Silver Snow Line [Criminal Investigation]

In the restaurant, Xi Ming gulped down half a bottle of ice cola, and his breath tasted icy.
"From this perspective, could it be that Wang Shuang is having an affair?"
"Impossible." Zhao Chongyun said.
"You know it's impossible?" Xie Qingfei chuckled and looked at him, "Didn't you search his house?"
Zhao Chongyun could tell she was teasing him, and he couldn't hold back his temper after suppressing it for so long. He said stiffly, "Why didn't you let me continue asking? Do you think I'm incompetent too?"
Xie Qingfei raised his eyebrows, and from the word "also" he probably understood what he had been feeling uncomfortable about the whole morning.

Xi Ming looked at the one-sided tense atmosphere and explained, "The two-minute time difference is our inference. Objective evidence shows that Wang Shuang has an alibi, so we can't treat him like Zhang Yuheng. The reason why we came here today is to find the victim's family to understand the situation. You asked those sensitive questions as if he were a suspect. Isn't it the same as telling Wang Shuang directly that we think he has a problem? He is not a fool. He should be alert after you ask him twice. What details are hidden and not said at that time? Even Zhang Yuheng, who is not in the right, didn't he say a word before Master came?"
Zhao Chongyun was unable to refute for a moment, and said hesitantly: "But, even if he is lying, Captain Xie can see it."
Xie Qingfei said helplessly: "I am also a human being. Besides, you can follow me during the internship period, but if you handle cases independently in the future, do you have to keep me by your side all the time to help you with artificial lie detection?"

Zhao Chongyun knew he was in the wrong, and his face was burning with pain. He was not ignorant, and knew that the other party was imparting experience, and whether it was Xi Ming or Xie Qingfei, their attitude towards him was unbelievably good, at least more patient than the masters and seniors he met in the workplace before. But because of this, he had other indescribable feelings in his heart. After all, who would be so good to another person for no reason and without asking for anything in return?

Xie Qingfei thought that he was just being embarrassed and gave him a way out.
"Having close contact with a woman doesn't necessarily mean there's an affair, but it certainly means the two are close."

Xi Ming also glanced at Zhao Chongyun's expression and agreed, "Yes, I haven't heard that Wang Shuang had any improper relationship with any woman, otherwise Zhang Yuheng would have found it out long ago, and we wouldn't have to find out at all."
Zhao Chongyun was coaxed by these two people, and he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad. He didn't dare to throw a tantrum at Xie Qingfei, so he could only turn his mouth down at Xi Ming.

Xi Ming: “…”

"But Wang Shuang lied about one thing." Xie Qingfei said at this time, "He controls the family's finances and even handles simple daily affairs. He gives his wife 2 yuan a month, and this 2 yuan goes into Zhang Yuheng's pocket. So where does Zhang Yan get so much money to buy high-value insurance for herself?"

Finally, Zhao Chongyun talked about a knowledge point that he was good at. He said, "The insurance premium and coverage are calculated based on personal income. The reason why Zhang Yan has more than 80 insurance policies with high compensation amounts is that she and Wang Shuang have enough family assets, not because she is rich. Her total insurance premiums add up to over a million. With only her income from the video website and the remaining living expenses every month, she can't make up that much money even if she lives to ."

Xi Ming scratched his brows. "Didn't Wang Shuang just say that Zhang Yan's parents also bought a lot of insurance for her? Her parents are rich. And buying insurance for their daughter who is in poor health and has suicidal tendencies, and writing the beneficiary as their most beloved son, is also in line with their family's style. Master, what do you think?"
"Although both the policyholder and the insured are Zhang Yan, it doesn't mean that she is aware of the matter." Xie Qingfei said, "I saw Zhang Yan's signature on the silver plate of the up master certification, and the handwriting is not quite the same as that on the insurance policy. Go back and find someone to compare it."
Xi Ming took a big mouthful of rice and said yes repeatedly.

"Don't be so anxious. No matter what, we have to wait for the forensic results to come out before making any plans." Xie Qingfei handed him a piece of paper and said to Zhao Chongyun, "It's a good time for you to take a break. You must have been busy all day and night."
Zhao Chongyun asked, "What about you?"
"I……"
As they were talking, Xie Qingfei's phone vibrated. She looked at the screen and saw that it was Wei Cheng who sent her a WeChat message. How strange.
She motioned to Zhao Chongyun to wait a moment, and clicked on it and found it was a photo.
Xie Qingfei's originally relaxed expression became solemn, and he looked at Xi Ming: "You really guessed it right."
Xi Ming stopped eating and came over: "What what?"

In the photo, Wang Shuang was wearing the black coat that was hung at his doorstep just now. The location was a maternity and baby products store. None of this was strange, except that next to him, there was a strange woman who was holding his arm and whispering to him against his neck.
Wang Shuang's expression was gentle and smiling, just like the affection he had just shown when he talked about Zhang Yan.

"What did I say? This is definitely not the normal distance for a man and a woman to interact with each other!" Xi Ming proudly raised his eyebrows at Zhao Chongyun and said, "Master, you still have an informant. Can you let him continue to follow these two people? This woman has her face covered with a scarf and is facing away from the camera. We can't check her identity."

The "informant" also asked: [Is this man Zhang Yan's husband? ]
Xie Qingfei typed: [When did you take the photo? ]
Wei Cheng: [Just now, I saw him while shopping and thought he looked familiar.]
Xie Qingfei: [It’s him.]
Xie Qingfei: [Are you shopping for maternal and infant products? ]
Wei Cheng: [Just passing by.]
Xie Qingfei had no doubts: [Where are they now? ]
Wei Cheng: [I don’t know, he’s gone.]
Xie Qingfei: [Can you tell what the relationship between these two people is? Are they just ordinary friends? ]
Wei Cheng: [I think ordinary friends would not kiss in the street.]
Xie Qingfei: […You’ve seen quite a lot.]

Xie Qingfei put down his phone: "He's not an informant, just a caring citizen."
"This is really strange. Zhang Yan is dead, why is Wang Shuang still going to the maternity and baby store?" Xi Ming was stunned when he was halfway through his speech. "Could it be that the mistress is pregnant?"
Zhao Chongyun also said: "Then he is even more suspicious. I originally thought that since he didn't know that the baby in Zhang Yan's belly was dead, he would never let his own son go. Now it seems that he doesn't care whether Zhang Yan is pregnant or not, because he already has another child!"

The ringing of the phone interrupted their discussion. Xie Qingfei glanced at the caller ID, got up and went outside to answer it.

"My dear, when I saw him like that at his house just now, I thought he was madly in love with Zhang Yan." Xi Ming said with disdain, "This kind of unfaithful guy is a disgrace to men!"
"Zhang Yuheng is also a disgrace to men." Zhao Chongyun did not forget to add, "I feel that these two people colluded and killed Zhang Yan together. In this way, Wang Shuang can be with the mistress, and Zhang Yuheng also gets money. They both get what they want, and it's a win-win situation."
"I think Zhang Yuheng is innocent," Xi Ming said. "It's true that he wanted to use Zhang Yan's death to make a fuss, but if he knew what Wang Shuang did, he would definitely not go along with him."
"why?"

"I just feel that... people with self-esteem as strong as a rock should be ashamed of betraying their marriage. Rather than breaking the law, they care more about their reputation and the opinions of others. Once they don't get the recognition of others, they feel worse than death. Let's not talk about whether Zhang Yuheng will betray his sister for money. He and Wang Shuang grew up in completely different environments. The former has been spoiled since childhood, and he can be considered excellent and motivated, so he has sufficient self-worth. Such people usually don't vent their anger by hurting others, otherwise my brother would have died a long time ago. On the contrary, Wang Shuang grew up in an orphanage and lacked the experience of family affection and being loved. You don't know whether he resents this society in his heart, and it's even hard to say whether his values ​​are sound. The possibility of him going to extremes is much greater than Zhang Yuheng."

Zhao Chongyun exclaimed, "Wow!" "You are amazing."
"No, no, it was all taught to me by my master." Xi Ming said modestly, "My master is omnipotent."

On the other side, the omnipotent Captain Xie answered the phone: "Mom, what's the matter?"
Xin Xiuyun's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Fei Fei, I heard that Xiaonan is pregnant. Is she still with you?"
Xie Qingfei said: "She is living with her brother-in-law now and plans to stay in Shengzhou for a while."
"Oh, I just found out that I can't travel long distances." Xin Xiuyun said, "It's a rare opportunity for them to come here. Have you and Acheng treated my sister and brother-in-law to a meal?"
Xie Qingfei looked up at the sky and said nonsense: "We are both very busy at work and don't have time recently."
"Don't you take a break on the weekend?" Xin Xiuyun said, "Xiao Nan also said she wanted to see A Cheng. It's rare for her to go there, so you should have some sense of host." Xie Yinan knew that she and Wei Cheng had broken up, but she still deliberately said this in front of Xin Xiuyun. Xie Qingfei knew what she was thinking without thinking. In fact, Xie Qingfei's relationship with her parents was not very close, but because of this politeness, she generally would not refuse requests from her parents. So Xie Yinan, the backstabbing king, was fearless because he knew that his evil idea could be achieved.
Xie Qingfei secretly complained about this person's gossip.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Xin Xiuyun sigh and said, "Come to think of it, I haven't seen you for a long time. A Cheng wasn't with you when we video-called last time, and then your dad called him alone and talked to him for a while."
Xie Qingfei took a deep breath and asked, "What did he...say?"
Xin Xiuyun said, "What else can I say? He said that you only care about work and don't take good care of yourself. He can't persuade you, so he can only complain to your father. Your father also knows that he doesn't have the final say, so he comes to beg me."
Xie Qingfei felt relieved and thought that Wei Cheng was quite cooperative.

Xin Xiuyun continued, "Teacher Song is thinking about you two all the time. I know you are both busy, but if you are free, you should give her a call. She will be very happy to see you."
Xie Qingfei was silent for a while, then said, "I understand. I will tell Wei Cheng. Please help me to say hello to Teacher Song."

After hanging up the phone, Xie Qingfei stepped on the stones at his feet a little irritably.
Teacher Song was not her teacher. She was the widow of Wei Cheng's late mentor. She had some mental problems because of the blow brought by her husband's death. Because she lived opposite Xie Qingfei's parents' house, the two families had close contact. She treated Wei Cheng like her own son, and was even better to Xie Qingfei. This was also the reason why Xie Qingfei had to hide the breakup with Wei Cheng from his parents, for fear that Teacher Song would be sad when she found out.

Once you make a promise, you must fulfill it.
Xie Qingfei hesitated for a long time, and finally called Wei Cheng.

"Hey?"
The connection was almost instant.
Wei Cheng seemed to have arrived home, and there was French conversation in the background.
Xie Qingfei was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to start. After a long pause, he asked, "Are you watching a movie?"
Wei Cheng didn't expect that she would ask this, so he just said "hmm".
Xie Qingfei asked again: "What movie?"
Wei Cheng breathes lightly: "Men Should Love Themselves"
Xie Qingfei: "..."
She suspected he was still hung up on last night's events.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Wei Cheng said, "Are you looking for me to ask about Wang Shuang? I didn't pay attention to his whereabouts afterwards, so I'm afraid I can't help you."
"It's not about this." Xie Qingfei felt uncomfortable and lost his composure when he heard him being so polite. "I just want to ask you for help with something."
Wei Cheng heard her difficult tone and asked, "Okay. What's the matter?"
"You promised before you even heard it?"
"..."
Xie Qingfei sensed something from his silence and said slowly, "My mom just called and said that Teacher Song missed us and asked us to call her when we are free. You also know that Teacher Song treats me very well. I don't want them to know that we broke up, so I need your help..."

"Xie Qingfei."
Wei Cheng said in a cold tone: "Am I that bad?"
"what?"
"What kind of person am I in your eyes? My own master's wife, can I bear to make her sad? Why do you think you can't even ask me directly about this matter? Will I reject you?"
Xie Qingfei was silent for a moment.

He was right. From the conversation with Xin Xiuyun just now, it was not difficult to know that Wei Cheng had not told the three elders about the breakup, and even helped her find excuses in front of her father. Now she came here to test him cautiously because of such a small matter, as if she was afraid that he would not agree.
Was she too deliberate in avoiding their relationship? As he said, even if they couldn't be lovers, at least they had been friends for so many years.

Xie Qingfei knew why he was so twisted, and he was not confident enough: "I don't think so. I'm not afraid that it will be inconvenient for you."
"..."
"It's not inconvenient," Wei Cheng said, his anger coming and going quickly, "Wait, I'll pick you up."
Xie Qingfei was stunned for a moment, then said, "Okay."

When they returned to the room, Xi Ming and Zhao Chongyun had almost finished eating.

Xi Ming glanced at Xie Qingfei's face and asked, "Who just scolded you?"
Xie Qingfei asked in surprise: "Is it so obvious?"
"I saw it through the glass." Xi Ming pointed to his side, "Who is so arrogant that he dares to yell at my master?"
Xie Qingfei came back to his senses. Yes, why was Wei Cheng so fierce? He had never been like this before.
What strange disease did I get? Even my temper has become worse.
Xi Ming continued, "How daring! Don't let me see him, or I will..."
Xie Qingfei: "Your brother."
Xi Ming: "I must talk to him properly, strengthen his legal knowledge education, and lead him onto the right path."

Zhao Chongyun said "Hey" with a mocking look on his face.

Xie Qingfei was even more annoyed. It was so embarrassing. How could he be frightened by Wei Cheng's harsh words just now?
So he took on the role of a leader and commanded, "You guys can drive my car back later, catch up on some sleep, do whatever you want, and recuperate. You may have to stay up late tonight."
Zhao Chongyun asked, "You're not going back?"
Xie Qingfei: "I have other things to do, and I plan to go with Shaohui to talk to Wang Shuang in the afternoon."
Zhao Chongyun disagreed, "You are the one among us who should go home and rest. Why don't you let me take care of Wang Shuang? I'll keep an eye on him."
Xie Qingfei refused without a second thought: "No."
"Why not?" Zhao Chongyun opened his eyes wide in dissatisfaction. "It's just surveillance, nothing else. I can do such a small thing, right?"
Xie Qingfei said firmly: "No, you have no experience and you will alert the enemy."
"Then I, I can find someone with experience to accompany me, right?" Zhao Chongyun insisted on fighting for himself and desperately winked at Xi Ming.

Xi Ming received the signal, cleared his throat and said, "Well, Master, why don't you let Xiao Zhao go? Just treat it as a training exercise."
Zhao Chongyun looked at Xie Qingfei eagerly.
Xie Qingfei would not be soft-hearted, but considering that the kid had been upset for a whole day and night because he was “not given a high position”, he could only remind him, “Find someone to go with you. If anything happens, tell me first before you act. Remember that?”
Zhao Chongyun nodded heavily: "I remember it clearly!"

(End of this chapter)