Wang Ao looked at Gu Xizhou and shook his head. He walked to his desk and tore off a piece of paper. He wrote down a phone number and handed it to Gu Xizhou. "This is Li Yaolin's phone number. He's my colleague and also the police officer who handled this case.
"But he left his job a long time ago. You can call him and ask about the situation. You've seen his statement at the police station. There's nothing wrong with it."
"Thank you, Uncle Wang!" Gu Xizhou said.
"I can't stop you. Go ahead and investigate," Wang Ao sighed and looked at Gu Xizhou's back as he left. He rubbed his forehead gently.
Gu Xizhou went back to his office and called Li Yaolin without hesitation. He told him the reason why he was looking for Li Yaolin.
When Li Yaolin heard this, he said painfully, "Ask away."
"When you were working on the case, did Tong Jia's parents act strangely?" Gu Xizhou asked.
"I remember that when I received the call, two of my colleagues and I rushed to the scene. Tong Jia's house was on the twelfth floor. You can imagine how tragic she looked when she fell … No one dared to look at her. I had just become a police officer, so to be honest, I was quite scared when I saw her fall.
"That day, Tong Jia's mother was at home, but her father wasn't. But … the one who called the police wasn't Tong Jia's mother, but the security guard of the residential area. Actually, when I interrogated the security guard, I also thought it was a little strange.
"According to the security guard, Tong Jia fell with a loud bang, so many people in the residential area knew about it."
"Then what did you think was strange at the time?" Gu Xizhou asked. "Can you tell me more?"
Li Yaolin listened to Gu Xizhou's description. Maybe he sympathized with Tong Jia, so he said in detail, "She didn't call 120."
"Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that she forgot to call 120," Li Yaolin said on the other end of the phone. "Also … when she cried, it was very strange. It gave me the feeling that … she wasn't very sad."
"Didn't you continue to investigate?" Gu Xizhou asked.
"Yes, we did. At that time, we even suspected that it was a homicide. But later, we found a resident in the neighborhood. That person lived across from Tong Jia's building. According to his testimony, Tong Jia did jump off the balcony by himself." Li Yaolin sighed and added, "Because of this, we also investigated the relationship between the Tong Jia's parents and the residents of this house. We found that they really didn't know each other.
"Most importantly, it wasn't only this family that saw Tong Jia jump off the building. There was also a passerby who was on the ground. He was shocked at the time, but he said that when Tong Jia jumped off the building, he didn't see anyone standing on the balcony. In the end, we could only close the case as suicide."
"Got it. Thank you for answering my questions. By the way, is there anything wrong with Tong Jia's body?"
"No, no. At that time, we were suspicious of Tong Jia's mother, so we checked the body. There were no fatal injuries or signs of poisoning," Li Yaolin said. "We confirmed that the cause of death was from falling off the building. At that time, we asked the forensic doctor to make a report."
"Okay, I understand. Thank you very much," Gu Xizhou said. "Thank you for answering my questions."
"You're welcome."
Gu Xizhou didn't continue speaking. He silently started to think about what Li Yaolin said. He listed all the possibilities one by one and ruled out the possibility that Tong Jia's mother committed murder. Gu Xizhou realized that Tong Jia's death was harder to investigate than he thought. It was too difficult to get an answer to why Tong Jia committed suicide after Tong Jia's death.
When he realized this problem, he suddenly felt that he was very stupid. Gu Zhizhi blamed himself for Tong Jia's death for so many years. He was also a police officer, so he must have investigated it.
Gu Zhizhi said that he had given up investigating Tong Jia's death not because he didn't want to, but because Gu Zhizhi had already investigated it but failed. No matter what role Tong Jia's mother played in Tong Jia's death, no matter how hard he tried, it was all in vain.
Because Gu Xizhou didn't say anything, Li Yaolin on the other end of the phone said, "Old Wang called me before … Child, no matter what happened in the past, it's all in the past. There's no point in thinking about it anymore. It's better to cherish the present."
"I know. Thank you, Uncle Li."
After the phone call, Gu Xizhou was in a bad mood. He thought that he could help Gu Zhizhi solve this problem, but he didn't expect that there would be a witness in this case to prove that Tong Jia committed suicide.
Gu Xizhou put away his phone, leaned against the chair, and pondered for a while. When he got up and was about to go out for lunch, he bumped into Ma Qi in the corridor.
"Let's have lunch together?" Ma Qi asked.
"Sure," Gu Xizhou said, "Are you treating?"
"Of course," Ma Qi said with a smile, "What do you want to eat?"
"Anything."
Ma Qi said helplessly, "You have to take me there."
Gu Xizhou thought about it and felt that he should make Ma Qi pay. He remembered that there was a good restaurant nearby.
The two of them sat in the restaurant. Gu Xizhou ordered a lot of food. When he handed the menu to the waiter, Ma Qi couldn't help but ask, "We ordered so much food at noon. Can you finish it?"
"I almost starved to death in the last world," Gu Xizhou said in a low voice. "I haven't recovered yet."
Ma Qi showed a look of understanding. He understood what Gu Xizhou meant. There were many strange rules in the mission world.
While eating, Gu Xizhou mentioned Ma Qi's nickname, "Your nickname is a bit interesting. Magical Old Ma … You drug enforcement officers are more dangerous than criminal police officers. Do you have gunfights every day? It's quite exciting to think about it. "
"Exciting?" Ma Qi shook his head helplessly and said with a bitter smile, "I can see the countdown of my life and know that I won't die. That's why I dare to act boldly. However, I'm fine every time I have a gunfight … But my partners change again and again. I'm not afraid when I catch drug dealers with a gun, but I'm afraid when I enter the mission world."
Gu Xizhou nodded in agreement. Ma Qi's words were very reasonable. It was not because of a miracle, but because he knew that he would not die. That was why he dared to be so brave. On the contrary, when the countdown of his life ended and he entered the mission world, he would fall into the abyss if he made a wrong move.
Gu Xizhou changed the topic and asked Ma Qi, "Why are you here? It feels quite far away."
"I have no choice," Ma Qi said reluctantly, "Who doesn't want to stay in the city where they were born? Several colleagues died this time, but we also solved a big case. The drug dealer was arrested, and the anti-narcotics police had to be transferred away. It's easy to get into trouble if we stay in the original place. "
Gu Xizhou thought for a while and understood. The criminal police arrested murderers, while the anti-narcotics police arrested murderers with guns. The force value of the two was different. The anti-narcotics police were also human, and they were also afraid of being retaliated by the underworld. Transferring them away was the only way.
The two chatted casually. Gu Xizhou did not mention Si Yu and Fang Zhi to Ma Qi, but from the chat, Gu Xizhou knew that Ma Qi had his own team. Just like the team of Gu Xizhou, Fang Zhi, and Si Yu, he also had friends who had a fixed team. Speaking of those friends, although Ma Qi did not mention their names, Gu Xizhou could feel Ma Qi's trust in them from his words.
"You really finished eating," he said, "Gu Ran … Um … Gu Xizhou, now I believe that you didn't deliberately cheat me. You were really hungry."
"Nonsense," Gu Xizhou spread out his hands, "I've been hungry for almost four days. I almost starved to death."
Gu Xizhou glanced at the time on his phone, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and said, "Let's go. There's still half an hour left. If we go back now, we can still sleep for a while."
"Okay."
The two of them went back one after the other. Gu Xizhou had just said goodbye to Ma Qi when he walked to the door and bumped into Fang Zhi, who had just returned.
"Gu Ge, guess what I got!" Fang Zhi leaned over and whispered mysteriously.
Gu Xizhou glanced at him, "What?"
"A driver's license!"
Fang Zhi took out the driver's license he had just gotten from his bag.
Gu Xizhou was in a good mood when he heard this. He patted Fang Zhi's shoulder, "Okay, you can drive when we go out next time. I can finally rest."
Fang Zhi patted his chest and said, "Okay, Gu Ge!"
Then Gu Xizhou heard Fang Zhi's stomach growl. Gu Xizhou smiled and said, "You haven't eaten yet? Go eat. "
"Okay!" Fang Zhi left quickly. Gu Xizhou looked at Fang Zhi's back and shook his head helplessly.
Gu Xizhou's days were relatively peaceful. Other than arresting a few thieves, there were no corpses. Gu Xizhou was very satisfied with this short period of time where he did not have to work overtime.
Gu Xizhou picked up Fang Zhi early in the morning and drove straight to Si Yu's mansion. After parking the car, he directly entered the password to enter Si Yu's mansion. The two of them went upstairs. Si Yu, who was resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and gestured for them to sit down.
Gu Xizhou mentioned Ma Qi to Si Yu. Si Yu did not say anything, but Fang Zhi was dumbfounded.
He held a glass of water with both hands and asked, "Gu Ge, are you saying that the new Deputy Director Ma is the same as us?"
"Yes, otherwise, do you really think he's so lucky? The bullets were blocked by car debris and he escaped death every time," Gu Xizhou said casually.
Fang Zhi nodded and said softly, "In that case, as long as there's a countdown … we won't die no matter what we do … even if we jump off a building?"
"In theory, yes," Si Yu said, "Of course, in fact, Ma Qi himself has proved this theory."
"So, with this countdown, it's hard to die." Gu Xizhou laughed and said, "This thing is still useful."
Si Yu made a sound of acknowledgment, then asked Fang Zhi, "How much longer is your countdown timer?"
"Ten minutes." After going through several worlds, Fang Zhi was obviously not as uneasy as before. His psychological quality had improved qualitatively.
"Ten minutes." Gu Xizhou turned to look at Si Yu and said pitifully, "Boss Si, I want to drink coffee, the most expensive kind."
Si Yu was speechless.
Si Yu paused as he turned to take the coffee. He seemed to be a little used to Gu Xizhou's shameless behavior. This person would only contact him every time he wanted to enter a mission world. If he did not enter the mission world, he would not even see him. Because of this, he was a little annoyed. However, after thinking for a while, he could not figure out the reason for his annoyance.
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