Female Forensic Bone Collector

Chapter 2 The Missing Girl

In the following days, Liu Chunxiao has been silently paying attention to this girl who doesn't seem to fit in well. She is so quiet that people are a little worried.Sixteen or seventeen is the age at which girls love to dress up and laugh, but Liu Chunxiao can't find any trace of happiness on Zhang Tong's face.

Later, Liu Chunxiao heard from a classmate living near Zhang Tong’s home that Zhang Tong’s younger sister had disappeared since she was a child. Not long after, her father also committed suicide by jumping off a building. Now there is only one mother who often goes crazy at home and Zhang Tong lives together.

Only then did Liu Chunxiao understand why all she saw in those beautiful eyes was loneliness and indifference.Several times, Liu Chunxiao lingered downstairs at Zhang Tong's house. He really wanted to take the initiative to help Zhang Tong share some of the hardships in life, but, being introverted, he never expressed his feelings.Until the announcement of the college entrance examination results, the students in the class went their separate ways, and Liu Chunxiao didn't have the courage to confide in Zhang Tong. For this, Liu Chunxiao regretted it.

Later, because her parents divorced, Liu Chunxiao moved to a neighboring city with her mother, and never saw Zhang Tong again until today...

"Are you listening to me?" Zhao Junjie noticed Liu Chunxiao's gaffe, and frowned, "You seem to have lost your soul?"

"No, I'm fine!" Liu Chunxiao gathered himself together, and the two walked out of the elevator to the fifth floor.Because Zhao Junjie and Zhao Junjie were roommates in college, Zhao Junjie naturally acted as an escort for Liu Chunxiao's trip to the grassroots, and Zhao Junjie was eager to have the opportunity to leave the forensic office for a while to breathe.

It was time for the evening newspapers to go on sale again in the middle of the day, and the densely packed newspaper kiosks in the streets and alleys of Tianchang City quickly put up newspapers that still faintly smelled of ink.It won't be long before commuters are picking up the evening papers on their way home.

Lao Zhang is the owner of Newsstand No. 2042 at the entrance of Dongshan College. He has sold newspapers and magazines here for ten years and sent away many batches of Dongshan College graduates.Whenever he mentions these children who pass by his newsstand every day, Lao Zhang always has a look of emotion on his face.

Lao Zhang also sells evening papers, but there are not many subscriptions, because almost all the people who come to buy his evening papers are teachers from Dongshan College, and the number is limited.As for the "kids" in the old Zhang mouth, their interests are nothing more than magazines such as fashion and military, and sometimes they even wipe out all the comics in the newsstands.At this time, Lao Zhang is always conflicted in his heart. Of course he is happy to make money, but when he sees these children taking out hundred-dollar bills every now and then, Lao Zhang will mutter to himself, these boys are not at all. Distressed money!

It was raining today, and Lao Zhang's business was much slower. After putting the evening papers on the shelves, Lao Zhang looked at the gray and gloomy sky outside the newsstand, frowned and muttered: "This damn day!"

"Uncle, buy an evening paper." The voice was a little immature and hesitant.

Lao Zhang turned his head curiously, and what appeared in front of him was a young girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old, in a simple blue floral skirt with a white background, with the school badge of Dongshan College pinned to her chest.At this moment, the girl was holding a one-yuan banknote in her hand and was passing it to Lao Zhang.

"what would you like?"

"Today's evening paper, just arrived!" The girl's voice became much firmer.

"Okay, wait a minute!" Lao Zhang quickly turned around and took an evening paper that just arrived from the shelf, and handed it to the girl, "It's ready, the newspaper that just arrived! It's raining, do you want to put it in a plastic bag?" Just a second? Don't get wet." Lao Zhang reminded him kindly, he noticed that the girl didn't bring an umbrella, and the drizzle wet her bangs.

The girl didn't respond, she made a strange move, quickly opened the newspaper, and looked for it in the newspaper like no one else, to be more precise, it was in the middle of the newspaper.

Lao Zhang is very familiar with that place.He sells newspapers all the year round. When he has nothing to do, Lao Zhang has read almost all the newspapers. He knows that there are two things that are most likely to appear in that place, that is, "Missing Person Notice" and "Lost Object Notice".Most of these notices are private individuals, but sometimes the Public Security Bureau's "Recognition Notice" will also be published there, but the chances are not very high.Had the little girl lost something that made her so anxious to try her luck in the evening papers?Old Zhang secretly muttered in his heart.

Suddenly, the girl's gaze was firmly fixed on a place in the middle of the newspaper, her complexion suddenly changed, her hands gradually began to tremble, and her breathing became short of breath.

"Wow!" The girl closed the newspaper, turned around and came to the public phone next to Lao Zhang, looking like she wanted to make a call, but she searched all over her body, but couldn't find any money.She looked back at the increasingly dense rain outside the newsstand, with anxiety written all over her face.

"You want to call, right? Little sister, it doesn't matter if you don't bring any money, just bring it to uncle when you pass by tomorrow." Lao Zhang said with a smile, and reached out to unlock the call button.

The girl glanced at Lao Zhang gratefully, then quickly picked up the receiver and dialed a fixed number with trembling fingers.The call was connected quickly, and as soon as there was a response from the other end of the phone, the girl immediately said hoarsely and intermittently: "Hi, I... I am a student of... from Dongshan College, I think I know you" The girl in the corpse notice, she should be my roommate who has been missing for three days, come quickly!"

Seeing the girl's expression on the verge of crying, Lao Zhang was stunned, he couldn't believe his ears.

When Wang Yanan and his partner Zhao Yun hurried to the gate of Dongshan College, it was less than 15 minutes before receiving the call to the police.The impact of this body dismemberment case was too great, and even the leaders of the city were alarmed. At the case analysis meeting in the afternoon, Director Li had a gloomy face and repeatedly emphasized that the case should be solved as soon as possible.The nature of the case is too bad. In any case, it is already a heinous crime to just randomly discard human corpses in the streets and alleys full of people.Although Director Li tried his best to communicate with the media and asked not to report this case in the near future, everyone knew that this reassurance would not last long.

"Here we are, Dongshan College is ahead! Look, Captain Wang, there is an old man waving to us." Zhao Yun stretched out his finger and pointed to the door of a newspaper kiosk more than 50 meters in front of the police car. "There is a girl standing beside him, who should That's who we're looking for!"

Wang Yanan parked the car neatly at the door of the newsstand, opened the door, and the two got out of the car and walked in.

"Uncle, is it you who called the police to our office?" Zhao Yun asked, showing his ID at the same time, "We are from the Public Security Bureau."

Lao Zhang nodded, and then pointed to the emotional girl beside him. While waiting for the police car to arrive, he had roughly figured out what happened: "This is the little girl who called the police. He disappeared a few days ago, and the clothes he was wearing when he disappeared were exactly the same as the ones on the "Recognition Notice" that you posted."

Wang Yanan and Zhao Yun looked at each other, Zhao Yun then asked: "Little girl, uncle will show you two photos, okay? We didn't publish them in the newspaper."

The girl hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Zhao Yun took out Zhang Tong's restored simulated portrait of the deceased and a photo of the deceased's clothing from the briefcase he was carrying, and handed it to the girl: "It's okay, take your time."

Lao Zhang quickly reached out and turned on the brightest lamp in the newsstand, with a full sixty watts, and immediately, the small newsstand was brightly illuminated.

The girl stared at the photo for a long time, then gritted her teeth and nodded: "That's right, it's Jingjing, sleeping on my lower bunk! The person in this photo is her!"

Lao Zhang, who was standing on the side, also came over to take a look, frowned and muttered: "I seem to have seen this girl before... By the way, I remembered! She came to me a few days ago to recharge her mobile phone bill, and also I left a book with me. I was thinking about returning it to her when she came to recharge her mobile phone. Hi! What a pity! What a young child..." As he said, Lao Zhang bent down and rummaged under the shelf A somewhat worn-out "History of European Art" was published, and I patted the dust off the book, and handed it to the girl: "Look, is the name on it your classmate? If so, you can take it back for me! "

The girl hesitated to speak, and finally took the book silently. After glancing at the cover, she stroked the book silently with her face full of sadness.

"Can you take us to your dormitory?"

The girl nodded: "It's on the third floor of the first building on the left when you enter the college. Come with me."

After thanking Lao Zhang for his enthusiastic help, Wang Yanan and Zhao Yun followed the girl to the gate of Dongshan College not far away.

Watching their backs disappear into the academy, Lao Zhang was a little dazed, and what the girl said just now rang in his ears again: "...I always feel that something must have happened to Jingjing, she is not the kind who is irresponsible for her own life The girl in the school finally got into university, and she will not give up... No one believed me, so I came to find her by myself. I thought she was in a car accident, so I read the notice in the evening paper to see if I could find it. There can be no news of her..."

"It's so pitiful!" Lao Zhang muttered, reaching out to turn off the light, and realizing sadly that the girl named Jingjing would never come back again!

Like many college female dormitories, after opening the door, a warm and lovely space appears in front of you.The room is not big, but it is clean and tidy. There is a double-layer iron frame bed in each corner of the room, and a unique curtain made of beautiful floral cloth on it. There are four study tables full of books. At the same time, try to squeeze out a little space to put the owner's favorite trinkets.

"Four people live here?" Wang Yanan asked.

"Yes," the girl named Wang Yan nodded, and pointed to the iron frame bed on the left, "I sleep on the upper bunk, and Jingjing sleeps on the lower bunk. After she disappeared, the bed has not been moved. I just put The curtains are drawn, and I know she doesn't like people messing with her personal things."

"Where are the others in the dormitory?" Zhao Yun muttered.

"It's all over for dinner, I can't eat, I'm always worried about Jingjing..." Wang Yan didn't continue, her mood seemed very depressed.

Seeing this scene, Wang Yanan reached out and patted Wang Yan's thin shoulder: "Tell us about Jingjing's situation, especially what happened on the day she disappeared?"

Wang Yan nodded.

In the evening, Xinjiekou Qingyi Tea House.

"Xiao Tong, I'm really glad to see you again!" At this time, Liu Chunxiao changed into a simple casual outfit, light soft-soled leather shoes, and she was completely different from the one she saw in the Public Security Bureau.

On the small table in front of the two of them were some refreshments and a pot of freshly brewed Biluochun.

Zhang Tong smiled slightly: "Old classmate, if you say this, you will be out of touch. I haven't seen you for so many years. I should treat you well!"

"Is your mother well?"

"It's okay, after so many years, it's still the same, but it's the same when people get older." Zhang Tong couldn't see the slightest strange expression on his face, "What about you?"

Liu Chunxiao smiled awkwardly: "After my parents divorced, I lived with my mother. She passed away last year because of a myocardial infarction."

"I'm sorry." Zhang Tong gritted his teeth.

"It's okay, she passed away peacefully and without pain. Now I'm alone, with no worries and cares, and the days go by like that!"

"Then why did you think of transferring back to Tianchang?"

Liu Chunxiao's heart moved slightly, and he almost blurted out that the reason why he came back was because of Zhang Tong.Afraid that she would find out the secret in his heart, Liu Chunxiao deliberately shifted his gaze to the bright red rose on the table in front of him, and pretended to be relaxed and said: "Oh, this is my hometown, why don't I come back, haha !"

"By the way, Xiao Tong, won't your family tell you that you came out for tea today?"

Zhang Tong smiled wryly: "I entrusted my mother to my uncle, it doesn't matter if I go back later. If I don't come when my old classmate invited me, wouldn't that be too disrespectful to you?"

"You're not married yet?" Liu Chunxiao raised his eyebrows slightly.

"We are in the forensic profession, and it's very difficult to get married." Zhang Tong subconsciously stretched out his hands, and smiled helplessly, "With these hands, you can touch dead people all day long, and they can scare them away!"

At that moment, Liu Chunxiao clearly saw deep loss in Zhang Tong's eyes.

At this moment, there was a pleasant ringtone from the mobile phone.Zhang Tong quickly opened the handbag, took out his mobile phone and answered it, and nodded apologetically to Liu Chunxiao.

"Well... ok... I'll be there right away!" After hanging up the phone, Zhang Tong stood up, "I'm so sorry, Liu Chunxiao, I have a clue to a case I'm in charge of, and I have to go back to the bureau right away. You eat!"

"It's okay, do you want me to see you off?" Liu Chunxiao also stood up.

"No need, I can take a taxi." Zhang Tong smiled lightly, turned around and walked quickly to the stairs of the teahouse.

Looking at Zhang Tong's back, Liu Chunxiao's heart was filled with deep loss.He had thought about a lot of things to say to her—he came back this time not only to see Zhang Tong again, but more importantly, he wanted to tell Zhang Tong his amazing discovery, and he firmly believed that this discovery was likely to end there. Unlock the terrible secret hidden in Zhang Tong's heart for many years!

The meeting room of Tianchang Public Security Bureau was brightly lit.Although it was crowded with people, except for the occasional cough or two, there was no noisy sound at the scene, and everyone was patiently waiting for the important person to arrive.

As the on-duty forensic doctor, Zhang Tong was sitting closest to the door. She looked up and scanned the entire conference room, only to find that Wang Yanan and Zhao Yun were not in it.

Soon, there was a sound of hurried footsteps at the door, and the door was pushed open, and Wang Yanan walked in hastily.She went straight to the whiteboard in front of the conference room, picked up the magnet, and pasted six enlarged photos in one breath, then turned around and introduced to everyone: "The source of the corpse has been found. Wang Yajing, a freshman majoring in finance and accounting at Dongshan College, just turned 17 this year, and her hometown is Kaili County."

As she spoke, she pointed to the first photo on the left. The one presented to everyone was a thin and quiet girl with dark skin and firm eyes.

"Wang Yajing is roughly the same height, age and weight as the deceased mentioned in the autopsy report of Zhang Forensic Doctor, and her body is thin, and her place of origin in Kaili belongs to the south of the Five Ridges, so her race is also completely consistent. It can be determined that she It is the deceased in this case.” Speaking of this, Wang Yanan pointed to the remaining five photos, “These photos were all taken from the dormitory where the deceased lived, so it can be seen that the disappearance of the deceased was not deliberate. , everyone pay attention to her bed."

Everyone's eyes followed Wang Yanan's fingers to the fourth photo.The photo shows a simple lower bunk of a double-decker iron bed, covered with pink sheets, a thin blanket spread out, and a plush toy is casually placed on the head of the bed, which is a typical girl's bed.

"You look at this book, open, back up, on a blanket. Her behavior is very casual, and it can be concluded that the owner of this book was halfway through. Everyone here I usually have the habit of reading a book while lying on the bed, and halfway through it, because something happened to interrupt the reading, I would subconsciously put the book aside.

"According to the clues provided by Wang Yajing's roommate who reported the case, Wang Yajing claimed that she was going to see a friend and would be back soon, and asked her roommate to keep the door open for her at night. But she never appeared again. .”

"Captain Wang, according to the forensic report, we have no way to compare the deceased's DNA. Isn't it too rigorous to confirm the deceased based on physical characteristics?" Li Ju asked with a frown.

"The forensic doctor Zhang provided me with a restoration picture of the deceased's portrait. The deceased's roommate also recognized that the clothes the deceased was wearing when he disappeared were exactly the clothes we found in the snakeskin bag at the scene. To be on the safe side, the forensic doctor is working on the deceased's body." The report on the extraction of dental pulp will not come out until tomorrow. I hope we can find useful clues. I have also sent Deputy Captain Zhao and the teacher of the school's security department to Kaili County. They will pick up the parents of the deceased tomorrow morning. Come over to identify the dead body and deal with the aftermath.

"During this period, I asked the public security team to help me transfer all the surveillance videos along the way from Dongshan College on the day Wang Yajing disappeared, and sorted them out one by one, trying to restore all the movements of the deceased after leaving the college that night."

The person in charge of the security team nodded: "No problem, we will deal with it right away!"

After the meeting ended, Zhang Tong stopped Wang Yanan in the corridor, and the two went downstairs together.

"Yanan, are you sure it's that girl?"

Wang Yanan nodded with a heavy face: "By the way, Xiaotong, is there no way to determine the cause of death?"

Zhang Tong shook his head regretfully: "I told you, the body was dismembered so scattered, with an average thickness of only [-] centimeters. Boiled in water, many useful clues have been destroyed, and I can do nothing at the moment. Besides, there are no obvious wounds on the bones. The only inference now is that the deceased is likely to have died of poisoning or suffocation."

"Poisoned?"

Zhang Tong nodded: "My assistant Pan Jian has already applied for a poison test. He collected some bone marrow samples from the deceased. Boiling in high temperature water will destroy the molecular composition of DNA, but it cannot be done for some poisons. These toxic substances, especially chemical toxins, will quickly settle on the bones of the deceased and leach into the bone marrow of the deceased."

"How long will it take to get results?"

Zhang Tong shook his head: "There are many kinds of toxins. We need to conduct systematic screening, which will take time."

Wang Yanan frowned: "This murderer is very cunning and knows a lot about pathology!"

"I think so too. Although this girl is said to be thin, she still weighs nearly [-] catties. According to our forensic doctor, it is necessary to divide a person weighing [-] catties into such uniform parts in just three days. One by one, and throwing the corpses everywhere, it must be a person who is proficient in the distribution of human body structure, strong in body, very strong in psychology, and even cold and indifferent to a certain extent, who can work for more than nine hours without rest. Only then can it be completed!"

"My God! This is simply not human!" Wang Yanan yelled.

Zhang Tong nodded, lifted the bag on his shoulder, turned his head and said seriously to Wang Yanan: "This man's psychology is very abnormal, and death is nothing to him at all, so, Yanan, you want to Be careful!"

"I will, don't worry! I will definitely catch this bastard!"

Walking out of the elevator, Zhang Tong felt unspeakably tired.She dragged her heavy steps to the door of the house, took out the key, and was about to open the door, when her eyes lit up, the door was opened, and the anxious face of her uncle appeared in front of her: "Come in, you are exhausted, son!" !"

Zhang Tong smiled and shook his head, while changing shoes, he asked, "Thank you, Uncle, how is my mother?"

"She's okay, she's asleep." Uncle pointed to Zhang Tong's mother's bedroom, "I gave her medicine at nine o'clock, and she should be able to sleep until tomorrow morning. If you have any problems, just call me, I will Nothing happened."

Zhang Tong was very sorry: "Uncle, I made you worry!"

"Silly boy! We are all a family, why are you talking so outrageously! I'm leaving. I left some food in the refrigerator, you can warm it up and eat it yourself."

Zhang Tong nodded.

After seeing off his uncle, Zhang Tong came to his mother's bedroom lightly.

A small lavender light was turned on in the room. In the dim light, the mother curled up like a baby and lay peacefully on the bed, with a slight smile on her lips.

Zhang Tong stood in front of his mother's bed, silently watching his sleeping mother.She knows that only in her sleep can her mother feel the deep love that has been far away.

She looked up at the group photo of her father and mother hanging on the wall. In the yellowed photo, the life of the young father was frozen in the past years.Since the moment my father made up his mind to jump upstairs to completely free himself, my mother has always lived in her own world.

Looking at his father's smiling face, Zhang Tong cried, and tears rolled down his face silently...

"Old friend, don't you really lose face and refuse to reveal anything?" Although Zhao Junjie seemed a little drunk and blushing, Liu Chunxiao knew very well that Zhao Junjie's drinking capacity was not enough for a mere bottle of beer Got it.

"You put it down, I knew that you suddenly invited me to drink today, it must be out of intention." Liu Chunxiao shook her head with a smile, "Actually, I don't know much about Xiaotong's family, really counting, me and her It's just two years of classmates. After all, why are you interested in such an old case? Don't you have a lot of time? Aren't you journalists always busy?"

Zhao Junjie couldn't help but smiled wryly: "To tell you the truth, brother, I'm very busy, but it's really not my dream to be a mediocre reporter all my life. Wherever the leader's baton is pointed, I have to be fart Who am I, Zhao Junjie? A future Pulitzer Prize winner! This is what I am pursuing! I like old cases, especially those that have not been solved. If they can be solved because of my report If this case is settled, I will be satisfied! The husband will die without regrets!"

Hearing the rhetoric of the old classmate with the strength of wine, Liu Chunxiao couldn't help laughing, then sighed again, shook his head, picked up the beer glass in front of him, raised his head and drank it down, and then looked He said seriously: "I just heard about it. It seems that the missing girl has not been found yet, that is, Xiaotong's younger sister Zhang Qiu. After so many years, there is still no news, and I don't know if she is still alive here. the world."

Zhao Junjie nodded: "I have the same feeling. I have carefully read the case file. The child was already eight years old when he disappeared, and a child of this age should already have his own fixed memory. If he is still alive, then , After more than 20 years, she will definitely come to her family! I heard that Zhang Forensic Doctor and his family still live in the original old house?"

"Yes, they didn't move. Her father committed suicide not long after. The scene was miserable, as if he jumped off a building."

"Brother, have you noticed anything different about your classmate?" Zhao Junjie asked abruptly while helping Liu Chunxiao fill up the beer glass in front of him.

Liu Chunxiao thought for a while: "No, everything is normal, it's just that such a big change happened at home, she seems very out of gregarious, very lonely." Speaking of this, Liu Chunxiao once again appeared in front of the thin but resolute back view.

"It is recorded in the case file that forensic doctor Zhang was also at the scene of her sister's disappearance. It is a pity that Zhang Tong was injected with anesthesia by the murderer and almost became a vegetable. After waking up, he forgot that experience. Zhao Junjie took out a cigarette and lit it, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled a nearly perfect smoke ring, "Old friend, I really can't believe that those scenes that only appear in American blockbusters are actually in our movie." You can find it around you, don’t you think it’s strange.”

Liu Chunxiao didn't say a word, just immersed himself in drinking, and gradually fell into deep thought.

In the forensic laboratory of the Technical Squadron of the Tianchang Public Security Bureau, sophisticated testing instruments are silently flashing red and green lights alternately, and the data display instruments are constantly updating the latest test data results.Time passed by, and suddenly, the tester made a strange beeping sound, and then, after a dull "click", the printer connected to the tester started the "creaking" printing job.Nearly a minute later, the printing was finally over. Pan Jian, who had been waiting for a long time, tore off the report card impatiently, opened the door excitedly and ran upstairs.

"Forensic Zhang, the report is out!" Pan Jian handed the printed poison test report to Zhang Tong who was carefully examining the cross-section specimen of human bone under the microscope.

"Oh? So fast!" Zhang Tong took off his glasses, rubbed his sore nose, and then read line by line seriously.

"I didn't expect this kid to use tetrodotoxin! Isn't it scary?" Pan Jian stood aside and muttered to himself, "I don't know what else he doesn't understand."

Zhang Tong looked stern, picked up the phone quickly, and dialed Wang Yanan's office: "Yanan, come here right away! There is progress!"

"Tetrodotoxin?" Wang Yanan looked puzzled.

"Yes, tetrodotoxin!" Zhang Tong pointed to the report sheet on the table, and continued to explain, "Tetrodotoxin is a kind of nerve agent, and we humans will die if we ingest 0.5 mg to 3 mg. As many as 4 Hours, less than 10 minutes, the victim will have numbness in fingers, lips, and tongue, followed by vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. As the poisoning time prolongs, the victim gradually begins to experience language barriers, confusion, dyspnea, and blood pressure. Descending, comatose, and finally dying of respiratory and circulatory failure!"

"Then how did you find out that the deceased died from this special animal toxin? Didn't you say that the deceased's body had been boiled?"

Zhang Tong smiled slightly: "No matter how careful the murderer's plan is, there is always a secret! Tetrodotoxin is very resistant to high temperatures. Boiling water at 100°C for eight hours in a row will not destroy the residue of the toxin, but will only deepen the toxin. Gradually accumulating on human bones. Think about it, in 100°C water, those dead meat slices are so thinly sliced, just scald them in hot water. What a tell!" At this point, she straightened her expression, "Yanan, this man is not only an expert in surgery, but also knows biochemistry. It seems that his education level is not low! And he is very conceited, otherwise, he I wouldn't deliberately cut this poor girl into so many pieces!"

"The murderer is clearly showing off!" Pan Jian couldn't help interjecting.

Wang Yanan nodded, turned and left.

Not long after the door of the forensic office closed, there were hurried footsteps at the door, followed by a "boom", and the door was knocked open.Zhang Tong raised his head in surprise, immediately frowned, and said angrily: "Reporter Zhao, since you are so busy, I won't waste your time here! What are you doing here?"

Zhao Junjie smiled awkwardly.He knew he was wrong, so he didn't dare to tell Zhang Tong that he drank with Liu Chunxiao last night, and ended up lying on the sofa at Liu Chunxiao's house all night in a daze. Because they slept so hard, both of them were late this morning.He subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch his forehead, and it still hurts like hell!

Looking at Zhao Junjie grinning because of the unbearable headache and his red eyes, Zhang Tong immediately understood that this was a typical symptom of a hangover.She sighed helplessly, took off her work gloves and put them next to the microscope, walked to the metal cabinet next to the wall, opened the cabinet door, took out a small paper bag, poured out two white pills from it, and put The paper bag was put back.After closing the cabinet door casually, Zhang Tong came to Zhao Junjie's side and handed him the pills.

"What are you?" Zhao Junjie was a little confused. He looked at the pill in Zhang Tong's palm hesitantly for a while, and then carefully looked at Zhang Tong who was frowning in front of him.

"What to look at, eat it, it won't kill you, it's good for your headache. If you still want to do serious things today, eat it for me quickly! The water is over there, pour it yourself!" After finishing speaking, Zhang Tong He returned to the workbench without looking back, and ignored him again.

Zhao Junjie suddenly felt his nose sour.He clenched his fists tightly, looked at Zhang Tong, then lowered his head and spread his palms to look at the pills in his palms. He was stunned for a long time, and then walked towards the water dispenser in the corner.

The phone rang, Zhang Tong looked up at Pan Jian, and said lightly, "You answer the phone."

"Okay." Pan Jian knew very well that Zhang Tong's patience must have reached a certain limit today, otherwise, she wouldn't even bother answering the phone.

"Hello, this is the medical examiner's office. Whom can I call? Um...okay, let me tell her, wait!" Pan Jian turned his head and said loudly, "Forensic examiner Zhang, the vice-captain Zhao called and said Wang Yajing's parents want to identify their daughter's body, is it convenient?"

Hearing this, Zhang Tong became anxious, dropped the things in his hands and came to the phone in two or three steps, reached out to take the phone from Pan Jian's hand, "Deputy Captain Zhao, have you told the family members that the body of the deceased has died?" severely damaged?"

"I said it, but her parents insisted on identification. We can understand the mood. Forensic doctor Zhang, please make arrangements. We will be here in half an hour."

Zhang Tong's mood was extremely bad. After thinking about it, she decided to arrange the deceased's clothes first and put them on the stainless steel dissecting table. Then she took out the dead man's head and placed it on another dissecting table that was a little further inside. Finally, draw the curtain between the two dissecting tables, and that's all.Although she, as a forensic doctor, has no way to stop the request of the family members to identify the body, she intends to leave as much mental space as possible for the family members of the deceased.If possible, Zhang Tong really didn't want to open that cold gray plastic curtain.

Half an hour later, the door of the forensic dissection room was pushed open on time, and Zhao Yun was the first to walk in, closely followed by a middle-aged couple with pale faces.When they came in, Zhang Tong noticed that the middle-aged couple shivered subconsciously, and there was unconcealable fear in their eyes.Zhang Tong knew that the temperature in the dissection room was much lower than the outside, all because of ensuring a good storage environment for the corpse, but from another point of view, it was too close to death, and the first-timer almost There will be such a feeling - indescribably cold!

Zhang Tong walked to the first anatomy table.She didn't look up to see the expressions on the faces of the middle-aged couple, but the sobbing that followed her ears confirmed that they recognized their daughter's clothes.Zhang Tong sighed slightly: "Do you want to continue?"

"Yes! I want to see Jingjing! No matter what she looks like, she is still my daughter!" The voice was unusually firm, and it was the father of the deceased who spoke, "Comrade policeman, I must see Jingjing!" When the last two words were spoken, the voice of the deceased's father turned into tears.

Zhang Tong gritted his teeth: "Then you have to be mentally prepared!"

The couple looked at each other, then nodded vigorously.

The bathroom of Tianchang City Public Security Bureau, Zhang Tong will definitely come here to take a shower every day after get off work. Over the years, she has developed a fixed habit.In fact, there was only one reason, and that was that she didn't want to bring too much of the smell of death back to her already fragmented home.

After sending away the parents of the deceased who came to identify the body, Zhang Tong was extremely depressed.She couldn't lift her spirits all day long, and as soon as she stopped the work at hand, the scene when she accompanied her mother to claim the body of her father who jumped off the building would immediately appear in front of her eyes. Zhang Tong's memory is engraved with a mark that can never be erased.

Zhang Tong also knows that the nightmares that have been entangled for many years are inseparably related to his career, and it is a normal reaction when facing death every day.Many times, Zhang Tong felt that he could not hold on any longer, and wanted to change his career more than once. However, whenever he saw the tears of the victim's relatives, Zhang Tong felt a surge of energy in his heart, and he must do his best to assist in handling the case. , to bring criminals to justice.

After get off work, Zhang Tong took a change of clothes and pushed the door into the public bathroom. Because he was busy arranging tissue samples, he came a little late today.The nursing aunt at the door raised her head and said hello with a smile: "Doctor Zhang, it seems that you are the last one today!" Zhang Tong smiled absently, nodded, took slippers and a sign and walked into the bathroom cubicle.

The bathroom was quiet and there was no one there. Under the dim light, there was only the sound of dripping taps leaking water. There was fog in front of his eyes. Zhang Tong felt a little short of breath while taking off his clothes.She looked up at herself in the mirror with a haggard look on her face.

The fog seemed to be getting thicker and thicker, and a familiar sense of fear gradually permeated the whole body.She frowned and shook her head. She must have been too tired from work today, and her nerves were too tense, so she would inevitably be in a trance.

Zhang Tong took a deep breath, put on slippers and bathing utensils, and continued to walk inside.

The entire women's bathroom has a space of more than 80 square meters. The left and right rows are full of shower cubicles, and the middle row is a row of benches.The bathroom was empty at the moment, and there was no one else but her.Zhang Tong chose the first compartment on the left, turned on the shower head and adjusted the water temperature, then put himself under the warm water and let the water wash over his body.She closed her eyes immediately, trying to relax herself as much as possible.

Suddenly, through the sound of rushing water, a little girl's whimpering sound came faintly from her ears. The voice was hoarse and heart-piercing. Sent for help and struggling.Zhang Tong's heart skipped a beat, the voice was very familiar!She opened her eyes suddenly, but in front of her eyes was still the pale yellow wooden door of the shower room.But the little girl's cry still lingered in her ears.She quickly turned off the faucet, grabbed the bath towel and put it on her body, then pushed open the wooden door and looked around.The crying stopped abruptly, and there was no movement in the huge bathroom, except for the sound of water leaking from the shower head.

"Who? Who's there? Is there anyone?" Zhang Tong's voice trembled.

No one responded, and Zhang Tong's sense of fear became more and more intense. She felt her heart beating and her breathing gradually became difficult.Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately packed up her things, got dressed, and left the bathroom without looking back.

It was late at night, and Zhang Tong was still sitting next to the computer, staring nervously at the screen in front of him, "Hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations..." Familiar words flashed before his eyes one by one, and Zhang Tong's expression became more and more serious. Ugly, eventually, her hand slid limply from the keyboard.Leaning on the computer chair behind her, she closed her eyes and let out a long sigh.

Zhang Tong realized sadly that his memory that had been hidden for 20 years was being ruthlessly awakened step by step.She doesn't know whether this means a blessing or a curse, although sometimes she really hopes that she can have the courage to face this dark memory, because at least this memory can solve a mystery that has troubled her for a long time, but, She was also very scared, as if this memory was a Pandora's box, once she opened it hastily, it was very likely that she would be forever engulfed by the black mist it emitted from now on.

Zhang Tong admits that he is not a strong person.

In the monitoring room on the third floor of the Tianchang City Public Security Bureau, Captain Wang Yanan was nervously watching the monitoring screen in front of her. She had been here for 24 hours, and her eyes were a little sore and swollen, and her legs were almost numb.But these are nothing to her. Looking at the more and more clue records on the whiteboard behind her, she feels nothing but the excitement of getting closer to the truth step by step.

The walking route of the deceased Wang Yajing on the night of her disappearance is like a puzzle that is gradually becoming complete, and the mystery is gradually revealed.

At 32:[-], the deceased left the female dormitory building No. [-] of Dongshan College wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. The clothes the deceased wore were exactly the same as those found at the crime scene.

At [-]:[-], she walked out of the gate of Dongshan College, turned to the right, and walked onto Haitian Road.

At 56:59, she entered Zhapu Road and continued walking.During this period, she once stopped and took out her mobile phone to answer a call.The time was 13:[-]:[-], and the call lasted only [-] seconds before hanging up. The time spent was only enough to say one sentence at most.According to the clues provided by the deceased's roommate, the person who was talking to Wang Yajing was asking her about her current itinerary.

cell phone?Wang Yajing’s dormitory did not find any clues about the existence of mobile phones, such as chargers, and several of her roommates also unanimously reported that they had never seen her with a mobile phone, and even her family also denied that their daughter The reason for having a mobile phone is that my family is not very good, and I usually only give my daughter 300 yuan a month for living expenses.And Wang Yajing's living habits have always been frugal, so where did she get her mobile phone?Was it from that mysterious friend?And, most importantly, where is the phone now?
Thinking of this, Wang Yanan frowned, and on the whiteboard in front of her, she heavily marked a question mark on the word "mobile phone" with a red pen.

If you want to use your mobile phone, you must pay for it!Pay the fees?Pay the fees?These two words kept flickering in Wang Yanan's mind. Suddenly, something that an old man said unintentionally made her suddenly realize.Wang Yanan turned around abruptly, came to the desk, and quickly dialed the number of his assistant Zhao Yun: "Are you still in Dongshan College?"

After getting an affirmative answer, Wang Yanan immediately ordered: "Go to the newsstand at the door immediately, and find the stall owner... yes! It's the old man we saw on the day of reporting the crime, and ask him to try his best to remember the day when the deceased went to charge his mobile phone at his place." When it comes to phone bills, it’s best to find out the number. I remember that his newsstand is a manual phone top-up device, and there should be a backup for the month! Go! I’ll be right there!”

After hanging up the phone, Wang Yanan grabbed his coat and was about to rush out of the monitoring room when something flashed through his mind, and he quickly stopped his colleague who was still looking down at the surveillance video: "Try to help me find out the whereabouts of the deceased since the day he disappeared. The specific time when she appeared at the newsstand in the past few days! I want the exact time! I'm going to Dongshan College to follow the clues, and you will call me as soon as you have the result!"

On the way to Dongshan College, Wang Yanan bit her lips tightly, her eyes fixed on the road ahead, and the car was driving fast.She knew very well that as long as she got the missing mobile phone number and called up the call records, she would be one step closer to the murderer!The deceased was a very introverted girl with a tight tongue. She concealed who this mysterious friend was from almost everyone around her, including the existence of this mobile phone!Now it seems that this mobile phone is obviously the first key to open this nine-chain labyrinth!
Zhang Tong was busy writing the autopsy report in the office. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. She looked up and saw that it was Liu Chunxiao!He was wearing a neat prosecutor's uniform and was looking at himself with a smile.

"You are here!" Zhang Tong's face also overflowed with a smile that is rarely seen on weekdays.

Liu Chunxiao nodded: "I'm on a business trip, so I stopped by to see you. I ran into Zhao Junjie in the corridor, and I knew you were writing a report in the office."

"He, a whole lot of idlers, said he was staying here to experience life, but I think he was fishing for three days and drying the net for two days!" Zhang Tong smiled angrily, looked up at the wall clock on the wall, and immediately Turned off the computer, stood up, "Leave him alone, let's go, I'll treat you to dinner!"

When I came to the staff restaurant, there were not many people coming to eat, so the whole restaurant seemed a little empty. People were looking for seats to sit around sporadically, and the ceiling fans above their heads were spinning feebly, trying to dispel the sweltering heat in the air in the restaurant.

Liu Chunxiao looked left and right, and couldn't help but sigh: "The restaurant of your grassroots public security bureau looks really good! The decoration is very good!"

Zhang Tong smiled wryly, "Every time I come to eat, I don't have much appetite. In fact, I don't have much time, especially when I have a case at hand. I can't help it. It's because of my profession! In my opinion, no matter how delicious the food is, it doesn't matter. It’s tasteless, as long as it fills your stomach.”

Liu Chunxiao smiled awkwardly.

After queuing up to get the plates, the two ordered food separately, and then sat down at the table near the window.

As soon as Zhang Tong sat down, he habitually reached out to the chili bottle on the table. Liu Chunxiao saw it and couldn't help laughing: "Xiao Tong, it's been so many years, and you still maintain your habit of eating spicy food."

Zhang Tong shrugged helplessly: "Sometimes some old habits are quite good."

For the next minute or two, neither of them spoke. Liu Chunxiao wanted to speak several times, but looking at Zhang Tong with a calm face, he couldn't bear it.Time passed by, Liu Chunxiao's heart became more and more entangled, he frowned, and finally mustered up his courage,

"Xiaotong, I read the old file of that case."

"What case?"

"It's the one where your sister disappeared. I saw it." Liu Chunxiao said seriously.

The spoon in Zhang Tong's hand immediately froze and stopped in mid-air. The expression on her face was extremely complicated, and she didn't speak for a long time.

"Has Zhao Junjie looked for you?"

"He looked for me, but before he looked for me, I looked at it!" Liu Chunxiao would never lie, especially when facing the woman he had been secretly in love with for so many years.

"Why?" Zhang Tong's voice was cold.

Liu Chunxiao did not directly answer this question, he looked at Zhang Tong tenderly, and said slowly: "Xiao Tong, I know that is an unbearable memory for you, but this kind of post-traumatic self-protection memory Obstacles fade with age, Tong, I think you must also be wondering what happened to your sister. If you want, I will help you through this difficulty. Trust me! I I have no malice towards you, I just want to help you get out of the shadow of your heart!"

At this moment, Zhang Tong seemed to have turned into a sculpture, but Liu Chunxiao knew very well that although she didn't show anything on the surface, her inner world would definitely not be peaceful.

At this moment, Zhao Junjie appeared, and sat down on the chair next to Liu Chunxiao carelessly, stretched out his arms to put his arms around Liu Chunxiao: "Hey, brother, don't call me when you eat!"

Before Liu Chunxiao had time to react, Zhang Tong stood up quickly and said coldly: "You are busy, I will go first!" Immediately afterwards, she took a few mouthfuls of lunch, turned around and left without looking back up.

Looking at Zhang Tong's back, Liu Chunxiao shook his head helplessly, and then complained to Zhao Junjie next to him: "You really are! You are more than successful than you are! What are you doing now?"

"What's the matter? Did something bad happen to you?" Zhao Junjie had a smirk on his face.

"Where! Don't think about it!" Liu Chunxiao glared at him, "I was talking about the case 20 years ago, and now only Xiaotong can help us solve this mystery!" Liu Chunxiao frowned, "You know what? She was the only eyewitness! In the 20 years since her sister disappeared, in that forest, eight children have gone missing!"

There was no longer a smile on Zhao Junjie's face.

"I have been paying attention to this case. From the day I entered the procuratorate to work, I have gone through all the files related to missing persons." As he spoke, Liu Chunxiao took out a thick scrapbook, opened it, Turn it in front of Zhao Junjie, "Look at it, I recorded a lot of details."

Zhao Junjie looked at the scrapbook in front of him in surprise, which had obviously been kept for many years. From the disappearance of Zhang Tong's sister Zhang Qiu 20 years ago, any relevant reports could be found in the scrapbook.

"Then how did you find out the connection between the eight subsequent cases? You are a member of the judicial department, and you know that the Public Security Bureau generally doesn't have that much energy for this kind of child disappearance case. Every case has been followed up. Also," Zhao Junjie changed his tone with a sly smile, "You fell in love with Zhang Forensic Doctor! Otherwise, who would be so reckless with this old case? ? Of course, except us journalists!"

Liu Chunxiao nodded and smiled wryly: "From the first time I saw her, I fell in love with her. At that time, I didn't dare to say it. I just followed her secretly, and this case that ruined her family. She is very happy." It's different!" As he spoke, Liu Chunxiao's eyes showed a strange look.

Zhao Junjie curled his lips: "What next?"

"At that time, I began to pay attention to the report on the rescue of the trafficked little girl in newspapers and TV, but there was no news. I was disappointed. By chance, I saw a "Missing Person Notice", which is also a small The child was missing, about the same age, and he was also in that place. Looking at the cute photo in the newspaper, I felt really uncomfortable. So, from then on, I consciously began to collect the photos published in the newspapers of Tianchang City. The "Lost Notice" about missing children are all underage children!"

"Then when did you find out that it was related?" Zhao Junjie asked immediately, the reporter's professional sensitivity made him smell unusual.

"Start with the fifth child." Liu Chunxiao reached out and flipped the scrapbook to the back, opened it, and pointed to a blurry photo.

Although the photo was cut from a newspaper, the specific appearance of the missing child could not be seen clearly, but the vague outline was enough to distinguish the approximate age and appearance of the child.

Zhao Junjie realized the seriousness of the situation: "Then did you report this matter?"

Liu Chunxiao frowned: "The disappearance case spans too long, ranging from two to three years to seven or eight months, and the most important thing is that there are no missing persons in that forest, or even on the outskirts, in the entire Tianchang City. I don't have enough evidence to find the body of the missing child, so I can only rely on subjective guesswork."

"You don't see people alive, you don't see dead bodies!" Zhao Junjie muttered angrily.

"So, I put the breakthrough on Xiao Tong, because she is our only witness at the scene so far!"

"Because the murderer injected Zhang Tong with a drug called 'alpha methylthiofentanyl', which is an anesthetic commonly used in surgical operations, if the overdose is used, the patient will enter a state of deep anesthesia. Although After rescue, Zhang Tong regained consciousness, but suffered from selective amnesia, completely unable to remember what happened during that period of time."

Liu Chunxiao nodded: "This is a typical human self-protection awareness in psychology at work. Generally speaking, patients are naturally born after receiving strong mental stimulation because they cannot face it. Self-enclosed and evasive psychology. She subjectively isolates this unpleasant memory, but as time goes by, this memory will be awakened, and even a simple unintentional action or related scene can play an incredible role .If coupled with professional hypnosis, then the entire memory can be reproduced clearly and completely."

"Then will Forensic Doctor Zhang agree with you to hypnotize her?" Zhao Junjie looked skeptical.

Liu Chunxiao shook her head, frowned and said: "It's hard to say! She should have some memory fragments flashing now. What I'm worried about is that if she deliberately resists but can't control it, then the consequences will be unimaginable!"

There was a sudden silence in the room, and Zhao Junjie's heart sank to the bottom.

"Tongtong, tomorrow is your father's memorial day. I want to visit your father. Can you take time off and go with me?" At this time, Zhang Tong's mother didn't look mentally ill at all. Kindly, smiling and tenderly looking at her daughter who was busy arranging her clothes.

"Mom, I've asked for leave a long time ago, don't worry! We will go at this time of year, otherwise, Dad will miss us!" When Zhang Tong said this, his heart felt sore.

"Okay! Okay! I'll go get ready and make more of your father's favorite sugar cake..." Mother stood up and walked out of Zhang Tong's room muttering to herself.

Zhang Tong raised his head, looked at his mother's increasingly thin figure, and sighed sadly.Every year, my father's memorial day and my sister's disappearance are the only memories that are still clearly preserved in my mother's mind.Poor mother, it seems that being alive is a kind of torture for her.She would rather close herself in that distant past memory.

In the criminal police office of the Tianchang City Public Security Bureau, Wang Yanan anxiously walked up and down the room, and glanced at the telephone on the desk beside him from time to time.

Finally, when the phone rang, she rushed forward almost immediately, and quickly picked up the receiver before the phone rang again: "Xiao Zhao, tell me, what did the mobile company find?"

"The mobile phone number of the deceased Wang Yajing has only been in contact with one number since the day it was opened. The last call was on the night of the disappearance, and the time was 13 seconds."

"The name of the owner of that number?"

"There is no way to find it. Like the deceased's number, it is a number that does not need to be registered with an ID card. The call records show that it has only been in contact with the deceased's mobile phone number. After the deceased disappeared, this number has not been used again. As of yesterday, it was shut down due to arrears."

Wang Yanan frowned: "Check to see if there is a record of the manual call with 10086, because if you consult with 10086, there will be a recording of the call! I can't even know whether this bastard is a man or a woman!"

After hanging up the phone, Wang Yanan came to the whiteboard full of clues and stared at the screenshot of the deceased Wang Yajing in the enlarged surveillance video posted on the whiteboard.This should be the last image of her left in people's sight. Then, what terrible tragedy happened to this girl next?Wang Yanan shook her head, she couldn't figure out why the murderer would cut a girl who was almost powerless so cruelly, was she really showing off?Or are you fulfilling some unfulfilled wish?What kind of person would do such a creepy thing?

Outside the window, the night gradually fell, and when the lights came on, the entire Tianchang City was immediately shrouded in dazzling splendor.

Wang Yanan silently walked to the window, stretched out her hand and pushed it open, a gust of fresh air immediately rushed to her face, the night wind gently brushed her cheeks, blowing a few loose strands of hair.

Looking at the beautiful city night scene in the hazy night, she sighed with a heavy heart.She knew that she had to calm down her mind as soon as possible, because as her friend Zhang Tong warned herself, what she was facing was definitely not a person with a low IQ.Wang Yanan felt an unspeakable pressure on her shoulders.

Early the next morning, Zhang Tong was holding a bouquet of white chrysanthemums in his hand, and his mother was holding a lunch box. After they got off the taxi, they walked silently into Lishan Cemetery in Tianchang City.

Since it was not the Ching Ming season, the cemetery was silent. Except for the staff who maintained the flowers and plants, no other people came to worship.Zhang Tong helped his mother and went straight to the secluded corner where his father was buried.Here is surrounded by mountains and rivers, opposite to the beautiful Lihu Lake.My father has been lying here quietly for 19 years. Every year today, Zhang Tong will accompany his mother to visit his father who has passed away for many years.And every time he comes here, Zhang Tong will feel an indescribable pain in his heart, especially when he sees the expression of reluctance on his mother's face when she is sitting in front of his father's tombstone and looking at his father's photo, Zhang Tong's tears will flow Turn around in the eye socket.

There are still three steps. After stepping up, turn a corner and walk about five meters to reach the father's tombstone.Zhang Tong is already familiar with this place, even if she closes her eyes, she can walk to her father's tombstone exactly.

However, when there was less than five meters away, Zhang Tong suddenly stopped, and his feet were nailed firmly in place like nails.She couldn't believe her eyes. Just five meters away, in front of her father's tombstone, there was a bunch of fresh chrysanthemums and a cigarette was lit!The cigarette butt has not yet burned out...

"Are you sure that no one really came to see my father today?" Zhang Tong asked the cemetery administrator beside him after revealing his identity.

The cemetery manager nodded: "Everyone who comes to the cemetery to pay homage must first register their name and the number of the tombstone they want to pay homage to. Comrade police," he swallowed in embarrassment, "Since the ashes were stolen last time, We have learned our lessons, and have re-established strict regulations for many security systems, and specially installed many cameras to monitor the entire park in real time, so as to prevent such bad incidents from happening again, so, comrade police, You can rest assured about this!"

The words of the cemetery administrator were impeccable, and Zhang Tong decided not to continue arguing with him, but instead asked, "I want to see the surveillance video from this morning, is that okay?"

"Of course!" In order to show the good cooperative relationship between himself and the police, the cemetery administrator quickly led Zhang Tong into the monitoring room next door, pointed to the monitoring screen and said, "You can watch as you like."

Zhang Tong nodded, sat down in front of the monitoring screen, shook the handle to rotate the probe to the location of his father's tombstone, and then began to inquire.

The computer quickly entered the working state. It was pitch black at first, and gradually the sky brightened, but there was still no sign of life activity in the gloomy and silent cemetery.Infrared probes faithfully recorded the wind and grass in the cemetery.

Zhang Tong fast-forwards the images in the camera as much as possible.Not long after, at around [-]:[-] in the morning, the flower worker appeared and came to the flower bed of the cemetery with a heavy backpack on his back. After putting down the backpack, he took out the large tools and scissors, and started the daily routine pruning work.

These, as the cemetery management said, showed no signs of abnormality.

However, what happened after eight o'clock surprised Zhang Tong.At 1.8:[-], not long after the cemetery opened to the public, a figure appeared on the path of the cemetery, wearing a black windbreaker, holding a bouquet of chrysanthemums in his hand.He went straight to the tomb of Zhang Tong's father Zhang Xiaoqin, offered flowers, lit a cigarette, and then stood silently... Zhang Tong's heart was pounding, because this person had his back to the camera from the beginning to the end, so Zhang Tong had no way to watch Know his appearance, except for the gray hair and the height of about [-] meters.

In less than 5 minutes, the mysterious grave-sweeper left quickly, leaving only the bouquet of chrysanthemums that Zhang Tong saw in front of the tombstone later, and the half-burned cigarette.

Who is this man?My father doesn't have many friends, and my only uncle died of brain cancer last year, so in the years since my father passed away, except for myself and my mother, almost no one has come to pay homage to him.Zhang Tong stared at the mysterious man's back, expecting him to turn around, even if it was just a side view, but until he disappeared at the corner of the cemetery trail, only a back was left behind.Not long after, a figure of Zhang Tong supporting his mother appeared on the other side of the path in the cemetery.

After paying homage to her father, Zhang Tong helped her mother out of the cemetery. Her heart was fluctuating, and she vaguely felt a trace of uneasiness.While waiting for the taxi, Zhang Tong couldn't hold back anymore, turned to face his mother, and asked softly, "Mom, do you remember when Dad was alive, did you have any good friends? Like Uncle Chen ?”

The mother was a little confused, looked at Zhang Tong blankly, and shook her head: "It's been so many years, I can't remember clearly."

"Think about it again, okay?" Zhang Tong didn't want to give up.

Mother still shook her head blankly.

(End of this chapter)