Xu Man didn't expect the topic to turn to herself. She was stunned for a moment, her face turned a little red, and her heartbeat accelerated slightly: "Aren't we discussing the case? Why are you suddenly asking about this..."

Although she knew that this was a joke from Li Shijie, the question was too straightforward. When would she and Qin Shen get married...she herself didn't even know, so how could she answer? It’s not good to just say I haven’t thought about it, so I can only laugh it off.

Li Shijie laughed: "I am just showing my concern for your future life, Junior Sister. I am also saving some money for red envelopes and giving them to you and Brother Qin six months in advance. Am I being nice to you?"

Zhao Jia said disdainfully: "Come on, can you save a hundred yuan every month? You saved up for half a year in advance, and you have the nerve to give out a red envelope of six hundred yuan. Brother Qin is not as generous as those of us called Captain Qin."

Li Shijie argued with her: "What's wrong with six hundred yuan? Six hundred yuan is not money, right? That's my gift. A small gift is worth a lot of money, right? That's what we call a small gift but a lot of money!"

As he spoke, he called on the other team members in the office to judge for him: "Hey, do you think I'm right?"

"Little Li is right." Zhu Zhuo nodded seriously, "Six hundred yuan, I'll take it."

"I'll follow you too. I won't attend your wedding banquet, but I'll just give you a pack of cigarettes."

"Then I'll pack chocolates. I'll have two packs. Chocolates are not as expensive as cigarettes. One pack is not worth it."

"Well, give me a pack of cigarettes."

The topic was completely diverted. People in the office responded one after another to the talk of red envelopes and gifts. They teased Xu Man from time to time and asked her when she and Qin Shen's wedding date was so that everyone could make time to attend. Some even asked her if she had thought of what to name her and Qin Shen's children. If not, they could help think of something, such as Xu Qin for a boy and Qin Xu for a girl, which would be nice and easy to remember.

Xu Man's face flushed as she stood in the spotlight of everyone's attention. She didn't know whether to answer these questions with a yes or no answer. Her face felt hot and she felt embarrassed.

Zhang Hongfei saved her: "It's working time. What are you laughing about? Have you completed your tasks? If not, get back to work. Don't waste time here. We still have cases to solve."

After the team leader spoke, everyone naturally restrained their attitude, returned to their seats, lowered their heads in front of the computer, and pretended to be working seriously. Whether it was true or false, it finally helped Xu Man get out of the dilemma and she no longer had to face one difficult problem after another.

She smiled gratefully at Zhang Hongfei, and just as she was about to return to her seat to work, she heard him smile at her kindly and say, "How can you compare red envelopes? They are all colleagues and friends. Talking about money hurts feelings. How about this? I won't tell you how much I gave. I'll just say that I will be responsible for bringing everyone in our group to your wedding banquet with Captain Qin, Xiao Xu. Just remember to clear a few tables for us, so that some people here don't pay for two meals and eat up all the dishes, leaving nothing for others."

Everyone burst into laughter. Xu Man didn't expect that the team leader, who was always calm and steady, would make a joke about her like everyone else. But she didn't know what to say. She could only stammer a few words, and sat back in her seat with a red face amid the laughter. She covered her face with the computer monitor and secretly decided that unless they discussed the case, she would not say a word for the rest of the day.

God knows what's wrong with these people. They suddenly became active about her and Qin Shen's affairs, talking about everything from marriage to children. The culprit is Li Shijie, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have changed the subject. It seems that she has to keep a distance from this senior brother in the future, otherwise she will be teased by him every day, and she won't be able to bear it no matter how thick-skinned she is.

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After the deceased's wife Yu Wei pointed out that the unnamed young woman was indeed the deceased's mistress, the detachment's investigation had a definite direction. They started by checking the deceased's network of relationships in Jiangzhou and visiting to investigate the woman's identity.

To this end, a group specially sent Zhu Zhuo and Qi Fei to Jiangzhou for an actual investigation. With the cooperation of the local public security, the identity of the woman was finally found out after a few days.

Lin Fangfang, 23 years old, from Ningzhou, started working in Jiangzhou five years ago. She quit her job as a receptionist at a bath center half a year ago. Her current occupation is unknown.

She also has a boyfriend who lives with her, Deng Zhikang, 25 years old, also from Ningzhou. He came to Mingzhou to work with his girlfriend five years ago. On the surface, he is a designated driver for the bath center, but in fact he is engaged in the work of introducing prostitution.

Lin Fangfang is one of them. Her nickname is Fenfen. According to the owner of the bath center, Lin Fangfang was very popular with customers because she was beautiful and good at talking. After she resigned, many people asked about her whereabouts and felt sorry that she had given up this job.

But in fact, Lin Fangfang has never jumped out of this circle. The reason why she resigned half a year ago was because she was kept by the deceased Cheng Yao. The deceased's machismo did not allow Lin Fangfang to entertain other men while becoming his mistress, so he simply let her resign and spent a large amount of money to support her.

As for Lin Fangfang's boyfriend Deng Zhikang, Cheng Yao didn't know such a person existed because Deng Zhikang had never told anyone that he and Lin Fangfang were in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, even though they had been dating for six years. Lin Fangfang entered this industry because of him. Only a young lady who was on good terms with Lin Fangfang knew the truth.

According to this young lady, Lin Fangfang was deceived by Deng Zhikang to come to Jiangzhou, because Deng Zhikang said there was a good job opportunity in Jiangzhou. She could earn 5,000 yuan a month by working as a front desk receptionist in a bath center, and could save 50,000 yuan a year. But in fact, a simple receptionist does not have such a high salary. Those who can get a high salary are the commissions and tips collected after receiving customers. In other words, they use the name of a front desk receptionist to do prostitution.

At the beginning, Lin Fangfang was unwilling to do this job, but she was deceived by her boyfriend and went to a hotel where she was raped. Afterwards, she received 500 yuan for the night from the client, 300 yuan of which was taken away by her boyfriend in the name of introduction fee, and the remaining 200 yuan belonged to her. It seemed that after tasting the sweetness of the 200 yuan, Lin Fangfang let go and became a member of her boyfriend's play list, engaging in prostitution.

After finding out Lin Fangfang's identity and learning about the existence of Deng Zhikang, the local police naturally began investigating this pimp driver. Unexpectedly, they found his body in the rental house. Judging from the degree of decay of the body, he had been dead for more than a week. According to the results of the autopsy, he was stabbed from behind in the kidney and his throat was cut, causing him to die of excessive blood loss.

Deng Zhikang’s death made the case suddenly serious. Originally, Cheng Yao’s death might have been due to an accident, but now Deng Zhikang is also dead, and it was homicide. Lin Fangfang, whose whereabouts are unknown, has become a major suspect in both murders.

At the same time, the forensic team's simulation report came out. After a large number of simulation tests, it was confirmed that if the stone with blood stains was used as a tool to hit the back of the deceased's head twice, the wound formed would be consistent with the deceased's wound condition, which means that Cheng Yao's death was most likely a human homicide, and the stone was the murder weapon.

Lin Fangfang's suspicion became more serious. To this end, Qin Shen mobilized a large number of personnel from the detachment to inquire about her whereabouts. Several groups of people started from the scenic area monitoring and online ticket purchase information, took turns on duty, and intensified the search efforts. Finally, based on the train ticket purchased online by Lin Fangfang's personal identity information, her whereabouts were confirmed and she was arrested at the Ningzhou railway station platform.

After being arrested, Lin Fangfang confessed to the murder of Deng Zhikang and Cheng Yao, and explained the reasons why she killed the two during interrogation.

The interrogation was presided over by Zhang Hongfei, and Xu Man listened and took notes on the side. Although she knew that killing was wrong and that as a police officer, she should not have any extra emotions towards criminals, when she heard Lin Fangfang's explanation of the reason for the murder, she could not help but feel sympathy for the woman in front of her.

It turned out that when Lin Fangfang was tricked by her boyfriend into going to a hotel and was raped by a "client", although she was angry and sad, she still insisted on her original intention and did not intend to do this job. Unexpectedly, her boyfriend filmed the process of her being raped and made a video, threatening her that if she did not do this job or called the police for help, he would post the video on the Internet and print it out and send it to every relative and friend in Ningzhou.

Lin Fangfang's father died early, and she was raised by her mother alone. Ningzhou is a poor place, and the hardships she experienced can be imagined. The reason why Lin Fangfang came out to work was to reduce the burden on her family and let her mother live a good life. If her boyfriend posted her nude photos and videos on the Internet, or sent them to her relatives and friends in Ningzhou, her mother would definitely not be able to bear it given the conservative atmosphere in the local area. Lin Fangfang had no choice but to be forced into this industry and became another registered lady in the bath center.

In the past five years, she herself couldn't count how many customers she had received. Every time a customer gave her money, her boyfriend would take 60% of it as a commission, and the remaining 40% would belong to her. If she didn't pay or refused, her boyfriend would threaten her that he would send out her nude photos and videos. She had no choice but to give in again and again.

Half a year ago, Lin Fangfang met Cheng Yao by chance. According to Cheng Yao himself, she looked very much like his first love. After learning that she worked as a front desk receptionist at a bath center, he readily supported her and told her not to work as a lady anymore and to be his mistress directly.

Although mistresses and prostitutes do the same job, the former only needs to receive one client, while the latter may change three clients in one night. What's more, the other party is the big boss of a game company and is very generous. Lin Fangfang naturally accepted his support, resigned from the bath center, and moved into a villa that Cheng Yao bought specifically for her. She thought she could live a more comfortable life from then on, but she jumped from one fire pit into another unexpectedly.