Chapter 146

Li Qingyao's task was to work with another colleague from the second team to screen and compare the resident database based on the suspect's portrait, and ultimately determine who the suspect identified by Xiang Siling was.

Although the portrait artist had drawn the portrait, it did not mean that the police would immediately know who he was. After the technical department imported the portrait into the data system, the computer screened out about 300 people who looked similar to the portrait among the permanent population of the province.

The police first sent the photos of these 300 people to Xiang Siling. However, Xiang Siling only looked at a few dozen of them and said that she was very nervous when the case happened. Although she saw the suspect's appearance clearly, she didn't dare to stare at it. These people looked similar, and she was confused for a while, and she didn't even remember what the original suspect looked like.

It was reasonable for her to have such a reaction. Usually at the crime scene, witnesses would be very emotional, and they would not be able to remember the murderer's face even though they saw him clearly, or they would simply misidentify him. It was already a good situation that Xiang Siling could remember the general idea.

She also said that the murderer was very tall, but based on the pace of his steps, it was estimated that the murderer was no taller than 175 cm. They were in the tent at the time, and the angle, distance, and psychological effects could all cause deviations in height judgment, so the police would not rely on her confession on this point.

Li Qingyao and his team could only let Xiang Siling take his time and continue the identification. They could not rely entirely on Xiang Siling, and the police had to work hard on their own. These people had different backgrounds and identities, and their similarities to the portraits varied. However, considering that the portraits themselves also had certain deviations, all of them had to be reviewed. The criminal police team had to analyze and compare them one by one, and finally select the most suspicious person.

Li Qingyao formulated several priority screening principles himself: 30. Age between 40 and 2016 years old; 2017. Direct or indirect contact with Qian Chengfeng or Liu Huaixin; . In Xiangcheng in recent days; . The experience seven years ago, that is, in -, is questionable.

Because some people's information was incomplete, they had to call each one to verify, or contact the relevant departments to verify. This work process was very cumbersome. Li Qingyao and his colleague worked until after 11 o'clock in the evening.

Their eyes were blurry and their heads were swollen. It was so late and they couldn't contact many people to verify the situation. They decided to go home and have a good sleep and continue tomorrow morning.

Although the criminal police stopped taking vacations when a major case came, they still had to sleep every day. Those who were far away slept in the duty room, and those who were close could go home and lie down. Everyone had to be on standby at all times.

When Li Qingyao went downstairs, most of the lights in the office building had gone out. She yawned, thinking that Chen Pu had left with Ding Guoqiang and had not returned yet. She wondered if he would come home tonight.

As a result, Cao Cao appears whenever you think of him.

A police car drove into the compound. The person behind the wheel was Chen Pu, and Ding Guoqiang got out from the back seat.

Li Qingyao stared at him from afar with a serious expression on his face, and walked over slowly.

As they walked towards this side, they lowered their heads and talked. Chen Pu saw her, but pretended not to see her and continued talking to Ding Guoqiang.

As he approached, Li Qingyao greeted him, "Captain Ding, Chen Pu, you just got back?"

Ding Guoqiang nodded: "Off work?"

"Ah."

Ding Guoqiang said calmly: "Thank you for your hard work."

Chen Pu remained silent the entire time, his presence was extremely weak, and he passed by Li Qingyao.

After Li Qingyao walked out of the compound, Chen Pu and Ding Guoqiang just walked downstairs and stopped: "That's the situation, Master, if there's nothing else, I'll go back to sleep for a while, you should also go to bed early."

Ding Guoqiang glared at him: "A dog chasing a rabbit, why are you so anxious? You are useless."

Chen Pu smiled: "We have finished talking about the work. It's so late, and I'm worried about her walking alone at night."

"Get out of here."

Every night, Chaoyang Home, a desolate neighborhood, was particularly quiet. The dim street lights splashed on the road like water. In front of Li Qingyao, there was no car or person. But she felt that this was a rare quietness in the day. She sincerely liked the feeling of the whole world being silent. She put her hands in her trouser pockets and walked slowly, step by step, as if this was the only way to release her fatigue.

But someone just wanted to disturb her peace.

The sound of brisk and swift footsteps sounded to Li Qingyao's ears like rapid raindrops dripping on a stretched lotus leaf.

She didn't look back and continued walking. The man's footsteps stopped behind her and asked, "Why didn't you wait for me?"

"I don't know whether you will come home or not."

Chen Pu moved closer, hugged her shoulders, and grasped her hand with his other hand, feeling the temperature. His coat was soaked in the night's chill, icy cold, but his hand was still warm. His refreshing breath instantly enveloped her without any explanation.

Li Qingyao frowned in disdain: "We are so close to the unit, if someone sees us, let go."

"No." Chen Pu said, "It's so dark, who can see clearly? If someone really saw us, we would never admit it."

Li Qingyao turned around and looked at him: "You followed so quickly, wouldn't Old Ding be suspicious?"

In the night, the corners of his face were a little blurred, but there was a faint smile in his eyes. He hugged her neck in his arms, lowered his head and kissed her lips.

Li Qingyao had a strange illusion.

It felt like a long time had passed since their last kiss, but it wasn't. His lips were always warm before, but they were cold tonight. His tongue hooked several times before Li Qingyao seemed to react and embraced him. Chen Pu's hands were always clasped around her neck, and their steps became slow and messy. Li Qingyao pushed him away several times before pushing him away.

"It's hard to walk," she complained.

"No." He said, "I'm here, just close your eyes and go."

This interruption made Li Qingyao forget what he had asked. The two of them continued to walk home hand in hand, and Chen Pu said, "We have already passed Lao Ding's place, don't worry."

Li Qingyao: ??? ??? She has such a devilish heart.

"Didn't you say to keep a low profile and not tell anyone?"

"He figured it out himself. What can I do? Am I supposed to deny it when he asks me about it?" The man said with great confidence.

It wasn't a big deal, Li Qingyao didn't bother to worry about it. The two of them walked downstairs to her house, and she touched her stomach and said, "I'm a little hungry."

Chen Pu was also hungry and said, "Then let's go out and eat something?"

Li Qingyao shook his head: "It's already this late. If I go out to eat, I will definitely be full and unable to sleep. But if I don't eat and go hungry, I won't be able to sleep either."

"So what do you want to do? I'm fine with it."

Li Qingyao thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, go eat by yourself. I have a bag of frozen wontons at home. Just cook a few to fill your stomach. This way you won't be too full, but you won't be too hungry to sleep. I'll be back then."

Li Qingyao thought she had come up with the best of both worlds. Just as she was about to turn around and go upstairs, Chen Pu grabbed her arm and refused to let go. He looked obviously unacceptable: "You won't eat with me?"

Li Qingyao laughed: "I've never heard that being a girlfriend requires you to have midnight snacks every day, right? You might as well find a pig."

Chen Pu glanced at her, let go of her, walked past her, and went up the stairs first: "Forget it, I'll eat some wontons too."

Li Qingyao thought it was okay.

After entering the house, Chen Pu asked, "Do you cook if I cook?"

"Let me cook. I cook wontons pretty well. Please sit for a while. I don't drink tea at night. Pour two cups of health water. There's some in the refrigerator. Heat it up in the microwave for one minute."

"Row."

They each did their own thing. Chen Pu poured the water and sat on the sofa. He looked up and saw her standing in front of the stove, slowly sliding a spoon in the pot. It was such a simple thing to cook frozen wontons, but she stood straight, lowered her eyebrows, and looked very serious. Under the bright light, her hair was black and soft, and her skin was white and clean.

Chen Pu couldn't help laughing as he watched. He raised his phone and quickly took a photo.

Soon, the aroma came into the air. Li Qingyao brought out two bowls, one large and one small. Chen Pu quickly stood up and took them, placing them on the coffee table. Looking down, there were 5 wontons in her bowl and 15 in his. The plump wontons floated in the light yellow soup with soy sauce and vinegar, with green chopped green onions floating on top. It was simple, but it made people salivate.

"If it's not enough, you can cook it." Li Qingyao said generously.

"enough."

Li Qingyao's family was very casual. He threw two cushions over and the two of them sat on the floor, eating wontons on the coffee table. After chatting about work for a while, the wontons were quickly finished. Just as Li Qingyao was about to stand up, Chen Pu had already stood up with two bowls in his hands: "I'll wash them, you take a rest."

Li Qingyao didn't move. She leaned back on the sofa, watching him work quickly in the kitchen, and thought he was doing pretty well in this regard.

After Chen Pu finished washing the dishes and hung up the rag, the two sat on the sofa and drank some water. It seemed that there was nothing else to talk about. Li Qingyao looked at the time. It was 12:15. Chen Pu was obviously tired and leaned back on the sofa.

But he just wouldn't leave.

Li Qingyao said decisively: "Chen Pu, see you tomorrow."

Chen Pu probably didn't expect that she would chase him away so directly. He paused for a moment, then looked at her, but turned his head to the side, smiled, and said nothing, but still didn't stand up.

Li Qingyao never expected that he had such a difficult side, and he perfectly demonstrated what it meant to turn a deaf ear.

She couldn't help laughing and said, "That's enough. Are you planning to sit here all night? Go back to bed quickly. I also want to take a shower and go to bed."

As a result, this sentence seemed to bring inspiration to the scabby dog. He sighed, turned his body sideways, fell heavily on the sofa, and put his arms behind his head: "Why can't I stay here for one night? I want to sleep on your sofa."

　Don't think too much, nothing will happen between this couple so soon. Li Qingyao is too cold and Chen Pu is too timid.

　　(End of this chapter)