No such person [criminal investigation]

Qi Zang's mother was named Ming Xifang.At this moment, her serious voice came from the phone: "Where are you now?"

Qi Zang looked up at Xu Ci, "... handle the case."

"When will you come back?" After asking this question, before Qi Zang could answer, Ming Xifang said again, "Forget it, no matter how late you come back, I will wait for you at your home!

"You said before that you had a male friend living in? I really want to go into his room, but I also know that you must respect your privacy, so I endured it and didn't go in. But you don't want to run, come back and take care of things when you're done." Tell me everything!!"

Putting down the phone, Qi Zang looked at Xu Ci and received his questioning eyes.

Qi Zang: "Then what... my mother is here. If you don't mind, let's go home together?"

What did Xu Ci react to? "Did she see the dress I posted?"

"If you want to blame it, blame our dryer for something wrong—" Qi Zang rubbed his nose, "She thinks I have a girlfriend now. So what shall we say? Cough, just say, say that I have a special hobby? It's a stressful job, and she probably understands that."

"What's the reason for this, to make Auntie have high blood pressure?"

Xu Ci frowned at him, thought for a while and said, "Then it's my girlfriend who is fine. You found a roommate like me, and my girlfriend occasionally comes to stay for two days. Remember to say that I paid for it for you. rent."

"That's fine. Let's go home?" Qi Zang asked.

"Hmm." Xu Ci nodded.

The two quickly drove back to the apartment.

It was also the first time in many years that Xu Ci saw Ming Xifang again.

Ming Xifang made Qi Zang's house rustic and expensive, but she herself was dressed quite plainly. She was wearing a long purple dress and had a good temperament. She looked like a rich lady, but she didn't have any big The lady's publicity and domineering look very approachable.

Of course, Ms. Ming Xifang's expression is not easy to approach.

After listening to Qi Zang's explanation with a straight face, she sneered and said, "Don't try to fool me! This gentleman...is his surname Xie?"

Meeting Ming Xifang's gaze, Xu Ci nodded.

Ming Xifang said casually: "I know a few famous brands. What you are wearing, no matter how you look at it, you don't look like someone who can't afford to rent a house alone. You seem to have high self-esteem and high spirits, it doesn't look like The kind of person who has money and doesn't want to spend it and insists on taking advantage of my son's house.

"You definitely don't look like the kind of person who can't even afford a room with your girlfriend, and insists on taking you to such a small apartment for a night! Besides, look... I thought it was, I thought Brother Zang Got a tall girl. But now that I see you, I understand. Those skirts are so long, they obviously fit your height. So—”

She deserves to be the mother who trained the head of the Criminal Investigation Detachment.

Xu Ci blinked, but said nothing.

Ming Xifang looked at Qi Zang again: "Brother Zang, don't think that your mother and I are pedantic and old-fashioned... I read online novels, I understand... some boys..."

Glancing at Xu Ci, Ming Xifang said, "I know that some boys like to wear skirts, and it's not a big deal. I won't have any bad opinion of Mr. Xie because of this. Besides—"

Ming Xifang looked at Qi Zang again, with an almost righteous attitude on her face.

"I... Actually, it's like this. You haven't had a girlfriend since you were a child, and you haven't seen a girl who you've ever cared about, so your father and I are mentally prepared for your sexual orientation."

Qi Zang: "..."

Xu Ci: "..."

"So, you can freely admit to me the relationship between you two." Ming Xifang said.

Qi Zang was afraid that his mother would scare Xu Ci away, so he immediately denied it: "Mom, it's really not what you think. That skirt... Yes, Xie Qiao doesn't have a girlfriend. He's under a lot of work pressure, and sometimes he's a little weird. It's harmless to pretend to be a fetish. He lied that he had a girlfriend because he was afraid that you would find him strange. Now that we've said it, it's okay to tell you now. We really don't have any special relationship. Don't scare people. "

"I don't believe you! Look at your efforts to defend him. How can you seem to have nothing to do with it?! In this way, you go out first and think about it in the corridor!"

At this point, Ming Xifang looked at Xu Ci, "Mr. Xie, can we talk alone?"

"No, Mom, Mr. Xie—" Qi Zang frowned, obviously wanting to stop his mother's suggestion.

Unexpectedly, Xu Ci nodded happily: "Okay."

Then he looked at Qi Zang: "It's okay, you go out first."

Qi Zang: "..."

Qi Zang had no choice but to go out. Before going out, he gave Ming Xifang thousands of instructions, and finally said: "Don't bully others!"

Ming Xifang choked back unceremoniously. "Your elbow is bent to the limit!!"

After a while, only Ming Xifang and Xu Ci were left in the living room.

Qi Zang stayed in the corridor, rarely worried.Ming Xifang has a bad temper, and for some reason, Qi Zang sees that she seems to dislike "Xie Qiao" very much.

Worried that she might say something nasty, Qi Zang kept sending her WeChat messages.

Inside the house, Ming Xifang felt that the phone was vibrating, so she simply turned it off.Then she looked at Xu Ci and said bluntly: "I am a straightforward person, so I can speak directly. I don't quite agree with you and Qi Zang."

Xu Ci frowned slightly, but said nothing.

Where no one was looking, his hands sank into the woolen sofa cushions, squeezing them tightly.The eyelids drooped unconsciously, and his eyes fell on a pattern on the carpet. Xu Ci's expression was momentarily hesitant.

He probably didn't expect that Ming Xifang would say such things to himself.

Unexpectedly, Ming Xifang said the next moment: "Don't mind, I didn't mean you to be sorry. It's just... I know he still has someone in his heart."

Xu Ci was taken aback for a moment, and Ming Xifang sighed and said, "Although he didn't say it clearly in front of me, I know that he likes a person named Xu Ci for many years."

Xu Ci: "..."

Ming Xifang said: "A mother knows what her son is thinking best. Since the first time he brought all his roommates home for dinner, he has taken care of Xu Ci the most. Sometimes he is worried that he is not used to the food, and sometimes he is worried about him. Thirsty and hot... I knew he was special to Xu Ci. You can't hide the look in your eyes when you like someone. I have experienced it. I know it best.

"Later Xu Ci disappeared. He was also from the Public Security University. He must have been on a special mission. In short, his life and death are uncertain. In the first two years of his disappearance, Qi Zang collapsed and haggarded. He even went to Yunnan to find Xu Ci..."

Xu Ci didn't answer, and quietly listened to Ming Xifang's statement.

At the same time, he suddenly thought of a night a few days ago——

Qi Zang was busy with the finishing work of Xia Rong's case until very late. After returning home and taking a shower, he was already a little dazed from exhaustion. Naturally, he forgot to abide by the "cohabitation rules", and came out with a bath towel wrapped around his waist.

Xu Ci happened to heat up two cups of milk in the microwave, and there was a "ding" sound. He went to the kitchen to pick up the milk, and when he heard Qi Zang coming out, he picked up a cup of milk and went to the bathroom.

So, at the door of the bathroom, the two caught off guard and looked at each other.

Blinking his eyes, Xu Ci's gaze slid down and landed on the scar on Qi Zang's chest.

It looked like a bullet wound.

It is very dangerous for the bullet to hit here, and it will hit the lungs or the heart if you are not careful.

How did Qi Zang get hurt?

"Hey, I'm so dazed after taking a shower, I almost forgot you're here. Wait, I'll get dressed right away—"

"Qi Zang," Xu Ci called him, pointing to his chest, "What's the situation with you here?"

"Oh, nothing, I went to support an anti-drug operation before."

"Anti-drug?"

"Well, I went to the Yunnan border. It's nothing, it happened many years ago."

Qi Zang didn't explain much at that time.

Now that he heard Ming Xifang's words, he realized something inside.

Ming Xifang didn't talk about that again, she sighed and looked at Xu Ci again. "Forget it, I won't mention those things. In short, as a mother, I really felt sorry for Qi Zang at that time. I hoped that he could come out countless times, but it never succeeded. He has been stuck in that relationship.

"It stands to reason that now that you have appeared and he has finally come out, I should be happy. But when I waited for you to come back, I sat here and thought about it for a long time...I think this is unfair to you.

"You said, the two of you are in a good relationship. What if Xu Ci suddenly comes back and Qi Zang's heart runs away again, how should you deal with yourself? So I said, before Xu Ci's whereabouts are uncertain , I don't really agree with you guys being together. He's like a ticking time bomb..."

Speaking of this, Ming Xifang sighed three times, and there seemed to be a bit of self-blame in her eyes. "I say that, but it seems to be unfair to Qi Zang. I am really worried that once Xu Ci comes back, you will be wronged. But what if he never comes back, or he already has a partner? Qi Zang also You can't always be stuck in the past and can't get out. Who will accompany him when he is old?

"Sorry, that's all I said when we met for the first time... and I seem to be swaying... just sometimes, I can't help but think, you said that you are a big living person, how could you disappear like this What about Xu Ci, I liked the child when I saw him back then. It is because of the existence of people like him in this world that we ordinary people can live in peace. He is a hero. I will always miss him.

"As Qi Zang's mother, I really should only think about Qi Zang, and hope that he can quickly find someone who can accompany and support him for the rest of his life. But on the other hand, I thought, that child Xu Ci...he is really outstanding , Very likable, if he suffers as an undercover agent somewhere, and when he finally comes back after many years, only to find that Qi Zang is married and has a child, how pitiful is he?"

At this point, I glanced at Xu Ci's expression, and found that his eyes seemed to be a little red. Ming Xifang was startled, and hurriedly said: "Sorry, should I raise objections? Maybe everything depends It's up to you young people to make your own fortune... Qi Zang is such a big man, he has his own choices and ideas, and I really shouldn't interfere.

"But no matter what, I still have to tell you this matter. Even if I'm sorry for Qi Zang. I think you still have the right to know his past. Then you choose yourself, whether you want to continue to be with him, or... at least you want to Have a good talk, talk about these things clearly, and you will be responsible to both of you, and also to Xu Ci, don’t you think so?”

Hatred turned Xu Ci into a knife.He asked himself to be tenacious and hard-hearted, so that he could strictly follow his plan to eradicate those gangsters who did all kinds of evil.

But love and care always make people's hearts soft.

Especially when he heard that Ming Xifang still remembered and missed him, Xu Ci couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional.He couldn't help but think of his mother.

He once enjoyed such precious maternal love.But because of the four-color flower, all the happiness and beauty were shattered.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

Probably Qi Zang was in a hurry.

Xu Ci quickly adjusted his mood, glanced at the direction of the door, and then said to Ming Xifang: "Auntie, you are a very good person, and Qi Zang people are also very good. If we have hope... if we have hope to be together, We will resolve these matters. As for now, we really don't have that kind of relationship.

"It's like this. In one of his cases before, I was an important witness. He was worried that I would be retaliated by the murderer, so he felt that if I lived with him and he could take care of me, I would be relatively safe. He is also afraid of you I was worried, so I chose to hide it. Don't be offended."

"Is that so..." Ming Xifang pinched her skirt, probably feeling a little embarrassed and embarrassed.

She wondered if she should have judged wrongly, Qi Zang acted like defending Xie Qiao and was so anxious, how could they be okay?

Could it be...couldn't it be...it turned out to be his son's unrequited love?

That would be even more embarrassing.

Ming Xifang quickly stood up. "Then Mr. Xie, I... I talk too much! Don't take it off on you! What about me... Ha, I used to be a teacher, and I like to preach. This is an occupational disease! Don't blame Auntie!"

Xu Ci shook his head with a smile and stood up. "Then I'll open the door."

After that, the three of them went to the downstairs restaurant for dinner together, and the dinner was enjoyable.

Ming Xifang kept adding food to Xu Ci, but Qi Zang didn't do anything special to avoid suspicion, but was surprised by his mother's behavior.

After dinner, Xu Ci went home first, Qi Zang sent his mother back to the residence, and then turned back.

As soon as he entered the door, he asked Xu Ci nervously. "My mother didn't say anything bad, did she? She has a bad temper and has a quick temper. Sometimes she speaks too bluntly, and doesn't think about whether others can bear it. Don't take it to heart."

He didn't expect Xu Ci to show disapproval. "Why do you say that about your own mother?"

"Then she..."

"Nothing. You're fine, and she's fine."

When Xu Ci said this, he was clasping his notebook and typing away, he put off his work, looked up at Qi Zang, and said seriously, "I finally know why they can cultivate a good person like you. Auntie is really nice."

"Listen...it's like a compliment." Qi Zang was a little taken aback, and sat down on the sofa opposite Xu Ci, "It's rare for you to praise me."

Xu Ci smiled unconsciously, and continued to tap the keyboard with his head down, busy with the project he had formed.With his eyes fixed on the screen, he replied without raising his head. "Is it?"

"Yes." Qi Zang said, "I don't know why, but I always feel that I have a particularly bad image in your heart. For example... I always hate you, make you angry or something."

"That's true."

"Eh?"

"So entangled in this issue...why, do you want to hear me praise you?"

"Then you bragging about it?"

"I won't boast."

"Try?"

How can anyone let others praise themselves like this?

Xu Ci was probably amused by Qi Zang's thick skin, so he finally raised his eyes and looked at Qi Zang again. "Well, he looks quite upright, and he is a handsome guy that little girls like. Maybe it's because you are too fierce to them, so your luck is not very prosperous."

Unexpectedly, Xu Ci really praised himself.

Qi Zang can't fix it anymore.

But after a short meeting, he cheekily asked again: "What about the connotation?"

"Very good, responsible, serious and responsible at work, treats every subordinate equally, does not favor anyone, is a very good leader."

Qi Zang was smiling at what he said, when he heard the next sentence with a sense of turning point - "It would be better if it didn't keep disturbing my work."

Qi Zang stopped making trouble with him. "Hey. You work. Shall I go for a run in the gym downstairs?"

"Okay." Xu Ci nodded, his expression regained his seriousness, and he started to deal with work emails vigorously.

"The juice you used to drink is gone, can you bring some?"

"Thank you."

·

The next day was Sunday, Xu Ci rushed back to the group meeting.The project team he formed has received support at the group level, and has recently taken root in the IT department to sort out requirements with them. Xu Ci has basically assumed the responsibility of a senior product manager, and suffers from the curse of countless programmers every day.

Qi Zang was not idle either, he and Shu Yan went to find Mei Yuchi, only after rushing over did he find out that Mei Yuchi had been taken away for investigation.

After inquiring around, I found that it was arranged by the people from the Ministry of Finance.

Shu Yan's economic investigation task force has filed a case against the Qingfeng Group. With the help of Xu Ci, it has some clues, but it is far from touching the core of the matter.So they don't dare to scare the snake now, for fear that Qingfeng will get wind of it and clean up the evidence again.

In this case, Mei Yuchi's interrogation must be cautious.

Not knowing how far the provincial department had found out about the dismemberment case and the shooting case, Qi Zang immediately called Wen Yuyi who had looked for him last time.

After hearing Qi Zang's statement, Wen Yuyi immediately turned back. "You want to participate in Mei Yuchi's interrogation? Last time I tried to borrow the blood warbler, but I couldn't succeed! There is an exchange only when there is an exchange. You rejected me, how can I let you participate?"

"I don't need to listen in, go over and ask the head office about the situation?" Qi Zang said, "There are also economic investigation colleagues from the Provincial Department of Huaihai Province with me."

"Economic investigation? I know, a task force has been set up...but what does this matter have to do with them?" Wen Yuyi asked.

Hearing her question, Qi Zang felt a little relieved.It seems that they haven't found out that Mei Yuchi may have colluded with Qingfeng Group and Sisehua.

"We're going to look for you now. This matter is more important and needs to be interviewed." Qi Zang said, "We each have some information now, and sharing it is good, but please also pay attention to confidentiality issues."

·

At 10:[-] that night, Xianju Garden.

This is a community located in the south of the city, a little far from the city center.There is a software park nearby, where there are many IT companies.Therefore, most of the people living in the surrounding communities are young people who like to stay up late.

However, it was not midnight yet, and few lights in Xianju Garden were on.

It's just because the community hasn't been built well, and there are unfinished buildings inside.

The developer of Xianju Garden is Yuan's Real Estate.

Due to the broken capital chain, follow-up investment cannot be made. The Xianju Garden, which was due to be handed over in October last year, has been delayed until today and has not been repaired.

Huo Yang came to Jinning City 14 years ago and went to a very good secondary university here.He graduated from university ten years ago and has been working hard in Jinning City since then.

He was born in a poor rural area. When he was admitted to university, his father happily spent a large amount of his savings to entertain the whole village, boasting that Huo Yang had a great future.

Only Huo Yang knew that what he got was only the second book.Facing his father's ardent hopes, he has been under great pressure, so he doubled down on his work and was the last one to leave every day.

In this way, after working hard in this city for so long, he finally saved some savings.

Later, his parents urged him to get married, so he went to a dating website to register as a member.After a while, he realized that without a house, he had no advantage in the blind date market, so he used all his savings to pay the down payment and bought a house in Xianjuyuan. Who would have expected to encounter unfinished buildings that could not be handed over?

The house leak coincided with the night rain, and Huo Yang's company also had problems. The year-end bonus could not be issued, and his salary was reduced. This is a disguised form of the company to force people to resign.But because he had to repay the mortgage, Huo Yang didn't dare to resign at all.In this case, he did not dare to rent a house.

So he temporarily lived in the unfinished building——

Unfinished buildings without electricity, water, doors and windows.

Huo Yang made very simple decorations by himself, such as using fabrics as fences, barely used as doors and windows. Of course it looks ugly, but it can somewhat withstand the wind and rain.

He also made a bed for himself, a cheap beanbag, and a wooden table, which was pretty much all his furniture.

Every day he would carry a large bucket of water upstairs for his own washing and drinking.As for eating, he spends most of his time in the company cafeteria, and occasionally needs to cook, so he still has a small gas tank at home.

This kind of life is naturally very lacking in quality, but before asking Yuan's real estate for compensation and until the company does not improve, he can only make do with it.

Recently, when he heard that Qingfeng Group was going to acquire Yuan's real estate, Huo Yang was quite happy, and felt that he had seen the light of day. Regarding this house, he might be able to wait for a good result soon.

Nowadays, many people have blocked all their net worth for a house, so Huo Yang is not alone, there are many people like him who are desperate and choose to live in unfinished buildings.

For example, there is one in the building opposite him.

How many times Huo Yang felt that his life was difficult, and when he looked at the person opposite, he felt that he could still live on.

What's more, there is still a girl who looks very weak living opposite.

A girl can live in this kind of house and carry everything down, so what is she complaining about?

Huo Yang has the spirit of Ah Q, so he just muddle along.

This night, Huo Yang, who was drying clothes on the balcony, felt very tired. As a routine, he wanted to find a bit of relief by finding someone who was as miserable as himself, so he didn't go back to the room immediately after drying the clothes, but looked at the opposite side again. past.

Sometimes when the girl across the street saw him, she would wave to him.

This will make Huo Yang feel that maybe she thinks she is not bad.The two of them are both fallen in the world, maybe they can develop some kind of fate because of this, and they can live together in the future.

That night, when Huo Yang looked across, the girl really appeared again.

Just as Huo Yang wanted to wave to her, he realized that something was wrong - the girl didn't look at her at all, and after standing on the balcony for a while, she actually climbed onto the balcony, and one leg had already come out.

She, she wouldn't want to commit suicide, would she?

Huo Yang immediately called out loudly: "Hey! Don't! Don't do anything stupid! Let's figure out a solution together about the house! Let's pool money together to file a lawsuit, petition, and seek media exposure! Don't do anything stupid!!"

But it's useless.

Before he could finish his sentence, the person opposite had already jumped off.

Huo Yang immediately took a few steps back and fell to the ground, feeling terrified, cold sweat broke out on his back as he had never witnessed such a scene before.

After sitting stupidly on the ground for a minute, he stood up again. After realizing what happened, he quickly rushed back into the room, then picked up his mobile phone and ran downstairs, all the way to the opposite downstairs.

However, when he arrived directly below the girl's residence, he was a little silly.

—There was a pool of blood on the ground, but the body was gone.

The girl jumped from a height of 9 stories.

There's no way she's still alive.

...but where did her body go?