Chapter 269: Thunderstorm Night

December 10, 1999, an ordinary weekend. My master, Gu Changzheng (who was an ordinary criminal policeman at the Jiangdong Branch Bureau at the time), and his colleague and good buddy Hu Jinquan were called to the home of their master, Lu Haoxuan, the then-Captain of the Jiangdong Branch Bureau's Criminal Police Brigade, for dinner.

Going to the master's house for dinner on weekends was a common occurrence.

"Oh, is this a tradition?" Su Ruonan tilted her head and looked at Luo Fei with a smile.

Luo Fei, who was narrating, smiled, looked at his master Gu Changzheng, who was communicating with the Municipal Bureau leaders not far away, and patted Su Ruonan's head: "I don't know who goes there more often than I do!"

The two looked at each other and smiled. For this master who had always been single, the Luo Fei couple had feelings like children toward a father. Usually, rather than saying they went to Gu Changzheng's house for a free meal, it was better to say that the two used this as an excuse to accompany Gu Changzheng for dinner, chat, and clean his house.

Luo Fei held Su Ruonan's hand, and the two walked slowly out of the cemetery. While walking, Luo Fei continued to tell the story of Master Gu Changzheng and his wife Fang Jie:

The night of December 10 was the day they first met. The atmosphere at the old captain's house that night was very good. Originally, the old captain arranged for Master Gu Changzheng to send Teacher Fang home, but a sudden case caused them to separate in a hurry. (See the Chang Brothers Case for details)

However, according to what the master chatted about later, he recognized her the first time he saw the mistress that night! Perhaps this is love at first sight!

Although the master was busy with the series of vicious cases caused by the struggle between the Chang brothers and the Zhang family siblings during that time, it did not stop the communication between the two.

Teacher Fang and the old captain Lu Haoxuan's wife, Teacher Wei, were colleagues. Naturally, the Wei couple created many opportunities for them to meet.

Their relationship also warmed up day by day. Under the arrangement of the old captain, they held a wedding at the end of 2000 after ending the Chang brothers' gang-related case.

That period was the happiest time for the master. Although I hadn't joined the police force then, I could feel it from the master's narration, until that night's accident happened!

That was July 2001...

July was the hottest month of the year in Zizhen City. Fang Jie was already on summer vacation. At this time, she was already two months pregnant, but her husband Gu Changzheng didn't know this news yet.

Pan Tingting, the director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the Zizhen Maternal and Child Health Hospital, who was a classmate in high school, told her that the hospital had just purchased a batch of color ultrasound equipment, and a fetus like hers, which was already 8 weeks old, could be seen clearly through color ultrasound.

Fang Jie made an appointment with her to go to the hospital today. She wanted to print out the baby's photos and give Gu Changzheng a surprise.

Originally, the two made an appointment for ten o'clock in the morning, but Pan Tingting had a temporary surgery, so the time was changed to four o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, the weather was still scorching hot. Gu Changzheng was busy at the brigade, and she went downstairs at 3:30 and hailed a taxi to the hospital.

Everything went smoothly in the hospital. Looking at the baby the size of a raspberry in the photo, Fang Jie felt sweet like honey in her heart.

She immediately called Gu Changzheng and made an appointment to have dinner together near the Ginza Building in the evening, wanting to tell him this good news at that time.

However, the unfortunate thing was that Gu Changzheng's phone went unanswered. As a police family member, she was long used to it, knowing that her husband must have a task and the phone was not on him. So she laughed and asked Pan Tingting to accompany her, actually wanting to thank this old classmate.

A beautiful day, everything was so smooth, making people happy. Gu Changzheng's failure to appear did not affect Fang Jie's mood.

It was already 8 o'clock in the evening when dinner ended. At this time, God was not beautiful, and suddenly a rainstorm fell.

And until this time, Gu Changzheng had not called her back. Looking at the rain curtain outside, Fang Jie still felt a little regret.

She hoped to tell her husband this good news here, the restaurant where they had their first date alone.

Pan Tingting seemed to see her thoughts, smiled and said goodbye to her, saying that she would leave the time behind to the couple.

Fang Jie smiled knowingly and said goodbye to her old classmate, waiting alone in her seat for Gu Changzheng's call. Because she knew that no matter how busy he was, Gu Changzheng would definitely call her back first if he was in a state where he could make a call!

Time passed second by second, and the people in the restaurant gradually became fewer, until only her table was left.

Seeing the eyes cast by the waiter frequently, she showed an apologetic smile. Until the hour hand of her watch pointed to ten o'clock, her phone was still lying quietly on the table. The disappointment just rushed to her heart, but was suppressed by her!

Before becoming a policeman's wife, she was already prepared to sacrifice. Only, she didn't expect that this time the sacrifice would be so thorough!

When the taxi carried her from the Ginza Building and headed home, the thunderstorm came again, and it was even bigger than the last time. The driver drove carefully, and the windshield wipers were already unable to cope with the torrential rain.

When the car drove to about one kilometer from their small home, the driver was waiting for the red light at the intersection, when suddenly two blinding strong lights shot from the side! It was exactly the direction Fang Jie was sitting!

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By the time Gu Changzheng received the call from the traffic police brigade, Fang Jie was already lying in the hospital morgue.

The other party was a pickup truck, and the driver was found to be in a state of having just consumed a large amount of drugs while driving.

Because the pickup truck was higher than the taxi, and the other party's speed was extremely fast, that hit directly on the right rear side where Fang Jie was sitting. Under the huge impact, the taxi door was cracked and dented into the carriage on the spot. Fang Jie on the car had no chance to react at all, and her right abdomen was directly pierced by the broken car door!

The pickup truck continued to roar forward after hitting the taxi, until the taxi was blocked by a thick ginkgo tree in the isolation belt and stopped!

When the traffic police brigade and 120 arrived at the scene, Fang Jie no longer had vital signs...

The accident investigation results came out quickly. The driver Tang Xiaofeng was a drug user who had been forcibly detoxified many times and belonged to the type who refused to change despite repeated education. On the day of the accident, after having a carnival with drug friends in a hotel, he had strong hallucinations, so he forcibly took the pickup truck keys from his drug friend Zhang Jie and rushed into the rain to look for excitement...

When collecting the relics, Gu Changzheng learned that Fang Jie was already pregnant with their child! And that color ultrasound photo of the baby was later burned to her by him at Fang Jie's funeral. In his words, he didn't deserve to have them! He was an extremely incompetent husband and father...

During that time, Lu Haoxuan pulled him back to his house every day, just afraid that he would not think it through and commit a crime.

Afterward, the perpetrator Tang Xiaofeng did not flee and surrendered voluntarily, and he was sentenced to five years in prison. This event was also characterized as a major traffic accident. Although Tang Xiaofeng was driving after taking drugs, his punishment was also standard, and Gu Changzheng couldn't find any fault...

Speaking of this, Luo Fei sighed heavily, his face full of loneliness.

Su Ruonan grabbed his arm tightly: "Wasn't the gang-related group in Zizhen City just taken down at that time? How could there still be drug circulation?"

Luo Fei's face changed, and he stared at Su Ruonan! ===== CHAPTER 270 =====