Chapter 13
That night, Chen Pu ate a tasteless abalone rice, then jerked off for an hour. After taking a shower, he lay on the sofa in the living room and watched boring videos for more than half an hour.
It was almost 10 o'clock and there was a sound of cars downstairs. Chen Pu moved his eyes away from the mobile phone screen, listened for a few seconds, turned over, walked to the balcony, but did not go out. Instead, he leaned sideways to look outside.
He guessed it right. Li Qingyao got out of a taxi, supported himself with one hand on a crutch, and moved step by step towards the entrance of the building.
Chen Pu subconsciously turned his body again and hid behind the curtains. He counted to five seconds silently in his mind, and when he looked out again, Li Qingyao had already entered the building, and the sensor light on the first floor was on.
Chen Pu stared at the vaguely swaying shadow in the light that was spreading upwards. He had one hand in his trouser pocket, holding his cell phone. ↙
No vibration, no ringtone.
She didn't call him to go down and carry him upstairs.
This morning, she was lying on his back, looking paralyzed. Obviously, in this situation before, she was absolutely shameless and kept making demands.
But Chen Pu also had a feeling that it was expected.
After all, he just met his old lover tonight, and he came back so late.
My soul has run away, so naturally I don’t feel the pain in my feet anymore.
Sure enough, this is very Li Qingyao, he uses people in front of them and not behind them. Chen Pu sneered in his heart, pulled the curtains shut, and went to bed.
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Li Qingyao felt that he was in a very calm mood. After the party, he even had a twisted sense of satisfaction. She indeed forgot about the pain in her feet and also forgot to call Chen Pushi. The whole night, her mind was empty, with no sadness or joy. She took her usual bath and went to bed at 11 o'clock.
I wasn't thinking about anything, but I barely fell asleep at around 3 o'clock. I opened my eyes at around 5 o'clock, and my mind was as clear as if there was a bird living in it, chirping very clearly. Despite the dull pain in her temples, she knew that she couldn't fall asleep anyway.
She has experienced this situation too many times.
I simply got up, washed up and ate something. When I looked at the time, it was only 6:15.
Do you want to catch up on some sleep?
Her eyes drifted to the bedside chest of drawers. At the very back of the bottom drawer, there were sleeping pills that hadn’t been taken before.
After staring for a while, she looked away.
I haven't needed to take medicine for more than a year, and my sleep has been getting better and better in the more than a month since I joined the second team, almost like a normal person. She didn't want to go back.
Just go to work at the company. She has experience in this. As long as you work hard enough, you have no right to suffer from insomnia.
Li Qingyao grabbed the crutch and naturally thought of Chen Pu. He was about to call him, but when he looked at the time, it was too early. Before, he always picked her up at 7:30.
Thinking about how he had planned to have dinner with her yesterday, and after being stood up, he still took the trouble to send her to the party. When he left, he gave me a lot of nagging instructions. Later, when she went downstairs, the account manager came over and said that Mr. Chen had instructed her to help Li Qingyao go downstairs.
Li Qingyao smiled as he thought about it. It was a rare moment when he felt a bit of compassion. He thought that he should let the donkey have a good sleep today. During this period, she was lame and could not go out for field work, but he was still out running cases every day. He had to do free labor in the morning and evening, carrying her up and down the stairs to pick her up and drop her off at get off work.
So Li Qingyao sent a text message to Chen Pu, telling him that he didn't need to carry him anymore. He tried it again with crutches and felt that it was indeed OK. Yuan Ling's skills were not to be underestimated, so he moved to the unit step by step.
At 7 o'clock, Chen Pu's alarm clock rang. He reached out to turn it off in a daze, wiped his face vigorously, jumped up, dressed and washed quickly as usual, and when he was done it was just 7:15.
He had his own timetable in his mind: he had to pick up Li Qingyao at 7:30, go downstairs from his house and then go upstairs from her house at 7:25, and the extra 10 minutes was for maneuver.
He sat on the sofa at the door of his house, dressed neatly, and took out his cell phone, only to see the text message that he had sent an hour ago:
[Dear leader, my foot is almost healed now. You don’t need to carry me on your back anymore. Thank you for the time being. I can go to work by myself. 】
Chen Pu stared at it for a few seconds, put the phone back into his pocket, and went downstairs to eat noodles without any expression.
Chen Pu ate the cheapest and least expensive shredded pork rice noodle today, with no added spices.
He didn't eat fast. After finishing his meal, he walked slowly to the office, with only 2 minutes left before work.
Everyone in the team has arrived and it is bustling early in the morning. Chen Pu walked in silently. When she passed by Li Qingyao's desk, she was talking to Zhou Yangxin, and both of them were smiling. Chen Pu walked past without looking around. Li Qingyao glanced at him and continued to have a pleasant conversation with Zhou Yangxin.
Not long after he started working, a murder case occurred in the countryside. The case should not be complicated, so Chen Pu only took Zhou Yangxin and Yan Yong with him. Li Qingyao's legs were still not convenient, so he naturally continued to stay in the office to do clerkship.
Before setting off, Chen Pu had a serious look on his face and explained the work at hand to everyone in the team. When it came to Li Qingyao, he walked over, knocked on her desk, and said, "Although you have been doing desk work these days, you must do it thoroughly."
Li Qingyao was working hard and said without raising his head: "Don't worry, this is my strong point."
Chen Pu paused, said nothing more, and turned and left.
After everyone else had left the office for a while, Li Qingyao finally reacted and said loudly, "You should also pay attention to safety." Fang Kai next to him said, "Xiao Li, who are you shouting to?"
Li Qingyao came back to his senses, looked up at the empty table, and said, "Oh, nothing, I'm trying to figure out the psychology of the victim in a case."
Fang Kai was greatly impressed and gave a thumbs up: "What a top student."
The whole day passed in a flash.
Li Qingyao did desk work and did not have to work overtime. She went home on time, ate early, cleaned up, and continued to study some information about her brother's disappearance case at home. Chen Pu had accumulated a lot of information over the years, and she had copied some of it over before, hoping to understand it thoroughly herself. It's rare for her to have so much free time recently, so she can check more about her brother's affairs.
As for Chen Pu, he was investigating a revenge murder case in the countryside today. It was so simple that he identified the fugitive suspect in just two hours. But he was always meticulous in leading people, and taught Yan Yong step by step how to judge footprints and how to deduce the escape route. Zhou Yangxin was a little confused, and he discussed it in detail with others. The three of them rushed to the front line with the local police to arrest the suspect. It was already past 8 o'clock in the evening when the suspect was arrested.
Chen Pu released Zhou Yangxin and Yan Yong. The case was simple, so they rested for a night and then gathered their energy to re-examine the case and write the case file tomorrow. The police car he was driving today stopped in the yard of the unit. He looked up and saw that the lights of the second team were still on.
In fact, there was no need for him to go up. After hesitating for a moment, he still climbed up the stairs. When he reached the door, he had a smile on his face. He leaned over and took a look -
There was only one veteran detective in the team, who greeted him: "Chen Pu, why are you back to work overtime so late?"
Chen Pu glanced at an empty table and said with a smile, "Come up and get something." He walked to his own desk, picked up a book and left.
In this way, Chen Pu went out early and came back late every day, working day and night, investigating some minor cases or supporting the police station below. Li Qingyao stayed comfortably in the air-conditioned office to rest his legs and did clerical work for a week. Soon, it was the weekend.
Although Li Qingyao did not have any missions this week, he worked very hard and felt a little tired by the weekend. After getting up on Saturday morning, she lay on the sofa and always felt that something was missing in her life. After thinking for a moment, she suddenly realized that she hadn't made soup to nourish herself for a long time.
What's more, she recently injured her leg, so the fragrant and nourishing pig's trotter soup must be arranged. Then I thought of Chen Pu who has been running around recently. Although he has long legs, he can still make up for his shape with his size.
Due to his difficulty walking, Li Qingyao placed an order for a fresh pig's trotter and a bag of kelp through his mobile phone.
The soup was ready at noon. Li Qingyao peeked out the window. The curtains opposite were open and the lights were off in broad daylight, so he couldn't tell if there was anyone there. But she guessed that Chen Pu must be at home, otherwise where could he go?
I wanted to text him to come pick it up, but then I thought it would be better to show my courtesy and do the whole thing, which would be more in line with her style. Fortunately, her foot had almost healed and she had thrown away her crutches. She carried a bucket of soup and went to the building opposite.
When she reached the door, she panted a few times on purpose, held the stairs with one hand, and knocked on the door with the other hand, looking very tired.
"Boom boom boom."
"Boom boom boom."
No one answered.
Li Qingyao raised his eyebrows. The sun rose from the west. Did Chen Laoshi also go out to socialize?
After going up and down, her feet were a little tired, so she simply sat down on the stairs in front of Chen Pu's house. She took out her cell phone and was about to ask him where he had been when a call came in.
Seeing the caller ID, Li Qingyao's expression darkened and he picked up the phone.
"Hello, Li Qingyao." Ma Junhong's cheerful voice came, "Are you free tomorrow night? It's my birthday, and I want to invite my classmates to get together."
Li Qingyao replied: "I'm sorry, I'm on a mission all day tomorrow and can't come. I wish you a happy birthday in advance, old classmate."
Ma Junhong said: "Your foot is injured, right? You still have to go on a mission."
"My superior is a bit perverted. He told me not to leave the front line even if I was only slightly injured."
Ma Junhong knew he couldn't force them, but he was still a little unwilling, and said with a half-smile, "You really aren't coming?" He listed several classmates' names, and added Luo Huaizheng, saying, "They're all coming."
"I really can't come, just have fun."
After hanging up the phone, Li Qingyao leaned forward, hugged her knees, and was stunned for a while. She put the thermos on the ground, picked up the phone again, and saw Ma Junhong's WeChat first. It turned out that he sent a message in the morning, but she didn't hear it in the kitchen.
After the party last week, all the classmates at the table added each other on WeChat, except Xiang Siling, who didn’t come, and Li Qingyao didn’t go either.
Li Qingyao's finger slowly slid down and landed on the WeChat name "Zheng".
After pausing for a few seconds, she clicked on it and the dialog box was blank. She had an idea and clicked into Luo Huaizheng's circle of friends. There were only a few updates, all of which were advertisements for his current computer startup. Li Qingyao clicked on it again and found that it was indeed unknown and looked very small in scale.
Li Qingyao suddenly became annoyed and exited his circle of friends. However, he clicked too quickly and when he returned to the chat page, he accidentally clicked "Tap".
[You clapped your hands.] 】
Li Qingyao immediately clicked "Retract", but a message popped up above the dialog box: [The other party is typing...]
Zheng: [? 】
Li Qingyao: [Sorry, I clicked the wrong button by mistake. It’s okay. 】
Li Qingyao exited the dialog box, but Luo Huaizheng sent another message: [It’s Lao Ma’s birthday tomorrow, are you going? 】
Li Qingyao was silent for a few seconds and replied with only two words: [No. 】
He sent a calm smile.
Neither of them sent any more messages.
Li Qingyao suddenly lost his patience to wait, and didn't want to call or text Chen Pu anymore, so he picked up the thermos and went downstairs.
After returning home, Li Qingyao stared at the big pot of pig's trotter soup and silently made arrangements in her mind: pig's trotter noodles in the morning, pig's trotter rice at noon, and pig's trotter soup in the evening. She would have these six meals in a row. She just didn't believe she couldn't handle it!
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