when you stare into the abyss

Chapter17

The night was as long as the second hand on a clock face. It seemed to be walking in a hurry and kept turning, but in fact the hour hand only moved less than one frame. Even the focus interview on CCTV had not yet been broadcast.The office of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Binnan City was very quiet, and the silence could only be broken by a few "crackling" keyboard knocks occasionally.

After the autopsy report came out, after a short meeting, Nie Zhilan made a preliminary deployment of the investigation work.Ma Zhao has another case that needs to be followed up, and she is mainly responsible for this case.After the arrangement, Wan Tong and Chu Tao still started with the missing persons, and determining the identity of the deceased was the most important first step.

"Xiao Wan." Chu Tao, who was staring at the computer, suddenly turned his head, and Wan Tong, who was deep in thought behind him, was so frightened by his sudden encounter that he almost fell off his chair, calmed down and said: "What?"

"See if you're absent-minded, just go get a report and come back like this."

An hour ago, Wan Tong, who thought he was used to autopsies, volunteered to slip into the corrupt autopsy room on the fourth floor of the identification center.Looking at the fully armed Nie Zhiyan, she was surprised at first, and approached with breathless concentration, her eyes moved down, and after five seconds, she covered her mouth and ran out of the room, throwing up all the food she ate at noon and night.

"Brother Tao, try it, you'll be the same as me." According to Lu Dongdong, his boss was so disgusted that he didn't eat tonight.

Chu Tao got up loudly, and sat down beside her: "Then I will go next time. By the way, the business is important. There are only 8 missing persons who match the gender, age, and height of the deceased. Why don't we call first?"

"Row."

The silent office finally came alive.

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In the inspection room on the second floor of the identification center, forensic doctors in white coats are busy.They put all kinds of instruments on the table, holding test tubes in their hands, and repeated experiments again and again.

"Nie Ke, benzodiazepines were detected in the coagulated blood of the deceased." Wang Yang, the forensic doctor by the window, pushed a table, swiveled his chair back, and approached Nie Zhiyan, who was doing tissue separation.

"Understood, Dongdong, record it." The woman continued with her hands without turning her head.

Lu Dongdong's hands on the keyboard were fast, and his mouth was not idle: "It seems that the murderer should first let the deceased take sleeping pills, fall into a deep sleep, and then directly stab her heart to death with a murder weapon, and finally..."

"Reasonable reasoning, Nie Ke, I think Xiao Lu can apply to work in the Criminal Investigation Detachment, there is just a shortage of people there." Wang Yang took a sip of the water in the teacup on the left, and made fun of Lu Dongdong in order to ease the extremely dull atmosphere.

"Dongdong write the application tomorrow."

"No, Boss, because I've followed you wholeheartedly for half a year, and I usually serve tea and water, don't drive me away." Lu Dongdong understood, and pleaded with her face.

"Okay, glib, hurry up and do something. There are too few clues in this case. What we can do is to help the criminal investigation team next door to find out more details."

"Of order, this is not to see that you are in a bad mood tonight, boss, you didn't eat any food, and you said a few jokes."

"I'm fine, thank you." Nie Zhiyan pulled the corners of her lips into a slight upward arc, put the surgical tweezers into the disinfection tray, and placed the slide specimens neatly in the upper left corner, waiting for testing.

The sound of flat leather shoes hitting the ground sounded from outside the corridor, and a thick voice came in before the person arrived.

"I heard from Director Wu that the corpse in the new case looks like a giant, Xiaoyan, can you bear it?"

The woman took off her gloves upon hearing this, turned around and stood up.

"When will Uncle Hu come back to help us?"

The figure who just stepped through the door was Hu Zu'an, chief of the forensic department, who was seconded by the Provincial Criminal Investigation Corps at the end of last month to assist in the investigation of a massacre. He just returned to Binnan for a meeting today.

"You have to release people from above, don't you? Uncle Hu believes in your ability, and the other four colleagues in Corey will fully cooperate with you." The old section chief was from the era of Nie Zhiyan's father. He had to wear an old uniform, and his hair was combed back meticulously. He looked down at his watch, "Go home early and rest, get enough energy before going to work during the day, and get off work no later than nine o'clock at night. If you leave, you have to hurry back province."

Hu Zuan took two steps in the direction of the corridor, then turned around again: "Xiaoyan, call me if you encounter any difficult problems."

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Hu." Watching the old man leave, Nie Zhiyan put on his gloves again, and carefully picked up one of the slide specimens under the microscope with the tool. "Hurry up, get off work at 8:50."

"Work!" Hearing the exact off-duty time, the laboratory returned to silence.

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After the other colleagues got off work, Nie Zhiyan sorted out the separation they had to do the next day, and it was almost ten o'clock when they stepped out of the elevator in the community.Just two steps away, I heard an "ah", followed by a burst of begging for mercy.

"Don't scratch, don't scratch, it hurts, it hurts, I will take you to the veterinarian tomorrow, ah, hey!"

The woman approached in search of the sound. In front of the door of Room 1301, Wan Tong was holding the cat with an injured right leg in one hand, and seemed to be picking up the key with the other hand, grinning.

"Oh, it hurts!" The kitten scratched her arm again.

"Come on." Nie Zhiyan wrapped his hands around the kitten's forearms and hugged it into his arms, "The cat doesn't like to be held with one hand. It likes this way, so it can feel safe."

Wan Tong immediately felt aggrieved: "Aunt Yan, am I picking out the keys? It is so fierce. When I saw it limping on the way back, I wanted to take it to the veterinarian tomorrow. It took a lot of effort for it to agree. Let me hug."

"Come here." Nie Zhiyan looked at the scars on her arm and the back of her hand, and said by the way when she turned around.

"Ah? What?" A cold voice echoed in the back of her head, and the person who was half a beat away just took off the key and was about to open the door.

"Aren't you going to take care of the wound on your hand?" The woman glanced at her half sideways, beckoning her to follow.

"Oh."

"After entering the house, go to the bathroom and wash the wound with soap and water."

It was the first time for Wan Tong to enter Nie's house. The layout of the three rooms was similar to that of her house next door, but the arrangement was too monotonous.In the living room, except for two large cabinets of medical books, there is an elliptical machine and some scattered fitness equipment on the balcony.

There are not even green plants. Although the decoration of the house next door is also simple, at least there are green plants on the balcony.

She cleaned the wound obediently and just walked out of the bathroom.Nie Zhiyan had already sat on the sofa with a small medical kit.The woman unscrewed a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, tore open a bag of medical cotton swabs, and gently held the injured leg of the kitten. The kitten was afraid because it was born, and its arms trembled slightly.

"Well, Tongtong, help me."

"Ah? Aunt Yan, you are so used to calling me Tongtong." Wan Tong walked over, stood still in front of the woman, and smiled at her, "I really like the name Wan Xiaotong."

Nie Zhiyan: "..." She put a few cotton swabs into the hydrogen peroxide bottle, looked up at Wan Tong, "Help me grab its forearm." Then she added, "Be gentle."

"I know, I'm only gentle with criminals."

Nie Zhiyan gently cleaned the wound for the kitten, applied ointment, wrapped it with gauze, and fixed it with medical tape.Wan Tong tilted his head to observe her movements, not rushing but not slow, like a woman who does not eat fireworks in the world, every moment is impeccable.The gaze moved up inadvertently, and stopped on the left side of her Gutan Wubo's pupil, and there was a tear mole that was nowhere near the size of a mung bean, which added a bit of coldness.

Does Aunt Lan have moles at the corners of her eyes?Or is it unique to Aunt Yan?She was in a daze for a moment, but was pulled back by the coolness from her arm.

"hiss……"

"Pain?" Hydrogen peroxide is not very irritating, and it stands to reason that there should be no feeling when dealing with small wounds.

"It doesn't hurt, it's a bit cold." She was thinking, when did the cat disappear from her hand and lie beside her?

"After disinfection, I will find time to go to the hospital for vaccination tomorrow. It should take four injections."

"Four needles? One time?" She, who has never been bitten by a dog or scratched by a cat since she was a child, seems to have touched a blind spot.

"Separately." The woman threw away the last cotton swab and screwed on the bottle cap. "Which family should have lost this kitten. The owner must be in a hurry. Send it directly to the guard tomorrow."

"How does Aunt Yan know?"

"Its ears are very clean, there are no mites, and the hair on its body is smooth and smooth, which shows that the owner pays attention to cleaning and loves it." Nie Zhiyan hugged the cat, and gently scratched its chin with his right hand, and the little thing purred. The sound of grunting, seems to be enjoying it?

Aunt Yan is indeed the gentlest to animals, she thought so, and agreed: "Okay, I'll send it early tomorrow morning."

Nie Zhiyan didn't speak any more, put down the kitten, got up and walked towards the refrigerator, the upper three layers were fresh-keeping layers, the woman pulled out the second layer, and took out a plate, which probably contained food.

Wan Tong is naturally curious, and clings to the people he wants to cling to. Although Nie Zhiyan usually treats her coldly, but at least it is the family that Lao Zhao said, and no matter how cold it is, she can't help but get close to her.

"Aunt Yan, what are you doing?"

The woman didn't answer, and went straight to the cooking table.

"Is this pork liver?" I don't know why I suddenly had such strange doubts.

"Do you think I will dispose of the internal organs of the corpse?" Nie Zhiyan gave her an angry look. "The pork liver I bought this morning may be hungry. I don't have cat food at home, but I can make a stir-fried pork liver."

Wan Tong saw her put on her apron skillfully, and simply tied her loose long hair behind her head with the headband that she had taken off between her wrists. She turned on the faucet, and her slender white fingers gleamed crystal-clearly under the water.Then she took out the wooden cutting board from the right drawer, placed the pork liver on it, and raised and lowered the small meat cleaver very fast and with precise knife skills.

At this moment, thinking of the scene of the other party's autopsy, she unconsciously swallowed the saliva she secreted: "Aunt Yan usually likes to cook?"

The woman ignored her again, put the sliced ​​pork liver into the draining tray, turned on the gas, and faint blue flames rose up.She didn't pour oil into the frying pan, but directly poured the ingredients pork liver, and when the frying pan heated up, she only turned the wooden spatula a few times, without adding any condiments, and started the frying pan.

The movements are done in one go, and the cooking is like dissecting... Wan Tong guessed that this stereotyped effect will not be changed for a while.

After letting it cool for a while, she brought the plate to the corner of the living room. The kitten had a keen sense of smell, and wanted to jump off the sofa with a limp.Nie Zhiyan stepped up quickly and reached out to hug it.

"I see you are hungry, eat quickly."

Wan Tong suddenly felt that being a cat is also very happy, it is really delicious and delicious to serve.

The girl was close to 11 o'clock. After Nie Zhilan returned home, she slipped back with the kitten in her arms.The kitten enjoyed this treatment, and its temperament was much gentler. Lying in her arms, it soon fell asleep.

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The office on the third floor of the Binnan City Public Security Bureau, at 8:[-] in the morning.

Nie Zhilan was arrested early in the morning by Bureau Wu, who was in charge of criminal investigation.After closing the door, the old bureau chief looked at her solemnly over his presbyopic glasses.

"What's going on? Has there been any progress?" Director Wu is over fifty years old and of medium build. When Nie Zhilan's father was still around, he was the deputy director in charge of anti-drug work. Naturally, he now takes care of the Nie sisters who lost their parents.

"I don't have a clue. Based on the preliminary autopsy report, we searched for missing persons, but found nothing. Today, we plan to check the surveillance video of nine piers and fifteen estuaries in the urban area to see if there are any suspicious persons during that time."

"The murderer's crimes were too brutal, and there were a lot of onlookers. The influence was bad. The province issued an order to stop at all costs. We must seize the time to solve the crime." Director Wu took two sips of tea from his teacup to stabilize his mood.I don't know who posted a video on the Internet, which immediately attracted the attention of many people. 10 minutes ago, the leader of the Provincial Public Security Department called again to remind him that he is now an online society, which made him even more headache.

"Boss Wu, no matter how urgent you are, there must be clues. The people under me only had one day off in 20 days, and they worked until ten o'clock last night. Even if it is a machine, it needs to be refueled even if it is running. Indeed, so far, there is no clue. .”

"What about the forensic department?"

"Only the age, height, time of death, and cause of death of the deceased have been determined. The specific results have not yet been released, but Ah Yan said that now we can only hope that the murderer's semen can be detected in the body of the deceased." Nie Zhilan rubbed the center of her eyebrows, she Staring at the surveillance camera last night, I almost didn't sleep all night, but I only browsed the videos of the four piers in one night.

"Okay, I can't push you too hard. In short, hurry up. It seems that the case will definitely not be solved within two days. Give you five more days and try to solve the case within a week." The old director took another sip of tea , waved his hand, "Go, I know you are racing against time, and it will be uncomfortable to stick to me for too long."

Coming out of the director's office, after the meeting, the entire criminal investigation detachment had 20 unemployed policemen and auxiliary policemen, all sitting in front of computers in different offices.At 5:29 p.m., an auxiliary policeman discovered that at 12:21 a.m. on May 2, a Volkswagen golf cart with the license plate number Jiang B39H12J was moving strangely.Hei Ying, wearing a mask and hat, got off the car at 21:12, wandered around the pier for several minutes, returned to the car, and dragged out a travel bag containing heavy objects from the trunk. With great strength, he carried the bag on his shoulders , moved towards the side of the pier stone ladder. At 54:[-], when he reappeared within the surveillance range, he had nothing in his hands and left in a hurry.

"Chu Tao, check the license plate number." Nie Zhilan watched the video without blinking, and instructed Chu Tao who was beside her.

"Yes."

"What pier is this?"

"Pier No. 3, about 10 kilometers away from the pier where the body was found." The auxiliary police replied.

"Team Nie, we found out that this car is indeed a set-brand car."

"Then check the video surveillance of all roads and streets that night based on the direction he left, to see where he passed, and don't miss any clues!"

"Yes!"

Uniform shouts resounded through the room, filled with endless confidence and hope.

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On the back of the bustling commercial street in the North District, there is a large private club. The layout of the exterior buildings is very stylish, and the European-style style is arty and elegant, which complements the comprehensive decoration inside.Walking a few hundred meters in, the swimming pool next to the golf course is full of people.Today is the day when the owner's catering branch was established. We specially invited some celebrities in the catering industry, high-weight self-media and critics from related industries to warm up the place.

The party was very lively, some gathered to talk about business, some exchanged food experience, and some simply came to eat, drink and have fun. They exchanged cups, talked and laughed.However, on a deck chair on the left side of the swimming pool, a well-dressed long-haired woman seemed to be out of place with the crowd. After drinking a few glasses of red wine, she was gulping down a bottle of soda she found somewhere.

There were footsteps slowly approaching her.

"Sorry, I don't have a good capacity for alcohol, I can't drink any more." The woman didn't raise her head, her eyes were red as she stared at the body of the soda bottle.

"A'Ning, why didn't you answer the phone." The visitor seemed to know her well, and asked in a questioning tone.

Then the woman raised her head slowly, showing a puzzled expression, and responded to her indifferently: "It's you, I made it clear in the text message, and I will have nothing to do with you in the future. If you keep pestering me, I will stop Call the police."

"A Ning, what happened? Let us become strangers."

"I said, I like men, and I'm just playing with you." The woman didn't want to tangle with her anymore, rubbed her heavy head, stood up, and walked unsteadily towards the crowded place.

This person is Ye Ning, one of the most well-known food critics in Binnan City. She is quite authoritative in the industry. Her opinions and suggestions largely determine the success of a restaurant's business and whether a certain dish can be served on the table. .And the woman who questioned her just now was Xia Zhiyun, the proprietress of an internet celebrity private kitchen restaurant in Binnan City.As for the relationship between the two, it is naturally a cooperative relationship from the outside world. Ye Ning made Xia Zhiyun's restaurant popular, making her worth more than ten million.But in the end, only they know what the truth is.