Chapter 19 Director Gao and the Zhou family will end up losing more than they gain this time. …
The girl he loved was forced to marry someone else. Even after so many years, Qiao Jingnian still remembers the feeling at that time.
Families on both sides opposed him, and he was powerless and couldn't even see Lu Xiuqin. He had no choice but to focus all his attention on studying.
During his four years in college, there were many girls who showed interest in him, but he never accepted them. Maybe he didn't know what he was thinking.
The year he graduated from college, he was faced with a choice: whether to start working or continue his studies. The teacher kept urging him to continue studying, but Qiao Jingnian always had an idea in his mind. Because of that idea, he returned home and found a way to meet Lu Xiuqin.
She was already a mother by then, and the tenderness in her eyes and eyebrows was still the same as before, but it was no longer for him.
Qiao Jingnian watched her and her husband walking on the street with the young boy, talking and laughing. He was silent for a long time and never appeared in front of her.
He thought she was living a good life now, so why should he show up again and bring up those memories that she might have buried deep in her memory, destroying their family harmony for no reason.
After returning to the capital, Qiao Jingnian agreed to his teacher's suggestion to continue his studies. During the following three years of graduate school, Qiao Jingnian was busy with work and study, and seemed to have gradually forgotten about her. It wasn't until they returned to their hometown after graduation that they ran into each other by chance on the street.
Seven years had passed by then. When the two met, they didn't know what to say. In the end, they could only greet each other politely and say hello before passing each other by.
After that separation, Qiao Jingnian thought they would never meet again in this life, but unexpectedly, a few days before he was about to go south to work, Lu Xiuqin found him.
"I know this may be a little difficult for you, but I, I really have no other choice."
The former sweetheart looked haggard, with red eyes: "In the beginning, they didn't let me go out to work, fearing that I would run away. Later, when we had a child, I couldn't get away even more. He was the only one who could rely on us at home. If he loses his job again, our family really doesn't know what to do..."
"Don't you have a friend in the food factory? Can you help me? Just ask him to say hello to him. If it works, that's great. If not, that's okay too..."
"After many years, I have a child. If I don't think about myself, I have to think about him. He is still so young."
"I really have no choice..."
Qiao Jingnian looked at her. The secret joy that had risen in his heart the moment he saw her had long since calmed down. He was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slowly:
"good."
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"How is she now?" Qiao Jingnian asked in a calm tone, with the composure of years of experience.
Zhou Qiming opened his mouth, looked at everyone, and finally said: "She is dead."
There was a sound of something falling from the other end of the phone, and Qiao Jingnian was stunned for a moment.
"Dead?" he said hesitantly.
The sudden phone call, implicitly asking Lu Xiuqin - Qiao Jingnian was so smart that he realized something almost instantly.
"Is it related to me?"
…
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After hanging up the phone, everyone felt bad. Luo Kaiyang sighed deeply: "Who could have thought that things would be like this?"
Instead of thinking about her first love, Lu Xiuqin went to beg Cai Liming for help.
They couldn't imagine what kind of mentality Lu Xiuqin was in at the time, and what kind of mood she was in when facing Cai Liming's rage.
She worked so hard for that family, but this was the final result. Her family and neighbors called her a slutty and whore, and her son, whom she had loved since childhood, also regarded her as an enemy, so that now he had made these irreparable mistakes.
"According to Cai Chengyong's confession, he killed seven people in total." Wei Zhengyi murmured.
In addition to the five bodies they had already discovered, there were two more that they had not discovered before.
So many lives.
The origin is just a misunderstanding.
So ridiculous.
"Fortunately, we insisted on investigating." Jiang Cheng pursed his lips and said.
Wei Zhengyi said: "Yes."
Shen Qingye frowned slightly and was not in a good mood.
Yue Lingchuan looked around and knocked on the table: "Alright, don't be so dejected here, cheer up, prepare the necessary documents, and hand the person over to the procuratorate as soon as possible, so that they can be punished sooner."
Luo Kaiyang slapped his face and said, "Boss, what you said makes sense. For that kind of scum, living one more day is just polluting the air."
Everyone cheered up and started to work. Shen Qingye left the serious crime team office, looked up at the detention room on the top floor, and remained silent for a long time.
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Zhou Qiming came out of the detention room, looked back at Cai Liming who was sitting on the bed in a daze, shook his head, and locked the door.
Cai Liming looked through the window at the bright sky outside and suddenly remembered that night.
There was heavy rain outside the house. Inside the house, Lv Xiuqin was terrified and kept backing away: "Limin, Limin, please listen to my explanation. Please listen to me——"
He clamped her neck with one hand, his face gloomy: "Explain? What do you have to explain? Did you meet him? Did you?!"
"Ahem, no, no..." Lu Xiuqin's face flushed. She stretched her neck and struggled with both hands to pry his hands apart. Only a faint sound remained in her throat: "I'm not..."
Thunder roared outside the window, lightning streaked across the sky, and reflected through the window onto Cai Limin's hideous face. His eyes were sinister and cold: "Nothing? I saw you with him with my own eyes, and you even smiled at him! You've been with me for so many years, and you still haven't forgotten him in your heart? You still haven't forgotten him?!"
Lu Xiuqin felt difficulty breathing, and tears welled up from her eyes: "That's not the case, Limin, please listen to my explanation... Cheng Yong, Cheng Yong is still at home..."
Hearing her son's name, Cai Liming was slightly startled, and the hand around her neck loosened unconsciously. Lu Xiuqin widened her eyes and crawled to the side in panic using her hands and feet. Cai Limin suddenly came to his senses and instantly became furious.
He strode forward, grabbed her neck and slammed her against the wall: "You still want to run?!"
"Where do you want to run to? Where do you want to run to?"
"Are you looking for that wild man?"
He pressed her head and knocked it against the wall again and again. The blood splashed on his face, but he was unaware of it. There was only madness in his eyes:
"Yes, I'm useless, I'm going to be laid off! Your old lover is back, he has made a difference now, right?"
"You slut, bitch, how many times have I slept with you? You even gave birth to a son for me, do you think I still want you?"
"If he still likes you, why doesn't he take you away?"
Lu Xiuqin felt a headache and dizziness, her vision was white, her mouth was wide open, and she could only make a rough "ho ho" sound.
Her fingers grabbed the wall and blood was everywhere. She wanted to escape, but her body became heavier and heavier, and there were only faint sounds in her ears.
"You can't run away. You can only be with me for the rest of your life!"
Cai Limin put his hands on her neck and slowly applied force: "You can only be with me!"
Lu Xiuqin looked at him out of the corner of her eyes, her eyes full of despair, her lips opening and closing with difficulty, still insisting on explaining:
I don't……
I was looking for him because...
…
Cai Liming slowly closed his eyes, and a turbid tear slid down from the corner of his eye.
Xiuqin...
Xiuqin...
Zhou Qiming, who had just walked a short distance, heard a hoarse and heart-wrenching cry coming from the detention room. He paused and then left without changing his expression.
He who brings trouble upon himself will suffer the consequences.
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On Friday.
After the relevant written materials were submitted, the case of the Cai father and son was almost over. Group 3 had a rare moment of leisure and was somewhat idle for a while.
Shen Qingye's workload was not heavy, and even though he worked slowly, he still managed to complete the task a few hours before getting off work. She stretched herself, feeling bored sitting in the office, so she stood up and went outside in the corridor to get some fresh air.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I went out, I saw Luo Kaiyang with a puzzled expression at the door of the serious crime team.
"What's wrong?" She took two steps forward slowly, holding the water cup: "A new case?"
Luo Kaiyang shook his head: "That's not the case."
He looked at her, his expression was a little... hard to describe:
"One... well, for me personally, this should be good news."
He added: "It should be good news for you too."
Shen Qingye was really confused: "What on earth is this? Brother Kaiyang, stop playing dumb."
"Lin Xiaofeng called me just now." Luo Kaiyang slowly organized his words: "Zhou Weipeng stole his money."
Shen Qingye raised her eyebrows slightly: "Zhou Weipeng?" Who?
Luo Kaiyang explained: "Zhou Meihua's younger brother, the chubby boy her mother brought over last time."
Shen Qingye raised his eyes and looked at him in disbelief: "Zhou Meihua's brother stole Lin Xiaofeng's money?"
Luo Kaiyang spread his hands and nodded.
Shen Qingye hissed, not quite understanding for a moment: "No, what's going on? Didn't the Zhou family say they didn't want to take Zhou Meihua back? They haven't left yet? How come they're involved with Lin Xiaofeng again?"
Luo Kaiyang said: "The Zhou family came in a hurry at first, but they couldn't get tickets when they left, so they had to stay here for a few days. They were reluctant to pay for a hotel, and they thought it was unlucky to have someone die in the house Zhou Meihua rented before, so they finally blamed Lin Xiaofeng, saying that if it weren't for him, Zhou Meihua wouldn't have died. Lin Xiaofeng had no choice but to take the person back home. I heard that Zhou Meihua's mother slept in the bed with Zhou Weipeng these days, and Zhou Meihua's sister - the woman who accompanied Zhou Meihua's mother, and Lin Xiaofeng slept on the floor."
Shen Qingye frowned and had a new understanding of this family's preference for boys over girls.
"During the two days that they stayed at Lin Xiaofeng's house, they ordered Lin Xiaofeng to do this and that every day, and they also wanted to eat good food, with lavish meals all day long. Lin Xiaofeng almost couldn't stand it, but for Zhou Meihua's sake, he endured it anyway.
"Yesterday, the family finally got the tickets. But today, just after sending them away, before he had time to be happy, he found out that the $1,000 he had left in the house was gone. He was so anxious that he called me. I told him that we were not responsible for this and asked him to call the police directly."
Luo Kaiyang shrugged: "Fortunately, there is still some time before departure, so it should be in time."
Shen Qingye, however, did not frown, as he found this matter inexplicably strange.
"What kind of people are the Zhou family? Hasn't Lin Xiaofeng seen clearly yet? They just put the money in the house so carelessly?"
Luo Kaiyang smiled: "Who knows?"
He understood Shen Qingye's thoughts and said shamelessly, "Even if it's fishing, it should be a willing bait, right? It's impossible that Lin Xiaofeng forced the money on him."
As to whether Lin Xiaofeng deliberately showed off his wealth to attract others’ attention, it is unknown.
Anyway, Luo Kaiyang was happy to see that family was unhappy.
Shen Qingye also laughed when he heard this and said to him, "That's right. I'm afraid that this time, the Zhou family will end up losing more than they gain."
She took a sip of water and said in a good mood: "If there is any follow-up, remember to tell me in time."
Luo Kaiyang laughed and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely give you the latest news!"
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There were still more than two hours before the end of get off work, and Shen Qingye had nothing to do. She felt happy when she remembered what her mother had said the night before that she would probably finish her work in the next two days and would probably be able to come back to spend the weekend with her.
Just as I was feeling happy, I heard a commotion around me. I looked back and found that it was Brother Peng, a senior member of the office, leaning against the window. He was amazed and said, "Hongqi, which leader is here to inspect?"
Fang Yun walked over leisurely and said, "Since there is no notice, it has nothing to do with us. Just wait until the end of the get off work day."
Shen Qingye originally thought so too. On the way to fetch water, he glanced at the car out of the corner of his eye. Just as he was about to look away, he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity and looked over with wide eyes.
License plate number Jiang C79...yeah, that's right.
Shen Qingye's throat moved slightly.
Brother Peng was still there, "That's what I said, but isn't there nothing to do now? Hey, the car door is open, let me see who it is."
Shen Qingye swallowed unconsciously and thought that shouldn't be the case.
Brother Peng said, "Well, I think it's... eh? Director Gao?"
His voice got slightly louder, and everyone in the office couldn't help but gather around him, discussing, "It's rare, why is Director Gao here?"
"Is it because of the serial murder case? Is there any other problem with this case?"
"Even if there is a problem, it should be our team that goes to the bureau. There is no need for Director Gao to come in person, right?"
"It's for personal matters."
Personal matters...
Shen Qingye's eyelids twitched uncontrollably, and he was about to leave quietly, but the people downstairs had already keenly noticed his gaze and suddenly looked over here. His pair of tiger eyes were sharp and intimidating, but the moment he saw Shen Qingye clearly, his eyes softened again.
He lowered his eyes, pretended to be serious, and said silently:
"come over."
Shen Qingye closed his eyes and sighed in his heart.
…
Before entering the door, Shen Qingye took a deep breath and made sufficient mental preparation before knocking on the door and entering:
"Uncle Gao!"
A smile spread across her face. "Why are you here? Do you have any work?"
The tall man sitting on the sofa glanced at her and snorted, "You can't come if you don't have a job?"
"How could that be possible." Shen Qingye greeted Song Lianfeng before sitting down next to him and said, "I was just a little surprised. You didn't even tell me in advance."
Gao Zhengming looked at her, with a fake smile on his solemn face: "If I had greeted you in advance, would I still be able to see you here?"
Shen Qingye's smile remained unchanged: "What you said, can I still hide from you?"
"That's hard to say." Gao Zhengming said in a strange voice, then turned around and looked at her carefully. After a moment, he shook his head and said, "Yeah, you've lost weight."
Shen Qingye touched his face and said, "I haven't lost weight. I may have gained two kilograms since the Chinese New Year."
"Oh? Really?" Gao Zhengming said in a flat tone, rather sarcastic: "I told you that you work so hard all day, you must be tired and thin."
Shen Qingye still smiled: "I am in the office all day, protected from the wind and rain, so why should I worry about anything? It is Uncle Gao who is really hard-working."
"Oh, you also know how hard I work?" Gao Zhengming said in surprise, "I thought you thought I was just sitting there doing nothing every day and had nothing to do, so you deliberately found something for me to do."
Shen Qingye said obediently: "Look at what you said. You are very busy and your life is very hard."
Gao Zhengming didn't respond to her. He just looked her up and down and praised her: "Shen Qingye, you really gave me a big surprise. Should I say that you are gifted, or should I say that a good father will have a good son? In just these few days, you have made two achievements in succession. It's really amazing."
Well, he called me by my real name directly. That really shows how ruthless I am.
Shen Qingye quickly came forward and poured him a cup of tea: "I didn't actually think of doing this at first. It was really just a coincidence."
Gao Zhengming looked at her with a look that said, "Keep making it up." He nodded and said, "Yes, it was a coincidence. It was so coincidental that I went on field trips with him twice, oh no, three times, and I found important clues every time."
Shen Qingye pursed his lips, feeling a little guilty for a moment.
Gao Zhengming took a deep breath and looked at the girl who was listening obediently with her eyebrows lowered. For a moment, he felt angry and helpless:
"When you applied for college entrance examination, you insisted on reporting to the police school instead of choosing anything else. Your mother and I couldn't persuade you, so we had to agree in the end.
"When you were in college, you said you wanted to take classes with the criminal investigation major and learn some self-defense skills so that you could protect yourself in case of danger in the future. I agreed and called the principal of your school to let you take combat classes and learn firearms with them.
"I waited so long for you to graduate, and I thought you should settle down. But there were so many civilian positions in the bureau, but you didn't like any of them and insisted on reporting to the Criminal Investigation Brigade. Now you tell me that you don't have that intention and it's all coincidence. Shen Qingye, do you think I'm a fool because I'm old?"
Shen Qingye opened his mouth: "You are not very old..."
And she didn't fool him.
Gao Zhengming almost laughed out of anger: "You're still young. If I wait any longer, you'll make me old!"
Shen Qingye pursed her lips and said nothing.
Gao Zhengming looked at her black hair for a long while before he sighed deeply:
"Xiao Feng, from childhood to adulthood, we have never asked you to do anything, except for this one thing, only this one thing, why can't you just... listen to us?"
The smile on Shen Qingye's face slowly faded, his eyelashes trembled, and he couldn't help but raise his head, his clear eyes covered with some sadness: "But Uncle Gao, from childhood to adulthood, I have never actively asked for anything, only this matter..."
She frowned and said, "I have also thought about not getting involved in these things, being a civilian police officer, and living an ordinary life. But Uncle Gao——
“This is where I grew up. All my childhood memories are related to this place. My father also fought for this and even sacrificed his life for it.
“I have long been inseparable from this place.”
Gao Zhengming looked at her for a long time, then slowly closed his eyes and sighed, "I know you have been smart and sensible since you were a child. You are smart but also calm. Just like your father used to brag to us, you must be a good candidate to be a criminal police officer."
"Sometimes I wonder if it's right for me to stop you like this."
Shen Qingye's eyes trembled slightly, and Gao Zhengming's straight back slowly bent down and leaned on the sofa, his whole body carrying an indescribable heaviness.
"When you took the college entrance exam, you said you wanted to apply for the criminal investigation major. I disagreed out loud, but I was wavering in private.
"You have talent and ability. You are Chu Chengjiang's daughter. You were born to do this. Maybe if I let you study criminal investigation and take this path, you can go further than your father and me.
"But every time I have this thought, I can't help but think of your father, and his chopped-off hand holding the gun that was placed in the box!"
Song Lianfeng had been acting as a invisible man nearby. When he heard this, his pupils couldn't help but shrink and he subconsciously looked at Shen Qingye.
The girl's jaw was tightly clenched, her fists hanging on her knees were clenched tightly, and her whole body was terribly stiff.
A policeman had his gun-holding hand chopped off and was taken to the police station in broad daylight.
Song Lianfeng pursed his lips and said nothing for a while, but his heart was filled with turmoil.
He didn't know much about this girl before. He only knew that her father was a martyr and that the gang of criminals had not been completely wiped out. She and her mother were forced to change their identities and were handed over to Gao Zhengming for care.
It wasn't until today that I learned a little bit of the inside story.
Gao Zhengming looked at her with a wry smile: "Xiao Feng, your uncle Gao has never been afraid of anything since you were a child, but that time, he was really scared."
"I've had nightmares for half a month. I dreamed that you were covered in wounds, crying and begging me for help, but I couldn't do anything. I dreamed that your father was scolding me, asking why he let you go down this path and why he hurt his daughter!"
Gao Zhengming took a deep breath and said, "Xiao Feng, I can't take the risk, and I don't dare to take the risk!"
Shen Qingye lowered his head and was silent for a long time before he said in a hoarse voice, "Uncle Gao."
She raised her head, calmed down her emotions, and said slowly: "My mother told me that when she was pregnant with me, my father had already made up his mind that if it was a boy, he would name me Han Feng; if it was a girl, she would name me Han Feng, which means having a sharp edge inside."
She said, "You have known my father longer than I have, so you should know what kind of person he is better than I do."
Gao Zhengming looked at her for a long time before slowly shaking his head and said weakly, "You and your father are exactly the same."
Once a decision is made, even ten oxen cannot pull it back.
That was his brother, how could he not know what kind of person he was?
But it is precisely because I know it clearly that I am afraid.
He was afraid that Shen Qingye would one day die in the same unclear manner as he did, or even his body would not be found in the end.
The office was silent for a moment. Song Lianfeng watched from the side. Looking at the old man and the young man who were particularly persistent, he didn't know what to say.
Gao Zhengming waved his hand and said tiredly: "You don't have to tell me. Anyway, no matter what, I won't agree."
"Also," he glanced at her, "your mother probably doesn't know about this yet, right? Instead of trying hard to convince me here, you might as well think about how to tell your mother about this when you go back."
Shen Qingye's face changed slightly when he heard this. Before he could react, he heard a series of "da da" sounds coming from far away, and then a woman's capable voice sounded outside the door:
"Her mother is right here. If you have anything to say, just say it now."
As soon as he finished speaking, the office door lock turned. Shen Qingye looked back and saw a tall woman standing outside the door.
She was wearing a long black trench coat, high heels of the same color, and had big wavy hair. Her facial features were bright and generous, and she exuded aura in every move.
Shen Qingye stood up suddenly and said hesitantly: "Mom?!"
Gao Zhengming also stood up somewhat unexpectedly: "Sister-in-law?"
Ms. Shen Linyue glanced at them and said nothing. Instead, she first looked at Song Lianfeng, smiled and stretched out her hand, saying, "Captain Song, I've heard Qingye mention you a long time ago, but I was busy with work before and never had time to visit you. Qingye, I really trouble you to take care of me during this time."
Song Lianfeng quickly stood up and shook hands back, saying politely, "No, no, Xiao Shen is very sensible. I didn't take care of her much. She was the one who made it all possible."
Shen Linyue exchanged a few more pleasantries with him before turning her gaze to Shen Qingye: "What are you doing standing there? Haven't seen you for a week, are you stupid?"
Shen Qingye shook his head blankly: "No..."
"Mom, why are you back?"
Shen Linyue raised her eyebrows: "Why, don't you want me to come back?"
Shen Qingye hurriedly said: "No! It's just a little unexpected. I thought we would have to wait until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at the earliest."
She took two steps forward and called out hesitantly, "Mom..."
Shen Linyue walked around her and sat down on the sofa, looking at Gao Zhengming opposite her: "Old Gao, please sit down."
"Sister-in-law." Gao Zhengming sat down slowly and asked, "When did you come back?"
Shen Linyue: "Just got back."
I just came back and came straight to the team.
Gao Zhengming glanced at Song Lianfeng next to him, and the other party cleared his throat and pretended to be busy.
Shen Linyue pretended not to notice their quarrel and asked, "What were you arguing about just now? Look how excited you all are."
Gao Zhengming glared at Shen Qingye and said unhappily, "Ask her yourself."
Shen Qingye sat down next to her mother like a quail, met her inquiring gaze, and whispered, "Nothing much, just... involved in two cases."
Gao Zheng understood her at a glance: "Yes, your daughter is very capable now. She played an important role in both cases! She is even more capable than her father was back then."
Shen Linyue tilted her head to look at her and asked, "Really?"
Shen Qingye looked at her face and nodded carefully.
Shen Linyue's expression was still natural, without any anger, and she just asked again: "Are you hurt?"
Shen Qingye paused and shook his head: "No."
She explained: "The suspects have been caught. There is no danger. I know what's going on."
Shen Linyue looked at Gao Zhengming: "Since you are not injured, why are you so excited?"
Gao Zhengming disagreed: "Sister-in-law, do you know what she is doing?"
"I know." Shen Linyue drank the tea handed to her by her daughter and said lightly: "Since she wants to do it, let her do it."
Gao Zhengming's eyes widened: "Sister-in-law?!"
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