Chapter 52 Buying a Bed Leads to the Murderer (Revised)
Gu Yiliu was surprised that Han Yi was transferred so quickly.
Gu Yiliu: "Can it be transferred?"
Han Yi glanced at her, then slowly warmed the cup with hot water. "Why not? The New Year is just around the corner. After the New Year, I can basically start preparing for the transfer. I'm just coming back six months early."
The reason he returned so quickly was because he had read the newspaper. He knew Gu Yiliu was brave, but seeing in the newspaper that she had rushed into the fire with a water tank on her back still made him worried.
Unable to resist, he used his connections to transfer back. Fortunately, since he joined the company, he had always been proactive and hardworking, and had achieved good results, so they didn't make things difficult for him, and transferring him back to his hometown was quite appropriate.
He looked up at the woman opposite him. Her hair was tied up high, with the ends hanging down on both sides of her neck. Her features were delicate yet exuded a heroic air.
Han Yi smiled and began to brew the tea seriously.
"Don't you want us to work in the same place?"
Gu Yiliu did not mean that.
Which police station will you be transferred to?
Shuikou Street Police Station.
"..."
Gu Yiliu remained silent for a while. Based on her understanding of Han Yi, she felt that he did it on purpose.
"Of course, otherwise why would I be transferred back?"
“Oh, by the way,” he poured her a cup of tea, “I have nowhere to stay.”
Gu Yiliu: "The police station also has dormitories."
"I can't stay in the dormitory every day."
Gu Yiliu asked with a half-smile, "Where would you like to stay?"
Han Yi had been waiting for these words. He stretched out his long legs, his posture very relaxed, as if he were having a casual conversation. "I want to live here." His gaze passed over her and landed on the courtyard behind her.
He smiled at her and said, "The house next door also belongs to the landlord."
Gu Yiliu's rented room was separated from his neighbor's by only one wall.
Gu Yiliu snorted lightly. This guy was asking for a beating. She understood his intentions. In fact, she guessed he had this idea from the moment he rented her a house.
"Isn't your home here too? Why do you need to rent another place?"
"Is it really necessary?" Han Yi's words were utterly shameless. "Aren't you right here?"
Gu Yiliu glanced at him.
Han Yi took a sip of tea, savoring it carefully, and then said in a more shameless manner, "If you don't want me to rent a place, there's another way: I'll stay here with you."
"I can also help you with laundry, cooking, and cleaning."
"Then you should rent the place next door," Gu Yiliu interrupted him.
Han Yi, still wanting more, said, "If we live next door, I can still help you with laundry, cooking, and cleaning."
"Let's skip the laundry."
Han Yi's eyes lit up; she was tacitly allowing him to cook and clean for her.
Gu Yiliu gave him a warning look, telling him not to be too smug.
It was hard for Han Yi not to be smug. He tilted his head back and finished the tea in his cup, then stood up and said, "I'll go pack my luggage first."
Gu Yiliu frowned as she watched his retreating figure, and many things in her mind became clear. As Han Yi stepped out the door, she cursed, "Han Yi, you son of a bitch, you rented the place next door a long time ago, didn't you?!" The question was phrased with an affirmative tone.
Han Yi paused, then slipped away to the next room as if his steps were oiled.
The house was indeed rented a long time ago, but it's very dusty and still needs time to clean.
After settling in, Han Yi hurriedly went to find Gu Yiliu.
He knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered until a passerby reminded him.
"Xiao Gu isn't home. I ran into her on the street just now; she went to work."
Han Yi turned his head and found that it was actually the landlord who was taking a walk.
...
Han Yi thanked him and then went to the police station to report for duty.
The police station isn't busy today. Even though a murder has occurred, they've already done all the necessary investigations. The only clue is that someone has to walk right into their trap, so they can only wait.
When Han Yi arrived, everyone gave him a warm welcome.
“There’s one more dormitory room, Xiao Wu, you take him there,” Tang Shishen said. Before Han Yi and Gu Yiliu arrived, there were only three people in the police station besides Tang Shishen and Xiao Wu. If they didn’t have enough people to handle a case, they would borrow from other police stations; everyone borrowed from each other anyway.
This time there are two more people, making it a total of five, which is quite a large team.
"Just take me there, Yiliu." Han Yi pulled Gu Yiliu's wrist.
Tang Shishen glanced at the two of them and immediately understood what was going on. "Xiao Wu, then we don't need you."
Xiao Wu said "oh" and asked very directly, "Do you know Han Yi, Yiliu?"
Gu Yiliu nodded. "I know him. Let's go." She said the last sentence to Han Yi.
Han Yi looked at Tang Shishen and Xiao Wu, and added with a smile, "I'm a first-class partner." Then he caught up with Gu Yiliu.
"..."
"..."
Gu Yiliu led Han Yi to a dormitory room. "This is it."
The dormitory was empty, with nothing in it, and it was very small.
Han Yi felt it was acceptable; he just needed to buy whatever was missing.
He turned to Gu Yiliu and asked, "Which dormitory room is yours? Is the one next door yours?"
“Xiao Wu’s is next door,” Gu Yiliu laughed this time, “and I don’t live in the police station.” Especially when she saw Han Yi’s stunned expression.
She felt quite happy, as it was a way of turning the tables.
At that time, she first stayed in a hotel, and later Han Yi rented a room for her, so she went to rent a room and moved in directly. She never considered the dormitory.
Han Yi wasn't too disappointed. He brought up another matter, "Come with me to buy a bed later, and we also need to buy a car."
I was busy on the train last time, but I'm free this time.
Gu Yiliu hummed in agreement.
The two went to the mall together. Han Yi bought some daily necessities and then pulled Gu Yiliu straight to the bedding section.
He is very picky about the bed he sleeps in. He doesn't want a small one, he doesn't want a cheap one, he doesn't want an expensive one made of wood, and he especially dislikes imported wooden beds.
He had his eye on a spring mattress and pulled Gu Yiliu down to lie on it.
Gu Yiliu let out a soft gasp as Han Yi pulled him down onto the bed, their arms around his waist. They bounced slightly as they fell.
Bathed in the bright light of incandescent bulbs, Han Yi sighed with his eyes closed, then turned to the person next to him and asked, "Is it comfortable?"
Gu Yiliu hummed in agreement, and was held in Han Yi's arms. In addition to the fresh scent of the bedding, there was also the faint fragrance of Han Yi's body, which was very comfortable.
The mattress beneath her was soft and fluffy; as soon as she lay down, she felt a wave of laziness wash over her. She tried to get up, but before she could move, a hand around her waist pulled her towards Han Yi, and half of her body fell into his arms.
The bouncy mattress also bounced them up.
The two of them paused for a moment, both breathing.
The elasticity bounces rhythmically, mimicking a certain kind of movement.
Their eyes met, and because of the movement, they could both feel each other's bodies, which were pressed tightly together. She could feel the stiffness in his body, and he could feel her soft, supple curves.
Han Yi's hand was still on his lower back, like a heat source. He paused for a moment and then said, "Lie down and feel it for yourself. See if this bed is worth buying."
Gu Yiliu hummed in response. Their eyes met, and he released her. She then lay back down on the bed in tacit agreement.
A moment later, she let out a comfortable sigh.
Han Yi exhaled slowly, trying to calm his body.
"Do you like it?" Han Yi asked softly, then moved a little further to the side.
"like."
"Then let's buy it."
After he finished speaking, he stood up immediately.
Gu Yiliu hummed in agreement and sat up as well.
Are you alright?
"……fine."
Han Yi turned around to find the sales assistant to pay, his steps quick.
Gu Yiliu smiled slightly.
Han Yi bought two beds. He asked the mall staff to deliver one to the police station and the other to a rental apartment.
After leaving the bedding exhibition area, he took Gu Yiliu to buy a car.
Gu Yiliu was a little taken aback by his extravagant wealth; he had only spent 400 yuan on the bed, and now he was buying a car...
"You have money?"
Han Yi hummed in agreement, "Don't worry."
He rummaged around and pulled out a savings book for her.
Gu Yiliu glanced at him, silently complaining to himself, "Who would carry a bankbook around with them?" But his hands honestly opened it to look.
"I brought it today, since I'm buying a car. But," Han Yi said, "I've inquired, and I'm still a bit short of money to buy a car, but I should be able to postpone the final payment by a month or two."
Gu Yiliu didn't speak, but silently counted the zeros after the numbers.
There are three zeros after 51.
"Where did all this money come from?" she asked Han Yi in a low voice.
"I earned it through legitimate channels," Han Yi teased her.
Gu Yiliu was filled with envy and jealousy: "How come I can't earn this much money through legitimate channels?"
Han Yi chuckled, “Don’t worry, these are all New Year’s money that my grandparents gave me. Years ago, they sold all their jewelry and land deeds and gave the money to me. This is what they have saved up over the years.”
He couldn't save that much money all at once.
Gu Yiliu looked at the money in her savings account again and again, counting it over and over. "I'd better not buy anything. I'll just buy a motorcycle instead." She couldn't bear to spend all that money at once.
Drive a car that matches your skill level. It won't hurt.
"I still want to buy a car so I can take you home for the New Year." Han Yi really wanted to buy a car.
Gu Yiliu shook his head, looking resistant: "No need to see me off, I can just take the train back."
Driving back? Are you kidding me? The roads are full of potholes, it'd be torture to ride in a car. Besides, she can just use the teleportation portal to get back, she doesn't even need to take the train.
Gu Yiliu didn't want to continue discussing buying a car, so he made the final decision: "Let's buy a motorcycle for transportation."
Anyway, I've already bought the motorcycle.
...
The missing person notices for Quan Zhushan and Jiang Yiliang quickly yielded results.
Gu Yiliu's guess was right. The two were afraid of dying and being targeted by the murderer who killed Ban Dawei, so they really did come back to seek protection.
The day after Laba Festival, the two took the initiative to go to the police station.
"Officer, we've come to... report something."
Gu Yiliu: "What is it?"
“We didn’t kill Ban Dawei. We know who killed Ban Dawei.”
After Quan Zhushan finished speaking, he looked at Gu Yiliu, but her expression remained unchanged, and Quan Zhushan could not tell what she was thinking.
Quan Zhushan was inwardly distressed. Why was this woman so difficult to deal with? But the New Year was approaching, and he had to go home. He couldn't keep wandering around outside; he was afraid of being killed there.
“We’ve known Dawei for over ten years. We’ve lived and eaten together, and we have a very good relationship. If Dawei hadn’t held off the murderer, we wouldn’t have escaped either…”
Gu Yiliu hummed in agreement. "What does the murderer look like? Can you draw him?"
"I can't draw..."
Gu Yiliu remained silent, then looked at Jiang Yiliang, "And you?"
"I'll give it a try..." Jiang Yiliang smiled wryly.
Jiang Yiliang's drawing skills weren't actually that good, but he wanted to give it a try. He also hoped to find the murderer as soon as possible; he didn't want to hide.
Gu Yiliu watched Jiang Yiliang draw for half an hour before finally completing a portrait.
It's a bit ugly, but the facial contours and features are drawn. "How tall is he?"
"About 1.7 meters tall."
Gu Yiliu slightly beautified Jiang Yiliang's portrait, and then asked Jiang Yiliang and Quan Zhushan to look at it, "Does this look like him?"
The two nodded at first glance, "It looks just like it!"
Gu Yiliu handed the portrait to Tang Shishen, saying, "It looks something like this."
Where do you think he might be?
Gu Yiliu: "I don't know. Let's start by looking in the city, and then expand the search area."
To their surprise, they actually found him. They apprehended him at the grocery market.
She discovered the murderer because there were only six days left until the Lunar New Year, and Gu Yiliu planned to go home. Her family had also sent a letter asking her to come home for the New Year. When she and Han Yi went to buy New Year's goods, they discovered the murderer at a cookie stall.
Without saying a word, they pinned the person down and took them and their belongings back to the police station.
Then they called Quan Zhushan and Jiang Yiliang to identify the person.
"It's him! It's him!" Jeon Joo-sun's triangular eyes flashed with a fierce light. "He killed Dae-wei! He also ruined his fortune! Officer, can I hit him?"
“No.” Gu Yiliu gestured for Quan Zhushan to step aside. She stared at the murderer and asked, “What are you going to do with all this stuff?”
"It's almost Chinese New Year, time to buy New Year's goods."
"Are the remaining gloves also New Year's goods?" Gu Yiliu found it strange. "Why would you buy a water bottle during the New Year?"
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