Chapter 83

This meeting lasted for more than two hours.

At about 12 noon, Li Qingyao was still reading documents in the office. Yan Yong asked her to go to eat, but she said she was not hungry yet. Including her, there were only two or three people left in the office.

It was past 1 o'clock when a familiar sound of footsteps came from behind. Li Qingyao paused with his pen in hand and looked up. Chen Pu was holding a stack of documents and walking back to his seat with a sullen face.

Li Qingyao stared at him intently.

But he seemed to notice her completely, and every strand of his hair seemed to be emitting cold air. He threw the documents on the table, pulled out a chair and sat down, turned on the computer, and no one knew what he was doing.

Li Qingyao lowered his eyes.

At this moment, a new message came into her phone.

Zhou Yangxin: [Come out for a moment.]

Li Qingyao slid his chair back and walked out.

Almost at the same time, Chen Pu looked up from behind the computer and looked at her slender and graceful back, then after a moment, he looked away.

Zhou Yangxin hid in an empty corner, waiting for Li Qingyao.

"What's going on?" Li Qingyao said, "Chen Pu looks like he wants to eat someone."

Zhou Yangxin's expression was not very good either, and he said, "Sister Yao, if our captain is bullied, will you come forward?"

Li Qingyao's face suddenly turned cold: "Who?"

Zhou Yangxin was startled, but smiled: "I didn't realize you were so protective! You are worthy of being from our second team. In fact, it can't be said that he was bullied, it's just... you know, our second team has always been the best in the whole brigade, and the leaders like Chen Pu very much. But in the meeting today, he was suppressed by the first and third teams. Lao Ding didn't help Chen Pu either. In short, he must be very unhappy."

It turned out that the captains of the other teams were older and more experienced than Chen Pu. Of course, they were not petty people and usually cooperated with each other smoothly and harmoniously. But Chen Pu was young and promising, the best at solving cases, and was always praised by his superiors, which made everyone feel a little uncomfortable.

At the meeting today, after the other team leaders reported their work results, Chen Pu immediately pointed out that Xiang Siling was still a major suspect. He had four main doubts:

1. Based on the results of the investigations over the past few days, it can be inferred that Xiang Siling was probably taken as a concubine by Luo Hongmin when she was young. After Luo Hongmin's death, the entire group fell into her hands. Whether it was love or hatred or economics, her motives were sufficient.

2. Xiang Siling had contact with the driver Zhang Chaohua and was suspected to have appeared on the night bus to Mingya Lake on the night of the incident.

3. The source of the large sum of money Lu Xing received before he joined the massage parlor has not been found out yet, and it is likely a cash transaction. Whether it was bribed by Xiang Siling or given by Li Meiling is still unknown;
4. In the Internet records of Lu Xing and Li Meiling's mobile phones and computers, there is no search record for Sun Dazhi, the wanted criminal he imitated, and there is no contact information of the second-hand car dealer in the mobile phones. So, where did he get this information?

Chen Pu's speech sparked heated discussion.

In the end, everyone came to the conclusion that: points one and two are currently speculations and cannot be used as evidence; points three and four still need to be clarified, but these are all suspicious points about Lu Xing, and it cannot be deduced from this that Xiang Siling is a suspect.

The most important point is that when Chen Pu made his speculation about Xiang Siling's journey from Yingzhu Mountain to Mingya Lake all night to commit the murder, many people sneered.

"You're inferring that killing someone is like doing a triathlon? That's far-fetched."

"Xiang Siling is a female entrepreneur, a weak woman, there is no way she could have accomplished such a murder mission."

“Even if your assumption makes some sense, didn’t the surveillance camera capture her? She was not at the scene, so your inference does not hold true. As for whether she is suspected of being an accomplice, we will know once we catch Lu Xing.”

"Comrade Lao Ding, Lu Xing is definitely suspected of murder, while Xiang Siling has neither the time nor the motive to commit the crime. Do we need to discuss the possibility raised by Chen Pu?"

According to Zhou Yangxin's description, although the other captains did not take advantage of the situation, they would still gossip and talk nonsense.

After all, Chen Pu had done something like this before when he was in high spirits. We are all men, and no one is more magnanimous than the other.

But today, Chen Pu still took on the pressure and said that he would continue investigating Xiang Siling.

As a result, he was pressed back by Ding Guoqiang on the spot.

Throughout the argument, Ding Guoqiang had a sullen face, and no one knew whether he supported Chen Pu in his heart. But Chen Pu had always been his favorite apprentice, and everyone knew it. And today, the director was still sitting next to Ding Guoqiang. This case involved a well-known entrepreneur and had a bad impact. The city leaders asked the bureau leaders several times. The bureau leaders saw that they had all the suspects and the evidence was sufficient, but Chen Pu jumped out to say something else, and their brows had already furrowed.

Finally, Ding Guoqiang selected a dozen capable people and set off to Yunnan to arrest people today. Chen Pu was among them.

"Obey orders and do your best." Ding Guoqiang said to Chen Pu.

Chen Pu: “Yes!”

——When Li Qingyao heard Zhou Yangxin say this, he frowned: "He's going to Yunnan? What about me?"

Zhou Yangxin was stunned for a moment, thinking, "What does the boss's trip to Yunnan have to do with you?" "Doesn't the team have other cases to investigate?" "Oh, Chen Pu has been working with her these days. Newcomers may be more dependent on their partners."

He winked and said, "Old Ding definitely can't pick someone at your level. But whether you go or not should be a matter of Chen Pu's word."

As soon as Li Qingyao walked back to the office door, he saw that Chen Pu had already left downstairs.

Li Qingyao felt uncomfortable again, but she followed him immediately.

The sun was very strong at noon, and Li Qingyao was in a hurry to get down without a hat. She shielded her eyes with her hands in annoyance, but Chen Pu, the dead man, walked very fast with his long legs, as if there was a ghost chasing him from behind. It was so hot that Li Qingyao really didn't want to run at all, but in the end she still jogged all the way and finally caught up with him downstairs of his house.

Li Qingyao was already angry at this time. She didn't believe that Chen Pu didn't notice her following him with his sharpness. But he didn't look back, nor did he stop to wait. Even if he was in a bad mood today, he shouldn't be so rude. It seemed like she was catching up with him.

Li Qingyao was suddenly startled.

Chen Pu has always been a very gentleman. He would pull a chair for her when they ate, open the door for her when she got in the car, run errands and buy her drinks, and always walked side by side with her. Every time they arrived downstairs, he would watch her go upstairs before leaving. But these two days, he was like a firecracker, not going off, and not paying much attention to her.

Is he... deliberately ignoring her?
When did it start?

Seeing that he was about to go upstairs, Li Qingyao shouted, "Chen Pu!"

Chen Pu's hand grasped the old stair railing, paused, turned around, and said naturally, "What's the matter?"

“You’re going to Yunnan?”

He nodded: "Go pack your luggage now."

Li Qingyao stared at his face. His hard brows, high nose bridge, and slightly droopy double eyelids showed his unapproachable appearance in front of strangers.

"What about me? Should I go to Yunnan?"

He glanced at her, his dark eyes like the cold well water in the night: "Old Ding didn't choose you."

Li Qingyao subconsciously gritted his teeth: "Can't you take me with you?"

He smiled and said, "That's enough people."

Li Qingyao was almost irritated by his dead look. She said coldly, "What kind of job should I do next?"

Chen Pu's eyes drifted away, but his tone was still very businesslike: "Didn't they say this morning that a village downstairs reported a murder case and requested assistance from the branch? I'm on a business trip, Fang Kai is leading the team, you follow him."

"Then are you just going to ignore Xiang Siling?"

Chen Pu's eyes became firm now: "No matter what they say, I will continue to investigate after returning from Yunnan. You... just listen to the instructions from the higher-ups and don't worry about it."

Li Qingyao: "Okay."

She turned around and walked away, but after a few steps, she suddenly stopped, which made Chen Pu's heart skip a beat again.

She turned around and looked at him suspiciously: "Are you..."

is not it……

She bit her lip, her face stiffened, her skin began to turn slightly red, but she swallowed her words in the end.

But Chen Pu couldn't look her in the eyes at all.

Her eyes were so clear and sharp, as if she could see through everything. But if she saw through him, how could he continue to be her captain? Would he still have any shame?
So he immediately turned around and said, "I'm really in a hurry. Is there anything else?"

There was no answer from behind him, so he hurried up the stairs.

When he reached the last two floors, Chen Pu walked faster and faster, three steps at a time, and reached the door of his house in one breath. He opened the door, slammed it shut, threw the key hard on the coffee table, closed his eyes, and let out a deep breath.

With Chen Pu's personality, if she were the principal wife in ancient times, even the maids in the connecting rooms would not tolerate her.

He is actually quite proud inside.