Chapter 16 Before Jia Wenjun Entered the Detention Center

Before Jia Wenjun entered the detention center.

In the city's First Hospital, Zhang Lin and his assistant arrived at the pediatric ward where Nao Nao was staying.

From afar, they could hear the children's chattering and laughter. They exchanged a glance and knocked on the door of the ward.

Nao Nao had experienced so much on the ship. Besides the physical injuries, the doctor was concerned that he might have psychological trauma, so a psychologist was brought in to examine him. Fortunately, the child was fine, so the police began their first interrogation of this young witness.

Hu Sixiang and Hao Jiening were on either side of Nao Nao's bed, keeping him company. The reason he was so happy was that Hu Sixiang had bought him a huge Transformers toy.

At that moment, Nao Nao was imitating scenes from the Transformers movies, using the toy to launch "missiles" at Hu Sixiang, who pretended to be "battered and bruised," making Nao Nao laugh heartily.

"Oh, the police officers have arrived. Sit here," Hao Jiening said, quickly standing up when she saw the two policemen enter.

Hu Sixiang also lost his smile and pulled his son down to sit.

When Nao Nao saw Zhang Lin in his police uniform, he called out in a loud voice, "Hello, police uncle!"

"Hello. Today, Uncle has come to ask you about some things that happened on the ship. Please be sure to answer me honestly, okay?"

"Okay!"

Before the police arrived, Hu Sixiang and his wife had already asked Nao Nao about it. Nao Nao, preoccupied with his toy, hadn't said anything of substance, so they were relieved. They felt that the child probably hadn't seen anything and wouldn't make things up, so they just told him to tell the truth.

The policewoman asked Hu Sixiang and his wife to leave the room first, and then the two of them began to question Nao Nao in the ward.

Seeing his parents leave, Nao Nao was a little nervous at first. Zhang Lin took out a small cartoon police keychain from his pocket and handed it to him, "Your mom and dad are right outside the door. Don't be afraid."

Nao Nao had always wanted to be a policeman when he grew up, and now he couldn't put down the cartoon police keychain. "Police uncle, I'm not afraid. I'm very strong."

"Good. Nao Nao, Uncle is going to ask you a question. After dinner on the first night on the ship, where did you go?"

Nao Nao thought for a moment. "The fish that day didn't taste good, so I went back to my room. I was eating potato chips and playing with toys inside."

"Who were you with?"

"A dog named Da Huang."

"Were you playing in the room the whole time?"

"I played with the dog for a while and then went to..." Nao Nao hesitated.

Zhang Lin could see that Nao Nao had a psychological burden and seemed afraid to say something.

"Nao Nao, Uncle is here. You don't have to be afraid. Uncle will protect you."

Zhang Lin reassured Nao Nao, but Nao Nao lowered his head. "Uncle, if I break someone's things, will you arrest me?"

Zhang Lin softened his tone. "That depends on what you broke and what kind of impact it will have."

Nao Nao finally mustered up his courage. "I broke Auntie Anna's boat."

Zhang Lin's expression changed, but in order not to scare the child, he quickly controlled his emotions. "Nao Nao, can you tell me how you broke it?"

"I, I tore the sofa on the boat, and Auntie Anna scolded me. I wanted to press the buttons on the boat, but Auntie Anna wouldn't let me touch them, but I really liked those buttons on her boat. I really wanted to drive the boat. So I took advantage of everyone not paying attention and went to the second floor."

"Nao Nao, are you saying that you went to the captain's cabin at that time?" Zhang Lin confirmed again.

"Yes, I was afraid that Auntie Anna would see me and scold me again, so I sneaked in." As Nao Nao spoke, he lowered his head, and he was no longer in the mood to play with his Transformers.

"Nao Nao, which button on the boat did you touch?" Zhang Lin's heart was in his throat. The yacht drifted and ran aground because the anchor had been raised. If Nao Nao had pressed the button, then their previous speculation that Jia Wenjun had made a series of preparations in order to push Zhao Di into the sea might be wrong.

Nao Nao thought carefully. "I was afraid that Auntie Anna would come up and scold me, so I didn't dare to actually press it. I just sat in the driver's seat and pretended to be the captain. I played on it for a long time, and no one came up, so I fell asleep."

Zhang Lin tried to speak more slowly. "In other words, you didn't touch any of the buttons on the boat and just slept on the second floor?"

Nao Nao nodded. "I didn't press it, but someone else did."

Zhang Lin's heart, which had just calmed down, rose again. "Did you see someone press the button on the boat?"

"Yes, I saw it. I was almost asleep at the time, but I still saw someone pressing it," Nao Nao replied very certainly.

Zhang Lin's temples throbbed. If Nao Nao really saw someone move the button on the boat, then that person was likely related to Zhao Di's disappearance.

Judging from the time, it should have been the end of the dinner, when everyone had already entered a drunken and unconscious state. If someone went to move the button on the boat at this time, then it should be to raise the anchor.

Zhang Lin's tone was a little urgent. "Nao Nao, did you see who that person was?"

"I saw him," Nao Nao said. "It's Auntie Jia."

There was a hint of excitement on Zhang Lin's face. This was the excitement of finding a witness. He suppressed his emotions and had Nao Nao tell all the fragmented pieces completely.

"I was in the captain's cabin at the time. Before entering the captain's cabin, I was very careful, because Da Huang was always following me. I was afraid that Da Huang would make a sound and attract the adults' attention, so I deliberately used my own biscuits to block Da Huang's mouth so that it wouldn't make a sound.

"I sat on the captain's seat and played for a while. The boat was swaying too much, and I felt a little sleepy, so I fell asleep holding Da Huang. I don't know how long I slept, but Da Huang suddenly got up, and I was woken up by it. When I opened my eyes, I happened to see Da Huang going downstairs. It seemed to have found something, so I followed it down."

"Did you hear any sounds at that time?"

Nao Nao shook his head. "At that time, I didn't hear any sounds. I just felt like there was no one downstairs. I wanted to find my mother and go back to my room, but I wanted to get Da Huang back first.

"When I was standing on the stairs and secretly looking down, I saw a person. At that time, the whole boat was quiet, and Da Huang didn't make a sound at all. I was afraid that that person was Auntie Anna, so I didn't dare to speak. I hid on the stairs first and waited for her to leave before going down.

"At that time, I heard a bunch of keys. I saw the sound coming from the direction of Auntie Anna's room. It seemed like she was locking the door."

Zhang Lin remembered that both Anna and Lili had mentioned a detail - being inexplicably locked in the room and almost drowned in it after the tide rose.

"Who was the person locking the door? Did you see clearly?" Zhang Lin asked.

Nao Nao said without hesitation, "It's Auntie Jia."

"How do you know it's Auntie Jia?"

"It's Auntie Jia. I'm not lying."

"Did you see her face?" Zhang Lin asked.

"I didn't see her face, because she turned around and left. I saw her back, but I think it was Auntie Jia, because she's the only one on the boat who wears that kind of windbreaker, that kind of cool clothes."

Nao Nao was referring to Jia Wenjun's sea fishing jacket. Indeed, Jia Wenjun was the only one on the boat who wore this kind of clothes. But without seeing the person's face, it was difficult to determine that it was Jia Wenjun. Even this point was the same as the video of Jia Wenjun committing the crime, which could not be determined to be Jia Wenjun.

Zhang Lin was a little disappointed and continued to ask, "What did you do and see after that?"

"Auntie Jia didn't find me, so I went back to the captain's cabin, because I was afraid that Auntie Jia would tell Auntie Anna that I was in the captain's cabin. I didn't want her to find me, so I hid in the captain's cabin. I didn't expect her to follow me, so I could only hide in the closet in the captain's cabin."

"Could you see her in the closet?"

"I couldn't see her, but I heard Da Huang panting. Da Huang came up with her. Auntie Jia is Da Huang's owner, so Da Huang will follow her. When we were on the boat, Da Huang only liked to follow me and Auntie Jia."

Dogs don't lie, at least the owner can't be mistaken. Zhang Lin noted this point and asked, "What did Auntie Jia come up to do?"

"She drove the boat."

Zhang Lin was stunned. "Are you saying that she just drove the boat away?"

Nao Nao nodded. "I could feel the boat's engine running, and the boat was still moving."

Zhang Lin was shocked. He didn't expect that Jia Wenjun had actually steered the boat off course.

In the initial interrogation, Anna had always said that there was a problem with Jia Wenjun, and she kept mentioning that she had only told the property people how to anchor the boat at that time. It seemed that Jia Wenjun's suspicion was getting bigger and bigger.

"Didn't she find you, didn't the dog find you hiding in the closet?" Zhang Lin asked again.

Nao Nao shook his head. "No."

The policewoman next to him added, "The fire appraisal report from the criminal investigation scene at that time said that that place was the second source of the fire. It is said that there were some documents and some disinfectant and some lubricant residue. Maybe the smell of those disinfectants and lubricants made the dog unwilling to get close to it."

"The smell inside was a little strong, but I couldn't get out, so I fell asleep inside. I don't know how long it took, but the boat suddenly made a bang and hit something. I was shaken out of the cabinet and fell to the floor. The boat was still shaking, and I was very scared. At this time, there was no one in the captain's cabin, and Da Huang came over with a bunch of keys in his mouth, so I took them in my hand."

Zhang Lin knew that the rest of the story was that after the boat was flooded, Jia Wenjun took the keys from Nao Nao and opened the door for Anna and the others.

Although Nao Nao didn't see Jia Wenjun's face clearly, Da Huang indirectly confirmed that that person was Jia Wenjun. The police immediately decided to take Jia Wenjun back to the police station for detention and interrogation, so Jia Wenjun was taken directly from the hospital by the police that day.