remnants

The sound of the rain continued outside the house, and the sound of the siren approached. It is estimated that Chi Xiaofei was leading people to check the houses and residents here one by one.

Nie Qing's clothes were no longer dripping, but they were not completely dry. They were still clinging to his body. It felt as if the coolness from the rain had been absorbed by him, and he gradually became cold.

And Yu Sheng lasted for a long time, although the wound didn't hurt much under the action of the painkiller injection, but the energy was not as abundant as in the normal state.At this moment, he vaguely felt that his body was a little weak, so he gently leaned on Nie Qing.

"Captain Fu, isn't it time to tell us your motive for committing the crime?" Yu Sheng broke the silence that had lasted for a while.

Fu Mingjie looked at him and nodded, "Yes, it's time to talk about this."

"Captain, is it really because of the operation seven years ago?" Nie Qing leaned forward slightly, "Why did you have to kill people? Is there no other way to eliminate hatred?"

"Is there?" Fu Mingjie asked back, and suddenly pointed at Yu Sheng, "If one day he was suddenly killed by someone, what method would you use to eliminate the hatred?"

"I—" Nie Qing was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I won't let others hurt him."

"It's not 'won't', it's just 'don't want to'." Fu Mingjie smiled helplessly, "If you don't have enough ability, don't talk big. Many times, only when you admit your weakness, others will lend you money. Strength, so that you can better protect the people you care about."

"Whose power did the captain borrow?" Nie Qing asked suddenly.

Fu Mingjie was slightly taken aback, and then laughed out loud, "Your reflexes are really sharp, you can polish it later, accumulate more experience, and you will surely make great achievements in the future."

"Captain, you haven't answered my question yet." Nie Qing stared straight at him, and the question was straightforward, "This time, who is the partner of the captain?"

"Nie Qing, you didn't understand me." Fu Mingjie sat back a little further, hid his upper body in the shadows, and said, "What I'm talking about is using strength to protect others instead of harming them. You guys Don’t you want to hear my motives and details for committing the crime? I’ll tell you now.”

Nie Qing: "Captain—"

"Listen to me first, time is running out." Fu Mingjie interrupted Nie Qing, pointed out the window, and could see the red and blue police lights that were divided into fragments by the rain outside, constantly flashing . "Finish the important ones, and take the rest slowly."

"...That's good." Nie Qing finally sat back in a compromise, and put one hand behind Yu Sheng's waist.

"If we want to talk about the motive, we may have to talk about the past." Fu Mingjie touched his body with his hands while talking, and suddenly sighed: "I left in a hurry today, and I forgot to bring cigarettes. Nie Qing, did you bring one?" ?"

"Originally, I brought it, but when I went to find Ma Weiyuan, it was raining, and it was completely wet in my coat pocket, so I didn't take it." After Nie Qing finished speaking, it seemed that he had just remembered that he was also drenched in the rain. Seeing the same thing, he lowered his head to look, and pulled the shirt that was attached to his chest.

After hearing his words, Fu Mingjie sighed again, and said in a very regretful tone: "It seems that I don't have this kind of luck... Mistake, what a mistake."

"Captain Fu didn't even ask me first, why did he assume that I don't have cigarettes?" Yu Sheng asked at this moment.

"You don't smoke." Fu Mingjie looked him over, "You don't seem to be the one who will pass cigarettes to others. Do you know how to bring them?"

"It's amazing. Sure enough, Jiang is still old and hot. I really don't have one." Yu Sheng tied his arms and hung himself on Nie Qing's shoulders, and sneered twice, "But you don't have to be so sad, it's a mess these days It's not difficult to want to smoke, the big deal is that when Ah Qing and I go to visit you, I'll give you two more."

"Hehe, then I thank you in advance." Fu Mingjie clapped his hands and smiled, and continued: "Okay, since there are no cigarettes, then I'll just say it, hurry up."

"Didn't you just say that Xiao Nuan was sent to a public welfare institution? After staying there for three years, he was transferred to an orphanage."

"Star Orphanage?" Nie Qing asked.

Fu Mingjie hummed, "The work has been done very carefully, that's where it is. The orphanage was demolished 12 years ago, but the original site was in Funing County, from 220 to 230 Wenhua Road. Yes, these small two-storey bungalows were built after the orphanage was demolished."

Nie Qing: "After Lin Nuan entered the orphanage, have you been paying attention to him?"

"I can't talk about paying attention, because the year Xiao Nuan entered the orphanage happened to be the same year I was in the third year of high school, and I was nervous about my studies. I couldn't always see him. Moreover, even if I came, I didn't dare to see him rashly. Once I came It was because he was afraid that after that incident, he would have some resentment against me in his heart, and secondly, he was also worried that my mother would find out about my going to the orphanage and make her sad."

Fu Mingjie sighed at this time, "Later, I was admitted to the Police Academy of Province Y, which was close to home and Xiao Nuan. Only then did I finally dare to meet him once or twice, but it was only from a distance. Look, I dare not actually go up to greet him face to face. Are you surprised? He is obviously an illegitimate child, but I always feel guilty when I see him, and I always feel sorry for him... So, you really can’t be guilty of being a human being, otherwise It's exhausting to live."

Hearing this, Nie Qing and Yu Sheng involuntarily glanced at each other, but they quickly turned away when they found that their eyes met.

Fu Mingjie continued: "During the four years of college, because of the strict management of the police academy and the duty duties during the holidays, I didn't get to see Xiao Nuan more often. And every time I saw him in the orphanage, he always At the beginning, the thin and small person, although he did grow a little, but because he couldn't eat any good food for a long time and was malnourished, he always looked weak. Every time I go, I will pay the living expenses I secretly saved to For the people in the orphanage, let them try to help take care of Xiaonuan as much as possible, but their ability is also very limited, and I don’t have much money, which is probably enough for him to improve his food three or four times. I am not strong enough, At that time, I really felt it very deeply.”

"What about after that?" Nie Qing asked at this time, "Looking at the time, the dismantling of the Star Orphanage should have happened a year after the captain joined the police force. At that time, Lin Nuan was adopted, and then the captain took him personally. Going through the junior high school admission formalities, still as his father's colleague. According to this, the captain who adopted Lin Nuan must know each other, and it is very likely that he is also a member of the police force, right?"

"You still don't know who adopted Xiaonuan?" Fu Mingjie's voice suddenly appeared secretive in the darkness.

"I don't know." Nie Qing replied.

Fu Mingjie was inexplicably silent for a few seconds, and asked again: "Since you have found out that Xiao Nuan stayed in the Star Orphanage, you should have gone to the director Hong Jiajia - if I remember correctly, she went too Go to Su Yongdeng's funeral. And if you have already looked for her, you should know the answer to this question."

"That's right, I almost forgot. I haven't heard from Hong Jiajia since that day. Ah Qing, did she ask you afterward?" Yu Sheng asked, turning his head.

"Well...but I don't think what she told me is the truth." Nie Qing lowered her head slightly and said.

After hearing this, Fu Mingjie let out a meaningful "Oh", "It seems that you haven't told him yet."

"Tell me what? Ah Qing, do you know who adopted Lin Nuan?" Yu Sheng became curious, "Why didn't I hear you say that?"

"Asheng, after meeting Hong Jiajia that day, I went to her home that night. She showed me the adoption documents from that year, but the adopter written on it was too unconvincing. I don't know where it came from. Something went wrong, but there must be something wrong here." Nie Qing slightly tightened the hand around Yu Sheng's waist, then looked at Fu Mingjie and asked, "Captain, you can't tell me now that we've talked Who is the real adopter?"

However, before Fu Mingjie could answer, Yu Sheng asked first, "Who the hell? Why do you think there is a problem? Could it be a well-known big shot?"

"No..." Nie Qing glanced at him in embarrassment, thinking that he couldn't hide it now, so he had to tell the truth, "Uncle Yu's name is written on the adoption document."

"Yu—my dad?!" Yu Sheng bounced up, but suddenly felt dizzy, his body shook and he sat down softly.

"Ah Sheng!" Nie Qing quickly supported him, "Don't worry, I'll tell you that there must be something wrong here, how could it be Uncle Yu."

Fu Mingjie smiled again at this time, "If you have been obsessed with this issue, you will probably be arrested before I finish explaining the cause and effect. You should keep it as a suspense first, solve the mystery, you have to keep some tantalizing gimmick, so that the audience doesn’t leave the stage halfway through.”

Yu Sheng and Nie Qing clenched their hands tightly. After waiting, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's right, then you might as well say it first, and we might as well listen first. Anyway, as long as it's a mystery, it will be solved in the end." .”

"Well, it's great to have this momentum." Fu Mingjie patted the sofa lightly twice, wondering if it was instead of applauding, and then said: "Let's skip the matter of adopting people first, let's talk about the latter. Just now Nie Qing also Having said that, Xiao Nuan’s admission to junior high school was handled by me alone, as well as high school. At that time, he didn’t know my real identity, he only knew that I was his adoptive father’s colleague, and he always called me brother. We gradually got along very well. Familiar, he is also very close to me... I thought at the time, it would be good if we could get along like this forever, he doesn't need to know who I am, and I can continue to take care of him and watch him grow up... Unfortunately, Heaven fails to fulfill one's wish."

The long sigh, accompanied by the continuous sound of rain, made the atmosphere in the house even more desolate on such a night.

"When Xiao Nuan was found to have a heart problem, it was like a bolt from the blue. I always knew that his health was not in good shape, but I always thought it was because of his weak constitution, so I didn't think about it elsewhere. The time I found out was after his college entrance examination. On that day, I specially asked for a day off and took him to Happy Valley. He had never been there since he was a child, so he was very happy that day, and he was very courageous and dared to play anything. But , I didn't expect that after getting off the roller coaster, his reaction was not right... At first he was afraid that I would be worried, so he insisted on walking a few steps, but then he seemed in so much pain that he couldn't even stand up... When I saw him like that, I quickly called an ambulance and sent him to the No.1 civilian hospital. After an examination, I found out that his heart failure had reached such a serious level. The doctor asked him about his symptoms, what did he do before? He has had it all, but he never told me, he just resisted. In the end, it developed to the point where only a heart transplant could save his life."

"Heart transplantation...is during this operation..." Nie Qing murmured.

Fu Mingjie nodded slightly, "Yes, it was this operation that finally killed Xiao Nuan."

Nie Qing couldn't hear much hatred from Fu Mingjie's tone. I wonder if it was because he had already avenged himself that he felt relieved when he said this.

"Nie Qing, have you found out what year Xiaonuan left?" Fu Mingjie asked suddenly.

"No," Nie Qing paused, "It seems that the relevant information has been cleared by someone, and nothing can be found on the Internet. I was not sure that Lin Nuan had really passed away until you told me now."

"Hmm. It's normal if you can't find out." Fu Mingjie exhaled slowly, his body sank deeper into the sofa, and he made some creaking sounds.

He waited silently for a while before Fang said, "Xiao Nuan left the day before his graduation ceremony, July [-], [-]. My mother committed suicide on July [-]." On July [-]th, my dad fell from the building, and it was July [-]th, [-]. Don’t you think it’s a coincidence?”

Nie Qing and Yu Sheng watched him silently without making a sound.

Fu Mingjie obviously didn't expect them to answer anything, so he calmed down and continued talking.

"There was a reason why my mother chose to commit suicide on the same day as my father died. I know that. I'm afraid it's hard to tell the truth about the so-called 'accident' back then. And my mother, I have been tortured and tortured by this incident for so many years, and maybe I haven’t even slept peacefully for a day. If it wasn’t because I couldn’t let go of my grandma and me, maybe she would have gone to the Public Security Bureau to tell everything. As for Xiao Nuan, I always thought that I was hiding it well, that he didn't know who I was, but I didn't expect that after he finished the operation, he would actually tell me the truth."

"He knows you are his brother?" Yu Sheng asked.

Fu Mingjie nodded, "I know. In fact, he already knew it. It turns out that the person who has been kept a secret is not him, but me... At that time, Xiaonuan told me that he didn't want to tell the truth. Because in his heart , always feel sorry for me, for what his mother and our father did. He is afraid that I will still hate him, and that once I tell the truth, I will cut off contact with him, and never talk to him again. Take care of him again... Heh, how is this possible? He is my own brother..."

Fu Mingjie's voice was a little rough, he waited for a few seconds, and then said: "However, after he finished the operation, he seemed to think about it. He told me that instead of obsessing over the mistakes of his parents in the past and making his parents Brothers dare not recognize each other, so it is better to cherish the present moment, the two of us are together well, and it is more important to help and support each other in the future. I think he is right."

"However, if there is a knot in the past between the two of them, can they really get along without any grievances or barriers?" Yu Sheng suddenly asked very seriously at this time.

Nie Qing turned his head to look at him, his lips moved but he didn't speak.

Fu Mingjie looked at the two of them, and thought for a while before replying: "Whether there is no suspicion or estrangement, the key depends on the attitude and determination of the two of them. But let me say, in When you have the condition to be together, you should cherish it. Otherwise, it will be too late to regret if you suddenly lose this condition one day. Take me and Xiaonuan as an example. Even after we talk to each other, I also did not officially admit our brotherhood in front of outsiders. Because at that time, my mother was still there, and her nerves became extremely sensitive due to depression. I was afraid that the public would irritate her, so I still kept it secret. And wait After my mother passed away, I couldn't admit my relationship with Xiaonuan right away because of emotion and reason, and Xiaonuan was also considerate of me, saying there was no rush, so it was delayed for another year."

"One year? But one year later..." Nie Qing hesitated for a moment, and did not say the second half of the sentence.

Fu Mingjie knew what he wanted to say, and nodded with a wry smile.

"That's right, one year later, it will be Xiaonuan's graduation ceremony. I had already agreed with him. At his graduation ceremony, I would participate as his own brother and watch him graduate with my own eyes. It was all agreed , he will introduce me to his friends and roommates. As the only relatives of each other, on that day, we can finally officially unveil this bond of blood thicker than water to the people around us.”

Fu Mingjie's words came to an abrupt end here.

and then?

No one asks that.

Because the ending of the story is already known.

Lin Nuan died.

He didn't make it to his graduation ceremony.

And the fact that he and Fu Mingjie were brothers was announced to the public, but it also came to naught.

There may be some other promises and wishes between the two of them, and perhaps many promises made, but because of Lin Nuan's sudden death, they can no longer be fulfilled.

Therefore, I feel unwilling.

So, harbor a grudge.

"So, did you decide to kill those people to take revenge?" Nie Qing finally asked this sentence word by word.

"Hehe, it seems that the topic cannot be avoided." Fu Mingjie chuckled twice.

Victim and murderer, murderer and victim, the exchange of roles is like a tragic reincarnation.

never ending.