Meeting room of the Second Brigade.

Back in our own area, everyone was much more relaxed, some were drinking water, some were smoking.

Huang Zhenyi said, "Old Cao has worked diligently for so many years and is very cautious in his work. He is definitely not the kind of person who would do anything reckless. I personally believe in him very much and hope that everyone will work hard to solve this case as soon as possible."

"Brother Cao is definitely a good man!" Fu Da put down the water cup, "Don't worry, Captain Huang, the brothers will do their best."

"But..." Huang Zhenyi changed the subject, "I heard that the Zheng family is making a big fuss and they insist that Old Cao was the one who did it. I estimate that both the daily and evening newspapers will report this case extensively. The pressure from above is very high, so everyone must be careful in what they say and do."

Fu Da said, "I heard that they went after the funeral home. What the hell, aren't they chaotic enough?"

Tan Yi was playing with a cigarette with no intention of putting it in his mouth. Hearing this, he glanced at Fu Da.

Huang Zhenyi said: "It's annoying, but don't get emotional. After all, we are doing this for work. We should seize the time and solve the case as soon as possible."

...

The people from the second brigade went to work.

Xie Qing returned to the office.

Cao Haisheng was reading an autopsy report. When he looked at Xie Qing, he could not hide his fatigue.

Xie Qing greeted him and was about to sit down when the phone rang. She picked it up.

"Cao Haisheng, you idiot..."

She hung up the phone with a "click" and said with a smile, "Wrong number."

Cao Haisheng was helpless, "Master heard it and has already answered several calls."

Xie Qing said, "Except for Master's wife, the quality of the Zheng family is very low."

Cao Haisheng rubbed his temples, "Your Master's wife graduated from a technical secondary school and is the only educated person in the Zheng family."

No wonder.

Xie Qing said, "Master, don't worry, it will be fine after the case is solved."

Cao Haisheng shook his head with a heavy expression, "I can't go back. If I had known this, I should have agreed to it earlier, and Zheng Wenkai would not have died so tragically."

Cao Haisheng is a very introverted person. Even though his mother-in-law's family treated him like this, he never mentioned the word "Zheng" in front of outsiders.

The reason I am telling Xie Qing all this now is simply because the pressure and bitterness are too great and I cannot bear it unless I pour it out.

Xie Qing comforted him, "Master, even if Zhuge Kongming were alive, he would never have thought that he would be killed for borrowing money. Kindness and unkindness are sometimes reflected in self-responsibility and self-reflection. The Zheng family ignored the feelings of Master's wife and put all the blame on Master. You no longer care about your own mental health and keep blaming yourself. This is self-abuse."

"According to your idea, it was me who persuaded you to ask for a house instead of money. Am I also responsible for Zheng Wenkai's death?"

Cao Haisheng smiled, "It seems that you have reflected on yourself."

Xie Qing said, "But I don't regret it. Because what I did was right and I am not ashamed of my conscience. The murderer was wrong, why should I pay for his mistake?"

"Silly child, the decision was made by your master, what does it have to do with you!" Cao Haisheng slapped the autopsy report, "Well, let him die, who can not die, it's just a matter of time, get to work!"

...

When Xie Qing was going home at night, she met a small vendor selling mantis shrimp on a three-wheeler.

It was getting dark, and the owner still had more than half a basket left to sell. The shrimps were very lively, so she bought them all.

There were more than ten kilograms of shrimps, she ate one or two kilograms each, and sent the rest to the homes of several old men, which not only returned the favor but also helped the owner of the three-wheeler.

While washing the shrimps, Xie Chen called.

"Brother, where are

you?" "Just got home, how about you?"

"Me too. I'm preparing some mantis shrimps. Do you want some?"

"What a coincidence. Aunt Sun also bought some."

"Then I'll save it."

"Freeze them and I'll eat them next time. I came to ask you if you want to attend the charity gala this weekend. Yunyun will also go."

"I'm not going. Brother, you go in my place."

"Okay, as for the matter of helping college students, our dad's secretary has taken care of it for you. You don't have to worry about it."

"That's great. Thank Dad for me."

"What are you thanking me for? You've made great contributions to this project that my dad and I are working on, and we didn't even say thank you." "It

's just a courtesy. Don't take it to heart, brother. Haha~"

"Okay, then I'll accept it politely."

...

The brother and sister chatted about some trivial things, and when the phone was hung up, the shrimps were washed.

Xie Qing divided them into five portions, keeping the larger portion for her family, leaving about two kilograms for each family.

She carried four bags and knocked on four doors.

The two grandmothers opened the door for the Jiang family and that family, Aunt Zhou for the Fan family, and Grandpa Fan himself for the Fan family.

Xie Qing finished delivering the garbage in less than ten minutes. When she opened her own door, Tan Yi came back.

Xie Qing waved and pushed the door open. At the moment the door was about to close, she saw Aunt Zhou coming in with a bag of garbage.

Aunt Zhou loved to talk, and she greeted Tan Yi from a distance, "Captain Tan, I heard that something big happened at the beach?"

...

Xie Qing didn't hear what Tan Yi said in response, so she closed the door and went to the kitchen to cook.

When putting the mantis shrimps into the steamer, she hesitated for a moment, and finally put in the amount for three people - it was not because she was in love, but because she felt sympathy for each other. After

making a cup of green tea, Xie Qing took the phone and went to the basement.

Next to the workbench was a bed board that had been nailed - she liked furniture with mortise and tenon structures, but because Cao Haisheng was in urgent need, she could not be so particular.

The next step was to make the bed frame. The size had been calculated, the ink line was drawn, and the wood was sawed...

When Xie Qing estimated that the mantis shrimps would be steamed, she went upstairs to turn off the fire and called Tan Yi.

"Ring, ring, ring..." A faint ring sound came from outside the door, and Xie Qing quickly hung up the phone.

When I opened the door, I saw Tan Yi and Chai Yu standing outside like door gods.

"Is this what we call telepathy?" Chai Yu took out a bunch of yellow roses from behind his back with a smile. "Old Tan said that it's not good to eat and drink for free, so he asked me to bring a bouquet of flowers. I don't like lilies, so I bought roses. What do you think? Do you like this color?"

"I like it! Thank you, Captain Tan, and thank you, Brother Chai!" Xie Qing's eyes lit up. Just kidding, she is a girl, how could she not like flowers?

She took it and said, "It just so happens that I bought some mantis shrimps and have already steamed them. I was just about to send them to you."

Chai Yu asked, "How did you know we were coming?"

Xie Qing put the flowers on the coffee table and took out a pure white open ceramic vase. "I didn't know you were coming, but I wanted to send it to you. Happiness is better shared than happiness alone. Good food should be shared together."

Chai Yu went to the first floor after entering the house. "Qingqing, make a bowl of noodles for Brother Chai. He has been in the countryside with the leaders for a day and Brother Chai is hungry."

Xie Qing thought that there were enough shrimps and everyone could chat while "eating shrimps". She didn't expect that he would have to eat.

She asked, "Is instant noodles okay?"

"Instant noodles!" Chai Yu hesitated.

Tan Yi said, "If he doesn't want to eat, let him go hungry. If he has food to eat, he's still picky."

Chai Yu quickly said, "Eat, eat, eat. Ren Qingqing didn't say anything, but you're the one who talks too much."

Tan Yi said, "Xiao Xie, do

you need help?" Xie Qing said, "It's just instant noodles. Have fun."

Tan Yi also went to the basement floor.

Xie Qing poured water into the vase and was about to go to the kitchen when she heard Chai Yu shout, "Is this a bed board? It's well made!"

Tan Yi said, "It's really good, no worse than a real carpenter."

Xie Qing smiled. This was nothing. Her real interest was classical furniture with mortise and tenon joints.

She found four packs of instant noodles from the cupboard, boiled them until 80% done and then refrigerated them. Then she found a small bundle of rapeseed, two sausages, two green onions, and four eggs from the refrigerator...

Five minutes later, the instant noodles were served. Xie Qing lay on the fence next to the stairs, ready to call for help.

This round was almost over.

Tan Yi was sticking his butt up to hit the last black ball. This man was tall, had long legs and a round butt. When he lay there, he was taller than any man she had dissected... She

had thought too much.

She forced herself to pull her eyes back.

"Bang!"

The two balls collided, and the black ball made two "dong dong" sounds on the edge of the table before falling into the bottom pocket.

Chai Yu said, "You are so lucky."

Tan Yi put the club back on the rack, "Next time you take two shots and I take one, maybe your luck will get better."

Chai Yu poked him on the butt with a stick, "Get lost."

Tan Yi felt pain and rubbed it subconsciously, "You..." He saw Xie Qing with a smile on her face and her face flushed.

Xie Qing pretended not to see it, "Captain Tan, it's time to eat."

Chai Yu looked at Xie Qing, then at Tan Yi, and laughed.

The two washed their hands and sat down at the dining table.

Xie Qing said, "Try the fried instant noodles."

Chai Yu took a bite, "It's indeed better than boiled ones, but it's not so convenient. Can inconvenient instant noodles still be called instant noodles?"

Xie Qing was about to speak, but was interrupted by Tan Yi.

Tan Yi said, "Don't listen to his nonsense. I'm looking for you today because of Wu Jiang. The Wu family has no military background, big or small, but District Chief Wu offended someone in the past few years."

Xie Qing swallowed the noodles in her mouth, "In other words, Captain Jiang made a mistake?"

"It's possible." Tan Yi said, "It's also possible that we have grasped the essence, so they want to use this case to interfere with our vision."

"Essence." Xie Qing repeated, "Captain Tan is talking about the essence related to the word military?"

Tan Yi said, "Yes."

Chai Yu asked, "Then why didn't he start in Anhai?"

Tan Yi said, "Because no one in Anhai is willing to pay for his life."

"It's not unreasonable. Also..." Xie Qing seemed to be thinking about something. "This time the dismemberment case spread so quickly in society. Could someone have tampered with it?"

Tan Yi said, "If we shift our attention to the Zheng Wenkai case, the pace of the teahouse and the Third Master's investigation will be slower. Your guess is not unreasonable."

Xie Qing said, "Is it possible that their people are in the daily or evening newspapers? Or, is it possible that this case is related to SQN?"

Tan Yi shook his head. "It's hard to say. There is no evidence. I won't make such an inference for the time being."

Xie Qing said, "Every time a case happens in the coastal area, reporters always work very hard. Should we find a channel to ask?"

Chai Yu finished half of the instant noodles. "You two are too fast in your logic. It's simply unrealistic. Is it really okay to associate like this?"

Tan Yi asked, "What do you think is unreasonable?"

Chai Yu thought for a while. "Journalists all have sources of information. There are many informants. I think you are making a fuss by paying them according to the information."

Xie Qing rolled up a chopstick of noodles. "It's better to be safe than sorry. This case is so difficult. We will not let go of any clues."

Chai Yu said, "That's true. But when you are afraid of enemies everywhere, you will also be distracted and fall into the opponent's trap. Seriously, I brought things from the capital today."

Tan Yi said, "When did you return to Beijing?"

"I accompanied Mayor Ye to Beijing the day before yesterday and came back today." Chai Yu raised his chin to his briefcase, "Are you surprised or not?"