trickster

"Him?" Chen Shen smiled, "It can't be him."

"why?"

"Because my father has such a criminal record, he won't pass the political trial," Chen Shen looked at Lin Huai, and added, "And the policeman involved in the car accident only had one daughter."

"..." Lin Huai didn't answer, but just looked at the phone.

"You look a bit embarrassed? Did he say something bad to you? Because of your suspicion, he made him dissatisfied?" Chen Shen asked.

"He told me that other people in the institute hated me, saying that I was very lonely." It was the first time he was judged lonely when he grew up so old, Lin Huai squinted his eyes.

"Yes, what do you think?"

Lin Huai said honestly: "I think he is so upset about other things that he doesn't choose what to say. If there is no conflict and everyone in the office hates me, I don't think it's my problem. I'm not good enough for two people. That's enough to make everyone hate me in just a few weeks."

"Then it seems that I don't need to comfort you." Chen Shen couldn't help laughing.

"He——" Lin Huai turned the photo on the phone to Chen Shen, "What bothers me is my attention to his girlfriend. I went to check the relatives of the policeman involved in the car accident, and found that he has a daughter named You Qiqi, It's her girlfriend I saw today."

"... Oh." Chen Shen raised his eyebrows, and even he was a little surprised.

"So, what should we do next?" Lin Huai asked.

Asking colleagues is indeed a troublesome thing. What is even more troublesome is asking people who are close to colleagues. Although Lin Huai is only sitting at the desk and asked by Chen Shen and Rong, Wang He still passes by him. Stared at him fiercely.

Lin Huai accepted the opponent's eye knife attack steadily. After thinking for a while, he simply picked up his notebook, knocked on the door of the interrogation room, and walked in.

You Qiqi was flustered at first, she was very thin, her pale face was even more pitiful, she opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word, but the moment Lin Huai came in, she looked like something had been broken , Instead, he floated up from the deep water area, and just when Lin Huai thought that something had happened to him, You Qiqi directly pleaded guilty.

"I was the one who attacked her that night."

Chen Shen and Director Rong looked at each other.

"Can you tell me exactly what happened?"

You Qiqi narrated like a robot with no tone of bullying: "I had forgotten her at first, and I thought I didn't remember what she looked like. That night, after I finished my homework, I went to the living room to get water. Dad brought her back. I said hello to her and went back to catch up on my homework. Although my father took her home for a few days, I was busy with the high school entrance examination, so I didn't come out of my room very much, and I only glanced at her... "

At this time, You Qiqi suddenly raised her head, as if there were tears in her eyes: "But I found that even if I passed her by, I still recognized her at a glance."

"I went straight to her to argue, and then I hit her with an ashtray. During our fight, she fell from the balcony."

"You mean you pushed her down?" Chen Shen asked.

You Qiqi nodded expressionlessly.

"..." Chen Shen didn't speak, he was thinking about something, Director Rong also frowned.

"With all due respect," Lin Huai directly broke the silence, "Can you explain in detail how you pushed her down?"

"I was so angry that I beat her madly, and when I came back to my senses, she had already fallen downstairs."

"The railings on the balcony are of a certain height, and there are windows installed. There is also a certain gap in size between you and Li Huanyu. It is difficult for you to push Li Huanyu downstairs in an instant. You have to explain the fighting process in detail."

You Qiqi looked at Lin Huai like a madman, and she shouted, "I pushed her downstairs on purpose!"

Chen Shen made eye contact with Lin Huai, and the two walked out, leaving Rong to guide them.

"Do you suspect that she is guilty?" Chen Shen asked directly.

"It's not impossible. It's still difficult to push a grown woman who is 10 kilograms taller than me down the stairs." Lin Huai replied.

"You doubt Wang He?"

"You don't doubt?" Lin Huai asked back.

"Of course he is suspected." Chen Shen smiled, "It's just that I think if this person is really an accomplice, his psychological quality is too good, and Director Rong also confirmed his alibi just now."

"Let's take someone to the scene of the crime tomorrow for identification." Lin Huai was noncommittal.

The next day, the two went to the scene of the crime with Director Rong. You Qiqi was obviously a little scared when she entered the door. There was some commotion from downstairs, as if someone was calling You Qiqi's name. It was Wang He's voice, Director Rong smiled wryly, and went downstairs directly.

You Qiqi followed the two of them to the balcony with a numb expression, but it took nearly a minute in just a few steps.

"Where did you push people downstairs?" Lin Huai asked.

"There." You Qiqi pointed to a place.

Lin Huai took a close look at the railing, and glanced to the side inadvertently. When he found something, his heart skipped a beat, but he realized that something was wrong.

"Are you sure it's this?" Lin Huai continued to ask.

You Qiqi nodded.

"Do you push from the front or from the back? It goes down in an instant? Or is there a struggle?"

You Qiqi looked at the railing and said, "She was in a panic and fell towards the railing. I hugged her leg and pushed her back."

"..." Lin Huai called Chen Shen to see what he found. Chen Shen walked over and found that there was obvious dust on the handrail on the other side of the balcony guardrail, so there were obvious fingerprints, and they belonged to two hands. The location was the same as that of You Qiqi. It's not a place at all, but that doesn't mean anything either.

Lin Huai turned his back to the balcony and made a gesture of grasping the railing with both hands. Chen Shen understood what he meant.

According to this posture, the person who left the mark should have turned out of the balcony window, stepped on the edge of the balcony, and held the handrail in front of him to leave such a mark, which is completely opposite to what You Qiqi said.

But why did You Qiqi lie?

Lin Huai was also thinking about this question. He was thinking about how to ask You Qiqi, but he didn't notice that Chen Shen turned over directly. Chen He stood facing them while holding on to the railing, with the edge less than eight centimeters under his feet.

Both You Qiqi and Lin Huai were frightened by Chen Shen's actions. This one would die if he accidentally fell, especially You Qiqi, whose face turned pale.

Chen Shen smiled easily, and he asked You Qiqi: "Does this remind you of something?"

You Qiqi's complexion was pale, she couldn't stand anymore, she fell to the ground directly, Lin Huai held back for a few seconds, and finally said: "Climb over quickly, don't destroy the evidence."

Chen Shen glanced at the fingerprints, which were obviously far away. He glanced at Lin Huai and smiled inexplicably. The smile was very complicated, but Lin Huai's face was still ugly. He was very disturbed and didn't have time to analyze Chen Shen. deep expression.

"Climb over quickly." After speaking, Lin Huai stretched out his hand.

Finally, Chen Shen turned in from the window. He looked at ease, but Lin Huai was terrified. This man is really a lunatic, but he is the same as he remembered.

Chen Shen patted the ashes on his hands and asked, "Did Li Huanyu commit suicide?"

Lin Huai was stunned for a moment, this guess surprised him but it was also reasonable, he looked at You Qiqi, who didn't speak for a long time, and only spoke after a while: "I don't know...it should be..."

"Let me think about it," Chen Shen said, "you did come over that day and clashed with Li Huanyu, and you did hit Li Huanyu with an ashtray, but Li Huanyu fell from the building after you left. "

You Qiqi nodded, Lin Huai couldn't figure it out: "In this case, why are you lying?"

"Why should I lie?" You Qiqi smiled, her expression was painful and tangled, and then turned numb, "I don't know why I should lie... I should hate her, but I hate myself even more."

"In the case back then, my father said he was innocent and did not dereliction of duty, but it was clearly written in the newspaper. Everyone pointed fingers at us, and my classmates talked about me behind my back. At that time, I almost collapsed." You Qiqi said, "Six months after he lost his job, my parents divorced. Maybe this incident was just a trigger, because after the divorce, my mother complained to me more about my father's stubbornness in life, and how he treated my grandparents. No, I’ve been listening for a long time, and I forgot all the good things about my dad... For various reasons, I hated my dad at the time and thought he was a scumbag. Later, I didn’t want to see him when I was admitted to high school, because I don’t know when If one classmate knows about it, everyone will know about it.”

"He found my new school. I was very angry. I refused to see him, so I deliberately walked over the wall from a place where no one was looking. That day, he probably finally realized it, so he ran to the back door to wait for me..." Li Huanyu said not go down.

Lin Huai suddenly understood that the bloodstain was not caused by a vehicle being dragged, but by You Qiqi's father crawling towards the back door.

"However, there is no one at the back door all the year round, and the door is not even opened...Even if a car accident occurs, you can escape without fear while no one is monitoring it." You Qiqi laughed hysterically, "I know He crawled towards the back door, I don't know whether he wanted to find the security guard for help, or my daughter, but at that time I had already gone out through the gate, and I was even very happy that he finally didn't come to me today..."

"I have been in pain for a very long time, but now it has been so many years, sometimes I think I forgot about it," You Qiqi said, "but the moment I saw Li Huanyu, I realized that I never forgot, I hated her, I thought she was a liar, a heartless bitch, my hands were shaking and I ran upstairs and she was out to put out the rubbish and I walked in."

"She was very flustered, I told her my name, I asked her what was going on, she had nothing to say, she just said 'sorry' to me, at that moment I confirmed that my father was indeed wronged , I smashed her with an ashtray, and my hands were full of blood..." You Qiqi said, she smiled weakly, "I didn't lie to you, I really don't know what happened after this, I'm not in good health At that time, I was dizzy and almost crawled home, my heart was full of hatred, I wished she would die, and when I woke up from the coma in the morning, she would really die."

Lin Huai glanced at You Qiqi's thin and frail body, and the argument was true, she was so thin, at first, he didn't think she could push Li Huanyu downstairs.

"...But I found that I still didn't know the whole truth of the matter. I didn't have a chance to explain to my father at that time, and I didn't give her a chance to explain. At the beginning, I hated my dad with all my heart. After my dad died, I hated my dad with all my heart. Hate her, but she is dead, I have nothing to hate, I found that I hate myself the most... about my dad, if I...if I..." You Qiqi moved her mouth, but The voice could not be heard clearly, but her face was so ugly that she passed out in the next second.

The two were startled, Chen Shen picked You Qiqi up, and ran downstairs, just bumped into Wang He who refused to leave downstairs for a long time, Wang He's face was ugly as hell, he rushed over, He directly snatched You Qiqi away, Director Rong wanted to stop her, but was blocked by Chen Shen, Lin Huai also followed, shaking his head.

"Li Huanyu probably committed suicide, let him go." Chen Shen said.

Director Rong seemed to be relieved, Lin Huai found that Director Rong gave him a special look, which seemed to have a special meaning, Director Rong said: "There is also Li Huanyu's mother, you should deal with it together, my side You have to comfort Xiao Wang's emotions."

Chen Shen and Lin Huai nodded. At this point, the case is almost over, even like a happy ending. Li Huanyu jumped off the building because of guilt, and You Qiqi didn't have to bear the crime of murder, but things seemed to be fundamental. not solved……

"Where are you going?" Chen Shen saw Lin Huai walking towards the corridor again. Compared with the bright sky outside, the corridor looked pitch black from a distance, like the mouth of a monster.

"You Qiqi's suspicion has not been completely ruled out," Lin Huai said. "The time when she returned home and the time when Li Huanyu jumped off the building have not been confirmed yet."

Rigorous and stubborn, Chen Shen smiled and sighed, followed up, and the two of them opened the door with the key to You Qiqi's house. The house where You Qiqi lived was clean and tidy. Judging from the towels, tableware, and utensils, it seemed that she was alone. I live alone, but looking at the clothes on the balcony, there are actually a few men's clothes hanging inside.

"You Qiqi is very sensitive and pays attention to her own safety," Chen Shen said.

"A man's clothes are a cover-up?" Lin Huai understood.

"A person with this kind of personality will not put a hidden camera in the living room." Chen Shen pointed to one of the things that looked like an Apple computer charger. "This charger is plugged in there but there is no wire connected."

Lin Huai pulled out the charger and found that it was indeed a camera. He read the video stored in it on the day of the crime. From the video, You Qiqi stumbled back to the living room at [-]:[-], and then collapsed According to the autopsy, the time of Li Huanyu's death was basically determined to be after twelve o'clock, and the neighbors also heard the sound of falling from the building at one o'clock in the morning, so You Qiqi's suspicion can be ruled out.

Lin Huai raised his head and found that Chen Shen was looking at him. He frowned and said, "I know you think I'm unnecessary, but I'm just following the rules..."

"I didn't think so," Chen Shen smiled, "I just think you are not what you think."

Lin Huai didn't ask whether it was good or bad. He sat, completely unable to separate himself from the emotions of the general case.

From ten thirty to one in the morning.

For three full hours, what exactly was Li Huanyu thinking, how long did she hesitate while holding on to the handrail in the cold wind...

"The case of Li Huanyu has to be investigated again." Lin Huai said, his tone was firm.

Hearing Lin Huai's words, Chen Shen smiled ambiguously.

"Your reaction is a bit strange..." Lin Huai frowned. He tasted a hint of sarcasm from it, but it seemed like his own illusion.

Chen Shen returned to seriousness: "Okay, but how do you plan to do it?"

Lin Huai was stunned. He felt that this matter should be quite simple. Why did Chen Shen ask so carefully? He opened his mouth: "I applied in the name of You Qiqi, and the next step will be smooth...?"

Chen Shen nodded, and replied: "Then let's do it this way, leave it to you, and Li Huanyu's mother to me."

When it comes to Li Huanyu's mother's troubles, according to the normal procedure, the house is estimated to belong to her, Lin Huai's mood is even worse, and his desire to restart the investigation is even more urgent.

But what happened next made him understand Chen Shen's meaningful expression at that time.

Because You Qiqi refused to see her, his repeated attempts did not save him from staring at Wang He, even several times in front of his colleagues, Wang He mocked some people with blind eyes and no brains, Lin Huai just pretended not to hear it, Compared to these, he was more concerned about why some people didn't want to clear their father's innocence. At that time, You Qiqi was so painful that she passed out.

Lin Huai sat blankly on his seat for a while, then he got up and went to the basketball court. When he saw Lin Huai coming, his colleague who was playing basketball with him pushed Chen Shen. Chen Shen turned his head, he put down the ball and left. come over.

"What's wrong?" Chen Shen asked.

Lin Huai took Chen Shen aside and asked directly, "Why doesn't You Qiqi want to restart the investigation?"

As if expecting that Lin Huai would ask this question, Chen Shen said slowly: "Maybe she just wants to live a peaceful life, so let's just let this matter go?"

It was the first time Lin Huai experienced the feeling of being stunned. He couldn't believe it: "Let's just expose it? Is the pain that she fainted that day fake?"

"Of course the pain is real," Chen Shen replied, "but the reality is also true. If you apply for a restart, do you think those who have received compensation from the state will be willing to accept the investigation obediently? They won't come here to harass her and let her go back to the original Is it an unbearable day?"

"The police can... protect her..." Lin Huai said hesitantly, there was obviously no need to hesitate...

"The police also protected Li Huanyu at the time. She changed her name and transferred her household registration, but she was still found by her mother." Chen Shen didn't smile. "Do you think she quickly agreed to change her confession? Relatives imposed pressure on her. The constant pressure from her made her form the illusion that she was just making a fuss out of a molehill, and that she should not let her relatives go to prison and her wives be separated, and the temptation of money is enough to make most people bow their heads."

Lin Huai was dumbfounded for a moment, and in an instant he became firm again: "Then bypass You Qiqi."

"Let the local government take the lead?"

Lin Huai nodded, and looked at Chen Shen warily: "What do you want to say?"

Chen Shen smiled slightly, and said: "I didn't want to say anything, then you can follow your own ideas. If you have any questions, you can consult me. I welcome you at any time." He said this very gently and considerately, but Lin Huai was inexplicable. There was an ominous smell of his rough future.