Chapter 53: Peng Sijues Doubts (1/2)

Volume 4: Another Family's Child

That night, Lin Qiupu asked everyone to eat mutton at Dong Laishun as part of their case-solving celebration feast.

When Peng Sijue received the text message, he was still finis.h.i.+ng up his work at the office. He had been so busy the past few days that he almost died. As a result, the office was a complete mess and it was unbearable for him.

He put all the trash into garbage bins and organized things by putting them back where they belonged. After all his hard work, Peng Sijue nodded to himself in satisfaction. The amount of sleep he had gotten these past two days totalled to less than ten hours, which made him look horrible and lifeless. Honestly, he had no appet.i.te at all. He just wanted to go back home and have a good night's rest.

Suddenly, he thought of something. Peng Sijue took out a photo from the bottom of one of his drawers. It was a photo of him and another male police officer. He was five years younger in the photo than he was now, yet his expression was exactly the same.

The other person in the photo who was smiling happily was his former colleague, Song Lang.

He rubbed the photo for a moment whilst he reminisced about the past. He suddenly stood up, walked out, took his own car and went straight to the crime scene.

At this time, it was already eight o'clock at night. The sky was completely dark and the whole building was without lights. Peng Sijue went to the floor where Kang Xing Company was located, and used a gloved hand to push away the tape the officers used to cordon off the area to get to the corridor.

He held a cotton bud in one hand and a flashlight in the other. He was searching for a certain bloodstain on the ground.

However, he couldn't find anything no matter how hard he searched.

He pressed his finger over the area he believed the blood stains were originally and sniffed his finger to confirm that there was the smell of ammonium hydroxide. Only seasoned criminals knew that ammonium could remove blood. Of course, senior police officers would know this information too.

“b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”

He stood up and walked towards the window-sill. Suddenly, he saw a car leaving the parking lot. The model was very similar to that of Chen s.h.i.+'s car.

At this time, Lin Qiupu called. He asked, “Lao Peng, why haven't you arrived yet? We're going to finish all the meat soon!”

“Is that driver there yet?”

“He said that he is still driving a pa.s.senger to their destination and that he will be here soon.”

“Well, I will come over now!”

Peng Sijue went downstairs and rushed to the restaurant, but didn't go in. He stood at the door and stared at everyone who went in.

Finally, Chen s.h.i.+'s smiling face greeted him. “Hm? Did you just arrive as well?”

“Where have you been?” Peng Sijue asked coldly.

“I took an order on the way here.”

“Oh really?” Peng Sijue suddenly grabbed Chen s.h.i.+'s hand. Although he was someone that looked like he could be blown away with just a gust of wind, his strength was great. He grabbed Chen s.h.i.+'s hand and pulled it under his nose. However, he couldn't smell anything on the hands after sniffing them.

Chen s.h.i.+ pulled his hand back. “What are you doing Captain Peng? Are we this familiar with each other now?”

Peng Sijue snorted coldly and turned away from the restaurant. He muttered to himself as he walked towards the road, “I must find out your ident.i.ty!”

The headless female corpse case quickly entered the legal process. In front of concrete evidence, the fat manager confessed to all the crimes. However, he was very dissatisfied with the result of the trial and pointed to his employees at the auditorium. “Those people killed her! I don't care! I want to appeal! I want to appeal!”

On this day, Chen s.h.i.+ and Lin Dongxue also went to listen to the trial. “He doesn't even know where he went wrong even until the end,” Chen s.h.i.+ rebuked.

Lin Dongxue thought about the trial. “Now that I think about it. For such a terrible thing to happen, it's completely related to the atmosphere of the company and this kind of boss who wants to trample on the dignity of others.”

“Did you want to say that fortunately you don't have to work in this kind of company?” Chen s.h.i.+ laughed.

“On such a serious topic, you're actually laughing?!” Lin Dongxue hit Chen s.h.i.+ with her fist.

The relevant reports of this case soon became public. On the headlines, Lin Qiupu made great achievements and there was n.o.body who could compete with the limelight he received. Chen s.h.i.+ was only a “good-hearted citizen” who was barely mentioned by the reporter, but he couldn't care less about it.

Many people on the Internet spontaneously prayed for Meng Xiaoli, the victim of the case. However, such acts faded in only a week and life continued on as per usual.

The calm life continued until the end of October. On this day, a fl.u.s.tered young man jumped into the car and urged, “Hurry and start the car!”

“Hey, this is an online taxi service and you haven't placed an order.” Chen s.h.i.+ reminded.

“Less nonsense, just start your car!” The young man took out two hundred yuan and pushed it over to Chen s.h.i.+. Chen s.h.i.+ took the money and smelled it. There was a heavy scent of sweat on the notes.

Chen s.h.i.+ asked, “Where are we going?”

“Are you blind? What's wrong with your eyes? We need to go to the hospital!” It turned out that the guy's leg was injured.