Silver Snow Line [Criminal Investigation]

Deng Deng was touched on the head and pinched on the tail by people passing by. At first, he had a bit of a fear of unfamiliar environments, but after realizing that these people just had their hands free and being impressed by his cuteness, he completely spread out his belly and let people rub it.

Wei Cheng saw from a distance this worthless cat acting coquettishly towards passers-by as if entertaining guests. When Wei Cheng walked past, Deng Deng stood up straight all of a sudden, as if to welcome a leader's inspection.
Wei Cheng looked at it with a bit of disdain, and suddenly asked: "Can I change your name?"
Deng Deng tilted his head.
He looked at Xie Qingfei who was talking to Xu Siruo not far away and said, "How about calling him Tingshuai?"
Deng Deng meowed, probably because he was worried that the vinegar content in this person's blood was too high.

The handsome guy also read the news online. The shocking news revealed by Tan Wei obviously pushed the incident to a level that could not be resolved.
If Xu Maokun was not Xu Zhongyan's son and had no blood of the Xu family, then his fight with Xu Siwei over the so-called illegitimate child would be meaningless. Upon hearing this, Xu Siruo actually felt relieved.

Xie Qingfei saw that he really didn't care and was slightly surprised: "Don't you have any other feelings?"
"No, I don't have deep feelings for my dad, and I don't want his money, and I don't feel a sense of belonging to this family." Xu Siruo quietly moved his eyes to the back of Xie Qingfei's hand that was supporting the corner of the table, and became shy, "And I... I was serious about what I said last time."
I came back to China to find you, and I learned Chinese for you. I meet all the conditions you have proposed for a partner, and none of them are false.

Xie Qingfei was silent for a moment, then said, "If you plan to stay in China to develop in the future, you can come to me if you need help."
Xu Siruo heard the refusal in her words, his eyes drooped, his eyes flashing: "Can't I stay with you? I want to be with you."
Xie Qingfei laughed and said, "How old are you?"
Xu Siruo said anxiously: "Wait for me, I will soon reach the legal age for marriage."
"That's not the question..." Xie Qingfei had never met someone so straightforward before, and said, "You and I didn't have much friendship to begin with. If you hadn't taken the initiative to mention eight years ago, I wouldn't even remember you, let alone think about developing any relationship with you."

Xu Siruo probably lacked the ability to understand due to the limited language environment. After hearing so much from her at once, he realized: "Oh, it's okay. I don't mean for you to be with me right away. I will pursue you first."
"..."
Xie Qingfei pressed his temple hard: "No, I won't be with you."
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
"It has nothing to do with whether I have a boyfriend or not."
"Then I still have a chance."
Xu Siruo felt that his analysis was correct, and a smile bloomed on his face again: "I will try my best!"
He looked so full of fighting spirit that Xie Qingfei didn't know what to do.

The man and the cat over there were already getting impatient waiting. Wei Cheng could probably read her lips, so he called her at the right moment: "Xie Qingfei, are you still going to work? Are you the leader taking the lead in being passive and lazy?"
Xie Qingfei responded, turned to Xu Siruo and said, "You've seen it too, my boss is urging me, so I'll leave first. Don't contact me if you have anything else."
"Eh?"
Xu Siruo watched the people walk away, and touched his head in confusion: "Did I not understand? Who is the leader?"

Xie Qingfei touched Deng Deng's head and said to Wei Cheng, "Let's go."
Wei Cheng opened his mouth.
"Don't say those three words." Xie Qingfei predicted what he was going to say and warned him in advance.
Wei Cheng closed his mouth again.

Xie Qingfei followed him into the monitoring room. Wei Cheng pushed open the door of the interrogation room. He was the only person Xu Siwei was willing to communicate with at the moment.

Although Tan Wei released such a video, it is impossible to verify whether the content is true or false. If Xu Maokun was alive, he could have confronted him, but he died before the incident. The Xu family was in chaos, and the stock price fell so much that Xu Maokun could crawl out of the morgue. But he probably didn't expect that his eldest son would become a murderer and his youngest son would not be affected by his death.

Xie Qingfei quickly scanned Xu Siwei's confession and said into the headset, "Confirm with him, did Tan Wei really say that he wanted to get married?"
Wei Cheng relayed her question, and Xu Siwei nodded vigorously: "If he hadn't said that and made me think that he really decided to live a good life and not bother me anymore, I wouldn't have taken the risk of pretending to be kidnapped."
Wei Cheng asked: "Do you know who he is going to marry?"
"How would I know?" Xu Siwei said angrily, "Maybe he was just lying to me."
Wei Cheng was no longer polite to him. He sneered after hearing what he said, "You know nothing about his personal situation, yet you recognize him as your uncle as if he were real."
Xu Siwei said fiercely: "I will never let him go if he appears in front of me again!"

That can’t be waited any longer, Wei Cheng said in his heart.
Tan Wei was sent to the hospital and declared dead. The wooden thorn had directly pierced his abdominal artery, and even a god could not save him.

Xie Qingfei looked at the two people who were still talking behind the one-way glass and went back to the office first.

Wei Cheng took off his coat before he went to look for her, and now it was hanging on the back of the chair. Xie Qingfei quickly looked around, and after making sure that no one was around, he moved to the side of the chair and pulled out the beautiful photo of the domineering CEO child version that he had snatched away.

No matter how you look at it, there's nothing wrong with this kid except that he has a slightly sour face. He even looks cuter with this pretending to be mature expression. I don't know what he's being awkward about and why he doesn't want people to see him.
Xie Qingfei agreed with Xi Ming's words that Wei Cheng had a heavy idol burden. He flicked the forehead of the child in the photo with his finger and put the photo into his pocket without any psychological burden.

Zhao Chongyun and Xi Ming rushed open the door and dumped everything in their hands onto the table.

"Master, what do you want these ropes for?"

Xie Qingfei moved a wooden stool with a backrest over and said, "You two try to tie yourselves up."
"Ah? It's so exciting to play." Xi Ming took the rope and sat on the stool. He thought of something, "Master, do you think there is something wrong with Fan Qiuye?"
Xie Qingfei raised his eyebrows, thinking that Xi Ming was getting smarter and smarter: "Well. Tell me about it."
Xi Ming pondered for a moment and snapped his fingers: "Because there is no blood on the rope! If she was tied up and knocked down Tan Wei with the stool on her back, Tan Wei's blood would definitely splash on her. There is indeed blood on her body, but the rope is clean. This is illogical."

Zhao Chongyun also realized something after hearing what he said: "Also... her head was covered, which means that when Tan Wei kidnapped her, he was careful not to let her see the route. Then how did she accurately tell us the location of the warehouse when she called us?"
"If you blindfold our Master and drag her across ten streets, she will be able to restore the route for you," Xi Ming was not surprised, but said, "But Fan Qiuye shouldn't be that good, unless she is already familiar with that route. But you can't say for sure... Your suspicion is reasonable."

He pulled at the knot on his neck and thought, "Fan Qiuye was kidnapped by Tan Wei. The video Tan Wei later posted also clearly stated his motive, which was to expose Xu Maokun's life experience. But Xu Siwei's confession said that Tan Wei helped him frame Xu Siruo for money. He was more after money at that time. Even whether he was with Wu Xiuxiu before or found Xu Siwei now, he was doing it for money. The progress of our investigation has not been disclosed to the public. He could have gambled that Xu Siwei was innocent, and there was a 50% chance that he could be entangled with this long-term meal ticket for the rest of his life. But now he suddenly went crazy, knowing that Xu Maokun would not live long, but still kidnapped his wife and sent a blackmail video. He didn't even want the money just to tell a secret that could not be proved. What other purpose can it have except to give everyone something to talk about after dinner? Isn't this contrary to his style all along?"

"Tan Wei is just a knife." Xie Qingfei said.

"When I was in Xu Maokun's study, I found that the arrangement of the paintings on the wall was different from the one in Tan Wei's first video of holding Fan Qiuye hostage. The Xu family's maid told me that she would take down and wipe these paintings every Monday. The information Wei Cheng gave me before also included some old photos taken in the study, and the arrangement of the paintings there was the same as in the video. I later asked the maid again, and she admitted that she wanted to be lazy on Monday and handed the study to the newcomer to organize it. She dared to do so because she knew that Xu Maokun had no chance of returning home alive, which led to the other party putting the paintings in the wrong order because they didn't understand the layout. So the recording time of this video was actually before this week. No matter how much earlier, it couldn't have been after An Qi's death."

Zhao Chongyun frowned, "So Xu Siwei said that Tan Wei asked for two million yuan in hush money and then regretted it because he had contact with Fan Qiuye at that time. On the surface, he was Xu Siwei's man, but in fact, the boss had already changed people. It might be Fan Qiuye's instigation to let Xu Siwei take Xu Siruo home? What is she trying to do?"

"I'm also curious about what she wants. If she simply wanted to destroy Xu Maokun's two sons and monopolize the inheritance, why did she let Tan Wei release such an exposing video afterwards? Xu Maokun is disgraced, and she, as a widow, won't get any benefit."

As Xie Qingfei spoke, he looked at Xi Ming. He had already tied himself up tightly like a rice dumpling, with his hands behind his back, trying hard to tie a knot.
Seeing that he was clumsy, Zhao Chongyun pushed the man aside and took another rope: "This is actually very simple."
He simply tied up his body, put his hands behind his back and held the two ends of the rope. After crossing and tightening it several times with unskilled movements, he somehow pulled a few times but the back of his hands were already firmly tied with a knot.
Zhao Chongyun raised his eyebrows proudly at Xi Ming: "See."
"Wow, you really have some skills. Where did you learn that?" Xi Ming checked it in amazement, but couldn't even find any flaws.
Zhao Chongyun said, "It's the same case as last time. The deceased did the same thing, but it couldn't be untied. That's what happened. Hey, loosen it for me quickly. It was too tight just now and my blood circulation is a bit blocked."
"Haha, let me show you who told you to use so much strength." Xi Ming hurriedly untied him and took his place back, saying, "Quick, teach me!"

"You really learned a lot." Xie Qingfei said after reading it.
The corners of Zhao Chongyun's lips curled up slightly, and he fooled Xi Ming with his words, while his eyes kept glancing at her.

Xie Qingfei didn't notice his gaze. These ropes were requisitioned from the pile of props collected at Xu Siwei's house. She didn't know how these two guys understood her words. In addition to the ropes, they also brought some restraints and handcuffs. Wei Cheng had finished his work with Xu Siwei, opened the door and saw this strange scene: "What are you doing?"

"Learn some new skills," Xi Ming asked casually, "How about the crowbar?"
"I didn't tell him about Tan Wei, I just told him that Xu Maokun was dead," Wei Cheng said, then paused. "He was quite happy."
Xie Qingfei fiddled with the toy in his hand and said casually: "If he is unhappy, you, as his uncle, will be sad again."
Wei Cheng ignored her teasing, took his coat and put it on. When he put his hand into his pocket, he was suddenly stunned.
Xie Qingfei glanced at him casually and asked enthusiastically, "What's wrong?"
Wei Cheng silently stretched out his hand: "Nothing."
He said, looking down at his feet.
Xie Qingfei: "Did you lose something?"
"No." Wei Cheng denied, "Nothing important."
"Oh——" Xie Qingfei stopped asking questions and looked intently at the handcuffs in his hands.

This thing is very different from the ones used by the police. Since it belongs to Xu Siwei, it is obviously not the low-end stuff on the market with inferior materials. Xie Qingfei tried the circle curiously and looked at the position of the keyhole. He thought that although the material was very solid, it was not difficult to unlock. It would only take her three seconds.

Xi Ming on the other end had already freed himself from the rope and glanced over here.
His brother and his master still looked like they didn't know each other well. They were so close to each other, but they didn't even look at each other. Even their relationship as colleagues was in jeopardy. What should he do? The master's decision could not be disobeyed, but why was his brother so useless? Didn't he know how to fight for it? It was enough for one person in their family to fail in love, but it was too unreasonable for both of them to be dumped!
Xi Ming looked at the handcuffs half hanging on Xie Qingfei's wrist. For some reason, a bold idea popped up in his mind -
My head can be cut off and my blood can flow, but my CP must be hung on a padlock.

Then he quickly stepped forward and before Xie Qingfei could react, he quickly grabbed the wrist of Wei Cheng, who was also distracted.
With a "click", the two men were handcuffed together.

"..."

The three of them were silent. Xi Ming faced Xie Qingfei's gaze and said, "Master, I was just possessed by someone else. This was not my intention."

Xie Qingfei: "..."
"…Well, actually I want to test whether these handcuffs are strong enough."
Xie Qingfei: "..."
"It's all my brother's fault!" Xi Ming suddenly blamed him, "He, he seems to want to be handcuffed with you! He's a psychologist, I was psychologically suggested!"
Wei Cheng: "May I ask..."

Zhao Chongyun was the first to react: "Master, I'll go get the scissors."
"The scissors are useless," Xie Qingfei stopped him, "They're made of aluminum alloy."
Zhao Chongyun's face turned a little green and he looked at Wei Cheng angrily.

"?"
Wei Cheng was stared at with confusion.

He moved his wrist and accidentally touched the back of Xie Qingfei's hand. His movements froze and he said, "I'm sorry, I'll think of a way. There should be a matching key for this, right?"
Needless to say, Zhao Chongyun wanted to crawl into the box to look for the key, but found nothing.
Deng Deng rubbed against her adoptive father's feet and called out. Xi Ming seemed to see a savior, and immediately picked it up and said, "You haven't eaten yet? Go now, now, let's have a drink."
Holding a cat, running faster than a dog.
Zhao Chongyun immediately said: "I'll go to the warehouse to find the key."

There were only two people left, and Xie Qingfei lowered his eyes to look at the connection of the handcuffs.
Wei Cheng's handcuffed right hand seemed particularly awkward, and he even stood very straight. Although he usually flirted with her a lot, he was surprisingly quiet now.
He coughed lightly and said calmly: "This brother should not stay for long."
Xie Qingfei: "Actually..."
Wei Cheng looked at her.

Xie Qingfei paused, she sensed Wei Cheng's embarrassment.
He had a restrained avoidance of any touch without her permission, a bit like Deng Deng's cautious and flattering attitude when she wanted to act coquettishly towards him but knew that he actually disliked it.

So the words suddenly changed direction and she said, "Actually, the fire station is right across the street. We can just go ask them for help."

The two of them walked out of the house in a weird posture and happened to run into Lu Shaohui. Because his clothes blocked the handcuffs, he thought they were holding hands and whistled immediately: "Reconciled? When are you going to have the wedding? I think it should have been a long time ago..."
"Brother Big Mouth!" Xi Ming, who was walking his cat by, overheard what he heard. Fearing that he would add fuel to the fire by saying something more, he quickly grabbed the man by the throat and dragged him away.

The night was deep, and there were stars tonight. The sparkling lights were scattered all over the sky like broken silver, and a few floating clouds with moonlight could be vaguely seen. However, the evening breeze was as cold as silver, and it caused a slight sting when it blew on my face.

The connecting section between the two handcuffs was about ten centimeters, and this distance was almost zero when they were hung down. Wei Cheng needed to control the strength of his entire arm to avoid touching Xie Qingfei's hand again. He was about twenty centimeters taller than her, and he didn't want to hold her wrist to make her match his height. He felt his arm sore after walking a few steps.

Xie Qingfei glanced at his paralyzed walking posture and asked, "Tired?"
Wei Cheng was silent for a moment, then said, "Well, you are a little short."
Xie Qingfei: "..."
Why should she say this?

Thinking about it, it was really an irrational decision. Why should I be handcuffed to him? The fire station was not far away, but it still took more than ten minutes to walk there.

Xie Qingfei looked at the two shadows under her feet that were half-overlapped and seemed to be embracing each other, and inexplicably began to doubt herself: Am I really a bad woman? Facing an ex-boyfriend whom she couldn't let go of emotionally, although I could list a bunch of reasons to prove that they shouldn't be together anymore, but putting aside these realistic factors, deep down in my heart I still wanted to be close to him.
Because she couldn't bear to leave him, so if there was a reasonable reason for her to stay with him, she couldn't refuse.

Then she realized another problem: she must never let Wei Cheng know that she could pick locks.

As she was thinking, she heard Wei Cheng calling her name.
Xie Qingfei looked up. Wei Cheng's face was half buried in the shadows that were not illuminated by the street lamps. He didn't look at her. His back was straight as if someone held a knife to his neck. But he pretended to be indifferent: "Are you cold?"
Xie Qingfei replied subconsciously: "Not bad."
"What do you mean it's okay? It's cold." Wei Cheng said a little annoyed.
Xie Qingfei silently looked at his right hand that seemed to be approaching her, and said slowly: "It's a bit cold."
"Oh," Wei Cheng cleared his throat and said seriously, "Then you should keep warm and don't catch a cold."

Then he wrapped her hand in his palm and put it into his coat pocket.

(End of this chapter)