The Case of Love

Chapter 87 Could it be him?

"This kid, he talks as if it's really the case!" Guan Mingshan couldn't help laughing.

The two chatted for a few more words, and Guan Mingshan looked at Zhou Bicheng beside him and said, "Bicheng, I remember you have met Xiaohan, so there is no need for me to introduce you to her, right?"

"Yes, we met once in the bar. Xiaohan is unforgettable." Zhou Bicheng stared at Su Xiaohan, his eyes revealing a bit of attachment and a bit of unfathomable meaning.

Guan Mingshan had promised him before that he would find an opportunity for him to see Su Xiaohan again. Now that it has come true, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Su Xiaohan pretended to be enlightened and said with a smile: "I remember that time when I went to the bar with my friends to listen to Xiao Afang's songs, and Mr. Zhou happened to be there!"

As she spoke, Su Xiaohan looked at Zhou Bicheng calmly. He had deep eyebrows and sharp features, which gave people a sense of inaccessibility and coldness. But at this moment, he smiled, and the joy he naturally revealed softened his facial features, revealing a bit of gentleness and elegance.

"Xiao Han, call your sister quickly and ask her where she is. We'll have dinner when she comes back!" Li Aifang didn't expect her little daughter to come back so early, and her tone was full of excitement.

Su Xiaohan instantly came to her senses after hearing her mother's voice, and she agreed to go to the side and call her sister.

Zhou Bicheng's eyes followed her until she hung up the phone and walked towards them again.

Su Xiaohan and Guan Mingshan said they were going upstairs to change clothes and left the living room on the pretext of something. Zhou Bicheng's gaze made her feel very uncomfortable, and she just wanted to find a reason to leave, even if it was just for a moment.

Not long after, Su Xiaoxin came back. She went upstairs to call Su Xiaohan for dinner and found that she looked a little strange.

"Xiaohan, what's wrong with you? You look upset." Su Xiaoxin asked.

Hearing her sister's question, Su Xiaohan stood up, closed the door, and said in a low voice: "Sister, I don't know what's going on. I feel uncomfortable when I see Zhou Bicheng. Moreover, he looks very similar to the portrait of a suspect in one of our cases."

"Ah, is that true? Have you told Captain Zhou about this?" Su Xiaoxin was both surprised and nervous.

Su Xiaohan shook her head and said uncertainly: "I just think he looks like him. We only have a portrait of the suspect, and nothing else is clear. After they leave, I will call Captain Zhou."

"Okay, let's talk about it after Uncle Guan and the others leave!" Su Xiaoxin said nothing else and pulled her sister downstairs to eat.

During the meal, Su Xiaohan's family, Guan Mingshan and Zhou Bicheng chatted while eating. Because it was the first time she met Zhou Bicheng and she had a good impression of him, Li Aifang asked him about his family and company from time to time, and Zhou Bicheng patiently answered her questions one by one.

Looking at him, Su Xiaohan almost wanted to give up her suspicion of him. How could such a gentle and well-spoken person be a big drug lord? However, she is a police officer and cannot be fooled by appearances. Since Zhou Bicheng looks very similar to the person in the portrait, he must be investigated.

After dinner, Guan Mingshan and Zhou Bicheng left together. Looking at Zhou Bicheng's back through the French window, Li Aifang said with a smile: "Bicheng is a really good kid, young and promising, steady, and energetic."

Su Xiaoxin teased her mother, "Mom, you spoke so highly of him the first time you met him? I think you just judge people by their appearance." "I think so too. Mom was just deceived by his handsomeness. They say you can judge a person by his appearance but not his heart. It's hard to say what kind of person he is." Su Xiaohan also said along with her sister.

Li Aifang was amused by the two sisters singing in unison, and pretended to glare at them before turning back to her room. Su Xiaoxin and Su Xiaohan followed their mother and went back to their rooms to rest.

Su Xiaohan wanted to call Zhou Yifeng to tell him about Zhou Bicheng's situation, but seeing that it was too late, she only sent a message saying that she had something important to report to him the next day. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yifeng called her as soon as he received the message.

"What's wrong? Do you have anything to report to me?" At night, in the quiet bedroom, Zhou Yifeng's voice sounded particularly magnetic and a little charming.

Su Xiaohan's mind briefly short-circuited, and after a pause she said, "I saw the suspect's portrait drawn by Xiao Li before, and I thought the person in it looked very familiar. Today I finally know why. My uncle Guan brought a friend to our house for dinner. His name is Zhou Bicheng, and he looks very similar to the person in the portrait. We met once before in a bar."

"Is it the time we met in the bar? Did you meet him that day too?" Zhou Yifeng still remembered that encounter.

"Yes, it was that time. I was busy with a case later and forgot about him. I only remembered him when I saw him again today." Su Xiaohan felt a little guilty.

"Try to find a photo of him and show it to Zuo Dafei. If it is confirmed to be him, investigate him immediately." Zhou Yifeng said.

Su Xiaohan agreed, feeling a little annoyed. Why didn't she think of taking a photo? When they were having dinner just now, Zhou Bicheng was sitting opposite her, so she had every chance to take a sneak shot.

The two chatted for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, Su Xiaohan took the initiative to end the conversation. She knew that Zhou Yifeng had not been able to rest well these days because of the case, and she didn't want to disturb him anymore.

Thinking that Zhou Bicheng was the boss of the company, Su Xiaohan expected that there would be photos of him on the Internet, but when she searched Zhou Bicheng's name, she didn't find a single photo. She had no choice but to find another opportunity to secretly take photos of Zhou Bicheng.

The next day, Li Zhisong made progress in his investigation of Chen Hongjie. He had not been able to get through to him by phone, but when he contacted his family, they all said that they had not heard from Chen Hongjie for a long time. Finally, Xiao Ji from the technical department determined the location where Chen Hongjie's mobile phone signal last appeared, which was in Linyuan Community, Ancheng County, more than 300 kilometers away from Beijing.

Zhou Yifeng contacted the local police and asked for help in finding Chen Hongjie. He was ready to take people to Ancheng immediately and bring Chen Hongjie back to Beijing.

Su Xiaohan and several others volunteered to go to Ancheng with Zhou Yifeng. Zhou Yifeng thought about it and finally decided to take Su Xiaohan and Li Zhisong with him. They bought the nearest flight and arrived in Ancheng in the evening of the same day. After getting off the plane, they took a bus and went straight to the Ancheng Public Security Bureau to meet with the police officers who were assisting in the case.

The captain of the criminal police team of Ancheng County Public Security Bureau is Feng Jingwu, who is in his forties, strong, dark-skinned, sharp-eyed, and with thick and bushy eyebrows. In Li Zhisong's words, he looks like a criminal police captain.

Feng Jingwu organized the team to hold a meeting in the conference room, and discussed the next action plan with Zhou Yifeng and the other two.

"Yifeng, after receiving your call, I took people to Linyuan Community and found where Chen Hongjie lived. The neighbor who lives next door to him said that he hadn't seen him come back for more than a month. We pried the door open and found a thick layer of dust in his room. It seemed that he hadn't been home for a long time. We searched the house and found a withdrawal slip in a drawer." As he spoke, Feng Jingwu handed the slip on the table to Zhou Yifeng.

(End of this chapter)