Chapter 5 Are you Lin Xiaofeng? Mother Zhou raised her hand and slapped...
Luo Kaiyang sat up straight: "Zhou Meihua's neighbors said that you used to often send Zhou Meihua home, but they haven't seen you much in the past month. Not only did Zhou Meihua come back late last night, she even ran back crying."
"Lin Xiaofeng, can you explain it?"
Lin Xiaofeng's expression changed for a long time, his lips were tightly pursed, and his whole body was stretched as straight as a stick.
Luo Kaiyang looked at him leisurely.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Xiaofeng finally collapsed on the sofa in frustration.
"I didn't mean to quarrel with her..." He lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice.
Luo Kaiyang poured him another glass of water and pushed it in front of him.
Lin Xiaofeng raised his hand and wiped his face: "I really didn't want to quarrel with her."
Luo Kaiyang said nothing and just listened to him.
Lin Xiaofeng closed his eyes and sighed deeply: "I am 23 years old this year. After the Chinese New Year, Meihua will be 21 years old."
He said in a low voice: "I really like her. From the very beginning, I was with her with the intention of getting married."
He pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "But last year, we had been together for more than a year and were already at the age to get married. When I brought up this matter, Meihua kept avoiding the question and never gave me a definite answer.
"At first I thought she was afraid, so I said a lot of good things to my parents and told her everything about my family situation, asking her to rest assured and not be afraid. But no matter what I said or did, Meihua never gave in. She kept saying, 'Let's talk about it later, let's talk about it later.'
"Every time I wanted to ask more questions, Meihua simply ignored me. Sometimes, if I asked too many questions, she would get impatient."
He lowered his head. "Before the Chinese New Year last year, I asked her if she wanted to come to my house. We didn't want to settle down, but just to meet my parents. But Meihua still disagreed. I asked her why and told her to wait. I couldn't help but get angry at the time. I said it's been a year. How long do we have to wait? Can you give me a definite answer? As we were talking, we started to quarrel. We didn't see each other until the Chinese New Year."
Shen Qingye crossed his arms over his chest and tapped his arms with his fingers. Hearing this, his brows furrowed.
Luo Kaiyang asked him: "Is there a possibility that the girl feels that it is not the right time yet and does not want to go with you to meet her parents?"
Lin Xiaofeng suddenly raised his head and looked at him: "I understand, I understand!"
He said anxiously: "I, I, I just said that we should discuss it, but I didn't mean to force her to get married now. If she really hasn't made up her mind, then she should tell me! She should tell me what she thinks! But she just won't say it!"
He asked Luo Kaiyang: "Comrade police officer, we have been together for more than two years. It's been such a long time that I'm starting to think about getting married. Isn't that too much?"
Luo Kaiyang opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Lin Xiaofeng shook his head and leaned back on the sofa dejectedly: "I really don't know what she's thinking. I even wondered if she had never thought about marrying me... But she's really good to me. She usually doesn't want to eat or wear anything, but she never hesitates to spend money on me. In the time we've been together, except for this, we've basically never had a fight..."
Even an honest judge cannot judge family disputes. Luo Kaiyang didn't know what to say about the relationship between a man and a woman, so he just asked, "Then why did she come back crying last night?"
Lin Xiaofeng wiped his face and said, "It's my fault."
He said: "We hadn't seen each other for almost half a month before the New Year, and then it was the Chinese New Year, so we went back to our own homes and had even less contact. During those few days at home, I thought about it again and again, and felt that I was too impatient last time, and it was not a good idea to continue the cold war, so I wanted to take the initiative to give in after I came back."
"Yesterday I took a day off from the factory, cooked some delicious food at home, and picked her up when she got off work and brought her to my house."
His voice gradually became quieter. "Originally I didn't intend to do anything. We just ended our cold war, and I thought I would send her home after dinner... But we hadn't seen each other for such a long time, and I couldn't control myself. I accidentally... crossed the line a little bit."
Luo Kaiyang's expression was a little strange for a moment, and Lin Xiaofeng quickly said loudly: "I didn't force her! She didn't refuse at the beginning, so I continued. But in the end, she suddenly pushed me away!"
Shen Qingye's eyelids twitched.
Lin Xiaofeng said: "I was stunned and felt very uncomfortable. But I wasn't really angry because I knew that Meihua was conservative and I was prepared to do that after marriage.
"Meihua said that it was not possible now, she was not ready yet. I followed up with her and asked, when will you be ready?
"Meihua didn't say anything at that time. After a long while, she said, let's talk about it later."
He looked up at Luo Kaiyang and said, "Officer, can you understand? When I heard that, I got really angry."
"This past year, the phrase that annoys me the most is 'Let's talk about it later! Let's talk about it later, and there will never be any result! She will only say 'let's talk about it later!'
"I was so angry at the time that I said a few unpleasant things, and we started arguing again. And then... Meihua left."
Lin Xiaofeng became depressed again, his face full of regret: "I shouldn't have quarreled with her, if only I could be calmer, it's all my fault, all my fault..."
Luo Kaiyang was sitting opposite him. Seeing his look, he didn't know what to say, and finally could only pat him on the shoulder.
Lin Xiaofeng sniffed, and after a long while, he raised his head and asked in a hoarse voice: "Police comrade, Li Dazhi killed someone, will he pay with his life? Will you shoot him?"
Luo Kaiyang explained helplessly: "Our Public Security Bureau is only responsible for solving cases and arresting people. The subsequent trial and sentencing are the court's business. But don't worry, Li Dazhi is suspected of attempted rape and intentional homicide, and the final sentence will definitely not be light."
Lin Xiaofeng nodded slowly: "That's good, that's good..."
He was leaning on the sofa. The tall young man was now curled up in a ball, and it seemed that he had lost all his energy.
Shen Qingye shook his head, didn't read any further, turned around and left the reception room.
I heard footsteps behind me, and when I turned around, I found that Yue Lingchuan had followed me.
He was tall and had long legs. He caught up with her in two or three steps. He put one hand in his pocket, tilted his head, and asked casually, "Tell me, if their relationship is really as good as Lin Xiaofeng said, why doesn't Zhou Meihua respond to the idea of getting married?"
Shen Qingye said: "Either the feelings are not there yet, or there are concerns in your heart."
She shrugged. "He's gone now. Who knows why?"
Yue Lingchuan said, "That's hard to say."
Shen Qingye stopped and looked up at him.
Yue Lingchuan smiled and made a riddle: "Wait a bit, it will probably be soon."
Shen Qingye's heart moved and he looked down at his watch.
Come to think of it...it does seem to be fast.
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It was almost time to get off work, and Shen Qingye was still cleaning up the table. Fang Yun had already put on her bag and asked her with a smile, "Are you not leaving yet?"
Shen Qingye smiled back: "Right away."
By the time she had prepared for tomorrow's work, Fang Yun had already stood up from her desk. Unexpectedly, as soon as she opened the office door, she heard a commotion outside, so loud that she couldn't hear clearly.
Fang Yun paused and asked in confusion: "What happened?"
Shen Qingye also raised his head and glanced outside, frowning slightly: "Maybe... the victim's family members are here."
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When the two walked downstairs, they saw a middle-aged woman with a dusty face and a haggard face hurried in, crying and shouting: "Meihua, my Meihua, my daughter!"
She looked to be in her fifties, with gray hair, wrinkled face, and her clothes were patched and tattered. Next to her, there were two other people, one was a woman in her thirties, also dressed simply, wiping her tears with her head down; the other was a little boy of fifteen or sixteen, who was fair and plump, wearing bright and beautiful clothes, and was looking around curiously.
The policemen around were all trying to persuade them, but Shen Qingye stood not too far away, his eyes slightly narrowed, and did not move forward.
"Auntie, Auntie, calm down, calm down."
"Yes, Auntie, drink some water first, don't get excited."
Mother Zhou pointed at the policewoman's nose and cursed: "My daughter died, how can I not be excited? If your daughter died, would you be excited? Would you be excited?"
She shouted around: "Where is my daughter? You said my daughter was dead, where is my daughter?"
The policewoman's face didn't look very good either, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only swallow her anger. Luo Kaiyang hurried down from upstairs, followed by Lin Xiaofeng who had not left yet.
Luo Kaiyang hurried forward and patiently comforted her: "Auntie, don't worry, your daughter is here, I will take you to see her."
Mother Zhou stepped forward quickly, held his hand, and cried with red eyes: "Comrade police, you have to give our Meihua justice. Our Meihua was fine, how could she die, comrade police..."
Luo Kaiyang hurriedly said: "Don't worry, don't worry, as police officers, this is our duty, and we will definitely give Meihua an explanation."
Seeing this, Lin Xiaofeng also stepped forward and wanted to say something, but Luo Kaiyang secretly pulled him and gave him a warning look.
He moved his lips but didn't say anything.
Mother Zhou noticed him, and her crying stopped instantly. She narrowed her long triangular eyes and looked at him for a long while, then suddenly asked, "You are Lin Xiaofeng, right?"
Lin Xiaofeng was stunned at first, then he was surprised and delighted. He took a step forward and said hurriedly: "Yes, Auntie, I——"
With a crisp "slap" sound, Mother Zhou raised her hand and slapped him!
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