Chapter 221: Connections All Over Yangcheng
Xia Lili froze for a moment: "Uh... Captain Li, I wasn't implying anything..."
Li Qihan stared blankly ahead, his fingers tightening slightly: "......"
There was a brief silence in the car.
"Ahem." Li Qihan was the first to break the awkward silence, his voice remaining calm. "Qu Xian's name alone doesn't allow us to draw a definitive conclusion, but combined with our observations in the rental house, these clues all corroborate the fact that he was spending Cao Shiliu's money."
Xia Lili turned to look at Li Qihan: "Then should we continue to follow them?"
Li Qihan tapped the steering wheel with his slender fingers: "Hold on for a while."
He looked calmly in the direction of Building 14. "We have to wait until late at night to find out what's in the suitcase. Besides, we didn't find the suitcase in the rental house..."
Xia Lili's pupils shrank slightly, and she suddenly realized something: "That's right! Since Cao Shiliu is not the one who caused the misfortune..."
Her voice gradually faded.
"The deceased in the suitcase...could it be someone else?"
Li Qihan nodded: "Very likely."
When Xia Lili and Li Qihan returned to Room 507 to continue observing the situation in Room 607, the aroma of food wafted into the room.
The enthusiastic aunt came over to greet them as soon as she saw them: "Oh, you're finally back! Come sit down and eat!"
"No need, Auntie, we..."
Xia Lili was about to decline, but her aunt pulled her arm and walked towards the dining table without saying a word.
"Why are you being so polite? I specially made a few extra dishes. You guys have worked hard on the case, so you need to replenish yourself!"
Auntie said as she pushed the two of them onto the chairs.
The dining table was filled with home-cooked delicacies: shiny braised chicken legs, golden braised prawns, emerald green stir-fried vegetables, steaming pork rib soup...it was so sumptuous that it felt like Chinese New Year.
Xia Lili's stomach growled.
"Come on, eat it while it's hot!"
Auntie enthusiastically served the two of them food, her eyes flickering between Xia Lili and Li Qihan. Suddenly, she smiled, "You two look so perfect together, like you stepped out of a painting! A match made in heaven!"
She winked at Li Qihan and said, "Hey boy, give your girlfriend a chicken drumstick? It's right over there."
Xia Lili almost choked on her food and quickly waved her hands: "Auntie, you misunderstood, we are just ordinary colleagues..."
Before she finished her words, a pair of serving chopsticks were extended to her. Li Qihan calmly placed a greasy chicken drumstick into her bowl.
“?!”
Xia Lili's eyes widened and her chopsticks almost fell on the table.
The two police officers next to him exchanged glances in shock - their Captain Li, who was so aloof and out of touch with the world, would actually pick up food for others?
The two of them then understood. Xiao Xia was Captain Li's superior, and it was normal for subordinates to pick up food for their superiors.
Before Xia Lili could come to her senses, another piece of braised pork ribs was added to the bowl.
Li Qihan remained calm and said, "Eat more food and talk less."
The tone was so calm as if they were discussing the case.
My aunt held her face in her hands and smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed into slits.
The four police officers stayed at my aunt's house until late at night. At 10:24 pm, an urgent message suddenly popped up in the police group chat: "Qu Xian is out!"
The four of them looked up at the same time, their eyes meeting. Li Qihan quickly stood up and said, "You two stay in the hallway."
He turned to Xia Lili, his black windbreaker drawing a neat arc as he moved, "Let's go."
Xia Lili followed Li Qihan downstairs quickly, her heart pounding in her chest.
This was her first time participating in field tracking, and a thin layer of sweat had already appeared on her palms.
The police officer who was watching downstairs quickly sent a message: "The target has entered Building 11 and is going upstairs!"
Li Qihan immediately ordered: "The monitoring team switched to monitoring the corridor of Building 11."
A moment later, new news shocked everyone: "Qu Xian entered Room 305, and a woman opened the door!"
Xia Lili stared at the phone screen and blinked in disbelief.
Building 11, Room 305?
Who is this?
The case suddenly became more confusing.
Soon, Leng Xiaohe at the police station received the news and began to investigate.
The resident information of Room 305, Building 11 was sent to Xia Lili and Li Qihan’s mobile phones.
This house is still a rental house. The tenant's information is that of a 23-year-old girl named Bai Man. The landlord said that Bai Man claimed to be a clothing salesperson, lived alone, and was single.
But it is worth mentioning that the landlord said that Bai Man did not pay the rent on time this month and is still in arrears with the rent.
Xia Lili was puzzled: "How come this rent arrears situation is the same as Cao Shiliu's?"
Li Qihan's eyes darkened, and he finally glanced at the information on his phone screen: "The landlord of this house said that 304 next door is also his house. A middle-aged couple lives in 304. Let's go ask them."
Xia Lili nodded, and the two of them went to room 304 and knocked on the door gently.
The person who opened the door was a middle-aged man wearing an apron. There was detergent foam on his hands. It seemed that he was washing dishes.
Li Qihan showed his ID. Xia Lili made a shushing gesture and asked quietly, "Can we go in and find out what's going on?"
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately.
The door closed, and the middle-aged man asked anxiously, "Comrade police, what happened?"
"Oh, don't worry. We're just asking about the neighbors. Do they often quarrel?"
Xia Lili pointed in the direction of 305 next door.
The middle-aged man frowned upon hearing this and began to complain: "We quarrel occasionally, and the quarrels are quite fierce. The man even smashes things."
Xia Lili raised an eyebrow. Qu Xian's personality didn't match the description given by the aunt in Room 507. "Isn't that guy wearing glasses? He looks quite gentle and fair-skinned?"
"Right, right, right!" The middle-aged man nodded confidently. "The girl living next door doesn't seem to have a job and doesn't go out. She orders takeout every day. Sometimes the delivery guys rush upstairs in droves and sometimes they knock on my door by mistake."
"She seems to be relying on the man for money. He seems to be short of money these days, and she made a fuss when he didn't give her money."
The middle-aged man shook his head at this point and said, "What a bad fate."
When Xia Lili heard this, her eyes flashed.
She looked at Li Qihan: "I have a bold idea."
Li Qihan was puzzled: "What?"
Xia Lili's face flashed with cunning: "My second identity is going to come in handy!"
She whispered to Li Qihan, then got up and went downstairs.
Half an hour later.
Xia Lili was wearing a yellow delivery helmet and a sun mask, her face completely covered, leaving only her eyes exposed, and she was wearing a pair of thick black-framed glasses.
She appeared downstairs of Building 11 wearing a yellow vest and holding a thermos bag of milk tea.
Li Qihan was surprised: "Where did you get this equipment? Did you get it so quickly?"
Xia Lili shook the takeaway rider group interface on her phone: "Of course it's because I have connections all over Yangcheng!"
Li Qihan's face was filled with black lines. He glanced upstairs and said, "Be careful."
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