Tiger Police

Chapter 209 Husband
Cao Lijun was a little depressed: "Yueping and I are both civil servants. In the eyes of others, they are very enviable. I am a senior engineer, she is a lecturer, and an associate professor has already applied, and she will be approved by the end of the year at the latest. But in fact , the house is empty...a lot of times I feel like an empty nester, very lonely.”

Hu Pingtao leaned over and asked, "You and Mr. Bai seem to have a little age difference... Well, how old are your children?

"We don't have any children." Cao Lijun replied calmly, "This seems unbelievable to outsiders, but it is the truth."

There was a trace of pity in Wang Xiongjie's eyes.He took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to Cao Lijun: "One?"

Cao Lijun took the cigarette, took out his own lighter, lit it for Wang Xiongjie first, and then himself.

"Yueping and I were introduced to each other." He slowly smoked a cigarette, lost in memory: "I am much older than her...15 years old, a full round of three years. When we got married, my colleagues and friends praised me. I have good fortune and found a young and beautiful wife. Of course, this is a positive statement, but a jealous and negative assessment is that I married a wife who is the same age as my daughter."

Wang Xiongjie smiled and said: "It's normal, I would think so too. After all, the age gap between you is really too big."

"Yueping is very utilitarian. She came to me for a purpose." Cao Lijun said indifferently: "She is a dancer. When she graduated, the state no longer covered her. Art is about talent. Although Yue Ping graduated from a bachelor's degree, the provincial and municipal song and dance troupes have long been full, and she can't get in if she takes a formal path. Moreover, dancing is to eat youthful meals. After thirty, if she hasn't made a name, she is basically That's it."

Hu Pingtao rubbed his hands and agreed: "Let's not talk about Yunnan Province, but the whole country. It has been many years before a peacock princess, Yang Liping, came out."

"Yeah!" Cao Lijun sighed: "Yueping's idol is Yang Liping, but she can only be regarded as average in dancing. When she was admitted, it was mainly because the art school had a low score, and she was still a graduate. It was only later that I found out that it was very difficult to get a job, and many units refused directly when they heard that they were art students or dance majors.”

Hu Pingtao played back Bai Yueping's appearance in his mind, and asked suspiciously: "Teacher Bai has a very good image, so it shouldn't be a problem for the company to hire you?"

"She doesn't look down on enterprises, and she wants to enter the system with all her heart." Cao Lijun explained: "I am engaged in research. When I met her, I was already a deputy senior high, and I was also receiving a special allowance from the State Council."

Wang Xiongjie interrupted suddenly: "You must be very old at that time! Why haven't you been married?"

Cao Lijun shook his head: "You don't know much about plant issues. There are many issues involved. Especially plant genes and seeds, we have contacts with many botanical research institutes at home and abroad, and we share information. Let's talk about Yuan Lao's team, we It also provides technical support, which is considered to be the number one in China. It’s just that it rarely appears in the news, so it’s not enough for outsiders.”

"I was in a relationship when I was in college. At that time, I had no experience. I was rejected by the woman, so I lost my mind. This person, once he shifts his interest and concentrates on a certain aspect, he will sleep and forget food and get into it. There is a little story , Have you heard of Newton inviting people to dinner? When the guests came, he was still in the laboratory, saying that he hadn’t finished the experiment, and asked the guests to wait. As a result, the wait was very long, and the guests were too hungry, so they simply went ahead. After eating, I greeted the butler and left. When Newton came out of the laboratory, he saw the food on the table being moved, and thought he had already eaten, so he turned and went back to the laboratory to continue working.”

"We don't care whether this story is true or not, but when you concentrate on your research work, such a situation will indeed happen. You can even forget to eat, let alone fall in love and get married."

"In today's terms, I'm a standard nerd. If it wasn't for the urging of the elderly at home, I wouldn't go out on a blind date... When I first met Yueping, I felt very good. She is young and beautiful, with a lively personality and a pleasant personality. Generous. She was very excited that day and invited me to have dinner with my introducer. I ordered some food and drank some wine at a small restaurant nearby. I took a taxi to send her home. On the way, she said she liked me and asked if I would Don't want to be her boyfriend?"

The surrounding atmosphere suddenly seemed weird.

Gu Dewei and Tang Yuan looked at each other.

Zhang Yixuan listened very attentively, with an endless aftertaste on his face.

Ding Jian lowered his head, his chubby short fingers clasped each other, like a child playing a boring game.

Cao Lijun continued: "Don't think about it too much, Yueping is a very traditional woman, and I just sent her home that night without any further contact."

Wang Xiongjie took this very seriously: "How long did you talk about before getting married?"

"Half a year." The man in science and technology is particularly sensitive to numbers: "To be precise, it is six months and four days."

Wang Xiongjie took a deep puff of cigarette: "So she boarded your big boat?"

The cigarette in Cao Lijun's hand had already burned to the end. He let go of his fingers, watched the cigarette butt fall to the ground, raised his foot, and stomped it out vigorously: "I really liked her at that time. Man, when I was young, I loved sex, but when I was old, I loved her. I love money. I just passed middle age, married a woman 15 years younger than myself, very proud, very proud, but also accompanied by a strong sense of crisis. This feeling is very complicated, like holding a treasure, afraid of not Be careful to break it. I am afraid that she will cheat, that she will be seduced by another man, and that she will be dissatisfied with me after marriage, so I try my best to meet all the conditions she puts forward."

Hu Pingtao tentatively asked, "You introduced Teacher Bai's work?"

Cao Lijun nodded: "I'll introduce her to the Municipal Art Museum first. After all, she is a dance major, and she is also in the system. Yueping is beautiful and good at learning. At that time, the education of party history was far less important than that of the party history education. Now, I am not a member of the Communist Party of China, I am from [-]. The branch organizes activities, and I take Yueping to participate. When we talk at the party, she sits next to us. Some old people in the branch have a thorough understanding of the country and history. Many of their views have been proved to be correct. Especially the party history education, at that time they believed that the state would gradually strengthen the party building. In the past, it was because the economy was not going well, and activities could not be carried out without money. Now it is different. Party building is getting stronger."

"After that branch activity ended, Yueping asked me if I could help her change units. She said that she wanted to go to the party school, even if she started from scratch. I am an expert in the province, so I helped her contact her. , I didn’t expect her to pass the exam and get in.”

"Next, she went smoothly, went to the grassroots to take a temporary position, and was promoted one after another after she came back."

Wang Xiongjie took a puff of cigarette and said meaningfully: "This is a good thing!"

"It's like this for her..." Cao Lijun's words were a little helpless, more contemptuous, and even mixed with anger: "We were in a good relationship at that time, and she ate out almost every night. From the district to the province In the village, there are officials of all sizes, and they are all kinds of business owners. Yueping’s identity was very subtle at the time, she had no administrative level, and she was just an ordinary party school teacher. I have never understood why she gave up her job in the group art hall , want to enter the party school with all your heart?"

Wang Xiongjie smiled, flicked the cigarette ash, and said lightly: "These are two units with completely different nature of work. The group art center is very leisurely, focusing on literary and artistic creation. The party school is different, paying attention to political correctness, and It depends on whether you have the corresponding professional ability. Teacher Bai's ability to enter the post shows that she has excellent qualifications, and you are at most playing the role of matchmaker."

Cao Lijun did not deny: "I only realized this truth later. And when I became a teacher, the situation is different. Chinese people pay attention to the rules of filial piety, and a teacher for one day is a teacher for life. In a place like a party school, people trained every year come to Come and go, there are a lot of outstanding talents. Especially those young people, if their abilities are recognized, they can be promoted. Yueping met many such people during her coaching period and built her network of relationships."

Hu Pingtao understood this quite well: "There are peaches and plums all over the world. Even if the teacher doesn't take the initiative to speak up, there are many students who will take the initiative to help."

Cao Lijun's expression was stiff: "That's how she came to the dinner every day. She taught at the party school for half a year, and she knew more and more people, and the dinners and drinks were one after another. At the beginning, she asked me to accompany her. I ate a few times. Meal, it feels very wrong. I don't like to drink, but I can't avoid that kind of occasion. People hold a glass to you, and you can't drink it. It's not that I have a poor physique, but I really don't want to drink. I don't drink well, I get drunk when I drink, and I won't be able to wake up the next day."

Wang Xiongjie asked: "Did you quarrel because of this?"

"Can you not be noisy?" Cao Lijun said with a wry smile: "When you get married and marry a wife, you want to start a family. I am a very traditional person, but I am not rigid. I am usually busy working in the laboratory, and I just want to eat something hot when I get home from work." Hot meals. Yueping was a bit of a housewife when she first got married, but after she went to the party school, she spent less and less time cooking. Later, when there were many dinner parties, I didn’t want to go with her. Come home from work and the house is empty, really lonely."

Hu Pingtao asked: "How old are your children?"

"I don't have a child." The sadness on Cao Lijun's face deepened: "The issue of having a child is also one of the main reasons for our quarrel. I think it is good to have a child. It should be able to bring Yueping's heart back and reduce her going out. The number of times. But she has been reluctant to give birth, saying that she wants to study while she is young, and the selection and appointment of young cadres is very strong. It will take at least one and a half years from pregnancy to physical recovery after giving birth, and more importantly The body is out of shape, and it is difficult to recover in a short time... In this way, it is not conducive to her work and career."

Wang Xiongjie patted his hands lightly a few times: "It makes sense, it really makes sense."

Cao Lijun stared at him with doubts on his face.

Wang Xiongjie explained with a smile: "Don't get me wrong, from the standpoint of a man, you must be right. From the standpoint of a woman, what your wife did is not wrong. So I can only stand in the middle, and I am a policeman. Investigate the case of your wife being poisoned."

Cao Lijun was silent for a moment, and then continued to make a low-pitched voice: "It's been so many years, I don't want to go out with her. Marrying a young wife is not a good thing, especially in front of outsiders, it looks very weird. Weekend When I was growing up, Yueping and I occasionally went out to buy vegetables. People we knew knew we were husband and wife, but strangers thought we were father and daughter... Once in the fruit shop, Yueping picked some mangoes, and I went to the cashier to check out. Say to me: Your daughter is so beautiful..."

Hu Pingtao felt chills all over his body, feeling like he was listening to a bad joke.

"She and I are like people in two worlds, we are getting farther and farther apart." Cao Lijun sighed, "I am no longer what I used to be. My hair is falling out badly, and I look old. I dare not wear brightly colored clothes. Not suitable. Yueping is just the opposite. She likes to wear short skirts and high heels, and she has a good figure when she dances. She has not relaxed her comprehensive quality training in the party school these years. She is very proficient in English and has also learned piano. And the accordion. I practiced Weibei in normal times and also made a name for myself. I joined the Municipal Calligraphers Association. Last year, I was elected as a director.”

"When I first got married, I learned the driver's license with her, and later I bought a "Nissan". Dare to drive on the road. Yueping’s driving skills are getting more and more proficient. A group of students came to the party school the year before last, all of whom are members of the racing association. alienated."

"I'm not short of money. My monthly salary plus subsidies is nearly [-] yuan. I still have three houses and a car under my name. Yueping also bought one for herself, and with the money from her parents, the sum of everything is not a big deal. decimal."

"The reason for finding a nanny is my own idea. I am not good at housework, so I can spare time to do research if I leave the chores to the nanny. But Yueping doesn't understand this. She thinks there is an outsider in the family. I wanted to fire the nanny several times. We quarreled again about this matter. After more than two months of stop and go, we had a good talk and agreed to take a step back: I fired the nanny I was using at the time, and Yueping helped me choose The one she thinks is suitable, that is, Yang Fang who is with her in the ward now."

Wang Xiongjie threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and asked, "You seem to be very clear about our police case handling process. What you said is very detailed, and many of them are questions we must ask."

Cao Lijun said seriously: "I am a researcher. Although there are conflicts between me and Yueping, she is my wife after all. I hope you can catch the murderer as soon as possible."

Wang Xiongjie smiled: "This is our duty."

Cao Lijun asked, "Is there anything else I can do for you?"

"Not yet, let's do it!" Wang Xiongjie stood up with a smile, stretched his arms and stretched his waist.

(End of this chapter)