Silver Snow Line [Criminal Investigation]

"The elf was convinced that his lover had betrayed him and never appeared again."
——The Hand with the Knife

The man was about 28 or 29 years old, with a handsome appearance. His hairstyle was the most fashionable "micro-parted cap". The few strands of hair hanging in front of his eyebrows were greasy because they were not taken care of in time. His white coat was slightly wrinkled, and he wore a round-neck T-shirt inside. He wore a very delicate watch on his wrist. He rubbed the exposed skin with his fingers, and at the same time, he couldn't help but touch his chin with light blue stubble. His eyes were full of red bloodshot, which was unique to staying up late.
Most of them come to the outpatient clinic just after finishing the night shift.

He flipped the report back and forth in his hands. He pressed the paper on the table with a serious look and said to the uneasy woman opposite him, "According to the test results, you are already six weeks pregnant."
"Really?" The woman immediately turned her head to look at the family members accompanying her, and her tone was very excited, "I, I'm really pregnant!"
Joy is contagious, not to mention that the pregnant woman in front of him smiled gently and kindly, and her aura was so friendly that it made people feel trance-like. The doctor's solemn brows couldn't help but relax a lot.
He looked up with her gaze and looked at the family member who had been accompanying the pregnant woman with great care.

The other party was a beautiful woman with a strong complexion. She was tall and slender. She wore a navy blue short windbreaker and straight trousers tucked into boots. She was dressed very neatly. She had very bright facial features, a small beauty spot on the tip of her nose, and her eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to those of a pregnant woman. Her demeanor was calm and almost cold. At first glance, she seemed difficult to approach, but she was obviously very reliable.

Perhaps the gaze was too obvious, the other party glanced at him indifferently, and the doctor suddenly came back to his senses, then touched the tip of his nose embarrassedly.
He asked again: "Xie Yinan, do you want this child or not?"
"Yes, yes," Xie Yinan replied hurriedly, pulling the clothes of the person next to him excitedly, "Fei Fei, you are going to be an aunt."

Xie Qingfei's tense expression finally relaxed, and she asked the doctor for some precautions. The doctor looked at the screen of his mobile phone and patiently explained to them.

After leaving the clinic, Xie Yinan was still immersed in the joy of being a new mother. Not only did she take several photos of the B-ultrasound test report, she also praised the two dark shadows for being cute.
Xie Qingfei supported her and looked at her feet carefully.

"Fei Fei, you don't have to worry so much. Didn't the doctor just say that I'm in good health?" Xie Yinan was amused by her cautious attitude.
"You vomited so much this morning, I was really scared." Xie Qingfei didn't dare to relax for a moment. He took all the things and held them himself, and asked hesitantly, "Should I tell my brother-in-law about this?"
Xie Yinan snorted, "I haven't forgiven him yet, let's talk about it later."

She didn't tell him that she had quarreled with her husband. She came to Shengzhou alone with her luggage to find Xie Qingfei, saying that she wanted to stay with her for a while to keep in touch with her sister. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was "running away from home." At this critical moment, she was found to be pregnant. Xie Qingfei was more worried about her health. After all, the doctor just said that the mood of pregnant women is very important.

"Don't worry, he's on a business trip abroad, and I'm bored at home alone, so I came to see you. When he returns and finds that I'm not here, he will definitely come after me and beg me to make peace, and then I will be merciful and tell him the good news." Xie Yinan smiled, "Then let him come to accompany me for the follow-up examination, and you don't have to take time off to accompany me. By the way, the doctor just now is called..."

Xie Qingfei took out the report and read: "Zhang Yuheng."

"Looks quite young." Xie Yinan thought for a moment and frowned, "Will someone so young be unreliable?"
Xie Qingfei recalled the scene just now and said, "He's not unreliable. Doctor Zhang loves his job very much, and he probably has a sister with the same personality as you, so he is extra patient with you. But I think he's a little absent-minded. I'm afraid he's encountered some difficulties recently. If you're worried, make an appointment with a specialist in advance when you go for a follow-up check."

Xie Yinan asked casually: "What's the problem?"
Xie Qingfei actually gave an answer: "It's related to money."

"Ah? I didn't notice it at all, or maybe you police officers have good observation skills." Xie Yinan asked again, "But how do you know he has a sister?"
Xie Qingfei said: "He is obviously single, but his phone screensaver is a photo of him and a woman. Their relationship is close but not ambiguous. They should be relatives. He likes his sister very much, but he is annoyed with his parents. He would rather stay in the hospital to work overtime and stay up late than go home, just to avoid his parents' nagging."
Xie Yinan was stunned for a few seconds and asked, "If I ask you again why you said he was single, will it make me look stupid?"
Xie Qingfei smiled and said, "If you want to know, I can tell you."

"Forget it," Xie Yinan didn't want to discuss issues he was not good at with professional players, "Why don't you introduce me to some great obstetricians and gynecologists."
Xie Qingfei subconsciously said: "I really don't know, but I have a friend here... Well, I can help you find out later."
"Do you have any friends who are doctors? Male or female?" Xie Yinan smelled a hint of gossip.
"A female." Xie Qingfei replied calmly, "We've only interacted with each other, but we're not friends."
Xie Yinan said: "Oh, I thought he was your boyfriend. My mother wanted to introduce you to someone before, but my second uncle and second aunt said that you already have a boyfriend, who is a doctor."
"We've broken up," Xie Qingfei said, and warned her seriously, "But sister, don't tell my parents about this."
"I understand," Xie Yinan said, "Being a doctor is such a respectable job. No wonder you don't dare to break up with your parents. They will definitely feel sorry for you."

However, the topic changed: "But if you really want to find a partner, you can't just look at the occupation filter. What industry doesn't have scumbags? You also have to look at the person. Am I right, Feifei?"

Just as Xie Qingfei was about to speak, there was a commotion in front of the side door of the hall, and then two or three medical police officers anxiously evacuated the crowd to make way for the emergency beds that would come later. He could vaguely hear someone say that there was an accident somewhere, and the injured were all sent to the nearest hospital.

The flow of people in a public tertiary hospital like the Municipal People's Hospital is already high. There are several long queues in front of the payment window, half of which are middle-aged and elderly people. There is no time to avoid them in an orderly manner, and collisions are inevitable. Xie Qingfei protected her cousin at the first time. In a hurry, she was hit by an external force from nowhere, and her wrist lost strength, and the examination report fell to the ground.
After making sure that Xie Yinan was standing on the inside where he would not be impacted by the crowd, she leaned over to pick it up. Unexpectedly, her fingertips touched another person's hand.

This is a very handsome man's hand, with well-proportioned joints and neatly trimmed nails. The light blue veins on the back of the hand are obvious, but there are three bright scratches abruptly.
Xie Qingfei withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted, raised his head, and met a pair of deep, clear eyes.

The noise died down at the same moment and the two men stood up.

"Fei Fei, are you okay?"

Xie Yinan went to support her worriedly, and naturally noticed the man in the white coat in front of him. He was shocked by his handsome appearance at first.

When she looked up again, she had never expected him to be so tall, about 1.9 meters tall, and her neck was sore from looking up. His shirt collar was neatly ironed, and there was not a single wrinkle on his buttoned white coat. He did not look tired at all like the doctor Zhang just now. His chin was clean-shaven, his face was stern and handsome, and his eyes were especially bright and clear. His aura was not really friendly, and he had a rather noble aura that made him look superior to others. The exquisiteness of each strand of hair made him stand out from the crowd.
The handsome guy used silent language to convey three messages to all those who came into contact with him: I am aloof, don't try to get close to me, and stay away from me.

Considering that the morning clinic was over, Xie Yinan couldn't tell whether this was his normal business state or his private state. He was so unfriendly and he really wasn't afraid of being complained about at all.

"I am fine."

Xie Qingfei quickly pulled back the list that was still held by the other party, and stuffed it all into her bag. Xie Yinan's bag was full of messy things, including water cups, parasols, and file bags. It was not light, and the strap fell off to one side. It was the hand that was scratched that helped her hold it up.
The handsome doctor's eyes were not concealed at all, and he stared at her tightly. Xie Qingfei couldn't help but frown.

Xie Yinan looked at the man, then at his cousin, and keenly sensed the strange atmosphere. He glanced at the man's work badge as if inadvertently: "Doctor Wei Cheng, right? Thank you for your help just now. Feifei, why don't you thank him?"
Just as Xie Qingfei reluctantly raised the word "thank you" to his lips, he heard Wei Cheng's tone calmly say, "No need, it's just a piece of cake."

He has a rather uninterested attitude. The robot guiding patients at the door is more enthusiastic than him.

She swallowed her polite words and took Xie Yinan's arm: "Let's go."

Xie Yinan looked at her cousin's slightly pursed lips calmly, and felt that she had eaten a big melon. She smiled and said goodbye to Dr. Wei. "Fei Fei, do you not have to go back to the unit later?" After Xie Yinan asked, Dr. Wei was still looking at them out of the corner of his eye.
Xie Qingfei said: "Well, we can have lunch together."
"Great, I haven't let you taste my cooking for these days, I'll cook for you myself later." Xie Yinan asked, "Is there anything you want to eat?"
Xie Qingfei asked: "Do pregnant women have any dietary restrictions? I think the food I want to eat is not suitable."
"Oh, I almost forgot. Pregnancy is so troublesome." Xie Yinan thought about this and that, and said unhappily, "We work so hard, but the father of the child doesn't even know what he is doing. This bastard is really lucky."
Xie Qingfei just smiled at this.

Xie Yinan confirmed again: "You really won't tell him?"
Xie Qingfei assured: "No."

There were a lot of people talking in the hall. If you didn't listen carefully, the normal volume of two people would be drowned out by other noises immediately, but that didn't mean no one cared.

Wei Cheng watched the two people walk away and listened to every word they said, especially the resounding "no" from Xie Qingfei at the end, which hit him hard in the chest.
His pupils trembled suddenly, and he stood there for a long time, so long that he almost forgot why he came here. The only things left in his mind were the few words he saw when he was picking up things just now.

【Ultrasound suggests: early intrauterine pregnancy. 】

There was a coffee shop on the first floor of the hospital. Xie Yinan couldn't wait to pull Xie Qingfei to sit down. "What were you distracted about just now? That doctor is so handsome and has a great body. Did you see him?"
Xie Qingfei: "Really? I didn't notice it, but I felt he was quite aloof."
"Maybe he's just a repressed person?" Xie Yinan disagreed.
"You've only met him once." Xie Qingfei said with a smile.
"I saw that he had his ears pierced." Xie Yinan observed the other person's expression.
Xie Qingfei took a sip of iced Americano without looking at her: "Maybe it wasn't voluntary."
"Oh? That means you have a girlfriend. Too bad you have no chance."
"Me? I don't have that thought."
Xie Yinan smiled: "You acted strangely in front of him just now, I thought you were interested in him."
"...That's not true." Xie Qingfei realized that he was almost tricked by his cousin and immediately became serious.

Unexpectedly, the cousin seemed to be just teasing and was more concerned about the personal situation of a handsome guy: "Captain Xie, how old do you think Dr. Wei is this year?"
"Less than thirty. What's wrong?" Xie Qingfei answered casually.
Xie Yinan exclaimed, "Oh!" "His work badge says - Associate Chief Physician of the Department of Medical Psychology. I thought he should be over 40. I wanted to ask him where he maintains his skin. He looks so young."
Xie Qingfei found her description interesting and said with a smile, "Young and promising, eh?"
"That makes sense," Xie Yinan said, "Just like you, the youngest criminal police captain in Shengzhou City, my idol."
Xie Qingfei said: "Now it's just a figurehead."
Xie Yinan said, "That's impressive, too. Besides, you're just temporarily transferred to a civilian position. Who knows, you might be called back to the front line in a few days? That's how it's played out in TV dramas. You might even get a promotion."
Xie Qingfei waved his hand, uninterested: "Forget it, I think my job in the police academy is pretty good now, teaching students and bragging, except for the boring invigilation, everything else is fine. In the past... I was busy 24 hours a day, thinking that I was very fulfilled, and I forgot that people have to live besides breathing."

"Fei Fei," Xie Yinan patted the back of her hand, "I don't know why, but I feel like you don't seem very happy. When we met last year, you were much more cheerful than you are now, and you never mentioned that you were stressed at work. I haven't seen you smile much these past few days when we've been together."

Facing the other party's worried look, Xie Qingfei just shook his head: "How can I have the energy to think about these things when I'm busy? After I suddenly became free, I realized that I seemed to have never considered my current life, and I couldn't tell what I really wanted. You know, once people start thinking, they will inevitably awaken some negative emotions."

"Too profound. If this is the price of being a genius, I would rather never think about it again." Xie Yinan sighed, as if he understood, "I wonder if Doctor Wei just now has the same troubles as you."
Xie Qingfei stirred the ice in the cup: "Why are you worrying about him again?"
"I have to make sure he's in a good mood," Xie Yinan held up his chin and tilted his head to look at her, "If he's hard to talk to, how are you going to ask him to recommend a doctor for us?"

Xie Qingfei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Xie Yinan said: "He was such a handsome guy, the old lady passing by me turned her head specially, but you didn't even look at him, it's too unreasonable!"
Xie Qingfei choked, looked at her for a few seconds, and then helplessly held his forehead: "Have you ever considered changing your career to criminal investigation? Our bureau is quite short of people."
"Forget it. The monthly salary from working so hard in your industry is not enough for me to buy a decent set of skin care products." Xie Yinan rejected with disdain, and said, "Confess and I will give you leniency. Tell me your romantic love story with the handsome guy quickly."

Xie Qingfei couldn't stand Xie Yinan's nagging and just said a few words.

She and Wei Cheng were high school alumni. They had a bad relationship when they were in school. If they didn't violate the rules, they would fight for 300 rounds. Their grades were similar, and they always competed for the first place. This was the fuse that formed their irreconcilable relationship. As such tit-for-tat rivals, they even had to compete with each other to see who would enter the gate first when they met at the school gate. Fortunately, they didn't go to the same university after graduation and didn't meet again, so they lost contact.
As a result, they met again by chance last year. Of course, she still disliked him, but she gritted her teeth and became his colleague for a while. They went through a lot together, and their quarrels soured their relationship, but the sworn enemies finally became a couple.

"Then why did you break up?" Xie Yinan asked anxiously.
Xie Qingfei said: "It's just... we have different career plans and can't agree on anything, so we just broke up."
"What's this?"
Xie Yinan felt that if this was the reason, it was a real pity.
After all, Xie Qingfei said so much, and not a single word was a denial of the other person, which shows that Dr. Wei is at least a normal man with decent character.

Normal men are a rare species. It would be a pity to separate them.

"Drink less coffee when you're pregnant." Xie Qingfei reminded her after seeing her holding the straw for a long time.
Xie Yinan was thinking about his cousin's lifelong affairs, so he behaved very obediently and nodded frequently.
After leaving the building, she was still thinking about it. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this relationship was not completely beyond negotiation. Not to mention Xie Qingfei's attitude, even Dr. Wei, although his face was cold, his eyes never left Xie Qingfei.

The midday sun was pouring down, and Xie Qingfei searched his bag for a parasol.

"Actually, I think..."

Xie Yinan opened his mouth again, but saw everyone around him looking up at the sky.
In just a few seconds, an inexplicable chill climbed up from the soles of her feet, and her neck lifted up involuntarily. However, before she could react, she saw Xie Qingfei standing in front of her, and then her shoulders were grabbed forcefully and turned in the opposite direction.

There was a loud "bang", followed by a few dull rebounds.
Accompanied by the sound of bones breaking.

Xie Yinan was wearing a long skirt that reached her calves. Even though the weather was getting colder, she still kept her legs bare for the sake of style. Her exposed skin was already freezing cold, so she didn't immediately think about what the wetness on her legs was. She was held in the arms of Xie Qingfei, who was half a head taller than her, and her eyes were covered tightly by her palms. She could only hear screams coming from all around.

"Fei Fei," Xie Yinan's mind went blank for a moment, he felt his legs go limp, his voice trembling, "What happened? What is it?"

Xie Qingfei held her down tightly to prevent her from looking back. He wiped the blood stains on the tip of her nose with his sleeve before lowering his eyes.

Body tissues that had been separated from the torso by the huge impact were scattered around her feet. Red and white liquids bloomed on the ground like a rotten queen of flowers, and some of them climbed up the edge of Xie Yinan's skirt. Half a meter away from them was a human body that had been completely deformed by the fall. At first glance, it looked plump.

Xie Qingfei opened his eyes wide and looked at the bulging belly under the blood-stained clothes of the corpse, only to find that it was a pregnant woman in her late stages of pregnancy.

(End of this chapter)