deep white secret

Chapter 37 Unexpectedly
It was already dark when we left Wang Zhuangwei's house.

When she sat in the car, Ning Xia's stomach growled in response. Ning Xia glanced at Xu Jie lightly, but luckily he didn't notice.

In fact, Xu Jie heard it and held back his laughter.

When the car drove onto the main road, Xu Jie spoke:
"Let's go eat. You're hungry after a busy day. That's how our criminal investigation team is. We don't care about anything when we're busy."

After running around for a day, Ningxia just wanted to go back to the hotel to rest early, so he said:

"Captain Xu, there is a convenience supermarket in front, let's grab something to eat."

Xu Jie remembered that the day Ningxia first joined the criminal investigation team, he ate barbecue and ate rice balls alone in a convenience store.

"That's fine, I just brought you out to investigate the case, but it can't solve the problem of food and clothing. I am not qualified as a captain."

Ningxia didn't mind, but she joked for the first time:

"Team Xu will treat us later."

Xu Jie parked the car and the two of them walked into the convenience store.

With two buckets of instant noodles, two rice balls, and two bottles of water, the two people sat facing each other in front of the convenience store window.

Ningxia showed a smile:
"Captain Xu, I didn't expect you to eat these things."

"Otherwise? What do I eat in your eyes?"

"Captain Xu is very clean. I always thought you were a very picky eater."

Ningxia even wanted to say, you are the one who interferes with my eating carrots.

Xu Jie smiled, his eyes searching:

"now what?"

"Captain Xu is very kind. He is no longer the same person who refused me to join the criminal investigation team."

Xu Jie actually wanted to continue talking, but the timer for instant noodles rang.

Putting the noodle bucket on the table, Ning Xia looked satisfied, and Xu Jie said:
"I noticed that you like to eat at convenience stores."

Ningxia tilted her head and thought:

"No, I grew up...my mother was quite busy. After junior high school, I took care of myself. My mother refused to let me cook, saying she was afraid of danger, so I like to eat in crowded places."

It was rare for Xu Jie to hear Ning Xia open her heart and tell her story, so he couldn't help but smile and motioned for her to continue.

"But, in my opinion, isn't there more people in the hotel?"

Unexpectedly, Ningxia laughed:
"It's different. A restaurant is a place to eat, and the purpose is very clear. Besides, not every restaurant is popular. Convenience stores are different. People's needs are different. People come and go, and there is a sense of desertedness like passing by the world. "

Xu Jie leaned on the chair and looked out the window. Following the notification of the doorbell at the convenience store door, there were indeed people coming and going in this place:

"This kind of mentality of yours is called "Everyone in the world is drunk and I am alone."

Ning Xia smiled, and the smiling Ning Xia was different from the girl Xu Jie met for the first time.

"Can you tell me how I feel?"

"Captain Xu, please speak."

Ningxia suddenly became serious, unexpectedly Xu Jie said softly:
"It's rare for Ningxia to smile."

Ningxia was a little embarrassed this time:
"No, I'm very casual in front of my friends, although most of the time I don't want to talk much."

Speaking of which, Ning Xia bent the top cover of instant noodles into a small bowl and picked a strand of noodles into it. Xu Jie didn't know how to eat this way, and stared curiously at the small bowl in Ning Xia's hand.

Ningxia understood and reached out to pick up Xu Jie's noodle bowl, rolled it up and handed it to him.

Xu Jie took it and imitated Ningxia, picking out a strand of noodles and putting it in his mouth.

At this time, there were only the two of them in the convenience store, and the incandescent lamp gave off a warmth. The two people were quiet and harmonious, and the picture was quiet and beautiful.

It was rare to relax after a day of running around, and the two of them slowly enjoyed the tranquility of this moment.

While eating rice balls, Ningxia asked Xu Jie:

"Captain Xu, I don't understand something. If Wu Yan's family found Wang Zhuangwei after he came out, Wang Zhuangwei must have noticed and wanted to escape. Why did Wang Zhuangwei go to the reservoir in the end?"

"Just like Zhang Qiang, I still can't figure out what method the murderer used to get both people to contact him willingly. Do you remember? The lock on Zhang Qiang's house was not broken, and the murderer entered Zhang Qiang's house in a big way."

Speaking of this, Xu Jie suddenly thought of something:

"Do you remember the last time you looked at Wu Yan's files? When did the other person get released from prison? I remember it was today."

"It seems to be today."

Team Xu’s expression changed slightly:

"If the two murder cases are connected, then the people who are released from prison today will also be in danger."

Ning Xia stopped holding the fork in her hand and looked bad:
"But now we just have suspicions without any evidence."

"I will contact Bureau Song immediately to explain the current situation."

As he said that, Xu Jie dialed Song Bureau's phone with a solemn expression, and walked out of the convenience store. Ningxia looked at the wall clock on the wall of the convenience store. It was already 25:[-] in the evening.

Ning Xia kept watching Xu Jie reporting the situation in a low voice outside the glass window. Xu Jie faced Ning Xia through the glass window, with one hand in his pocket and his head lowered.

The strong hair stood stubbornly on the top of his head, and his eyebrows were lightly frowned. Xu Jie walked back to the convenience store at ten o'clock, his expression serious.

"Captain Xu, we are still just suspicious. Even when Wang Zhuangwei drowned, we didn't find out the truth."

Ning Xia raised her eyebrows to comfort Xu Jie. Xu Jie picked up a paper towel and stretched out his hand to wipe the cheese stuck on Ning Xia's face:
"Bureau Song is also very cautious. After all, we don't have any evidence now. Let's go back and investigate the vehicles that passed by the crime scene on the night Wang Zhuangwei was killed."

Xu Jie was so natural that it made Ningxia's heart feel hot.

Xu Jie didn't eat the rest. When he walked out of the convenience store, Xu Jie said:
"It's already ten o'clock. Bureau Song can only send people to notify and coordinate. We hope our judgment is not wrong."

Xu Jie lowered his head. Ning Xia felt an indescribable feeling in her heart. Xu Jie was responsible for all the consequences and responsibilities behind the reasoning.

So after the two checked into the Express Hotel, Ningxia went directly to Xu Jie's room. The two of them had to investigate the 48 cars that had appeared at the crime scene one by one.

At 11:30, the two people had already made 36 calls. A total of 27 taxis passed by that day, and Xu Jie also contacted 22 of them.

These 22 taxis are still in operation, and they are all in Lin County.

In the end, there were five taxis and nine telephone numbers left, including their empty numbers and three unreachable phone numbers.

Ningxia is already showing signs of exhaustion.

"It's been three years. I didn't expect that everyone still remembers what happened back then and is still doing this job."

Ningxia Yangyang sighed to Xu Jie with the record in his hand.

Ningxia occupied the desk in Xu Jie's room, and Xu Jie kept walking around the room with his phone number.

Seeing Ning Xia's eyes turning red, Xu Jie said:
"You go and rest, I will do the rest of the work."

"No, I want to finish it with Team Xu."

Xu Jie handed Ningxia another bottle of water and rubbed his eyes:
"Then make the final sprint. The murderer must be among the remaining people."

Ten minutes later, Ningxia crossed out two more people, which made Ningxia a little anxious. Is it wrong to check them to this extent?

How could it be such a coincidence that he was among the last two people who were not found?
At [-]:[-], Xu Jie was also a little anxious. If his judgment was wrong, the call he made to Director Song just now was also a little impulsive.

Xu Jie dialed another number. The phone rang for a long time before a male voice appeared:
"Hey!"

The background was very noisy, and the voice was a bit familiar to Xu Jie.

"Is this Shen Cuifang's phone number?"

"Captain Xu!"

The person opposite shouted in surprise:
"I'm Ma Mingjie, why is it you, Captain Xu?"

The other party couldn't believe it at all, and Xu Jie was also stunned.

"what happened?"

"Team Xu, there was an accident on Songshan Road. I'm at the scene. This is the suspect's phone number."

Xu Jie's heart sank...

(End of this chapter)