Due to the time difference, it was around 11 o'clock at noon when I returned to Shanghai, so I called Jiang Lina first and told him that I had landed at Shanghai International Airport, and I would report back to the bureau first, and go home directly after work, so that she would wait for me at home. After reporting that I was safe, I went straight out of the airport and took a taxi back to the city bureau.

When I returned to the office of the Thirteenth Branch, I only saw Wu Shaodong and Qi Shuguo, so I first handed over Thornton chocolate and Darjeeling black tea to the two of them, and asked them to go back and divide them. Then I took out a Scottish cashmere blanket and gave it to Wu Shaodong and asked him to pass it on to Chen Xinying. Qi Shuguo is not interested in chocolate, but he is a little interested in black tea, so I simply took out an extra bag from the trolley box and gave it to him.

Qi Shuguo was very happy to receive two bags of black tea, and said that he didn't mistake me, he knew how to respect the old and love the young, and at this moment I thought this little old man was also very cute.

After chatting with them for a while, Wu Shaodong asked me to go to the Pan Bureau to report on the work in London, and after the report, if the Pan Bureau was fine, I would go home directly to pour jet lag. I asked him how to arrange tomorrow for Saturday, and he thought about it and said, you can't become fat by eating a bite, go back to the bureau in the morning for a meeting, go back to rest in the afternoon, and stay at home on Sunday.

After expressing his gratitude to Wu Shaodong, he went directly to the fourth floor to report to Pan Bureau on transnational cooperation.

I knocked on the door of Pan's office, and he called me in.

"Xiao Cheng, yes! Yes, as soon as you go abroad, you will make meritorious contributions! When Pan Ju saw me come in, he got up from behind his desk and walked up to me, patted me on the shoulder and said with a smile.

I smiled and replied, "Pan Ju has won the prize!" ”

"Hmmm! Yes, it was really a soldier brought out by Lao Qin! Not arrogant or impatient. Sit down and speak! With that, I was pulled by Pan Ju to the reception sofa and sat down.

After seeing me sit down, he first went to the water purifier, took a cup of water from a disposable paper cup, and then returned to me and handed me the paper cup and said, "Drink saliva first and moisten your throat!" With that, he sat down on a single sofa next to him.

I took a sip of water, and then put the transnational cooperation agreement that Schneider asked me to forward in front of Pan Bureau, and said, "Pan Bureau, this agreement was asked by Director Schneider to hand it over, you can take a look!" ”

Pan Ju didn't look at the agreement, but asked me, "Xiao Cheng, the agreement is to let go first, I want to hear your opinion first, what extent can this transnational cooperation go?" ”

I sorted out my thoughts and replied, "Pan Bureau, with all due respect, it would be difficult to settle this case without foreign cooperation. ”

"Tell me!"

"There are two main points, the first is that the place of the crime is abroad, and it spans three continents and more than a dozen countries. The suspect is in the country, and the suspect has not committed a single case in the country. If we don't take the initiative to cooperate with our foreign counterparts, once the other party finds clues in their own country and then proposes to cooperate with us, we will not have the initiative. ”

"Second, this case involves nearly 40 lives, which is of a heinous nature! And so far we have not found the suspect's method of committing the crime, but we have vaguely learned that the use of color design to kill people has never been discovered before. If there is no multi-party cooperation, the investigation of the case will be very difficult, and there is no guarantee that the suspect will continue to commit crimes during this period. ”

"Well, you're right, I'll summarize that. Li Jiji and Zhou Mengdie used their knowledge of color to design a murder plan for their clients only abroad. And the plan is not implemented by two people, who only charge the relevant fees through the design. Xiao Cheng, am I right? ”

Pan Ju's logical thinking ability is very good, and a complex matter was summarized by him in a few words, so I nodded my head in approval.

Seeing that I had no objection, Pan Ju continued, "Because the cases are all abroad, they are a blank slate in China. This leads to the fact that once the case is discovered, something must have happened abroad, and at this time, the relevant foreign departments will ask us to assist in the investigation. However, the two have not committed any crimes in China, and at most they are instigating murder abroad, and it is the more than 30 people with vested interests who really kill people. Speaking of this, Pan Ju paused and took a sip of tea, and asked me, "Xiao Cheng, to be honest, this case has little to do with us, I can completely disagree with transnational cooperation, can you give me a reason to convince me?" ”

I thought for a moment and said, "Old Brown told me that once this case is solved, it will definitely be a classic case that will be recorded in criminal investigation textbooks, and the investigators will also leave their names in history." However, I don't agree with this kind of investigation for fame and fortune, I only want to say four words! ”

Pan Ju smiled and asked me, "Oh? Those four words? ”

I stood up straight from the couch and firmly spat out "Man!" from my mouth. Life! Close! Sky! ”。

"Good! What a life! Pan Ju yelled, and then said calmly, "The case needs to be investigated, but we also want honor!" The cases committed by the Chinese people must be ended by the Chinese people! I signed this agreement! ”

After the Pan Bureau signed the cross-border cooperation agreement, we chatted casually about some miscellaneous things, and I got up to say goodbye. After leaving the Pan Bureau's office, I called Brown Sr. and told him that there was no problem with my side, and that the other bureau chiefs' special lines or anything was none of my business. Brown Sr. understood this and told me that if there was any significant progress in the case, he might arrange for Amy to come to Shanghai to find me, and I shuddered when I heard about the kiss at the airport.

I went back to the office of the 13th Branch to pick up my luggage and said goodbye to Wu Shaodong and Qi Shuguo, and then took a taxi back to my home in Huandao Huayuan.

When I opened the door, Jiang Lina saw me for the first time, hurriedly helped me change into slippers, and told me to take a shower first. After the shower, I sat down with her, told her about my experiences in the Rotten Country, and then handed her the Scottish cashmere blanket and the silver tea set given by the old Browns. Jiang Lina is very fond of the silver tea set, and since then, she has another hobby every day, which is to wipe the tea set, and every time a guest comes to the house, he has to take out the tea set to make tea. As for the Scottish cashmere blanket, she put it away, ready to use it for her when Meng Meng returns.

After chatting for a while, Jiang Lina said that she didn't know that I came back so early, and I hadn't gone grocery shopping yet, and now it was not early, and she was going to the vegetable market quickly. I asked her not to go, just eat a bowl of noodles at night, she had to say no, I heard that the dishes of the rotten country are notoriously unpalatable, I must not be used to eating, I must eat something good these days. I can't force her, so I can only let her go.

After Jiang Lina went grocery shopping, I remembered that Wu Shaodong told me that Zhao Ling'er had found me and said that there were clues about Zhou Mengdie to tell me, and then I called the quirky girl:

"Hello? Ling'er? ”

"Yo! Isn't that a busy man? Remember calling me? Her yin and yang tone came over the phone.

"Didn't I go on a business trip to the Rotten Country, by the way, I heard our captain say that you have clues about Zhou Mengdie?"

"yes, do you want to know?"

I thought to myself, I don't want to know what I'm looking for you for, I'm fed and suffocated, but I can't say that, "Of course I want to know!" ”

"Any gifts?"

"Got you imported chocolates!" I feel so tired talking to her.

"Mmmm, seeing that you are so sincere, wait for me at the last café at school at 2 pm tomorrow!"

"Okay, that's it for now, hang up!" I quickly hung up the phone, I didn't have anything to do about this girl who didn't have a brain and only a little white rabbit.

After talking to Zhao Linger on the phone, I lay on the sofa and fell asleep in a daze.

"My husband is eating, wake up!" When I was sleeping soundly, Jiang Lina's voice sounded in my ears, and I opened my eyes with difficulty and asked, "What time is it?" ”

Jiang Lina rode on top of me, pinched my nose and said, "It's almost 7 o'clock, get up and eat!" ”

I took her aside, got up and sat up, stretched, and followed her to the small parlor.

I looked at the dishes on the table today and was surprised and said, "It's so rich today, Jiwei shrimp, crucian carp soup, sweet and sour short ribs, fried spinach, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes!" ”

"Mmmm, I'll give you a please, I'm still cooking chicken soup and I'll give it to you tomorrow." Jiang Lina said with a gentle smile.

I looked at her and naturally reached out and touched her cheek, and said to her, "I see that you have changed." ”

Jiang Lina asked me in surprise, "Husband, where has changed?" ”

"It's not like the little girl who likes to call me Brother Cheng every day, it's become more like a wife."

Jiang Lina held my hand with her own hand, leaned her cheek against my palm, and asked me softly, "Then do you like it?" ”

"I like it!"

"Alright, let's eat." She let go of her hand and blushed and motioned for me to eat quickly.

After eating for a while, I suddenly found that she only ate vegetarian vegetables and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and asked her suspiciously, "Why do you only eat vegetarian?" ”

She replied stupidly, "I want your husband to eat more ......"

I was speechless for a while, thinking to myself if this girl could be a little more stupid, I remember when I first met her, although her personality is weak, but she is quite clever? How do you get more stupid the longer you stay with me?

I was a little angry and served her a bowl of crucian carp soup, removed the bone spurs from the fish's belly, put it in the bowl of crucian carp soup that was served to her, handed her the soup bowl, and then said to her with a straight face, "Drink it!" ”

Seeing that she began to drink the soup in small sips, I peeled a few more shrimps and put them in her bowl, and just as I was about to add some other dishes to her, I suddenly found that she cried silently, and tears fell into the crucian carp soup one by one.

I asked her with a confused look on my face, "What's wrong?" Why are you crying again? ”

Hearing my words, she couldn't hold back anymore and cried out "Husband! Why are you so nice to me......"

I sighed, this girl was too sentimental. Putting down the chopsticks, I got up and walked to her, bent down, gently wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "We are two people, we are going to live for a lifetime, of course we will treat you well." ”

"Really?" Jiang Lina twitched her little nose and asked

"How could I lie to my family Lina? Don't cry, crying is not good-looking, I don't want you. "I had no choice but to continue to dismiss her.

"Okay, I'm not crying anymore." She chuckled softly and stopped crying.

"That's right, good, let's eat." Seeing that she finally broke into a smile, I returned to my place and continued to eat.

We finished dinner intermittently and returned to the living room together, Jiang Lina leaned on my shoulder, sat on the sofa together, watched TV casually, and chatted nonsense.

At this time, I have a feeling that this kind of peaceful life is actually what I have been pursuing, and ordinary is true.