I'm a street kid, but my wife, a policewoman, won't divorce her

Chapter 709 Heartbroken!

The news brought by Qin Fei.

For Chen Xiao, it was no less devastating than Wen’s sudden loss of contact.

He couldn't understand why Cao Xiuyuan left such a visiting list for Dou Zhihai.

The list itself is fine.

Dou Zhihai originally wanted to visit those people.

But the key point is that something went wrong when Dou Zhihai was visiting those people.

Then the list given by Cao Xiuyuan is very meaningful.

As the task force leader, why should he assign tasks to the deputy leader's subordinates?

Is it a unified arrangement, or is there some other intention?
We have just reached a consensus with Cao Xiuyuan and Sun Zhou, making the task force seem united.

But before two hours had passed, problems arose again.

Chen Xiao suddenly felt that the ancient saying that one must first stabilize the country before fighting against foreign aggressors was indeed a wise saying.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao returned to the office first and checked Dou Zhihai's information.

The latter is 24 years old this year, and his exact age is slightly older than Chen Xiao.

He is a new police officer who has been in the criminal police field for less than two years.

However, from the introduction of some of his deeds, it can be seen that Dou Zhihai is very active in his daily work.

Being positive means being enterprising.

He is very enterprising, so as long as there is no grudge between them, or there are no other people with special identities in between, Sun Zhou, who is his superior.

Then Sun Zhou would probably take a closer look at it on a normal day.

So this time Sun Zhou brought Dou Zhihai along as well.

But when Chen Xiao saw another piece of information about Dou Zhihai, his heart skipped a beat.

Dou Zhihai's life trajectory is surprisingly similar to Cao Xiuyuan's.

Both of them grew up in single-parent families.

Neither of them had any special background.

The so-called special background means that neither of their family members has a police job.

They all graduated from police academies and entered this field step by step.

The most similar thing is that Dou Zhihai also has a childhood sweetheart who he has known and loved since childhood.

It seems that Cao Xiuyuan’s template is the future Dou Zhihai.

Dou Zhihai was originally scheduled to marry his childhood sweetheart in December of this year.

Unfortunately, that grand wedding may never be held again.

Chen Xiao looked at the information, took out his mobile phone and entered a mobile phone number.

The moment the number was connected, a very haggard female voice came from the receiver:

"Hey, who is it?"

"Hello, my name is Chen Xiao. Like Officer Dou, I am also a member of the task force. You have arrived in Zhushan now, and have met him, right?" Chen Xiao asked.

The person on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, then said:
"It turned out to be Consultant Chen. I have already met him. Others have told me about the people in your task force."

"Please grief."

"How can I mourn? A healthy and lively person is gone just like that. It's like a dream. But I can't wake up from this dream."

Chen Xiao sighed.

The people who were truly devastated by Dou Zhihai's death were not Sun Zhou or the special investigation team, but his family and lover.

However, Su Yuzhu also knew that Chen Xiao's call was about something, so she did not let the depressed and sad mood continue to spread.

"Advisor Chen, you must have something to ask me, right?"

"After Officer Dou left Jingzhou and followed Captain Sun to Xiaozhuang South Town to investigate the case, have you had any contact with each other?"

"Yes, he would send me a message almost every day to let me know he was safe. But last night I sent him a message and called him but he didn't even reply."

"Did he ever mention anything about the task force when he contacted you?" Chen Xiao asked again.

Su Yuzhu hesitated: "Advisor Chen, what do you mean by the special task force? Although Zhihai is just an ordinary policeman, he is very disciplined. He knows what he can and shouldn't say."

"Don't be nervous. We are not investigating him. I am just personally interested in his affairs. As for what it is, he should have mentioned the people in the task force to you, right?" Chen Xiao deliberately relaxed his tone.

Su Yuzhu also seemed to be relieved:

"I did, but I only mentioned team leader and deputy team leader. It was only after I arrived at Mount Zhu that I found out who the team leader was and who Advisor Chen was."

"I see. Then, in your contacts, who does Officer Dou usually like to talk to you about?"

"Of course it's Captain Sun. He is very grateful to Captain Sun. After he started working as a police officer, he always said that Captain Sun was his guiding light. He was also very fortunate that after becoming a police officer, he met a leader and senior who was willing to guide him."

"What about Captain Sun?"

"That's the leader of your task force. He seems to admire the leader very much. He said that he is the most powerful policeman he has ever met since he became a policeman, better than..."

Su Yuzhu didn't say anything else, but Chen Xiao could understand.

It was precisely because of these words that Chen Xiao vaguely felt that Dou Zhihai and Cao Xiuyuan must have had some close contact after they met in the task force.

Chen Xiao couldn't make any comment on what the real Cao Xiuyuan was like.

But he knew that when an old hand in an industry meets a newcomer in the industry with similar life experience as himself, he would inevitably feel sympathy for each other.

To be more precise, this emotion is actually caused by the desire to pursue one's past self.

After thinking for a while, Chen Xiao continued, "Did he mention anything about the other people in the task force?"

"No, I just talked about Captain Sun and your team leader. I did ask him about it, but he said I couldn't say too much, so I didn't ask."

“So that’s how it is…”

While Chen Xiao was speaking, he saw Qin Fei appear at the office door.

So I found a reason and ended this meaningless call.

Seeing that he put down his phone, Qin Fei asked curiously: "Who did you call?"

"Dou Zhihai's fiancée."

Qin Fei couldn't help but be surprised: "Are you asking about the special investigation team?"

"Well, Captain Cao must have had a lot of contact with Dou Zhihai outside of daily life after he joined the task force," Chen Xiao replied.

Qin Fei frowned slightly: "This shouldn't be the case. Brother Xiuyuan is not a very outgoing person. It's rare to see him have too much contact with police officers from other units."

"You didn't look at Dou Zhihai's profile carefully. Their experiences are somewhat similar. They both grew up in single-parent families and entered the police force step by step on their own. They both have a fiancée, who is like Captain Cao's wife. They have known each other since childhood and are childhood sweethearts."

Qin Fei was stunned: "I see, so is there a possibility that Brother Xiuyuan listed a detailed list of people to visit in order to help Dou Zhihai?"

Chen Xiao did not answer immediately.

He began to recall the moments when Cao Xiuyuan learned of Dou Zhihai's death.

At that time, he only remembered the shock on Cao Xiuyuan's face when he learned of the latter's death, as well as the various emotional impacts brought about by the mistake at work.

But now that I think about it carefully, Cao Xiuyuan's eyes at that time seemed to contain another kind of emotion.

That kind of emotion seemed to be...heartache? Or regret?
(End of this chapter)