Chapter 25
The first case meeting of the Cairo Red Min case is about to be held. Because it involves an entrepreneur and the murderer's methods are extremely cruel and have a bad impact, the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation and Ding Guoqiang will also attend the meeting to make a decision.
Therefore, everyone in Team 2 seized the opportunity to organize the information at hand.
Li Qingyao was busy when someone knocked on her desk.
Chen Pu said seriously, "Come with me."
Li Qingyao followed him to an empty corridor. He leaned his hands on the railing, hunched his back, and tilted his head to look at her: "I need to ask you something alone. You, Xiang Siling, and Luo Huaizheng were all classmates, and you know them better than the rest of us. Do you think their words today are credible?"
Li Qingyao crossed his arms, stared into the distance, and answered, "I don't really understand Xiang Siling. When I was in high school, I felt I couldn't see through her. Now, her personality has changed drastically, like she's become a different person. I can't judge."
"What was she like when she was in high school?"
"I didn't pay much attention to her at that time. She was quite quiet and introverted, but she liked Luo Huaizheng at that time."
Seeing her talking about this topic in a calm tone, Chen Pu was immediately delighted and showed it on his face. He agreed, "Indeed, I also feel that Xiang Siling is a smart person. If she is wearing a mask, it will not be so easy to pierce it."
Then, Li Qingyao said in a calmer tone, "Well, it's not like my mask, which breaks with just one poke."
Chen Pu: “…”
He raised one hand, scratched the back of his head, and said, "I'm being realistic. I think you've adjusted yourself quite well in the past few days. It makes me feel comfortable."
Unexpectedly, this flattery still backfired. Li Qingyao, whose cold and arrogant spirit rose, did not buy it. She sneered: "Then I really thank you. Aren't you going to talk about the case? Why are you bringing up any private matters? If you have something to say, just talk about it. If not, I'm leaving."
Chen Pu felt a lump in his throat, thinking, are you the superior or am I the superior, and didn’t you bring it up first? But he dared not say these words at this moment. He just turned his face away, his tongue made a frustrated circle in his mouth, exhaled, and when he turned his face again, he looked as if nothing had happened, and said seriously: "I just said it casually, and continue with the case."^
Li Qingyao said: "As for Luo Huaizheng, I do know him very well."
Chen Pu lowered his head, gritted his teeth unconsciously, and squeezed the railing with both hands. What should I do? I want to beat my sister.
"He was indeed a good man before, enthusiastic and righteous. But he was definitely not a saintly good person. He was smart and had the ability to distinguish people and things. I always felt that what happened in the Xiang family must have happened too suddenly. Xiang's father was drunk and very aggressive. But what kind of person is Luo Huaizheng? He was the top student in the grade, won the first prize in the national mathematics Olympiad, and was recommended to Tsinghua University. For more than ten years, he only knew how to study and take exams, and his mind was cleaner than anyone else. He had never faced violence and could not even fight. If you suddenly throw such a person into an extremely violent confrontation, he might overreact to protect himself. It is very likely that he will not react at all and will not understand what is going on, and he will be dead."
Chen Pu felt mixed emotions after hearing this. Not to mention Li Qingyao, even he, an outsider, felt heartbroken after hearing it. He has admired top students since he was young, otherwise he would not have had a crush on the top student from another school. Another time, people from another class wanted to beat up the top student in their class for some reason. The top student was a nerdy boy who acted like a chicken and had an average relationship with Chen Pu. But when Chen Pu heard about it, he immediately said that he was protecting Jizai Xueba.
It’s nothing, just respect for knowledge.
In fact, Chen Pu's grades were not bad back then. He was good at math, physics and chemistry, but he was always playing around and was not very stable. But even though he likes to play, he has very correct values and believes that the purpose of students coming to school is to study. Therefore, anyone who dares to mess with those with good grades is challenging the young Chen Pu’s simple sense of justice.
But now, the academic genius, no, the genius who he and his sister both feel sorry for, is his sister's ex-boyfriend whom she still has feelings for, and that feeling becomes weird.
Chen Pu lowered his head and said nothing. Li Qingyao saw that he looked wilted, and felt a little happy for some reason. He continued, "However, I don't know if he has changed after these seven years... in prison. But if his nature has not changed, I think his words are credible. I think he cooperated with Xiang Siling's company without knowing it. He has never met Luo Hongmin before. Although we liked to call him that in high school..."
She paused.
Chen Pu asked sourly, "What's your name?"
Li Qingyao lowered his head and smiled softly, saying, "You call him a male Bodhisattva. What I want to say is that he is not really a Bodhisattva. If he heard that Xiang Siling's stepfather was in trouble, and he was in front of people from both companies and was begged by Xiang Siling, it would be normal for him to come over to take a look out of anger. I might have a darker mentality than him."
Although Chen Pu agreed with Li Qingyao's judgment in his heart, he could also see that Li Qingyao really understood Luo Huaizheng's character very well. Male Bodhisattva, did Li Qingyao treat people as Tang Monk’s meat back then? Oh, but, come to think of it, what was your nickname when you were in high school?
Chen Pu's face darkened even more.
His nickname back then was Chen Tiedan.
Li Qingyao glanced at him and said, "I'm done."
Chen Pu nodded: "Okay, that's about it, let's go to the meeting."
Li Qingyao turned and left, and Chen Pu followed him two or three steps away. Suddenly he asked again: "We... are reconciled, right?"
Li Qingyao paused.
He immediately stopped as if nails had grown under his feet.
The lights in the police station corridor were very bright. Li Qingyao turned around. Her black hair, fair cheeks, slender fingertips, and delicate ankles were all reflected in a layer of bright light. The thin red lips were gently pursed, and the corners of the lips curled up. Chen Pu's head suddenly buzzed and the stupid branch in his chest began to shake.
Then Li Qingyao uttered out the words one by one: "What are you thinking about? I'm out of my mind and I'm making peace with you."
Chen Pu: “…”
Chen Pu: “…”
Watching her briskly walk into the office, Chen Pu lowered his head, shook his head, sighed, and couldn't stop laughing.
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After obtaining that important surveillance video, Chen Pu immediately sent people to investigate the section of road where the van and the mysterious man passed. Now the results are back - the explorers found three footprints on the muddy road on the side of the road, which should belong to the mysterious man. The footprints were 41 yards long and matched the crime scene. However, the murderer must have worn shoe covers at the scene, and the footprints were stained with blood, so the patterns of the footprints were blurred and could not be compared.
After the surveillance footage was released at the meeting and Chen Pu reported the current investigation results, the deputy director and Ding Guoqiang whispered a few words, looked at each other and nodded. The two decided on the next direction of the investigation: the man in a white, yellow and green patterned short-sleeved shirt and gray-blue jeans would be the primary suspect and a search and manhunt would be launched. The next investigation will be directly under the charge of Ding Guoqiang. In addition to the second team, two more groups of personnel will be transferred over.
After the meeting, the members of Team 2 returned to the office, waiting for the reconnaissance mission to be assigned by their superiors. Everyone was discussing the matter. Some said that they were lucky this time. The murderer was so powerful and the scene was so meticulous, but there was still a mistake and they were caught by a hidden camera in that location.
Others said that having this surveillance video did not mean the case could be solved because it was so far away and the footage was so blurry that it would be hard to find the person.
Li Qingyao didn't know why, but she was in a very good mood tonight. She didn't say anything, but just listened quietly to everyone's discussion. Occasionally, I would steal a glance at Chen Pu and see that this guy looked very calm, with his arms folded, his long legs stretched out, his head leaning back on the chair, and his eyes closed. But he was definitely not asleep, because his fingers were still tapping lightly on his arms and one of his toes was tapping the ground. That's thinking about things.
If it were in the past, Li Qingyao would definitely take advantage of others not paying attention, come over and ask, "Boss, what are you thinking about? Share it with me. I'm not an outsider."
But now…
Li Qingyao held up a file to cover his face, avoiding looking at his pretentious look.
"Zhou Yangxin, what are you thinking about? The tip of your pen is almost broken. I didn't hear you speak in the meeting just now." Fang Kai asked.
Only then did Li Qingyao reveal his eyes from behind the file and look towards Zhou Yangxin. Chen Pu opened his eyes and looked at Li Qingyao first, thinking, like a rabbit, and then looked at Zhou Yangxin.
Zhou Yangxin, who usually has a very aggressive personality, is like an old bitter gourd at this moment, with messy hair and frowned brows. He said: "I was just thinking...I seem to have seen that man somewhere?"
Everyone was silent for a moment, and then immediately started shouting and urging, "Damn it, hurry up and think about it, Team Two, get another first place!"
Fang Kai said with a smile: "Old Zhou, you and Chen Pu are both cheating recently, right? Why are you always using the same tricks - I think I've seen this girl somewhere before?"
But the more they urged, the harder it was for Zhou Yangxin to recall his memory. He was just getting distressed when he heard Li Qingyao next to him blurt out, "Is it a wanted warrant? I saw you looking through that thing on your computer a few days ago."
A bright light flashed into Zhou Yangxin's mind, and he slammed the table excitedly: "Yes, it's a wanted order! Damn, Li Qingyao! Sister Yao, good sister! You are worthy of being the No. 220 in the province, and you woke me up with a word!"
He immediately looked it up on the computer. Everyone gathered around, and Li Qingyao also slid his chair over to take a look. But after she entered the police academy, her five senses were trained to be very sharp, and she soon felt someone standing behind her chair and putting a hand on the back of her chair.
Yan Yong: "I say, Lao Zhou, why do you look at the wanted poster when you have nothing to do? Are you thinking about making the first contribution every day?"
Everyone laughed. Zhou Yangxin had nothing to be embarrassed about. He answered while searching: "Of course it would be great if he could establish himself, but you know, I'm very interested in criminal psychology. My idol is Bo Jinyan. So whenever I have time, I'll look at wanted posters. They're all felons who have committed all kinds of crimes. I want to try to analyze everyone's criminal psychology myself, and I found it!"
A photo and file appeared on the computer.
Name: Sun Dazhi
Age: 37.
Native place: Guanhu Town, Dongcheng District, Jiangcheng City.
Sun Dazhi is from the countryside and has been working outside all year round. Half a month ago, he killed a villager with whom he had a land dispute in his hometown. During his escape, he robbed a car and killed the driver. He is now responsible for two deaths. He can be described as extremely vicious and his whereabouts are currently unknown.
Sun Dazhi in the photo was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt with yellow and green patterns. He looked ruffian and his eyes were gloomy.
A thought popped into Li Qingyao's mind: First it was surveillance, then there was a wanted warrant, what a coincidence?
She subconsciously turned around and looked at the person behind her. Chen Pu had one hand on the back of her chair, and was bending over to look at the screen, his face only a dozen centimeters away from her. He noticed it and looked at her, his eyes were deep and difficult to read.
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