remnants

"Aren't you an orphan? When did you find your real mother?" After standing still on the rooftop, Yu Sheng asked straight to the point.

"Strictly speaking, I'm not an orphan. I just lived in the orphanage until I was seven years old, and then I was adopted into Mu's family." Mu Xi Ze leaned his back on the fence of the roof, and the hem of his black windbreaker was blown high by the wind , looks a bit bleak and lonely.

"'Live' until the age of seven?" Nie Qing keenly captured his words, "It sounds like you chose to live in an orphanage."

"It's not completely up to me to choose." Mu Xi Ze looked at him, "But you are right, I was not abandoned there, but my biological mother did not want to separate from me in order to conceal my identity , just used such a 'justifiable' method to keep me by my side."

"Hey...you're talking about..." Yu Sheng had an unbelievable expression on his face, "Hong Jiajia??"

Mu Xize avoided Nie Qing's shocked gaze, "Yes. Hong Jiajia, she is my mother."

"Fuck..." Yu Sheng couldn't hold back and even burst out with foul language.

Nie Qing also froze for a few seconds, suddenly realized something, grabbed Mu Xi Ze's arm suddenly and asked: "What is the relationship between Hong Jiajia and the person behind the police that we are investigating?? Don't tell me She's just an outsider who doesn't know the truth!"

Mu Xi Ze shook his head with a wry smile, "If I wanted to protect her, I wouldn't tell you these things. She is naturally not an outsider. From Star Orphanage to Fanxing Orphanage, from Lin Nuan to Liang Yu, from my master to As far as I... these years, although she hasn't done anything personally, she is the source and the most critical hub of all these evils."

"Your master?" Nie Qing didn't know the relationship between Mu Xize and Su Yongdeng, so he was a little confused when he heard this title.

"It's Su Yongdeng." Yu Sheng answered for Mu Xize. "He is the closed disciple of Su Yongdeng mentioned by Su Ji before. Su Ji only knows that there is such a person, but he doesn't know who it is, but Mu Xi Ze is very familiar with him. He has been hiding in the dark for more than ten years , and always pay attention to your teacher's son, you are really perverted."

Mu Xi Ze showed a dumbfounding expression, "Is this the point now?"

"I just need to use other things to relieve the shock I just received...you continue." Yu Sheng shrugged.

Mu Xi Ze nodded, seeing that Nie Qing was still staring at him firmly, so he said: "Let me answer your question first. If my personal guess is correct, then the police insider we all want to investigate now is My biological father."

"...fuck." Yu Sheng said "You're fucking kidding me" written all over his face.

"You don't know who your biological father is?" Nie Qing tried hard to restrain her urge to ask a bunch of questions in one breath.

"I don't know, I'm telling the truth." Mu Xi Ze paused slightly, "My mother never told me about my biological father. She has been keeping a secret for him, for fear that his identity will be exposed, and even my biological son will I can't believe it."

"You're so smart, it took you 30 years to find out?" Yu Sheng asked.

Mu Xi Ze heard that he was angry with himself, and explained: "If I am really smart enough, do I still need to ask you to cooperate? I know that I did not tell you this in advance, but I also hope that you can understand My position. After all, they are my biological parents, and even though I am mentally prepared to kill my relatives in the end, I am still not so frank if I really want to investigate."

"If you're not being honest, you should have said it earlier. At least Hong Jiajia's clue, if we had known earlier, we could have avoided a lot of detours." Yu Sheng's words contained blame, but his tone was very calm.

Mu Xi Ze couldn't figure out his attitude for a while, so he thought for a while and said, "Actually, I have also considered whether I should tell you this information earlier. But then I thought, our main goal is to find Chen Fangyu and join forces with the police. Evidence of organ trafficking by the insider, so as to find out the true identity of the insider. As for my mother—I mean Hong Jiajia...she was really involved in the management of the orphanage in the early years, but she has not directly intervened in these matters in recent years Well, there's probably nothing to be found out about her—"

"How is it possible that nothing can be found out?" Nie Qing interrupted him, "She told me that the person who adopted Lin Nuan back then was Yu Sheng's father, and she looked heartbroken and regretful. She obviously knew about Lin Nuan's real adoption. Who is it that deliberately misleads us, what do you call 'hands off'?"

"Of course she will mislead you. The person who adopted Lin Nuan back then was the person behind Captain Fu, that is, my biological father. Protecting his identity from being exposed has become the most important thing in Hong Jiajia's life."

"You mean it's reasonable for her to do this?" Nie Qing raised her voice.

Mu Xi Ze narrowed his pupils and stared at Nie Qing: "I didn't say that. Can you put away your prejudice against me first? I'm just talking about the facts."

"But from what I hear, you are just making excuses for Hong Jiajia and shirking responsibility—"

"Nie Qing!" Mu Xi Ze's voice was suddenly sharp, "That's my own mother, it's not as easy as you think for me to take this step today! If you want to criticize my actions, at least stand on the same ground as me Say it again!"

"If I were you I would--"

"Ah Qing, don't talk about it yet." Yu Sheng tugged Nie Qing's sleeve at this moment, then turned to Mu Xizhe and said, "Just talk about things, don't get angry. I know you are in trouble, so I never forced you , try to act on the premise of respecting your personal wishes. But Caesar, we have already paid a heavy price, and if we continue to investigate in such a gentle and painless manner, I am afraid that the bamboo basket will be empty. "

"Then what do you want me to do?" Muxi Ze asked.

Yu Sheng stretched out his right hand towards him, Mu Xi Ze hesitated for a moment, but reached out to hold him.

"Cesis, in fact, when Xiao Xu's accident happened, I had already decided to give up the investigation, because I didn't want to risk the lives of people around me. But just ten minutes ago, I changed my mind." Yu Sheng's hands were cold , the palm is a little wet.Muxi Ze felt that he was holding it very hard, as if he wanted to convey some kind of belief to himself in this way.

"What I want to do is absolutely impossible to do with my own strength. But now I know that I am not alone, I still have you!" Yu Sheng suddenly increased the strength of his hands, facing Mu Xi Ze Although there was no spirit in his eyes, Mu Xi Ze seemed to be able to feel his penetrating gaze straight into his eyes, just like before.

"Are you still willing to believe me?" Mu Xi Ze turned his head away when he asked this question.Even though he knew that he would not be able to see him for the rest of his life, he still had the feeling that he couldn't look directly at him.Because this time he really had a guilty conscience.

"I believe." Yu Sheng's words without any hesitation made Mu Xi Ze's eyes swell instantly.

"From the first time I saw you, I knew that you were not an enemy. Although our positions are not exactly the same, our goals are always the same." Yu Sheng paused slightly, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "And I didn't remember If you make a mistake, you came to me first."

Mu Xi Ze was stunned for a moment, and then sighed helplessly: "Yes, I have heard about you from Chen Fangyu a long time ago, and I have inquired about what kind of person you are from various channels, and I think you may be a The right partner, this is why I specially prepared the medicine for nervous headaches to approach you."

"So from the beginning, I was not the only one who was looking for help." Yu Sheng suddenly turned serious, and said in a lower voice: "So, after this period of observation and testing, do you think I am a reliable ally? ?”

"Yes." Muxi Ze's answer was very short.

"What about Nie Qing?" Yu Sheng asked again.

Mu Xize subconsciously looked at Nie Qing, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "To be honest, because of these things I have been exposed to since I was a child, I have never had any trust in the police. What's more, the person we are going to investigate now It is the police, asking me to cooperate with people inside them, it is difficult for me to accept."

"It's too arbitrary for you to say that—"

"But." Mu Xi Ze interrupted Nie Qing, looking at him fixedly, "I know that the relationship of trust between the two of you is extraordinary. If I force Nie Qing to stay out of the matter, I'm afraid it will only be counterproductive. And, in case Situations like this one have happened again and again... I can't help, at least someone can help."

Neither Yu Sheng nor Nie Qing spoke, quietly waiting for his conclusion.

"Nie Qing, I want to ask you, if I accept to cooperate with you, can you give me the same trust?" Mu Xi Ze asked seriously.

"Ah Qing?" Yu Sheng also turned his head to Nie Qing, his expression seemed a little nervous.

Nie Qing raised his left hand and patted him lightly, then stretched out his right hand towards Mu Xi Ze: "How long are you two going to hold each other? I didn't believe you before because you hid it too deeply. Now, as long as you can stop hiding anything from us in the future, then I can also let the past go, and no longer have doubts about my own people."

"At this time, if you don't forget to add a prerequisite, you can't just say that you can trust me?" Mu Xi Ze raised his eyebrows helplessly.

Nie Qing embraced Yu Sheng, and took the initiative to hold Mu Xi Ze's right hand, which had just been freed from Yu Sheng's grasp, and said, "This is already my greatest sincerity, don't go too far."

Mu Xi Ze let out a light snort, shook the hands that were clasped together, and then let go, "All right, for the sake of your hard work."

"Then we are now a united front?" Yu Sheng asked.

"No hurry, there are still a few last things to confirm." Nie Qing stared at Mu Xize, "The next thing to do is a matter of life and death. If everyone is not united, they may return to the original point. So , I want to take advantage of today to solve all the doubts at once."

"Ask." Mu Xi Ze said with a sigh of relief.

"The first thing I want to ask is, how much do you know about Bai Zhang's death?"

Mu Xi Ze froze when he heard this question.

After a long silence, he spoke with difficulty: "Your original guess is correct, Bai Zhang...wasn't killed by Captain Fu. He shouldn't have died, but in the end he was disguised as one of the victims of the serial murder case. "

"We already know this. What I am concerned about now is the reason why Bai Zhang was killed, and the role you played in this matter." Nie Qing said expressionlessly.

There was another heart-wrenching silence.

Accompanied by the faint sound of thunder in the distance, Mu Xi Ze said softly: "Bai Zhang is a very smart man. Although I have not lived with him for a long time, he has discovered that my identity may not only be It's so simple for an ordinary programmer. He probably realized that I was dealing with some dangerous people. Although he didn't say it, he should be very worried about me. So that night, it was a coincidence. I made an appointment with Chen Fangyu, I didn't expect Bai Zhang to follow me, such a clumsy way of tracking... I found him very quickly."

"Then, what did you do?" Nie Qing felt Yu Sheng's muscles tense when he asked, so he patted him and said, "Don't be nervous, just understand the situation first."

"Hmm..." Yu Sheng nodded.He remembered that he asked Mu Xizhe before if Bai Zhang killed him, and Mu Xizhe said no, he believed that he was not lying.But what Yu Sheng is not sure about is whether Mu Xi Ze did something that directly led to Bai Zhang's death.If so, then Nie Qing...

"To be honest, I have an inescapable responsibility for Bai Zhang's death." Mu Xi Ze's speech became slower and slower, as if every word he uttered required a violent psychological struggle.

"After I noticed that Bai Zhang was following me, in order to prevent him from going further, I randomly found a bar on the side of the road and went in, looking for a chance to get rid of him. However, it was not only him who followed me, but also Chen Fangyu's people. He It was also discovered by those people..."

"So Chen Fangyu's people did it?" Nie Qing asked.

Mu Xize nodded slowly, "They brought Bai Zhang to Funing County, which is Chen Fangyu's territory, where they usually do whatever they want to solve."

"Just because Bai Zhang followed you, does he have to die?"

"It's not just because of this." Mu Xi Ze glanced at Nie Qing, then lowered his head, "Bai Zhang didn't start to suspect me that day, he had already secretly investigated my life experience before. I don't know what method he used , actually found out about Hong Jiajia..."

"So powerful?!" Yu Sheng couldn't help sighing, "The fact that Hong Jiajia is your biological mother should be kept secret. He is really talented to find out this step."

Mu Xize was silent for a moment without answering, wondering if he was expressing his acquiescence.

"Then what? Chen Fangyu found out about Hong Jiajia's investigation? He didn't take the initiative to confess, did he?" Yu Sheng asked incredulously.

Mu Xi Ze's expression became more and more depressed, "He is...he thought that I was looking for someone to arrest him, so he explained to them that he was just worried, and promised that he would never tell about Hong Jiajia's relationship with me... "

"..."

Yu Sheng and Nie Qing felt a deep sense of helplessness at the same time.

This smart, kind-hearted young man with a bit of a weird temper, maybe until the moment of his death, he didn't understand which step he took wrongly, which caused his death.

Maybe his original intention was just to care about his friends and a little bit of curiosity, but he didn't expect that the world was far less simple and pure than he imagined.

He died too unjustly, too unworthy.

"I remember Su Ji said that Bai Zhang's fatal injury was the arrest caused by piercing the heart with a No. 7 scalpel handle loaded with a No. 11 blade. After death, he was stabbed a second time with a folding knife to cover up the first injury Wound." Nie Qing paused slightly, "I believe you should know who the real murderer of Bai Zhang was. Also, if I guessed correctly, you were the one who sent Bai Zhang's body to the mortuary of the No.1 Civilian Hospital , and sorted out the remains for him, right?"

Muses nodded.

"When we were investigating, we did find out your alibi at the time of the incident, so we ignored the time for subsequent transfer of the scene and disposal of the remains. This is our work mistake." Nie Qing's tone seemed calm, but Yu Sheng could hear the unwillingness and remorse in his heart.

"Ah Qing, this time the situation is special, I didn't expect it to be normal." After Yu Sheng finished speaking, he said to Mu Xi Ze: "I said Xi Ze, don't squeeze toothpaste with us here, tell us everything you know Come out."

After a while of silence, Mu Xi Ze finally spoke again, "Okay, I'll tell you all. That night, Bai Zhang was taken to the basement of No. 227 Wenhua Road. Chen Fangyu asked one of his most trusted subordinates to do it. They are all called 'Brother Kang', very skilled, but his real name is unknown, I haven't found out his details for so many years."

"Brother Kang..." Nie Qing repeated in a murmur, writing down the name in the notebook.

"I only got the news after Bai Zhang was killed." Mu Xi Ze continued, his face gloomy as if a storm was approaching. "After I entered the bar, it didn't take long before I couldn't feel Bai Zhang's gaze. I thought he might have given up, but at that time, Chen Fangyu called to urge me. I saw that Bai Zhang didn't keep up, so I went directly to follow him The place that Chen Fangyu made an appointment with."

"Was he there when you went?" Yu Sheng asked.

"Yes. He seldom gets his hands dirty, and he leaves everything to Brother Kang. In order to avoid suspicion, he is very good at making alibi. When I saw him at the time, he didn't immediately Tell me about Bai Zhang, but wait for the other end to confirm that it's over before telling me."

"Then why are you the one who transferred the remains?"

Mu Xi Ze let out a long sigh, "Chen Fangyu had reached an agreement with Captain Fu at that time. In order for Captain Fu's revenge operation to go smoothly, he had to help him get rid of the suspicion. Of course, I didn't know the person who killed Master at that time. It was Captain Fu...Chen Fangyu threatened me with Su Ji's life, and asked me to help them deal with the aftermath. I tampered with the surveillance video of the hospital, brought Bai Zhang's body into the morgue, and used a jackknife..." Mu Xize bit Gritting his teeth, "... Stabbed in the same place as the fatal wound. Make him look like he was killed by the same murderer..."

"Strange, why did Chen Fangyu help Fu Mingjie?" Yu Sheng asked puzzled.

"Chen Fangyu has been dissatisfied with my master for a long time." Finally, after finishing talking about Bai Zhang, Mu Xize turned around and hung on the railing as if he was in a state of collapse, took a deep breath and said, "My master is really skilled in medicine. But in terms of being a human being... Originally, he still had scruples, but since his wife left, he has completely changed. It seems that there is no one or anything that can hold him back. Only money can give him a sense of security. "

Yu Sheng: "So he started talking like a lion?"

Mu Xize nodded slightly, "He wants more and more, Chen Fangyu is naturally unwilling. If Captain Fu hadn't done anything at that time, probably he was going to get rid of Master as well."

"Ah!" Nie Qing suddenly whispered, and turned to look at Yu Sheng, "Ah Sheng, do you still remember that there was a broken window on the floor of President Su's office at the No. !"

"Remember, I was still sitting on it. Could it be that—" Yu Sheng showed an expression of "I see".

"That's probably it." Mu Xi Ze took over the conversation, "During that time, I kept reminding Master to pay attention to safety. He should be on guard against Chen Fangyu, but I didn't expect that the person who killed him in the end was Captain Fu."

"However, this is only aimed at Dean Su. Team Fu's revenge targets a total of six people. Isn't Chen Fangyu still helping him after that? He used the properties in Funing County. Chen Fangyu will never be a helper." What kind of temperament is it?" Nie Qing asked while thinking.

Mu Xi Ze frowned after hearing this, and thought for a while before saying: "According to my guess, Chen Fangyu should want to get something from Captain Fu. As for what he wants - think about it, over the years, Fu The captain should be the person who has the closest relationship with the police insider, and also the person who knows the most about his secrets. Although Chen Fangyu is cooperating with that person, he is definitely not at ease if he doesn't have enough clues about the other party. So I guess, Captain Fu probably promised him that he would tell him some of the information he has in hand after the matter is completed."

Nie Qing nodded, "That makes sense."

Silence followed, and all three of them were silently contemplating.After a few minutes, Musize asked, "Do you have any other questions?"

"It can't be said to be a problem." Nie Qing's expression was very solemn, "According to what you said just now, we already know who the real culprit who killed Bai Zhang is, but we can't catch him now... Once we do it, we will scare the snake away. , you must have lost trust with Chen Fangyu, and Su Ji's safety is also difficult to guarantee. But if he is not arrested, I will think that the murderer is still at large..."

"Don't worry, none of them will be able to escape." Yu Sheng patted him, then turned his head and said to Mu Xi Ze: "However, although I am very glad that you can open up your heart and be honest with us, why did you choose today? Before you Didn't tell me. Is it because Hong Jiajia was bumped into by Xiaoxu this time? But in fact, if you didn't tell me, we wouldn't be able to guess the relationship between her and you. Are you really going to kill the family?"

When he finished speaking, a drop of rain suddenly hit Mu Xi Ze's brow bone, and slid down his eyes, like teardrops.

Musize spread his hands and looked up at the sky, as if observing the rain, and said softly, "This time, I performed a heart transplant on that child."

"Hmm..." Although Yu Sheng hadn't asked, Yu Sheng had already guessed the result.

Nie Qing still didn't know about the operation, seeing the bleak expressions of the two people in front of him, she held back for the time being and didn't ask any questions.

"Do you know who the transplanted person is?" Musize's question didn't mean to wait for someone to answer.More and more dense raindrops fell from the sky, but he still raised his head, letting the rain beat, but narrowed his eyes slightly. "Li Aijia...Aijia...is my own sister..."

"Dear, dear sister??" Yu Sheng was really shocked this time.

"Yeah..." There was a wry smile from the corner of Mu Xi Ze's mouth, as if washed out by rain, the bitter taste melted into the air around him, and penetrated into the bodies of everyone present with the water vapor. "I never knew she existed. I didn't expect that the first time we met was on the operating table... To save her, I took the life of another girl."

The narration came to an abrupt end here, and Yu Sheng only felt that the sound of the rain around him suddenly became louder, and Nie Qing suddenly clenched his hand on his shoulder.

After a long time passed, Yu Sheng heard Mu Xi Ze say to Nie Qing: "Don't worry, I will definitely accept the punishment I deserve after all this is over. But now, I don't want to make the same mistake again."

"Have you really thought about it? After all, they are your relatives..." Yu Sheng's mood was extremely complicated at the moment, and he didn't expect that they would face such a situation.

But this time Musize's answer was very straightforward, without any sloppiness.

"Think about it." He said, "For them, I have been working for tigers, and now I even became a murderer, but they don't care, but want more. Such relatives, such parents, are not worth my sacrifice gone."

One side is for their own parents, but the other side wants to part with them.

Nie Qing looked at Yu Sheng and Mu Xize, and felt that for the two of them, fate was too good at playing tricks.