Silver Snow Line [Criminal Investigation]

The office of the criminal investigation team is always filled with desks but no people. It is basically empty no matter what time of day you come. But because there is a captain who specializes in treating procrastination, early January becomes the most leisurely time. After everyone has finished their cases, they finally have time to communicate with the workstations they don't often see.

Xie Qingfei entered the door on time, and met Lv Shaohui, who was closest to the door. He was watching a movie on his phone, and the protagonist suddenly said "You just had sex", which startled Xie Qingfei and made him stop in his tracks. Lv Shaohui's sharp eyes swept over, staring at her, and after two seconds, he said "Fuck" with envy and jealousy. After another two seconds, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and he said "Fuck" again with a rhythmic tone, threw down the movie and flew in front of the person: "You and Wei Cheng?"

Xie Qingfei let out an "ah".
Lu Shaohui laughed wickedly: "I knew that you two would get back together sooner or later. You are quite good at picking a date."
Xie Qingfei was slightly stunned: "Actually..."
In fact, they didn't seem to mention it on purpose, and it just happened naturally. But it's not a big problem, after all, it would be awkward to go through the process again when we are so familiar with each other, so it's fine to just let it happen naturally.

Before Xie Qingfei could finish his words, Xi Mingfeng ran in and said, "We received a report from the command center that a bag of body parts was found on a construction site near Tianning University Town."
As a result, the office, which was bustling just a moment ago, suddenly became like a tornado. Except for the swivel chair that was still spinning, people were already in position in front of the police car.

A team quickly arrived at the scene of the report.

The reporter, Lao Liu, was an ordinary worker at the construction site. He had just gone out to urinate, but he thought the public toilet was too far and cold, so he found a wall to relieve himself. The gravel and sand on the ground were loose, and after being washed away by urine, a tightly tied bag was revealed. Lao Liu was also curious, so he found a stick to pick out the bag, and found that it was filled with meat. At this time, he still didn't think anything was wrong. He fiddled with it a few more times and saw a whole piece of hair with the scalp peeled off. Only then did he run back to call the police in fear.

Investigators were already searching the scene. The bag of body parts that was found weighed only three kilograms and was cut into 5 small pieces of 5*13 in total. One could barely tell that they were subcutaneous tissue and fat. The wall next to the construction site was connected to the snack street of the university town, so there was a lot of discarded food waste here. If there was no hair, most people would not have thought that it was human tissue.

"She has long hair, so the deceased might be a young woman. Judging from the degree of decomposition, she has been there for at least a month." The forensic doctor said, "I haven't encountered a dismemberment case in many years, but here comes a big one right at the beginning of the year."

Xie Qingfei glanced at the bag containing the body parts. It was an ordinary white plastic bag with the convenience store logo printed on it. This convenience store had few and scattered branches in Shengzhou, and the most concentrated area was the university town.
Xie Qingfei pondered for a moment, then said to Lu Shaohui beside him: "Let's put this matter aside for now, so as not to delay the students' final exams."
Lu Shaohui was holding his nose and wondering if Captain Xie didn't have a sense of smell. Hearing this, he asked in a muffled voice, "Do you suspect the murderer is a student nearby?"
"How can we tell?" Xie Qingfei said, "But we must avoid alerting the enemy and first confirm the identity of the deceased."

However, Xi Ming brought back the following news after a round of investigation: "We didn't find any other bags of body parts around. Logically, the other parts of the body wouldn't be thrown too far away, but we looked around and found nothing. This construction site is quite large, and if we really want to dig... it's not a small project."

"Let's find him first, and then ask the surrounding merchants if they have seen anything suspicious." Xie Qingfei said, "Xi Ming stays here, Shao Hui and I will go to investigate, where is Zhao...Zhao Chongyun?"
She turned her head and looked around, and found that Zhao Chongyun was fully armed and standing next to the forensic vehicle with a serious face. Although he looked like he was about to vomit, he still insisted on communicating with the forensic doctor beside him about the condition of the body parts.
"Poor guy, but he is quite ambitious." Lu Shaohui said with emotion.
Zhao Chongyun actually wanted to avoid Xie Qingfei, but Xie Qingfei was good at rejecting people but not at comforting them, so he could only wait for him to recover from this.
His appearance of swaying in the wind was really pitiful. Xie Qingfei sighed and said, "Tell him to go back and work with Dai Lin to collect information on missing persons reports in the past three months. Don't take the job away from the forensic doctor."

Street visits were also a difficult project. They spent the whole morning talking and talking without getting any useful clues. A few people went into a random restaurant and ordered eight stir-fried dishes and staple food. The owner specially arranged the largest round table for them.

It was lunchtime, and students began to come in one after another, mostly in groups of three or two.

"It's great to be young. I actually miss my college days." Glancing at a young couple sitting and feeding each other, a criminal police officer propped up his chin and said enviously.
"Come on, I don't want to go to college. It's exhausting." The person next to me said, "When I filled out the application form, I had no idea that the police academy had such a strict schedule. I wanted to drop out after just one week."
Several people laughed and recalled their college days.

"Forget campus romance. There are only a few girls in the entire major. What's there to miss about a bunch of rough guys?"

The criminal police officer Xiao Lu who spoke had a baby-faced face. His words were heard by three boys sitting behind him. One of them turned around and greeted him enthusiastically, "Brother, are you studying computer science too?"
Xiao Lu also reacted quickly and joined in: "Civil engineering, Ace Monk major, similar to you guys."
The boy laughed, and as Xiao Lu turned around, he could see Xie Qingfei sitting inside. She was leaning lazily on the back of the chair, holding a bottle of Arctic Ocean in her hand, with a straw in her mouth. I don't know what the man next to her said to her, but her eyebrows curved, and her already bright features became even more beautiful because of the smile.
The boy was stunned for a few seconds, his mouth suddenly opened without knowing why, his eyes widened involuntarily, and then he asked enthusiastically: "I'm from Shengzhou University of Science and Technology, how about you?"
Xiao Lu said: "What a coincidence, our schools are across from each other."
"To the University of Technology?" The boy thought of the answer himself, "We'll have a chance to play basketball together."

Several years after graduating, Xiao Lu became a college student again. He successfully exchanged WeChat with the person, and the two of them even made an appointment to play basketball. They didn't stop talking until the food was served.

"Fortunately, there is a school opposite the University of Science and Technology, otherwise I would have been exposed." Xiao Lu patted his chest and said.
Lu Shaohui looked at him carefully for a few seconds, hooked his neck and asked Xie Qingfei: "Do we look like people of the same age?"
Xie Qingfei was deliberately surprised: "What? You two are the same age?"
Lu Shaohui wailed as if he was hurt: "We are the same age!"
Xiao Lu was so happy that he was about to speak when his WeChat vibrated. He looked and found that it was a message from the boy he had just added.

[J: Hi buddy, my name is Jiang Ke, are you using your real name as your WeChat name? ]
【Lu Zhiheng: This is convenient. 】
【J: OK, I'd like to ask the girl at your table, is she dating someone? 】
Lu Zhiheng looked up at Xie Qingfei, took a screenshot of the chat interface and sent it to her. Xie Qingfei nodded after reading it.
【Lu Zhiheng: Yes, how come. 】
[J: ...As expected, all the beautiful girls have a boyfriend. So sad.]
【Lu Zhiheng: Haha, yes. 】
【J: Is she also from your school? 】
【Lu Zhiheng: Yes.】
【J: Oh, why don’t we have such a beautiful girl in our school? 】
【Lu Zhiheng: The school is so big, maybe you just haven’t met him yet.】
【J: No, really not. 】

After this message was sent, the top of the screen still showed "input in progress". Lu Zhiheng was just waiting to see what he would say when he heard another boy at their table throw down his chopsticks and spit several mouthfuls of food: "Where's the boss? What's wrong with this dish!"

The boss came out from the kitchen upon hearing the noise, and asked while wiping his hands, "What's wrong, classmate?"
Boy: "This sweet and sour pork stinks, is it spoiled? Why don't you serve it to us?"
"How is that possible! I buy all the meat in the store from the market early in the morning. We have been open for so many years and no one has ever complained about the quality." The boss was busy explaining, and the other students eating in the store were attracted by the noise and looked over. But as the boss said, this is an old store, and the students who come and go are all familiar faces, so they didn't really suspect anything because of the boy's words.

The boy took several gulps of water to suppress the sour and astringent taste in his mouth, and then said, "Okay, okay, I won't argue with you. Try it yourself and see if I have wronged you."
To prove his innocence, the boss immediately picked up the meat with chopsticks and took a bite. However, after just chewing it twice, he spat it out with a distorted face.
The boy asked, "Do you believe it now?"
The boss apologized sincerely: "Student, I'm so sorry. I don't know how this happened. So, I'll treat you to this table. Please leave me your contact information. I will give you an explanation after I find out the reason. If you feel uncomfortable in the future, please tell me in time. I will be responsible for everything."

Seeing that his attitude was so good, the boy didn't care anymore and did as he said.

The plate of sweet and sour pork was taken away by the boss. The two people at Jiang Ke's table were late to the party and had not tasted the dish yet. They were all trying to comfort the boy. The boy still felt disgusted after thinking about it, and even lost his appetite when he looked at the other dishes on the table. He said with disdain: "Is this dead pork or rat meat? I don't want to eat meat this week."

All the detectives at the table were stunned for a moment. Xie Qingfei winked at Lu Shaohui, who immediately followed him to the kitchen.

After Jiang Ke comforted his companions, he was still thinking about the beautiful girl from the neighboring school and continued to send WeChat messages to Lu Zhiheng.

[J: I've seen photos of all the girls in our school. Those who are a little bit pretty either have a boyfriend or have high standards. And none of them are as good as the girl at your table. I really fell in love at first sight. How about you give me her contact information? ]

[Lu Zhiheng: How is it possible that you have seen all of them? How did you do it? ]

Jiang Ke forwarded a link to him.
Lu Zhiheng clicked on it and found that it was a privately built website. The category at the top was the name of the college, and below it were all ID photos and detailed identity information of different girls.

[J: There is a filter function in the upper right corner, which can sort the pictures from high to low in terms of appearance. You will know that I am not lying if you take a look at it.]

After seeing it clearly, Lu Zhiheng felt that his blood froze. The filtering function was only the least important aspect. This website seemed simple, but the scope of personal information collected was so wide that even a policeman would find it outrageous. College, student ID number, ID number, place of origin, and even home address were all classified for filtering and searching. Visitors only needed to set the search scope according to their preferences, and they could choose the girls they liked from the results that met the conditions.

[Lu Zhiheng: How come this website is so awesome? ]
[J: There is a big shot in our department. If there is one in your school, I will definitely give that beauty 10 points.]
【Lu Zhiheng: Is it okay for you to just send it to me like this? 】
Lu Zhiheng discovered that this website was an invitation-only website and was not open to the public.
[J: You have to be sincere when you ask someone to do something for you. How about helping me? ]

He was determined to rely on Lu Zhiheng to get Xie Qingfei's contact information, so he generously offered his "treasure". Lu Zhiheng touched his face and thought, do I look so wretched? How come we are classified in the same camp?
Looking down at the young faces, he forwarded all the content to the group with trembling fingers.

Xie Qingfei frowned as he read the entire chat and whispered, "Keep him stable first and get more useful information out of him."
This was an accidental discovery, and an obvious criminal act, so they would definitely deal with it.
"How can it be stable?" Lu Zhiheng couldn't eat at this moment and felt extremely nauseous.
His companion patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are the only male college student among us. You have a duty to fulfill and you can only work hard."
Xie Qingfei said: "You talk to him first, and you can give him my contact information when necessary."
Lu Zhiheng also wanted to resolve this matter properly. It was really disgusting, so he buried his head in practicing Tai Chi with Jiang Ke.

[Lu Zhiheng: It’s not that I don’t want to help, she is my brother’s girlfriend after all, and I can’t do something like backstabbing my buddy.]
【J: …】
[Lu Zhiheng: But we can keep in touch. I will tell you if they have any new developments. If there is a chance, the rest is up to you.]
【J: Thanks, brother! Can you tell me her name? 】

Lu Zhiheng paused with his finger hovering over the screen. He knew with his toes what disgusting things this wretched man would do after asking for someone's name. He didn't want anyone to talk nonsense about Captain Xie.

【Lu Zhiheng: Her name is Xi Ming.】
[J: Hehe, she’s pretty and has a nice name. ]
【Lu Zhiheng: Yes.】

(End of this chapter)