Du Qiu returned to his neighborhood and found a small restaurant for lunch. He didn't even return home and drove directly to Zhang Mingliu's brother's house.
After she reunited with Zhang Mingliu a month ago, Du Qiu sent her here, so she still remembered the address.
When they first fell in love, although they knew that she had a brother who was a policeman in Shanghai, they were in love on campus and it was not time to meet their families, so they never met.
Du Qiu called in advance.
Hearing that Du Qiu could come over at this time, Zhang Mingliu was a little surprised and even more touched.
Zhang Mingliu's sister-in-law Qin Yun heard that Du Qiu was coming over and couldn't help but said: "Ming Liu, this Du Qiu is not in class yet, so he came all the way. He obviously attaches great importance to your matter, which means that he still has you in his heart.
He needs to be well-educated, good-looking, and a local, and he must have a house. Why were you so willing to break up with him in the first place?"
Qin Yun is from Lu Province, and Zhang Shangqing is not from Shanghai. To buy this two-bedroom apartment, the two families worked together and paid nearly half of the price.
The remaining 1.2 million was used as a 20-year mortgage to be repaid slowly. If Zhang Shangqing had not gone abroad for the high subsidies, he would not have been able to apply to be a peacekeeping police officer.
Now that he is gone and the mortgage loan falls on Qin Yun alone, you can imagine the great pressure.
Fortunately, housing prices in Shanghai have almost doubled in recent years, so the decision to buy a house was still the right one.
"Oh, it's hard to put it into words..." Zhang Mingliu sighed melancholy.
"If you can't explain it in one sentence, just say a few more words. It will be a while before he comes over, and my sister-in-law will be able to help you analyze it."
An unnatural expression appeared on Zhang Mingliu's face, "Both of us have very tough tempers, and we can quarrel over the smallest things. Sometimes I feel that he looks nothing like a local man from Shanghai."
"Don't be brainwashed by some legends about gentle men in Shanghai. In fact, there are gentle people everywhere and there are also violent ones. The most important thing for two people to get along is to understand each other."
"Sister-in-law, I'm actually quite considerate of him. After all, I was the one who chased him in the first place, but sometimes he's so annoying." Zhang Mingliu said helplessly.
"Since you were always noisy, why did you break up? What happened that made the quarrel irreversible?" Qin Yun asked, holding her sister-in-law's hand.
Zhang Mingliu's eyes flashed with memories, and he said hesitantly: "Well...it's not a big deal, it's just that I accidentally destroyed a photo of his mother, and then he lost his temper and scolded me. I didn't let him go that time."
He and the two of them broke up as they quarreled more and more fiercely."
Qin Yun couldn't help but fell into silence after hearing this.
"Sister-in-law, I really didn't understand the feeling of losing a loved one at that time, and I couldn't feel how much he cherished the photos. Now I know, I regret it so much..." Zhang Mingliu said, tears falling down.
Qin Yun's eyes were also a little moist, and she said: "Yes, now whatever your brother leaves behind, I want to treasure it.
When I saw the mess in the house last night, my heart was broken. Ming Liu, since you still have feelings for Du Qiu, then try to save it."
"Um."
At this time, the doorbell of the unit door transponder rang.
Zhang Mingliu jumped up and said, "He's here."
Then he rushed to the door, pressed the transponder, and Du Qiu's voice came from the speaker, "I'm here, open the door."
"Hey, is it on?" Zhang Mingliu pressed the switch and asked.
"opened."
Hearing Du Qiu's response, Zhang Mingliu turned off the transponder and ran into the bathroom. He had just cried and his makeup was all gone. He had to tidy up so that Du Qiu couldn't laugh.
Qin Yun couldn't help but shake her head.
When the door knocked, Zhang Mingliu had finished tidying up and came out to open the door.
"Didn't you say you would come back after get off work?" Zhang Mingliu asked.
Du Qiu changed his shoes and walked into the room and said, "From today on, I don't have to go to work."
Seeing Qin Yun, Du Qiu quickly greeted: "Hello, Sister Qin."
When he heard that Du Qiu did not follow him and called Qin Yun sister-in-law, Zhang Mingliu's face suddenly became a little sad.
However, she quickly said: "Why did you resign suddenly?"
"It's not that I resigned, it's that the company closed down. I can take a break for the time being." Du Qiu was talking, his eyes already looking around.
"Sister Qin, you should have called the police last night, right?"
Qin Yun nodded and said, "Yes, the police arrived very quickly. It took less than three minutes after I called and they arrived. They checked carefully."
Du Qiu was stunned, three minutes?
"Sister Qin, are you sure the police will arrive in less than three minutes?"
"Ah, that's right. I didn't look at the time. I was holding Xiaoyu and looking at the chaos in the house. I stood at the door and didn't dare to go in. I knew I had to protect the scene. Anyway, I felt like they came very quickly."
Du Qiu asked again, "How many people are here?"
"Both of them are male police officers. They are neither over 30 years old, nor are they wearing police uniforms."
Qin Yun recalled carefully, "Oh, about twenty minutes later, two more people came, one boy and one girl. The girl was so beautiful."
"Not wearing police uniform? Did I show you my ID?" Du Qiu frowned.
"Look, it's the police."
After hearing this, Du Qiu didn't say anything, but continued to look around the living room and checked the windows.
Then check the two bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom one by one.
When checking the master bedroom, he saw three-year-old Xiaoyu sleeping. He quietly went in and looked at the window, then opened the closet door and inspected it carefully before exiting.
After walking back to the living room, he asked: "What time was it exactly when you came home from the hospital last night?"
"I didn't pay attention, but it was about 1:20 when I called the police." Qin Yun said quickly.
"Did you lose anything valuable at home?"
Qin Yun frowned and said: "It's strange, it seems like nothing is missing. The 3,000 yuan in cash in my bedside table is still there."
Just as he finished speaking, Qin Yun suddenly added: "Oh, it seems that there is a missing photo of the peacekeeping police taking a group photo before the expedition."
Du Qiu was stunned for a moment, then walked to the door, opened it again, studied the door lock for a while, and couldn't help but smile with relief.
Close the door and return to the living room.
"Du Qiu, are you looking around, can you find anything? The police carefully investigated the scene and found nothing." Zhang Mingliu couldn't help complaining when he saw Du Qiu's serious look.
Du Qiu sat on the sofa and said to Zhang Mingliu: "What do you know? Hurry up and get me a glass of water. I'm so thirsty."
"You are the eldest man. Isn't there a water dispenser next to you? You don't know how to pour from a cup!" Zhang Mingliu said angrily.
Qin Yun rolled her eyes at Zhang Mingliu, quickly took the cup on the coffee table, took the water from the water dispenser, and asked: "Do you drink hot or cold?"
"As long as it's cold, thank you, Sister Qin."
Du Qiu said, then looked at Zhang Mingliu and sighed, "There is no harm without comparison."
Zhang Mingliu was choked immediately and thought for a while before saying: "Have you had lunch?"
Du Qiuqi said: "It's rare that you finally thought of asking this."
He waved his hands and said, "Don't worry, I definitely can't starve myself."
Zhang Mingliu heard the tone of Du Qiu's words, and the fire in his heart couldn't help but burst out. He suppressed it again and again, and then said angrily: "I care about you, can't I?"
Qin Yun saw that Zhang Mingliu was angry and handed the water glass to Du Qiu. At the same time, she quickly changed the subject and said: "Du Qiu, you called me suddenly and said that I didn't even have time to prepare. Otherwise, I should have invited you to dinner."
Du Qiu drank half a glass of water and then said: "Sister Qin, you don't have to be so polite. By the way, let me tell you what I observed.
According to my judgment, the thief who came in last night was a man, not tall, probably no more than 1.65 meters, and he should have something similar to a master key."
"Real? False? How did you tell?" Zhang Mingliu asked in surprise.
"Don't think you know me well, I know a lot. Back then, I almost became a policeman." Du Qiu curled his lips and said.
He and Zhang Mingliu had been in love for less than a year. They had many conflicts when they got along, and their passion quickly ran out. They finally broke up. They really couldn't fully understand each other.
In the love between students, each other showed the best of themselves. Once they found that the other person was not as good as expected, they would naturally break up.
Du Qiu didn't explain much about how he observed it. He just drove out to buy a new combination lock nearby and helped Qin Yun change it.
He also told me to lock the bathroom window at night so that I don’t have to worry about thieves breaking in.
After finishing everything, I left.
Although Zhang Mingliu was still a little worried, he could only watch Du Qiu leave. She would definitely move here to live with her sister-in-law and niece in the near future.
After Du Qiu left, he did not go home immediately. Instead, he drove to the nearest police station and found that it took him eight minutes.
Thinking about the traffic situation when we came here, I was a little uncertain for a while.