Chapter 19
Since middle school, Li Qingyao has been a very "independent" person. This "independence" does not mean that she is aloof or selfish. On the contrary, she has a good relationship with her classmates and has a few close friends. But she really likes to be alone and keep to herself. While studying, she absorbed all kinds of knowledge and concepts like a sponge, but she did not measure gains and losses and demands with popular eyes and standards.
In her senior year of high school when everyone is studying like crazy, she might go to her teacher and ask for leave in order to watch her favorite singer's concert, saying that her house is leaking, her parents are on a business trip, and her brother is far away, so she has to take on family responsibilities and rescue the situation. Because of her consistent excellent performance, the teacher granted her leave without hesitation and almost sent a few boys to help, but she declined.
She would also become obsessed with a certain topic in physics and buy all the exercise books on the market and do them all. Later, in a monthly physics exam, she and the top-ranked boy in the grade were the only ones who could answer the final question. She was the only one who wrote three solutions, and was laughed at and scolded by the physics teacher as a freak.
She just likes to be alone.
Luo Huaizheng is the top student in the grade and has been admitted to Tsinghua University.
The teacher was so angry at her that he almost vomited blood.
Therefore, in the stressful high school life, Li Qingyao was recognized as an outsider in the class. She worked hard, but not too hard, and everything was based on her interest. When she was in good condition, she would finish 20 papers a day; when she was in bad condition, she would go home and read novels even though she was sick and dying. Her classmates affectionately called Luo Huaizheng "Dugu Qiubai" and called her "Ren Woxing".
The first time she applied for the college entrance examination, she chose mathematics as her major, not because she liked it so much, but because she imagined her future life, where she could quietly do homework and research without having to deal with too many people. It would also be nice to have a higher degree and become a math teacher in a junior high or high school.
Li Qingyao's father is a veteran criminal policeman and his mother is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who runs her own clinic. Li Qingyao's parents wholeheartedly agree with her ideas. They think their child's ideas are very good. She is already so outstanding, so why should they ask for more from her?
In short, Li Qingyao is a girl with her own "little world". She stays firmly in it and lives in a comfortable way. She is very close to the world of people around her, but also has a distance from it.
So, after she was admitted to Xiangcheng University and had been in school for most of the semester, she still suffered from insomnia every night and had lost 10 kilograms. She decided to drop out and retake the police academy entrance exam. Her parents just shed tears for a whole night and then enrolled her in a cram school.
However, Li Qingyao suspected that her father was secretly happy because he had wanted her to be a police officer since she was a child. Although Li Jincheng later inherited the family business, her father was actually quite regretful that such a smart and perseverant daughter had never considered becoming a police officer. I just didn’t expect that my father’s long-cherished wish would be realized in this way.
Given Li Qingyao's personality, she had never joined any clubs in high school or college. Although team spirit was emphasized in the police academy, she had never developed a real sense of belonging to any team. She has read the book "The Crowd" three times, which made her more vigilant in maintaining an independent and clear self-awareness in the team.
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Chen Pu quickly assigned the task: everyone was divided into two groups to investigate Liu Huaixin's movements over the past half month and collect surveillance data. Chen Pu appointed a criminal policeman to follow him, and assigned Li Qingyao to Zhou Yang's new team without even looking at her.
The meeting was over and everyone filed out. Li Qingyao was packing her notebooks when Zhou Yangxin came over, patted her on the shoulder and said, "220 in the whole province! How did you get that score?"
Yan Yong next to him shook his head and said, "This is really like a phoenix falling into a chicken coop! The second team is not worthy!"
Li Qingyao chuckled and said, "Nonsense, I'm honored to be in the second team. Now I feel that I'm right to come. Everyone has real skills."
Just one sentence made them both smile. Zhou Yangxin shook the BYD car key in his hand and said, "Come downstairs in 5 minutes, and we'll talk on the way."
Li Qingyao: "No problem! I'll learn more from you!"
When Li Qingyao looked back, Chen Pu had already left.
There was indeed some sincerity in what Li Qingyao had just said. After today's meeting, she really felt that the atmosphere in Team 2 was good. Everyone had independent opinions, regardless of seniority or personal connections. This working mode is actually simple.
She knew that not every department or team was like this, and it could even be said that most were not like this. For example, the hall where she used to stay. She is not a fresh graduate with no social experience. Of course, she understands that such a team atmosphere depends on one person - Chen Pu.
From the first moment she joined the job until now, every action and every discussion of the second team, as well as the whole day when he led her yesterday, she could feel that Chen Pu was leading this team very attentively. He had no personal heroism in his heart and wanted everyone to unite as one and move forward together.
Li Jincheng once mentioned to Li Qingyao casually that Chen Pu had a chivalrous spirit as well as a sense of righteousness. At that time, Li Qingyao imagined the image of a ruffian policeman with an untidy beard, a muscular body and perhaps long hair, which is common in film and television dramas. Now she understood that Chen Pu was not like that.
Li Qingyao returned to his workstation, poured the expensive cup of tea he had just brewed in the morning into a thermos cup, and drank it on the way. As he walked downstairs, he took out his phone and sent a message to Chen Pu:
[I’m not happy. Why am I not in the same group with you anymore? 】
When she walked downstairs, she just saw Chen Pu's Volvo starting to drive away, and her cell phone rang.
Chen Pu: [Why do I have to be in the same group with you every time? 】
Li Qingyao raised his eyebrows and thought: Wow, this guy is quite weird. He put his phone in his pocket and got into Zhou Yang's new car with a smile.
In the Volvo, Chen Pu was driving and dropped his cell phone on the center console. Yan Yong was watching the surveillance footage on his mobile phone in the passenger seat.
After a while, Chen Pu glanced at his phone. The screen was still black and there was no message.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but was also a little annoyed. Was his tone just now too harsh?
But of course he couldn't take her anymore. She had just arrived a few days ago, and Chen Pu was uneasy leaving her with anyone, so he had to bring her with him himself. Today it seems that she has integrated well and everyone has accepted her. He is a single male captain, and she is a single beautiful young woman. It is unreasonable for him to keep her company and be inseparable from her all day long. There will be gossip.
As for the tone being a bit harsh... She has that kind of personality and gets mad from time to time. Her text message just now showed some signs of that. What can he do? You can only be a little indifferent to avoid future troubles.
No matter which group she is in, he will keep an eye on her and treat her like his own sister.
Thinking of this, Chen Pu felt relieved. Not to mention, today it was the little yellow cow Yan Yong who followed him, and without the delicate voice and strange words from yesterday, Chen Pu felt that the air around him had returned to its previous freshness.
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After a morning of intensive and solid investigation, the case quickly made a breakthrough.
After all, it's a shortcut.
Fang Kai's team found Liu Huaixin in the surveillance footage of a four-star hotel on Yuelianghu Street last week.
Liu Huaixin came twice. Not only did he stay at the front desk for a long time, he also stayed in the hotel's monitoring management room for a whole day. At first, the hotel security manager was reluctant to admit having had any dealings with Liu Huaixin. But under the criminal police's interrogation skills, the security manager quickly confessed everything - on that day, Liu Huaixin paid 2,000 yuan in exchange for three surveillance videos from a certain day in January last year.
Now, those surveillance videos are still in the hotel’s server.
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All members of Team 2 watched these three videos together.
The images were captured by cameras in the hotel lobby, elevator and corridor.
The man was wearing a hat and Zhang Xiyu was also wearing a mask. The man walked to the front desk to check in, and Zhang Xiyu was sitting in the corner. After finishing the task, the man walked towards the elevator without even looking at Zhang Xiyu. Zhang Xiyu stood up and followed him.
There was no one in the elevator. Zhang Xiyu was standing in front, and the man was standing behind her. He suddenly reached out and pinched her buttocks. She shuddered, and looking at her eyes alone, it was hard to tell whether she was smiling or resisting.
The two walked out of the elevator and into the corridor. At this time they were very close, their bodies almost touching. When they arrived at the door, the man took out the door card and threw it to Zhang Xiyu. Zhang Xiyu lowered her head and swiped the door open. The man pulled off her mask, revealing her clear face.
The man pinched her chin, kissed her, and pushed his hips forward. Zhang Xiyu struggled to push him away. He smiled and took off his hat. His profile was extremely clear in the camera.
He was no longer the dignified and upright man he usually was at school. There was a deep and slow smile in his eyes, and he restrained her limbs, emitting some kind of beastly aura.
Because he was wearing casual clothes and had no straight hair, he looked at least five or six years younger, but still much older than Zhang Xiyu. Then he put his arms around Zhang Xiyu's waist and dragged her into the room.
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