A charming and dangerous character

Whether in fairy tales or in reality, castles seem to have countless steps.

The king will ascend to his throne along the steps with flowers and applause, and the princess will also run through countless steps to hinder her beloved.

But when the sun goes down and the sun is no longer there, what will these winding, endlessly long stairs look like?

After Qiu Chuchu actually walked into the building, she realized that its interior was not as glamorous as it looked on the outside.

The unclosed windows were blown by the wind, and the window frames creaked, and the steps were continuously winding up like giant earthworms. The old floor that had been turned up at the corners had accumulated a thick layer of dust, and the air was too thick. The amount of dust makes people feel uncomfortable coughing or sneezing——Qiu Chuchu couldn't help shivering while standing on the steps. It seems that the indoor temperature is even lower than the cold wind blowing outdoors.

Everything inside this building seems to reveal that it has not welcomed guests for a long time.

Qiu Chuchu tried her best to slow down the movement of her feet, but even so, she still couldn't avoid the creaking sound of stepping on the old wooden boards.

Since entering here with her father until now, Qiu Chuchu still doesn't know what this strange castle with different styles is for.

There are only a few dimly lit wall lamps hanging on the wall of the stairwell, and there are no lights on every floor here, and the deeper and farther ahead looks dark.No matter how good the eyesight of a little girl is, she cannot see her surroundings clearly at night.

But one thing Qiu Chuchu can be 100% sure of is that this is definitely not the Disney castle she just imagined.

Because the little girl was on the way upstairs in a hurry, she could vaguely see several rows of seats for people to rest in the center of each floor, and even a row of tall infusion racks standing behind some of the seats. She could also smell a faint smell of disinfectant at the end of her nose, which made her suddenly have the illusion that she had come to some deserted hospital.

Those tall and long brackets, under the moonlight, look like slenderman in horror games. These Slendermen who like to abduct well-behaved children seem to be grinning and saying hello to Qiu Chuchu all the time. .Their shadows reflected on the ground seem to be moving forward silently, and the two thin and long arms are shaking faintly.

If the little girl grows up a little longer, or the scope of reading becomes wider, maybe this dilapidated and old building can remind her of the legendary Holmes Murder Castle.

The legendary castle was originally built by the famous serial killer Holmes. It is said that it was a slaughterhouse designed by him himself. , At the same time, there are various movable traps all over the place.

When he saw the backside of this gloomy building, the head of the rookie detective Lin Ze, who had read a lot of (miscellaneous) books, suddenly flashed the Holmes Castle that he had seen in the book a long time ago.

It's just that hundreds of wronged souls are buried in Holmes Castle, but the tall building in front of me doesn't know who is buried.

The moment this thought came to him, he couldn't help shivering.

The temperature in the air also seemed to turn cold suddenly, Lin Ze quickly rolled up the windows, but this Jetta, which has been in the army longer than him, is about to be eliminated, so there are still many cold winds blowing unscrupulously along the gaps in the windows that cannot be completely closed Get inside the car.

However, it can still resist part of the cold invasion.Lin Ze took a deep breath, rubbed his hands in front of his mouth to warm them up, then took out his phone from his pocket and opened the page of the search engine.

Just now I heard Qi Zhanzhu mention that Qiu Chuyi's father, Qiu Jian, had committed a criminal case. After Lin Ze was shocked, curiosity still prevailed in his heart, so he began to search for the events of the year.

Since he is not in the bureau at the moment, he cannot call up the specific files for inspection, so he can only use the Internet to find out.However, the Internet at that time was far from being as developed as it is today. In the end, Lin Ze only found a few words about the case on the web page.

Compared with the abominable cases that are likely to cause a sensation, Qiu Jian's cases in those years were quite common in the police station.

The incident happened about ten years ago in City D.

As a well-known local entrepreneur, Qiu Jian not only has a well-run business, but also has a happy family that everyone admires.

And through the real-life photos attached to the report, it is not difficult to see that even in middle age, Qiu Jian can definitely be regarded as a well-maintained, suave and handsome man.

In fact, Qiu Chuyi does not look very similar to his father.Compared with his son's deep and three-dimensional facial features, Qiu's father looks more elegant, just like those romantic men in ancient times. The moment Lin Ze saw the photo, he felt that Qiu Jian must have been a Confucian businessman who was popular with women.

Moreover, most of the labels attached to Qiu Jian back then were positive images.

Lin Ze consulted reports about Qiu Jian ten years ago, and found that although he was a successful businessman, he was also enthusiastic about public welfare. Before the case happened, he was also the president of the largest non-profit organization in D city for a while.

It was such a perfect man who had an excellent reputation, who was not like a businessman but like a Bodhisattva in people's mouth, was suddenly reported by his real name one day, saying that he sexually assaulted a minor.

The whistleblower claimed that the orphanage that Qiu Jian had been subsidizing was a social welfare institution on the surface, but in fact it was also a "paradise" for him to choose criminal targets. People are the victims.

The whistleblower grew up in an orphanage, witnessed and experienced those disgusting experiences that he would never forget for the rest of his life.

In the report, the whistleblower cried blood, and painfully accused this sanctimonious devil.

The welfare organization that was supposed to be the "protective umbrella" for those helpless children, under the control of this demon, has gradually become a hell for the weak - children who have no ability to resist are like domestic animals kept in captivity Birds, he can choose at will, and in the recollection of the whistleblower, his posture seems to be picking pets.

Once the target is chosen, Qiu Jian begins to commit the long-planned crime of "cultivation" when the child grows to an appropriate age.

For the children in the orphanage, he is the creator there, a supreme false god made of money.

Even if the whistleblower tried his best, he managed to leave there and transfer to an ordinary middle school. He thought he could live a normal life, but his body seemed to be left with an indelible mark. The devil could not stand the prey from his hands. Fleeing, the terrible cloud finally arrived as promised.

Before the flowers fully bloom, they are about to face the fate of premature death.

Ten years ago, the whistleblower had just entered the second year of high school, the best age to be eighteen—and in the same year, Qiu Chuyi finished high school and was about to enter a new chapter in his life.

But everything was changed by that report.

Lin Ze noted that the report also wrote that while the police were chasing the suspect, Qiu Jian suffered a sudden illness and fell to the ground, but because the evidence of the case was solid and did not affect the conclusion of the case, Qiu Jian was finally detained in the Provincial Prison Hospital, and it is said that Haven't woken up yet.

For some reason, he suddenly sympathized with Qiu Chuyi who had gone through such hardships.Lin Ze, who grew up in a loving environment since he was a child, can't imagine how he would feel if he encountered all this.

The image of the mountain-like father collapsed, especially with such a funny ending - the gentleness and politeness he showed to people before are all camouflaged shells, everything is to hide the extremely dirty heart Beast heart.

Is it—

Is what he has been showing in front of his family all this time just an illusion?

The father who walked in front like a guide at night didn't seem to notice the daughter's fear behind him.

I can't count how many steps I have walked. When the destination finally arrived, Qiu Chuchu couldn't help panting heavily while holding her knees, but the curious nature of a child still made her stare intently at the strange existence in front of her. glass house.

This is a room with a whole wall of transparent glass, located on the highest floor of the entire building.Although the other three walls are also made of glass, they are frosted and matte, and you can't see the outside clearly. The only transparent glass wall facing the stairs has an exit in the middle for people to enter and exit.

So Qiu Chuchu could clearly see that there were a lot of exercise equipment, bookshelves, and chairs for people to rest scattered inside, which looked like an activity room in a school or a hospital.

Those seats have a clean finish, in stark contrast to the rest of the dusty equipment, as if someone had sat on them not too long ago.But Qiu Chuchu looked around carefully again, and found no guests other than their father and daughter.

"Father," Qiu Chuchu asked while the child's vital capacity was not so large, "You...have you been here a few days ago?"

It's a pity that the father behind him didn't make any answer, as if he didn't hear his daughter's question.

So - who could have been sitting there?What are you sitting there for?

Suddenly hearing a "squeak..." sound, Qiu Chuchu was sure that the sound was definitely not the wind blowing in from outside, or the window frame being blown by the wind.

She stared at the tightly locked windows in the glass house. Even though she was smarter than her peers, the little girl still inevitably felt a little panic and fear.

Just like how a small animal would behave when it was in danger, Qiu Chuchu curled up her body as much as possible, and kept getting closer to her father behind her.

But soon her back hit something hard.

"……dad."

The little girl also wailed like a baby animal.

Qiu Chuyi stared at the round back of the head, which was very similar to the child's mother, and before he knew it, he had already stood beside his daughter.

The ten pianist-like slender fingers also quietly dormant behind the child like spiders.

The Lord once said that transgressions and sins are forgiven, but punishment is never exempted. The transgressions of parents must be punished by their children and grandchildren.

The distance between the wide palm and the small back is getting closer.The elegant father looks like he's thinking hard:

Do you want to push it down and become a new demon?

Soon, the original silence was broken by a scream in the middle of the night.

"Fuck!"

"It can be regarded as being checked by me!"

Holding the portable laptop in his hand, Gao Zhiqiang almost knocked out the souls of the three people on the other side of the walkie-talkie with his groaning voice.

"..."

Tonight, Qi Zhanzhu patted his chest seriously after receiving two soul blows in succession, touched his heart and said, "Brother, can we see what time it is now? If you find it, just say what you found, wailing!" What's going on? Why, there are wolves chasing you after you?"

But Gao Zhiqiang didn't care about it, and continued to shout: "Sure enough, nothing in this world can escape your Gao Zhiqiang, Master Gao's insightful eyes!"