Chapter 19

Li Qingyao has been a very "independent" person since middle school. This "independence" does not mean being withdrawn or selfish.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. During her school years, 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 was studying like crazy, she went to her teacher to ask for leave to watch her favorite singer's concert without blinking, saying that her house was leaking, her parents were on a business trip, and her brother was far away, so she had to take on the responsibility of rescuing the house. Because she had always performed well, the teacher approved her leave without hesitation and almost sent a few boys to help, but she declined.

She would also get obsessed with a certain topic in physics, and would buy all the exercise books on the market and do them all. Later, in a monthly physics exam, only she and the top boy in the grade could answer the last big question. And she was the only one who wrote three solutions, so the physics teacher laughed at her and called her a weirdo.

She just likes to be alone, think alone, and do exercises alone. Her grades have always been in the top 1200 in the grade, but they fluctuate a lot, sometimes rising to the top 50, and sometimes falling to the top 211. She doesn't care, and faces the teacher's criticism with confidence: "There are people in the grade, and my goal is to be in the top , so that I can go to a university. I always exceed the task. Teacher, relax a little, not everyone can go to Tsinghua or Peking University, and I am not Luo Huaizheng."

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 busy high school life, Li Qingyao was recognized as an outlier in the class. She worked hard enough, but not too hard. Everything depended on her interest. When she was in a good state, she would do 20 papers a day; when she was not in a good state, she would go home and read novels while she was sick and dying. Classmates affectionately called Luo Huaizheng "Dugu Qiubai" and called her "Ren Woxing".

The first time she applied for the college entrance examination, she filled in mathematics as her major, not because she liked it so much, but because she imagined her future life, quietly doing 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 an old criminal policeman, and her mother is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who runs her own clinic. Li Qingyao's parents fully support her ideas. They think their child's ideas are very good. She is already so good, 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 attended most of the semester, she still suffered from insomnia every night and lost 10 kilograms, so she decided to drop out and retake the police academy entrance exam. Her parents just shed tears for one night and then enrolled her in a repeat class.

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 inherited the family business, her father felt sorry that such a smart and perceptive daughter had never considered becoming a police officer. But she did not expect that her 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 the police academy emphasized team spirit, she had never felt a real sense of belonging to any team. She had read the book "The Crowd" three times, which made her more alert to maintain an independent and clear self-awareness in the team.

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Chen Pu quickly assigned tasks: everyone was divided into two groups, investigating Liu Huaixin's movements over the past half month and collecting surveillance. Chen Pu appointed a criminal police officer to follow him, and assigned Li Qingyao to Zhou Yang's new group without even looking at her.

The meeting was over, and everyone filed out. Li Qingyao was packing up 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."

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.

Li Qingyao's words were indeed sincere. After today's meeting, she felt that the atmosphere in Team 2 was good. Everyone had independent opinions, regardless of seniority or personal relationships. This working model was simple.

She knew that not every department or team was like this, and even most of them were not. For example, the hall where she used to work. She was not a fresh graduate with no social experience, and of course she understood that such a team atmosphere depended 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 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 that Chen Pu had a sense of gangsterism and righteousness. At that time, Li Qingyao imagined the image of a muscular, unkempt policeman with long hair and a scruffy beard that is common in movies and TV series. Now she understands that Chen Pu is 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:
[Unhappy, why am I not in the same group with you? 】

When she walked downstairs, she saw Chen Pu's Volvo start 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 Yangxin's car with a smile.

In the Volvo, Chen Pu was driving and dropped his phone on the center console. Yan Yong was watching the surveillance footage on his 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 with him anymore. She had just arrived a few days ago, and Chen Pu was worried about leaving her with anyone, so he had to take her with him. 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 to take her with him and not let her go, and be inseparable every day. There will be gossip.

As for the harsh tone... She had such a personality that she would get mad from time to time. Her text message just now showed some signs of that. What could he do? He could only be indifferent to prevent 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. 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 stayed at the front desk for a long time, but also stayed in the hotel's surveillance management room for a whole day. At first, the hotel security manager was reluctant to admit that he had made a deal with Liu Huaixin. But under the interrogation skills of the criminal police, the security manager soon confessed everything - that day Liu Huaixin exchanged three surveillance videos of a certain day in January last year for 2000 yuan.

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 wore a hat and Zhang Xiyu also wore a mask. The man went to the front desk to check in, while Zhang Xiyu sat in the corner. After the check-in was done, the man walked to the elevator without even looking at Zhang Xiyu, and Zhang Xiyu stood up and followed him.

There was no one in the elevator. Zhang Xiyu stood in front, and the man stood behind her. He suddenly reached out and pinched her buttocks. She shuddered, and looking at her eyes, it was hard to tell whether she was laughing or resisting.

The two walked out of the elevator and into the corridor. At this time, they were very close, almost touching each other. When they reached 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 thrust his hips forward. Zhang Xiyu struggled to push him away, and he smiled and took off his hat, his profile clear under 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 didn't have a straight haircut, he looked at least five or six years younger, but still much older than Zhang Xiyu. Then he put his arm around Zhang Xiyu's waist and dragged her into the room.

Up to now, several minor bugs have appeared in the text. Thanks to readers for pointing them out, they have all been corrected.