Born in the dark, Ended in the dawn

A dark and windy night is definitely a good day for those who do bad things.

In order not to attract attention, Wei Lan wore casual casual clothes and wandered around the Muhe community, pretending to look sad, glanced at the phone from time to time, and then sighed. Do your best.After all, this is not a public action, if it is discovered and reported by troublesome people, wouldn't it be a trap for Li Anran.

He took out a pack of cigarettes from his breast pocket and put it in his mouth, but he didn't light it for a long time. Wei Lan played with the cool zippo lighter in his hand, opened and closed the lid, and made a crisp metal friction sound.

He bought this lighter, but it is not his. The real owner of the lighter is Xiao Zixian, a custom-made brushed steel version worth more than 1000 yuan. It took a few catties to buy such a small thing, and gave it to Xiao Zixian as a congratulatory gift after the commendation meeting. Coincidentally, that day also happened to be Xiao Zixian's birthday, so good things come together.

But how this lighter got into his hands, Wei Lan had no memory at all. He didn't realize that Xiao Zixian didn't smoke at all until long after he gave the gift.Although he doesn't smoke, Xiao Zixian carries the lighter with him every day. When he is thinking about things, he will occasionally take it out and fiddle with the lid, caressing the thick and round shell.

"Hey..." Thinking of the guy who was still sleeping, Wei Lan suddenly lost the interest in smoking, casually threw the cigarette into the trash can next to him, called Yin Hang's phone, "Hey, where are you? It's almost broken."

"I'll pick up Xiaowei, and I'll be there soon." On the phone, Yin Hang could be heard on the road, with the sound of wind swishing as the vehicle passed by quickly, and there were intermittent traffic announcements.

Seeing Li Anran coming out of the property office, Wei Lan took the phone away and looked at the time before saying, "Anran and I will go to the deceased's house first, and you can just come up when you arrive." Before the other party could answer, Wei Lan had already hung up After picking up the phone, he strode into Building No. [-].

As expected of a mid-to-high-end residential area, the corridors are decorated in a very elegant style, and the materials are carefully selected. There are monitors embedded on the wall, playing the video of the scenery in the residential area in a loop, and the metal elevator doors are polished brightly.

Wei Lan pursed her lips, and raised her head slightly to look at the gorgeous crystal chandelier above her head. The orange light was dim and yellow, making people sleepy.Was it really this dark in here?I always felt that it was not like this when I first walked in, as if the sudden fog covered the lights, and the surrounding scenery suddenly dimmed a lot.Wei Lan covered her mouth and yawned, no longer staring at the sleepy light sources, her own figure was reflected in the elevator door, next to Li Anran was looking down at her phone, and there were several people waiting for the elevator behind her.

With a crisp ding, the elevator door slowly opened. Wei Lan stood at the front, stepped into the elevator first, pressed the number 9, and was about to ask the people behind him which floor they wanted to go to, but the words choked in his throat. not come out.There was no one else in front of him except Li Anran who was about to walk in. Wei Lan leaned out and looked around the corners outside the elevator door. There was no one, only the cool breeze with a damp smell. across the cheeks, causing a layer of goosebumps.

"Let's go, I won't take the elevator anymore." Wei Lan got half of her body out to prevent the elevator door from closing, and before the elevator door automatically popped open, she pulled Li Anran out of the elevator in big strides.

"What kind of nerve do you suddenly get, you don't sit if you don't sit down, just say a word, you startle me." Li Anran stared at Wei Lan reproachfully.

"Where were the people next to you just now?"

Li Anran looked at Wei Lan with a ghostly look, "What nonsense are you talking about? We've been the only ones in the corridor."

Seeing that the elevator went down to the underground parking lot on its own, and made another crisp sound, Wei Lan rubbed the goosebumps on her arms, turned her head and walked to the stairwell, "Let's take the stairs."

"No way! On the ninth floor, I'm going to be exhausted climbing up." After complaining, Li Anran obediently followed Wei Lan into the stairwell.

I don't know if it was his own illusion, Wei Lan noticed that since he woke up from a coma, he always felt chilly around him. He didn't think he was so old that his eyes were dazzled. The shadow on the elevator door was so clear just now, and he wanted to trick himself into seeing it wrong. I can't even do it, is it really a hell?

The lights in the stairwell didn't go anywhere, but fortunately, nothing happened along the way, and the legendary ghost hitting the wall didn't appear.The legs are weak after climbing the ninth floor. It's not because of how tired the climb is. After all, the body that has been exercising all year round, the ninth floor is not high. Be prepared to run if something goes wrong.It was too tense, and when it relaxed, my legs felt like I had just run a marathon, and I couldn't even lift them.

"Brother Wei, are you sure you want to go in? I always feel like a thief." Holding the key, Li Anran was still a little reluctant to do such a thing.

"Let's go, I'll take care of the accident." Their current behavior is really similar to that of thieves. With Wei Lan showing a smile, the tense atmosphere has eased a little.

The room was a bit messy, and it was still in the same state as the night of the incident. There were some letter papers scattered around the dining table, which were the paper used for the suicide note.Wei Lan picked up the letter paper and looked through it one by one. There were dents left by strokes on the letter paper, and damage caused by excessive force in some places. There was also a lot of coherent circles drawn on it. The kind of circle that I unconsciously draw when I'm on the phone.

Telephone?Did the deceased receive any strange phone calls before writing the suicide note?Could it be that phone call that let her know that she didn't have long to live?Wei Lan sat at the dining table, picked up the signature pen beside the table, and began to scribble on the waste paper with circles on it. His eyes fell on the ornate phone hanging on the wall.In this era of mobile phones, will anyone still use a landline to make calls?

His slender fingers tapped the glass tabletop rhythmically, as if doing so would calm him down and think. Wei Lan stared at the phone, as if expecting to hear the phone ring.The knocking sound coincides with the clicking sound of the second hand of the clock, which is like a lullaby in a quiet space.

Wei Lan was startled by the sudden sound of the doorbell, and hurried to open the door. Yin Hang and Lu Wei had already arrived, and they also brought a toolbox for survey, and in the bag Lu Wei was carrying, there was even a Some strange objects, red beans, rice, incense burner, and even some paper money

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"What are you doing with these? Are you planning to start a fire at other people's homes for supper?" Li Anran looked at the things in the bag, took them out and put them on the table, "Don't tell me it's for exorcising evil spirits, your policemen in the West District Have you started to take a non-mainstream route?"

"It's for exorcising evil spirits." Lu Wei's voice was like his own, giving the impression that he was gentle and clean, even though he was unhappy with what Li Anran said, he didn't show it, but Yin Hang choked Li Anran a few words.

"Stop!" Wei Lan pinched his forehead to stop it, "Stop making noise, An Ran brought us in with responsibility and risk, it's almost over." Saying that, she looked at the phone on the wall again, and the phone was on the wall. Like a strange magical power, it attracted Wei Lan's gaze, and he couldn't help but want to pick it up to answer the non-existent phone, "Lv Wei's doing this is beneficial and harmless. There is really something wrong here. I used to..."

Wei Lan glanced at Li Anran who was puzzled, but in the end she didn't tell the reason why she didn't get on the elevator, and changed the subject abruptly, "I said I wanted to learn this, but it's a pity that it's not that material."

"You are all policemen, it's not good to promote feudal superstition like this!"

"Isn't this a secret joke?" Wei Lan comforted Li Anran, and opened the cabinet door and drawer without any scruples and began to investigate.

The four acted separately, and useful and useless clues were quickly sorted out. Among them, the wardrobe was hidden in a drawer, and there was a plastic-enclosed photo in a thick stack of documents, which caught Wei Lan's attention. The photo was a big group photo, which looked quite It has a sense of age. From the red banner above, it can be seen that it is a photo of the annual meeting of a certain unit. The banner is not fully displayed in the camera, and it is impossible to see which unit it is.

This is a seemingly ordinary photo, but the expressions of these people in the photo are not ordinary. The annual meeting should be a joyous atmosphere. People should laugh and leave images to welcome the arrival of the New Year, but these people in the photo , there was no smile from the heart, and the upturned corners of the mouth still couldn't hide the sadness on his face.

"The third woman from the left in the fourth row is the deceased, right? Her eyebrows and eyes are very similar, but she is much younger." Yin Hang leaned over and pointed at the photo, "This photo is really uncomfortable to look at. What do you think it looks like?"

"Like a concentration camp." Wei Lan replied.

"I think so."

"Take this photo back. We can find out where the deceased worked more than ten years ago." Wei Lan tidied up the stack of documents and handed them to Yin Hang along with the photo. "These are diagnostic reports. I After a cursory glance, it was the mental illness diagnosis report of the deceased's son, as well as the blood test report."

There were some white pills in the unlabeled medicine bottle at the corner of the drawer. As soon as the lid was opened, there was a faint fishy smell and a faint fragrance.

Wei Lan twirled the pills and got some white powder on his fingertips. These medicines should be related to the illness of the deceased's son. Logically speaking, they shouldn't and didn't need to take away these documents and pills for proof, but he just couldn't bear it. He still wanted to do this, and his professional sensitivity made him believe that his intuition was right.

This apartment, which is more than 180 square meters, has been thoroughly searched from the ceiling to the floor, and the information obtained is much less than expected.Everyone who is busy does not have much language communication, as if they are afraid of waking up the head of the household who does not exist at all, everything is going on quietly, but the sudden ringtone breaks this artificial tranquility, everyone can't help but look towards the dining table with solemn expressions It's as if you are facing a big enemy.

The simple and gorgeous hanging telephone on the wall emits the most traditional ringtones, which are sharp and piercing, making people's hearts throbbing. The sound after sound hypnotizes people's souls, and they approach it step by step uncontrollably.