Criminal Investigation: Forbidden Rose

When Xia Yi arrived in a hurry, he happened to see the fresh cold chain truck rushing out of the fault of the bridge at the fastest speed. After staying in the air for a few seconds, it fell into the rushing river with a "crash".

He didn't have time to wait for the water search and rescue team, so he called for help and jumped down.Yan Jingjing kept mentioning "water retrograde" to him during this time. Xia Yi didn't know what water retrograde meant, but he felt that he had a really crazy relationship with water recently.

The river was not small, and Xia Yi didn't have any diving equipment, not even flippers.The only good news is that the river is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and the terrain is uneven. The small truck rushed out for a certain distance with the current, but got stuck on the river bed about 30 meters deep, and did not sink to 80 meters.

Otherwise, Xia Yi wouldn't be able to dive so deep without flippers.

The first person Xia Yi got was Ji Tong.I don't know if this woman changed her mind halfway, or if she planned to escape.She opened the car door before the car fell into the water.But she was unlucky. After losing the protection of the car, she was pushed out by a river current, and the back of her head hit the stones on both sides of the river, and she fainted on the spot.

Shao Lin's motorcycle was still parked by the side of the road, so Xia Yi knew he was in the car.

He quickly handcuffed Ji Tong to the iron pole of the roadside traffic sign, and hurriedly went into the water again.

……

Shao Lin heard the sound of slapping outside, and quickly picked up the iron frame beside him and beat the cabin to signal that there was someone inside.

He shouted hoarsely: "The door is locked, the key!"

But there was no response from the other side.

Shao Lin didn't know what it would be like for his trembling voice to reach the other party's ears through the air, the thick cabin and the river water.Just breathing has exhausted all his strength...

So, Shao Lin stretched out his hand and knocked rhythmically on the cabin.

Knock lightly with the knuckles to represent the short line "tick", and tap hard with the palm to represent the long line "tap". There is a silent gap between letters.In this way, he used Morse code to spell the three letters "KEY" - the key.

After typing once, he repeated it again.

The other party seemed to understand, and quickly replied with a "da-di-da-di", the letter C-meaning copy, received.

Soon, the other party knocked another "BRB".

Berightback.

Be right back.

Then, there was no sound outside the door.

Shao Lin pressed the back of his head against the cold cabin, thinking in his heart: Ji Tong, that crazy woman, don't throw the keys into the river.

If the key is lost...

He didn't want to think about it any more.

Shao Lin reached out to touch the tattoo on his waist almost unconsciously, and his palm rubbed against the rose for a moment.Soon, Shao Lin withdrew his hand again, and kissed his palm before clenching into a fist.

In his mind, a man's voice emerged, mellow, slightly hoarse, filled with endless love and tenderness——

Bemylittlehero. (Be my little hero)

Shao Lin silently said countless times in his heart - you will bless me.Is it right?

……

I don't know how much time has passed.The river water has submerged the place where Shao Lin's head was before.Now, he needs to grab the roof handle to get air.

Finally, there were three crisp "clicks" from outside the cabin door, and those beautiful voices knocked on Shao Lin's heart.

However, there is still the last quarter of the air in the cabin, and the water pressure outside is much higher than the air pressure. Unless the water fills the entire cabin, the door cannot be opened even if the lock is unlocked.Shao Lin had to wait for the water to completely submerge the carriage before he had a chance to get out.Based on the speed of the water inflow, he reckoned that he would have to wait another 2 minutes.

At the same time, a series of knocking sounds came from outside the cabin door.

"RU OK?"

Shao Lin replied with "OK" and then "2MIN".

Unexpectedly, the other party started knocking again, this time knocking a long string: "GuesswhoIam." (guess who I am)

Shao Lin: "..."

It seems that shutting up the mouth in the water can't stop the chatterbox.No matter when and where, they can chat with people.

Shao Lin replied with an abbreviation speechlessly: "XY."

The other party seemed very happy, and immediately spelled out: "WOOF!" (Wang)

At first, Shao Lin thought he had solved the wrong letter, but when he realized it, he grinned silently.But at this moment, his eyes were pitch black, his whole body was drenched, his fingers trembled uncontrollably, and the tip of his nose was only 15 centimeters away from the roof of the car... Shao Lin couldn't believe that he was in such a bad situation, He actually laughed like a fool because of those four letters.

No one will see.

He looked up, smiling happily.

Eye sockets are wet from laughing.

Tears slipped into the water, and he couldn't tell the difference.

Shao Lin took a deep breath of air for the last time.

At that moment, he suddenly thought of many things.

He promised He Lianyun to visit his house again next week.His Rox coffee buy ten get one free card is short of the last bear stamp.By the way, Xia Yi kept yelling that he would take him to pet his two furry sons... Because he was a bit of a clean freak, he didn't want to pet stray dogs at all.

If I can survive this time——

Shao Lin thought nonchalantly that he must accompany Xia Yi to walk the dog.Not only does he have to accompany people to walk the dog, but he also has to buy two bags of luxurious dog food for his son.

But time is running out.The river water completely submerged the carriage, Shao Lin dived into the water, and pushed open the door with all his might—pushing into a hard and warm embrace.

The light of the flashlight hits the distance, and the river is dark and muddy. Without the help of flippers, people are easily blown away by the current.

But Xia Yi pulled him with a strong and warm palm.

Shao Lin didn't know how far he was from the water.He only knows that he can't float up too fast, and he must exhale all the way - because every ten meters underwater, the pressure will increase by one atmosphere, and the compressed gas in his lungs will expand as he rises, and if he holds his breath, he will directly explode lung.

The breath was gradually exhausted in one breath, but Shao Lin felt that the end of the water could not be seen at a glance.The burning feeling in the lungs became more and more intense, until finally, the diaphragm began to tremble...

The mind goes blank for a moment.

When his consciousness came online again, Xia Yi dragged him to the bank of the river.

The noise in the city air was unimaginably loud.Shao Lin has never felt that the heavily polluted air is so sweet, and the gravel-covered mud floor is so reassuring.

He coughed violently, spit out a few mouthfuls of water, and was hugged tightly by Xia Yi kneeling.

"You refused to go to the hot spring with me last time, saying that you couldn't swim. Just now, when I thought you couldn't swim, I was so scared that my heart was shaking. Fuck. Are you lying to me again? Fortunately, you lied to me ...The water is so deep, if you can't swim...I, I—" Xia Yi spoke incoherently, and finally could only swear viciously.

Shao Lin put his head on Xia Yi's shoulder weakly, like a leaky bag.He was so stuffy, his hands and feet were weak, and he really didn't have the strength to speak, so he could only stroke the other party's wet buttocks in a conciliatory way.

He heard Xia Yi's heartbeat gradually slow down.

After a while, Xia Yi breathed out in his ear, begging with all his might, "From now on, don't lie to me again."

Shao Lin closed his eyes, opened and closed his lips slightly, and spit out the word "good" angrily.

He was floating too fast.Because there is no gas cylinder, it is impossible to make a safety stop in a shallower place to allow the body to adapt to the water pressure.Now that the external pressure has dropped sharply, it is inevitable that some symptoms of decompression sickness will appear.Amidst the high-frequency tinnitus in his ears, he heard the sound of an ambulance, and the red and blue lights flashed alternately in the night sky...

Ji Tong was directly pushed into the operating room, and under Shao Lin's strong insistence, he took a shower in a daze before changing into a hospital gown and being sent to the hyperbaric oxygen chamber.

It was almost midnight when people woke up completely.

It was quiet in the ward, but the lights were not turned off. Xia Yi also changed into fresh clothes, and leaned on the window sill to watch his mobile phone, wearing earphones. He didn't know what he was listening to, with a serious expression on his face.

Shao Lin turned his head sideways, with a gentle smile at the end of his eyes: "...you came in time."

Xia Yi pressed the "Pause" button, raised his head and gave Shao Lin a hard look.

At that time, in Ji Tong's studio, Yan Jingjing broke Ji Tong's computer - there were four montage faces in the PS file - namely Xu Heguang, Xu Huahao, Yuan Yongfang, and Shao Lin.Compare with another painting by Ji Tong: there are four figures without faces on the bottom of the sea.Since three of the figures are the appearance of the three members of the Xu family when they died, Xia Yi speculates that the "fourth person" is probably Shao Lin.

So, he called Shao Lin immediately, but the other party didn't answer.

At that time, Xia Yi felt that there was a problem, so he assigned a group of people to stand by alone, and did not participate in the pursuit of the seaside warehouse at night.

Although he failed to recognize the bridge painted by Ji Tong, but based on the location of the setting sun and the Big Dipper on the painting, Xia Yi believed that it should be a bridge located in the southeast of Yan'an TV Tower.

At that time, he suspected that the half-built abandoned bridge on the Yajin River was gone, so in the afternoon, he rode a motorcycle around there.That's why he was able to rush to the scene as soon as Shao Lin called the police.

Between life and death, adrenaline soared, Xia Yi couldn't care less about saving lives.But when he calmed down, he looked at Shao Lin now, as if he was looking at a stranger.

He has too many problems.

So much so that he didn't know where to start.

So, he just said dryly: "Ji Tong hit the back of his head, and there is some intracranial hemorrhage. She hasn't woken up yet, but she can't run away."

Shao Lin nodded quietly.He didn't wear black-rimmed glasses anymore, and he didn't have the invisibility that covered his pupil color, as if he was a few years younger all of a sudden.He sat up cross-legged on the bed, looking extraordinarily well-behaved.

Xia Yi stared at him: "You have nothing to say to me?"

Shao Lin lowered his eyes and looked at the bed sheet: "Ji Tong bought Wang Nini and gave her a fake alibi. On the night of the incident, she went to Huajin in Xicheng in Xu Heguang's car. She used the speed Zhao Chunhua hid to feed the old man. Sleepable—"

Xia Yi interrupted: "You know that's not what I asked."

Shao Lin blinked and stopped talking.

"Just now Bureau Zheng called me and said that you woke up and told me to notify him as soon as possible." Xia Yi pulled up a chair and sat down beside the bed.He rested his elbows on his thighs, playing with a pair of handcuffs in his hands: "Shao Lin, explain to me everything you should explain, then we will still be teammates to rescue Wang Nini together."

"Otherwise..." Xia Yi raised his hand, lifted Shao Lin's chin with the end of the handcuffs, and forced him to look at him, "When Bureau Zheng asks—"

With the other hand, he turned on the phone and played it, which was the recording of Ji Tong rushing down the bridge.

The author has something to say:

Many years later, Shao Lin recalled his encounter with Xia Yi, and suddenly realized that the moment of heartbeat was the word "woof" spelled out in Morse code.

At that time, he felt that something was not right.