The Case of Love

Chapter 29 Zhao Xiaogang Appears

"Not familiar with him? No way? Someone saw you go to the teahouse to find him, and you walked out with his arm around his. You looked quite affectionate." Zhou Yifeng changed his serious expression and stared at Guo Lei teasingly.

"I...what are you looking for him for?" Guo Lei finally lost her patience.

"We found a body in a van. The owner of the van is Zhao Xiaogang. Let's confirm whether the deceased is Zhao Xiaogang." Zhou Yifeng did not tell the truth. He wanted to see Guo Lei's reaction.

"The car is his, who else could be driving it if not him?" Guo Lei was very sure.

Zhou Yifeng observed her carefully. He could not detect any sadness on her face. Instead, he saw a flash of light, or perhaps relief, in her eyes.

"You are right, the deceased is most likely him. However, we found that he was murdered. Do you know if Zhao Xiaogang has any enemies?" Zhou Yifeng walked slowly to the sofa and sat down, crossing his legs, looking casual.

"I really can't remember this." Guo Lei lowered her eyes.

"Then when was the last time you saw Zhao Xiaogang?" Zhou Yifeng asked again.

"About ten days ago, in a teahouse." Guo Lei answered quickly.

"Do you mind if we walk around the house?" Zhou Yifeng stood up.

"What are you doing? Even if you are police officers, you cannot break into private homes!" Guo Lei protested.

"I haven't been the eldest brother for many years..."

Zhou Yifeng was about to say something when his cell phone rang. He looked and saw that it was Su Xiaohan calling. He walked to the side and pressed the answer button.

"Captain Zhou, I just checked the surveillance footage of the road near Community B and discovered that Guo Lei sent Zhao Xiaogang to a car with license plate number Beijing B×××× yesterday morning, and Zhao Xiaogang drove the car himself." Su Xiaohan said anxiously as soon as the call was connected.

Zhou Yifeng turned his head and glanced at Guo Lei, and whispered, "Okay, I got it. Let's continue investigating and see if we can find out where he went."

"Yes, Captain Zhou!" Su Xiaohan replied.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yifeng walked towards Guo Lei and sneered, "Guo Lei, it seems that you have a very good relationship with Zhao Xiaogang. For him, you would rather commit the crime of harboring a criminal. Ma Nan, educate her on the law and tell her how many years of imprisonment are usually imposed for the crime of harboring a criminal."

"Yes, boss!" Ma Nan received the order and explained the law to Guo Lei in a serious manner.

After talking for a while, Guo Lei finally couldn't stand it anymore and burst out: "You said I was guilty of harboring someone, but I want to ask, what law did Zhao Xiaogang break?"

"You ask me what crime I have broken? Then let me tell you, the dead person in the van was not him. Didn't you personally send him to an off-road vehicle the morning before? Why do you have such a bad memory?" Zhou Yifeng's eyes became more and more fierce.

"The person who died in the car was not him, but that doesn't mean anything! I just didn't want you to know about my relationship with him, so I said that the last time I met him was more than ten days ago." Guo Lei defended herself, but her confidence was obviously lacking.

"You should know that Zhao Xiaogang has a wife, right? Are you his lover?" Zhou Yifeng raised his lips, and the coldness in his eyes increased a little.

Guo Lei didn't dare to look at him, nor did she say anything, but just bowed her head deeply. While Zhou Yifeng and Guo Lei were talking, Ma Nan had walked around the house and found male products in the closet and the bathroom, but nothing like the tools used to commit the crime.

"Let's go, Guo Lei, let's go somewhere else to talk!" Zhou Yifeng glanced at Guo Lei indifferently and walked out.

Guo Lei looked gloomy. At this point, she naturally knew where Zhou Yifeng and Ma Nan were going to take her.

When they got downstairs, Zhou Yifeng and his companions met up with Zhu Xiaofeng and Xu Jungang and went back to the bureau together.

At the monitoring center, Su Xiaohan, with the help of her colleagues, tracked the car driven by Zhao Xiaogang with the license plate number of Beijing B×××× and found that he drove the car to the suburbs of Beijing until he got out of the car near F Community in the suburbs of Beijing and entered the community. To Su Xiaohan's surprise, F Community was very close to the dry ditch where the incident occurred.

When Su Xiaohan excitedly called Zhou Yifeng, he had just entered the interrogation room. Upon learning that Zhou Yifeng and his team had returned, Su Xiaohan hurried over to report.

Before Zhou Yifeng even sat down, he called Ma Nan and a few others to go to F Community to find Zhao Xiaogang, and gave the task of interrogating Guo Lei to Su Xiaohan and Li Zhisong.

"Captain Zhou, I want to go with you!" Su Xiaohan requested.

Zhou Yifeng looked back at her and refused without hesitation, "This time is different from before! Don't follow me!"

After saying this, without waiting for Su Xiaohan to say anything else, he took his people away.

“Why is this time different from before…” Su Xiaohan muttered softly, a little unconvinced.

"The two previous cases were poisoned. In this case, if the murderer is really Zhao Xiaogang, he is a very ruthless person. He killed the person first and then burned the body in the car. Captain Zhou didn't let you go because he wanted to protect you." Li Zhisong explained for Zhou Yifeng. After being with Zhou Yifeng for a long time, he got to know him better and better. He looks cold on the outside, but he is actually very soft-hearted. He is a warm-hearted man who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

"Brother, I don't want to be the one being protected." Su Xiaohan knew that although Zhou Yifeng had praised her and changed his opinion of female police officers, subconsciously, he still thought that women were weak.

"Okay, my little junior sister, don't think about it. Let's go to the interrogation room! Try to get something out of Guo Lei!" Li Zhisong put his arm around Su Xiaohan's shoulders and consoled her.

Su Xiaohan smiled. She was too strong-willed. As long as it was helpful to solve the case, it didn't matter whether she was at the front line or in the back. She and Li Zhisong entered the interrogation room together and sat opposite Guo Lei.

"Tell me, Guo Lei, what do you know about Zhao Xiaogang? Why did you send Zhao Xiaogang away early yesterday morning and let him drive the car with license plate number Beijing B××××? I checked and found that the owner of the car is Guo Yi, your brother." Su Xiaohan asked a series of questions as soon as she sat down.

"Zhao Xiaogang and I met a year ago. I only knew that he ran a building materials company and was the boss. I didn't know anything else. He said his car broke down and was at the repair shop, so I lent him my brother's car." In the empty interrogation room, Guo Lei's voice was very soft and ethereal.

While she was talking, Su Xiaohan was looking at her. Although she didn't look directly into her eyes, her gaze didn't drift away, and she was always looking forward. A few strands of hair curled into a graceful arc, adding a bit of gentleness to her temperament.

Su Xiaohan thought to herself, maybe she was really just his mistress, and knew nothing about him except his identity, occupation and marital status?
"He drove out in your brother's car. Do you know where he went?" Su Xiaohan asked.

"He told me that he had to go on a business trip and asked me to wait for him. He said that we will be able to live a good life soon." Guo Lei replied quickly.

"Why did he say that you will be able to live a good life soon? Wasn't your life good before? Didn't he give you money to support you?" Su Xiaohan leaned forward and asked.