After finishing the on-site investigation all morning, everyone was tired and hungry, packed up their tools and went downstairs one after another.
After Qi Xiao woke up, Ren Yi hadn't had time to answer the phone call, so he returned a few messages to Qi Xiao while going downstairs, such as leaving in the morning if he had business to do, and lent him some clothes to wear.
When they got downstairs, Ren Yi put away his phone and looked at Gong Yingxian: "Are you going back to the branch office? Let me know if there is any news."
Gong Yingxian looked Ren Yi up and down, his eyes were not friendly.
"What's the matter?" Ren Yi also followed his gaze and looked at his clothes, feeling a little guilty for no reason.
"Whose clothes are these?"
Ren Yi asked in surprise, "Uh, how did you find out?"
"Your salary can't afford to wear this brand." Gong Yingxian said bluntly.
"Is this very expensive?" Ren Yi looked at the T-shirt again, isn't it just a white shirt with some patterns on it, "My clothes smell of alcohol and cigarettes, so I wear my friend's, lest I see you again Nagging.” He wears training uniforms most of the year, so there are very few casual clothes, which are basically handled by Uniqlo.
"You stayed overnight at your friend's house." Gong Yingxian deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the word "friend", and he stared at Ren Yi with burning eyes.
"Yeah." Ren Yi was a little uncomfortable being watched by Gong Yingxian. He would not tell Gong Yingxian the real relationship between him and Qi Xiao. Only Fu Kai and Qu Yangbo knew about the need, and Gao Ge and the others might have guessed it too, but they didn't point it out.
Gong Yingxian's expression was obviously displeased, and his lips were slightly pursed into a line.
"It's my fault for being late, and I also apologize." Ren Yi looked at Gong Yingxian's face all morning, although he was a bit wronged, but it's not too late, he said helplessly, "What else do you want."
"I don't need your apology." Gong Yingxian turned around and was about to get in the car.
"Rely on you..." Ren Yi's cell phone rang suddenly, he looked down and saw that it was Qi Xiao's, just left without saying goodbye, and put on his clothes without permission, he was too embarrassed not to answer, so he had to answer the phone , "Hello, Qi Xiao."
Gong Yingxian's back froze.
"Ah, yes, it's still Wanyuan Community, and the blockade will be lifted tomorrow, so I have to come today, um, sorry, um..." Ren Yi said, taking a peek at Gong Yingxian.
Gong Yingxian turned sideways, pretending to look down at her mobile phone.
Ren Yi subconsciously lowered his voice and said, "I have to go home at night, I'll wash the clothes and send them to you, um, um, OK, goodbye."
After hanging up the phone, just as Ren Yi was about to speak, Gong Yingxian said, "Captain Ren, there is something I need your help with."
"what?"
"Do you have anything to do at night?" Gong Yingxian stared straight at Ren Yi, and said coolly, "Or are you going to a friend's house to drink and spend the night again?"
"I'm planning to go home at night, nothing to do." Ren Yi frowned, "What's wrong."
Hearing this, Gong Yingxian's tone was a little slow: "Do you still remember Zhou Chuan?"
"Remember." Zhou Chuan was the programmer who was captured by the Fourth View on the scene and made money by live broadcasting the fire ruins on the dark web. "It's really cheap for him to be detained for only 48 hours."
"This time the Wanyuan community caught fire, so I sent someone to watch him. I always felt that I could find something through him."
"You don't think the fire in Wanyuan Community has anything to do with that dark net, do you?"
"That's not true. It's just that Zhou Chuan bought new ones after his video camera and computer were confiscated last time. In order to make money, he will probably return to his old business. I have always wanted to find those Chinese who landed on 'Seraphim' through him. People, they're all potential arsonists."
Ren Yi was surprised: "You also know that he bought new equipment? How long have you been watching him? Will your bureau support you?"
Gong Yingxian shook his head: "Without any evidence, the bureau will not give me the resources to investigate him, but a colleague from the cybercrime department is interested in this matter, and he helped me investigate Zhou Chuan's post. Some trends, after the fire this time, I asked my driver to follow him, and it is best to catch him before he destroys the live broadcast room."
"Will Zhou Chuan act tonight?"
"The blockade will be lifted tomorrow. If he wants to act, it can only be tonight. My driver needs to change shift." Gong Yingxian looked at Ren Yi, "Go?"
Ren Yi shrugged: "Go." He was as curious about Zhou Chuan as he was about the dark web.
Gong Yingxian threw the key to Ren Yi.
After getting in the car, Ren Yi looked at the time: "Let's go have a meal first, I haven't eaten anything since morning."
"Trunk..."
"I don't eat your grass."
Gong Yingxian gave him a slanted look: "There's a lot of meat."
"The taste is too bland." Ren Yi said helplessly, "Let's find a convenience store and I'll buy something for the head office."
"Can you stop eating those unclean things all day long." Gong Yingxian frowned, "Especially in my car."
"You really have a young master's temper. I eat it in my stomach and you don't think it's dirty in your car." Ren Yi rolled his eyes almost to the sky, "Haven't you ever been beaten when you grow up?" .”
Gong Yingxian sneered: "At least I haven't lost."
Ren Yi sneered, feeling that Gong Yingxian was bragging, but thinking of Gong Yingxian's strength when he caught him last time, and his physical strength to climb up to the 22nd floor without much panting, he was a little uncertain.
"Dr. Gong, I am helping you now. When others are helping you, you still pick and choose. This is wrong, do you understand?"
Gong Yingxian was silent for a while: "I asked Uncle Sheng to bring the food over."
Ren Yi's eyes lit up: "That's fine, your chef's cooking is so delicious, it's really a shame for their talent to cook for you."
"I paid them a lot of money and no one was wronged."
Zhou Chuan lived in another district, which was closer to Gong Yingxian's home. When they arrived, Uncle Sheng had already arrived.
The driver was surprised by Gong Yingxian's arrival: "Master, why are you here? Let's just keep an eye on it."
"You are tired, go back and rest."
"It's okay, we're not tired, we take turns sleeping."
"You are tired." Gong Yingxian said with a heavy tone, "Go back now."
The two were a little baffled, but they left obediently.
Uncle Sheng took two large food baskets from the car, and when he saw Ren Yi, his face was full of smiles: "Captain Ren, we meet again, why haven't you come to play recently?"
"Haha, busy with work." Ren Yi said, "Thank you for the snacks you sent to the squadron last time, we ate them all."
Uncle Sheng smiled and said, "It's good that you like it, and I'll send some more next time."
Ren Yi hurriedly said: "No need, don't bother."
"Master, this is yours." Uncle Sheng handed a food basket to Gong Yingxian, "Don't eat the food you brought, eat fresh ones."
"Ok."
"Captain Ren, this is for you. The young master said that you like to eat crayfish, but that one takes a lot of work. We didn't have time, so we made something else." Uncle Sheng handed the food basket to Ren Yi.
"Thank you, you're too polite." Ren Yi brought it up heavily, and he smiled and glanced at Gong Yingxian: "Really, you still remember what I like to eat." He was a little happy in his heart.
Gong Yingxian snorted softly: "It's hot, high-calorie. The reason I remember it is because I have a good memory, and I can't forget it even if I want to."
"Actually, I eat very casually. It's just that I usually train a lot. If I don't eat high-calorie physical fitness, I can't keep up."
"I don't criticize your eating habits, but if you want to be strong, you just need to eat enough protein."
"I know, but delicious food is also very important."
Uncle Sheng laughed and said, "Captain Ren, the young master eats differently from ordinary people, you can just eat what you eat, we all know what's delicious."
Gong Yingxian stared straight at Uncle Sheng.
"Then you all should work hard. I'll go back first. Captain Ren can come and play again when he has time."
After Uncle Sheng left, Ren Yi opened the food basket: "Wow, it's so rich."
Gong Yingxian put a telescope in front of the window of the driver's seat: "The third green iron gate in front is the apartment building where Zhou Chuan lives."
"Understood." Ren Yi spread out the tablecloth, lowered the window, picked up a spare rib and ate a few bites, "Is this the first time I've eaten in your car?"
"Probably not the last time." Gong Yingxian also ate his lunch.
"Hmm." Ren Yi nodded, "It's like killing you if you go to a restaurant once. It's okay, just eat in the car. When we were dispatched to the police, we ate in various harsh conditions. The air conditioner is blowing very well.”
Gong Yingxian stared at the front through the windshield, he hesitated, and asked, "Is eating out together a necessary social etiquette among friends?"
"Ah?" Ren Yi was stunned by the question, and he reacted, "Yeah, isn't it normal for friends to treat each other to dinner? Even if they are not friends, why do you think we Chinese don't eat, talk about business and go away?" Relatives, various festivals and celebrations, etc. I remember when Captain Song was around, he said that you never eat with them, you are so serious..." Ren Yi remembered something, and forced the three "unsuitable" Swallowing the words along with Broccoli, he said, "But, but we can understand you."
Gong Yingxian narrowed her eyes slightly: "Then drinking together and staying overnight at each other's house is also a necessary social etiquette among friends?"
The rice in Ren Yi's mouth almost spit out.
Gong Yingxian turned to look at him.
Ren Yi reluctantly put the food in: "You, what are you struggling with?"
"I'm discussing the definition of a friend with you." Gong Yingxian said blankly, "It was you who first proposed to be my friend."
"Yes... But, there's no need to..." Ren Yi couldn't even find an adjective to describe this weird conversation.
"how?"
"Making friends is very casual, there are no necessary rules, and there is no saying what you must do to be a friend."
Gong Yingxian was a little annoyed: "There are no rules, no definitions, so how can we be friends? I don't like such ambiguous and specious things."
"If two people get along well, they are friends." Ren Yi was also dumbfounded by Gong Yingxian's words.
"We get along?" Gong Yingxian asked back.
Ren Yi was stunned for a moment, then chuckled: "We sometimes get along well, and sometimes we hate each other."
"So getting along is not a prerequisite."
Ren Yi said with a headache: "Can you let go of this question, I really don't know how to answer it."
Gong Yingxian took a deep breath, with a gloomy face: "Then you answer this question, why is that person yesterday your 'friend', and I 'work together'?"
Ren Yi blinked and looked at Gong Yingxian.
Gong Yingxian also stared at him coldly.
Ren Yi suddenly burst out laughing.
Gong Yingxian's face became more and more ugly, he said angrily: "Get out of the car."
Ren Yi suppressed a smile: "Don't, don't drive me away, hahaha, Dr. Gong, you are not jealous, are you?"