Be in low spirits

She lay down again, using a round fan to block the ceiling light and her face, and said lazily, "If he didn't do this kind of thing, you would do it too. I don't understand why you only care about work, marriage, and having children."

"Isn't that what life is all about? How many more years do you want to play?" Kong's mother spoke earnestly, trying to persuade her to let go of her worries and not quarrel with her father.

The door was opened, and Kong Zhiting came back with her people, saying, "Mom, Captain Li is coming to our house for dinner. Did Dad tell you?"

"Ah, Xiao Li, that's perfect. The dishes are ready. Just wait for your dad to come back and cook them." Kong's mother patted Kong Zhixi who was lying on the sofa and took the dishes to the kitchen.

Captain Li? There are many people with the last name Li in the entire public security system. She took off her fan, sat up and looked at the person behind her sister. Damn, Li Li from the Criminal Investigation Team!

Didn't his mother come to the team this afternoon? How come he had time to go to her house for dinner now? She stood up, pointed at him with her fan and said, "You...?"

"Long time no see." Li Li greeted her with a smile, took the fan from her hand to fan himself, and sat down on the sofa.

"No, you? Your mother...she!" She suddenly didn't know how to ask, and couldn't organize the words in her mind.

"Sister, do you still know Captain Li's mother?" Kong Zhiting picked up a plum on the table and started eating it.

"Ah, I don't know him." She quickly denied it and looked at Li Li with a frown the whole time. She wanted to hear his explanation, but was afraid that he would really say something.

The door was opened again, and Kong Jianping brought Xiao Tang from the institute home again. "Oh, Xiao Li and Zhi Ting came back first. Xiao Tang, please sit down first. I'll go help your aunt cook. You'll be eating soon." After changing his shoes, he went to the kitchen to cook.

Xiao Tang walked into the living room and shouted to Zhi Ting and Zhi Xi, "Sister, you got off work early." As he spoke, he wanted to sit next to Li Li. Kong Zhi Xi snatched the round fan from Li Li's hand, sat down next to him, and said to Xiao Tang, "Has my dad been using you to death recently?"

Li Li took a plum from her hand and stuffed it into his mouth. The two sisters were puzzled by this action, and his face was distorted by the sourness.

"Deserved it."

Kong Zhiting sat opposite the three of them, looking at the two and teasing, "You two look quite a good match."

Kong Zhixi rolled her eyes and said to Xiao Tang, "Steal my dad's good tea leaves next time you come."

"How could I have that ability? Besides, the tea in Kong's office is also brought from home." Xiao Tang has been here several times and has gotten used to it.

Li Li elbowed her and asked, "Does Kong cook for everyone in your family?"

"Ah, how about you go and help out?" She felt that Captain Li was like a time bomb that could detonate a war between her and her father at any time.

"He told me not to cause trouble before." As if he was showing off something, his smile seemed to Kong Zhixi to be asking for a beating.

At the dinner table, Kong Zhiting, Kong Jianping and Xiao Tang were discussing the case, while Kong Zhixi and her mother were concentrating on eating.

After dinner, Xiao Tang and Li Li were ready to go back. Kong Zhixi stood up and said, "I'll see them off." Kong Jianping was surprised: "Oh, the sun is rising from the west?"

"Let's go." She called the two of them from their seats and prepared to go out.

After sending Xiao Tang away, she finally asked, "Didn't your mother come to the detachment to look for you this afternoon? How come you are here at my house now?"

Li Li pointed to the road ahead and said, "Let's go for a walk?" She agreed and said as she walked, "My...business?"

"You saw it all, I didn't say anything." He looked as if he had a clear conscience.

She was holding a round fan, wearing shorts and slippers, looking like she was at home. "Why do you always come to my house?"

"Your sister is the forensic doctor of the municipal police station. I have to ask her for the autopsy report and discuss the case with your father. Isn't this normal? I also often go to your police station to find Director Fei. Don't be so sensitive."

"You don't like my sister, do you?"

"Haha, when Kong invited the young people from his institute to your house for dinner, did you ask them the same thing?"

"Not really. They probably did it because my dad has work arrangements."

"You don't like me, do you?"

"are you crazy?"

"So that's the only way you interrogate me? But my mother really likes you."

"Goodbye." She started to walk back. Li Li looked at her back, his heart pounding, something in the air also left with her departure, his body and heart drove his brain to catch up, but his reason told him to go back to work overtime.

After three months in the criminal police team, Chief Fei asked her to report back to the station the next day. After explaining the situation to Qian Ke, she went back to the police station to work.

After returning to the police station, she saw Li Li even less often. When she was busy with work, she would occasionally think of him, and sometimes she would receive notices to assist the criminal police team with their work, so when they met on site, they would just say hello.

Li Li finally added her on WeChat and would check her Moments when he was tired from work. He didn't know why, but whenever he saw her, he would unconsciously get closer to her, and when he got close to her, his body felt like it had a holiday.

Because some cases were related to the Criminal Police Brigade, she and Li Li also had some work-related exchanges. Kong Zhiting told her on WeChat: Captain Li would ask about you from time to time. She replied: Why ask me? She replied again: I don’t know, maybe he’s just looking for a topic.

When Li's mother went to the brigade again, she would ask about her. Li Li said that she was only seconded and would return to her original unit when the time was up. Li's mother encouraged him to go after her, and he did not deny it, but just said: Let's see.

Later, due to several murders and missing persons cases, the two had a long period of contact. Liu Yanjun said to Xiao Zhao: "In the past, the boss always asked me to handle such matters, but he personally handled the case at the Jiangyin Police Station. Do you think it was a special case or a special place?"

"The boss has his reasons for doing things, it's none of your business." Xiao Zhao looked like he knew the inside story.

Li Li went to the police station for two weeks in a row. Most people could see what he was thinking, but Kong Zhixi was the only one who was immersed in his work and couldn't extricate herself. She always felt that the next step was to solve the case.

When the corpse case was discovered in the school, the two were busy until very late. Li Li looked at the time and asked her to have dinner with him.

Liu Yanjun looked at the backs of the two men and laughed knowingly with Xiao Zhao. They both understood why he had been going to the police station so often recently.

They found a rice noodle shop in the food court, and they sat there in the noisy environment, slurping noodles. She thought of the corpses she had dug up during the day, and she didn't know whose father or son they were. The things she encountered while on duty in the past two years made her gradually understand the unpredictability of life.

"You haven't been home much recently?" In the past two years, Li Li had hardly met her when he went to her house for dinner, and he didn't figure out what the conflict between her and Kong Suo was.

"Yeah." She actually didn't want to talk about family matters with others, thinking that it was a relatively private matter.

Li Li took off his coat and hung it behind the stool. His T-shirt showed off his chest and abdominal muscles. It was the first time that Kong Zhixi noticed that he had such a figure. She couldn't help but stare at him in amazement. Someone tripped over the stool and it hit her back. She was choked and started coughing violently. Her heart began to change.

Li Li brought her some tissues and water, and asked with concern: "How are you? Are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay." She waved her hands, took the tissue from his hand and drank the water. After drinking the water, she let out a long sigh, her face turning a little red.

Amid the hustle and bustle of people walking through this small shop, it seemed as if the only thing in her eyes was the man sitting opposite her slurping noodles seriously.

After eating the noodles, Li Li sent the people back to Cuiyuan and parked the car downstairs. He watched the lights upstairs come on, covered himself with his coat, adjusted the seat, and thought about resting for a while before going back.

After taking a shower, Kong Zhixi sat cross-legged on the bed, thinking about how she looked when she ate noodles today. She held up a round fan to half cover her face, and when she thought of the chest and abdominal muscles of the man sitting opposite her, she couldn't help laughing out loud.

When the people in the car woke up, it was already bright outside. He was shocked. His phone showed that it was past six o'clock. He hesitated whether to pick up the people upstairs. He thought that he didn't brush his teeth or wash his face, and he didn't send WeChat messages to people. He went back to the team to wash up.

A girl named Jiajia said she wanted to claim the body. Kong Zhixi took her to the Criminal Police Brigade. Liu Yanjun approached and asked, "Sister-in-law, Captain Li seems to be in a good mood recently."

She looked around and asked, "Sister-in-law? Who is your sister-in-law?"

He realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly changed his words, "Sister Kong, Captain Li hasn't cursed as much recently. Is there any way to make him feel better?"

"How should I know?" She stood at the door of the forensic room, waiting for the victim to complete the formalities and be sent back.