Chapter 309 I Miss You
"Huh?"
Xu Ying opened his eyes wide. Is there no murderer among these people?
Ji Xuehui touched Xu Ying's shoulder: "How is it? Did you figure out who it is?"
Xu Ying frowned and shook his head.
Ji Xuehui looked at the person in charge: "Are all the people really here?"
The person in charge scratched his head and thought carefully: "There is another person in our company who fits the description. His name is Zhao Yicheng, but he is on a business trip."
"He and Lin Qing graduated from the same university, and he's Lin Qing's senior. However, the two don't usually interact. You all know Lin Qing's personality."
"I remember this guy. I even investigated his relationship with Lin Qing the day before yesterday, and colleagues all said they were just acquaintances." Ji Xuehui recalled, "The entire Rhodiola rosea drug research project team, where Zhao Yicheng was, was on a business trip for exchange and study. They have an alibi."
"The victim, Lin Qing, died during the period after he went on a business trip."
When Xu Ying heard the word "alibi", she immediately thought of the time when she rescued Qiao Yuxi. Qiao Yuxi's ex-fiancé also had an alibi.
Ji Xuehui glanced at the refrigerated water tank in Xu Ying's hand and thought it would be safer to let the witness identify it. "Do you have a clear photo of Zhao Yicheng?"
"There is a work photo." The person in charge pulled up a work photo of Zhao Yichen taken when he first started working on the computer.
Xu Ying picked up the refrigerated water tank and moved closer to the computer screen: "Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, can you see if it's him?"
The alpine whitefish gurgled and spit out bubbles, staring intently at the photo on the computer screen: "I don't think I'm sure either..."
[Looks similar yet not... Don't you humans sometimes look different from the photos?]
Xu Ying said with certainty: "Yes, there may be a gap between the portraits captured by camera and those captured by the naked eye."
"When will Zhao Yicheng come back from his business trip?"
The person in charge checked the employee's schedule: "He will arrive in Yisha City tonight and come to the company tomorrow morning."
"That'll have to wait until tomorrow." Xu Ying suddenly remembered another way to verify: "Officer Ji, do you have the evidence key that the otter brought up?"
"I have it. It's in the file bag in my hand." Ji Xuehui immediately understood what Xu Ying meant by this question. She looked at the person in charge and said, "Please take us to Zhao Yicheng's office or laboratory now."
"Please follow me." The person in charge brought the two to Zhao Yichen's laboratory.
Because the entire project team is on a business trip, there is no one in the laboratory now and the door is closed and locked.
Ji Xuehui put on gloves, took out the silver key from the transparent evidence bag, and inserted the key into the keyhole of the door lock.
She turned the key gently, and something surprising happened to everyone!
With a "click", the laboratory door was opened by the key picked up from the bottom of the icy lake.
Xu Ying and Ji Xuehui looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
"So the key that fell into the icy lake is most likely Zhao Yicheng's?"
The more Xu Ying thought about it, the more surprised she became: "Could Lin Qing's mysterious boyfriend be Zhao Yicheng?"
"When Zhao Yicheng comes back, we'll take his fingerprint and compare it with the other unknown fingerprint on the key, and we'll know the result."
Ji Xuehui's eyes were heavy: "Let me first check whether Zhao Yicheng is really on a business trip."
After a trip to Linqing Company with significant gains, Xu Ying returned to the Snow Mountain Rescue Station with anticipation.
It was already dinner time when they returned to the Snow Mountain Rescue Station. The Snow Mountain Rescue Station had a special small kitchen. Xu Ying took out the ingredients from the refrigerator and made a simple dish of clear beef noodles.
Sitting down at the dining table with a bowl of hot beef noodles, Xu Ying took out her mobile phone and made a video call to Qi Xiao.
Since the five fennec fox cubs haven't been seen these days, Xu Ying can only ask Qi Xiao, who went down the mountain after recording the show, to help accompany these clingy little guys.
The screen of the video call was shaking slightly. The signal on Qi Xiao's side was not very good, and the picture occasionally froze, but it could not hide the excitement of the five furry little fennec foxes jumping up and down on him.
Their pointed ears trembled, their charming watery fox eyes approached the camera, their claws grabbed Qi Xiao's collar and shoulders, and they scrambled to get in front of the screen.
[Sister, sister!] Fox Sibao had already stepped on Qi Xiao's head, with his tail raised high, [When will you come back?]
A whole chubby fox Sibao was lying on Qi Xiao's head, looking like a thick and fluffy fox-ear hat.
[Yeah, yeah!] Hu Sansan clung to his arm, his little nose almost touching the camera. [Brother Qi Xiao said that if you don’t come back, he’ll be annoyed to death by us!]
Upon hearing this, Xu Ying smiled and translated San San's words to Qi Xiao.
Qi Xiao helplessly reached out to hold up Fox Sansan, who was about to slip off his arm, but with a smile on his face: "I didn't say that. Sansan is just making up rumors because I can't understand fox language."
Xu Ying looked at the familiar and lively scene on the screen and couldn't help laughing: "It will be soon. After three more sunrises, I'll be back!"
“How long does three sunrises take?” asked the youngest fox, Xiaowu, tilting his head and twitching his ears.
"That is..." Xu Ying blinked, "Wait for the moon to rise three times, set three times, and then -"
[And then sister will be home!] Fox Erniu answered quickly, jumping excitedly on Qi Xiao's shoulder. Fox Erniu jumped with great strength, like a mini calf, and almost made him lose his grip on the phone.
Qi Xiao chuckled: "They are all counting."
Xu Ying held her chin up and gently tapped the furry little head on the screen with her fingertips: "Don't worry, I will definitely be back on time this time-"
Thinking of her assistant Qin Fuli's report that the five fox cubs have been very well behaved these days and have already started learning to hunt on their own with the fennec fox elders, she smiled and said, "Everyone has performed very well during my business trip this time. I will bring you rewards!"
Five pairs of round eyes lit up instantly.
Qi Xiao raised his eyes to look at her, his voice low and calm: "What about me?"
Xu Ying tapped the screen lightly with her fingertips, her crescent-shaped eyebrows raised: "You?"
"What do you want?"
Qi Xiao didn't respond, but raised his hand to hold down Fox Xiaowu, who was climbing onto his shoulder, and gently scratched behind its ears with his knuckles. There was a smile in his eyes, and his tone was light, but inexplicably softer: "No need to say anything else, just come back."
"Don't keep the five cubs waiting too long. They miss you very much."
Hu Xiaowu tilted his head when he heard this: "Isn't it obvious that we miss the stationmaster sister? Why does Brother Qi Xiao have to repeat it?"
Fox Sansan raised his paw and responded: [I understand, I understand. Brother Qi Xiao's subtext is: I miss you too!]
"Wow, why didn't Brother Qi Xiao tell me in person? Is he shy?" Fox Sibao twitched his tail, "Just like I'm too embarrassed to ask for the food I like?"
(End of this chapter)
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