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Those voices were clamoring in his ears, the night was like a huge inkwell, he stood in the inkwell, the ink under his feet spread upwards, and the ink on his head poured downwards, he wanted to run, but his feet were caught by leaning Live, he thought, he must be drowned in the night.

At this time, the sound of a lighter sounded in front of him. Once, twice, the sound of the lighter dispelled the voices that enveloped his ears, and then he saw a faint flame appearing in the endless night, approaching him Slowly approaching, he heard the kicking sound of his heels colliding with the water surface, and a tall figure slowly approached him following the flame.

A low voice asked him, "Who are you?"

He shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"You are a monster, and monsters will stay in the dark all their lives."

"I'm scared," he said.

"You are a monster."

The flame turned into a fire, and he saw the other person's appearance clearly through the fire. The smoke in his hand turned into a torch. He approached him step by step, grabbed his hair, and lit his hair with the torch. , the firelight reflected on his face, the man took out the lighter and lit another cigarette, watching his beautiful hair burn to ashes, and then disappeared into the night.

In the blink of an eye, he suddenly stood in a magnificent villa, dressed in formal attire, and his meticulously combed long hair was even more beautiful than before.

In front of him was a middle-aged man who was much taller than him. He said indifferently: "Cut your hair! What does it look like if you are neither male nor female!"

He shook his head stubbornly, the man called his subordinates to control him, he struggled to break free, picked up the lighter on the ground and lit his beautiful hair without hesitation, the middle-aged man was shocked by his fierce behavior, he smiled slyly , showing the victor's gesture.

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In the dark room, Wen Ti, who was lying on the sofa, suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were dull. After a long time, he got up from the sofa and turned on the desk lamp on the table. The dim lamp light reflected on him On his pale face, Wen Ti felt that a desk lamp was not enough, so he turned on the lights in all the rooms. He wanted to dispel the darkness that enveloped him, but even though he stood under the light that was as bright as day, he still felt that he was Overwhelmed by night.

He walked to the easel, looked at the unfinished portrait on the easel, and suddenly felt that the painting was meaningless, so he took the portrait down and lit it with a lighter, and the portrait quickly turned into ashes in his hands, leaving only Half burnt cigarette butt pattern.

It was two o'clock in the morning, and Wen Ti turned on the computer and found an email, which was an application form for the Institute of Criminal Psychiatry, School of Criminal Justice, Changqing University, which was sent to him by Zhong Changxin. He had received this email half a month ago. Arrived, and has not given Zhong Changxin an answer until now.

At ten o'clock the next morning, after Chu Xingmu arranged his work, he and Qi Shaocheng went to Changqing University. Because there were few clues about the corpse case and the case was complicated and confusing, the leaders of the city bureau attached great importance to it. In order to solve the case as soon as possible, Li Yaomin called the city bureau chief Some police forces conducted an investigation, but with little success. Li Yaomin invited his old friend, Professor Mu Fang, the head of the Criminal Psychology Research Center of Changqing University, and Mu Fang then recommended Zhong Changxin, a criminal psychology consultant of Changqing University. And made an appointment at the meeting place - Evergreen University.

It was 10:30 when the two arrived at Changqing University, and Zhong Changxin hadn't finished class at this time, and it was Zhong Changxin's assistant Qin Feifei who was in charge of receiving them.

Changqing University is located in the center of the city, some distance away from the Municipal Bureau, Chu Xingmu and Qi Shaocheng parked their car in the underground garage west of Changqing University, and they came up from the underground garage, Qi Shaocheng said dissatisfiedly: "This doctor is quite airy. "

"The person recommended by Mr. Mu, the order given by Director Li, if you are dissatisfied, you can complain to them." Chu Xingmu has heard too many complaints recently, and he is annoyed.

He hates dealing with those experts and scholars the most, and literati airs are the most difficult to serve.

After receiving the notice, Qin Feifei waited for them at the gate of Changqing University. As soon as they met, Qin Feifei said: "Captain Chu, the doctor hasn't finished class yet, he asked me to take you to the research center first, and then come to talk to him after class is over. You talk about it in detail."

"you are?"

"Qin Feifei, Mr. Zhong's assistant." Qin Feifei said.

"When will he finish class?" Chu Xingmu asked.

"There are still 10 minutes. The doctor will be there after class." Qin Feifei turned around and led the two towards the research center.

"This assistant is a cold beauty. I guess that doctor is not very kind." Qi Shaocheng looked at Qin Feifei's back and made a definition in a low voice.

Qin Feifei's personality is relatively cold, and personality can be reflected in people's language, movements, and expressions, so Chu Xingmu did not show any dissatisfaction with the assistant's indifference.

"Do you know how old that Dr. Zhong is?" Chu Xingmu asked Qi Shaocheng mysteriously.

Qi Shaocheng shook his head, couldn't hold back his curiosity, and asked, "30?"

"23." Chu Xingmu said.

"23?" Qi Shaocheng showed a skeptical expression, "Little brat?"

"I guess he doesn't like it when you call him that."

"Maybe this is the difference between a genius and a mediocrity."

"Director Li has invited all the most important people in Qingshi. If the case can't be solved, then let's wait to be a joke in Qingshi." Chu Xingmu didn't care who the consultants were, he just wanted to He wanted to solve the case as soon as possible, so that the burden on his shoulders would be lighter.

When they arrived at the research center, Qi Shaocheng and Chu Xingmu sat in the living room and waited for Zhong Changxin. Qin Feifei poured tea for the two of them and said that Zhong Changxin had finished class and would come over soon.

There are not many people in the research center. When Chu Xingmu came in from the outside, he only saw the security registration personnel in the hall on the first floor. This was different from the research center he imagined. What, Qin Feifei explained it very perceptively. Professor Mu Fang went out to participate in the seminar, and the rest of the lecturers and researchers were in the conference room on the fourth floor.

Chu Xingmu didn't say anything else, but he had heard a little about Zhong Changxin. This genius criminal psychologist and psychiatrist returned from studying abroad in the world's top universities a year ago and taught at the Criminal Justice College of Changqing University. He was abroad. He has quite high prestige, but he gave up the superior academic conditions and rich wealth abroad and chose to return to China, which caused a big storm in the domestic academic circle. After returning to China, he was not eager to publicize his academic research, nor did he Instead, he applied to join the Criminal Justice Research Center of Changqing University, and worked as a lecturer consultant while preparing for the upcoming research plan. In addition, he also worked part-time as Wen Ti's psychotherapist.

"He hasn't finished class yet?"

"get out of class is over, and I'll be at the institute soon, why don't you go in and wait."

"Is there anyone waiting for him inside?"

"The doctor wants to assist the city bureau in solving the case of mutilation. He just told me this morning."

Chu Xingmu pricked up his ears to hear the conversation in the corridor. The voice sounded familiar. Sure enough, after the conversation in the corridor stopped, the door of the living room was pushed open. Qin Feifei came in, followed by Wen Ti .

When Qi Shaocheng saw Wen Ti, he asked in surprise: "Boss, isn't this who?"

"Wen Ti, I just saw it at the corpse throwing site the day before yesterday." Chu Xingmu replied.

When Wen Ti heard that Zhong Changxin was going to help the Municipal Bureau solve the case, he guessed who it was, so he didn't show much surprise when he saw Chu Xingmu and Qi Shaocheng.

Due to the various conflicting factors between Chu Xingmu and Wen Ti, every time the two met they ended up breaking up unhappy, but he never expected to see Wen Ti here.

Seeing the expressions of Wen Ti and Chu Xingmu, Qin Feifei glanced at them respectively and asked, "Do you know each other?"

"Not familiar." Wen Ti put down two words and walked to the other side of the living room, where Qin Feifei made him a cup of tea.

Originally, Zhong Changxin was supposed to be invited to the Public Security Bureau, but Zhong Changxin wanted to investigate the eight corpse dumping sites, so Chu Xingmu and Qi Shaocheng came to Changqing University to look for him, and after the rendezvous they took Zhong Changxin to the scene.

After Zhong Changxin opened the door and entered the living room, he noticed that the atmosphere in the room was a bit subtle. Only after seeing Chu Xingmu and Wen Ti did he understand how this subtlety came from.

Wen Ti and Wen Xiangqin did not get along, Zhong Changxin knew a little bit about it, because it was Wen Xiangqin who hired Zhong Changxin at a high price to treat Wen Ti, and Chu Xingmu and Wen Xiangqin had a very good personal relationship, and during the treatment for Wen Ti , Wen Ti once said something to Zhong Changxin, including about Chu Xingmu, but it was scattered. Zhong Changxin has not understood the origin of the two, just as Chu Xingmu did not know Wen Ti’s love for him. Where did his hostility come from?

"Captain Chu, sorry for the long wait." Zhong Changxin walked over in a black suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. Chu Xingmu sized up the genius consultant and saw the same smile on his face as Wen Ti. After smiling, Chu Xingmu had doubts in his heart.

"Understood, the doctor is busy with work, when are we going to leave?" Chu Xingmu didn't say much to Zhong Changxin.

Zhong Changxin, who was already late, said again with apology: "I'm really sorry, can you wait a moment, I still have some personal matters to deal with, and it will be soon."

Chu Xingmu nodded, and left the research center on the pretext of going out to pick up the car with Qi Shaocheng. On the way out, Qi Shaocheng asked puzzledly: "Boss, is it impolite for us to do this?"

"What's so impolite? Can't you see that he and Wen Ti want to talk alone? The most annoying thing is to deal with cultural people, and even say polite words." Chu Xingmu said impatiently.

What did Wen Ti and Zhong Changxin make him feel strange?Whether it is their temperament, clothing, or conversation, they all make people feel that they are somewhat alike, but Wen Ti has long hair, and Zhong Changxin has short hair.

Turn around and ask Wen Xiangqin how many illegitimate children his father has, one Wen Ti is enough for Chu Xingmu to worry about.

"Have you considered it?"

"Why do you want me to join the research team?"

"Probably because I'm jealous of you." Zhong Changxin said sitting opposite Wen Ti.

Wen Ti pushed the signed application form in front of Zhong Changxin, and said with a smile, "Jealous that I robbed you of your childhood?"

"Yeah, I want to fulfill his last wish. How can you be absent as a research object?" Zhong Changxin picked up the application and flipped through it. "It's just in its infancy. Many people think that this topic has no research significance, including My team experts abroad feel the same way.”

"That's why you gave up such good conditions and chose to return to China. In this respect, you are very similar to him." Wen Ti said.

"If he was still around, I would definitely ask him a question."

"Does he regret choosing me?"

Zhong Changxin nodded, "The project will officially start in July. It's up to you to convince those stubborn people. After all, you are mentally ill. Maybe they will only let you be named for the sake of their own safety, or don't care about a one-day student. There is dissatisfaction with psychopaths who want to join the research team without going to school."

"Don't bother with this, just let me know when the time comes." Wen Ti got up and planned to leave, he delivered the things, and in order to express his sincerity, he also met Zhong Changxin in person.

"By the way, how is the little boy?"

After walking a few steps, Wen Ti stopped, turned around and said: "Don't bother you, if you let me know that you went to find him and his family in private, you know what I will do."

Zhong Changxin and Wen Ti looked at each other, Wen Ti opened the door and went out, Zhong Changxin picked up the inauguration letter and read it, then tore the inauguration letter into shreds and threw it into the trash can under his feet, with his face His smile gradually disappeared, revealing his original appearance.

Although Zhong Changxin is Wen Ti's psychotherapist, he has never provided Wen Ti with a formal treatment plan. The weekly meeting is like a routine. On the contrary, with Lin Manshu, Wen Ti seems to be receiving treatment of patients.

Chu Xingmu and Qi Shaocheng waited outside for nearly 10 minutes before Zhong Changxin came out of the school. Qi Shaocheng was dissatisfied with the doctor's breach of contract for a long time, and complained against the car door: "What can they do later?" Let's talk again? The more the case drags on, the more difficult it is to handle, just wait for him in these 10 minutes, if the murderer wants to run, he can run ten miles more."

"Why are you so emotional today?" Chu Xingmu turned his head and asked.

Qi Shaocheng usually does hard work, and he has never seen him complain so much like today.

Qi Shaocheng looked at the door of Changqing University and said, "If it wasn't for these people, my sister would... forget it."

Chu Xingmu didn't say a word. No wonder Qi Shaocheng repelled these experts and scholars. He should have called Lang Lang over today.

"Then you can't kill one of them with a stick, those are only a few." Chu Xingmu said.

"Boss, are these your sincere words?" Qi Shaocheng asked, "Okay, I guess people will come out soon, so just pretend that I didn't say anything today."

"Let me drive. Today I'm going to turn off my chatterbox mode." Qi Shaocheng opened the driver's door and sat in. Chu Xingmu continued to stand outside and watched the non-compliance doctor of criminal psychology walk over slowly. .

Lang Lang and others started to ask the family members of the missing persons who were screened out the night before for verification. The family members' descriptions of the missing persons were far from those of the deceased. Still could not find out the identity of the deceased.

At ten o'clock in the morning, shortly after Chu Xingmu and Qi Shaocheng left, Xia Ci asked Li Yaomin for instructions, and issued another city-wide announcement to announce the body characteristics of the deceased. Since this case has now become the focus of media attention, they There is nothing to hide, the murderer may be sitting in front of the TV, or listening to the radio, or reading the newspaper, watching the progress of the police, and looking for ways to excuse himself.

At around eleven o'clock in the morning, one hour after the announcement of the city, the team members who were waiting anxiously received a call to the police.

A taxi driver of a Volkswagen taxi company in Changqing District reported to the police that a colleague of his had been missing for a week.