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"But when the victim's body was found, the body of the truck was also abandoned on the side of the road. So the victim must have a lifting device or digging device?"

"Yeah." Finn nodded.

"Then the murderer is likely to work on a construction site, at least he can operate such equipment. Do you have similar test results? For example, the type of lifting or excavating equipment?"

Fein shook his head, "So far, we haven't found any traces that can guess the model of the machine."

Ian nodded, showing the appearance of Karl and Joanna when they were discovered.They leaned together, Joanna's head resting on Cal's shoulder, and Carl held Joanna's hand tightly the whole time.

"We didn't find any bullets in the compartment either, right?"

"I'm pretty sure there was no firing in this car. Perhaps the killer gave the couple a gun, as he did with Jerry and Lily, but they didn't use it. It's very likely that the killer took the pistol away afterwards. But these are just speculations based on the case of Jerry and Lily." Finn tapped the keyboard and reminded, "Agent Connor, the forensic report is here. They died of suffocation. There is nothing wrong with their death, and their death Should have been before Jerry and Lily."

Ian frowned, "Maybe the murderer didn't see the result he wanted with Karl and Joanna, so he re-focused on the target, which is Jerry and Lily. Lily met the murderer's request in action, Although it turned out that Lily was shot, the murderer let Jerry go. Because Jerry's pain is exactly what the murderer wanted to see. The murderer must keep Jerry alive so that he can continue to enjoy the satisfaction Jerry brought him. "

"About this, don't you think you should discuss it with Agent Russell? And he has been in that big box for more than half an hour, and the air inside is not fresh, which is not good for his health."

Finn raised his glasses as a kind reminder.

Ian looked at his watch and finally decided to go in and have a look.He put on his shoe covers, put on his gloves, and opened the door of the carriage.

It was still dark inside, except for a little light coming in through the door.

Haili stood in the middle of the car, raised his head, and looked at the opening on the roof.

"Haley." Ian wasn't sure if he was sober at the moment, or if he was wandering.

Hailey's posture didn't change in the slightest.

Ian came in front of him and was about to pat him awake when Hailey strangled him suddenly.

Even if only the unclear light enters the car, Ian can clearly realize that Haili's eyes are staring at him very hard.

His eyes seemed to be continuously extending thorns, clinging to Ian's sight.The barb stabbed fiercely in his gaze, and became deeply rooted in an instant.They spread crazily and entangled, seemingly cold and decisive, but they poured into the depths of his brain loudly and presumptuously.

"what are you going to do……"

Before Ian could finish his sentence, Haili's lips bumped into him.

Completely caught off guard, Ian's lips were captured by the opponent.

In an instant, Ian's heart beat wildly.

Hailey is the patient and quiet hunter in the dark.He made Ian feel that the night was peaceful and gave Ian enough time to adjust to everything.When Ian felt safe, he jumped up and pressed his prey hard.

Just like at this moment, Ian didn't know where Haili got so much strength, no matter how much he struggled, he always firmly restrained himself.

Hailey's kiss was relentless, as if it wanted to take all of Ian's breath, asking him to give up everything in this world and only focus on the kiss at this moment.

Ian raised his leg and stomped hard on Hailey's calf.

As if predicting ahead of time, Haili suddenly turned sideways and crushed Ian violently.Ian groaned as his back fell to the bottom of the carriage.

Finn Keating heard the sound and came to the door of the carriage, "Hey! What's the matter with you!"

"We're fine, we're just simulating some scenarios." Haili tightly covered Ian's mouth and nose with his hands. He sat on Ian's abdomen, lowered his head and looked at him with a smile.

That was not the usual gentle and intellectual smile.

It seemed that all the emotions hidden deep in his heart broke through the solid shell, burst out from the cracks, and instantly washed Ian down.

Ian's arm was free, he propped up his upper body, and stared at Hailey fiercely.

"Agent Russell, I really believe in Agent Connor's self-control. But for you, I must warn you that this carriage is evidence, please do not damage or destroy any part of the carriage!"

Hailey lowered his body, came to Ian's ear, and said almost against his cheek, "Did you hear that? We have to be careful not to damage the evidence."

Ian broke Haili's hand hard, "Do you think this is fun?"

"It's not much fun here. Close all the doors, turn off all the lights, it's very dark in here. Although I understand that there will be walls of cars on all sides, there will be nothing else, there will be no monsters and goblins There will be no ghosts, no need for any persecutory delusions, just enjoy the silence of nothing. But I will still think of you."

"Sounds like it's my pleasure. Can you get off me, Agent Russell?"

Some kind of premonition of danger spread in this narrow space.

Ian knew he had to get up, he had to leave now, he had to go out into the world, and if he hesitated for a moment, Haley would cut him off from all ties to the world.

"Ian, do you know what I was thinking just now?"

"I do not want to know."

Ian turned sideways vigorously, trying to turn Hai off his body, but the other party pressed hard on his shoulders and pushed him back to the ground.

"I'm imagining Joanna and Carl's final moments."

"It's rare that you didn't suffocate like them."

"Because for them, it's not suffocation, but they've finally completed 'Forever and Ever'."

Ian used his strength. He knew that he could kick Hailey away if he wanted to.But he really didn't want to make more noise, and he didn't want this guy to hit the wall of the car and leave a dent or something.But Haley was determined not to let him go.

"Ian, death can be romantic too, right?"

"How do you know they die without fear? Think it's romantic?"

"Joanna lost consciousness earlier than Carl. Before she died, Carl combed Joanna's hair with her fingers. In his opinion, the hair on Joanna's left forehead was the most beautiful when it was pinned behind her ear. He To keep Joanna in her most beautiful form. Of course they are afraid of death, this is their instinct. But what makes them more afraid is separation. If you and I, we also go to the last moment of life like Joanna and Karl, you Do you know what I like, what I care about?"

Haley's voice was soft.But his question hit Ian's nerves.Deeper and deeper, more and more irremovable.

"We are not Joanna and Carl." Ian used the strength of his forearm to prop himself up.

Haili did not continue to suppress Ian, but deliberately left a space for Ian to get up.

All the lights in the carriage turned on instantly, and Ian felt a little dazzling.

As he closed his eyes, Haley kissed him again.

Unexpectedly, before Ian could resist, Haili had straightened up.

It was a tender and slightly moist kiss.

Unlike the wanton and unrestrained just now, it was just a simple kiss.

As if Haley wanted to tell Ian something, he was expecting Ian to experience it.

At that moment, Ian really wanted to rub the top of Hailey's head lightly, and then pressed his head into his arms.

Obviously what this guy did was disgusting to him, but Ian found that he didn't hate him or resist him.

Everything looked like Ian had done something wrong.

Before Ian could think about it, Finn's voice came.

"Hey, you've been in there long enough. Come out!"

Haley put his hands in his pockets, sighed, and said, "That guy is such a spoiler."

When Ian turned around, Hailey's long legs had already stepped out of the car.

He suddenly rejoiced.

If Finn hadn't turned on the light, and hadn't said a word to remind him, he knew he would have fallen into the night in Hailey's eyes.

I have been sinking, not caring about the light above my head.

As soon as Ian walked out, he heard Haley say to Fern: "Hey, little fool, Joanna should have a hairpin in her hair. I didn't see it among the deceased's belongings."

"We didn't find any hairpins when we took pictures of the dead body. Neither was there in the compartment. Also, please don't call me a 'nerd' anymore!"

Finn reiterated again, but unfortunately it didn't work.

"I see, little fool. It seems that Joanna's hairpin has either been left somewhere, or it is in the hands of the murderer. You must send someone to find it quickly."

Finn completely lost his patience. He clasped the edge of the table and raised his voice: "How the hell do I know what that hairpin looks like and whether it really exists!"

Ian paused, and suddenly remembered the photo he saw at Joanna's mother.

"Fin, it's a long hairpin with brown suede and wavy lines. It seems that there is a glass or crystal the size of a grain of rice on one end of the hairpin."

"What? Ian, are you messing around with Agent Russell? Even if the issuing card really exists, the world is so big, where can I find it?"

"I'll get Joanna's mother to send the picture. It doesn't matter if you spend a lot of time trying to find a card that doesn't know who the killer is. You just have to keep an eye out."

Ian came to the underground parking lot, and Hailey had already got into the car.

Evan is still playing with the Rubik's Cube in the backseat.

The car drove out.

Hailey was silent, and Ian didn't want to talk to him.After all, what happened in the carriage just now has not passed.

The day passed quickly, and Ian sent Hayley and Cliff back to where they had parked.

After Cliff got out of the car, Hailey was still in the car.

"I just got a call from Jessica, and she compared the similarities between the series of murders 15 years ago and the two cases now, whether it's the size of the carriage, the model of pistol, and the type of victims chosen. ,all the same."

Haili spoke calmly. Instead of waiting for Ian's reply with a protracted tone and a playful expression as before, he calmly looked in front of the car window.

This is Ian feeling his emotions clearly again.

"Are these also published in news reports 15 years ago?"

"It does, but there is no video transmission. But in the case of the Dalton brothers and sisters and the Carl couple, the murderer transmitted the video of the victim trapped in the closed space to the family members. This is the biggest difference." Haley never He turned to look at Ian.

The former Hailey, he had watched him almost all the free time between the two of them.

Ian found it annoying at first, but after getting used to it, he learned to do what he wanted to do as usual under Hailey's gaze.

But at this moment, when Haili stopped looking at him, Ian suddenly felt very uncomfortable and wanted to twist this guy's head.

Habit is indeed a terrible thing.

Perhaps Haley saw through this long ago.

"So you think the murderer 15 years ago is not the same person as the murderer in our current case. The reason? You must know that 15 years is not too long. Even if the murderer was 35 years old back then, and now he is only 50 years old, there are still people Ability to commit crimes.”

"Ian, in fact, you know deep down that the difference between them lies in their motives." Hailey stopped talking and didn't continue.

Ian frowned, it was true. The killer 15 years ago did not send the tape to the victim's family.If it is sent, it means that he really wants to see the victim's family suffer. He wants to torture them, but the murderer didn't.Either he didn't have any videos at all, or he kept them for his collection.And 15 years later, in the case of the Dalton brothers and sisters and the Carl couple, the murderer sent the video to the victim's parents.But if he was trying to torture the victim's family, why didn't he include how the victim died in the video?

"In our case, the murderer wanted to 'prove'." Haley said.

"Prove? Prove what?"

"Proving that there were only two victims in that small space, it's a wonderful alternative. It's either you or me. The murderer wants the victim's family to know that the person who actually killed the victim was the person they thought was closest to him. But he just didn't show the victim's family members the scene before death, as if to make them guess and doubt. As for Mr. Dalton, he will keep guessing who killed Lily? He will never I believe it's Jerry. But the evidence points to Jerry."

Ian seemed to be woken up by Haley.

"So, Carl and Joanna are not the most ideal works for the murderer. The murderer gave Carl and Joanna a gun, but they loved each other very much and did not react as the murderer expected. Perhaps for normal people, Carl and Joanna Anna is touching. But it's dull for the killer. So he needs new victims. Then, he chooses the Dalton brothers and sisters. So there is a dramatic conflict, Lily kills Jerry in order to survive. Regardless Who died in the end, at least someone picked up a gun. But is this kind of conflict what the murderer wanted?" Haley tapped the edge of the car window with his fingers.

Ian glanced at Evan in the rearview mirror.He was still working on the Rubik's Cube intently, and Ian wasn't sure if he caught what he and Hailey were talking about.

In the presence of children, Ian had to consider whether it was inappropriate to discuss the murder.

The sound of the car door opening was heard, and Haili stepped out, "Since you are not in the state of mind, then we have nothing to talk about today. Tomorrow we will visit Gordon, the survivor of the case 15 years ago. Jessica has already Called us. The address has been sent to your cell phone."

When Hailey walked further and further away, Ian let out a slight breath.

He drove the car to the supermarket and carried Evan into the shopping cart.He doesn't know what children should eat or what Evan likes, so he can only buy according to his own preferences.

"Evan, is it okay to have an omelette tonight?"

Now promoted to single dad, he finds himself frying steaks instead of omelets for sandwiches.

Evan didn't respond, he continued to flip the Rubik's Cube.I don't know why, Evan always has the ability to turn the Rubik's Cube into various strange combinations.For example, the diagonal lines of all faces are the same color, such as turning the same letters to the same side, etc.

Until they came to the snack shelf, Ian subconsciously looked down at Evan, who used a Rubik's cube to spell out candies.

Ian smiled and ruffled Evan's hair.Sure enough, he was still a child.

His fingers moved through rows of candies until Evan's Rubik's Cube said "YES" in front of the chocolate beans.

Ian puts the chocolate beans in the cart.

As he was about to check out, he saw a shelf of cookbooks.Ian looked at it and put two of them in the car.

At this time, a woman in a suit smiled and patted Ian on the shoulder and said, "Hey, if you are not very good at cooking, these two books are not very suitable for you. That one, "Mother Tom's Cooking Book" "They are all relatively simple and operable family dishes, which are more suitable for you and your son."

"Ah, thank you!" Ian put the two books in the car back on the shelf, and chose the one recommended by the other party.

"Are you a single father?" The woman smiled warmly.

"Can you see it?" Ian asked curiously.

"Only single fathers need to buy cooking books. Hello, my name is Jie Yin, how about you?"

"Ian. Thanks for the recommendation."

Ian nodded to the other party and pushed Evan in line to check out.

That night, he made Evan a quiche.He had been worried that Evan would be a picky eater, or just sit there like he was doing Rubik's Cube.

Ian breathed a sigh of relief when Evan came to the dining table, put the Rubik's Cube aside, and obediently began to eat the quiche.

After dinner, when Ian tidied up the kitchen and came to the living room, Evan sat at the table and placed the chocolate beans on the table.He places the beans in different places and seems to take pleasure in arranging them in various patterns and shapes.Ian was sitting aside with a newspaper, watching Evan from the corner of his eye while reading the newspaper.

It wasn't until nine o'clock in the evening that Ian came to Evan's side and patted his shoulder, "Hey, buddy, it's time to brush your teeth, take a shower and go to bed."

When Evan lay down under the quilt, only showing his small head sideways, Ian let out a breath.He glanced at the "Sunset Glow" hanging opposite the bedroom, and his thoughts gradually calmed down.

The case 15 years ago is still unsolved.There were four pairs of known victims that year.The first pair was a brother and sister. The younger sister died of a heart attack before she could use the pistol left by the murderer, while the elder brother died in the carriage holding the younger sister's body. Later, the carriage was abandoned by the side of the road.The second pair is an elderly couple who have known each other for nearly half a century. They will not do anything to hurt each other in order to live a few more years, so their ending is exactly the same as that of Carl and Joanna 15 years later. .The third couple was a couple in college. The boyfriend shot and killed his girlfriend. In the end, the boyfriend woke up somewhere and the body of the carriage and his girlfriend were also found on the side of the road.The fourth pair was also the last one found that year, the Gordons.At that time, Mr. Gordon was 36 years old and his wife was 32 years old. They had a pair of lovely children.Mrs. Gordon committed suicide in the carriage, in order to leave the chance of survival to Mr. Gordon.Since then, no one has found a truck bed with a body on the side of the road.

Until 15 years later.

Haley said the murderer is to prove, is it to prove the cowardice in the face of death, the darkness that even kills our most important people, or something else?

Thinking of Haili, Ian pressed his brows hard.

In his heart, Evan's existence is his private matter, and Evan is not just his son, but his commitment to another person.

But does he have to tell Haili all about such things?

Everyone needs to have their own space.Hailey has always been very smart, he will pretend not to know and turn his back at the right time, but for Evan, he is more persistent than Ian expected.

But Ian really doesn't intend to bring up his old scars in front of another person, especially Hailey.

When the next morning came, Ian realized a big problem.That is, he hasn't had time to find a suitable nanny for Evan, and he hasn't had time in such a short time.

what to do?Is it possible to take Evan to visit Mr. Gordon, the victim of the case 15 years ago?

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Ian looked through the cat's eyes and found that it was Cliff!

"Cliff? Why are you here?"

Cliff nodded very politely, "Agent Connor, sir asked me to take care of your son for you."

"Oh... thanks. I'll make a sandwich for Evan..."

"No, I will make a very delicious breakfast for little Evan. Mr. Russell is waiting for you downstairs. If I were you, I wouldn't keep him waiting any longer."

"Haley's downstairs?"

"Yes."

Ian sighed, grabbed his suit and left quickly.

In front of the apartment is a black car, which looks low-key, but Ian knows that it is definitely worth a lot.Haili was sitting in the driver's seat with one hand propped on the car window, wondering what he was thinking.The morning light fell on the tip of his nose, showing a little loneliness.

Ian thought he would sit in the co-pilot and wait for someone else to drive, but he just said indifferently: "Get in the car."

Ian had just put on his seat belt when the car rushed out.

Hailey's crazy racing style didn't frighten Ian, he just pressed against the back of the seat, and didn't even raise his hand to grab the roof rail.

At a certain intersection, Hailey braked suddenly, and Ian almost didn't fly out.

"Is there anything you need to tell me?" Haley tapped his fingers on the steering wheel.

Every hit seemed to hit Ian's heart.

"What do you want me to tell you?"