Chapter Fourteen: True and False

  Gao Xiang scratched his head innocently and said: Didn't we used to call them that before, Miao Miao, Tong Tong, isn't that right?

  Zhang Tong said with a seemingly smiling expression: "Call your Miao Miao to come, don't make me call out in such an embarrassing way." As soon as the words left his mouth, Zhang Tong realized he had misspoken.

  Gao Xiang was also stunned and weakly replied: "What's with this 'my Miao', she's the dean's niece, why would she look at me?"

  Zhang Tong didn't know where he got it from, but a surge of evil fire suddenly rose up, and he said uncomfortably:

  "So you really like Tian Miao Miao, but are afraid of her uncle's opposition? Don't worry, if you have this intention, I'll help you matchmake!"

  As soon as the words were out, regret was too late... Gao Xiang weakly distinguished a sentence, raised his head to look at Zhang Tong and found that her expression didn't seem angry, but rather like she was forcing herself. In his mind, he involuntarily thought of the phrase "with a hint of anger", finished eating two mouthfuls of fried dough sticks, and seriously said to Zhang Tong: "Look what you said, how could I possibly like Tian Miao Miao? Right in front of me is a beauty who doesn't mind the hard work, early in the morning crossing half of Dayuan City just to deliver a steaming hot cup of soy milk for me. My mom taught me that one should be content with what they have, right?"

  Zhang Tong picked up the iron bowl in front of him and covered Gao Xiang's face, which was showing big white teeth, with it. He forcibly stuffed back the last half sentence that Gao Xiang had just spoken. In an instant, a remaining stream of soy milk flowed from Gao Xiang's face into his neck...

  Like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, Gao Xiang suddenly jumped up three feet high, lifted his clothes and found that the soy milk had flowed into his belly. He turned around to find Zhang Tong staring at his chest, let out a loud cry, covered his chest and rushed into the bathroom...

  Zhang Tong made her laugh so hard that she was holding her stomach, bent over the table and gasping for air. It wasn't until a long while later that Gao Xiang came out of the bathroom, sat down in front of her with a gloomy face and said: "I'm telling you Zhang Tong, I've been pranked! I'm all greasy now, it's so uncomfortable!"

  Zhang Tong rubbed his belly and replied: "This is also part of 'not afraid of hard work, early in the morning crossing half of Dayuan City', don't waste it haha."

  "I'm saying you did it on purpose, don't you know what criminology says about this kind of behavior?"

  "Not very clear, can you elaborate?"

  "Sour grapes!"

  Although it's been said that the five of them have been acting together all along, Zhang Tong and Gao Xiang were at most just colleagues. After this incident, the relationship between the two who had gone through thick and thin has actually become much closer. Previously, they hadn't really talked to each other, but now that they're both suspended from work for reflection, with nothing else to do, they ended up chatting and becoming familiar with each other.

  Gao Xiang talked about the interesting things that happened when he was a soldier, and Zhang Tong seemed very interested. He rummaged through a small box from under the bed: Inside were a photo album from his time in the army, a ring made from a bullet shell, an empty stun grenade, a military belt, and a silver national defense service medal.

  Zhang Tong carefully took out the ring and praised it, saying: "Heavens! It's a work of art. Is this something you made?"

  "This is a shell casing from a 95 rifle. I have a fellow soldier from Anhui who bought a ring like this on Taobao to coax his girlfriend, and after taking a closer look, I found that the craftsmanship isn't complicated, so I intentionally kept one of my bullet casings from when I hit 10 rings during target practice. I took it to my brother's machine shop and borrowed their small grinder to work on it for two or three days before finally making it. It just doesn't have a glossy finish or any paint, so it looks like it won't sell well."

  Zhang Tong couldn't help but say: "How could that be? It's already very good, so beautiful! Wait a minute... you mean this was also made to give to your girlfriend? Quickly speak quickly, tell me about this."

  Gao Xiang smiled helplessly and said: "They didn't want it, I'll bring it back when I retire." Zhang Tong asked cautiously: "The people in the army?"

  "Uh, one of my fellow townspeople, a female soldier, is still in the army and I heard she's going to be promoted."

  By noon, Zhang Tong found that the house rented by Gao Xiang didn't even have a stove, so they had to go out to eat. On their way, Huang Xue, the instructor, had specifically sent Zhang Tong a text message saying that meal and transportation expenses during the supervision period would be reimbursed by the company. Gao Xiang was used to being a poor guy and didn't know what to do when taking a girl out to eat. Just as he was about to ask Zhang Tong what she usually liked to eat, a police car pulled up in front of them and stopped.

  The two of them exchanged a strange glance at the police car, just as they were about to avoid it, three people jumped out from inside. The leader was quite stout, and Zhang Tong was taken aback - wasn't this the captain of the criminal police team?

  Gao Xiang also recognized Captain Zhou, and when he looked back again, his eyes widened slightly. A beautiful policewoman was standing there, with her jacket slung over her arm, wearing a light blue blouse on top, and a hat covering her neat short hair. The only pity was that her face was a bit too round; if it were heart-shaped, she would be **naked uniform temptation!**

  Gao Xiang was sizing up the sly-looking woman, and just as his gaze met hers, a sharp glance shot back at him, making Gao Xiang jump in fright. This female cop had such piercing eyes! Meanwhile, Zhang Tong bounced over to the female cop's side, affectionately linking arms with her and saying, "Sister Li, what wind blew you here?"

  Li surname policewoman took a glance at Gao Xiang and smiled at Zhang Tong: "Your boyfriend?"

  Zhang Tong hadn't even had time to introduce himself, when Gao Xiang came over and said with a smile: "Officer sister, you look familiar, haven't we met somewhere before?"

  The policewoman looked at Gao Xiang with a scrutinizing gaze, as if she were examining a suspect, and asked in surprise: "You?" Then she looked at Zhang Tong again, even more suspiciously, saying: "Have I caught you before? What crime have you committed?"

  Gao Xiang almost spat out a mouthful of old blood and flew backwards, this is too damaging to his self-esteem, I'm so handsome, looking like a suspect who's turned over a new leaf!

  Zhou's team came over in time and asked: Are you the ones from the Happiness Road Police Station? Is there a Gao Xiang living around here? Ah, it was that auxiliary policeman who threw stones that day.

  Zhang Tong smiled bitterly and pointed at Gao Xiang: Isn't that...

  Three more people joined, and the five of them found a decent restaurant for home decoration. They ordered a private room and randomly selected 5 or 6 dishes. Zhou's team opened several cans of Red Bull and then said to Gao Xiang: "That's what happened, you take a look at this first."

  The police officer who saved Tian Miao Miao took out a few A4 papers from his bag and handed them to Gao Xiang, saying: "This is internal information communication from the Municipal Bureau, it's confidential, don't spread it around after you've read it."

  Gao Xiang took a look at the headline "4.12 Major Murder Case of Female Student Solved in Just Six Days, Five Suspects Caught" and suddenly became interested. He waved it at Zhang Tong, who also looked excited and leaned over to read together with Gao Xiang.

  On April 18, Comrades Gao Xiang, Tian Miao Miao (female), and Zhang Tong (female) from the Happiness Road Police Station were the first to discover the suspect's trail. The three immediately reported to the command center and followed the suspect's movements in a timely manner. At 5:40 am on the next day, with the joint efforts of the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Investigation Team, Special Police Team, Armed Police Team, and County Bureau's police officers, the main culprits were successfully captured at Zhaojiawan. Recently, the Municipal Bureau commended the personnel involved in the case...