Only you are so different
Chapter 13 All darkness will eventually recede
Chapter 13 All darkness will eventually recede
Knowing that Su Xiuran has a stomach problem in the afternoon, Director Gong specially asked the kitchen to cook a pot of old chicken soup for Su Xiuran in the evening, and put wolfberries and red dates in it, which was very nourishing.
Of course, Lin Mei and Yu Qizhen also drank two bowls each, and both felt that the fatigue of the day had eased a lot.
Regarding the bugging of their room, Su Xiuran found an opportunity to warn Yu Qizhen softly, and Yu Qizhen nodded in understanding, tacitly understanding each other.
As night fell, there were only two or three small Internet cafes and billiard rooms in the town.
Su Xiuran and Yu Qizhen naturally didn't want to go for entertainment, so they returned to the guest house early.
A lot of things happened that day, and they were indeed a little tired after tossing around. After taking turns taking a bath, they lay down and went to sleep.
This was the first time that Lin Mei and Su Xiuran slept on two beds so close together... When they were in the grassland and at home, they slept on the same bed, so it didn't count.
Although she couldn't touch him, it was quite a new experience to be able to see his profile through the dim light through the curtains when she turned around.
She looked at him like this, and fell asleep in a daze. In a trance, she couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality. She only saw a cloud of black smoke rising from the injured part of Su Xiuran's shoulder.
Then, as if alive, the cloud of smoke grew ferocious tentacles, pounced on his body, and wrapped him tightly.
Cold sweat covered her back, and Lin Mei yelled: "Xiu Ran!"
The moment she yelled, she saw that the black smoke entangled Su Xiuran's body disappeared immediately.
Blinking her eyes, she sat up halfway with her arms propped up, realizing that she was trapped by a nightmare just now, Lin Mei was quite embarrassed.
Although she was half asleep and half awake, she woke up Su Xiuran when she yelled loudly just now.
Sitting up with his body propped up, he turned on the lamp beside the bed and looked at her with a smile: "What? Did you have a nightmare?"
Lin Mei told him about the afterimage she saw just now, Su Xiuran didn't say anything, and waved to her: "Why don't you come and sleep with me?"
Lin Mei thought for a while, maybe her subconscious was at work. After all, it was very uncomfortable to be prying into someone's privacy. Knowing that someone was listening to her, but not being able to stop it, and even cooperating, was quite torturous. She still can't be as calm as Su Xiuran.
The bed in the guest house was only 1.2 meters wide, so it was a bit difficult for two people to sleep, but Lin Mei went there with a pillow, and Su Xiuran pulled back the quilt and let her lie in.
The bodies of the two of them were pressed together only through the thin pajamas, and they were even more intimate than when Lin Mei slept with Su Xiuran at home.
Lin Mei hugged Su Xiuran's waist with one hand, and raised the other hand to caress his injured part: "Does it still hurt?"
Su Xiuran shook his head: "It's just a bruise, it won't hurt if you don't touch it, it's fine."
Lin Mei was lying in his left arm, and then she raised her head and leaned over to kiss the corner of his lips. She was suddenly a little discouraged. If it wasn't for the damn monitoring device, maybe she could have a little more love with Su Xiuran here. The act of intimacy, saying something to him is not for acting, but something with true feelings.
Realizing that she was depressed, Su Xiuran smiled, lowered his head and kissed her forehead lightly: "Hold on, we'll be able to go home soon."
His words were very vague, even if someone heard it, it could be understood that he felt that there was nothing to investigate here, but from what Lin Mei heard, he had already grasped the case.
She nodded happily, not because she disliked the simple environment here, but when she was supposed to be alone with Su Xiuran, but was spied on secretly, it felt too bad.
Another advantage of two people sleeping together is that the temperature here is relatively low at night, and it is still a bit cold, so it is much better to sleep together.
Feeling the warmth brought by Su Xiuran's embrace, Lin Mei was relieved a lot. She buried her in his chest, and heard him say with a smile, "Why do I feel like I'm raising a daughter?"
Lin Mei snorted softly: "Can raising a daughter as old as me in a few months? And I have taken care of you, too. Could it be that I am supporting my old father?"
Su Xiuran laughed lowly: "That's true."
Apart from the nightmare episode when they just fell asleep, they slept soundly that night. After waking up the next day, Su Xiuran found that not only his right shoulder was smashed, but his left shoulder was also a little stiff and sore from Lin Mei's sleep.
Su Xiuran, who lost some mobility in both arms, sighed: "Fortunately, I don't have to rush drafts these days, and I don't need to type on the keyboard."
Lin Mei still felt a little guilty about his shoulder being stiff from sleeping, and rubbed him several times with a hot towel, and apologized softly: "I'm sorry, my sleeping posture is a bit poor."
Su Xiuran nodded unceremoniously: "It needs to be taught again."
His feelings are really substituted into the identity of "father" and he can't get out. Lin Mei really wants to complain about him: "I'm addicted to playing house, you two are more childish!" But thinking of last night I just slept on someone's arm all night, but I didn't dare to say it because the hero was short of breath.
The day before, Liu Qian provided clues to Yang Xiaoyue's suicide, so they naturally wanted to investigate this morning. The pool where Yang Xiaoyue committed suicide was a little far from the town, so instead of walking, they drove a police car.
It was said to be a puddle, but in Lin Mei's view, it was just a small puddle.
Most of the northern regions are arid, especially in winter and spring. In Lin Mei's view, the water level there may just be able to bury an adult's thigh.
Even if Yang Xiaoyue is relatively short, it would be difficult to commit suicide by drowning herself in this pool.
Seeing that they were a little confused, Director Gong introduced: "The water level here was a little higher at the time of the incident than it is now. At that time, the deepest water level was about 1.3 meters, and Yang Xiaoyue was 1.5 meters tall.
"As for whether Yang Xiaoyue drowned herself, Yang Xiaoyue's parents also questioned this point, but at the time of the incident, there was indeed no trace of another person present besides Yang Xiaoyue, and there were no suspicious wounds on Yang Xiaoyue's body, so at that time The medical examiner's explanation is that she may have gotten tangled up in aquatic plants at the bottom and drowned."
These claims cannot be said to be untenable. It is not necessary to have a particularly high water level to drown a person. Under various coincidences, even a bathtub can drown a person, let alone a pool with a complicated underwater environment in the wild?
After leaving the pool, Director Gong took them to a factory not far away.The factory was built on the hillside, overlooking the entire road from above, and the vicinity of the water pool can also be seen at a glance.
Director Gong said as he walked: "At that time, it was judged that there was another important reason for Yang Xiaoyue's drowning. Her uncle said that after talking to her, he walked outside the factory and looked back at her, seeing that she was still standing. He remained motionless by the pool, and there was no third person present in the surrounding area, including in the direction of the town.
"At that time, it was only about half an hour since Yang Xiaoyue's death. During this half hour, Yang Xiaoyue had a violent conflict with someone and was unlikely to be killed. Of course, her autopsy results also support this conclusion."
The case of Yang Xiaoyue's suicide was closed half a year ago, but Director Gong's retelling is still quite clear. Maybe it's because he is conscientious and has a good memory, or maybe it's because there are very few major cases in the town, so he is deeply impressed.
After reading it, Su Xiuran didn't say anything, and after listening to Director Gong's narration, he just nodded with a smile, expressing that he had understood it.
Then they visited Yang Xiaoyue's parents and asked them if they had noticed any abnormal behavior of their little daughter recently, which was completely in the direction of dealing with domestic violence cases.
Yang Xiaoyue's parents looked like a very ordinary middle-aged couple, a little honest and dull, but when they realized that the police came to ask about Yang Yueyue's situation, their emotions became obviously agitated.
Mother Yang held Lin Mei's hand and said, "What's wrong with Yueyue? She just went to school this morning."
Lin Mei realized that she still had lingering fears about the elder daughter's suicide, and hurriedly explained: "Yang Yueyue is fine, we just came to ask about her recent situation."
For such parents who are not highly educated and work very hard to support their families, it is obviously unrealistic for them to take good care of their children.
Judging from the results of the questioning of Yang Xiaoyue's parents, they may have been a little too harsh on their two daughters before, especially in terms of academic performance, they would scold them if they dropped slightly, and Yang's father had indeed beaten the eldest daughter several times.
Although beating and scolding children is not advisable, to be fair, judging from the fact that there was no trace of abuse on Yang Xiaoyue's body when she died, Yang's father's beating and scolding may be just the old-fashioned corporal punishment of parents, rather than deliberate abuse.
The fact that they beat and scolded their children caused them to blame themselves after their eldest daughter committed suicide, and began to learn to care about Yang Yueyue's physical and mental health.He even took her to the urban area on weekends several times and bought her a lot of new clothes and toys. Because of this, Yang Yueyue often went in and out of the urban area, so he had the opportunity to report the crime in the urban area.
Because Lin Mei is a lesbian, she looks more amiable, and Yang's mother finally took her hand and said: "We never thought about giving birth to a boy, Xiaoyue and Yueyue are our lifeblood, Yueyue can Nothing can happen again."
Looking at her mournful eyes that were about to shed tears, Lin Mei could only comfort her for a while before leaving.
After this round of questioning, Lin Mei, who was easily affected by emotions, felt a little uncomfortable, she sighed softly and said: "Yang Yueyue's parents are also quite difficult, and they don't even understand what they have been involved in. "
They are sitting in Yu Qizhen's car now, so they don't have to worry about talking or anything.The reason is that Yu Qizhen, who has always been amiable, said viciously after they got in the car in the morning: "I see whoever is blind dares to install a bug in my car. I will make him look good when I get one!"
Lin Mei immediately looked at him with admiration: "You are so domineering, I have a new understanding of you."
Su Xiuran also laughed at that time: "I don't think anyone has the guts to tamper with the police car of the Municipal Bureau."
Hearing Lin Mei's emotion, Su Xiuran, who was sitting in the back seat, raised his hand and pressed his forehead, but unfortunately he raised his dominant right hand and accidentally touched the bruise on his shoulder, so he couldn't help hissing softly .
Yu Qizhen glanced at him from the rearview mirror, with obvious concern and non-obvious ridicule on his face: "We just came out for a day, and Mr. Su was honorably injured. When I report to Team Zhang later, I must It's a big book, it's best to help Mr. Su apply for a pennant with a certificate of merit or something."
Comrade Yu's little idea is really easy to guess: let you two investigate the case without forgetting to show your affection, and bully me, a loner whose wife left me at home.
Su Xiuran's expression was calm, but his tone was a bit sad: "Yu Yu, I usually treat you well."
Yu Qizhen hurriedly shut his mouth and suppressed his smile, but the arc of the corner of his mouth was too obvious, making it difficult for people to ignore it.
Even Lin Mei, who has no conscience, couldn't help hiding aside and giggling at the thought of Su Xiuran's sad state of being unable to lift both hands up.
The three teased each other, and the atmosphere in the car quickly relaxed.The case is not complicated, but the investigation is so dull and aggrieved. Improperly adjusting the mood will affect the subsequent work efficiency.
The lunch routine is to go back to the police station for a working meal. Director Gong is very careful. Since Su Xiuran said that he has a stomach problem, he always asks the kitchen to prepare meals for Su Xiuran alone.
Su Xiuran was naturally grateful for this, and thanked him with a smile. While eating, he suddenly said, "The facts are very clear, and it's time for us to finish our investigation. I'm always here to trouble you to entertain and increase your salary." Sorry for the workload."
He spoke very modestly, but the people at the police station might think that he couldn't stand the rough environment here and wanted to go back to the city early.
Director Gong asked puzzledly: "Isn't it originally scheduled for at least three days? Why did you leave so soon?"
Su Xiuran smiled and said, "Because minors are involved, Zhang Yan originally thought that the case would not go smoothly, so he estimated the time a little longer. Now it seems that the case is very clear, and we have no reason to delay."
Director Gong smiled considerately: "It's true, then when are you going to leave? I can also arrange work."
Su Xiuran smiled politely: "Go to school again in the afternoon." He raised his head and said to Qizhen, "Yu Yu will call Zhang Yan first and report our progress?"
Yu Qizhen nodded in agreement, because they were all sitting in the restaurant, and there were other diners talking next to him, so he stood up and went to the corridor to make a phone call.
Su Xiuran waited for him to leave, then smiled at Director Gong and said, "By the way, I have another matter to communicate with you. We want to bring Yang Yueyue and Yang Yuntao, whom she mentioned when she called the police, to the city. After all, it was the child who called the police, so it doesn't seem good if he doesn't make a statement to explain it, and since Yang Yuntao is the potential victim she mentioned, let's protect him formally."
He seemed to be talking casually, but he seemed to have arranged everything a long time ago: "Tomorrow and the next two days are weekends, we will pick them up after school, and it will not affect the progress of teaching, but we need to ask their guardians for permission." Opinions, it’s best to take their guardians away, don’t you think?”
Director Gong obviously didn't expect him to propose such an arrangement suddenly, and he was taken aback for a moment before he said, "Yes, it is possible, but how will the two children and their parents go to the city to stay? It needs to be arranged in advance."
Su Xiuran answered fluently, with a smile on his face: "It's okay, there are many hotels in the urban area, and I will be responsible for the expenses."
Su Xiuran has always kept a low profile, but Director Gong's sophistication can't see that he is worth a lot of money. However, facing such a rich and powerful consultant who investigates the case and pays the hotel money himself, Director Gong really thought about it for a while. I was speechless to deal with it.
Just as he was talking, Yu Qizhen, who had finished the phone call outside, had already walked in, and said cheerfully with a gentle and simple smile: "I told Team Zhang, and Team Zhang said that two more cars will be sent to pick you up immediately." .”
Now even the problem that one vehicle cannot accommodate so many people on the return trip has been solved.
Director Gong realized that they probably discussed the countermeasures before the meal, and at this moment it was just a notification to him.
After all, he has been in charge of one party for many years. How could he not see the clues? He was a little angry, but he still suppressed his anger and said, "Mr. Su, Comrade Xiao, do you not trust the police station?" work, that’s why you asked to take him to the city?”
Su Xiuran and Yu Qizhen exchanged glances, and Yu Qizhen stood up and said, "Director Gong, we definitely trust your work, and taking people back to the city is also a routine, you don't need to be so sensitive."
Yu Qizhen's skill in instigating the flames with these few words is also first-class. Director Gong, who is so calm, was also annoyed by him, his eyes froze, and a layer of vigor of an old policeman suddenly appeared on his body : "Since it is a routine matter, of course we will fully cooperate. The police station is a small temple, so there is no need to talk to us so much!"
The other people who were eating in the restaurant, including the ordinary staff of the police station, as well as police officers and police assistants, a total of more than a dozen people, heard that their tone of voice was wrong, and all looked over.There was a sudden silence in the small restaurant.
Su Xiuran laughed, and patted Yu Qizhen: "Young Yu, you have to be artistic when speaking, don't be so straightforward, even good intentions are misplaced."
He is really the kind of person who can ease the atmosphere with a single sentence, obviously he started the conversation first, but in the end he became a good old man.
Yu Qizhen immediately apologized sincerely: "Director Gong, my way of speaking is wrong, sorry."
Director Gong is obviously still angry. Judging from the process of handling the case, he can be called stable and sophisticated, and his ability is not bad, but he is trapped in such a small town where he is always aggrieved before doing anything. The mentality is not easy, let alone being squeezed by two juniors in his eyes.
Before he could speak, a young man opened the dining room door and walked in quickly. After seeing Yu Qizhen, he said nervously, "Officer Xiao, tell me to look at those students. I saw the sixth graders just now. Those older children took a little girl and a little boy to the outskirts of town."
These children took Yang Yueyue and Yang Yuntao outside the town during their lunch break, thinking about it was nothing good, Su Xiuran and Director Gong who were sitting immediately got up.
Director Gong's expression also became serious in an instant, and he waved to the people in the restaurant: "All over, drive!"
Even though they were not slow to get the news, it was after all later than when the incident happened. When a group of people rushed out of the town, they saw a few children crowded by the small pool.
The sixth graders were twelve or thirteen years old, and some of them were already close to the height of adults. Among the few people around the pool, there were obviously no relatively shorter Yang Yueyue and Yang Yuntao.
The sixth graders turned their heads and saw the police car approaching behind them, they panicked and ran away in all directions.
Yu Qizhen flicked the car and stopped close to the pool, Su Xiuran opened the door and got out of the car without saying a word, jumped into the pool without even taking off his coat and shoes.
In the waist-high water in the pool were Yang Yueyue and Yang Yuntao who were struggling and crying non-stop. Director Gong jumped in without any hesitation, and carried the two children ashore with Su Xiuran.
They were not like Yang Xiaoyue, who was 12 years old. The pool was big enough to cover their heads. Fortunately, the police arrived in time, and they had just been pushed into the water. Apart from choking on a few sips of water and being frightened, they were not seriously injured.
The older children who escaped were quickly brought under control by the following police and co-police officers. There were five of them in total.
Lin Mei noticed that there were a few thick and long branches scattered on the ground, and there was also a pool cue. She saw from a distance just now that the older children should be stabbing Yang Yueyue and Yang Yuntao with these, forcing them to go deeper into the pool. walk in the water.
It was the first time for her to face this kind of undisguised malice from a minor. She couldn't imagine that there would be such a vicious and despicable act in this world. On Yang Yueyue who kept crying in Su Xiuran's arms.
Both Su Xiuran and Director Gong were more than half wet. Director Gong handed Yang Yuntao to Yu Qizhen, stood up and walked towards the delinquent boys who were forced to squat on the side of the road with their heads in their hands.
At this moment, one of the teenagers was obviously frightened by the situation and Director Gong's hostility, raised his head and called out to the police assistant standing beside him in panic: "Second uncle!"
The assistant policeman kicked him angrily, kicked him to the ground, and cursed: "You little prodigal son, don't call me uncle!"
Director Gong stopped abruptly, the scene was silent, and then Su Xiuran spoke indifferently, although the voice was not loud, but it was enough for everyone to hear clearly, and there was that faint compassion in his tone: "That's right. Because of this... we need to take people to the city to protect them."
Director Gong went back to the dormitory and changed into dry clothes, then personally presided over the interrogation of the five delinquent teenagers.
Once the majesty and aura accumulated in him for many years were unreservedly released, coupled with the interrogation skills, how could those teenagers resist, and they all confessed in a short time.
The entanglements among the children were not too complicated in the first place. The artificial resistance to handling the case and the nearly unanimous lying and covering up of the adults involved were the key to the progress of this case.
The origin of the incident was, of course, Yang Xiaoyue's suicide half a year ago - of course she didn't commit suicide at all.
She would appear at the water pool that day because her father scolded her for her poor grades, so she ran out to relax.The reason why her grades dropped was because she was docile and introverted, and she was always insulted and bullied by several boys in the same class at school.
She may have thought about death, or she may not have thought of committing suicide at all. After all, she is only 12 years old, and her beautiful life has just begun.
Her uncle, the witness, did not lie, he saw her standing there alone.Not long after Yang Xiaoyue left his sight, the five unscrupulous boys arrived at the pool.
They didn't do it on purpose at first, but just routinely bullied the girl, pushed her into the water, and pressed her shoulders with branches and pool cue to keep her from moving, admiring her pitiful appearance of choking on water.
But this time they played a bit too much. When they realized that Yang Xiaoyue had fallen into the water without a movement, if they could go into the water to rescue Yang Xiaoyue, maybe the girl would not die, but they did ran away.
The relationship between Yang Yueyue and her sister has always been very good. She doesn't believe that her sister who loves her would commit suicide without telling her anything. Yang Xiaoyue told her that there are some "bad guys" who always bully her.
Since her sister died, she paid special attention to the "bad guys" that her sister called, until one day, when she was on duty after school, she saw those bad boys smoking and chatting in a corner of the campus.
They said that there is no one to have fun with recently, they can only bully the second-grade child who "has no parents", that is, Yang Yuntao. When it comes to rising, they also say that Yang Yuntao is too boring and boring, and when he is unhappy, he will be like Yang Xiaoyue. Just drown in the pool.
Lin Mei believed that when they were bragging like this, they might not really have the guts to contemplate murder, but in Yang Yueyue's view, this was a sign that Yang Yuntao would also be killed.
But Yang Xiaoyue died innocently, and was unanimously judged by all the adults and the local police to be a suicide. In Yang Yueyue's young mind, everyone in the town was already untrustworthy.
So she took the opportunity of being taken to the urban area by her parents, found a public phone there, and used the method taught by the teacher to call the police.
In this case, Yang Yueyue, who is only eight years old this year, is the one who knows the whole story and facts best. Unfortunately, she is too young, and many things she said are destined to be ignored by adults.
If she hadn't called the police, and her pronunciation was clear and her language had a certain logic, her hoarse cries would have been ignored by many people.
And will she or Yang Yuntao become the next victim of these bad boys?That is also unknown.Maybe those teenagers just said it casually, and they won't really hurt anyone again.But maybe Yang Xiaoyue's death not only did not make them feel remorseful, but also successfully escaped punishment because of killing a person, which made them even more unscrupulous and prompted them to commit another great crime today or someday in the future.
The police brought the primary school principal and teacher Liu Qian who had been questioned to the police station for questioning again. After learning that Yang Yueyue and Yang Yuntao were pushed into the pond and almost drowned, Liu Qian immediately regretted it, and soon told everything she knew. said.
She said that she was called to the office by the principal at noon yesterday to inform that the police might come in the afternoon to inquire about Yang Yueyue's calling the police in the urban area. Tell the story of Yang Yueyue's sister to distract the police.
Lin Mei couldn't help asking her why she did this, after all, her lying may be related to the fate of the two children.
She said helplessly that first of all, she didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at that time. She thought it was just an irrelevant question, and her confession was not very important, and it didn't matter if she lied.
Another reason stems from her status as a supporting teacher. Whether she performs well after three years of supporting teaching needs to be evaluated by the principal and the local government.If the evaluation is too low, it will affect her employment in the future, and it will also affect whether she can get a hukou in city B.
In the end, she asked Lin Mei, in the workplace, would you go against the leader's opinion and ruin your future because of some unwarranted persistence?
Lin Mei didn't know how to answer her. Although she was doing education work in a relatively remote area, she basically had the same idea as many white-collar workers in City B: It's none of your business, so why not hold it high?The most important thing is always your job and future.
Near the end of get off work, the case had a preliminary conclusion.
The first thing to sort out is the case of Yang Xiaoyue's suicide. At that time, after Yang Xiaoyue was found drowned, the five delinquent teenagers confessed their actions to their parents one after another out of fear.
Some of the children's families are quite wealthy in the town and their status is not low, and some are just ordinary townspeople. Because of the complicated blood and clan relationship, they all know each other well.
The first thing the parents thought of was not to confess to the police, but to get together to discuss and call their relatives at the police station, that is, the assistant policeman Yang Zhixia who was called "Second Uncle" uncontrollably.
Yang Zhixia has been a police assistant for many years, so he is naturally aware of the pros and cons. At first, he strongly opposed the cover-up, but was persuaded by his elder brother with various reasons, and agreed to keep his mouth shut.
Later, Yang Xiaoyue's body lost many clues because it was soaked in the pool for a period of time, and there were no witnesses around. In the unanimous silence of the insiders, it was quickly classified as suicide.
No one expected that after half a year of peace, Yang Yueyue's call to the police would drag the matter out again.
Later, when the urban police, that is, Yu Qizhen and his party came to the town to investigate, Yang Zhixia still notified his elder brother Yang Zhichun and told him to prepare for it.
Yang Zhichun made his fortune by doing steel business in his early years. He is one of the richest households in the town. He dotes on his only son too much, and has a simple and rude ignorant thinking, thinking that children who dare to act will be successful in the future. Usually trivial evil deeds are not restrained, but condoned and covered up more.
Knowing that the city police were coming to investigate, Yang Zhichun rudely decided to "protect" his son to the end. He was quick-witted and asked his young men to install monitoring equipment in the room where the police wanted to stay - that guest house was also Yang Zhichun's. His orders are naturally easy to convey.
As for the coping methods of the primary school principal and Liu Qian, they were taught by Yang Zhixia. It has to be said that he has been in the police system for many years and is familiar with the ins and outs of handling cases.
He said the department tended not to overturn a previously closed case when faced with an investigation that would lead to another case.
Because overturning the previous case means that the person handling the case at that time has neglected his duty, and it is easy to offend his colleagues. Most of the police will not deliberately make things difficult for their colleagues unless they find a particularly important clue.
Hearing this, Lin Mei looked at Su Xiuran who was beside him with a calm expression. If Yang Zhixia knew in advance that the person who came to investigate the case was Su Xiuran who mercilessly overturned the case that was closed six years ago, would he not come out with this? Bad idea?
In short, at night, when three police cars from the city arrived at the scene, they found that even two more cars could not accommodate so many people involved in the case.
In desperation, they could only take the five delinquent boys, Yang Yueyue, and Yang Yuntao into the police car first. As for the children's parents, they had to find transportation to go to the city by themselves.
Zhang Yan also came in person. After getting off the car, he patted Director Gong on the shoulder and said, "Old Wei, long time no see."
Director Gong smiled wryly: "I made you laugh." It seems that they are old acquaintances.
Because there were too many people and few cars, in the same police car on the return trip, apart from Lin Mei, Su Xiuran, and Yu Qizhen, Zhang Yan was also stuffed in, and Gong Wei, who was also somewhat tall and burly, belonged to Director Gong. Full name, he and Zhang Yan are classmates in the police school, and the old classmates call him "Old Wei" in order not to call him "Lao Gong".
Lin Mei was the only lady, and she naturally sat in the spacious and independent front row. She didn't dare to look back all the way. She was squeezed into the corner by two tall policemen who were sighing and reminiscing about the past, discussing the case and discussing how to write a self-criticism. Su Xiuran who also has long hands and long legs... Poor him still a little motion sickness.
After two hours of torture on mountain roads and an hour of traffic jam in the urban area, we finally arrived at our destination.
After bidding farewell to a carload of people, Su Xiuran stood pale at the door of his villa with a large bag of luggage, and the first thing he said was: "From now on, I'll drive my own car when I go out."
Lin Mei silently nodded sympathetically: So you are a delicate and expensive young master, don't keep thinking about how to be close to the people, the one who suffers in the end is yourself.
Because the journey took too long, it was already seven o'clock in the evening when they arrived home, Lin Mei immediately pushed Su Xiuran to take a hot bath upstairs.
Although Su Xiuran and Gong Wei took a hot bath and changed into dry clothes after they jumped into the pool to save people, the outdoor water temperature was still very low in April, Lin Mei knew very well that Su Xiuran's Physical fitness is incomparable with Gong Wei.
People could still interrogate the suspect without changing his face, but he was a little careless, and tomorrow he was going to invite Cheng Yu to come over for an injection.
Su Xiuran knew that he couldn't hold on at this time, so he went obediently. Lin Mei took advantage of this time to prepare dinner and cooked a pot of ginger soup to drive away the cold.
She was busy in the kitchen when she heard the doorbell. Su Xiuran rarely had visitors here, except for the few people from the police station.
Lin Mei subconsciously thought that it was Zhang Yan and the others who had left and returned, and ran to open the door after answering the call. Before opening the door, she hurriedly glanced at the monitor screen next to the door, and was stunned.
The visitor was tall and slender, wearing a dark suit and windbreaker, with thin lips slightly pursed and eyes condensed.
If it wasn't for the fact that his facial features were more majestic than Su Xiuran's, and his height was also somewhat different from him, Lin Mei would almost have thought that the one standing outside the door was another Su Xiuran.
She soon realized who the visitor was. She had seen this face in various interview videos and magazine covers. In terms of public familiarity, he was much stronger than Su Xiuran.
Su Xiuyan.
Knowing that the relationship between the two brothers was not good, she hesitated for a while until Su Xiuyan rang the doorbell again.
Lin Mei thought of the last time she talked with Su Xiuyan. Although he had a lot of opinions on Su Xiuran, he didn't seem like a bad person, so she opened the door and smiled at Su Xiuyan who appeared in front of her: "Mr. ?Hello."
Unlike Su Xiuyan, who was serious in the interview, but still had a gentle smile, today he seemed to be holding back his great anger, glanced at Lin Mei, and said stiffly: "Miss Lin."
Hearing the movement downstairs, Su Xiu who had just put on his home clothes and had some steam in his black hair walked down the stairs. When he saw Su Xiuyan in the hall, he was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled gently. Smiled: "Refine words."
Lin Mei, who was already able to distinguish his subtle emotions, could see from his seemingly calm smile his unreserved kindness...and a kind of cautiousness that was a little flattering.
His attitude obviously irritated Su Xiuran who was covered in cold air for some reason, he strode over with a sullen face, grabbed Su Xiuran with both hands, and pushed him against the wall to hold him tightly.
He used so much force that he even swept over the wooden tables and vases in the aisle and stairs, and the decorative iron and crystal vases fell to the ground, making harsh noises.
Now that Su Xiuyan's height is close to that of Su Xiuran, he stared at his brother hard, and uttered hateful words from his thin lips that were tense because of anger: "Why are you so despicable? Now that things are going on, you don't even have her Her parents refused to let her go! You still want to disturb their cleanliness! You went to her house yesterday, right? What are you going to do!"
Lin Mei didn't know what he wanted to say, but she just tried in vain to pull him away, but found that such a tall man was angry, and she couldn't shake it at all: "Mr. Su, calm down, Xiu Ran has been working hard for the past two days. Investigate cases with me in the suburbs! Impossible to do what you said!"
Su Xiuran didn't try to resist his younger brother, he just looked into his eyes and said to him in a calm tone as much as possible: "Xiuyan, you must have got the wrong news, you can't punish me for something I didn't do. "
However, Su Xiuyan was already dazzled by his anger. He turned his head to look at Lin Mei, and said with a sneer, "You are still defending him, right? Do you know that he bought you in order to let you come to him?" The rented house kicked you out? He is such a person who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals!"
Hearing this news all of a sudden, Lin Mei was stunned for a moment, knowing that Su Xiuyan could no longer be provoked at such a moment, and defended Su Xiuran without hesitation: "I know! I already knew!"
Su Xiuyan was so furious that he still had the power of observation to penetrate people's hearts. He only looked at Lin Mei and laughed: "You're lying, you don't know!"
He no longer gave Lin Mei a chance to speak, and immediately turned back to look at Su Xiuran who was being suppressed by him. What flashed in his eyes was some kind of crazy and bloodthirsty hatred. , as if it could burn his soul and destroy everything he saw in his eyes at the moment, he said coldly: "I said earlier...you really should die."
Lin Mei didn't know if Su Xiuyan was a reasonable, calm and wise person on weekdays, but at this moment, he was as crazy as a Shura from hell.
Everything happened so fast, she could only see him grabbing something from the dining table beside him, and then the silver light flashed, and the sharp blade sank into Su Xiuran's abdomen.
In the chaos, Lin Mei heard a loud slap first, and then she felt the tingling pain from her palm.
She slapped Su Xiuyan with all her strength. Not only did she slap Su Xiuyan's head too far, but the corners of her lips cracked and bloodshot.
Lin Mei didn't bother to look at Su Xiuyan at all, her eyes were firmly fixed on Su Xiuran.
She could see a confused but shocked look on his face, mixed with an indescribable sadness.It seems that no matter how much Su Xiuyan said hateful and scolding words to him, he never thought that his younger brother would send the blade into his body with his own hands.
Lin Mei was glad that at this moment she didn't completely lose the ability to move like she did when she saw him vomit blood last time.
She pushed away Su Xiuyan who was stunned, walked up to support Su Xiuran's shoulders, and then touched his cheek with trembling hands, and found that his body temperature was a little high, maybe it was because he just took a bath, Still have a fever.
His gaze was slightly distracted, but he quickly moved to her face. He first smiled at her in relief, and then said softly, "It's okay."
But his thin lips had already begun to fade rapidly, and his body was also leaning against the wall exhausted.
Lin Mei supported him and slid slowly along the wall to sit down, forcing herself to calm down, and then went to check the wound on his right abdomen.
After Su Xiu was stabbed, Su Xiuyan seemed to have regained a sliver of reason from the rage. He did not pull out the blade, but let go of his hand quickly. The clothes were dyed red in a small circle.
Lin Mei took a sharp breath, forced back the tears in her eyes, turned her head to Su Xiuyan and said sharply: "Hurry up and call the ambulance!"
Su Xiuyan's face was not much better than Su Xiuran's, it was pale, he didn't know if he finally realized what he had done, he took out his mobile phone without saying a word, dialed the emergency number, and reported in a calm and clear tone Given the address and condition of the injured, it looks as if he has regained his sanity and judgment.
After hanging up the phone, Su Xiuyan blankly looked at Su Xiuran, who was half-sitting on the ground, and Lin Mei, who was kneeling beside him, and asked hesitantly, "Should I still call the police?"
At this moment, Lin Mei's full attention was on Su Xiuran. She casually pulled off the blanket on the sofa, covered his legs to keep him warm, and kept stroking his cheeks, letting him lean on her body to save money. physical strength.
On the other hand, Su Xiuran waved at Su Xiuyan with a pale face, signaling him to come over.
Maybe it was because Su Xiuran had built up too much prestige in the past, even though eight years had passed, Su Xiuyan still subconsciously obeyed his request; maybe it was because Su Xiuran's appearance was too weak for people to refuse.In short, Su Xiuyan obediently took two steps forward, squatted down and approached Su Xiuran.
In an instant, Su Xiuyan only felt a pain in his arm, and when he came back to his senses, he found that Su Xiuran had inserted a finger-long piece of glass into his forearm.
Su Xiuran obviously lost his strength, so he could only raise his arm to insert the sharp glass section with the help of falling force. The insertion was not too deep, but the blood flowed out instantly, wetting his dark suit.
Su Xiuran smiled at him, and said softly, "Now you are overprotective...you can call the police..."
With Su Xiuran's current situation, his forced movements and words would affect the wound. After he finished speaking, his breathing became short of breath, and his body leaned against Lin Mei's shoulder even more weakly.
Su Xiuyan stared at his face, seeing him like this, couldn't help raising his hand to help him, and leaned over to sit on the ground next to him.
As soon as Lin Mei saw his face similar to Su Xiuran, she became angry, and seeing that he wanted to sit beside them, she raised her head and scolded him angrily: "Don't sit here, stay away from Xiuran! "
Surprisingly, Su Xiuyan didn't refute, moved away without saying a word, and sat on the floor in the hallway of the entrance.
The wound on his arm was also bleeding continuously, but he didn't have the slightest intention to press the wound, let alone pull out the piece of glass - it was inserted by Su Xiuran specially, and there were his fingerprints on it.
He raised his right hand up a little numbly, and saw patches of blood on his fingers—these blood belonged to Su Xiuran.
He never told anyone else that he had personally seen the scene where Senior Jingyue jumped to her death. Across the noisy crowd and the police cordon, he saw the young body lying in a pool of blood. Her white skirt was covered with blood, like poppies in full bloom.
He was still young at that time, and he never had the courage to go closer to see it, but that scene was deeply imprinted in his heart. Every time he dreamed back in the middle of the night or woke up from a nightmare, the blood red in front of his eyes.
Later, he desperately hoped that Su Xiuran would pay back his blood for countless times, and even rehearsed in his mind how to hurt him with his own hands.
Today seemed to be the closest he was to getting revenge, yet he was squatting here, looking at the same scarlet blood on his hands—this blood was his brother's blood.
(End of this chapter)
Knowing that Su Xiuran has a stomach problem in the afternoon, Director Gong specially asked the kitchen to cook a pot of old chicken soup for Su Xiuran in the evening, and put wolfberries and red dates in it, which was very nourishing.
Of course, Lin Mei and Yu Qizhen also drank two bowls each, and both felt that the fatigue of the day had eased a lot.
Regarding the bugging of their room, Su Xiuran found an opportunity to warn Yu Qizhen softly, and Yu Qizhen nodded in understanding, tacitly understanding each other.
As night fell, there were only two or three small Internet cafes and billiard rooms in the town.
Su Xiuran and Yu Qizhen naturally didn't want to go for entertainment, so they returned to the guest house early.
A lot of things happened that day, and they were indeed a little tired after tossing around. After taking turns taking a bath, they lay down and went to sleep.
This was the first time that Lin Mei and Su Xiuran slept on two beds so close together... When they were in the grassland and at home, they slept on the same bed, so it didn't count.
Although she couldn't touch him, it was quite a new experience to be able to see his profile through the dim light through the curtains when she turned around.
She looked at him like this, and fell asleep in a daze. In a trance, she couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality. She only saw a cloud of black smoke rising from the injured part of Su Xiuran's shoulder.
Then, as if alive, the cloud of smoke grew ferocious tentacles, pounced on his body, and wrapped him tightly.
Cold sweat covered her back, and Lin Mei yelled: "Xiu Ran!"
The moment she yelled, she saw that the black smoke entangled Su Xiuran's body disappeared immediately.
Blinking her eyes, she sat up halfway with her arms propped up, realizing that she was trapped by a nightmare just now, Lin Mei was quite embarrassed.
Although she was half asleep and half awake, she woke up Su Xiuran when she yelled loudly just now.
Sitting up with his body propped up, he turned on the lamp beside the bed and looked at her with a smile: "What? Did you have a nightmare?"
Lin Mei told him about the afterimage she saw just now, Su Xiuran didn't say anything, and waved to her: "Why don't you come and sleep with me?"
Lin Mei thought for a while, maybe her subconscious was at work. After all, it was very uncomfortable to be prying into someone's privacy. Knowing that someone was listening to her, but not being able to stop it, and even cooperating, was quite torturous. She still can't be as calm as Su Xiuran.
The bed in the guest house was only 1.2 meters wide, so it was a bit difficult for two people to sleep, but Lin Mei went there with a pillow, and Su Xiuran pulled back the quilt and let her lie in.
The bodies of the two of them were pressed together only through the thin pajamas, and they were even more intimate than when Lin Mei slept with Su Xiuran at home.
Lin Mei hugged Su Xiuran's waist with one hand, and raised the other hand to caress his injured part: "Does it still hurt?"
Su Xiuran shook his head: "It's just a bruise, it won't hurt if you don't touch it, it's fine."
Lin Mei was lying in his left arm, and then she raised her head and leaned over to kiss the corner of his lips. She was suddenly a little discouraged. If it wasn't for the damn monitoring device, maybe she could have a little more love with Su Xiuran here. The act of intimacy, saying something to him is not for acting, but something with true feelings.
Realizing that she was depressed, Su Xiuran smiled, lowered his head and kissed her forehead lightly: "Hold on, we'll be able to go home soon."
His words were very vague, even if someone heard it, it could be understood that he felt that there was nothing to investigate here, but from what Lin Mei heard, he had already grasped the case.
She nodded happily, not because she disliked the simple environment here, but when she was supposed to be alone with Su Xiuran, but was spied on secretly, it felt too bad.
Another advantage of two people sleeping together is that the temperature here is relatively low at night, and it is still a bit cold, so it is much better to sleep together.
Feeling the warmth brought by Su Xiuran's embrace, Lin Mei was relieved a lot. She buried her in his chest, and heard him say with a smile, "Why do I feel like I'm raising a daughter?"
Lin Mei snorted softly: "Can raising a daughter as old as me in a few months? And I have taken care of you, too. Could it be that I am supporting my old father?"
Su Xiuran laughed lowly: "That's true."
Apart from the nightmare episode when they just fell asleep, they slept soundly that night. After waking up the next day, Su Xiuran found that not only his right shoulder was smashed, but his left shoulder was also a little stiff and sore from Lin Mei's sleep.
Su Xiuran, who lost some mobility in both arms, sighed: "Fortunately, I don't have to rush drafts these days, and I don't need to type on the keyboard."
Lin Mei still felt a little guilty about his shoulder being stiff from sleeping, and rubbed him several times with a hot towel, and apologized softly: "I'm sorry, my sleeping posture is a bit poor."
Su Xiuran nodded unceremoniously: "It needs to be taught again."
His feelings are really substituted into the identity of "father" and he can't get out. Lin Mei really wants to complain about him: "I'm addicted to playing house, you two are more childish!" But thinking of last night I just slept on someone's arm all night, but I didn't dare to say it because the hero was short of breath.
The day before, Liu Qian provided clues to Yang Xiaoyue's suicide, so they naturally wanted to investigate this morning. The pool where Yang Xiaoyue committed suicide was a little far from the town, so instead of walking, they drove a police car.
It was said to be a puddle, but in Lin Mei's view, it was just a small puddle.
Most of the northern regions are arid, especially in winter and spring. In Lin Mei's view, the water level there may just be able to bury an adult's thigh.
Even if Yang Xiaoyue is relatively short, it would be difficult to commit suicide by drowning herself in this pool.
Seeing that they were a little confused, Director Gong introduced: "The water level here was a little higher at the time of the incident than it is now. At that time, the deepest water level was about 1.3 meters, and Yang Xiaoyue was 1.5 meters tall.
"As for whether Yang Xiaoyue drowned herself, Yang Xiaoyue's parents also questioned this point, but at the time of the incident, there was indeed no trace of another person present besides Yang Xiaoyue, and there were no suspicious wounds on Yang Xiaoyue's body, so at that time The medical examiner's explanation is that she may have gotten tangled up in aquatic plants at the bottom and drowned."
These claims cannot be said to be untenable. It is not necessary to have a particularly high water level to drown a person. Under various coincidences, even a bathtub can drown a person, let alone a pool with a complicated underwater environment in the wild?
After leaving the pool, Director Gong took them to a factory not far away.The factory was built on the hillside, overlooking the entire road from above, and the vicinity of the water pool can also be seen at a glance.
Director Gong said as he walked: "At that time, it was judged that there was another important reason for Yang Xiaoyue's drowning. Her uncle said that after talking to her, he walked outside the factory and looked back at her, seeing that she was still standing. He remained motionless by the pool, and there was no third person present in the surrounding area, including in the direction of the town.
"At that time, it was only about half an hour since Yang Xiaoyue's death. During this half hour, Yang Xiaoyue had a violent conflict with someone and was unlikely to be killed. Of course, her autopsy results also support this conclusion."
The case of Yang Xiaoyue's suicide was closed half a year ago, but Director Gong's retelling is still quite clear. Maybe it's because he is conscientious and has a good memory, or maybe it's because there are very few major cases in the town, so he is deeply impressed.
After reading it, Su Xiuran didn't say anything, and after listening to Director Gong's narration, he just nodded with a smile, expressing that he had understood it.
Then they visited Yang Xiaoyue's parents and asked them if they had noticed any abnormal behavior of their little daughter recently, which was completely in the direction of dealing with domestic violence cases.
Yang Xiaoyue's parents looked like a very ordinary middle-aged couple, a little honest and dull, but when they realized that the police came to ask about Yang Yueyue's situation, their emotions became obviously agitated.
Mother Yang held Lin Mei's hand and said, "What's wrong with Yueyue? She just went to school this morning."
Lin Mei realized that she still had lingering fears about the elder daughter's suicide, and hurriedly explained: "Yang Yueyue is fine, we just came to ask about her recent situation."
For such parents who are not highly educated and work very hard to support their families, it is obviously unrealistic for them to take good care of their children.
Judging from the results of the questioning of Yang Xiaoyue's parents, they may have been a little too harsh on their two daughters before, especially in terms of academic performance, they would scold them if they dropped slightly, and Yang's father had indeed beaten the eldest daughter several times.
Although beating and scolding children is not advisable, to be fair, judging from the fact that there was no trace of abuse on Yang Xiaoyue's body when she died, Yang's father's beating and scolding may be just the old-fashioned corporal punishment of parents, rather than deliberate abuse.
The fact that they beat and scolded their children caused them to blame themselves after their eldest daughter committed suicide, and began to learn to care about Yang Yueyue's physical and mental health.He even took her to the urban area on weekends several times and bought her a lot of new clothes and toys. Because of this, Yang Yueyue often went in and out of the urban area, so he had the opportunity to report the crime in the urban area.
Because Lin Mei is a lesbian, she looks more amiable, and Yang's mother finally took her hand and said: "We never thought about giving birth to a boy, Xiaoyue and Yueyue are our lifeblood, Yueyue can Nothing can happen again."
Looking at her mournful eyes that were about to shed tears, Lin Mei could only comfort her for a while before leaving.
After this round of questioning, Lin Mei, who was easily affected by emotions, felt a little uncomfortable, she sighed softly and said: "Yang Yueyue's parents are also quite difficult, and they don't even understand what they have been involved in. "
They are sitting in Yu Qizhen's car now, so they don't have to worry about talking or anything.The reason is that Yu Qizhen, who has always been amiable, said viciously after they got in the car in the morning: "I see whoever is blind dares to install a bug in my car. I will make him look good when I get one!"
Lin Mei immediately looked at him with admiration: "You are so domineering, I have a new understanding of you."
Su Xiuran also laughed at that time: "I don't think anyone has the guts to tamper with the police car of the Municipal Bureau."
Hearing Lin Mei's emotion, Su Xiuran, who was sitting in the back seat, raised his hand and pressed his forehead, but unfortunately he raised his dominant right hand and accidentally touched the bruise on his shoulder, so he couldn't help hissing softly .
Yu Qizhen glanced at him from the rearview mirror, with obvious concern and non-obvious ridicule on his face: "We just came out for a day, and Mr. Su was honorably injured. When I report to Team Zhang later, I must It's a big book, it's best to help Mr. Su apply for a pennant with a certificate of merit or something."
Comrade Yu's little idea is really easy to guess: let you two investigate the case without forgetting to show your affection, and bully me, a loner whose wife left me at home.
Su Xiuran's expression was calm, but his tone was a bit sad: "Yu Yu, I usually treat you well."
Yu Qizhen hurriedly shut his mouth and suppressed his smile, but the arc of the corner of his mouth was too obvious, making it difficult for people to ignore it.
Even Lin Mei, who has no conscience, couldn't help hiding aside and giggling at the thought of Su Xiuran's sad state of being unable to lift both hands up.
The three teased each other, and the atmosphere in the car quickly relaxed.The case is not complicated, but the investigation is so dull and aggrieved. Improperly adjusting the mood will affect the subsequent work efficiency.
The lunch routine is to go back to the police station for a working meal. Director Gong is very careful. Since Su Xiuran said that he has a stomach problem, he always asks the kitchen to prepare meals for Su Xiuran alone.
Su Xiuran was naturally grateful for this, and thanked him with a smile. While eating, he suddenly said, "The facts are very clear, and it's time for us to finish our investigation. I'm always here to trouble you to entertain and increase your salary." Sorry for the workload."
He spoke very modestly, but the people at the police station might think that he couldn't stand the rough environment here and wanted to go back to the city early.
Director Gong asked puzzledly: "Isn't it originally scheduled for at least three days? Why did you leave so soon?"
Su Xiuran smiled and said, "Because minors are involved, Zhang Yan originally thought that the case would not go smoothly, so he estimated the time a little longer. Now it seems that the case is very clear, and we have no reason to delay."
Director Gong smiled considerately: "It's true, then when are you going to leave? I can also arrange work."
Su Xiuran smiled politely: "Go to school again in the afternoon." He raised his head and said to Qizhen, "Yu Yu will call Zhang Yan first and report our progress?"
Yu Qizhen nodded in agreement, because they were all sitting in the restaurant, and there were other diners talking next to him, so he stood up and went to the corridor to make a phone call.
Su Xiuran waited for him to leave, then smiled at Director Gong and said, "By the way, I have another matter to communicate with you. We want to bring Yang Yueyue and Yang Yuntao, whom she mentioned when she called the police, to the city. After all, it was the child who called the police, so it doesn't seem good if he doesn't make a statement to explain it, and since Yang Yuntao is the potential victim she mentioned, let's protect him formally."
He seemed to be talking casually, but he seemed to have arranged everything a long time ago: "Tomorrow and the next two days are weekends, we will pick them up after school, and it will not affect the progress of teaching, but we need to ask their guardians for permission." Opinions, it’s best to take their guardians away, don’t you think?”
Director Gong obviously didn't expect him to propose such an arrangement suddenly, and he was taken aback for a moment before he said, "Yes, it is possible, but how will the two children and their parents go to the city to stay? It needs to be arranged in advance."
Su Xiuran answered fluently, with a smile on his face: "It's okay, there are many hotels in the urban area, and I will be responsible for the expenses."
Su Xiuran has always kept a low profile, but Director Gong's sophistication can't see that he is worth a lot of money. However, facing such a rich and powerful consultant who investigates the case and pays the hotel money himself, Director Gong really thought about it for a while. I was speechless to deal with it.
Just as he was talking, Yu Qizhen, who had finished the phone call outside, had already walked in, and said cheerfully with a gentle and simple smile: "I told Team Zhang, and Team Zhang said that two more cars will be sent to pick you up immediately." .”
Now even the problem that one vehicle cannot accommodate so many people on the return trip has been solved.
Director Gong realized that they probably discussed the countermeasures before the meal, and at this moment it was just a notification to him.
After all, he has been in charge of one party for many years. How could he not see the clues? He was a little angry, but he still suppressed his anger and said, "Mr. Su, Comrade Xiao, do you not trust the police station?" work, that’s why you asked to take him to the city?”
Su Xiuran and Yu Qizhen exchanged glances, and Yu Qizhen stood up and said, "Director Gong, we definitely trust your work, and taking people back to the city is also a routine, you don't need to be so sensitive."
Yu Qizhen's skill in instigating the flames with these few words is also first-class. Director Gong, who is so calm, was also annoyed by him, his eyes froze, and a layer of vigor of an old policeman suddenly appeared on his body : "Since it is a routine matter, of course we will fully cooperate. The police station is a small temple, so there is no need to talk to us so much!"
The other people who were eating in the restaurant, including the ordinary staff of the police station, as well as police officers and police assistants, a total of more than a dozen people, heard that their tone of voice was wrong, and all looked over.There was a sudden silence in the small restaurant.
Su Xiuran laughed, and patted Yu Qizhen: "Young Yu, you have to be artistic when speaking, don't be so straightforward, even good intentions are misplaced."
He is really the kind of person who can ease the atmosphere with a single sentence, obviously he started the conversation first, but in the end he became a good old man.
Yu Qizhen immediately apologized sincerely: "Director Gong, my way of speaking is wrong, sorry."
Director Gong is obviously still angry. Judging from the process of handling the case, he can be called stable and sophisticated, and his ability is not bad, but he is trapped in such a small town where he is always aggrieved before doing anything. The mentality is not easy, let alone being squeezed by two juniors in his eyes.
Before he could speak, a young man opened the dining room door and walked in quickly. After seeing Yu Qizhen, he said nervously, "Officer Xiao, tell me to look at those students. I saw the sixth graders just now. Those older children took a little girl and a little boy to the outskirts of town."
These children took Yang Yueyue and Yang Yuntao outside the town during their lunch break, thinking about it was nothing good, Su Xiuran and Director Gong who were sitting immediately got up.
Director Gong's expression also became serious in an instant, and he waved to the people in the restaurant: "All over, drive!"
Even though they were not slow to get the news, it was after all later than when the incident happened. When a group of people rushed out of the town, they saw a few children crowded by the small pool.
The sixth graders were twelve or thirteen years old, and some of them were already close to the height of adults. Among the few people around the pool, there were obviously no relatively shorter Yang Yueyue and Yang Yuntao.
The sixth graders turned their heads and saw the police car approaching behind them, they panicked and ran away in all directions.
Yu Qizhen flicked the car and stopped close to the pool, Su Xiuran opened the door and got out of the car without saying a word, jumped into the pool without even taking off his coat and shoes.
In the waist-high water in the pool were Yang Yueyue and Yang Yuntao who were struggling and crying non-stop. Director Gong jumped in without any hesitation, and carried the two children ashore with Su Xiuran.
They were not like Yang Xiaoyue, who was 12 years old. The pool was big enough to cover their heads. Fortunately, the police arrived in time, and they had just been pushed into the water. Apart from choking on a few sips of water and being frightened, they were not seriously injured.
The older children who escaped were quickly brought under control by the following police and co-police officers. There were five of them in total.
Lin Mei noticed that there were a few thick and long branches scattered on the ground, and there was also a pool cue. She saw from a distance just now that the older children should be stabbing Yang Yueyue and Yang Yuntao with these, forcing them to go deeper into the pool. walk in the water.
It was the first time for her to face this kind of undisguised malice from a minor. She couldn't imagine that there would be such a vicious and despicable act in this world. On Yang Yueyue who kept crying in Su Xiuran's arms.
Both Su Xiuran and Director Gong were more than half wet. Director Gong handed Yang Yuntao to Yu Qizhen, stood up and walked towards the delinquent boys who were forced to squat on the side of the road with their heads in their hands.
At this moment, one of the teenagers was obviously frightened by the situation and Director Gong's hostility, raised his head and called out to the police assistant standing beside him in panic: "Second uncle!"
The assistant policeman kicked him angrily, kicked him to the ground, and cursed: "You little prodigal son, don't call me uncle!"
Director Gong stopped abruptly, the scene was silent, and then Su Xiuran spoke indifferently, although the voice was not loud, but it was enough for everyone to hear clearly, and there was that faint compassion in his tone: "That's right. Because of this... we need to take people to the city to protect them."
Director Gong went back to the dormitory and changed into dry clothes, then personally presided over the interrogation of the five delinquent teenagers.
Once the majesty and aura accumulated in him for many years were unreservedly released, coupled with the interrogation skills, how could those teenagers resist, and they all confessed in a short time.
The entanglements among the children were not too complicated in the first place. The artificial resistance to handling the case and the nearly unanimous lying and covering up of the adults involved were the key to the progress of this case.
The origin of the incident was, of course, Yang Xiaoyue's suicide half a year ago - of course she didn't commit suicide at all.
She would appear at the water pool that day because her father scolded her for her poor grades, so she ran out to relax.The reason why her grades dropped was because she was docile and introverted, and she was always insulted and bullied by several boys in the same class at school.
She may have thought about death, or she may not have thought of committing suicide at all. After all, she is only 12 years old, and her beautiful life has just begun.
Her uncle, the witness, did not lie, he saw her standing there alone.Not long after Yang Xiaoyue left his sight, the five unscrupulous boys arrived at the pool.
They didn't do it on purpose at first, but just routinely bullied the girl, pushed her into the water, and pressed her shoulders with branches and pool cue to keep her from moving, admiring her pitiful appearance of choking on water.
But this time they played a bit too much. When they realized that Yang Xiaoyue had fallen into the water without a movement, if they could go into the water to rescue Yang Xiaoyue, maybe the girl would not die, but they did ran away.
The relationship between Yang Yueyue and her sister has always been very good. She doesn't believe that her sister who loves her would commit suicide without telling her anything. Yang Xiaoyue told her that there are some "bad guys" who always bully her.
Since her sister died, she paid special attention to the "bad guys" that her sister called, until one day, when she was on duty after school, she saw those bad boys smoking and chatting in a corner of the campus.
They said that there is no one to have fun with recently, they can only bully the second-grade child who "has no parents", that is, Yang Yuntao. When it comes to rising, they also say that Yang Yuntao is too boring and boring, and when he is unhappy, he will be like Yang Xiaoyue. Just drown in the pool.
Lin Mei believed that when they were bragging like this, they might not really have the guts to contemplate murder, but in Yang Yueyue's view, this was a sign that Yang Yuntao would also be killed.
But Yang Xiaoyue died innocently, and was unanimously judged by all the adults and the local police to be a suicide. In Yang Yueyue's young mind, everyone in the town was already untrustworthy.
So she took the opportunity of being taken to the urban area by her parents, found a public phone there, and used the method taught by the teacher to call the police.
In this case, Yang Yueyue, who is only eight years old this year, is the one who knows the whole story and facts best. Unfortunately, she is too young, and many things she said are destined to be ignored by adults.
If she hadn't called the police, and her pronunciation was clear and her language had a certain logic, her hoarse cries would have been ignored by many people.
And will she or Yang Yuntao become the next victim of these bad boys?That is also unknown.Maybe those teenagers just said it casually, and they won't really hurt anyone again.But maybe Yang Xiaoyue's death not only did not make them feel remorseful, but also successfully escaped punishment because of killing a person, which made them even more unscrupulous and prompted them to commit another great crime today or someday in the future.
The police brought the primary school principal and teacher Liu Qian who had been questioned to the police station for questioning again. After learning that Yang Yueyue and Yang Yuntao were pushed into the pond and almost drowned, Liu Qian immediately regretted it, and soon told everything she knew. said.
She said that she was called to the office by the principal at noon yesterday to inform that the police might come in the afternoon to inquire about Yang Yueyue's calling the police in the urban area. Tell the story of Yang Yueyue's sister to distract the police.
Lin Mei couldn't help asking her why she did this, after all, her lying may be related to the fate of the two children.
She said helplessly that first of all, she didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at that time. She thought it was just an irrelevant question, and her confession was not very important, and it didn't matter if she lied.
Another reason stems from her status as a supporting teacher. Whether she performs well after three years of supporting teaching needs to be evaluated by the principal and the local government.If the evaluation is too low, it will affect her employment in the future, and it will also affect whether she can get a hukou in city B.
In the end, she asked Lin Mei, in the workplace, would you go against the leader's opinion and ruin your future because of some unwarranted persistence?
Lin Mei didn't know how to answer her. Although she was doing education work in a relatively remote area, she basically had the same idea as many white-collar workers in City B: It's none of your business, so why not hold it high?The most important thing is always your job and future.
Near the end of get off work, the case had a preliminary conclusion.
The first thing to sort out is the case of Yang Xiaoyue's suicide. At that time, after Yang Xiaoyue was found drowned, the five delinquent teenagers confessed their actions to their parents one after another out of fear.
Some of the children's families are quite wealthy in the town and their status is not low, and some are just ordinary townspeople. Because of the complicated blood and clan relationship, they all know each other well.
The first thing the parents thought of was not to confess to the police, but to get together to discuss and call their relatives at the police station, that is, the assistant policeman Yang Zhixia who was called "Second Uncle" uncontrollably.
Yang Zhixia has been a police assistant for many years, so he is naturally aware of the pros and cons. At first, he strongly opposed the cover-up, but was persuaded by his elder brother with various reasons, and agreed to keep his mouth shut.
Later, Yang Xiaoyue's body lost many clues because it was soaked in the pool for a period of time, and there were no witnesses around. In the unanimous silence of the insiders, it was quickly classified as suicide.
No one expected that after half a year of peace, Yang Yueyue's call to the police would drag the matter out again.
Later, when the urban police, that is, Yu Qizhen and his party came to the town to investigate, Yang Zhixia still notified his elder brother Yang Zhichun and told him to prepare for it.
Yang Zhichun made his fortune by doing steel business in his early years. He is one of the richest households in the town. He dotes on his only son too much, and has a simple and rude ignorant thinking, thinking that children who dare to act will be successful in the future. Usually trivial evil deeds are not restrained, but condoned and covered up more.
Knowing that the city police were coming to investigate, Yang Zhichun rudely decided to "protect" his son to the end. He was quick-witted and asked his young men to install monitoring equipment in the room where the police wanted to stay - that guest house was also Yang Zhichun's. His orders are naturally easy to convey.
As for the coping methods of the primary school principal and Liu Qian, they were taught by Yang Zhixia. It has to be said that he has been in the police system for many years and is familiar with the ins and outs of handling cases.
He said the department tended not to overturn a previously closed case when faced with an investigation that would lead to another case.
Because overturning the previous case means that the person handling the case at that time has neglected his duty, and it is easy to offend his colleagues. Most of the police will not deliberately make things difficult for their colleagues unless they find a particularly important clue.
Hearing this, Lin Mei looked at Su Xiuran who was beside him with a calm expression. If Yang Zhixia knew in advance that the person who came to investigate the case was Su Xiuran who mercilessly overturned the case that was closed six years ago, would he not come out with this? Bad idea?
In short, at night, when three police cars from the city arrived at the scene, they found that even two more cars could not accommodate so many people involved in the case.
In desperation, they could only take the five delinquent boys, Yang Yueyue, and Yang Yuntao into the police car first. As for the children's parents, they had to find transportation to go to the city by themselves.
Zhang Yan also came in person. After getting off the car, he patted Director Gong on the shoulder and said, "Old Wei, long time no see."
Director Gong smiled wryly: "I made you laugh." It seems that they are old acquaintances.
Because there were too many people and few cars, in the same police car on the return trip, apart from Lin Mei, Su Xiuran, and Yu Qizhen, Zhang Yan was also stuffed in, and Gong Wei, who was also somewhat tall and burly, belonged to Director Gong. Full name, he and Zhang Yan are classmates in the police school, and the old classmates call him "Old Wei" in order not to call him "Lao Gong".
Lin Mei was the only lady, and she naturally sat in the spacious and independent front row. She didn't dare to look back all the way. She was squeezed into the corner by two tall policemen who were sighing and reminiscing about the past, discussing the case and discussing how to write a self-criticism. Su Xiuran who also has long hands and long legs... Poor him still a little motion sickness.
After two hours of torture on mountain roads and an hour of traffic jam in the urban area, we finally arrived at our destination.
After bidding farewell to a carload of people, Su Xiuran stood pale at the door of his villa with a large bag of luggage, and the first thing he said was: "From now on, I'll drive my own car when I go out."
Lin Mei silently nodded sympathetically: So you are a delicate and expensive young master, don't keep thinking about how to be close to the people, the one who suffers in the end is yourself.
Because the journey took too long, it was already seven o'clock in the evening when they arrived home, Lin Mei immediately pushed Su Xiuran to take a hot bath upstairs.
Although Su Xiuran and Gong Wei took a hot bath and changed into dry clothes after they jumped into the pool to save people, the outdoor water temperature was still very low in April, Lin Mei knew very well that Su Xiuran's Physical fitness is incomparable with Gong Wei.
People could still interrogate the suspect without changing his face, but he was a little careless, and tomorrow he was going to invite Cheng Yu to come over for an injection.
Su Xiuran knew that he couldn't hold on at this time, so he went obediently. Lin Mei took advantage of this time to prepare dinner and cooked a pot of ginger soup to drive away the cold.
She was busy in the kitchen when she heard the doorbell. Su Xiuran rarely had visitors here, except for the few people from the police station.
Lin Mei subconsciously thought that it was Zhang Yan and the others who had left and returned, and ran to open the door after answering the call. Before opening the door, she hurriedly glanced at the monitor screen next to the door, and was stunned.
The visitor was tall and slender, wearing a dark suit and windbreaker, with thin lips slightly pursed and eyes condensed.
If it wasn't for the fact that his facial features were more majestic than Su Xiuran's, and his height was also somewhat different from him, Lin Mei would almost have thought that the one standing outside the door was another Su Xiuran.
She soon realized who the visitor was. She had seen this face in various interview videos and magazine covers. In terms of public familiarity, he was much stronger than Su Xiuran.
Su Xiuyan.
Knowing that the relationship between the two brothers was not good, she hesitated for a while until Su Xiuyan rang the doorbell again.
Lin Mei thought of the last time she talked with Su Xiuyan. Although he had a lot of opinions on Su Xiuran, he didn't seem like a bad person, so she opened the door and smiled at Su Xiuyan who appeared in front of her: "Mr. ?Hello."
Unlike Su Xiuyan, who was serious in the interview, but still had a gentle smile, today he seemed to be holding back his great anger, glanced at Lin Mei, and said stiffly: "Miss Lin."
Hearing the movement downstairs, Su Xiu who had just put on his home clothes and had some steam in his black hair walked down the stairs. When he saw Su Xiuyan in the hall, he was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled gently. Smiled: "Refine words."
Lin Mei, who was already able to distinguish his subtle emotions, could see from his seemingly calm smile his unreserved kindness...and a kind of cautiousness that was a little flattering.
His attitude obviously irritated Su Xiuran who was covered in cold air for some reason, he strode over with a sullen face, grabbed Su Xiuran with both hands, and pushed him against the wall to hold him tightly.
He used so much force that he even swept over the wooden tables and vases in the aisle and stairs, and the decorative iron and crystal vases fell to the ground, making harsh noises.
Now that Su Xiuyan's height is close to that of Su Xiuran, he stared at his brother hard, and uttered hateful words from his thin lips that were tense because of anger: "Why are you so despicable? Now that things are going on, you don't even have her Her parents refused to let her go! You still want to disturb their cleanliness! You went to her house yesterday, right? What are you going to do!"
Lin Mei didn't know what he wanted to say, but she just tried in vain to pull him away, but found that such a tall man was angry, and she couldn't shake it at all: "Mr. Su, calm down, Xiu Ran has been working hard for the past two days. Investigate cases with me in the suburbs! Impossible to do what you said!"
Su Xiuran didn't try to resist his younger brother, he just looked into his eyes and said to him in a calm tone as much as possible: "Xiuyan, you must have got the wrong news, you can't punish me for something I didn't do. "
However, Su Xiuyan was already dazzled by his anger. He turned his head to look at Lin Mei, and said with a sneer, "You are still defending him, right? Do you know that he bought you in order to let you come to him?" The rented house kicked you out? He is such a person who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals!"
Hearing this news all of a sudden, Lin Mei was stunned for a moment, knowing that Su Xiuyan could no longer be provoked at such a moment, and defended Su Xiuran without hesitation: "I know! I already knew!"
Su Xiuyan was so furious that he still had the power of observation to penetrate people's hearts. He only looked at Lin Mei and laughed: "You're lying, you don't know!"
He no longer gave Lin Mei a chance to speak, and immediately turned back to look at Su Xiuran who was being suppressed by him. What flashed in his eyes was some kind of crazy and bloodthirsty hatred. , as if it could burn his soul and destroy everything he saw in his eyes at the moment, he said coldly: "I said earlier...you really should die."
Lin Mei didn't know if Su Xiuyan was a reasonable, calm and wise person on weekdays, but at this moment, he was as crazy as a Shura from hell.
Everything happened so fast, she could only see him grabbing something from the dining table beside him, and then the silver light flashed, and the sharp blade sank into Su Xiuran's abdomen.
In the chaos, Lin Mei heard a loud slap first, and then she felt the tingling pain from her palm.
She slapped Su Xiuyan with all her strength. Not only did she slap Su Xiuyan's head too far, but the corners of her lips cracked and bloodshot.
Lin Mei didn't bother to look at Su Xiuyan at all, her eyes were firmly fixed on Su Xiuran.
She could see a confused but shocked look on his face, mixed with an indescribable sadness.It seems that no matter how much Su Xiuyan said hateful and scolding words to him, he never thought that his younger brother would send the blade into his body with his own hands.
Lin Mei was glad that at this moment she didn't completely lose the ability to move like she did when she saw him vomit blood last time.
She pushed away Su Xiuyan who was stunned, walked up to support Su Xiuran's shoulders, and then touched his cheek with trembling hands, and found that his body temperature was a little high, maybe it was because he just took a bath, Still have a fever.
His gaze was slightly distracted, but he quickly moved to her face. He first smiled at her in relief, and then said softly, "It's okay."
But his thin lips had already begun to fade rapidly, and his body was also leaning against the wall exhausted.
Lin Mei supported him and slid slowly along the wall to sit down, forcing herself to calm down, and then went to check the wound on his right abdomen.
After Su Xiu was stabbed, Su Xiuyan seemed to have regained a sliver of reason from the rage. He did not pull out the blade, but let go of his hand quickly. The clothes were dyed red in a small circle.
Lin Mei took a sharp breath, forced back the tears in her eyes, turned her head to Su Xiuyan and said sharply: "Hurry up and call the ambulance!"
Su Xiuyan's face was not much better than Su Xiuran's, it was pale, he didn't know if he finally realized what he had done, he took out his mobile phone without saying a word, dialed the emergency number, and reported in a calm and clear tone Given the address and condition of the injured, it looks as if he has regained his sanity and judgment.
After hanging up the phone, Su Xiuyan blankly looked at Su Xiuran, who was half-sitting on the ground, and Lin Mei, who was kneeling beside him, and asked hesitantly, "Should I still call the police?"
At this moment, Lin Mei's full attention was on Su Xiuran. She casually pulled off the blanket on the sofa, covered his legs to keep him warm, and kept stroking his cheeks, letting him lean on her body to save money. physical strength.
On the other hand, Su Xiuran waved at Su Xiuyan with a pale face, signaling him to come over.
Maybe it was because Su Xiuran had built up too much prestige in the past, even though eight years had passed, Su Xiuyan still subconsciously obeyed his request; maybe it was because Su Xiuran's appearance was too weak for people to refuse.In short, Su Xiuyan obediently took two steps forward, squatted down and approached Su Xiuran.
In an instant, Su Xiuyan only felt a pain in his arm, and when he came back to his senses, he found that Su Xiuran had inserted a finger-long piece of glass into his forearm.
Su Xiuran obviously lost his strength, so he could only raise his arm to insert the sharp glass section with the help of falling force. The insertion was not too deep, but the blood flowed out instantly, wetting his dark suit.
Su Xiuran smiled at him, and said softly, "Now you are overprotective...you can call the police..."
With Su Xiuran's current situation, his forced movements and words would affect the wound. After he finished speaking, his breathing became short of breath, and his body leaned against Lin Mei's shoulder even more weakly.
Su Xiuyan stared at his face, seeing him like this, couldn't help raising his hand to help him, and leaned over to sit on the ground next to him.
As soon as Lin Mei saw his face similar to Su Xiuran, she became angry, and seeing that he wanted to sit beside them, she raised her head and scolded him angrily: "Don't sit here, stay away from Xiuran! "
Surprisingly, Su Xiuyan didn't refute, moved away without saying a word, and sat on the floor in the hallway of the entrance.
The wound on his arm was also bleeding continuously, but he didn't have the slightest intention to press the wound, let alone pull out the piece of glass - it was inserted by Su Xiuran specially, and there were his fingerprints on it.
He raised his right hand up a little numbly, and saw patches of blood on his fingers—these blood belonged to Su Xiuran.
He never told anyone else that he had personally seen the scene where Senior Jingyue jumped to her death. Across the noisy crowd and the police cordon, he saw the young body lying in a pool of blood. Her white skirt was covered with blood, like poppies in full bloom.
He was still young at that time, and he never had the courage to go closer to see it, but that scene was deeply imprinted in his heart. Every time he dreamed back in the middle of the night or woke up from a nightmare, the blood red in front of his eyes.
Later, he desperately hoped that Su Xiuran would pay back his blood for countless times, and even rehearsed in his mind how to hurt him with his own hands.
Today seemed to be the closest he was to getting revenge, yet he was squatting here, looking at the same scarlet blood on his hands—this blood was his brother's blood.
(End of this chapter)
Tap the screen to use advanced tools
Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.
You'll Also Like
-
Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated
Chapter 463 8 hours ago -
Shocking! She Came Back with a Smaller Version of the Boss
Chapter 885 8 hours ago -
My key to fighting through martial arts
Chapter 354 15 hours ago -
Douluo: Titled Qin Demon, this killer is a bit cold
Chapter 458 15 hours ago -
I Am Gwen's Spider-Man Mentor
Chapter 218 15 hours ago -
The perfect double undercover
Chapter 733 15 hours ago -
The author's diary of ghost stories
Chapter 676 15 hours ago -
LoL: As long as the wages are in place, all champions will be crushed to pieces
Chapter 364 15 hours ago -
Starting Hong Kong Variety Show: My senior brother is Lingling Qi
Chapter 389 15 hours ago -
He angrily yelled at his brother on the spot, does this commentator no longer want to do it?
Chapter 588 15 hours ago
