police station.

When Lin Jianqiu and Big Beard opened the door to enter, Li Chengxin was already sitting inside.

There was an envelope on the table in front of him, and it was also a photo. On the photo was a bloody fine kitchen knife.

There is nothing else.

Li Chengxin once again received something similar to a threatening letter at the door of the newspaper office - this time it was a photo.

The bearded man didn't know the details of this incident, but after standing by and listening for a while, he roughly knew what happened.

He immediately thought of Lin Jianqiu.

Lin Jianqiu got very close to Li Chengxin recently, and it was such a coincidence that the two of them received threatening letters almost at the same time.

While the police were asking Li Chengxin and her colleagues for more details, the bearded man rubbed against Lin Jianqiu, and asked him in a low voice, "Isn't it because of her?"

Lin Jianqiu shook his head without much hesitation: "It's not from the same person."

The bearded man was puzzled: "Why are you so sure?"

Lin Jianqiu lifted his chin, signaling the bearded man to look at Li Chengxin.

The police were asking about the details of the letter she had received: "Did you still not see the face this time?"

"No." Li Chengxin shook his head, "The courier wearing a hat is obviously different from the previous two times."

The colleague sitting next to him also nodded, and added: "It's not the same courier as before,? It looks like we've been waiting outside. We just rushed over and stuffed it into Cheng Xin's hand as soon as we left the gate."

The young policeman who was in charge of taking the notes said a few more words: "The material of the envelope is also different, and we can't be sure that the person behind it is the same person several times."

The partner next to him flipped through the previous records, and asked, "Has Miss Li offended anyone recently?"

Li Chengxin said that it seems not.

Police: "Please recall the memories carefully, and think about it before a little longer,? Maybe you didn't notice and neglected it yourself."

The colleagues next to me also helped to think together, and occasionally a few names popped up, but they added up to a lot.

As a social news reporter, it is difficult not to offend people at all.

Especially a senior reporter like Li Chengxin has an astonishing resume and has exposed countless unscrupulous companies.

If we really want to talk about possible suspects, there are quite a few.

The bearded man next to him opened his mouth slightly, and was dumbfounded.

"So she is so powerful?" The bearded man whispered, still a little puzzled, "What does that have to do with yours? Maybe seeing that you are getting close to her, you want to take revenge together?"

Lin Jianqiu replied: "The senders are different, the methods of delivery are different, the specifications of the photos are different, and the meanings conveyed are also different...There is almost no consistency."

Except they seem to hate him.

The bearded man glanced at him, Lin Jianqiu didn't have any panic on his face, he was as calm and calm as if he had received a leaflet.

Before he could ask any more questions, the police over there had already finished questioning Li Chengxin, and turned to invite the two of them to sit down and understand the situation.

So he could only keep his mouth shut and sit down.

Before Li Chengxin went out, he turned his head and gave Lin Jianqiu a worried look.

"I'll wait for you outside." She whispered.

Outside the police station.

Li Chengxin was sitting in the car, looking down at his phone.

"Come out and meet."

She sent the message out.

The avatar of the contact person on the opposite side is gray, and if you scroll up, it's almost all messages sent by her unilaterally.

It was the same this time, the message that was sent was like a stone sinking into the ocean, without any response.

Even so, she still had low expectations, after all, only this account had contacted her in the first place.

Now it seems that the possibility of replying to the letter is somewhat slim.

Li Chengxin let out a low sigh, reached out and rubbed his temples, leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest.

"Dong dong."

There were two muffled bangs from the window.

When Li Chengxin opened his eyes, he was at a loss for a moment, and after a while he turned his head and saw Lin Jianqiu standing outside.

Lin Jianqiu bent slightly and looked at her through the car window.

A bit of worry could be seen on the normally smiling face.

Li Chengxin lowered the car window, and Lin Jianqiu's voice came in.

"Sister Chengxin, it's not okay to sleep here. Are you too tired recently?"

"Sorry, before I knew it... I will pay attention next time."

Li Cheng thought for a while, then simply opened the door and got out of the car, took a breath of fresh air, and leaned on the door to see Lin Jianqiu.

"Have you eaten yet? Do you want to find a place to talk?" She suggested.

"Maybe I don't have time today." Lin Jianqiu pointed behind him, "I have to send Brother Lu back."

The bearded man was standing not far away, looking over here, with some curiosity on his face, but more fatigue.

He had a cold and a fever, and he had just hung up the water not long ago, and it was the time when he was tired.

If no one is watching, it's hard to say if he'll make it home safely.

Li Chengxin didn't force anything: "Shall I send you back?"

Lin Jianqiu shook his head: "This is not too far from where we live."

Li Chengxin's family is in the opposite direction.

He looked at Li Chengxin's face and said, "Sister Chengxin, you should go back to rest early, your face doesn't look very good."

Li Chengxin stretched out his hand to touch his face, and smiled helplessly: "Is it so obvious?"

She paused, then said hesitantly, "What I asked you to do before..."

Lin Jianqiu: "Don't worry, I won't tell the police about that."

"As for progress—I can think of at least thirty ways to kill people in the Chamber of Secrets, but I don't think that's the truth."

"Sister Chengxin can listen to it whenever she wants, but the premise is that you are safe and sound."

Lin Jianqiu's eyes stopped on Li Chengxin's face.

Li Chengxin's complexion changed slightly, resembling uneasiness and subconscious avoidance.

"Driving while fatigued, and walking in a trance on the road due to overwork are both very dangerous things." Lin Jianqiu added the second half of the sentence slowly.

Li Chengxin forced a smile: "Thank you for your concern, I will pay attention."

Lin Jianqiu said again: "Although what you asked me to investigate was not the case of the threatening letter, this is an extra gift—from my experience, a person can do anything when he is in a desperate situation."

"People who are gentle and refined on the surface will also push people into the sea for their own benefit. People who look sunny and cheerful may have already planned the best plan to kill in private. Even young children may be The devil who kills without batting an eye..."

"Don't bet your life on what you think is the 'character' of others."

"Many misfortunes stem from initial negligence and contempt." Lin Jianqiu finally said, "survival is always the most important thing."

Li Chengxin nodded silently.

On the way back, the bearded man couldn't help asking: "What did you tell Li Chengxin just now?"

Lin Jianqiu: "Just a little word of comfort."

The bearded man was still curious: "Isn't this what you've been busy with for the past two days? But why didn't you talk to her again? Didn't you have a new clue?"

Lin Jianqiu shook his head: "It's not this case. It should be said...it's a puzzle."

His tone was subtle, not happy, not excited, even careless, completely different from the previous few times when he encountered the case.

Because that's really just a meaningless puzzle.

It is called a "case", but in fact the time, date and place are very vague, and there is only one empty topic——

How to kill in a closed space.

It sounds like the secret room puzzle that mystery novelists are best at.

Li Chengxin's commission did not add an additional mystery.

"Who did I kill?"

Sounds like a pretty dangerous question.

However, according to her own narrative, in fact, it was just someone else's questioning of her.

Li Chengxin himself doesn't remember anything.

She lost part of her memory for a certain year because her brain was damaged in a car accident, but that was more than ten years ago, and her memory was already very shallow.

Until the last year or two, an unknown person sent her a letter accusing her of killing someone.

The letter stated that before the car accident, she had attended a closed meeting. When she went there, she was alone.

Li Chengxin had no impression of this.

It was not easy to find information from more than ten years ago. In her memory, there were not many vicious murders in Yuncheng that year.

She also has the impression that she has been in the newspapers, and there is nothing similar to the accusations she has received.

But she did lose part of her memory, and it seemed that she couldn't fully confirm whether those things happened.

So she called Lin Jianqiu and asked him to find out the truth, but she was unwilling to call the police.

Because that sounds like a ridiculous anecdote.

If it's fake, it's just a waste of police force to make a fuss, and maybe only get a result of being teased.

if it is real……

No murderer would ask the police to investigate his criminal history.

It sounds absurd and ridiculous.

Rather, the speculation that a person like Li Chengxin has the possibility of killing someone is already absurd.

As a social news reporter, you need a certain sense of justice and perseverance to stick to your heart, let alone an excellent reporter with rich experience like Li Chengxin.

Without memories, testimony, and key figures, even Lin Jianqiu couldn't easily see through the truth, so he could only start with Li Chengxin.

Her reaction was subtle from the moment she asked Lin Jianqiu.

Now there is a steady stream of "threatening letters" delivered to the door.

After more than ten years, Li Chengxin suddenly remembered to investigate the truth.

Is it a coincidence?

Lin Jianqiu was deep in thought.

The two lived not far away, and soon arrived in the community.

When he first walked in the door, the bearded man looked out subconsciously, but he didn't see the familiar car.

The bearded man: "Speaking of which, hasn't Mr. Ye come to see you these two days?"

Lin Jianqiu: "He's busy."

The bearded man: "Are you too busy to even see each other?"

Lin Jianqiu: "There is a mobile phone."

The bearded man thought it was the same reason, and couldn't help but smiled awkwardly: "It seems to make sense, that kind of young master is doing research, so he must be very busy."

Lin Jianqiu was still wandering, staring at the photos on his mobile phone, and he was distracted while chatting. He didn't pay attention to the deep meaning of the words of the people next to him, but just said "hmm" casually.

The bearded man sighed: "You have worked hard too."

Lin Jianqiu: "Yes."

The bearded man: "But if you're not busy, you can actually go to him."

Lin Jianqiu: "Yes."

The bearded man: "Anyway, no matter how busy he is, he can't even sleep."

Lin Jianqiu: "Yes."

The bearded man: "It would be great if you really become a writer in the future. You have free time, and you can coordinate at any time. You don't have to worry about not having time to spend together. The so-called mountain is not coming, I will go to the mountain."

Lin Jianqiu: "Yes."

The bearded man: "Ms. Ye looks like a good person, he shouldn't be the kind of irresponsible person who messes around and messes around. As for his younger brother... you won't be able to live together all the time in the future, at most we will see each other during the holidays. On the one hand, it’s actually pretty good.”

Thinking about it this way, Ye Huaishuang is really a very suitable target.

He is handsome, has a high IQ, has money in his family and has his own career, is young and promising, has a good character, has a sense of justice and is willing to help others, and will not despise those poor and homeless.

The only disadvantage is that they are too cold-tempered, and it is easy to end the topic when they stay together.

But this shortcoming hardly exists for Lin Jianqiu.

When Ye Huaishuang was in front of Lin Jianqiu, he talked a lot as usual.

Probably this is the so-called love.

The bearded man thought about it, and felt happy for Lin Jianqiu, but couldn't help feeling a little sad.

In the end, the voice of blessing prevailed.

He sniffed, followed Lin Jianqiu into the corridor, and persuaded: "It's not easy to meet someone who is suitable in all aspects. Since we can be together, we must cherish it."

Lin Jianqiu stared at the phone and frowned slightly, but still said "hmm" casually.

The bearded man was caught in the subtle atmosphere of self-movement and a bit of sadness, and he didn't notice Lin Jianqiu's perfunctory.

He finally sighed: "Besides, Teacher Ye looks very rich, so you don't have to work so hard to work part-time, which is pretty good."

Hearing the word "money", Lin Jianqiu was triggered by the keyword, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the person next to him, a little confused.

What does Mr. Ye have to do with money?

He can't make money from the other party.

As he thought about it, he didn't have the will to review the previous situation at all, and he didn't have time to ask.

When they reached the last floor of the corridor, they heard someone talking upstairs, and the voice was still very familiar.

"Mom, see when Brother Qiu will come back, I'm so sleepy."

"It should be soon. If you are sleepy, go to sleep for a while."

"It's okay, I can stay with my mother. If Uncle Beard is angry, I'll help him persuade him!"

"You..."

It was the voices of Zhong Xinyue and Nan Nan.

They didn't go on talking about the latter, because the two downstairs had just turned to the last half floor, and when they looked up, they met the mother and daughter sitting on the doorstep.

Beard and Lin Jianqiu stopped in their tracks.

Zhong Xinyue was holding Nan Nan in her arms, looking at the two people below, she suddenly stood up.

It seemed that he wanted to go up, but as soon as his footsteps moved, he froze in place again.

There was a bit of embarrassment on her face.

Glancing at the person downstairs as if being scalded, they looked away, and both of them fell into silence.

So Nan Nan didn't notice this subtle atmosphere.

As soon as she saw Lin Jianqiu, her eyes lit up immediately, she struggled unconsciously, and easily broke free from her mother's embrace.

"See Brother Qiu!"

She stepped down the steps in twos and threes, running too fast and almost falling.

Lin Jianqiu quickly reached out to catch her.

Nan Nan seemed to have expected that Lin Jianqiu would catch her a long time ago, she didn't panic at all, she hugged his neck and giggled in his arms.

The other two adults came back to their senses because of this, but their expressions were still very unnatural.

The atmosphere became subtler.

The opportunity for the bearded man to catch a cold before was to run out to find Zhong Xinyue in the middle of the night.

When he came back, he lost his soul and hung out in the middle of the night in his unlined clothes before he caught a cold.

After that, I was in a trance for a long time and I didn't see better. I think it was not just because of a cold.

Lin Jianqiu took a look at them, hugged Nannan, and took two steps back very interestingly: "Talk slowly, I'll go down for a walk."

As he said that, he went to look at Nannan again: "Does Nannan want to eat candied haws? My brother will take you to buy them?"

Nan Nan nodded vigorously.

The two idlers waited to go down, and the originally frozen air circulated again.

Lin Jianqiu heard the bearded man cough twice.

"Do you want to go in and sit down?" He asked Zhong Xinyue.

At the gate of Yuncheng No. [-] Middle School.

Lin Jianqiu bought a bunch of candied haws, bent slightly, and handed it to Nan Nan, making a silent gesture along the way.

"Don't tell your mother and Uncle Beard about coming here for now."

"En." Nan Nan nodded without hesitation.

It makes sense for Brother Jianqiu to do everything he does.

The worship and dependence of children is so simple and straightforward.

While biting the candied haws, Nan Nan followed Lin Jianqiu to the school gate, looking inside curiously.

At this time, it was not time for school to end, so naturally no one came in and out, and I could only see some classes on the sports field who were having physical education classes, running and shouting loud slogans.

"Is Brother Jianqiu coming to find someone?" Nan Nan asked.

"Yes." Lin Jianqiu rubbed Nannan's head.

There are still several layers of bricks under the fence outside the playground, and the child is following him, tiptoeing along the bricks and looking in.

It's a pity that I'm not tall enough, so I can only see a bunch of bushes.

Lin Jianqiu picked her up and asked her to stand on the edge of the brick wall and look in.

Naturally, the child didn't see anything special about it. The first time he saw the high school campus, he was only in awe. He grabbed the candied haws and forgot to eat them.

"I want to come here to go to school in the future!" Nan Nan vowed loudly, with sincere yearning in her eyes, "This playground is so big, that lawn must be very comfortable to roll on."

Lin Jianqiu didn't puncture her beautiful fantasy of high school life, but just teased her: "The playground in No. [-] Middle School is bigger than here, do you want to go?"

Nan Nan wrinkled her face and thought for a moment, then shook her head: "No, I'm coming here!"

Lin Jianqiu: "Why?"

Nan Nan said: "Because this is the closest to Brother Jianqiu's house! Then I can play with you and Uncle Beard every day from now on!"

Lin Jianqiu let out a "puchi" laugh.

The runners inside had finished warming up and happened to stop on this side. When they heard the movement, some people looked out curiously.

"There's a kid over there."

"How did you get here?"

"Live nearby."

"Hey, is there another one in the back? Why does it look familiar to me?"

"Where is it? I'll take a look too."

……

A group of students were whispering, passing one by one, and they couldn't help but look behind.

Even the people in the class next door couldn't help following along to watch the fun.

A girl standing in the corner lowered her head slightly and was in a daze, but was suddenly knocked on the arm by a female classmate next to her.

"Look, look, the one standing outside seems to be that Lin Jianqiu!"

The girl who was hit turned her head subconsciously, and more discussions sounded into her ears.

"real or fake?"

"Wow, the real man looks really handsome."

"Damn it, I can't see it here!"

"How did he get here?"

"Maybe they just look alike."

"I seem to have heard that he does live near here."

……

Many people around became excited, especially the girls. Even if they hadn't heard of Lin Jianqiu's name, many people instinctively turned their heads to watch the excitement.

People were jostling and shoving each other. The girl was caught off guard and was pushed from behind violently. She staggered into the flower bed and almost hit the wall.

Changed the position, and the scenery that I couldn't see before can also have a panoramic view.

As soon as the girl raised her head, she was facing Lin Jianqiu's face.

He is indeed handsome, and it is pleasing to the eye at first glance, without any flaws.

But the girl didn't want to see him.

There was no surprise on Lin Jianqiu's face, he raised his eyebrows and smiled at her, while raising a hand: "Long time no see, this classmate."

The girl's face changed slightly.

Lin Jianqiu corrected slowly: "Ah, no, it's only a few hours, not too long."

The author has something to say: ah, sorry this chapter is a bit late

Because it took time to reorganize the outline and prepare for the May [-]st holiday for everyone~ As a result, this chapter was overturned and rewritten after finishing the arrangement, and it was a little late qaq

Basically, the outline to the end has been roughly sorted out, and I will try to update more below, okay?

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