moon shot plan

Others in the investigation team obviously agreed with An Ran's conjecture. As far as the current situation is concerned, the first homicide occurred at the carnival, the second homicide occurred on New Year's Eve, and the murderer probably chose to commit the third crime in the following Chinese traditional festival - Lantern Festival.

These two homicides both occurred in the third district of R city. If the murderer commits another crime, it is very likely that he will choose the same area. During this anxious waiting time, the investigators in the team have their own division of labor. One of them is responsible for investigating the line of "Reverse Cross".

The reverse cross with the meaning of "judgment" is undoubtedly a manifestation of the murderer's certain beliefs and will, but is this pattern only related to the murderer?Did the two deceased have any exposure to similar religious elements in their lives?

An Ran deliberately went to their relatives and friends to inquire again, but they all said that these two people had never been interested in any religion, and they hardly had any contact channels at ordinary times. pass.

But is this really the case?If he really had no contact with any suspected religious organization, how could the murderer target these two people who had no intersection?

Zhao Bo...Feng Ye...Why did the murderer suddenly want to kill these two people?What had they done recently to bring them to the killer's attention?

An Ran scribbled and drew on the white paper, once again sorting out the social relationship of the two deceased and their recent events——

Zhao Bo, male, 44 years old, deputy manager of a private company, has a bad temper and bad popularity. on the brink of collapse;

Feng Ye, female, 27 years old, a freelancer, withdrawn and suspicious, often angry, cut off contact with her parents not long ago because of the failure of the postgraduate entrance examination and job hunting. broke up...

The two deceased seem to have many similarities, but when you think about it carefully, you can't tell where the similarities are... What did they anger the murderer because of?

Zhao Bo’s bad relationship with his colleagues and superiors must not have been a day or two. He and his wife have been married for nearly [-] years. She chose to swallow her anger. She has endured it for so many years without suing for divorce. She won't be murdered just because of his cheating this time...

What An Ran couldn't figure out was that Zhao Bo didn't drink alcohol the day he quarreled with his wife. He admitted in a fit of anger that he had married another woman not long ago. He spoke clearly and swearingly, and it didn't look like he was just talking about anger. Words... But according to the Marriage Law, it is absolutely impossible for Zhao Bo to marry another woman, that is to say, it is impossible for him to have another legally recognized marriage...

But why is he so sure?

"Hey! What are you thinking?! I've called you several times and you didn't answer!" A hand slapped his head heavily, An Ran was fascinated by the thought, and suddenly received this, her whole body was shrewd and wrinkled. Turning around with a frown, she saw Fang Qianqian with exquisite makeup standing behind him, looking at him with displeasure:

"Okay, now that you have a job, you really consider yourself an investigator, so you don't have to listen to me anymore, do you?" She raised her voice suddenly and raised a slender eyebrow.

When An Ran sees her girlfriend who has been forcibly assigned, she will feel bad, even if she has a bad temper, she will always come to trouble him, and she will always find a lot of chores for him to do. With such a heavy responsibility, she has to be around her every day.An Ran also doesn't know what is the meaning of the game in arranging such a girlfriend for him, is it possible that the achievement is to temper his will?

"Aren't I sorting out the deceased's social relations?" An Ran helplessly raised her forehead: "I haven't figured out why the murderer came to them, what's the matter, can you help me when I'm done?"

Maybe it was because of An Ran's better attitude, Fang Qianqian's face turned pale, she bent down, unceremoniously took away the draft paper that An Ran was writing, glanced at it casually, and sneered disdainfully: "Come on, What kind of love and love are you still paying attention to, just these things, no matter how many times you study them, it’s useless.”

An Ran felt bitter, he obviously didn't pay attention to love!However, before he explained, Fang Qianqian smiled with the corners of her lips curled up, and shook her phone: "There is a new discovery in the group, a new discovery that may bring you back from the wrong path——"

"That Zhao Bo, the first deceased, was found by investigators to be under the alias Zhao Lan. Just three months ago, he rented a safe at a bank in R City to store a roll of video tapes...Speaking of which, this insurance The cabinet was discovered by her wife, who thought it was a large inheritance, but who would have thought that it was just a roll of video?"

"Video?!" An Ran stood up suddenly: "What video, where is it now? Have you watched it? What is it about?"

Fang Qianqian flipped her hair: "I haven't watched it. I study corpses, and I don't need to investigate those things. Why watch videos?"

"The video is in my dad's office right now, if you want to watch it—" Before she finished speaking, An Ran got up and was about to go to the team leader's office. Fang Qianqian grabbed him, her expression softened just now It sank again: "Run when you get the news, what do you take me for?"

An Ran was really tired, and he didn't know what to do with his girlfriend. He was yelled at by her for no reason, and it was a lie to say that he was not angry, but now he had more important things to do, so he didn't have the time to get angry with her. , I could only temporarily suppress my breath and asked, "What else do you need?"

"Don't you check what time is it? It's 12:[-], I'm starving to death!" She swiped open her phone, wishing she could stamp the time displayed on the lock screen on An Ran's face: "You do the math, how many are there?" Didn't you have dinner with me?"

An Ran pushed her mobile phone away, stepped back a few steps, and distanced herself from her: "I don't have time to eat with you now, if you're hungry, go and eat something by yourself."

Fang Qianqian sneered: "I knew you were unreliable, and I don't need you to accompany me. Hmph, some people want to invite me to dinner."

An Ran really didn't want to entangle with her anymore, she turned around and wanted to leave, but Fang Qianqian stopped him again: "You can't watch the video now, when it's your turn, it will probably be tomorrow afternoon, why are you in such a hurry? "

Hearing her sour tone, with hints of complacency, An Ran turned around helplessly, looked at her questioningly, to see what she wanted to say, Fang Qianqian smiled with satisfaction, and shook her phone: " Unless you go during your lunch break - I ordered two takeaways, you pick them up for me now, put one on my desk, and send the other to my dad's office."

Here it comes again...Because An Ran's character changed subtly after she entered the game dungeon. For some reason, she didn't just kick An Ran off, but tried every means to intimidate and lure her, and set up various tricks, so that An Ran had no choice but to agree to her request.

Because it is also during the holiday, there are not many people on the street. After An Ran came down, the door was empty, and there was no sign of a delivery man. He was wearing thin clothes, and he was blown through by the cold wind a few times, shivering I stomped my feet and waited for a long time, but no one came over.

For a moment, he thought that Fang Qianqian was trying to punish him through this. Just when he was about to go back, a speeding figure appeared on the street. The delivery man in a jacket turned over in a hurry before the car stopped. He took out the takeaway bag from the incubator and gave it to him, apologizing repeatedly:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the snow is too slippery on the road, I accidentally fell..."

An Ran saw that his face was flushed from the cold, he breathed out white air when he opened his mouth, and his body was also covered with snow. It must not be an easy journey, and in addition, during the traditional festival, he had to go out to work, so It's not easy enough, so I shook my head and smiled friendly: "It's okay, as long as people are fine."

While saying thank you, the delivery man asked with some doubts: "...Are you helping Miss Fang pick up the delivery?"

An Ran nodded: "Yes, I am her...colleague."

"That's it... Thank you, I wish you a happy New Year..." After the delivery man finished speaking, he bowed to An Ran, got into the car, and sped away again, disappearing into the white world.

After An Ran went upstairs, she first gave Fang Qianqian a takeaway, and she really started to dislike the cold food again, so Anran reheated the two takeaways helplessly. He opened the door to the leader's office.

After delivering the food to Team Leader Fang, he tactfully expressed his intention to watch the video tape in advance during this period. Team Leader Fang was very straightforward and lent him the video tape for an hour so that he could study it carefully. , it is best to find some clues.

This video tape was sent here just after it was taken out of the safe. Group leader Fang only watched the first few minutes before he had time to watch all of it. According to his guess, this should be some "love affair" between Zhao Bo and his secret lover. Record".

An Ran got his permission, and watched the videotape in the team leader's office. Sure enough, as team leader Fang said, this video is a "love record", and after exquisite editing and post-production, it can be taken directly. As a sweet playback at the wedding.

At the beginning of the video, there was a black screen for a few seconds, and then a few lines appeared:

Before I met her, I never thought that there is such a gentle woman in the world. She has endless tenderness and comfort, and also has long-lasting tolerance and patience... She is simply the embodiment of the Virgin Mary in the world, and I am born with her pair.

Our Lady? !

Seeing this religious word, An Ran cheered up and stared at the screen intently.

Those lines of words faded away slowly, and two portraits of a man and a woman appeared in the center of the screen.The man was in his fifties, his figure was deformed, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked full of hostility. Of course, An Ran knew this man. He was Zhao Bo, the victim of the carnival murder case.

Sure enough, he smiled at the camera, introduced himself and said, "I'm Zhao Bo."

Perhaps because he didn't smile often, the muscles on his cheeks were a little stiff, and it was with great difficulty that he pulled out a weird smile.

What is even more surprising is the woman sitting next to him, that woman looks so young, charming and bright as if just over 20 years old, but those clear, amber eyes are full of tranquility and wisdom, There is a kind of otherworldly beauty that has been polished by the years.

"I'm 'Xiaoying'."

She smiled and said so.