remnants

On March 12, [-], Saturday, a vicious shooting occurred in the underground parking lot of a Wanda Plaza near Sandongqiao Street, Huanggu District, S City, S City, China.

The incident resulted in the death of a middle-aged man whose identity is unknown. The murderer is still at large. The police suspect that gangsters may be involved.

This is all the information about that case that can be found in the news at present.

Because the case happened on the day when Yu Sheng disappeared, and the place was not far from the China Criminal Police Academy where he was studying, Nie Qing also came here in person and asked someone to help investigate the shooting case after finding out that Yu Sheng was missing. It's a pity that there are very few winners.

There is no direct evidence linking Yu Sheng's disappearance to the shooting.

Moreover, due to the strict control of guns | guns | in China, those who can get guns from sources must not be ordinary people, and Yu Sheng is just a student of the police academy, so he may not have such sources.

When Nie Qing couldn't find any clues, he could only think that the timing of these two events was just a subtle coincidence.

Yu Sheng always thought that the matter had been concealed perfectly by someone with a heart, but he didn't expect that Chi Xiaojing would suddenly ask him this question today.

and so……

"Tell me what you know."

Looking at Yu Sheng's indifferent eyes and listening to his icy voice, Chi Xiaojing suddenly felt a bone-chilling chill running from the top of her head to the soles of her feet.She couldn't help shivering slightly.

"...Xiaojing." Yu Sheng realized that he had put too much pressure on him, so he softened his expression a bit, supported Chi Xiaojing's shoulders and let her sit on the chair, and then he also pulled a stool beside her to sit on her In front of him, he said softly, "Don't be afraid, tell me everything you know."

Chi Xiaojing looked at him, and Yu Sheng made her feel a lot more at ease, so she nodded, and after a while she said: "Yu Sheng, I know you must have been there when the shooting happened."

"Why?" Yu Sheng looked at her and asked.

Chi Xiaojing was silent for a moment, and then said solemnly: "Because I asked the senior who went to the scene to give me a blood sample, which was collected from the scene. After I got the sample, I went to the laboratory to do it myself. After testing, it was found that there were two people's DNA in it, and one of them was exactly the same as yours."

Yu Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and hooked the corners of his mouth with great interest, "Oh? You actually managed to get the blood sample from the scene?"

"Yes..." Chi Xiaojing blushed slightly, and her voice was slightly lowered, "The senior had just entered the Huanggu branch office as an intern, because he treated me... Anyway, I asked him, he was willing to help me..."

"So that's how it is." Yu Sheng leaned his upper body forward again, stared at Chi Xiaojing from the bottom up and asked, "Since your senior is in the Huanggu branch, did he tell you anything else about the case? "

"No—this is really not!" Seeing the suspicion in Yu Sheng's eyes, Chi Xiaojing emphasized it anxiously, and hurriedly explained: "I did ask him many times, but he told me that he didn't know Specifically, he said that what happened that time was very strange. Less than two hours after the case happened, he received a notice from above, asking them to stop the investigation immediately, and after transferring the case to the S City Public Security Bureau, they were not allowed to intervene, and all information disclosure."

"Two hours, so fast..." Yu Sheng murmured.

Chi Xiaojing also looked confused, "I didn't understand what happened at the time. The senior told me not to touch this case again. It seemed that someone deliberately wanted to suppress the case, but the reason was beyond our knowledge. The senior said this The matter has far exceeded the scope of authority that we can touch, and told me that enough is enough, and since then he has refused to help me find out the news..."

Yu Sheng nodded and asked, "Who else have you told about this?"

"No one! I didn't tell anyone about the blood sample, and even the senior didn't know that I used it for comparison!" Chi Xiaojing replied immediately, and when she saw Yu Sheng's inquiring expression, she immediately reacted , and added: "Including Nie Qing."

"That's good." Yu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Chi Xiaojing very seriously: "Xiaojing, I have a request, can you please continue to keep this secret for me? Don't tell anyone, especially Chi Xiaojing. It's Ah Qing."

Chi Xiaojing nodded vigorously, "Of course! I just have a question..."

"I didn't kill people." Yu Sheng said indifferently, "If you want to ask about this matter."

"No!" Chi Xiaojing shook her head vigorously again, then she looked at Yu Sheng worriedly, and said with some hesitation: "I believe you won't kill people. I just want to ask, you must have been injured at that time, was it a gunshot wound? If so... where is your injury? Is it serious??"

Yu Sheng couldn't help being taken aback when he heard it, and immediately laughed, "This..."

He raised his right hand, put his index finger and middle finger together, and tapped lightly about three centimeters above his right temple, "If you survive a catastrophe, you will surely have a future blessing."

"What..." Chi Xiaojing turned pale with fright, and grabbed Yu Sheng's arm, "Let me see—"

"Okay, Xiaojing, we should go back." Yu Sheng pulled her away and smiled, "If time drags on a little longer, I'm afraid your sister-in-law brother will rush over."

Chi Xiaojing: "But..."

"Let's go, I don't want my family, Ah Qing, to wait too long." After Yu Sheng finished speaking, he went to unlock the door first, and stood at the door looking back at Chi Xiaojing.

"Yu Sheng..." Chi Xiaojing also looked at him, and almost blurted out some words, but when she thought that it would be futile to say it, she held back desperately.

Since she was a child, she knew that this person was something she couldn't get.

"Let's go?" Yu Sheng asked again with a smile.

Chi Xiaojing nodded hesitantly, and finally walked towards him quickly.

It doesn't matter if you don't get it, she thought.

As long as she can help him and protect him, she will be content.

***

There is a small conference room next to the office of the captain of the criminal investigation detachment. There are two folding beds in it, which are usually used by the police officers who work overtime to take a break.

Now Nie Qing leads Yu Sheng in, pulls out a bed and spreads it flat with a layer of sea floor cushions on it, Nie Qing takes out a small buckwheat skin pillow and a towel quilt from a closet beside him, and hands them to Yu Sheng, saying: "You are here first. It may be uncomfortable for one night, but I think the conditions are not much worse than where you live."

After hearing this, Yu Sheng couldn't help laughing in a low voice, sat up and flicked his buttocks, took the towel and was smiled and said: "This is softer than my bed, it's good. Do you want to sleep on another bed?"

"I won't. When you fall asleep, I'll lie down on the table and rest for a while." Nie Qing sat down beside him after speaking, and stretched out her arms to gently hug him.

"What's the matter? It looks like you want to talk to me." Yu Sheng turned to look at him.

Nie Qing sighed slightly and nodded, "Ah Sheng, I have something to tell you."

"Except for breaking up with me, you can say whatever you want." Yu Sheng said this as if he was joking, but Nie Qing could see a trace of tension in his eyes.

Seeing this, Nie Qing couldn't help hugging him tighter. After thinking about it, he finally said what he had been thinking about all day.

"Asheng, I have to tell you the truth. In fact, since I saw you again this time, my doubts have never stopped."

"Do you doubt me?" Yu Sheng grinned, but the smile was forced no matter how you looked at it.

Nie Qing hummed and decided to tell the truth.

"Ah Sheng, I really want to believe you, so I have been restraining myself from asking about your whereabouts in the past few years, why you left in the first place, and why you chose to come back at this time. But, it doesn't matter if you don't ask." It means I don't care."

Nie Qing paused for a few seconds when he said this, and then he continued: "I can understand how you want me to trust you unconditionally, just like we used to, but to be honest, it's too difficult. I'm just an ordinary person, My heart is not that broad. I can love you unconditionally, but I can't unconditionally trust a person who is unwilling to tell me the truth."

"Ah Qing..."

"Ah Sheng, I didn't say these words to hurt you." Nie Qing sighed, "I just don't want to hide it anymore, I don't want to pretend that I don't care anymore. I don't want to say that everything is fine between us , but I always lose my temper with you over small things."

"I understand what you mean..." Yu Sheng lowered his head, his eyes didn't know where to look, he just stared blankly at the floor under his feet, "Then... what are you going to do after this?"

"What are you going to do?" Nie Qing asked while holding his hand, only to find that his fingertips were cold.

Yu Sheng was silent for a while, and Nie Qing didn't speak, just waiting for him to speak.

After a few minutes, Yu Sheng finally raised his head, and in his eyes was the embarrassment that Nie Qing had never seen before.

"Ah Qing, I still can't tell you the reason for the time being." Yu Sheng said as he withdrew his hand from Nie Qing and stood up, "I'm sorry... I'll go first—"

"—Since you refuse to speak, then listen to me." Nie Qing suddenly grabbed Yu Sheng and pulled him into his arms.

"...What did you say?" Yu Sheng supported his shoulders before he stood still, lowered his head and asked in a daze.

Nie Qing pulled him to sit on his lap, raised his head and said, "You didn't understand what I said just now. My point is not to blame you for not telling the truth, but to say that I don't want to be so hot and cold anymore. Treat you with respect. Whether I trust you or not at the moment, it will not affect my feelings for you. "

When Yu Sheng heard this, his eye circles suddenly turned red without warning, and he nodded, "I know..."

Seeing that he turned his face away from her, Nie Qing thoughtfully did not expose it, and continued, "Ah Sheng, I was actually wrong. I kept thinking that we couldn't get along like we used to because of the changes in the past three and a half years. Many things have changed. But the truth is, one thing has never changed. I love you, just as I always have.”

Yu Sheng: "Well...Me too."

"So, I don't want to worry about those messy things anymore. I want to be with you well and treat you well like before."

Nie Qing suddenly took a deep breath, turned Yu Sheng's face towards him, looked into his bloodshot eyes and said, "Ah Sheng, I just want you to say a word. As long as you say it, I will believe you."

Yu Sheng stared at him intently, "What are you talking about?"

Nie Qing: "I need you to assure me that when you finally tell me the truth, I won't regret that I believed in the wrong person."

"...Okay." Yu Sheng paused for two seconds, "I promise, I won't make you regret it."

Nie Qing finally smiled relaxedly after hearing this, and most of the seriousness and solemnity between his brows faded instantly, making him look more like a college student who hasn't graduated yet, rather than a police officer.

"Asheng, then I believe you. I won't doubt you anymore." Nie Qing said, wrapping her arms around Yu Sheng's waist tightly, burying her head in his chest, sniffing his scent as if addicted, I have never really felt at ease until now.

Yu Sheng also hugged Nie Qing and handed over the weight of his body, but the weight in his heart continued unabated.

He finally felt that Nie Qing had accepted him sincerely, which was what he had always longed for.

But at this moment, he didn't feel much happiness.

Wish...

I hope he really doesn't let him down.