when the moon whispers

Chapter 519: Rose-Divergence (Part )

Case Seven Rose
Twenty-two Differences (Part 1)
"Whether Liang Ji will be quiet or not depends on whether you ask this question seriously or not."

Shao Jie stared at Jiang Mo's slightly raised eyes, and held her cheek with his palm, intentionally or unintentionally tracing her raised expression. After a short pause, he looked at her slow reaction and added, "Is this a business inquiry, or... a slightly gossipy concern for Manager Xu?"

Jiang Mo blinked, opened his mouth in realization, and put his hands on Shao Jie's knees: "What do you mean by serious?"

"I don't know."

Shao Jie covered his lips and coughed seriously, and then Jiang Mo's fist hit his knee. His leg bounced in pain, and then he waved his hand to beg for mercy, and continued with the preface: "I don't know if it's true. Shengcheng International has been in a lot of trouble recently because of Liang Ming's matter. Boss Liang is probably too busy with the group company's affairs. It's been a while since I saw him come to our base to pick up Manager Xu after work--"

Jiang Mo felt that her serious question was unnecessary, and he was too lazy to listen to his pretentious nonsense. He knocked on Shao Jie's knee and interrupted him: "What if it's not serious?"

"Manager Xu and Boss Liang recently had a big disagreement over some expected and unexpected things."

Shao Jie curled his lips in an ambiguous way and hissed, "Manager Xu will definitely not tell us the details, but the extent of this quarrel is probably not too far from a complete breakup. If it were any other time... Old Huo would probably mutter a few words here and there to prevent us, the conscienceless people in this room, from accidentally poking at the little girlish thoughts left in Manager Xu's heart. But this time, he was quiet and didn't dare to tell us anything. I also overheard a sentence during the team building that day. It was probably related to Liang Ming's mess, and the other thing was... the matter of his female secretary."

Jiang Mo looked up in astonishment, and after a few seconds of being stunned, he chuckled, as if he had expected it: "Li Li...?"

Shao Jie nodded, looking at Jiang Mo's expression, which was not surprising. He hesitated about the words on his lips, and sighed slowly and tactfully: "...I heard that too. Shengcheng International was implicated in the case that Shengcheng Intermediate was investigating. The originally agreed development zone and urban renewal bidding cases were greatly affected. In order to maintain the normal operation of Shengcheng International, President Liang instructed Li Li, the secretary of the President's Office, to spend a lot of effort on maintaining customer relationships."

"Recently, I heard from Letian that...his brother-in-law in the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Office seems to be busy with the proposal for demolition in the development zone..." Jiang Mo frowned, paused, and looked up at Shao Jie's hesitant eyes: "Did Liang Ji instigate a drinking party? And also brought Qin Zhaoping along?"

Shao Jie remained silent for a while, and then he slowly told the facts he had heard: "The former director of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Office, Li Weijin, is said to be Qin Zhaoping's teacher. When Sister Zhao was running around with a press card in her early years, she followed the old director's reports. When Manager Xu's family happened to see the dinner, they wanted to take a photo to show Manager Xu, but she asked around and found out from Sister Zhao that she recognized the people in the photo and that Qin Zhaoping should have attended the dinner."

"Li Weijin is not only Qin Zhaoping's teacher... he is also Captain Zhang Yibai's father-in-law—"

Jiang Mo groaned, muttering the names "Li Li" and "Li Li" and suddenly regretted bringing up the topic of Liang Ji. Shao Jie quietly watched her wrinkled face in a state of confusion, smiled silently, and pulled Officer Jiang out of the cloud of confusion first: "You just said to carry out the mission, when will it start?"

Jiang Mo stepped down the steps that Shao Jie had laid out for her, and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Tomorrow, I guess I'll have to wait in line even if there's nothing to do... Aren't you still on leave? I'm telling you this first, so you don't have to wait anxiously at home..."

"Can you tell me when the mission will be over? Never mind... I won't ask." Shao Jie nodded like a police family member, picked up Jiang Mo's arm, stood up, put his arm around her shoulders and pushed her to the bathroom door: "Hurry up and get ready and go to bed early. I'll cook some dumplings for you before I go out tomorrow morning. What kind of filling do you want?"

Jiang Mo wanted to be lazy and took a long time to walk a few steps: "Still eating dumplings? I'm not going to the execution ground to eat the last meal."

Before Jiang Mo could finish her words, Shao Jie's eyes widened and he glared at her: "Pah, pah, pah!"

"...Pah..." Jiang Mo didn't expect that this nonsense would cause such a big reaction. He pinched his shoulders and spat without struggling, "Feudal superstition is not good."

"It's called avoiding prophecies." Shao Jie was born into a scholarly family. Although his career path was a bit off, he kept all the details in mind. "Dumplings on the bus and noodles on the bus. You want good luck and I want peace of mind. What's the problem?" "My job is just patrolling. I won't be in charge of the battle. Don't worry."

Jiang Mo did not dare to refute. He muttered a few words in a low voice before Shao Jie deprived him of the right to defend himself. He turned around, covering his lips that were bitten by a sneak attack, and walked into the bathroom. In less than ten minutes, he had cleaned up and crawled into bed.

When Shao Jie was dragging his hands around Jiang Mo through the quilt like an octopus, Officer Jiang was so tired that he fell asleep.

The moonlight was short but soft, gently penetrating through the gap between the curtains and the sill, and slowly falling into the corner of the bedroom.

Shao Jie kissed Officer Jiang's hair, which he was too lazy to wash, and then pouted with a bit of disgust.

Shao Jie didn't intend to mention it to Jiang Mo in person. He was always inexplicably annoyed that she was accidentally or forced to get involved in the case related to Wen Chen - Jiang Mo sometimes had such a thick nerve that it was unbelievable, or maybe the police's duties were put first, and the "private love" in the past was basically negligible in her eyes. She never hesitated to comfort Shao Jie's awkward emotions that she occasionally noticed, but she didn't know what kind of abyss the deep emotions in Shao Jie's eyes would drag her into.

Shao Jie was as obedient as a sheep, quietly nestling behind Jiang Mo, his arms against her throat but careful not to tighten them. He just lay there in a daze, feeling a little cowardly and sulking to himself. He was resentful until almost dawn when he fell into a shallow and twisted dream, holding Jiang Mo tightly in his arms.

The next morning, Shao Jie was awakened by the headphone cord that Officer Jiang had thrown next to his pillow, which was wrapped around his neck and strangled him.

Jiang Mo had already gone out. Before she tiptoed out, she quickly turned off the preset alarms in Shao Jie's mobile phone and left a note on the dining table, telling her that she had just remembered when she got up that she had completely forgotten about the morning meeting of the group, and she was in a hurry to go out for fear of exploding the kitchen, so she had to ask Shao Jie to make do with a piece of bread and milk for breakfast.

Shao Jie supported himself on the dining table with one hand, holding the note that Jiang Mo had written in a flamboyant style early in the morning, which was probably not yet sober, and smiled with eyes curved. He picked up his cell phone and made a harassing call to Sun Zhiming.

Boss Sun obviously didn't have the good habit of going to bed and getting up early. When he answered the phone, his voice was hoarse and he was furious: "Six thirty, brother, what are you calling Chun so early in the morning?"

Shao Jie was in a good mood. He unpacked his breakfast and took a slow bite of the bread. "I'm going to introduce you to some business today. Remember to dress up nicely when we meet for dinner."

Sun Zhiming was still impatient: "What business can I discuss with you over dinner?"

"I'll find a good place to spend your idle money." Shao Jie snorted and laughed, "Manager Xu, you should know...but today, your idol Tao Fang is here too."

"Honey trap?"

Sun Zhiming was silent for a few seconds.

"Send the time and place to my cell phone number. If you dare to lie to me, you'll be finished."

Due to work and health reasons, I will be working on another day~
"The endless calamities of life are over, and the long day is just a light."