what's in the depths

"Test it, if there is no poison, flammable or explosive substance, then remove the box."

Several people walked around the box with survey instruments, and when all the values ​​showed normal, they put the box down and unwrapped the ribbon for packaging.

The box is opened, and the petals and colored threads are tumbling with the slightly flowing air.

In a pile of pink ribbons, lies a doll that is the same size as an ordinary person's body, but the doll's face is slightly rough, and the stitches are simple, which looks like it was sewn by a layman.

"Wow, what an ugly doll." Tong Si couldn't help but exclaim.

It's really ugly and scary, the stitches are messy, but the material is very realistic, it feels like the touch of real skin, and the hair on the top of the doll's head is soft and long, just like a beautiful girl carefully maintained Soft long hair.

Zhu Yuhan's face changed suddenly, he jumped up almost spontaneously, his face pale: "This is human skin."

When everyone heard this, they rushed forward to check.

And the middle-aged man who called the police, his face pale at this moment, his lips trembling unceasingly, finally, he stretched out his index finger and pointed at the doll:

"This... this is my student..."

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The name of the deceased was Chen Xiyan, a third-year student at the Conservatory of Music in City A. Judging from the photos provided by the school, she was a very beautiful girl, 168 cm tall and thin. And put on a Lolita-style dress for it.

Judging from the superficial traces, the murderer cut the skin along the abdomen and peeled it off to the limbs, and the skin peeled off from the neck was extremely thin. It seemed that the murderer was very careful in handling this part.

"Judging from the moisture loss of the skin, it shouldn't be long before he died. Go check the surveillance to see if there are any suspicious people entering and leaving the community with this very conspicuous box between last night and nine o'clock this morning." Zhu Yuhan stood up and said.

"Don't look at it." The middle-aged man who had been sitting on the sofa in a daze said slowly: "The community circuit was overhauled after six o'clock last night, and I didn't call until six o'clock this morning..."

Zhu Yuhan glanced at the man.

It was a bit of a coincidence that such a "big gift" was sent just at this time for circuit maintenance.

The police found the property of the community, and found the security guard at the gate of the community. The security guard said that he was not feeling well last night, so he accidentally fell asleep, and he did not see any suspicious people coming in and out.

"You still dare to sleep, I paid you to come to sleep?!" The property manager was furious when he heard that, "You don't come here tomorrow, just sleep enough if you want to sleep."

As soon as the honest and honest doorman heard this, he nearly knelt down and begged the manager not to fire him. He said that he really didn't know what was going on, and that he was extremely sleepy. It was the kind of sleepiness that could not be overcome by the spirit. A few hours later, I was woken up by the phone ringing.

"What time did you fall asleep last night?" Zhu Yuhan asked.

"About two to five o'clock in the morning, then my child had a high fever, my wife called me, and I woke up."

As he said that, the uncle doorman scratched his head in amazement: "It's really strange, just last night, it wasn't like this when I was on the night shift before."

Zhu Yuhan nodded, and looked around the small pavilion for the guards to rest. It was very simple, with a dirty electric fan, a wooden table, and a teacup without a lid, which were all the configurations in the room.

"Team Zhu, all the traces at the scene have been collected, the corpse, no, can the human skin be sent to the research institute first?"

Zhu Yuhan nodded, waved his hand, and signaled to close the team.

The middle-aged man who was given the "big gift" was also taken to the police station. On the way, he never said a word, as if he had lost his soul, absent-minded, and when others asked him, he would just answer stupidly. "Um".

The police learned that the man's name was Yi Lin. He was a violin professor at the Conservatory of University A. He was well-known in the industry and had won many awards. He had been teaching at the Conservatory of University A for more than ten years. He bought a house and raised his salary. He is usually friendly and has never offended anyone.

My wife is also an associate professor of the school's dance department. Last week, I took students to Russia for further study. My son just got admitted to the school he works for this year. During the holidays, he also went on a trip with his classmates.

But Zhu Yuhan felt that something was wrong. Why was it Chen Xiyan who was killed, and why was she skinned and sent to Yi Lin's house?

"Excuse me, are you and the deceased Chen Xiyan just a normal teacher-student relationship?"

Hearing this sentence, Yi Lin stood up abruptly as if he had been insulted, and pointed at Zhu Yuhan's nose: "You are insulting my personality, she and I are innocent, we haven't spoken a few words, There is no so-called relationship beyond teacher-student.”

"Don't get too excited, I'm just asking." Zhu Yuhan spread his hands, pressed the phone, and got connected to Tong Si.

"Come here and continue to learn about the situation from the person involved. I'm going to the research institute first."

Yi Lin also knew that he had lost his composure, so he straightened his shirt a little, then leaned back, and sat there in a very comfortable posture.

When Zhu Yuhan arrived at the research institute, Chu Rong and the others were negotiating with the family of the deceased. Chen Xiyan's parents seemed to be a very simple couple, with plain clothes and gray hair. After learning the news of their daughter's death, the mother fainted several times. She already had high blood pressure. Although the doctor told her not to go to the police station now, for fear that her blood pressure would soar after seeing her daughter's dead body, she still came here stubbornly.

The couple used to be employees of foreign companies. As early as the [-]s, they were laid off by the economic crisis in the United States to make a living. These years, they have been greedy for money and sold vegetables for their daughter to study. The daughter has always been in poor health. She had a serious illness before. After spending all their savings, it was hard work. My daughter went to college and gradually recovered from her serious illness. The couple worked even harder to make money, hoping to save some money to marry their daughter off in the future. Unexpectedly, they didn’t wait to see their daughter wearing a wedding dress On that day, Yin and Yang were separated.

They said that her daughter was well-behaved and sensible since she was a child, and she never had to worry about her professional studies, but God never seemed to take care of her. An innocent disaster took her young life.

Chu Rong shook his head regretfully, but now, any comfort is useless.

"This murderer is really insane. Not only did he kill and skin the doll, but he also sewed the human skin onto the doll." Zhu Yuhan "Tsk tsk", couldn't bear to look at the human skin doll in Lolita costume again.

"The murderer paid special attention to the integrity of the skin on the neck when peeling the skin. It must have deliberately avoided the carotid artery." Chu Rong touched the human skin.

"Huh? Does this have any special significance?"

"No point, just to make sure the carotid artery is not touched while the victim is being skinned, keeping the victim alive."

When Zhu Yuhan heard this, his scalp went numb: "You mean, the victim might have been skinned while he was still alive?"

"Yes, but when the skin is peeled off, it will die from infection or excessive blood loss after a while."

"This kind of person is really psychopathic to the extreme." Zhu Yuhan cursed angrily.

"Skinning is a delicate and slow job. If the victim had struggled or resisted at the time, the work would have been stopped, and the skin incision would have been incomplete. However, based on the current situation, this does not seem to be the case, so in Victims may have been unconscious when skinned."

Zhu Yuhan gasped: "When the victim woke up, he found that he had turned into a monster with only muscles and tendons left, and he might have been frightened to death before he died from infection or excessive blood loss. "

He rubbed the goosebumps on his arms without any trace: "It seems that the murderer may be dissatisfied with the victim's beautiful skin?"

"The possibility of love killing is the highest." Chu Rong nodded in agreement.

"Has the doll been taken apart?"

"It's been dismantled, there's nothing inside." Chu Rong raised the goggles, "But I've seen it on the Internet by chance before. This kind of dolls are not cheap, and most of them are limited editions. You can find the purchase records from the website. .”

As Chu Rong said, he raised his eyes and looked at his watch:

"died."

"Huh? What?" Zhu Yuhan didn't understand.

"Judging from the freshness of the skin, the victim Chen Xiyan's skin was peeled off for more than 20 hours, and more than [-] hours have passed by now. She should be dead now."

Zhu Yuhan looked at Chu Rong, opened his mouth slightly, and the chill invaded his whole body.

"Are you surprised?" Seeing Zhu Yuhan like this, Chu Rong laughed.

"No, just surprised how you can say it so calmly."

"Huh?" Chu Rong raised his eyebrows, "Otherwise, do you want to shout out at the top of your lungs? To be honest, it's no surprise."

Zhu Yuhan closed his mouth and waved his hands: "Forget it, you rest, I'll go first."

As soon as he reached the door, Chu Rong called out again: "I heard from other colleagues that your mother is here?"

Zhu Yuhan scratched his head, seeming a little embarrassed: "Yes, come and see me."

"Do you have time tonight? It happens that I haven't seen Auntie for a long time, let's have a meal together." Chu Rong said sincerely.

"I'll have a chance in the future. My mother has a plane at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, and I have to pack my things tonight. Sorry, it's too late."

Chu Rong put his hands in the outer pockets of his white coat, and when he looked back against the light, only a halo of light remained.

"Okay, let's talk about it later when we have a chance." His smile was bright and gentle with understanding.

It's just that the moment Zhu Yuhan turned to leave, the smile disappeared instantly like an illusion, leaving only a hard and cold face.

He unbuttoned his white coat, tore off his work card and threw it aside, and went straight to the cigarette case on the table.

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As soon as Zhu Yuhan opened the door, he smelled the aroma of the food. Adu yelped twice happily and rushed towards Zhu Yuhan, wagging his tail, and threw himself into his arms like a bullet.

Hearing the movement, Fu Huaiyu poked his head out from the kitchen. He was still wearing an apron with the words "Good Wife" printed on it, which really looked like that.

Zhu Yuhan put down the key and asked while changing his slippers, "Where's my mother?"

"Say I'm going down to buy you some fresh milk."

"It's not a child anymore. I want to drink and buy it myself. She really can't stay idle."

Fu Huaiyu smiled: "Whether you are ten years old or 60 years old, in your mother's eyes, you are always a child."

Zhu Yuhan curled his lips, walked into the kitchen, looked at the food on the kitchen counter, and couldn't help being surprised: "You made these?"

"No, my mother did it."

"I knew...then what kind of chef are you wearing an apron?"

"No, I also helped. Look, I made this dish." Fu Huaiyu said while pointing to a plate of black-yellow unknown substance with no discernible ingredients, and his face was full of complacency.

"Hmm... being able to cook vegetables well is considered an improvement..."

When Fu Huaiyu heard this, his nose was almost up to the sky, and he put his hands on his hips and said proudly: "My mother also praised that I look very skilled in cooking, and said that everyone who marries me in the future will be blessed."

"As long as you are happy." Zhu Yuhan turned and walked out of the kitchen.

Zhu Yuhan's mother bought milk and fruit, and was changing shoes. Adu raised her little paw and pawed at his fucking legs, acting like a baby. His mother picked up Adu and touched his little head: "Grandma cooked delicious food today, little girl!" You are lucky, baby."

The whole family sat neatly at the dinner table, enjoying themselves happily.

Seeing that the atmosphere was just right, Zhu Yuhan's mother mysteriously opened the small wallet that she carried around like a baby.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuhan did not guess wrong if she knew her mother, there was a thick pile of pictures of beauties in her mother's small wallet.

She spread the photos on the table, and beckoned Fu Huaiyu to come over: "Come, come, take a look, which girl you like, I will make an appointment for you."

Fu Huaiyu didn't move, neither did Zhu Yuhan.

"I think this Beibei is pretty good. I own a coffee shop in the city, and I'm also well-behaved. My parents are both employees of a state-owned enterprise. They said, I don't mind that we are a single-parent family. The important thing is how we get along. Dou Dou, why don't you take some time to go home and meet?"

Zhu Yuhan secretly clenched his hands hidden under the table.

After a while, he finally looked up, with an awkward smile on his face: "Mom, I have something... I want to tell you."