dead innocent

Qin Xiao's death was sudden and absurd.

Just before the bailiffs arrived, Yang Kaitai was still imagining how, with what crime, and when, Qin Xiao would be sentenced to death by the law and pay the price of his life for his past evil deeds.

He had thought that the Qin family would definitely try their best to find people, and he was ready to fight a tough battle, but what he never expected was that the confession he obtained from Qin Xiao was useless, and Qin Xiao did not He was not sentenced to death by law as he wished.

He did die, but he did not die from the sentence of the criminal law, but from Lu Xia's sudden attack——

When the court police car drove up to the gate of the city bureau, he stood in front of the office window on the third floor and watched.He saw two police cars with the words "Court" parked at the gate of the Municipal Bureau, and then four bailiffs opened the doors and got out.

Of these two cars, one came to pick up Lu Xia and the other came to pick up Qin Xiao.

When he walked out of the office, he happened to see Zhao Feng taking Qin Xiao out of the detention room, so he was able to meet Qin Xiao briefly in the corridor.

Qin Xiao's face and figure have lost a lot of weight, and he looks even more embarrassed than the night he interrogated him, but now there is no worry and anxiety in Qin Xiao's eyes.

Seeing Yang Kaitai in the corridor, Qin Xiao seemed to want to convey his grief and resentment to him, but his stiff and numb facial expression was not controlled by his mood. His dark and cold eyes looked straight at Yang Kaitai. Slightly opened, facial muscles twitched faintly.

Yang Kaitai thought that he wanted to say something, or wanted to do something, so maybe he rushed over and punched him.

But Qin Xiao didn't say anything, didn't do anything, he just looked at Yang Kaitai and smiled, then he turned his back and asked the bailiff to handcuff him.

Yang Kaitai was stunned, Qin Xiao's smile made him inexplicably...feel very familiar, this feeling is not only familiar, but also long-lasting.

It should be two years ago, when I met Qin Xiao for the first time at a banquet. At that time, he was not as crazy as men and women of the same age.Just when he was blushing and almost wanted to run away, Qin Xiao, who was the host of the banquet, sat beside him with a glass of wine, separated men and women, and whispered to him, "Why don't you choose me? Sample?"

He raised his head from the palm of his hand to look at him, only to feel that his pupils were shining, his smile was bright and handsome, and his confident and charming aura made it hard to move his eyes away.

When he was hesitating, Qin Xiao said again: "Choose me, you won't suffer."

He asked stupidly, "Why don't you suffer?"

Qin Xiao just laughed, smiled, and suddenly lowered his head and whispered in his ear: "Because, I also want to confess to you."

Please allow me to confess my love to you who fell in love at first sight.

That was what Qin Xiao said to him that night. He had to admit that he was moved by him, but what moved him was not the confession, but Qin Xiao's smile when he confessed to him.

It was a very bright, sincere, and affectionate smile, just like this moment.

Pulling back the memories of the past, he suddenly felt a soreness in the corner of his eyes, and when he went to see Qin Xiao again, he found that he had been taken downstairs by the bailiff.

Until a long time later, he regretted it. If he hadn't run away at that time, if he had personally pressed Tan Xiao out of the police station, if he hadn't relaxed his vigilance against Lu Xia, Qin Xiao would not have died in front of him...

Qin Xiao and Lu Xia were escorted away in the lobby by the bailiff one after the other. Lu Xia suddenly stopped and squatted down to tie his shoelaces. No one saw him take out a blade from the interlayer of the upper of the sneakers...

No, Yang Kaitai saw it, he saw a cold light flash between Lu Xia's fingers, but Lu Xia's movements were too fast, when he was alert, Lu Xia had already thrown off the bailiff behind him and rushed towards Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao was knocked to the ground by him, without even a chance to resist, his throat was cut by the blade in his hand——

Lu Xia rode on him, inserted the whole blade into his throat, and tightly grabbed Qin Xiao's neck with blood-stained hands. Four bailiffs tried to pull him, but they couldn't shake him for a while.

Yang Kaitai only felt that the scene in front of him was chaotic and absurd, he didn't even know when he fired.

When the bullet was fired from the muzzle of the gun, tearing through the air along the established trajectory and hitting Lu Xia's temple, he shuddered violently, as if he had been awakened by the gunshot and escaped from a nightmare.

He dropped the gun in his hand, rushed towards Qin Xiao, knelt down beside him, and saw that his neck and chest were stained red with blood, and the bright red blood was all over the ground, as if he was building a grave to bury him.

His eyes were blurred, and tears fell unexpectedly. He reached out his hand foolishly to block the wound on Qin Xiao's neck, panicking like an intern who was called to the police for the first time and saw blood for the first time.

"Where's Su Wan? Where's Su Wan? Su Wan!"

He called Su Wan's name, feeling desperate and helpless in his heart. At that moment, he couldn't think of anything else, he didn't want to avenge Zhou Shiyang, he didn't want Qin Xiao to be sentenced to death, he just wanted to close his eyes and cry.

Qin Xiao was lying on the ground, mouthfuls of blood gushing out from the corners of his lips along with the remaining air in his chest, he looked at Yang Kaitai who was crying like a child, his dark and bright eyes were soft and peaceful.He wriggled his lips laboriously, as if he wanted to say something.

Yang Kaitai put his ear to his lips, and tried his best to listen to the broken words from his mouth, only to hear what he said: "Don't hate me."

After getting the news, Fu Yi rushed back to the police station as soon as possible. He was wearing a set of plain white sportswear. Although the stitches on his right leg hadn't been removed, he was discharged from the hospital in such a hurry that he even forgot to use crutches.After getting off the taxi, he staggered slightly and walked slowly towards the office building.

It was already noon at this time, and the clear sunlight was shining in the air full of water vapor. The daytime of this day was extremely clear and bright.

Yang Kaitai sat on the steps of the building, with his head bowed deeply, motionless, as if frozen in time.

Fu Yi walked over slowly, gradually breaking into the territory of his silent mourning and meditation.

He sat down beside Yang Kaitai, and didn't disturb him, but stayed silent with him.

After a long time, he heard Yang Kaitai say, "Captain Fu."

Fu Yi turned his head and looked at his deeply drooping side face tenderly: "Huh?"

Yang Kaitai closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, tears still flowed out continuously: "I seem to have done a lot of things wrong."

"Why do you say that?"

"It wasn't him who killed Zhou Shiyang, I blamed him wrongly."

Fu Yi raised his hand to touch him, but stopped on the way down, frowned slightly, thought over and over again, and finally his left hand landed on his shoulder.

"It's true that you wrongly blamed him, but you're not wrong. You should doubt him. Standing where you are, you didn't do anything wrong."

"...Do you really think so?"

Feeling that his body was trembling, Fu Yi put his arms around his shoulders to wrap him tighter, lowered his eyes, with a gentle smile on his lips, and said softly: "Of course, how could I lie to you?" You should be sad now, no matter whether Qin Xiao is guilty or not, his death is worthy of your sorrow, because you care about him very much, and when the life you care about passes away, you have the right to mourn. But you The nostalgia for him can only be limited to remembrance and remembrance. You have no position or responsibility to be responsible for his death, and you have no right to control anyone's life and death. You are just a bystander who happened to participate in his life. One day, he Your life is withdrawn from your life, you can't stop it, all you can do is to give yourself a period of time to feel nostalgic, to be nostalgic, and then come out of the sadness bravely and continue your life."

In the end, Fu Yi said to him: "When a person leaves and a corner of your life is missing, another person will definitely appear to make up for this missing corner for you. He will love you more, cherish you more, and will accompany you. a long time."

Fu Yi's hand on his shoulder was very light, but Yang Kaitai felt that his hand was very strong and safe, as if he was hiding behind a thick wall, covering all the ups and downs, and saying goodbye to life and death. .

"...Is there really that person?"

he asks.

Fu Yi said, "Really, I assure you."

Yang Kaitai understood what he said, but he didn't dare to ask.But Fu Yi's tenderness gave him the courage to ask for more warmth.

"Captain Fu, can you - give me a hug?"

He buried his head deeply, his face and neck flushed red, he hugged his knees, and walked as low as a mosquito.

Fu Yi tightened his arms again until half of his body was wrapped in his arms, and a low and gentle voice rang in his ears softly: "Didn't I hold you all the time?"

Leaning in his arms, feeling his warm breath on his ears, smelling the very faint smell of hospital disinfectant on his body, Yang Kaitai bit his lower lip tightly, restraining the desire to hug him tightly.

"Captain Fu."

"Ok?"

"Actually, you know that, don't you?"

He lowered his head and murmured.

"You?"

Fu Yi looked down at his red ears that seemed to be scalded by boiling water, and asked back.

Yang Kaitai nodded.

It was very strange, this question was obviously impossible to answer, and it was obviously difficult to parry, but he admitted it after a short hesitation.

"Yes, I know."

Fu Yidao.

"Then you will—"

"Don't ask."

Fu Yi suddenly interrupted him softly, then fell silent, took a breath, cast his eyes that gradually lost focus in the air, and smiled slightly: "Don't ask, I can only answer here now. As for other questions- —I still need time to process.”

Book IV: Möbius Loop