Looking forward to the stars

In the suburban apartment, Xiao Yu was lying on the sofa with flushed cheeks, muttering Zhan Chen's name. On the tea table, there were empty wine bottles strewn about, and overturned red liquid hanging from the edge.

"Crack...crack..."

Every drop seems to fall on the heart, every drop reflects a haggard face, every drop merges with that person's tears, as if the world is so quiet that only this "pop" is left.

The next morning, Xiao Yu came back very early. Seeing Zhan Chen's countless phone calls, he remembered how absurd last night was. He opened the door, and Zhan Chen was sitting on the stone steps leaning against a pillar and fell asleep. Flashlight and mobile phone, his face was a little wet and red, thinking that he had waited for him all night, and his heart ached, if you like someone else, why did you treat me like this.

He sighed, walked to Zhan Chen's side, and told him to go into the room to sleep.

"Zhanchen, Zhanchen, wake up."

Zhan Chen was pushed awake by him, and opened his slightly swollen eyes with bloodshot eyes. Seeing Xiao Yu's blurred face became clear, he suddenly became happy and wanted to hug him, but Xiao Yu took a step back to avoid his eyes. action.

Although heartache, although greedy, but can not let him hug again.

Zhanchen's circled arms stopped in the air awkwardly, he blinked his red and swollen eyes vigorously, when did we become so divided.

"You're back. I was worried last night. Where did you go?"

"I live in an apartment and just saw the call this morning, sorry."

Apologize, I waited all night, could it be because of this unfamiliar sorry, Zhan Chen looked at Yu Shao in disbelief, his eyes were a little moist.

"Oh, why are you sorry, the stars were very bright last night, I, I fell asleep after watching the stars."

"Don't go out without a word in the future."

Zhanchen remembered that he had no position to ask him to report his whereabouts to him,

"It doesn't matter if you don't say anything, just take care of yourself, I'll go in first."

Zhanchen stood up, a little dizzy, he supported the pillar, and found that after resting all night, the pain below him was so painful that he couldn't move an inch, so he walked back to his room and closed the door.

It turns out that I'm just pretending to be passionate. It turns out that our relationship is not as close as I imagined. It turns out that you always treat me as an outsider.

There was a knock on the door, Zhan Chen quickly wiped his face, turned around and opened the door, unable to smile anymore.

"What else?"

"your phone."

"Oh."

He lowered his head to take the things, but the tears flowed out unsatisfactorily, not daring to look up at him.

"Thank you."

Xiao Yu held his hand.

"You have a fever."

Hearing his nervous voice, Zhan Chen withdrew his hand, still lowered his head, tears had dripped down to the ground, forming a wet circle.

"It's okay, just take some medicine later."

"Zhanchen."

Xiao Yu yelled, and lifted his face full of tears, Zhan Chen couldn't see Xiao Yu's face clearly due to his blurred vision, only knew that Yu Shao would hold him in his arms the next moment,

"sorry Sorry…"

Repeating this sentence, Xiao Yu closed his eyes in pain.

He stretched out his hand to caress Zhan Chen's forehead. He had a bit of a fever after blowing a cool breeze last night. Looking at his rabbit eyes swollen like walnuts, he said distressedly:

"I'll get you some medicine."

"Here it is, just take one or two pills later."

He pulled Xiao Yu and blinked his sore eyes.

"Young Master Yu, do you have something to hide from me?"

"No, don't guess."

"But you've been in a bad mood recently."

"I said no, don't you believe me?"

"I believe it, but..."

"Since you believe me, don't ask."

Zhan Chen bit his lip, he didn't want to say it, and he couldn't force him.

So what if I let you know, it will only make you and me alienate and add to your troubles, I love you, I just know.

However, on the third night, one person's pain turned into two people's torture.

On Friday afternoon, there was a thunderclap in the scorching sun, and the first summer rainstorm fell in Beijing in June. The rain and waterfalls were like curtains, washing over the flaming city. The mist, the bean-like raindrops hit the ground and splashed a small splash, the rain and mist are separated, everyone seems to be in another space, walking alone.

In the evening, the rain did not stop.

Zhan Chen called Xie Di before leaving get off work.

"Xiao Di."

"Oh, Zhanchen."

"What's going on with the case?"

"From the clues we have so far, the victims are all single, male, roughly between the ages of 20 and 40, regardless of their occupation. Apart from these, the death scene is an abandoned apartment or a building that is being demolished. The content is the same."

"Judging from the death report, the deceased had not been sexually assaulted before his death, but was abused. In addition to the skin on the face of the deceased, his whole body was also scratched to varying degrees. The murderer was brutal. At present, the motivation of social revenge is relatively obvious."

"The murderer didn't mortally wound the deceased, did he let them bleed to death?"

"Well, you are right. The autopsy results are as follows. Both of the deceased died at around 3:[-] in the morning. They began to torture about two hours before they died. That is to say, they died in the same way. The process was very painful. .”

"Can the murderer be identified?"

"The occupation cannot be determined at present, but he can grasp the amount of bleeding, and it is speculated that he should have certain medical knowledge."

"I see, there is a discovery here, I don't know if it can help."

"You said that any discovery is too important now."

"I have compared the published photos of the two deceased, and found that there is one similarity in their appearance, the nose."

"nose?"

"Well, I used to like a football star very much, but his face was severely injured in a car accident, so he had plastic surgery. The appearance of the two deceased would seem handsome at first glance, but judging from their facial features, if you look at it separately There is nothing outstanding, but if you look at their facial features together, the effect will be quite different, and the key point is the nose."

"It may be a bit far-fetched to say this. If a face is too delicate, in addition to the delicate facial features, one point looks prominent, and the other eyes and mouths look harmonious when combined. Their noses are slightly arched. The tip of the nose is protruding but not sharp, round but not big, and the nasal bones are thin and straight, not too arched and thin like stars, which can be seen at a glance by plastic surgery, but for their ordinary professionals, I believe they will Avoided."

"So, you suspect that they have plastic surgery, but it is not obvious."

Xie Di's voice became excited, as if seeing the dawn of solving the case.

"Yes, the sense of discord between the two that I saw at the beginning is here. They are so similar. I guess they both had facial injuries before, had the same surgery, and were performed by the same doctor. Among the current clues, there are One suspects that the murderer has certain medical knowledge, and these two points coincide."

"The murderer is a surgeon or plastic surgeon."

Zhanchen expressed his conjecture.

"Of course, this is just a conjecture. Maybe their noses look alike, or the surgeons who operate them have similar techniques."

"No, what you said makes sense, but how did you find out? You don't even think about their facial features."

"It's just that I have better spatial thinking. At first, I just guessed. Later, I saw a few more photos of them on the Internet and compared them repeatedly, so I came to this conclusion."

"Haha, that's great. I think this is a very important discovery. Tell the coroner this news. It's too small a detail, and he may not have discovered it."

"Well, if this is true, then the doctor who operated on them is the same one. Just check the cases of the two, and we will know who the murderer is."

"Zhanchen."

"Ok?"

"Thank you for helping me a lot."

"Is there any need to thank me? I'm just doing my duty as a citizen."

"Haha... yes, I will report this clue immediately and catch him before he does it next time."

"Ah."

Zhanchen looked up at the clear blue sky after the rain, and was in a good mood. After work, he went to the pastry shop on G Street and bought longan lotus seed cakes and fruits. When he returned to the courtyard, it started to rain again, getting denser and denser The rain curtain makes the nearby scenery look hazy, and the dark clouds slowly drift towards this sky from a distance.

"It looks like there will be another heavy rain tonight."

Someone said this, but the tone was not angry at all. The cool weather would not be disliked for a few days. In this city where people are panicked under the scorching sun.

"Now?"

"Yes, this is our last trip, if you can't claim it now, you have to wait until next time"

On the other side of the phone, a gentle and honest male voice kindly reminded,

"Well, I'm coming out now"

Xiao Yu walked to the gate, Zhan Chen came out and asked,

"Young Master Yu, you want to go out?"

"There is a courier, go pick it up now"

"Oh"

Xiao Yu glanced at him, said nothing, and went out with an umbrella.

"Is there any courier company delivering now? It's almost 7 o'clock"

Zhanchen looked at the time, and muttered, maybe it is a family that has been left behind, and there should be nothing to do during the day, so he went back to the bedroom and sat on the chair to continue writing novels.

After updating a chapter, he frowned. At 10:[-], it was already so late. He remembered that Xiao Yu had gone out and seemed to have not returned, so he went to his room to look for him.

"Young Master Yu"

"Young Master Yu"

He even shouted a few times, but no one answered, he was a little flustered,

"Young Master Yu, Young Master Yu"

He anxiously searched all the rooms, but he didn't see Xiao Yu, feeling a bad premonition, he hurriedly called him.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is off, please..."

His hands trembled involuntarily, and the fear that hit his bones made him sit on the ground all of a sudden, his brain couldn't think, it was blank, gone, gone.

"I've been by his side all the time, why did he disappear, Young Master Yu, Young Master Yu..."

His fingers curled up impossibly, and the phalanges twisted white, as if they were about to break. He closed his eyes, took a breath, and when he opened them again, he was no longer flustered, and he was much calmer.

The rain was still falling, and the room was so quiet that only the sound of Zhan Chen's breathing could be heard.

Three o'clock in the morning, now 10:[-], two hours ago, there are still two and a half hours, squeeze the time, except for the slight difference, there is only more than one hour, you have to find him within this hour, otherwise, even if you don't bleed And death will be painful.

Such a big city, where will the other party take people, ruins?Both the previous two cases happened in the ruins. This has already aroused the suspicion of the police and strict blockade. This time it may not be the same place. Even if there are so many abandoned buildings in the city, there is not enough time to find them. He took a person, You can't live in a conspicuous place blatantly, but...

The more you think about it, the more confused you become, the more you can't get a clue, there are too few clues, Zhan Chen regrets not asking more details at that time.

"卲迪"

Perhaps the identity of the murderer has been identified over there, and he was about to call him, but the phone rang, and a message came in. When he saw it, it was Xiao Yu's number:

If you want to save him, come to No. 23 Z Street Bypass Road alone, I will wait for you at the intersection, if you call the police, he will die immediately, remember, alone, don't try to play tricks.

It's really bright, as long as he hasn't appeared, Xiao Yu will be safe for the time being.

No, could it be that the first two deceased were also related to me, but I had nothing to do with them, I didn't know them at all, and the murderer didn't trade like this before the crime happened, then, there is only one possibility.

Each of these three cases has its own conspiracy.

The first two cases were independent cases, and one person did it. Now this murderer is someone else, another person, is it a copycat?It is very likely that the murderer used the real murderer's method of committing the crime to achieve his purpose of committing the crime, but the suspect is still the real murderer, so he can get away with it.

But who would do that?Or maybe, who wants to kill himself?

Suddenly, I really want to call Feng Fan, want to hear his voice, will it be bad or bad if I go this time, if I can't come back, will I never see him again.

Zhanchen dialed the phone, but no one answered. He looked blankly at the rain outside the house, listened to the busy tone on the phone, hung up and stood up, put the phone on the table, opened the umbrella, and rushed into the rain.

He was going to bring Xiao Yu back.

At the airport, Jing Ming arrived today, and he asked Feng Fan to pick him up. A twelve or thirteen-year-old mixed-race boy hugged Feng Fan's arm, chatted childishly to him, cut off his phone, Feng Fan doted on him. She looked at him, a little sullen, but let him go out of the airport, opened the umbrella, and took him home.