him under the stars

Chapter 34 Relationships
In the early morning, the sun shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows with warmth.

When the alarm clock rang for the third time, Xu Xing put his hands over his eyes to block the light, struggled for a few minutes, and sat up rubbing his forehead with a splitting headache.

She didn't think about it, but she wanted to drink water more.I always feel that I fell asleep, and my throat is uncomfortable as if stuffed with chicken feathers.

When she got out of the room, she saw Ji Ling who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa and working with framed glasses. She was a little surprised: "When did you come?" After she finished speaking, she tapped her forehead with the back of her hand.

Yesterday was the 20th, and they made an appointment to meet every month no matter what happened.

Ji Ling didn't make a sound, but pushed the edge of the mirror frame and looked at her strangely.

Xu Xing passed her to the kitchen, and after a few sips of water, he laughed and joked: "Why are you looking at me like that? What, you finally decided to change your sexual orientation and attack me?"

Ji Ling immediately shook his head and waved his hands, "Don't dare, don't dare, I'm afraid you will sentence me to death or something."

Xu Xing smiled while pouring water: "You are legally illiterate, can a woman still constitute the crime of rape?" She walked to the dining table with a glass of water.

Ji Ling always knew her taste, and there were millet pumpkin porridge and side dishes on it.The glutinous rice has long smelled the fragrance and waited under the table.

"Have you eaten?" She asked while teasing the glutinous rice.

Ji Ling didn't answer, she was silent for a while, put on her slippers and pushed Nuomi away, leaned closer and asked softly, "Xiao Xing, do you still remember what happened last night?"

"Why are you so quiet?" Xu Xing looked at her.

Ji Ling: "..." Isn't this afraid that Han Chen will hear it?
Xu Xing sipped his congee and recalled it slowly, with a mysterious expression on his face: "It is inconvenient to disclose the details."

After all, the case still has to be kept secret and cannot be known casually.Although Ji Ling is not an outsider, it is hard to guarantee that Han Chen has any opinions.

Ji Ling: "..."

Sorry, I know all the details.

Speaking of last night, Xu Xing knocked the porcelain spoon on the rim of the bowl and looked up at Han Chen's bedroom.If no one calls in the morning, it is generally difficult for him to wake up from sleep. At this time...he should go to the police station soon.She got up and knocked on the door: "Han Chen, are you up yet?"

Unexpectedly, there was no response, Xu Xing pressed the doorknob: "It's getting late, you should..."

She stared.

Han Chen didn't fall into a deep sleep as she thought. Instead, he sat casually on the floor with all his clothes on, with one hand on his slightly curved leg, and the tip of his pen skillfully twirled.Surrounded by A4 papers scattered all over the place, some were crumpled up, and some were still on the sidelines, densely memorizing something.When he heard the voice, he never raised his eyes.

Xu Xing knelt down and picked up one.In bold strokes it says: next of kin, foster, whore, depression.

In addition, there is a word "car" circled.

She still wanted to take a closer look, but the paper in her hand had been pulled out.

Han Chen lowered his eyes and looked at her expressionlessly, "I...well, I want to ask you to eat." Xu Xing coughed and looked down, then stopped suddenly, and his tone changed suddenly: "What's wrong with your arm?"

Ji Ling outside the door: "..."

Han Chen was not surprised.It's unlikely that Xu Xing's drinking madness went to that level yesterday.

"I accidentally bumped into it." He replied lightly.

"how……"

"Give you 10 minutes for breakfast."

Before Xu Xing could say much, Han Chen interrupted in a low voice: "I have something to go back to the police station, hurry up."

His avoidance was so obvious, Xu Xing naturally wouldn't continue to ask without winking, but the white bandage on Han Chen's arm was really eye-catching.She frowned and watched the door slowly close in front of her eyes, thoughtfully.

"Lingling..." Xu Xing turned his head and asked, "What happened last night?"

Ji Ling shrugged: "Don't ask me, I didn't come back until you fell asleep at your house, and I was so drunk."

"Drunk?" Xu Xing thought about it for a while, but he didn't have any impression. Just as he was about to continue asking, Ji Ling pressed his shoulders to the dining table: "Okay, we'll talk about this later, isn't it only 10 minutes, hurry up and eat."

"But……"

"No, but." Ji Ling sat down opposite her, and half-truthfully said: "There are so many problems between you and this Han police officer, so I just turn a blind eye to it? There are some things that don't need to be delved into. "

Since Han Chen didn't say anything, she shouldn't meddle in it.

"Let's eat, the porridge from Huifeng's family has been boiled for more than two hours."

Xu Xing could only forcefully suppress his doubts and took the chopsticks.Just as she was about to pick up some side dishes, a siren wailed suddenly from downstairs. She and Ji Ling exchanged glances, got up and walked towards the balcony at the same time.

Looking from above, on the gravel road on the easternmost side of the apartment building, a man was running wildly, with several policemen chasing after him.

Pedestrians and residents walking in the community and walking their dogs saw them from a distance, and immediately avoided them.

Chase the criminal?

Xu Xing frowned, why didn't he hear what happened in the community?She was thinking, and when she heard the steady footsteps behind her, she glanced at it from the corner of her eye and didn't care.

Han Chen walked behind her, and looked at the situation below with his eyebrows slightly raised.

after awhile……

Xu Xing turned his head with a reddish face and whispered: "The balcony is so big, why are you standing so close?"

With a smile on Ji Ling's lips, she silently exited the balcony, and drove away Nuomi who wanted to join in the fun.

This is the second time Nuomi has been kicked out, biting the corner of Ji Ling's clothes angrily.

As soon as Ji Ling left, Xu Xing became even more uncomfortable, but before she could move, Han Chen's faint voice came from above her head: "You are blocking me."

He pushed Xu Xing aside in an extremely casual and careless manner, opened the window, estimated the distance, took a pot of flowers from the shelf and threw them down.

Xu Xing supported the coffin by the window, raised his eyes to look at Han Chen, his cheeks were still slightly flushed just now.

The thrown flowerpot hit the man right in front of him, and he paused subconsciously.Just such a stop, the police behind quickly caught up.The man turned his head and struggled, his hands were handcuffed behind his back.

A policeman scolded: "Be honest!"

He pressed down on the person, glanced at the flowerpot, and looked up.The upstairs was attracted by the movement, and many people came to the balcony to check it out, but they couldn't tell the source at the moment. "This potted flower is too accurate." He murmured.

"It means that God will help us arrest people." Another policeman dragged the man up, and frowned seriously: "We have to ask the security to find out which resident it is. What should we do if we hit someone?"

Upstairs balcony.

Han Chen closed the window.The policemen who were chasing people below had familiar figures and movements, so they should be comrades in the bureau.He was about to call the bureau to ask questions, but Fu Qi called first.

He glanced and answered while walking out: "What's the situation?"

"Criminal mapping has been done." Fu Qi said: "The most likely living area has been delineated, and all people who have contact with the missing person have been cross-referenced. There are a total of [-] people, and we are starting to investigate. Suspected In addition, according to the information given by Deputy Team Yao, the only person related to Gao Xuan within this range is...Xu Xing."

"It's equivalent to nothing." Han Chen said without emotion.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and he asked, "When will you come? Everything we do now is the foundation, and we need to rely on your psychological portrait to solve the case."

"The portrait...is missing the most important part. According to the current analysis, it is not impossible to start the investigation, but Li Jing's time is running out."

Judging by the frequency of the murderer’s crimes, Li Jing’s time is less than 12 hours. At this time, a large-scale dispersal of the police force to screen all the people who fit the profile may save the next victim, but Li Jing, I am afraid it is hopeless.

On Fu Qi's side, there was only the sound of shallow breathing.

Han Chen knocked on the cigarette case with his uninjured hand to take out the cigarette, his voice was slightly vague: "I need more information to help me find the most important piece of the puzzle, the person who brought it back..."

"Han Chen!"

A sullen voice interrupted him.

Han Chen turned his head.

Xu Xing stood by the flower stand, with a sullen face, and said word by word: "You threw down a pot of aloe that is the most, the best, from my parents!"

Eight o'clock in the morning, working time, is also the most crowded and busy day for the Lincheng Public Security Bureau.

Shi Xiaojin took the records of the list of interrogations that had ended, and hurried through the hall, and was about to go up to the second floor, when she saw the boss' car, she turned and went to the door.

The car was parked in Han Chen's usual favorite parking space. Shi Xiaojin lowered his head and sorted out the order of the transcripts, and then checked one side carefully. He thought there was probably nothing wrong, so he raised his head.

...Why doesn't the boss get out of the car?
Shi Xiaojin was a little confused, hesitating whether to go or not.

Fortunately, the reality didn't bother her for too long, and the car door was quickly opened.

Xu Xing walked over wearing sunglasses, his white chin was slightly tensed, when he saw her, he greeted her lightly: "Xiao this morning."

After the words fell, he passed her and went up to the second floor without any pause.

Shi Xiaojin didn't even have time to reply: "Haha, you're early too!" The person disappeared.She glanced at Han Chen and whispered, "Boss, Miss Xiao Xing seems to be in a bad mood!"

Han Chen glanced at her lightly, and took the document in her hand: "Such an obvious fact, do you need to tell me?"

Shi Xiaojin glanced at his left arm, and asked without hesitation: "Eh? What's wrong with your arm?"

Han Chen ignored her and walked inside.

Shi Xiaojin stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.She followed behind Han Chen, took two quick steps, stopped, and frowned, "Boss, boss...why are you looking at me like that?"

"When did you have such a good relationship with her?" Han Chen looked at her condescendingly and asked.

Miss Xiaoxing?Ah.

Shi Xiaojin was taken aback for a moment, and actually thought about this question seriously, and said, "Boss, don't you think Miss Xiaoxing has a very special temperament?"

Han Chen raised an eyebrow.

Shi Xiaojin scratched her head, "I can't tell, it's very contradictory. She should be envied in every way, but the way she looks at me makes me feel like she is... envious of me?"

She didn't believe what she said, so she laughed twice, then retracted it in embarrassment, and glanced at Han Chen's expressionless, serious face with drooping eyelashes.

Han Chen flipped through the transcript list and turned to the interrogation room: "All the people who have been questioned have been released?"

"Yes." When Shi Xiaojin talked about business, the eyebrows on his forehead could be knotted: "Among the 37 people in the cross-comparison list who are related to Li Jing... most of them are nightclub workers. Among the rest, After asking, there is nothing wrong with it for the time being, such as Wang Tong, who has already been released."

Han Chen didn't care about Shi Xiaojin's forgetting the exact number of nightclub staff, and quickly scanned the information at hand.

"Team Korea!"

"Team Korea!"

Passing police officers say hello.

Han Chen raised his head, glanced at him, then stopped suddenly, raised his chin, pointed at one of the people being interrogated, and asked, "Who arrested this person?"

"It's Xiao Zhao, who is interrogating inside, and his partner." Someone replied.

Han Chen stared inside.

The man is no longer flustered in the morning.

"This grandson misappropriated the company's funds to gamble and go whoring. After checking, he was in a bar when Li Jing disappeared, so there is no suspicion. Xiao Zhao is just trying to get more information about Li Jing." Xu Zhang didn't know When did you come here, with bruises in your eyes, looked at Han Chen's bandaged left arm, and asked, "Your arm..."

"After the case is over, double the amount of training for Xiao Zhao and the others." Han Chen said lightly, but did not answer Xu Zhang.

Let the prisoner run so far, it really gives him face!
Shi Xiaojin looked sympathetically at the two people who didn't know about it, and Xu Zhang stopped talking, and said in a low voice: "Fu Qi left someone behind, saying that he will come and have a look when you come - it's a woman. "

(End of this chapter)