Chapter 230 Comfort
Chi Xia had consumed too much energy this time and had been very sleepy for the past two days, and had missed the opportunity to send Lin Cuo to the provincial department.
Because when she woke up it was already afternoon.
Guilai had already gone to Yuji, and Heizi happened to be traveling with him. As for Mr. Qiu, he went to his friend's place early in the morning to check Chi Xia's medical report, cursing.
Chi Xia felt inexplicably lost for a few seconds, and when she opened her phone, she saw the message from Luo Xun.
"I don't know when you'll wake up. There's food in the fridge. You can heat it up and eat it yourself."
"Lu Ningzhi's case has been closed. All evidence points to Pan Haili and Tao Han. Juanmao and Cao Bin are competing to determine the winner. The loser will write the closing report."
"The provincial department sent a new report, but they still haven't found out the exact composition of the injection."
"Do you want to come to the bureau? Curly lost and is writing a case report. The bureau is quite busy."
…
He kept on chattering, sending a message every few minutes. Chi Xia read them one by one, changed his clothes and went to the task force.
When I arrived at the police station and greeted Zhang Jinguo as usual, I found that there was a different person in the security room.
It was not the one who often took shifts with Zhang Jinguo, but a complete stranger.
As soon as Chi Xia entered the task force, he asked, "What happened to Captain Zhang? Why did the security room have a new person?"
Luo Xun and the others both looked up at him. Cao Bin and Juanmao immediately ran over and circled around Chi Xia, both with worried looks on their faces: "Chi Xia, are you okay? The boss didn't even let us come to see you. We were so worried!"
"It's okay. I'll tell you in detail later." Chi Xia raised the things in his hand: "It's a reward for everyone."
Curly and Cao Bin cheered and ran to the side to share the afternoon tea in a few minutes.
Lin Wenjue then asked, "Are you really okay? I see you don't look very well."
"You've used up too much energy, just make sure you get enough rest." Chi Xia said, then asked, "Captain Zhang is..."
Luo Xun stuffed a cup of warm water into her hand: "Captain Zhang will not come to the police station from today on."
"Why?" Chi Xia was a little curious: "According to his qualifications, he can also go to the logistics department."
"You think Lao Chang didn't try to keep you?"
Lin Wenjue said: "At the beginning, the team hoped that Captain Zhang would go to the logistics department, but Captain Zhang refused to do so. He just sat in the security booth at the door for all these years. Maybe he was obsessed with it. It's a good thing that he doesn't do it now. It means that he has let me go..."
Chi Xia became more and more curious: "What do you mean?"
Lin Wenjue grabbed a chair and sat down, then turned around and shouted to Juanmao and Cao Bin, "Can you two be quiet? We are here to discuss serious matters."
Curly and Cao Bin made a sound of grievance.
"Eight years ago, there was a joint anti-drug case. An accident occurred during the operation and we suffered heavy losses. Captain Zhang and his partner at the time were captured. Captain Zhang escaped but injured a leg, and the other partner died at the hands of drug dealers."
Chi Xia listened, his face gradually darkening: "So, the mission was considered a failure?"
"Well, I heard that the failure was caused by incorrect intelligence."
Lin Wenjue sighed: "After that incident, Captain Zhang never touched a gun again. Because of his leg injury, the bureau wanted him to go to logistics, but he insisted on going to the security booth. He has been doing this for eight years."
"So this case was left unresolved?" Chi Xia frowned and looked at Lin Wenjue and Luo Xun.
Luo Xun took the empty cup from her hand and said, "That should be the case. At that time, Lao Lin and I were not qualified to participate in such a large-scale operation. So many comrades died, and no one mentioned this matter openly."
Cao Bin came over and said, "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Captain Zhang has been torturing himself these years. With his qualifications, all major police stations would be eager to hire him as a consultant, but he doesn't do that. He keeps himself tied up here. Sometimes I feel sad when I see him."
"The most difficult thing for a person to overcome in life is the hurdle in his heart."
Lin Wenjue sighed: "It's a good thing that Captain Zhang left the security booth. He can..."
Before he finished speaking, Luo Xun's phone rang. He picked it up casually: "Master, you are calling me at this time. Are you going to ask me to attend your class again?"
When they heard that it was Zheng Jinghuai calling, Chi Xia and Lin Wenjue breathed a sigh of relief.
Before the two of them looked away, they saw the laziness on Luo Xun's face suddenly disappear, and his voice became cold: "Well, I know."
Lin Wenjue didn't know what he was thinking about. He picked up his phone, opened the calendar, and frowned.
Chi Xia gave him a puzzled look.
Lin Wenjue pushed his phone and clicked on a date on it. Chi Xia looked over and saw a note on it: Sister Luo Xun's birthday.
September 30th, which means... one week later.
Luo Xun hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?" Lin Wenjue asked, "What did Teacher Zheng say?"
"Zheng Yanbo is back." Luo Xun pinched his phone: "He wants to meet me."
His emotions suddenly became heavy, and Chi Xia could feel his restraint.
He stood up: "I'm going to go out for a cigarette and be right back."
After he left, Lin Wenjue asked Chi Xia: "Aren't you going to comfort her?"
"Let's go later. Let him digest it first." Chi Xia retracted his gaze: "Who is Zheng Yanbo?"
"Teacher Zheng's son." Lin Wenjue said: "Sister Luo Xun liked him very much back then, and then something like that happened..."
Chi Xia pondered for a few seconds: "Does he have feelings for Luo Lingfei?"
Lin Wenjue had a complicated expression: "If you ask me, it's just that you learn to cherish something only after you lose it. Luo Lingfei confessed to him many times but he rejected her. Now that she is gone, he is the one who is the saddest. It is precisely because of this that Luo Xun actually has some complaints about him."
"Hasn't he been in Dongzhou in these years?" Chi Xia asked again.
"Well, he went abroad shortly after the incident and hasn't been back in all these years."
"He hasn't been back for ten years?" Chi Xia was even more curious: "Then he and Teacher Zheng..."
"Mr. Zheng's wife passed away early, and he was always busy with work. Zheng Yanbo grew up with his uncle, and his relationship with Mr. Zheng was average. When Luo Lingfei got into trouble, the murderer was never found, and the gap between him and Mr. Zheng became even deeper. Anyway..."
Lin Wenjue sighed: "The one who has the most difficulty in the middle is probably Teacher Zheng."
After hearing these words, Chi Xia went out to find Luo Xun.
Luo Xun had just finished smoking two cigarettes and his emotions had stabilized. Feeling the familiar footsteps, he moved to the side and asked, "Are you here to comfort me?"
"Don't you need it?" Chi Xia supported his shoulders and squatted beside him: "If you don't need it, then I'll leave."
"Yes." Luo Xun grabbed her wrist: "Come on, how are you going to comfort me?"
The two were at the back of the office building, with no one around. Chi Xia looked around again and hooked his finger: "Face, come here."
Luo Xun half-believed and half-doubtedly raised his head: "Not good, kissing here..."
"If you kiss here, you'll get beaten."
Chi Xia grabbed his head and put it on his shoulder, then patted him: "Lean on it for a while, boys always want to kiss or not, they are not honest."
Luo Xun laughed out of anger and wanted to argue with her, but she pressed his head down and he couldn't get up.
He simply adjusted his position and leaned back with a clear conscience: “Well, you’re right, we can’t kiss here.”
Chi Xia chuckled.
After a while, Luo Xun said, "Chi Xia, let's investigate this case next."
Chi Xia didn't expect him to bring this up. She paused and said, "Okay, I'll help you."
"Find out the connection between my sister and your father." Luo Xun took a deep breath: "It's time to face them head-on."
"good."
Chi Xia said: "Can I ask you a question?"
"Um."
"Do you use that old Lugia phone to get news about your sister's case?"
Luo Xun nodded in the crook of her neck.
"Why?"
Luo Xun pursed his lips: "Maybe I want to remind myself, maybe I want to torture myself. There are a lot of our chat messages on that phone. Sometimes I wonder if she will call me suddenly. But so many years have passed, people have to accept the facts, right?"
Chi Xia patted his head.
"Didn't I tell you that I would definitely leave something behind before I sealed my memory?"
After a while, Chi Xia said, "I remember I hid those things in the basement of my house. After you get off work, will you accompany me there ?"
"good."
"Then we'll go to your house." Chi Xia said.
"My home, which home?" Luo Xun asked.
Chi Xia pushed his head away: "Your little house of more than 50 square meters, what are you thinking about to understand the case?"
Luo Xun laughed and helped her up: "What can I think? I am simple and good, right?"
Chi Xia: ...
