<h4>Chapter 448: Bloody Banquet</h4>


    Trantor: Azza


    Editor: Conspiracing


    The third team recovered another gun and there were five remaining from the final goal. The day ended just like this


    At noon the next day, the bureau received a call saying that gunshots and cries for help were heard in a certain neighborhood. The second team rushed to the scene immediately. The building was surrounded by a circle of residents, one of whom was covered in blood at his temples.


    Lin Qiupu stepped forward and said, "What''s wrong? Have you been shot?"


    "No, no, I was so anxious when I went downstairs that I fell."


    "What''s happening inside?"


    "Daughter-inw, do you know?"


    A woman next to him said, "It seems that the family in 314 is celebrating the birthday of their old mother. I don''t know why, there was suddenly a quarrel in the middle of it. After some clings and ngs, there was a loud bang and the youngest daughter shouted that there was a murder through the window.”


    "Does this family often quarrel?"


    "They do. This house belongs to the olddy. They have three rooms and two living rooms. It’s said that her three children have been kicking the olddy around like a ball and no one wants to take care of her. One time, the olddy fell while going upstairs. I called the three children but they refused toe. It was the neighbors who sent her to the hospital. The olddy lives alone. It’s hard for her to buy food every day and climb upstairs. We felt a chill just looking at it. Just recently, I heard that the old house was about to be demolished and the olddy can get more than two million yuan inpensation. The attitude of the three children changed greatly. They often buy things to visit their old mother... This is the 70th birthday of the olddy today. They all came. I don’t know what happened halfway, but they began quarrelling."


    Lin Qiupu said to Chen Shi, "Leave it to me this time!"


    When he was ready, he went to the door of the house. There were the cries of women and children in the room, as well as the sound of cracking and burning. Lin Qiupu could also smell a bloody scenting out from the cracks of the door.


    He said over the radio, "Old Zhang, tell the SWAT team toe and stand by!"


    Then, he knocked on the door and said, "I am a police negotiator. Can Ie in?"


    There was a voice inside saying, "Mom, the police are here. Let the policee in. If you don''t let them in, they will force their way in."


    Listening to this tone, it seemed that the gunman was the olddy herself.


    After some coughing, the olddy said, "No one is allowed toe in. This is our family affair."


    The children cried even harder. Lin Qiupu continued to knock on the door, "Olddy Wei, are those your grandchildren inside? This is a matter between adults. Don’t involve innocent children. Let the childrene out first!"


    After a moment of silence, the olddy said, "Fengfeng, you go out with the police uncle first."


    "Grandma, please don''t kill my dad."


    "I won''t kill him. Don''t be afraid. Go with the police uncle... Go open the door!"


    The door opened. A middle-aged man wearing sses hugged a crying boy and thanked Lin Qiupu repeatedly. He was ready to go while holding the child. The olddy shouted, "Eldest, where are you going?"


    "Mom, I will send Fengfeng down ande back."


    "I told you already. If we don’t talk about this properly today, nobody can leave... Give Fengfeng to the police. Youe back to me!"


    The eldest son was sad as he handed the crying child to Lin Qiupu. An officer came to take the child. Lin Qiupu took the opportunity to enter the door.


    In addition to the olddy with the gun, there were a total of five adults kneeling in a circle. There was a woman lying on the floor, shot in the chest with her eyes wide open. Her pupils had already be cloudy. Lin Qiupu’s heart palpitated. Someone was already killed.


    Generally speaking, it would be difficult to resolve things peacefully once the person taking people hostage had already killed someone.


    The olddy was wearing a grey cloth gown and holding a pistol in her trembling hand. There was an ashtray on the ground with a property title burning and emitting unpleasant smoke. The olddy pointed at Lin Qiupu with a gun. “Close the door!"


    Lin Qiupu closed the door and showed his badge. "I am the captain of a criminal police team at the public security bureau. Olddy, we are here in hopes that this matter can be resolved properly. You can tell your troubles to the police."


    The olddy nced somberly at Lin Qiupu, then pointed at the eldest son and his wife with the gun. They screamed in shock. The olddy said, "You tell the police how you treated me!"


    The eldest son said tremblingly, "Mom, if you say it like that, it’s easy to cause misunderstandings. Ever since dad passed away, I woulde to see you as soon as I had time. I also let you live in my house for a while. My wife quit her job to take care of you. I am the eldest and I wanted to set an example for my brothers and sisters. I can’t say I’m the most filial son, but I’ve never owed you anything if I do say so myself... Do we have to make this happen like this?


    "Listen to him bullshit!" The woman who was kneeling on the left side of the olddy interrupted the eldest son. "From when we were young, Mom would spoil you. When you looked for a job, Mom begged everywhere to pull in some rtions and get you a bank job. But you? What have you done for Mom?"


    "Don''t speak rubbish! I give Mom 500 yuan a month!" The eldest son shouted.


    The little sister said contemptuously, "Yes, I admit that you give money to Mom every month, but you have taken even more from her. She helped you buy a house and marry your wife. It was two or three hundred thousand that caused second brother to not have a dowry when he married and causied me to not be able to go to school. The best in the family was always yours. Officer, he just said that he took Mom to live with him. I can’t believe he has the gall to mention this matter. At the time, his wife was pregnant and didn’t have anyone to attend to her. That’s why you brought Mom over to help you. Later, she even helped you raise your child for four years. Do you know what our Mom ate and lived like when she lived with him? She wasn’t even treated as good as a nanny. She lived in his small, hot, attic room. She’s so old but she had to climb the stairs every day just to go to the toilet. Mom said she was getting old and was worried she’d fall at night, so she wanted to set up a toilet pail for herself. Your wife decided that it was too smelly and threw out the pail while she was out. When Mom lived there, she used her monthly retirement sry to help you. You constantly said you’d find a nanny to take care of Mom and said a lot of good things, but have you done a single thing of what you’ve said? I think you might as well join a pyramid scheme. What you said sounds better than singing!”


    The elder brother''s face looked ashamed hearing these words. Then, the younger sister pointed at the second brother and said, "Compared to second brother, our elder brother’s actions don’t amount to much! The woman you married was aplete hag[1]. When Mom was living with you, you’d work outside everyday. Second sister-inw would harass Mom with unpleasant words at home all day. Mom called me several times and started crying over the phone. You’re scared of your wife and no matter what happened, you’d always say, ''We’re all a family. Let’s all take a step back.’ But Mom was the one who always had to make the concession. Second sister-inw got even worse and on several asions, she’d even hit Mom over trivial matters."


    When the eldest son saw the gun shifting, he chimed in. "Yes, his wife is aplete jerk. She wears gold and silver every day, all mmed up, but Mom lived like a beggar. Even if Mom ate a bit more at the dinner table, she’d have something to say about it. One time, Mom got appendicitis while with them. The couple actually left Mom at home for a day screaming in pain and ran out to y by themselves. Later, I drove mom to the hospital. People like you are just wasting a piece of human skin[2]!"


    Lin Qiupu had a headache just from hearing this. The problems of this family seemed to have been umted for a very long time.


    1. I believe they were using the word in it’s most original sense – A witch. As opposed to describing an old, ugly woman.


    2. He’s saying that the second brother is not human.