While the detectives of Team B were sorting and searching the list, Tannen decided to follow the mobile unit to stake out Gu Xiaolan's colleagues at night.
At that time, he could personally observe everyone around Gu Xiaolan. Even if he couldn't find a suspect that matched his profile, at least he could get along with his PTU colleagues.
However, in addition to his colleagues from the PTU, Tannen still wanted to bring an agent with him so that they could discuss the case together.
Now there were only Fang Zhenyue, Jiayi, Jiu Shu and Xu Shaowei left in the office. Sir Fang was a sergeant, so he would definitely not be suitable. As for Jiayi, it wouldn't be a discussion together, but she would be taught by herself, which was not impossible, but Tannen smacked his lips and instinctively rejected this option. As for Uncle Nine, it is not suitable for an old man to stay up late. As he is about to retire, the police force will no longer arrange overtime work for him.
No. So, Tannen looked at Xu Shaowei who was sitting in the corner. He thought that this young man was also a uniformed police officer who was seconded. He had learned from Jiayi for a few days and had some understanding of the work of detectives, but he was not too arrogant like the old detectives. It was just right for him, so he asked him:
"Xu Shaowei, do you want to join me and wait for Gu Xiaolan at night?"
Xu Shaowei did not seem to expect that he would be named. His social instinct was triggered. He smiled unconsciously, then came to his senses, put away his smile, turned his head to look at Yi Jiayi, and then answered without hesitation:
"Yi Jiayi and I."
Whether it was squatting, resting, or doing other tasks, he still wanted to follow Yi Jiayi.
"..." Tannen shrugged helplessly, shook his head and walked out with the notebook in his hand. He decided to ask Qiu Sushan for help to see if she could borrow an agent from other teams to accompany him.
Fang Zhenyue also happened to communicate something with Qiu Sushan, so he walked out of the B team office with him.
Seeing that Tannen was really pitiful, he took the initiative to comfort him:
"Don't be discouraged. It's not shameful to be convinced by Yi Jiayi. She is an incredible new generation talent that even an old agent has to be humble when meeting her."
Tannen turned his head to look into Fang Zhenyue's eyes, and instantly understood: Fang Zhenyue was obviously also a victim crushed by Yi Jiayi's technology.
For a moment, a feeling of sympathy and mutual respect arose in his chest.
Thinking that Fang Zhenyue was still Yi Jiayi's superior and had worked with Yi Jiayi for a longer time, he must be more powerful than him.
So he patted Fang Zhenyue's back with sympathy and nodded to Fang Zhenyue soothingly.
"???" Fang Zhenyue.
Did he say something wrong, or did Tannen misunderstand something?
Why does it feel like Tannen's reaction is very wrong?
...
...
The office that was noisy just now suddenly had only Yi Jiayi and Xu Shaowei.
One of them stood at the door, and the other sat in the corner. They looked at each other indifferently for a while. In the end, Yi Jiayi spoke first:
"It's almost time to finish work. There is no squatting mission tonight, so you can have a good sleep. Do you have any plans tonight?"
Xu Shaowei shook his head with a faint smile on his face. When he distanced himself from the others, he seemed to become much more relaxed and less tense.
"Everyone should go to Yi Ji for dinner tonight, to rest together and have a good meal. You should come too?" Jiayi stretched her waist lazily. She had been tired enough by this case during this period. Today, the case investigation has a new direction. Before waiting for Brother Sanfu and the others to come up with a list, her heart is always full of hope.
She thought that the murderer might be on the list, so she couldn't help but relax physically and mentally.
"..." Xu Shaowei lowered his eyes and thought for two seconds, then raised his eyes and nodded, "OK, Eleventh Sister."
... Fang Zhenyue
and
Tannen walked into Qiu Sushan's office together, which made Qiu Sushan shudder.
Did they come to her office to quarrel?
Or did they have something to give her again?
Until now, she was still looking for files and people to help check the list of people whose rental time overlapped with Gu Xiaolan's in the unit houses opposite Gu Xiaolan's two old residences, where they could peek at Gu Xiaolan's window.
Qiu Sushan put down the work at hand and waited seriously.
Fortunately, the two of them were not here to quarrel, nor to cause trouble for her.
Fang Zhenyue reported to her the current work progress and what everyone should do next, and asked her how the list was going, and then left.
Although Tannen came to ask Qiu Susan for help, this matter seemed so small to Qiu Susan.
She waved her hand and called Zhang Feng, the inspector of Group A. The other party promised to continue to lend out Teacher Tony, and the matter was easily settled.
After hanging up the phone, Qiu Susan looked at Tannen's expression and asked softly:
"How is it? Are you getting along well with the detectives in my group?"
Tannen pondered Qiu Susan's question and didn't know how to answer.
Should we say that we are not getting along? Everyone is very polite, and there is no conflict. At most, there are some disagreements.
But should we say that we are getting along? Isn't it a bit forced? After all, he couldn't even borrow someone from Group B...
"It's good, everyone is good, and they are all very powerful." Tannen thought about it and decided to just say hello casually.
But as soon as he said that, he thought of what Yi Jiayi had just said in the B team office, and he couldn't help but let out a long breath and confided to Qiu Sushan:
"Your B team is really full of hidden talents. I thought the police force hired me with a high salary because Hong Kong lacked talents like me. That's why I joined the team immediately after returning to China, thinking of showing my skills. Who would have thought that the first case I intervened in would be to meet Yi Jiayi... You didn't see her appearance when she was giving a logic presentation just now. She memorized the textbooks I studied better than I did."
"Hahahaha... Is it Yi Jiayi? No wonder you had such a weird expression when you came in." Qiu Sushan leaned back, inexplicably happy. She
was really proud. The little genius in her team really gave her face.
"?" Tannen raised his eyebrows slightly.
"It's okay, haha." It was you, a young man, who came into contact with a case for the first time in the Hong Kong Police Force. You were assigned by Sir Huang to Group B where Yi Jiayi was. You have to think carefully about whether you have offended Sir Huang.
Qiu Sushan raised her eyebrows and stretched her arms. She flipped through the pile of documents beside her and took out the commendation form she made for Yi Jiayi before she passed it to Tannen:
"Look, the cases that Agent Yi Jiayi has handled before, her logic and opinions in each case are described in detail here."
Tannen took it and lowered his head to read it carefully.
After a while, he took out the notebook in his pocket and started taking notes on Qiu Sushan's desk.
"..." Qiu Sushan.
This guy really loves to study.
"How is it? Do you feel familiar with it when you read it?" she asked.
Tannen looked up at her and nodded, "Although this report is too brief and does not detail Yi Jiayi's original words. But it can be seen that Yi Jiayi has integrated profiling into logical reasoning very well. Obviously, she has mastered this subject very thoroughly."
Although it is not clear how deeply she has learned, she must have been researching and learning. There are
also relevant local books she wrote to him in the notebook. Could it be that she has read all these books?
Suddenly thinking of something, Tannen raised his head and asked Qiu Susan seriously:
"Can you tell me where the office of old Ms. Lu Wanyin is? I want to pay a visit to Senior Lu Wanyin, who has a lot of experience as a detective."
"Sister Yin?" Qiu Susan raised her eyebrows.
"Ah, you all call her that." Tannen nodded. Then when she went to visit Ms. Lu Wanyan, she would also call her 'Sister Yin'.
"..." Qiu Sushan.
You don't know what Sister Yin does, do you?
However, Sister Yin does have a lot of detective essence, but it is not stored in Sister Yin's head, but in Sister Yin's office, piled up in a mess, waiting to be sorted out.
It seems that Yi Jiayi recommended another person to help Sister Yin organize files for free~
"Very good." Qiu Sushan nodded and told Tannen the location of Sister Yin's office.
Inspector T memorized it carefully and nodded carefully.
…
…
When it was time to finish work, there was one more person in the team going to Yi Ji for dinner.
Although Liu Jiaming and his team had to work overtime after dinner, they had to eat this dinner no matter what.
Because Qiu Susan also had to work overtime today to adjust the roster, she went to Yi Ji with the agents of Team B tonight.
Qiu Susan used to be a very stable driver, but in order to follow Fang Zhenyue, she had to fly a plane as well.
After parking the car in the back alley, a team of people turned out and headed straight for Yi Ji on the corner.
It was dinner time, and Yi Ji Ice House was full and bustling. The business was much better than they had imagined.
Yi Jiadong brought the eldest son Sun Xin, and the younger ones Jiaru, Jiajun, and Ding Baoshu, and they were so busy taking orders, serving dishes, arranging seats, and greeting passengers.
Clara, the hostess who changed her appearance and started a new life, originally only sold roast duck from a mobile stall in front of Yi Kee. But when she saw that Yi Jiadong was too busy, she often set up a roast duck stall in front of Yi Kee and helped Yi Jiadong to serve when no one was buying.
She was born to be a sociable person. Although she had a bad temper, she was cheerful. In the mixed environment of ice house, she was very lively. Everyone made a joke and said a few harmless witty words. When she was happy, she would smile and make a few jokes. When she was unhappy, she would pretend to be angry. It didn't hurt the harmony and everyone was happy. It added a bit of the rough fireworks of the Hong Kong underworld to the bustling dining market.
Clara then extended her arms to invite the young couple to a small table against the wall under the outdoor awning, and happily asked the older brother at the same table to make room for them so that they could share a table.
While helping the young couple order, she also chatted with the older brother who was originally sitting at the table.
"You own a bookstore in Mong Kok? Wow, you must be very educated?"
"Oh, if I had a friend who owns a bookstore, I could also get some exposure to the world of books."
Clara's two sentences made the older brother so happy that he not only happily shared a table with the young couple that Clara had arranged for him to sit at, but also helped Clara pass chopsticks and paper towels to the young couple. After taking
the order, Clara turned around and took the order into the shop and handed it to Yi Jiajun. Like a waiter reading out the menu, the younger brother stood by the counter and loudly sang the names of the dishes to the kitchen.
"OK~" the chef Yi Jiadong responded, and Jiajun sat back at the counter.
Just then, a table of people came over to pay the bill after dinner, so Jiajun stood on a small stool, leaned over the counter and used his abacus to make a clacking sound, and then collected money and made change, all in a smooth manner.
After Clara handed in the bill, she came out to continue to greet customers, and then raised her arms to invite the new men and women into the store. Suddenly, she recognized these people, and her eyes lit up instantly.
"Sir, madam~you are here to eat~just sit outside, the round table is spacious."
After she finished speaking, she remembered that this was Yi Ji, Detective Yi Jiayi's own store. When she opened her mouth like that, it seemed like she was stealing the show, so she stood there and laughed awkwardly.
Yi Jiayi looked at Clara's mobile stall and raised her eyebrows and said, "Your roast duck is sold out again, it's amazing."
"It's because Yi Ji is very popular, so I'm given a chance to eat." Clara smiled and turned around to set up the big table at the door of the shop.
A group of people followed Clara and Qiu Sushan inadvertently raised her head and glanced into the shop.
The next moment, she froze.
"???" Qiu Sushan was slightly stunned, and her feet seemed to be glued to the ground and did not move.
Fang Zhenyue, who was walking beside him, turned his head and glanced at her. Noticing something was wrong, he followed her gaze to look inside the shop. Then, he frowned and stood still.
All the seats in the shop were full of people, or to be more precise, full of police officers.
The old man sitting at the table next to the counter, facing outward, with a tired look and gray eyebrows, wasn't he the Chief Superintendent of Organized Crime and Triads, White-browed Eagle Wang?
The other people at the table were also superintendents and inspectors of Organized Crime and Triads.
The table near the milk tea counter was occupied by the superintendent, inspector and sergeant of the Anti-pornography Unit;
the two sitting at the small long table in the middle were their CID Sir Huang and Inspector Zhang Feng of Group A, as well as Sergeant You Zhaohua of Group A;
the table next to the door was occupied by forensic officer Sir Xu, Brother Guangming from the Forensic Department, and Diane from the Forensic Department;
On the right, at the round table where Fang Zhenyue and his friends used to sit, sat the superintendents and inspectors from the Central Police Station...
In the room, the lowest-ranking one was Sergeant You Zhaohua, and the others were either inspectors or superintendents, and there was even a chief superintendent.
This... Did the Hong Kong Police Force headquarters move to a new office?
Fang Zhenyue took a step back and looked up. Yes, it was Yi Ji. The brand new, dazzling big sign was the one he helped put up before.
Qiu Sushan was stunned for a few seconds, and finally reacted. She smiled and walked into Yi Ji, nodding and saluting to the superintendents. After all, they were outside the police station and didn't need to salute.
Just when she didn't know what to say, or which officer to talk to first, You Zhaohua, who was sitting inside and was most familiar with her, raised his hand cheerfully and said with a smile:
"Madam, although you may not believe it, we didn't actually make an appointment."
Forensic officer Xu Junhao was inexplicably amused by You Zhaohua's words. He put down the cooked drunken crab that he had chopped into pieces, nodded to Qiu Susan and said:
"Recently, there is a delicacy in the police force that everyone must try in their lifetime, which is this cooked drunken crab, crab roe noodles, and crab roe rice. I asked Brother Da Guangming and Diane to come here to eat, and ended up meeting Sir Huang and the others. Hahaha, we all came to eat crabs."
In late autumn, everyone came to Yi Ji for this taste of crabs, and inexplicably it became a big reunion of the police force.
Qiu Sushan looked around and looked at every dining table. Sure enough, there were plump freshwater crabs cooked in various ways:
steamed crabs were steaming, cooked and drunken crabs were radiant with a moist golden luster, crab meat and tofu soup was white and rich and delicious, fried crab oil and sauce were fragrant and rich, crab roe noodles were sweet and fragrant, smooth and tempting... After
swallowing her saliva, Qiu Sushan decided not to chat with her superiors and colleagues anymore. She wanted to order!
Immediately, without looking back, she walked to the table of Clara and the agents of Group B and ordered a full crab feast.
"I'm treating you today, double the deliciousness!" Qiu Sushan ordered the menu and sat down at the round table with her legs and golden swords, drooling like crazy, and couldn't wait.
Rick, a forensic officer from the Central Police Station, was sitting by the door in the shop. He was chatting with Yi Jiayi, who he was more familiar with. Suddenly, he heard what Qiu Sushan said and immediately raised his eyebrows and said,
"Inspector Qiu is so generous!"
Qiu Sushan was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved her hands: "No, no, no! I only invited our team~"
"Tsk..." Many disappointed sighs were heard in the shop at the same time.
Qiu Sushan stuck her head in and saw that even the White-browed Eagle King, who was always known for his sternness and love of scolding, was smiling at her.
Uh, this... How come I just came out to lead the team for a meal and encountered such a situation?
It was like finally saving enough pocket money to go to your favorite restaurant, but ended up meeting a dinner with teachers from the same school. As soon as you walked into the restaurant, you were surrounded by teachers from various subjects, and each of them looked at you with caring eyes.
Maybe the big leader sitting inside would call her to report.
Ah...
Qiu Sushan shuddered unconsciously when she thought of this.
No way, no way, such a terrible thing would not really happen...