Mystery Pursuit

Wu Yuzhou and Yu Ye hurried back to the Municipal Bureau, Li Yan had already arrived, Wu Fei poured him some water, and waited quietly in the small conference room.

Before coming here, Wu Yuzhou had seen Li Yan's photo, and when he saw him in person, he was still a little startled. Li Yan was unkempt, with blood on the corner of his mouth, wearing a white down jacket with black and yellow cuffs, and someone slashed his back. The goose feathers flew out, leaving a thin layer of inner lining, frostbite on the back of the hand, holding a paper cup with ten fingers, black and long nails, the glue on the cotton shoes under the feet, the little toes were exposed, and the whole body smelled bad. Chinese.

Wu Yuzhou couldn't understand why a young man who looked decent the last time he met had turned into this in just two months.

Wu Fei glanced at Li Yan with a little distaste, and curled his lips: "He sneaked into the restaurant, stole the food from the guests' table and was caught, ruining people's interest in eating. The guests at that table were all young and old. Naturally, it was impossible to let him off lightly. Several young men dragged him outside the door and beat him up severely. He didn't fight back the whole time, but he was not stupid enough to protect his head. If the hotel owner didn't come out to dissuade him, he would be beaten kill.

I know that when the news got out, those people finished beating and left. He lay on the ground with his head buried in his arms, and no one could pull him up. In the end, my classmate and I forcefully pulled him up. Weeping, it turned out that she had been crying on the ground all the time, and it was so uncomfortable to watch.

I took him back and asked him all the way without saying anything, is he dumb? "

Wu Yuzhou shook his head, "Xiao Wu help me order a meal for him, and the money will be sent to you later."

"You have been searching for several days but haven't found anyone. It is fate that I met him for dinner. I invite you to this meal. Brother Zhou, please don't compete with me." Wu Fei said while placing an order for takeaway.

Li Yan held the paper cup tightly with both hands and turned it from time to time. He was using the hot water in the cup to keep warm. Wu Yuzhou poured another cup of hot water and handed it to him, "The cup is getting cold, drink it quickly. I'll use this cup to warm your hands."

Li Yan glanced at him vigilantly, and still held the original paper cup in his hand. When Wu Yuzhou got up, he took the newly poured hot water in his hand, as if someone had snatched it, and then drank the original cup of warm water up.

The three looked at each other and sat quietly for a while, Wu Yuzhou tentatively asked, "Why didn't you go out to find a job?"

Li Yan didn't say anything.

Wu Yuzhou took out a cigarette and threw one over, "I smelled smoke on you that day, should you smoke? Sit with one and sit."

Li Yan stared at the cigarette on the table, moved his nostrils on both sides, scanned the three people across the table, and slowly lowered his head without taking the cigarette.

"There is no poison in the smoke, I will not harm you."

Li Yan held the hot water cup, his eyes were still vigilant, and he stammered, "You...you...deceived...Ade and Huanhuan...were killed by you."

"They committed murder and violated the law, and I'm just the executor." Wu Yuzhou explained.

"Nonsense...if you don't catch...they'll be fine..."

Just as Wu Yuzhou was about to speak, Yu Ye touched him under the table to signal not to speak, he lowered his face and said coldly: "Since you regard us as enemies, then don't stay in the police station, let's go outside to pick up trash Sleeping in the snow, being beaten and scolded, living like a dog."

Li Yan moved his mouth, bit his lip with his upper teeth, and stared at Yu Ye fiercely. He had had enough of wandering around like a dog, and wanted to return to a normal life, but he didn't know how to take this step. Pull it out for everyone to see.

"If you don't want to leave, I will provide you with three meals a day and a stable residence until you return to work. Of course, these benefits are not for free. I ask you to truthfully explain Wang Zijia's affairs."

While talking, the meal arrived, Wu Fei went downstairs to take the meal back, put it on the table, and immediately pushed it in front of Li Yan.

Li Yan gulped down his saliva and reached out to grab it, but Yu Ye dragged him back first, "The meal wasn't brought by the strong wind. If you want to fill your stomach, first tell Wang Zijia about it."

Li Yan hadn't had a full meal for nearly four days, and Li Yan was so hungry that he stared at the lunch box, "Wang Zijia...what's wrong?"

"You two are inseparable, don't you know what happened to him?" Yu Ye's tone was serious, his eyes were majestic.

Li Yan still stared at the box lunch, not looking directly at him, "I...don't know."

Yu Ye picked up the lunch box and pretended to throw it into the trash can.

Li Yan stood up in a hurry, his upper body crossed the table and reached out to grab it, shouting: "Don't throw it."

Yu Ye stopped moving, "If you want to eat, be honest."

These days, all he ate was leftovers from cold rice. His stomach ached when he couldn’t fill his stomach. A hot meal was too tempting for Li Yan. He was discouraged and sat back on the stool, “Zijia is dead.”

"How did you die? Tell me clearly."

"I do not know."

"Knowing he's dead, but not knowing how, should we believe that? You'd better be honest."

Li Yan suddenly raised his voice and roared angrily: "I really don't know...the last time I escaped from you, Wang Zijia and I worked separately, and we didn't have much contact during that time. A few days ago, I suddenly received a text message, which said: Wang Zijia Jia is dead, if you don't want to die, you'd better be honest.

An unfamiliar mobile phone number, the other party did not leave a signature. I was terrified, so I quit my job, threw away my mobile phone, and hid everywhere. I was afraid of being killed like ants. I didn’t dare to go out to find a job. Can sleep in McDonald's, pick up trash, and eat other people's leftover food. "

"Who do you think killed Wang Zijia? Does Wang Zijia have any enemies? Or your common enemies?"

"I don't know...he follows Brother Sen. Although Brother Sen has a bad temper, Wang Zijia is good. He takes good care of him in daily necessities. If he didn't make a particularly serious mistake, Brother Sen couldn't have killed him." Speaking of which, Li Yan He suddenly smiled, "Aren't you the only ones who are his enemies? Maybe you killed someone, and then came to investigate in a hypocritical manner."

"We are very busy with work and don't have time to kill people. Does Shang Jiucun know?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard of it."

"Has Wang Zijia been to Shangjiu Village before?"

"I don't know, there shouldn't be. We are not conjoined twins. It is impossible to be together all the time."

"His body was found in a lake near Shangjiu Village. The lake had already frozen in this cold weather. The body was caught during winter fishing. He was completely naked and his body was soaked in water. If you go there It's impossible to recognize him."

Yu Ye's voice was steady, describing objectively with the normal tone of a bystander. Li Yan first trembled slightly, then clenched his hands into fists and clenched his teeth, "Stop talking...I don't want to hear it."

Yu Ye continued on without stopping: "He is young and strong, how could he be thrown into the icy water? Under such low temperature water, he will freeze to death if he doesn't choke to death."

Li Yan stopped talking, his body was shaking more and more, his feet stepped on the edge of the chair, he curled up his legs, and buried his head between his knees.

Wu Yuzhou and Yu Ye looked at each other, their eyes said: what is he afraid of?

Wu Yuzhou took another glass of water and put it in front of Li Yan, and patted his back with his palm, "Pour you another glass of hot water, let's get up and eat first."

The calm voice and the gentle speed of speech have a strong soothing effect. Li Yan gradually walked out of the fear, and looked up carefully at the boxed lunch on the table.

Yu Ye pushed the rice over.

Li Yan snatched the lunch box, opened the lunch box, and ate with big mouthfuls, his cheeks were bulging, and within a few minutes he finished a box of lunch. He didn't drink the newly poured water from Wu Yuzhou, but shook hands to warm his hands.

The heating in the small conference room was not cold enough. Li Yan sat in for nearly an hour, and the coldness dissipated long ago. He still held the hot water cup tightly, as if he was very cold.

"What were you doing during these two months?" Wu Yuzhou asked.

"Find a new job and help out in the back kitchen of a restaurant."

"Since you're at work, where will you live if you don't go home at night?"

"The hotel has dormitories."

"If you have a dormitory, rent another house without refund?"

"No matter the dormitory provided by the hotel, or the place where Wang Zijia and Sen lived, it is not our home. Once we are fired or we don't work with Sen, we will be homeless. We need a home. When we encounter difficulties, we will not be home. As for having no land to live in, that’s why the house has not been returned.”

"I didn't go to live this time. I'm afraid that people who send you anonymous text messages will find you in the rental house?"

Li Yan nodded in agreement.

Wu Fei interjected and asked, "The name and address of the restaurant?"

"Xinhua Street in the old city, Wang Ge BBQ."

"During these two months, how many times have you met Wang Zijia? What happened then?"

Li Yan thought for a while and said: "I have met twice in total. Once his girlfriend celebrated her birthday and invited me over for dinner. The second time was on the street. I ran into him and his other girlfriend by chance. We ate and drank by the way. Had a drink."

Wu Yuzhou: "Did you know what he was doing during this period? Have you contacted by mobile phone?"

"What can he do? Just help Brother Sheng run errands to collect money, and rush forward to fight if something happens... If there is nothing wrong, don't contact me very much.

Yu Ye asked, "He has two girlfriends?"

"Well, at most three of them together." Speaking of this, Li Yan relaxed a lot, with admiration in his eyes.

"How is his relationship with his two girlfriends?"

"He is a master in this field. He has been like this for a long time. He has never overturned. These two girls don't know each other's existence, and they both love him to death."

"What's your girlfriend's name? Where do you live?"

"Zhang Yuanyuan, and the other is Li Qing. I don't know where he lives. Zhang Yuanyuan works as a cashier at Shengge KTV. Li Qing is a salesman for Wanjiafu Supermarket. I don't often meet his girlfriend, that's all I know."

Yu Ye wrote down the information of the two, and then asked, "Has he had any quarrels with these two girls in the past two months? Or has there been any unhappiness?"

"I don't know, he didn't tell me."

After Wu Yuzhou changed the topic, the conversation with Li Yan was much smoother than before. After talking about these words, it was already late at night. Yu Ye took Li Yan to his other single apartment, arranged for him to live in the apartment, and then drove Wu Yuzhou home On the way, he said: "Li Yan first resisted communicating with us, because after the food communicated with us, the first half of the situation was very bad, especially when I described Wang Zijia's death, the second half did not talk about Wang Zijia's death. He was obviously much more relaxed than before. This is a bit strange, why is he so afraid of Wang Zijia's death?"

"He lied, or hid something from us. In tonight's speech, the second half is more credible than the first half."

"That text message?"

"I don't know who sent a threatening text message. It's impossible to scare him like this? Judging from his reaction, he should have experienced something very scary for him, which can leave a deep psychological shadow."

Yu Ye: "Looks like I have to talk to this kid again tomorrow to dig out his hidden things."