sincerity of lies

The next morning, Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin arrived at Qi Yuan's home.He rented a [-]-square-meter small house near Capital University. He got a good offer from abroad. He did an internship for a while before and officially went abroad after finishing his defense in April.

The small living room and balcony of the small house are messed up by various cardboard boxes.

Surrounded by Qi Yuan, he said to the two of them with some embarrassment: "I'm going to go abroad recently, and I have to pack all kinds of things, so it's a bit messy, don't mind. Do you have anything to drink? Let me pour you a glass of water."

"No, you can continue to tidy up." Ji Xun continued.

Maybe there is always a lot of books in the homes of highly educated people. Many of these books have been put away, and some of the frequently used books are not yet in front of the desk.

Huo Ranyin simply explained the purpose of his visit and asked him what he thought of Mo Nai.

Qi Yuan's answer was nothing new, it was nothing more than a little surprised, saying that he was not familiar with Mo Nai, and that his sister's death was an unexpected incident that he didn't understand.

When Ji Xun glanced at those cardboard boxes, Huo Ranyin was already very upright, so he searched the desk as a matter of course.

He took out a copy of "Daddy-Long-Legs", which seemed out of place among a pile of large professional books on science and engineering.

"Do you usually read novels?"

"Ah—wait..." Qi Yuan was a little nervous and shy.

Soon Huo Ranyin knew why he reacted like this. There was a photo in the book, in the photo was a girl with short hair leaning against a tree of cherry blossoms and smiling brightly.

There is no marriage in Qi Yuan's file, presumably this is his girlfriend or crush.

Even the police would be a bit abrupt when breaking into other people's private affairs. Huo Ranyin wanted to say sorry to cover it up, but when he glanced at the woman again, his eyes froze and his face became cold.

Ji Xun would not miss such an obvious reaction, so he also moved over.

"Isn't this Yu Yu?"

Yu Yu, Song Tingfeng's other roommate, unlike Cheng Xiang, has a relationship with Mo Nai's ex-girlfriend, she is a little transparent throughout the case.

But she actually knew Qi Yuan, this relationship was really unexpected.

Qi Yuan was no less puzzled than they were: "How do you know her name is Yu Yu? Does she have anything to do with my sister's death? I am A Yu who I only met after my sister died."

Ji asked, "How did you and Yu Yu meet?"

Qi Yuan scratched his head: "On October 2007, 10, my father was dismissed from the construction site because of his sister. He was going to pack up and go back to his hometown. Stuff, I was very sad when I thought I couldn’t come again. Sister Ayu came over to comfort me. After that, she added my contact information and gave me extra lessons for free after school. She said that she was going to take the postgraduate entrance examination, and she was reviewing the knowledge points, which would be more consolidated. .She also helped me pay for my college tuition, and said that I would pay her back when I went to school and worked part-time.”

It sounds like a story about a well-meaning person subsidizing motivated students.

However, Yu Yu lied that he was taking the postgraduate entrance examination when he was admitted to the postgraduate entrance examination. What I got was a dozen photos of couples."

"Uh……"

Ji Xun continued to chat: "Your decision to go abroad is also to chase her. Yu Yu went abroad a long time ago."

Qi Yuan said embarrassingly: "It can't be said to be chasing. My offer, sister Ayu, also helped me a lot. She wrote me a lot of recommendation letters."

Huo Ranyin: "Have you heard about a female college student jumping off a building in Liucheng University nine years ago?"

Qi Yuan shook his head: "I've heard about it. I know that Mo Nai was arrested because of this incident, but I don't know anything else. My sister just died at that time, so I didn't care about these things. Mo Nai's accident was because he didn't come to participate. I only heard about it at my sister’s funeral.”

If you don't know who jumped off the building, you don't know that Yu Yu is the roommate of the deceased. This seems to echo the details of not knowing the other party's insurance research above.

Huo Ranyin: "Did you inform Mo Nai to attend the funeral?"

"Well, my sister passed away on September 9. On the 20st, I sent a funeral message to the people she was in contact with. Monai was very close, so I have the impression."

On the 21st, Monai was arrested on the 22nd. This time point is also very interesting.

Ji Xun turned his eyes away from Qi Yuan, and returned to the pile of cardboard boxes. A witness who has no value for questioning is worth a pile of evidence that has not been searched.

But the rummaging was exaggerated, Qi Yuan's cardboard boxes were stacked five or six stories high.

Ji Xun had a headache, turned his face sideways, bit his lip and gave Huo Ranyin an aggrieved expression.

Huo Ranyin sighed: "Your sister's belongings are also in this pile of cardboard boxes." The tone of the question was affirmative. There was a pink plush toy in an unsealed cardboard box near the balcony. It was not Qi Yuan at first glance. style of.

"Hey, I'll help you find it."

Soon, Qi Yuan pulled out two small cardboard boxes that were pressed very low, one was full of clothes, the other was some handicrafts, diaries, etc.

Satisfied that his goal had been achieved, Ji Xun blew a kiss to Huo Ranyin while avoiding Qi Yuan who was smoking with his back to them.Then, his sharp eyes quickly found something different among this group of colorful, basically cheap and rustic clothes.

It was a light blue veil skirt, with a satin ribbon of the same color slanted down from the right shoulder, and a large ribbon bow was tied on the left waist side. little dress.

Ji Xun took out the skirt.

"This dress is very beautiful," Ji Xun praised casually, "Is it your mother's 18th birthday present for your sister?"

Qi Meng was exactly 18 years old when he died.

Qi Yuan smiled in embarrassment: "Actually, we celebrate birthdays in the lunar calendar, so when my sister jumped off the building, she hadn't celebrated her adult birthday yet, so she didn't have any presents."

After all, time has passed.After experiencing the death of his sister, Qi Yuan also experienced the death of his parents one after another. Now, when we talk about the past, there is no obvious grief on his face, and he only talks about it as an ordinary past event.

"And this dress?"

"I don't really know, I just saw this skirt in my sister's room. When I first found it, it was still in the box under the bed. In my impression, I have never seen my sister wearing this skirt..." Qi Yuan Not sure, men don't really care about women's clothes, even if it's his sister who gets along day and night, Qi Yuan can't remember what clothes the other party is wearing and what clothes he isn't wearing, but he provides an idea.

"At that time, the family probably wouldn't buy such expensive clothes, maybe someone else gave them to my sister."

Ji Xun let out a huff and didn't continue to ask.

Huo Ranyin said, "If you don't mind, can you temporarily give us this skirt for physical evidence registration?"

The high-speed rail started slowly, and the city full of industrial atmosphere and smog disappeared behind the train. Huo Ranyin closed the mobile phone that he hadn't left Qi Yuan's house since leaving Qi Yuan's house.

He summed up the information in a succinct manner: "Yu Yu's family background is ordinary, her grades in school are not as good as Song Tingfeng's, and the counselor thinks that she is in the fifth or fifth for the postgraduate entrance examination."

"But Yu Yu succeeded in graduate school and went abroad to study." Ji Xun continued, "For a girl like her from an ordinary family with ordinary grades, this road is unexpectedly smooth."

The return car is also a business seat.

Ji Xun bought the ticket. He chose a seat by the window for himself. When he was talking, he turned his head to the window and looked out of the window. The morning light filled his pupils. Covered with a layer of light gold light film.

This layer of light film covers the emotions of people, and what emerges on it are only the buildings that fly backward without stopping, and the mountains and rivers that come forward without stopping.

"Guess it?" Huo Ranyin asked.

"It's almost threaded."

"Tell me." Huo Ranyin, "It happens that there is no one else here."

This is still an empty carriage, money can always enjoy many things, such as privacy, such as comfort.So everyone is struggling, busy like worker ants for more money and more enjoyment.

"When you received the news of Mo Nai's escape from prison, Mo Nai was already on the highway?" Ji Xun suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with the present.

Huo Ranyin frowned slightly, and thought for a moment: "Yes, that's right. At that time, he abandoned the car on Liukun Road."

"From the beginning of this case, we have been running here and there on the road. It almost turned into a road movie. Let's end it on the road. From the perspective of the novel, it can be regarded as echoing back and forth." Ji Xun said , "Where do I start..."

"Let's start with that dress that might be Cheng Xiang's." Huo Ranyin said.

Ji Xun smiled: "You always know a lot about costume jewelry, yes, Cheng Xiang doesn't look much different from the previous photos, her size is the size of that dress, well, the fingerprints taken by the police at that time are also in her From Song’s testimony, it is easy to misunderstand that the clothes are used to cover her eyes, but in fact...”

"Clothes are the reason why Mo Nai is there." Huo Ranyin said, paused and added, "I guessed it for you, continue."

"You're a bit cunning. You asked me to tell such a cruel story even though you guessed it." Ji Xun sighed, and simply leaned on Huo Ranyin's shoulder. Eyelids published a lengthy treatise.

"The construction site is separated from the girls' dormitory by a wall. Nine years ago, there was no wall there, only a simple fence. On September 9, Qi Meng was raped at the construction site. Her clothes may have been messed up. Witness everything or participate in it Mo Nai thought of Cheng Xiang, who was about the same size as her. It was nearby, and he was familiar with the girls' dormitory, so he wanted to find a piece of clothing from Cheng Xiang's closet to cover Qi Meng. He came with another person, Or that person followed him, he took his clothes and left, and was seen by his classmates, but the other person stayed behind and raped Song Tingfeng.

"Qi Meng was deaf and dumb. Obviously, her parents and younger brother didn't pay much attention to her. She couldn't cry to her family about being raped. The great pain was in her heart. She had nowhere to go. She jumped off the building on September 9th. die."

Ji Xun paused, unable to bear to let him lower his voice, as if he was afraid of disturbing the person who had already disappeared:

"It is said that there is nothing left in life except death, but she died silently."

He goes on to state:

"Monai learned of her death on the 21st, and felt guilty knowing that the series of events he participated in had led to the girl's death, so when the police arrested him for another rape case, he did not resist. Because he Know that you deserve what you deserve.

"The story of that night is roughly like this. But if it is just like this, it cannot explain why Yu Yu and Qi Yuan are connected. Therefore, I have to make a bold guess: Yu Yu, knowing the truth of that night, knowing Qi Meng also The victim, out of compensatory psychology, has been supporting Qi Yuan.

"But it was Song Tingfeng who was raped. It was Song Tingfeng who first thought of the evidence being destroyed. It was Cheng Xiang who committed the perjury. Why should she, Yu Yu, be so guilty? And where did she know the truth?

"Cheng thinks that now he firmly believes that Mo Nai is a rapist, that is to say, if Mo Nai didn't tell the truth, then only the real rapist can tell the truth.

"But in the same way, even if the rapist blew himself up with the victim Song Tingfeng out of show off, there is no reason to tell her, a bystander! I remembered the evidence files we went to see together. Song Tingfeng's suicide note is very Narrow, like it was torn from some homework book. We all think it is a bit sloppy as a suicide note..."

This is Ji Xun's second sigh when he said this reasoning.

"But if it is really torn from something, such as a complete suicide note that narrates the cause and effect, then it is not sloppy at all."

Huo Ranyin's memory is very good, he whispered the last words of Song Tingfeng: "I'm sorry, I can't stand myself."

"Well, what is unbearable can be the unclean body after being raped, or knowing the truth and wronging Mo Nai and going to prison. The most important thing is that she excused another person after forging evidence and convicting her." Guilty, and that person is likely to have participated in the rape of Qi Meng, and it is very likely that she did not tell this lie, and Qi Meng's death can be thoroughly investigated. Song Tingfeng couldn't bear the truth. When she came back from her cultivation at home, Mo Nai had already entered , Qi Meng is dead, and her roommate and she have been promised by the school to protect the graduate school. At this time, the real rapist ran over to show her the truth... Song Tingfeng must have had no precautions when he was told all this, and he couldn't Fix the evidence in time - such as audio and video recordings. After all, she has long believed that Mo Nai, the son of a murderer, is a villain, so how can she guard against others. In the end, she was overwhelmed by her own moral sense, and it is not surprising that she committed suicide by jumping off the building.

"As for Yu Yu, her reason for tearing up Song Tingfeng's suicide note is so simple and straightforward that she doesn't need to reason. The postgraduate entrance examination counts for her five or five. It's not as good as Song Tingfeng's reading. After she saw the ins and outs of her roommate's suicide note, she tore off the second half and hid the truth because she didn't want to lose the hard-won opportunity.

"In fact, both Song Tingfeng and Qi Meng were dead at that time, and the evidence was gone. Telling the truth would at most get Mo Nai out of prison, and still could not punish the real culprit. Yu Yu's mentality was probably partly similar to Cheng Xiang's. , Song Tingfeng died, someone must pay the price, otherwise he would die? Then, her conscience couldn't sit back and watch the tragedy of Qi Meng's family, so she subsidized Qi Yuan and gave free tutoring, Lend him money to go to school."

Huo Ranyin: "Qi Meng has always been kind to Mo Nai, your reasoning has not explained why he participated in raping Qi Meng for no reason."

"The owner of the handcuff shop is right. He was a little vain at that time, and his vainness was beyond recognition. He just broke up with Cheng Xiang and desperately wanted to get it back. Those who had 'helped' him concealed his identity for him. His student card's stalker and dog friend said some incomprehensible assholes to trick him into helping him get Cheng Xiang back, and a little girl like Qi Meng who he didn't look down on before could easily become that condition, and Qi Meng was deaf and blind. Dumb, can't understand anything, don't worry too much about accidents - this condition is absurd, but back then, Mo Nai had nothing, so he wanted to catch Cheng Xiang even more frantically, didn't he?"

"You have placed the crime on those three people."

"I'm very judgmental. After all, all of these are just speculations. It's hard to find any real physical evidence for your dress after so many years."

"You can show it to Mo Nai."

"Um... too."

"Mo Nai should not have participated in the rape. He was probably a bystander. But the bystander at that time committed the same unforgivable crime as the rapist."

When Ji Xun said this, he paused for a long time before continuing.

"He buried a girl who liked him. He pushed her into hell with his own hands. He trampled on her love and deprived her of her life. It was Mo Nai who really killed Qi Meng. On this point, when the rape happened, As a bystander, Mo Nai was still confused, but after he knew that Qi Meng jumped off the building, he finally understood. He was not wronged at all during the nine years of imprisonment. Even if he was in prison for these years, he did not There is no way to save Qi Meng's life, no way to make up for the crimes he committed, and no way to bring those real rapists to justice."

A flash of greed has produced a bitter fruit that cannot be swallowed.

These past truths are now only remembered in the hearts of a few people.

The pain of the past, the blood of the past, finally blown by the wind, dissipated in this high mountain, dissipated in this steel city.