Shi Dong suddenly rushed into the tea room: "Sister Gu, someone calls you!"

Gu Qingtong took the phone and saw that it was the landline number of his parents' old house.

The phone was connected, and my mother Yue Wenjuan said angrily: "Xiaotong, I can't hold on anymore, you go home quickly... Your father just took my body temperature, 39 degrees 5, I'm almost out of reach..."

Hang up the phone, Gu Qingtong can no longer sit still.

She handed over the shift with Shi Dong, and didn't even eat, and rushed back to the old house where her parents lived.

Gu Siwei opened the door, and the moment he saw his daughter, he thought he was misread: "Hey? Xiaotong, didn't you say you were on duty at night?"

"Dad, where is my mom?" Gu Qingtong changed into slippers every time and headed straight to the bedroom. "Why is it so good that the fever suddenly doesn't go away?"

Gu Siwei was confused about what the wife and daughter had just talked: "She..."

"There is no one in the bed!" Gu Qingtong ran back to the living room, "Has she gone to the hospital by herself?"

Gu Siwei confusedly exposed Yue Wenjuan's "lie": "Your mother is fine! She said you come back to have a midnight snack in the evening, and you are stewing soup in the kitchen now!"

Gu Qingtong suddenly felt relieved and collapsed on the sofa.

"I thought..." She raised her hand and rubbed her temples hard, "My mother always likes to scare me with her health as she used to."

Gu Siwei took a cup of warm water and handed it to Gu Qingtong: "I'll hit her when I find an opportunity. But today, she really wants to tell you something, thinking about not saying it seriously, it won't attract your attention, so..."

"Baby is back?" Yue Wenjuan's voice was completely different from the same person on the phone. Her weak hoarseness turned into a loud and clear sound full of energy. "Mom has cooked you winter melon, barley rib soup, which will definitely help you to reduce the heat!"

Gu Qingtong didn't want to pay attention to her and kept silent as if sulking.

Yue Wenjuan walked over and covered Gu Qingtong's forehead with palm palms: "I have a little low fever - this child has never known how to maintain it. He doesn't eat and sleep on time all day long. What if his body is ruined if he keeps going like this?"

"Mom, can you stop pretending to be sick and lie to me to go home?" Gu Qingtong felt so anxious when she thought of the piles of work, "Do you know what time means to me?"

"I know, time is life."

"Then are you lying to me? There are two cases waiting to be solved, and they are all in a state of great danger..."

Yue Wenjuan looked at her daughter with heartache: "You care about the lives of those victims, and your mother cares about your life. The two are not contradictory."

"...Forget it," Gu Qingtong closed her eyes and pressed her backrest with fatigue on her body, "I can't argue with you."

Gu Siwei raised his elbow, touched Yue Wenjuan gently, and whispered: "Drinking pork rib soup at night is not easy to digest. I think you might as well warm a glass of milk and let the child drink it and rest early."

Yue Wenjuan nodded and turned back to the kitchen to work hard.

The microwave sounded, and Yue Wenjuan sat opposite Gu Qingtong with a milk cup.

"The temperature is just right, drink while it's hot."

Gu Qingtong raised her eyelids and held Yue Wenjuan's hand and shook it twice: "Thank you, mom. You put it on the coffee table first, I don't want to drink it now."

Yue Wenjuan sighed: "Oh, look at your listless look. Have you quarreled with Ji Heng?"

"Mom--" Gu Qingtong thought she had heard it wrong, "You are thinking too much, we are fine!"

"No quarrel? When Ji Heng saw my father and I, he ignored me?"

Yue Wenjuan's words were obviously dissatisfied, so Gu Qingtong had to ask the whole story clearly: "Where did you see Ji Heng? He went to the airport early in the morning to pick up an important friend."

"Airport? When did he leave?"

"He left my house at five o'clock after 6 o'clock. If he took the subway airport line, he would probably be able to arrive at home at half past seven o'clock."

"Xiaotong, are you wondering?" Yue Wenjuan compared the time around and said, "At around 10 o'clock this morning, your father and I went to the supermarket to purchase and met Ji Heng - we just ran into each other face to face, but he pretended not to know us and walked out of the door without looking at him."

Gu Qingtong was slightly stunned: "No way... have you called his name?"

"Screaming! I thought he didn't hear it clearly, so I ran over and patted his shoulder." Yue Wenjuan spread his hands and said with an exaggerated expression, "But he is like deafness and blindness, completely treating me and your father as air!"

Confusion quickly came to Gu Qingtong's mind: "Is he alone?"

Yue Wenjuan shook her head: "I didn't pay attention. When I saw him, he was checking out at the cashier."

Gu Siwei added in a timely manner: "It's not alone. Ji Heng settled the bill and walked out of the supermarket with a woman with a scarf on her head."

Gu Qingtong became energetic in an instant.

She jumped up from the sofa and clicked on the album of her mobile phone for Gu Siwei to identify her.

"Dad, look, is the scarf that the woman wears this pattern?"

The photo was taken by her in the rose garden of Huixinyuan Seedling Company. Although the scarf buried in the soil is incomplete, the basic pattern and style can still be seen clearly.

Gu Siwei's eyes were a little presbyopic. He stared at the mobile phone screen for a while and said with uncertainty: "The color and style are similar. I just glanced at it and my impression was blurred."

Gu Qingtong had a sudden inspiration and opened the shopping app. She searched for the brand that Wu Minhua often wore, and clicked on the scarf on the brand's accessories page one by one, asking Gu Siwei to help find the most similar one.

"Dad, please take a closer look. Is there a scarf with the same style as that woman?"

Gu Siwei put on reading glasses and carefully identified them.

Hard work pays off. After about three or four minutes, his eyes stopped on a picture of a silk scarf with an oil painting pattern.

"Xiaotong, this is this one!"

"Okay, I'll save it to the album."

After the operation was completed, Gu Qingtong dialed out a number and the other side of the phone quickly responded. Gu Qingtong made several brief requests, and the other party agreed to reply to her later.

After closing the thread, Gu Qingtong finally had a smile on her face.

Gu Siwei and Yue Wenjuan exchanged meaningful eyes and asked in unison: "What do you say about Ji Heng?"

"I didn't call him."

"Why don't you ask?" Yue Wenjuan asked, "It's not convenient on the phone, you can ask him home to ask in person!"

"Mom, I consulted with my colleagues in the technical department about the case. I can't talk to you in detail..." Gu Qingtong wanted to speak but stopped. She avoided her parents' earnest gaze and turned to the kitchen to serve soup.

"The child has something to do." Gu Siwei looked at his daughter's back with concern, "Let's pay more attention to her and don't regret it when something happens..."

Yue Wenjuan intercepted her husband's second half: "Just say something unlucky! You should change your crow's faults!"

Gu Siwei said nothing. He did not feel inappropriate, but accidentally saw that the screen of his daughter's phone was lit. The new email theme displayed on it contained a very familiar name.

"Mom, the soup you stewed is so fragrant!" Gu Qingtong gave a thumbs up from the bottom of her heart.

"Just as long as you like to drink!" Yue Wenjuan smiled and said, "Your father is right. It's too late now. You can drink some clear soup and eat the ribs inside during breakfast."

"Well, it's definitely right to listen to you."

Gu Qingtong leaned beside her mother, rubbing her cheek to show her gratitude. She turned her head and found that her father stood in the center of the living room, not moving for a long time.

"Dad? Are you uncomfortable?"

"Xiaotong, what's your relationship with Wu Minhua?" Gu Siwei asked irresponsibly, "That woman is not simple, you'd better stay away from her!"

Gu Qingtong's thinking suddenly fell behind. She looked shocked and her speech slowed down: "Dad, I met Wu Minhua and Huayu School when I investigated the campus violence case, and our famous private middle school in Jinyang, she is now the principal there."

Gu Siwei said in a stiff tone: "No matter what her position or social influence, you must stay away from it!"

"Can you say more details?" Gu Qingtong became more and more confused. "If Principal Wu was a dangerous person, wouldn't Ji Heng be even more dangerous?"

Gu Siwei was stunned: "What's wrong with Guan Jiheng?"

Yue Wenjuan couldn't help but interrupt: "You two men sat down and talked, and I was dizzy when I stood there!"

Back at the sofa, Gu Qingtong told her parents about everything that happened between herself and Ji Heng - she saved the specific content of the action and took the scene of the explosion of the cake shop, only talking about Ji Heng's suspicion and the strange experience of Principal Wu's escape from the future.

Yue Wenjuan is meticulous and can deeply understand the helplessness in her daughter's words.

When Gu Qingtong talked about Principal Ji Zhongyun of Jiangqu Primary School, her palms were soaked in cold sweat. Yue Wenjuan interrupted and said, "Child, let's talk for a while, don't be tired."

Gu Siwei is meticulous in his job, but he is like a layman in terms of empathy and empathy. His focus is always on Wu Minhua, and he unknowingly ignores his daughter's feelings.

"Ji Heng is a teacher at Huayu School, and there is no substantive evidence to support this." Gu Siwei sighed, "Xiao Tong, as you said, Ji Heng's information can't be found in your system database, which means that his identity is fake!"

Gu Qingtong recalled Ji Heng's reactions and denied his father's point of view: "Dad, he clearly said that he is a native of Jinyang."

"How do you know that he won't lie to you?" Gu Siwei's face was solemn.

"Through the visit, I found that Ji Heng was telling the truth." Gu Qingtong listed the evidence of auxiliary one by one. "Ji Heng was very popular among students of Huayu School and was rated as an excellent teacher many times in a row. The volunteer list of Jinyang No. 1 Middle School contains Ji Heng's information, and the eagle in the museum on campus also recognizes him. I believe that animals will not lie. Also, when he took me to Jiangqu Primary School, the old man in the door should recognize him, and let him go without asking..."

Gu Siwei didn't want to continue listening: "These are just your imagination."

Gu Qingtong retorted: "Dad! Principal Wu is not fake, right? She trusts Ji Heng and doesn't care whether he can register in the education system, but instead values ​​his abilities and talents and directly hires him."

Gu Siwei said regretfully: "Child, you are too easily trusting others! You should be alert just by relying on this unreliable thing Wu Minhua did!"

Gu Qingtong argued reasonably: "Dad, I once suspected Ji Heng's identity, but Team Pan dispelled all my doubts at the critical moment."

"Captain Pan? He was also given a soup by Ji Heng?"

"You—" Gu Qingtong suppressed his rising anger and said, "Ji Heng is an extra-staff member of the technical department, and deputy director Xiao Shu can prove it."

"This is not a good phenomenon. You are all infiltrated..." Gu Siwei was murmured in his heart, and then he changed his mind, "Xiaotong, your mother and I will return to the construction site in June. You can go out with us to relax! Let go of work temporarily. The serious crime team is not indispensable, and your colleagues can still deal with it."

"Dad, I won't leave until the truth is revealed!"

Gu Qingtong rejected her father's suggestion, she got up and left the sofa, walked straight to the door to change her shoes.

Yue Wenjuan hurriedly stopped him: "It's almost twelve o'clock, so you are not allowed to go anywhere, go back to your room to sleep!"

"Mom, I got a new clue and I must go back to work as soon as possible." Gu Qingtong raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "You and my dad rest early. If time allows, I will go home for dinner tomorrow night. By the way, please leave me a bowl of rib soup!"
To be continued...