sunk in yesterday

Xia Zhuo hesitated for a moment, but still clicked on the photo album.

He had a lot of psychological struggles, afraid of seeing something he shouldn't see, but fortunately, there were only some jewelry designs and artworks in the photo album, and the only life photo was the group photo on the main screen.

One swipe of the phone's address book is all there is, and there are so few contacts.Maybe it's because the dream itself has eliminated a lot of unnecessary things. Looking at it, there are only parents and a best friend, plus a person with a note of 992.

The chat history between her and 992 is empty. Xia Zhuo was very curious about what 992 meant, but he couldn't figure it out, so he settled for the next best thing and opened the message box between her and her best friend.

Zhong: Sister, I am in love!

Girlfriend: So suddenly?I haven't heard you say that, who stole my baby?

Zhong: Let me show you his photo.He works in the 487 Research Institute, which is one of the national key scientific research units. He is doing research on aquatic biology.

Girlfriend: So handsome!Work is also very good, what's his name?

Zhong: Zeng Yuanbo~ You don’t know him.And his job is very stable, and it is much better than mine now, so maybe next month I will go to his city to develop, and come out for dinner tonight?

Girlfriend:? ? ?Make it clear to me tonight!

……

Girlfriend: Why do you want to break up suddenly?Haven't you two been fine?

Zhong: Something happened that I can't explain to you.

Girlfriend: Why can't I explain it? Is there anything else you can't tell me?You don't love him anymore?Or Zeng Yuanbo doesn't love you anymore?

Zhong: It's something you can't care about, it has nothing to do with love or not.I thought for a long time, if we no longer trust him as before, we will only hurt each other if we stay together.

Girlfriend: Could it be that he cheated?He's not that kind of guy.

Girlfriend: Why didn't you reply to the message?Don't be upset.If you want me to say that you should come back, it would be nice for us to open a studio together, go find some delicious food after get off work every day, and I will drive you to play on weekends, it doesn’t matter if you have a boyfriend or not!

Zhong: Thank you dear.I'm thinking about going back next year, because the design orders I received at the beginning of the year haven't been finished yet.No matter what happens, the work still has to be done, don't worry!I am not very negative!

Girlfriend: Good!The most important thing is to be happy!Await your return!Love you!

Who is this Zeng Yuanbo?Isn't your name Zeng Ying?

He looked down one by one, and the last one came from his mother.

——If you still insist on marrying him, then I will pretend that I never gave birth to your daughter.

The attitude is very firm.

After confirming that there was nothing else in the phone, Xia Zhuo returned to Area C.

Zeng Ying was still sitting on the ground in the posture of being tied up. His face was pale, and his chest heaved rapidly. He didn't know whether his body was soaked in blood or sweat, but he was clearly awake.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he didn't raise his head, he didn't even move, as if he had lost interest in everything, desperately waiting for the final judgment.

"The dream has passed, why are you unhappy?" Xia Zhuo stood one meter away from him, put his hands in his pockets, and asked indifferently.

Zeng Ying didn't say a word, if it wasn't for the fact that he was still breathing, Xia Zhuo would have suspected that he was dead.

"Is your name Zeng Ying or Zeng Yuanbo? Or are you both? Zeng's name?"

"..."

"Are you really cheating? Or did she betray you? Let you kill her in shame?"

"..."

"Then have you seen this thing?"

Xia Zhuo threw the phone on his lap, and the screen glowed with a milky white soft light. In the photo, a man and a woman smiled sweetly and shyly.

Zeng Ying still didn't respond.

Well, boring.

Xia Zhuo shrugged, and he turned around, "The phone password is 992520, in case you don't know it, I will tell you in advance."

Zeng Ying's fingers pinned behind her suddenly twitched.

Xia Zhuo didn't notice, he put the hatchet aside, and said coolly: "You'd better go out early, maybe you still have a chance to pack up your things and escape. Then I wish you good luck, goodbye."

He was very frightened by Miss Zhong, so naturally he had no interest in collecting her relics.He didn't care about Zeng Ying's next choice, he was mainly curious about the whole story of the incident and his motive for killing.It's a pity that now it seems that there is no way to pry out some information from that mouth, so I can only ask Guan Yuzhou later.

He turned on the light watch and chose to return, and soon Zeng Ying was the only one left in the empty scene.

The screen flashed to remind him that the wish waiting area had been loaded, and a cartoon figure danced and congratulated him.

[Congratulations to X36, Zeng Ying, who has passed the final test, faced the knot in his heart, and obtained the qualification to fulfill his wish~ Please follow the guidance and enter the wish waiting area, a better tomorrow is just around the corner! 】

The cartoon villain danced alone for a while, and he didn't pay attention to it.

He just lowered his head, his eyes fell on the familiar photo, as if his heart and soul had been taken away by a nightmare, and he sank into a beautiful, inextricable dream.

[Scene cleaners are about to arrive, the countdown to the closure of this dream: 600s

Please stranded participants return and exit according to the procedure within the specified time

If the return is not completed within the specified time, it will be treated as a task failure]

The "Dididi" prompt sounded loudly.

The entire silence was finally broken, and at the same time it seemed to break his illusion.Zeng Ying finally had a reaction, his whole body was twitching, and the suppressed and painful cries were stripped from the depths of his body, tears dripping down on the phone with warm tears, "I'm sorry... sorry……"

……

A day later, the news that someone in Shuishan City's welfare lottery won [-] million yuan caused a sensation.Many reports rushed to release relevant information. This lottery player's surname was Zeng, and the words "Mr. Zeng" could be seen everywhere in the articles throughout the day.

How many people dream of getting rich overnight?But while others were jealous and envious, something happened that none of them expected.

This lottery player surnamed Zeng gave a small part of the money to the small town next door for repairs, part of it was donated to the aquarium in the city that had no money to operate and was about to close down, and the rest was donated to the country, and he did not keep a dime one cent.Many people said that he was a fool, that the news was adulterated, and that there was no such thing as winning [-] million yuan.During the comments on the Internet, another announcement from the police caught everyone's attention-the dolphin attack case at the aquarium ten years ago was overturned and retried.

An unknown person sent the news anonymously, so that the police sent people to salvage the pool in Area C of the museum again, and found a once popular design necklace in the shells of the coral group.After a long period of corrosion, the waterproof function is still invalid.The police sent the chip inside to the research institute, and after a day of hard work, a recording was retrieved from it.

In this released recording, all the conversations between the murderer and the victim in the few 10 minutes before the incident were recorded, including the sound of struggling water, desperate calls for help, and the sound of a knife cutting bones.

The public specially found the details of the case ten years ago, and reviewed the trial results of that year.A middle-aged man mentioned that he had a particularly smart dolphin in the aquarium, and he was even a starlet in the city for two or three years. His remarks aroused the memories of many people, and the attention of this incident suddenly rose to Higher than ever.

"You can hear it here, and there are dolphins calling all the time. A little later, yes... it's here, pause for everyone to listen, here the murderer screamed." The police station searched through the evidence collection photos taken ten years ago Come out and take out a picture of a bitten arm, "This picture was originally left by the trainer to prove that this dolphin named sapphire had a tendency to attack people before, but now we boldly speculate that this is sapphire trying to Bitten its trainer while rescuing Miss Zhong."

"Hiss—so, the real murderer of this case is actually..."

"Yes, Sapphire just took the blame for humans, and the real culprit is its trainer."

The police found the suspect's home. The trainer who worked in the aquarium did not escape. Instead, he calmly stretched out his hand and put on handcuffs, and said where he buried the murder weapon. It was a half-meter-long hatchet. .He cooperated very well and explained all the murder process. Within two days, the trial result came down. Due to the seriousness of the case, he was finally sentenced to life imprisonment.

Everyone found that the murderer was the "fool" who had won a huge lottery.

Sighs resounded over Shuishan City, and the well-established Animal Protection Association immediately stood up and raised contradictory opinions on the euthanasia of wild animals.They discovered that the dolphin named sapphire was a wild dolphin that had to be rescued and treated due to injuries. However, due to human desires, it was kept in a small place for day-to-day performances, and eventually died. one of the consequences.Angrily, they demanded to dig up the sapphire that had been euthanized that year, and find a better place for serious burial.

Mr. Zeng said: It has been dug out by me.

The Association asked: Why did you dig it?

Mr. Zeng said: Because I suspect it swallowed the necklace.

Association asked: what about sapphire's body?

Mr. Zeng said: I threw it into the sea.

This angered many people, and the Association for Motion demanded a new trial and sentenced him to death.

In the end, there was no clear statement on this matter, and the debate continued.

But at the forefront was a woman in her 30s who expressed outrageous anger, standing in front of the courthouse on the day of the closed trial, nearly fainting from crying, her face smeared with make-up.

A reporter interviewed her and asked her if she was acquainted with the victim before she was so sad.She said yes, they used to be best friends, and she came from a distant city just to seek justice for her friend who died tragically.

Under her series of rhetoric, the murderer's motive is clearly in front of the public.

This man named Zeng Ying once used the pseudonym Zeng Yuanbo on the Internet.The reason for using a pseudonym is just because the real name is too plain, and he despises his real name.

He and Miss Zhong met in the game and developed an online dating relationship.At that time, Ms. Zhong had just graduated from university, but she graduated with excellent grades. She was recommended by her teacher to go to a studio and had an ordinary job with a moderate salary.Later, after meeting Zeng Yuanbo, Zeng Yuanbo claimed to be a researcher working in a research institute. The admiration for this profession made Ms. Zhong put on a deeper filter when seeing Zeng Ying. She ignored the opposition of her family. When I came to Shuishan, I huddled with Zeng Ying in a small house of tens of square meters and planned the future.

Her parents were very opposed to their daughter's marriage at the beginning. Their family was not short of money, and their daughter was the only apple of their eye.But their daughter's persistence and the sense of happiness that filled their bodies made them gradually relax, that's all, when the child grows up, they still have to make their own decisions.When she decided to get a marriage license, Ms. Zhong found something was wrong.

The boyfriend I have known for so many years is not called Zeng Yuanbo, but Zeng Ying.

Zeng Ying explained: The name is just a code name, Zeng Ying was chosen by my grandfather, but everyone in my family calls me Zeng Yuanbo, so I haven’t changed it.

Ms. Zhong thought it made sense and believed it.

The date they planned to receive the certificate was getting closer and closer. On Saturday, when Zeng Ying said that she had to work overtime, Ms. Zhong was invited by her colleagues to visit the popular local aquarium.

Then she saw that the trainer on the stage—the fiancé who was supposed to work overtime in the institute—turned out to be her boyfriend.

The name is fake and so is the job.

She suddenly felt empty around her, and the air conditioner couldn't warm her. She felt an unprecedented coldness, and all her sense of happiness collapsed. She wondered if he had more secrets to hide from her.

Zeng Ying explained: When I first met the current editor, who would easily tell the truth on the Internet?It’s just that I didn’t have time to confess to you. I planned to bring you to the aquarium when we got married and went on our honeymoon, and then I would introduce all my colleagues to you.

He said a lot, and Miss Zhong chose to break up.

Zeng Ying asked her in disbelief: You are with me because you fancy the work in the research institute?If I don't work in the institute, our relationship is worthless?

Ms. Zhong said: This is not the crux of the problem, why don't you understand?I don't believe you anymore.You told me that you have to work overtime, and you often create the illusion that you are busy just to make me believe that you are in the institute, but in reality?You are performing a show for people, you are playing your game in an Internet cafe, what words you say in the future can I easily believe you?

Zeng Ying said: But I love you very much, I can't live without you.

Ms. Zhong was silent. She stood in the small house, which she thought would be her safe haven for the rest of her life, but now she could only feel exhausted.She looked at the angry man who questioned her feelings with clenched fists, and finally shook her head: Let's separate.

"That's why you killed her, do you think she looked down on you?" the chief interrogator asked the lifeless man standing below.

Zeng Ying didn't nod or shake her head, as if she was asking herself in a low voice: "I originally planned to let her go. But seeing her appear in front of me after such a long time, I only feel annoyed, and I blame her for her sudden departure." .My salary is not low. I don’t understand. It’s just that the content and location of the job are different, and it’s a little worse than that of a researcher. Why doesn’t she love me? Is it as long as I have money, I can give it to her? The best life, she will continue to love me?"

"Since you can't figure it out, what is the reason why you choose to plead guilty now?"

Zeng Ying moved her lips.His lips were chapped and cracked, and blood oozes from the scabs.

He raised his head and looked at the glare of the high lights.

"Because I met her again a few days ago."

Today is a beautiful day.

The surrounding glass was turned into a warm yellow by the sunlight, and the golden jumping spots were reflected in his absent-minded eyes.

He closed his eyes slowly.

The light went out.

"It was only when I met her again that I realized that I wanted to find evidence that she still loved me more than finding the necklace."

It's too late to regret, he has already committed a serious crime, and death is not a pity.