Since it was too late to go there that day, Zhong Han and Gu Xiaofan simply went straight to the Public Security Bureau after leaving Xu Ruobei's house.
In winter, the days are shorter every day. It was dark just after the end of get off work. When Zhong Han and Gu Xiaofan returned to the Public Security Bureau, Gao Xuan and Tang Hongye were also there. The tips of their noses were still a little red. One of them was holding a steaming cup and drinking hot tea. It was estimated that they had just come back from outside and were frozen to the core by the biting cold wind.
"You're back?" Tang Hongye waved and greeted them as soon as they walked in, and joked, "You look frozen, have you been running outside all day? I say, Zhong Han, Gu Xiaofan is a girl, you should be gentle with her at work!"Zhong Han smiled and nodded, indicating that he accepted the criticism, but Gu Xiaofan felt that it was not good to let others take the blame for no reason, and waved his hand at Tang Hongye: "You just like to joke around, it's not the first day we have been colleagues, you know I am particularly afraid of cold, in fact, we hardly stayed outdoors today, just walked a short distance from the parking downstairs, and I was frozen like this, how can I blame others.""Xiaofan, drink some hot water quickly, look at your face." Gao Xuan held the cup, blowing the tea leaves floating on the rim of the cup, and said to Gu Xiaofan with concern.Gu Xiaofan nodded somewhat embarrassedly, picked up his teacup from the table, and walked to Zhong Han's table: "Pour you a cup of hot water too?""No, just give it to me." Zhong Han picked up his own water cup. By the way, he took hers from Gu Xiaofan as well, "If I don't take this opportunity to prove that I am still a gentleman, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain myself in front of Master Tang in the future!"After he said this, Tang Hongye laughed. Gu Xiaofan was also amused and handed over the cup."Xiaofan, how is it? Is there any progress?" While Zhong Han went to the side to pour water, Gao Xuan asked Gu Xiaofan about the progress with concern.Gu Xiaofan shook his head: "I'm a little confused now. I feel that I have learned a lot, but not much can be regarded as substantial progress."Gao Xuan smiled. Patting her shoulder to comfort her, Zhong Han came over with two cups of hot water, and he said to Zhong Han: "Have you found a hard bone?""It's a bone. I think the soft ones are tasteless." Zhong Han replied with a smile.Gao Xuan also smiled, but glanced at the calendar on the table and frowned again: "Oh, I didn't know until I saw it. It's been a while since you took over this case. It's not good to keep going around in circles. I heard that the victim of this case is a wealthy businessman? Then you have to pay more attention to the social impact. In case the family members are unhappy, if they think our public security bureau is not doing a good job, it will have a big impact on you.""This is true," Tang Hongye nodded at the side, "There was a senior in our bureau before. He was smooth sailing and everything was calm, but he took over a hostage kidnapping case and spent a lot of money. The rescue failed and the hostage was killed. Although it was a pity, there were no mistakes or errors in the whole procedure. It can only be said that the person was unlucky, but the family was unwilling to accept it. It was not over yet, and they kept making trouble outside, causing public opinion to be in an uproar. There were all kinds of rumors, and later they couldn't stand it anymore. I had to transfer the senior away, because his future was greatly affected anyway! If you don't make any progress, remember to comfort the family members, don't take the blame for no reason, that would be fatal! ""Okay, I know what I'm doing." Zhong Han nodded to Tang Hongye, thanking him for his reminder."Speaking of which, we should have helped out and contributed, but... I heard from the captain that you didn't want others to intervene and help. I was afraid that my good intentions would lead to bad results and delay your achievements, so I didn't ask you." Gao Xuan glanced at a file on his desk, "Now even if I want to help you, I don't have time.""It doesn't matter. I haven't thought about whether I can achieve results or not, and I don't care much. The main thing is that when the captain came to me, he told me that some people thought I was new and unfamiliar with the environment, and Gu Xiaofan's professional level was not very high, so they were afraid that we couldn't complete the task well. I don't care. Being new to the environment and unfamiliar with the environment is not an unjustifiable shortcoming, but if I agree with this statement, it is equivalent to admitting that the person who said that Gu Xiaofan's professional level is not good is right. You say, in this case, you can't help others throw dirty water on Gu Xiaofan just to save yourself some effort, right?" Zhong Han said to Gao Xuan with a helpless look on his face."Yes, I didn't realize before that you are quite a loyal person!" Gao Xuan didn't express his opinion, but Tang Hongye gave Zhong Han a thumbs up, "You are a real man!"Gao Xuan smiled awkwardly, looked at Gu Xiaofan who was playing with the water cup in his hand and didn't say anything, and asked gently: "Xiaofan, do you have anything else? If not, I will take you home on the way?""If it's not too much trouble, OK." Gu Xiaofan hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but nodded.Several people finished their work separately, put on their coats and were about to leave. The door of the office opened, and Tang Li walked in from outside. Seeing that Zhong Han and Gu Xiaofan were there, he breathed a sigh of relief and waved to them: "Don't leave yet, stay to see someone."At this time, Gu Xiaofan and others noticed that there was another person following Tang Li."It seems we have to work overtime," Zhong Han glanced at Gu Xiaofan, who looked a little annoyed, and said to Gao Xuan, "If you have nothing to do, why don't you stay and wait for Gu Xiaofan for a while?"Gu Xiaofan looked at Gao Xuan anxiously, waiting for him to speak.Gao Xuan was stunned, then nodded, and said with a smile: "If Xiaofan wants me to stay and wait, I will definitely obey even if I have something to do.""Don't delay if you have something to do. I don't know when I will be here." Gu Xiaofan was a little disappointed when he heard Gao Xuan's words, but he was embarrassed to really delay Gao Xuan's time. "After the end, I can take Zhong Han's car, or take the bus.""How can this be! I have already told you, forget it, I'll wait for you here, it doesn't matter if you are anxious or not." The more Gu Xiaofan refused, the more determined Gao Xuan was to wait."No, no, plans are not as fast as changes!" Gu Xiaofan waved his hand.Zhong Han patted Gu Xiaofan on the shoulder: "I say, why are you so unromantic? Since Gao Xuan is so sincere, you keep trying to push him away, which hurts his feelings.""That's right!" Tang Hongye smiled at Gu Xiaofan with a wink."Then... just wait for me for a while!" Gu Xiaofan's disappointment was diluted a lot. Being coaxed by Zhong Han and Tang Hongye, she also felt that urging Gao Xuan to leave again and again seemed to have dampened Gao Xuan's enthusiasm. After all, this was the first time Gao Xuan invited her to ride with him.Gao Xuan smiled at Gu Xiaofan, nodded, looked at Zhong Han and Tang Hongye, took off his coat again and sat back at his desk."Let's go, let's go inside." Tang Li motioned the man behind him to follow him, and called Zhong Han and Gu Xiaofan to go to a small reception room inside.On the way to the reception room, Gu Xiaofan had been secretly looking at the man brought by Tang Li from behind. The man looked ordinary, in his forties, nothing special, and Gu Xiaofan was sure that she didn't know this man, but she couldn't help but feel that he was familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere.After entering the reception room, she asked Tang Li: "Who is this?"Tang Li pulled the man to her side and asked Zhong Han and Gu Xiaofan: "Look carefully, can you recognize him?"Zhong Han frowned slightly and looked at the man in front of him. Gu Xiaofan also carefully recalled why this man made him feel so familiar.The middle-aged man was a little uncomfortable being stared at and looked at like this. He moved his feet from time to time and subconsciously rubbed his hands at the trouser line."I think I must have seen him somewhere..." Gu Xiaofan felt that this man was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it.Zhong Han looked at him for a long time, then walked around to the back of the man, stood far away, half-closed his eyes and looked at him for a long time, his brows suddenly frowned more tightly."Did we make a wrong judgment before?" He asked Tang Li uncertainly.Tang Li nodded, sighed, and took out a piece of paper from his pocket. It was printed with the surveillance video footage they had found before. A person was walking on the street. The screen was frozen with a figure and a profile face with unclear facial features."What's going on? Could it be... we made a mistake?" Gu Xiaofan looked at the printed content on the paper, and then looked at the man in front of him who was a little uncomfortable. He instantly understood why he felt that the other person looked very familiar, but he couldn't recognize him. After a long time, he felt that the only thing that was familiar to him was this clothes and this body outline!The man in front of her and the man who was identified as Ren Xuefeng in the surveillance video were exactly the same in height and build, and even the clothes they wore were exactly the same. She couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in her heart."Yes, that person is not Ren Xuefeng, it's him." Tang Li pointed at the man next to him, "We made a mistake."