Mystery Pursuit

Wu Yuzhou was wearing a loose hooded sweater with a sweater hat buttoned on his head. The dark hat made his face smaller. He was holding a shopping bag from a convenience store in his hand. He took off the earphones hanging from his ears and looked at Yu Ye blankly, " It’s really Team Yu, why are you here?”

Yu Ye put his hands in his pockets, rubbed the fabric in the pockets with his fingers, "A friend lives here...I'm here to talk to him...you live in this neighborhood too?"

Wu Yuzhou nodded.

Yu Ye smiled, "What a coincidence."

"Then I'll go up first, and I won't disturb the rest of the team." Wu Yuzhou's voice was flat and emotionless.

"Oh... well? How about your... headache? Seeing that you didn't come to the bureau this afternoon, it doesn't matter, right?" Yu Ye quietly let out a long breath.

"I encountered some unexpected situations in the afternoon, and I didn't have time to tell you, sorry."

"It's okay, in fact, you don't need to ask me for leave."

Wu Yuzhou smiled politely, and pointed upstairs, "See you tomorrow." After walking a few steps forward, he suddenly turned back, "By the way, is there any progress in the case today?"

Yu Ye's eyes that had just dimmed suddenly brightened again, "We met Zhang Xilai, there are many suspicious things about this man."

"If the rest of the team is not busy, can you tell me?"

"Zhang Xilai────"

Two tall men stood at the door of the building and quickly attracted the attention of the passing crowd. Wu Yuzhou realized that something was wrong and interrupted Yu Ye, "Why don't you go to my house to chat?"

Yu Ye racked his brains to think of a reason just now, but now he received Wu Yuzhou's initiative to invite him, feeling like a pie in the sky, he lowered his head and hooked the corner of his lower lip.

He never expected that Wu Yuzhou's house was so simple, almost like an empty house. There was only one sofa in the huge living room, and his mobile phone was placed on the sofa.

"Sit wherever you want." Wu Yuzhou opened the refrigerator, took out a bottle of ice water and handed it to Yu Ye.

Yu Ye looked at the mineral water in his hand, unscrewed the water and took a sip, his eyes still focused on the empty living room, "Are you a minimalist?"

"It's not too much, I just feel that things are too troublesome and affect thinking. What's the situation with Zhang Xilai?"

Seeing that Wu Yuzhou's face was cold and business-like, and he didn't intend to have a deep chat, Yu Ye didn't say anything else, and went straight to the topic to retell the content of today's interrogation.

"Wait a minute." Wu Yuzhou interrupted Yu Ye's words, and said with emphasis: "Who are they?"

Yu Ye was taken aback, and just noticed that Zhang Xi said, "I am much better than them, don't compare me with them."

At that time, Liu Qin was being discussed and no one else was mentioned, but Zhang Xi was not talking about her, not them. Who else is as crazy as Liu Qin?

Yu Ye explained the entire interrogation process, Wu Yuzhou said: "His absence proves that there is a problem."

"Well, let's go to his hometown tomorrow morning."

"Are you sure his wife is really dead?"

"There is a meeting in the afternoon, so I haven't had time to confirm this."

Wu Yuzhou stopped talking.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone into the living room, soft and quiet, surrounded by pure white walls, Yu Ye felt an unprecedented peace of mind, and his thoughts gushed out like spring water. During the interrogation, he wondered, Zhang Xilai really hated Liu Qin, but the reason was not enough to convince others , the real reason has never been figured out, and now Wu Yuzhou is facing the bull's-eye with a few sentences to solve his confusion. It is very likely that Zhang Xilai's wife did not commit suicide, but went crazy, or she was crazy before she died, I want to understand this , he said, "Shall we go together tomorrow?"

"I'm not going."

They sat next to each other, but silence erected a wall between them, Yu Ye couldn't stay any longer, got up and said goodbye, the elevator door closed, and in the space where there was only one person, his brain quickly rewound, starting from Wu Yuzhou entering the door, everyone The screen slows down and restarts.

No matter what a person looks like, the residence can best reflect the real side. Wu Yuzhou's house has very few things, and the minimalist style is completely different from Zhou Qizheng.Zhou Qizheng likes shopping the most. The wardrobe in the dormitory can't fit his clothes, and Yu Ye has to spare half of the cabinet for him. It's almost impossible for him to do minimalism.

Wu Yuzhou was carrying fast food, bread, and milk sold in convenience stores. He didn't cook, and he didn't have high requirements for food. Zhou Qizheng also hated cooking, but he wouldn't eat bread, a food with high GI and high calories.

The watermelon on the first floor of the refrigerator is Zhou Qizheng's favorite fruit, but the second and third floors are filled with ice water. Zhou Qizheng is like a child who likes to drink fruit juice and hates pure water the most.

This home exploration confirmed Lin Jie's deduction. Wu Yuzhou could not be Zhou Qizheng. Yu Ye had always had illusions, thinking that Wu Yuzhou was performed by Zhou Qizheng. With evidence, now the illusion is self-defeating, no one can act so realistically, silent and cold, with a sense of alienation, this is the real Wu Yuzhou.

At the entrance of the convenience store, Yu Ye got out of the car and bought a pack of cigarettes.

When he first entered the police academy, Yu Ye didn't know that he liked men, and he didn't know that Zhou Qizheng fell in love with him at first sight. The brotherhood didn't last long, and Zhou Qizheng couldn't bear to confess his love. for a while.

It was the first time that Zhou Qizheng met a person whose heart was fluttering. He seemed to be poisoned. He didn't care about other people's gazes, he didn't care about the other person's attitude, he had no chance to create opportunities, and he didn't have the conditions to create conditions.

They are both first loves, holding hands so excitedly that they can't sleep half the night, everything they have done is unforgettable, Zhou Qizheng hates the smell of cigarettes, Yu Ye quit smoking for 12 years.

Now he relapsed, coughing with choking on the first puff of cigarette, Yu Ye stared at the half of the cigarette between his fingers, laughing at himself, because Zhou Qi was quitting smoking 12 years ago, after a reincarnation, he relapsed because of someone who looked exactly like him.

After smoking a cigarette, Yu Ye put his past and doubts about Wu Yuzhou behind him, drove back to the city bureau, and checked Zhang Xilai's wife on the intranet. Sure enough, the household registration information did not show that she was dead.

This question was brought up by Wu Yuzhou, out of politeness Yu Ye sent him a WeChat message, [Zhang Xilai's wife is not dead]

Wu Yuzhou: [I will go with you tomorrow morning. 】

When I went to Shangshui Village, I asked a few young people passing by, but none of them knew Zhang Xilai. In desperation, I had no choice but to go to the village committee to find the village head.

The village chief smiled when he heard the words, "If you want to call Zhang lunatic, those young people will know him."

Yu Ye frowned, "Zhang Xilai's mental state is normal, how can he call Zhang crazy?"

The village chief poured them each a glass of water and talked about the past.

After Zhang Xue was lost, the Zhang family attributed all the faults to Zhang Xilai's wife, the seven aunts and the eight aunts. Under the accusations made by you and me, her mental state deteriorated day by day. After sitting for a day, watching the distance and waiting for the child to come back, the neighbors found something abnormal and told Zhang Xilai.

Zhang Xilai also has resentment towards his wife, and looking for children everywhere, he has no time to take care of them, and his parents-in-law don’t even care about them. After a long time, she cried and laughed when she had mental problems. When she saw little girls in the village chasing her, some little girls fell ill from fright. Zhang Xi used all the money to find the child, but he couldn't afford to see a doctor for the little girl. In the end, the little girl's parents paid for the treatment of the child out of their own pockets.

Other families with girls in the village did not dare to let their children out. The little girls lived in a shadow, and the children had to go to school and play. It was not an option to stay bored at home for a long time. The village head asked Zhang Xi to talk and asked him to think of a way Or send your wife to a mental hospital.

Zhang Xilai had no money to send his wife to the hospital, so he locked her in a warehouse with iron chains. Later, he went out to look for children, and his wife was left alone. She often screamed and made various strange noises when she was hungry, which scared the villagers away from her. Zhang family.

Zhang Xilai's wife married from a faraway province, and her family is too far away to help her. The Zhang family's relatives don't care about it. It's obvious that Zhang Xilai's wife is going to starve to death. Zhang Xilai's wife is also a kind neighbor next door. Change clothes.

Perhaps the longing for her daughter's return was strong. Zhang Xilai's wife was so tenacious that she lived in a warehouse with iron locks for more than ten years. The old lady next door passed away the year before, and no one came to take care of her, so she started crying again. The villagers came to the village head one after another, asking to send her to a nursing home or a mental hospital, but she had a husband who did not meet the standards. The village head had no choice but to ask his wife to deliver her two meals a day.

Last year, a villager saw Zhang Xilai in the city. The village head hurried to the city to look for him. He was found, but he obviously didn't want to take care of his wife's affairs, and told the village head not to bring food to his wife.

Anyway, it’s a human life, the village chief couldn’t bear it, so he asked his wife to continue to deliver the food. Three or four months ago, the lunatic yelled and yelled while eating. , report directly to the Public Security Bureau.

Zhang Xilai was frightened, so he just came back, and somehow, the lunatic stopped shouting the next day.

Now Yu Ye fully understands why Zhang Xilai hates Liu Qin. After learning about the situation, the village head led the way to Zhang Xilai's house.

The broken wooden door fell apart with a slight kick, the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and the house was in disrepair for a long time. Compared with the new houses on both sides, it looked like an old man who was sluggish, wasting the last time of his life, and there was no vitality at all. The glass on the window frame has long been shattered, looking from a distance, it looks like two dark eyes, patrolling the passing crowd.

Standing in the courtyard, it was like stepping into a horror movie. It was dark and desolate. The warehouse where Zhang Xilai’s wife lived was now a dilapidated building, which might collapse at any time. Yu Ye pointed to the cracked wooden beams, “This house is too It's dangerous, why don't you get people out?"

"After all, this is a private matter of the Zhang family, and no one else can interfere... and she is mentally abnormal, where will she be sent? Who dares to keep her? The people in the village are not rich, and they barely make ends meet. Who has spare money to support her? What's more, her relatives don't care."

The words of the village chief sounded indifferent, but they told the truth. There are often news about the elderly being abused by their children, let alone the mentally ill who need someone to take care of them. Yu Ye sighed and didn't say anything else.

Zhang Xilai's wife was naked with iron chains on her feet, and stared blankly at the three people at the door. She was about the same age as Zhang Xilai, but her hair was half gray, and she looked like she was 60 or [-] years old.

One end of the iron chain was nailed into the ground, and the surface was covered with stones. She could only move around around the stone. She ate, drank, slept, and slept all in the warehouse, and no one cleaned it up. The chief avoided the door and hid aside, "How about we go out and talk?"

As soon as the words were finished, Yu Ye raised his legs and stepped over the wooden boards at the door, and went in. He bent down to remove the stone on the iron chain, but the stone was too big to be moved the first time, so he stood up straight and took a breath, ready to move it for the second time. The next time, they found that the iron chains under Zhang Xilai's wife's feet had been opened, and the iron locks were thrown aside. Wu Yuzhou was helping her to go out, wearing Yuzhou's coat.

Yu Ye: "..." I didn't expect to open the lock directly.

The condition of Zhang Xilai's wife is not as serious as that of Liu Qin. When Yu Ye and Wu Yuzhou rescued her, they didn't yell or hit anyone. They just stared blankly. The moment she came out of the warehouse, she looked up at the sky with dull eyes. There was light, and a smile appeared on the lips.

The village head watched the three pass by, and it took a while before he realized it, and hurried to catch up.

On the way back, Wu Yuzhou was driving, and Yu Ye accompanied Zhang Xilai's wife. She was very quiet and kept staring out the car window, not like the mental patient in everyone's impression.

Seeing that she was in a stable mood, Yu Ye was relieved a little, took out his cell phone and called Lin Jie, "Zhang Xilai lied a lot yesterday, bring him to the bureau right away, I'll be there in half an hour."