When a snail falls in love | Liskook

Chapter 45 ( Part 2)

After hastily having their lunch, they picked up another clue. In Lin County, some people had spotted a man roaming about who was suspected to be Chen Yong. Kwangsoo led the team and, with Jungkook's guidance, headed over to Lin County together. Due to Hanxia's death, a blanket of resentfulness was looming over the heads of the squad. Meanwhile, the criminal police officers did not realize that Jungkook had already stayed awake for a whole day. Instead, they were eager and determined to get started immediately because a famous detective was joining in their search.

Rosé took the opportunity to pull on Jungkook's sleeves when nobody else was around. "Captain, do you want to rest for half of the day?"

Jungkook shook his head said that there was no need to. He wanted to capture the culprit first.

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The first two days after Jungkook left, Lisa did not really think about him, and she never thought about calling him or sending him a message. When they were working on a case, everything else had to be put aside. Such was the unshakable, basic work ethic of a criminal police, which was deeply engraved in Lisa's own code of conduct.

The thing that she was more concerned about was how she could help him in solving the case. Consequently, she took the initiative to investigate and analyze information relating to the case, then she compiled them and submitted them to Taehyung so that Jungkook could use them anytime he needed to.

At lunchtime, she accidentally glanced at the encrypted folder that she saved inside the homicide case photos. A few seconds later and she had subconsciously clicked it open and was now staring at his face. After getting her daily fill of Jungkook's face, she closed the image again. A short while later, she opened it again so that she could stare at it for a few more seconds.

Right at that moment, Taehyung walked in with a stack of information and said to Old Wu, "The identification report is out. I'll scan it then fax it to Captain."

Lisa fell silent for some time before picking up a stack of files and following Tae into the photocopying room next door.

The object that needed to be identified was some powder particles found in the suspect's footprints, which had been sent to the City Bureau by the police from Xiang Chuan County last night. Tae stood in front of the scanner as he carefully checked each page. Lisa saw this and offered her assistance. "How about you just go ahead and notify the Public Security Bureau in Xiang Chuan County, I'll scan this for you, it'll be faster that way."

Lisa had always been diligent and prompt with her work, so Tae nodded and passed it to her, then added, "Once you're done, call Captain to update him."

As she listened to the caller ringtone beep rhythmically on her cellphone, Lisa felt a happiness tingle in her heart.

Jungkook's phone rang only once before he picked it up. "What's the matter?"

Lisa quickly started. "The identification report is out. I've already faxed it to Xiang Chuan Public Security Bureau and have also sent a soft copy to your phone."

"Alright."

There was a hint of huskiness in his voice, which made it seem hoarser than usual. Lisa paused for a moment then said, "Goodbye then."

"Wait a minute." He stopped her softly.

Lisa went silent and said nothing.

She instantly felt that her heart jumped when she heard these words.

Jungkook was leaning against the backseat of an inconspicuous car at the entrance of an alley in Xiang Chuan County.

He was leading a small team staking out a hotel where a man suspected to be Chen Yong had appeared, but so far, they had not seen the culprit. Presumably Rosé had mentioned Jungkook's situation to Kwangsoo, so Kwangsoo made him sleep for a few hours in the back seat of the car with the guarantee that he would wake him up if there was any progress. Meanwhile, Rosé and Kwangsoo stayed in a separate car.

Jungkook did not decline their offer, but just as he was about to doze off, he was jolted awake by Lisa's phone call.

"Nothing has happened in the city over the past few days, right?" He asked gently.

"Everything's normal." Lisa replied, "What about on your side?"

"We're still keeping watch."

The two of them kept quiet for some time, then Lisa raised the question that she was most concerned about. "You sound a bit husky, are you alright?"

Jungkook held his phone to his ear and looked out at the streets in the county. There were colorful lanterns and noisy passersby, and soon, a smile creeped out from the corner of his lips. "I'm not feeling very well since I drove for the whole night, and I probably haven't slept in more than fifty hours. I'm actually just about to take a quick rest."

Lisa was surprised but she said nothing.

In actual fact, this was nothing to Jungkook - there had been times when he suffered more than this. On top of that, he normally made sure never to complain to anyone, but when it came to Lisa...'Heh, I'll let her worry about me for a bit,' he thought to himself.

As Lisa listened to his usual collected tone, she could almost imagine his exhausted yet calm look. This instantly made her feel uncomfortable, such that she unknowingly furrowed her brows.

"Quickly take a rest then, I shall not interrupt you." She briskly replied. "Other than that, try your best to get enough sleep and eat on time. Also, feel free to contact me if you ever need to. Goodbye."

Before Jungkook could say anything, she said, "Teacher, quickly sleep," before hanging up the phone.

Jungkook looked at the darkened screen of his cell phone and he could not help but chuckle. After he did so, the local police officer who was seated in the front seat turned to grin cheekily at his superior. "Captain Jeon, is it sister-in-law who called to check on you?"

Jungkook neither admitted it nor denied it, and instead just leaned his fatigue body against the back seat and shut his eyes. He did so with a warm smile on his face. "Women like to worry... In any case, I'm going to sleep for a while, wake me up if anything happens."

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