Chapter 1212 This man is really hard to deal with

The restaurant where Qi Baiding had dinner was in a snack street with some history. Pang Le had made some special research and knew that the area was not big but very crowded, so he parked in a parking lot two streets away. The two of them walked for a while before they got there.

"This is it," Pang Le looked into the alley repeatedly and said affirmatively, "It's this street. It's about a hundred meters further in. Let's go."

Guan Xia and Pang Le didn't have to think much when they came out. They just agreed and walked slowly behind her.

After taking a few steps, Pang Le said with a hint of pride: "I guessed it right. Look who that is?"

Guan Xia followed Pang Le's gaze and easily saw a very eye-catching figure.

He was very tall, wearing simple jeans and a white shirt, with his hair casually scattered. But with his outstanding face, he still stood out like a crane among chickens on the bustling street.

In comparison, Qi Bai had obviously dressed up carefully. His neat and clean hairstyle set off his facial lines very well, making him look very handsome. He wore a slightly tight short T-shirt on his upper body, revealing his strong and smooth arm lines and his chest and abdominal muscles, the outline of which could only be vaguely seen. He wore a pair of slightly loose casual pants on his lower body and a pair of sneakers on his feet that looked like they were newly bought, which highlighted his advantages to the fullest.

To be honest, in Guan Xia's opinion, Qi Bai is quite handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. When he is not smiling, he looks a bit fierce. But when he smiles, he becomes much more sunny and silly.

Just like at this moment, Qi Bai and the man beside him also saw them, smiling with white teeth showing, and waving, "Here."

Guan Xia looked at Qi Bai, then at Pang Le, and couldn't help but sigh quietly.

The two walked over, and Qi Bai immediately extended his hand, "Hello again, Ms. Guan. Thank you very much for your help."

"You're welcome." Guan Xia shook hands with Qi Bai. As soon as they let go, she saw Qi Bai's eyes seemed to brighten up a bit, and his smile got even bigger. He looked at Pang Le and said, "Hello, my name is Qi Bai. We've met before. I wonder if you still remember me."

Although Pang Le wasn't interested in Qi Bai, he still greeted him politely. "My name is Pang Le, and I'm Guan Xia's friend. Guan Xia told me that you were the police officer that night. Thank you so much for going out so late at night."

Pang Le looked like he wasn't impressed with him, but Qi Bai wasn't disappointed. He continued enthusiastically, "Of course you should. By the way, this is my friend and colleague, Xu Nian."

Compared to Qi Bai's outgoing and enthusiastic socializing, Xu Nian was much more reserved. His smile only curved slightly as he looked at the two and nodded, "Hello."

Guan Xia and Pang Le also replied with a hello.

After a few more polite greetings, Qi Bai asked, "Sit inside or outside?"

It was lunchtime, and one could tell this restaurant was doing very good business. The restaurant was quite large, with many tables and chairs outside, and most of the people were already sitting there.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Pang Le said, "Let's go outside. It's less noisy and easier to talk."

Qi Bai nodded immediately, "Okay."

The four of them found an empty table and chairs to sit down. Qi Bai took the menu from the waiter and handed it to Pang Le. "The copper hot pot in this restaurant is a specialty, and the beef and mutton are also very fresh. You can pick what you like."

Pang Le estimated the appetite of four people and made some unceremonious marks. He quickly handed the menu back and asked, "Do you guys want to order anything else?"

Qi Bai took the menu in Xu Nian's direction, making sure he could see it too. He quickly looked over it and added a little more, then looked up and asked, "Would you like some drinks?"

Guan Xia didn't care. Barbecue and beer are a perfect match. It was Pang Le who drove here.

Guan Xia was about to refuse on her behalf when Pang Le said with a smile, "Okay, of course we have to have beer with barbecue, but we can't drink too much."

After ticking it again with a pen, Qi Bai returned the menu to the waiter.

Guan Xia first looked around and saw that everyone was chatting animatedly while drinking and eating. Then he lowered his voice and asked, "Can you tell us now? Why...why did that person target me?"

Although the case was solved and no longer needed to be kept secret, Guan Xia still didn't dare to ask too directly.

Qi Bai lowered his voice a little and replied, "Because he felt that you deceived him."

Guan Xia was confused, "Cheating?"

Qi Bai smiled and said, "People like this always have their own logic. We normal people can't understand it, and we don't need to understand it."

Guan Xia really couldn't understand it and even wanted to laugh, "I only said one sentence to him, how could I have lied to him?"

Then Guan Xia thought of something and subconsciously turned her head to look at Pang Le. Pang Le obviously also remembered it and widened his eyes in surprise.

"No way? Is it really because of your leg problem?" Pang Le felt that he had learned something new. "But you're not leaning on a cane. It's so obvious that you're using a hiking stick. Even a fool would know that you're not really lame, right?"

"He is indeed worse than a fool." Qi Bai looked disgusted when mentioning the murderer.

Guan Xia regained her composure, thought for a moment, and then said in confusion, "But some things still don't make sense. Bumping into him in the hallway was a complete accident, and staying at Pang Le's house the next day was a spur-of-the-moment decision, not to mention following her to the gym. With such a sudden situation, he couldn't have been prepared in advance to stare at me. In other words, running into him at the mall was also a coincidence."

Qi Bai nodded.

Guan Xia was speechless, "Then am I a little too unlucky?"

"That person was too unexpected," Pang Le played with the cup in his hand. "Who would have thought that the murderer who had just killed two people the day before would not run away overnight, but go to work normally the next morning? And he worked for three days, until the store celebration was over."

Should Guan Xia be called a serial killer? His mental state is excellent.

But then Guan Xia suddenly had another idea.

If the system is not activated and the low-presence halo associated with the system does not fluctuate in intensity, then even if she appears in the murderer's field of vision, she will not be targeted.

Guan Xia calculated that it took a total of eight days from the time she was routinely questioned by the police to the time the murderer attacked her. The halo strength must have been 100% on the day the system was activated. So how strong was the halo when the murderer was outside the door preparing to attack her that day?

Also, is the intensity of the halo affected by the murderer's malice towards her? If there are no criminals around her, how does the intensity of the halo decrease on a daily basis?

Ever since she learned about the importance of this low-presence halo, Guan Xia has been studying it for the past two days. Unfortunately, the system seemed to be dead again, and no matter how she tried, there was no response.

Feeling a little irritated, Guan Xia looked around subconsciously.

Although she didn't want to take the initiative to encounter danger, but now she had the super-powerful Pang Le sitting next to her and two criminal police officers opposite her. She was actually hoping that a criminal who could make the system react would come so that she would have a chance to study this mentally retarded system again.

Guan Xia was a little absent-minded, but Pang Le had a lot to talk about with Qi Bai.

After being gently touched by Pang Le, Guan Xia immediately turned his attention back to Qi Bai opposite him.

Qi Bai said: "Guan Xia was a coincidence to him, and Liu Jiahui was also a surprise to him, so he went to work the next day after killing two people, because in his original plan, he did not intend to kill anyone this year."

Guan Xia listened carefully.

Pang Le frowned and asked, "They attacked Guan Xia because they felt cheated. What about Liu Jiahui and her son?"

These two ordinary people are not outstanding themselves, and their family conditions are not good. Apart from the relationship between mother and son, they do not fit the murderer's selection range at all. Since Guan Xia learned about the first two crimes committed by the murderer, he has discussed it with Pang Le several times but still couldn't figure it out.

Qi Bai: "Jealous, because I know they will be able to escape from the quagmire soon."

Guan Xia: “Huh?”

Qi Bai said: "Liu Jiahui and her ex-husband Liang Da divorced because the company he ran went bankrupt. Last year, Liang Da started a new business and paid off his debts. A month before Liu Jiahui's death, the two were discussing remarriage."

Guan Xia recalled the chat history she had seen in the group chat about her and her ex-husband, and hesitantly said, "But someone in our community saw her having a fierce argument with a man who was suspected to be her ex-husband. The man even tried to take the child away."

Qi Bai: "That happened six months before Liu Jiahui's death. Liang Da proposed remarriage, but Liu Jiahui refused. Liang Da suspected that Liu Jiahui refused because she had a new boyfriend, so he wanted to seize custody of the child."

Guan Xia now understood everything. Liu Jiahui and her son were just as unlucky as she was. She was just a little luckier because she activated the plug-in in time and escaped.

Although there were many people in this restaurant, the dishes were served very quickly. By the time they were chatting, most of the dishes were already served.

Qi Bai specifically went to get two glasses, opened a bottle of beer and poured each of them 70% full, while he and Xu Nian were not so particular and drank directly from the bottle.

After clinking glasses, Pang Le slightly filled his stomach, glanced at Xu Nian who had been silent the whole time, and asked Qi Bai, "Do you usually have dinner here?"

"More or less," Qi Bai replied with a smile. "This restaurant is owned by the family of a colleague in our branch. The food is delicious and the ingredients are clean. It doesn't matter where you eat, so the whole branch basically comes here whenever they have a meal together."

"You solved a big case this time, so you should be able to take a few days off." Pang Le asked curiously, and did not forget to take a bunch of Guan Xia's favorite lasagna and give it to her.

"Yes, I gave them five days off." Qi Bai's eyes suddenly sparkled, not knowing what he was thinking about. "We may be busy, but as long as the case is solved, we will have five days off."

Guan Xia could hear Qi Bai's obvious implication, and Pang Le naturally understood it too. He smiled and nodded, "That's great. Let's hang out together when we have time. What do you like to do on your days off? Play ball? Fishing? Or just get together for a good meal?"

Qi Bai's smile grew even brighter. "I'm a very curious person. I want to try everything if I have the chance. Captain Xu is a bit of a homebody. After the case is solved, he likes to stay at home, grow flowers, build Lego, etc., although he always kills the flowers."

"Homebody?" Pang Le looked at Xu Nian with some surprise. "Then you are quite similar to Guan Xia. She also stays at home for ten days or half a month when she paints."

It seemed that Xu Nian was really not talkative. Pang Le tried to bring the topic to him, but he just smiled slightly and didn't say anything.

It was the first time that Guan Xia saw Pang Le being humiliated by a man. Recalling Pang Le's comment that this was a very difficult man to deal with, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Pang Le's vision of men was as accurate as ever. Now it seemed that this man was indeed difficult to deal with.