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The dining table was very quiet, only the crisp sound of tableware touching the dishes.The torrential rain last night stopped this morning, the weather was surprisingly good, the sky was as blue as another sea, and there was no cloud at all.But the morning, which should have been full of vitality, was spent lifelessly at the dinner table.

The Cantonese-style breakfast is exquisite, and the table is full, but Bian Xiaoqu and Aunt Wu only hold the dishes in front of them, and the chopsticks do not extend more than ten centimeters.Bian Xiaoqu secretly raised his eyes to glance at Ji Zheng's face while he was eating a three-food bun, and saw that Ji Zheng was still lowering his head slightly, with a serious expression, like a doctor performing an operation, seriously dissecting | A glutinous rice chicken.

He has been peeling the glutinous rice chicken for nearly ten minutes.Holding a knife and fork for western food, after peeling off the lotus leaves, he peeled off the steamed glutinous rice, the stuffed chicken and vegetables little by little, and after completely separating the glutinous rice from the stuffing, he Started deboning the chicken again, removing the chicken from the bones.

He was concentrating on this extremely complicated and unnecessary work.

With the sound of the knife and fork in Ji Zheng's hand tapping the edge of the plate, Bian Xiaoqu turned his eyes away from his face, turned to look at Aunt Wu who was sitting opposite her, and played charades with Aunt Wu with her eyes.

Aunt Wu met her eyes, then shook her head slightly while drinking water.

They can all see that Ji Zheng is in a bad mood today, it can even be said to be terrible.And Ji Zheng's personality is very cold and cheerful, and he is rarely influenced by foreign objects.Furthermore, even if he encounters rare things that are worthy of his anger, there are very few cases where he externalizes this anger in a silent way.

Although Ji Zheng never loses his temper and has a gentle attitude towards people, once he keeps silent with a cold face, a thing called a sense of deterrence attached to him will be infinitely magnified.Ji Zheng, who is in a bad mood, is suitable for negotiating on any occasion. Even if he doesn't say anything, he can still defeat others without fighting.

Ji Zheng shaved the chicken bone clean, and moved the separated chicken to the other side of the plate with a knife. He didn’t control the force for a while, and the blade in his hand rubbed against the bottom of the plate fiercely, making a piercing sound like electric current. .

When Aunt Wu heard the voice, she immediately put down her chopsticks and stood up: "I'm done eating, Doctor Ji, eat slowly."

Bian Xiaoqu also stood up immediately: "I'm full too."

The two seemed to have forgotten that this was a hotel and not a home, and they still walked into the kitchen with their respective dishes.

Immediately, Ji Zheng was the only person left on the table, and Ji Zheng continued to move the chicken to the other side of the plate with a knife without moving, until the glutinous rice and other ingredients were completely separated, and each was entangled in a corner of the plate, clean and tidy like a chef's ingredients.

He finally put down the knife and fork in his hand, picked up the water glass and took a sip of white water, then glanced at the blue sky outside the French window.He had been dissecting this chicken with glutinous rice all morning. After dissecting it, he didn't eat a bite, only drank a few sips of water, and then got up and left the restaurant.

His mobile phone was charging in the room, he unplugged the charging cable, took the mobile phone out of the room and went straight to the balcony.

Under the balcony is the sea surface turbulent due to heavy rain. The waves rushed to the shore layer by layer, and were cut off by the reef and smashed into powder.

Ji Zheng stood by the balcony guardrail and broadcast Min Chengzhou's phone call.

Min Chengzhou answered the phone halfway through the ringing, his tone became hurried because of his busyness: "Ji Zheng, what's the matter?"

Ji Zheng's face was frozen all morning, and then he smiled a little: "I have something to ask you."

"what's up?"

"Zhai Wengang's autopsy—"

Before he finished speaking, Min Chengzhou hurriedly said: "Stop, we are investigating and handling the case, and the case will not be disclosed to the outside world."

Hearing his affirmation of his words, Ji Zheng stopped asking, and said, "Then can you tell me whether the bullets taken from the back of Zhai Wengang's head were shot from his shotgun?"

Min Chengzhou is still hesitating.

Ji Zheng said with a smile: "This should not violate discipline."

Only then did Min Chengzhou say: "I've done a ballistic appraisal, and it's the bullets fired from Zhai Wengang's shotgun."

Ji Zheng quoted his words calmly: "The murderer should be Zhai Wengang's wife."

Min Chengzhou said, "It's hard to say."

Ji Zheng didn't speak, waiting for him to speak.

After a short silence, Min Chengzhou said: "We visited Zhai Wengang's friends and neighbors. Just the day before Zhai Wengang's accident, Zhai Wengang told his friends that his shot|gun was lost a few days ago."

He didn't complete the sentence, but Ji Zheng could still perceive the possibility contained in this sentence: "Chen Jiazhi hid his shot|gun?"

"It's possible, but not very likely."

"How to say?"

"In fact, she has many ways to kill Zhai Wengang. Zhai Wengang lives with her, she can poison Zhai Wengang's food, stab him when he is not prepared, there is no need to use a gun. If she is to get rid of the suspicion of killing her husband , so if she doesn’t do it at home, then she should take Zhai Wengang to a farther place to do it. Zhai Wengang died on the hillside of Penang Flag Mountain, less than two kilometers away from their home, which is equivalent to dying at the door of their house. There is no reason why Chen Jiazhi could not have thought of leaving home Killing Zhai Wengang at such a close place will still set him on fire."

Ji Zheng listened silently, and said after he stopped speaking: "And the rose on Zhai Wengang's body can't be explained. The relationship between him and his wife has already fallen apart. The flower is obviously not for his wife. His purpose of going up the mountain may be It has something to do with that rose."

"Yes, so we are now investigating who has something to do with him—"

While talking, Min Chengzhou suddenly stopped, and sighed: "Why did I tell you so much again, I'm dead."

Ji Zheng said: "Wait."

"Don't inquire, I can't tell you any more."

Ji Zheng smiled and said: "No, I want to ask, do you know that a child disappeared in Bailu Town four months ago?"

"A child is missing? When did it happen? Why didn't I know?"

Ji Zheng paused for a moment, and confirmed that the child that Xia Bingyang had said disappeared in Bailu Town in April 12 was not revealed until six years later. The current police have no idea that a child is missing.

During Min Chengzhou's questioning, Ji Zheng smiled calmly and said, "I'm talking about Qin Lisi."

"Hey, I thought I lost another child. Qin Lisi's case is not under my control, and I don't know if there is any progress now."

Min Chengzhou didn't have time to talk too much with him, so he hung up the phone in a hurry after saying hello.

After the phone was hung up, the barely squeezed smile on Ji Zheng's face quickly disappeared.He took a few steps back, sat down on a sofa for one person, and looked gloomyly at the two inseparable seas not far away, the sky and the earth.

After a while, Aunt Wu made him a cup of tea and brought it to the balcony: "Doctor Ji, drink some water."

"Thank you."

Ji Zheng picked up his teacup and took a sip: "I just asked the hotel to contact a local guide|guide. Later, you and Xiao Que will take the car sent by the hotel to go out to play. All the itineraries have been arranged, and the hotel will send someone to accompany you all the way."

Aunt Wu heard another meaning in his words: "Aren't you going with us?"

"I have something to do, so I won't go. Take care of Xiao Qu, don't let her go too crazy." Then, he raised his head and smiled at Aunt Wu: "Go and pack your things, the people in the hotel are already waiting. "

Half an hour later, Ji Zheng took Bian Xiaoqu and Aunt Wu to the lobby on the first floor with a satchel that Aunt Wu had packed up.

The guards sent by the hotel were already waiting in the lobby. After Ji Zheng told them a few words, he sent Bian Xiaoqu and Aunt Wu to the commercial vehicle.

Bian Xiaoqu lay on the window of the car and said to Ji Zheng: "Brother Ji, are you really not going with us?"

Ji Zheng touched her ponytail tied behind her head: "I still have something to do, I will accompany you next time."

Bian Xiaoqu looked up at him for a moment, then suddenly said, "Brother Ji, don't be unhappy."

Ji Zheng was silent, and smiled softly: "What are you thinking about, I'm not unhappy."

After watching the commercial vehicle leave, Ji Zheng drove his own car from the garage and drove down the mountain.

In the car, he wanted to go through the information that Min Chengzhou had revealed to him just now, but found that it was difficult for him to calm down and think about a certain matter in the closed and quiet car.He could always think of Xia Bingyang, or in other words, he hadn't been able to get Xia Bingyang out of his mind, causing his thoughts to be completely disrupted, and his mind was in a mess.

Since the last time he broke up with Xia Bingyang on the phone, Ji Zheng could see Xia Bingyang's face from time to time.When Xia Bingyang was angry, his handsome face must have been cold, those dark and beautiful eyes must have been staring at him hard, the center of his brows was clenched and pressed down hard, his eyes were full of explosive power.

After breaking up unhappy, Xia Bingyang didn't contact him again.He wanted to contact Xia Bingyang several times, but he gave up because he didn't know what to say to him.He knew that Xia Bingyang was angry with him, but he couldn't understand why Xia Bingyang was angry with him.It wasn't until midnight last night that he suffered from insomnia that he had some clues in his mind.

The conflict between him and Xia Bingyang stemmed from a private matter that Xia Bingyang told him. Xia Bingyang seemed to trust him, so he shared his thoughts with him and told him that he had someone he liked.The reason why Xia Bingyang told him what was on his mind was probably because he still regarded him as the "Brother Ji Zheng" who talked about everything before, but he failed Xia Bingyang's trust. He coldly and decisively rejected Xia Bingyang's prepared "confession" for him The object's identity, and made it clear that he has no interest in who Xia Bingyang's sweetheart is.

Xia Bingyang felt that his trust had been belittled and betrayed, so he got angry.

Thinking of this, Ji Zheng felt a little clearer, but his mood did not improve at all, but became even more depressed.He has found the cause of the problem, but he has not yet found a solution to the problem. He does not want Xia Bingyang to continue to be angry with him until he completely alienates him.

Halfway through the journey, he hit upon a stupid, but perhaps the only solution that worked.No matter what his original intention of refusing was, the fact is that he angered Xia Bingyang, so it is necessary for him to apologize to Xia Bingyang.

Apologizing, making peace, and then correcting mistakes, this is the best process for easing relations with Xia Bingyang.

He has already analyzed the cause of the problem and found a solution to the problem, but he still feels uncomfortable in his heart, even more uncomfortable than before. It seems that there is a stone in his chest, and he is falling heavily, draining all his strength. Being empty made him feel more tired than ever.

He parked the car on the side of the road under the thick shade, and lowered the windows to let the cool mountain breeze blow into the car. He took a long and slow breath in the wind, and then took out his mobile phone and dialed Xia Bingyang's number.

The phone was connected, and after two rings, it was suddenly hung up.

Ji Zheng looked at the mobile phone screen that returned to the desktop because he was hung up, waited calmly for a few seconds, and then dialed the call again.

This time, Xia Bingyang answered the phone before it automatically hung up.

After the phone was connected, the first thing Ji Zheng heard was not Xia Bingyang's voice, but a soft girl's voice.

"Captain Xia, I found out the account you gave me yesterday. It's a dating site in the same city. It was registered on March 3 two years ago, and it has been canceled now—"

The girl's voice was gradually pulled away, and at the same time Xia Bingyang's voice sounded: "Pause for a while, and continue in 5 minutes."

After a slight noise, Xia Bingyang said without any emotion in his tone: "Hello?"

When Ji Zheng heard his voice, a little smile appeared on his face, trying to make his voice sound soft: "Are you busy?"

Xia Bingyang left the conference table and stood alone by the window, turned his back to the other people in the office, and said expressionlessly: "We are in a meeting."

Xia Bingyang has always been terrified of him, so it can be seen that he is still angry.

Ji Zheng thought he was implying that he was inconvenient to speak at this time, so he said: "Then I will call you later."

Xia Bingyang said lightly: "No need, are you okay?"

Hearing his sarcastic remarks, Ji Zheng's quick thinking suddenly stopped moving, and he seemed a little dull. He closed his eyes and fell silent for a while while holding his forehead, and then pretended to smile easily: "I want to explain to you what happened yesterday. , I was a little tired, and something happened, so I wasn't in a good mood—"

Halfway through the conversation, he heard a man calling 'Captain Xia' loudly from the phone. Xia Bingyang exchanged a few words with the man, and then said to him: "No need to explain, there is nothing to explain."

The rest of the words were choked on his lips, saying no, no saying no, Ji Zheng had never felt so embarrassed: "Then I apologize to you."

Xia Bingyang smiled very lightly, the laughter was neither cold nor warm: "Apologizing is even less so, you didn't say anything wrong, let alone do anything wrong, why should you apologize?"

Ji Zheng seemed to have tried all the methods on him, but it was still useless, and he said helplessly, "Bing Yang, what do you want me to do?"

Xia Bingyang was silent for a while, and finally his attitude was no longer so indifferent, and said: "I said, I want to see you. I don't want to say anything until I see you."

After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone without giving Ji Zheng any chance to express his opinion.