Please don't stick to Officer Qi [criminal investigation]

Shi Le went downstairs wearing a white sweater after choosing for a long time, which happened to be a pair with Qi Lin's black hoodie.

Qi Lin was faintly worried.Although my mother is a good talker, after seeing Shi Le, her impression of Shi Le is still unknown.

Helping Shi Le grab the broken hair on his forehead, Qi Lin and Shi Le went downstairs side by side.

Mother has already sat down at the dining table, concentrating on reading today's newspaper.

The combination of big red and black frame on the headline is very conspicuous.

"Mom?" Seeing that his mother hadn't noticed that he was going downstairs, Qi Lin called out.

The mother raised her head, but the first thing she saw was not Qi Lin, but Shi Le who was half hidden behind Qi Lin.

"Who is this child?"

She put down the newspaper and asked.

Qi Lin tilted his head and pushed Shi Le forward.

Mother's dress is still strong today.Brown eyeshadow, slightly raised eyeliner, and sun-like red lips set off a strong aura of the whole person.

She usually uses this makeup to frighten the company's eager shareholders, and it's not uncommon for her to frighten Shi Le at the breakfast meeting by the way.

"This is Shile." Qi Lin replied.

"Mixed race?" The mother's gaze stayed on Shi Le's face for two seconds, "Sit down, why are you so reserved? Just treat it like your own home."

Qi Lin led Shi Le to sit down at the dining table.In order to avoid embarrassment, Qi Lin gave Shi Le a place a little further away.

"Yes, Chinese-French mixed race." Qi Lin replied when he sat down.

The mother hummed, as if Qi Lin snatched Shi Le's answer and felt dissatisfied.

She looked at Shi Le again, "Little girl, are you and Qi Lin very close? Qi Lin usually doesn't bring anyone home."

Qi Lin: "..."

"Auntie, I'm a boy." Shi Le scratched her face awkwardly.

Mother Qi was stunned.

"Let me just say, if he is so cute, he must be a boy." She asked, "What's the relationship with Xiaolin? A college classmate or a friend you made in Qingcheng?"

Shi Le's eyes rolled twice, "Senior and I work together..."

Before he finished speaking, Qi Lin grabbed the back of his hand.He stopped talking and looked at Qi Lin.

Qi Lin did not respond to Shi Le's gaze, but said directly to his mother:

"We're together."

Shi Le felt the sweat in his palm.

"What?" Mother Qi raised her eyebrows and took a sip of her coffee, "When did it happen?"

There was a moment of surprise in her expression, but it was fleeting.She hadn't been one to show her thoughts on her face for years.

So much so that Qi Lin didn't know whether his mother was in favor or against it at the moment.

But he didn't want to hide his relationship with Shi Le.

"The first few months."

"Very good," Qi's mother didn't reveal her emotions on this question, "Didn't you say you wanted to ask me something?"

"It's about my father." Qi Lin said, "I remember someone came to see my father the day his accident happened. I don't know if you know who that person is."

"Why do you ask this question?" Mother stopped the coffee cup in her hand, "Why are you asking now about something that happened so many years ago?"

"It's nothing, I just want to know what happened back then—in fact, I suspect that my father's death was not an accident."

"Nonsense." Qi's mother's face immediately darkened, "I said it was an accident, and I still want to mess around here. After so many years, if there was a problem, it would have been discovered long ago."

Qi Lin was deeply puzzled by his mother's reaction.

Since childhood, my mother has never shown her strong side to herself.

When he was a child, he wanted to learn jujitsu and guitar, and his mother always tried to find the best one for him.

When I was older, I was bullied at school, and my mother would always enlighten me patiently.

Only today, she scolded herself.

I don't know what my mother was thinking, but this move made Qi Lin feel that things back then were definitely not as simple as he thought.

"Then take it as an accident." Qi Lin let go, "But I remember that my father still had something to do back then, which was a research theory. I came back this time mainly for that theory, and I wanted to see what my father did back then. research results."

"What research results are there?" After Qi Lin changed the subject, Qi's mother's tone softened a lot, "That's a theory full of fallacies, and the content in it can't stand scrutiny at all. The reason why it was not adopted by the company.”

"But I still want to know."

"So you came back home after more than half a year just to ask me this?" Qi's mother drank the coffee, then stood up, "The research is very complicated, and I can't explain the specific details. As for the manuscript, I don't know." Know where your father hides. If you are interested, you can go to his old study, it may be there."

She waved her hand and signaled the housekeeper to bring her bag over, "I have a shareholder meeting later today, take your time, I'm leaving first."

After finishing speaking, she walked a few steps, and as if remembering something, she turned her head and stopped Qi Lin who was about to leave.

"Xiao Lin, which one of you is on top?"

"?" Qi Lin looked at his mother.

"Forget it, don't ask, you can see it just by looking at it." A faint wrinkle appeared on the corner of the mother's eyes.

She waved her hand and drove away by herself.Qi Lin was left alone in the restaurant speechless.

Is that a question a mother can ask?

"Don't worry, my mother is like this. Her usual thinking is rather strange." Qi Lin wanted to explain to Shi Le, but saw Shi Le was holding a fork and smashing eggs on the plate.

... What is this doing again?

"Shile?" Qi Lin yelled, but there was no response, so he increased the volume again, "Shile!"

Still no response.

Qi Lin walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

Now, Shi Le finally came back to his senses.He raised his head and looked at Qi Lin suspiciously with his big eyes open.

Qi Lin couldn't help feeling a little funny.

"Are you angry?" he asked.

"No, why am I angry." Shi Le said.

The answer was like this, but Shi Le's mouth was so pouted that he could hang up the oil pot.

But since Shi Le doesn't admit it, Qi Lin doesn't want to expose Shi Le's little emotions.He smiled from time to time, "I'll go to the old study, do you want to follow?"

"Of course." Shi Le stuffed the poked egg into his mouth, and followed Qi Lin all the way to the old study.

The old study is in the basement, and the wooden door is closed.

Qi Lin has never been to this place.

He pushed the door and it locked.

"Shi Le, ask the butler for the key." Qi Lin said to Shi Le without turning back.

But there was no movement behind him.

Qi Lin thought that Shi Le didn't follow.He turned around and wanted to find the housekeeper by himself, but found that Shi Le was standing behind him.

He took advantage of his chin, as if thoughtful.

"Shile!" he shouted, "what are you thinking about?"

"I didn't think about anything..." Shi Le dragged out his voice, but he still stood there.After a while, he raised his head and asked Qi Lin solemnly:

"Senior, can you really see it at a glance?"

Qi Lin didn't really want to answer this question.