Mu Qiao nodded seriously, "Yes, it's my own business that I like you. You don't have to accommodate me just because I like you. You should follow your heart and don't wrong yourself."
Qiao Lubai didn't expect Mu Qiao to say this, so he asked her again: "Are you sure you don't want to try to date me?"
Mu Qiao nodded very affirmatively, "My love must be consensual."
Mu Qiao stuffed the bunch of wild flowers back into Qiao Lubai's hands and looked at him with a serious face, "When you really like me, I will accept your flowers."
She smiled and turned around, not giving Qiao Lubai a chance to speak again.
Qiao Lubai was a little confused. He was actually rejected? !
Mu Qiao went down the mountain and returned to the camp office. As soon as he arrived at the office, he received a call from the Yishui City Huancheng Police Station.
"Lieutenant Colonel Mu, you have to come to the Huancheng Police Station. A case has been filed regarding your second sister Mulan's murder of her husband. Your second sister Mulan refuses to confess. She said that she would only speak if her eldest sister comes."
Mulan murdered her husband?!
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How, how is this possible?
Mu Qiao thought he had heard it wrong, and the police officer repeated it impatiently.
After hanging up the phone, Mu Qiao did not panic. He called Mu's mother first.
"Mom, how much do you know about Mulan?"
When talking about the poor child Mulan, her mother cried endlessly and couldn't explain the reason for a long time.
Mu Qiao could only call his father.
"Dad, wasn't Mulan seeking a divorce? How did it turn into murdering her husband?"
When Mulan was mentioned, Mu's father got angry. "This damn girl didn't want to live a good life and insisted on getting a divorce. I don't know what happened last night, but she was sent to the police station by the Chen family and accused of killing your brother-in-law, Chen Shoucheng."
"How did Chen Shoucheng die?" Mu Qiao asked.
Mu's father didn't know either, so Mu Qiao could only ask for leave from the camp and go to the Ring City Police Station to ask Mu Lan in person.
Mu Qiao's leave application was submitted to Qiao Lubai's office by the guard.
Seeing that Mu Qiao's leave application stated that he had to go back to deal with something at home, Qiao Lubai did not hesitate and immediately dialed a number.
"Has anything happened to the Mu family recently?"
When Qiao Lubai asked this, the other party teased, "Mr. Qiao, you have been paying close attention to the Mu family recently. Are you interested in the Mu family's daughter?"
"You're just a chatterbox!" Qiao Lubai scolded coldly, "Don't make me say it a second time."
The other party immediately calmed down and broke the news, "The second child of the Mu family killed her husband Chen Shoucheng last night and is now detained by the Huancheng Police Station. I heard that a case has been filed."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Lubai didn't say much. He hung up the phone and left the camp.
Yishui City, Ring City Police Station.
When Mu Qiao arrived, the criminal police also arrived.
In general homicide cases, local police stations only have the right to detain people. Chen Shoucheng's death was a murder, so the criminal police would naturally intervene.
Officer Ma made the handover with the criminal police and allowed Mu Qiao to meet Mu Lan before she was taken to the criminal police team.
Under the guidance of Officer Ma, Mu Qiao met his second sister Mulan who was detained in the detention room.
Seeing Mulan, who was only 24 years old, living like a shrew, Mu Qiao's heart bleeds.
"Xiao Lan!" Mu Qiao called softly to the dejected Mu Lan.
Hearing her elder sister's voice, Mulan suddenly looked up at her.
"Sister, sister, please save me. I didn't kill anyone. I really didn't kill anyone."
Mulan threw herself at Mu Qiao, begging with tears in her eyes, choking with sobs, "I didn't kill Chen Shoucheng!"
Mu Qiao hugged Mu Lan, wiped the tears from her face, and tried to calm himself down.
Mu Qiao tried to soften his tone and asked calmly, "Xiao Lan, tell me, how did Chen Shoucheng die?"
"I don't know, I don't know!" Mulan suddenly became frightened.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here!" Mu Qiao hugged Mu Lan tightly, stroking her shoulders and back, trying not to irritate her.
"Xiaolan, I just want to know where you were when Chen Shoucheng died?" Mu Qiao asked softly.
Mulan's emotions slowly calmed down. "He died in his home. I slept with his body for a whole night."
Mulan was shaking with fear. Mu Qiao hugged her tightly and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Xiaolan. I'm with you. Tell me, what time did Chen Shoucheng return home last night? Was there anything unusual when he returned?"
"He, he came back at around eight o'clock, and went to sleep after he came back. I called him, but he ignored me. I scolded him, but he also ignored me. I was tired, so I fell asleep next to him. When it was dawn, I found that he had stopped breathing." In the arms of her elder sister, Mulan was no longer as nervous as before, and spoke much more fluently.
Mu Qiao relayed Mu Lan's words word for word to the criminal police captain Ma Fei.
As a senior criminal policeman, Ma Fei would not believe Mulan's one-sided statement. He took notes and went to verify it personally.
Mu Qiao has been in the army and has neglected to take care of Mulan over the years, and he feels guilty about it.
She wanted to help Mulan clear her suspicion, so she asked Ma Fei to take her with her to investigate the case.
Ma Fei refused without hesitation, "Lieutenant Colonel Mu, please don't interfere in local affairs, especially a criminal case like this."
Mu Qiao knew that she had crossed the line, but since it involved Mulan, she couldn't just stand by and watch.
After Mulan was transferred to the city criminal police team, Mu Qiao prepared to investigate the Chen Shoucheng case privately, but was blocked by Qiao Lubai at the door of the police station.
"Let the police handle local affairs. Don't interfere." Qiao Lubai pulled Mu Qiao into the SUV and comforted him, "Don't worry, I have already informed Captain Ma Fei. He will do his best to investigate this case."
Mu Qiao felt very upset. When her father forced Mulan to go on a blind date, she was on a peacekeeping mission. When she came back, Mulan had already married Chen Shoucheng.
She thought Mulan and Chen Shoucheng could fall in love after marriage and live a happy life, but she didn't expect it to turn out like this.
When Mu Qiao thought of Mulan's mental breakdown, he felt very guilty and his expression became more and more depressed.
"Deputy Captain Qiao, do you know? My second sister Mulan doesn't like Chen Shoucheng. They didn't have any feelings for each other when they got married. They said they would marry first and then fall in love. Haha..."
Mu Qiao sneered, "It turns out that a marriage without love is not happy at all."
"So, that's why you refuse to try to date me?" Qiao Lubai finally found the key reason why Mu Qiao refused to try to date me.
Mu Qiao nodded and looked forward with a somewhat empty look in his eyes. "In fact, before I met you, I had never liked anyone, because I had no illusions about love."
Her mother's unhappiness and Mulan's loveless marriage remind her that a woman does not necessarily have to get married, and career is the foundation for a woman to gain a foothold.
But Qiao Lubai appeared and broke into her heart, making her unable to help but get close to him and like him.
She became more and more confused and unable to control herself, but she always held on to her bottom line. She could not use her love to restrain Qiao Lubai.
"Love is actually a very pure existence. My parents are the best example." Qiao Lubai talked about his parents' love story...
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