Just when Li Hua and I were about to lose our temper, I suddenly felt someone gently grab my arm from behind. I turned around and saw that the person who grabbed me was Lin Yingxue, the source of the disagreement between Li Hua and I.
Lin Yingxue was standing behind me, holding my arm, and nodded gently at me, her eyes full of encouragement and confidence. I immediately understood that she wanted me to agree to the bet.
Of course, I would not be so self-indulgent as to think that Lin Yingxue sent me this message because she wanted to be with me. I thought she just wanted me to agree to the bet so that I could teach this arrogant Li Hua a lesson. As for who would win or lose in the end, Lin Yingxue would never let herself be a bargaining chip so easily.
I haven't made up my mind yet, but Bai Qi suddenly said with a dark face: "Did you two ignore what I said just now? I'll say it one last time. If anyone dares to mess with me at this critical moment, get out of here as far as you can!"
Bai Qi got angry again, and Li Hua was immediately scared and dared not to continue provoking him. Bai Qi also stood up and said, "Okay, today's business is over for now. You all go back and have a rest. We can discuss anything tomorrow."
As he was talking, Bai Qi took the lead and walked out of the office, and we followed closely behind him. Li Hua dragged his injured leg and quickened his pace to my side, and whispered to me: "Whether you agree or not, I have the final say in this bet, and I will never lose to you!"
I was too lazy to pay attention to Li Hua. I just followed Bai Qi without looking away. Bai Qi brought us to a place similar to the dormitory for the staff on duty, assigned rooms to us, told us to go back and take a rest, and then turned and left, not knowing what he was doing.
The dormitory conditions we lived in were very simple. Each person had a room with two bunk beds and a table. There was not even a TV. But I was not in the mood to watch TV. I just washed up and lay down on the bed, wanting to have a rest. But my head started to hurt again, and I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but when I was tossing and turning, I suddenly heard someone knocking gently on the dormitory door. I could hear that knocking sound almost every day, so I naturally knew that the person knocking was Lin Yingxue.
I didn't think much about it. I put on my coat and went to open the door. I saw Lin Yingxue standing at the door. She seemed to be ready to go to bed and changed into loose pajamas. I asked in confusion, "What's the matter so late?"
Lin Yingxue didn't say anything, but walked directly into my dormitory and closed the door. I was a little confused for a moment. What was she going to do? Was something inappropriate for children going to happen next
Before I could think of something unspeakable, Lin Yingxue reached out and turned on the light in my dormitory, then found a bench by the wall and sat down in front of my bed. She turned around and stared at me with her usual cold expression and said, "I saw you rubbing your temples during the meeting today. Is your head aching again?"
I carefully recalled the scenes when I was in the meeting. There were indeed a few times when I had a severe headache and I secretly rubbed my temples, but I basically did it very covertly. I didn't expect to be discovered by Lin Yingxue.
"Yeah, when I get back to the capital, I'd better find a better doctor to help me. It's not a solution to go on like this." I said helplessly, touching my head.
"Come here, I'll give you a massage. I don't know if it will work, but it should be able to relieve your pain."
After hearing what Lin Yingxue said, I was stunned again and asked, "Massage? You also know how to massage?"
"Didn't I tell you before? My teacher is an expert in dream studies. He also has unique massage techniques that can relieve brain fatigue. I only learned a little bit from him, so I don't know if it will work. If you feel sleepy, you can take a rest first. I'll help you tomorrow."
"Of course I'm not sleepy. How can I sleep with such a headache? Besides, you're here, we can't let you come for nothing, right?" I chuckled and immediately sat down on the edge of the bed with my head lowered. Lin Yingxue moved her fingers slightly and began to gently press on various places on my head that felt like acupuncture points.
Her fingers were very slender and the strength was just right. More importantly, although the place she pressed felt like it had nothing to do with my headache, as she pressed for longer and longer periods of time, my headache gradually disappeared. In short, it was a wonderful thing, and soon I was immersed in it and couldn't extricate myself.
"Actually, I've always had an idea. Do you think that the criminals might have hidden the things somewhere first, and then left without taking the things with them, so that they could sneak past the checkpoint and leave quietly. Then they came back recently and were ready to find a way to take the things away?"
I had actually thought of Lin Yingxue's idea a long time ago, but I thought it was unlikely, so I said, "It's possible, but not very likely. The reason is what I said before. We don't have much information on the gangsters, and they don't know how much intelligence we have. If I were them, I would definitely consider whether the checkpoint had their information. After all, they sneaked into the institute to kill people and steal blueprints in an unfamiliar environment, and there is no guarantee that they would be recorded by the camera."
"So I think they must have been in Dengfeng City all this time. Now it seems that they should have almost known that we don't have any information about them, so they dared to kill Uncle Tang so blatantly. Moreover, the information is very important to them. They definitely don't dare to hide it anywhere easily, because it is not as safe as keeping it on themselves."
Lin Yingxue was listening to me quietly the whole time. When I finished speaking, I noticed that she was still looking at me. I immediately asked awkwardly, "Um, did you understand?"
Lin Yingxue seemed to have just woken up from her daze. She immediately turned her eyes away and nodded, "I see. Anyway, I can only rely on you for the next three days. I will believe whatever you say. Are you feeling better now?"
"Much better. I was worried about what to do if I couldn't sleep because of my headache. Now I feel much better after you pressed on me. Thank you."
I said to Lin Yingxue with a smile, and a trace of disappointment suddenly flashed in Lin Yingxue's eyes. Then Lin Yingxue stood up and said, "Since you are well now, go to bed early. I will come to call you tomorrow morning." After that, Lin Yingxue left without looking back. I was still thinking about what I needed to do tomorrow, so I didn't think much about it. I turned off the lights and fell asleep quickly.
The next morning, Lin Yingxue knocked on the door on time to wake me up. After I woke up, I washed up, followed Lin Yingxue and Bai Longfei out to eat something, and then came to Bai Qi's office together.
It seemed as if Bai Qi had not left the office at all last night. His clothes and condition were exactly the same as what we saw last night, except that there was a hint of fatigue in his eyes.
"Now that you are here, come and sit down and tell me about the direction of your investigation today."
I looked around but didn't see Li Hua, Ding Yang and the others, so I asked, "Where are Li Hua and the others?"
"They left over an hour ago for the checkpoint they were investigating. Can you guess where they went?"
Bai Qi asked me with a smile on his face, and I said helplessly: "It must be the checkpoint farthest from the place where Uncle Tang was killed. It is the best place to lure the tiger away from the mountain."
Bai Qi nodded and said, "Yes, it's a pity. If Li Hua could get along with you peacefully, how powerful our special case team would be."
I really didn't want to hear the name Li Hua, so I changed the subject and said, "Uncle Bai, I want to take a look at Uncle Tang's body. First, I want to fulfill my etiquette as a junior, and second, I want to see if there are any clues left on Uncle Tang's body."
When Tang Qingfeng was mentioned, the smile on Bai Qi's face immediately disappeared. He nodded solemnly and said, "This is as it should be. Tang Qingfeng's body is upstairs. I will take you there to see it later. Otherwise, his body will be cremated and buried the day after tomorrow."
"Also, I want to see the live video that recorded Uncle Tang's body at that time."
Bai Qi asked with some doubt: "What's so interesting about this video? The scene recorded on it is exactly the same as what our people saw when they arrived. Do you think that the video can provide clues to the murderer?"
I shook my head and said, "That's not the case. I just want to see with my own eyes what the specific situation was like at the time. Besides, the focus of my investigation today is the anchor who was hanged on the tree with Uncle Tang and no one cared about him."
"Investigate him? Do you think he was also involved in the assassination of Tang Qingfeng?"
"No, although this person seems to be an innocent victim, if you think about it carefully, things are not that simple! First of all, Pan An told me yesterday that Uncle Tang's body was found in a forest. I asked Pan An, and the forest seemed to be quite remote, and there were no residential areas around. So why did this anchor appear there so early in the morning?"
"Besides, after killing Uncle Tang, the murderer chose to broadcast the news of Uncle Tang's death live. Obviously, this was not a spur-of-the-moment decision. So this anchor must have been someone they had already found. It is even possible that this anchor knows the criminals. So I think I must start with this anchor today. I believe that I will soon make a satisfactory discovery!"