Wen Qing looked down at the tea leaves floating in the cup and pondered over Ji Yu's words.

Yao Qian and Yang Fan both like to feed cats.

Yao Qian’s hand was deliberately thrown into the feces on the flower bed. Perhaps it was because when they were feeding the cat, Yao Qian took a photo of Yang Fan feeding human flesh?

Wen Qing lowered his eyes and thought, since Yang Fan had mental problems, it was not surprising that he would kill people and dismember their bodies to feed animals.

He was just daydreaming when he heard Xing Ze ask Ji Yu: "Since we usually talk about the news, have you ever mentioned the missing case, uncle?"

Ji Yu half-closed his eyes and said slowly, "I mentioned it once or twice, but we quickly changed the subject."

Xing Ze asked, "Did he take the initiative to change the subject?"

"He is more reluctant to talk about missing persons cases. I tried stimulation therapy, but he didn't cooperate with the alcohol," Ji Yu nodded and said hesitantly, "and the whereabouts of several girls in the missing cases are unknown, and there is no way to know what happened to them."

"The case easily arouses associations. After learning that Yang Fan had suffered from temporary amnesia, I will not mention it anymore. What if..."

He didn't say anything, but everyone present understood.

What if Yang Fan was stimulated by talking about the case and really did something during his amnesia...

The cell phone on the coffee table suddenly vibrated. Wen Qing subconsciously looked over and saw a string of numbers on the screen with no notes.

Ji Yu glanced at it and smiled apologetically: "I'll take a call."

"Hey, are you there yet?"

"Okay, come get it now."

After a few brief words, Ji Yu hung up the conversation and explained, "A courier has arrived."

"I'll ask Ji Sheng to get it."

Ji Yu stood up and knocked on Ji Sheng's door.

Ji Sheng opened the door and looked out curiously: "Have you finished talking?"

Ji Yu shook his head: "The things your little dad bought have arrived."

"At the gate of the community, go get it now."

Ji Sheng's eyes lit up: "Are you a hen?"

"I'll get it right away."

He took two steps toward the door, then suddenly stopped and turned around and said, "Dad, I can't carry it by myself."

As he spoke, Ji Sheng glanced at the sofa, his gaze paused for a moment on Xing Ze and Xiao Chen, and finally fell on Wen Qing's face.

Ji Yu, Xing Ze and Xiao Chen were discussing important matters.

Among the people present, only Wen Qing was here to slack off.

Wen Qing stood up and said to Ji Sheng, "I'll go get it with you."

Xing Ze frowned slightly and opened his mouth to say something.

Wen Qing leaned close to his ear and whispered, "It's just at the entrance of the community anyway, it will be quick."

The soft breath brushed past his ears, and Xing Ze felt as if an electric current went through his ears into his brain, making him feel tingling and numb, and his brain froze for a moment.

When he came to his senses, Wen Qing and Ji Sheng had already left.

Xing Ze cleared his throat and said to Ji Yu, "Uncle, let's continue."

*****

Wen Qing and Ji Sheng walked to the gate of the community. The security guard smiled at them and called out, "Xiao Ji."

Ji Sheng: "Uncle Wang."

The security guard smiled and asked, "Did Dr. Xia pass the chef exam?"

Ji Sheng did not answer, but asked: "Uncle Wang, are you greedy again?"

The security guard said cheerfully, "Dr. Xia's cooking skills are so good, of course I'm greedy."

Wen Qing paused slightly, remembering what the security guard said, that Xia Yansi used to treat everyone to dinner often.

It seems that Ji Sheng has a good relationship with him.

Ji Sheng blinked and said to the security guard, "Dad is very busy recently, so he may have to wait a while before cooking again."

The security guard laughed and said, "Then I'll just wait. The wine I brew will be drinkable in a while, and I'll send it to you then."

"Okay, okay." Ji Sheng responded.

Wen Qing was quietly listening to the conversation between the two. Suddenly, Ji Sheng hugged his arm and said with a smile, "Brother, come eat with us then."

Wen Qing tilted his head and met Ji Sheng's expectant gaze.

He nodded, looking at Ji Sheng's raised lips, and inexplicably felt that Ji Sheng seemed particularly happy today.

Wen Qing didn't like to pry into other people's privacy, so without asking any more questions, he followed Ji Sheng out of the community.

Like express deliveries and take-out meals, delivery is not allowed into South City residential areas and one must come out to pick them up in person.

Wen Qing stood at the door and looked around, but didn't see any uniformed couriers or delivery trucks.

There was only a black car parked on the side of the road.

Wen Qing glanced at the car twice. The next second, the door opened and a man got out. He looked at Ji Sheng and asked gently, "Are you here to get Dr. Xia's things?"

Ji Sheng nodded.

The man smiled politely and opened the back door.

Wen Qing saw two bird cages on the seat, each containing two brown birds that looked somewhat similar to sparrows.

But it couldn't be a sparrow if it was sent over with so much trouble.

As if he could see that he was confused, the man said to Wen Qing, "This is Pu Hu."

Wen Qing suddenly realized that this was a bird.

He thought it was something else.

The man handed them the bird cage and said with a smile, "Dr. Xia has good taste. I look forward to our next transaction."

Wen Qing held one of the bird cages, lowered her head, and met a pair of black eyes as big as green beans.

"Chirp--" The bunting suddenly chirped twice towards Wen.

Wen Qing couldn't help but reach out and tease it.

It was very friendly and took the initiative to come to the cage and rubbed Wen Qing's hand affectionately.

Soft feathers brushed across his fingertips. Wen smiled and said to Ji Sheng, "This is the first time I've heard of the species of bunting."

He only knew common species such as parrots, black birds, and mynah birds.

Ji Sheng blinked: "This kind of bird is mainly found in Europe."

He looked down at the birdcage and sighed, "It's already so skinny, I need to fatten it up."

The two walked back. Wen Qing teased the bird while thinking about the conversation he heard earlier. It seemed that Xia Yansi wanted to raise some small animal.

Wen Qing asked Ji Sheng curiously, "Uncle Xia, do you want to raise birds?"

Ji Sheng looked at the bird cage and smiled, "He really wants to raise a bird."

“But not these ones.”

Wen Qing didn't understand and looked at him in confusion.

Ji Sheng pointed at the bird cage and said to Wen Qing, "These are just appetizers."

Wen Qing pondered for a while and thought that Ji Sheng meant that these four birds were raised by Xia Yansi as an attempt to practice.

He nodded without thinking much about it.

Ji Sheng smiled and said, "He wants to raise a rarer bird."

"I would like to, too."

Wen Qing was stunned, wondering about the rare bird. Could it be a national protected animal?

As soon as I walked into Building 1, the elevator door slowly opened.

Grandma Zhang and her granddaughter came out and discussed their college entrance examination choices in low voices.

"The college entrance examination is coming soon. Have you decided on your major?"

"Almost. We have to wait until the test results come out."

The two walked out while talking.

Wen Qing took the opportunity to ask Ji Sheng: "Have you decided on a major and school for college?"

Ji Sheng nodded and said to him, "I'm going abroad."

Wen Qing was stunned: "Very good."

"Then, do we still need to take the college entrance examination?"

"Take the exam, it's nothing anyway," Ji Sheng curled his eyes, walked into the elevator, and said with a smile, "I will be able to see my brother more often in the future."

Wen Qing opened his mouth and thought, once Yang Fan is caught, he will leave here.

After hesitating for a moment, he responded, "Okay, I'll treat you to a meal later."

Ji Sheng held the bird cage, his eyes sparkling: "Brother wants to treat me to something else."

Wen Qing asked casually: "What do you want to eat?"

Ji Sheng licked his lips: "Brother will know later."

"I want a big meal."

…………

Back on the 11th floor, Wen Qing just entered the room and saw Xing Ze standing up and walking out, while Xiao Chen said goodbye to Ji Yu holding a file bag.

Ji Sheng stared at them for a while: "Have you finished talking?"

Xing Ze responded: "We have to go back to the police station first."

Hearing this, Wen Qing put the birdcage in his arms on the ground.

Ji Sheng cheered and blinked: "Then brother can stay and play games with me."

Xing Ze glanced at him and said, "No."

"Wen Qing, come back to the police station with me."

The smile on Ji Sheng's face froze and gradually faded.

"The college entrance examination is coming soon, why are you playing games? Just study hard." Xing Ze raised his hand and wanted to pat Ji Sheng's shoulder, but Ji Sheng dodged sideways.

Xing Ze didn't think much about it and said, "We'll leave first."

Wen Qing smiled at Ji Yu and Ji Sheng and said goodbye softly.

*****

Police Station

Xing Ze had a single office. Wen Qing stayed in his office, watching Xing Ze busying around and ordering Xiao Chen around from time to time.

"Contact the city's organization that rescues stray animals and look for those cats and dogs based on Yang Fan's commute and exercise routes. If Yang Fan really did that, there should be some human bones left."

Xiao Chen responded: "Okay."

Xing Ze looked through the folder and asked, "Do the surveillance footage of Yang Fan entering and leaving Building 1 match the text message time?"

Xiao Chen scratched his head: "Some of them match, some don't."

Xing Ze frowned: "Have you found out the whereabouts of his ex-wife?"

Xiao Chen: "We have only checked her flight records. She returned to Vancouver seven months ago and has not flown since. We are also checking the driving records of the vehicles under her name."

"Because her family members are also running the business, the investigation is slow."

Xing Ze pondered for a moment and knocked on the table: "Go directly to her spending records."

Xiao Chen understood immediately: "I'll go right away."

After being busy for several hours, Xing Ze finally had time to eat.

He casually ate the cold takeaway and said to Wen Qing, "There are a lot of things to deal with. I should be busy these two days."

"I may have to work overtime at the police station all the time."

Wen Qing immediately said, "I'll work overtime too."

He didn't want to leave the police station at all.

If possible, Wen Qing would like to live in the police station forever.

But Wen Qing felt embarrassed to eat and drink for free in Xing Ze's office, so he took the initiative to ask: "Is there anything I can help with?"

Xing Ze wanted him to have a good rest, but he was worried about him going home alone. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded: "Yes."

"Play with my phone for a while."

Wen Qing: ???

Xing Ze remained calm: "You need to use electronic devices more often, otherwise they will break easily."

Wen Qing was silent.

After Xing Ze finished speaking, he received another call.

He threw the lunch box aside and quickly left the office.

Wen Qing was the only one left in the office.

Wen Qing was stunned for a while, but still took out Xing Ze's mobile phone and started reading the news.

Clicking on the related topics of the missing case, the discussion is still very heated.

[It’s almost the end of May, why is there no news? 】

[Last time, that hand ended up with nothing? 】

[I have a friend who is in the police station. It seems that the murderer is about to be found. I guess he dare not commit crimes again.]

[What murderer? Has it been confirmed that they were murdered? ]

[It is almost certain that most of the missing girls have decent jobs, so how could they be abducted into pyramid schemes?]

…………

Xing Ze worked overtime at the police station for three whole days. Every day, he would go back to the community to take a shower and sleep for four or five hours. Wen Qing followed the same schedule, except that he could catch up on his sleep in the office during the day.

On Thursday night, Wen Qing was sleeping in a daze when suddenly the office door was pushed open forcefully.

Xiao Chen rushed in and said excitedly: "Found it, found it."

"All the bones collected during this period have been compared one by one, and they all belong to the missing victims."

He gasped, took a big gulp of water, and continued, "And there's one more person."

"But there have been no reports of missing persons during this period."

Xing Ze pursed his lips: "Is it compared with Li Fei's?"

Xiao Chen's face changed: "No."

At nine o'clock that evening, Li Fei's comparison results came out.

The extra human bones belonged to Yang Fan’s ex-wife Li Fei.

Xing Ze pinched the bridge of his nose and said to Xiao Chen, "Notify the family first."

"Summon Yang Fan."

After saying that, Xing Ze turned to Wen Qing and said, "We may have to stay up all night today."

Wen Qing yawned and said slowly, "I'll just sleep in the office."

Xing Ze looked at the dark circles under his eyes and couldn't help but touch Wen Wei's slightly curled hair. He said helplessly, "You have 24 hours to investigate. You can go home and have a good rest for a day."

"Xiao Chen, take him home and bring Yang Fan with you."

Wen Qing was sleepy and his mind was dull. After thinking for a while, he realized that he would be safe if Yang Fan was locked up in the police station.

After returning home, Wen Qing's sleepiness had mostly disappeared.

He sat on the sofa, turned on the computer and checked the surveillance as usual.

No one showed up at the door.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

“Boom boom boom—”

Wen Qing's heart tightened, and the remaining sleepiness disappeared completely.

"Brother, it's me."

"Open the door."