Chapter 168 A Tricky Case
Room 704, Unit 3, Fengyuan Community, Cui Fuyi.
Xia Lili was excited, this was a major clue!
Could this be the murderer's address?
She took out her mobile phone to search the distance between Fengyuan Community and Panhu Park, but she found that the distance between the two locations was 7.3 kilometers.
Why did the woman want to transport the carpet to Panhu Park, 7 kilometers away, and then find someone to deliver it quickly? Was it just to prevent others from discovering her address?
Moreover, would a murderer be so careless as to leave the express delivery number with his address printed on it on the box?
Xia Lili was full of doubts and just wanted to find an opportunity to report these abnormal situations to Captain Li.
Her fingers quickly tapped messages on her phone, sending the address, the power gap between the woman in the illusion and Feng Jinyan... all this information to Li Qihan.
"Xiao Xia! Help me get the brush! The one with the wooden handle!"
Soon, Feng Jinyan's urging voice came from the backyard.
Upon hearing this, Xia Lili quickly handed the things to the backyard.
Then she pretended to yawn and said, "Sister Feng, it's getting late. I'm afraid it will be dangerous if we stay too late."
"I'm going back first. What time will you come tomorrow morning?"
"I've already washed, dried, and folded the sheets."
There was nothing wrong with what Xia Lili did. After all, it was her first night at work. Feng Jinyan couldn't reveal her true identity so early, so she let Xia Lili go.
After Xia Lili came out of Jinyan Laundry, she rubbed her sore shoulders and breathed a breath of fresh air. It was really suffocating to stay in this laundry.
I hope the case can be solved soon.
Xia Lili sent a message to Li Qihan: "Captain Li, I just left the laundry and couldn't take the carpet out, but I secretly scraped the stains and debris off the carpet and put them in a sealed bag."
"Who should I give this sealed bag to?"
Li Qihan quickly replied to her message: "Walk out of the alley and onto the main road. Go straight for 200 meters on the right and there's a convenience store. Wait inside."
Xia Lili followed the message sent by Li Qihan, walked out of the alley and came to a 24-hour convenience store on the side of the road.
She pushed open the door of the convenience store and the cold air filled with the aroma of food rushed in.
Seeing a row of long black tables with high stools against the wall, Xia Lili found a seat at the innermost part and sat down. She was tempted by the aroma of the food in the store and was struggling between losing weight and indulging in a midnight snack.
Aunt Wu’s cooking skills are so good that Xia Lili has been enjoying her meals recently without any worries. After she got on the scale, she felt that she needed to restrain herself.
Just as she was struggling between her conscience and her desires, a slender and beautiful hand suddenly came into her sight.
The bony hand pushed a cup of steaming oden in front of her. The white radish trembled slightly in the amber soup, and the steaming heat blurred her vision.
"Li...Li Qihan?"
She suddenly looked up, her almond-shaped eyes widened, and even her voice changed tone.
She rubbed her eyes subconsciously, fearing that she was hallucinating due to hunger.
A man stood beside her in a black trench coat, his shoulders as sharp as if they'd been cut with a ruler. The light cast a faint shadow on his tall nose, and his thin lips were pressed into a cold line. Only his deep eyes, reflecting the warmth of the convenience store light, reflected in her gaze.
"Why are you in Haicheng?"
"Let's hold an expert meeting." Li Qihan said succinctly, "The serial killer used to commit crimes in Yangcheng and has now fled to Haicheng."
His voice was low, like the tail note of a cello.
Xia Lili then remembered that the man in front of her, whose figure and appearance were comparable to those of a fashion week model, was also a well-known criminal investigation expert.
The aroma of oden wafted into her nose, and she unceremoniously unpacked her disposable chopsticks, pushing all her weight-loss guilt onto the person across from her. "I was planning to give up late-night snacks, but you tempted me."
Li Qihan's gaze lingered on her slender wrist for a moment, his brows furrowed slightly. "You're as skinny as the stray cat downstairs. Why are you trying to lose weight?"
Xia Lili narrowed her eyes. His words were like a small shovel, easily digging away the anxiety in her heart.
"Wait a minute." Xia Lili was surprised when Li Qihan mentioned the stray cats downstairs. "There's a litter of stray cats in the police family compound. They've gained a lot of weight recently. Did you feed them?"
Xia Lili fed the stray cats from time to time and was very keen to notice the changes in the kittens' body shape.
Li Qihan's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "Do I look like someone who likes kittens and puppies?"
Xia Lili stared at him for a while and said, "Maybe some kind-hearted person fed him."
"Slow down." Li Qihan looked at her bulging cheeks and tapped his fingers on the table twice. "Don't choke."
"Captain Li," Xia Lili swallowed her food, her eyes sparkling, "could you please buy me a bottle of iced Coke?"
"You really treat me as your secretary."
Li Qihan said this, but he had already turned around and walked towards the beverage area while speaking.
When he came back, he gave Xia Lili a cup of hot milk tea.
Xia Lili looked disappointed: "Where's my happy water?"
"Drink less iced drinks." He took a sip of the iced Americano in his hand without changing his expression.
"Double standard!" She poked the fish tofu in the bowl angrily.
The second hand on Li Qihan's watch ticked quietly. "After I send you back, I have to go back to the Haicheng General Administration."
Xia Lili was chewing on a piece of Arctic Wings when an idea suddenly occurred to her: "Last time at the cement factory, if it weren't for my equipment..."
She deliberately dragged out her tone, looking at him with sparkling eyes, "Saving my life is worth a cup of oden?"
Li Qihan glanced at the bowl of oden, most of the soup already drunk, and raised the corners of his lips slightly: "I see a greedy cat who says one thing but means another is enjoying his meal."
Xia Lili was choked and couldn't speak, so she could only take a big bite of the bamboo roll fiercely.
Xia Lili was busy eating while Li Qihan was working beside her.
When she had almost finished eating, she tilted her head to look at Li Qihan beside her. She saw that he was holding a pen with his slender fingers and quickly sketching a case relationship diagram on the note paper. The tip of the pen made a rustling sound as it moved across the paper.
The warm light from the convenience store fell just on half of his face, outlining his high nose bridge and tightly pursed thin lips.
Beneath his slightly furrowed brows, his captivating eyes were now surprisingly focused, the dense clues on the paper reflected in his dark pupils.
"Wow." Xia Lili couldn't help but sigh softly, "A top student can stay calm in any environment."
Li Qihan's pen suddenly paused. He looked up and said, "This case is very difficult." His voice was low and serious, a rare solemnity.
Xia Lili touched her stomach and was already about 70% full. While eating, she asked, "What kind of serial murder case is this?"
"Murder, videotaping, random killings. The methods used were extremely cruel."
Li Qihan's eyes deepened. "The police infer that the murderer is a psychopath who enjoys killing people."
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