Chapter 97 Why does Kaoyu want to be a criminal police?
It was already past eight o'clock when I arrived at the team. Most of my colleagues had already gone home after get off work. Only the lights in the Serious Case Team office were still on.
The two men pushed the door open and saw Captain Yang and others, each holding a bowl of instant noodles, sitting around a table, eating with frowns on their faces, and discussing the case from time to time.
"You're back?" Captain Yang heard the noise and looked over: "You came back so late, did you find any clues?"
Yue Lingchuan smiled, met the expectant gazes of Captain Yang, Li Mingliang and others, and said leisurely, "Found it."
Yang Dui's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately put the instant noodles on the table. Yue Lingchuan said, "Master, please call Brother Niu and ask him to come back to the team."
"We currently have a suspect here."
Everyone came over and Captain Yang asked, "Who do you suspect? Why do you have to find Lao Niu?"
Shen Qingye put the letter on the table and carefully recounted the results of their investigation today. Captain Yang's eyes lit up when he heard that. He immediately laughed twice and clapped his hands on the table, saying, "Okay, okay! I'll get Lao Niu over right away!"
After saying that, before Shen Qingye and the others could react, he made a phone call.
Li Mingliang held the letter and grimaced as he read it: "This thing... is really disgusting."
Old Huang said silently: "But it is the most crucial clue we have at the moment."
Shen Qingye couldn't help but ask, "Didn't Zhou Yuanfeng get anything out of this?"
Li Mingliang leaned against the table and shook his head. "If there was a harvest, Old Yang wouldn't be so excited." He pouted at Captain Yang. "We searched all the properties, shops, and any places related to Zhou Yuanfeng and the Zhou couple, but we still couldn't find any trace of Qin Jiayu. We asked the staff on duty at the hotel that day, but they still couldn't say for sure whether Zhou Yuanfeng had gone out that night."
Zhou Yuanfeng's side is in a stalemate. In addition, the police in Linzhou are still waiting for news, and Qin Jiayu's life may be in danger at any time. Under multiple pressures, it is no wonder that Captain Yang was so excited when he knew they had found new clues.
Shen Qingye looked at the letter and rubbed his head: "I hope I can find some clues in this letter..."
Old Huang said: "Lao Niu, apart from other things, is quite good at identifying notes."
Li Mingliang shook his head, thinking it was not very objective: "If it was all written with one hand, it would be fine, but if it was written with the left hand... I'm afraid it wouldn't be easy either."
What's more, they don't have a suspect yet. It will undoubtedly be a very time-consuming task to find the suspicious one from the handwriting of dozens of people.
Captain Yang had finished his call and came over to pat Li Mingliang on the shoulder: "At least we have a clue, which is better than us groping in the dark."
As he spoke, he looked at Shen Qingye again and said with a smile: "Xiao Shen has been busy all day. Are you tired? Have you had dinner? Here are two buckets of instant noodles. Can you make do with them for now?"
Just as Shen Qingye was about to say that she was not hungry, her stomach started to growl. She paused for a moment, then met the smiling and teasing gazes of the seniors, and her face turned red.
Captain Yang laughed twice and was about to get her some instant noodles when Yue Lingchuan spoke first: "No need, Xiao Shen and I will go out to eat."
He glanced at the time. "It will take a while for Brother Niu to get here from home, and it will probably take even longer for Teacher He to get here from school. It just so happens that we have nothing to do right now, so let's go out and fill our stomachs first."
Captain Yang thought about it and said, "Okay." They already knew the specific situation. Now that Teacher He and Lao Niu are not here, there is no point in staying here.
Shen Qingye originally thought that since the seniors were all eating instant noodles here, it would be okay for her to join in. As a result, Yue Lingchuan seemed to know what she was thinking. He leaned against the table and said with a smile, "I know a big food stall. It's really delicious."
Shen Qingye raised his eyes to look at him.
Yue Lingchuan said: "Captain Yang can testify."
Captain Yang on the side waved his hands unhappily upon hearing this: "Yes, yes, I can testify that it is very delicious."
He looked at Shen Qingye and couldn't help laughing again: "Go ahead, there's nothing to do here. When Lao Niu comes later, we will be there for you."
Shen Qingye then responded with a "yes", then smiled and said, "Since Captain Yang said so, I have to go and try it to see how delicious it is."
Captain Yang smiled and said, "I promise I won't let you down!"
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It was past eight o'clock in the evening and the sky had completely darkened. All units and residential areas had long since quieted down, but a snack street not far from the municipal team was still as brightly lit as day and bustling with activity.
People were coming and going around, Shen Qingye moved sideways, and was finally protected by Yue Lingchuan behind him. Following him through twists and turns, he finally arrived outside a plain-looking store.
This store looks ordinary, but there are many tables inside and outside the house. It is crowded and very noisy at this moment. At a glance, there is almost no empty seat.
The boss was shirtless, with a round belly, a sweat towel around his neck, and a big plate in his hand. When he saw the visitor, he greeted him generously: "Xiao Yue is here? Sit down by yourself, find a seat and sit down!"
Shen Qingye looked at him in surprise: "You are quite familiar with the boss?"
She was a little surprised, as she had thought that a rich young man like Yue Lingchuan would always go to luxurious hotels, or at least private restaurants. This could be seen from his usual preference for entertaining guests. Unexpectedly, he accepted this kind of roadside food stall well. And it seems that this is not the first time.
Yue Lingchuan had already pulled her to an empty table with ease, and smiled when he heard her say, "Captain Yang brought me here a few times before, and later I got familiar with it. If I don't feel like eating at night, I'll come here to have a meal."
As he spoke, he put the things on the table aside and wiped the table top again with paper, not even leaving out the stool.
He looked up and called Shen Qingye: "Sit down."
Shen Qingye looked at his skillful movements and became more and more surprised.
Yue Lingchuan paused: "Why, you can't adapt to this environment?"
"...Not bad." Shen Qingye said. She didn't expect that the other party could do the job so well.
Sitting down on the plastic stool as instructed, Shen Qingye looked around at the noisy environment, feeling a little curious.
Yue Lingchuan looked at her from the opposite side: "You've never been to a place like this?"
Shen Qingye shook his head truthfully.
Before her father passed away, she was the princess of the family. After her father passed away, her mother resigned from her position as factory manager and started her own business. The company grew bigger and bigger, and her mother never treated her unfairly.
Although Shen Qingye is not a spoiled child, she grew up in a wealthy environment and has never been to a food stall like this.
Yue Lingchuan looked a little annoyed when he saw this, and he stood up and said, "If you really don't like it, then go somewhere else."
Shen Qingye said quickly: "No."
She couldn't help but laugh and said, "Master Yue has been to all kinds of hotels, but he still praises this place so much, which shows that the food here is really good."
Yue Lingchuan finally calmed down and sat down again, saying, "The ingredients in this restaurant are fresh and the taste is good, not much worse than those hotels."
As he spoke, he took the menu from the table and handed it to Shen Qingye: "Take a look, what do you want to eat?"
Shen Qingye glanced at the menu, stir-fried dishes, barbecue, grilled fish...even a whole roasted lamb.
Shen Qingye raised his eyebrows and looked up at him. Yue Lingchuan seemed to know what she was thinking, and smiled softly, "Their grilled fish is pretty good, the fish is fresh and tender, and there aren't many bones. The roasted whole lamb is also good. I don't know where the boss got the lamb from, it doesn't have the mutton smell of normal lamb."
Shen Qingye said: "A whole sheep, that's too much."
She suggested, "Let's have some grilled fish. As for the roasted whole lamb, we can eat it together next time when Brother Qiming and the others come."
Yue Lingchuan responded with a "OK", ordered a few dishes based on his own experience, and then called the boss.
The boss took the menu, laughed heartily, and asked them to wait a moment, it would be ready soon.
In June, the temperature was over 30 degrees during the day, which was very hot. But at night, the breeze brought a bit of coolness.
The two sat opposite each other. Shen Qingye drank water and faced Yue Lingchuan. He didn't know what to say.
She has never been one to chat.
When handling a case, one can chat with others lively and smoothly, and that is for a certain purpose. Now that there was no case to talk about, the two looked at each other, and the situation was inevitably a little awkward.
The two looked at each other for a long time and spoke almost at the same time: "Today's case--"
They both paused, then couldn't help laughing out loud.
Yue Lingchuan pressed his forehead and said helplessly: "It's a rare break, let's not talk about the case."
Everything that needs to be discussed has been discussed, and it would be even more awkward to find something to talk about now.
Shen Qingye held a disposable water cup in both hands, looking at Yue Lingchuan opposite her, with a smile on her face. After this, she slowly relaxed and asked the question that she had been curious about for a long time: "Why did Captain Yue want to become a criminal police officer?"
The Yue family and the Yue Group in the provincial capital are well-known not only in Huaiyang Province, but also in the whole country. It is indeed surprising that a young man from such a family chooses to join the police force.
Yue Lingchuan said: "My grandfather was a soldier. I was influenced by him since I was a child, so I wanted to hold a gun. Later, I became interested in solving crimes. After the college entrance examination, it was natural for me to apply to the police academy."
Shen Qingye asked again: "Then why didn't you stay in Laiyang? Instead, you came to Pingjiang?"
Although Pingjiang's economic development level is also good, it is not as good as Laiyang, the capital of a province.
What's more, Yue Lingchuan's family is in Lai Yang. If he stays there, his family should be able to provide more help.
Yue Lingchuan smiled and said, "I became a criminal policeman because I wanted to solve cases. It's better to start from the grassroots level and work steadily and steadily."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Shen Qingye again: "What about you? Why do you want to be a criminal policeman?"
Shen Qingye's smile remained unchanged, but his eyes were a little dazed: "I..."
She looked vaguely into the distance through Yue Lingchuan. It was as if I saw myself as a child being taken to the unit by my father and watching them training, shooting, handling cases, and interrogating prisoners.
When I was young, I didn’t actually have the idea of becoming a criminal policeman in the future. It was only after my father’s death that this idea gradually took root and became deeply ingrained.
She collected her thoughts and smiled brightly, "Why else? I'm interested. Solving a case and catching a criminal is so cool."
Yue Lingchuan chuckled, his sharp eyebrows were unusually gentle at this moment, but he just looked at her quietly and never said a word.
After spending some time together, he more or less understood the girl's personality. He didn't believe that she chose to be a criminal police officer simply because she was handsome.
During this time in the team, Zhou Qiming, Wei Zhengyi and others had also curiously asked about Shen Qingye's family situation. When they happened to talk about her father, the other party just said that her father was an ordinary worker who died unexpectedly when she was young. Wei Zhengyi and others didn't dare to ask more questions from then on. However, Yue Lingchuan sensed something from Song Lianfeng's previous attitude and even Gao Zhengming's attitude.
He vaguely understood that the other party's father's death was probably not as simple as she said, an accidental death.
Yue Lingchuan didn't ask any more questions, but just asked: "What about now? Is he really a criminal policeman? Is it what you thought before?"
Shen Qingye thought for a moment and said, "It's definitely a little different, but no matter how different everything else is, it's certain that the case can be solved and the bad guys caught, isn't it?"
Yue Lingchuan looked at her for a while, then smiled slowly: "You are right."
Isn't this what they are pursuing?
At this point, the topic was opened up and the two of them chatted back and forth, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Not long after, the boss came over with a huge plate and shouted, "Grilled fish is here!"
Shen Qingye took a look and saw that the grilled fish had just come out of the oven and was still steaming. The tender white fish, red peppers and green coriander are intertwined together, making your mouth water.
Shen Qingye was already starving. When the dish was served, she couldn't wait to pick up a piece of fish with chopsticks. When the delicious fish meat bloomed in her mouth, her eyes widened immediately. Before she could swallow it, she looked at Yue Lingchuan with bright eyes:
“It’s really delicious!”
The fish meat is tender and chewy, the chili is fragrant but not spicy, and the multiple flavors bloom in the mouth, which is very appetizing.
Seeing that she really liked it, Yue Lingchuan slowly let go of the tension in his heart, and then smiled and said, "Let me tell you, I have eaten in all the restaurants in Pingjiang, big and small, but I have a good idea of the delicious places around our team."
Shen Qingye had nothing to say, so he could only give him a thumbs up, and Yue Lingchuan couldn't help laughing.
When the dishes came, the two were already extremely hungry and had no energy to say anything, so they just buried their heads in their food.
The pepper smelled fragrant and I didn’t feel it was very spicy at first, but after a while, I was surprised by its strong aftertaste. Shen Qingye kept sniffing, and his eyes and nose were red.
Yue Lingchuan raised his head and met the girl's watery eyes which seemed covered with a layer of mist. His eyes felt hot and he looked away hastily, suddenly not daring to look over there again.
He blinked awkwardly, feeling a little hot behind his ears, and casually picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth.
Shen Qingye: "Hey——"
Yue Lingchuan's mouth froze.
Shen Qingye finally finished his words: "That was... chili pepper."
Yue Lingchuan felt the burning sensation between his lips and tongue. He didn't know whether to chew or not. Finally, he could only close his eyes, take a deep breath, and then forcefully suppress the spiciness.
He spat the pepper onto a tissue beside him and said calmly, "I didn't notice it just now."
Shen Qingye looked at his flushed handsome face, opened her mouth, but said nothing.
She just pursed her lips slightly, with a warm smile in her eyes.
Yue Lingchuan met her gaze, was silent for a moment, finally pulled the corners of his lips, hissed twice, and smiled.
“Very spicy.”
He said.
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