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"Ian." Hailey suddenly called his name.

Ian stopped in his tracks, but didn't look back, "What's wrong?"

"Sometimes the best things hide the ugliest roots. And sometimes the ugliest roots bear the most beautiful flowers.

It doesn't matter which is the cause and which is the effect, the key is what you believe. "

"I trust the evidence."

"...My dear Uncle Ian is always strict." Haili shook his head helplessly.

"For you, I don't seem to be at the level of an uncle." Ian walked forward without looking back.

"I'm here to remind you... I'm always younger than you. Maybe you can say no to me today. You can say no to me tomorrow. But what about five years from now? Ten years from now? I'll always be more energetic than you, and you will always be You'll be overwhelmed by me. Why don't you be quicker and give up resistance, Uncle Ian." Hailey followed the back of Ian's neck, tracing the line of his back, all the way down, outlining his suit pants contour.

Ian didn't respond, and followed Lawrence as if he hadn't heard anything.

In his heart, it's not worth wasting saliva for a guy like Haili who needs to take medicine to see a doctor.

Lawrence led them out of the woods, and they got back in their car and drove towards W Town.

For a town, it's pretty bustling.It has its own hospital, which looks like a good facility; a school with a sports field and a swimming pool; a department store and so on.Even the small shops and small restaurants on the street have their own characteristics.

This is simply a semi-enclosed paradise.

Ian and Haley didn't have time to feel the culture of the small town. They came to the morgue of the local police station and met the forensic doctor here.Said to be a forensic doctor, but he was only a part-timer.His full job is the only surgeon in the local hospital.

"It's really good to have you here. To be honest, I almost watched the children grow up here. I couldn't eat their autopsies. And I had a rheumatism attack again, and my fingers hurt so much. Fortunately, the urban area The police station also sent a forensic doctor, otherwise I really couldn’t do this.”

"We want to see Lena's body first."

Because Lena is the only deceased who is difficult to judge whether it was an accident or a homicide.

Ian and Haili inspected Lena's body, and there were indeed no obvious injuries on her body.Although the key content of the forensic report of the urban police station is very clear.

Ian lowered his head, carefully inspecting every inch of her skin, even between her hair, in order not to miss any clues.

"Doctor Doug, do you know how these two bruises on her forearm and calf formed?"

"This...it's hard to say. It may be due to impact, fall, or accident, but it must have been formed before death. Although these marks are roughly symmetrical, they do not match the binding marks. I have written it in the report."

Ian frowned.Indeed, the traces are in no way due to bundling.If it is, the color of the trace will be deeper and finer, and the range will not be so large.But if it was a fall, what kind of posture did you use to fall or what did you fall on to cause such marks?

He turned Lena's body over, her back was near the center of the spine, and a regular bruise caught his attention.

"Doctor Doug, what is this!"

Doctor Doug's face came closer, "This... I can't see what it is... It seems that she bumped into something... and was held back very hard."

Ian took out his mobile phone, "I have to take pictures of these traces and pass them on to my colleagues in the bureau."

On the other hand, Haili leaned down, put his hands on Lena's ears, and his eyelids drooped.He and Lina are like two ends of a mirror.His breath condensed into a thin mist in the low temperature, giving people the illusion that Lina was still alive.

She will open her eyes any moment.

Countless small voices sounded in my ears, as if Lina was speaking.

Ian didn't know what Haley was looking at, nor was he interested in knowing.

"Hey... is your partner okay? If Lena was still alive, I would think his posture is as beautiful as a movie screen... But Lena has been dead for several days...he looks really weird... . . . " Dr. Doug shrugged his shoulders.

"Don't mind him."

Perhaps hearing Doctor Doug's comments about him, Haley straightened up slowly, stepped back, and sat on the chair.

At this moment, the sheriff in charge of the case came in.

"You are finally here. This town has been quite peaceful in the past 20 years! There has never been such a serious case."

"Hello, I'm Ian Connor. This is my colleague Hailey Russell..." When Ian looked at Hailey, he found that his sitting posture was obviously straight but gave people the illusion of decadence , the eyes are empty, like a marble icon, without the slightest breath of life.

Ian didn't know what tricks this guy was playing again, the best way was to ignore it.

He turned around and shook hands with the inspector, and then pointed to the scars on Lina's body, "Mr. Inspector, I don't know if you have investigated these marks on Lina's body?"

"Of course I have. Because these marks were obviously formed before death. Lena's drug test was negative, and there were no obvious injuries on her body. If it was a homicide, then the murderer probably tied Lena and threw her into the water. Wait until After Lina dies, untie the rope and take it back. But I don’t think the marks on her body are from being bound, so I investigated whether Lina fell down before she died, had quarrels and fights with other people, etc. , but nothing was found. At least the last people who saw Lena said that she was not injured and in good condition."

"Thank you very much for your cooperation."

After Ian and the detective continued to communicate on the case for half an hour, Ian found that Hailey was still sitting in the original position, motionless.

"That... Agent Connor, is your colleague okay?" the inspector asked worriedly.

"It's nothing. He's just spoiled and spoiled. After leaving the big city, he doesn't adapt well to the new environment."

"Ah, oh. There is only one small hotel in our town. I hope your colleagues won't get used to it."

"If you don't mind, can I have some time alone with my colleague. I have to do some mental work for him."

"Oh, no problem. You should have a good chat with him. It's not easy to lead new people these days!" The inspector patted Ian on the shoulder knowingly, and left with Doctor Doug.

It turned out that he regarded Haili as a rookie who just entered the industry, and he was frightened when he saw a dead body for the first time.

That's fine, Ian didn't bother to explain so much.

With the sound of closing the door, apart from the corpses in this closed space, only Ian and Haili were left.

Hailey's posture didn't change in any way, and Ian looked at him helplessly, thinking that this guy must be planning to think of some strange tricks to scare him.

"Come on, Hayley. I've seen worse corpses than Lena's on the battlefield."

But Haley still didn't respond.His thoughts seemed to have gone to another world.

Ian turned sideways, frowning.

He felt that everything around him became gloomy and cold.Of course, here is the morgue is already very cold.

Haili, who was silent and quiet, seemed to be submerged in a solitude.

As for Ian, he could only stand outside the barrier of the world, unable to see his struggle or hear his cry for help.

At that moment, the wound on Ian's chest that had long healed began to ache inexplicably.

"Haley, what's wrong with you?"

Ian squatted halfway in front of Haili, and he met those eyes that were as blue as the sky but looked distant and indifferent.

In an instant, a feeling of uneasiness flooded Ian's heart, and he held Hailey's shoulder and shook it.

"Haley Russell! Wake up! What's wrong with you!"

Hailey's body swayed with Ian.

"If I know you're teasing me, I'll smash your face!"

Suddenly, Hailey stood up suddenly and walked out the door.

His steps were steady, his back straight, and the expression on his face was that of a determined martyr.

Ian hurried after him.

"Haley! Haley Russell! What the hell are you talking about! What's the matter with you? Or did you find something and think something?"

Ian hated this feeling of being kept in the dark. The most important thing was that this guy had been haunting him for so many years, but at this moment he was like air in his world.

Haili came to the swimming pool by himself.

The huge dark blue water reflects the tiles above the head and reflects the sunlight outside the window, piece by piece.

At the pool, Haley turned and looked at Ian.

"Hey, what on earth are you trying to do!" Ian realized that his patience could always be easily worn out by Haili.

Haili's eyes were indifferent, like the prelude to a farewell.

When Ian vaguely sensed what he was about to do, he had already fallen backwards, splashing a splash of water.

Ian ran to the pool, looked down and saw Haili slowly rising from the water.His hair was rippling in the water, and his eyes were on the top of his head, floating peacefully on the water.

Ian let out a breath, spread his hands, and sat down by the pool.

"Do whatever you want. Lay in the water as long as you want. Be silent for as long as you want. Do whatever you want. We've got a lot of time to waste anyway."

After an unknown amount of time, Haili in the water suddenly returned from a distant space. He tried to sit up, but was surprised that he was in the water and struggled vigorously.

"Ian! Ian!"

Ian stood up slowly, with his hands on his waist, "You finally reacted? I thought you were going to lie in the water until tomorrow morning!"

"Help me...Ian..."

"Stop pretending, it's not funny at all." Ian snorted softly, he was fed up with this guy.

But soon, Hailey choked on water and kept sinking.

His struggles are so embarrassing that it can't be fake.

"Oh, damnshit!" Ian took off his suit and jumped into the water, struggling to swim towards Haley.

When he touched Haley's hand, the guy threw him into the water like hell.

Ian lost his temper and was about to knock Hailey unconscious with a punch when Hailey gave him a slight push.

In the sparkling water, Ian lost his mind for the first time.

Haili's face appeared innocent and graceful, like a fairy in the water.

The corners of his lips curled up slowly, as if this water area had become the territory of a god.

At that moment, Ian, who understood what was going on, lifted his leg sullenly and put it on Haili's shoulder, turned around and swam back to the shore.

"Do you fucking think it's fun to make such a joke! Tell me!"

Haili swam over unhurriedly, his posture was very standard, he was definitely a master swimmer.

He lay beside Ian, resting his head leisurely, "I just wanted to verify it."

"What the hell are you trying to prove?" Ian yelled.