Chapter 54

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 have something to ask you alone. You and Xiang Siling and Luo Huaizheng were classmates, and you know them better than we do. Do you think what they said today is credible?"

Li Qingyao crossed his arms, stared into the distance, and answered, "Actually, I don't know Xiang Siling. When I was in high school, I felt that I couldn't see through her. Now, her personality has changed drastically, like she has 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's heart was blocked for a moment, thinking, are you the superior or am I the superior, and didn't you mention it first? But he didn't dare to 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, let's 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 distressed after hearing this. He had admired top students since he was a child, otherwise he would not have had a crush on the top student from another school. Another time, someone from another class wanted to beat up the top student in their class for some reason. The top student was a nerdy idiot who had an average relationship with Chen Pu. But when Chen Pu heard this, he immediately said that he was protecting the top student.

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 played a lot and was not very stable. But even though he played, he had a very upright outlook on life. He believed that students came to school to study. So anyone who dared to mess with those with good grades would be 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, he could see that Li Qingyao really understood Luo Huaizheng's character very well. Male Bodhisattva, did Li Qingyao treat him as Tang Monk's meat? Ha, but speaking 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 walked away, Chen Pu followed two or three steps behind. Suddenly he asked again: "We... are reconciled, right?"

Li Qingyao paused.

He immediately stopped as if there were nails under his feet. The lights in the corridor of the police station were very bright. Li Qingyao turned around. Her black hair, white cheeks, slender fingertips, and delicate ankles were all reflected in a layer of light, bright and plump. Her thin red lips were gently pursed, and the corners of her lips turned up. Seeing this, Chen Pu's mind clanged, and the stupid bud 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 getting the important surveillance footage, Chen Pu immediately sent people to investigate the road section where the van and the mysterious man passed. Now the results are back - the investigators found three footprints on the roadside dirt road, which should belong to the mysterious man. The footprints are 41 yards long, which is consistent with the murder scene. However, the murderer should have worn shoe covers at the scene, and the footprints were stained with blood, so the pattern is blurred and cannot be compared.

After the surveillance video was released at the meeting, Chen Pu reported the current investigation results. The deputy director and Ding Guoqiang discussed in a low voice for a few words, looked at each other and nodded. The two decided on the next direction of investigation: the man wearing a white, yellow and green patterned short-sleeved shirt and gray-blue jeans was the first suspect and was searched and hunted down. Ding Guoqiang was directly responsible for the next investigation. In addition to the second team, two more groups were transferred.

After the meeting, the second team returned to the office, waiting for the investigation task that was about to be assigned by the superiors. Everyone was talking about it, and some said that they were lucky this time, because the murderer was so powerful and the scene was so meticulous, but in the end, they were caught by the hidden camera in that position.

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, just listened to everyone's discussion quietly. Occasionally, she secretly glanced at Chen Pu, and saw that this guy was calm and composed, 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, a few fingers were still tapping on his arms, and one toe was tapping on the ground. That meant he was thinking about something.

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.

Li Qingyao then showed his eyes from behind the file and looked at 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, and everyone gathered around. Li Qingyao also slid her chair over to take a look. But after attending the police academy, her five senses were trained to be very sharp, and she soon felt someone standing behind her chair, with 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, but Zhou Yangxin had nothing to be embarrassed about. He answered as he searched, "Of course it would be great if he could establish himself, but as 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 a rural man who has been working away from home for many years. Half a month ago, he killed a villager who had a land dispute with him in his hometown. During his escape, he robbed a car and killed the driver. He is indeed 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 also bending over to look at the screen, his face only a dozen centimeters away from hers. He noticed it and looked at her, his eyes were deep and hard to read.

I feel like there are too many romance scenes recently, which doesn't fit my style of cold and suspenseful writing. It's mainly because I was so excited about writing that I couldn't help myself. Next, I need to control myself.