The story to be told today can be said to be a modern version of "Suspicious Neighbors Stealing Axes". On the wedding day, 38,000 yuan in cash from the parties' home was missing. Under extreme anxiety, the joy of marriage disappeared, and unwarranted suspicion showed the sadness of human nature. It's needless to mention the deep feelings of classmates in those days, and almost broke a 30-year friendship with comrades.
The story was written orally by the client, and the "I" in the text is the client.
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My wedding scheduled for May this year was postponed to 10 because of the epidemic. However, I was lucky at that time, because there were still tens of thousands of banquet money at home. After a few months, I gradually breathed a sigh of relief because I was worried about raising money.
My wife and I come from the same town. According to local customs, the man usually provides the car and house, prepares the bride price of about 200 thousand, and the wedding banquet is also borne by the man. I thought I had a stable job in the system, which could be used as a bonus chip and the bride price was less.
However, at that time, my prospective parents-in-law did not go easy on me because of this. They think that my daughter is also in the system, and I will do what I should do without suffering. Although my wife is distressed by the financial situation of our family, it is not good to say it in front of her parents, so as not to be accused of "turning my elbow outside without getting married."
In order to get married, my parents emptied their savings and bought me a wedding room. All the money I have saved after working for several years is also used for house decoration. By the time of the bride price, the whole family's pockets were emptied. In desperation, the bank borrowed a little and the relatives got together. By April, they were hardly together.
The bride price money is enough, but tens of thousands of banquet money has not yet been settled. Although my wife and I are both rural, after all, we both have decent jobs in the county, so we decided to hold a banquet in the hotel auditorium and invite the wedding. In this case, colleagues, classmates, relatives and friends will come to the wedding reception, which will be much more convenient and give us face.
It is roughly estimated that 30 tables should be prepared for the wedding. My wife, who is considerate of me everywhere, insists on the cheapest banquet package, totaling about 38 thousand.
The postponed wedding gave the family time to raise money. Parents work harder than before, not only farming in their hometown, but also working as coolies in nearby factories. It pains me to watch them languish day by day. Get married, but empty them.
Before the wedding in June, 5438+ 10 month, 38,000 meals were finally saved. Although the process was full of hardships and sadness, I happily planned the wedding, thinking of my wife who always thought of me and my exhausted parents who still wanted me to get married successfully.
The day before the wedding, my family and I have been busy decorating the wedding room since the early hours of the morning, going to the hotel to rehearse the wedding ceremony, contacting the wedding photography company and the wedding car team ... afternoon 1 1, I arrived home.
Just entering the door, my parents were sitting on the sofa in the living room, next to an uncle about my father's age. When I came back, my father quickly introduced me. It turns out that this is the close comrade-in-arms that my father often mentioned in the military camp 30 years ago. I hurried forward to say hello and learned that this comrade-in-arms came from the north to attend my wedding, and he also took a hard seat of 18 hours.
Rest at night, my father's comrades resolutely refused to stay in the hotel, saying that one night on the sofa in the living room would be enough. People who have been soldiers are not so particular. Of course, my parents are sorry. There are two rooms in my home. Usually I sleep in the master bedroom and my parents sleep in the second bedroom. Under the hard pull of his father's life, his comrades slept in the second bedroom and his parents slept on the sofa.
On the big day, from sending relatives back and forth to holding a ceremony, the wedding finally came to a successful conclusion in a busy schedule. When I got home at one o'clock in the afternoon, my wife and I both fell asleep.
At night, when I was sleeping in bed, I vaguely heard my parents talking in the living room, accompanied by the banging of drawers and cabinets.
I don't know what happened. I saw it was getting dark outside, and I knew I had slept for a long time, so I got up and came to the living room. My mother, who was rummaging through the drawer of the coffee table, saw me come out and quickly got up and said in a panic, "The 38 thousand yuan I took out this morning is gone."
I asked doubtfully, "What's the matter? When did you take out 38 thousand? "
"I was making breakfast this morning, and I saw your father's comrades coming out of our room. I ran into the room, took out thirty-eight thousand yuan from the drawer of the wardrobe and put it on the coffee table in the living room, thinking about settling the banquet money when I went to the hotel in the morning. I was in a hurry and forgot. I told the hotel to pay at night. I just remembered, only to find that the money on the table was gone. "
My mother has often forgotten things in recent years, and my father thought she was wrong. But just now, the two of them searched the room and the living room, but they couldn't find the package of 38 thousand yuan in a red plastic bag.
At this time, my heart thumped. Where can this money go? My first reaction was that it was stolen.
On the wedding day, from the top wedding photographer to the wedding reception, there were several people at home, including relatives and friends, classmates and colleagues. People don't care about greeting, how can they care about the money on the coffee table? Besides, there were so many people at the scene that it was not easy to find the thief.
Thinking of this, I immediately became anxious and flustered. This money is hard to come by. I have owed hundreds of foreign debts for the bride price, and this 38 thousand is still waiting to be used to pay for the banquet. If it is really stolen and can't be found back, it is undoubtedly worse.
When I said that my relatives and friends who came home might have stolen the money, my father was silent for a while and I saw the embarrassment in his eyes. Later, my father said, "All the people who came to the wedding were the best relatives and friends in the family. If it is not handled well, they are afraid of conflicts. "
I retorted, "We can call the police and let them find evidence to solve the case. If we really find out who stole the money, we don't care about contradictions. We don't need such relatives and friends. This money is not a small sum for our family. If we don't get it back, you know how sad it will be. "
After that, I immediately asked my mother to call the police, because she took the money out of the room, and the first thing the police did was ask her. In addition, in order to find some clues, I decided to check the surveillance video at the residential property first.
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The time to go out on the wedding day is a predetermined auspicious time. I quickly watched the video of the wedding team leaving the unit door according to the time period.
When I got home after watching the surveillance, the police had arrived, two boys about my age. After being introduced, I was questioning my mother's surname Yang and taking notes. Standing by is my newly-married wife who just got up. When I came back, she greeted me immediately, her eyes full of comfort. However, my mind is focused on the stolen 38 thousand, so I can't talk to her. I listened to the interrogation with two policemen and my mother.
The mother described the process of the money being stolen: "Today, my son got married. At about 5 o'clock in the morning, my husband and I got up from the sofa in the living room. Because we were going to prepare breakfast, I washed it and went to the kitchen to work. When my husband's comrade-in-arms got up from the second bedroom after six o'clock, I asked him to have breakfast first. I went to my room to tidy the quilt, and by the way, I took out 38 thousand cash from the wardrobe drawer and put it on the coffee table in the living room.
Officer Yang continued to ask: "Is there a package for that 38,000 cash?"
"It's a red plastic bag. I wrapped it in several layers. I can't see the money outside. "
"The money is released, who else is in the living room?"
"My husband and I, as well as my husband's comrades, are still sleeping in my room."
"Who else attended the wedding this morning besides you?"
"There are so many. I went to the kitchen again after I released the money. My husband and son are both in the living room after getting up. They are more familiar with it. "
"Have you looked for anyone else in the family?"
"I can't find it anywhere, so we think it must have been stolen."
A few minutes later, officer Yang asked his father, "Did you see your wife take money from the room?"
"I was chatting with my comrades and didn't pay attention. My wife said it should be right. "
"That means you didn't see it with your own eyes, right?"
Father hesitated: "Well, yes, I saw her go to the room." I didn't pay attention to the money after she came out. I was chatting with my comrades at that time. "
"Who came to the wedding that morning, please tell me in detail the order in which they came, as well as their telephone numbers, home addresses and other information."
"Well, I don't remember clearly. There may be some mistakes. At first, a young man from wedding photography came. At about 7: 30, my son had his phone number. Then ... about 10, my son came back from the wedding, and ... "
My father and I cooperated to register the information of wedding participants. Then, officer Yang began to ask me, "Did you see the money my mother put on the coffee table in the living room?"
"I was busy and didn't have time to eat breakfast. I have no time to pay attention to this. "
Remembering watching the surveillance video just now, I said with great harvest: "Officer Yang, I just looked at the surveillance, and no one else saw anything unusual, that is, the photographer and my two classmates were carrying bags, especially the photographer, and they were a little abnormal when they walked. They kept touching the bags with their hands, so they should check them carefully."
Officer Yang motioned his colleague to stop his pen and looked at me with deep eyes. "Why do you suspect those two classmates and photographers?"
I analyzed like a detective: "Because only those two students and the photographer are carrying bags, 38,000 yuan is quite thick, and it is difficult to take it without putting it in the bag. Those two classmates are my high school classmates. Although they used to have a good time, they seldom contact each other now. If they were not married, they were a little petty before, so I don't trust them. As for the photographer, I just said that his walking was abnormal and he touched his bag with his hands. The most important thing is that he is not punctual today. He should have arrived at 7 o'clock, half an hour late, and many scenes were not photographed, so I think his character is not good. "
Officer Yang didn't say anything about my guess. After continuing to ask a few questions, two technical policemen informed by police officer Yang went home and said that they would investigate the scene. About ten minutes later, after the investigation, several policemen told us that according to our description and on-site investigation, it was preliminarily judged that the theft might be committed by an acquaintance who attended the wedding, and it was accepted as a theft case first, and then further investigation was carried out according to the existing clues.
Then, police officer Yang called me aside: "According to the inquiry about you and your parents just now, only your mother said that the cash was on the coffee table, and neither you nor your father noticed it. In order to further narrow the scope of investigation and judge the approximate time of cash loss, I suggest you ask all the people who have been to the house if they have seen the red bag on the coffee table in the living room, but be careful not to show that the cash has been stolen. "
I thought it made sense, so I started calling. From the photographer who entered the door for the first time to the classmates, relatives and friends after that, everyone got through except the photographer, saying that they didn't pay attention and didn't see the red envelope.
Combined with watching the surveillance video just now, my doubts about the photographer have deepened. I excitedly told police officer Yang that he must be the first photographer to steal money from home, and advised the police to go back and file a case, arrest people in time, and don't let thieves handle the stolen money.
Officer Yang calmed my mood, saying that they should go back first, contact the photography company as soon as possible, and contact me as soon as there is progress. I looked at the time. It's already past 8 o'clock in the evening. It's been two hours since I called the police, and everyone hasn't even had time to eat dinner.
After seeing the police coming out, my mother immediately called my father and went to the kitchen together. I ran to the master bedroom and found my wife sitting on the bed playing with her mobile phone. When she saw me come in, she said unhappily, "Do you think I was hung up for hours?"
I am not good at comforting people, so I replied with a grievance: "I am very busy."
The first night of marriage, this is the wedding night, and the spring night is worth a thousand dollars. But lying in bed, my mind is full of stolen 38 thousand, full of worries about my life, and I have no mind to do anything else at all.
Tossing and turning, my wife and I discussed, canceled the honeymoon trip for the next day, and returned the air tickets that had been booked long ago to the hotel. As early as a month ago, I squeezed out thousands of dollars to prepare for my honeymoon trip. How can I have the heart to play now that such a thing has happened? The joy of getting married disappears in an instant.
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At 8 o'clock the next morning, police officer Yang knocked on the door of this house. I just woke up in bed and couldn't wait to get out of the bedroom before I could change my pajamas, expecting good news. Police officer Yang said that last night, they contacted the photography company. At the same time, I also learned that the photographer took pictures of my living room, dining room and master bedroom immediately after entering the door. After watching the video carefully, there is no red cash bag on the coffee table in the living room or in several other places in the home.
So, it is very likely that my mother is wrong. Police officer Yang made a judgment: the photographic video was not displayed, and others said they didn't see it. It can be seen that most of the mystery is that the cash was not taken out in the room, and it may have been stolen in the room.
In the second bedroom with cash, only his father's comrades stayed that night.
Officer Yang asked his father, "Do comrades go back to their rooms after getting up in the morning?"
"Yes, my comrade-in-arms had to catch a bus home at noon that day, so before leaving for the hotel in the morning, he went back to his room to pack his luggage and took it to the hotel with us."
After listening to police officer Yang's analysis and father's description, I also suspected this comrade-in-arms, and quickly provided clues to police officer Yang: "Now this comrade-in-arms is the most suspected, and he must have stolen it. Yesterday, I felt abnormal. Instead of staying in a hotel, I had to stay at home and sit in a hard seat for more than ten hours. Maybe I am short of money. "
Father insisted that it was impossible. This comrade-in-arms has made several contributions in the army and has sponsored himself to be a soldier many times. The relationship between the two is extraordinary, and the comrades-in-arms specially come to attend their son's wedding and can't steal it. Father also asked officer Yang not to investigate the case, lest the money not be recovered and the 30-year war friendship be affected.
I still asked questions. My father is talking about when I was young. People change. Maybe my comrades are beginning to sympathize with me? At that time, my father and I quarreled.
Officer Yang saw his father's predicament and gave us an idea: "Now the possibility that the cash bag was taken away by others in the living room has been basically ruled out. Only comrades-in-arms slept in the room that night and went back to the room to pack things in the morning. Poor communication will seriously affect your friendship for decades. Don't worry, let our police come forward first and inform our investigation comrades. Just to investigate the suspect. As the host, you have no other ideas, don't doubt him. "
Father nodded somberly and said yes. After the police officer Yang left, his father walked into the bedroom without saying a word. I don't know if he is unhappy because of my suspicion, but thinking that the mystery is solved step by step, even if it is stolen by a comrade-in-arms, it is still the same. Thinking of this, I relaxed my nervous heart and went back to my room, ready to lie down for a while.
In less than three minutes, a knock at the door outside broke the silence. I got up and opened the door. Outside, it turned out to be a police officer Yang who just left. He panted, "Just now, I judged that the money might have been stolen without taking it out in the room, but I ignored another possibility. At that time, your mother's memory was confused. Maybe she did take the cash out of the closet, but there was something wrong with the cash, such as putting it elsewhere in the room. Although you have looked for it, the bottom of the cupboard and the bottom of the bed at home are blind spots, which are easy to be ignored. You should concentrate and rummage carefully. "
Say that finish, officer Yang immediately entered the room and called us to the second bedroom to look for it carefully. However, I don't believe that the stolen money can be recovered by myself, so that my parents can follow Officer Yang to find it. I disdainfully walked into the master bedroom, ready to change my pajamas.
Less than three minutes later, in the second bedroom came the voice of mother's surprise "found, found". I hurried over and sure enough, there was a bright red bag in the gap between the bedside table and the bed. I'll take it out and open it It was that bag that stole 38,000 yuan.
After a while, my mother suddenly realized that after taking out the cash, she tidied up the quilt and put the money on the bedside table. It is very likely that she moved her purse while folding the quilt and fell into the cracks. After folding the quilt, I thought that the kitchen was still cooking noodles, so I hurried out. After a busy morning, I mistakenly thought I had put the money on the coffee table in the living room.
The big stone in my heart finally fell to the ground, but it was a happy thing to find the lost 38 thousand, but I was not happy. Looking at the 38 thousand found in the cracks, I always suspected that the thief squeezed by the "ideological cracks" showed that narrow heart. I feel ashamed and blamed myself for my blind doubt, but fortunately, my relatives and friends, especially my father and comrades-in-arms, have not been affected. In addition, as an employee in the system, I didn't report the burglary after the alarm, and I was very worried that I would be punished by the public security organs for reporting false alarms.
Seeing that there was no happy expression on my face, officer Yang came up to me. Knowing my confusion, he patted me on the back and comforted me by saying, "After yesterday's preliminary investigation and watching photos and videos, we have doubts about the case, so the case is only in the acceptance stage and has not yet been filed. Your situation is not a false alarm. As long as you cooperate, you can not file a case. "
After listening to officer Yang's explanation, I breathed a sigh of relief, thanked him for his professional handling from the legal and emotional perspectives, and said with emotion: "These two days, the whole family should be happy because of the wedding ceremony. I didn't expect that I couldn't sleep well because of this 38 thousand. Fortunately, it was a false alarm I also doubted photographers and classmates at will. Fortunately, my father's old comrades did not participate, which almost led to a big mistake. Hey, the family can finally sit down to have a good meal and sleep well tonight. "
A month later, I received a wedding video from a photography company. My wife and I quickly turned on the computer and regained the joy of getting married.
In the video, everyone's face is full of bright smiles. Seeing my classmates and my father's comrades-in-arms, I laughed so pure, walked so generously and clapped my hands, not at all like a thief.