eighth story

The ashes of the burned fish scales gave off a dull smell, which was not too pungent, but the strong fishy smell still permeated the entrance.Xuan Jue swept away the remaining ashes on the ground with a dustpan, went to the yard, followed Qin Zhi's instructions, took a flower shovel and dug a hole under the tree to bury the ashes, then returned to the house and opened the windows to ventilate. Pick up the air freshener and spray a few times.

Then I went to the bathroom to wash my hands, and briefly cleaned the scratches on the temples, and then went back to the bedroom to see Wu Qinyang.

Wu Qinyang huddled under the quilt, still shivering from the cold, and the expression of jumping out of the corners of his brows and eyes usually calmed down.Xuan Jue stretched out his hand to run along his hair, but Wu Qinyang grasped his wrist in a daze, and groped to hold Xuan Jue's hand in his arms with both hands.

Xuan Jue didn't speak or move, just maintained this posture, even though Wu Qinyang was holding his hand firmly, sitting twisted, his wrist felt a little stiff unconsciously.After a long time, he noticed that Wu Qinyang's breathing was gradually calming down, and he tucked the corner of the quilt into him again.

Wu Qinyang woke up, his dark eyes seemed to be wet, he grabbed Xuan Jue's hand, and whispered: "Brother..."

Xuan Jue said: "Yang Yang." The other hand touched his forehead.

Wu Qin said: "Brother, I'm cold, you can sleep with me." He stretched out a hand to unbutton Xuan Jue.

Xuan Jue stuffed his hand in, took off his coat, lifted the quilt, and lay down next to Wu Qinyang.

Wu Qinyang stretched out his hand and hugged him naturally. The two lay on the bed, facing each other in an embracing posture. The heat from Wu Qinyang's breathing was all sprayed on Xuan Jue's neck, which was actually slightly damp.

Xuan Jue's body was very warm, like a furnace that would never cool down in the winter weather, Wu Qinyang put one arm around his waist, and the other between the two of them, grabbing his shoulder.Xuan Jue also stretched out a hand to hug him, the fiery palm pressed against the cold back through a layer of cashmere sweater, causing Wu Qinyang to let out a comfortable sigh.

Wu Qinyang said: "Brother, what's the matter..." He stretched out his hand to caress the wound on his temple that he had treated simply with a Band-Aid.

Xuan Jue said: "It's okay, just touched it, is it cold?"

Wu Qinyang said: "I don't know what's wrong... It's the first time I want to sweat so much, and I feel dizzy... It feels like falling into a hole in the ice, it's not very comfortable..."

Xuan Jue said: "Just rest and rest." He patted his back lightly as he spoke, "Go to sleep for a while, you'll be fine tomorrow morning."

Wu Qinyang let out a deep "hmm", and said in a daze, "Brother..." Hugging him even harder, he said in a low voice, "You hug me..."

Xuan Jue hugged him and held him in his arms, the warm warmth was conveyed by the closeness of the bodies, and he heard his steady breathing after a while.Wu Qinyang's body was still lingering with that kind of chill that seemed to be frozen, like the remaining snow in winter when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. Xuanjue waited until Wu Qinyang fell asleep, but the amber cat's eyes were still shining with the faint moonlight. There was a faint light in the room, and after a while, he lowered his head and kissed Wu Qinyang's forehead lightly.

Like a feather blown by the breeze.

Wu Qinyang didn't notice it at all, and was still lightly asleep.A moment later, a bright light flashed by, and Xuanjue turned back into the prototype of a black panther, restrained the sharpness of his sharp claws, sideways embraced Wu Qinyang into his arms, and sighed silently.

The soft chest and abdomen of the leopard's body were tightly pressed against Wu Qinyang's back, and Xuanjue used this to transmit a steady stream of heat to Wu Qinyang's still somewhat cold limbs, gradually removing the coldness in his body.Wu Qinyang noticed the softness behind his back in his dream, turned around and buried his face in Xuan Jue's chest and rubbed it. The leopard's fur is not particularly fluffy, but it feels very smooth. Wu Qinyang Qin Yang seemed to be fascinated by the touch of his hands, and murmured vaguely in satisfaction.

The pitch-black leopard just blended into the quiet night, only the amber eyes were brighter.Being hugged by him like this, Xuan Jue raised his head and rubbed his chin on the top of Wu Qinyang's head. He hasn't turned back to his original form for many years. Human speech and behavior have long become a habit, but his animal body temperature is higher than that of a human. On the high side, it was only at this time that he wanted to use this to warm Wu Qinyang.

Wu Qinyang hummed contentedly, just like he did when he was a child.When Wu Qinyang was first born, Xuan Jue was still a cat. At that time, the two of them were squeezed into the same cradle. Wu Qinyang, who was two or three months old, was raised by four adults in the family and a cat. , sucking the same white fingers without knowing it.

If possible, Xuan Jue would like to accompany him like this forever.

Whether it's a so-called cousin, a real leopard, or even a cat.

This realization suddenly made Xuanjue feel extremely tired, so he just hugged Wu Qinyang and fell asleep.

Meanwhile, the hospital.

Lin Jie rolled his eyes, spat out a mouthful of blood and fish scales, and lay powerlessly beside the bed, still retching.Qin Zhi took the towel beside the bed and wiped off the filth from the corners of his mouth, and then lightly dropped a piece of talisman on Lin Jie's vomited fish scales, and after a while, it turned into a small pile of ashes.

Lin Jie took the towel and said in a low voice: "Thank you." After wiping his mouth, he leaned crookedly on the head of the bed and sat, looking very tired and depressed.His eyes were cloudy and wandering, not fixed on a certain point in the emergency ward, and he looked very dazed. He just stopped when he glanced at Qiao Yuan who was standing aside, but he still didn't speak.

His mouth was tightly closed, but his tongue was quietly licking away the ashes between his tongue and the gap between his teeth, and then he swallowed slowly.He knew it was a life-saving thing, as if the coldness in his bone marrow made him nostalgic for the warmth brought by the talisman just now, and he couldn't help but want to do something to keep it.

Qiao Yuan sized him up for a while, then turned to ask Qin Zhi, "How is he doing?"

Qin Zhi said, "You'll be fine after two or three days of rest." As he spoke, he took the cup handed over by the nurse, and with a wrong finger, a piece of talisman paper turned into ashes in the flickering fire, and fell into the cup. In a cup of warm water.Qin Zhi picked up the cup and shook it, the finely divided ashes swirled and undulated in the cup with the fluctuation of the water flow, then he handed the cup to Lin Jie, and said to him, "It's for driving the cold."

Lin Jie thanked him for taking it, without any resistance, and quickly drank the glass of talisman water in one gulp.

Qin Zhi said again: "It's normal to feel cold, it will be better in two days, rest more, and eat lightly."

Still holding the cup in both hands, Lin Jie said again, "Thank you."

Qin Zhi, Xiao Yunhe and Qiao Yuan left the emergency ward together, leaving only the nurse to take care of Lin Jie.There are six beds in the next ward, including Zhu Mingyue who is still asleep, Qiu Feng, the deputy monitor, and another girl from Shuwei class 381. The remaining three are two sophomores and a faculty member.In another ward were Zhong Liyin, the class teacher of Shuwei class 381, Sang Zhenzhen, He Anping's roommate, and a staff member of the cafeteria.

Lin Jie's condition was more serious than others, so he used a separate emergency room for this.After coming out of Lin Jie's ward, Qin Zhizi went to other wards for follow-up treatment, leaving Xiao Yunhe and Qiao Yuan talking in the corridor.

Qiao Yuan said: "A total of ten people, thanks to you who came in time."

Xiao Yunhe said: "Not only ten, but also Yang Yang."

Qiao Yuan was quite surprised, and asked back: "Yang Yang...?"

Xiao Yunhe gave a "hmm" and asked Qiao Yuan again, "Among the students sent here are from Yang Yang's class?"

Qiao Yuan said: "Shuwei 381? Out of ten people, two are students in their class, and one is their class teacher. At first I thought it was food poisoning, but Brother Xu said that it might not be that simple, so I called Your guy came over, thank God."

Xiao Yunhe said: "What about other situations?"

Qiao Yuan said: "They just spit out fish scales. Now I can almost know that they all ate fish tonight. Let's talk about Yang Yang's class. Today's class dinner is grilled fish. And Lin Jie Hey, I wanted to ask him something. He was having dinner in the cafeteria. You know, everyone was afraid of the human meat bun shop when the Rentou case came out. The school cafeteria said that fish was selling well these two days. Others have almost the same idea, they eat fish at night. Or maybe it’s not food poisoning, a group of people can get together, but now it’s so scattered..."

Xiao Yunhe said: "I'm afraid I have provoked something, how is your case going?"

Qiao Yuan said: "Let's talk about progress, it's not that there is no progress, but if He Anping's body can't be found for a day, it's tantamount to standing still. The possibility of He Anping's accidental involvement in some incident leading to her death is not considered for the time being, and it was included in the scope of suspicion at first. There are almost such a few, her boyfriend Lin Jie, her dance partner Lei Ge, her roommate Sang Zhenzhen who has conflicts with her, and her friend Li Jiayin from J University. After investigation, it was confirmed that Sang Zhenzhen did not Time of crime. He Anping disappeared on November [-], and her head was found in a free soup pot in the cafeteria a week later. The classmate who attended the class together was always in the dormitory when she was alone, she couldn't give He Anping to the dormitory... Besides, if she really tore up He Anping's body, the people around would always be able to sense that something was wrong, but according to the feedback, everyone There is no sign of this, so Sang Zhenzhen's suspicion has been ruled out."

Xiao Yunhe said: "What about Li Jiayin?"

Qiao Yuan said: "Li Jiayin and He Anping have known each other since they were in elementary school. It has been more than ten years now. They are very good friends who talk about everything. J University went to Tangdao, Li Jiayin I didn't know that He Anping was dead, and the little girl was crying very sadly. Li Jiayin's alibi during the daytime is very sufficient. She practiced ballet and was preparing to participate in a competition in the city recently, so she has been practicing dance. Teachers and classmates can all testify, so she hasn't had much contact with He Anping during this period of time. She sent several text messages, but He Anping didn't reply, thinking that the other party was busy, so she let it go. Li Jiayin rented a house outside, and the house By the way, I will ask Pingfan to investigate early tomorrow morning, so that Li Jiayin's situation after returning home at night will be almost clear, but I don't think Li Jiayin will be the murderer of He Anping."

Xiao Yunhe said: "How to say?"

Qiao Yuan sighed, "Because Li Jiayin said... He Anping is pregnant."

Xiao Yunhe asked doubtfully, "Pregnant?"

Qiao Yuan nodded, and continued: "A week before He Anping disappeared, she went to visit Li Jiayin for the weekend, and told Li Jiayin that she hadn't had her period for three months. She suspected it was an endocrine disorder, and asked whether she should go to the hospital. Take a look. Li Jiayin knew about her relationship with Lin Jie, so she said that you are not with someone, right? He Anping neither admitted nor denied at that time - that is the default, Li Jiayin hurried to go A nearby pharmacy bought a pregnancy test stick, which finally proved that He Anping was pregnant."

Xiao Yunhe said: "Whose child does it belong to?"

Qiao Yuan said: "Li Jiayin thinks it's Lin Jie's. Although He Anping has been flirting with many boys, Lin Jie is the only boyfriend who has officially dated her. Li Jiayin said that He Anping is not what she looks like on the outside. She is a very conservative person, she will not sleep with boys casually, the only possibility is her current boyfriend Lin Jie. She also said that He Anping is the kind of person who is not very good at rejecting others, if Lin Jie asks She won't disagree, and He Anping didn't deny it either."

Xiao Yunhe said: "Does Lin Jie know that He Anping is pregnant?"

Qiao Yuan said: "I wanted to ask him, but this is not..."

Xiao Yunhe said: "Anyway, so far, Lin Jie is the most suspected."

Qiao Yuan said: "I think so too, but without further evidence, I don't know if He Anping's pregnancy is a breakthrough. But if Lin Jie is really the murderer, how did the head appear in the soup?"

Xiao Yunhe frowned, and then said: "I'm afraid this has something to do with what happened tonight."