daytime firefly

Mindley

2016.6.27

8: 35am

"Ping team," the young police officer came out of the master bedroom and handed Ping Bokuan a pair of gloves. I have no footprints of my own."

Ping Bokuan put on his gloves and went in. There were two corpses of a man and a woman lying on the bed. The naked skin of the corpses was cherry red, and the forensic doctor said that the same was true of the plaques and mucous membranes.

"The property management contacted the fire department and the police station. The problem was discovered by the fire department after they entered the house," the young police officer said, motioning for Ping Bokuan to follow him. There was a young man's body lying on the bed, and the police officer pointed to the face of the corpse, "There are bruises on the left and right cheeks, but the bruises on the left side are obvious, so the fire department thinks it is suspicious."

"Old Xue, what do you say?" Ping Bokuan stood where he was and was not in a hurry to check. After speaking, the forensic doctor came over, "The distribution and degree of this bruise are preliminarily judged to be indentations." Old Xue raised his hand , with the palms down, and the upper body made a downward movement, "The deceased was lying on the bed, his mouth and nose were covered, and he died of mechanical suffocation."

Ping Bokuan nodded, and looked at the corpse on the bed again, "Ling Dang, come back to the game with me."

"Yes."

2016.6.27

18: 45pm

Xu Zhi nestled on the sofa, Ping Bokuan and Lin Dang sat diagonally across from him, Qi Jingyi poured two glasses of water, and sat down before asking, "We saw the news this morning, I don't know why Officer Ping came to find Xu Zhi— —”

"Call casually." Ping Bokuan said simply.

This man's sideburns are well groomed, and the clothes on his whole body are ironed evenly. He looks like a very delicate old man, but his eyes are unusually deep, which may be caused by the tall bones. Xu Zhi met him Looking at it, I feel that this person is not angry and pretentious.

"Lawyer Xu, we learned from the police at the local police station that Liu Zhendong brought someone to your house to make trouble two days ago. Is this the case?" Lin Dang brought the matter back to the original place in this strange atmosphere.

"Yes." After Xu Zhi finished speaking, he glanced at Qi Jingyi, who gave him a non-problematic look.

"As far as we know, after you served as the defense lawyer in Zhang Dingquan's case, you have been harassed and abused, especially the Liu family,"

"You suspect that I went to Liu's house to release gas?" Xu Zhi looked at Lin Dang exaggeratedly when he heard this, "Officer Lin, I understand your reasonable doubts, but sorry, I also have the right not to answer your next question, two Go slowly."

Lin Dang was teased, and he didn't say anything for a while, then Ping Bokuan said, "Where were you last night?"

Xu Zhi stared straight at him for a long while, "At home."

"Anyone testify?"

"I'm not interested in being your bodyguard."

"Lawyer Xu doesn't seem to have any security awareness. Having a camera is a good thing for you."

The figure flashed in Xu Zhi's mind, and he said after a while, "You can check the community surveillance, I went down to buy something to drink at night."

"Okay," Ping Bokuan replied quickly, as if he was waiting for him to speak, and then stood up, "Excuse me, Lawyer Xu."

After the two left, Xu Zhi hugged Qi Jingyi from behind on the way back to the kitchen with the cup.

Qi Jingyi didn't move, just said, "It has nothing to do with you, what are you afraid of."

"You understand, right?" Xu Zhi put his chin on his back, "The Liu family may have been murdered."

"Well, Zhang Dingquan can't hide from the police when they come to investigate."

"What do you mean," Xu Zhi asked, "Do you think Zhang Dingquan did it?"

"Anyone is possible," Qi Jingyi turned around, looked at him and said, "It's not just you."

Xu Zhi was in a trance for a while, and felt some pity. Qi Jingyi was recognized as an excellent lawyer in the industry, and he rarely made mistakes in his speech, but when facing him, he always spoke warmly, ambiguously, and unhappy. Xu Zhi thought to himself, this person is really unhappy.

"You did a good job on case 217, and you did everything you could. The rest will pass sooner or later," Qi Jingyi said to him when he was in a daze, "Now that work has resumed, let's start preparing for a new case."

"it is good."

Xu Zhi responded, and Qi Jingyi smiled at him, then sent the cup back to the kitchen, and was about to leave when he came out again, "Rest early, I will pick you up tomorrow morning."

Xu Zhi still agreed, and waited for him to leave before getting into the bathroom. The water temperature in the bathtub was high, so Xu Zhi waited for a while before lying down completely.

The next day, Qi Jingyi waited downstairs early, and Xu Zhi bought two rice balls before getting into the car. The car entered the morning rush hour, walking intermittently just like he did last night.

"Since the scandal broke out last year, the stock of Yuehai Group has been falling all the way. According to insiders, the board of directors of the group has planned to compete for the new CEO since the beginning of this year, and will officially hold an internal meeting today..."

The radio morning news reported that Xu Zhi was still chewing rice balls. He knew about this. Zhang Dingquan mentioned that even if he got out of this matter, he might not be able to continue to serve as CEO.

Qi Jingyi was a little surprised, "Hasn't the stock price recovered?"

"You bought it?" Xu Zhi asked.

"No, Lao Fang bought it before and never threw it away. I heard him say something about it in the past two days."

"Oh." After Xu Zhi finished eating, he packed up the packing bags, and the motorcade outside began to flow. He glanced at it and realized that this is not the way to Xincheng, "Aren't you going to the institute?"

"Go to Jinhu and send a lawyer's letter."

"You delivered it yourself?"

"Well," Qi Jingyi said, "Everything Yuan Jie sent has disappeared. He ran a few times, but there were no one there, or there were too many people."

"Too many people? What is the client's request?"

"The debt is 300 million. The two are friends. They intended to scare him with a lawyer's letter, but they didn't accept it."

"When did you start taking on this kind of private lending dispute?"

"Why don't you make money if you have money?" Qi Jingyi suddenly said carelessly, "I have to save some money for my wife, right?"

Xu Zhi's expression froze, and finally, he crumpled the packaging bag in his hand and smashed it on his face.

Qi Jingyi talked about too many people, Xu Zhi expected it, but he didn't expect so many people.

The Jinhu side is relatively remote, and the old-fashioned neighborhoods are one after another. When they arrived, the people blocking the corridors were scary enough.

The two were walking up, when the smoker next to them yelled at them, "Hey, line up, we've been waiting all night."

"Line up... to collect debts?"

The man smiled, "Otherwise, what do you think? Now that everyone is abiding by the law, my brothers collect debts in a civilized manner. Come down and wait in line. It won't be over for a while."

Qi Jingyi stopped and asked, "What happened above?"

"Big creditor, I don't care about it, I've been tortured for most of the night."

After hearing this, Qi Jingyi went up, and Xu Zhi also went up, and said something before being stopped by the man, "The one who delivered the lawyer's letter, leave after delivering it."

When I arrived at the door of the house, the door was ajar, and there were two gatekeepers standing in the corridor. I heard them say that I was here to deliver the lawyer's letter, and let them in without saying a word.

As soon as Xu Zhi entered, what he saw was the defendant party kneeling on the ground begging for mercy. His clothes were disheveled and his glasses were on the floor. The lenses were broken and the frame was deformed.

Seeing them coming in, they rushed over and grabbed Qi Jingyi's trouser legs, "Help me, help me..."

"Li Hua, is that Mr. Li?"

The man couldn't say a complete sentence, probably because of Qi Jingyi's formal attire, he thought that a savior had descended from the sky, so he kept nodding, "I am, I am, you save me, save me..."

"Mr. Li, I am the lawyer representing Mr. Zhang Hao. It has been half a year since the agreed repayment date of the 300 million you borrowed from my client. I am here to send a lawyer's letter. Please confirm it yourself."

"I, I," Li Hua panicked, and even lost his strength and let go.

At that time, there was the sound of flushing the toilet in the bathroom, followed by the sound of running water from the faucet. When the sound of running water stopped, a person came out of the bathroom.

The man had washed his hands, and when he came out, he took a piece of clothing that was placed on the armrest of the sofa to wipe off the water stains. Across Qi Jingyi, Xu Zhi didn't see his face for a while, and only heard him say——

"Lawyer, you have to line up too."

Qi Jingyi didn't intend to stay longer, so he put the document in his hand on the table, "Mr. Li, there are suggestions for your repayment matters in the document, remember to read it when you are free."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked out. Xu Zhi raised his eyebrows and was about to follow him out when his gaze swept over the person standing there, and his feet suddenly stopped.

The man was also looking at him, his eyes met, Xu Zhi said abruptly, "Candied haws?"

"It's me." The man said calmly.

"Know?" Qi Jingyi turned back and asked.

"It's more than acquaintance..." Xu Zhi looked at him, "I thought it was a stall, but I didn't expect it to be a debt collector."

"I've let you down," the man said in a low voice, "Lawyer Xu, it seems that we are destined to be together."

He bit the last four words very clearly. Xu Zhi's mood was said to be resentment, but in fact he found it more ridiculous.

At the beginning of the month, he went to the bridge once, intending to die there, but this guy actually held a wooden stick and pestered him behind him, and asked him if he wanted to buy a bunch of candied haws.

"The last string is sold cheap, do you want it?"

"Go away, don't you see jumping off the bridge here!"

"Jumping off a bridge is so boring, but I'm planning to die, why don't you come down and sleep with me before you die?"

The memory flashed, and Xu Zhi realized that the way this man looked at him was still so obscene.

So he grabbed Qi Jingyi's elbow, "Let's go."

On the way back to the law firm, Xu Zhi didn't listen to what Qi Jingyi said. Just listening to the music coming from the stereo, he tried his best to get rid of that obscene face in his mind.

But it was useless, he could still clearly see those eyes, the gaze that stayed on him, the kind of inspection from the surface to the inside, or, in other words, prying.

"Xu Zhi?" Qi Jingyi called him.

"Oh ah?"

"What do you think?"

"think……"

On that face, there was a light scar at the finger's width below the right eye, which made his face look stern and stern, Xu Zhi thought, it's better not to meet him again in this life.