Chapter 111 Chapter 24 Li Zheng is a fool! ...
Li Zheng is a fool!
Big idiot!
Fool!
When Li Zheng was a child, he was often told that he was dull-witted and that he was like a piece of wood. He was stubborn and obstinate, and he was inflexible and unsympathetic.
In the past, when his emotional intelligence was very low, he would seriously expose the formal words of adults at the dinner table. Later, he gradually realized that it was wrong to say so, but he did not learn to be very tactful. At most, he just kept silent.
He will not flatter or say nice things that others like to hear against his conscience.
He wanted to make greater progress in his career, but the only option he had was to go to the front lines and the most dangerous places.
Of course, his name was not on the list in the beginning, and he didn't know how his name was submitted, but he signed the application form anyway.
The most dangerous place also has the highest casualty rate. I can only say that it is fortunate that only his leg was injured and he did not lose his life there.
After returning to his hometown, he still hadn't changed much and was still not familiar with the complicated ways of the world.
There are certain leaders in the bureau. Every holiday, you have to give gifts to different people, pay attention to who has bad relationships with whom, pay attention to whose taboos, and never mention who in front of whom...
These things that seemed like strange rules were too difficult for Li Zheng. Too difficult.
Otherwise, based on what he has actually done, he could have moved forward a lot earlier. The reason why he is still a captain is that he is too bad at management.
Even if it's such an obvious ladder,
He didn't even get off.
In Li Zheng's understanding, he was already on vacation and should have avoided it. Moreover, he knew that the prisoner was indeed his brother, so he naturally thought that he should also be investigated.
Because that's the rule.
He wouldn't think of ways to circumvent the rules.
However, the final result was naturally that the three of them got into two different police cars.
The night outside was getting darker.
When the police officer driving in front answered the call from his family, Li Zheng heard from the voice leaking out of the receiver that it was almost eleven o'clock.
Perhaps Wei Sheng had always followed Li Zheng closely as a figurehead, making the unsuspecting police officers think he was his new apprentice, so when arranging the seats, they deliberately let Wei Sheng and Li Zheng sit together.
The scenery outside the window slowly receded.
Why did he feel his palm being gently pinched? He came to his senses and met Wei Sheng's worried eyes.
He shook his head, then asked, "Are you okay?"
There was something wrong with Wei Sheng's expression even before Pan Song arrived. He looked dazed, as if he had just woken up in the morning and was still sleepy.
Now it looks a little more normal.
"I'm fine."
Wei Sheng moved his shoulders towards Li Zheng again, their thighs pressed against each other, leaving almost no gap. He said, "Are you worried about me?"
Li Zheng: “…”
"Or are you actually worried that Li Mingyu will use props or skills again? It's okay, I'm here."
"Um."
"It's just... about what he said just now, don't you have anything to ask me?"
Wei Lele said a lot just now, and even before being taken into the police car, he might still want to use that prop, but seemed to be interrupted by something.
So he looked at Wei Sheng angrily and said a lot of very strange things. If Li Zheng lacked a little trust, he would definitely doubt him.
"I do have a question for you."
"ask."
"Now is not the time. Let's go back." Li Zheng paused, "Maybe you will want to ask me something."
"good."
It was already 11 o'clock at night when he arrived at the Municipal Bureau. The person on night shift today was a new face that Li Zheng was not very familiar with, but the other party seemed to be very familiar with Li Zheng.
While waiting in the interrogation room, the police officer on duty even brought Li Zheng a glass of water.
"Captain Li, have a drink of water."
Li Zheng took it and thanked him.
"Didn't Sister Lou say you were taking a few days off? Why are you still working so late?"
Upon hearing this, Li Zheng realized that the police officer on duty had misunderstood him and thought he was doing work. He mentioned Sister Lou, was it Lou Ruoping?
No wonder I know him.
"No, I'm on vacation."
He briefly explained that he was at the scene at the time, so he came along to cooperate with the questioning.
The young policeman's facial expression was obviously not well managed. After hearing this, a very subtle and indescribable expression flashed across his face.
"Oh...I see."
The entire questioning process was very quick.
Li Zheng calmly recounted everything he had seen, regardless of whether they believed it or not, including the slight interaction between him and the deceased.
The deceased was a male.
The parents had previously called the police because of school bullying, but the neighborhood police station responded and, to smooth things over, closed the case. The second time, Li Zheng went to the scene. Instead of simply letting them handle the situation on their own, he deliberately chose a break. All the students drove the police cars to the school, accompanied by the bullied students, and one by one, brought all the students involved in the bullying back to the city police station.
It is true that we cannot impose too severe a punishment, but we can still intimidate them a little.
During this period, the parents of these children gave Li Zheng countless goodies, but he refused to accept any of them. Similarly, everything went well afterwards.
Because of the way this incident was handled, when he met the little boy in Sunshine Community, he subconsciously thought that he might have also been bullied.
I saw the picture and understood it.
The relationship with the deceased is also explained clearly.
Putting aside those bizarre descriptions, the brief information that can be extracted is actually only a few sentences. The suspect Li Mingyu killed several victims in succession by unknown means, and this time he killed a young student in public.
When his brother Li Zheng and his friend Wei Sheng arrived at the scene, the man was already dead. Wei Sheng had a physical altercation with the suspect, and then the police arrived.
The case is very clear.
Just like the previous case, someone died, and the deceased had some connection with Li Zheng, but was also different from the previous one.
This time the scene was not as clean as before. Unlike before, no tools were found, fingerprints and other information were found, and the criminals did not hide.
There are witnesses and material evidence.
This is so easy.
The conversation with Li Zheng started with another policeman who had a mediocre relationship with Li Zheng, and Pan Song came in halfway through.
Without interrupting, he just sat in the chair beside him and listened quietly for a while. Only after Li Zheng finished his questioning did he slowly speak:
"Captain Li, does your brother have a mental illness? He just made a bet with me that those people could come back to life... Did you know?"
Li Zheng didn't say anything.
"You don't believe it? Do you want to see the surveillance?"
Li Zheng finally looked at Pan Song.
It was probably the first time that he was on duty so late at night. There was obvious fatigue on his face, he looked a little listless, and there was a strong smell of cigarettes on his body.
He said with a hint of self-mockery, "If you keep going like this, I'll probably become hysterical."
Wei Sheng's questions were simpler than Li Zheng's, so he was the first to return to the reception room. After waiting for a while, Li Zheng and Pan Song appeared together.
Noticing Wei Sheng's look, Li Zheng shook his head at him, indicating that he was fine.
About half an hour later, Wei Sheng finally saw Li Zheng. There was still no obvious change of emotion on his face.
He is still the same.
I don’t know what surveillance video he watched inside, but the first person he saw after coming out was Wei Sheng.
Wei Sheng also subconsciously took a few steps forward.
"You guys go back first."
Pan Song yawned, took out his phone, turned on the screen, and checked the time: "It's already early morning, you should go back and get some rest. We can talk about it tomorrow. I..."
On the lit phone screen was a picture of a happy family. Coincidentally, before Pan Song could finish his words, the phone in his hand began to vibrate, and the caller ID displayed two big words: Wife.
"Hey, honey, I guess I'll be back soon..."
While speaking to the person on the other end of the phone, he mouthed to Li Zheng that he was leaving first and strode towards the parking area.
Li Zheng took a taxi back that day.
The place he rented was actually not very far from the municipal police station. It would only take a few minutes to drive there. However, he had been running around every day these days and was so busy that he forgot to refuel his car. Before going to the police station from the Internet cafe, he followed a familiar police officer who was on duty and told him to just leave it to him.
I waited for the bus for nearly ten minutes.
Cheongdam City is different from big cities with rich nightlife. The lights may be on at three or four in the morning. Except for a specific bar street, other places are very quiet in the early morning.
It is also very difficult to get a taxi.
While waiting for the bus, the night wind was blowing. It was already autumn, and the wind made it chilly to the bone. Wei Sheng naturally took off his coat and pretended to put it on Li Zheng.
The latter stared at him with a strange look, as if testing him, but also as if jokingly teasing him: "What are you doing? Do you think I'm a girl?"
“…How is that possible?”
Wei Sheng immediately denied it.
"Yeah?"
"Um."
The trees outside the Municipal Bureau are particularly lush. In the summer, the cicadas outside the door chirped incessantly, making a lot of noise. Now it is late autumn, and almost all the leaves have fallen off. When the wind blows, the withered yellow leaves flutter down.
One of the pieces just happened to fall on Li Zheng's shoulder.
Wei Sheng wanted to take it off for him, but just as he raised his hand, Li Zheng beside him happened to look at him, as if asking him what he was doing.
"... Just, a leaf, a leaf fell on your shoulder." He stammered and pointed at Li Zheng's shoulder, "I was trying to help you get it off."
"oh…"
Under the dim street lights, the shadows of the two people were stretched very long. No one spoke until they got a taxi, got in the taxi, and even when the driver told them that they had arrived, neither of them said a word.
So quiet that it seemed as if I didn't know him.
By the time the conversation began, the two had already arrived at the shabby and cramped rental house.
"Just now...what did the police officer ask you?"
Wei Sheng spoke first, breaking the silence.
"Just..." Li Zheng took a handful of water from the sink and quickly washed his face. "Just some routine questions about the case. There's nothing much to say."
"Oh..." Wei Sheng had already washed up very conscientiously and spread out the folded thin quilt on the ground. "Didn't you say before that you had some questions for me? Can I ask two questions before I answer?"
"Hmm? Go ahead."
Li Zheng was wiping the water stains off his face with a towel.
"…What did Li Mingyu say to you later?" Wei Sheng's direction was obvious. "Is it related to me?"
Li Zheng paused while wiping his face, hung up the towel, and then neatly placed the toothbrush into the toothbrush bucket.
"Yes. I told you about it."
"What's up?"
"They say you are very haunted..."
"Why do you say that?"
Li Zheng didn't answer Wei Sheng's question, but asked another one: "Okay, what's your second question?"
Wei Sheng's expression changed significantly at this moment. He asked, "What's the name of the boy we met in the alley before?"
As he waited for the answer, Wei Sheng's heart was pounding, and he had a vague and incredible guess in his mind. This guess had always been in his mind, but he hadn't thought about it, and now it was about to surface.
He was expectant but also resistant.
"Wei Lele." Li Zheng repeated in a calm tone, "His name is Wei Lele..."
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