investigative chronicle

Chapter 16 Murder

That night, when there was a knock on the door, Ji Si'an was about to go to bed, and the exhaustion from working for many days made her a little mentally ill.The anxious knock on the door sounded like a loud knock, how could this temper be like that of a loli.When Ji Si'an saw the other person's face through the cat's eyes, he was startled, it turned out to be Yuan Mu...

As the door opened, Yuan Mu almost fell into the door, nearly knocking Ji Si'an down. "Yuan Mu, what's wrong with you?"

Ji Si'an just lowered her head slightly, and the soaring smell of alcohol surrounded her.How much did she drink...Ji Si'an dragged her into the door with great effort, and locked the door with his backhand before looking at Yuan Mu who was lying on the ground with a headache.This guy looked thin, but he was actually very heavy. It was still a little difficult for him to get her into bed.

Fortunately, Yuan Mu had some reaction at this time, she called Ji Si'an's name.Ji Si'an covered her nose and lowered her head to help her, but she hugged her and cried loudly.Ji Si'an didn't know how to face such a situation, so he had to imitate her grandma and stroke her back with her hands.

"Yuan Mu, what's the matter with you?" Ji Si'an handed Yuan Mu a cup of warm water who had just vomited.

Yuan Muhong closed his eyes and remained silent.It's not easy for Ji Si'an to ask any more questions. Speaking of which, they don't know each other very well, and they are far from being able to pry into each other's privacy.Besides, she was still a little cautious in reaching out to Yuan Mu. She wanted to investigate the murder of her mother and sister.

"Xiao An, how did you get rid of that thing and survive these years?"

"Huh?" Ji Si'an was stunned by the sudden question for a few seconds before he understood the meaning of her words.

She didn't want to say it at first, but seeing Yuan Mu's appearance, she seemed to have guessed something, so she said: "I was still young at that time, and with the injury and other factors, I actually don't have much memory of that incident. I ...not even remembering the face of my mother".

"The family rarely mentioned that incident. In order to prevent seeing things and thinking about others, my father...burned everything related to my mother and sister."

"If it wasn't for...if it wasn't for my stepmother to say that I was a bastard...I wouldn't even know it existed."

It was not long after her younger brother was born. Looking at the pink and soft little man, she couldn't help reaching out to touch his face, but her stepmother screamed and opened it.

She was terrified. Usually, although her stepmother treated her coldly, she never spoke ill of her like this....Since then, she has opened Pandora's box and learned more and more about her mother and sister from her stepmother...

The conflict broke out after she accidentally knocked over her younger brother's milk powder container, and her stepmother thought she was stealing it... and beat her....The father's silence represented connivance, and the stepmother was very serious. Those cursing words made her feel that it was because of herself that she caused her mother and sister to suffer such bad luck.They died, but she was still alive, and she even forgot about them all these years...

It was also that time that grandma slapped her father, and she broke with him because of this, and dragged her sick to the old house...She was young at that time, completely immersed in her own emotions, and didn't know how to feel sorry for her grandma. She just kept asking about the situation back then, desperately trying to recall the scene back then, and wanted to avenge them.

The poor grandma, who was working hard for her livelihood while keeping an eye on her mental state, passed away soon...

"I'm sorry, I...but I'm so uncomfortable..." The tissue Yuan Mu handed over fell askew on her shoulder, and Ji Si'an realized that she had already burst into tears.

"It doesn't matter, it's all in the past, we have to look forward and cherish the talents in front of us." Ji Si'an said with a sniff.

"The murder case of Zhaodi's family in the simple house...is very similar to my sister's...and your mother's case...and I suspect it's him...but they asked me to avoid it and not let me investigate.... Why... why don't they let me investigate. Xiao An, I... have waited... so hard for this day..." Yuan Mu lay on Ji Si'an's bed, and was still thinking about her sister before going to bed...

Ji Si'an struggled to adjust Yuan Mu's sleeping position, hesitated for a long time, thought of his mother and sister... finally couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, and opened Yuan Mu's schoolbag.The notebook inside was quite old, and only her sister's case was recorded on the yellowed paper.

In the summer five years ago, Yuan Mu's sister Yuan Shan was assigned to be an intern at Jiaotian, the police station where Yuan Mu is now.On July [-]th, dark clouds rolled in like splashed ink, and the rain had been raining for a whole day and there was no sign of stopping.More and more police officers were trapped and flooded, and even Yuan Shan was called to go out with everyone.

It was an emergency situation, a woman was found lying on the ground in the shelter and needed help.Yuan Shan rushed to the scene together with the deputy director who was on duty that day.Because there was a lot of water in the low-lying simple house, Yuan Shan followed the deputy director all the way to the simple house mentioned by the caller, wading through the rainwater up to the calves.

The thunderstorm overwhelmed the dilapidated power system. After the power outage, the simple house could not be seen, so they had to use the light of the strong flashlight to grope into the house.The sudden humanoid object on the ground made Yuan Shan scream in fright.The deputy director's face was already darkened. On the ground was a thin woman about 1.55 meters tall. Judging from her posture lying in the water, the situation was quite bad.

He handed the flashlight to Yuan Shan, stepped forward to help the woman up, tested her breath, and his expression became more solemn.Reluctantly, he touched her carotid artery, where it was calm and stiff...He shook his head and carefully laid the woman back down, only then did he notice the light red blood oozing from her chest and abdomen.

"It's a homicide. You watch here, don't allow anyone to approach, I'll report to the branch immediately." He left these words and went out alone.

It took him nearly 20 minutes to go there. Due to the impact of the thunderstorm, the radio station and mobile phone had no signal, so he traveled a long way to report to the branch office.

In this short 20 minutes, when he came back, Yuan Shan had already turned into a corpse...

He made a mistake and left Yuan Shan there alone without checking the surrounding scene.The murderer who returned to the scene took the opportunity to strangle Yuan Shan to death...

Because of the heavy rain, no valuable clues were left at the scene, and the case has not been solved for a long time...

This is why Yuan Mu came here to be a policeman, and why she insists on managing this community.It is precisely because she is obsessed with her sister's case that she is familiar with the police of the criminal police team.That's why when Ji Si'an asked her to check the files of her mother's case, she readily agreed.

Ji Si'an looked at the thick notebook with tears in his eyes...If I really get rid of that thing, I won't continue that nightmare until now.In fact, they are all the same, they all want to find out the truth, maybe only when the murderer is caught, this nightmare can truly end.

"You know everything?" Yuan Mu's voice startled Ji Si'an.

She turned her head in embarrassment, the notebook in her hand was very hot.

Yuan Mu supported the head of the bed and got up, took the book, and said softly: "I just read this. It seems that I haven't slept for a long time."

"I'm sorry." Ji Si'an apologized in a murmur.

"No need to apologize. Otherwise I wouldn't have found you either."

"Please pour me some more water, this broken wine is giving me a terrible headache." Yuan Mu said, rubbing his forehead.

(End of this chapter)