investigative chronicle

Chapter 1 Nightmare
The cracking pain woke Ji Si'an from a coma, and every part of his body was as stiff as wood, unable to move.She tried her best to open her eyes, but the floor she saw was a little strange.She tried to move her head to observe other parts of the room, but the strong dizziness forced her to close her eyes again.

Ji Si'an opened her mouth and panted heavily, and the filling of air finally revived her spirit a little.She struggled to raise her sticky hand to her eyes, and through the dim light from the curtain, she saw the dark red liquid slowly slipping from her hand, almost falling on her face...

It's blood... At this time, the recovery of the sense of smell allowed her to make a successful judgment.The fishy smell mixed with the smell of rust made her very uneasy.But fortunately, her body has gradually recovered its functions at this time. She gritted her teeth and supported her body on her elbows. The blood dripping from her long hair only made her stunned for a moment, and her left hand unconsciously touched the back of her head.The moment she touched the viscous liquid, the pain from the back of her head made her slightly relieved. She was injured, but it was not too serious.

Ji Si'an gritted his teeth, desperately controlled his unresponsive limbs to sit up.She couldn't wait to look around, but her eyes collided with a pair of lifeless eyes.The woman on the bed sat paralyzed on the head of the bed, her extremely thin body and limbs like dead branches made her feel a little scared.

"Hello..., where is this?" Ji Si'an tried hard to control his voice and made a low voice.

The woman didn't seem to hear, still looking straight at her.Doesn't she even blink?Suddenly a bad thought popped up, she boldly took another look at her eyes... the pupils of that woman had already dilated....Ji Si'an was so frightened that she backed up with hands and feet, and she was forced to stop until her back touched the cold wall and there was no way to retreat.

The hard and cold wall made her calm down quickly, and she needed to get out of here quickly.Just as this thought popped out, her body had already reacted consciously. She leaned on the wall and tried to stand up, but she stepped on a soft lump under her feet.Ji Si'an lowered his head subconsciously, it turned out that he had stepped on a plush toy.She looked under the bed in the direction of the toy, and there was a small body lying there quietly. It was a 7- or 8-year-old girl.

Ji Si'an staggered forward to check the child's situation, but fell to the ground again.She tried to reach out but suddenly retracted. The child's little hand was as cold as a wall.The child... died too.Ji Si'an felt her head hurt more and more, she wanted to call the police immediately, call the police... on the phone.She fumbled into her pocket vigorously, but the tingling pain from her hand made her withdraw immediately.She looked at her bleeding finger in disbelief. There was no mobile phone in her pocket... but a knife....She turned her head to look at the woman and the child, how could the knife be on me..., what happened....

Just as she was in a daze, there was a sound of unlocking the door. She shivered and hid in the corner of the bedroom, unconsciously clenching the knife in her pocket...All senses are magnified during tense moments.Although she didn't probe, she still clearly knew that as the heavy anti-theft door was pushed open, someone came in, one step at a time.He stopped at the entrance, turned on the lights in the corridor, and stayed there for a while, as if he was changing shoes.

Ji Si'an swallowed, and looked at the two corpses under the bed with difficult eyes, not knowing what to do for a while.But this kind of entanglement didn't stay for long, and a male voice came. "Xiao An, are you awake? How do you feel?"

The man seemed to have expected that no one would answer, and quickly said to himself: "They are all gone, and you and I are left. We can finally...have a good talk."

"What? Did I strike too hard? Are you still awake?"

His voice was getting closer.Ji Si'an could even hear his breathing.She gathered herself into a ball, hoping that the man would not find her, but everything was in vain, the man still came straight to the room where she was hiding...

The moment the bedroom door was pushed open, Ji Si'an woke up suddenly, sat up sweating profusely, and after seeing the surrounding situation clearly, he lay down again, and it was this dream again...She had had this dream for a long time, but every time it seemed like she had experienced it all over again.

The wet pajamas sticking to his body was very uncomfortable. Ji Si'an randomly straightened his sweat-drenched hair, and his hands touched the scar on the back of his head unnaturally. A reminder of what happened before....She was still immersed in her own thoughts, when the alarm clock rang suddenly, which startled her.She immediately got up and hurriedly turned off the alarm clock. It was already 06:30, and her mind was still not calm, but her body led her to the bathroom autonomously like a conditioned reflex.She washed her face with cold water, and the reflection of herself in the mirror was frighteningly pale.

She hasn't slept well for a long time.Especially since these days, she has repeatedly had the same nightmare, and the scenes in the dream all happened when she was 3 years old.

Such a terrible dream, but she wants to be there every time, she wants to remember more clues... But every time she thinks about the details, every time she doesn't see the murderer's face... ..., but the perception is getting richer and richer.

She raised her slender hand, and the touch of water droplets falling from her fingertips reminded her of the drop of blood and the floor. She seemed to know the material of the floor this time, which was dark brown solid wood...Ji Si'an scratched her hair angrily, damn it, next time she must wait until the murderer opens the door, maybe she can see his face clearly.

Ji Si'an went out in a daze, and she still didn't recover when she was pushed onto the subway.However, her state did not attract anyone's attention. This is the tragedy of beating workers. They are all desperate to make a living, and no one is easier than the other.

In fact, she has never disliked the crowded carriages, and even slightly likes them. It is precisely because of these talents that she has the feeling of truly living in reality.She stood by the door, her face was almost pressed against the glass, the dark circles under her eyes could be seen in the blurred reflection of the window, one can imagine how embarrassed she is now.

It's time for the unit to be ridiculed by that girl Luo Li again.Thinking of this, a round-faced girl with exquisite makeup appeared in her mind unconsciously.I really envy her.She is also 21 years old, graduated from the law department of the same university, and tried out in the same law firm, but the situation is completely different.She has no relatives in the city, but she is the little princess in her family. She works hard for fear of being fired, but she doesn't care about it. Anyway, there is always someone who can rely on and deal with the aftermath.It's nice to have a family, and it's nice to live in the city, Ji Si'an thought unwillingly, and was pushed out of the car by the people behind him without paying attention.

She sighed helplessly, and had to follow the crowd to get on the subway again, still at the door, still repeating the same experience at every station, these reminded her of that dream again.Due to her injuries and her young age, as the only survivor and witness in the case, she could not provide any valuable information. The murderer who killed her mother and sister would be caught at some point...

Fortunately, people who have worked hard to make a living don't have much time to be sad, and she has arrived.Ji Si'an moved out of the subway station with the flow of people, and she didn't have time to tidy up her trampled shoes until she stood in the sun, sighing and wiping the stains on her body with a wet towel in vain.

(End of this chapter)