monologue

Wen Ti's requirements for Valentine's Day dinner dropped again and again, "Potato beef stew is also available, why don't you try fried steak?"

Chu Xingmu felt that this was not at all like Wen Ti's usual style, and he must be thinking about other things besides the steak: "Why do you want to eat steak all of a sudden?"

Sure enough, Wen Ti said in the next second, "Have we not finished the bottle of red wine we opened last time?"

"Are you afraid that you will be knocked unconscious by Zhijiang Daqu next time, so you use my stored wine to improve your drinking capacity?"

After hearing this, Wen Ti raised her head and said, "There is a problem that has troubled me for a long time."

"what is the problem?"

"You don't like drinking, why do you keep so many famous wines at home?"

Chu Xingmu parked the car on the side of the road, "Boss Zhou and Uncle Yang liked to have a few drinks when they were young, and they dared not take any good wine home. They were afraid that my teacher would get angry, so they kept it with me. , it has been ten years since I joined the Criminal Police Force, but their favorite is Zhijiang Daqu."

"It's no wonder that when my uncle drank Zhijiang Daqu, he was full of pride. It turned out that he didn't drink it usually because he was afraid that his aunt would be angry."

Chu Xingmu was thinking about where to buy fresh beef at this time, and he glanced at the flower shop next to the street, so he turned his head to look at Wen Ti, who looked down at his phone and ignored Chu Xingmu's gaze, and did not show any signs of it Looking forward to Valentine's Day.

"I'm going down to do some shopping." Chu Xingmu parked the car on the side of the road, got out of the car and left without wearing a coat.

Wen Ti saw a hot drink shop across the road, and asked Chu Xingmu to bring him a cup of hot coffee. Chu Xingmu agreed, and walked across the road slowly, wondering why Wen Ti was so calm.

Chu Xingmu went there for nearly 5 minutes. Wen Ti waited in the car for him to come back, so she took out the car key and took Chu Xingmu's coat and got out of the car to find him.

In mid-February, the temperature is slowly rising, and the temperature at night is not as cold as in deep winter. There are fewer people wearing down jackets on the street, and all the drink shops and flower shops are full of young couples. Although they are not too crowded, they are still It is impossible to see the person you are looking for at a glance, and some restaurants are also following the festive atmosphere. Even the posters of discounted dishes at the door are printed with pink hearts.

Wen Ti had just crossed the road and saw a circle of people in front of a flower shop not far away, and walked over with the mentality of joining in the fun, and when she got closer, it turned out that it was because of a discount at the flower shop, and the red roses that were about to bloom were not only gone Because of the price increase during the festival, it was much cheaper. Wen Ti only gave Chu Xingmu a bouquet of roses on her thirtieth year, and it would be nothing new to send it now.

Wen Ti turned around and walked to the hot drink shop, and called Chu Xingmu, but his call was always unanswered. Wen Ti was a little worried, worried that Chu Xingmu was in some trouble, and even walked faster than usual Much faster.

As a result, Wen Ti saw Chu Xingmu in a thin sweater under the holly tree on the side of the road when he walked to the door of the hot drink shop, standing on a ladder he found somewhere that could reach the cartoon balloon stuck on the branch of the tree, under the ladder There was a little girl crying with tears all over her face, surrounded by two master electricians wearing clothes from a power supply station.

Wen Ti took a few steps back and stood beside the sidewalk with her coat in hand. Pedestrians and cars moved forward in an orderly manner. Rarely, stars and the moon appeared, making the dark and quiet night sky softer. Wen Ti suddenly looked forward to the Bell Tower Can tell him the story of the little prince again.

Chu Xingmu got down from the ladder and returned the cartoon balloon to the little girl who was smiling through tears. The electrician also carried their ladder and continued to check the circuits in other places. When he turned his head, he saw Wen Ti standing on the side of the road looking up at the sky , just like the melancholy boy on the cover of the magazine.

"Why are you here?" Chu Xingmu asked with his hands behind his back.

Wen Ti turned around and asked him, "Where's my hot coffee?"

"The doctor told you to cut down on caffeine."

"You drank with me a few days ago."

Wen Ti handed the coat to Chu Xingmu, but Chu Xingmu didn't put it on immediately after receiving it. He took out a rose from behind and sent it to Wen Ti. These are the few things that are sent back and forth on Valentine's Day, although Simple but not less.

"How much is one?" Wen Ti asked after taking the roses.

"ten bucks."

Wen Ti pointed to the flower shop next to her: "There are three flowers in that shop for ten yuan."

"Can I still discount my heart?"

Chu Xingmu took the flower from Wen Ti's hand, put it in Wen Ti's coat pocket, swaggered and took Wen Ti's hand to cross the road, Wen Ti looked down and saw that Chu Xingmu didn't know when to put the ring on up.

Although the eyes of passers-by lingered on them for a short time, the people surnamed Chu were proud and enjoying it.

In the end, Chu Xingmu bought a piece of fresh beef from the fresh butcher shop he often went to. It was enough to fry a piece of steak and make a pot of beef stew with potatoes. Had a decent Valentine's Day, because they've both been so busy at the start of the year.

Early the next morning, Chu Xingmu plunged into the case again. From when Chu Xingmu got the file of the Zhongminglou suicide case to when Zeng Fan reported to the police that his father had been threatened before his death, the two died ten years apart. years, but in some respects they are surprisingly consistent. It is self-evident that Wu Huanshan assigned these two cases to the criminal investigation team.

The deaths of Zeng Rongde and Zhong Minglou are related to each other, and also involved a scientific research accident 16 years ago. Due to the difficulty of investigation after many years, the criminal investigation team will inevitably make some people unhappy during the investigation process. Now Chu Xing can't take care of it. Consider who you will offend.

The meeting room was the same as before, and it wasn’t because they were not used to it because there was one less person. Xia Ci and the others walked into the meeting room in twos and threes. Chu Xingmu rarely turned on the projector that had not been used for a long time, but because it was not used often, the projector was a little malfunctioned.

Chu Xingmu borrowed Tang Zhe's computer to connect the USB flash drive Zhong Changxin gave him to the computer. Xia Ci sat beside Chu Xingmu with the clues he had collected from various places. what exactly is it.

Xia Ci put the materials aside, moved the chair and asked Chu Xingmu: "What did Zhong Changxin say when he gave you this thing?"

"He said that he hoped that I would do what I said, and he was so mysterious. I wondered whether he hoped that I could find out the cause of his grandfather's death as soon as possible, or find out the ulterior secrets in the research institute."

"Didn't he give you this just for his grandfather?"

"There was one more thing in the email Shen Si sent me last year. I didn't tell you about it."

It is not the first time that Chu Xingmu has been hiding from Xia Ci, Xia Ci is too lazy to care so much: "It's not too late for you to say it now."

"A list of members involved in the child trafficking case, detailing the other party's name and position, and when they got involved."

Xia Ci sat up straight, and asked in surprise, "Isn't that case already closed?"

"We arrested Cheng Hai, which will only make those people restrain themselves. There are so many children's orphanages in Qingshi, which can't be managed at all. It was too chaotic at the time, so I didn't give the list to Director Li. Later, when he found out that I was kidnapped, he asked Wu Changshan Shoot and kill me, even though he reconciled with me with Master's file, and made things difficult for me because of my attack, but we already have a gap."

"Who did you give that list to in the end?"

"Boss Wu, I asked him to assist me in investigating Master's case, and he agreed, and we each get what we need."

Xia Ci stared at Chu Xingmu dumbfounded, frowned and said: "Chu Xingmu, you walked through the gate of hell once, and now you have threatened two directors in a row? A bullet gave you a new courage?"

Chu Xingmu stared and said, "Am I a threat? For Director Li and Director Wu, it's just a matter of lip service, and I feel that I'm at a loss."

Xia Ci held the document three meters away from Chu Xingmu, and he couldn't see more and more that Chu Xingmu was real. Why did he think that Director Li and Director Wu would definitely agree to his request?

Later Xia Ci figured it out, the gap between him and Chu Xingmu was here, Chu Xingmu could risk his life for the truth, but he was still hesitating about tearing down the ruins on top of their heads.

Even so, Xia Ci was still a little angry, and it turned out that the captain who was always serious was so kind for the first time in the meeting, while the vice-captain who was always amiable was dark-faced.

It was tacitly understood that they must have had a fight.

Zhao Chen saw that the atmosphere between the captain and deputy captain had reached an impasse, he cleared his throat and asked tentatively, "Can I report to work now?"

Chu Xingmu folded his arms and said, "Isn't the meeting just for you to report on your work?"

"I can rest assured that."

After confirming that the flames of war would not spread to them, Zhao Chen began to report his investigation results with joy: "The source of the chlorprothixene that Zeng Rongde took has not been found out, and Xiao Tang and I took the closest to Zeng Rongde's house and had a relationship with Zeng Rongde. All the hospitals we have cooperated with have checked, and there is no record of Zeng Rongde purchasing antipsychotic drugs recently, nor did I find out which hospital Zeng Rongde went to see a doctor in the psychiatric department. I think Zeng Rongde is not mentally ill."

Lang Lang sorted out a copy of the relevant materials she found at Zeng Rongde's home and passed them on to others, "Zeng Fan said that he can guarantee that Zeng Rongde is not mentally ill. Most of his belongings are project materials and research papers. Find the psychiatric certificate."

Chu Xingmu asked: "These are all his letters?"

Lang Lang lowered his head and glanced, "I brought back everything related to the research institute. Some of the envelopes are very old. The envelopes of the four threatening letters are new, which means he just received them recently."

Xia Ci asked her: "Is there a mailbox in front of Zeng Rongde's house?"

"There is a mail station in the community. I asked about it. The courier responsible for delivering the mail has never seen Zeng Rongde. If Zeng Rongde didn't pick up the letter himself, then his assistant should have brought it back for him."

"Where's the nanny?"

"The nanny is still in her hometown. I have already contacted her. She said that she is only responsible for taking care of Zeng Rongde's daily life and has not received any letters for him."

Bai Yao took out the phone log and said: "Zeng Rongde has a private number, and many of the call logs are internal calls, which should be from their research institute. His home landline is usually called by his son and daughter. Only Zeng Fan called him to confirm the time to go to the hospital for an examination."

Xia Ci then asked her: "Where did Zeng Rongde go during the day on New Year's Eve?"

"Zeng Rongde has never gone out at home. The nanny came home one day early for the New Year. His daughter's family will go home to accompany him for a New Year's Eve dinner. Zeng Rongde also agreed, but they knocked on the door and no one answered. Open it, Zeng Rongde was already in shock when he entered."

"Han Fayi said that Zeng Rongde took the medicine at about five o'clock in the afternoon. The heart failure caused by drug overdose happened to be related to the comorbidity he had been studying. Zeng Xuan arrived home at seven o'clock in the evening. Zeng Rongde would not really choose Time to commit suicide, right?"

Zhao Chen supported his head and said, "It shouldn't be possible. His grandson will get married in the next year. Zeng Rongde wouldn't choose this time even if he couldn't think about it?"

"Zeng Fan didn't go back that night?"

"Zeng Fan rushed directly from the company to the hospital."

Chu Xingmu asked them: "Where are Zeng Rongde's two student assistants?"

Zhao Chen said, "They're all at home. It's not time for school to start yet. Should I call them over for questioning?"

Chu Xingmu said: "Contact them as soon as possible."

Hearing so much from them, Chu Xingmu probably has a direction. The possibility of Zeng Rongde committing suicide due to mental illness can be ruled out. The 75-year-old old man is unlikely to make fun of his own life because of trivial things in life. Although Zeng Fan has a relationship with Zeng Rongde It's not very good, but they still fulfilled their obligation to support the Son of Man, and they haven't had any disputes recently.

A large part of the reason that led to Zeng Rongde's suicide was his work and research institute.

Chu Xingmu sent the contents of the newspaper that he spliced ​​and printed out, "It is said that Zeng Rongde is not mentally ill, but I went to the research institute yesterday to find his former boss, Director Sun, and he said that Zeng Rongde was mentally ill and often attacked people in the institute. Colleague, he talked to Zeng Rongde and asked him to see a doctor."

Lang Lang paused while flipping through the documents, "Is it Sun Siyao, the current director of the research institute?"

"Well, the people in the research institute already knew the news of Zeng Rongde's death, but in the past few days, few people have expressed condolences to his family members. Even ordinary colleagues will express their condolences when they learn of the death of a colleague who has been with him day and night, not to mention Zeng Rongde, who has worked in the research institute for most of his life, no one can replace him."

Tang Zhe asked: "Why is Director Sun so sure that Zeng Rongde is mentally ill?"

Chu Xingmu knocked on the desktop and said: "It's all his one-sided words. He said that Zeng Rongde stole the confidential information from the research institute. I asked him why he didn't call the police for such a big matter of the theft of the information. In the end, he said that it was just from the research institute. Several research projects have not reached the point of alerting the police."

"Tai Chi with me back and forth, and the words are tight, just want to say that they don't know about Zeng Rongde's death. Zeng Rongde has retired from the research institute a long time ago. Now that he is dead, he will steal the project information of the research institute. They will not be held accountable for their actions.”

Lang Lang raised his head and said, "Zeng Fan told me a story yesterday about the conflict between him and his father."

Chu Xingmu cast his eyes on Lang Lang, "Tell me."

"Zeng Fan's postgraduate supervisor was his father. At that time, Zeng Rongde and Zhong Minglou were both working in the research institute. The two had been friends for many years. Zhong Minglou was also the director of the Institute of Mental Illness. Later, they had disagreements on some matters. Prove that my theory is feasible, can provide better treatment conditions for mental patients, and participated in a new drug research and development project.”

"Zeng Fan hadn't graduated yet. He happened to see the drug clinical trial data brought home by Zeng Rongde, which recorded a series of side effects of volunteer patients during the period of taking the drug. In addition, there were patients who died because of the new drug. He advised Zeng Rongde withdrew from that project earlier, but Zeng Rongde was stubborn, and this was the first disagreement between their father and son."

"Later when the new drug came into the market, Zeng Rongde was eager to prove his achievements to Zhong Minglou, but Zhong Minglou was sent to the Nanjia Mental Hospital by his family because of a mental attack at the time. Three months later, the new drug that Zeng Rongde participated in research and development caused many patients to die. This is why Zeng Rongde later turned to the direction of co-morbidity research. Zeng Fan disagreed with his father for making so many patients pay for failed drugs for his own selfish desires. He said that he was very disappointed in this industry and would not want to enter the psychiatric industry in the future. This is the second disagreement between him and Zeng Rongde."

Seeing that everyone else was listening intently, Lang Lang added his own opinion: "What Zeng Rongde regrets the most is that he didn't listen to Zhong Minglou's opinion. The conflict between him and Zhong Minglou may also be due to the development of new drugs, so he died in his later years. I started to do comorbidity research, but I was curious about one thing, Zeng Rongde was the person involved in the research and development of new drugs, why Zhong Minglou was dismissed from the post of director?"

Chu Xingmu said: "Because of Zhong Minglou's ineffective supervision, the innovative drug was listed under the name of the research institute at that time. The research institute was jointly condemned by various scientific research institutions, and some people even asked Zhong Minglou to withdraw from the field of psychiatry."

"But didn't Zhong Minglou disagree with the research and development of new drugs? He never participated in it from the beginning to the end, right? Did he take the blame for Zeng Rongde?" Bai Yao asked in surprise.

Xia Ci whispered from the side: "The things here are more complicated than we thought."

"I went to the Food and Drug Administration to find the filing materials of the innovative drug 16 years ago. The people in the Food and Drug Administration said that those were confidential documents and were not allowed to be released. I took a few photos while they were not paying attention." Xia Ci handed the phone to Chu Xingmu asked him to transfer the photos to the computer.

Then he said: "This innovative drug has been banned, but the ingredient list is still there."

Chu Xingmu asked Zhao Chen: "Have you found the information on the members of the new drug research and development team that I asked you to check?"

Zhao Chen scratched his head: "I checked and found out, but it is different from what we are discussing now."

He handed the folder to Chu Xingmu, "The project team involved in the research and development of new drugs includes Zhongminglou."