heart poison

Chen Chen's parents, Chen Zhaotian and Zhou Chunliu, had been naturalized in country L many years ago, and the last time they returned to visit their relatives was four years ago.Chen Chen also studied in country L, but returned to China after Chen Juan committed suicide.It is worth noting that in this family, only Chen Juan has never been to country L.

Hua Chong was browsing the first-hand information about the case obtained by Liu Zhiqin through abnormal means, biting his lower lip lightly with his upper teeth.

The Chen couple are engaged in the distribution of household fitness equipment in country L, and their living standards are above average in the local area.On October 10 last year, they were found dead in their own villa by their business partners. Their necks were cut open, the blood around them was dry, and their bodies were severely decomposed.The heating and humidifier are turned on in the villa, and high temperature and high humidity are important reasons for accelerating the decay of corpses.

Hua Chong clicked on the pictures of the scene and zoomed in one by one, staring at the wounds of the two for a long time, "The knife marks are messy and disorderly, the murderer at least cut Chen Zhaotian's neck more than 20 times."

"According to the forensic doctor, the murderer almost cut off Chen Zhaotian's head." Liu Zhiqin stood beside Hua Chong, holding a printed autopsy report in his hand, "Chen Zhaotian was stabbed 29 times, and Zhou Chunliu was stabbed eight times. The knife and the scars reflect the violent and extreme anger of the murderer when he committed the crime, and the murderer should be seeking revenge and venting his anger."

"The case has not been solved." Hua Chong let go of the mouse, leaned back, raised his hand to rub his sore eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "Break-in and murder, there should be no shortage of evidence in the villa."

"However, all the monitoring in the room and surrounding area has been disturbed." Liu Zhiqin said: "The murderer's footprints have also been cleaned up, and the police failed to obtain any important clues."

Hua Chong suddenly opened his eyes, "Is the monitoring being disturbed again?"

Liu Zhiqin lowered his eyes, "Huh?"

"When the accident happened in Wutong Community, the monitoring was also disturbed." Hua Chong raised his head, "Both sides are involved in network intrusion."

Liu Zhiqin's expression changed slightly.

"I have to go to Qin Province." Hua Chong stood up, "The things that have happened to the Chen family in the past few years are too strange. Five years ago, Chen Juan committed suicide - there is a reason for this, but then Chen Chen disappeared for no reason. Chen Zhaotian and Zhou Chunliu had their throats cut to vent their anger, and the murderer is at large, which is hard to understand. Chen Chen’s hometown is in Qin Province, and the police in Qin Province filed a case for his disappearance last year, and they must have more clues than us.”

Liu Zhiqin said: "Okay, I'll go with you."

Hua Chong frowned, hesitated to speak.

"What?" Liu Zhiqin asked.

"There can be no one watching in Los Angeles." Hua Chong sighed, "Xiao Chengxin's whereabouts are unknown now, if we both go to Qin Province..."

Liu Zhiqin pursed his lips and clenched his right hand into a fist almost subconsciously.

Hua Chong stroked his forehead, "Forget it, I don't think so much. You stay here for now, Qin Province is not far away, I'll go back quickly."

Liu Zhiqin turned around, "Do you want to call someone from the special police detachment?"

"No need." Hua Chong shook his head, "Inspiring teachers to mobilize the crowd, but scaring the snakes."

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At the same time, the capital, the special operations team of the Ministry of Public Security.

"Brother Xun, are we going to Los Angeles again?" Le Ran skillfully disassembled and assembled the rifle, and tugged the wool cap on her head from time to time.A while ago, he cut his own hair and damaged it. He went to a small hair salon on the street to have it repaired on his own initiative.It's not ugly, and it complements his handsome features, but it's too cold in winter, so Shen Xun bought him a hat, which he also wears indoors.

"Yes." Shen Xun was looking at the information on the big case in Wutong Community.The case involved terrorism, but the police in Han Province were unable to solve it for a long time. There were also rumors of disharmony and mutual suspicion between the provincial government and the city bureau, and the higher-ups deliberately let the special operations team take over.

"That's great." Le Ran finished the last step of gun assembly with a "click", and raised her eyebrows proudly, "I've long wanted to go to Los Angeles again!"

Shen Xun looked at him with a smile, "Why?"

"The flower team still missed me a meal." Le Ran licked the corner of her lips, her pupils were bright.

"You only think about food, am I hungry for you?"

Le Ran took two steps, "Brother Xun, when are we going to leave?"

"Let's go now." Shen Xun said and stood up.

"So fast?"

"Your Brother Zhiqin needs us." Shen Xun picked up the phone, dialed an internal number, and hung up after a few brief confessions.

After listening to Le Ran, she was surprised and said, "The special police team is going too?"

"Well, just in case."

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Chuncheng is the capital of Qin Province. Although it is at the same level as Los Angeles, its urban development is far inferior to Los Angeles.

With the dark clouds over the top, Hua Chong used Chen Zheng's relationship to obtain a detailed investigation report on Chen Chen's disappearance from the Chuncheng City Bureau.

The content of this investigative report was beyond his expectation.

The 25-year-old Chen Chen was not born to the Chens, and his sister Chen Juan, who had committed suicide, was not born to the Chens.The two siblings are not related by blood and were adopted by the Chen family more than 20 years ago.

Chen Zhaotian started his career by making leather goods in his early years, and later started real estate following the trend.The Chen family is wealthy and belongs to the upper class in Qin Province.But Zhou Chunliu was infertile, so Chen Zhaotian could not have his own blood.

Although Chen Chen and Chen Juan are both adopted children of the Chen family, they grew up in very different environments—Chen Chen was sent to the best private school in Chuncheng, while Chen Juan went to ordinary schools until she graduated from high school.

Chen Juan's grades were good, but she did not go to university after the college entrance examination, but entered a medical school in Los Angeles for further studies, and almost never returned to Chuncheng after that.Chen Chen was sent to Country L by the Chen family after two years in a private high school, and did not return to China until Chen Juan committed suicide.

According to other people's descriptions, Chen Juan is optimistic and cheerful, she does not have the squeamishness of the children of rich families, and is even easier to get along with than children from ordinary families. It is not because of poor grades that she did not go to college, but because she yearns for the career of "angel in white".Chen Chen was the complete opposite of her. He was sullen and surly, very withdrawn since he was a child. He killed small animals many times when he was a child. He was alone in school and never participated in any group activities.Throughout the junior high school and first year of senior high school, Chen Chen went to the police station twelve times, each time for only one reason - to hurt his classmates.

Student fights are very common on campus, but there are not many who beat each other to the point of bleeding like Chen Chen.

Chen Zhaotian used money to settle the families who were hurt by Chen Chen.

The more backward the place, the greater the role of money.

But despite being doted on by the Chen couple, Chen Chen is not close to them.

The only person he is close to is Chen Juan who has no blood relationship with him.

After Chen Juan passed away, Chen Chen dropped out of school and returned to China, his personality gradually changed, and he became a little more kind in the dark.His college roommate even commented on him—a very cheerful person, two years older than us, like a reliable big brother.

"Chen Chen's feelings for Chen Juan may be more than a simple sibling relationship." A criminal police officer who handled the case said, "He grew up with Chen Juan and only listened to Chen Juan when he was young. When Chen Juan left Chuncheng, He didn't start to cause trouble until he went to Los Angeles to study in health school. Our psychological expert said that he might be trying to attract Chen Juan's attention. After returning to China, he had a girlfriend and they broke up peacefully in his junior year. This girl is called Ning Xiaohan, in terms of appearance alone, is somewhat similar to Chen Juan."

Although Hua Chong was surprised, he was not surprised, and asked: "Have you checked Chen Chen's communication and Internet records before he disappeared?"

"I've checked, and there's nothing worth noting." The policeman said, "His social network is very narrow, only classmates and teachers. He hasn't even contacted Chen Zhaotian and Zhou Chunliu."

Hua Chong said in a low voice: "Lonely."

"It's really a lonely family." The criminal police shook his head, "This may also have something to do with the Chen family's education. What I don't understand is, since the Chen family adopted both children, why should they be treated differently? Chen Juan is not them If they have patriarchal ideas, they don’t need to adopt Chen Juan at all. Why did they adopt, but not take good care of them?”

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Leaving Chuncheng City Bureau, Hua Chong was blown by the oncoming cold wind and felt dizzy.

The four members of the Chen family were not related by blood, Chen Juan committed suicide, Chen Zhaotian and Zhou Chunliu died tragically, Chen Chen disappeared in Chuncheng, but appeared in Los Angeles, where a serial murderer was working.

Chen Chen has obvious violent tendencies, and the behavior of killing small animals cannot be ignored-many people with anti-social personality have similar behaviors when they were young.

Chen Zhaotian and Zhou Chunliu died after Chen Chen disappeared. Like the recent series of cases in Los Angeles, they all had their throats cut.Chen Chen was at odds with them, was their death related to Chen Chen?

In recent years, Chen Chen has no record of leaving the country, but if he really wants to secretly go to country L, it is not completely impossible.

Hua Chong took a deep breath and was about to walk forward when he suddenly heard a familiar yet unfamiliar voice.

"Flower! Team!"

He turned around and followed the sound, the corners of his eyes twitched.

It turned out to be Leran!

Not seeing each other for half a year, summer clothes were replaced by winter clothes, and Le Ran was wearing a thick woolen hat, which he almost didn't recognize.

Le Ran strode over and saluted meaningfully, the tip of her nose was red with cold, "Flower Team, long time no see!"

"Why are you here? Are you here to investigate the case in Chuncheng?" Hua Chong subconsciously looked behind Le Ran, but didn't see Shen Xun, but saw an extremely handsome man.The man was wearing a long black down jacket, wrapped in an off-white cashmere scarf, with his hands in his pockets, and looked at him casually, then raised the corners of his lips, and smiled with eyebrows raised.

Hua Chong didn't know him, he was surprised, looked away, saw Le Ran shook his head and said: "We are here to assist you and Brother Zhi Qin to investigate the case."

Hua Chong was startled, "Help us?"

"The superior sent us here." Le Ran said, "It's about the terrorist attack in Wutong Community."

Hua Chong's chest lightened suddenly.

The major case in Wutong Community was previously in charge of the Provincial Department, and the Municipal Bureau was excluded. The serious crime team wanted to investigate, but it was limited everywhere. Chen Zheng fought for it many times and went around, but he failed to find a breakthrough.

As a result of mutual distrust between the provincial government and the municipal bureau, the case is difficult to solve, and the terrorists may be planning the next round of attacks.

Thinking of the relationship between Chen Zheng and Shen Xun, Hua Chong suddenly understood that what Chen Zheng was striving for during this period was not to jointly investigate the case with the provincial department, but to directly let someone with a higher rank take over. Perhaps more favorable.

And Shen Xun's special operations team obviously met this requirement.

"Where is Team Shen?" Hua Chong asked.

"He took the others directly to Los Angeles." Le Ran said, "He should have joined Brother Zhi Qin by now."

"Then you are..." Hua Chong said and looked at the man in black not far away.

Le Ran followed his gaze, and quickly turned back, "You are alone in Chuncheng, Brother Xun asked us to come and support you."

Hua Chong thought, this is probably what Liu Zhiqin meant.

Le Ran waved at the man in black, "Brother Zhaofan, what are you doing standing there? Come here, let me introduce you."

Zhaofan?

Hua Chong felt that the name was a bit familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, he remembered that the man who was walking towards him was a well-known ace sniper in the national special police system.

"This is Zhaofan, who is very good at sniping." Le Ran said, "Actually, I am also a sniper, but brother Xun insists on letting him come with a group of special police brothers."

Zhaofan stretched out his hand, "Flower Team, I've heard of you for a long time."

Hua Chong held the heavily callused hand, and when his fingers tightened, he could feel the weight of the hand.

"How do we arrange it now?" Le Ran asked, "Stay in Chuncheng or return to Los Angeles right away?"

Hua Chong's original plan was to get the investigation report on Chen Chen's disappearance and hurry back. After all, Xiao Chengxin's disappearance made the city bureau panic.But since the special operations team has rushed over, based on the familiarity between Liu Zhiqin and Shen Xun, they should be able to cooperate properly.

As for Chuncheng, perhaps there are still more secrets that have not yet been discovered.

"I'm not in a hurry to go back." Hua Chong said, "I still have something I want to know."

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Missing young adults are embarrassing cases in every city.After the case is filed, the investigation is definitely necessary, but how to investigate and to what extent will vary from person to person.In other words, the operability is relatively large. In some places, the matter is checked casually, and in other places, it is investigated to the end.Chen Chen's case shows that the Chuncheng police are still interested, but because the caller is Chen Chen's classmate, not a direct relative, and Chen Chen's adoptive parents are no longer in the country, so half of the investigation was done, but no clues were found. was temporarily shelved.

Once the disappearance case is shelved, it is basically difficult to follow up.

However, Chen Chen's appearance in Los Angeles may be related to terrorist organizations. Hua Chong must know more details about him and the Chen family.

Both Le Ran and Zhao Fan carried guns with them, more than one.After getting in the car, Le Ran drove, Zhao Fan took out a gun and threw it to Hua Chong, "Let's fight if we have a chance."

Hua Chong was preoccupied with the case, distracted, and couldn't understand why Zhaofan kept staring at him, and even proposed to compete with marksmanship.

"I know you." Zhao Fan said, "You are so handsome when you shoot."

Being praised as handsome by a man who is as handsome as a celebrity, Hua Chong raised his eyes, but he didn't know what to say.

Zhao Fan smiled to himself, "Put the gun away and bring it with you for emergencies. When the case is resolved, you and Liu Zhiqin will come to the Special Operations Team together. Let's try a big sniper."

Hua Chong felt that this person was different from what he had imagined, he seemed too enthusiastic and talked a lot.

When he heard the name "Zhaofan" in the past, he thought he was a cold, arrogant, unsmiling tough guy.

Unexpectedly, not only was he not cold and arrogant, but also a little noisy.

Le Ran parked the car on the side of the road, and Zhao Fan yawned and said, "I'm a special police officer. I don't know how to make inquiries, so I won't go with you. I need to make up for sleepiness."

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Ning Xiaohan is the same age as Chen Chen, and lives alone with a one-year-old child.

Hua Chong looked at the child in the cotton bed, and Ning Xiaohan put two cups of hot tea on the table, "It's not Chen Chen's child, I broke up with him a long time ago."

Hua Chong nodded, and didn't mean to ask the child's father.

"You came to me a few times last year." Ning Xiaohan said: "I have already told everything I know about Chen Chen, and there is really nothing more I can tell you. Now that you have come to me again, did you find that he has Killed?"

"Killed?" Hua Chong asked, "Why do you think so?"

"Didn't he get killed? That's because I was thinking too much." Ning Xiaohan smiled, "But I guess, he may be more dangerous than good."

Hua Chong had read Ning Xiaohan's transcript last year, and there was no such thing as "more bad luck than good luck" in it.

He clutched his teacup, looked into Ning Xiaohan's eyes, and changed the subject without a trace, "Why did you and Chen Chen break up?"

Ning Xiaohan was stunned for a moment, his expression unnatural, "We broke up peacefully."

"I know. But there is also a reason for the peaceful breakup, right? Otherwise, they lived well, why did they part ways?" Hua Chong's voice was gentle and his posture was casual, like the most ordinary chat.

Ning Xiaohan was silent for a few minutes before he opened his mouth and said, "He makes me feel terrible."

"Huh? Did he do anything bad to you?"

"It's not, but I occasionally feel that he is not alone at all."

Le Ran almost choked on the tea, "No, not human?"

Hua Chong signaled Le Ran to be quiet, and then asked: "Is his behavior in private different from what he usually shows to the public?"

"Yes!" Ning Xiaohan frowned, with worry in his eyes, as if he remembered something he didn't want to recall, "We are together, he chased me. I have repeated my studies for two years, and I am relatively old. He came back from abroad. It was delayed for two years, and he happened to be the same age as me. He was a good person and had good grades, so I agreed to stay with him. Later, I gradually discovered that he was very strange in private."

"What kind of weird method?"

"He is often in a daze, and his expression is scary when he is in a daze. How should I describe that kind of eyes..." Ning Xiaohan thought for a long time, and said: "In short, it's scary, because I haven't seen his eyes like that in other people's eyes. At first When I saw him in a daze, I would call him, and he would always smile at me when he came back to his senses, no different from outside. At first, I thought nothing of it. But as time went on, I felt scared.”

Hua Chong caught fear in Ning Xiaohan's eyes.

It's not normal for a woman to have fear in her eyes when she recalls an ex she broke up with peacefully.

"In fact, he is very kind to me. He can basically satisfy any request I have." Ning Xiaohan continued: "My friends say that I have found a model boyfriend, but I always feel that he is too cold. No 'popularity' about him. Sometimes he looks at me and I feel like he's looking through me at someone else. Can you feel that feeling? I get the creeps thinking about it now."

Hua Chong looked at Ning Xiaohan's arm, and there was already a layer of goose bumps on it.

Ning Xiaohan sighed, "When we lived together, I often saw him get up in the middle of the night, standing alone on the balcony, not knowing what he was thinking. I didn't dare to call him at all, I felt, felt..."

Hua Chong patiently said: "What do you think?"

Ning Xiaohan rubbed his forehead, "I think he is different from everyone I have come into contact with, especially when standing alone on the balcony in the middle of the night, he looks like a ghost in human skin."

Le Ran stared wide-eyed, holding back her words.

"A ghost in human skin..." Hua Chong murmured.

If Chen Chen has an antisocial personality, then in a sense, Ning Xiaohan's intuition is right.

"I'm getting more and more afraid of him, so I proposed to break up in my junior year." Ning Xiaohan wiped off the sweat on the tip of his nose, "He didn't make things difficult for me, that's why I said, we broke up peacefully. He is my first love, and with him When we were together, I just instinctively felt that falling in love should not be like us. Later, after I made a new boyfriend, I realized how strange the daily relationship between Chen Chen and I was—what he gave me was not love at all. It's like a pet for him to empathize with, raised by him. His tenderness and kindness are all disguised, and the person standing on the balcony in the middle of the night may be the real him."

Hua Chong seized the opportunity to ask: "If I told you that Chen Chen was gloomy and paranoid in the past, and treated everyone extremely indifferently, what would you think?"

Ning Xiaohan opened his mouth dumbly at first, and shook his head slightly after a short while, "No wonder. No wonder I always feel that those beautiful qualities in him don't belong to him at all, and he just has no 'popularity'."

Hua Chong asked again: "About his family, do you know anything?"

"Family?" Ning Xiaohan lowered his head and thought for a while, "He never told me about his parents, but I heard him talking in his sleep."

"Do you remember what he said?"

"He was struggling. First I heard him yelling 'Dad, Dad, please', and then I heard him yelling 'I'm going to kill you'." Ning Xiaohan said: "His voice was terrible, I didn't dare Wake him up, just lie on the side and let him struggle. He, he seems to hate his parents."

Hua Chong suddenly thought of the scars on the necks of Chen Zhaotian and Zhou Chunliu.

"That's right." Ning Xiaohan's face was pale, and even her lips had no color—but before she recalled Chen Chen, her complexion was rosy, and her eyes contained the tenderness and joy of being a new mother, "By the way, Chen Chen committed suicide. A chinchilla. It was raised by a little boy next door to us. The chinchilla got into our house somehow, and he crushed it to death. He thought I didn’t see it, but, in fact, I did.”

Ning Xiaohan swallowed, "He looked very happy, smiling at the Totoro who was squeezed into meatloaf, it's too weird, I...I can't stand it."

Hua Chong comforted her a few words and asked, "Why didn't you mention these details when you made the transcript last year?"

"I don't want to say it." Ning Xiaohan shivered, "I feel suffocated just thinking about it."

Hua Chong went back to the original topic—but maybe this question no longer needs to be asked.

"What makes you feel that Chen Chen is already in danger?"

Ning Xiaohan took a few breaths, "Officer, do you know what was my first thought when I heard that he was missing?"

Hua Chong said slowly, "Do you think he killed someone?"

"Yes!" Ning Xiaohan was very excited, "Killing a chinchilla can make him happy like that, then, what about killing people! He must have killed people! You can't find him, and you haven't found him even after a year , then he was probably killed by someone else!"

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The arrival of the special operations team made Liu Zhiqin heave a sigh of relief, but when he and Shen Xun went to the provincial office together, a murder case was suddenly reported to the city bureau——

On Danzhuan Street, Fukang District, a male corpse was found that had been dead for about a day.