Trafford Buyers Club

Chapter 1232 Rashomon (1)

The moment he turned on the computer, Chen Mingming suddenly felt that there might be a pair of eyes behind him... It was watching his every move.

Just like he was in the store that day, facing the boss, 'watching' everything that Zhao Le and Dong Shaofeng experienced, and like the 'God' that the boss showed in front of his eyes. vision.

He may also be part of that boss' perspective.

Chen Mingming thought that his feeling was not wrong. If it were him, if he wanted to assess a person, he would probably spare no effort to observe it—just like what he was observing at the moment.

Now that it has been determined that 'Mr. Blank' has the same identity as himself, it is not impossible that something will be left behind according to his own behavior and habits.

Maybe I kept these things not because I knew I might forget them one day, but because I felt the need to do so...

Finding the file was not as difficult as imagined, and it was not hidden in any complicated root directory... Disk D, December 12st——Chen Mingming found this folder in an instant.

There are only two video files... In chronological order, Chen Mingming clicked on the first video file.

The moment the first video file was opened, a white wall appeared instantly... The camera was shaking slightly at this moment, as if the person who shot the video was adjusting the direction of the camera.

Finally, the shaking stopped, and then a figure slowly walked into the camera, sat down, and faced the camera——Chen Mingming and the person in the video were looking at each other.

He couldn't see the appearance of the person in the shot, he could only see the gaze of the other person... because the person in the shot was wearing a white mask that covered it all.

The person wearing the mask sat quietly like this, and after a while, 'he' moved and stretched out his hand towards the camera-finally, the camera turned off and the video ended.

However, in the short [-]-second video, there is no sound, and some only have the appearance of 'he' looking at the camera and sitting quietly.

Even though 'he' was wearing a mask, Chen Mingming could feel it, like looking in a mirror... The person wearing the mask was himself.

In the next moment, Chen Mingming opened the second video in chronological order.

The first thing that appeared in the camera this time was a dark staircase, going up...Chen Mingming held his breath, this should be the corridor of the old building where Wang Liang's rental house belongs.

Still no sound... The time shown in the video is 8:23pm.

Finally, the camera stopped in front of Wang Liang's rented house.

After entering the door, the camera flickered...that was the scene of 'he' taking off his shoes in front of the door, and then 'he' walked into the living room step by step.

At this time, there was no freezer in the living room, so Wang Liang was lying down on the sofa without any movement.

'He' walked to Wang Liang's side at this time, stretched out his hand and poked the other's neck, and after a while, he withdrew his hand.

Finally, the tools for shooting the video were placed on the table, and only in front of the camera could be seen. 'He' dragged Wang Liang into the bathroom.

Time passed little by little, and the timer on the camera was beating every second.

Finally, 'he' came out of the bathroom, and 'his' clothes were even stained with a lot of blood. 'He' carried a big travel bag and walked into the bathroom again - this was something that 'he' had already brought with him before he arrived.

When 'he' came from the bathroom again, he was still carrying a big bag in his hand.

'He' left the room slowly, and did not go downstairs. He just walked one floor online and pointed the camera at the door of Wang Liang's rental house.

The police have conducted on-the-spot investigations, and the upper floor is already the roof floor, so it seems that 'he' has been staying here, and no one will come down from above.

Finally, after a long wait, another figure slowly came to the door of Wang Liang's house... He seemed to be hesitating, and finally stretched out his hand to push the door, and the door was easily pushed open—this is Zhao Le.

Half an hour later, Zhao Le left in a panic.

"I really want to hide here."

It was a processed voice, and the 'he' in front of the camera pointed at the travel bag he brought out.

"If you are lucky enough to find him, then he is the only clue I leave you. He will tell you my existence, whether it is for himself or his sister, he will not hide me... But even so , and you will never find me."

"The truth will always be hidden in silence... And, it will be watched silently in a place where you will never find it."

……

——The truth will always be hidden in silence.

The video had already stopped, at the last second, but these words rang in Chen Mingming's mind again and again.

After a long time, Chen Mingming smiled in relief and put his hands down from the table.

With his eyes closed, he looked up at the pure white ceiling... Nothing was recalled in his mind, but he could easily understand what the 'he' in the camera did and why.

"Do you want to forget these things and start over from the beginning to see if I will make the same choice again..." Chen Mingming muttered to himself, "Is this... the real test question?"

There was still no one else in the room except him.

But he seemed to already know the answer.

It wasn't until dawn that Chen Mingming packed up his things and left, "There are... twelve hours left."

……

Chen Mingming returned to Zhou Yusheng's home, and brought back some breakfast.Zhou Yusheng and his wife hugged and fell asleep on the sofa last night.

In the middle of the night, the two woke up one after another, thinking that Chen Mingming had already returned to the room and did not disturb.At this time, Chen Mingming's mother had just woken up and was preparing breakfast.

"Why did you run down to buy breakfast?"

"Going for a run." Chen Mingming smiled... He found that he seemed to leave his mother with very little smile, except for those past photos, there were almost no smiles in his life in recent years.

"Well, all right, I'll call your father." Mother was in a good mood.

Chen Mingming said, "I'll go and shout."

There were not many times when he called his father to get up.

……

……

There was another exclamation, followed by a loud bang bang bang, and soon after, the sound of closing the door.

Nan Xiaonan came out fully dressed.

On the table, Luo Qiu has already prepared breakfast, and the portion is much richer than yesterday's... Nan Xiaonan's heart skipped a beat, it seems that the impression of 'eating a lot' has probably already been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

"Miss Ren, are you in such a hurry every morning?"

Nan Xiaonan sat down and asked curiously.

Luo Qiu was reading the newspaper and wanted to read it for a while.

"Almost." Luo Qiu smiled slightly.

Nan Xiaonan didn't start eating right away, but said: "There are still two chapters to finish, and it should be finished tonight."

"It's a shame." Luo Qiu nodded, "Miss Nan, take your time, I still have things to do."

After folding the newspaper and putting it on the magazine rack, and saying hello to Nan Xiaonan again, Luo Qiu disappeared from Nan Xiaonan's eyes.

The restrained and uneasy atmosphere disappeared... Nan Xiaonan breathed a sigh of relief, and then she was in the mood to start eating the prepared breakfast.

Probably he also knows that if he stays there all the time, he will not be able to let go of it no matter what... Nan Xiaonan shook his head, fetched a piece of toasted bread, and then began to spread jam.

The moment the jam bottle was unscrewed, the sweet aroma of the jam rushed into Nan Xiaonan's nose.

"Is this... the jam of the Kalov fruit?"

Nan Xiaonan was stunned, feeling an inexplicable sense of joy in her heart... But after the joy, she was even more surprised.One time may be accidental, but it is unimaginable to be able to take out these things from her former hometown one after another.

Her hometown has long since collapsed, civilization is gone, everything has turned to dust...

After eating breakfast for a long time, Nan Xiaonan reluctantly returned to the room.

The time to shorten the time for writing the plan was naturally due to the fear in his heart. He didn't know whether his involvement in the corpse case would affect what Mr. Luo was supposed to do.

"Hey, why is he so nice to me?"

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Second arraignment.

Zhao Le seemed to have adapted to the environment of the dark and narrow interrogation room, and sat down very calmly at this moment, waiting for the person who was about to interrogate him.

But this time it was not Zhou Yusheng who was waiting, but Lin Feng—Zhou Yusheng and Ma Houde, including Chen Mingming and a group of colleagues, were watching the situation in the interrogation room from the other side.

Seeing that it was Lin Feng's appearance, Zhao Le was quite surprised... Locked up with other police officers, Lin Feng can be regarded as an 'acquaintance' to Zhao Le.

He could see pity in Lin Feng's gaze—it's just that this Sir Lin still cheered up at this moment, and began to question one by one about his confession yesterday.

"Why do you think this 'Mr. Blank' wants to avenge you?" Lin Feng stared at Zhao Le, "According to the information you exchanged, you and Mr. Blank have known each other for nearly a year, so you should treat him Do you understand something?"

Zhao Le calmly said: "Officer Lin, do you think what a person says on the Internet is true or false?"

Lin Feng frowned slightly, "There are a lot of virtual things on the Internet, but sometimes, they can better express a person's true self. Because you don't have to worry about who the other party is, you can completely hide your real identity, so you don't have to worry about anything, you can go to be yourself."

After a moment of silence, Zhao Le said: "As far as I know, 'Mr. Blank' is a very pessimistic person... But it is limited to the identity of 'Mr. Blank'. You should have studied the content of the conversation between us for such a long time Right? 'Blank-kun' has discussed death with me several times..."

Zhao Le paused, as if recalling: "It said that only the dead can live forever and live in the memories of others."

Lin Feng said: "So, you think he is a pessimist?"

Zhao Le nodded.

Lin Feng said: "Not counting the start time of this case, you have known each other for a long time... I can see that your communication seems to be very easy to talk about, so why don't you meet in reality?"

Zhao Ledao: "Officer, if you met someone on the Internet, and the other person chatted with you very well, and even felt like a soul confidant, would you...would you choose to get to know the other person's real appearance? Would you be afraid? , the real person, and the person you know are two different people?"

Lin Feng shook his head helplessly, Zhao Le's explanation was not unreasonable, on the contrary, it was very reasonable - because many people really just met online, but never planned to meet each other, such examples abound.

Another police officer sitting next to Lin Feng suddenly said in a deep voice: "Zhao Le, since you said that 'Mr. Blank' and you are soulmates, why did you confess him so easily? Explain, is your so-called friendship cheap?"

"I'm just making an analogy, and I didn't say it is my soul confidant." Zhao Le said indifferently.

The police officer of the companion said coldly: "Mr. Blank planned this case with his own hands in order to avenge you, and even ran away, faking the illusion that Wu Rong and Wang Liang were still alive. I think he really took you He is regarded as a good friend, but he must never have imagined that you would confess him without hesitation as soon as something happened, you must be very angry? Doesn’t this have a feeling of being entrusted to you? "

Zhao Le's expression changed slightly.

Once, he and Lin SIR went to Zhao Le's home together, and also monitored Zhao Le together, and Lin SIR robbed 300 yuan and gave it to Zhang Xiaoqin... Originally, he admired Zhao Le's kindness very much, but now he didn't know why There is a resentment in my heart.

These words have gone too far, Lin Feng couldn't help but kicked the opponent lightly with his foot under the table.

Zhao Le took a deep breath and stared at the two people in front of him, "Then, I should accept everything and even admit that I am the murderer. In your opinion, this is what I should do, right?"

"Oh, are you admitting that you are the murderer?"

Zhao Le sneered and said, "Officer, I think you should go back to school and review some interrogation skills."

"You..." The colleague slapped the table and his eyes widened.

At this time, Ma Houde's voice sounded in the interrogation room, and Ma Sir's voice was a little heavy, "Old Wang, pay attention to yourself!"

At the same time, he took a deep breath and sat down again.

The interrogation room fell into silence for a while.

In the room on the other side, everyone shook their heads helplessly, knowing that if the interrogation continued at this moment, they would not get any useful information, so they could only choose to send Zhao Le back to the detention room first.

"I think this kid looks different before and after, so he must be telling lies! I don't believe his nonsense!" The colleague named Old Wang snorted coldly at this moment.

"We deal with evidence, not subjective speculation." Zhou Yusheng said calmly at this time: "Don't bring personal emotions into the case."

Lao Wang was silent at this time.

Everyone began to re-examine the case... Regarding the investigation of 'Mr. Blank', so far they have only found the owner of the Internet forum server, but have not contacted me... If you can't find anyone, you can only consider using Some illegal means to invade the server of the other party.

"I think finding Zhao Le to confess so quickly is actually the wisest choice."

A female colleague said slowly at this time: "Think about it, he is actually right. The reason why he has been hiding it is because he has not been discovered yet, so there is a fluke mentality. But once the matter is exposed, what will he do?" If he didn't say anything, he would be really stupid. If he even took everything under his wing, he would be really wrong... After all, he still has a lifetime to live, and there is a sister at home to take care of. According to what we know about Zhao Le, he cares about his relatives very much, so when choosing between 'Mr. Blank' and his sister, he will obviously favor the latter."

"However, there is still nothing about the criminal before and after." Ma Sir shook his head and said, "We can't just rely on Zhao Le's one-sided words... Oh, I will lose more than ten catties after this case!"

Everyone smiled, but Zhou Yusheng knew that Lao Ma was trying to change the atmosphere... On this point, he thought he was not as good as the other party.

"By the way, where is Mingming? Why don't you see him?" Zhou Yusheng looked around, but found that Chen Mingming was gone, so he immediately asked his colleagues.

"Oh, he said to go home and get something, and he'll be back later."

Zhou Yusheng nodded, but did not continue to ask.

But not long after, Zhou Yusheng's phone rang... He looked down and found that it was Chen Mingming's phone call. After a moment of silence, he connected.

"Officer Zhou, hello."

"Who are you!!"

In just an instant, Zhou Yusheng pressed the table and stood up like an enraged tiger—this roar instantly startled the fellows in the conference room.

Ma Houde opened his mouth to inquire, but saw Zhou Yusheng made a silent gesture, then turned on the hands-free phone, turned the volume to the maximum, and put the phone on the table with a serious face.

"...Officer Zhou, Chen Mingming is in my hands now."

In the next second, Zhou Yusheng received an email, which was a photo——In the photo, Chen Mingming lowered his head, his mouth was sealed with a strip of cloth, and he was tied to an iron pillar. Looking at the background, it seemed to be a workshop or something. The place.

"Who the hell are you!" Zhou Yusheng's face was ashen, and his tone was cold.

"Aren't you looking for me now?"

"Are you 'King Blank'?" Zhou Yusheng shuddered and blurted out.

"I'll give you two hours. After two hours, I hope you can bring Zhao Le to see me. Otherwise, Police Officer Zhou, I can't guarantee the safety of Young Master Ling."

"You want to see Zhao Le! Why!"

"Why... of course it was removed to avoid the imperfect part. Everything I did was perfect, but why was he seen? I have a good eye, but Zhao Le still confessed me It's too bad...it won't work, it really won't work, the plan won't be perfect. Since he betrayed me, of course I won't keep him...I helped him complete his revenge because of his pity, and now It's time for him to pay the interest. Remember, you only have two hours."

"Impossible! You are contemptuous..." Zhou Yusheng didn't finish his roar, but the phone had already been turned off.

Zhou Yusheng called back again, and the phone was turned off, but before the other party's phone was turned off, he received a text message with an address written on it.

"How?" Ma SIR asked hastily from the side.

"No...the time is too short to trace the source of the signal." The colleague shook his head with a helpless expression.

"Old Zhou?" Ma Houde looked at Zhou Yusheng at this moment.

I saw Zhou Yusheng pale, sat down, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "We can't send Zhao Le out..."

(End of this chapter)