Chapter 403: The Detective Couple 1 The most urgent task is to find evidence...

This summer is particularly hot. At noon, Yao Zhizhi came back from the factory without an appetite. She drank a bowl of boiled water and lay down directly.

After a while, Qi Changxiao came in from outside, sat on the edge of the bed, and gossiped, "Want to hear some fun?"

Yao Zhizhi leaned sideways weakly: "Whose fun is this?"

"It's Mao Ling's." Qi Changxiao had just gone to the front to deliver watermelons to the elders when he overheard something. He smiled and said, "Mao Ling and Peng Dajun's house was robbed. Aunt Mao was very worried and asked our mother to help find out."

"We were robbed, what a coincidence?" Yao Zhizhi was still interested in gossip, so she leaned against the head of the bed.

Qi Changxiao tilted the fan's head to an angle, blowing directly at his wife, and said with a smile, "You think it's a coincidence, right? Mom also suspects there's something fishy going on."

"Is there any evidence at the scene?" Yao Zhizhi instantly became alert. She could get involved in this matter. Although the system was silent at the moment, as long as she saw Mao Ling or Peng Dajun, as long as something was really wrong, the system would react. Maybe she and Qi Changxiao could help solve the case and earn some experience points and system coins.

Qi Changxiao shook his head. "From what I can see now, someone broke into the house and broke into it. The shoe prints left at the scene don't match those of Peng Dajun and Mao Ling, but—"

Yao Zhizhi was curious: "But what?"

"But Xiao Jin said that the shoe prints looked strange. The front of the foot was deep and the back was shallow. It looked like someone was wearing ill-fitting shoes and was using padding to make them."

"This is really against common sense. A thief must escape in time after stealing. It is impossible for him to wear shoes that don't fit. I'll ask Yiyi to go and take a look."

"Okay." Qi Changxiao checked the time and advised, "Get up and eat something. I know you have no appetite, but I made you some mung bean porridge."

"Okay, I'll give you face." Yao Zhizhi smiled and got out of bed. There was nothing she could do. Her husband had cooked for her, so she had to force herself to drink a little.

She didn't know what happened to her these past two days. She felt so lazy. If Qi Changxiao hadn't had a vasectomy long ago, she would have suspected that she was pregnant.

After drinking a bowl of mung bean porridge, Yao Zhizhi went back to her room and lay down. She felt uncomfortable everywhere and it was too hot.

Seeing this, Qi Changxiao suggested, "Why don't we stay in the riverside villa? There's a strong breeze there, so it's cool."

"But third brother will be back soon." Yao Zhizhi also wanted to go out and cool off, but she was not sure when third brother would arrive.

Qi Changxiao could only laugh and said, "You're stupid. Even if he arrives tonight, he'll be back in time. It's not like he's gone out of town."

"The main reason is that I miss him and don't want to rush on the road." Yao Zhizhi was telling the truth. She hadn't seen her third brother for a while.

She still remembered that year, a beggar with disheveled appearance was lying at the door of her house. At that time, she could never have imagined that the beggar was actually her own brother.

After that, the brother and sister lived together for several years. If it weren't for the confusing account of their ancestors and the need to completely overthrow the Hu family, the third brother would not have to travel to southern Xinjiang and be separated from his siblings.

It’s so sad to think about it.

Qi Changxiao is an only child and has no sisters or brothers, so naturally he cannot understand her emotions, but he is not a person without empathy. If he had to say who can best make an analogy, it would probably be Uncle Ning who has been silently protecting him since he was a child.

In the past few years, Uncle Ning married his mother and turned from a kind uncle into a stepfather. What changed was the name, but what remained unchanged was Qi Changxiao's gratitude and childhood dependence on him.

So, if it were him, if Uncle Ning went out of town and didn't come back for a long time, he would also stay at home and wait.

He stopped trying to persuade her, turned around, went to the yard to fetch a bucket of well water, brought in a towel, and added some floral water to the bucket, wet the towel, and then instructed her, "Get up for a moment, I'll wipe the mat. You're all sweaty, and it's not comfortable to lie down."

Yao Zhizhi smiled. Time passed so quickly. He had worried about her a lot when she was in confinement after giving birth.

Even though he was still a sickly person at that time, he always did some cleaning and sweeping work to the best of his ability. He was truly a good family man.

She stood at the window, looking at him with a smile, and suddenly became curious: "I was wondering, if I hadn't agreed to you back then, would you have gone on a blind date with someone else?"

"No." Qi Changxiao didn't know why she asked this, and asked curiously, "Why are you asking this out of the blue?"

"I have nothing to do, so I'm just thinking about it randomly." Yao Zhizhi smiled and didn't ask any further questions. For many things, no one can guarantee what the development will be like "if".

Just like Mao Ling and Kong Badou, if Kong Badou hadn't been possessed by feudal and decadent ideas, how could this couple not have a happy life?

They have both a son and a daughter, and the elders are willing to help take care of them. The couple has four children and one elder, and three generations live under the same roof. This is a blessing that many people envy.

But there are no ifs.

Just like Yao Zhizhi, she actually had no choice at the time, so there was no "if" to choose in her life.

If she had the chance to do it all over again, she would still take a gamble, betting that this sickly person might not die, and that she might be able to achieve great things.

She looked at the man who was carefully wiping the mat, and in a trance she seemed to see the clumsy boy who didn't know how to hold a child, but was so greedy that he had to try holding the child a few times.

She smiled and said, "I wouldn't go on a blind date with anyone else either. They're not as pretty as you."

Qi Changxiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "So you went through all this trouble just to praise my good looks?"

"Aren't you pretty?" Yao Zhizhi felt itchy and walked over to pinch his fleshy earlobe. "It feels so good."

"Stop it, the kids aren't asleep yet." Although they were an old couple, Qi Changxiao still couldn't stand being teased. It was summer now, and they were both wearing cooler clothes, so it was easy for something to go wrong.

Yao Zhizhi smiled and pressed the towel in his hand, staring into his eyes and said seriously, "It's so beautiful. Close the door and let me have a meal."

…Qi Changxiao’s face flushed. A beauty that is a feast for the eyes? Good, good, good, his wife is getting better and better at making him happy.

But there was nothing he could do, he just couldn't stand the teasing, so he had to throw the towel into the bucket, close the door, put the bolt on, and make his wife happy first.

The brother and sister in the outer room were also feeling listless at this moment. They spread a mat on the floor of the main room and opened the front and back doors so that there would be a breeze through the room. With the addition of an electric fan, it was much cooler than in the room. I don't know what my parents were thinking. They wanted to take a nap in the room on such a hot day.

It’s so strange. Why did he turn on the radio while sleeping, and the volume was turned up so loud.

The brother and sister looked at each other. They wanted to knock on the door and ask their parents to turn down the volume, but then they thought better of it. It was too hot and they were too lazy to move.

The brother and sister lay in front of the electric fan, looking through the comics sent by their third uncle.

Both of them were so focused on the comics that they didn't even notice the slight noise during the intervals between radio broadcasts.

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After all the trouble, Qi Changxiao couldn't help but sigh that he had wiped the mat in vain. It was sweaty and looked like it had been fished out of the water.

He went downstairs to wring out the towel, while Yao Zhizhi lazily put on her dress and looked at the wet mat with a smile. This is the strength of an old couple.

After cleaning up, the couple could finally sit together and have a good chat about Mao Ling's family.

As they were talking, the voice of Mao Ling's little daughter rang out from the courtyard gate. The little girl timidly called out, "Auntie Yao, something happened to my mother. My grandma was shocked and fainted. Can you help me take her to the hospital?"

What?

Yao Zhizhi hurried out with Qi Changxiao. Fortunately, they both had good habits and would tidy up their appearance after every activity, so they were now well-dressed and didn't have to rush to dress themselves up at the last minute.

Yao Zhizhi went to the yard and quickly asked, "What happened to your mother?"

"She...she slept in the same bed with my dad, and Uncle Peng was angry and wanted to divorce my mom." The little girl was already able to remember things when her parents divorced. In addition, her mother had been living in her stepfather's house after remarrying, and left them to her grandmother, who didn't pay much attention to them. Therefore, they had no feelings for their stepfather at all, and have not changed their way of calling him dad until now.

Yao Zhizhi was a little surprised. Mao Ling and Kong Badou slept in the same bed?

How could this be possible? The two of them had been at loggerheads for a long time.

No matter what, she sent Aunt Mao to the hospital first. She turned around and told Qi Changxiao: "I'll wait for you up ahead. Send the child to my dad and then come back to me."

Qi Changxiao hurriedly made arrangements and reminded him, "You go first. Saving people is more important. Besides, a tricycle is slow to ride. I can catch up with you quickly on my bicycle."

"Okay, you must make sure the child is settled before you come. If my dad is not at home, then don't come." Yao Zhizhi hurried to the front.

They also found Grandma Jiang's daughter-in-law, and together they lifted Aunt Mao onto a tricycle and sent her to the hospital.

After Aunt Mao entered the emergency room, Qi Changxiao also arrived. He dragged Yao Zhizhi outside to talk, "I just ran into Wang Dengdi and Peng Dajun on the road. They were acting suspiciously, and I don't know what they were discussing. I looked and saw that the two stripes on Peng Dajun's head were very dangerous in color. He's going to be in trouble. I don't know what bad things Wang Dengdi did, but he's having bad luck recently. What do you think, could it be that the incident between Mao Ling and Kong Badou was actually planned by them?"

Yao Zhizhi frowned in thought. She figured out the trick here and said, "It's very likely. The last time Maodan got into trouble, Peng Dajun had obvious impatience on his face. These children are not related to him by blood, and they don't live together, so there is absolutely no affection between them. And Maoling beat someone up and had to pay compensation. Ultimately, it was Maodan's fault. Maybe even the burglary was fake!"

"Yes, I think so too. Although I can understand Peng Dajun's thoughts, if he really forged the burglary, then he has gone too far. The police force in the police station is already insufficient, and he is causing more trouble. It is not justifiable if he does not serve a few years in jail." Qi Changxiao did not sympathize with Peng Dajun at all. Since he could not get along with Mao Ling, he should talk it out and part ways amicably. He really shouldn't have made a fool of the people in the police station.

Yao Zhizhi nodded: "The most urgent thing is to find evidence. So, I'll turn Yiyi into a dog and let it follow the scent to see if it can find the stolen items."