When I heard what my father said, I was stunned at first, and then I immediately recalled the specific date at that time. Then I remembered that the day Tang Qingfeng disappeared was exactly the third of this month!
If this is the case, then the number 'three' left by Tang Qingfeng is most likely referring to the date of the day! Such a simple thing can be linked to Tang Qingfeng's clues, but I never paid attention to it. Instead, I linked this number 'three' with some complicated things, which made me feel ashamed and couldn't raise my head.
"If Xiao Tang is talking about today's date, then you should go back and investigate along this thread to see if there is anything that can only be linked to the date. I believe that this thread will be able to reveal a lot of information, which is much better than me looking for clues everywhere!"
My dad sighed and said, "Did that old man threaten you? He asked you to investigate the case, or he would convict me of murder?"
I asked in surprise, “How do you know?”
"Humph! I don't know him yet! Don't worry, even if you don't find out the truth, he won't dare to do anything to me! But I hope you can still go all out, after all, Xiao Tang..."
My dad couldn't continue talking here, and I nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, Dad, I will never let these criminals escape from Dengfeng City! But you are really in danger now. 'That person' said that if you don't leave, he will be rude. I don't know what he means, anyway, you'd better leave quickly."
"You're welcome? I want to see how he can be rude! Don't worry, I'm leaving, no one can stop me. Besides, I've killed Xiao Tang's enemy for him, so I can give Xiao Tang an explanation. Be careful when you investigate, these criminals are a bit difficult to deal with."
I chatted with my dad for a few more words, and then he hung up the phone and went home. I forgot to ask him where our family had moved to.
The truth has been revealed for the time being. Since my dad has admitted it himself, he must have done it. But I am now confused. Should I tell Bai Qi about this? Although Bai Qi usually takes good care of me and seems to have a good relationship with my dad, after knowing him for so long, I found that Bai Qi is an upright person who does not recognize his relatives in the face of evil. Who knows if he will send someone to capture my dad after learning the truth
I told Bai Longfei and Lin Yingxue about my idea, and wanted them to help me make a decision, but Bai Longfei said directly: "Why do you want to tell my dad? Keep this matter secret for the time being, there will naturally be a solution later. Otherwise, when my dad finds out, he will find it more difficult to make a decision than you. Now is an emergency, let's solve the problem at hand first."
What Bai Longfei said makes sense. Now is an extraordinary period, and the overall arrangement should not be disrupted because of these things. Moreover, out of selfish considerations, I really don't want to expose this matter to the public. Fortunately, the only people who know about this are Bai Longfei and Lin Yingxue. They are both the people I trust the most, and they will definitely not tell anyone if I don't say it.
The matter has been completely clarified, and the scene was handed over to the police here. We walked out of the park and found Xiao Dai, and asked Xiao Dai to take us back to the police station. When we returned, it was completely dark.
I hadn't eaten for almost the entire day. After returning to the police station, I had planned to go to Tang Qingfeng's office to check things about the date, but Bai Longfei forcibly dragged me to have a meal. By the time I finished the meal, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening.
After dinner, we came to Bai Qi's office and found that Bai Qi was still sitting at the desk when we left, staring at a pile of documents in his hands. When he saw us come in, Bai Qi did not ask about the two foreigners, and seeing his serious expression, I guess he already knew the truth of the matter, but just didn't say it for the time being.
We have been busy for the whole day and everyone is exhausted, so Bai Qi asked us to go back and rest and continue the investigation tomorrow. Before we left, Bai Qi told me that Li Hua seemed to have found a clue. He found out that someone was planning to blow up the checkpoint. He just called to transfer a group of police officers and prepared to set up a trap, waiting for the criminals to come to him.
Bai Qi said this not to show off Li Hua's achievements to me, but to ask me whether Li Hua was reliable or not. I had no idea what was going on on Li Hua's side, and I couldn't judge the reliability of this matter. However, if this was the result of Li Hua's personal investigation, I don't think there should be any big problems. However, if the gangsters really intended to leave in such a simple and crude way, then I really overestimated them.
After leaving Bai Qi's office, we each returned to our dormitories. Lin Yingxue came to my dormitory as usual to massage my head. After my headache got a little better, she left. After she left, even though I was very sleepy, I tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
According to my plan today, I was very confident that I could capture the two foreigners, and then force them to tell me their number and the location of the drawings, so as to completely capture all the criminals in one fell swoop. But who could have thought that a Cheng Yaojin, that is, my dad, suddenly appeared halfway and killed the two foreigners before we found them, completely cutting off the clues of my team on the spot.
Actually, now that I think about it carefully, when I called my dad, he should have guessed that the focus of my investigation was on these two foreigners, but he didn't show any guilt, which made me feel a little strange.
There are two possibilities for my father's behavior. The first is that he knew that no clues could be found from these two foreigners, so he did not express any ideas and wanted me to find a new clue to check.
The second possibility is that the reason why these two foreigners died in my father's hands was not because my father wanted to avenge Tang Qingfeng, but because my father did it on purpose! In fact, the main reason why my father came to Dengfeng City this time was also for that blueprint!
When I thought of the second possibility, I broke out in a cold sweat. I didn't dare to think any further. I immediately put this idea behind me and began to silently recite the mantra that Lin Yi had given me before, trying to calm myself down. Soon, I fell asleep to this magical mantra.
Early the next morning, Lin Yingxue came to my dormitory door and knocked as usual. This time she came earlier than usual because she knew that today was very important for us. If we couldn't find any clues today, then our team would be completely finished.
After I got up and washed up, I took a few bites of the breakfast that Lin Yingxue brought me, and then went directly to Bai Qi's office, which was Tang Qingfeng's office before, intending to investigate here to see if there were any clues that were directly related to what happened on the 3rd.
When we arrived at the office, we found Bai Qi still in his seat. Although judging from his clothes and face, he should have come here this morning, he went back later than us yesterday and came earlier than us in the morning. In fact, Bai Qi was the one who worked the hardest these days.
After we arrived at the office and explained our purpose to Bai Qi, Bai Qi walked out from his desk with a document and sat on the sofa at the door, asking us to find it ourselves. We did not disturb him and immediately started looking through the drawers of Tang Qingfeng's desk.
I don't know if it was because of Bai Qi's arrival or if Tang Qingfeng was like this when he was alive, but his desk drawer was very messy, with all kinds of things in it, even some cigarette butts and ashes. The three of us patiently looked through the entire desk drawer and even some cabinets in the office, but found nothing.
Bai Longfei said at this time: "Ji Wen, I think our search is completely useless. Since we have to start from the office, we have to restore Tang Qingfeng's state at that time. As long as we can enter Tang Qingfeng's state, we will know why he suddenly left in a hurry!"
Bai Longfei's words woke me up. Maybe it was because I had just woken up and my mind was not clear yet, so I did such a stupid thing. After Bai Longfei's reminder, I finally understood the real meaning of the "three" left by Tang Qingfeng!
Thinking of this, I immediately rushed to Tang Qingfeng's desk again and kept searching among the pile of waste papers on the ground. Bai Longfei came forward and asked me what I was looking for, wanting to help me find it.
"Look for the newspaper from the 3rd! I think only the newspaper can completely match the date of the 3rd! What you said just now reminded me that when we were looking through it just now, we found a lot of old newspapers here, proving that Uncle Tang has the habit of reading newspapers in the morning. The real reason why he left suddenly was the information in the newspaper on the 3rd!"
After I explained this, Bai Longfei and Lin Yingxue immediately understood and squatted down to look for the newspaper with me. Bai Qi, who was reading documents on the sofa next to me, was also attracted by my words and helped us look for it. Soon, Lin Yingxue found a crumpled newspaper in the corner. The date on the newspaper was the 3rd.
After finding the newspaper, we immediately unfolded it and read the contents carefully. I scanned all the headlines at a glance and finally saw a piece of news that caught my attention!
The general content of this news is that Taimu, a dark horse in a boxing match and a new generation heavyweight boxer, died suddenly of a heart attack before the final, and the incident is under further investigation.
However, when I read the introduction about this Taimu later, I was more certain that this was the real reason why Tang Qingfeng left that day! Because this Taimu appeared about twenty days ago!