Investigating Her Origins

Turning back to look at Qin Xiu, his gaze was dark and gloomy. "Aren't you going yet?" He then turned back and said, "My Ban Xia has caused everyone a lot of trouble!"

Once he stepped out the door, Zhao He remarked, "This Deputy Secretary Shen at least knows how to reflect on himself. If he doesn't commit domestic violence, he has much better character than Qin Xiu."

Jin Juan nodded in agreement, while Hu Jie let out a cold sneer. Gu Fadian looked out the window, feeling a chill in his heart.

Originally, the relationship between Shen Sibao and his father hadn't been bad, but one year, they suddenly stopped all contact.

Furthermore, his father had once said: "One cannot judge Sibao by his appearance alone; he is unfathomably deep."

It was obvious that he had instigated his wife to beat the child to find the money, yet with just a few words, he had managed to flip his image in the eyes of a veteran policewoman with a sharp gaze. This man was far too good at putting on an act.

Jin Juan said, "Ban Xia, come with Auntie. Come stay at my house, okay?"

Ban Xia pursed her lips and shook her head, her attitude firm. "No, I want to stay with my big brother."

"A big brother doesn't know how to take care of people. Auntie has candy at home, let's go eat some candy." After Jin Juan finished speaking, she reached out to pull the child.

Hu Jie was still fumbling in her pocket for candy, wanting to coax the child.

It looked as though Ban Xia was about to be taken away.

But at that moment, Gu Fadian spoke up: "Auntie Zhao, there are quite a few cases of Hepatitis B and HIV infections caused by glass syringes."

"Stop!" Zhao He blurted out. "Let the child stay here under my care. You two just focus on cooperating with Deputy Secretary Shen."

"Why?" Hu Jie asked anxiously.

Officer Zhao was a policewoman, and she spoke bluntly: "Because I don't trust you two. I'm afraid you'll take her to draw blood on your own. If you don't go to a hospital, you won't have disposable needles, and glass syringes that aren't fully sterilized can easily transmit HIV and Hepatitis B. Do you understand that your actions would be illegal?"

The two women simultaneously pulled their hands back. Hu Jie was terrified.

She was the head nurse of the medical clinic, and her only intention was to take Ban Xia's blood to check her parentage.

She hadn't expected that the child could contract an infectious disease because of it.

Currently, it was true that there were many cases of infectious diseases from improperly sterilized syringes. But that was only one side of it; if Ban Xia already had an infectious disease and she secretly drew blood, given Qin Xiu's personality, wouldn't she pin everything on her later?

She didn't want to fail at exposing Qin Xiu and instead bring trouble upon herself.

Officer Zhao was indeed a former military cadre; her thinking was very thorough.

At this time, Gu Fadian spoke again: "Officer Zhao, tomorrow I will take Ban Xia to the medical clinic to have her blood drawn, get an X-ray, and have a physical check-up. What if Qin Xiu's beating caused internal injuries?"