Be in low spirits

"I am serving the people. It is my duty." She imitated her usual awkward smile and laughed twice.

Fei Suo didn't argue with her, waved his hand and said, "You know you're busy, go to work."

At noon, she found time to drive to the Criminal Police Detachment. Everyone in the detachment was very busy. Xiao Zhao asked her to sit on the stool in their office and wait. She exchanged a few words with her: "Sister-in-law, why did you get married so quietly? The leader is scolding the captain right now." She was not used to being called that, and always felt that the title was a bit old-fashioned.

"Why did you scold him?" She didn't understand. "Brother Zhao, I didn't ask the leader for permission before getting married or getting injured, so he should be scolded? He's been scolding me all morning." Xiao Zhao said mysteriously, as if she was whispering something.

"Xiao Zhao, have we made any progress in solving the case? Do you know who the person is?" She still wanted to know what happened to the explosion that day.

"The murderer is dead, and all the gang members have been wiped out. What else can we investigate? The case has been closed, and it seems that the Discipline Inspection Commission has also closed it." Xiao Zhao handed her a candy that Li Li bought at the supermarket that day.

"The case was closed so easily?" She couldn't believe it, and her voice was a little louder. Xiao Zhao quickly shushed her and said, "There are no other clues. It's a pity for Brother Zhao."

Uncle Qi and Uncle Jiang were right. Someone was indeed responsible for the case, and the person behind it was indeed quite powerful. "Zhixi, why are you here?" Li Li saw her from a distance in the corridor and called her at the door. She looked up, took the car keys and said, "Didn't we make an appointment to remove the plaster today?" Li Li suddenly remembered and skipped to the boss' office to ask for half a day off.

When they got in the car, Kong Zhixi said, "I met Dean Jiang in the hospital today. Uncle Qi and Uncle Jiang suspected that there was something wrong with this dean."

"What did he say?" Li Li fastened his seat belt and asked as a routine.

"He didn't say anything, he just asked me if you were awake." The car drove all the way to the hospital.

Hearing this, he became even more worried. "I'm a little worried about you."

"Is there any news about Fu Yan?" She understood his worries and just wanted to divert his attention. He shook his head and began to tap his calf again. She couldn't help laughing when she thought of Xiao Zhao's words, "Xiao Zhao said that you were scolded by your boss all morning today."

"Well, I guess I'll have to scold him tomorrow. I don't know if he'll give me a warning or something." He didn't care, he just felt itchy on his legs. "It's so serious, if you don't argue, maybe he'll let you go." She parked the car and prepared to go upstairs, Li Li followed her.

After registering, the two waited in the department. Dr. Lu suggested that he take an X-ray to see the fragments in his body. Kong Zhixi registered another number for him and ran back and forth in the hospital several times.

It was already past 4pm when the plaster was removed. After the X-rays were taken and the doctor's analysis was given, it was almost pm, so the two had to buy groceries and go home to cook. After dinner, Li Li went back to the team and found all the case materials. He looked at the time and thought that someone was waiting at home, so he went home without looking at the materials.

Kong Zhixi turned on the light in the living room and fell asleep on the sofa. He patted her, but she didn't wake up. He looked at his legs again and had to take a bath towel to the bathroom to take a shower.

After taking a shower, he wanted to carry her to the room to sleep, but she woke up as soon as his hand touched her. He simply sat on the sofa and asked, "Didn't I tell you not to wait for me? Why are you sleeping here?"

Kong Zhixi sat up sleepily, rubbed her eyes, and said, "Today is special, so we have to wait." Li Li helped her tuck the hair on her face behind her ears, "Why is it special?"

She stretched and explained, "Today is your first day back in the team, so I hope you will be concerned about everything and hope for safety everywhere." Does she know what she is doing? She was waiting for him to come home in her pajamas, and all she cared about was him. The house was very clean, and the night view in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows was particularly bright. She sat in front of him with her head lowered and her hair messy. His eyes fell on her lips, and he finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he grabbed the back of her head and kissed her. "Um..." Kong Zhixi was sobered up by the kiss and subconsciously pushed his shoulders. Li Li let go of her and wanted to carry her horizontally to the room. She pounded his chest, "Put me down, do you still want my legs?"

"The sofa... is fine too." Li Li hesitated for a while, and felt that it was the same at home, as long as it was her, it didn't matter. "It's too crowded... You... aren't you... don't... um..." Seeing him approaching, Kong Zhixi was a little flustered, and finally couldn't hold his broad shoulders. Not sure if it was because of the change in space or the reflection in front of the French window, her heart was beating fast. Li Li took off her hairpin and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

After a lingering song, Li Li carried her back to the room, rubbed her hair and coaxed her to sleep.

The next day at work, Kong Zhixi went to the kindergarten and asked the security guard to copy the surveillance footage of that day. She couldn't understand why Fu Yan, if he had returned, didn't contact the people in the detachment. On the way back to the station, she kept thinking, where could Accountant Tian go after being missing for so many years? Before she knew it, her car was rear-ended by the car behind her. She glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that it was a luxury car. Someone got out of the car, so she had to get out to take a look. Perhaps because they saw the police uniform on her, the people in the car behind her apologized repeatedly, "Officer, we are fully responsible. How do you want to compensate?" There seemed to be someone else sitting in the luxury car. The driver was a little nervous. He kept looking at her and saluting while he spoke. She glanced at her trunk and saw that there was nothing wrong with it. She didn't want to pursue it. Just as she was about to speak, the people in the car shouted, "Abao, use the insurance."

She had heard this voice before. It was someone who greeted her in kindergarten. She wanted to get closer to see more clearly. The car window rolled down, and the person inside threw out a tissue. The voice was intimidating: "Let's go!" Then he closed the car window. The driver standing in front of the car nodded twice, said "Excuse me," got in the car, and drove away. She was left standing there, pointing at the car going away and said: "Hey, no, why are you... littering!" Her voice gradually became smaller, and she wrote down the license plate number.

After looking at the tissue on the ground, she picked it up and threw it into the car. After returning to the station, she was assigned to work on duty to answer police calls. She received countless nonsensical calls throughout the day and didn't remember how many times she had been on duty. She encountered drunkards, people looking for cats and dogs, and had to mediate various family disputes. Finally, she had to go back to the station to write a log. When she got off work, it was already past 9 o'clock in the evening. She didn't have the energy to look at her phone, so she fell asleep on the desk.

When Fei Suo came and saw it, he looked very disappointed: "Tsk tsk tsk, why are you sleeping here? Wake up Xiao Xu and get her off work, or I will be complained about again."

"Director, she just fell asleep, let her sleep for a while." Xiao Xu didn't want to do such a bad thing. Kong Zhixi suddenly thought of something, took a breath, took the car keys and went out. Fei was so scared that he covered his thermos and said, "What the hell, you are so startled."

She opened the car door and saw that the tissue was still there. She breathed a sigh of relief and sat in the driver's seat. She opened the tissue and saw a series of numbers she couldn't understand written on it, and a piece of chewing gum was stuck on it. She frowned in disgust and drove back home.

No one was home, she felt a little lost, she didn't know when she started to be like an ordinary woman, looking forward to her husband coming home, looking forward to seeing him, she hated herself a little, felt like a shrew, opened her laptop, checked the string of numbers, but found nothing. "Are you still awake?" Li Li's voice came from the door.

She impatiently took the tissue to him and said, "Someone threw it away today." Li Li looked at the chewing gum on the tissue, frowned and asked, "When did you start picking up this kind of garbage?" He took the tissue and wanted to throw it away.

She slapped his hand away and said, "Oh, no, I went to the kindergarten to copy the surveillance footage today, and my car was rear-ended on my way back to the office. This was dropped by that person."