Abyss of ignorance

Chapter 1 It's not cold when there is fire

At 2 o'clock in the morning, the conference room of the Linzhou Criminal Police Brigade was brightly lit.

"According to our current investigation, all the clues point to the woman in black who appeared in the surveillance, Gao Yuhan's death, and she is suspected of committing the crime." Chen Yu, the deputy director in charge, summed up the results of the night's discussion, "This It’s the sharpened image we just got, and we’re rushing to do face comparison, I suggest focusing on finding the identity of this woman after dawn.”

He is in his early 50s, and his hair is almost completely white, but his spirit is better than that of the young policemen present. His sharp eyes glanced at Lin Xiaodong, the captain of the criminal police brigade who was huddled in his seat, "Xiaodong, what do you say tonight?" A little less?"

Lin Xiaodong is a sturdy young man with chestnut skin, a hen's head on his head, and a jacket wrapped in a jacket. He, who is always cheerful, looks preoccupied today, with his brows furrowed.

"This case is a key case supervised by the city leaders. If you have any ideas, please speak up." Chen Yu urged.

"You don't need to look for it, I know this woman." Lin Xiaodong's words shocked everyone present, "Ye Mimi, female, 22 years old, the youngest Ph. The introduction of key talents, people with a maturity beyond her age and..." Lin Xiaodong paused, as if he couldn't find the right words to describe it, "and weird."

"Weird? You kid, it seems that you have already investigated and didn't report any clues?" Director Chen was obviously a little surprised. He knew Lin Xiaodong, he was a straightforward person, and he was dedicated to the public. There was no special reason, and he would not conceal it or not report it.

Lin Xiaodong scratched his messy hair: "Leader, it's not that I don't want to report to you. I also know this from the picture just now. I know her because I had a blind date with her just before." The last three Lin Xiaodong said the word in a very low voice.

After Lin Xiaodong finished speaking, several young policemen couldn't help snickering, but Lin Xiaodong's expression was very serious, and what he said immediately made everyone present unable to laugh: "The main reason is the date when I met her It's January 1."

"Is it the day Gao Hanyu died?" Chen Ju's expression also became serious.

"That's right, when I received the call from the bureau, I was having dinner with her. In other words, she had a perfect alibi, and that witness was me." Lin Xiaodong felt inexplicable frustration when he said this, from a According to the detective's instinct, he couldn't let himself go, and convinced himself that this was just a coincidence.He can still vividly remember the situation that day...

On January 1, Linzhou suffered a sharp drop in temperature in the past ten years. It rained overnight, and the whole city was bleak and cold.

"Are you sure you don't want to eat a little?" Lin Xiaodong glanced at Ye Mimi who was sitting opposite, and stuffed a piece of beef into his mouth.

Ye Mimi is very thin, and her skin is surprisingly pale. She looks chronically malnourished.However, she is wearing a tight black turtleneck sweater, which shows obvious muscle lines and a sense of strength that ordinary girls don't have, which is very contradictory.

As Lin Xiaodong, who has been engaged in criminal investigation work for a long time, although he looks carefree, he naturally has a vigilant observation of people. This is probably the reason why he has not found a date in his thirties. When the water is clear, there will be no fish.

However, at this moment, through the steam coming out of the copper stove hot pot, Ye Mimi sitting opposite is still like a mystery, and it is impossible to see what kind of person this is——she didn't make any unnecessary movements, the expression on her face There will be no obvious reaction on his expression because of his words, as if he is withdrawn from this world.

Mystery is often the source of a person's charm.

Consciously or unintentionally, Lin Xiaodong would look at her more - Ye Mimi, with flawless snow-white skin and bright eyebrows, as if he had just come to this world the moment before he came to see him, untouched by dust, with a kind of beauty that is independent of the world.

"Eat as much as you like, you ordered this restaurant, so it won't be to your liking, right?" Lin Xiaodong's tone had a gentleness that a rough man had never had before, "This beef is good."

Ye Mimi listened to his suggestion and picked up a piece of raw beef. However, to Lin Xiaodong's surprise, she didn't throw the raw meat into the hot pot and cook it, but stuffed it into her mouth without hesitation. Without dipping, I ate it without changing my face.

Things started to get weird.

"Uh, this is raw meat..."

"I'm used to it." Ye Mimi replied, took another piece of raw beef and continued eating.

"If I knew you liked raw food, we could go to a Japanese grocery store to eat sashimi." Lin Xiaodong said without words.

"But I like fire. When I was young, I got lost in the snow. Fortunately, I found a way to start a fire." Ye Mimi looked at the charcoal burning in the base of the copper stove hot pot, and for the first time, joy appeared in his eyes, "With fire , it’s not cold anymore.”

"Light a fire in the wild, then you're pretty good."

"It's not great, I just want to survive too much." Ye Mimi smiled slightly, making people ignore that this is a topic of life and death. , can save lives one day. I don't remember how many times I tried, I just know that from sunrise to dark, I kept repeating the same actions, drilling wood, blowing smoke, blowing, sparks and sparks. Extinguished, over and over again, like the curse of Sisyphus, but I don't want it to have an end, because that end is death. Finally, just in time for the dark, the dry grass burst into flames, I will never forget That fire, it was the first miracle I encountered in my life, at least that night, in the extremely cold valley, I was able to live."

Ye Mimi spoke softly, which made Lin Xiaodong almost suspect that he was fabricating it, until he caught a glimpse of Ye Mimi's palm, which was covered with white scars, which reflected light under the light.

"Your hand?" He couldn't help asking.

"Oh, it's from that time. I don't know if it's because it was too cold or because I was focused. I don't even know that the palm of my hand is worn out. I didn't realize it until I saw the blood marks on the wooden sticks when adding firewood."

Lin Xiaodong knew that the scars on Ye Mimi's hands were definitely not as simple as she said, and he couldn't even imagine the pain at that time, so he asked compassionately, "How old were you then?"

"fourteen."

"So small? Could it be that your habit of eating raw meat is also related to that experience?"

"Worthy of being a policeman. If it's not raw meat, how can I have the strength to spend a whole day digging wood to make fire? Humans are just creatures, and they will establish links between some originally irrelevant things in order to survive. For example, from After that, raw meat was as enjoyable to me as fire."

"Huh? I heard that you are a medical student. Don't you think it's unhealthy to eat uncooked food?"

"I didn't study medicine, I studied Chinese medicine."

"Chinese medicine is also a doctor."

"Chinese pharmacy belongs to pharmacy, and pharmacy and medicine are two majors. To put it simply, my current job is a pharmacist, not a doctor. I can only take medicine, not see a doctor." Ye Mimi smiled and explained patiently.

Lin Xiaodong's chopsticks holding the meat stopped unconsciously, because Ye Mimi's smile moved him inexplicably, she seemed to be a different person when she smiled, healed like an angel, especially for someone like him who often wants to eat. It is hard not to be moved by people who face the darkness of human nature and society.

He stared at her for a long time before he realized his gaffe, he hurriedly lowered his head and swallowed the cold sliced ​​meat, suddenly it was so hot that he coughed violently, he was in such a mess.

"I'm sorry, I don't usually eat like this..." Lin Xiaodong realized that he started to explain in order to make a good impression on Ye Mimi.

Ye Mimi handed over a tissue, and the smile on her face became more gentle: "The clothes are dirty, wipe them off."

When Lin Xiaodong went to pick up the tissues, he accidentally touched Ye Mimi's hand.

so cold!No, it should be said to be cold.

They had been sitting in this steaming hot pot restaurant for almost an hour, but her hands were still cold.

Lin Xiaodong's heart trembled, but he had no time to think about it, because at this moment, his cell phone rang suddenly...

The ringtone also interrupted Lin Xiaodong's thoughts, pulling him back to the meeting room of the criminal police brigade at this moment.

"Raw meat, drilling wood to make fire..." He muttered, suddenly felt a tingling sensation in his scalp, sat up from his seat, rushed to the computer, played the PPT that analyzed the case forward, and finally stopped at the scene He zoomed in on a photo of a corner, and gasped. It was an inconspicuous piece of meat placed in the corner.

"Retest this piece of meat!" Lin Xiaodong's voice trembled.

"Team Lin, have you forgotten? Due to the fire and explosion in the oil warehouse, we found this piece of meat when we collected it on the spot, but after testing, it is ordinary beef and it has been spoiled. We speculate that it is discarded kitchen waste." The team members explained.

"No!" Lin Xiaodong went crazy, and flipped the photo to Gao Hanyu's body, zooming in on the large area of ​​wear on the palm.

"If Gao Hanyu was killed by himself, then Ye Mimi's alibi is invalid!"

"Xiaodong, what did you find?" Chen Yu's question was filled with worry. He had never seen Lin Xiaodong in such a state of excitement, which was not a good thing.

Lin Xiaodong took a deep breath, calmed himself down a bit, and began to analyze the case from the beginning: "At 1:23 p.m. It was confirmed that they all belonged to a 6-year-old man named Gao Hanyu from Linzhou. His family reported to the police four days ago that he was missing.

According to the investigation report of the fire department, the fire at Dongyou Oil Market was caused by man-made fire.The East Petroleum Oil Market was closed in November last year and is scheduled to be demolished in March this year. Usually, no one goes there.There is a high possibility that Gao Hanyu was kidnapped and killed.Through the investigation of Gao Hanyu's whereabouts some time before his disappearance, we found that a strange black-clothed woman appeared many times in the surveillance, which never appeared in the previous investigation of Gao Hanyu's social relations.

That is..." Lin Xiaodong said, and called up the avatar that had been clearly processed through the image again, "I know Ye Mimi. When the '1' bombing happened, Ye Mimi and I were eating at a hot pot restaurant 23 kilometers away from Dongyou Oil Market. I received a call from the hot pot restaurant and learned that there was an accident in the Stone Market, which made her have a "perfect" Alibi.However, there are several points that are very suspicious: First, the time and place of this meeting was proposed by Ye Mimi.Second, during my conversation with her, I mentioned her experience of surviving in the wild, including eating raw meat and making fire.Therefore, we can look at a few points that we had overlooked in the evidence at the scene before, including this piece of rotten raw meat and Gao Hanyu's worn palm.

During this period of time, the temperature in Linzhou has dropped significantly, and the temperature at night is minus five or six degrees. Let’s assume that Gao Hanyu has been kidnapped and locked up in the Dongyou Oil Market. Without heating and food, four days is the limit of human survival. He must be desperately trying to find a way Heating and looking for food... Just imagine, if he had a way to start a fire at this time, he would never think rationally about the flammable and explosive problems in the oil market.As mentioned in the previous forensic report, the wear and tear on Gao Hanyu's palm was not caused by an explosion, but was caused by repeated contusions. Is there a possibility that he was trying to make fire by drilling wood..."

"Drilling wood to make fire?" Yue Jianfeng, the vice-team beside him, couldn't help interrupting him, "Captain Lin, you have a good brain."

"It's not my imagination. There are obvious scars on the palms of Ye Mimi's hands. According to her, they were left by drilling wood to make fire during the wild survival. This reminds me of the situation of Gao Hanyu's palms."

"Okay! Ye Mimi is seriously suspected in the '1' bombing case, Jianfeng. Now you are fully responsible for this case."

"Bureau Chen?" Lin Xiaodong couldn't help standing up, "Isn't I always in charge of this case?"

Chen Yu looked at Lin Xiaodong: "From now on, you will fully cooperate with Jianfeng's work as a witness, and avoid the whole investigation work."

"Avoid?" Lin Xiaodong was unconvinced, "I just provided an important investigation direction, and I only met this Ye Mimi once, so it's not an evasion, right?!"

Chen Yu ignored him, turned his head and said to Yue Jianfeng: "Jianfeng, you arrange the task, it's almost dawn, if you can rest, hurry up and rest. The meeting is over!"

"Chen Bureau, I am the only one in the team who has had contact with Ye Mimi so far, and I have a preliminary understanding of her. You see..." Lin Xiaodong still did not give up, and followed Chen Yu all the way back to his office.

Chen Yu didn't respond the whole time, until both of them entered the office, he put down the notepad and teacup, and asked Lin Xiaodong to close the door.

"Xiaodong, sit down. Tell me about your analysis of the case just now, how do you evaluate it?"

"How do you evaluate it? I think this direction is worth investigating. Everything is too coincidental."

"Want to know how I rate your analysis just now?" Chen Yu had something to say, and looked at Lin Xiaodong seriously.

Lin Xiaodong knew that at this time, Chen Yu was already unhappy, so he immediately faltered without saying a word.

Chen Yu said firmly: "Zero points."

"Why?" Lin Xiaodong became unconvinced again.

(End of this chapter)