Be in low spirits

"Kong Zhixi, assistant, not important." Li Li felt that this person was not a good person, so he deliberately weakened Kong Zhixi's existence. Kong Zhixi heard this and widened her eyes and slowly turned her head to stare at him. She wanted to curse, but she couldn't get angry because of outsiders.

"Hello, Officer Kong." Liu Zheqi stood up and stretched out his left hand. Kong Zhixi also stood up and stretched out her hand for a light shake.

"Officer Kong must have suffered more as a criminal policeman. I'll have someone bring you some pastries as a token of my admiration." Liu Zheqi was very respectful to women. As he spoke, he called his assistant and whispered a few words in his ear. Then the assistant left.

"Thank you." Kong Zhixi thanked softly.

"Mr. Liu, let's start." Li Li really didn't like the look of Liu Zheqi.

"Okay, thank you for your help, Officer Li." He still looked polite.

Li Li took out the photo and asked, "Do you know this person?"

He looked at the photo, frowned, then smiled and said, "Isn't this... me? Why is Officer Li holding my photo and asking me this?"

"This man died. We found his remains on Matou Mountain in the suburbs. This is a portrait restored based on his skull," Li Li explained.

"Dead? Then... is it possible that there is a similar person?" It seems that Liu Zheqi doesn't know this person either.

"I can't be sure yet, but you are the only one in my city who looks like this, so I want to ask if you have any brothers, sisters or relatives who look similar to you?"

Kong Zhixi was a little shocked. How did Li Li know that he was the only one in the city who looked like this? Did Xiao Zhao compare them one by one?

"Officer Li, you're joking. I'm an orphan. I don't even know who my parents are, so how can I know who my brothers and sisters are?" He was still smiling when he talked about his life experience, as if he was used to it.

"Hasn't Mr. Liu tried to look for it?" Li Li hoped to find more useful clues.

"Yes, but... the orphanage was disbanded later, and the teachers and the director of the orphanage didn't want us to dwell too much on the past, not to mention that I still have Li Jing to take care of." When he mentioned the orphanage, there was finally some helplessness and sadness in his eyes.

"So you didn't find out anything about your parents?" Li Li kept asking. Kong Zhixi felt that his question was inappropriate and kicked him.

"I...actually, I'm not too willing to understand, so I haven't been very proactive in looking into these things." He didn't seem to want to know too much about his parents.

"Is Lijing okay?" Kong Zhixi suddenly asked.

"I haven't been feeling well lately. I'm seeing a psychiatrist." When he mentioned leaving the country, his face became worried again.

"How did you two know each other? Why are you her guardian?" Seeing that the topic had come to this point, Li Li continued asking.

"Li Jing and I were both children of the orphanage. I was already an older child there when she was sent to the orphanage. She was very thin, but very pretty. The children in the orphanage bullied her. I helped her a few times, and we became friends. Later, after I graduated and started working, I returned to the orphanage. I heard from the director that the orphanage could not hold on any longer and was going to be disbanded, so I took Li Jing with me. At that time, I was able to support her schooling and living."

"Then why did she suffer from paranoia?"

"She has always been a sensitive person, and she was bullied in high school, so she suffered from depression and was treated for a long time. That's why she is still in college at the age of 23." Speaking of this departure, his face was full of heartache and guilt.

"He's also a poor man." Kong Zhixi sighed. There was a knock on the door, Liu Zheqi got up to open the door, took the snacks brought by the assistant, and said something to the assistant, then he closed the door again, brought the snacks to Kong Zhixi, and said, "I'm sorry to waste your time, I still have some official business to deal with, so I may need you to wait, do you mind?"

"Please go ahead, Mr. Liu. We can wait." Li Li still had an expressionless tone.

Kong Zhixi always felt that something was wrong. It seemed that they had always lost their sense of time. The former sultry sister, the current Li Xiuli, and this nameless corpse. During the investigation of the case, they almost never asked the murderer when the crime was committed, and even Old Sui did not give a specific time of death.

But Kong Zhixi didn't remember it, she just felt that something was missing.

Li Li leaned closer and whispered, "There must be something wrong with this Liu Zheqi. Do you think so?"

"Not yet. Are you being too suspicious? Maybe they just look alike?"

Li Li rolled his eyes at her, thinking that this girl could be bribed too easily, it was just a piece of cake.

"Or, we can go meet Li Jing." Kong Zhixi proposed the next plan.

Li Li nodded in agreement.

The two waited until noon, and when Liu Zheqi came in, he apologized again, saying that he had arranged lunch for us to have together. Li Li refused and said that he wanted to see Li Jing.

Liu Zheqi was a little embarrassed and said, "Jingjing's condition is not stable yet. If you want to see her, you will probably have to wait a week."

"Okay, I'll contact you anytime." Li Li started to be polite to others.

Kong Zhixi felt that this matter must be related to Liu Zheqi, but if she wanted to prove the relationship between the corpse and Liu Zheqi, she had to find his biological parents. According to his current status, there should be many people who want to claim to be his relatives, and the relationship between him and Li Jing was a bit strange, so it must not be as simple as he said.

Li Li said: "Let's look for the people in the orphanage first, maybe they know something."

"Hmm." Kong Zhixi didn't dare to make an absolute judgment on the people at present.

Li Li asked Xiao Zhao to check the identity information of Liu Zheqi, which showed that Liu Zheqi grew up in Jingxin Orphanage, had a strong learning ability, and left the orphanage when he was admitted to university. As he said, the orphanage had been disbanded seven years ago, and the director of the orphanage, Zhao Detian, also returned to the countryside.

Kong Zhixi looked at the piece of information for a long time without looking up. Li Li asked her, "What did you see?"

"This address looks familiar, I feel..." Kong Zhixi was not familiar with the location of the city yet, so she didn't dare to say it directly. Li Li glanced at the address and said, "Isn't this the villa area behind the alley?"

"Is it a coincidence?" Kong Zhixi asked again.

"Let's find the director of the orphanage first." Li Li felt that this was the key point.

The two drove to the countryside. It was already night when they arrived, so they had to find a guesthouse to stay in.

Kong Zhixi sat on the bed, thinking that all the clues now pointed to Liu Zheqi. If Liu Zheqi was really the murderer, would it mean that leaving the country would be dangerous?

Li Li called her to help get the facial cleanser in the bathroom. Kong Zhixi handed it to him and said sarcastically, "How can a grown man like you live a more refined life than me?"

Li Li said, "Didn't you ask me to use this thing?"

"What? Me?" Kong Zhixi felt that he was starting to talk nonsense again.

"You might as well think about the case instead of taking this time." He deliberately changed the subject again.

Kong Zhixi said: "If this Liu is the murderer, will his next target be Li Guo?"

"It's unlikely. Li Jing has lived with him for so many years. If he wants to take action, it shouldn't be at this time." Li Li poked his head out.

"Then, Dean, does Xiao Zhao have more information?" Kong Zhixi also wanted to get more possibilities.

"It's considered a civil service position, and it's also considered a normal retirement. I don't see anything wrong with it." Li Li waved his hand, motioning her to move aside, and she leaned sideways.

"Take a shower and go to bed." Li Li sat on the bed and threw the towel in his hand to Kong Zhixi. Kong Zhixi took the towel, said softly, and went into the bathroom.

Li Li's mouth corners also curled up. Sometimes she would be inexplicably obedient, and she looked very cute every time at this time.

Li Li often felt that Kong Zhixi looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where she was. He stared at her sideways, always feeling that she was about to leave him, and then he would feel inexplicably heartbroken. They should have lived together for a period of time, but his memory was intermittent and he couldn't piece it together now.