sincerity of lies

The on-site investigation and evidence collection was preliminarily concluded. The corpse had to be transported back to the police station first, and some physical evidence was gradually released from the house.

One of the physical evidences is a bird, alive, in a cage, a pure white munia with only a little red on the beak.

The tender cry that Ji Xun heard when he saw the corpse was from this munia.In the process of being taken out of the house by the police, Ji Xun noticed that the birdcage was filled with too much water, and it fell all the way with the police.

This is obviously not the style of the neat dead man in the house.

The birdcage was touched by the murderer.

The murderer killed the man, let the bird go, and added enough water to it to ensure that it could survive.

Cruelty and mercy again contrast sharply, only this time with extra irony.

He went downstairs to find Xia Youqing.

The people downstairs were all discussing Xi Lei's matter, and apart from surprise, there was regret in their rustling voices.They seemed to know a lot about the woman who died, and everyone talked about how polite, kind, and helpful she was.

A very gentle woman was murdered.

Everyone has begun to curse the murderer.

Ji Xun saw Xia Youqing, she didn't leave, she was watching the corpse being carried into the car with other people in the community.

It was bright, the sun was bright, and it was cold.

She held her stomach and stood stiffly, the little spirit she had when she first saw her in the morning disappeared, as if an invisible opening had been opened in her body, and the things that maintained the vitality of her body came out from this opening, like Grains of sand generally pass away gradually.

Ji Xun's expression changed slightly, he squeezed into the crowd, and walked quickly towards Xia Youqing.

Complaints came one after another from around, Ji Xun apologized again and again, but he didn't slow down his pace. When he finally came to Xia Youqing's side, the pregnant woman lost her last strength and fell down slowly.

There was confusion after that.

Call an ambulance, arrange an examination, check in.

Xia Youqing woke up once during the journey, and Ji Xun tried to call her twice, but the woman seemed dull and numb, she just stared at the front in a daze for a while, and then slowly closed her eyes.

The female doctor who accompanied her was very unhappy: "Why is the mental state of the pregnant woman so bad? Don't think that it is enough to maintain nutrition during pregnancy. A long-term depression of a pregnant woman will affect the development of the fetus. In severe cases, it may damage the health and intelligence of the fetus. Is there any problem that can't be solved properly, and you want to have conflicts during pregnancy?"

Then she changed her tone and said in a very reluctant tone: "We have a preferential policy here. Wife and husband can also have free medical examinations. There is no charge, and it is purely free! If you need it, you can go to the medical guidance desk for consultation. "

Ji Xun felt that he had changed from a "scumbag" to a "peerless scumbag" in the eyes of others. He once took out his mobile phone and wanted to call Yuan Yue, but finally gave up.

He sat on the couch in the hospital, pulled up the headphones hanging around his neck, listened to music and played games, waiting for Xia Youqing to wake up again.

It was gradually getting dark, and when the light in the room changed from bright to dim, Xia Youqing, who was lying on the hospital bed, opened her eyes blankly. Ji Xun put away her mobile phone to avoid the cold white light from the screen from irritating Xia Youqing's eyes.

"Are you awake? You fainted in the community, and I sent you to Sunshine Hospital——I saw a facial tissue with the logo of this hospital in your bag, and I guess this is the hospital you usually come to. "

"Lei..." Xia Youqing's lips moved, her voice was like a gust of wind, "Xi Lei..."

"Huo Ranyin is investigating. The person you met at my house today is called Huo Ranyin. He is the new captain of the Second Criminal Investigation Division. He took office only two days ago and is now in charge of this case. He is not an easy person to deal with."

When Ji Xun said this, he paused for a while.

"For the criminal police profession, the more difficult a person is, the stronger their professional ability is. You don't need to worry too much for the time being. Maybe the case will come to light before you are discharged from the hospital."

The woman's dilated pupils focused on Ji Xun's face.

"Ji Xun..."

"Drink a glass of water." Ji Xun said, helping Xia Youqing sit up, and handed her another glass of water.

Xia Youqing took the water, she took a sip, and some blood appeared on her dry lips.

"……Feel sorry."

This apology surprised Ji Xun.

Xia Youqing still had a blank exhaustion on her face: "I was a little too anxious during the day, I know that you and Yuan Yue just have a simple relationship, what I said... just want to stimulate you. I don't know if I can do it now. Who to call. Maybe it would be better to call the police directly, but Lei Lei is my last friend. I think... Ji Xun, I think you are more trustworthy."

Originally Ji Xun wanted to mention Yuan Yue, but at this time he couldn't say it.

Others were vague about the matter of Yuan Yue and Xia Youqing, but he knew it clearly.

About last April, Yuan Yue was bitten off a piece of flesh from the neck by an AIDS suspect when he was on a mission, and fell off a high platform during the fight, breaking a leg.At that time, Yuan Yue and Xia Youqing had a good relationship, and because of their relationship, Xia Youqing didn't dare to know about these things, so Yuan Yue called him, and he went to take care of Yuan Yue, and by the way, helped Yuan Yue hide it from his family and Xia Youqing.

Later Xia Youqing found out, and it became him and Xia Youqing to take care of Yuan Yue together.

This incident obviously frightened Xia Youqing. When taking care of Yuan Yue, Xia Youqing always hoped that Yuan Yue could step down from the first line, retreat to the second line, and take a more stable job.

Speaking of which... Xia Youqing made this request because of the leadership of the bureau.

When Yuan Yue was recovering from his injuries, the leaders of the bureau came to visit. While caring about Yuan Yue's leg injury, he also mentioned similar vague words.

He knew Yuan Yue well, as long as he still had breath, Yuan Yue would not want to retreat from the front line. This man naturally has a heroic heart, and he would feel uncomfortable every day if he didn't patrol the case to read the files and search for clues to solve the case.

During that time, Yuan Yue was in great pain, from Xia Youqing, from internal considerations, and from himself.

He didn't know if he, too, was infected with AIDS.

neither knows.

He has no way to refuse his girlfriend who will never leave him at this time.

He promised Xia Youqing to retreat to the second line.

Afterwards, the test results came out. Fortunately, Yuan Yue was not infected with AIDS. At the same time, his broken leg in the fight also recovered well, and there was no root cause of the disease.

After receiving the two test results, Xia Youqing was extremely happy.Yuan Yue was also happy, but there was always a bit of gloom in his happiness.

Within a few days, Yuan Yue dragged him to drink all night.

Later, the news from the bureau also came down, and Yuan Yue still stayed on the front line, and at the same time credited.

Paper can't hold fire, Xia Youqing soon found out that Yuan Yue took the initiative to report and strongly demanded to stay on the front line.

She smashed everything in Yuan Yue's room, slammed the door and disappeared.

As Yuan Yue's brother, Ji Xun has always known Yuan Yue's heart, and he can't accuse Yuan Yue of anything. This is a natural thing for him-even if Yuan Yue hesitates and softens his heart, he will only make one choice in the end. .

But as far as Xia Youqing was concerned, Yuan Yue had indeed lied to her out and out.

When she was four years old, her parents divorced, and both parties promised to love her and take care of her, but in just one year, the two formed their own families and had a brand new child, and no one wanted her anymore.

She has been living on campus since elementary school, and during the junior high school holidays, she works as a winter and summer job everywhere. Sometimes the boss doesn’t want to pay her wages. As long as she can give her a place to live, she has grown like a weed until now.

She hates everyone who lies to her.

"Youqing, if you don't want to be with Yuan Yue anymore, why," Ji Xun asked carefully, "won't you kill the child?"

"It's not good to have a baby. If you hit her, you may never have children." Xia Youqing said concisely.

Ji Xun had nothing to say.

Xia Youqing looked at him again, her eyes that should have been bright were bloodshot, and she was in a state of hesitation.

The black hair was winding on the bed, covering her body, she was as thin as paper.

"Ji Xun, you will help me, right?" She murmured softly, "I have been deliberating, I have been thinking about who else I can turn to for help, maybe it would be better to call the police directly...Ji Xun, I finally thought of you .It's strange, I thought of you. We didn't talk much. I shouldn't bother you. But I can't seem to find anyone else. "

There is a round moon outside the window, round and covered with a halo of color.

Maybe it was because of the halo, his eyes were also dazzled, Xia Youqing's face was blurred, and it became another young face that he was more familiar with and more immature.That delicate face was facing him like a flower.

That familiar face was also looking at him helplessly.

She stood alone, nothing, with a sad face, begging him.

A gust of wind blows in from the window.

call--

The flowers withered and flew away like sand.

Xia Youqing's pale face reappeared.

The hesitation in his heart turned into trembling, Ji Xun took a deep breath, pressed his forehead: "Tell me about your friends."

Xia Youqing's eyes lit up, and energy poured into her body.

"Xi Lei—" she said two words.They had known each other not long ago, only two or three months, but there was a lot they wanted to talk about, and what they wanted to talk about the most was the time when she and Xi Lei just met.

She licked her chapped lips.

"Ji Xun, do you know why I chose this hospital? Because I met Xi Lei here..."

She was in the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital that day, and the doctor sitting in front of her had a blurry face. She had already forgotten his appearance, but every word he opened his mouth was strangely clear:

"It's been more than 14 weeks, and I can only do abortion, why don't you come earlier?"

"It's already 30. It's the age to start a family. Discuss with your boyfriend and keep it."

She came out of the hospital in a daze and came to the side of the road.

The coming and going vehicles converged into a mottled torrent.Standing outside the torrent, she gradually felt numbness welling up in her heart.

Parents have already cut off contact, and the company left because of Yuan Yue's affairs.

He and Yuan Yue also had a falling out.

Now I can't even abort a fetus.

What else can I do?

She asked herself, and took a light step towards the direction of the torrent, before her raised foot touched the ground, a strong force tied her arm and pulled her back.

She staggered back, the fog cleared away, and a woman who was shorter and thinner than her grabbed her arm.

The other party was so petite, but she was extremely powerful. Her arms seemed to be tied in an iron ring, and she couldn't move.

The woman had long hair pulled back into a high, spirited ponytail.Her skin was black and yellow, her lips were full, but her eyes were small.She wasn't pretty, but she gave people a good impression. Maybe it was the blush on her face, maybe the sparkle in her small eyes, which gave people a feeling of high spirits.

Her bewildered eyes looked into those shining eyes.

"Be careful," the man said, "You look a bit tired. What's your name? My name is Xi Lei."

Xi Lei!

After Ji Xun finished listening, he asked again: "Does Xi Lei usually post on Moments? Is there any information about her boyfriend?"

Xia Youqing looked at him in confusion: "You doubt Zeng Peng?"

Ji Xun was noncommittal: "The situation at the scene seems to be committed by an acquaintance, and he is quite suspicious."

"She has posted, not many, mainly about work." Xia Youqing turned on the phone and handed it to Ji Xun.

Ji Xun took it, and the situation was just like what Xia Youqing said, Xi Lei mostly posted about work matters, and the postings were very regular: a pregnant woman would send a celebration message when she gave birth successfully, and a message would be sent when the child was full moon. With pictures, sometimes of the mother holding the baby, sometimes of the child alone.

The total number of these children is [-] or [-], but there are males and females, which is not consistent with the dolls in Xi Lei's family that are all girls, and the two should have nothing to do with each other.

Thinking this way, Ji Xun flipped through and found Xi Lei and her boyfriend among the information, as well as a forwarded recruitment letter about the Dolphin Bar, which was half a month ago.

The straight-line distance between the Dolphin Bar and the Raccoon Bar where he plays drums is less than 200 meters.

"One more question." Before leaving, Ji Xun asked again, "What happened to the puppet in Xi Lei's house?"

"I'm not sure about this." Xia Youqing shook her head hesitantly, "I was also shocked when I saw it at first, and then I asked Lei Lei, she just smiled and didn't do anything strange, she just loved them, Take them off every now and then and wipe them..."

"The dolls without eyes should be custom-made. Do you know where she ordered these dolls?"

"She mentioned it to me, let me think about it..." Xia Youqing racked her brains, "It seems to be a carpenter named Master Lu?"

The bar street in Ning City is always the last place where the lights of the city go out.

There are fiery trees and silver flowers here, and the crowds are bustling. Even in the dead of winter, it also presents the warmth of spring.

When Ji Xun walked to the Dolphin Bar, he happened to see two uniformed policemen talking to the bar manager.

Ji Xun didn't go up to join in the fun.He made a small circle and came to the back door of the bar.He has been in and out of here often, knows all the terrain in this area, and knows where the back door of the Dolphin Bar is.

At the back door of the bar, there is an alley for dumping garbage. As bright as the front face is, the place is as dark as it is.Wild cats and dogs from nowhere, perched on the trash can, stabbing him with yellow and green eyes. They are not so much living things, but more like biological monitors, monitoring everything quietly.

Ji Xun passed by these, silently counting one, two, three in his heart.

There are policemen at the front door, if Zeng Peng is at the Dolphin Bar, if he is guilty, then...

With a bang, the back door of the Dolphin Bar opened, and a man wearing a baseball cap, slightly fat, not short, and visually weighty came out.

This man is obviously quite tall, but he is hunched over, his head shrugged, and he walks a little staggeringly. He is a pathetic person who is bent down by the cruel society. He met Ji Xun face to face.

The alley is deep, only the distant lights and the missing moon shadow in the sky.

Darkness is a very good protective color, and it keeps a safe distance between people.

Just when the two passed shoulder to shoulder, by coincidence, a passing car shot two far lights and illuminated them at the same time.

Ji Xun looked at the baseball cap with his head bowed, and said abruptly, "Zeng Peng?"

The man's body trembled, but he didn't look back. He carried a big black plastic bag in both hands and carried it to the trash can in front.

Ji Xun said again: "Xi Lei."

The headlights left, and the darkness closed again.

When the alternation of light and darkness is completed, the baseball cap puts down the garbage bag in his hand, and when he bends down, the clothes are lifted to reveal the waist.

In the darkness, a cold light flashed, it was the tip of a knife!

The icy tip of the knife brought scorching heat, the heat did not come from the outside, but from the inside.

The rising temperature ignited Ji Xun's blood, and the boiling blood was cooking his bones. At this moment, he felt his breath, and even his breath was full of rust.