Xu Man turned her head as he said, and after seeing what was being reported on TV, she was a little surprised: "Is this the case at the scenic spot yesterday? How come it's on the news so soon?"
"Normal." Qin Shen put the plate on the table. "There were so many tourists in the mountains yesterday. There were quite a few people just surrounding the scene to take pictures and watch the excitement. It's not surprising that the media got the news."
Xu Man thought about it and agreed. The death of a tourist in a scenic spot was social news and within the normal scope of media reporting. There was nothing surprising about it. She found it novel probably because it was the first time she saw the case she had dealt with on TV, so she made a fuss about it. Unlike Qin Shen, who has been the captain of the criminal investigation detachment for so long, he is probably no longer surprised by such things.
She nodded, took the heated preserved vegetable bun from the plate through a paper towel, took a bite, and ate slowly.
"There must be news about this incident on the Internet now." Qin Shen beside him continued, "I just don't know how popular it is. If it's popular, it will be a headache for Lao Chen and others."
Xu Man asked curiously, "What happens if the temperature is high?"
He thought for a moment and said, "First, the local news media blocked your door, and then your superiors attached great importance to this case and urged you to solve it quickly. If the impact is bigger, you might even be put on the list for supervision. If you can't solve the case within a certain period of time, you will be fined."
"Really?" Xu Man was surprised. How could he describe it so clearly and specifically, as if he had experienced it personally? "Captain, have you ever encountered such a thing?"
"Of course I haven't encountered that." Qin Shen sneered. "Last year, when I first came here, I was handling a case that was going well. Then some media outlet heard about it, wrote a special report and posted it online, which immediately ignited the heat. The team received dozens of interview calls every day, and there were reporters squatting at the door, waiting for you to come out and ask about the progress of the case. It was really annoying."
Xu Man listened to him and felt vaguely that the plot sounded familiar, as if someone had told her about it before. After thinking about it carefully, she realized that Zhao Jia had only mentioned it when he talked to her about his past, but it was not exactly the same. So she tried to ask, "Is it the June 15 boy case?"
Qin Shen raised his eyebrows: "How do you know?"
It really is that case!
"I heard Zhao Jia mention it." She said, hiding the reason why she mentioned it. She was embarrassed to tell him that it was because she asked Zhao Jia about him that the two of them talked about it. "At the time, there was a lot of discussion about this case online, and a teacher even talked about it in class, so when you mentioned it, I thought of it."
"That's it." Qin Shen walked to the refrigerator, took out a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed it and took a sip. "The case was already very difficult. Everyone was very tired from investigating it, and we had to take time out to deal with them. The higher-ups also put this case on the list for supervision, and the deadline for solving it was one month. It was really a headache."
As he spoke, his tone became a little anxious, as if he had returned to the time when he was immersed in solving cases. He drank a few sips of water before calming down again: "I couldn't sleep during that period. When I closed my eyes, I was thinking about cases, cases, and cases."
Xu Man knew that this case was put on the list for supervision. At that time, the Mingzhou Public Security Bureau even issued a statement to appease the public, but she didn't know that Qin Shen was under such great pressure. Although it had been a long time since the incident and the case was successfully solved, she still couldn't help but worry about him at that time: "What if the case can't be solved within a month?"
"Nothing is unsolvable. It cannot be unsolvable." Qin Shen spread his hands. "That's what Director Zhou told me at the time. He told me that this case not only attracted the attention of the general public, but also the attention of the provincial department above. He told me that I had to solve it no matter what, and the sooner the better. There must be no situation where it cannot be solved."
Xu Man said "Ah?" and frowned: "Why is that... What will you do if you really can't break it?"
"Who knows? Anyway, the case was successfully solved in the end, and I finally got rid of this big trouble." He shrugged, "But I really hate this. It's like someone is behind you with a timer, urging you to solve the problem. You have to finish it within ten minutes. There can't be any situation where you can't solve it. Usually at this time, I just want to beat up the person who is urging me with the timer, instead of thinking about how to solve the problem."
Xu Man was amused by his vivid metaphor and almost choked herself when she took a bite of the bun: "It seems that you have a good ability to solve problems. You successfully solved the problem within ten minutes."
"That's right. Don't you think about who your man is?" Qin Shen smiled and handed her the bottle of mineral water, asking her to drink some water to moisten her throat that had just been choked. "Eat slowly, no one is going to snatch it from you."
Xu Man's face flushed and she felt a little dissatisfied. Why did he make it sound as if she was choking because she ate too fast? She was clearly choking. So although she did need to drink some water to moisten her throat, she still defended herself before drinking it: "I eat very slowly. I was choked just now, not swallowed."
Qin Shen didn't say anything, obviously he didn't think there was any difference between the two. Just then the news about the scenic spot was over, so he walked over, picked up the remote control on the coffee table and turned off the TV. At the same time, he turned around and said to her, "It's almost 8:40. When are you going to the detachment?"
Xu Man was startled. She had been chatting with him so happily that she almost forgot about going to work. She quickly ate the remaining half of the bun, screwed on the mineral water bottle, picked up her bag and said to him, "I'll go now."
Qin Shen smiled and glanced towards the door: "Then let's go."
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Starting at 7:30, the roads in Mingzhou fell into the slow traffic of the morning rush hour, which would not end until about 10 o'clock. Usually, Xu Man got up early and went downstairs at 7 o'clock. Qin Shen drove her to the detachment in less than 20 minutes. Today she overslept and got up late, which happened to be the peak of the morning rush hour. The car stopped and started along the way, and it was almost half past nine when she arrived at the detachment. She was a full hour and a half late, which made her feel very uneasy.
Fortunately, the detachment did not have a clock-in and clock-out system, and because of the nature of the criminal investigation, there were quite a few people working in the field. She did not seem out of place when she walked into the hall where people were constantly coming and going, which made her feel a little relieved.
She went up to a group of offices on the second floor. There were a few people taking a break, but more were working. When she pushed the door open and went in, she made a little noise, causing a few people to look over here, but they quickly lowered their heads to work. Only Zhang Hongfei continued to look at her and greeted her: "Xiao Xu, are you here to work?"
Xu Man nodded somewhat guiltily and walked over to cancel her leave with him: "Sorry, Team Zhang, I'm late today..."
"It's okay. The rules in our team are very relaxed. As long as it doesn't affect the work, being late for a while is nothing." Zhang Hongfei smiled and waved his hand. "Besides, you also sacrificed your rest time yesterday to run around the site all afternoon. It's normal to oversleep because you're too tired. Don't be nervous."
Seeing that he had a calm attitude and did not seem to blame her for being late, Xu Man breathed a sigh of relief. However, she still felt a little guilty. After all, she did not rush over as soon as she realized she was late. Instead, she chatted leisurely with Qin Shen at home for a while before coming here. It was only when he reminded her that she remembered that she had to go to work today. She always felt a sense of moral condemnation in her heart.
Zhang Hongfei continued to ask her: "So you have recovered from your illness and can go back to work normally from today?"
Xu Man nodded in affirmation, and then received a task assigned by the other party. It was to organize the records of her questioning of the onlookers near the scene yesterday. It was ordinary data work, not much different from what she had done before in the detachment. She returned to her workstation, said hello to Zhao Jia and Li Shijie respectively, and started her day's work.
It might be because the deceased this time was an adult and the scene looked like an accident, unlike the previous case of Zhang Xiaojuan which was an obvious homicide and dismemberment. The atmosphere in the team was far less tense than last time, and all investigations were proceeding step by step, neither hurried nor slow.
During the lunch break, Xu Man searched the Internet and found that there were indeed reports about this case online, but they did not make much of a splash. In recent years, incidents of tourists dying in scenic spots have occurred from time to time. Unless the circumstances of the deaths are particularly bizarre or the number of deaths is large, the public will pay attention to it. Otherwise, they will not care too much.
This was a good thing, as it meant that the situation Qin Shen encountered last year would not happen again, but soon Xu Man realized that she was wrong.
The news of the death of a tourist in Jiumiao Mountain did not become popular, but the label of "the most handsome criminal policeman in the country" somehow appeared on the list, and its popularity rose rapidly, topping the list overnight.
At first, Xu Man thought that this label was like "The Most Beautiful Teacher in the Country" or "The Most Beautiful Nurse", where some criminal police officer solved a major case or bravely rescued some hostages, and was crowned the most handsome by the general public to show their love. When she clicked on it, she almost thought she was seeing things, and took a few careful looks to make sure she was not seeing things.
The man who was dubbed the most handsome criminal policeman turned out to be Qin Shen!
The top search result was a blog post with only one short sentence: "I unexpectedly met a young criminal policeman while traveling. He was so handsome that I couldn't close my legs. Words can't describe how handsome he is. Only his photos can express my feelings! It's a pity that the young man seems to have a girlfriend. Crying/(TOT)/~~", and below it were nine-square photos of Qin Shen.
She clicked on them and found that the first few photos were taken in the teahouse. Qin Shen's profile was captured very clearly, and one photo was even close to a frontal photo. The last few photos were taken from a distance in the rain, and only his back or profile could be seen. The blogger enlarged them and took screenshots and posted them online. Although they were a little blurry, they looked unexpectedly good, with a kind of heart-pounding handsomeness.
This blog post was forwarded 30,000 times and had 20,000 comments, with all the comments below screaming with praise. There was also a hot comment at the front row that recognized Qin Shen's identity. So before long, the tag #Mingzhou Criminal Investigation Captain# also became popular, and was next to #The Most Handsome Criminal Policeman in the Country#, which looked very eye-catching.
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