Origins (Part 1)

Thus, this was a dark side where the law could not reach.
But if the law wouldn't punish Qin Xiu, could she really continue to go scot-free? No! Gu Fadian wanted to punish her personally!
Officer Zhao had only taken on this responsibility purely out of her past friendship with Lin Jun.
She immediately made a phone call for Qin Xiu to come to the Gu residence to pick up the child.
But when Qin Xiu heard that Gu Fadian had taken Ban Xia away, she actually refused to come!! She even said, "Officer Zhao, when we were young, the elders always said 'spare the rod, spoil the child.' Children should be beaten.
Now times have changed, and a mother hitting her child results in a fine.
That daughter of mine, Ban Xia, has grown her wings; she even knows how to call the police and find people to arrest her own mother. I don't dare go pick her up. I'm afraid Ban Xia will instigate Gu Fadian to kill me. You tell Gu Fadian to bring my child back himself. Whoever is looking after her is responsible; if she gets bumped or bruised, I won't accept her back. I'll even follow his lead and report a kidnapping to the police!"
After being taken to the Police Bureau and criticized by the officers, Qin Xiu had also been forced to pay a two-hundred-yuan fine.
She was truly furious now—angry, ashamed, and humiliated.
She had made up her mind. Ban Xia was an ungrateful wretch. Hmph, let Gu Fadian bring her back himself.
Gu Fadian had a filthy, dark heart. When he arrived, Qin Xiu intended to deliberately beat Ban Xia right in front of him just to spite him to death!
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Officer Zhao—Zhao He, forty-two years old, was a department head at the branch office.
Because there were currently too many major cases like robbery and murder, she usually handled public security matters by making big problems small and small problems disappear.
But even she was infuriated by Qin Xiu's attitude.
That heartless woman had beaten her own child like that. The police, fearing that over-stimulating her would be counterproductive, hadn't criticized her too harshly. Yet not only did she show no concern for her daughter's physical condition, she actually wanted to play power games with Gu Fadian?
As a mother herself, it was truly hard to believe.
Gu Fadian was cooking in the kitchen when he suddenly said, "Auntie Zhao, you know Auntie Hu Jie, right? If you're not that close, please introduce me. I'll head over to her house later to ask about Shen Sibao's situation."
Zhao He thought for a moment and picked up the phone. "We've met; we're considered acquaintances. I'll call her and ask her to come over."
The two of them had to go together.
Qin Xiu's behavior was far too abnormal, and there was a significant level of suspicion surrounding Wu Xiaohua's death.
Hu Jie used to be very close with Wu Xiaohua and was also a neighbor of Shen Sibao. They should talk and see if they could find any clues.