The daily life of a double-faced rookie and an awkward old detective

Mom said she would take the boy out for a few days.

The boy was very happy, and the days with his mother were so pitiful that the man always refused to let him be with his mother.

That's his mother, why can't they be together?

The boy packed his luggage excitedly, he wanted to bring more things, maybe he could stay outside for a long time, maybe he didn't have to come back.

He was so happy he didn't notice the door open behind him.

The door that he broke on purpose was repaired at some point, and there was no sound when the door was pushed open.

The boy hummed happily, what else is there?He picked up a few books on the bedside, do you want to bring more books?Forget it, he put the book down again.

The book was too heavy, and he didn't want his mother to help him carry it.It would be nice if there was a library nearby.He can borrow books.

Looking at his almost packed luggage, the boy smiled happily.

"If I were you, I would take those books with me." A smiling voice sounded softly from behind.

The boy's body stiffened, and his hands and feet became numb from the shock.

"You guys are going out to play, why didn't you tell me?" The man approached, grabbed his shoulders, and pulled him into his arms.

The boy didn't speak, his lips trembled slightly, his throat seemed to be choked and he couldn't make a sound.

In front of that person, he was always speechless.

"I hope you have a good time. It shouldn't rain tomorrow, and your plane shouldn't be canceled. You know? Every time you go out, I'm worried that something will happen. I won't be able to sleep."

The boy was heartbroken.

That night, his mother told him apologetically that their unit would send her on a business trip, which was her dream job, and when she came back from the business trip, she would take him to play again.

The boy did not speak.He knows, but he may never be able to wait.

But the boy just smiled, opened the carefully arranged box sensiblely, and put the contents back.

Vaguely, it seemed to hear the laughter of a person outside the door.

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August 9th at nine in the morning.

It was another scorching hot day, and Yuan Che and Ke Ran made an appointment to meet at Hongqi Middle Road and go to the home of a university tutor in a nearby community together.

Although it was only nine o'clock, the heat wave had already enveloped the people standing outside. Even standing under the shade of a tree, Yuan Che's back was already soaked in sweat. He wiped the sweat from his head, Looking at the serious clothes on his body, he smiled self-deprecatingly.

He made a special trip home early in the morning, took a shower, shaved, and put on this suit.This suit was bought by the wedding host when attending the captain's child's wedding, and he only wore it once, because it was too rigid and not his style.

The reason he gave himself was that he had to look like a human being when he went to see the university teacher.

But a small voice in his heart told him: Admit it, I just don't want to be compared by Ke Ran.

Anyway, I am almost 30 years old, and I am still the most naive to compete with the hairy kid who just left school.

He had been laughing at himself all morning about this matter, Yuan Che unbuttoned his neckline, kicked the air, and continued to wait for someone knowingly.

Looking at the time, it was still a few minutes before the appointed time. He walked into a nearby supermarket and immediately felt refreshed.He looked around the shelves, came to the food cabinet, took two breads, two cartons of milk, and a pack of ham before walking to the cashier.

The hangover from the day before yesterday and the busy day made him sleep until eight o'clock today, and he was in a hurry when he got home, and he didn't even bother to eat breakfast.

Skipping breakfast is a common thing for him, if it wasn't for the dull ache in his stomach reminding him, he probably forgot about having breakfast again.

There were three people in front of him queuing up to check out, Yuan Che looked up and saw that Ke Ran hadn't come yet.Just when he was about to look away, he saw a car stop beside the big tree where he was standing just now, and Ke Ran got out of the car.

He still wears a short-sleeved shirt, but he has changed into a light blue one, paired with beige trousers, which looks very refreshing.

Just as Yuan Che was about to raise his hand to greet him, another woman got out of the car, talking to Ke Ran affectionately.

Yuan Che quickly put down his hand, looked at Ke Ran through the polished glass window, raised his eyebrows.

This kid used to have a girlfriend, and it seems that the family conditions are not bad.Seeing that he is a late bloomer in everything, he is very precocious in this respect.Yuan Che glanced sourly, and looked away at the greasy hair in front of him.

This look made him feel full before he could eat.For the sake of his own appetite, Yuan Che turned his gaze to the big tree again.

Ke Ran's face was not as stiff as yesterday, but he lowered his head slightly and smiled as he listened to the woman's words. He listened more and talked less, and occasionally touched the woman's shoulder lightly with his hand and then put it down again. Judging from the two standing postures, Like a couple saying goodbye after a date.

After the woman finished speaking, she kissed Ke Ran lightly on the face before sitting back in the car.

After Ke Ran drove away in that car and out of his sight, the expression on his face changed from the gentle and even full of emotion just now to a somewhat cold and indifferent one.

Yuan Che was astonished by this scene. He had seen duplicitous people before, but he did not expect that Ke Ran was such a person.

Yuan Che has worked for so many years and has read countless people. He has developed a keen eye with an accuracy rate of 90.00%.He had been examining Ke Ran all day yesterday. That boy who looked up and looked shy was really too tender.

So much so that when he was about to get off work, he even reflected on his childish behavior during the day.

He saw the scene just now again with his own eyes, and it was completely different from Ke Ran yesterday.

What is Ke Ran thinking at this moment?Disdain?Is it a taunt?Is it proud?Was his humble attitude towards the three groups of people also an act of faking?

Seeing Ke Ran's performance on the first day of work yesterday, Yuan Che had just accumulated a little bit of goodwill towards Ke Ran, and was completely beaten by this scene.

In this world, there are no such simple people.

After Yuan Che paid the bill and came out, he saw Ke Ran standing under the tree and looking around.

Seeing Yuan Che, Ke Ran's originally relaxed expression suddenly became a little tense again, with a slightly reserved and even dumbfounded expression, and his whole body stood up straight.

Yuan Che stared carefully into his eyes, but he couldn't see any trace of acting.

Either this person is pretending to be profound, or it is true.

If he hadn't seen that scene just now, Yuan Che would really believe that he was a fledgling, cautious, honest rookie policeman.

Is this fake rookie playing some tricks with him?Since you want to play with him, he will accompany you to the end.

Yuan Che threw the bread in his hand to Ke Ran, pretending that he didn't see anything just now:

"Come here, this tastes good."

"Oh, okay, thank you." Ke Ran took the bread, but didn't tear it open right away, just pinched it and watched Yuan Che eat the bread and the milk.

Ke Ran watched Yuan Che swallow most of the bread in two or three bites, and said with a slight smile, "You haven't eaten breakfast so late?"

"Why, have you eaten?"

"Ah, yes, I ate some." Ke Ran was holding the bread with both hands, and the fluffy bread had become flat.

Yuan Che stuffed the bread in his mouth into his mouth, snatched the bread from his hand, tore it open and took a hard bite, with the bread in his mouth he fumbled and said:

"Don't move if you don't eat, it won't taste good if you pinch it to death."

"I'm sorry, thank you." At this moment, Yuan Che's bread and milk have been wiped out.

He wiped the corners of his mouth, and without saying hello, he walked straight to the neighborhood that seemed to be expensive.

This complex is a high-end residence, and the security guards at the gate are all carefully selected and specially trained. They are impeccable from standing posture to expression, just like the owners in the community are all relatives of the emperor.

The security guard looked at the two people up and down, looked at the documents carefully, and then asked with a smile:

"Which units should the police comrades go to, and who should they seek?"

"Is there a professor of T University named He here?"

"Professor T? There are two surnames here, which one are you looking for?"

"Oh? Which two are they?"

"One is Professor He Qiming, and the other is Professor He Chao."

"Well, let's find Professor He Chao."

"He's on the third floor of unit fifteen."

The security guard had a formulaic smile on his face, and he didn't say a word, but he looked at them with strong curiosity. It is estimated that he has already started thinking about a story in his heart.

The houses in this community are all high-rise buildings. Unit [-] is close to the inside, and the location is relatively remote.The further you go in, the quieter the noise of the cars on the road becomes, and the more clean you feel.This neighborhood is like a maze. After asking for directions twice, I finally found Unit [-]. I rang the doorbell on the third floor. After waiting for a while, a nice female voice came from inside:

"Which one?"

Yuan Che took out his police ID and pointed it at the camera of the video call device: "Hello, we are the police, and we want to find Professor He."

There was silence for a while before he said:

"Sorry, my wife is not at home. Come back in the afternoon, he will be back in the afternoon."

"Are you Professor He's lover? We contacted Professor He just now, and he said he would be back in a while, let us wait here first."

"Really? Then, please come in."

The door opened with a beep, Yuan Che and Ke Ran walked up the stairs, Ke Ran asked in a low voice, "When did you contact me?"

"I have no contact."

"Then, this is not good."

"Don't worry, I have a way."

When the two went upstairs, the door to the third floor was already opened, and an elegant woman in this dark green cheongsam stood at the door smiling slightly.

This woman gave people the impression of being delicate, with a delicate face, a pearl-colored decoration inserted into the fluffy bun, and the cheongsam highlighted her exquisite and graceful figure, and the slender legs outside the cheongsam made her look even taller.

Seeing such a woman, Yuan Che suddenly thought of a sentence: "You can only watch from a distance and not play with it." Immediately afterwards, there was an exclamation close to life that this professor is so beautiful.

The woman said with a slightly magnetic voice unique to women: "Hello, comrade police, please come in."

Ke Ran and Yuan Che nodded politely, entered the room, changed their shoes and walked into the room.

This is a duplex living room with very good lighting. The living room occupies most of the space on the first floor. A tripod piano and a guzheng are placed in one corner of the living room.

There is no TV at home, but there is a set of floor-standing speakers that seem to be expensive.Diagonally opposite the stereo, there is actually an ancient record player that can only be seen on TV, and some records are neatly placed on the shelf next to the record player.

The whole room gave people an extremely clean and tidy feeling, as if they were not in the human world at the moment, but in a certain exquisite picture scroll.

As soon as you enter the room, you will be greeted by the refreshing fragrance of lilies. On the transparent glass square coffee table in the room, a large bouquet of lilies is placed in a milky white vase. There are also lilies in the corner of the room and on the small table near the window. The colors of the flowers and the curtains set off each other, creating an indescribable sense of comfort.

They were led to the milky-white sofa, and between the two sets of sofas was a bookcase, on which some clay sculptures were neatly placed, with vivid and lovely expressions.

Seeing that the sofa towels on the back of the sofa and the lily-patterned sofa cushions of the same color on the sofa didn't look wrinkled at all, they stood in front of the sofa, unable to put their buttocks down, for fear of sitting messily.

The hostess quickly came over with a tray: "Please sit down, you are welcome. I kept you waiting for a long time just now. I just called to check whether you two are real policemen."

"Really? It's really a good idea. Now people who pretend to be policemen have to guard against them." Ke Ran and Yuan Che finally sat on the sofa, careful not to mess up, with their buttocks hanging slightly.

"You made fun of me. Drink some tea and wait slowly. Although he said he will be back in a while, he probably won't be back within half an hour."

"Thank you, I haven't asked your last name yet?"

"My surname is Lu, and my name is Lu Yirou. It is admirable to see that you have become the people's police at such a young age."

"You're joking, we look about the same age." Yuan Che didn't say this casually, this Lu Yirou's woman looks less than 30 years old.

"I'm older than you. Well, women's age is not suitable for chatting."

"Sorry, I said too much just now. Is your lover's name He Qiming?"

Lu Yirou looked at Yuan Che with wide eyes and asked, "Huh? You are looking for Professor He Qiming, then you are at the wrong place. They don't live here, they live in Building No. [-]."

Yuan Che frowned and looked at the notebook in his hand, then asked, "Wrong way? How many professors are there in the Chinese Department of T University?"

"There are two, one is my wife, and the other is Professor He Qiming." Lu Yirou was not annoyed, and still explained with a smile.

"Look, we actually did such a foolish thing." Yuan Che patted his forehead to reflect on himself, and his performance was a little exaggerated.

Lu Yirou smiled gently, picked up the cup and took a sip:

"The two of them are often confused at school. I don't know what you want to know from Professor He Qiming? Can I help?"

Yuan Che suddenly understood and said: "Yes, they are all from the same school, maybe your lover can know something about it."

"Perhaps, my lover tells me everything." Lu Yirou stroked her hair with her hand, lowered her head slightly and said with a smile.

"Excuse me, do you know that there is a person named Qu Jing in the adult college entrance examination of T University?"

Lu Yirou immediately shook his head and said, "Well, I really don't know much about their enrollment, especially for the adult college entrance examination. They are all people from the society, and they don't even come to class. What's wrong with Qu Jing?"

Yuan Che nodded: "That's true. It's nothing, I just want to know about Qu Jing's social relationship. She is a victim of a case."

"Victim?" Lu Yirou repeated in a low voice, sliding her finger back and forth on the mouth of the cup.

"Speaking of which, this family is quite miserable. The wife and husband were killed almost at the same time, leaving only one son." Yuan Che shook his head with a sympathetic look on his face. Ke Ran looked at Yuan Che in surprise, and Yuan Che was looking at him While here, Wei Wei winked.

Ke Ran's reaction was quick, he understood immediately, and his eyes fell on Lu Yirou's face.

"At the same time? Killed?" Lu Yirou looked surprised, blinked and stared at Yuan Che with doubts on his face.

"Yes, Qu Jing was killed, and her lover was killed at about the same time. The method was very cruel."

"How could it be?" Lu Yirou seemed to be talking to himself, and also seemed to be asking Yuan Che, with a slightly frightened expression on his face.

Yuan Che touched Ke Ran with his knee: "I guess it's a vendetta. Qu Jing's lover seems to have made a lot of enemies."

When Yuan Che wanted to continue, Ke Ran said, "Well, isn't it appropriate to disclose the case now?"

Yuan Che seemed to have just remembered this matter: "Yes, you see, I talked too much at the moment. That Ms. Lu, these are just speculations, so don't tell them to the outside world. This is a violation of discipline."

Lu Yirou immediately recovered from the trance and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't say anything. It's not easy for you to work. You must be very nervous when you face such things every day."

"Isn't it? I didn't sleep last night."

"Then, have a sip of tea, this tea can refresh you."

"Thank you, this tea is delicious to anyone who smells it." Yuan Che took a sip of the tea and exaggeratedly clicked his tongue, as if he was tasting the tea carefully.

Lu Yirou gently picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked with the teacup in his hand:

"Your police are really good. You can even find out about taking the adult college entrance examination."

"As long as it has been done, there will be traces. It's a pity that the scene was destroyed, otherwise there would be no need to go around such a big circle. Is a university professor like Professor He very busy?"

"Well, he has classes almost every day, and does research when he doesn't have classes."

"Did he attend classes during the heavy rain these two days?"

"Not for the past two days, because of the heavy rain, the school has been closed. But he is also doing his research at school."

"Are all professors so dedicated?"

"The competition for professorships is very fierce, and you must constantly improve yourself in order not to be compared."

"What do you do? I see music is everywhere here. Is it music?"

"Well, I do some piano recitals every once in a while or something."

"Then you are a pianist?" Yuan Che looked at Lu Yirou with wide eyes and joy, his face full of enlightenment.

"I don't dare to be a pianist. I just played the piano better when I was young. I can't stop this, I have to practice every day."

"How long do you practice every day?"

"Two hours, I usually practice in the afternoon."

"Afternoon. Will the neighbors take a nap?"

"My piano sound is not a noise, not to mention that I play from 05:30 to [-]:[-] in the afternoon, and I probably wake up from a nap."

"Ah, sorry, I said the wrong thing."

Lu Yirou shook his head and smiled sweetly: "It's okay."

"I don't know where you perform? Have you performed recently? We also want to cultivate our sentiments when we have time."

"Occasionally in the theater, I had a performance yesterday, and it was performed live at a store celebration in a shopping mall."

"Did you still go out in the weather yesterday?"

"I can't help it. It's scheduled a month in advance and I can't change it. Although there are not many people going, there are still people there. As long as there is an audience, I can't stop acting."

"You are really dedicated." Yuan Che looked at his watch and said as if suddenly aware of the time:

"It's all over, sorry to bother you, we still have to go to Professor He." Yuan Che stood up, and walked past Ke Ran who was also standing up.The space between the sofa and the coffee table was large enough, but Yuan Che still bumped into the coffee table heavily, lost his balance and fell on the wooden cabinet next to the sofa, knocking the figurines placed on it tottering.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Yuan Che hurriedly helped up the villain who was messed up just now and put them together casually.

Lu Yirou froze for a moment and immediately stood up: "It's okay, are you too tired? Pay attention to rest. Only when you are in good health can you serve the people." As he spoke, he rearranged the things that Yuan Che had placed just now. After a while, even the spacing is the same as what I saw just now.

"What you said is, ah, that's right." Yuan Che touched his pocket, then looked at Ke Ran: "Do you have a business card?"

"Yes." Ke Ran took out the ID bag from his pocket, took out a business card from it and handed it to Yuan Che.

"This is our phone number. If you have any information related to Qu Jing, please call this number."

Lu Yirou took the card and nodded, smiled and said, "Okay, I'll see if I can find out anything."

"Thank you!"

Yuan Che nodded his thanks all the way before leaving the exquisite room.

After walking some distance away from No.15 building, Yuan Che stopped in the shade of a big tree, looked back at this relatively isolated building and asked, "How is it? What did you see?"