Breaking Through the Clouds

This street intersection is only 500 meters away from Evernight Palace KTV. Yan Yan simply found a place, stopped the car that had scratched him badly, greeted the traffic police brigade, and returned to the original place. It only took 10 minutes in total. .

"What's the matter with you?" Yan Yan stood in front of Jiang Ting and raised his chin, "Where's that girlfriend, is it okay for you to come out and run around by yourself?"

Jiang Ting's complexion was still not very good, but it was due to the lack of energy and blood due to long-term bed rest. Hearing this, he smiled: "The doctor told me to take a walk if I have nothing to do. Yang Mei has gone out, so I will go out by myself."

Yan Yan stretched out his hand to help, but was signaled by Jiang Ting not to use it, so he took it back and lit a cigarette, "Do you mind?"

Jiang Ting asked, "Can you give me one?"

Yan Xi was a little surprised.There were very few non-smoking men he came into contact with, but for some reason, he subconsciously felt that Jiang Ting was one of them, probably because he was deceived by his elegant appearance.

"Thank you," Jiang Ting took the cigarette and lit it, and heaved a long breath: "Thanks to Officer Yan just now, I'm really sorry. The repair fee..."

Yan Yan said: "Come on, I'm a bus! Go back and report the damage and it's over."

Jiang Ting glanced at him from the white mist of cigarettes, which probably meant that he did not expect the Jianning police to provide such a high-end car.Yan Xie laughed when he saw him, but did not explain, and said: "It happens that there are some doubts about the case, I am going to re-investigate the scene, and I will take you back by the way. What happened just now, standing motionless in the middle of the road, I was so scared No?"

Jiang Ting hesitated for a moment: "Just now... I was a little confused when I saw the car accident. Maybe there is some post-traumatic stress reaction."

"Yo, then you dare to come out alone."

Jiang Ting said: "You must learn to walk alone, otherwise you will not be a useless person?"

He walked very slowly, and Yan Xie didn't rush, the two of them walked slowly along the sidewalk, the neon lights of the KYV in the Evernight Palace were shining brightly in front of them.Yan Yan pointed at the cigarette butt that was about to burn out, and teased: "You have such an infatuated and rich girlfriend, who is much better than us who are paid dead wages. What are you afraid of turning into useless people?"

Jiang Ting shook his head helplessly, and before he could reply, Yan Yan then asked very naturally: "How do you know each other?"

Deputy Team Yan's nonsense is not covered up, and he is waiting here.

"We also came out of the county to work together in the early years. We lived in Gongzhou for a few years. I made some money and went back to my hometown. She came to Jianning from Gongzhou to open this KTV. She is more daring than me. The business is getting better and better, when she asked me to go to Jianning to help three years ago, I had a car accident on the way."

"How did it happen?"

"It was raining and speeding, and I almost died." Jiang Ting sighed: "It's a girlfriend, but I look like this, it's not easy to hurt others, is it?"

Yan Yan agreed immediately: "That's right. What are you two going to do in the future? Just procrastinate?"

"It will be separated after a while," Jiang Ting said with a smile, "I can't help much by staying here, just go back to the county to live."

The KTV was closed because of the murder scene, and the door was deserted and ajar.The two entered the door while talking, and when they looked up, they saw Yang Mei looking forward to it in front of the bar: "Brother Jiang!"

Jiang Ting: "Oh, I..."

The joy in Yang Mei's eyes almost flew out: "Oh, I was so scared, where did you go, brother Jiang? Why didn't you say hello? There are so many cars outside, how can you walk around alone?"

Jiang Ting: "..."

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, why didn't I answer my phone? What about Xiao Zhang, why didn't Xiao Zhang go out with you? What if something happens? Come on, sit down, have you eaten so late? Eat What? Hey, the foreman is here, go tell the kitchen to bring over the egg custard I ordered to be steamed just now!"

Jiang Ting: "..."

Yan Xie raised his eyebrows, smiled and said nothing.

Yang Mei was walking around him non-stop, so Jiang Ting had to deal with it in a hurry, and told about the encounter with Yan Yan on the road just now.Immediately, Yang Mei was very grateful to Officer Yan, and while pushing Jiang Ting to urge him to go upstairs for dinner, she insisted on being the host herself to invite Yan Yan out to eat.

"No need, I'll just take a look at the scene, and I have to rush back to the Municipal Bureau later." Yan Yan smiled and said, "Go ahead and ask a waiter to take me to the back kitchen."

Yang Mei immediately put down her bag and shoes: "What's the matter with me? Come on, I'll take you there. After the cordon was put around here yesterday, I asked people to seal off the back kitchen. It's not that I want to cooperate with the police. Is it? I have repeatedly ordered the waiters not to go outside and talk nonsense, because I am afraid that the secrets of your police handling the case will be leaked."

Yan Mao put on the shoe covers and gloves: "No, you don't know any secrets anyway."

Yang Mei stood at the door of the back kitchen and smiled apologetically.

The heavy makeup makes it hard to tell her age, but the facial features are beautiful and the clothes are beautiful. There is even a little perfume sprayed between the exquisite curly hair-Yan Yan has never seen a woman who can dress up so carefully downstairs in her own house. The only one The explanation was that she knew Jiang Ting would come back.

Yan Yan thought it was very interesting.

This woman is very flexible, can talk, and handles things with the smoothness of a long-term mixed education.And her fiancé, who was said to be born in a small county, not only knows how to work, is weak, but also bedridden for several years, with almost no labor force.

No matter from that point of view, the two of them were very unsuitable, but when Yang Mei faced him, she naturally looked up.

Yan Yan's eyes fell on the freezer, and he recalled the clip of giving Jiang Ting a cigarette just now - the latter took it, lowered his head slightly, his neck profile bent into an elegant arc, and lit the cigarette with the lighter in his hand, Let out a breath.

That seems to be an action that is very used to being respected by others.

Yan Xie opened the freezer door and asked casually, "You and your boyfriend have a good relationship?"

Yang Mei smiled and agreed.

"How did you meet?"

"We came out of the county to work together in the early years, and he went back to his hometown after spending a few years in Gongzhou. Later, I opened this store in Jianning, and the business grew bigger and bigger, so I wanted him to help. There was a car accident." Yang Mei sighed with emotion: "Speaking of which, it's also my responsibility for him to behave like this now!"

Yan Xie also sighed and shook his head, then closed the freezer door and walked through the kitchen to the back door.

"You are..."

"Ah, I'll go to the road to have a look, there's no need to follow me." Yan Xie waved his hand without looking back: "You can go about your business."

There are no people in the dirty and narrow back alley, and the KTV is closed today, making it even more deserted.Yesterday, the technical investigators dug three feet back and forth here, and even the trash cans were turned upside down. It is basically worthless for re-examination.

Yan Yan dialed a number with his mobile phone, and walked out along the path of the deceased in the surveillance video: "Hey, Ma Xiang, have you returned to the team yet? Go to the intranet and help me check someone."

The phone is in a mess, it should be that the technical detective is working overtime.Ma Xiang asked with a loud voice: "Okay—whom to check?"

"Lu Chengjiang." Yan Yan said, "It's the one in the wheelchair at the scene last night. Check his birthplace, graduate school, work experience, and check the record of opening the house if there is any."

"Why, is this person suspected?"

"I can't see it for the time being, check it first."

The greatest advantage of Ma Xiang is his swiftness. Yan Yan walked out of the back alley, walked back and forth in the empty alley, searched along the curb while walking down, and after a while, he just heard the phone say: "Yes——Lu Chengjiang, hometown information It is consistent with what was written last night, with a college degree, having stayed in Gongzhou for a few years, and watching the scene in a nightclub with that Yang Mei."

Yan Xi paused, obviously very surprised, "Are you sure it's the same person?"

"Sure, it's written on the household registration website."

"...What happened afterwards?" Yan Mo asked.

"Later, Yang Mei was involved in several cases of mobilizing people to gamble and fight in nightclubs. The specific details have to be checked in Gongzhou's case files. But she was lucky. One case of intentional injury was withdrawn, and one case of allowing gambling was released on bail. It's pending trial, let me see... yo, it's ok, I guess the money was spent, and it's not easy to get bail pending trial in Gongzhou."

Yan Xie asked, "What about Lu Chengjiang?"

"She went back to her hometown when she was suspected of intentional injury for the first time. It seems that the two of them don't seem to be so affectionate."

Yan Yan lit another cigarette, followed in the footsteps of the deceased last night, staring thoughtfully at the pattern of the sidewalk floor tiles.

"Then Lu Chengjiang has to go to his hometown to investigate the matter of Lu Chengjiang's hometown, but the car accident three years ago is exactly what he said. Yang Mei came to Jianning after she was released on bail for the second time, and bought this KTV because of the industry. The contract also brought a lawsuit with the original landlord, and they won it soon. I went to Brother Yan, this woman either has a backer or a bad name in her life, and she can save the day every time?"

The sky gradually darkened, and the street lights came on one after another. Yan Xie looked away from a distance, and suddenly, a few steps away, there was a faint light flashed by something beside the sewer ditch.

Yan Yan didn't pay attention at first, but a few seconds later, a certain intuition formed in the front-line criminal investigation work for more than ten years suddenly knocked in his mind.

"Brother Yan?"

"……and many more."

Yan Xie stepped forward, squatted down, and saw a small shiny thing quietly lying in the dust at the corner between the sidewalk and the one-way street——

Zip slide wedge.

Yan Xie picked it up with two fingers, looked at the small piece of half-leathered metal against the light, and narrowed his eyes.

"Brother Yan, did you find something in the on-site reconnaissance?"

"Go and check Yang Mei's later lawsuit files in Jianning, and ask the technical detective to stay in the office." Yan Xie stood up, put the zipper pull into the evidence bag, and said, "I will return to the Municipal Bureau in half an hour. There is a major incident at the scene. A discovery that, if verified, would be a breakthrough lead."

"okay!"

Yan Xie hung up the phone, turned around, and all movements stopped instantly.

Not far from the back alley, Jiang Ting stood quietly under the street lamp, holding a large plastic bag for takeaway in his hand.

The two looked at each other for a while, and the sound of cars approaching and far away on the street in the distance, moths hit the street lamps one after another, making a slight popping sound.

Jiang Ting stepped forward, handed the still hot plastic bag to Yan Xie's hand, and said softly:

"Officer Yan, don't eat too late."

His eyes slid over the zipper slider in the transparent evidence bag, and then his fingertips and Yan Yan's hand were separated.

The two stood facing each other, less than half a foot apart.Yan Xie saw his own reflection in Jiang Ting's light-colored pupils, and immediately realized that his jaw muscles were tense, so that he instinctively showed a stern look as if he was facing an enemy.

But this is actually very strange.

The man in front of him had an unconcealable sickness on his face, which was far from a threat.

"...Understood." Yan Xie stepped back half a step, lowered his face as if to cover up, and nodded: "Thank you."

Jiang Ting stood there with his arms folded, smiling and nodding, watching Yan Mao turn around and gradually walk away under the streetlight.

The sound of high heels hitting the ground came from the alley. Yang Mei stopped behind Jiang Ting, watched Yan Xie disappear at the end of the road, and looked worriedly at Jiang Ting: "Do you want to help him investigate this case?"

Jiang Ting's eyes were no longer warm, and he said in a flat tone, "If the case is not solved, the police's attention will not be withdrawn. Do you want to be watched by the police for months?"

"...Then," Yang Mei paused before asking, "Then how do you want to investigate?"

Jiang Ting lowered his eyes and didn't answer immediately, as if he was thinking about something.

Yang Mei wrapped herself in a thin shawl, looked up at the dim yellow light of the street lamps covering Jiang Ting's hair and side cheeks, like a layer of delicate light gold tulle.

No matter how many years have passed, the Jiang Ting in Yang Mei's eyes is no different from when they first met.The years of wandering and the hardships of surviving near death did not deprive him of the overwhelming discretion that is sufficient to face any situation.

"Zip," Jiang Ting murmured.

Yang Mei looked at him without blinking.

Suddenly Jiang Ting raised his eyes: "Do you have anything you want to sell to a second-hand store?"

Yang Mei: "Second-hand store?"

·

"Fendi?" Ma Xiang took the zipper from the evidence bag, pointed it at the light, and said in amazement.

Yan Yan grunted as he ate the takeaway eel rice: "Hmm."

The upper part of the zipper puller is made of black sheepskin, the edge is covered with yellow oil, and the lower part of the metal is hot-plated with FENDI's text LOGO.The whole is still very new, but the small ring buckle interface where the tail is connected to the sliding wedge is loose, and it should be pulled off by pulling it hard or hanging it somewhere.

Ma Xiang was a little puzzled: "What can this prove?"

Holding the greasy chopsticks in one hand, Yan Yan pushed the computer screen on the desk to an angle, motioning him to look at the FENDI official website.

Ma Xiang: "What?"

"The zipper with black sheepskin bag and butter edge is basically only used on their new men's backpacks this season. If you see it, it's this one." Yan Xie clicked on one of the pictures with chopsticks, and clicked Zoom in, and say: "Since the seasonal model has just been released and the sales volume is limited, and luxury stores will record customer information, I have already asked a group of people to go to the store in the International Financial Center to retrieve the surveillance video."

Ma Xiang said, "Damn it, that's okay too?!"

"Is it okay? It's just a matter of making a trip. If you make a wrong bet, you won't lose anything. What about Yang Mei's case file that I asked you to check?"

Ma Xiang was dumbfounded, and it took him a while to realize that he quickly put the kraft paper bag with both hands.

Yan Yan leaned back in the chair, opened the file and began to read, Ma Xiang immediately secretly picked a piece of eel and put it in his mouth, his eyes burst into tears because of the delicious taste.

Yang Mei's case is not complicated. In essence, the original shop owner suddenly raised the price before signing the contract and broke the contract. Yang Mei sued the other party in court in a fit of anger.But because of the loopholes in the contract itself and the imperfect procedures, she is very likely to lose the lawsuit and will be dragged into a long and complicated appeal procedure; from the perspective of a half-expert Yan Yan, it is best for Yang Mei to go to court Withdraw the lawsuit and admit failure, otherwise it is likely to delay the business and lose a lot of money.

Yet she won.

It had nothing to do with the lawyer, at least after reading the trial records, Yan Xie didn't think that the lawyer was useless. The only thing that could explain it was that the judge fell in love with Yang Mei's peerless beauty in court.

Or, just like the woman who miraculously escaped from prison twice in Gongzhou, someone high above and hidden behind the thick fog helped her again.

Ma Xiang sneaked towards the eel for the third time, and Yan Yan knocked his chopsticks on the back of his hand like lightning: "Ouch!"

"Two packs of instant noodles are not enough for you to eat? Be careful repeating the tragedy of Director Gou next door. His figure is made by his mother's extra meals every day!"

Ma Xiang felt very aggrieved: "We, the masses of the people, work overtime every day for instant noodles, and it is best to heat hot pot yourself. As a leader, it's fine if you don't take the lead, and you are still starting a small stove of capitalism here?"

Yan Yan snorted, "I traded the little stove for my beauty, if you have the ability, you can cheat one."

Ma Xiang: "What? Then the KTV proprietress really likes your handsome face?!"

Yan Yan: "..."

"I just said that she didn't look right at you yesterday! She kept lingering on your strong pectoral muscles and biceps! Her frail little white-faced boyfriend can't compare to your male hormone. Brother Yan, work hard, Whether we brothers can sing free K in the future depends on you!..."

Yan Yan said angrily: "Get out, don't force my biceps, do you want to be called a couple?!"

Ma Xiang immediately said tenderly: "Give me eel rice, I can serve it for 10 minutes..."

Yan Yan kicked him off the table brazenly, and the latter said that his pink glass heart was broken to the ground.While arguing, the phone rang, and Yan Xie covered the eel rice with one hand and answered the phone with the other: "Hello? I'm Yan Xie, tell me something quickly."

"Brother Yan, we found surveillance at the International Financial Center! In mid-April, the deceased went to the FENDI store and bought the men's backpack you mentioned. Called out!"

Ma Xiang, a straight man who has never seen the world, his eyes rounded on the spot, and what was written all over his face, [-] thousand? !

Yan Yan boasted: "Smart. Has the identity information left by the deceased come out?"

"Yes, yes," the other end of the phone rummaged for a while, probably looking for the identity registration card, and after a while, the voice rang again: "This is this one—the name is Chu Ci, compassionate compassion."