Seeing the crime scene flashbacks made me the darling of the police station.

Chapter 314 Because of You, Sister Miaomiao

Su Miaoyi, Chu Xingrou, and Lu Zhishen stared at Zhuang Yanzheng, and for a second or two, they seemed to freeze in place.

"You've been away on a business trip for a few days and you don't even recognize me anymore? Is Duan Wenrui trying to win people over and poach my people?" Zhuang Yanzheng said as he walked down the steps.

Su Miaoyi put away the dagger, and Lu Zhishen threw the stick aside.

Chu Xingrou took the gun and walked towards him.

"Hey!" Zhuang Yanzheng looked at her, "Put it away."

Chu Xingrou quickly put the gun away.

"Goodness, it's only been a few days, and the three of you have gotten so thin!" Zhuang Yanzheng looked at the three of them. "Are you dieting like this?"

"Really?" Chu Xingrou touched her face, quite happy. "Have I lost weight?"

"Still laughing?" Zhuang Yanzheng said. "It doesn't look good anymore."

Chu Xingrou performed a smile-disappearing trick.

Su Miaoyi noticed that Chu Xingrou secretly gave Zhuang Yanzheng a fierce look, and she smiled, "Why did you come here?"

"I'll just submit an application and come over," Zhuang Yanzheng said. "We'll talk inside."

The four people walked into the room.

"You came empty-handed?" Lu Zhishen said.

"Tsk." Zhuang Yanzheng clicked his tongue and looked at him. "What are you saying! Do you think I would come to see my brothers empty-handed?"

Upon entering the room, the three of them looked at the several suitcases and large bags.

“They’re all yours,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Su Miaoyi gave him a thumbs up.

Chu Xingrou smiled and said, "Captain Zhuang, you're such a nice person."

"You laughed again?" Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Lu Zhishen looked at him and said, "Don't even mention taking things from the snack cabinet in my office."

"No, not at all," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Lu Zhishen felt a little relieved, and then he heard Zhuang Yanzheng say something.

"Your snack cabinet is empty, there's nothing left for you. I bought all of these."

Lu Zhishen looked at him with eyes that seemed to want to kill him.

Zhuang Yanzheng put his arm around his shoulder: "I'll give you some food. You're so stingy. I'll fill it up for you when we get back."

Lu Zhishen snorted.

If he says that, he'll definitely pretend nothing happened when he gets back.

Su Miaoyi closed the door and asked, "Did you come here because of something?"

"We've found some of Lu Xian's whereabouts," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

"Has he been here before?" Su Miaoyi asked.

“Yes,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “He stayed in Changshi three years ago, three months before Gao Hui’s case happened.

"Do you think that Mia's subordinate, Twenty-One, might have come here with Lu Xian?" Su Miaoyi asked.

“Yes. Lu Xian and Mia have known each other for quite a while. According to Mia, Lu Xian often uses her people. And he was here three years ago. I’m wondering if there’s any connection.” Zhuang Yanzheng said, looking at Su Miaoyi. “And you’ve never seen footage from this distance before. What you saw in Jinghai was within the Jinghai area. The case in Jiangcheng was also something you saw in Jiangcheng.”

"Isn't the place where Mo Xiaoxiao hid the USB drive the one we saw in Jinghai?" Lu Zhishen said.

“It’s not quite the same. The incident of Mo Xiaoxiao hiding the USB drive is part of Su Miaoyi’s memory, but she had forgotten about it. Later, she remembered it, but it wasn’t something she saw,” Su Miaoyi said.

Lu Zhishen nodded.

"So, does this sudden appearance of footage from such a distance mean that this case is somehow related to us?" Zhuang Yanzheng said.

“If all our current speculations are correct, then this Twenty-One shouldn’t be someone who came from Yanjing Village or this town. He came from outside, but met Tian Min in Changshi?” Su Miaoyi said.

"Very likely," Zhuang Yanzheng said. "What's the progress on your end?"

"No progress." "Is it that difficult?" Zhuang Yanzheng paused for a moment before asking, "How are the others?"

The three men looked at him and knew he was referring to Duan Wenrui and Zhao Yongliang.

“It’s great,” Lu Zhishen said. “He’s very responsible and takes the case very seriously.”

"What's next?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked.

“Go to the police station to sort out the case,” Su Miaoyi said.

“You guys go ahead,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “I’ll find somewhere to eat.”

The four men walked out: "How did you get in?"

"Duan Wenrui brought me in. I originally went to the police station to find you and wanted to surprise you, but you weren't there, so I came here to leave my luggage," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

“Not at all surprising,” Su Miaoyi said.

Zhuang Yanzheng: "."

"Is the car rented?" Lu Zhishen looked at the car at the door.

"Yes," Zhuang Yanzheng said. "Isn't it cool? It's so hard to drive."

"Not as good as your three-wheeled motorcycle," Su Miaoyi said.

“Not a single word of it is something I want to hear,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Su Miaoyi chuckled.

The three of them went to the police station. Zhuang Yanzheng went to eat, and after eating, he returned to the police station and looked at the case information.

Two hours later, Su Miaoyi, Chu Xingrou, and a police officer from the branch office went to question Tian Min again.

Nothing was obtained from the question.

What they need now is evidence of the crime.

Su Miaoyi looked at the photos on the whiteboard and the lines connecting them. She moved her chair closer to the wall and rested her head against it.

It was past two in the morning when Lu Zhishen leaned back in his chair, a piece of unused drawing paper on his face, and fell asleep.

Su Miaoyi leaned her head against the wall and closed her eyes.

Zhuang Yanzheng was still reviewing the case information.

There are too many to look at in a short time.

Chu Xingrou felt a little cold, so she poured two cups of hot water and gave one to Zhuang Yanzheng.

Zhuang Yanzheng looked at her and said, "Go get some sleep."

"I can't sleep," Chu Xingrou said.

Zhuang Yanzheng glanced at her again: "Worried?"

"Hmm." Chu Xingrou took a blanket and draped it over Su Miaoyi, then sat back down. "This is the most difficult case I've been working on since I joined our municipal bureau."

“Which case the Municipal Bureau takes on isn’t difficult? If it weren’t difficult, it wouldn’t be in our hands,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “Case like this, where they erase traces and exploit local beliefs, is very difficult to deal with because the criminals are intelligent and have counter-investigation capabilities. If we miss any information, the case will be very difficult to solve. Especially since this isn’t the Jinghai Municipal Bureau, there are some things we don’t know, and what we do know may not be true.”

Chu Xingrou nodded: "I understand the reasoning, but it wasn't this difficult before."

"Because of you, Sister Miaomiao." Zhuang Yanzheng said without looking up from the documents.

Chu Xingrou looked at Su Miaoyi.

"In the year she's been at the Municipal Bureau, our case-solving efficiency has skyrocketed." Zhuang Yanzheng finished speaking, paused for a few seconds, and looked up, saying, "If I had encountered someone this capable when I first started working here..."

Zhuang Yanzheng imagined for a moment: "I don't even know what position I'll be promoted to now."

Chu Xingrou blinked: "Does that mean if I follow Sister Miaomiao, I can sit in your position in just a few years?"

Zhuang Yanzheng looked at her: "What? You want to leave me out in the dust?"

The light in Chu Xingrou's eyes dimmed, and she muttered under her breath, "What an old joke."

"Hiss—" Zhuang Yanzheng gasped.

Chu Xingrou quickly moved a chair far away from him.
(End of this chapter)