Sunrise in the smoke

Seeing that the two of them didn't have much reaction, Yao Ting said to herself: "Puppets, this thing was called a puppet or a puppet in ancient times. It refers to a wood-carved idol. A person carved out of wood thinks or a small animal that looks like other creatures. Things, often used to describe the expression of dementia, the function of puppets in the Sui Dynasty was strengthened into robots. Bai Jingyuan made this game very interesting. He wanted to control everyone, and turned living people into puppets, which he manipulated. To be precise, He thinks he is the ultimate strong man, or in other words, he just wants to be the ultimate strong man."

After listening to Yao Ting's explanation, the two of them gave up the explanation that was originally a good idea.

Qi Yihan stroked what Yao Ting said, half-believing and half-doubting: "Bai Jingyuan doesn't know your existence?" Yao Ting took a strand of her hair and fiddled with it casually, letting the strands of hair tangle around her fingertips. Looking at Qi Yihan: "Officer Qi, speaking of Bai Jingyuan, I know who he is better than you."

After Qi Yihan listened to what she said, he looked at Yao Ting with an attitude of "then tell me who he is so I can open my eyes".Yao Ting is not stupid, she is able to hide from Bai Jingyuan for so long and provide clues to the police in an open manner, of course she is amazing. fault.She naturally sat down on the sofa, crossed her arms and looked at the two people standing, and said, "Why, can't we sit down and talk?"

Shen Jiuqi looked at Qi Yihan, there were not many people who could be so casual in front of the two of them.Qi Yihan had already grabbed Shen Jiuqi's sleeve and forced him to sit on his office chair.Then he walked around Shen Jiuqi and sat beside Yao Ting.Slightly apologetic: "I'm sorry, the space is too small, I have offended you."

Yao Ting didn't care about the seat issue, and said slowly: "I'm telling you a very unreal thing, but it happened for real. What... the warm chestnut Dai Meng, you know, she is a writer who writes some kind of novel." You know it too. Me, Bai Jingyuan and the other two murderers are all characters in her book to be precise. According to time, Bai Jingyuan should have appeared in your world earlier than the three of us, and The three of us came to this world only a year ago. Can you figure out the relationship between time and space?"

It would be fine if Yao Ting didn't say the last sentence, but after saying that, she felt that she was an insult to their IQs.But what she said was really unbelievable.Dislocation in time and space?They came to their world?It really is a character in the novel.

Although Comrade Shen Jiuqi and Comrade Qi Yihan both believed that there might be another self in the world, but if this thing really happened to them, they would not believe it.And their time-space dislocation is divided into time!

But Yao Ting's actions and words just now proved that her IQ and spirit are fine. Could it be that she is falling ill now?Scientists have no conclusions about this kind of thing, and it just happened around them?What kind of world breaking news is this!

Shen Jiuqi said: "Do you think we will believe what you said?" Yao Ting said with a half-smile: "Even if you don't believe it, you still have to believe it. Because I have the important evidence you need in my hand." Shen Jiuqi patted Standing up from the table: "Cooperating with the police investigation is the responsibility of every citizen, why do you..."

"But the problem is... I'm not a citizen of country Z." Yao Ting is right, she is indeed not a citizen of country Z, and she doesn't even know if she exists in the census.

Qi Yihan said calmly at this moment: "You want to cooperate with us?" Yao Ting nodded.Qi Yihan asked again: "Then what equivalent do you want to exchange with us?" Yao Ting thought about it and said: "Actually, what I want from you is useless to me after all. I don't lose anything if I give you the evidence. Let me tell you a request..."

"Please say."

"At the last moment, Bai Jingyuan will definitely cause a big disturbance, causing a sensation in the whole city and achieving his desired goal. I only ask you to let An Cixi go."

Shen Jiuqi and Qi Yihan were both taken aback after hearing this request.Because they don't know that the person in front of them is still related to An Cixi?Not to mention that An Cixi also came from a dislocation of time and space.

Yao Ting said: "You all know that An Cixi is a traitor. An Cixi has been working for Bai Jingyuan for so many years, but I think so...An Cixi is actually quite innocent. There is no such thing as Bai Jingyuan. Her tricks allow her to listen to her own words. An Cixi is very important to Bai Jingyuan, and in the end you only have two choices, either die with An Cixi, Bai Jingyuan, or let An Cixi go , only sacrifice Bai Jingyuan in exchange for the lives of your entire team, including the lives of those he may destroy in the future."

After Yao Ting finished speaking, both of them gasped.

Sure enough, Yao Ting said so much, and she said between the lines that she knew Bai Jingyuan very well, but Bai Jingyuan didn't know her existence at this time.

Shen Jiuqi interjected at this moment: "Let me tell you later, is Bai Jingyuan's feelings for An Cixi his father or... his lover?" It's normal for two people to have lovers. It can be seen that it is possible after listening to Yao Ting's words.If they don't protect Cixi in the end, they will face the fate of more people dying, then how important is An Cixi to Bai Jingyuan, to this extent?

"A lover is absolutely impossible. Bai Jingyuan likes men. Is the relationship between the two of them...I don't know, but if you have the ability, you can ask Fenglan." After Yao Ting finished speaking, she added, "Yes Now, Fenglan is the lady Lan you saw today. Her name is Lanran."

Shen Jiuqi's expression was not right when she heard "Bai Jingyuan likes men", until Yao Ting finished speaking, he asked: "Can you explain to us that Bai Jingyuan's white hair and he has a female face?" What's going on?" When Shen Jiuqi saw Bai Jingyuan, she felt that he was very wrong. Not only did he look a bit feminine, but his hair was also white, and it didn't look like it was dyed. Most people probably didn't grow like him of.

"Oh... Bai Jingyuan's white hair is not because of his age, but because he was born with white hair, no matter where we are or here, it is white. I heard that he has albinism once, and I also I don’t know if it’s true. As for the female appearance...he is androgynous, so it’s not surprising to have a female appearance.” Yao Ting said it as if she was talking about a person who was the same as them in the world, not at all. Think there's something wrong with being born with gray hair and androgynous.

Qi Yihan frowned, and finally asked a useful question: "Since you know him so well, do you know what he went through to make him have this mentality?" For Qi Yihan's kind of thinking, His mentality was acquired, of course, he had also heard that it was born, so what he is more curious about now is what Bai Jingyuan went through to give him the idea of ​​manipulating everyone in this world.

Yao Ting felt that these two people really regarded her as a "knowledgeable", but when she thought that this was for the victims who were hurt by Bai Jingyuan, she felt that she couldn't lack an arm or a leg if she said more: "This has to start from when he was a child. Bai Jingyuan's perverted mentality was actually formed the day after tomorrow. But he was born with albinism, and his parents didn't want him. I heard that people around him said he was a monster, anyway. I'm not a roundworm in his stomach, even if I don't know what he wants, so I can't tell you in detail. After that, he went to the orphanage by himself, not only did not put himself in the orphanage, but also picked up There is a child, and that child is An Cixi. It is said that Bai Jingyuan was very kind to An Cixi, and An Cixi did not dislike him because of his albinism, but treated him in a different way. Afterwards, in It seems that Bai Jingyuan started planning these cases when he was a teenager. According to what you said, there must have been many changes in the process, and the final version is the version we have experienced now."

"Also, it's about the choice of the murderer and the victim. As far as I know, Bai Jingyuan is obsessed with details. Everything he does must be perfect so that he can be satisfied, but this is not obsessive-compulsive disorder Ah. Anyway, in my view of the murderers in these cases, Bai Jingyuan came here completely according to their previous pain points. Threat them with their previous pain points, make them work for themselves, and buy them willingly. Regarding the victims, this It's the murderer's own choice. The murderers he chose, when subconsciously choosing victims, will definitely choose those he is particularly jealous of.

"There is also one point that I agree with your reasoning. This point is the point that you said that the murderer watched "myself" kill "myself" and then killed "myself". Bai Jingyuan must have had a bad life when he was young. Well, he wants to kill the self that he hated in the past, and then kill the "self" that he hates now. Bai Jingyuan is a typical psychopath, he wants everyone in the world to become controlled by him He is a puppet, and he likes to choose people who have similar experiences to his before to perform the activity of 'killing himself' again, he enjoys this kind of pleasure ||, and he also likes the joy of others being willing to be manipulated by him."

Yao Ting "dissected" Bai Jingyuan in one go.Completely told Shen Jiuqi and Qi Yihan about Bai Jingyuan's current and previous mental state.

Qi Yihan felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity when he heard Yao Ting talking about Bai Jingyuan's past, and listening to Yao Ting, he seemed to think of a person.This person was the one who kidnapped him at that time, it turned out... so.

But Shen Jiuqi's thinking was not a little bit different from Qi Yihan's, it was literally a thousand miles away from him.Listening to Bai Jingyuan's past, he felt that there was a person very similar to Bai Jingyuan's past, but it wasn't the Bai Jingyuan who kidnapped Qi Yihan at that time.It was Qi Yihan.

Shen Jiuqi unconsciously looked towards Qi Yihan.Of course Yao Ting noticed the change in Shen Jiuqi's eyes, so she had no choice but to change the topic of the two of them: "By the way, are you guys going to cooperate with me? Isn't it just to let you let An Cixi go? is it hard?"

When Shen Jiuqi was about to say "difficult", Qi Yihan said straightforwardly: "Of course, then... I wonder how Ms. Yao wants to cooperate?" Yao Ting was stunned for a while, she didn't expect that someone like Qi Yihan would also I believed her nonsense, and I never thought that Qi Yihan would agree to himself so quickly.

Finally, Shen Jiuqi couldn't sit still anymore, walked in front of Qi Yihan to calm down, half-kneeled in front of Qi Yihan, held Qi Yihan's hand and said to Qi Yihan in a soft tone: "Baby, you know my love for everyone in our team Emotional. Even if..."

"Team Shen, I know your feelings for each of us, but what do you think when you hear that An Cixi is a traitor? I don't know if you will be disappointed, but each of us does not know." What does An Cixi think personally, An Cixi could be our comrade in arms before, but as long as she works for the murderer, we should not have any contact with her." Qi Yihan said rationally.

Yao Ting looked at these two people with interest, she understood An Cixi's temperament, compared to Bai Jingyuan, An Cixi was simply too nice.But as Qi Yihan said, at this time, none of us know what An Cixi thinks personally, and no one knows which side she will stand in the end, so for people like Qi Yihan, it is very important for An Cixi Cixi, this is considered polite.

Shen Jiuqi was not in a hurry to argue with Qi Yihan, but asked him: "Then how do we explain to the superior?"

This is indeed a good question. Since Qi Yihan joined their team, everyone has been busy every day without touching the ground. Here comes another "our team has a mole". I am afraid that Wang Ju will be angry and sent to the ICU.After all, they are not afraid of scolding, but they still have to face the city bureau. If this matter gets out, it will definitely have a bad impact on the city bureau.

So this is how they "turn big things into small things".

Qi Yihan thought for a while, and then asked: "Captain Shen, are you really willing?" Shen Jiuqi smiled: "With me, all living beings are equal except you. But An Cixi has been with us for so many years, this person is really good. Okay, I don't know if it's a disguise..." When Shen Jiuqi said the last sentence, her tone was full of regret.

It is enough to have Shen Jiuqi's words, Qi Yihan said in heart.Then she said to Shen Jiuqi: "When the time comes, I think An Cixi will come out by himself."

After hearing what Qi Yihan said, Yao Ting was noncommittal.But looking back, seeing the light movements of the two of them, I couldn't help but say: "You two, can you mind that there is someone next to you?"

City F, Meiliang Hotel.

An Cixi ran to Meiliang Hotel after asking for leave from Shen Jiuqi.He even ignored the registration and ran straight towards Bai Jingyuan's room.

An Cixi pushed open the door, and what he saw was Bai Jingyuan and Lan Ran sitting on the balcony drinking tea with each other.

She was bending over and gasping for breath, seeing the two of them so calmly, it could be said that An Cixi became more and more angry.Bai Jingyuan felt a little angry when he saw An Cixi push the door open in such a distressed state, he put down his teacup and walked towards An Cixi.Then he said coldly to An Cixi: "Stand up for me."

Although An Cixi was thinking about why I stood up for you, her body was very honest, and she slowly straightened up.

Bai Jingyuan raised his hand and slapped him.

An Cixi didn't know what happened to her, so she just got slapped like this.

Seeing that Bai Jingyuan was so emotional, Lan Ran went over and grabbed Bai Jingyuan's wrist, which made Bai Jingyuan feel pain.Lan Ran questioned Bai Jingyuan: "Crazy Bai, what's wrong with you? Is it useful for you to beat her? Isn't Cixi treating you well enough!" An Cixi was watching from the side, and Lan Ran was really angry.

An Cixi said: "Feng Lan, if he wants to get angry at me, let him hit me. I'm fine, so you don't have to get angry with him."

Aizen was attracted by these two people.She let go of Bai Jingyuan's hand, and then without saying anything, she folded her arms and looked at Bai Jingyuan, to see what monster he could do again.

Bai Jingyuan pressed his temples, and looked at the handprints on An Cixi's face.He simply slapped himself.You are a man after all, what is going on when you hit a girl!When Lan Ran saw this scene, there was no emotion on his face, but it was An Cixi. After seeing this, An Cixi went over to hold Bai Jingyuan's face and asked, "Why are you so stupid?"

"He's not stupid, he's sick." Lan Ran was on the side responsible for breaking the atmosphere.

An Cixi gave Lan Ran a wink, telling her not to say any more.For An Cixi's sake, Lan Ran had no choice but to pretend to look at the moon outside.

Bai Jingyuan's eyes were already scarlet at this time, and An Cixi was startled when he raised his head.

Bai Jingyuan, actually... cried?

An Cixi couldn't believe her eyes, but Bai Jingyuan was crying?She grew up with Bai Jingyuan and didn't see why Bai Jingyuan cried. This time Bai Jingyuan actually cried?Because no one had ever seen Bai Jingyuan cry, not only An Cixi didn't know what to do, Lan Ran didn't know what to do either.

It can be said that Bai Jingyuan cried like pear blossoms with rain. He was good-looking, but when he cried, he looked like a person in a painting. He really lived up to his title of being like a work of art.

However, Bai Jingyuan just wiped away the tears he was about to shed just after shedding two tears, and said to An Cixi: "Yes, I'm sorry, I, I was wrong."

An Cixi was almost choked up by these six words, and turned to Lan Ran and asked, "Fengfeng Fenglan, what did the boss say just now?" Lan Ran felt that she had misheard just now.

In his life, Bai Jingyuan could say any word from his mouth, but only the six words just now could not be said from his mouth.The two of them followed Bai Jingyuan for so long and didn't hear him say the six words "I'm sorry I was wrong" for something or for someone.

Just when An Cixi wanted to prove it again, Bai Jingyuan solemnly said to An Cixi this time: "I'm sorry, I was really emotional just now, I, Bai Jingyuan, can fight anyone in my life, except the one who can't!" It was you. I was wrong, I know I was an asshole for hitting you just now. I apologize to you."

F City, Room 123, Building Nine, No. 301 Southeast of Magma Road.

Jing Yanhao and Xu Mingze were staring at the screen, neither of them took their eyes off the screen.

It was still calm at the beginning, Jing Yanhao finally couldn't help it, and said: "Fuck! Yao Ting knows everything. The one who talked to the two of us at the beginning was that lunatic Bai Jingyuan?"

Compared with Jing Yanhao, Xu Mingze was very calm. After thinking for a while, he said to him: "I have a question now. Why did Yao Ting take the initiative to go to the police at this time? Could it be to expose the two of us?"

After Xu Mingze finished speaking, Jing Yanhao realized that he seemed a little too reckless.If Yao Ting went to the police just to expose the two of them, then it is indeed a bit of a fuss.If the police don't believe Yao Ting, not only will they be regarded as mentally ill, but they may also get burned.So why did Yao Ting go to the police?

Jing Yanhao gave Xu Mingze an expression of "I don't know if you can guess".Xu Mingze saw it and said: "I think the most direct way is that Yao Ting really wants to arrest us. The police must pay attention to evidence in everything. If Yao Ting doesn't have enough evidence, she won't act like a mental patient." Go to the police. And at this time, everything is just right, whether the police realize that the ultimate murderer behind the scenes is Bai Jingyuan or only Shen Jiuqi and Qi Yihan are in the city bureau, all these show that Yao Ting is looking forward to this day It's been a long time, so at this time, all I need is "I have the evidence you need" to let the police arrest us. Ever since Yao Ting saw the two of us killing people, she may have been waiting for this day, Every step she took may have been planned, just waiting for the day when we will all be brought to justice."

"Then here comes the question again, what happened to An Cixi?" Jing Yanhao's head finally followed Xu Mingze's at this moment.

Xu Mingze choked on Jing Yanhao's question, and stared at Jing Yanhao.

That's right, in their world, Yao Ting and Bai Jingyuan had a good relationship. How could they just ask the police for security Cixi?An Cixi was a member of Bai Jingyuan at this time, so Yao Ting asked the police to ask the police to protect Cixi. Isn't that just adding trouble to herself, and the other party may not remember Yao Ting.So why did Yao Ting do this!So at this time, the best explanation is that Yao Ting has fallen in love with An Cixi.It's not the kind of fancy, but the character of An Cixi.

Just like what Yao Ting said to Shen Jiuqi and Qi Yihan before, no one can understand them better than her.Similarly, among these people, no one knew Yao Ting better than them.

Fortunately, it's a close friendship, so of course I'm more familiar with each other's mind.Then Yao Ting's heart is that if you are in the same camp as me, I can risk my life to protect you.Give her life to you.In the same way, if you and I are not in the same camp, and you are working for the enemy, then I will not hesitate to help people who are in the same camp as me, and let you receive the same punishment.

Both of them thought at the same time, as if only this reason could explain Yao Ting, and it was very accurate.