crime puzzle

Lan He knew that Cheng Xiaojing's previous occupation had allowed him to meet many people, but he didn't quite understand why Cheng Xiaojing didn't say that he knew Guanling beforehand.He frowned subconsciously, stepped between the two, and introduced himself: "Uncle Guan, his surname is Cheng, and he used to be a lawyer in Mr. Guan's office."

Cheng Xiaojing glanced at Lan He inexplicably.

Guan Ling smiled stiffly, and followed Lan He's words.

"Oh, Lawyer Cheng. I said why does it sound familiar?"

Cheng Xiaojing nodded politely: "Lan He said he wanted to come and see you, I'm just a follower, don't mind."

Only then did Guan Ling regain his composure, and greeted them to sit down, then turned and went to the inner room.

Cheng Xiaojing stared at Guan Ling's figure in the room with his eyes half down, and whispered: "The benefactor more than 20 years ago now lives in this old house of [-] square meters. There seems to be no one else in the house. If he is not sure of his identity,

I even suspect that your second mother is teasing us. "

Lan He walked over and said in a low voice: "Guan Ling has been a teacher for more than 20 years. But he resigned not long after the institute opened. It can be regarded as a character who gave up everything for science."

Cheng Xiaojing bit his words and muttered: "The research institute has only existed for five years. Even if it failed that year, with Guan Ling's ability, it wouldn't be as desolate as it is now, right?"

Lan He glanced at Guanling hesitantly, then sank down, sinking his consciousness into deep thought.

What Cheng Xiaojing said is actually quite reasonable. Guan Ling is a scientific research person, and he can be regarded as a high-level intellectual with technology.This kind of talent, the country will not let him remain unknown for so many years.

Guan Ling dawdled in the room for a long time but hadn't appeared yet, Lan He got a little impatient, so he simply got up and went into the room too.

Cheng Xiaojing listened to Lan He talking to him politely inside, and the atmosphere was warm.He could clearly feel that Guanling welcomed Lan He very much.

But he has a completely different attitude towards himself.

And he can be sure that the emotion Guan Ling expressed the moment he met his face just now was not a normal reaction to a stranger.But you have to clearly state what kind of reaction it was... Cheng Xiaojing judged from his own standpoint, it seemed that he was shocked when he suddenly found out that such a person had entered his home.

After Lan He went in, Guan Ling refused to come out.Cheng Xiaojing waited for a while and didn't wait for them to come out. Instead, there was an uninterrupted conversation from inside, and he realized that he was really rejected.

Lan He rubbed against the door, pretending to glance at him casually several times.

Cheng Xiaojing sighed, adjusted his sitting posture in a leisurely manner, and began to lean on the chair and play with his mobile phone majestically.

It was a little long for Lan He to play freely, Lan He came out from the room, lowered his head and said to Cheng Xiaojing: "It's almost there, let's go."

Cheng Xiaojing glanced at Guan Ling who was following Lan He in surprise, thinking that he must have been excluded too thoroughly.Fortunately, Lan He is one of his own, otherwise he would not even know that he was sold face to face.

"Okay." He stood up from his seat briskly, and followed Lan He step by step.

Before going downstairs, Cheng Xiaojing glanced at the [-]-square-meter two-bedroom room.Guan Ling picked up the business card he deliberately threw on the coffee table, and then quickly threw it into the trash can as if it was carrying something highly poisonous.

The two went out in silence, went downstairs, left the community, and finally got into the car, Lan He said, "You really have no impression of Guanling?"

Cheng Xiaojing immediately returned to him.

"No." It was because he didn't have it that he felt strange.With the relationship between Guan Pengcheng and Guan Ling, as a disciple of his sect, he is also a polite junior, so he wouldn't be despised like this, right?

Cheng Xiaojing subconsciously took out his phone, wanting to ask Guan Pengcheng.

Lan He suddenly said: "When I was in the inner room, I directly asked him about the past. I think...just from his perspective, the original intention of the institute established back then was quite noble."

Cheng Xiaojing squeezed the back of the phone, and looked sideways at Lan He.

"What do you mean?"

Lan He put his hands on the steering wheel casually, looked at the night ahead, and said, "Although the old man is old, it can be seen that he still has some kind of passionate emotions about the events of that year."

Cheng Xiaojing nodded.What Lan He said can be seen from Guan Ling's attitude towards Lan He - a person's love for something will be reflected in his attitude towards related people and things.

When Lan He mentioned Lan Shiyu, Guan Ling's expression was agitated, which was the expression of emotion.

"He said that at the beginning, the original intention of the few of them was for one of his students." Lan He seemed to fall into the past along with the memories that Guan Ling confided, he unconsciously slowed down his speech, and said lightly Said: "It should be a graduate student and is about to graduate soon. That student has a boyfriend who is going to talk about marriage soon. But she has been hesitant because she suffers from congenital depression."

When Cheng Xiaojing heard about depression, he instinctively looked up at Lan He.

Lan He continued: "Congenital depression will not only affect a person's life, but will also affect everyone around her. It will even be passed on to the next generation. At that time, Guan Ling was applying for a project on psychiatric treatment. The student heard about it and became one of the first volunteers to sign up for the program."

"Volunteer?" Cheng Xiaojing asked, "In vivo experiments?"

Lan He nodded and said: "Human experimentation is illegal. But this student is a researcher himself, and with the signing of a voluntary agreement, the problem is not a big deal. Guan Ling said that he was very grateful to the student for his dedication to this project at that time, and also I admire her courage very much. In order to support her, all the expenses of her treatment in the institute were exempted. But what he didn't expect was that while this student was making great efforts for her own happy future, she was also burdened with huge burdens. mental stress."

Cheng Xiaojing frowned and stared at Lan He.

"……problem occurs?"

"Her boyfriend found out about this from a classmate and strongly opposed it. The two even broke up."

"..." Cheng Xiaojing withdrew his gaze, lowered his head, and let his instincts sneer.

"The deterioration of the mood has had a huge impact on the experiment. The student's illness has not been cured, but worsened." Lan He said and sighed.

Cheng Xiaojing took his words and said: "Once the human experiment starts, there is no reason to stop it. So Guanling and the others started looking for other live volunteers... No, it should be said that there were other volunteers from the beginning. It is because of this that the Institute has always maintained a mysterious attitude.”

Lan He didn't say anything.

Cheng Xiaojing said coldly: "Any party involved will instinctively beautify everything he does."

Lan He twitched the corner of his mouth and laughed at himself, "You're right."

Cheng Xiaojing stuffed the phone back into his pocket, intending to postpone the matter of contacting Guan Pengcheng.

"Then, what did Guan Ling say? After the student died, the experiment should continue until something happened five years later. Did you mention what happened?"

Lan He glanced at Cheng Xiaojing, and found that there was obvious cynicism on his face at the moment.

"what happened to you?"

Cheng Xiaojing raised his eyelids and said, "Huh? Me? It's nothing. Let's talk business, don't interrupt."

Lan He looked at him suspiciously, and continued the topic obediently.

"It's a bit strange to say. From Guanling's point of view, that incident seemed to be an accident. There was a gas leak and explosion inside the institute. At that time, many people were having a meeting nearby. Everyone's first reaction was to go to the scene first. Checking the situation, it turned out that many people knelt down."

Cheng Xiaojing's intuition is wrong.

"If it's a gas leak... Lan He, I remember you recalled that you~ Mom put you and that child into the exhaust pipe. That means they couldn't get out at that time, only that place was safe."

Lan He smiled and said, "You remember it very clearly."

Cheng Xiaojing ignored him and continued: "So at the scene at that time, it should be that the exit to escape was blocked."

Lan He was shuddered by his inference.

Cheng Xiaojing didn't seem to realize that he was talking about a terrible thing.

"Moreover, with so many people inside, the possibility of being careless can be ruled out. That is to say, it is man-made."

Lan He couldn't laugh anymore.

After a moment he defended with almost disbelief.

"If it was man-made, it was impossible not to find out at that time. The research institute is different from other small workshops, and some monitoring equipment should be fully equipped."

Cheng Xiaojing shook his head slowly, and said: "I don't know. There may be no clues on Jin Yi's side, so he just made a few investigations. Moreover, I guess, after the accident, all the parties involved were on the same caliber. Only then can the Accident pressed down."

Lan He asked puzzledly: "If someone committed the crime, why did they hide it? Aren't they afraid that the murderer will attack them again?"

Cheng Xiaojing pondered for a moment and said, "Well, this is indeed a problem."

When Lan He heard his words, he was inexplicably relieved, and said, "Don't think about it. After we go back, we will find someone to check the information." Of course he also knew that judging such a big deal from Guanling's perspective. The truth of an accident is too one-sided.But he believes that it is impossible for everyone to conceal the truth as Cheng Xiaojing said.

Even if he really concealed it... Lan He admitted that his own father would indeed do such a thing.Lan Shiyu is a man with a very passionate personality, his behavior is very similar to those rich young masters in TV dramas, when he was young, he was very unrestrained.After getting older, he suddenly became gentle and stable.In order to exude their own charm, these shameless old men will do anything.

But a lawyer like Guan Pengcheng, who has been online all year round, would never do such a thing.

The two had their own thoughts, and went home without saying a word all the way.

As soon as he entered the door, Bean Sprouts jumped at him.Lan He, who was the first to bear the brunt, was stained with cat fur on his face, and a thin layer of sweat was covered by the heat. After he hurriedly pulled the bean sprouts off his face, he asked Cheng Xiaojing behind him for help.

"Xiaojing, go and turn on the air conditioner first."

Cheng Xiaojing turned on the light, laughed and said, "You forgot to prepare a meal for him, he deserves it."

Lan He muttered dissatisfiedly, "Didn't you forget it too?"

Cheng Xiaojing subconsciously blurted out.

"It's none of my business, this is your cat."

Lan He raised his head abruptly, his eyes poked at Cheng Xiaojing like X-rays, and asked pointedly.

"Whose house?"

Cheng Xiaojing suddenly felt a sense of crisis, he turned and went into the kitchen, and took out the cat food from the cabinet above.

Bean sprouts abandoned Lan He the moment Cheng Xiaojing went to the kitchen, and rushed to the kitchen, squatting doglegs beside Cheng Xiaojing's legs.

Lan He lost his car keys and went to the bathroom to wash his face.

When he came out, Cheng Xiaojing had already settled the bean sprouts.Lan He still remembered what Cheng Xiaojing said just now, so he asked a question very preoccupied.

"You haven't answered me yet, whose family?"

Cheng Xiaojing gave him a blank look.

"Is it important? Anyway, I'm all here. Even if you drive me away, I won't leave."

Lan He walked over, making a gesture to pull him.Cheng Xiaojing turned over, put the computer between the two of them, and said solemnly: "Business."

Lan He saw him pull his face down, touched his nose resentfully, took out his mobile phone and started calling Lan Shiyu.

Half an hour later, both sides came to a conclusion.

Lan He's face was a bit ugly - because Guan Pengcheng and Lan Shiyu's rhetoric was exactly the same.

"The possibility of false confession is very high," Lan He said.

"No, Mr. Guan's explanation is very reasonable. The spread of that kind of case will cause panic in the society. It is not incomprehensible whether it is the research institute or the police who choose to conceal it. In addition, why did the victim not make a fuss? To get in touch with the family, as long as the news of the death is blocked. Generally, there will be no family members of the victims who will make trouble, right?"

Lan He finally couldn't stand it anymore.

"Xiaojing, I found that your words today are extremely extreme. What's wrong with you?"