The next day, the Qinghe City Investigation Bureau

With a "bang", the door of the first team's office was pushed open forcefully, and Lin Mo ran in in a panic. Unlike his usual frightened attitude when he saw his brother, he slid directly to Chu Zehuai's workstation on the smooth floor.

"Brother, something terrible has happened. Come with me quickly—"

He grabbed Chu Zehuai's arm and wanted to leave, but was pulled away by Bai Yu.

"Captain Chu just came back from a business trip in Linhai City. He is exhausted. Take it easy."

Bai Yu loosened his hand, his expression very serious, and said.

Chu Zehuai glanced at the person opposite him, and after seeing the pair of smiling phoenix eyes looking at him, he rubbed his waist inconspicuously.

How on earth could this guy lie without changing his expression? Who caused his physical exhaustion?

"No wonder I saw my brother looked a little weak when he came in this morning. I was thinking about whether I should buy him some supplements."

Lin Mo suddenly realized what was going on. After seeing the dangerous look in the golden orange eyes next to him, he immediately changed the subject.

...

...

"Dr. D died last night."

As soon as he said this, the whole office fell silent.

Chu Zehuai didn't bother to think about finding a place to beat his brother again. He sat up straight, his eyes narrowed, "Tell me in detail."

It's both simple and complicated.

To sum it up in one sentence, Dr. D died at night in the investigation bureau, killed by poison.

"This is a hastily prepared investigation report and a list of personnel on duty last night. My mother asked me to give this to you."

After Lin Mo gave a brief explanation, he handed two pieces of paper to Chu Zehuai.

Bai Yu also leaned over to take a look.

The first one is a photo of Dr. D’s death. The old man in shackles is lying in a cage in a twisted posture, with a painful expression and a purple face, and a pair of hands are strangling his neck tightly.

Forensic identification: Death occurred at 1 a.m., unknown poison taken orally, other details are still being tested.

The second one is the list of on-duty personnel. Since Chu Zehuai brought back too many prisoners and pollutants yesterday, Chu Yunrou left behind quite a lot of people to work overtime, and there was a long list of densely packed names.

"Director Chu means that there is a high possibility of a traitor among us?"

Chu Zehuai's handsome brows frowned, and his hand holding the paper clenched tightly.

"I can't draw a complete conclusion yet, but this is what my mother meant."

Lin Mo nodded, and then as if he remembered something, he added,

"Sister Yuan has been taken to the monitoring room by my mother. Let's see if we can find any suspicious people. But I don't think there is much hope."

The disappearance of pollutants in the temporary warehouse has not been investigated, and the disappearance of Huang Rui has not been investigated either. Lin Mo has given up hope that Yuan Xue will be able to find any clues by checking the surveillance footage.

"No wonder I didn't see her today. I thought she was on a mission."

Chu Zehuai sighed, stood up, picked up his coat, and pushed open the office door.

"I need to discuss this with her in person. Just sending a few pieces of paper won't tell me anything."

**

However, things were not quite as Lin Mo thought. Yuan Xue actually found out something.

First, last night, someone in an FBI uniform did enter the place where Dr. D was imprisoned, and no trace of entry from outside was found, which means that there is a 99% chance that this was an internal crime.

Second, since the other party consciously avoided the surveillance in the investigation bureau, the surveillance did not capture his face at all, only a blurry reflection on the wall tiles. Based on the reflection, Yuan Xue limited the scope to a thin male between 170 and 175 cm tall.

The scope was suddenly narrowed down to ten people.

This is where the difficulty arises. The investigation cannot proceed any further at this point. Without any additional clues, it is impossible to determine which of the ten people it is.

Chu Yunrou had no other choice but to find a special investigation team and then put these ten people under strict surveillance.

She couldn't put all her energy into this matter. The Investigation Bureau had too much work to do. The most important thing was to maintain the stability of Qinghe City and keep the normal work of the staff within the Investigation Bureau.

Chu Zehuai knew nothing about interpersonal relationships. He never liked roundabout words, nor was he used to guessing other people's thoughts between lies and truth. Apart from the fact that he had captured Dr. D, everything else had nothing to do with him.

So while Chu Yunrou was still dealing with this matter, he returned to his previous happy days of completing tasks during the day and being with Bai Yu at night.

Time suddenly came to October.

The flowering period is coming to an end, but since Bai Yu still needs Chu Zehuai's help, the past few days are not much different from the flowering period.

However, Chu Zehuai carefully discovered that something was wrong with his boyfriend.

So one evening, he pulled Bai Yu to sit at the dining table and had what he thought was a very serious conversation.

"Bai Yu, I have three things to tell you about your recent blossoming."

Chu Zehuai raised three fingers and waved them in front of Bai Yu.

"First, if you really don't want to bloom, don't force yourself to bloom. I see that you are not in a very good mental state during the day or at night. I am not addicted to it, and it is not unacceptable to reduce the frequency. You still need to pay more attention to your physical condition."

"Second, if the novelty has worn off, you should tell me directly and we can work together to find a solution. If you hide it, the cracks in our relationship will get bigger and bigger. I don't want us to get to that point one day."

"Third, please stop turning yourself into vines all the time. Sometimes, I still want to see your face. Okay?"

Bai Yu uttered "hmm" randomly.

He had consumed a large amount of blue topaz in the past few days. Even though he had squeezed a lot of its energy as an aid, he still spent a lot of energy to smooth out the power of rules inside the blue topaz.

So his mind was still a little groggy, and he didn't hear what Chu Zehuai said at all. He just barely heard the other party say that he wanted to discuss the matter of flowering, and then raised three fingers.

"Bai Yu, are you listening to me carefully?"

Chu Zehuai stared at the pair of phoenix eyes that were obviously not in good shape and sighed.

"I heard you want me to bloom."

Bai Yu yawned, dragged the person with the vine and walked towards the bedroom. After seeing the three fingers out of the corner of his eye, he added,

"Three isn't your limit, right? I understand."

**

In a hospital in Linjiang City.

“I never thought I’d come here again one day.”

Chu Zehuai looked up at the name of the hospital with a complicated expression.

He still felt that Bai Yu was not in a good condition, but no matter how he asked, his boyfriend would always reply, "Nothing happened."

Chu Zehuai seriously suspected that the other party might have some kind of illness.

Of course, it shouldn't be a physical illness. After all, he had been tortured to death by the other party these past few nights. It's more likely that he had some psychological problems.

He never shied away from seeing a doctor, nor did he think it was shameful to see a doctor for this matter, but he couldn't guarantee that Bai Yu wouldn't mind this, so he took advantage of his business trip to Linjiang City to come and consult.

As for why he wasn't in Qinghe City... ahem, with his popularity in Qinghe City, someone might take a photo and spread the photo out at any time, and then spread throughout Qinghe City in less than half a day, and finally everyone who knows them would stare at the two of them with subtle eyes.

It’s terrifying to think about this kind of thing.

Chu Zehuai touched the goose bumps that were caused by his imagination, and then adjusted his clothes in front of the glass beside him.

The most common black casual outfit, a mask covering most of the face, sunglasses that can perfectly block the golden pupils, and a hat covering the blonde hair.

After making sure that no features were exposed, he pushed open the door and sat in the chair opposite the doctor.

The doctor was used to seeing the visitor dressed like this. After all, people who come to consult about this kind of problem usually don't want to show their faces. She skillfully pulled out a list and said, "Hello, what problem do you want to consult? Is your life with your lover not harmonious?"

"Yes, I found his behavior a little strange in that regard."

"Oh? To ensure the accuracy of the results, please describe in detail what is strange. Please rest assured that this is a formal place and will never disclose your privacy."

"He was in a bad mood and sometimes had no expression on his face."

Chu Zehuai paused. He tried to recall, but found that all he could remember was a bunch of vines.

Bai Yu likes the idea of ​​turning himself into a vine more and more.

"Second, I felt that his body was very cold, not just ordinary cold."

He knew that Bai Yu's body temperature had always been slightly cool, including his skin and breath, but recently his body temperature would sometimes drop extremely rapidly, which would make him shiver reflexively. When he touched him again, his temperature had returned to normal.

Chu Zehuai didn't quite believe that there was anything wrong with his perception. Even if he was confused and fuzzy at the time, he could be sure that Bai Yu's body temperature really dropped a lot at a certain moment.

"Can you tell me your frequency and time?"

The doctor frowned and quickly wrote a series of professional terms on the paper.

Chu Zehuai whispered two numbers.

The doctor's hand paused. This degree... has exceeded that of normal couples. Can they really bear it?

The data exceeded that of normal people, the expression was cold, and the body was very cold... these three elements combined together, and the doctor quickly came up with a guess.

As early as three months ago, she also treated a 35-year-old man who said that his girlfriend usually didn't talk and only spoke when she was doing that. Her body was also very cold. All the doctors thought that the girlfriend had some psychological illness and would only feel safe and speak when she was in that state.

But when the man brought his "girlfriend" over, everyone discovered that it was actually a lifelike doll.

——This otaku has never had a real girlfriend and has always been using dolls. After decades of doing this, he became mentally ill and regarded the dolls as his imaginary girlfriend.

This one should be the same.

Alas, although I can't see his face clearly, from the sound of his voice, he is still a very young person. He actually has "love paranoia" at such a young age.

The doctor looked at Chu Zehuai with sympathy, then wrote a string of words on a piece of paper and handed it to him: "You may have 'love paranoia', a mental illness."

"Is the problem with you?"

Chu Zehuai frowned his handsome brows. He had always thought that there was something wrong with Bai Yu, but it turned out that there was something wrong with him?

"Yes, this may all be your imagination."

The doctor nodded.

Chu Zehuai fell into deep thought.

What the doctor meant was that Bai Yu was most likely exactly the same as before, but because he had mental problems, the person he saw was completely different from the real person.

It's not impossible. After all, my mental state is still unstable and I still have the monitor on my neck.

“Is there any solution to this?”

"The best solution is to find a real person as a partner."

Chu Zehuai slowly typed a question mark.

"If this method is too difficult for you, try another one."

The doctor looked at the man's expression and mistakenly thought that he felt this method was a little difficult, so she pulled out another piece of paper, wrote a string of URLs on it, and handed it over, with a tone of pity.

"Even if you can't find a partner, at least buy one that can heat up. Your financial situation is better now, and you're still young. Don't treat yourself so badly."