Silver Snow Line [Criminal Investigation]

Xie Qingfei knew that she had pissed off Wei Cheng. The young master had probably been rejected by her so many times in his life, so it would be strange if he wasn't angry.

But Wei Cheng was a man who was very reserved when he got angry, which was mainly manifested in the fact that he locked her in the room for three days without letting her out, and he had to bring her food and drink on time. If Xie Qingfei hadn't fought hard for the right to take a shower, he probably wouldn't have even asked her to get out of bed. He had to go to work and would lock the bedroom door before leaving.

Xie Qingfei was too embarrassed to say that she was also good at unlocking, and she didn't intend to offend him at this time. When he was around, she just lay there quietly without saying a word. When he left, she got up with her hands on her waist and searched through boxes and cabinets for the ring. However, the house was turned upside down, and the ring seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth and could not be found. She had been forced to rest for these days and had no place to vent her energy, which made her even more irritable.

Fortunately, she was in good health and was full of energy in less than a week. Wei Cheng was finally merciful and released her from confinement. She never came again after that.

Xie Qingfei returned to school to register. He had to make up for the missed courses at another time. He also searched the desk and locker, but found no trace of the ring.

The next morning, I returned to the police station and ran a few laps at the training ground to calm down.

Xi Ming yawned as he sat down at his workstation. When he looked up, he saw Xie Qingfei coming in with a gloomy face. He was so shocked that he couldn't speak clearly: "What, what's wrong? Who told you about me? I've been behaving well recently!"
Xie Qingfei drank half a cup of warm water and said, "Then what are you worried about?"
"Oh——" Who else in the world could make Captain Xie lose control of his emotions? Xi Ming suddenly realized, "It must be my brother who pissed you off."
Xie Qingfei: "Don't mention your brother to me."

After saying that, he walked into the office with great speed, and returned within three seconds, asking, "Who touched my things?"

Less than half an hour before work starts, Zhao Chongyun has already appeared in the hall dressed up brightly. Just when he heard this, he said enthusiastically: "Me, me, me!"
He ran up to me, rubbed the back of his head shyly, and said, "I saw your room was quite messy, so I just cleaned it up. What do you think?"
Xie Qingfei was silent for a moment, then he reluctantly raised the corner of his lips towards him: "Very neat."
Then he asked, "Do you have a date today?"
Zhao Chongyun was stunned: "What?"

Xie Qingfei glanced at him and said, "You look quite different today. Your clothes are new, your hair was cut a week ago, and you even trimmed your eyebrows last night... The other person is a woman, older than you. You haven't seen each other for a while. You attach great importance to today's meeting because she holds a special place in your heart. You are eager to show her your best side."

Zhao Chongyun's heart rate soared, and he pinched the corner of his clothes in panic, and stuttered in a second: "I, I, you, you..."

Xie Qingfei understood: "Are you in love?"

Xi Ming dragged a chair in front of the two of them, his gossipy eyes gleaming, and he slapped Zhao Chongyun's knee: "Is this true? Who is it? Do I know him?"

Zhao Chongyun's face turned red when Xie Qingfei said the first sentence. He didn't expect that she could see everything. He was immediately ashamed and didn't dare to look into her eyes.
"No, no." He stammered in denial, straightened his chest and raised his head, and asked as naturally as possible, "So what do you think of me today?"
Xie Qingfei tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "I think your original hairstyle still looks better, and this eyebrow shape doesn't suit you."
Zhao Chongyun: “Ah?”
"But it doesn't matter. Aesthetics is a very personal thing. What if the girl likes it?" Xie Qingfei comforted.

Zhao Chongyun's lips trembled, as if he had a thousand words to say, but Xie Qingfei had already entered the office, and now Xi Ming was still sitting stupidly on the chair, looking up at the fun.

"What are you looking at?" He glared at her, then went back to his workstation noisily, rubbing his hair.

"Tsk, winter is too dry." Xi Ming looked around and slid back to his seat, sighing, "They are so irritable, not mature at all, unlike me."

Xie Qingfei tidied up the office again. The neatly stacked files and books were put back into their scattered arrangement, and the trivial items were returned to unexpected locations. She also searched around. Although she didn't hold out much hope, the feeling of coming back empty-handed still made her even angrier.
So I went downstairs to run again.

When she came back an hour later, she found the office tidy again. Now she couldn't find her ring, and she couldn't find anything she needed at the first time.
Xie Qingfei felt very tired, so he opened the door and looked around the hall.

Without waiting for her to ask, Zhao Chongyun raised his hand from the corner and said, "I am still me!"
A face that looks like it's asking for praise.

Xie Qingfei stared at him for a while and smiled.
"Let's change clothes."
Zhao Chongyun immediately sat up straight: "Why are you changing clothes?"
Xie Qingfei: "Come downstairs with me."
Zhao Chongyun was delighted and said reservedly, "It's not good. It's working hours now."

Five minutes later, Zhao Chongyun stood at the starting point of the training track and was almost blown down by the cold wind blowing in his face.

"I see you're very idle, why don't you improve your physical fitness? Let's do ten laps to warm up first." Xie Qingfei glanced at him, "Why don't you take off your coat? You'll sweat and catch a cold easily later."
Zhao Chongyun said with a bitter face: "Thank you, Master. I might be dead after ten laps."
Xie Qingfei smiled and said, "It's okay. The infirmary is very close to here. It's no problem for Master to carry you there."
Zhao Chongyun: “…”
He had no choice but to start jogging while screaming in his heart.

upstairs.

Lu Shaohui leaned against the window, eating a bun while watching Captain Xie training the youngsters. He said in surprise, "Didn't Doctor Wei say that Captain Xie had a twisted waist? How come she can twist someone else's waist?"

Xi Ming said calmly, "Just because she sprained her waist, my brother didn't let her go out for three days. She must have been feeling suffocated."

"Do you want to find something for her to do?" Lu Shaohui looked at Zhao Chongyun, who was almost kneeling after three rounds, and then looked at Xie Qingfei who seemed tireless. "There is no end to the bullish energy in this day. Don't look back and see that Xiao Zhao is lying down. We will be pulled over to take his place."
Xi Ming then leaned over to the window and took a look. Coincidentally, Xie Qingfei also looked up in their direction. Their eyes met and she hooked her finger at him.

Xi Ming: “…”

Turning around, he found that Lu Shaohui had already quickly dodged behind the curtains, holding his stomach and laughing until he was bent over. "Xi Ming! Come down!" Xie Qingfei shouted from downstairs.

Xi Ming wailed, "Big Mouth Brother, you are truly my brother!"

"Xi-Ming--" Xie Qingfei urged.

"Coming." Xi Ming waved weakly towards the people downstairs, put on his coat resignedly, and said goodbye to the heater.

Zhao Chongyun lay on the lawn panting like a cow. Xi Ming took off his cotton jacket and threw it on his head: "Not running anymore?"
Zhao Chongyun’s voice came muffled from under his clothes: “You guys run first, my body is a little uncomfortable.”

Xi Ming laughed at him a few times, warmed up, and followed Xie Qingfei.
His physical fitness was not bad. He always ranked first in the tests at school and was quite comfortable at the beginning.
"I've been away these few days. How's your work going?" Xie Qingfei's breathing was steady and he still had the energy to start a conversation.
This is the master's assessment of his apprentice. Xi Ming immediately said: "Not bad, pretty good, and I have also been involved in a few cases."
Xie Qingfei: "Tell me about it."

Xi Ming told her everything one by one: "First, there was a burglary case. The situation was..."
Without even giving her any clues, Xie Qingfei had already revealed the suspect's identity. He said in a dull tone, "Boring. Next one."
Xi Ming scratched his hair and said, "That was the murder disguised as gas poisoning last week. At that time..."
Of course, it did not arouse Captain Xie's desire to explore.
"Is there anything else?"
"The other case was a death from sexual asphyxiation. I didn't follow up on this case, but Xiao Zhao said the victim accidentally killed himself."

Seeing that Xie Qingfei looked uninterested, Xi Ming realized that she was simply in a bad mood and wanted to find something challenging to distract herself.

"Oh, there is a big thing. Do you know Xu Maokun? He is an entrepreneur in our city. He was hospitalized for cerebral infarction some time ago. He has two sons. The elder son Xu Siwei stayed with him, and the younger son Xu Siruo was raised abroad since he was a child and also came back for this matter. Xu Maokun saw that he was dying, the company's stock plummeted, and the internal turmoil was even greater. Those senior veterans began to take sides. As a result, at this juncture, news came out that one of the two sons was an illegitimate child. A few days later, Xu Siwei was kidnapped, and when he was found, he was tortured and covered with wounds."

Xie Qingfei raised his eyebrows: "Did you handle this case?"

"No. Because the kidnapper said in the ransom text message that we were not allowed to call the police, otherwise he would kill the victim. So the matter was first exposed by the entertainment news. Until the victim was redeemed and returned home, the police were not called for help, and the identity of the kidnapper was never revealed."

Xie Qingfei looked at him and asked, "Do you know this family?"
Xi Ming said: "Yes, I know him. Xu Maokun followed my uncle in his early years, but I think he is too flattering and a bit shameless. I heard from my mother that he wanted to recognize my uncle as his godfather at that time. He was obviously three years younger than my uncle but pretended to be younger. Although he didn't succeed, he still voluntarily lowered his generation. Every year when he comes to my house to pay New Year's greetings, he calls me and my brother brothers with a father-like face, which makes me feel so uncomfortable."

"Then which of his two sons is the illegitimate one, do you know?"

"I really don't know. Xu Maokun's first wife died a long time ago, and the two sons were born to her. His later wife also didn't have any children." Xi Ming frowned. "Xu Siwei is only one year older than Xu Siruo, so it's no wonder there are rumors of illegitimate children."

"Alas," Xie Qingfei sighed, "When fighting over family property, can't you come up with something new? What era are we still doing this? It's boring, boring, boring, boring!"

She stopped and looked at Xi Ming, "You went to Chuiyang Street Police Station yesterday."
Xi Ming's eyes suddenly widened.
Xie Qingfei: "Didn't your ex-girlfriend tell you something new?"
Xi Ming was shocked: "How do you know I went to see my ex-girlfriend yesterday?"
Xi Ming's ex-girlfriend is a police officer in the police station.

Fortunately, he was used to it and rubbed his face embarrassedly: "I didn't go there to discuss work with them. How unromantic."
Xie Qingfei observed his expression and asked curiously, "She rejected you again, aren't you sad?"
"How do you know... Well, she really didn't agree to get back together with me." Xi Ming rolled the particles on the plastic track with his toes, and said a little frustratedly, "Then I am unwilling to accept it, right? I only had this one relationship. If she really didn't want me anymore because I made a huge mistake, it would be fine. But she didn't even have a legitimate reason. She just wanted to get rid of me because she felt she didn't see a future with me. How can I accept it?"

Xie Qingfei frowned and asked, "Are you so persistent because you are not convinced?"
Xi Ming immediately denied it: "Of course not, it must be because I like her so much that I don't want to be separated from her!"

Xie Qingfei hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "I really don't understand."
"I don't understand! I was the one who was dumped, okay?" Xi Ming mentioned this sad thing, his eyebrows drooping with grievance, "I used to think that two people can be together as long as they like each other, but it turns out it's not that simple."

The two walked to the bottom of the stands and got two cups of hot American coffee from the hot drink vending machine.

Xi Ming drank so much that his eyes and eyebrows were twisted together, while Xie Qingfei seemed to have no sense of taste and was calm. Although he had not seen her much these days, he often saw Wei Cheng in a daze, and his mood was even lower than when they just broke up. He didn't know why they quarreled again. Xi Ming often felt like the child who was caught in the middle when his parents were getting divorced, and he was always worried about who to live with after the divorce.
As he thought about it, he let out a sentimental sigh.

Xie Qingfei had calmed down a lot by now. He felt warm all over and squinted his eyes to feel the caress of the no longer cold east wind.

"Yesterday, I met a girl at the police station who came to report that her daughter was missing. At that time, I wondered how this girl, who was so young, could have a daughter. Then I heard that it was actually her cat that was missing." Xi Ming raised his head and gulped down the cup of Chinese medicine in his hand. "What's it called... Ashla cat? It's very expensive. It's almost like raising a child."

Xie Qingfei asked: "How did you lose it? Have you found it?"

"No, they said that the door was not closed and he ran away accidentally." Xi Ming was completely focused on his ex-girlfriend at the time, and just sighed at the rich cat owner. "Cats are not like people. It's too hard to confirm their whereabouts. If they fall into some corner, we won't be able to find them. I don't think there is much hope. Isn't this boring? Let me think about it..."
Xie Qingfei said, "This is good."
"what?"
"I'll look for it," Xie Qingfei smiled, "I love looking for things the most."

(End of this chapter)