dead innocent

The phone rang, and the caller showed an unknown number.

He Cheng braked in front of an intersection with a red light on, and connected the phone.

There were two strange low laughter from the phone.

He Cheng's eyebrows twitched slightly, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his lips: "It's you."

Xia Xinghan said: "Mr. He thought I was dead."

He Cheng smiled: "If you die, I will be the first to know."

"But now I won't be able to die for a while, our game is not over yet."

"How would you like to play."

"Step one, throw your phone in the curbside bin."

He Cheng seemed to be amused by a child's unreasonable demands, and the corners of his lips slanted in a perceptive smile: "Why should I listen to you?"

There was the sound of papers being flipped over there, and Xia Xinghan read aloud emotionally: "He is a nephew brought by my tutor from his hometown. He has lived in our house since he was a child and has a good relationship with me until that After the kidnapping case, our relationship is not as good as before. I didn't intend to take revenge on him, but I just didn't dare to approach him again, I was afraid that he would—"

"To shut up."

Xia Xinghan stopped talking.

The intersection ahead has already started to walk together, but the Ford SUV is stuck in the road and does not move, and the vehicles behind him sound their horns one after another.

He Cheng suddenly slammed to the right and threw the car onto the sidewalk, almost hitting the roadbed.

"Who gave you these things."

"You mean these psych case diaries?"

Xia Xinghan said with a smile: "I'm a hacker, Mr. He. It's easy to hack into a psychiatrist's computer. Although I don't know you very well, I guess you don't want to see your mental state being posted on the webpage for your information. Everyone, download and browse, and talk about it as a joke after dinner."

More than unwillingness, He Cheng will never tolerate these things being spread, and he will not reveal his true heart to any outsider unless his body is split open.

"You made me throw away my phone?"

He Cheng asked.

"Throw away the phone and go to the Ocean Expo, just by yourself, if you don't do what I say, as soon as I press the send button, these documents will be published, I can see you Mr. He, I Love the shirt you're wearing today, it's the same shirt you wore when we first met, now I can't wait to see you again."

He Cheng glanced around at the tall buildings like iron walls, the night was dim and the lights were brightly lit, there might be a pair of hidden eyes watching his every move at any time and anywhere.

Xia Xinghan laughed softly: "Stop looking around, you can only listen to me now, quickly throw your phone into the roadside trash can, then get rid of your follower, and come to the Ocean Expo."

He Cheng really had no choice. Xia Xinghan's handle was more important than his life. He would never allow his mental illness to be exposed. This was too cruel for him, and it was tantamount to pushing him back into the old days when he could not survive but wanted to die. The hopeless and helpless situation, even if it is leaked, it is not only malicious, but the blood that tears the scars in the heart, attracts all the scourges that yearn for the blood and sorrow of others.

All he wanted to do was to save himself from being devoured.

It is not difficult to get rid of the bodyguards. He knows how easy it is to pass the evening rush hour in Yinjiang City. He only needs to make a few more turns. Ocean Expo.

Is it a coincidence?The Ocean Wave Expo is closed today for renovations. The arched high-rise building is dark and there is no light, and the guard room is also closed. It is pitch black inside and out, and there is no one there.

He Cheng came here once. Last year, the Expo opened for ribbon-cutting and held a press conference. He was also on the invitation list, and he visited the Expo under the leadership of the manager, so he knew that the small side door next to the main entrance can directly enter the backcourt.

He walked into the unguarded gate, walked straight to the side door under the cover of night, found a bunch of keys on the ground, pushed the door open, and a corridor led directly to the back of the field, with dim wall lamps and emergency lights on both sides.

He closed the door and walked in the claustrophobic corridor. The leather shoes stepped on the smooth glass floor and made footsteps that were incompatible with the silent and empty environment around him. Because the walls of the corridor were closed, the echo was far-reaching. The echo stopped.

It wasn't until he came out of the corridor that He Cheng remembered that the road leading to the performance venue was just now. He was currently in the marine animal performance venue, but at this time there were no dolphins and sea lions, no animal trainers, and no audience. It was empty, with a few incandescent lights on the ceiling, and the light hit him alone, making him look like an actor on the center of the stage.

He Cheng lowered his head and glanced at the pool at his feet. The pool was very deep and the water had been drained. The pool that used to be used as a performance venue looked like a dry puddle. If he accidentally fell into it, the smooth four The hard concrete floor at the walls and bottom will create a cage-like dilemma.

He Cheng took off his suit jacket and threw it on the ground, raised his head to look at the console at the height of the auditorium, and said loudly, "Xia Xinghan."

Xia Xinghan's voice was sent out by the speaker on the top, amplified by the microphone, and echoed in the empty venue in all directions, making it impossible to tell which direction the sound came from. It seemed that there were people standing in all directions. They all stared at He Cheng who walked into the trap like a prey.

Xia Xinghan said with a soft smile: "I hope you have kept the agreement, Mr. He, actually, I am not afraid of you bringing others here, because I have no intention of getting out of here alive. If I die, I will definitely bring you with me, but I don't think you will bring others here." Dare to kill me, because I have posted your cases on various webpages, but the files are still hidden now. If I don’t cancel after tonight, those cases will become a well-known novel, and you will become more famous Mr. He."

He Cheng tried to find his location, but found that he might not be here, he was hiding in any hidden corner, observing his every move, just like the last time in the development zone, hiding in the dark and issuing instructions.

"what do you want to do?"

He Cheng asked first.

"Did you see the phone on the light box? Pick it up, there is only one contact inside, dial the number, and apologize to her first."

There was indeed a mobile phone on the top of one of the four light boxes on the sidelines. He Cheng picked it up and went back to the light. He looked through the communication and found the contact person he mentioned. The person on the other end waiting to answer his call is Chen Xuan.

He still feels that he did nothing wrong, but he dialed the phone as he said, and after a while, the call was connected.

"Chen Xuan?"

He Cheng's voice was deep and cold, his voice was cold and without any ups and downs, it was as calm as holding a meeting with several company executives, his tone was full of indifference and seriousness, business-like.

When the girl on the other end of the phone heard his voice, she obviously choked for breath, and then her breathing became chaotic.

He Cheng lowered his eyes imperceptibly, and said: "I don't know Chen Lei, but I should have met her once. She died the next day. If you think I am the murderer, I will not defend, because I predicted her in advance. death, but did not help her, you can regard me as a murderer, and I can also apologize to you as a murderer, but not in my own name, sorry."

The girl howled loudly, asking him to speak clearly. He Cheng cut off the phone, threw the phone aside, and looked up at the scorching light tubes. These things that radiate light and heat may be overwhelmed. The energy burst, the light turned into fragments, and scatter in all directions with a bang. At that time, this world will become eternal night, a world that light can never touch.

Even though he was in the center of the spotlight, He Cheng still couldn't feel any light, even though his eyes were filled with dazzling light, his heart was still tightly closed, lingering in the darkness.

"Why don't you admit it!"

Xia Xinghan was irritated, and his immature voice was still crying, like a child: "There is no one else here, only me and Sister Xuan! Is it so difficult to tell the truth to the victim's family?! Are you so hypocritical?!"

He Cheng stood quietly under the dazzling light, heard the words, smiled very lightly, narrowed his eyes hurt by the light, and said with a smile: "Trust me, is it difficult for you?"

"You killed Chen Lei!"

He Cheng suddenly opened his eyes, facing the thorns that pierced into his eyeballs without looking away, his voice was not high, but extremely harsh: "No!"

"I have proof!"

"That mask? You only saw the mask appearing in my study, can you be sure that I am its owner?!"

"Speak clearly!"

"There's more than one mask, Xia Xinghan, there's more than one mask!"

He Cheng gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and breathed calmly, and said, "This is the only truth I can tell you."

Xia Xinghan seemed to have been poured on his tongue with boiling water, his vocal cords were torn but weak: "More than one? More than one—Duke Butterfly is not alone, there are other people besides you? You are a team!"

On the other side of the city, the Bund of Sanpu Wharf is still lively tonight. A team of police cars are passing through the busy traffic. Chu Xingyun called Zheng Xihe while driving, but he never got through. Zheng Xihe guessed that there is no clue to be wandering around now. , What do you mean by not answering his phone?

Chu Xingyun suddenly had a guess. Although Zheng Xihe did not have a strong sense of responsibility, he would not be so negligent in this arrest. Is it possible that he is delaying time?

He wanted to call Liu Meng for information, but reason told him that Liu Meng needed to continue lurking, so he simply abandoned the auxiliary line of Zheng Xihe, turned on the walkie-talkie and said to each team: "Go up and outflank the two groups from the back of Beiling Street to the south. Act quickly, and ensure the safety of the target, Xiao Gao will send the location to everyone's GPS!"

There was a sound of 'understand' and 'received' from the walkie-talkie.

Chu Xingyun threw the walkie-talkie away, even leading two or three cars ahead, and shuttled forward like the wind.

At the Miura Wharf ferry, police cars parked one after another on the sandy ground. The sea was dark and calm at night, and the salty and heavy sea breeze was sticky and damp on the skin.

"Turn on all the lights!"

He roared loudly, and then a bunch of lights came on.

Chu Xingyun used the car lights to send a signal to Wu Yaowen, and tried to call back the number that sent the text message. Although he could get through this time, he was hung up.

Chu Xingyun was restless. He had already revealed his identity to the police. Why did Wu Yaowen still not trust him?Did he not trust him, or did he not trust the police?

In order to avoid revealing his location, he did not call back again, and picked up his mobile phone to direct the team to disperse the search.

The sea breeze is blowing more and more turbulently, it seems to respond to their actions, it must be fast, fast!

The phone rang suddenly, Chu Xingyun took it out and saw it was Xiao Shu, thought for a moment, and answered it.

"Officer Chu, sir is missing."

Chu Xingyun was taken aback, the sea breeze made him dizzy: "What's wrong with He Cheng?"

"Two or 10 minutes ago, my husband suddenly threw away his bodyguard, and his whereabouts are unknown. We found his mobile phone that he threw in the trash can, and found the number of the last call, but both ends of the phone line are encrypted..."

A man suddenly said: "Assistant Xiao, we found it!"

Chu Xingyun hurriedly asked: "Where is it?"

Xiao Shu said: "Ocean Expo? Why is it there? These two days, the Expo has been closed for rectification. There should be no one there."

"Don't move, I'll go alone."

Chu Xingyun handed over the command to Zhao Feng, jumped into a police car and turned on the siren again, and galloped towards the expo.

Since He Cheng got rid of the bodyguards and went alone, then he must have a good reason. There are too many people, but it is easy to scare the snake, expose the target and get disadvantaged.

He has never been to the Ocean Expo, and only knows that it is a private museum in which He Cheng is a shareholder. Although he has never been there, he knows the clear direction. He drove all the way to the front of the Expo, and found He Cheng on the sidewalk beside the road. I don’t know how long the Ford SUV I owned has been parked.

Chu Xingyun was not familiar with the terrain here, so he didn't find the side door left by He Cheng, but went straight to the back door of the arched building, kicked a glass window parallel to the ground, and jumped in with one hand on the ground.

The distance between the foothold and the window is much higher than he imagined, no less than jumping from the height of a second-story building, no wonder the glass is not reinforced, it turns out that it is too high from the ground to reach, and no fool dares to jump from it. Jump down from such a high place.

Chu Xingyun is like a sack that was thrown down. The landing posture that he originally thought of was completely nonsense after he found out that he had miscalculated the height. He jumped so badly that his knees and ankles were severely injured, no less than a small car accident.

Before he got up, he observed the environment and found that he was in the deep sea exhibition area on the third floor underground. There were aquariums and glass walls in front of him, and there were only a few green emergency exit lights around him. The shark behind was alarmed by the sudden intrusion of the stranger, and its huge body passed behind the water wall silently like a ghost.

Chu Xingyun's body is numb. He has a serious deep-sea phobia. These deep-sea creatures are more terrifying to him than Sadako, especially at this moment when the light is dark, and the sea creatures are full of them, making people feel like they are in the deep sea. In between, dance with these sharks.

He stood up from the ground, flexed his ankles, stayed away from the largest humpback whale, and relied on his intuition to find the exit to the ground. At this time, his sense of direction helped a lot, even though the sea creatures swimming here and there made him His scalp was numb, and his body was covered with goosebumps. He quickly walked through the deep sea exhibition area to find the escalator that had stopped working. He was stepping on the escalator steps and was about to go up when he suddenly heard a loudspeaker coming from above the ground. broadcast male voice.

"You must tell me the whole truth!"

He was too familiar with this voice, it was Xia Xinghan.

He listened intently, wanted to hear He Cheng's voice, wanted to make sure that He Cheng was not in danger, but he didn't hear He Cheng's voice, or if he couldn't hear He Cheng's voice, then He Cheng could only be caught by him. It's under control.

He retracted his stepped right leg, changed his strategy, and made a surprise attack from the dark. When he was looking for a hidden exit to the ground, the voice from the loudspeaker from the escalator continued.

"If you don't make it clear, then you are the murderer! Or, you are an accomplice! In short, you cannot be innocent!"

Help you uncle!

Chu Xingyun was furious in his heart, and for a moment he was in a hurry, so he got into a pipeline closed on three sides in a panic. There was an iron gate at the end of the passage. He pushed open the iron gate and found that there was a deep pool in front of him, and the pipeline he was in was clean. After opening the iron gate, Xia Xinghan's voice was very clear, followed by He Cheng's voice. He confirmed that He Cheng was on the ground above the pool, and the wall of the pool was attached. A ladder with access to the ground.

But when he walked into the bottom of the pool, he found that the ladder was only two meters long, and the wall of the pool was six or seven meters. Unless he was Spider-Man, it was impossible to climb up this ladder. He wanted to go back the same way, but he heard The iron door moved with a sound.

Chu Xingyun looked back and saw that the pipeline had been blocked.

"Captain Chu."

Xia Xinghan laughed and said, "Why are you sneaky, you can come in through the main entrance openly."

Chu Xingyun suddenly felt useless. He didn't expect that once he entered this building, he would be exposed under Xia Xinghan's eyes. It was a joke to want to make a surprise attack.

He Cheng lowered his head and saw Chu Xingyun who had been caught in the urn, and he was instantly annoyed: "What are you doing here!"

Chu Xingyun raised his hand to block the light from above, and looked at He Cheng very sadly, saying indifferently: "Passing by."

Xia Xinghan said: "Captain Chu, are you a hostage sent to your door?"

Chu Xingyun took out his mobile phone and said with a smile: "Hostage? What kind of hostage? You don't even dare to show your face, and dare to tie anyone as a hostage. This is good, you take He Cheng——"

As he spoke, his complexion tightened, and he immediately fell silent.

Xia Xinghan smiled: "There is no signal, don't call, and Mr. He doesn't want you to call someone. If a third person enters this building tonight, he will regret it."

Chu Xingyun understood that He Cheng was being held by him.

He picked up his mobile phone and wanted to kick the iron door that closed the pipeline. Before he could move his legs, he almost tripped over. It turned out that there were many fishing nets spread out on the ground. The meshes were hard and fine, and they entangled like water snakes. His ankle was difficult to break free for a while.

He Cheng saw all of his embarrassed appearance, He Cheng gave him an extremely angry look, pinched the center of his brows forcefully, his face was more ferocious than a real gangster.Till now, his patience has run out, so he negotiated with Xia Xinghan: "You asked me to apologize, and I apologize. Tell me, what else do you want?"

Xia Xinghan's tone was weird: "What else do you think I want?"

He Cheng snorted and laughed: "Could it be that you want me to die in front of you?"

"There are several ways to die, why don't I spread these things out, you will feel more uncomfortable than death."

"Why do you hate me so much?"

"You killed Chen Lei! Isn't that enough?!"

He Cheng was even more annoyed than him: "I wasn't the real murderer who killed Chen Lei! Think about who pushed you to the present situation. The people behind you want to use your hand to take revenge on me. You were used by him and you don't even know it." Do you think such a stupid person talks about revenge!"

"Shut up! Why should I believe your nonsense! Even if there are more than one mask, you are one of them. Unless you tell who the other members are, you are the murderer!"

He Cheng laughed wildly: "Haha, you overestimate yourself, what do you think you are? A hero in the green forest? Do justice for the sky? Even if I let you go today, do you think you can get out of here alive?!"

"Now it's not that you don't let me go, but that I don't let you go! Do you think I really dare not expose those things?! Look up, He Cheng, look up!"

He Cheng looked up, and saw pieces of white paper fluttering down slowly like snowflakes, and a thin layer had already been laid on the ground in the blink of an eye.

"Tomorrow morning, they will be all over the streets and alleys!"

A few pieces of paper fell into the pool, Chu Xingyun wanted to catch them, but the paper brushed against his hand, he wanted to pick it up, but his feet were entangled in the messy net and it was difficult to get out, so he raised his head and asked He Cheng : "What is it? He Cheng!"

Even though it was far away, he could still see He Cheng trembling all over.

"Don't look!"

He Cheng roared angrily.

Xia Xinghan was also angry, Xia Xinghan said frantically: "You think I dare not kill people, right? Tell you, Police Officer Chu, I killed Zhou Sisi! Now I want to kill you! Doesn't He Cheng care about you the most? Then I'll kill the person he cares about the most!"

Suddenly there was a sound like a wild animal roaring in the pool, and then the valves on all sides were opened, and the water irrigation channels on the pool wall were opened, and the water column rushed down, and the sound of falling water echoed in the venue, like a fierce forest water waterfall.

At that moment, Chu Xingyun realized what it means to be ruthless in water and fire. In a blink of an eye, the water surface covered his calf, and his feet were still entangled in the grid. Being entangled by the heavy net rope, the bones were broken, as if they were broken with the slightest movement.

Standing by the pool, He Cheng looked at Chu Xingyun whose head was submerged in the water, he was thinking about something, his eyes were loose and dazed, as if he did not belong to the same time and space as him.

Xia Xinghan said: "You dare not jump down to save him, right Mr. He, your medical record states that when you were young you fell into the water and nearly drowned. There is a sense of suffocation in deep water, which is why I invited you to the aquarium. Now it seems that the case is true, and you really dare not move now, haha! Then you can watch your sweetheart drown!"

As soon as Xia Xinghan's words fell, the water flow became more urgent, and the pool was almost filled like a flood that could not be released from the sky, while Chu Xingyun, who was trapped at the bottom, was still struggling desperately, trying to break free from the life-threatening net ropes, but his movements became more and more serious. Slower and weaker—

He Cheng does have great fear of deep water, but this fear is nothing compared to Chu Xingyun's life-threatening encounter.

He jumped into the water, and his body was instantly surrounded by cold water, bringing a sense of suffocation. It was almost a conditioned reflex. He wanted to escape, but he held back, held his last breath, and rowed down until he came to Chu Xingyun Beside him, the strength that came from nowhere, actually tore off those finger-thick net ropes, and then hugged Chu Xingyun's waist and floated up to the surface of the water.

At this time, the water surface has overflowed the pool, Chu Xingyun climbed out of the pool by the buoyancy of the water, crawled on the ground and vomited the stagnant water accumulated in the internal organs, and then lay powerlessly on the ground, his muscles and bones were sore and weak, no strength at all Can't make it.

He Cheng escaped from the water prison after him, went ashore and knelt beside him and slapped his face vigorously: "Chu Xingyun!"

Before Chu Xingyun could speak, he coughed out a sip of water, closed his eyes and said weakly: "Not dead, not dead."

His hand seemed to press something, it was a stack of paper.

He was about to pick it up to have a look, when his wrists were suddenly tightly bound and pressed to the ground, and then his eyes dimmed, and He Cheng suddenly appeared above his body, with his knees straddling his sides, and tightly bound his wrists Hold down on the ground.

Chu Xingyun stared blankly at his face, the water in his head caused a short circuit, he stopped thinking, or he was too relaxed for a while out of danger.

He wanted to ask He Cheng 'what are you doing? 'But there was still residual fluid in the chest cavity, and it became extremely difficult to speak.

He Cheng's glasses were thrown into the water, his messy hair was hanging down his forehead, dripping dripping wetly, his face was hidden in the darkness because of the light behind his back, but Chu Xingyun could see it In his water-stained eyes, there was a soft and fiery light shining at this moment.

"do you want to see?"

He Cheng asked him.

Chu Xingyun opened his mouth, coughed, and said nothing.

The corners of He Cheng's lips moved slightly, as if he was smiling: "You don't need to look, I'll tell you."

As he spoke, he took the paper out of his hand and held it in front of him, his voice was low and deep, with an incredible gentleness.

He looked at Chu Xingyun's dark and calm eyes, with slightly confused eyes, and said, "Here, it's all you." Then he put his hand where his heart was, patted it hard twice, looked into his eyes, and swore an oath He said cautiously and slowly: "And here, it's all you."

Chu Xingyun's eyes were like ink diluted with water, thick black and translucent. He looked at He Cheng, as if he knew everything, but also seemed to know nothing.

He Cheng was anxiously expecting some response from him, but Chu Xingyun just looked at him from the beginning to the end, his eyes were bright and calm, like the first time they met many years ago, Chu Xingyun turned his back to the morning light, Standing under the steps and looking up at him, it seems that the next second, he is going to blush——

Watched by him with such deja vu eyes, He Cheng's heart was burning hot, his face was flushed, his heart was like the land diluted with water, gradually becoming silky and moist, with incredible gentleness.

There were two fires in his eyes, and Chu Xingyun's eyes were as quiet as the calm water. For a moment, He Cheng suddenly felt that he knew, he knew everything——

Chu Xingyun's eyes looking at him seem to have a kind of magical power, which can make his willpower burst, his pride and tenacity collapse, suck his soul away, and bring him a sense of suffocation surrounded by the ocean with nowhere to escape.

He Cheng suddenly covered his eyes with the warmth of his palms, covering his gaze, then leaned into his ear and whispered: "You may not know, since you came back to me, I have always liked you, for many years gone."

Chu Xingyun's vision was trapped in the darkness, so he listened extra hard to every word He Cheng said in his ear, every word, he could hear very clearly, He Cheng said that he liked him——

He Cheng buried his face in his neck, his heavy and scorching breath almost dried the cold water on his body, suddenly, he grasped Chu Xingyun's wrist even tighter, gritted his teeth fiercely, and suddenly used his own cold Lips covered his moist and warm lips.

Chu Xingyun only felt that his eyes were dark, his ears were hot, and then his lips were cold. Although the temperature was cold, it was indeed familiar to him, and it was the body temperature of the life he had been longing to protect——

He raised his freed left hand and grabbed He Cheng's shoulder. He Cheng's shoulder was as unshakable as a collapsed city wall. He waved away the hand covering his eyes, he suddenly longed to see He Cheng's face.

He Cheng branded a deep and strong kiss on his lips, Chu Xingyun was forced to bear it, and the hand on He Cheng's shoulder became more and more forceful, his five fingers seemed to want to stick into his flesh and blood, he felt himself drowning again, Being hit by the cold water made it difficult for him to breathe, and he felt drowsy, but his chest was extremely hot, and his heartbeat was beating like a drum, and there was a faint pain in his heart. Burned down, numb and subtle pain.

The temperature of He Cheng's lips was too cold, so cold, but so hard, it made him want to open his mouth, stick out his tongue, and warm him up——