nightingale
Jiang Li was walking between the stalls with a huge cup of mango shaved ice in his hand. Chen An followed behind him. He didn't know if it was because of the Liu Hanxiao case, but he always felt that Jiang Li had a coldness that was different from his peers. He couldn't get too emotional about anything. Just like now, even when he was walking between various items, he still looked indifferent.
But thinking about his growing up experience, it seems difficult for him to survive if he is not indifferent. After all, people who are affectionate are more miserable.
He seemed to have picked out something he liked and took out his phone to scan the code. Chen An walked over to him and found that he had bought a kitten pendant. After buying it, he handed it to him and said, "This is for you."
Chen An took it, confused, and asked, "What are you doing for me?"
"The pendant on your car doesn't look good."
Hanging on his car was a bunch of cheap plastic grapes, which had faded due to years of exposure to sunlight. Actually, these plastic grapes were given to him by Han Ming, who said that he opened a blind box while accompanying Xun Muke shopping. Once, when he was on a mission and was riding in his car, Han Ming hung the plastic grapes on him. He didn't care and never picked them off.
Seeing that Chen An remained silent, Jiang Li added, "Consider it as a gift for the shaved ice."
Chen An smiled and said, "That's how clear it is."
"Of course not." Jiang Li turned around and continued his sarcastic tone, "Anyway, I'm not that familiar with that person."
"You little brat." Chen An pinched his face. "If you continue to act so wickedly, I'll take you back to the police station and keep you there for two days."
"Okay, can I stay at your house?"
"How did you know I had a room here?"
Jiang Li seemed very shocked, and then said exaggeratedly: "You are already 29 and don't have a house?"
Chen An resisted the urge to hit him. No, why did this kid speak so rudely now that he's grown up?
"How do you know I'm twenty-nine?"
"Sister Xu said so."
Xu Jie, good, very good. Not only Xun Muke played this meme, but even an 18-year-old kid played it.
Chen An had a "kind" smile on his face, and Jiang Li quickly distanced himself from him.
The two chased for a while, but both felt it was childish and stopped.
Walking along the long street, at the end is the Arc de Triomphe, where there is a prayer activity for the college entrance examination. Chen Anfei pulled people through this gate. Jiang Li said that he would definitely be admitted to the Public University, but his feet were very honest. After that, he even prayed for a fortune stick for his name to be admitted.
They had been out for a while, and they were chatting casually as they walked slowly back.
Chen An asked, "You're taking the college entrance exam soon. Why did you come all the way here?"
Jiang Li said, "School is on vacation, Xu Jiaming organized a party, so we just went out to have some fun."
Chen An nodded and said, "Okay, let's go back early after playing."
"Um."
Then, the silence of shaved ice fell. There were ice cubes at the bottom of the cup, and the ice underneath was already frozen solid. Jiang Li was very quiet, or rather, he was quiet most of the time, but Chen An searched for other sounds in this silence.
"But all this is in the past. Now that he's dead, after the college entrance exam, I can go somewhere else freely and do what I want."
Not a single word of the words of admonition to Qu Mengting that day was in the background information.
Chen An pretended to be casual and asked, "Did you tell the truth about what you said that day?"
Jiang Li obviously understood what he was saying. He paused poking Bing for a few seconds and then said naturally, "Of course not. You believe my fabricated story."
"oh."
When Chen An was almost at the hotel, he saw Han Ming coming out to look for someone.
"Hey, why are you hiding here?"
Han Ming walked over and stared at the boy who was about the same height as them, stroking his chin, "Who is he?"
Before Chen An could speak, Jiang Li said, "My name is Jiang Li. Who are you?"
Han Ming stopped and looked at him for a long time, then raised the corner of his lips with interest and said, "If you beat me, I'll tell you."
He moved quickly, without any hesitation, and went for Jiang Li's shoulder. Jiang Li dodged sideways and grabbed Han Ming's shoulder. The moment he felt the solid muscles, he knew he could not beat this man, so he had to give up and hide behind Chen An. Han Ming was determined to grab the man out from behind Chen An, but when he raised his hand, Chen An grabbed his wrist and bent it backwards with a snap.
"Ah——" Han Ming felt incredible, "Chen An, you!"
He shook his hands and put the dislocated bones back into place.
He knew that he would lose every time Chen An used this trick.
After this incident, Jiang Li was full of hostility towards Han Ming, and the look in his eyes when he looked at him was sharp.
Chen An didn't know why he suddenly caused trouble for Jiang Li, but his behavior undoubtedly embarrassed all three of them.
He frowned and asked, "Han Ming, what are you doing?"
Han Ming suddenly broke into a grin, "Nothing, just joking. You seem to be quite skilled, little brother." Then he walked up to Jiang Li and apologized, "I'm sorry, I was just drunk and joking, don't be angry."
Jiang Li didn't buy it, rolled his eyes at him, turned around, threw the remaining shaved ice into the trash can, and said to Chen An, "I'm going back first."
Chen An didn't feel comfortable stopping him, and turned to Han Ming and said, "You have quite a bad temper."
Chen An punched him and said, "It's all because of you."
Han Ming smiled and rubbed the place where he had hit him, not looking drunk at all. "Don't you think he's weird?"
Chen An didn't say anything, and Han Ming took it as his acquiescence. "You should have seen his hand, the calluses where his thumb and index finger meet. What do you think they are?"
Of course Chen An saw it, he saw it from the first day he met him.
"But he has calluses elsewhere, lots of them," Chen An said. "That doesn't prove anything."
Han Ming sneered, "Then isn't his dodging speed just now enough to prove something?"
Chen An looked helpless. "He grew up being abused by his father. Isn't it normal for him to learn a few ways to avoid it?"
Han Ming was speechless. He couldn't explain why, but he just intuitively didn't like this boy. His eyes were too unclean. That chaotic, overflowing black coiled around his senses like a python. Looking into his eyes always made Han Ming uncomfortable.
He couldn't argue with her, so he just waved his hand and said, "You have a preset position, it's useless to say anything." Then he strode forward.
When they returned, the group of students had already dispersed and Jiang Li was no longer in the restaurant.
Chen An pinched his brows, and they parted on bad terms again.
Their dinner lasted until one o'clock in the morning. When it ended, Han Ming paid the bill. Xun Muke and Chen An still had something to say. Chen An was waiting for her in the car. A few minutes later, Xun Muke closed the car door and handed him a sealed bag.
"Last time you asked me to check if Teacher Qiao had any contact with suspicious persons before being transferred to Futian Police Academy. I investigated and found that there were indeed some."
Xun Muke watched him pull out the information. "The person on the first file is called Qiu Ke. He has no parents. In 2012, he was imprisoned for intentional injury and received a one-year sentence. During that time, Qiao Qingfeng visited him in prison many times until Qiu Ke was released in 2013."
Chen An took a quick look and asked, "Are there any photos?"
Xun Muke said, "No, I checked the electronic version directly. If you want the photo, you have to go to the prison in person. There are paper documents there."
She continued, "The second person is He Cheng, a technical secondary school student who was expelled in 2013 for violating discipline. After his expulsion, he maintained close contact with Qiao Qingfeng until Qiao Qingfeng was transferred to the Futian Police Academy."
Chen An nodded and glanced at He Cheng's photo. He had a crew cut, a broad face, and prominent brow bones, and looked very fierce.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome." Xun Muke thought for a moment and then said, "Did you find out anything?"
Chen An was not on guard against Xun Muke and said bluntly: "Professor Jiang said that the teacher had recruited an informant before."
Xun Muke said, "Do you suspect there are informants here heading to Hemu Village?"
"Um."
"But I heard from above that it was..."
"It said that the explosion was caused by Qiao Qingfeng's mistake in leading the team." Chen An glanced at her sideways. The street lights were dim, reflecting Chen An's half-smile.
Xun Muke avoided his gaze and said, "Anyway, I don't think so."
"The informant mapped out the terrain, the police planned a route in advance, and the officers they brought were all elite. But Qiao Qingfeng suddenly changed the route, causing the chemical plant explosion. That's their version of events." Chen An lowered his eyes. "But I don't think so. If someone hadn't tipped off, how could they have buried 21 tons of explosives in the chemical plant ahead of time? And how could they have gathered all the women and children in the village at the chemical plant? Something must have forced Qiao Qingfeng to change his route. If the informant is okay, then the higher-ups are wrong."
Xun Muke said, "The informant at the time was named Luo Yan. I heard he was a graduate of the police academy. Hemu Village was heavily guarded, making it difficult to enter or leave. He did pass on a lot of intelligence to the police after sneaking in, but he eventually disappeared during the operation and there has been no news since. Thinking deeply about this, it's hard not to be suspicious."
"Yes." Chen An leaned back in his chair. "Afterwards, the authorities kept silent about this case. After the explosion, the drug traffickers disappeared without a trace. The truth was completely buried in the dust."
The atmosphere in the car was too heavy. After a few minutes, Chen An pulled himself out of the past and said, "Only you and I know about this matter for now."
Xun Muke said, "Okay."
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