Chapter 104
Just when Luo Jingyao was slightly distracted, Lin Jiafan slowly walked up to her side and followed her gaze to see the photos of the scene in Guo Zhen's hand.
"I just heard you and Pang Guang say that you have a suite nearby and are waiting for the Yancheng police station to come and check for gas?" Lin Jiafan was not curious about why she was staring at those photos, but instead asked about something unrelated.
Luo Jingyao, having regained consciousness, nodded. "My mom just called the police station, but they're short-staffed, so they probably won't be able to get here for a while."
Lin Jiafan wasn't surprised at all. "The Yancheng Police Station has already done everything they can. I heard they only left two people guarding the gate, while the rest were sent down to investigate the gas."
"It was mainly because there was another unknown murder case, so they asked some extra questions to the nearby residents during the investigation, which naturally took up a lot of time."
"But don't worry, the police officers from police stations and communities across the city are almost here, and we'll be able to speed things up."
"Yeah." Luo Jingyao responded lightly, her fingers unconsciously picking at the cap of the coffee bottle in her hand, looking a little absent-minded.
At this moment, she was still thinking in her mind how likely it was that the severed hand that appeared at the explosion scene was related to the crime scene she had seen before.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t figure it out after thinking about it for a long time.
When Luo Jingyao finally regained her senses and raised her eyes again, she discovered that the members of the Special Case Investigation Team had finished eating the small cakes in the plastic bag at some point, and were looking at her quietly with different expressions.
Clearing her throat awkwardly, she tactfully took a big step back and then waved to everyone: "My mom is still waiting for me upstairs. See you later."
Lin Jiafan and others also said goodbye to her one after another.
Luo Jingyao turned around and walked across the street. When she looked back again, she happened to see the police car turn around on the road. Judging from the direction it was heading back to the stir-fry restaurant.
After hesitating on the side of the road for a while, she went back into the supermarket and bought some bread, instant noodles and water.
When she returned to Room 7002, Mao Peilan was lying on the sofa in the living room in a daze. She barely got up and took two bites of bread, but the more she ate, the angrier she became.
Just as she was mumbling and complaining, the doorbell suddenly rang.
Luo Jingyao walked forward and opened the security door, and what she saw was a young and kind smiling face.
"Mao..." The young woman started to speak, but after seeing her appearance clearly, she swallowed the rest of the words in time, and then opened her mouth awkwardly: "You are..."
"Who are you looking for?" Luo Jingyao asked very politely.
Mao Peilan, who had heard the noise, also stood up from the sofa. As soon as she saw the person outside the door, she greeted him with a smile on her face: "Hey, Xiao Wang! What do you want to talk to me about?"
After saying that, before the other party could reply, she introduced: "This is the tenant of 7001 I told you about."
"This is my daughter."
The woman called Xiao Wang greeted Luo Jingyao enthusiastically and immediately extended an invitation: "Auntie Mao, when my husband came home from get off work, he saw your shoes left outside the door. He thought you must be here waiting for the police station to come and check the gas!"
"It's almost eight o'clock in the evening. Haven't you eaten yet? My husband just stewed a chicken and asked you to come over and eat with him!"
"Xiao Li is so polite!" Mao Peilan was touched and waved her hands to refuse: "No need to bother, we will go home after checking the gas!"
"Didn't you see the notice in the owners' group? They have only finished half of the inspection of the community ahead. By the time it comes to our turn, who knows when it will be." Miss Wang has the beauty of a southern beauty, with curved eyebrows and fair skin. When she smiles, her whole body exudes a gentle aura.
"Besides, you haven't seen Mile for half a year, right? She misses you as her godmother!"
"Oh my, thank you for your help!"
Perhaps the other party was too sincere, so Mao Peilan agreed reluctantly, and then she pulled Luo Jingyao to 7001 without saying anything.
It was not until she entered the next door and felt the heat blowing on her face that Luo Jingyao slowly began to feel some sense of reality.
Miss Wang's husband, Xiao Li, who looked to be in his twenties, emerged from the kitchen wearing a bright red apron, spatula in hand, and called out, "Auntie Mao, you're here! Wait for me to stir-fry some water spinach and then we can eat!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the other party retracted his head, leaving only the casserole with stewed chicken as the base on the dining table, bubbling on the induction cooker.
The air is filled with an exceptionally fresh and fragrant smell.
The layout of 7001 is basically the same as that of 7002. The only difference is that there is a breath of life everywhere.
While looking around, Luo Jingyao unexpectedly made eye contact with the chubby kid in the stroller placed next to the dining table.
Suddenly, the bald-headed Dumpling grinned at her, revealing his pink gums and two small teeth as big as rice grains that had just emerged from underneath.
"Oh! Grandma's darling grandson!" Mao Peilan took two quick steps forward and held the fat boy in her arms, touching his little hands and feet, perfectly interpreting the meaning of "can't let go".
Miss Wang looked at the scene with a smile, turned around and asked Luo Jingyao to sit down, then went into the kitchen to help.
"Xiao Wang is two years younger than you. Look at his child, he's already so big now. Now look at you?" Mao Peilan rolled her eyes and said this with a tone full of disgust.
In response to this, Luo Jingyao just pursed her lips helplessly and tactfully did not refute.
After all, according to past experience, if she listened obediently, this topic could be ended in just a few words, but if she talked back, she would not be able to get away for at least an hour.
Occasionally she would think that the current social environment is really not very friendly.
Even if you are a world champion, you still can't escape the fate of being urged to get married.
I really don’t know how outstanding a woman has to be in order for others to see her other values besides her reproductive skills.
Fortunately, Mao Peilan is not a particularly crazy parent, and she just treats her occasional nagging to Luo Jingyao as a way to amuse her ears.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Mao Peilan snorted coldly. Perhaps she was tired of holding the child, so the woman took two steps forward and stuffed the child into her arms, then ran to the kitchen door to chat with the young couple.
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When their eyes met, Luo Jingyao could only smell a faint scent of milk in her breath.
She is good at holding dumbbells, but this is the first time she has held such a chubby little thing.
She helplessly pinched the little Tuanzi's armpits for a while, and finally found a comfortable position to hold the child in her arms. During this time, Luo Jingyao secretly shook the child with her hands. Tuanzi weighed about 20 kilograms.
No wonder Mao Peilan couldn't handle it. Fortunately, the weight of this thing didn't matter to her.
"Ms. Luo, come and eat!" Miss Wang came out of the kitchen, holding a plate of shiny, green stir-fried water spinach. "Just put Mi Le in the stroller. He's so fat now. If I hold him for just ten minutes, my arms will be so sore the next day that I can't lift him."
"Let her hold it. She has nothing but great strength." Mao Peilan said, looking at the table of dishes in front of her, rubbing her hands a little embarrassedly: "It's such a sumptuous feast, you guys are too polite!"
Miss Wang smiled and pulled out a chair for her: "Auntie Mao, thanks to your care over the years, a meal is nothing."
"Please don't feel burdened. My husband and I have already discussed it. We want to celebrate tonight."
"Celebrate? What good day? Wedding anniversary?" Mao Peilan sat down and asked curiously.
At this moment, Xiao Li also left the kitchen and came to the dining table. He wiped his hands on his apron skillfully and said, "Celebrating surviving a disaster!"
"Auntie Mao, isn't I responsible for delivering packages on our street? I just finished delivering a package to Jiangcheng Spicy Stir-fry this morning, and before I'd even driven 500 meters, their place exploded! Do you think it's worth celebrating?"
"Oh my god!" Mao Peilan's eyes widened in surprise, a look of lingering fear: "This is truly a blessing from our ancestors! We really need to celebrate."
Courier?
Luo Jingyao, who had been walking around the living room with her child in her arms, suddenly had her eyelids twitched and she moved inconspicuously to the dining table.
"Xiao Li, how long have you been working in the express delivery industry?" She started the conversation casually.
Xiao Li didn't suspect anything. While stirring the long-simmered casserole chicken with a spoon, he replied, "It's been over a year. I'm a little tired, but now I have to raise a baby!"
"Compared to my previous office job, I earn more as a courier."
"Have you been in charge of this area for such a long time? Then you should be quite familiar with the people in the stir-fry restaurant, right?" Luo Jingyao asked again as if chatting.
"Let's get to know them. Aside from the boss, the staff turnover in their shop is quite high, so there are often new faces." Xiao Li sighed heavily. "When I entered the shop this morning, there were two waiters cleaning up. I guess..."
After all, several lives were lost. Everyone still feels a little uncomfortable when talking about this tragedy.
Silence stretched endlessly across the table. Finally, Xiao Li was the first to speak: "If you don't eat now, the food will get cold. Wife, go get some spoons."
Miss Wang naturally agreed and went into the kitchen again with her slippers clacking.
As luck would have it, there was a knock on the door.
Luo Jingyao was the closest to the entrance, so she rushed to the security door with the little girl in her arms, muttering, "Did the police bring someone over?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened.
The next second, she saw the two familiar figures in the corridor.
Pang Guang, who was outside the door, didn't notice anything unusual at first. He lowered his head and took out his ID, muttering to himself, "Hello, we are from the Jinshi Public Security Bureau. May I ask..."
The rest of the words stopped abruptly. The young man was stunned for several seconds before he opened his mouth in disbelief: "Coach Luo?!"
"You already have a child?!"
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