Silver Snow Line [Criminal Investigation]

Xie Qingfei didn't treat Zhao Chongyun as an outsider, and he was really in the right mood at the moment, so he spoke directly from his heart.
Zhao Chongyun was completely confused. He had a million things he didn't understand. What did it mean that she still loved him after they broke up? She would rather risk her own safety to protect him... What kind of weird feeling was this?
He almost lost his voice, and tried to confirm it again, "You said you would save me first."
"Of course." Xie Qingfei did not refute this point, but before Zhao Chongyun could speak again, she had already explained, "You are the only one here who can't protect yourself. I definitely can't let anything happen to you."

It turns out it was just because he was too weak.
Zhao Chongyun suddenly felt ridiculous.

It was just a coincidence that she remembered his birthday, and anyone else would have remembered it as well. She said that she would not let him get into trouble if he encountered danger, but even if it was just a passerby, she would still be able to protect him, because she only wanted to protect human life, not that he treated her any differently... He was never an exception.

Zhao Chongyun shook his body in despair: "Master..."
Xie Qingfei noticed that something was wrong with him: "Huh?"
"Master," Zhao Chongyun said with difficulty, "I didn't mean it when I said last time that I would no longer be your apprentice. I really want to be with you. I have learned everything you taught me. I may not be a mature and good police officer yet, but I will work hard. I won't always need your protection. Don't treat me like a child."

The shadow of his hair completely covered his eyes, and the hand pinching the seam of his pants was shaking. Xie Qingfei looked at him for a moment, and suddenly found that the eyebrows he had trimmed on a whim some time ago had grown back to their original shape, and his hair had also returned to its original shape. A guess that he had never thought of came to his mind, and Xie Qingfei immediately understood the reason for his abnormality.

"So could you please, could you please not leave me?" Zhao Chongyun's voice dropped completely, and he never raised his head again.

Xie Qingfei remained silent, wondering what was going on. Could it be that she was destined to be younger than her?

After waiting for her answer for a long time, Zhao Chongyun's heart sank. He stood up and touched his hair first, then smoothed the corners of his clothes which were not wrinkled at all. His hands and feet seemed to be rented, and he was not used to them no matter how he used them. After exploring himself thoroughly, he stammered, "I'm sorry. You, you should have a good rest. It's getting late. I also need to go home and sleep. I have to go to work tomorrow."
Xie Qingfei glanced at the bright sun at noon and asked worriedly, "Are you really okay?"
Zhao Chongyun had already turned around, and his tone was very calm: "It's okay, I'm just sleepy, I'm leaving, Master."

He and Xi Ming passed each other at the door of the ward. Xi Ming called him but was ignored. He scratched his head and asked Xie Qingfei: "Who provokes him again?"
Xie Qingfei just felt tired, and fell on the bed with a sigh, and asked weakly: "What's the matter with you?"
"Oh, I almost forgot." Xi Ming said excitedly, "I just saw someone selling roasted sweet potatoes at the hospital entrance. They smell so good! Do you want to try some?"
Xie Qingfei opened his eyelids and met his innocent eyes that only lit up for the roasted sweet potatoes.
This is the spirit that a young boy should have!
She said with relief: "Okay, go buy it, it's my treat."
Xi Ming waved his hand proudly: "No need! I just ran into my brother on the road, and he gave me a thousand yuan to buy whatever I want. Tell me what else you want to eat while he's not around, and I'll buy it secretly without letting him know."

If Wei Cheng knew that these two people were only interested in the roadside stall, he would definitely be so angry that he would shout. This was a crime against the wind. Xie Qingfei was even more moved.
Xi Ming is so nice, Xi Ming is a normal person.

In the next few days, Xie Qingfei ate well and slept soundly, and her rest life was comparable to that of an empress dowager. The only thing that was not very comfortable was that her "bedside caretaker" Xiao Wei was too nervous. He thought that she was a sign of terminal illness when she choked on water and coughed, and he was very anxious. Sometimes she felt someone around her in the middle of the night, and squinted her eyes to observe the situation, and found that it was Wei Cheng who was quietly monitoring her breath. Xie Qingfei was naughty and held her breath on purpose, but he actually rang the bell to call the nurse, which scared her so much that she was afraid of disturbing others and never dared to joke again.
After several times of passing away passively, Xie Qingfei couldn't help it anymore and called Wei Cheng to discuss the issue seriously.

"My health is basically fine, you know that, right?" A thick stack of various medical examination reports was placed next to him.
Wei Cheng tilted his head: "Yeah, I know."
You know shit.
Xie Qingfei pressed his hand against his temple and said, "I won't die either."
Wei Cheng came over: "Do you have a headache?"
"..." Xie Qingfei put his hand down, "What I mean is that you don't have to worry about me so much. I see you were quite busy recently. If you really have something to do, you don't have to come here every day... What are you laughing at?"
Wei Cheng raised the corners of his lips and shook his head: "Nothing, you told me not to worry about you, but you seem to be worried about me too."

His injuries were minor and he recovered quickly. There was no trace of haggardness on his face. When he smiled with such a face, Xie Qingfei felt uncomfortable and looked away.

At this time, the phone on the bedside table rang. Xie Qingfei said, "Stop laughing."
On the other end of the phone, Lu Shaohui said in confusion: "I'm not laughing, I'm talking to you about something serious."
She was on speakerphone, and Wei Cheng put his index finger to the center of his lips to show that he would obey. After being obedient for less than two seconds, Xie Qingfei glanced at him and found that he was staring at her with a smile. She pushed his face and said to the phone, "Go on, I'm listening."

"Kang Zhuo has been found. He was hiding in the warehouse on Xiansheng Road these days." Lv Shaohui said, "After he was arrested, he played dumb and refused to admit it. We told him that Lei Heng had confessed his crime, and then he changed his words and said that he did it. He didn't resist much, but asked about the explosion and whether Guo Weiqiang was dead, so his target was indeed Guo Weiqiang. He also admitted that he killed people according to the plot of Li Mu's novel, but he saw the novel by accident. He said he didn't know Li Mu at all, but he thought this way of killing was interesting, and he targeted these victims simply because he didn't like them."

Kang Zhuo is a laboratory technician at a chemical research institute. He met Qin Haiyang by chance and sneered at him after learning about his experience when he was young. Last year, Qin Haiyang was detained again for harassing women. He couldn't find a friend to bail him out, so he called Kang Zhuo. Kang Zhuo scolded him after learning about the situation. At the same time, he felt that this kind of person was really a social scum. Even jail time could not change his bad character. It was hard to guarantee that women would not be hurt again in the future, so he planned to get rid of this evil for the people.

"Just as we inferred, Qin Haiyang wanted to get Qin Guodong's inheritance and had long been murderous. Kang Zhuo saw through it, so the two of them conspired to split the money 30% and 70% after the fact. Kang Zhuo pretended to tell Qin Haiyang that he had killed the old man and tricked him into coming for the 'inspection'. In fact, the old man was not at home that day, so Kang Zhuo killed him. Then he found out that the old man was not a good guy either, so he did it as well. At that time, the old man was taking a walk in Zhuque Lake Square, and he ran to the woods to urinate, which was convenient for Kang Zhuo who was waiting in the dark to take action... Hey, this is really uncivilized, tell me, if they found a public toilet, there would be surveillance cameras to capture it." Lu Shaohui felt a little unethical halfway through his words, and quickly took it back, "Then there was Kang Wenxia."

"Kang Zhuo said that Kang Wenxia is his stepsister, but he has hated her since she was a child. She looked down on him and his mother and bullied them whenever she got the chance. His father originally wanted to find a woman to take care of the family, and he didn't really care about Luo Yindi, not to mention a stepson who was not related by blood, so he turned a blind eye to his daughter's unruly behavior. Kang Zhuo said that he had been unhappy with Kang Wenxia for a long time. He lived in a place where he could spy on her house. He would use a telescope to observe her whenever he had nothing to do. After figuring out her living habits, he would go to her house to commit crimes." Lu Shaohui said, "As for Zheng Yuxuan, it was all because he said a few unpleasant words to Qin Haiyang in the police station when he was brave enough to do something righteous last year. Isn't Qin Haiyang a cripple? That kid also insulted the disabled with his words, so Kang Zhuo held a grudge against him."

Kang Zhuo looked down on Qin Haiyang. He didn't care how Zheng Yuxuan scolded Qin Haiyang, but the other party just caught the keyword "cripple" and started to humiliate him. Kang Zhuo naturally thought of his brother who lost a leg. His brother used to fight for the safety of people's property, not to mention such trivial things as bravery, but he was praised for his life. When others mentioned Lei Heng, the most common word was probably "cripple". Kang Zhuo felt sorry for Lei Heng in his heart, and at this time Zheng Yuxuan's youth, integrity and health became original sins.

Xie Qingfei frowned: "So all this is a coincidence? Then how did Deng Jinru offend him?" Lu Shaohui paused for two seconds to organize his words, and said carefully: "According to what Deng Jinru said, he took it to retaliate against you, because of Lei Heng's matter... He still hates you."

Killing the Qin father and son was to eliminate harm to the people, Kang Wenxia and Zheng Yuxuan were his own revenge. The only one, Deng Jinru, had nothing to do with him, but when he thought of Xie Qingfei, the person who indirectly caused his brother to lose a leg, he felt that he could use Deng Jinru to make up the number.
Xie Qingfei: "Shouldn't number 5 be me? It's too roundabout to cause trouble for Deng Jinru. And Lei Heng shouldn't tell Kang Zhuo about my private affairs. How would he know about the connection between Deng Jinru and me?"
Lu Shaohui: "It's definitely not what Lei Heng said. Kang Zhuo said Deng Jinru was his ex-girlfriend, and the two were talking about getting married, but Deng's parents were not satisfied with Kang Zhuo's family situation and did not agree. The two have been in contact privately. Deng had a quarrel with her boyfriend before she disappeared, and Kang Zhuo took this opportunity to call her and ask her out in the name of getting back together. This is also the reason why Deng Jinru was willing to go to such a remote place alone at night. When you were on the news before, Deng mentioned her relationship with you to Kang, and Kang Zhuo himself is not unfamiliar with you. With this relationship, his statement seems to make sense."

Since Kang Zhuo has already pleaded guilty, although the reasons are very different from the motives stated by Lei Heng, they all make sense. He can restore the process of making bombs using potassium permanganate one by one. The case can indeed be considered to be closed based on his confession, but everyone thinks that things are not that simple.

Xie Qingfei raised a question: "There are five victims in Li Mu's novel. He should have stopped with Deng Jinru. I don't think he has any plans to commit another crime. After all, he said hello to us on the surveillance camera that day. He knew that he would be arrested. So why did he add Guo Weiqiang as an extra at the end? The explosion does not match the characteristics of the previous crimes."

Lu Shaohui sighed, "I was thinking about this question too, but his current attitude is 'I admit my guilt, I have nothing else to say'. I can't pry open Lei Heng's mouth, he is more professional. I am confused. We didn't let them meet and interrogated them separately. How come we couldn't get any clues out of them? Could it be that the twins' brain waves are interconnected?"

"Lei Heng still insists that he is the real murderer?"
"No, but you can't expect him to identify Kang Zhuo," Lu Shaohui said, "and let me tell you, it's really weird. These two people obviously didn't grow up in the same family, but Kang Zhuo really looks exactly like Lei Heng. When I say "same", I mean that no matter what age they are, in the photos, from head to toe, from hairstyle to clothing, they are exactly the same. Even after Lei Heng's leg injury, Kang Zhuo would imitate his lame walking posture, which caused his shoes on the left foot to be severely worn out."

Wei Cheng interrupted: "How is the relationship between Kang Zhuo and his son?"

Xie Qingfei glanced at him, and Lu Shaohui also reacted: "It's... not that great, right? Luo Yindi has to rely on her current husband, so her focus must be on her stepdaughter Kang Wenxia. The two of them are living under someone else's roof, and having a marriage certificate doesn't mean they are no longer outsiders. Even if she wants to care about her son, she can't show it too obviously, for fear that the Kang family will gossip and make her life difficult."

"But Lei Heng and his father had a very good relationship. After the divorce, Lei's father never remarried and has been working hard for his son." Wei Cheng mentioned this, and Lu Shaohui smoothly took over his words, "When Kang Zhuo was young, he couldn't understand his mother's alienation from him. Seeing that his brother and he were treated very differently, he felt psychologically unbalanced, but he couldn't change the status quo. He could only imagine that he was the Lei Heng who lived a happy life?"

But is Lei Heng's life really as good as he thought? Maybe it was like this in the early years, but since Lei Heng entered middle school, all the good things have been broken by Li Mu's existence. Given the unknown degree of "Versailles Nightmare" written by Li Mu, the probability of Kang Zhuo "just happening" to see this book and click in to read it is almost zero. According to him, when he planned to kill Qin Haiyang to "eliminate harm for the people", he had not yet found the next target of the crime, so how could he use the method of serial killer X as a template in advance. The only possibility is that he has been secretly watching Li Mu, and perhaps as early as three years ago when Lei Heng went to Li Mu to make trouble, he had already learned about his brother's experience as a teenager. Kang Zhuo's own life is already unfortunate enough, and the happy life he woven for himself as Lei Heng was actually shattered. This is the same torment as letting him personally suffer from Li Mu's bullying, so he planned a whole murder plan to avenge himself.

Xie Qingfei still frowned: "I still don't understand - since he took the initiative to confess because he didn't want Lei Heng to take the blame, didn't he think that his actions would implicate Lei Heng during the crime?"
"That's what I mean," Lu Shaohui said with a little fatigue in his voice, "I thought I'd ask Deng Jinru after she wakes up. Her attending doctor said her condition has improved and she will regain consciousness soon. Don't worry, just take a good rest. No matter what the truth is, we have her under our control, and we will find out sooner or later."
Xie Qingfei said, "Thank you for your hard work."

After she finished speaking, she suddenly realized that her hand had been held by Wei Cheng, and she hurriedly shook it off, warning him, "Don't take advantage of me. I'm sick, not paralyzed. It's not time for you to do whatever you want."
Wei Cheng was so shameless that he pinched her fingertips and said, "You were the first to make a move. And I'm letting you pick my flowers, so just accept them with a smile."
Xie Qingfei's palm was then tickled by him, and goose bumps appeared on his skin. Wasn't this man very sensible? After the breakup, he was so gentlemanly that people felt strange. What stimulated him to return to his original nature?

When the nurse came to check on him, Xie Qingfei quickly retracted his hands into the quilt, wishing he could bury himself under the quilt, leaving only his eyes exposed to look at him: "Don't smile like an idiot, I'm going to take a nap."
Wei Cheng nodded slightly and considerately tucked the corners of the quilt back for her, freeing her mouth and nose.
Xie Qingfei couldn't stand his affectionate look: "What else?"
"It's okay," he stood up and was about to leave. After two steps, he turned back and said without any context, "I love you."

"..."

Xie Qingfei casually grabbed an orange and threw it over, his cheeks flushed: "Are you sick? Why are you saying this?"
Wei Cheng caught the orange nimbly, peeled the skin for her and put it back, pinching her hot cheeks: "Just talking, okay, go to sleep, I'll come to see you in the afternoon."
He closed the curtains, turned off the lights, and closed the door very quietly. Xie Qingfei was hanging by his thread, and in anger he got out of bed and ate the orange.

As soon as Wei Cheng went out, he met Xi Ming and stopped him: "Go to sleep. We can talk about it in the afternoon."
"Oh, nothing, I'll just take a look." Xi Ming glanced at his brother and praised, "You've been doing well recently. Do you finally have a sense of crisis? I've said it before, if you want to pursue a girl, you have to be more serious. Xiao Wei, keep up the good work."
Wei Cheng nodded.
Xi Ming thought to himself that he didn't scold me, and looked at him in surprise.
Wei Cheng glanced sideways: "What's wrong?"
"Are you in a good mood recently?" Xi Ming asked suspiciously.
Wei Cheng: “Not bad.”
Xi Ming tried to find out: "I like this car, but..."
"Buy it, I'll transfer the money to you later." Wei Cheng didn't think it was a big deal.
Xi Ming raised his eyebrows and continued, "I'm still a little hungry. Can you leave me a couple of bites when you go back to cook for her later?"
Wei Cheng still said in a friendly manner: "Okay, go to the reception room and get it yourself."
Xi Ming: “.”
Xi Ming: "I don't care who you are, get off my brother right now!"

(End of this chapter)