dead innocent

Zhou Quliang opened the rattan chair and sat down opposite her, crossed his legs habitually, leaned back slightly to the back of the chair, and said in a gentle voice: "Officer Chen said just now that Shiyang had contact with a missing girl, can you tell me more about it?" tell me?"

"Oh, alright."

Qiao Shishi put down the teacup, found Fang Yu's information from the phone, and handed him the phone.

Zhou Quliang looked at it patiently between his brows, and then returned the phone to her: "I've never seen this girl before, she should be very young, how could Shi Yang know her?"

Qiao Shishi lowered his eyes and put away the phone, thought about his words, slowly turned the teacup, and said: "We only found out that the last person this girl named Fang Yu saw was Zhou Shiyang. As for Zhou Shiyang and her What is the relationship—still under investigation."

"How long has this girl been missing?"

Zhou Quliang looked at her calmly and calmly and asked.

Qiao Shishi rolled his eyes up, and quickly did a math problem: "Well—today is No. 12 days."

Zhou Quliang's brains were much faster than hers, and he immediately put forward information from her few words and integrated them, and finally gave a deduction: "She disappeared on September [-]st. You found out that the last person she saw was Shi Yang. Just now Police officer Chen said that it was Shiyang's car that picked her up, and she has been lost since then, and her whereabouts are unknown." After a pause, his dark eyes seemed to have been mixed with water, like a black patch of ink. Fainted a little, revealing an imperceptible sadness and anger, and said in a flat tone: "Although I don't know much about criminal investigation, a young girl has been missing for more than ten days, and she hasn't received a blackmail call at home. Most likely very dangerous. In other words, do you suspect that Shi Yang is a murderer?"

There was a hint of questioning in Zhou Quliang's eyes, and he looked at Qiao Shishi and asked again: "Or, Shiyang has been changed from the victim to the suspect by you, and you are only investigating his charges and completely ignoring the cause of his death?" ?”

Qiao Shishi was slightly taken aback, and looked at Zhou Quliang in a daze. This quick, wise and deep man seemed to have clearly dissected their motives, and made a counterattack to defend the honor of the deceased.

Qiao Shishi was suddenly a little nervous, and he had a lot of random thoughts in his mind for a moment, and at the same time he was a little soft-hearted and guilty.Even though she didn't do anything wrong, facing Zhou Quliang at this moment, she felt a little...distressed.

"no."

She put down the teacup, casually raised the back of her hand to wipe off a piece of jasmine petal stuck to the corner of her lips, looked at Zhou Quliang with a serious expression, and said smoothly, "Even if Zhou Shiyang really had something to do with Fang Yu's disappearance, we won't let it go because of him." ignoring his human rights. As you said, if he really hurt Fang Yu, but in another case he was a victim. We will not let anyone die inexplicably, please believe We believe in the police, and we will definitely give you and your brother an explanation."

Zhou Quliang looked at her quietly for a moment. Under his focused gaze, Qiao Shishi suddenly couldn't sit still, so he avoided his gaze, and took another sip of tea from his cup.

"You're a good cop."

Zhou Quliang said this to her, and then showed a smile that never stopped.

Qiao Shishi was stunned in his heart, and put the cup down with a little guilt. He said that fortunately, he was not familiar with Chu Xingyun, and he didn't know that what she said just now completely copied what Chu Xingyun had said to a victim. What the family said.

Zhou Quliang helped her refill the tea, then picked up a pair of wooden tea tweezers and picked gently from the cup in front of him, saying, "There is something that I think I need to tell you."

Qiao Shishi sat upright, looked at him and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Quliang lowered his eyes and looked at the tea tweezers swimming in the cup, and said: "After I came back from a business trip in Los Angeles, my partner Qiu Zhi told me that Shiyang had asked him for a sum of money because the amount was a bit small. Big, he didn’t make the decision on his own, but waited until I came back.”

"how much is it?"

"500."

500 million is indeed a lot, Qiao Shishi asked alertly: "What date did you come back from your business trip?"

Zhou Quliang said calmly, "No. [-]."

Number five, after number one...

"What does he want that money for?"

Zhou Quliang frowned slightly: "This is also my question. He never spends money casually, and he rarely asks me for money, but that day——"

He still has a deep impression on Zhou Shiyang who asked him for five hundred that night.

Zhou Shiyang was well-bred since he was a child, and he was never extravagant. Even if he had a lot of wealth in his family, he never squandered it, but he suddenly asked him for a huge sum of money.When asked why, he hesitated and refused to explain clearly.Zhou Quliang still remembers his pale face and irritable tone that day, the first time he slammed the door and left after being forced to question him many times.

Zhou Shiyang was so abnormal that night, never before.

Qiao Shishi saw that he had the same doubts, so he changed the question: "Then did you give it to him?"

Zhou Quliang was stunned for a long time, then suddenly raised his palm to cover his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "No, I'm thinking now, maybe if I give him the money, he'll be fine."

Qiao Shishi couldn't help comforting him and said: "Don't think that way, Zhou Shiyang definitely didn't die because of seeking money and murder, you—don't put too much pressure on yourself."

Zhou Quliang lowered his arms, looked at her with a little smile, and said, "Thank you."

Then he picked up the teacup in front of her and put it in front of her, saying: "Please use it, I didn't touch it."

Qiao Shishi looked down and couldn't help being stunned, maybe because Zhou Quliang saw that she almost swallowed the jasmine petals just now, so he picked out all the jasmine flowers from his own cup of tea and gave her to drink.

The cup of tea in front of me was clean and transparent, like a sunset filled with golden light waves.

Qiao Shishi was in a daze when the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

Chu Xingyun called to ask her about the results of the vehicle search.

Qiao Shishi turned his back slightly to avoid Zhou Quliang, and said, "We're collecting evidence, and it's estimated that the results will come out tonight."

Chu Xingyun was silent for a while, and then said: "After Chen Zhiyang finishes collecting, drag the car back to the Municipal Bureau."

"Ah? Would Team Chen be willing?"

Chu Xingyun clicked his tongue: "I let him collect the evidence first, what else does he want to do? If he has any opinions, let Captain Fu tell him."

Qiao Shishi cleverly heard that he seemed to be involved unintentionally for a while, and wondered: "What are you busy with, boss? It was agreed that we will check the Shu Palace again today."

Chu Xingyun said: "You care about me so much, what about the information I asked you to check?"

"I don't have time, Gao Yuannan is investigating, you can ask her directly."

After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone, picked up the cup of jasmine tea, and greeted Zhou Quliang hastily: "Then I, go first?"

Zhou Quliang nodded: "Please go ahead."

Chen Zhiyang's evidence search is also coming to an end, and they are discussing to ask several people to tow the car away.

Qiao Shishi circled the cup with both hands, quietly stood behind Chen Zhiyang, cheered up, and smiled before saying anything: "Team Chen, our boss said, let's tow the car away."

Chen Zhiyang opened his mouth without hesitation and scolded: "Chu Xingyun is a bastard, a stinking bandit, why is he so good at blocking the way and robbing?!"

As soon as Qiao Shishi raised his arms, the two brothers seemed to put their arms around his neck, hanging half of their bodies on him, smiling coquettishly: "Eh? What do you mean by that? Don't you just scold me when you call me the boss? He Bandits, what am I? Sun Erniang or Hu Sanniang?"

Chen Zhiyang felt uncomfortable being hugged by her, and wanted to shake her arm off like a bug: "You, you, you are Mrs. Yazhai!"

Qiao Shishi laughed tremblingly, let him go, and then patted his chest twice, boldly said: "Then can I be your Mrs. Yazhai? In this way, you leave this car, Even if it’s a bride price, tomorrow I’ll go to the sub-office and fight for you.”

Chen Zhiyang was yes and no, no and no, his face blushed from being teased by her, and he led his people away in a hurry.

As soon as Chen Zhiyang left, the smile on Qiao Shishi's face disappeared, he lifted his ponytail, and said to Yang Kaitai, "Call someone to tow the car."

Yang Kaitai made a phone call and saw Qiao Shishi holding a cup of tea, thinking it was for him, so he reached out to take it.

Qiao Shishi slapped him on the hand, and the woman showed a fierce look like caring for cosmetics: "What are you doing?"

Yang Kaitai rubbed the back of his hand that was red from her slap, and said innocently: "Ah? Didn't you give me a drink?"

Qiao Shishi smiled: "Thinking too much, baby." At the end, he asked: "Why did Team Chu go? I haven't seen him show up all day."

Yang Kaitai said truthfully: "I went to the Ark Building, it seems that there is something urgent."

Qiao Shishi's eyes turned around strangely and ambiguously, as if thinking of something, the corners of his lips curled up into a meaningful smile, he took a sip of the tea in his cup, and said, "Hey, love makes people blind."

The blind person in her mouth rushed to a courier company in the same city at this time.

In the afternoon, the courier company had a lot of people sending and receiving express mail, and there were two long queues in front of the counter in the lobby.

Chu Xingyun and He Cheng walked in unobtrusively, Chu Xingyun raised his finger and pointed to a row of benches with vacant seats by the wall: "Sit there and wait for me."

He Cheng abided by the agreement he made with him when he went out, obeyed every order and obeyed orders, walked over obediently and sat on the bench.

Chu Xingyun ignored the aunt who was yelling at him behind the queue, went straight to the counter, and showed his work card: "The police are investigating the case. Did this white bear be sent from you?"

This courier company has multiple delivery departments throughout the city, and this is the third branch they have found.

The little girl behind the counter who was wearing a staff uniform didn't actually see his work card clearly, but was intimidated by his aura. She didn't dare to neglect the white bear and shook her head truthfully: "I haven't seen it before."

Chu Xingyun frowned slightly, and raised his voice: "The police are handling the case, come and have a look."

The staff was called by him to watch a white bear together. The two teams who were queuing up didn't know what was going on, and they also looked forward with their heads hooked. For a while, the lobby was quite weird.

Still no one said they had seen it, and Chu Xingyun asked them to call out all the people in the warehouse.

A young man in the yard suddenly recognized the white bear, raised his hand and said, "That, Uncle Policeman, I have an impression."

Ever since he was with He Cheng, Chu Xingyun was very concerned about his age, and hated others calling him uncle.He would tolerate five or six-year-old children calling him uncle, but the young man in front of him was clearly an adult and still called him uncle, which made him very upset.

"How old are you?"

Chu Xingyun asked.

The man said, "Huh? I'm from [-]."

Fuck, young indeed.

Chu Xingyun didn't care about this post-ninety generation, and recruited him to the front: "You said you've seen this bear?"

The young man picked up the white bear and turned it upside down. When he saw the label on the back, he confirmed: "Well, this is the bear. It was packaged and sent out from my hand. I accidentally spilled a little ink on the label."

After finding the handler, Chu Xingyun dismissed the others, then raised his hand and pressed on his shoulder: "Look for a quiet place to talk?"

Bringing the person into the warehouse, Chu Xingyun straight to the point: "Has this person left any contact information and identity information?"

His aura is too strong, his face is too serious, and the post-[-]s can't help but feel that Alexander, sitting shyly on the small stool like a schoolboy who has done something wrong, said slowly and cautiously: "No, he said he didn't bring his ID card, Moreover, it is a gift for a child, so the name needs to be withheld, and no contact information is left."

Chu Xingyun's eyes turned cold, the words children and gifts annoyed him and made him sick.

"man?"

"Well, a man."

"When did he come?"

"When I was on duty yesterday, it was around nine o'clock in the evening."

"how old?"

"At most 40 years old, looks quite young."

"Do you remember what he looks like?"

"He was wearing a mask, so he couldn't see clearly."

"What shoes is he wearing? Leather shoes? Does he have a backpack?"

"Bag? I don't have a bag, but I don't know what shoes he wears."

As he said that, the post-ninety generation looked at him curiously and asked, "Uncle Policeman, why are you asking him what kind of shoes he wears and why he doesn't have a backpack on his back?"

Chu Xingyun: "...The backpack can tell whether he is a distant visitor, and the shoes on his feet can tell whether he is driving or taking transportation."

After finishing speaking, he didn't give Hou Nine Zero a chance to ask questions again, and asked, "Is the surveillance here turned off?"

When he came in just now, he discovered that the cameras here were all dark.

The post-[-]s said: "Something went wrong, and I have been calling people to fix it for the past two days, but no one came."

Chu Xingyun left him a contact information, and told him that if this person comes again, or if he thinks of something again, he can call at any time.

One last question before leaving: "Which direction did that person go after going out?"

"right hand side."

When he walked out of the warehouse and passed the lobby, he waved to He Cheng.

He Cheng walked up to him and asked, "How is it?"

Chu Xingyun pinched his eyebrows irritably: "There is no clue."

After speaking, he grabbed his wrist and took him a step forward, then walked out of the courier company quickly.

Just now the post-[-]s said 'he' went to the right after going out, Chu Xingyun looked at the intersection less than ten meters away in front of him, and couldn't help but frowned.

Is it a coincidence?Ten meters to the right is the intersection, not to mention whether the road camera at the intersection is in normal use, even if it is in normal use, whether the suspect is photographed is one thing, and whether the portrait is clear is another matter.

Even if the shops on the opposite side of the street have cameras, most of them are only facing the one-third of an acre of land in front of the shop.

But the courier company is not next to the intersection, next to a chain cosmetics store.

As soon as he stepped into the cosmetics store, the shopping guide greeted him and enthusiastically asked him what he needed.

Chu Xingyun picked up a facial cleanser and handed it to the shopping guide along with his work ID: "Police, I would like to ask you a few words."

Although the shopping guide was still enthusiastic, his face was obviously more cautious.

"At around nine o'clock last night, did you see a man in his 40s wearing a mask walking past your store?"

"We open the door for business to welcome and send people. The streets are full of passers-by. I don't know who you are talking about."

"Are the cameras in the store on?"

"Open."

"The door is also open?"

"Well, open."

Chu Xingyun hurriedly said: "Please call out the video from last night."

The shopping guide led him to a monitoring computer behind the counter. He rewound the time slot last night and selected it within 10 minutes before and after the time mentioned by the post-[-]s just now.

As the shopping guide said, there were a lot of pedestrians passing by. Within 10 minutes of his frame, there were hundreds of people passing by the store door, and there were more than a dozen men who met the requirements.

While watching the video, Chu Xingyun was paying attention to the door of the store at the same time. When he changed his eyes, He Cheng who was standing at the door suddenly disappeared.

He took out the USB flash drive he carried with him and asked the shopping guide to make a copy for him, and then hurried out of the cosmetics store.It is true that He Cheng was not seen on the street.

Chu Xingyun panicked, took out his mobile phone and called He Cheng.

No one answered, he glanced around anxiously, not noticing someone approaching him from behind.

"Ok?"

He turned his head abruptly, and saw He Cheng standing behind him holding two cups of iced coffee.

Chu Xingyun was sweating all over his body, he was relieved and deeply annoyed at the same time, he ground his teeth and took a few breaths before he said in a deep voice: "Did I tell you to follow me?"

He Cheng looked at him steadily for a moment, then handed him a cup of iced coffee, and said, "You're too nervous."

Of course Chu Xingyun knew that he was too nervous, too cautious, too vegetative and fearful at the same time.

Just now, he thought that He Cheng had disappeared again, disappeared, and could never be found again.The fear and anxiety that swept over me were the same as they were 13 years ago, and even stronger.

Chu Xingyun found that his hands were shaking, and it was only when he took the coffee from He Cheng that he realized that his hands were shaking.

He Cheng took a step forward and put his right hand and coffee cup together in his palm, and said to him, "Don't be so nervous, even if you can't find him, I won't blame you, and I don't really want to See you again."

Chu Xingyun's heart rate gradually stabilized, and suddenly he felt dry mouth, so he pushed his hands away and took a few sips of coffee.Looking at the traffic and the crowd on the road ahead, his eyes seemed to have locked on the target, and he said in a deep voice, "I will never let him have a chance to see you again, but I must find him."

At this time, the shopping guide came out of the store and handed him the copied USB flash drive.

Chu Xingyun installed the U disk, walked to the place where he parked just now, and asked him: "I'm going back to the police station now, do you still want to follow me?"

He Cheng walked beside him, and said without thinking, "I'll stay in your office."

Chu Xingyun's face was full of sorrow, he looked at him a little helplessly, and said with a smile: "Why do you look like a child."

The corners of He Cheng's lips curled slightly, and he clung to his side, and said, "Since I'm a child, can you sleep with me tonight?"

Chu Xingyun took a sip of coffee unhurriedly, and said leisurely: "What if I say I can't?"

He Cheng lowered his eyes to look at him, and said lightly, "Then I'll sleep with you."

Chu Xingyun glanced at the sun in the sky, and sighed sincerely: "Then I have to sleep when I have time."

Back at the parking lot where he parked just now, when He Cheng went to pick up the car, he stood by the side of the road and waited. Before he got to He Cheng, he got a call.

As soon as the phone call was made, Chu Xingyun had a premonition that it seemed that he really didn't have time to sleep tonight.

It was Manager Zhang of the Shu Palace who called him and told him that a murder weapon similar to what the police were looking for was found.