Be in low spirits

The two arrived at the temple on the mountain and walked around. Apart from the security guard at the door, they didn't see any monks. This temple was also very strange. There were many incense sticks, but no one came to worship. The two wanted to go back to the security guard to ask, but a strange male voice came from behind: "Two donors, what are you looking for?"

Kong Zhixi was startled, and Li Lixian responded, "Master, we are from the police station and want to ask about Jia Futian." Then he showed his police ID.

The monk just glanced at it indifferently, then put his hands together and said: "If the donor wants to find someone, just go down the mountain and ask. There are no outsiders here. Amitabha." After that, he left.

The two looked at each other and chased forward. Li Li asked, "Master, this involves a case of provoking disturbances. Please cooperate." The master looked at his hand that was grabbing his clothes. After Li Li let go, he patted the place where he grabbed it, put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, monks do not tell lies, donor, please go back."

"Master, we haven't told you who we are looking for yet. How do you know he is not here?" Kong Zhixi also blocked his way.

The master smiled and pointed at Li Li and said, "Didn't he say he was looking for Jia Futian?"

"So you know him?"

"..."

Li Li put his arm around his shoulder and said, "Let's talk, Master."

The master led them to the reception room in the backyard. Li Li got straight to the point: "Jia Futian came to see you before, right?" The monk found a wet tissue to wipe his hands, wiped the shoulders of his clothes, disinfected the cup, and took it out with tweezers, saying, "He did come a few days ago, but he hasn't come these days."

"What did he come for? Or did he talk about someone?"

The master made tea, poured tea into each cup, and said, "He bought a perpetual lamp for his daughter, and comes to worship every day, and also prays for his daughter."

"that is it?"

"That's all. Monks don't tell lies."

Kong Zhixi was not willing to give in and continued to ask, "Didn't he say anything else?"

The master thought for a while and continued, "Other things...other things are that they are short of money recently and need to get some money. I think they also mentioned Chief Pan. It sounds like there must have been a conflict because they said all bad things. I heard it when I came out to stop them."

After saying goodbye to the master, the two returned to the hospital to find Pan Xiangjin. Pan Xiangjin was not in the hospital. They asked the nurse, and the nurse said that he had gone home for dinner. The two ate a bowl of noodles near the hospital and returned to the ward to wait. As a result, Pan Xiangjin did not return to the ward until after 3 pm. When he saw the two, he was a little surprised and shouted again: "Hey, the two officers found Jia Futian?"

Li Li looked at him and told him the information they had learned: "We know that you and Jia Futian had conflicts before, why didn't you tell us before?"

"So what? Well, it's a fact that he hit someone, right? Can he hit someone just because there's a conflict?" When Pan Xiangjin was shouting, it didn't look like he had a head injury at all.

"Why is there a conflict?" Li Li looked at him seriously, hoping to hear all the facts from his mouth.

Pan Xiangjin thought for a while and replied guiltily: "He...he likes to take advantage of small things. I scolded him a few times, but he refused to give in. How could I know that he would react so strongly?"

“What specific behavior is that?”

After hearing this, he was a little speechless: "Specifically... take some supplies home from time to time."

Li Li continued to ask: "Do you know there is a temple in their village?" He suddenly panicked, and then pretended not to know: "How would I know what temple it is?"

"Okay, we've finished asking." Li Li suddenly stood up and was about to leave. Kong Zhixi couldn't figure out what idea he had come up with, so he pulled her out of the hospital.

When they got to the car, he threw the keys to her and said, "You go home and buy groceries and cook. I'll go find Xiao Zhao from the village committee. I think he knows something."

"Then let's go together." Kong Zhixi looked at the sun in the sky. It was probably just after 4 o'clock. "No, I'll go home for dinner later." She said that and hailed a taxi across the street and left.

This puzzled Kong Zhixi. He seemed unwilling to let her intervene in the case. She took the key and drove home suspiciously. After buying groceries and cooking, he really came home to eat. Kong Zhixi glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "He's quite accurate in timing."

"Well, it's rare that you can cook, so you have to go home on time." He looked at the food on the table and took the bowl to serve the rice. Kong Zhixi's hand holding the spatula stopped in mid-air. She looked at him, dusty and exhausted, and suddenly felt a little distressed. Li Li raised his eyes to see her eyes, smiled, and asked, "What's wrong?" After that, he took the spatula from her hand, put the bowl on the cupboard, and held her in his arms.

Kong Zhixi stroked his face and asked him, "Are you tired?" Li Li buried his head in her neck and said coquettishly, "I'm exhausted, and you don't even try to comfort me."

"Didn't I cook for you? Eat well." Kong Zhixi pinched a piece of meat on his waist and twisted it hard. He jumped up in pain and shouted, "Ouch".

"Tell me, what did Xiao Zhao say?" Kong Zhixi also served herself some food, sat at the table and started eating.

"Well, I still have some concerns and I'm unwilling to talk about it." Li Li also took his bowl and sat at the dining table.

Kong Zhixi's rice bowl was suspended in the air. "You didn't ask anything, did you?"

"I asked him, but he's Secretary Zhao's son, so it's hard to say." He put a handful of vegetables into his bowl, nodded, and added, "The vegetables are good."

"You don't plan to let me investigate this case, right?" Kong Zhixi put down her chopsticks and decided not to eat.

Li Li looked up at her and added, "He really didn't say anything. Given their relationship, he can't say anything. Besides, his father made the phone call without telling us, which means he has more than one cell phone. If we really investigate a person like him, we'll find out something."

"So what did you find out?"

"I can only say that it is indeed related to the people at the paper mill, but the specific details of the benefits still need to be checked with the people at the paper mill. You will know these things when the time comes."

He started to only say half of his words again. Kong Zhixi didn't force him, but just picked up the bowl and took a few more bites of rice.

After finishing their meal, the two went for a walk in a nearby park. It was the first time that Kong Zhixi knew there was a park nearby. The whole park was green and full of vitality. There were many people walking around on the path with their pets. It was a peaceful scene. It made her feel a little dazed, as if she had returned to the area where her police station was located.

"Why didn't you tell me there was such a place before?"

"Didn't I bring you here now? We'll come here often in the future." Li Li felt a little sad, but tried his best to hide it.

"You said it, if you don't come one day, I will be angry." She also knew that there was little hope in the future. "Yeah." Li Li nodded and said nothing more.

After taking a shower at night, Kong Zhixi lay on the bed, looking at the books on the bedside, thinking about what Li Li had been hiding from her, and thinking about what Cheng Xi had said. She felt that this world might be Li Li's obsession. If she went out, would it mean that he had given up on her? Or did he have to give up because of his accidental death? Was he only halfway through his case? Why were there only half the answers to so many cases? Didn't that mean that she would have to finish investigating these cases for him after she returned? She didn't know if the people from the Discipline Inspection Commission were targeting him.

Thinking of this, Li Li had finished his bath and sat beside her, drying his hair with a towel. "In the future, you should exercise your body well, otherwise what will you do if something really happens?" He began to talk to her again.

She sat up, holding a book and said, "It's okay if you're here." He glanced at her, put his left hand across her body, supported her on the bed, and moved closer to her, saying, "What if I'm not here?"

Kong Zhixi also hugged his waist and said, "If you're not here, I'll find someone else." This successfully aroused Li Li's desire to win. He reached out to her hairpin, gently took it off, and threw it on the bedside table. His hair fell like a waterfall, overwhelming her, and threatened, "You dare!"