monologue

Even though the crowd of onlookers were far away from the life-saving air cushion, they still retreated instinctively when the two big living people fell from the roof. Xi Rui covered her mouth. It was the first time she saw people falling from the roof at such a close distance. Falling tracks, one of them was still her son.

Wen Ti grabbed the low wall and stood up. He watched Chu Xingmu and Cheng Bai fall into the life-saving mat that was raised at the moment of crisis with blurred eyes. Wen Ti took a long breath and sat down against the low wall.

The members of the rescue team and the surrounding policemen rushed onto the life-saving air cushion together. Chu Xingmu struggled from the cushion with a swollen head, and Zhao Chen quickly jumped onto the life-saving air cushion to help him up.

"Little bastard, I'm fucking dead!" Chu Xingmu cursed vaguely.

Wen Ti saw the situation downstairs from the top of the building, saw Chu Xingmu being lifted up, and Cheng Bai being lifted off the mat, the police surrounded them, the shouts downstairs, his thinking After slowly getting together, Xia Ci saw that his face was frighteningly pale, his forehead was covered with sweat, and the expression of sure victory that he confronted Cheng Bai had long since disappeared. He tentatively asked, "How are you?"

Wen Ti shook her head, took a deep breath, and then smiled with an unknown meaning: "I'm fine, let's go down."

Wen Ti stood up while leaning on the low wall. He straightened his suit, which had long been covered with dust, rust and blood, and kept the last bit of decency. He walked slowly towards the door at the stairway. can be blown away.

Qi Shaocheng and Xia Ci glanced at each other, and they followed Wen Ti down the stairs together.

After Wen Ti went downstairs, she quietly sat on the edge of the flower bed downstairs in the library. It was covered with dirt, but Wen Ti urgently needed a resting place to relieve his trembling legs. Xi Rui saw Chu Xingmu coming from She could still swear when she got up and down the mat, and she finally let go of her hanging heart. She squeezed out from the crowd on the third and outer floors, took the water bottle handed over by Professor Jiang, and walked in front of Wen Ti.

Xi Rui asked, "Are you injured?"

Wen Ti shook her head wearily, Xi Rui could still come to see him under such circumstances, Wen Ti didn't want her to worry, Xi Rui put the water bottle beside Wen Ti, looked sideways at his blood-stained clothes The leader said with distress and reproach: "You two are exactly the same in trying to be brave."

Wen Ti touched his neck, his hands were immediately stained with blood, Xi Rui pulled Wen Ti up without saying a word, then Wen Ti was like a child led by his mother to the hospital, Xi Rui led him away Getting into the ambulance and telling the nurses to treat her youngest son's wound quickly, something in Wen Ti's heart seemed to soften. He had never been cared so much before. It turns out that mother's hands can be so warm.

The incident of taking hostages and jumping off the building was over. The police evacuated the surrounding crowd, and the suspect was taken into custody. When the last police car drove out of Changqing University, the moon had already peeked out from the clouds, and Wang Yuling walked in from outside the campus. The security guard at the school gate greeted her. After Wang Yuling nodded in response, she went into the teaching building.

Public security bureau, interrogation room.

Xia Ci and Chu Xingmu sat at the table respectively, while Cheng Bai sat listlessly with her head buried in her hands, her hearing aid had long since been lost.

"Cheng Bai, I really overestimated you. You killed Liang Guoping and then used public opinion to attack us. Such a meticulous plan ended in taking hostages. If you were smarter, you wouldn't be in such a mess." Chu Xingmu looked at him coldly. he said.

Cheng Bai raised his head and asked, "Why did you save me?"

"You can't die until you plead guilty and obey the law." Chu Xingmu's tone was very bad.

Cheng Bai glanced at Wen Ti who was standing outside the interrogation room, and said, "I didn't know he was from the Public Security Bureau."

Seeing that Chu Xingmu was still angry, Xia Ci thought that Cheng Bai had touched his bottom line this time.

Xia Ci asked: "Your best choice now is to honestly explain how you killed Liang Guoping. Other things have nothing to do with you for the time being."

"Where were you on August 8th from twelve to two o'clock in the evening?"

"School, Liang Guoping asked me to go to school."

"Liang Guoping asked you out? What are you doing at school?"

"I don't know, he just asked me to find him in the classroom."

"You wrote those threatening letters from Liang Guoping's family?"

"It was me. When I heard the news of Bai Xiaohan's suicide, I knew that Liang Guoping must be involved! But he is a highly respected professor and I am just a fresh graduate. He has worked in Changqing University for so many years. With such a high status, Bai Xiaohan committed suicide, how trustworthy are my words?"

"Why did Liang Guoping ask you to go to the teaching building at that time?"

"I don't know. He said he wanted to discuss something with me, and he said he was busy with work during the day."

"When did he contact you?"

"On the afternoon of the 8th, I received a landline call from Liang Guoping. He must have guessed that I wrote those threatening letters. He asked me before if I liked Bai Xiaohan. I never denied it. Since then, he has often arranged for us I thought he was doing a project and writing a report together, but I didn’t expect him to justify himself! Some people misunderstood that Bai Xiaohan and I were lovers. If anyone doubted the cause of Bai Xiaohan’s death, they would definitely come to me first. This is Liang Guoping, you I don’t know when he will push you to hell, but he can still turn around and laugh and fabricate lies to those who don’t know! He did that to Bai Xiaohan and he can use disgusting means to bring me and Bai Xiaohan closer distance."

"What evidence do you think Bai Xiaohan committed suicide because of Liang Guoping?"

"Two years ago, Bai Xiaohan went to Wang Yuling's house. We had just started school, and Wang Yuling and Liang Guoping hadn't separated yet. Bai Xiaohan had only one way to get rid of Liang Guoping's harassment. Reporting, but Liang Guoping had countless ways to threaten her. Gossip and gossip It can torture people to death, Xiaohan dare not tell her mother, let alone the school, she thought it would be useful to find Wang Yuling, but who knew that Wang Yuling was only separated from Liang Guoping, she turned a blind eye to what happened to Xiaohan."

Cheng Bai recalled his past with Bai Xiaohan: "She is the only person in this world who has never ignored me. When I was bullied at school, she was the only one who lent a helping hand. My parents are greedy and timid. When someone hits them, they will only lead me to ask for compensation from those people, and take money to settle. I live in a deformed family. I have wanted to escape since I was a child. My ears were deaf from those school violence. I had a chance to heal , but my parents would rather I wear hearing aids for the rest of my life than pay enough compensation for their current squandering to treat me. I took the carving knife in my hand and slashed open my wrist one by one. I thought I could die, but it was Bai Xiaohan who stopped me. I suddenly died reluctantly. I think there are still things in this world worthy of my nostalgia. I have been in despair countless times, but because of a smile, I am full of hope again."

"But Liang Guoping tore it up with his own hands. He not only ruined Bai Xiaohan, he also ruined my last hope. He thought that after Bai Xiaohan died, no one would know what he had done, and he could continue on to the next victim without fear. Seeing the pain he inflicted on Bai Xiaohan until his death, you only see him gaining fame and fortune, how can you see how much evil he has in his heart?"

Cheng Bai's last question fell, and there was a minute of silence in the interrogation room.

Xia Ci gave Cheng Bai the time and opportunity to explain, but it does not mean that they will conduct in-depth analysis with Cheng Bai on these issues. Every interrogation of prisoners is like a death listening. Disappointed and rebellious against the reality and society, they learned about their past from the mouths of these people. No matter how heinous the crimes of the deceased were, they must be just according to the law.

Chu Xingmu sat next to him with his arms folded, Xia Ci continued to ask: "How did you get out of the classroom?"

"Front door."

"You asked Wu Kailin to edit the surveillance video for you, and left Changqing University the next day as if nothing had happened. Where were you that night?"

"Wu Kailin's dormitory, I got him involved, but I only cut Liang Guoping's wrist, I didn't kill him! I don't know how he died!" Cheng Bai said excitedly.

Chu Xingmu raised his eyelids, and Xia Ci said in a warning tone: "You asked Wu Kailin to help you modify the monitoring, wrote a threatening letter to Liang Guoping, and sent a letter to Zhao You to let him spread the news to the school forum, you have taken great pains After doing so much, you still dare to say that you didn’t kill people!”

Cheng Bai became excited: "Liang Guoping asked me to go to the classroom. I just went to keep the appointment. When I got to the classroom, he was already dead. No, he might not be dead. I had the idea of ​​killing him, but I didn't kill him." , I watched him lying on the ground with his tongue sticking out like a dog. It really relieved my hatred. Someone did what I wanted to do for me. When I thought of Bai Xiaohan committing suicide because of him cutting his wrists, I couldn't control myself. I felt like I was crazy So I took a carving knife and cut his wrist, I tried to cut his stomach to see what his heart was like, but I finally gave up."

Xia Ci said bluntly: "Say! Who is your helper!"

Cheng Bai looked at him blankly, shook his head and said, "I don't have any helpers. If I can, I hope Xiaohan can see Liang Guoping's death with my own eyes. I would rather abandon the atheism of psychology. I also believe that Xiaohan will come back at that moment!"

Chu Xingmu stood up from the interrogation table, beckoned to Qi Shaocheng who was outside the glass window, and beckoned him to come in, then Chu Xingmu opened the door and went out.

He returned to the office, picked up the autopsy report from the desk, and went downstairs. Han Yang was sitting in front of the desk, humming a tune while reading the report. Chu Xingmu pushed open the door aggressively, and threw the autopsy report on Han Yang. on the table, and said: "The one who cut the wrist and the one who strangled the neck are the same person!"

Han Yang was shocked, and the drink was poured on the wrinkled autopsy report again, this time the report was completely invalid.

"We have spent so much effort, but we only found a cheap one. You have to check how Liang Guoping was killed by several people!"

Han Yang can't sit still now, he has worked for many years with zero negative reviews, is it possible that he is going to break this zero negative review this time?

Where did Chu Xingmu care to think about the small things in Han Yang's stomach? This time, it was Han Yang's first misjudgment that caused them all to get into a dead end. The sentence "the one who cut the wrist and the one who strangled the neck" brought the case to a close. Direct qualitative, because the clues are scarce, they can only rely on the results of the autopsy.

"Go and have a self-examination with Director Wu!" Chu Xingmu slammed the door of the autopsy room behind him, and Han Yang grabbed the drenched autopsy report on the table and tore it up with both hands and threw it into the trash can. , Han Yang, who had never made a mistake in the autopsy process, was frustrated. His words almost brought the whole case to a stalemate. If what Cheng Bai said was true, the other murderer was still at large.

After Chu Xingmu went back, Xia Ci came out of the interrogation room with the transcript and said, "It's almost twelve o'clock, you and Wen Ti should go back first, you can handle a fall from the sixth floor, and Wen Ti can also carry it Can't live."

Although Chu Xingmu was worried about the case, he was even more worried about Wen Ti. Chu Xingmu carried Wen Daju, who had fallen asleep in the nest, into the cat cage. He knocked on the door of the monitoring room and called Wen Ti out.

"There are Xiaci and the others here, and the results will come out tomorrow, let's go home first." Chu Xingmu lifted the cat cage, and Wen Ti followed him downstairs without saying a word.

Chu Xingmu looked back at Wen Ti, Wen Ti had a suit jacket in the crook of his left hand, and there were dried blood marks on his shirt collar, Chu Xingmu stretched out his hand to hold Wen Ti, Wen Ti's hand was cold , Chu Xingmu felt that he was holding a piece of ice, Chu Xingmu was startled, and asked quickly: "What's wrong with you? Is there any discomfort?"

Wen Ti said, "Let's go home."

Chu Xingmu didn't drive seriously along the way, almost ran through red lights twice, Wen Ti sat in the co-pilot without saying anything, and kept looking at the colorful street lights outside the car window.

Wen Ti has never been afraid of death. He read the book "Death Culture" when he was six years old, so that Zhong Minglou regretted teaching him to read and write. He always thought that death was a very common thing, but Chu Xing Mu went to rescue Cheng Bai without hesitation today, but Wen Ti felt an unprecedented fear. This feeling was too strange, as chilling as the dreams he had had. He couldn't imagine that if Chu Xingmu fell from the sixth floor If he died on the spot, what crazy actions would he make? Until today, Wen Ti didn't seem to know anything about Chu Xingmu's profession.

Chu Xingmu thought that Wen Ti was angry because he saved Cheng Bai. The two of them should hate Cheng Bai. Cheng Bai held Wen Ti hostage, but Chu Xingmu ignored his own life to save Cheng Bai. , Saving people has long been an instinct. He wanted to find an opportunity to explain to Wen Ti, and he didn't have a chance until he walked into the house.

The sensor light in the corridor was already turned on by Chu Daha who heard the familiar footsteps. Chu Xingmu kept holding Wen Ti's stiff and cold hand until he had to free one hand to open the door. Let go, unexpectedly Chu Daha did not fly to them.

Chu Xingmu put the cat cage on the ground, closed the door with his back, Wen Ti changed his shoes absent-mindedly, Chu Xingmu suddenly hugged Wen Ti from behind, his nose touched the frozen blood mark, There seemed to be a faint smell of blood, and Chu Xingmu's hands and feet were also cold. From knowing that Wen Ti was being held hostage, to seeing the carving knife stabbed into his neck with his own eyes, and Wen Ti came down from upstairs like a lonely Sitting on the edge of the flower bed like a helpless, bewildered child, he saw fear on Wen Ti's face despite the flashy appearance.

"I'm sorry." Chu Xingmu buried his face on his shoulder and said, this was the second time he said sorry to Wen Ti.

Wen Ti threw her coat on the ground, turned around and said, "I've figured out something, and I'm not angry."

Chu Xingmu hugged him tightly. When he encountered something related to Wen Ti, Chu Xingmu couldn't be rational. When he put his hand on Wen Ti's waist, Wen Ti shrank, Chu Xingmu hastily released him.

"Take off your clothes, let me see the injury on your waist." Wen Ti insisted not to go to the hospital, otherwise Chu Xingmu would take him there anyway.

Wen Ti took off her tie, vest and shirt, and threw them all on the ground. Chu Xingmu turned on the light in the bedroom and went to the kitchen to get the medicine box.

Wen Ti asked worriedly: "Are you really okay if you fell from such a high place?"

Chu Xingmu walked out of the kitchen with the medicine box in his arms. He pulled Wen Ti over and said, "It's the duty of the police to catch criminals, and it's my instinct to save them. I'm also afraid, and I'm terribly afraid."

Wen Ti didn't quite understand what Chu Xingmu meant by fear, he said, "But you still jumped."

Chu Xingmu opened the lid of the medicine box, pushed Wen Ti's hair aside, the cut on his neck had been treated, Chu Xingmu said: "Living is everyone's right, we don't save people to be rewarded, This is faith, and of course Cheng Bai’s crimes are punished by law, and before the law decides his life or death, I, other policemen, judges, the victim’s family, and even himself cannot decide whether he deserves to die.”

Wen Ti knew several lawyers. The law does not allow every victim to be fair and just. He asked, "Even if the law does not allow every criminal to get the punishment they deserve?"

Chu Xingmu said: "This is one of the meanings of the existence of the police. We must restore the truth. In order to let the dead rest in peace and the living feel at ease, we must find all the evidence to fill in the loopholes in the law and ensure that the real criminals have no loopholes to exploit. This society is very complicated, and sometimes internal rot is the most incurable, but it is only one that can be saved.”

Wen Ti feels that he only understands a little bit of the beliefs that Chu Xingmu said, and he only understands a little bit because he is so smart, and some people have to spend their entire lives practicing and understanding their beliefs.

Chu Xingmu told Wen Ti that he hoped that Wen Ti would not treat his resolute rescue and jumping off a building as a nightmare. He kissed Wen Ti on the mouth, and asked pitifully, "When will you know how to be afraid?"

With the knife resting on his neck, his body hanging in the air, and the gravel falling on his head, he was not afraid of even these, he was like a little monster.

Wen Ti said: "From now on, there should be." If you look at Chu Xingmu jumping off the building so recklessly, Wen Ti should go crazy on the spot.

There was a bruise on Wen Ti's waist, Chu Xingmu took out the bruise medicine oil to help him wipe it, Wen Ti said: "This smells too bad."

Chu Xingmu took the medicine and rubbed it, and it didn’t matter whether he didn’t rub it or not, "It doesn’t smell good but the effect is good, lie down."

Wen Ti struggled in her heart for a long time, and leaned sideways on the armrest of the sofa. Chu Xingmu poured some medicated oil into the palm of her hand. Chu Xingmu often smelled of medicated oil and ointment. Wen Ti asked: "This Wouldn't the smell of medicinal oil and perfume smell particularly unpleasant when mixed together?"

Chu Xingmu said: "It smells terrible." The medicinal oil became hot in the palm of his hand, and Chu Xingmu put his hands on Wen Ti's waist and slowly rubbed them.

Wen Ti said: "Cheng Bai smells like medicinal oil."

Chu Xingmu helped Wen Ti massage for a while, and found a towel to wipe his hands, "In addition to him, there were people who went to the teaching building that night."

Chu Xingmu covered Wen Ti with a clean towel, turned on the air conditioner, and released Wen Daju from the cage, "Lie down for a while, and then wash after the medicated oil dries."

"What are you doing?" Wen Ti asked.

"Didn't you say you want to eat braised pork? Go to sleep when you're sleepy, and I'll call you when it's done." Chu Xingmu changed his dirty clothes, washed his hands, and went into the kitchen. Wen Ti changed the direction and lay on her stomach. Chu Xingmu didn't close the kitchen door this time, Wen Ti could clearly see what he was doing.

Wen Ti looked at Chu Xingmu's back and felt that there should be an affectionate confession at this time to ease their thrills this night, and he said to Chu Xingmu who was peeling potatoes: "Chu Xingmu, I love you. you."