Midsummer Night's Ashes

midsummer

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Continuous high temperature followed by continuous torrential rain.

Every day, mobile phone messages are pushing rainstorm warnings, and various software are also reminding citizens to pay attention to avoiding lightning when going out.

Cao Chuan was sitting in the office, smoking a cigarette, staring at the mirror in front of him, looking at it for a whole day.

Peel the cocoon.

It turned out that some stories were not involved inadvertently, but existed in them.

Regarding this point, Cao Chuan realized it only after discovering Li Zhao's case.

Cao Chuan hid the key in the deep drawer for a long time. He didn't even remember where and how he got it, but he used it to open the door of Li Zhao's house.

On the sofa close to the wall, there is a dusty brown paper file bag under it.

When Cao Chuan entered Li Zhao's house, he seemed to know everything here, even where Li Zhao hid his secrets.

He walked to the sofa, lay down on the ground, turned his head and saw the file bag.

In the file bag, Li Zhao's medical record, Li Hantang's death certificate, and a silver metal USB flash drive.

Cao Chuan listened to the conversation on the USB drive repeatedly.

He listened to it for as long as it rained outside.

He was smoking a cigarette, rubbing the scar on his face, and hearing Li Zhao's changing tone, he felt a chill down his spine.

The coolness reminded him of Li Zhao's words—your place is like a hospital mortuary.

Mortuary?

In this way, Li Zhao is not entirely wrong.

Cao Chuan closed his eyes and rubbed his sore neck.

Li Hantang did die in the accident that year, but the cause of his death did not really have nothing to do with Li Zhao.

Li Zhao forced it.

Li Hantang's desire for Li Zhao's metamorphosis was so strong that he could be slaughtered by others. Li Zhao could push him into the cliff with a few knife-like words, without any need to do anything at all.

Cao Chuan tapped his fingers on the table lightly and listened repeatedly.

Li Hantang had a distorted possessive desire for Li Zhao, and Li Zhao had long been less harmless.

The two mentally ill people are entangled with each other. The only thing Li Zhao is better than Li Hantang is that he is occasionally sober at that time.

After waking up, he was ashamed of Li Hantang's death. He refused to admit that he had developed subtle feelings for Li Hantang, a feeling that might be called "Stockholm Syndrome". However, although he did not admit it, he was unwilling to Facing the fact that he really "killed" Li Hantang.

What exactly did Li Zhao say at that time?

What did you say that made Li Hantang collapse and fall down the building?

Cao Chuan stopped what he was doing, frowned, and the picture of Li Hantang falling from the building appeared in his mind.

Happy.

freed.

When it fell, it seemed as if it had really lived.

Cao Chuan opened his eyes suddenly, then crushed the cigarette in his hand.

He should not empathize with Li Hantang, because he will not become Li Hantang.

Cao Chuan got up, walked to the window and looked at the torrential rain outside. The stagnant water made this kind of city panic. Little did he know that some people wished that the city would be submerged immediately.

Like, he wants someone to be overwhelmed.