Be in low spirits

"Have we... met before?" Kong Zhixi asked the person who came to claim the body. "Your police station receives different calls every time, so I don't think I know you." The old lady interrupted, while her granddaughter, who was about the same age as Kong Zhixi, was still immersed in the pain of losing her father.

"Grandma, can Jia Jia go through the procedures with us now?" Grandma glanced at her granddaughter next to her and wanted to refuse, but the granddaughter spoke first: "Yes, I know why my father was buried." When she said this, she sniffed her nose, wiped away her tears, and looked at Kong Zhixi firmly.

The grandmother leaned on a cane and pulled her granddaughter's sleeve. Seeing her lower her head, she looked at her and shook her head. Kong Zhixi said, "Why don't we send grandma back first? I think she's tired too."

The two nodded, and Kong Zhixi went to get the key.

Along the way, grandma was sighing and worried. "Grandma, Jiajia also wants to know why her father died. Just let her tell you. She doesn't have to worry about anything here with me." Kong Zhixi also wanted to know what made them so scared.

"Child, you are still young, and there are some things you better not know." Grandma probably also knew why her son died.

"Grandma! We can't let Dad die in obscurity, we should stand up and sue them!" Jia Jia's tone was full of indignation and grievance, and it sounded like she had been holding it in for many years.

Kong Zhixi glanced at Jiajia who was sitting in the passenger seat, freed one hand to pat her shoulder, shook her head at her, and she said nothing more. After sending grandma home, Kong Zhixi drove the car out of the village and parked it, then turned back to wait for her near Jiajia's house.

Seeing her grandmother sitting there watching TV, Jia Jia found an excuse to leave the house.

The two girls walked along the village road and talked. "Dad got on the phone and had a big argument with someone on the phone. Then he took a bunch of documents and went out. He hasn't come back since."

"Didn't you look for it?"

"However, no one at school admitted it. My mother thought he was going to see an old lover at the time and was angry for a long time."

"Did you hear what was said on the phone?" The village road was muddy and had never been repaired.

"No, I was still in college at that time. I heard it from my grandma when I went home during the summer vacation."

"You said you knew why he was buried, because there was some evidence?"

"I have kept all the information my father left at work. I didn't understand it before, but I looked it up after I graduated. I guess my father must have found out that the materials they used in the playground project were substandard, so he went to them."

"them?"

"Yes, the principal and the engineering department, and the contractor."

"You weren't there, so how do you know he met these people? Do you still have the information?"

"After graduation, I returned to the village to take care of my grandmother. I heard from the villagers that many projects in the school were contracted by the old man Li in the village. It is said that he is a relative of the principal."

"Can you scan and copy the information for me? I'll check and maybe I can find something else." Kong Zhixi saw that it was getting late and it was more important to get the evidence.

"Yes, but it will take a while to scan the archive."

"Okay, call me after you finish copying and I'll pick it up." Kong Zhixi looked at her watch and it was time to go back. Jia Jia nodded, and the two said goodbye.

On the way back, Kong Zhixi couldn't remember where she had seen this grandma, she just felt that she had seen her before. She was also wondering whether she should take some measures to protect the old and the young so that they would not be threatened by someone. When she was lost in thought, she found that the brake pads of the car were not working. She quickly called Li Li and crashed the car into the green belt in a panic. When the airbag popped out, her neck tilted back and her head hit the airbag. Several small fragments of the front windshield glass were stuck on her forehead.

When she woke up, she was already in the hospital. There was a net on her head and a neck brace on her neck. She could not move and felt dizzy. When she looked at the ceiling, it was still shaking. She wanted to wipe her eyes with her hands to see clearly, but when she did so, she woke up Li Li, who was sleeping there. Then his big face filled her sight. He was staggering, and the person looking at him was dizzy. She could not move or move away, so she could only close her eyes helplessly.

"Zhixi, where do you feel uncomfortable? Do you want to call a doctor?" There was some anxiety in his voice, but also a kind of rationality that forced himself to stay calm.

"I'm dizzy, please stop hanging around me."

"I didn't shake, you got a concussion."

Kong Zhixi was completely speechless and didn't want to talk to him. If she could move, she would have hit him with a hammer. "Are you hungry? I made you some porridge, would you like to drink some?" He suddenly came to his senses.

"I don't want to eat porridge."

"Then drink some soup. I made some ginseng soup." This sounded strange, like something an ordinary woman would say. Kong Zhixi didn't say anything. She felt so dizzy that she simply went to sleep.

After staying in the hospital for two days, the bandage on the forehead wound was changed. After leaving the hospital, Kong Zhixi gained some weight, while Li Li looked a little haggard, with his beard unshaved. There were still dishes in the kitchen that had not been cleaned up, and a pile of unwashed clothes on the balcony. He was not so tired when solving the case. "I only stayed in the hospital for two days, how could you be so tired?" Kong Zhixi had not removed the collar on her neck. "Sit on the sofa for a while, I'll clean it up." Li Li picked up the clothes on the sofa and threw them into the washing machine.

"If you want to go back to the bureau, you don't have to cook and bring me meals every day." She didn't know how long it would take for her neck to heal. It was a little stiff now. She didn't know if she would be able to turn her head if she continued to wear the neck brace.

"It's OK. It's not that tiring." Although he said that, he was still in a hurry. Kong Zhixi went forward and pressed the pause button on the washing machine. She sorted the clothes by color and washed the light colors first. "What is this? Ah, it hurts!" She asked, holding a dark nightgown and turning her head.

"Don't get excited, nightgown. Let me take a look, don't twist it." He was about to put on the manual neck brace. "Nightgown? Whose is it? Don't move, make sure you explain yourself clearly first, hiss."

"I bought it for you, who else could it be? Let me see if it's hurt." He looked a little impatient. Kong Zhixi threw off her clothes, got up and sat on the sofa.

"Why are you angry? Didn't I tell you last time?" Li Li followed behind him, his tone softening. "Too ugly, hiss, it hurts, it hurts." Kong Zhixi was not jealous, she just thought that this aesthetic was really ugly.

"You...are...I thought...then...just buy another one. It's just a small matter, it shouldn't be that serious! Let me see." Li Li sat on the sofa and wanted to look at the neck brace again. Kong Zhixi moved her butt away from him and said, "Don't we still need to clean up? Go and clean up."

"So you're not angry anymore?" Li Li was a little nervous, with one hand on his thigh shaking repeatedly. "How can I not be angry? You made such a mess everywhere, go clean it up."

"Okay, I'll clean up. What do you want to eat? I'll go buy some vegetables and cook for you later."

"Fried chicken and milk tea, or some barbecue, or rice noodles?" Kong Zhixi had been eating light food for a few days, so she wanted to eat something with heavy oil and flavor. "I... I'll buy it." Li Li had no choice but to fool her.

While he was out buying groceries, she sorted out the case. Jia Jia hadn't given her any news for two days, so she was a little worried. She also felt that this case might not be as simple as the previous ones, and that many people might be involved.

When she fainted after the car crash, she recalled some past events. She had indeed seen the grandmother. She was the person who reported the case and often went to the police station to inquire about the missing persons. She came so many times that her colleagues explained to her many times, but they were too lazy to explain later. Only Kong Zhixi was in charge of receiving her, and she was the person in charge of the community.

If this is the case, it means that she has taken over this case in real life. She did not get the evidence from Jia Jia's mouth in real life, but she knew that the corpse case in the school was handed over to the criminal police team, which means that Li Li knew about this case in real life.

She had a headache thinking about reality and dreams. She had no memory of the previous cases, only this one was related to her reality. Did it mean that she would go back as Cheng Xi said, once she remembered everything?