WWY Chapter 20
by VolareTuxi Ling’s questions were sharp, clearly indicating suspicion.
Lan He lowered his head to look at his dusty shoes, as if recalling something. After a few seconds, he said, “I heard a sound like a gas leak, so I looked around for the source. When I saw it was a leaking pipe, I wanted to run away quickly, but my motor skills aren’t very good. I stumbled and accidentally fell down the stairs.”
Under Tuxi Ling’s concerned gaze, he turned his back to him, showing him the dust on the back of his pants. He complained, “At first, I tried hard to hold onto the wall to steady myself, but I still fell down and got covered in dust. This outfit is ruined!”
Turning back to face Tuxi Ling’s relaxed expression, he smiled and said, “Then I called Jiu Ya to come and help, and after a while, I called the police before going out. That’s how I was delayed. As for that person, I really didn’t see him. But… I think I heard the door downstairs open, but I was so scared at the time that I didn’t pay much attention.”
So, the suspected signs of a fight in the fire escape were from that.
Tuxi Ling nodded, frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked Shengbo Xia, “When did Tianyan capture the suspect?”
Shengbo Xia hurriedly checked his phone, “13:09, Ling team, from Hetian to the vicinity of the West Gate of Global City, roughly ten minutes or so.”
Tuxi Ling was completely relieved, picked out the photos of Lan He and Jiu Ya, and only left Qi A’s.
“Now I suspect that this suspect deliberately created chaos. He is very good at evading the police’s sight, but he underestimated our Tianyan!” He issued an order to Shengbo Xia, “We can’t relax. I will immediately apply to Director Liu. All checkpoints, including the expressway, must be strictly checked. He probably wants to escape!”
Lan He sighed. Only he knew that Tuxi Ling was doing something futile.
Want to escape? Not a chance!
He was still here; he wouldn’t leave even if someone pointed a gun at his head!
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The matter at Hetian finally came to an end before evening, but the suspect seemed to have learned a disappearing trick, only showing his face quietly, and then disappearing from the airtight surveillance of Tianyan and the detectives.
All afternoon, Tuxi Ling was constantly communicating in the command center, until he found Lan He in the corner before evacuating.
He rubbed his swollen eyes, turned around, and asked in confusion, “Why are you still here?”
Lan He struck a pose of a good boy, “I guess I’ve finished giving my statement, right? The police didn’t let me leave; I haven’t signed anything yet!”
“Sorry, I forgot!”
Hearing the address “police uncle,” even Tuxi Ling’s ears turned red. He hurriedly looked around for a statement, only to realize that he hadn’t taken any statement at all. The questioning just now was completely in the form of a chat.
He didn’t wear a law enforcement recorder either, which was embarrassing.
Lan He enjoyed seeing him digging his toes into the ground as he wished, and was in a great mood, “Officer Ling, can I treat you to dinner?”
“Next time, my case is not over yet.” Tuxi Ling didn’t want to go, pointed outside, and used an excuse, “I’m going back to the team for a meeting soon.”
Lan He was very persistent, “Then can we go after the meeting? People always have to eat, right? I’ll wait for you at the Criminal Investigation Team!”
Shengbo Xia interjected, “Ling team, just go! You haven’t slept much these past two days. Look at you, your face is so red, you must be physically weak. Go, your last meal was instant noodles we ate together last night. Although we are public servants who serve the people, we can’t be used as beasts!”
He patted Wu Li’s shoulder, “Set a good example for our newcomers. If you continue like this, you will scare away the intern police officers!”
Wu Li rolled her eyes at him, but nodded vigorously at Tuxi Ling, “Yes, Ling team, anyway, we won’t be able to find anyone for a while. You get off work first, and we’ll call you when we have news!”
Shengbo Xia pointed at her, “What do you mean we won’t be able to find anyone for a while? Don’t be a jinx!”
The two of them looked like they were about to fight three hundred rounds, Lan He smiled innocently, “Good health is the prerequisite for good work, Officer Ling, you can’t do this. It just so happens that I didn’t eat enough at noon either, let’s go together!”
Tuxi Ling felt that he definitely couldn’t refuse Lan He, fearing that he would mention the “police uncle” thing again, he hurriedly agreed. But he insisted on driving the team’s old car. The scene of being thrown on the highway last time was still vivid in his mind!
Lan He got into his car and obediently fastened his seat belt.
Suddenly, there were only two people left in the whole world, and the atmosphere changed instantly.
“Where do you want to eat? We have enough time today, I can treat you to something good!”
“Meat!”
Tuxi Ling looked at him in surprise, then teased, “Are you really not full? Were you just looking at the pretty women?”
“I like the feeling of having my stomach full.” Lan He straightened his back and adjusted his posture, “I can be at ease when I’m full.”
Tuxi Ling watched him twisting around in his seat, and realized that the seat belt of this old car was almost twisted into a hemp rope. Embarrassed, he quickly helped him unbuckle the buckle, and began to straighten the frayed belt.
He leaned over, his eyes focused on wrestling with the seat belt. His slightly rough knuckles occasionally brushed against his jaw, and the touched areas were first cool, then hot.
Lan He avoided his breath, his heart was a little disobedient again. He was about to take over and do it himself, but he had already pulled away, and with a “click,” relocked the buckle.
“It’s okay this time.”
“Okay.”
The two smiled at each other, and soon the car stopped in front of a barbecue restaurant.
The waiter took them to a relatively secluded seat as requested. Lan He ordered a lot of food, which made Tuxi Ling dumbfounded.
“Can you finish it?”
“Don’t worry!”
Various marinated meats were quickly brought to the table, and they were evenly spread on the grill. The grease dripped into the charcoal basin along the holes in the grill, making a “sizzle” sound, and the aroma gradually spread.
The two hungry people couldn’t wait and started with the golden seafood pancake first.
Lan He exchanged the piece with the protruding squid tentacles for Tuxi Ling, as if it was a matter of course, “I don’t like squid!”
Tuxi Ling was forced to exchange the pancake in his hand, “You really don’t like a lot of things.”
Lan He didn’t care, “I’m already a rich second generation, am I not allowed to be picky?”
Tuxi Ling was speechless, “Then why don’t you just not order the seafood pancake?”
Lan He thought for a while and said, “It’s okay if it’s mixed in the pancake, just don’t let me see it.”
Truly a Buddha-like attitude.
Tuxi Ling was starving, and felt that it was better to eat than to argue with him about this kind of thing.
“Officer Ling…” Lan He paused his chewing, “Um, it’s too formal to call you that, don’t you think?”
Tuxi Ling held the pancake to his mouth, looking at him with both hands.
Reason warned him that he shouldn’t get too close to him.
“No, I think it’s fine!”
Lan He showed a disapproving expression, “Okay, Officer Ling, according to what you said this afternoon, the person captured by the surveillance is a fugitive suspect?”
Although he knew that he had heard everything in the afternoon, Tuxi Ling still vaguely said “um” to get it over with, as it was a matter of confidentiality regulations.
If it were other cases, it would be fine, but this suspect was suspected of killing Qin Man and was indirectly related to the case of Weiyu He’s murder. As a family member of the victim, Lan He was also considered a person related to the case, and the case could not be disclosed to him during the investigation stage.
He knew that he knew, but he, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Team, must not tell him this in person.
Lan He asked curiously, “What case?”
He really wanted to know what handle Qi A had in the hands of the police.
Tuxi Ling pretended to eat the pancake to think, and after thinking it over, he vaguely said, “Suspected of killing an innocent junior high school girl.”
Lan He’s hand shook, and the seafood pancake he was halfway through almost fell. He simply threw it into the plate in his suspicious gaze, and pulled out a tissue to wipe his hands.
He feigned composure and leaned over to ask, “So brutal? What happened?”
Tuxi Ling was a little hard to refuse by his burning gaze, and upon thinking about it again, Yingying Zou’s case must have nothing to do with Lan He. So, he told him about Yingying Zou being bullied and running away, and the discovery of her schoolbag on the cliff.
Lan He always frowned tightly. Tuxi Ling guessed that Yingying Zou’s experience might have touched some hidden emotions in his heart. Thinking of his background, he felt a little self-reproach, but couldn’t hide his regret and said, “There’s no way, the other party is also a minor, some may be mentally immature, and some may be adolescent impulses. This is also the reason why the relevant legislation on campus bullying cannot be promoted.”
Lan He swallowed the food in his mouth with difficulty and asked, “Is it determined that the girl was killed?”
“There is no direct evidence to prove that the suspect killed her, but the girl is indeed missing. According to the on-site investigation, we suspect that she was pushed off the cliff, and the body was swept away by the backflow of seawater.”
“If it’s bullying, wouldn’t it be suicide?”
“At first, we also suspected suicide, but her schoolbag was filled with clothes and money. She shouldn’t have the intention of committing suicide, more like wanting to run away.” Tuxi Ling paused, “Of course, there is other evidence to support it. We found that in the direction of a patch of weeds not far from the schoolbag, the direction of the fallen weeds was very messy, suspecting…”
“What?”
“She was violated before she was pushed down.”
Lan He’s eyes flickered, and he didn’t say anything.
Violation, that wouldn’t happen. Qi A doesn’t like that, but it’s hard to say…
He didn’t want to continue thinking about it, sniffed his nose, “The meat is ready, this piece, quick, quick, it’s going to be burnt!”
He pointed to a thin slice of meat, signaling Tuxi Ling to flip it quickly.
Tuxi Ling also breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly picked up the meat with tongs, took out a tender lettuce leaf from the bamboo basket, rolled it into a complete meat wrap and handed it to him.
Unexpectedly, Lan He directly opened his mouth to take it, making Tuxi Ling unsure whether to send it forward or take it back.
Finally, he sent it up.
Lan He chewed with the force of a glutton, and didn’t forget to give him a thumbs up, which made him couldn’t help but smile, and made another one for him.
“Don’t just give me, you eat too!” Lan He took the time to be polite, and his mouth was filled with the third wrapped meat.
Although Tuxi Ling was also very hungry, he actually felt the joy of feeding.
“Officer Ling, I found that you are very good at taking care of people!”
“How?”
“You work very quickly, you peel apples better than Qing Gu, and you wrap barbecue better than I do.”
After saying this, the barbecue that was almost in Tuxi Ling’s mouth took a turn and ran to Lan He again.
It wasn’t until Lan He smiled and ate it that he realized something was wrong, and glared at him, “With such a sweet mouth, could it be that you want to trick me into serving you to the end?”
Lan He said with confidence, “That’s because you can’t stand being coaxed!”
The two looked at each other’s eyes, reflecting their own shadows, and after a while, they suddenly laughed at the same time.
The relationship seemed to have been suddenly drawn closer, or perhaps the occasion today was not so formal, Tuxi Ling also stopped being reserved, and jokingly accused, “You look quite serious on the surface, but you are actually very good at deceiving people!”
Lan He raised his eyebrows, “Why do you say that about me?”
“Three years ago, you told me that you lost your ID card.”
“Yes!”
“You just returned to China at that time, right? Where did you get your ID card?”
“…”
Lan He held his chin, regretting in his heart.
Tuxi Ling’s eyes flashed with the light of victory, “Explain it? Why is the young master of the He family staying in a budget hotel when he returns to China?”
Lan He shrugged, “I sneaked back that time.”
“Sneaked back?”
“Before that, Weiyu He had approached me once, but I didn’t agree immediately. I had to see what my future living environment was like first, right? I can’t just believe him if he says he’s the richest man in the province. How can there be so many richest people? What if it’s a negative debt?”
Tuxi Ling was made very helpless by him, “Are you a money-loving person? You don’t seem to care about your father’s inheritance that much.”
“Who said I don’t care?” Lan He retorted, “Maybe it looks like I don’t care, that’s because even without the inheritance, my life is better than it was before!”
“You’re quite content.” Tuxi Ling nodded, “Then why did you look for me at that time?”
Lan He blinked his dark eyes and said after a long while, “I didn’t have money to eat. All my belongings were used to buy a plane ticket.”
He looked up and took a big gulp of the drink, revealing a sly smile, “And…”
“And what?”
“You’re handsome!” Lan He’s face was full of longing, “Can you imagine? I was aimlessly wandering the streets without a penny, and a 190 cm tall handsome guy suddenly appeared in front of me, wow! And the handsome guy also treated me to a meal. Do you understand that kind of shock?”
His exaggerated expression was obviously nonsense. He didn’t know how he got to this point. Tuxi Ling laughed and scolded him.
“I formally apologize to you. I was so sleepy at that time. I don’t know how I did that kind of thing to you. I really can’t remember what happened in the middle. You know, sometimes maybe, cough, people are also animals…”
He was incoherent, and the more he explained, the darker it became. Lan He’s gaze at him became more and more critical, and he took the opportunity to interrupt, “Since you are not sure about anything, how can you be sure that you did that kind of thing to me, and not me to you?”
Tuxi Ling suddenly widened his eyes, and the tongs in his hand “clattered” and fell.
The whole person was stunned.