remnants

April 2010, 4 is a Friday.

On this day, before school ended, Nie Qing and Yu Sheng's class teacher officially told everyone that they were about to face the division of arts and sciences, and asked them to take advantage of the weekend to go home and think about it. It would be best to discuss it with their family members.

This matter is nothing for Nie Qing to consider. He has always been better at science than liberal arts, and he doesn't like politics in particular, so his heart for academics has long been settled.

However, the rest of his life was not the same as him.

Yu Sheng's grades in arts and sciences can be said to be comparable, and occasionally he will be even better in arts. He has been in the top three of his grade in both history and geography, and he is good at mathematics, so the teachers suggested that he study literature, saying that The advantage will be greater.

But Nie Qing could see that Yu Sheng didn't think so.

"Asheng." Lying on the bed in the middle of the night, Nie Qing hugged the person in his arms tightly, rubbed his chin against his forehead, and asked in a low voice: "School of arts and sciences, have you made up your mind?"

"Yeah. I choose science." Yu Sheng opened his eyes, staring at the slight depression in the middle of Nie Qing's protruding collarbone, and said in a daze.

In fact, with the financial capacity of Nie Qing's family, it is entirely possible to arrange a separate bedroom for Yu Sheng.Nie Qing's mother, Feng Weiyi, also mentioned it many times, saying that she would choose one of the two vacant guest rooms for Yu Sheng, but every time she finished talking, she gave up because Nie Qing disagreed.

Nie Qing's reason was that since the death of Yu Youwen and Liang He, Yu Sheng didn't show too much sadness during the day, but he often had nightmares at night, and sometimes he felt chest tight and out of breath. He was really worried about letting him sleep alone.

Feng Weiyi couldn't hold back his son, and asked Yu Sheng what he thought, and got the answer "I want to stay with Ah Qing".Feng Weiyi had no choice, so after discussing with Nie Shenxing, the two finally decided to open up the wall between Nie Qing's room and the room next to him, combining them into one super large room, and bought a new one. A big bed measuring two meters by two meters was given to the two of them, so Nie Qing and Yu Sheng slept together in a legitimate way. Every night, they could cuddle in the same bed after closing the door and turning off the lights.

Of course, for a boy in adolescence, lying in the same bed with the person he likes every day may not be all "good things"...

At least for Nie Qing, the three years of sharing the same bed in high school were also the three years in which his willpower and endurance were honed the hardest.

But on this night, it was rare for the two people hugging each other not to have any "impulse".

Yu Sheng buried his head in Nie Qing's neck, and asked sullenly, "Ah Qing, what do you want to do in the future?"

I haven't figured out what I want to do specifically, but I hope to have a relatively stable job in the future, so that I can spend more time with you and take care of you.

Nie Qing thought silently in her heart.

But when he spoke, he used a question: "What do you want to do in the future?"

"Me?" Yu Sheng was inexplicably silent for a moment, and then said softly but firmly: "I want to be a policeman."

Nie Qing couldn't help being taken aback, "Police??"

"Yeah." Yu Sheng nodded in his arms, his tone was extremely serious: "I want to go to the police academy in college, and then become a criminal policeman after graduation."

"Ah Sheng..." Nie Qing loosened his arms a little, and supported Yu Sheng's shoulders to look at him, "Do you want to be a criminal police officer because of your uncle and aunt..."

"On the one hand, it's because of them, and on the other hand, it's because I really want to be a policeman. Speaking of which, children like us who grew up in the police compound have been exposed to people who stand up for the sky and uphold justice. It's hard not to be affected by your deeds." Yu Sheng blinked in the dark.

Nie Qing didn't know how to answer him, agreeing would be too much against his will, but denying was afraid of hurting him, so he thought about it, changed the subject and said: "Ah Sheng, no matter whether you want to go to the police academy in the future, anyway, the academic theory is already certain. That's it, right?"

"Well, I'm sure." Yu Sheng nodded solemnly, but then brought the subject back and asked Nie Qing, "Ah Qing, have you ever thought about becoming a policeman? Uncle and uncle seem to want you very much." Inherit the 'family business' so that they can succeed in the public security system in the future. What do you think?"

"I……"

Before Nie Qing hesitated, Yu Sheng continued, "Ah Qing, actually, I want to be a policeman, and there is another most important reason... I want to find an answer."

Nie Qing gently stroked his hair with his hands, "Answer?"

"Well..." Yu Sheng nodded slightly, "You know about my parents very well... I don't believe my father is the kind of 'traitor who betrayed the police' as others said, but I can't do anything for his actions. Justify... I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out until today, he is obviously not a person who will betray anyone, he is very good to everyone, especially to my mother, the relationship between the two of them is so deep, How can it be--"

Yu Sheng spoke faster and faster, but stopped abruptly at the last sentence.

Nie Qing hugged him tightly, feeling his body trembling slightly, and his breathing trembling, she shrank back into his arms and pressed against him as if afraid of the cold.

"Ah Sheng..." Nie Qing's heart twitched in pain, and she couldn't help stroking his back gently with her palm, kissing the top of his hair and comforting him in a low voice: "Don't think about it anymore, it's all over..."

"But I can't make it through in my heart..." Yu Sheng's voice trembled, he took a breath of air and then forced himself to calm down a bit and said, "Ah Qing, I want to find out what exactly my dad went through in the criminal police team. , What would it take to change him so much... In the end, he did something like that... I want to experience the world he has experienced personally, and walk the same path as him... In this case, maybe One day in the future I will be able - if only a little bit - so that I can understand his thoughts..."

"Why did he shoot the woman he loves the most? Why did he shoot?? That's my mother... He killed my mother with his own hands..."

"Asheng-"

"Since he has killed my mother, why can't he work hard to survive? He should at least live to give me an explanation... He should live to let me blame him, hate him, and be ashamed of him—but he also Dead...all dead...he has already taken away one of my relatives, why won't he even leave the other to me..."

"Ah Sheng...don't talk about this...you are torturing yourself..." Nie Qing hugged Yu Sheng tightly, trying to use this method to dispel the haze in his heart.

After a long time, Yu Sheng's emotions gradually calmed down, and the shaking of his body finally stopped.

He was lying on Nie Qing's chest, seemingly extremely tired, and he took a long time before he spoke again: "Ah Qing, my dad owes me an explanation, I have to find it out myself. When I stand in the same position as him, When I have the same position, perhaps, I can understand..."

"Okay." Nie Qing bowed his head and kissed him, "Since you have already made up your mind, then I will accompany you as a criminal police officer to find the answer."

"Are you sure you also want to be a criminal police officer?" Yu Sheng looked up at him, "Ah Qing, don't let my thoughts affect your decision. Do what you really want to do, and don't compromise for me."

"I didn't compromise, this is what I really want to do." Nie Qing held Yu Sheng's hand on his left chest, and looked at him seriously.

In fact, he still didn't complete the second half of the sentence, that is: what I really want to do is to be with you.

However, in Nie Qing's opinion, this sentence was really worthless, so he decided that it would be better to just keep it in his heart.

Anyway, he would not be separated from Yu Sheng no matter what, Nie Qing was absolutely sure of this at the time.

It's a pity that what happened after that finally made Nie Qing learn to recognize the reality.

No one can predict the future.

Therefore, don't talk too much, and don't wish too early...

……

"Team leader?" Jin Ming's voice suddenly came from beside him, and Nie Qing realized that he had been distracted just now.

"What's the matter, did you find anything?" He asked calmly.

"Yes, look at this." Jin Ming said as he handed over an evidence bag containing a black iPhone 6s, "I found it under the sofa in the living room. We suspect it may belong to the deceased or Zhou Jun."

"Phone..." Nie Qing took the bag, carefully looked at the front and back, "Can it be unlocked?"

"Not for the time being. We don't know the password, and we are going to take it back to the technical department later." Jin Ming said.

Nie Qing nodded, and returned the evidence bag to him, "Find someone reliable and bring the phone back to the bureau now, let the technical department unlock it as soon as possible, and see if there is any usable information in the phone."

"Yes!" Jin Ming turned and went out.

At this time, Chi Xiaojing had just finished the preliminary autopsy work. After putting all the tools back into the toolbox, she leaned on the sink and stood up slowly. Nie Qing guessed that she was a little dizzy, so she reached out to help her.

"Thank you." Chi Xiaojing turned her head and smiled gratefully at him, and then said: "By the way, Nie Qing, I noticed a very strange thing just now, I don't know if you noticed it."

"Where?" Nie Qing asked.

Chi Xiaojing scanned the bathroom with her eyes, "There isn't even a piece of women's clothing here, don't you think it's abnormal?"

Hearing what she said, Nie Qing suddenly realized - in the whole room, they didn't find any clothes that might belong to He Tian, ​​not even underwear.

"Tell me, did she wear nothing before she came here, or was her clothes taken away by the murderer after she was murdered?" Nie Qing asked subconsciously.

"You didn't wear anything before you came here? Don't you want to say that this girl came here naked?" Chi Xiaojing couldn't help but tease.

Nie Qing looked a little embarrassed, and shook her head, "No. What I mean is, is it possible that she was killed by the murderer elsewhere before she was stripped naked and wrapped in other things and sent here?"

"It's impossible." After Chi Xiaojing finished speaking, she turned around and pointed to the bathtub, "Look there, although most of it is water, but it can be dyed like this, which means that the deceased must have had a lot of bleeding at that time. If it is If it was brought here after a while after death, there should not be such a large amount of bleeding."

"Then what if you get knocked out?" Nie Qing asked again.

Chi Xiaojing thought for a while, "It's possible to be knocked unconscious, but when the deceased just fainted, and she has to help her take off her clothes so thoroughly, wouldn't the murderer be afraid that the deceased would wake up suddenly? Although it is also possible Using sleeping pills or drugs like that, but the act of undressing still feels weird."

"You make sense." Nie Qing pressed the thumb and middle finger of his right hand on the temples on both sides respectively, rubbed them vigorously, and frowned at the same time: "The dead will not take off their clothes for no reason, and neither will the murderer. Take away her clothes for no reason. Now we urgently need to consider why the deceased appeared in Zhou Jun’s bathtub? What is the relationship between the deceased and Zhou Jun? What is the relationship between the murderer and Zhou Jun? And, who is the murderer? For what purpose did you take the clothes of the dead—”

Nie Qing's words were suddenly interrupted here, and he suddenly closed his eyes tightly, his expression seemed to be very painful.

"Nie Qing! Are you okay?" Chi Xiaojing stared at him worriedly.

Nie Qing shook his head slightly, "I'm fine."

Just now, his head suddenly hurt violently, as if his head had been cut open.

But that feeling was fleeting, and it came and went quickly, as if it were an illusion.

"Nie Qing, you haven't had a good rest in the past few days, have you?" Chi Xiaojing still looked at him solemnly, "I think you are not in a good state, you should take some time to let yourself relax completely, otherwise you will be like you. , The body and spirit have long been overloaded, too tired."

"Don't worry, I know." Nie Qing pressed the center of his eyebrows again, and then smiled at Chi Xiaojing, "Xiaojing, thank you. But I'm fine, and now is not the time to relax."

"But if you make yourself sick, you will feel bad for the rest of your life..." Chi Xiaojing bit her lips lightly after speaking, as if she felt that she had said something she shouldn't have said.

Nie Qing couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, but then the oppressive feeling in her heart covered her again and again.

The person who feels distressed is obviously him.