Chapter 104: Actually, There Was No Gain
Jiang Yuan returned to her room, sent Chen Ziqi information about the human burial situation, set her alarm for 8 AM, and then went to bed.
The next day, when the alarm rang, Jiang Yuan got up immediately.
She checked WeChat while brushing her teeth.
Si Heng had replied to her message from last night at six in the morning.
They would pick her up at Fuze Garden at 8:30 AM and go directly to the incident site.
Jiang Yuan quickly tidied up, went downstairs, and set off in the police car.
According to the clue provided by Owl Tutu, a friend of Little Mo Yan, the burial site was in the garden of a suburban villa in the northern part of Yun Jing City.
The suspect who buried the person was heavily disguised, so Owl Tutu couldn’t see their appearance, only that the suspect seemed very tall.
“Are you sure you didn’t see clearly?” Si Heng looked at Jiang Yuan through the rearview mirror.
“This is the clue I received.” Jiang Yuan actually suspected Owl Tutu was unwilling to provide more clues because it disliked humans.
Si Hengmo frowned slightly, “The area is too large, it’s not easy to investigate.”
Jiang Yuan pressed her lips together and softly said two words: “Sorry.”
Hearing this, Si Heng’s dark eyes flashed with surprise and panic, and he explained, “Don’t misunderstand, I’m not blaming you.”
“I know.” Jiang Yuan sighed softly in her heart, frowning, “I just feel like I can’t help much.”
“You have already helped us a lot,” Si Heng turned to look at her and said seriously, “If it weren’t for you, we might never have discovered this.”
Hearing his words, Jiang Yuan’s psychological pressure immediately lessened, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her lips, “Then I am quite useful.”
Si Heng’s gaze was gentle, and his voice carried a hint of a smile, “Extremely useful.”
Upon arriving at the suburban villa, Jiang Yuan got out of the car and immediately started observing the surroundings for any small animals, hoping to find “witnesses” like the owl.
Meng Xiaokai looked at the luxurious villas and couldn’t help but sigh, “When will I be able to live in a villa?”
Jiang Yuan raised her eyebrows and smiled, “I’m moving to East Bank Villa in a while, and I’ll keep a guest room for you to experience.”
Meng Xiaokai took it as a joke, “Okay, but hurry up. Maybe I’ll buy a villa myself.”
“It should be soon,” Jiang Yuan glanced at the time on her phone, calculating that it should be close to the handover date.
Because the clue provided by Owl Tutu was not detailed enough, they could only search one villa at a time.
There were six of them in total, divided into three teams.
Jiang Yuan was assigned to work with Si Heng.
Meng Xiaokai looked at the backs of the two and, pulling Xiao Xu along, secretly discussed, “I think the boss definitely has feelings for Jiang Yuan.”
“Where do you get that from?” A head suddenly popped up between Meng Xiaokai and Xiao Xu.
“What the heck!” Meng Xiaokai turned pale with fright, “Chen Ziqi, are you crazy?”
Chen Ziqi grinned, “You’re from the Criminal Investigation Team, aren’t you? So timid?”
Meng Xiaokai: “…”
He thought it was the boss!
Meng Xiaokai rolled his eyes, too annoyed to bother with him, and tugged on Xiao Xu’s arm, “Xiao Xu, let’s go.”
Chen Ziqi stood in place, raised his hand to stroke his chin, and analyzed Meng Xiaokai and Xiao Xu’s retreating figures, “Meng Xiaokai must have feelings for Xiao Xu.”
“Xiao Xu has a partner,” Chen Ziqi’s teammate He Lewei said faintly.
Chen Ziqi asked in surprise, “How do you know?”
He Lewei revealed a polite yet indifferent smile, “I confessed to Xiao Xu, and she rejected me, saying she has a partner.”
Chen Ziqi: “…”
He didn’t even know about these two things!
“Stop gossiping and get to work,” He Lewei showed a serious expression, “I don’t want to talk about relationships right now, only work.”
Chen Ziqi didn’t refute him, but he thought to himself: I don’t believe you.
While they entered work mode, Jiang Yuan and Si Heng had already finished searching one villa.
The garden of this villa was paved with bricks, and the flower beds were filled with colorful flowers, which did not match the clue provided by Owl Tutu.
The owner of the villa was a gentle and intellectual middle-aged woman. She was very cooperative with their work and enthusiastically invited them to share dessert.
Jiang Yuan and Si Heng declined her kind offer and began searching the second villa.
“The layout here seems similar to the previous villa,” Jiang Yuan said softly.
Si Heng nodded slightly, “Let’s go.”
They searched all the villas in the villa area, but after a whole day, they found nothing.
The villas here were either paved with tiles or grass, and the grass showed no signs of being recently disturbed.
“Could the clue be wrong?” Chen Ziqi muttered, “Could that little swallow have lied to you?”
Jiang Yuan frowned and mused, “Little Mo Yan probably wouldn’t lie to me, but I’m not sure about that owl.”
“Why do you say that?” Si Heng asked doubtfully.
Jiang Yuan: “That owl dislikes humans.”
“It’s normal for animals to dislike humans,” He Lewei said lightly, “After all, we’ve taken over their homes.”
As soon as he said this, everyone fell silent.
Jiang Yuan said softly, “Why don’t you all go back first? I’ll look around to see if there are any small animals nearby I can ask.”
It was because of her words that everyone had rushed around and worked hard all day.
Jiang Yuan felt very guilty.
“It’s getting dark, let’s go back first,” Si Heng knew she was feeling a bit self-blame, and said lightly, “I’ll treat everyone to hot pot tonight.”
Gurgle, gurgle—
Thinly sliced beef swirled in the boiling milky white broth.
Jiang Yuan absentmindedly bit her chopsticks.
Si Heng used serving chopsticks to place beef into her bowl and joked, “Eat the meat, not the chopsticks.”
“Thank you,” Jiang Yuan thanked him, picked up a slice of meat, dipped it in sand tea sauce, and put it in her mouth.
Meng Xiaokai comforted her, “You don’t need to overthink it. It’s like this when investigating cases; sometimes it’s smooth sailing, and sometimes you hit a wall.”
“Yes,” Xiao Xu gave her a beef ball, “You’ll get used to it.”
“Thank you, Xiao Xu,” Jiang Yuan stirred the beef ball with her chopsticks, looked up at everyone, and smiled, “I won’t overthink it anymore. Thank you all.”
She wasn’t someone who dwelled on things, but this was her first time joining everyone as part of the police force, and she wanted to perform well.
Seeing her recover and proactively scoop meat from the pot to eat, everyone also breathed a sigh of relief and ate to their heart’s content.
Meng Xiaokai let out a burp from the cola, “I can’t imagine how happy it would be to have a bottle of beer right now.”
“Then don’t imagine it,” Chen Ziqi refilled his cup with cola, “Drink more cola.”
After eating hot pot, it was almost ten o’clock when they returned home.
Having not seen her all day, the furry children all gathered around to greet her.
Little Mo Yan also crawled out of her nest and asked expectantly, “Yuan Yuan, did you find anything?”
“No,” Jiang Yuan shook her head, “I’ll go look again tomorrow.”
The second trip to the suburban villa only included Jiang Yuan, Meng Xiaokai, and Xiao Xu.
As soon as they entered the villa area, Jiang Yuan saw the middle-aged woman who had enthusiastically invited her and Si Heng for dessert yesterday.
Goodnight, Xiao Bao.
