Chapter 65 Police Grass
Chi Xia walked back quickly and sent a message to Qu Bai with his mobile phone .
[I'm really sorry, something urgent happened at work and I didn't have time to tell you. Where are you now? ]
Qu Bai quickly replied her with a voice message: "When I saw you didn't come, I knew you had an emergency. I'm not in a hurry. Please come over slowly."
Chi Xia breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that since he said so, he would definitely not wait there forever.
When they were almost at the intersection, Chi Xia saw Qu Bai's figure from afar. The other party was also looking in her direction. Chi Xia waved at him and trotted over.
"I'm so sorry." Chi Xia apologized from a few steps away: "Did I take up your time?"
Qu Bai shook his head: "Not really, but I think we should make an appointment at a place. Sometimes you are busy and may not be able to come and pick it up every day. Maybe sometimes I am busy too."
This is indeed a troublesome matter. Chi Xia thought for a while and said, "How about I tell you in advance when I need you?"
A hint of laughter flashed across Qu Bai's eyes: "I think so...By the way, is your place far from the bar?"
"It's quite close." Chi Xia said.
Qu Bai took out a key: "There is a milk box at the door of the bar. Here is the key. I ask Uncle Gen to make soup and put it in there every day. You can come and take it yourself."
This is a good idea. Chi Xia's eyes lit up: "Okay, what about the price...have you discussed it with Uncle Gen?"
"We've discussed it." Qu Bai smiled and stretched out his hand: "Five hundred a month, Officer Chi, do you want to do this business?"
"Five thousand, maybe."
Chi Xia raised the price: "Didn't you say that Uncle Gen's child is missing? It must not have been easy for him. And this is a craft passed down from our ancestors, so it must be valuable."
Qu Bai didn't refuse: "Then I thank you on behalf of Uncle Gen."
Seeing him holding a new thermos, Chi Xia added, "It's close anyway, I'll put the thermos in when I go to work every day, so Uncle Gen doesn't have to prepare a new one every day, which would be a waste."
"Okay." Qu Bai listened to her carefully and saw her hair blown by the wind: "Chi Xia, is your insomnia serious?"
"A little bit." Chi Xia smiled and said, "In today's society, there are very few people who don't suffer from insomnia."
"Um."
Qu Bai also smiled. He looked at his watch and said, "Well, it's getting late. You have to go back."
Chi Xia glanced at his phone and it was already very late.
"good."
She took the thermos from Qu Bai and asked him, "I've always wanted to ask you, where did you buy that lychee-flavored candy?"
"You like it very much?" There was a hint of surprise in Qu Bai's eyes.
On the one hand, she likes it, but on the other hand, that taste is a little special to Chi Xia.
She has always liked lychee-flavored candies and has eaten a lot of them over the years, but the candies Qu Bai gave her tasted closest to the ones she remembered.
But Chi Xia didn't know why she liked it. This might be the key to completely unlock her memory.
"There are a lot of bars." Qu Bai gestured with his hands: "There is a drawer like this. No one in the store eats them. I'll give them all to you."
Chi Xia was amused by his serious look, and she said, "Just tell me where you bought it, and I'll buy it myself."
“I don’t know where I bought it.”
Qu Bai frowned, a little regretful: "Uncle Gen's wife brought it here. They treat me as their own child. Their child also likes to eat this candy, so they saved a lot of it. She has been feeling unwell recently. When she gets better, I will ask for you again, okay?"
"I'm just asking casually. I'm not in a hurry." Chi Xia waved his hand quickly: "Please don't bother Uncle Gen."
"No trouble." He took out a few from his pocket: "Uncle Gen always asks me to pack a few every time he goes out, I'll give them to you."
He spread out his palms, his eyes serious and pure: "You should eat less sugar. Eating too much is bad for your teeth."
It was as if a string in Chi Xia's mind was suddenly plucked.
I remember someone telling her, "You should eat less sugar. It's bad for your teeth."
Unlike Qu Bai, the vague person always sighed in a mature manner when he said this. What she remembered most clearly was actually those sighs.
"Yeah." Chi Xia looked at the candy in her hand: "Protecting dental health is everyone's responsibility."
Qu Bai laughed, revealing a faint dimple, and raised his arm and then put it down: "Well, everyone has a responsibility, go home quickly, and be careful on the road."
Chi Xia walked for a while, then she suddenly turned around and saw Qu Bai's back.
On the deserted street , his figure was walking slowly under the street lights. He was obviously a man as beautiful as jade and a unique young man in the world, but Chi Xia only felt that he was a lonely pine tree and a jade mountain was about to collapse.
She looked at the figure, and a deep sadness suddenly welled up in her heart. Her heart ached. The sudden sadness turned into anger in the next moment. It seemed that an uncontrollable resentment was accumulating in her body and running around.
There was a voice clamoring: Destroy it, tear it apart!
You do the opposite, you make them cry, you watch them kill each other!
You were born a ghost, walking in a dark and lonely alley, and you have to see them suffer as much as you do!
…
"Fuck you."
She clutched her clothes and leaned against the wall, sweat on her forehead, and squeezed out a few words from between her teeth to deal with this sudden emotion: "No one can decide what I want to do!"
The candy that Qu Bai gave her came in handy at this time. She impatiently stuffed two candies into her mouth, closed her eyes and waited for the sweetness to fill her mouth.
Chi Xia opened her eyes and saw the sky full of stars.
…
The next morning, Luo Xun received the news that nothing was detected in the bouquet of flowers.
When Chi Xia arrived at the task force, Luo Xun was shaving by the window. He used the most traditional blade, and there was a circle of soap bubbles on his chin.
"Just right."
He pouted and scraped off some foam from the corner of his mouth: "There's nothing wrong with the flowers. We have to look for clues on the wrapping paper and the card."
Chi Xia nodded: "Captain Luo, should I still follow you today?"
Luo Xun turned his chin and said, "Who else do you want to follow?"
"I can do what Brother Lin and the others do." Chi Xia said as a matter of course: "It's always good to learn more."
Luo Xun felt refreshed after shaving. The more he looked at himself in the mirror, the more handsome he looked. He smiled at Chi Xia and said, "No, I'm watching you. Just stay here honestly."
Chi Xia pouted, her displeasure was all over her face: "Okay, Captain Luo."
Just then Lin Wenjue and the others came in, and they were very uncomfortable seeing Luo Xun like this.
"What's wrong with you?" Lin Wenjue touched Luo Xun's head worriedly: "You don't have a fever. Why do you look so fresh today? Are you going on a blind date? Who wants you?"
Luo Xun slapped his hand away. Before he could say anything, Cao Bin slammed the table and said, "Oh no, I miscalculated! Is the grass selection competition about to start? I forgot again!"
Curly took out his phone and checked the calendar: "Yes, it's only these few days!"
Chi Xia said weakly: "What is the grass selection meeting?"
"It's more serious to call him the police station star."
Lin Wenjue explained to her: "It's about selecting a police beauty from within our police station to take promotional photos for us. Director Chang pays for it himself, and the winner will receive an additional 2,000 yuan bonus. It's an encouragement system, created by Director Chang. In our special task force, we call it the selection contest."
"Look at how uneducated you all are." Luo Xun looked at them with disdain.
Cao Bin jumped over, holding onto the table, and said to Chi Xia with his hand covering his mouth, "Captain Luo works tirelessly every year for these two thousand yuan, even cutting hair."
Chi Xia gave a thumbs up: "Captain Luo has a bright future."
Luo Xun coughed twice in all seriousness and raised his hand: "Okay, let me tell you about Chi Xia's new discovery last night."
Luo Xun briefly recounted what happened last night: "So, our main goal now is to confirm the identity of the person who sent the flowers."
"I met with Mr. Chen again last night. He felt it necessary to meet with us, but his schedule would probably take until the evening," said Lin Wenjue.
Luo Xun nodded: "Very good, Mr. Chen should be able to give a more professional judgment, then let's start working as soon as possible. This bouquet of flowers has been tested and there is no problem. Lao Lin, you and Cao Bin will use the wrapping paper and card information to see if you can determine the source of the flowers. Chi Xia and I will go to find Teacher Fu and compare the handwriting to see the situation."
Once the tasks were assigned, everyone got busy.
Luo Xun and Chi Xia went to look for Teacher Fu. When the car was about to reach the flower shop, Chi Xia called Luo Xun: "Captain Luo, can we stop at the flower shop in front?"
Luo Xun didn't ask why. He stopped the car and saw her come back with a bouquet of flowers not long after she went down.
"It's working time, Chi Xia." He said after Chi Xia sat down.
"I also worked overtime last night, Captain Luo, to offset it." Chi Xia reasoned with him: "Besides, if it weren't for this bouquet of flowers last night, we wouldn't have had a breakthrough ."
She had some truth in her words. Luo Xun asked, "Who are these flowers for?"
"My mother."
Chi Xia carefully put the flowers aside: "Today is her birthday."
Luo Xun looked back through the rearview mirror and saw her slightly tilting her head with a pure smile.
