Chapter 42

That night, Chen Pu ate a tasteless abalone rice, then jerked off for an hour. After taking a shower, he lay on the sofa in the living room and watched boring videos for more than half an hour.

It was almost 10 o'clock, and the sound of cars could be heard downstairs. Chen Pu looked away from the screen of his mobile phone, listened for a few seconds, got up, and walked to the balcony, but he did not go out, but leaned to one side to look out.

His guess was correct. Li Qingyao got out of a taxi, supported himself with one hand on a crutch, and moved step by step towards the entrance of the building.

Chen Pu subconsciously turned his body to the side again and hid behind the curtain. He counted to five seconds in his mind and looked out again. Li Qingyao had already entered the building and the sensor light on the first floor was on.

Chen Pu stared at the vaguely swaying shadow in the light that was spreading upwards. He had one hand in his trouser pocket, holding his cell phone.

No vibration, no ringtone.

She didn't call him to go down and carry him upstairs.

This morning, she was lying on his back like she was paralyzed. In the past, she would have been shameless and demanded more.

But Chen Pu also had a feeling that it was expected.

After all, he just met his old lover tonight, and he came back so late.

My soul has run away, so naturally I don’t feel the pain in my feet anymore.

Sure enough, this is very Li Qingyao, he only uses people in front of him and not behind his back. Chen Pu sneered in his heart, pulled the curtains shut, and went to sleep.

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Li Qingyao felt very calm, and even after the party, she felt a twisted sense of satisfaction. She really forgot about the pain in her feet and forgot to call Chen Pushi. The whole night, her mind was empty, with no sadness or joy. She took a shower as usual and went to bed at 11 o'clock.

She hadn't thought about anything, but she barely fell asleep until about 3:5. She opened her eyes at about :. Her mind was as clear as if a bird had taken up residence in it, chirping very clearly. Although her temples ached slightly, she knew that she couldn't fall asleep anyway.

She has experienced this situation too many times.

I simply got up, washed up and ate something. When I looked at the time, it was only 6:15.

Do you want to catch up on some sleep?
Her eyes drifted to the bedside chest of drawers. In the innermost drawer of the bottom drawer was the sleeping pills that she hadn't finished taking.

After staring for a while, she looked away.

Since she hadn't needed medication for more than a year, and her sleep had improved over the past month since joining the second team, she was almost as good as a normal person. She didn't want to go back.

She might as well go to work in the company. She also has experience in this. As long as the work is enough and tiring, office workers have no right to suffer from insomnia.

Li Qingyao picked up the crutches and naturally thought of Chen Pu. Just as he was about to call her, he looked at the time and it was too early. He always came to pick her up at 7:.

Thinking about how he had planned to have dinner with her yesterday, and after being stood up, he still took the trouble to send her to the party. When she left, he gave her a lot of nagging instructions. Later, when she went downstairs, the account manager came over and said that Mr. Chen had told her to help Li Qingyao downstairs.

Li Qingyao smiled at the thought, and felt a rare compassion, thinking that he should let the donkey have a good sleep today. During this period, she was lame and did not go out to work, but he was still running cases outside all day long, and he had to work as a free laborer in the morning and evening, carrying her up and down the stairs to pick her up and drop her off at get off work.

So Li Qingyao sent a text message to Chen Pu, telling him that he didn't need to carry her anymore. He tried it again with crutches and felt that it was indeed working. Yuan Ling's skills were not to be underestimated, so he moved to the unit step by step.

At 7 o'clock, Chen Pu's alarm clock rang. He reached out to turn it off in a daze, wiped his face vigorously, jumped up, dressed and washed quickly as usual, and when he was done it was just 7:15.

他脑子里自有时间卡点：7点30要接李轻鹞，7点25下他家楼再上她家楼，富余的10分钟是机动。

He sat on the sofa at the door of his house, dressed neatly, and took out his cell phone, only to see the text message that he had sent an hour ago:

[Dear leader, my foot is almost healed now. You don’t need to carry me anymore. Thank you for the time being. I will go to work by myself.]

Chen Pu stared at it for a few seconds, put the phone back into his pocket, and went downstairs to eat noodles without any expression.

Chen Pu ate the cheapest and least expensive shredded pork rice noodle today, with no added spices.

He didn't eat fast. After finishing his meal, he walked slowly to the office, with only 2 minutes left before work.

Everyone in the team had arrived, and the place was bustling early in the morning. Chen Pu walked in silently, and when he passed by Li Qingyao's table, she was talking to Zhou Yangxin, both of them were smiling. Chen Pu walked by without looking away. Li Qingyao glanced at him and continued to chat happily with Zhou Yangxin.

Not long after he started working, a murder case happened in the countryside. The case should not be complicated, so Chen Pu only took Zhou Yangxin and Yan Yong with him. Li Qingyao's legs were still inconvenient, so he naturally continued to stay in the office to do clerkship.

Before leaving, Chen Pu was serious and explained the work at hand to everyone in the team. When it came to Li Qingyao, he came over, knocked on her desk, and said, "Although you have been doing desk work these days, you must do it thoroughly."

Li Qingyao was working hard and said without raising his head: "Don't worry, this is my strong point."

Chen Pu paused, said nothing more, and turned and left.

After everyone else had left the office for a while, Li Qingyao finally reacted and said loudly, "You should also pay attention to safety." Fang Kai next to him said, "Xiao Li, who are you shouting to?"

Li Qingyao came back to his senses, looked up at the empty table, and said, "Oh, nothing, I'm trying to figure out the psychology of the victim in a case."

Fang Kai was greatly impressed and gave a thumbs up: "What a top student."

The whole day passed in a flash.

Li Qingyao does desk work and doesn't have to work overtime. She goes home on time, eats and cleans up early, and continues to study some information about her brother's disappearance at home. Chen Pu has accumulated a lot of information over the years, and she copied some of it before, hoping to learn it thoroughly. It's rare for her to have so much free time recently, so she can look into her brother's affairs more.

As for Chen Pu, what he was investigating today was a revenge murder case in the countryside. It was as simple as it could be. He locked on to the fugitive suspect in two hours. But he was always meticulous in leading people. He taught Yan Yong step by step how to judge footprints and how to deduce the escape route. Zhou Yangxin had some doubts, and he also discussed them in detail. The three of them rushed to the front line with the local police to arrest people. It was past 8 o'clock in the evening when the suspect was arrested. Chen Pu released Zhou Yangxin and Yan Yong. The case was simple, so he took a night off first and gathered his energy to re-examine the suspect and write the case file tomorrow. He parked the police car in the yard of the unit today and looked up to see that the lights of the second team were still on.

In fact, there was no need for him to go up. After hesitating for a moment, he still climbed up the stairs. When he reached the door, he had a smile on his face. He leaned over and took a look -

There was only one veteran detective in the team, who greeted him: "Chen Pu, why are you back to work overtime so late?"

Chen Pu glanced at an empty table and said with a smile, "Come up and get something." He walked to his own desk, picked up a book and left.

In this way, Chen Pu went out early and came back late every day, working day and night, investigating some small cases or supporting the police station below. Li Qingyao stayed in the office comfortably, enjoying the air conditioning and resting his legs, doing clerical work for a week. Soon, it was the weekend.

Although Li Qingyao did not have any missions this week, she worked very hard, but she felt a little tired by the weekend. After getting up on Saturday morning, she lay on the sofa, always feeling that something was missing in her life. After thinking for a while, she suddenly realized that she had not made soup to nourish herself for a long time.

Besides, she had injured her leg recently, so she had to prepare the fragrant and nourishing pig's trotter soup. Then she thought of Chen Pu who had been running around recently. Although he had long legs, he could also use like to heal.

Due to his difficulty walking, Li Qingyao placed an order for a fresh pig's trotter and a bag of kelp through his mobile phone.

The soup was ready at noon. Li Qingyao looked out the window. The curtains opposite were open. There was no light on in the daytime, so she couldn't tell if there was anyone there. But she guessed that Chen Pu must be at home, otherwise where could he go?

I wanted to text him to come pick it up, but then I thought it would be better to show my courtesy and do the whole thing, which would be in line with her style. Fortunately, her foot had almost healed and she had thrown away her crutches, so she carried a bucket of soup and went to the building opposite.

When she reached the door, she panted a few times on purpose, held the stairs with one hand, and knocked on the door with the other hand, looking very tired.

"Dong dong dong."

"Dong dong dong."

No one answered.

Li Qingyao raised his eyebrows. The sun rose from the west. Did Chen Laoshi also go out to socialize?

After going up and down, her feet were a little tired, so she simply sat down on the stairs in front of Chen Pu's house. She took out her cell phone and was about to ask him where he had been when a call came in.

Seeing the caller ID, Li Qingyao's expression darkened and he picked up the phone.

"Hello, Li Qingyao." Ma Junhong's cheerful voice came, "Are you free tomorrow night? It's my birthday, and I want to invite my classmates to get together."

Li Qingyao replied: "I'm sorry, I'm on a mission all day tomorrow and can't come. I wish you a happy birthday in advance, old classmate."

Ma Junhong said: "Your foot is injured, right? You still have to go on a mission."

"My superior is a bit perverted. He told me not to leave the front line even if I was only slightly injured."

Ma Junhong knew he couldn't force them, but he was still a little unwilling, and said with a half-smile, "You really aren't coming?" He listed several classmates' names, and added Luo Huaizheng, saying, "They're all coming."

"I really can't come, just have fun."

After hanging up the phone, Li Qingyao leaned forward, hugged her knees, and was stunned for a while. She put the thermos on the ground, picked up the phone again, and saw Ma Junhong's WeChat first. It turned out that he sent a message in the morning, but she didn't hear it in the kitchen.

After the party last week, all the classmates at the table added each other on WeChat, except Xiang Siling, who didn’t come, and Li Qingyao didn’t go either.

Li Qingyao's finger slowly slid down and landed on the WeChat name "Zheng".

After a few seconds, she clicked on it, and the dialog box was blank. She thought and clicked on Luo Huaizheng's circle of friends. There were only a few dynamics, all of which were advertisements for his current computer company. Li Qingyao clicked on it again, and it was indeed unknown and small in scale.

Li Qingyao suddenly became annoyed and exited his circle of friends. However, he clicked too quickly and when he returned to the chat page, he accidentally clicked "Tap".

【You patted the “Zheng” button. 】

Li Qingyao immediately clicked "Retract", but a message popped up above the dialog box: [The other party is typing...]

Zheng: [?]

Li Qingyao: [Sorry, I clicked the wrong button. It’s okay.]

Li Qingyao exited the dialog box, but Luo Huaizheng sent another message: [Tomorrow is Lao Ma's birthday, are you going? ]

Li Qingyao was silent for a few seconds, and replied with only two words: [No.]

He sent a calm smile.

Neither of them sent any more messages.

Li Qingyao suddenly lost his patience to wait, and didn't want to call or text Chen Pu anymore, so he picked up the thermos and went downstairs.

After returning home, Li Qingyao stared at the big pot of pig's trotter soup and silently made arrangements in her mind: pig's trotter noodles in the morning, pig's trotter rice at noon, and pig's trotter soup in the evening. She would have these six meals in a row. She just didn't believe she couldn't handle it!

Pull a small chapter.

Don't ask me which one the heroine likes now. I think it's a complicated mentality. Sometimes it's not just love that affects her. I'll try my best to write it down.

According to the editor's notice, it will be available at 12 noon tomorrow. Part of it will be reversed. Those who haven't finished reading the previous part should hurry up. I will mark "7.1 New Update" on the title of the new chapter tomorrow. Don't buy the wrong one. If you have monthly tickets, please vote for me tomorrow. Thank you and have a nice weekend.

I haven’t finished coding today’s reservation, but a table of friends were waiting for me to have lunch, so I had to relax and go.