Chapter 1: Sniping

  Jiupin Literature welcomes you, and any search engine searching for "Jiupin Literature" can quickly enter this site. This site permanently provides free downloads of high-quality and txt format services without pop-up windows! Dinner was cooked by Gu Hanhao himself, but the ingredients were carefully selected from the refrigerator by Ling Lan. It's said that careful selection is because four-fifths of the food in Gu Hanhao's huge double-door refrigerator has expired or gone bad, and the remaining one-fifth has also been spoiled by those rotten foods.

  Gu Hanhao originally suggested throwing these things away and taking Ling Lan out to eat or ordering takeout, but Ling Lan was very dissatisfied with Gu Hanhao's extravagant style. She carefully selected enough ingredients for two people, washed them clean, and handed the battlefield over to Gu Hanhao. Because just now Gu Hanhao had boasted about his cooking skills, Ling Lan naturally didn't believe him. This workaholic often doesn't come home for several days, and even the refrigerator is in such a mess - what kind of culinary skills could he possibly have? Taking the opportunity to dampen Gu Hanhao's arrogance was also good.

  Then Ling Lan sat in the living room watching TV and waiting, but more than half an hour later, Gu Hanhao disappointed Ling Lan. It wasn't the disappointment of a meal being hard to swallow, but the disappointment of a wish for a sharp edge falling flat.

  Gu Hanhao's craftsmanship is really good! The dishes are simple, only two dishes and one soup, the staple food is also ordinary rice, but it's indeed delicious. Ling Lan couldn't help but exclaim while eating, "Better than Xiaolongbao."

  After dinner, Gu Hanhao received several phone calls about the surveillance of three suspects and Shao Meiyan's recent movements. Ling Lan curiously asked for details, but Gu Hanhao simply said, "It was just a report, no results."

  Ling Lan sighed, "At this moment, they will certainly be cautious and won't take any action. This matter can't be rushed, let's just wait and see."

  In the evening, Ling Lan lazily leaned on the big sofa in Gu Hanhao's living room, embedding her entire body into the comfortable softness, and painted with great languor. Gu Hanhao opposite her was also the same, weakly leaning on the sofa, rubbing the fifth chapter of the painting paper to a pulp.

  Ling Lan painted the "fake mom" in that park, while Gu Hanhao naturally painted the kind stranger who did good deeds without leaving his name.

  "I think we're wasting our time. Firstly, memories from seven years ago are too distant, and secondly, after so many years have passed, they must have changed their appearance." Ling Lan arranged the three portraits she had drawn, none of which were satisfactory.

  "Take a look at the study," Gu Hanhao pointed, "Nowadays, forensic technology is different from before. My computer has professional software that can scan in a person's youthful photos and generate their appearance at various ages with an accuracy rate of over 60%."

  "It's just this low." Ling Lan was unimpressed.

  "A person's appearance changes and external factors are also inseparable, sixty percent is already good enough."

  "Really? Then I'll go try." Ling Lan stood up and walked towards the study.

  "This is no laughing matter!" Gu Hanhao pulled her back.

  Ling Lan turned her head and gazed at Gu Hanyu with a pair of pitifully beautiful eyes, "Captain, please be lenient this once."

  Gu Hanhao was about to lose his temper, but suddenly thought of Ling Lan's experiences that day. First, she had cried a lot because of Peng Ze, and then she was shocked by the astonishingly similar pasts of the two people, her nerves had just relaxed, at this time if she was still disappointed, wasn't it too inhumane?

  "Alright, alright, I give up." Gu Hanhao stood up and walked towards the study.

  Ling Lan followed behind him, hopping around like an excited little rabbit, muttering to herself, "Let's see what I'll be like when I'm 40, maybe it won't be any different from now!"

  Gu Hanhao used a digital camera to take pictures of Ling Lan, then clicked open that professional software, operating while introducing it to Ling Lan. Only then did Ling Lan discover that this was a very complex software, fundamentally different from the usual game-like facial transformation software.

  Ling Lan finally got what she wanted and saw her 30-year-old self. Indeed, there was not much difference from now, only with more intellectuality and stability.

  Gu Hanhao hadn't even had time to help Ling Lan operate when, looking at her 40-year-old appearance, the phone rang loudly.

  It was a call from Yuan Jun, Gu Hanhao thought it was another phased report, so he answered in front of Ling Lan.

  "Captain Guo, there's been a homicide at an apartment near Dr. Huo's residence." Yuan Jun reported over the phone.

  Gu Hanhao remembered that Dr. Huo's home was not in Jingjiang District, but in Fujiang District, which was not within his jurisdiction. Was the deceased a person related to Dr. Huo?

  "Who is the deceased?" Gu Hanhao asked while noticing that Ling Lan was startled by the two words "deceased".

  "The deceased is an employee of an environmental protection materials company named Cai Wei Qi, that's all we know for now. The criminal police from Fuzhou District have arrived at the scene."

  Gu Hanhao still didn't understand why Yuan Jun wanted to report this case to him. "I'm waiting for your explanation."

  Yuan Jun paused for a moment on the other end of the phone, "The killer may be Qiu Feng."

  "Send me the address, I'm setting off now."

  Gu Hanhao hung up the phone, took out his gun and rushed to Ling Lan who was still in a daze in the study room, saying: "I'm going out now, lock the doors and windows when you get back, be careful. What are you still stunned for, come out!"

  Ling Lan walked to the door, "I just heard Ou Feng, did he commit another crime?"

  "It's still uncertain, just Yuan Jun's speculation." Gu Hanhao pulled Ling Lan out of the door.

  "I'm going too, don't forget you promised me in person to let me participate in the investigation." Ling Lan once again used a slightly deceitful tactic, grasping tightly onto Gu Han's arm with both hands. "You can't back out before Ou Feng is caught."

  Gu Hanhao tried to shake off her hand, but found that he couldn't get rid of this sticky girl, so he could only helplessly glance at her.

  According to the address on Yuan Jun's text message, Gu Hanhao took Ling Lan to a high-rise apartment building facing the main road.

  Ling Lan followed behind Gu Han, looking at the familiar police cordon, and immediately recalled the scene of Meng Yu's fall. Looking again at the not-too-distant tree with a corpse hanging from it, as well as the forensic expert who had been lifted up by a ladder. She understood that the deceased was also a victim of a fall, but unlike Meng Yu, who died the moment he hit the ground, this person died the moment his body was pierced by the branches.

  Gu Hanhao and Yuan Jun bumped into each other, and when Yuan Jun saw Ling Lan following behind Gu Hanhao, he revealed a surprised expression. However, he clearly didn't have the time to ask questions or exchange greetings with Ling Lan, instead directly leading the two of them past the police cordon and into the first-floor lobby of the apartment building, where they took the elevator up to the 11th floor.

  Several people with solemn expressions were standing at the entrance of room 1104, apparently plainclothes.

  Yuan Jun led the two of them to their front and introduced, "Captain Yan, this is Captain Gu, Captain Gu, this is Yan Lixing, the captain of the Fugang District Criminal Police Brigade."

  Ling Lan roughly sized up this Yan Lixing, his hair was half white, but there weren't many wrinkles on his face, looking to be only in his forties, as for the hair, it's probably due to overthinking.

  Yan Lixing expressionlessly stretched out his hand and shook hands with Gu Hanhao, "S city, no, the youngest captain of the provincial criminal police team, the most promising rising star, even the director of the bureau can't stop praising Captain Gu, I've long admired your great name."

  Gu Hanhao didn't have much of an expression, "I don't dare to. This isn't my jurisdiction, I shouldn't be intervening, but according to the reports from my subordinates, the killer is likely one of our suspects we're currently tracking."

  Yan Lixing nodded, casting his gaze towards room 1106 next door. "Yes, the neighbor from next door had heard the deceased arguing with someone before. Our people have already asked about it. If you're interested, go ask them yourselves."

  Gu Hanhao nodded and said thank you, then walked into the open door of 1106. Yuan Junling gave Ling Lan a look, indicating that she should follow him in too.