Tiger Police

Chapter 214 Fiancee

Although Xing Le doesn't like Hu Pingtao, but Wang Xiongjie's order has been given, and she must obey.

The Institute of Botany has contacted in advance.From superior leaders to ordinary employees, Hu Pingtao chatted briefly with everyone.

"Cao Lijun is a very good person. He is very serious in his work and has a sense of responsibility. He is an expert in our institute, he is also the host of several subjects and projects, and he has been rated as an outstanding worker for several years in a row."

"You talk about Lao Cao in the research room! He is quite nice, but his personality is a bit meek. He doesn't deal with people very much, at most, he meets people on the walk, or greets and nods when eating in the cafeteria. He should It’s because he doesn’t like to socialize and doesn’t have many friends. He seldom participates in dinners during Chinese New Year and holidays at work, and he never drinks.”

"Old Cao is a boring gourd, and he keeps everything in his heart. I used to be in the same department as him, and I helped him get married before. I know everything about him and his wife. Lao Cao looks average. In today's terms, he looks very anxious and looks old. He was not really old when he got married, he was only in his 30s. But his wife is young, more than ten years younger than him. This old couple and young wife It's easy to go wrong, I heard that his wife has a wild man outside, and put a lot of cuckolds on Lao Cao..."

"I've seen his daughter-in-law. She's very beautiful. Walking with Lao Cao is like a father and daughter. Let me declare first! I'm not saying bad things about Lao Cao behind his back. They are indeed like this, and this I’m not the only one talking about it. If you don’t believe me, go to the institute and ask about it, everyone thinks so.”

"His wife's family used to come to the office to make trouble. I remember that incident very clearly. In the third year of their marriage, Lao Cao's mother-in-law came to work, and there was a lot of trouble. It's hard to hear, saying that Lao Cao cheated He told her daughter, and said that Lao Cao is a fake man with only a child but no eggs. He looks like a man, but in fact he has no ability in that area, and he can't even raise a child... You just need to know about it. , Don’t go outside and talk nonsense. Lao Cao is very face-saving, and this incident hit him hard. Since then, he has become very silent and no longer participates in the activities of the unit.”

Hu Pingtao asked for leave in the afternoon, and he deliberately picked this day to come to understand the situation, because Cao Lijun was off today.

At four o'clock, he and Xing Le left the Institute of Botany and went to Bai Yueping's mother's house.

The old lady is old, but she is in good spirits.Received a call in the morning and came back from the hospital, waiting at home.

"I went to the vegetable market at noon and bought an old hen, which was being stewed. I sent it to the hospital for my daughter at night to nourish her body."

"Hey... Comrade police, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I really regret this marriage! If I had known this, I shouldn't have married Yueping to a bastard surnamed Cao. At that time, Yueping was young and ignorant, and I listened to the introducer. If you say that Cao Lijun is a high-ranking official, and Yueping will be able to eat well and drink hot after marrying, I will believe it."

"After so many years of marriage, Yueping's belly has never been able to bulge. As a mother, I became anxious when I saw it. During that time, I kept running to my in-laws' house, but the old couple on Cao Lijun's side didn't say anything, and asked too much. I was in a hurry with me, saying that it was "their own business", and scolded me in turn, saying that Yueping had a problem with her body."

"My own daughter, may I not be clear?"

"When Yueping was in school in the early years, she did have a good time with others. But I can assure you with my head that she has no problems with childbearing."

"If you don't have this child, you don't have it! Later, I also looked away. But Cao Lijun changed later. No matter how you look at Yueping, she doesn't like it. The two of them kept arguing for various reasons. Yueping sometimes gets angry. However, just go back to your mother's house and stay with me for ten days and a half a month, and then go back when your anger subsides."

"Did you ask Cao Lijun if he called her? Yes, of course he did. But he couldn't spit out ivory from his dog's mouth. He just said a few words and then started arguing. Several times, I heard Yue Ping cried into the phone, saying, "Do you want me to die to be happy? "Tell me, is there such a husband?"

"I'm old. The old man passed away many years ago. I only have one daughter, Yueping. If I don't love her, who else can I love?"

……

Bai Yueping's mother babbled on and on and on and on, until after seven o'clock in the evening.

Coming out of the old lady's house, Hu Pingtao looked at the sky that had been shrouded in night, and said apologetically to Xing Le: "Let's find a place to eat!"

Xing Le glared at him angrily: "It's rare, you still treat guests?"

Hu Pingtao smiled indifferently: "You have the final say on what to eat."

Although Xing Le is angry in his heart, he is still cautious.She parked the car on the side of the road, ordered two stir-fried vegetables and a bowl of soup from a roadside stall, and sat down with Hu Pingtao, each ordered a bowl of rice, and ate with a dull head.

After eating quickly, Hu Pingtao took out a hundred-yuan bill to pay the bill.While waiting for the boss to change the money, he took out the cigarette and lighter from his pocket, lit one, and smoked slowly.

Xing Le frowned and looked at him: "Smoking is bad for your health, let's quit!"

Hu Pingtao smiled: "This is the first good thing you said today. I really didn't see it... In fact, you are very beautiful, why are you so fierce? This is simply self-destructive!"

Xing Le waved his hands at him contemptuously: "Wang Dui said, let me watch you. You are married, and your wife is beautiful. Wang Dui said you always called him "Brother Wang", he I have to be responsible for you."

Hu Pingtao was choked by a puff of smoke and coughed again and again. After finally recovering, he asked dumbfoundedly, "Wang Xiongjie said this? Have you seen my wife?"

"I've never seen it before." Xing Le stared at his hands with a gloomy expression, and spoke in an aggressive tone: "I don't like men who smoke."

At this time, the boss found change.Hu Pingtao took it and ordered it, stuffed it into his pocket, and stood up: "Let's go!"

Xing Le sat on the chair and didn't move. He just tilted the corner of his mouth symbolically and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Detective, where are we going next?"

After following Hu Pingtao for an afternoon, chatting with various people, she felt that she hadn't gained anything at all.

Hu Pingtao said, "You have to work hard, and you have to go to two places tonight. One is with Shan Wenfei's girlfriend, and the other is at Cao Lijun's house."

……

Shan Wenfei is an outsider, he found a girlfriend in the provincial capital.Although he is a local, he is a single-parent family, and his economic situation is low, and it can even be said to be very bad.

This girl named Chen Xiaohong has a pretty face and a good figure, and her overall dress is very clean. Although the cosmetics she uses are not high-grade, they give people a fresh feeling.Although Xing Le is a woman, she couldn't help but take a few more glances.

The house is not big, with an area of ​​about ten square meters.The old self-built houses in the villages in the city are the ones with a separate part used as a separate bathroom. They are narrow and cramped, and they can barely fit a bed, a set of tables and chairs, and there is almost no room for movement.

Shan Wenfei delivers food and can only come back very late every day.Chen Xiaohong cleaned up the house very well. She brought two cups of steaming tea and sat quietly opposite Hu Pingtao and Xing Le.

"This house is rented." The young girl was a little shy: "Wen Fei and I are not highly educated. He delivers food, and I work in a supermarket. If you want to get married, you must have a house. In short... try to save as much money as possible!"

Hu Pingtao looked around and asked with great interest: "You are a local, why don't you go home and live at home? In that case, you can save the cost of renting a house."

Chen Xiaohong shyly raised her hand to smooth the long hair around her ear, lowered her head, and said embarrassedly: "...my mother doesn't like Wen Fei, and she doesn't allow me to be with him."

Hu Pingtao nodded knowingly: "Because he is from another place?"

Chen Xiaohong gave a low "huh": "My mother has been introducing me to boyfriends, but I don't like those people. Wen Fei came from the village, and my mother thinks he has no money, so he can't give a bride price."

Xing Le stood beside him and said, "What age is it, do you still want a bride price?"

Chen Xiaohong lowered her head, her face flushed a little: "My mother said that a married daughter is water that is thrown out. She has raised me for so many years, and without a bride price, she will never agree to my marriage."

Xing Le's sense of justice was overwhelming, and he said angrily, "You can go to the street office and the community for help, and you can also find the Women's Federation where your household registration is located. It is illegal to interfere with free marriage!"

Chen Xiaohong smiled calmly: "Actually, my mother just talked about it, so I moved out to let her calm down for a while. Wen Fei and I have saved a lot of money over the years, and we are optimistic about the house. We will go back after we buy it. At that time, she will calm down... There is no need to make noise, everything will be happy at home!"

Xing Le frowned: "But the problem is..."

Hu Pingtao raised his hand and pushed her, and said with a smile: "Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. Xiao Chen is right, each has its own way to deal with it, and the Women's Federation is just one of them. You have to respect other people's choices."

As he said that, he turned to Chen Xiaohong and changed the subject: "Xiao Chen, we are here today because we want to talk to you about something."

After hearing Hu Pingtao's reason for coming, Chen Xiaohong thought for a few seconds and said seriously, "Wen Fei probably doesn't know that woman named Bai Yueping."

Her tone was very sure, Hu Pingtao narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why?"

"I know Wen Fei very well, and he won't do things outside without telling me." Chen Xiaohong said: "It's been almost three years since I met him and got along with him. Although he didn't have much education, he is still a good person. He has no relatives in the provincial capital, and his friends are limited to those who are at the same level as him. The teacher of the Provincial Party School... Hehe, this social level is really too high."

"Wen Fei often jokes that he knows where many important people live. This is not surprising, because it is possible to come into contact with these people every day when sending outside. For example, some high-end luxury communities, civil servant communities in provinces and cities, and various celebrities …I used to watch Hong Kong movies when I was in school, and the rich people always brought bodyguards and never had contact with outsiders. Only now do I know that they also want to eat, drink, and live. Not to mention Wen Fei, even I I work as a cashier in a supermarket, and I often see many celebrities shopping."

"Once Wen Fei went to the south to deliver food, and when he arrived at the place, the customer opened the door to receive the goods, and he realized that the other party was a very famous hostess. When we were young, we often saw her on TV. Now everyone plays mobile phones, and we treat her too. Not so emotional. When Wen Fei came back and told me about it, he was very emotional. He said that the hostess was so beautiful and young when he saw it on TV, and now she has become a middle-aged woman. Makeup, it’s basically two people.”

Hu Pingtao took notes in his notebook with a smile, as if casually said: "Hehe, you just said that you have a good relationship with Shan Wenfei, I don't really believe it... Now it seems that it should be true."

"He doesn't have any women outside." Chen Xiaohong's voice was very gentle: "Actually, whether a man treats himself well can be seen from his usual work and his behavior after returning home."

Xing Le, an unmarried young woman, suddenly became interested: "How do you know?"

Chen Xiaohong smiled, full of self-confidence and happiness: "Because I want to buy a house, Wen Fei's monthly salary is entrusted to me for safekeeping. In the food delivery business, more work pays more, and you don't have to work. With a single income, as long as you work hard and endure hardships, you can earn more than [-] yuan a month."

Xing Le expressed doubts about this: "Is it really so high? As a civil servant, I only have [-] or [-] a month!"

Chen Xiaohong nodded: "That's true. Let's say last month! Wenfei gave me a salary of more than 300 yuan. If it catches up with the Chinese New Year, his income will be even higher than this figure."

Speaking of this, Chen Xiaohong bit her lower lip subconsciously, and then let go: "There won't be so many this month. I heard from him that something happened at the Provincial Party School. You take him to the Public Security Bureau to understand the situation. He I haven't been energetic at work for a few days, and I have wasted a lot of time..."

Xing Le said seriously: "If someone poisons, we must investigate the case. This is a matter of human life and nature."

Hu Pingtao stared at Chen Xiaohong, and asked seriously: "How do you know that Shan Wenfei won't do things outside behind your back?"

Chen Xiaohong said frankly: "You have never delivered food...in this line of work, you run on the road every day, in the wind and rain, and you hardly have a minute to rest. Wen Fei only graduated from junior high school, and he couldn't find a better job than delivering food. , and a better job. Working on a construction site for a month can cost thousands of dollars, but that has something to do with it besides physical strength. He doesn’t like working in a supermarket because the income is mediocre. How much you do depends on the individual, and how much money you can get is visible."

"24 hours a day, except for eating, sleeping and resting, he is on the road for the rest of the time, and he has to keep grabbing orders. Only in this way can he get a monthly income of over [-] yuan. If Wen Fei gave me a salary lower than Baqian, there must be something wrong with his status. Either the company, or him personally. More importantly, the possibility of the former going wrong is very small, almost zero."

(End of this chapter)