered through the small gate on the west side of the villa."
"The small gate on the west side!"
Zhou Dong raised an eyebrow, and Officer Xiao Wang outside said to Pang Yuan, "We checked the small gate on the west side that day, and the camera was broken!"
Wan Yunting nodded and asked, "What time did Cheng Kai return that night?"
Xiao Wang checked the surveillance video time and said, "He entered the community at 7:39 PM!"
Wan Yunting nodded and asked nothing more, continuing to watch as Zhou Dong asked Hou Bing, "Why did you go to Cheng Kai's wife?"
"Because Manyu said the bathroom heater in her house was broken and asked me to fix it. I also went to see Wan'er, their daughter," Hou Bing said calmly.
"So, you have a very good relationship with Cheng Kai's wife, and she still called you to their house so late?" Zhou Dong looked at him directly.
"Mm, whenever something happens, I occasionally help out, so it's nothing strange," Hou Bing nodded. He couldn't see any flaws from his calm face.
Zhou Dong continued to ask, "When did you leave?"
"I left after Cheng Kai returned," Hou Bing said.
"How is your relationship with Cheng Kai?"
"It's okay. Perhaps he misunderstood my relationship with Manyu, so he didn't agree to me going to their house." Hou Bing said.
"What time did you leave?"
"Around eight o'clock!"
Zhou Dong checked the time when Tian Xingchang was previously interrogated, which also happened to be 8:27 AM, appearing on the villa community surveillance cameras.
"Did you leave through the small gate on the west side?"
"Yes," Hou Bing nodded.
Immediately, Wan Yunting outside said to Xiao Wang, "Have Captain Zhou ask him if he knows that Cheng Kai abused Wan Manyu!"
So Xiao Wang relayed the message through the earpiece to Zhou Dong inside, and then asked Hou Bing, "Then you must know that Cheng Kai often abused his wife, Wan Manyu, right?"
"I know."
Hou Bing nodded and said, "Manyu often complained to me, so we have kept in touch."
"So you hate Cheng Kai?" Zhou Dong looked at him and said.
"I hate him."
Hou Bing nodded honestly, then looked directly at Zhou Dong and asked calmly, "Are you suspecting that Cheng Kai's disappearance is related to me?"
Zhou Dong smiled and said, "You have the motive!"
"That's too one-sided and not enough to constitute suspicion. Everything speaks with evidence!" Hou Bing said calmly.
Zhou Dong nodded. Indeed, there was no evidence at present pointing to Hou Bing as the perpetrator of Cheng Kai's disappearance.
"Nothing will be revealed this way. Tell Zhou Dong to let him go."
Pang Yuan said to Xiao Wang, then turned to look at Wan Yunting and said, "Xiao Wan, what do you think?"
"He's right, we need evidence!" Wan Yunting said, looking at Hou Bing inside.
"You can go now." Zhou Dong, having received the order, said to Hou Bing.
"Okay."
So Hou Bing stood up, then turned to look at the one-way glass on the east side and smiled slightly!
Wan Yunting frowned. It was clear that the other party knew he was outside...