Catching The Killer Chapter 10

Shen Zheng and Oliver Pei stood in the cemetery for a long time, and only rushed to the dinner after confirming that Gao Yun had left safely.

By the time they entered the private room, the red soup of the hot pot was already bubbling with steam.

The spicy aroma hit him in the face, and Shen Zheng couldn't help swallowing.

This restaurant is near the police station. The owner is a native Sichuanese. His hot pot base is fragrant and spicy, which is a unique dish. It is a regular place for the special case team to have dinner.

"Finally you're here," Qin Qianlan ignored Shen Zheng and called to Oliver Pei, "Doctor Pei, please sit down."

An Xinyao bit a piece of brown sugar glutinous rice cake and muttered: "Boss, you guys are so slow. I'm almost starving."

Shen Zheng glanced at the half-eaten plate of Ziba and said, "Eating can't stop your mouth."

"The only person who can shut me up is probably my future boyfriend."

"Just you?" Shen Zheng sneered mercilessly, "I've been in the special case team for a year and I haven't seen you have any romantic affairs."

"Even Qin Qianlan, a sharp-tongued woman, has someone chasing her. Miss An, you are having a really bad time, aren't you?"

Qin Qianlan put down her chopsticks with a snap: "Shen Zheng! Who are you talking about?"

"You are a single old man in his 30s, and you have the nerve to say that to young girls like us? Aren't you afraid that the wind will blow your tongue off?"

"That's right," An Xinyao nodded like a chick pecking at rice, "You're talking about me, haven't you been a single dog for five years?"

"You've become so bold," Shen Zheng threatened in a pretentious manner, "You start bullying your boss as soon as you get off work. Be careful of getting in trouble, my friends."

An Xinyao didn't want to talk to him and made a face at Shen Zheng, obviously not taking his words to heart.

Ji Jie, who was quietly putting food into the pot, smiled at Oliver Pei and said, "Our group eats like this. We can't be quiet at all."

He held out the menu and said, "Doctor Pei, is there anything else you'd like to eat? Order whatever you want. Brother Shen will treat you."

"When did I treat you?" Shen Zheng came over and pointed at the spicy beef on the menu. "Order another serving of this."

Oliver Pei wrote a "1" at the end. He hadn't eaten with so many people for a long time. Although he was a little uncomfortable, he felt unexpectedly good.

On a winter night like this, as soon as the hot pot is opened and the steam rises, people naturally start talking excitedly.

"Oliver Pei, listen to what Sister Lan has to say to you," Qin Qianlan didn't know when she had switched places with Ji Jie, and patted Oliver Pei on the shoulder and said, "It's dangerous to work in our field, and you, a civilian, shouldn't always run around outside with Shen Zheng."

She was obviously drunk. Not only did she keep calling him "Shen Zheng", she also said bad things about him in front of him.

"What do you mean by following me around?" Before Oliver Pei could say anything, Shen Zheng was the first to jump out and refute.

"Who told you to take Brother Pei to the bar?" An Xinyao, the second fan of Dr. Pei from the B City Police Department, complained, "You've ruined our Brother Pei's good reputation for being a clean man."

Shen Zheng looked wronged: What do you mean he brought it? That internal black card clearly belongs to Oliver Pei, okay?

Moreover, the "chaste" Dr. Pei K!ssed him forcibly.

Shen Zheng tilted his head to look and saw Dr. Pei, who was at the center of the topic, was eating silently with his head down. From his angle, the other person's eyelashes were long and curled, tickling him like a cat's paw.

Noticing Shen Zheng's gaze, Oliver Pei raised his head and looked at him innocently, as if he didn't understand why Shen Zheng was feeling wronged.

Because of the chili pepper, his lips were no longer their usual pink color, but were stained with a layer of crimson.

Shen Zheng suddenly felt thirsty.

If I K!ss it now, it won’t look like ice cream, right?

A K!ss that smells like hot pot.

Oliver Pei blinked slowly with a hint of cunning, which made Shen Zheng feel that his little thoughts had been seen through.

He quickly drank a glass of juice to calm himself and put these strange thoughts behind him.

---Don't drink and drive, and don't drive after drinking. Thank God he has always been a good citizen who obeys traffic rules, otherwise, under the influence of alcohol, there is no guarantee that he would not have done something strange just now.

This naturally triggered a new round of ridicule: "Captain Shen, Team Leader Shen, it's rare that you feel embarrassed."

An Xinyao thought she had won, and took advantage of the victory to say, "I said that the boss led Brother Pei astray, so you must treat me to dinner today."

"Okay, okay, I'll treat you." Shen Zheng was too lazy to argue with these drunken people. Seeing that they had almost finished eating, he simply stood up to pay the bill.

Let the cold wind blow on your head.

There are thousands of beauties in the world, why does he think Dr. Pei is the most beautiful?

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Out of his own selfish motives, Shen Zheng chose to drive a drunk doctor home.

Oliver Pei was forced to drink a lot today, but surprisingly, he could drink quite well. He remained quiet and sober the whole time. After hearing Shen Zheng's questions, he even clearly spoke out a string of addresses.

After Shen Zheng entered the address into the navigation, he remembered that it was a high-end residential area in City B. The housing prices had not come down in decades. After being renovated in recent years, the prices have increased several times.

I didn’t expect that this young doctor is actually a wealthy man.

Shen Zheng felt that his condition today was not right. In order to avoid anything embarrassing for both parties, Shen Zheng had no intention of letting anyone sit next to him.

However, Oliver Pei sat in the co-pilot seat naturally, as if he had not noticed anything. Thirty minutes later, he thanked Shen Zheng and said goodbye in a natural manner.

Shen Zheng, feeling inexplicably depressed, sat in the car.

Isn’t this development a bit wrong?

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Oliver Pei took a hot bath and collapsed on the bed before even drying his hair.

He felt a little dizzy. Although he had a good alcohol tolerance, he hadn't drunk for a long time. He felt a little uncomfortable after drinking so much out of the blue.

Oliver Pei himself was also a little surprised. He had been back in China for three years and had changed jobs a lot during that time. This was his first time to integrate into a small group like this.

He has always been gentle and aloof from others, the kind of person who is popular but not very noticeable.

Everyone would joke with him, but no one would invite him to dinner.

This is exactly the life state that Oliver Pei has been working hard to maintain, but now, this state has been broken by the special case team.

The first to be hit was the special case team leader Shen Zheng.

It's not that he didn't see what Shen Zheng was thinking. After all, Oliver Pei's job was related to human psychology. What's more, Shen Zheng's sparkling eyes had already betrayed everything.

Of course, this has nothing to do with love. Men are visual animals, and all this is just desire caused by external factors.

Oliver Pei asked Shen Zheng to send him home today, and he also had some thoughts of doing something under the influence of alcohol, but in the end he gave up.

He couldn't afford to mess with such a passionate and serious person.

"Buzz."

Oliver Pei's cell phone vibrated. He reached out to take it lazily, but the next moment he touched something that definitely did not belong to him.

The pure white hard letter paper has a faint fragrance, like a carefully wrapped gift.

However, Oliver Pei was not happy when he received the gift.

He sat up, unfolded the letter and began to read.

"Who killed CockRobin?"

I, said the Sparrow,

With my bow and arrow,

I killed CockRobin. (I killed the mockingbird.)

Who saw him die?

I, said the Fly, (It's me, said the Fly,)

Withmylittleeye,

Isawhimdie. (I saw him die.)

..."

After reading just two sentences, Oliver Pei already knew the content of the letter.

"Who Killed the Robin?" is a famous British nursery rhyme, often translated as "The Death of the Robin." It tells the story of a robin who was originally loved by all the birds in the sky but eventually died in the bird trial.

Oliver Pei inexplicably thought of Dong Jing.

The new little queen was once the darling of the public and the media, but it was these people who once doted on her who watched her walk step by step towards death.

How absurd.

Oliver Pei was very familiar with this nursery rhyme, so he skipped the middle part and jumped to the end of the letter.

"So Cock Robin, farewell.

All the birds of the air,

Fell a-sighing and a-sobbing,

When they heard the bell toll,

For poor Cock Robin． "

Oliver Pei couldn't help but recite it aloud, and the sense of déjà vu between this nursery rhyme and the Dong Jing case became stronger and stronger.

He unlocked his phone and clicked directly into Weibo.

The hot search #心痛董婧# is still clearly listed on Weibo's hot search, as if confirming the ending of this nursery rhyme.

Oliver Pei tightened his grip on the letter paper and his face turned frighteningly pale.

He knew this wasn't the end.

【To all concerns, (Notify all stakeholders,)

This notice apprises, (This notice apprises)

The Sparrow's for trial,

At next bird assizes. (The sparrow will be judged.)

The other party deleted the true ending of the nursery rhyme, which means that the sparrow that actually killed the robin will never be judged, just like Damon Yang who was let go by them.

The elegant and gorgeous English cursive printed on the letter paper told Oliver Pei bluntly that this case was not an accident from beginning to end, it was just a game and a provocation by someone.

Let some of the little bugs who dared to investigate him see what a powerful being he really is.

After thinking this through, although Oliver Pei still looked unhappy, his eyes lit up.

After searching for so long, he finally came into contact with the so-called "him".

Blue is originally a very cold color, but in Oliver Pei's eyes it is like a burning fire that will burn everything to achieve its goal.

Until death.

"Buzz."

Oliver Pei's cell phone vibrated again, and the name "Shen Zheng" kept flashing on the screen.

【Doctor Pei, please reply when you get home safely. 】

That's really not romantic.

Oliver Pei typed the word "reply" and sent it, then turned his phone to silent mode and threw it away.

It's better for someone like him not to get involved in troublesome matters like love.