Yuan Yue stood up: "I'm here to chat with my friends."

"Why don't you make a note of your friend?" Huo Ranyin said, with a faint smile on his lips, "to save everyone's time."

A trace of doubt flashed across Yuan Yue's eyebrows. Before he spoke, Ji Xun yawned and said unkindly: "I've been waiting here for half an hour, how much longer do I have to wait? Can you finish recording quickly and let me go home?"

"

After Yuan Yue left, Huo Ranyin sat down where Yuan Yue had just been and looked at Ji Xun.

Here it comes again. That feeling of thorns in the back.

Ji Xun frowned unconsciously. He now began to feel that the meeting between Huo Ranyin and him yesterday was too coincidental, as if he was the fish Huo Ranyin wanted to catch, and the fish foolishly bit the hook.

.

"A woman's intuition is really scary." Huo Ranyin finally said, "I thought she was talking nonsense in the morning, but I didn't expect that although she didn't get any evidence, she still knew something."

"She has it in her mind, but you may not have it in your mind."

"oh?"

"Since the gossip is like this, I'd like to ask, what is your Geng Geng this year?" Ji Xun laughed sarcastically.

Huo Ranyin tapped his fingers twice on the table. He turned over the chapter and picked up the night's on-site record. The record was very simple, just a factual description, with a total of three to five lines.

"You overreacted and actually dislocated a non-professional's arm. Do you have a phobia of knives?"

"..."

"When I went to your house, I didn't see any kitchen knives. The cabinets, tables and chairs in the room were all rounded and polished. I looked around the cabinets and found that even the paper knives were round..."

Huo Ranyin flipped his hand, and a snail shell-shaped mini utility knife no bigger than the palm of his hand appeared on the table.

He pushed with his finger, and the blade popped out. It was so short that you couldn't even see the sharp corner if you didn't pay attention.

Ji Xun looked away completely instinctively, his Adam's apple rolled, and an invisible rope quietly wrapped around his neck. Then, he heard the sound of the spring loosening and Huo Ranyin's clear voice.

"Acupoint phobia."

"Inspector Huo, you are a police officer, tell me, does this count as burglary?"

“I don’t need to go into details about the legal interpretation of burglary and the filing standards for ordinary theft.”

"What about the rule that public servants of the people should not take a piece of thread from the masses?"

"There is evidence of my speaking habits, and this is the evidence." Huo Ranyin said, and then he pushed the utility knife towards the interrogation, ending this round of tit-for-tat, "Now that the evidence has been proved, the property will be returned to its original owner.

The masses are like a needle and a thread.”

Ji Xun lowered his eyes and looked at the utility knife for a while, then suddenly smiled.

The corners of his raised eyes were full of disdain, but that shallow hook was a kind of beauty in itself; the smile in the corners of his mouth was full of sarcasm, and there was a hint of politeness in the sarcasm; his face was full of

Really tired, but that face, this person, when combined with darkness, was also infected with the charm of darkness.

A kind of deep darkness that makes people want to get close to him and embrace his charm even if they know that moths are drawn to the flame.

"Inspector, you really care about me. Since we have never met before, and I don't have amnesia, a standard scenario in bloody novels, I can only assume that... we may have met in a public place with more than ten people in the past.

There, I left a very deep impression or shadow on you, so much so that you looked at me horizontally and vertically and found me distasteful, and you have never forgotten me. Until now, we finally met on a narrow road."

"But listen to my advice. Who doesn't have some sadness in their life? Just get used to it." Ji Xun said casually and joked, "By the way, I don't pay attention to evidence when I speak. If I guess wrong - then guess wrong. I suggest

, No matter it’s right or wrong, you don’t have to continue, we just have a tacit understanding to keep the concept of ‘I know you know I know you know what I want to say’, that’ll be fine.”

The record book was originally in Huo Ranyin's hand, but now he threw it on the table.

His immobility since appearing in the police force has been shattered, and he is now staring at Ji Xun with a displeased face. Ji Xun unexpectedly saw some of the sultry fireworks from last night in Huo Ranyin.

.

such a pity.

It's too spicy and I can't stand it.

Ji Xun left, and Huo Ran still had to work overtime in the office. He was always extra busy immediately after a murder occurred. The prime time for investigation is 72 hours, so work as much as you can.

Not long after, Tan Mingjiu yawned and walked in: "We contacted the family of the deceased to identify the body. The family members of the deceased are in the surrounding rural areas. They said they would come over as soon as possible. There are only parents and a younger brother at home. Seeing that the family situation is not good, I made a call.

When the notification came, my father who answered the phone felt as if the sky had collapsed...Hey, where is Ji Xun? He's gone?"

"Um."

"When I saw that he was involved in such a case so much, I thought he had decided to come back. It has been three years, and Captain Yuan has not tried to dissuade him. People have to move on..." Tan Mingjiu muttered in a low voice, visibly depressed. It was always night.

Makes people feel depressed.

"Captain Yuan and Ji Xun have a good relationship?" Huo Ranyin seemed to ask casually.

"Very good, it's a hand-in-hand, back-to-back friendship." Tan Mingjiu happily shared some innocuous gossip with his new boss, "When Ji Xun first came to the police force, Captain Yuan led him. He was born to do this job.

He is very quick to pick up. In addition to his current job, he also likes to look into old cases. Those cases have been more than ten or twenty years ago, and the evidence has either been found or has been destroyed long ago, but he can finally find something different.

thing."

"Why did you leave if you are so good? If you work hard, you will be the captain now, right?" Huo Ranyin raised a new question.

"Anyway, it's more or less his own considerations." Tan Mingjiu's words became vague for a moment, "He's pretty good now. He's a very famous author. He has less work to do and money comes quickly. It's my dream life."

"Hmm." Huo Ranyin, "Do you think he prefers the past days or the present days?"

Tan Mingjiu scratched his shiny head and said hesitantly: "I don't know that. But maybe... let's go. He was very energetic at that time."

"Team Huo."

The glasses detective hurried in.

"There is a new discovery in the case!"

The chat in the office was interrupted as Huo Ran checked for new clues. The detective who went to the mobile phone business hall to collect orders came back and brought a list of text messages and phone calls from Xi Lei’s mobile phone number. The list was very thick, far exceeding the thickness of normal chat communication.

.And those calls often hang up in two or three seconds.

Huo Ranyin frowned slightly.

"Disturbing text messages, 'call you to death'?"

"Definitely." The glasses detective added, "This is usually used for loan collection and soft collection."

But this is obviously not consistent with their diagnosis of the crime scene, and it is also inconsistent with Xi Lei's current financial situation. Xi Lei has a time deposit of about 400,000 yuan in her name, which is not on the card Zeng Peng took away, but a time deposit of about 400,000 yuan.

She has an independent Agricultural Bank of China card, and her balance sheet shows that she has been depositing money into it continuously since she started working, so she can be said to be in good financial condition.

"What about the duration?"

"It didn't last long," the glasses detective looked at the list, "it only lasted three days, January 5th, 6th, and 7th."

Just at this time, the criminal police investigating the surveillance in the monitoring room also made a new discovery. At basically the corresponding time point, for three consecutive days, when Xi Lei was leaving the community gate to go to work, the community gate camera captured a car parked in the corner.

of BMW.

The BMW parked quietly in the corner, appeared before Xi Lei appeared, and left after Xi Lei left.

Except for the past few days, no matter whether we went back or forth, there was no trace of this car again.

The outer shell of the car completely concealed the driver, but the camera clearly captured the car's license plate number.

A restless night passed. When Ji Xun woke up, it was only seven o'clock. His head was aching. He didn't know if it was a side effect of the sleeping pills or the nightmares he had one after another while sleeping.

Last night he contacted the home decoration company to find "Master Lu" - a carpenter who is usually closely associated with home decoration.

But after asking around, no one knew a carpenter named "Lu".

He yawned tiredly, washed up and went out in a state of half-awakeness. When he arrived at Sunshine Hospital, when he saw Xia Youqing, the woman was still a little depressed, but she had already gotten up from the hospital bed and sat on a garden chair.

superior.

She held a bouquet of flowers in her left hand, with two small dolls inserted in the flower. Within two seconds of Ji Xun seeing it, the entire bouquet of blooming flowers was thrown into the trash can.

Along the way, he saw almost the same bouquets in the arms of different people in the garden. Obviously the bouquets came from Sunshine Hospital. Private hospitals always provide innovative services in this area and are quite popular among inpatients, but this time they got the chance.

iron plate.

Xia Youqing looked indifferent. After throwing it away, she even picked up a tissue and wiped her fingers.

You have to blame Yuan Yue for this. When Yuan Yue first fell in love, he put a lot of thought into it, and even went so far as to seek help from a fraudster who happened to be arrested and brought to justice. He defrauded eighteen women of their love and money at the same time.

Xia Youqing gave two scented candles with little ceramic figures holding hearts hidden inside.

As much surprise as I felt at the time, I felt so angry in the end. Even now, women have not been able to get over the PTSD of male and female dolls.

The past events slipped quietly from his mind, and he walked up to Xia Youqing.

"Zeng Peng just left?" He glanced at the box Xia Youqing put on his lap, "I brought you Xi Lei's relics."

"Ji Xun, sometimes I feel insecure when I'm with you," Xia Youqing said helplessly, "It seems that nothing can be hidden from your eyes. But this is also what makes you trustworthy."

"This is very basic reasoning. If you want to-"

"No, no, I don't want to." Xia Youqing refused three times, "It's okay as long as I know you're good. I don't want to know why you're so good."

"What did Xi Lei give you?" Ji Xun changed the subject from Shan Ruliu.

Xia Youqing touched the box on her lap and opened it. Inside was a cross-stitch. On the embroidered cloth was a Q-version of girls holding hands. Judging from their faces, they were Xi Lei and Xia Youqing.

A drop of water falls on the embroidered cloth.

Ji Xun politely pretended not to see it, and turned his gaze to the side. This time, he happened to see a group of four people walking in front of him.

The four people were divided into two waves. Huo Ranyin and another policeman walked in the front, and the other two well-dressed and well-maintained men and women walked in the back. The last woman among them was——

Rao Fangjie, Vice President of Sunshine Hospital.

Ji Xun's mind flashed back to the photos he saw on the wall of Sunshine Hospital.

Rao Fangjie is a middle-aged woman, in her forties or fifties, with something in both hands. In her left hand is a small brand-name bag. On her ring finger holding the bag, there are deep ring marks; in her right hand she is holding a light, medium-sized red plastic bag.

Ji Xun glanced at the plastic bag. There were thin overlapping shadows inside, which looked like many sheets of different sizes stacked together. The edges of these sheets were all at right angles, like...paper packed together.

His eyes slipped to the man in suit and leather shoes in front of Rao Fangjie, who was walking relaxedly, and saw the man's finger with a ring on it.

The ring matched the mark on Rao Fangjie's hand, indicating that the two were husband and wife.

"Ji Xun." Xia Youqing called him. Her gaze was in the same direction as his. She turned from Huo Ranyin and landed on Rao Fangjie and the man with deep doubts, "Huo Ranyin appeared.

Are they related to Leilei’s case?”

"Rao Fangjie's husband is Xi Lei's lover." Ji Xun told Xia Youqing softly.

Xia Youqing was horrified and couldn't express what she meant: "Lover? How could Leilei have a lover? Wait, how do you know who her lover is?"

The inquiry has never answered such obvious questions. The appearance of Huo Ranyin proves that the man and woman are related to Xi Lei's case. Rao Fangjie recently took off her ring, which was so obvious that "My husband cheated on me, and the person he cheated on was Xi Lei."

"This news was written in a note and pasted on his face.

"Did you see the red plastic bag in Rao Fangjie's hand?" Ji Xun said it was, but Xia Youqing didn't notice it at all, "There is paper in there, can you guess what kind of paper it is?"

"……ah?"

"Ah...I know, it's about issuing tickets and shopping receipts." Ji Xun said to himself, "The man's brisk steps and relaxed expression prove that he has got rid of the suspicion in Xi Lei's matter. He

He produced solid evidence to prove that he was not at the scene. What kind of invoices and shopping receipts can prove it and collecting a large amount will not arouse suspicion - when you need to be reimbursed for a business trip."

He came to a conclusion, turned to look at Xia Youqing, and saw that Xia Youqing's face was blank.

Xia Youqing was dumbfounded for a while, then pulled herself together and tried to summarize: "So they have no suspicion?"

"Hard to say."

Xia Youqing looked at him with curiosity.

Ji Xun searched his pockets with his hands. He didn't feel tired when he was thinking. That was the stage of solving the nine links, rotating the Rubik's Cube, and putting together the puzzle. It is difficult for people to get tired when playing games; but after the game is finished,

When you need to retell the game content step by step, the magic dissipates, everything becomes boring and tired, and you need to eat something to refresh yourself.

But his pocket was empty. He hadn't repeated this for a long time, and naturally he didn't prepare any refreshing snacks.

At this time, a hand stretched out from the side, and Xia Youqing handed Ji Xun a plum: "You can't eat too sweet during pregnancy. I didn't bring any sugar or chocolate. Is this okay?"

Ji Xun took it and ate it.

Yuan Yue understands his little habits, and Xia Youqing also understands them. This was discovered by Xia Youqing when they were taking care of Yuan Yue together, including his home address. Once the distance between people is too close, it is difficult to keep secrets. But people

It is also a social animal, so secrets can be understood as things that will always be known.

He swallowed the plum, and the sourness made him tremble, and his slow brain cells jumped twice: "... Intuitively speaking, the major suspect just has an alibi that seems irrefutable, which is very suspicious; from common sense analysis

, Rao Fangjie, who pays attention to dressing up, carried a small handbag that could not hold anything, so the important evidence of the invoice could only be placed in a plastic bag. What does this mean? "

"It means Rao Fangjie was not prepared for this before." Xia Youqing finally caught up with her train of thought.

"My lover prepared the things in a timely and complete manner," Ji Xun said.

"He has a problem." Xia Youqing blurted out.

"Okay." Ji Xun nodded seriously, "He has a problem. Anyway, as far as novels are concerned, the perfect alibi that appears at the beginning is always intended to be overturned later. It's a clichéd beginning, but it's barely worth remembering.

Well... they stopped and were talking."

Everyone stopped, Rao Fangjie seemed to have left first, and only Tang Jinglong was left talking to Huo Ranyin.

Ji Xun had learned lip reading for a while. He watched from a distance and discerned what Tang Jinglong said.

"'Leilei and I have a very good relationship...Although Leilei is not well-educated and not pretty enough, she is a woman who lives a very simple life...At this age, I don't care about beauty or not, not every man wants it.

Is it a home that makes people feel at ease? I give Leilei a sum of money every month, just to let her feel at home peacefully and not be so miserable... If Leilei doesn't come into contact with messy people, she may not...'

"

A mocking and angry sneer came from the side.

It was obviously Xia Youqing's. Ji Xun ignored it. He still looked ahead and took out his cell phone to take a picture of the thing in the hand of the man who had walked away. He felt that the thing looked familiar.
Chapter completed!