Xie Jingchen did not stay at the scene, but did not rest after returning to the police station, but continued to work overtime.

Xie Jingchen originally wanted to interrogate Fang Ling and Li/Peng, but was stopped by the criminal investigation captain of the K City Police Department.

They didn't say that they wouldn't let him go to trial, they just said that they would interrogate him first, and after the interrogation, he could watch the surveillance video. In short, Xie Jingchen, who was temporarily transferred, couldn't be busy in front of their native K city.

They also arranged a temporary work station for Xie Jingchen and asked him to sort out information there.

At this moment, Xie Jingchen was writing and drawing with a pen and paper.

Wang Zixian returned to the police station and saw Xie Jingchen with his head buried in the table.

Walking behind him, Xie Jingchen didn't deliberately cover up the sound of his footsteps, but Xie Jingchen didn't seem to notice, as he was absorbed in what was happening in front of him.

Wang Zixian also walked over to see what he was doing.

Several names were written on the paper in front of Xie Jingchen.

In the middle is "Pei Chengjing", above "Pei Chengjing" are "Su Ye" and "Zhou Yang", below "Pei Chengjing" are "Lin Ruirui" and "Fang Ling", on the far right side and "Pei Chengjing" are side by side but separated by some distance.

It says "Li/Peng."

Pei Chengjing is connected to two lines, one is connected to Su Ye, which is the teacher-student relationship, and the other is connected to Lin Ruirui, which is the father-daughter relationship.

There are two lines connected to Zhou Yang, one is connected to Fang Ling, which is the relationship between lovers, and the other is connected to Li/Peng, which is the relationship between love rivals.

Fang Ling has three connected lines: she is husband and wife with Li/Peng, she is a lover with Zhou Yang, and she is a love rival with Lin Ruirui.

The relationships between several people formed an intertwined tree diagram, and were related to three death cases.

Xie Jingchen always felt that the relationship between the characters in this picture was incomplete, especially Su Ye, who was a little too clean.

After thinking about it, Xie Jingchen wrote "Feng Guanghua", the name of Professor Pei's wife, in a smaller font next to the three words "Pei Chengjing", circled it, and nodded two dots on it with a pen.

Wang Zixian silently wrote down his character relationship diagram, and then patted him on the shoulder.

Being caught off guard, someone tapped his shoulder from behind. Xie Jingchen shuddered, and the pen in his hand slipped, drawing a long, irregular black line on the tree diagram.

When Xie Jingchen turned around, he saw Wang Zixian winking at him.

When Wang Zixian saw Xie Jingchen turning around, she winked and said jokingly: "Hey, I'll send your 'little girlfriend' back safely to you! She was so frightened today, why don't you go and comfort her?"

Frightened? Comforted? No, she’s not my little girlfriend either.

"Don't be ridiculous, she is not my girlfriend." Xie Jingchen folded the paper with the drawings and put it into his pants pocket. While retorting to Wang Zixian, he silently added: Not yet.

He was not sure whether An Ruqiao was frightened and needed his comfort. However, he really wanted to go find An Ruqiao.

If Wang Zixian hadn't reminded him, Xie Jingchen would have almost forgotten that An Ruqiao's cell phone was still on him.

Without staying long, Xie Jingchen stood up and said to Wang Zixian, "Thank you, I'll go find her." Then he left the police station as Wang Zixian watched.

When Wang Zixian saw him leaving, she completely copied the character relationship diagram he had drawn on paper and put it into the lining pocket of her police uniform.

Xie Jingchen went to find An Ruqiao on the pretext of returning her cell phone. In fact, he wanted to exchange information with her.

Moreover, Wang Zixian's words aroused his secret thoughts.

An Ruqiao undoubtedly had a fragile side, and he saw that fragile face twice, intentionally or unintentionally.

One time when I was peeking at the surveillance camera, I saw her curled up on the sofa like a baby. The other time was last night.

Last night, she said, save her.

To be honest, Xie Jingchen was a little unsure of An Ruqiao's attitude. He could feel that, although it was not obvious, An Ruqiao did have some subtle feelings about him that were hot and cold towards him.

And that inexplicable feeling of familiarity...Has he seen An Ruqiao before?

An Ruqiao, is it related to his vague memory ten years ago?

With random thoughts, Xie Jingchen drove to the downstairs of the B&B.

The two households on the first floor of the same unit were both dark. Zhou Yang was dead, Fang Ling and Li/Peng were at the police station, and Li Liang was in the hospital for rescue.

There is a seal on the door of Zhou Yang's house, and the excavated bones have already been sent to the bureau for identification. I don't know if any clues can be found.

There were too many things to think about, and Xie Jingchen's mind was so cluttered.

Before he could recover, he was already standing at the door of An Ruqiao's B&B room.

Raise your hand and knock on the door.

When knocking on the door, he took out An Ruqiao's cell phone and held it in his hand.

"Dong dong dong."

I pressed the knuckles of my index and middle fingers on the door together, knocked three times, and waited for a while, but there was no movement.

Xie Jingchen thought An Ruqiao didn't hear it, so he knocked three more times.

After waiting for a minute, there was still no movement.

Could it be that he fell asleep?

Or went out?

Or...have you checked out and left?

Xie Jingchen couldn't help but think wildly.

Looking down, he saw the screen of An Ruqiao's cell phone light up, and the caller ID on it was "Shen" who called earlier.

Xie Jingchen hesitated for a moment whether to answer the call, and then hung up the phone.

When I looked again, I saw more than fifty missed calls.

This person... must have a very good relationship with An Ruqiao. Xie Jingchen thought silently.

Just as I was thinking about it, the door in front of me suddenly opened.

Xie Jingchen was startled and didn't know where to move his hands. As soon as his eyes looked at the person who opened the door, he couldn't move away anymore.

An Ruqiao had just finished taking a bath, wrapped in a bath towel and opened the door for him.

The water on her body has not yet been wiped off, her wet hair is spread over her shoulders, and the water droplets flow into the hollow of her neck along her jawline.

Xie Jingchen's eyes followed the drop of water until he saw the edge of the towel wrapped around An Ruqiao's collarbone. He suddenly realized that he seemed to be a little rude and quickly closed his eyes.

When An Ruqiao was about to finish bathing, she heard a knock on the door. She quickly put on a towel and came out. She saw it was Xie Jingchen through the peephole and opened the door.

After opening the door, An Ruqiao felt that Xie Jingchen was a little nervous, especially when he quickly closed his eyes after looking at her for a few times, which made her feel like laughing.

At this time, in Xie Jingchen's hand, An Ruqiao's mobile phone screen lit up, and the word "Shen" on it was extremely eye-catching.

"Stop holding on. Are you here to return your phone? Come in and talk."

An Ruqiao reached out and took out the mobile phone from Xie Jingchen's hand, turned around and entered the house.

Xie Jingchen felt the touch of An Ruqiao's fingers. After his hands were empty, he opened his eyes. Looking at An Ruqiao's graceful figure with his back turned to him, he quickly moved his eyes aside, entered the house, and closed the door.


Chapter completed!