The Swan Bay Murders

"According to the official information from the X City Public Security Bureau, at around 10:29 on October 18, a man was found dead in a residential building in the Swan Bay Community. The body was hung on the wall, and the specific cause of death needs further investigation."

Xing Baichuan got off the plane, more than ten hours of flying was enough to make him exhausted, his brows were furrowed, his shirt was wrinkled, his whole body was wrapped in tiredness, but he couldn't rest yet because there were more important things to do Waiting for him to face it.

As soon as Xing Baichuan came out after picking up his luggage, he saw the news broadcast on the TV at the airport. Facing the TV, he stopped and watched the blurred picture flash by.

Xing Baichuan recalled that the coat that the person in the picture was wearing just now was bought by him during the Spring Festival the year before last. At that time, the other party complained to him that the style was too mature and could only be pressed on the bottom of the suitcase.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth hard, his cheekbone protruding obviously.

At the airport in a hurry, no one knew that the dead man on TV was his younger brother Xing Bolin. His mother came out 5 minutes later than him when she gave birth, and she called him "brother" for nearly 30 years.

The two brothers had a good relationship since they were young, and they had to share an apple. When they were in college, Xing Baichuan chose to go abroad, while Xing Bailin stayed in China.

In Xing Baichuan's heart, his younger brother has always been the best student and the most sensible child, and he also studied in a famous university in China, no matter his grades, character or appearance, he can be regarded as top-notch.

After graduating from undergraduate, he stayed abroad to work, while his younger brother continued to study in graduate school. Over the past few years, his career has become bigger and bigger, and he has become more and more busy. Working in a well-known foreign company, the starting salary is very high, and the development prospect is also good.

The parents are very satisfied with the two brothers, a family of four, separated in three places, the children are busy, and they can't go home several times throughout the year.

In the past two years, Xing Baichuan took the two elders to live abroad. After all, compared to here, the overall environment where he lives is more suitable for people to live in. The two brothers are studying and plan to let their parents retire there in the future.

When Xing Baichuan picked up his parents to go abroad, his younger brother already had a stable relationship, but no one in his family had ever met that lover.

It is worth mentioning that both of their brothers are gay. If there is one thing that makes their parents particularly headache, it is probably this.

Back then, the two of them made an appointment to come out together, causing their mother to stay in the hospital for more than half a month. That period was the most difficult time in their lives. Xing Baichuan squatted outside the hospital all day smoking, and Xing Bolin didn't dare to enter the ward. Secretly lying at the door to see my mother.

The two feel guilty in their hearts, but this kind of thing is not something that can be changed by guilt.

Fortunately, all the knots were untied later, and the parents gradually accepted this fact.

Last month, they each celebrated their 29th birthdays, and they are turning [-], when men mature.

It was originally agreed that he would go back to China with his parents to reunite with his younger brother, and he happened to meet Xing Bolin's boyfriend, whom he had only heard of by name but never met, but it was delayed because of the company's affairs.

On their birthday, they had a video with Xing Bolin who was far abroad. At that time, Xing Bolin looked as usual, sunny, joking, and planned to buy a house next year. Xing Baichuan can help with the down payment. He repaid the loan with his boyfriend.

Unexpectedly, it was only a month, and it turned out that Yin and Yang were separated when they met again.

Xing Baichuan didn't dare to tell his parents about this. Recently, his father's blood pressure has risen and he can't sleep well every day. I understand, it's not too late to tell my parents.

The sudden death of his younger brother was a huge injury and blow to any of them. Xing Baichuan was very afraid of facing his parents, and he didn't know how to tell them such news that would break them down.

The news has skipped to the next one, Xing Baichuan withdrew his gaze and continued to walk outside.

Outside the airport, a man in a black windbreaker was waiting for him. The man's face was pale, his eyes were downcast, and he looked devastated.

He walked over with his luggage, and the other party seemed to be distracted, and he couldn't recover until he walked in front of him.

"Hello, is this Li Jiangluo?" After Xing Baichuan asked, the other party seemed to be startled, shrugged his shoulders, and finally raised his eyes to look at him.

He saw that the man's eyes were slightly red, even a little swollen, with obvious dark circles, and he was very haggard, as if he hadn't had a good rest for a long time.

"You, hello." Li Jiangluo nodded slightly, reaching out to pick up Xing Baichuan's luggage.

"I can come by myself." Xing Baichuan pulled the suitcase behind him and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Should be."

Li Jiangluo glanced at Xing Baichuan and thought, should I smile politely?But in this case, who can laugh?

He didn't say anything more, and took Xing Baichuan out.

Xing Baichuan walked behind, his eyes following the people in front.

The man's height looks to be about 176, a little thin, I don't know if it was originally like this, or because of a certain incident, he suddenly became thinner recently, the windbreaker couldn't hold up on him, as if he had stolen someone else's clothes.

Li Jiangluo is Xing Bailin's boyfriend. The two have been dating for almost three years. It was the first time that Xing Baichuan saw the good-looking boyfriend that his younger brother said, and there was still a certain gap between him and his imagination.

It is said that Li Jiangluo is Xing Bolin's junior, he is two years younger than him. The two met at school because they were in the same club. However, the relationship was not very close at that time. After graduating, it happened that the companies of the two were very close, so they had a lot of contact.

In this way, you come and go, love develops for a long time, two outstanding young people come together, except that they cannot get married, others are envious of others.

But Xing Baichuan thinks that everything has another side. What can be seen and heard by others is not necessarily everything, just like a poker card, the back is facing you, and he tells you: This card of mine is a heart.

But you don't know whether it is a spade or a heart.

Of course, he still wanted his brother to be happy, but it was useless to say anything now, his brother was gone.

Li Jiangluo took Xing Baichuan to wait in line for a taxi, and the autumn wind unceremoniously bumped into them and their faces. Li Jiangluo rubbed his nose and said with some embarrassment: "I'm really sorry, I'm not in a very good state Well, I didn’t dare to drive out.”

"You're right." Xing Baichuan looked at him and said, "Let's go directly to the police station."

Li Jiangluo nodded and said, "Okay."

The two had nothing to say all the way. If they met in other circumstances, they should be able to talk freely. After all, according to Xing Bailin, they have similar hobbies.

However, the only person who can connect them is dead, and the most important person to them, no one has the mood to chat anymore.

It took them a total of 45 minutes from the airport to the police station.

After arriving at the destination, Li Jiangluo paid the money, and when he got off the bus, Xing Baichuan had already taken out the suitcase and was standing there waiting for him.

They looked at each other, nodded to each other, and Li Jiangluo walked in with him.

The police officer in charge of this case happened to be there. When he saw Li Jiangluo, he froze for a moment, glanced at the man who followed in, and then waved to Li Jiangluo to come over.

"Officer Xu, this is Berlin's brother." Li Jiangluo introduced them, his voice still a little hoarse, "Mr. Xing, this is Officer Xu who is in charge of the Berlin case."

"Hi, my name is Xu Zhao." Officer Xu extended his hand and politely introduced himself.

Xing Baichuan looked at the police officer in front of him. He looked about [-] years old, wearing a neat police uniform, with blue stubble on his chin. He shook hands with Xu Zhao and asked, "Officer Xu, can I trouble you?" Can you tell me about my brother's situation in detail?"

Xu Zhao tidied up the things on the table, held them in his hands, and asked Xing Baichuan and Li Jiangluo to follow him to the office inside.

The layout of this office is very simple. After entering, there is a table. Behind the table is a filing cabinet that blocks the entire wall except for a swivel chair. There is a black double sofa on the left, and there is a wall next to the door. There is a row of chairs.

Xu Zhao sat on the swivel chair and put down the things in his hands. Li Jiangluo quietly moved two chairs to the table and signaled Xing Baichuan to sit first.

"The results of the forensic medical examination have not yet come out, so I can give you a general overview of the situation." Xu Zhao lit a cigarette, and pushed the photos on the table to Xing Baichuan.

Li Jiangluo glanced, frowned, and turned his face to the side.

Xu Zhao noticed his movements, took a deep look at him, turned his eyes away and said to Xing Baichuan: "There are two causes of death, one is that the knife in the abdomen caused excessive blood loss, and the other is that he was suffocated by the hemp rope."

"Who is the suspect? Why did you kill my brother?" This is the question Xing Baichuan has always wanted to ask.

"At present, it is not sure whether it was a homicide or a suicide, and we have to wait for the forensic report." Xu Zhao glanced at Li Jiangluo again, and said with a cigarette in his mouth, "Speaking of irresponsibility, according to my experience, it is a suicide. "

"No." Li Jiangluo turned around and said coldly, "It is impossible for Berlin to commit suicide. He has no reason to do so."

Xu Zhao shrugged, did not speak, and kept staring at Li Jiangluo.

Looking at those photos, Xing Baichuan trembled in shock. His younger brother was leaning against the wall, with a hemp rope tightly around his neck, and a knife stuck in his abdomen. He was familiar with that knife. There was a letter engraved by him, which was a gift from his younger brother when he graduated from university, but he did not expect that the knife would be inserted into his body a few years later.

Xing Baichuan felt like a person who couldn't swim at all was pushed into the sea, he sank little by little, and lost the air he depended on for survival little by little.

He gasped hard, clenched his fists tightly.

Xu Zhao put away those photos and put them back in the file bag. He had almost smoked and said, "I have some questions and I need to talk to Mr. Xing alone."

Li Jiangluo listened, and before he could say another word, he stood up and said to Xing Baichuan, "I'll go out and wait for you."

Xing Baichuan was still immersed in the grief of his brother's tragic death, and did not respond to Li Jiangluo.

Li Jiangluo looked at him, then at Xu Zhao, and went out under the gaze of that man.

"Mr. Xing, do you think your brother may commit suicide?"

The sky was gloomy, as if it would rain heavily at any moment.

Wrapped in a windbreaker, Li Jiangluo led Xing Baichuan out of the police station without saying a word, both of them were preoccupied.

It has been two days since Xing Bailin passed away, and they are eager to know the cause of death.

If it was suicide, why?

If it was murder, who would it be?

Due to the autopsy, Xing Baichuan couldn't see his brother's body with his own eyes. That's fine, he couldn't accept the fact that Xing Baichuan had died.

"Mr. Xing, I've booked a hotel for you, let's take you there now." Li Jiangluo arranged everything very well, although there was a suspicion of being forced.

Xing Baichuan nodded and said to him, "Just like Berlin, you can just call me Big Brother. Can we talk later?"

Li Jiangluo froze for a moment, then said, "Okay."

They left in a taxi. Xu Zhao stood by the window of the office and watched the two people. He didn't light another cigarette until the car disappeared.

The smog filled his eyes.

At this time, someone knocked on the door, and he looked back.

"Captain, Xing Bolin's autopsy report is out."

Xu Zhao stubbed out his cigarette and walked out of the office.