deep sin

Chapter 13 Ding Mulan

Not long after, the middle-aged woman who had just been busy in the kitchen came in with her head bowed, her hands clasped, and from entering the room to sitting down, she glanced at An Changpu and Qin Ruonan for a few times. Once again, I deliberately wanted to pretend not to care.

"What's the name?" An Changpu asked.

The middle-aged woman was as cautious as if this was not her home, but the police station. She shrank on the chair and said in a low voice, "Ding Mulan."

"Lu Min is your husband?" Although this point can be confirmed from Lu Anju, but it's business, and there are still some routine inquiries.

Ding Mulan nodded numbly, raised her head and looked anxiously at the two people sitting less than two meters away from her, her eyes flickering.

At this moment, An Changpu and Qin Ruonan can take a good look at the woman in front of them. From the information on the household registration, we can know that Lu Min is 49 years old this year, and his wife is one year older than him. This year is just 50 years old. Ding Mulan looked about 60 years old, with gray hair and deep and shallow wrinkles all over her face.

Ding Mulan is not tall, very thin, with a dull and yellow complexion, her hands look rough, and the nails are black, which looks like a pair of hard-working hands that are often engaged in physical labor.

Qin Ruonan looked at Ding Mulan's wretched expression and the exhaustion that couldn't be concealed, he was silent for a while, and sighed softly, the expression on his face that had been stern because of Lu Anju eased a lot.

"Ding Mulan, don't be nervous. We just came here today to ask you about your husband Lu Min. It's just some very common questions, so you won't be embarrassed, so you just answer the truth when we ask you. Is it okay?" When she spoke to Ding Mulan, her tone was softer than other times, completely different from her usual appearance.

This opened the eyes of An Changpu, who was sitting on the side, and found that his female partner turned out to be a multi-faceted person. No, by chance, he discovered the gentle and kind side behind her coldness.

It's a pity that it's for others.

"Why did you deny that this is Lu Min's home just now?" Qin Ruonan asked softly.

Ding Mulan pursed her lips and lowered her head without saying a word, one hand kept twisting the other, making a chirping sound because of the rough skin on her hand, she soon realized this, and hurriedly stopped He got down, held his own knees with both hands, looked up at Qin Ruonan and An Changpu nervously for a while, and then replied sullenly: "I won't let you talk, and besides, his name is not Lu Min anymore. .”

This sentence is not difficult to understand. After all, Anchangpu and the others have already learned some background information from the driver of the motorcycle.

"You mean that he changed his name to Lu Bing?" An Changpu wanted to confirm the accuracy of the news from Ding Mulan.

Ding Mulan looked at him in astonishment, opened his mouth slightly, and spoke after a while: "You all know?"

"Isn't Lu Min at home? Where did he go? When will he be back?" An Changpu asked again. The house was quiet, and it seemed that Lu Min wasn't there, or another possibility was that he was at home, but deliberately To avoid the eyes of others.

The latter possibility does not match the previous description of Lu Min by the motorcycle drivers. According to outsiders, Lu Min himself is a very showy person. He will publicize his sex reassignment surgery to the public and be proud of it. In this case, unless there are some special reasons, it may be difficult for such an extroverted person to actively avoid the eyes of others.

"He's not at home, and he hasn't been back for a long time. Since he finished the operation...he has been at home less." When Ding Mulan talked about her husband, she inevitably looked a little sad, and said hesitantly, "I don't agree with that." I know what to say, but I am afraid of being asked."

"When was the last time he came home, or had contact with you?"

"I can't remember. Anyway, it's been a long time. I haven't seen anyone for at least two or three months, and I don't know where he went." Ding Mulan was calculating the approximate time when she saw her husband for the last time. Answer An Changpu's question slowly.

This answer made the hearts of the two detectives tense. If Lu Min had really been missing for so long, then the chances of him being the corpse were higher. It was just that Ding Mulan didn't know Lu Min's whereabouts. Qin Ruonan couldn't find the head of the transgender male corpse, which made things a bit difficult.

"I have a question, I'm afraid I'll take the liberty to ask it." An Changpu frowned and thought for a while, then asked Ding Mulan, "You should know about Lu Min's sex reassignment surgery, right?"

Ding Mulan nodded awkwardly, staring at An Changpu, as if worried about the question he was going to ask next.

An Changpu was about to ask, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Qin Ruonan, who was sitting next to him, whose face was no more relaxed than Ding Mulan's. Only then did he realize that the question he was going to ask made this girl feel a little shy.

In order to avoid an embarrassing situation for everyone, An Changpu hesitated for a moment, and asked in a different way: "Sister Ding, you can just answer my question like this, Lu Min, is he now a woman or a man?"

Changing the question to ask in this way, it seems a lot more subtle and euphemistic, and the answerer will not feel too embarrassed, and the answer is "man" or "woman", which can also let An Changpu and the others understand that Lu Min's What is the progress of the surgery?

Professor Jin's medical records show that Lu Min has not yet undergone a complete transformation operation, but this does not mean that he will not go to other places for it. After all, he also has the freedom to choose a hospital.

The extent of Lu Min's operation is very important for whether he is related to the two corpses.

He asked in such a different way, which indeed made Qin Ruonan who was at the side quietly relieved, and his slightly red face eased a lot.

Ding Mulan didn't seem to be able to understand An Changpu's tactful question all at once. She stared at him for a long time before suddenly realizing it. She turned her face and looked outside, and heard that Lu Anju was acting rudely in the kitchen. Still angry with the clinking sound of pots and pans, she gently closed the door, sat back on the chair, licked her chapped lips, and whispered, "It's not a man, and it's not a woman." of."

"How do you say that?" Qin Ruonan asked puzzled.

Ding Mulan's sallow face was a little more rosy: "Half and half."

(End of this chapter)