Fangs

Sunlight penetrates the room through the gaps in the curtains, across the bed, and up to the wall.

Xie Jing opened his eyes, and subconsciously touched the place next to it - empty.After a while, he relaxed a little from the bewilderment, and slowly heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom, then he closed his eyes and exhaled soundlessly.When he just woke up, Xie Jing would involuntarily feel that the light and shadow were disturbing. He pulled the quilt to cover his entire face, and then felt too stuffy, so he pulled it down again.

Bai Ye just finished washing and left the bathroom, seeing his movements, "Puchi—" laughed out loud.

Bai Ye walked to the side of the bed, raised his hand and gently brushed Xie Jing's hair with his fingertips, Xie Jing's eyelashes trembled slightly, and his eyes stared at him in a daze.

"Still sleepy?"

Xie Jing didn't answer. He struggled to get up, but Bai Ye held his shoulders and pressed him down again, "Sleep for a while if you're sleepy, I don't think I'll be able to return to Gonghai in a while. Zhao Dongdong hasn't messaged me yet, wait for him to send me a message." The information is here, let's go there."

"Did you find someone?" Xie Jing was so sleepy yesterday that he didn't even have time to ask Bai Ye if he found anything in the orphanage, and fell asleep right after arriving at the guest house.

"Well, a girl adopted by the orphanage 12 years ago should be the person mentioned in the victim's letter. I have asked Zhao Dongdong to investigate, so I have to take a look."

Xie Jing didn't lie down, but sat up halfway, leaning against the head of the bed, "This case..." He hesitated to speak.

Bai Ye looked down at him, "What? Is there anything you want to say?"

Xie Jing narrowed his eyes, "I don't know why, I always feel very strange, I feel that this case is not so easy to solve." Indeed, there are not many clues on the surface, only Some don't know whether they have a direct connection with this case, and it is very likely that they will be so busy that they will get nothing at the end.

"Actually, I don't think it's easy to solve. Fortunately, I haven't issued a military order to Director Deng." Bai Ye teased.

"Let's talk." Xie Jing looked at Bai Ye and said, "If this case can't be solved, what will happen in the end?"

The two looked at each other for a long time, and Bai Ye said, "Nothing will happen. As a policeman, you will encounter some unclear murders more or less in your life. You can't find the motive, you have no clues, and you can't find the murderer. It just became an old case."

Xie Jing raised his eyebrows, "Sounds like this, it should be quite a sad thing." I don't understand, it's not clear, just the literal meaning is really sad.

Bai Ye narrowed his eyes, "Who says it's not, but there's nothing you can do about it, isn't it?"

Xie Jing was indifferent under his scrutinizing eyes, after a long time, he raised his hand and pulled Bai Ye's cuff, "I'm hungry." He said so.

·

Poor Bai Detachment, who worked so hard on the case all day long, had to take care of his family, so that his little classmates would not starve to death, pitiful.

"What do you want to eat?" Bai Ye looked at Xie Jing who had been shopping for a long time without making a decision, and finally couldn't help asking.

In fact, Bai Ye got up very early today, but he didn't receive any news from Zhao Dongdong, so it was useless to get up early, so he had to send a message to Zhao Dongdong to let him speed up, and then went back to sleep with Xie Jing in his arms again.But the biological clock was really at work, it was near noon and finally couldn't help getting up to wash up, and then talked to Xie Jing for a while, Xie Jing said that he was hungry and took him out to look for food.

This is not the capital city of Jin'an, and the development situation is not as satisfactory compared to Gonghai.However, it is not difficult to understand that Jin'an is located on the border, and there are too many illegal activities nearby, so it is difficult for serious business to have a place here.

But if you want to say that it is not good, it is not always true. Looking up, the streets are basically filled with countless pubs and clubs.Under the daytime light, the colored light of the light board is not clear, but it shows a little feeling of desolation in front of the door.But at night it's a different story.

For some reason, Xie Jing suddenly had a craving for kebabs, but he walked all the way and didn't find it.Let alone kebabs, I haven't even seen a barbecue restaurant.

"Actually, I..." Xie Jingzheng was about to say reluctantly, or just find a hot pot restaurant to solve it, but Bai Ye's cell phone ringtone interrupted him at the right time.

——It's Zhao Dongdong's call.

Bai Ye continued, "What?"

There was a series of mutterings on the phone, and it wasn't in the guest house, Bai Ye didn't turn on the speakerphone, even if Xie Jing wanted to listen attentively, he still couldn't hear anything.

"Okay, I see. Send me the exact location, and I'll go there."

Bai Ye hung up the phone, then looked at Xie Jing and sighed, his eyes were apologetic but also indescribably tender, "Can I buy you a cup of soy milk and two steamed buns?"

"..." Xie Jing opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

Bai Ye said, "There is news from Zhao Dongdong. I asked the person he was looking for to find out the address yesterday. I plan to go and have a look."

Xie Jing discussed, "Then can I pack another bowl of noodles?"

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The Xiayun factory area in Liliang City, Jin'an Province was once the largest machinery industrial zone in the entire area of ​​Jin'an. In the industrialization era before the last century, this place was developed by state-owned enterprises, with vigorous independent production lines, factories, dormitories, related hospitals, and school districts. Infrastructure facilities such as buildings, banks, canteens, and main roads have sprung up, and many people can spend their entire lives in them without leaving the factory.Then came the era of prosperous industrialization.The state-owned enterprises are treated well, and they are in charge of food and housing at the beginning, and they are also assigned school districts.Many people are proud of this, and having a job here is almost like finding the current official job.

Later, because Jin’an was located on the border, in the 70s, the entire state-owned enterprise decided to relocate to the inland area in large quantities. In addition, the judgment of the international situation was a little too extreme at that time, resulting in repeated and large-scale projects, so many factories began to be dismantled. Then there was a wave of closures and layoffs. Since then, this large state-owned factory that has just started has plummeted in an instant.

It can be said that Jin'an has come to an end without formal investment, but this does not prevent people from placing high hopes on it when it was first built.

The former bustling dormitory area has long been deserted. In the era of the rise of new buildings, this old-fashioned tube building has long been out of touch with the times. Under the ruined walls, there are huge demolition characters sprayed with paint everywhere, and the edges of the cement pavement are cracked. , the plastic shed of the commissary was blown backwards by the wind.

Fortunately, Bai Ye checked the information when he set off, and specially selected Wuling Hongguang who had a more outstanding personality and performance in the Public Security Bureau.

Hmm... yes, Wuling Hongguang is not afraid of bumps.

But don’t be afraid of bumping, the tube building of the dormitory in the industrial area is full of small alleys, and cars can’t drive in.Bai Ye found a place to park the car and said, "It's almost there, it should be nearby."

There is no property management here, and of course, there cannot be.

Xie Jing stood at the entrance of the corridor, glanced at the dark corridor inside, looked at Bai Ye who was looking for someone to ask for directions at the door, and was very puzzled.

Bai Ye bought two packs of counterfeit cigarettes from an old man in a canteen, and finally found out the specific building area in the jerky and incomprehensible voice mixed with thick dialect.

"This kind of building has at least dozens of households on the first floor. And it looks like most of the buildings are empty now. Are you sure Brother Dong didn't find the wrong person or the wrong place?"

"Zhao Dongdong is a bit skinny, but he still has a sense of proportion and efficiency in handling things." Bai Ye nodded affirmatively after finishing speaking.

In fact, Zhao Dongdong is not much younger than Bai Ye, as if they were the same age, but Zhao Dongdong is usually too childish.For example, he always likes to grab food, or he always likes to choke with others, especially when he quarrels with old Xiao Xiao Jianghui, he always clamors to sue his sister.Another example is that when you quarrel with Wu Zhongjie, you say that he is a tigress, and no one will wait in the future... This is very annoying.

Time passed slowly, and the last ray of the setting sun dissipated, but the heat didn't drop much.On the contrary, in the dark corridor, the damp and musty smell mixed with the years and years made it even more stuffy.It makes people feel that even the pores are clogged, as if there is indescribable dust and glue sticking to the skin, which makes people shiver.

Bai Ye turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone and said, "Or you wait outside, I'll go up and have a look and then come down."

Xie Jing smiled, shrugged indifferently, "I'm not so delicate, anyway, it's not much worse."

Bai Ye was startled, he didn't have time to delve into the meaning of the second part of his sentence, he only heard Xie Jing go up the stairs and asked, "Did you find out that you live here?"

"Oh." Bai Ye followed, holding his mobile phone to lead the way, "He's gone."

"Huh?" Xie Jing paused and returned to normal in an instant, "What does it mean that you are gone?"

"Judging from the adoption information extracted by the orphanage, Zhao Dongdong's investigation means that the couple who adopted Xiaoyun from the Seven Color Sunshine Children's Welfare Institute died in a car accident 12 years ago." Bai Ye squeezed sideways through the corridor A mountain of sundries piled up at the corner, and he carefully stepped on the hard-to-get-off steps, "It almost happened just after adopting that little cloud."

Xie Jing's eyes narrowed slightly in the darkness, "Then what happened later?"

"No news." Bai Ye stepped up the corridor first, and then used his mobile phone to guide him along the road, "This person seems to have evaporated out of thin air. At that time, social welfare was not as good as it is now, and because of the The environment where the adoptive couple lives is such a place with almost ten rooms and nine empty rooms, which did not arouse much social repercussions at all, and the death was recorded at the local police station. There is nothing else.”

Xie Jing didn't answer.

After a long time, he asked, "Are you sure that the adopted child is not with the couple?"

"It's been a long time, and the specific situation is mostly unclear." Bai Ye paused, "It is true that only the couple's bodies were found at the scene of the car accident. In many cases, it is actually quite easy to make a person disappear. .”

Unclear, don't know why, hearing this word now, Xie Jing suddenly felt palpitations.

Xie Jing raised his arms and hugged his chest, looking at the surrounding environment inch by inch, "Then what are you doing here now?"

"It stands to reason that after such a long time, even if you were looking for it, you would not be able to find the original residence. However, Zhao Dongdong searched yesterday and found that not long ago, someone had come to this place to inquire about the dead couple."

No wonder Bai Ye has such a high opinion of Zhao Dongdong. It is indeed possible to find so many in a short time.

As if guessing what Xie Jing was thinking, Bai Ye explained, "But that person didn't find out about this place, and that person still went to the police station to inquire about it. At that time, Zhao Dongdong checked the information and found it out. The person kept inquiring about it. The place where the couple lived, but because they could not provide relevant certificates, the police station did not inform them."

In this way, it is understandable that Bai Ye intends to come and take a look.Or you can directly contact the whole event.Zhao Xingui was killed, and before the accident, she had written a letter to Xiaoyun, a girl who had lived in the same orphanage.Regardless of whether the letter has been completed or sent, it means that the two are related.And this Xiaoyun was adopted, and the adopter died in a car accident. At this juncture, someone came to inquire about the couple's residence.

Although this sounds absurd and unreal, after all, the couple has been dead for 12 years, but during these 12 years, has anyone been to this place, or is there something hidden here? What about things?

With indescribable emotions, the two finally climbed to the highest floor—the seventh floor. The corridors that had long been unoccupied exuded an unspeakable musty smell. Every door inside the corridor was tightly closed, and the worn-out yellow wooden boards It is full of cracks, and it seems that it can be turned into powder with a light kick.

Bai Ye counted the positions from the entrance of the corridor, and stopped at the fifth door, "This is it."

Xie Jing looked at the clip that Bai Ye had prepared out of his pocket at some point, and his Adam's apple rolled, "We didn't say hello to the local police, and we didn't apply for a search warrant. Are we breaking into a private house?"

"No."

Xie Jing thought to himself, he really deserves to be the captain of the detachment, and his words are tough.

"We're breaking into a haunted house."

"..."

It was already dark, and Bai Ye had to pick the lock and use the mobile phone to illuminate, so it was inevitable that his hands would be a little awkward.But Xie Jing didn't have eyesight yet, so he asked, "Why didn't you kick the door directly?"

white night,"……"

The two stared at each other, and after a while, the lock finally opened with a "click" under Bai Ye's efforts, and Bai Ye said coldly, "This floor is unoccupied, which doesn't mean there are no other floors, do you know? How terrible is the sound insulation effect of this tube building?"

Can Xie Jing not know?It is said that people who lived in Tongzilou used to be embarrassed to quarrel, because once they quarreled, the whole building could hear them clearly, and everyone would go to persuade them to watch the excitement.Running on the top floor can make the whole floor scold.

"Oh." Xie Jing responded sullenly.

The room was opened, and the indescribable smell that had been accumulated for more than ten years without anyone living in it instantly hit the face.This house has not been lived in for so long, and the wires must have aged out of power long ago, so Bai Ye didn't bother to find the switch.

A house that no one lives in for a long time is not suitable for people to live in. Chinese people have always paid attention to Feng Shui.If a house is left unoccupied for a long time, the house will automatically become a shady house over time. Even if you want to live in it again, you still need to warm the house.

But if you really invite someone to see it, you may feel uneasy living in it in the future.

According to the information from Zhao Dongdong, the house belonged to the couple’s parents’ units at that time, and it belonged to the housing reform house. The property rights were purchased during the housing reform in the late 80s and early 90s.So after the accident, no one lived in it, so it has been idle.

Bai Ye held up the phone and looked around. The wall skin was peeling off, the floor tiles were cracked, and the wooden window frames had long been deformed and rusted. In the small living room of the old-fashioned house, there was a square wooden dining table, and the TV cabinet was directly opposite. The bedroom is on the right, and the structure of this kind of Tongzilou house is acceptable compared to most.Most of the time, houses like this basically only have a living area of ​​more than a dozen square meters.

Xie Jing was good at using his hand as a fan, "What can there be in this place? Could it be that there are guns and drugs hidden?" He glanced at the window lattice covered with a thick layer of dust, "Captain, I always feel that we are so unkind. After all, the deceased was— —”

Before he could utter the last word, he saw his team leader took out gloves and put them on for himself at some point, then went to open the bedroom door, and gave him a cold look, the meaning was obvious—shut up!

The layout of the bedroom is very simple, with a bed and a wardrobe, and nothing else on the dresser directly opposite the bed.

The already yellowed bedding reveals the old age history in the light and shadow, Bai Ye stood in the room and looked around, suddenly he was stunned.

——There was a photo on the dressing table. Because the whole thing was dark, Bai Ye didn't notice it at first.

It was a photo reflected by the fire light, and the tongue of fire burned to the edge of the photo, as if it was about to spurt out and devour everything immediately.

The photo didn't have any marks, and the year couldn't be seen, but Bai Ye couldn't help shaking his fingers, because the newness of the paper undoubtedly showed that the photo was definitely not more than ten years old at the longest.

That is, when the owner of this house was dead, someone sneaked into this room and put a photo of unknown meaning here.

He stared at the seemingly unremarkable photo that revealed an indescribably weird illusion, and there was always a strange feeling in his heart that couldn't be shaken off. Fear popped up inexplicably in his mind, and he became more and more nervous. Clear, getting deeper and deeper.

Xie Jing looked at the faint light coming in from the window sill, stretched out his hand and pushed open the deformed wooden window sash.

"Oh!"

As soon as the window was pushed open, the evening breeze came in immediately, and instantly dissipated a lot of the long-lasting musty smell in the room.

"Captain, did you find anything?"

In the old, musty room, Bai Ye suddenly came to his senses. He didn't know what he was thinking. He put the photo in his pocket by mistake, and then walked out and said, "I haven't found anything yet. It seems that I'm going to take a picture tomorrow." Say hello and apply for a search warrant."

Standing in front of the window, Xie Jing didn't know what he was thinking. From his hair to his forehead, bridge of nose, lips, even the back of his neck, and even his slender legs, he formed an elegant and unique silhouette.

Bai Ye looked at him and asked, "What are you thinking?"

"I was wondering, has that adopted child come back in the past ten years?"

Bai Ye suddenly thought of the photo he had just seen, and for a split second, the flames in the photo overlapped with the face of the girl in the orphanage with a good-looking sign, attacking him all at once.

"Huh?" Xie Jing saw his strangeness, walked to his side and patted his shoulder, "What's wrong?"

"Oh." Bai Ye came back to his senses, "It's nothing, let's go first." This is indeed because Bai Ye didn't think carefully, he didn't think about this situation beforehand, so he brought Xie Jing here without any professional equipment.Therefore, it cannot stay here for a long time, and it will affect the follow-up investigation work.

The two walked out of the house cautiously. Bai Ye took off his gloves, locked the door, turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone, and took him by the shoulders to lead him to the entrance of the corridor.

Before reaching the dark corridor, Bai Ye's hand holding his shoulder suddenly tightened a little, his face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Be careful!"

Before Xie Jing could react, Bai Ye had already pushed him behind him. The mobile phone in Bai Ye's hand fell down the corridor because of the subconscious movement of raising his hand to defend against an attack. The sound of crackling on the railing floor came from downstairs.

The accident came too fast, the light source had just been lost in the night, and the visual conditions were very poor.Bai Ye didn't have time to see what the coming person looked like, only to see the bright knife light flash past.Bai Ye bent down almost quickly, avoiding the sweeping blade, and then raised his foot to kick the opponent's head.

But Bai Ye underestimated that person. He was swept away by Bai Ye's thunder, but he just let out a muffled snort, and then rushed towards Bai Ye, grabbing and bumping into the railing.The railing, which had been in disrepair for a long time, could not bear the huge force and instantly deformed. The man threw Bai Ye and himself down the stairs.

Xie Jing stood firm and shouted, "Bai—"

Before he had time to jump down, his voice stopped abruptly as if he had been choked by the throat.

——The ghost figure that appeared from the deep and dark corridor at some time, the cold muzzle of the gun in his hand silently pressed against the back of his head.

It was the voice of a young man, with a gentle smile, he said softly, "Don't move."