shadow of crime

In the early morning, the rain became lighter and fell little by little, like a dusty tulle hanging from the gloomy sky, covering the watery leaves and the ashen stone road.The sky is gloomy. If it hadn't just been through the night, I'm afraid it would be night again.

After several hours of search and rescue, all the personnel felt heavy, but no one gave up and searched along the river without saying a word.Xu Zhengyuan didn't sleep all night, his face was sallow.He couldn't walk any longer, so he stood resting where he was, his normally bright eyes turned gray at the moment he looked towards the river.

"I'm going to the bureau. Lao Huang is not here today. He asked me to help guide the new interns in their group. I will go dig someone by the way. Let's not talk, I'm leaving."

——This was the last sentence his son said to him. At that time, he was reading the morning newspaper without raising his head. Then his son really left and never came back. Now the younger generation he had been optimistic about has disappeared.

Xu Zhengyuan exhaled a mouthful of hot turbid air, restrained his emotions, and said seriously: "Continue to expand the search scope!"

The woods on the river bank, the rest area, and even the public toilets were searched, but nothing was found.The detective frowned, holding the walkie-talkie and saying, "The investigation team didn't find anything."

"So is the second detective team."

"This is the fourth detective team. We found traces of a fight at two o'clock, and we will report the situation again..."

"It must have been found!"

The exhaustion accumulated all night was instantly wiped away, everyone cheered, but the smiles were not distracting, after all, no one had been found yet.

The river flows through the abandoned industrial park. The land was sold after the unified planning of the city, and the original factories were moved to the Economic Development Zone outside the Fourth Ring Road.The developer who took over seems to be waiting for the land price to rise, and has delayed construction. This place has become a land without jurisdiction, and all equipment and facilities have broken down.

Xu Zhengyuan stepped on the rubbish all over the floor, and walked up the mottled corridor with support. The fragile wooden fence was smashed to pieces, and a small piece of black cloth was hung on it.

Wang Zhipeng hurried over when he received the news, and reported the situation on the other side like a cannonball: "I found Lin An. Fortunately, he didn't die. He is now receiving treatment in the most authoritative hospital in XX Town. My name is Wu Zichuan went to guard him, Lao Xu, you can rest assured. What is this?" Wang Zhipeng picked up the cloth with his gloves on and looked, "It seems to be ripped from Lao Jiang's clothes."

After experiencing the "Lin An Floating on the Water" incident, Wang Zhipeng's fragile little heart has been beaten very hard, and he changed his past habit of exploding when encountering troubles, and steadily put his things into the evidence bag.

Xu Zhengyuan was not used to his appearance, so he asked, "Are you sure this is the fabric on Xiao Jiang's clothes?"

"I didn't run away," Wang Zhipeng said. "Others wear cotton long johns in winter, but Lao Jiang likes to wear black trench coats, and he doesn't change the style and material. It seems that he is the only one with style. Look at the damage to the railing." According to the degree and angle of damage, most of the people fell into the water, I went to the shore to see if there were any footprints or something, if there is nothing, it means that the person did not get up, and we are going to get the body."

He patted Xu Zhengyuan on the shoulder, and when he turned around, he made a "huh-hum", pretending to cry, and his legs were so weak that he couldn't stand still.

The industrial park is paved with uneven concrete floors, probably to prevent workers from getting close to the river, and half-person-high iron fences are built around the banks, which are already rusty after several years of wind and rain.

Wang Zhipeng ordered to go on: "Check the embankment thoroughly, pay special attention to blood and footprints, and all human traces must not be missed."

In the drizzle, the trace inspectors carried out their work efficiently and orderly.Xu Zhengyuan stood on the promenade and looked around, and suddenly asked the criminal police next to him: "Is there an old residential area outside the park?"

"Have."

"Not dismantled yet?"

"Hey, such a large piece of land is said to be demolished, but no one dares to take it, and the land price is rising again. The developer can only sell the land to his hands. Moreover, there are many residents in that area, and the demolition is only to resettle the residents. One problem is enough to cause headaches, so it has not been dismantled until now.”

Xu Zhengyuan nodded.

At this time, a shout came from not far away, attracting everyone's attention.

"There's a discovery here!"

Xu Zhengyuan rushed over, Wang Zhipeng glanced at him, and said: "There are climbing marks on the moss on the embankment, the iron fence is damaged, and there is a Rumi Nuo reaction. The blood has been extracted and sent back for DNA comparison. Someone from It crawled out of the water, but it’s hard to say if it’s not Lao Jiang, after all, he’s a landlubber, and we won’t know until the results of the comparison come out.”

Xu Zhengyuan only listened to the first half of the sentence, slightly relieved: "So, Xiao Jiang had a fight with the suspect on the bridge, then fell into the water, and the suspect took Xiao Jiang to escape after picking him up. "

Wang Zhipeng was a little confused, and asked with his soul: "...Why did the suspect save Jiang Bei? This is not in line with common sense."

"..." Xu Zhengyuan looked at him with caring eyes for the mentally retarded, "Did you find any traces of the vehicle? Xiao Jiang can't swim, so it is impossible for the suspect to escape with a drowning person by public transportation, let alone the person who suffered If you get injured, you will be suspicious when you get in the car."

Wang Zhipeng wanted to say not necessarily, the suspect dared to drag Lin Ansai's suitcase onto the bus, and Jiang Bei was not the chosen one, so could that psychopath give him special treatment?But seeing Xu Zhengyuan's determined expression, Wang Zhipeng swallowed these words back, he always felt that Xu Zhengyuan had something to hide from him.

"No ruts have been found for the time being. The trace inspector is checking the man-made traces elsewhere. What if there are no traces after the inspection?"

Xu Zhengyuan looked at the dilapidated old residential area, and said: "If there is no one, it means that they are hiding nearby, and the car is not driving. Where can they escape?"

Wang Zhipeng didn't understand the twists and turns, and became more and more confused: "So why did he save Lao Jiang?"

Xu Zhengyuan only said: "Go to work."

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"Cough...cough..."

Jiang Bei coughed a few times, causing pain all over his body, his mind was still rolling and wandering in the dirty river water, his lungs were filled, and the strong suffocation made him struggle recklessly until he stretched out his hands to hold He pressed back into the bedding.

"do not move."

A nightmarish voice sounded, and Jiang Bei's nerves tightened reflexively, trying to open his heavy eyelids.His eyes slowly focused, he saw the owner of the voice clearly, and then looked away.

"You can't swim." This sentence seemed to be for himself, Jiang Nan lowered his crow feathers and said, "You are afraid of water."

Jiang Bei touched his body and took off the soft coral fleece sheets, only to realize that he was lying on the bed. The bedroom was filled with the smell of milk, which came from the kitchen.The heavy curtains blocked the daylight, and it could only be judged from the gap that it was daytime.Warm yellow lights filled the room, coating the comic books on the desk, the easel in the corner, and the ceramic cup by the bed with a soft golden glow.

After a while, Jiang Bei squeezed out a sentence from his sore throat: "Where is this?"

He wanted to sit up, but his right arm was imprisoned. When he pulled it, it collided with the head of the bed with a crisp metallic sound.A sense of shame welled up in his chest, and Jiang Bei shot out a cold light, and said ruthlessly, "Untie it."

Jiang Bei just woke up, his face was pale, his whole body was sunken in the mattress, and his body was covered with a clean bedding.The drenched clothes have been changed, and a white Jiangnan T-shirt has been put on. He looks sick, and what he said is really not deterrent.

"You're injured, this will prevent you from moving around. Are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat." Jiang Nan got up, and as soon as he walked to the door, he heard a sentence behind him:

"Those people... Did you kill them?"

Jiangnan was silent.

"Surrender yourself, you can't escape forever."

Jiang Nan didn't look back, just said: "...do you think I'm running away now?"

Jiang Bei listened to the sound of pots and pans coming from the kitchen. After the sound stopped, no one came in with food.Then there was the sound of drizzling water, pulling his thoughts back to the rainy night more than ten hours ago.

Jiang Nan dragged him into the abyss, the moment the river water blocked his nose and mouth, Jiang Bei even gave up struggling and indulged himself in the sinking.He was about to die, but he didn't replay all the time he had spent in this life in his mind, but he was thinking - he should drag that bad seed to die together.

Ridiculously, Jiang Nan caught him.

The sound of the water stopped, and Jiang Nan took a shower, threw the blood-stained clothes into the trash can, and then brought the food to the bedroom shirtless.

He was still wounded, his forearm was cut with a horrible bloody gash, after being washed with hot water, his skin and flesh rolled up.He didn't bother to deal with it either. After putting down the dinner plate, he went to the closet to find clothes to wear. The gray sweater brought out his illusory sense of desolation.

Jiang Bei glanced at the steaming milk, he had no appetite at all, coupled with lack of energy, he turned his face to the side and fell asleep.

"Aren't you hungry?" Seeing that he didn't intend to eat, Jiangnan changed his tune, "Okay, I'll eat later, and I'll help you treat the wound first."

A corner of the quilt was lifted, and the cold wind poured into the quilt along the soles of the feet.Jiang Bei couldn't sleep anymore, he opened his eyes suddenly, retracted his foot, but his ankle was held.

"open."

Jiang Nan sat at the end of the bed: "When I carried you ashore, the iron fence scratched your leg. If you don't treat it, you will get infected."

Jiang Bei squinted at him: "...Just take care of yourself."

Jiang Nan didn't listen, and took iodine and cotton swabs to disinfect the wound: "Don't cry out even if it hurts, I will gag you if you hear it downstairs."

This injury was not enough for Jiang Bei to bear, it was just that the cold touch of iodine and the scorching fingertips on his ankles collided with an unbearable numbness, making his toes curl up.

Jiang Nan paid attention to the subtle movements. In the last communication, he figured out all the sensitive points of the person in front of him.How to put it, a person who walks under knives, guns, sticks, and sticks all year round, as long as you are gentle enough, every inch of his skin can give the most authentic response.

Jiang Nan pretended that he didn't see anything. After applying the medicine, he wrapped medical gauze on Jiang Bei's calf, and tied a delicate bow as a prank, like wrapping a gift.

It was a New Year's gift he snatched back at [-]:[-] in the morning, through torrential rain and half the city.

He looked at his "masterpiece" obsessively.

"Why did you kill them?"

The unexpected question destroyed the charming atmosphere just created.Jiang Bei continued, vowing to wipe out this atmosphere: "...If you want to see me, you can come to me directly."

Jiang Nan stared at the bow tie, his long eyelashes covered his lonely eyes, and he said after a long time, "Because they are 'Cheng Ye''s playmates, they have nothing to do with you, and not at all, do you understand what I mean?"

This answer surprised Jiang Bei.Extreme jealousy became the motive of Jiangnan's crime. Just because he never got it, he wanted to destroy what others had.

Jiang Bei pulled his foot back: "This is sophistry, don't blame others for your mistakes, what you enjoy is the pleasure of destruction, so as to balance your twisted psychology."

"Whatever you say," Jiang Nan raised his eyes. After tearing off the disguise, he engraved possessiveness into his pupils. "The process is not important. My goal is always the same."

Jiang Bei buried his face in the soft pillow and hastily avoided looking at each other. His questioning had no effect on this pervert Jiang Nan.Jiang Nan is good at changing the subject, and then speaks dirty words in a sugary tone. Jiang Nan used to rule his sensitive areas with his fingertips and lips, and manipulated his shame with frivolous words.

All in all, it's a goddamn stick.

"It's useless for you to lock me up here," Jiang Bei said, "You left traces on the riverside. There is no perfect crime in this world. The police will find you soon. Turn yourself in."

Jiang Nan felt that Jiang Bei talked too much, and it might be pretending, like pretending to be sick on the corridor, but finally gave him a fatal blow.

With his hands still under the quilt, he squeezed Jiang Bei's toe bones: "Before the police find us, we can still do many things, such as hugging, kissing, making... love. If I am happy, I will also You can kill me."

Jiang Bei tugged at the handcuffs, raised his face, gritted his teeth and said, "I will really kill you."

Jiang Nan caught the fleeing foot: "I know, because I did something bad, it doesn't matter if I'm a little bit worse, right?"