Criminal evidence

"Why are you here?" Lu Qinghe was still taken aback.

Shen Changyan lowered his head and didn't speak, but the bit of flame in his mouth was flickering lightly in the quiet and dark night.

Lu Qinghe stepped forward, he slowed down his voice, and asked again, "Why are you here?"

"Passing by."

"Passing by?"

"Well, passing by."

Lu Qinghe was a little helpless, such a clumsy excuse didn't seem to come from Shen Changyan's mouth at all, but since he said that, it proved that the other party had no intention of hiding it, and he was not even afraid of being seen through.

Lu Qinghe looked down at the time on his pager, it was 21:[-].

"Are you going to sleep at my house tonight?"

"Ah."

"Then why don't you go in?"

There really isn't any convenient hotel or guest house in the town. Speaking of the friendship between the two families in the past, Shen Changyan has no place to live now, so it's only natural that he would think of the Lu family the first time he came back.

At this moment, Lu Qinghe even forgot that the relationship between the two of them had just broken up. Logically, "avoiding suspicion" is also something that both parties should consider.

But since Shen Changyan didn't think about it, then he didn't bother to think about it.

"I'm sorry to go in."

"Why are you embarrassed?"

"I'm just sorry."

Lu Qinghe was speechless, he let out a long breath, today's Shen Changyan was extraordinarily strange, he felt it, today's Shen Changyan was like a rascal kid.

He didn't intend to waste too much time arguing with others, so he stretched out his hand and pushed the big iron door outside the courtyard of the house. The door was locked from the inside, and Lu Qinghe didn't have the key, so he patted it with his hand. As soon as he knocked on the door, he began to shout irritably at the top of his voice.

"Mom, mom, open the door, what time are you locking the door for?"

The time at 21 o'clock should be put aside in the days when the criminal investigation team was squeezed by Shen Changyan. This is to the extent that the first round of overtime has not even ended.

Lu Qinghe almost forgot that in villages and towns, the time of 21:[-] is actually a very late time. This is the time when ordinary people should sleep and rest, not when everyone should be with them , let them work hard to toss the time.

Hearing someone coming back, the people in the room immediately panicked, but there seemed to be a bit of surprise mixed with this panic.

"Son, why are you back? You didn't say anything when you went out in the morning."

"There is a case here in Shangye Village, Suian County. I may stay at home recently."

"Okay." The parents hurriedly turned on the lights in the house, and then ran to the yard in slippers and opened the iron gate.

Shen Changyan's figure was hidden in the dark, and when Lu Qinghe walked into the house, he tugged at him before saying, "Come in."

"Changyan is here too. This kid left so early in the morning and didn't even eat breakfast. Are you hungry? Mom can get you something to eat?"

"Get some, get some more." Lu Qinghe said, "I haven't eaten all day, and I'm hungry and my chest is stuck to my back."

Lu Qinghe pulled his finger, Shen Changyan didn't hide, but the other party quickly let go of him, and didn't even explain to his family why he was here and why he stayed overnight at Lu's house again today.

The whole thing looked as if he should have been standing here in the first place.

"Changyan, that child doesn't look energetic, is he sick?"

"What kind of illness can he have? His body is as solid as iron. It's fine."

The kitchen is next to the corner of the yard. The home uses a stove. Although there are gas stoves and carbon stoves, they are more luxurious. Basically, they are not used except for holidays and when there are guests at home.

Lu Qinghe was indeed hungry, so he took the initiative to come over and fight Lu Ma. He helped to sit in front of the stove, and a bright red fire was ignited in two or three strokes.

Mama Lu took the basin and flour, kneaded a small piece of dough nimbly with her hands and feet.

Lu Qinghe said just now that he wanted to drink hot and sour noodle soup. Although it was true that he was hungry, he didn't really have any appetite. It's just that people have to eat, and he couldn't be hungry, otherwise he wouldn't have the energy to get up tomorrow to investigate the case.

In the kitchen, there was a slight crackling sound of firewood burning, and Lu Qinghe was silent, only occasionally hearing his mother chatting with him.

"Why are you so busy at work?"

"If you don't eat so late, what if you starve your stomach to death."

"If this case can't be finished in three or two months, do you want to stay at home all the time?"

"Let him stay at home all the time? I think you haven't seen your precious son for a long time. It's rare at this moment. Then he has been at home for a long time. I think you can't wait to drive him away. How far away is it?" Papa Lu placed Shen Changyan, and he walked slowly into the yard wearing the old man's vest and holding a big teacup in his hand.

Lu's mother raised her head and scolded him, "When did I kick him out, I wish he would stay at home for me for the rest of his life, so that I wouldn't have to travel far and wide to make my heart ache when I finally came back."

"You're just being stubborn right now, son, don't listen to your mother, she's just saying hello right now, when you really resign and come back to lie down at home, when your mother thinks you're annoying, maybe you have to Take a broom and drive you outside."

The husband and wife have been quarreling for most of their lives, and Lu Qinghe is also used to it.

In fact, what Lu's father said is correct, with Lu's mother's temperament, she occasionally sees her precious son, and the last time she finally sees her, it seems like something rare.

But if you really let her watch Lu Qinghe idle at home like a waste every day and have to rely on her parents' ability to support her, with her temper, she probably wishes she never gave birth to a son called Lu Qinghe.

Lu Qinghe used to talk a lot, and he could laugh and fight with his parents, but today he felt that he was extremely tired, and he was really too lazy to talk, so he let the husband and wife bicker and pass.

Halfway through the conversation, the atmosphere was originally harmonious, but Dad Lu suddenly asked again, "By the way, son, Chang Yan seems to be not feeling well today. What did you two do during the day? You two are not together. He went out with his son, why did he come back together, will he live with our house all the time when he comes back to handle the case?"

Lu Qinghe's finger pushing the firewood into the stove suddenly stopped.

If one person said that Shen Changyan was unwell, he probably wouldn't take it to heart, but two people were saying that Shen Changyan was unwell...

"Dad, why don't you come and watch the fire, I'll go see if Shen Changyan has a cold."

Shen Changyan shouldn't fall ill so easily, Lu Qinghe originally thought so, but suddenly remembered that the other party had a high fever and fainted once when handling Wu Chengzhou's case last time, so he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

He wiped the ashes off his hands, and poured a cup of hot water on his hands as he walked into the house.

"Shen Changyan."

The door of the room was pushed halfway open, Lu Qinghe poked his head in, and saw that Shen Changyan hadn't changed his clothes yet, and was lying down on the half of the bed where he was resting last night.

Lu Qinghe had a bad intuition.

"Shen Changyan." He quickly stepped forward and put the water glass in his hand on his desk, then ran to the bed and turned the person over with force.

Shen Changyan's eyes were slightly closed, lacking energy, and he looked too lazy to open them. Lu Qinghe reached out and touched his forehead, and then cursed.

"I'll go, why do you have a fever again?"

No, it's summer, why is he so easy to get sick and have a fever.

Is Shen Changyan's physical fitness so poor?

Lu Qinghe had such a question.

"Lie down for a while, I'll go out and find out if there is any cold medicine at home that I can bring you some."

Wiping the cold sweat off the opponent's palm, Lu Qinghe didn't delay, he got up and wanted to run outside, but before he could take a step, he was suddenly blocked by a hard and hot arm around the waist, followed by a fall on his back. Throw him back on the bed.

"I rely on."

In Xia Tian, ​​the bed was not soft enough, and the bed boards were also very hard. Lu Qinghe subconsciously used his elbows to support his body, but he still felt a little dizzy after rolling on the person in such a whirl.

Shen Changyan hugged his waist, and the two of them were tightly pressed together. The breath he exhaled was steaming. I don't know if it was because of a high fever.

Lu Qinghe was so suppressed that he couldn't move, so he had to break Shen Changyan's fingers with his hands.

"Hey, Shen Changyan, I haven't closed the door yet, let go quickly."

"It's at my house. I'll let my parents see it later."

"Shen Changyan, you let go first, can you let go first, we, we have something to talk about."

The window of Lu Qinghe's room was right next to the yard outside the house, and he didn't dare to speak too loudly, even in this place, on this bed, when Shen Changyan blocked his waist and hugged him from behind, he could hear While hearing the heartbeat of the other party, you can also hear the whispers of parents talking in the yard.

He was flustered, scared, and sad at the same time.

How could he not be sad, he obviously likes being with Shen Changyan so much, but...

"I don't want to break up with you." Shen Changyan's forehead touched Lu Qinghe's back.

His voice just now sounded a little low, and now it was even more hoarse and terrifying.

Lu Qinghe was originally bent over to fight Shen Changyan, he was struggling, but when he heard the phrase "I don't want to break up", he suddenly lost his strength.

The strength of Shen Changyan's arms was terrifying. He was like a bird of prey. Even with his eyes closed, his arms were still tight, constantly shrinking back.

"Lu Qinghe, let's not break up, okay?"

-

When he spoke, he had no strength left, as if all the firm attachments and entanglements in his whole body had stayed on those arms clasping Lu Qinghe's waist.

Shen Changyan didn't know when he fell ill. It seemed that he hadn't been able to stand up completely since the time he fell down when investigating Wu Chengzhou's case.

His throat hurts, his breathing hurts, and his drinking hurts too. Even when he uttered the almost pleading sentence to stay, the opening and closing of his vocal cords felt as uncomfortable as if hundreds of needles had been pricked densely.

He wasn't supposed to come here today. After investigating the work in his hand, Shen Changyan went back to the Municipal Bureau.

Ma Yue told him to go to Suian County to investigate the details of the case yesterday, but the fact is that he had already heard it from Lu Qinghe the night before, so Shen Changyan didn't listen too seriously.

When he left the Municipal Bureau, he went to the forensic room again, and asked for some new directions, and asked to re-discuss and test the clues such as corpses and evidence bloodstains.

After finishing all the work arranged in his hand, Shen Changyan looked at the desk that Lu Qinghe had vacated, and felt the pain of emptiness in his heart.

It seemed that Lu Qinghe would break up, as if he had expected it, but also as if he hadn't expected it. At least when he heard those two words, he didn't have a serious stress reaction, but he felt pain in his heart, intermittently, for a long time , dense pain.

"Shen Changyan."

Lu Qinghe's voice suddenly sounded in the quiet space.

Shen Changyan's thoughts were suddenly pulled back. He didn't know whether it was cold or hot, but the arms hugging Lu Qinghe's waist trembled slightly.

At that moment, he was like a drowning man holding on to a raft floating on the surface of the sea. If he let go of his hand at least a little, he would be ruthlessly swallowed by the cold and wet sea water immediately.

"I like you too."

Lu Qinghe's mood was no better than Shen Changyan's, and even at this moment, he felt like he was in a broken mood, he thought, so what if I admit it?

"You know, I like you too."

At that moment, Lu Qinghe was frank and generous, almost unabashedly finalizing this fact.

This should have been something to be happy about, but Shen Changyan didn't think so, he had almost foreseen the fact, just when Lu Qinghe said "You know I like you too".

Yeah, you know I like you too, but what if we like each other and love each other?

The relationship didn't shine at all.

Once the fact of their love is exposed to the public, they will not only lose their jobs, future, life, and maybe even the closest people around them.

Shen Changyan's tightened arms suddenly loosened an inch, and Lu Qinghe could leave his arms completely, but at that moment, neither of them moved.

There was the sound of bowls and spoons colliding in the yard, and Lu's mother started to shout into the room, "Boys, hurry up and eat."

Lu Qinghe arched his body, he turned around, and rarely slipped into Shen Changyan's arms like a coquettish, he stretched out his arms to hug him as if he was coaxing this person, wrapping his hands around his back superior.

"That's it, Shen Changyan. In fact, it's pretty good. I was sad when I said we were going to separate that day, but there is no way. You know, we have to separate."

They seem to have never had such a heart-piercing love. From expressing their hearts, to being together, to separating, everything seems to be so natural and peaceful.

Shen Changyan has lost the strength to persuade him to stay.

Lu Qinghe was right, he knew everything, how could he not know.

But there is always such an unyielding energy in my heart, I always want to try again, I always want to try harder, Shen Changyan doesn't want to let go so easily.

No one knew how much courage he mustered before he dared to bow his head and kiss Lu Qinghe at the corridor entrance of the City Bureau building.

But all of this came and went so fast, Shen Changyan's hands that were still on the waist of the other party were like two ropes that were not fastened fast, and they only had to be lifted lightly. His arms could just slide off.

But Lu Qinghe didn't lift his hand.

That person clearly felt uncomfortable, but he turned around and hugged him like he was coaxing a child.

"It's okay, Shen Changyan, we'll be fine if we suffer like this."

-

The hot and sour noodle soup that night was eaten by Lu Qinghe alone.

He sat on the steps in the yard with a bowl in his hand, and drank two bowls by himself.

I wanted to cry a little bit, but because I felt too shameful, I suppressed it abruptly, thinking that it was just a lovelorn, how could there be so many feelings of dying or living.

Shen Changyan was bored in the quilt all night, and when he woke up the next day, he looked like a normal person, but his face was unconcealably tired and pale.

Knowing that he was leaving, Lu Qinghe woke up very early. Although he was busy handling cases these days, it was not a problem if he never went to the bureau. There were always some details and key points of the case that needed to be handed over to his colleagues.

There is always a rare tacit understanding in the world of adults. They always maintain a certain balance in the circle of life. Lu Qinghe doesn't know if such a breakup is considered ugly, but at least now he and Shen Changyan are sitting side by side in the bus. It is harmony.

"Team Shen is back."

"Good morning, Team Shen."

"I rely on Lao Lu, you didn't call me when you went to Ueno Village to investigate by yourself yesterday."

As soon as Lu Qinghe entered the office door, Ma Yue pulled his collar and yanked him away like a cat.

Shen Changyan was expressionless, without squinting his eyes. He pursed his lips and walked straight to his desk. He didn't even make an extra movement to sit down. He just stretched out his hand and opened the drawer. Pull out a neat and smooth envelope.

Lu Qinghe unconsciously moved his eyes to Shen Changyan's body.

Shen Changyan is usually like this, rarely talking, but today's indifference is particularly eye-catching.

Ma Yue seemed to have something to say, pressed Lu Qinghe's neck and began to analyze to him the clues he had obtained about the murder and throwing of corpses in Ueno Village.

Shen Changyan came and left in a hurry, holding a letter in his hand, went out without looking back, turned the corner and went upstairs.

Lu Qinghe was restless, he always felt that something big was about to happen.

But Ma Yue didn't have any intuition in this area, and he was still rambling about analyzing with Lu Qinghe.

Until someone upstairs rushed into the office in a hurry, Lu Qinghe stood up from behind the desk almost uncontrollably.

Chen Lu was sweating profusely, and shouted out of breath, "Something has happened. Just now, the captain of the anti-drug team came down from upstairs and said that Team Shen found the director and handed in his resignation application."

Resign!

Shen Changyan wants to resign?

He's resigning instead of being promoted?

Lu Qinghe's mind went blank for half a second, and his ears began to roar again.

He wants to resign, why, because of the breakup?

No, it's impossible, Shen Changyan is not such a person.

It was uncontrollable when he stretched out his hand to push Ma Yue away, Lu Qinghe's thoughts were in a mess, he quickly ran to the director's office on the sixth floor.

There were also scattered footsteps running up behind him, but he didn't have the time to spare to take care of the people behind him. At that time, Lu Qinghe had only one thought in his mind.

Shen Changyan couldn't leave.