The Case of Love

Chapter 31 Sadness
Finally, he found his "surrogate" target near the landfill - a homeless man named Qiangzi. Qiangzi often picked up trash at the landfill, and Zhao Xiaogang went to check the spot twice before finally finding an opportunity to kill him.

On Qiangzi's way home after collecting waste, Zhao Xiaogang avoided surveillance and came to him. When no one was around, he hit him on the head with a hammer used for renovation and dragged him unconscious to his van, which he had not driven for a long time. Zhao Xiaogang put his personal belongings such as mobile phones and lighters on Qiangzi, drove the car to a dry ditch in the suburbs of Beijing, got out of the car and pushed it into the ditch, and burned the car and the people.

A few hours later, Sun Yidan sent the DNA comparison results, confirming that the deceased was Qiangzi, a villager from Village A.

Zhou Yifeng was relieved after the case was solved, but he was in a very heavy mood. Qiangzi, whose full name was Liu Qiang, was an ordinary name. Although he was poor, he was cheerful and optimistic, and supported himself with his own hands, but he was targeted by such a shameless person, depriving him of his right to live.

He has no relatives, and if he disappears from this world, perhaps no one will cry for him.

Standing in front of the office window and looking at the lights of thousands of homes, Zhou Yifeng felt a little sad, for Qiangzi and for those lonely and helpless people who were tenaciously surviving in this world.

"Captain Zhou, you haven't eaten for almost a day. Please have some of the buns I just bought!"

Behind him, Su Xiaohan's warm voice accompanied by the aroma of buns surrounded him. Zhou Yifeng turned around and met her gaze looking up at him.

At this moment, he thought of the afternoon when they chatted together. She looked at him like this, which made him feel pity for her.

Zhou Yifeng took the paper bag from Su Xiaohan's hand, took out a bun and took a bite.

"Bean filling? Do you know I love to eat this?" he asked with a smile.

"I heard from my senior brother that you like buns with this filling the most. It feels very special!" The light in the room was a little dim. Su Xiaohan looked up at Zhou Yifeng. He seemed to have a beauty filter added, making him look more handsome.

"When I was a child, my mother often made steamed buns stuffed with beans for me and my brother, and we all loved them." Zhou Yifeng looked out the window while eating buns, his mind seemed to drift far away.

Su Xiaohan couldn't bear to break the alluring silence, so she said nothing more and just stayed quietly beside him.

The office door was pushed open and Li Zhisong came in. He twitched his nose and asked, "Junior sister, what are you eating secretly? It smells so good!"

Su Xiaohan smiled and took a bun from her hand and gave it to him: "Do you want to try the bun with beans filling?"

"Forget it, I dare not take away something the boss likes!" Li Zhisong said he didn't want to eat it, but he licked his lips subconsciously.

"Eat it. There are so many. Captain Zhou can't finish them all!" Su Xiaohan showed him the buns in her hand.

"Then I won't be polite!" Li Zhisong took the bun and ate half of it in one bite.

Zhou Yifeng looked back at him with an expression of anger at his lack of fighting spirit.

After eating the buns, several people went downstairs together. Before Li Zhisong said to send Su Xiaohan home, Zhou Yifeng said, "You go home directly, I'll take her home!" After that, he walked towards the parking lot.

Li Zhisong and Su Xiaohan were both stunned. Zhou Yifeng's car was basically parked in the yard and he seldom drove it. They didn't expect that he would drive today and even offered to take the initiative to take Su Xiaohan home.

After a while, Li Zhisong seemed to realize something. He smiled wickedly, waved goodbye to Su Xiaohan, and left.

Zhou Yifeng took the car and parked it in front of the office building. Su Xiaohan was flattered and got in the car.

"Captain Zhou, my home is too far away. Please drop me off on the roadside and I'll call a car myself." Thinking that Zhou Yifeng was tired after a day, Su Xiaohan said sensibly.

"It's so late, and I let you go home alone. Is there no one left in the police force?" Zhou Yifeng asked seriously after starting the car.

Su Xiaohan didn't dare to say anything else and sat obediently in the passenger seat. Zhou Yifeng drove the car very steadily. Su Xiaohan leaned back in the chair and looked out the window. The night passed by, giving her a momentary illusion that the person sitting next to her driving the car was not her boss, but her boyfriend.

Zhou Yifeng was concentrating on driving, and the car was very quiet. When he was near the villa area, he parked the car on the side of the road.

Su Xiaohan turned her head, not knowing what he was going to do. However, she had already started to imagine, thinking, was Zhou Yifeng going to confess to her?
Just as she was intoxicated in her fantasy, Zhou Yifeng's low voice came from beside her: "Xiao Han, I will find a chance to talk to Director Zhao and restart the garment factory case."

"Ah?" Su Xiaohan looked at him. His words surprised her more than his confession. "Captain Zhou, are you telling the truth?"

"Do I look like someone who would joke?" Zhou Yifeng smiled back.

Su Xiaohan thought that Zhou Yifeng might be able to help her, but she didn't expect him to bring it up so soon.

"Thank you, Captain Zhou!" she said sincerely.

"No need to thank me. Since there are doubts in the case, we must investigate it thoroughly. Isn't this our principle?" After saying that, he started the car again.

This time, he sped up and soon arrived at Su Xiaohan's house.

Su Xiaohan got out of the car and entered the yard. She looked through the wrought iron gate and watched Zhou Yifeng's car drive away before entering the house.

In the living room, her sister Su Xiaoxin was still waiting for her.

"Why, did the handsome captain send you back?" Seeing her sister's amorous face, Su Xiaoxin guessed something.

"How do you know, sister? You can see it from such a distance?" Su Xiaohan couldn't believe it.

"Of course I can't see it, I'm just guessing." Su Xiaoxin teased her.

"Okay, sister, stop making trouble. Let's go to my room and talk about something serious!" Su Xiaohan gently put her arm around her sister's waist and walked upstairs together.

Su Xiaoxin followed her in confusion, "What's going on? You're so mysterious."

Su Xiaohan was afraid that her mother would hear her, so she didn't answer her. She couldn't let her mother know about the investigation of the garment factory fire. If her sister hadn't secretly investigated it, she wouldn't want her sister to know about it either.

Back in the bedroom, Su Xiaohan closed the door and told her sister what Zhou Yifeng had said in the car.

"What, your captain wants to reopen the garment factory fire case?" Su Xiaoxin couldn't believe it.

Su Xiaohan nodded vigorously, "That's right, this time, we must investigate it thoroughly! If it was really an accident, I admit it. If not, I will definitely bring the person who harmed my father to justice!"

Looking at her sister, Su Xiaohan’s belief was extremely firm.

Su Xiaoxin couldn't help but hug her sister, her eyes gradually becoming moist. Like her sister, restarting the investigation into the garment factory fire case was an obsession that she could not change.

The next day, when Su Xiaohan arrived at the police station, she saw Li Zhisong and several others gathered together, discussing something mysteriously.

Zhu Xiaofeng saw her first and waved her over. When Su Xiaohan got closer, she understood that it was Zhou Yifeng's birthday this weekend and they were discussing how to celebrate his birthday.