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Chapter 140 The Illusion of Happiness
After Cheng Feng and Guo Tian discussed the work arrangements, they politely declined Guo Tian's invitation to stay with him and Jiayi for dinner, and drove Jiayi back to City C.It was already evening when we returned to the urban area. After playing games during the day and all the troubles afterwards, both of them felt very tired, but Cheng Feng still insisted on taking Jiayi to the hospital to see his ankle, so the two of them arrived at the hospital. Go to the hospital where Ma Chunlei was hospitalized, see Jiayi's injuries, and visit Ma Chunlei by the way.

Jiayi's ankle was fine, it didn't hurt any bones, it was just some soft tissue damage, as long as it was treated carefully, it would heal in time. Ice pack was done for her and it worked out fine.

After taking Jiayi to see her ankle and bandaging it, Cheng Feng helped her to sit in the car, and he turned around to have a look at Ma Chunlei. Originally, Jiayi wanted to go, but Cheng Feng refused because he came from the outpatient clinic. The treatment area where Ma Chunlei was hospitalized had to walk a short distance, and the doctor told him that Jiayi's feet should be moved as little as possible.

When Cheng Feng came to the ward where Ma Chunlei lived, he saw Ma Chunlei's bitter face.

Seeing Cheng Feng appearing, Ma Chunlei regained his spirits: "Brother Feng! To me, you are not a real brother, but better than a real brother! Tell me the good news! I really need to hear this right now!"

"What are you talking about?" Cheng Feng put the back of his hand on Ma Chunlei's forehead to try: "You don't have a fever, why are you talking nonsense?"

"Quickly, don't go around the bush, tell me, are you done with Jiayi?" Ma Chunlei pulled Cheng Feng's hand and asked nervously.

Cheng Feng was taken aback: "It's done? What's done?"

When Ma Chunlei heard his words, his eyes almost popped out of his sockets: "Isn't it, brother? Are you kidding me? Don't tell me, today is such a good opportunity for the two of you to go out to play in the wilderness, and you don't even have it." What are you doing to Jiayi?"

"What are you doing?" Cheng Feng looked at Ma Chunlei amusedly.

"Are you asking me?" Ma Chunlei stared, then fell back on the hospital bed with a sigh: "It's over, it's over, brother Feng, I was hurt by you!"

"What's going on?" Cheng Feng pulled Ma Chunlei up: "You've said a lot of inexplicable things since I entered the door, and I haven't figured out the situation until now!"

Ma Chunlei sighed, and told Lu Ling and the others their ideas, of course, including the agreement that he could be discharged from the hospital early.

"Brother Feng, how can you be so stupid as a human being?!" Ma Chunlei looked like he hated iron but not steel: "Tell me, what are you thinking about Jiayi? Anyone with a discerning eye can see You treat her differently when you come out, but why don't you see the next move? This is good, I don't even have a reason to leave the hospital early!"

"Yes, why not!" Cheng Feng knew that Ma Chunlei's skin trauma was basically fine, and the rest was nothing more than recuperation, and with Ma Chunlei's temperament, recuperation in the hospital was obviously torture rather than enjoyment.

When Ma Chunlei heard his words, he regained his spirits: "You were kidding me just now, right? You have already confessed your love to Jiayi?"

Cheng Feng bypassed his question: "I went to play on the mountain today, and something happened. Although it is not under our direct jurisdiction, the working and living places of several related people are all nearby, so we need our cooperation." He put I briefly told Ma Chunlei what happened today.

"Let's go!" After hearing this, Ma Chunlei got up and was about to get off the bed: "You accompany me to go through the discharge procedures! My bones are almost rusted now, and I am worried that I have nothing to do. Brother Feng, you have to count me in this job." !"

Cheng Feng pushed him back: "You're one of them! But it's late at night, so don't bother the doctor on duty. You have to be discharged from the hospital and talk about it tomorrow during the day!"

"Yes! I have to stay overnight!" Ma Chunlei sighed, but he could see that he was very excited: "This time there is a reason for that little pepper to agree to let me leave the hospital early!"

"Have a good rest tonight, I will leave some things for you to do tomorrow, don't worry!" Cheng Feng smiled and got up to leave: "Then I'll go first, Jiayi has been tired all day and sprained his ankle. My son is still waiting for me in the car hungry!"

"Brother Feng, let me say one last thing." Ma Chunlei gave Cheng Feng a meaningful look: "If you have that kind of meaning to someone, you should do it when it's time to do it, so as not to miss the opportunity and it will be too late! Sometimes you do things Don’t think too much, just a dash of momentum is enough!”

Cheng Feng just smiled: "I know it." He waved his hand and left the ward.

After leaving the hospital, Cheng Feng took Jiayi to a medicated restaurant to have bone broth for dinner.

Jiayi looked at the delicate casserole in front of him dumbfounded, he just sprained his foot, even the doctor said it was just a soft tissue injury, but Cheng Feng insisted on taking him to drink big bone soup to mend it, there was really nothing he could do about it.

"Chunlei, is he making a fuss about being discharged from the hospital again?" Jiayi asked Cheng Feng while eating: "Lingling said that he tortured her many times!"

"No, I can't wait!" Cheng Feng said with a smile: "I was about to be discharged from the hospital tonight, but I pressed him down and asked him to go through the formalities tomorrow. Now I really need him to go back to help me, seven people I have to be busy!"

"Then where should we start tomorrow?" Jia Yi hurriedly asked.

"Us?" Cheng Feng raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you call back to school and ask for leave? Have a good rest at home! Rest and recuperate, can't I report to you later?"

"No, no!" Jiayi waved his hands pretendingly: "Everything is more important to do by yourself, besides, when I called to ask for leave, besides spraining my foot, I also said that I wanted to deal with this case. The school has already granted leave. Explain that there is nothing to do tomorrow, you can give me a vacation, but you have to go back to the meeting the day after tomorrow. You just let me follow, you invite me the day after tomorrow, I have no time to meet you yet!"

"Okay!" Cheng Feng took Jiayi's insistence to no avail. Anyway, he followed him, and it was impossible for her to make any big moves. What he had to do tomorrow was just to visit, so why not do it: "Then I will go tomorrow morning. Pick you up! Let's go to Peng Lei's house first!"

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The next day, Jiayi, who had a night's rest, recovered a lot, and got up early to tidy up, for fear that he might miss the time because of his inconvenient feet.When Cheng Feng arrived at Jiayi's house, she was already ready to go.

"Does the ankle still hurt?" Cheng Feng helped Jiayi to sit in the car, and did not forget to ask about her injury.

"I don't feel anything if I don't move," Jiayi waved his hand: "Don't think I'm a flower in a greenhouse, okay? I'm most afraid of this!"

Of course Cheng Feng knew how much she cared about others treating her as a coquettish woman who could not stand on her own. Wasn't this the reason why the two of them got married at the beginning of their acquaintance? Looking back now, it's really funny.

"Lei Zi called this morning and said that Lu Ling agreed to go and help him with the discharge procedures today! I also asked for a day off to stay with Lei Zi, in case he would go out on a mission before he fully recovered from his injury, just in time for us to return to the office after we finish the work." When you see her, you can talk to her about Shan Wenxiu, Zheng Yu, and Qi Ge!" Cheng Feng told Jia Yi about the situation Lei Zi called to report early in the morning and his plan.

About Peng Lei's matter, Guo Tian had already sent someone to notify his family the day before, and the family had already gone to the sub-bureau to identify the body, so when Jiayi and Cheng Feng arrived at Peng Lei's home, Peng Lei's parents had already Drowning in the pain of bereavement.

It can be seen that Peng Lei was born in a scholarly family, so it is no wonder that his temperament is bookish.The house of Peng Lei's parents is neither big nor luxurious, but it is full of cultural atmosphere, with antique Chinese decoration, and many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls. From the signature, it can be found that many of them were made by Peng Lei's father.The arrival of Jiayi and Cheng Feng was greeted with the warmest welcome that Peng Lei's family could show in their grief.Peng Lei's father, Peng Liben, is over sixty years old and is a retired veteran cadre of the C City Education Bureau, while Peng Lei's mother, Xu Qin, has been working as a teacher in a middle school in C City before retiring. As soon as he and Jiayi entered the door, Xu Qin shed tears when he saw Cheng Feng. Peng Liben explained that seeing Cheng Feng, who was about the same age, made Xu Qin realize his son's death again.Cheng Feng and Jiayi comforted Xu Qin for a while, and then the old man slowly stopped crying. Peng Liben, who was standing by, hurriedly handed over the Suxiao Jiuxin Pill to his wife.

"I'm sorry, we lost our composure!" Peng Liben politely apologized to Cheng Feng and Jiayi: "Thank you for coming, and please take care to bring the murderer to justice as soon as possible!"

"Mr. Peng, don't say that," Cheng Feng said hastily, "It's our job to solve the case. We also hope to find out the truth as soon as possible and give you an explanation!"

"Old Peng, has Peng Lei lived with you all the time?" Jia Yi asked.

Peng Liben nodded, pointing to a door on the right side of the living room: "That is Xiaolei's room, he lived with us all the time except during college, do you want to take a look at his room? "

Cheng Feng had this intention, and of course he would not refuse what Peng Liben said, so he followed the old man to Peng Lei's room to have a look.

As an unmarried man, Peng Lei's room is very tidy. The whole room is very spacious and bright, and the furniture inside is also very simple. There is a single bed, a writing desk, and another one as big as the entire wall. The bookcase is full of many tomes.

Because Peng Lei’s accident happened very suddenly, the family members have been in the shock of grief since the accident the day before, so everything in his room remained in the state when Peng Lei left on Sunday morning, including the half-written draft of the speech on the desk, A half glass of water on the bedside table, and a copy of Carnegie's "The Weakness of Human Nature" buckled on the pillow.

"Does Peng Lei have the habit of keeping a diary?" Cheng Feng asked Peng Liben.

Peng Liben shook his head: "As far as I know, Xiaolei is not a child who can write a diary without incident."

"Then has he mentioned any troubles to you recently? For example, in terms of interpersonal relationships."

Father Peng still shook his head: "This kid never brings work matters home, and these days, he has been very normal. I don't see him having anything on his mind. Apart from being busy with work, he never has time to spend with his family. Everything else is fine, he even mentioned it to me, maybe there will be a job promotion in the near future!"

(End of this chapter)