No such person [criminal investigation]

The piano music in the piano room was interrupted for a while and then played again, this time it was replaced by the very cheerful "Minuet".

The sad atmosphere in the tea room seemed to be diluted by this song, probably recalling the past when he taught Xia Rong to play this song, Zeng Chenghua also had a faint smile on his face.

He thought of something, and said a few words to the servant, and the servant brought a photo album after a while.

Regarding the case, we have almost finished our conversation. Zeng Chenghua beckoned to Qi Zang, and took him to look at the photos of Xia Rong from the past.

Zeng Chenghua doesn't have too many photos of Xia Rong's life here, most of them are her practicing piano.

Qi Zang calmly accompanied him to look at the photos one by one, feeling a little embarrassed.

In the photos, Xia Rong has been obedient and sensible since she was a child.At the same time, in Zeng Chenghua's evaluation, she is docile and warm-hearted. She only started to learn piano at the age of 16, but she has achieved achievements that many people cannot achieve. She can be said to be a genius in this area...

With excellent conditions in all aspects, she should be able to live a very happy life if she grows up according to a normal growth trajectory.

It's a pity that her life will always stay at the age of 32.

When looking at the photo, Qi Zang frowned deeply from the beginning to the end, and when Zeng Chenghua turned the photo to a certain page, he was a little stunned——

It was a photo of Zeng Chenghua and several students eating at home.

Xia Rong stood in the center, with a flowery smile on her face, like the big sister of all the children, and also like the most popular group favorite.

The fan "Favorite Summer" has posted many photos of Xia Rong on Weibo, which Qi Zang has seen many times before.In those photos, Xia Rong looks gloomy, with a lingering sadness between her brows, which is far from the teenage girl in the photo album in front of her.

Seeing her carefree smile in this photo album, it's hard to imagine that she would grow up to be so melancholy and reticent.

However, what surprised Qi Zang the most at the moment was not Xia Rong's transformation, but the boy next to her who seemed to be a few years younger than her——

He actually looks somewhat similar to Xu Ci.

However, the two are only similar in appearance, but their temperaments are quite different.

In Qi Zang's view, Xu Ci is introverted and low-key. Before experiencing family changes, his personality should be more gentle.

The boys in the photos are a lot more flamboyant.

If Xu Ci is the kind of person who doesn't know much about his appearance and doesn't care much about it, the person in the photo must clearly know how advantageous his appearance is, so he is confident enough.He smiled brightly, and his eyes seemed to be shining, which could attract everyone's attention.It seems that even he himself thinks that he is indeed loved by God.

Qi Zang couldn't help asking Zeng Chenghua: "Excuse me... who is this boy?"

His question was so difficult for Zeng Chenghua.

Not long ago, Jing Wangyun accompanied him on the balcony. When he saw Qi Zang and Xu Ci approaching, he said: "Teacher, I have some grievances with that police officer, so I won't see him. If he asks about me, Don't tell me who I am."

So Zeng Chenghua could only say at this moment: "He, he came back from abroad. When I taught him, he didn't have a Chinese name yet. Everyone called him Alex."

Alex?

Qi Zangmo said the name several times, and looked at the person in the photo a few more times, always feeling something strange.

Before he could ask further, there was movement from the piano room.It was Xu Ci who pushed open the door and came out.

Xu Ci's face was as usual, and nothing unusual could be seen.

But only through one small detail, Qi Zang, who was so familiar with him, noticed something was wrong—Xu Ci walked very slowly when he just walked out of the piano room, and it took a while for him to return to normal.

Due to the presence of Zeng Chenghua, Qi Zang didn't ask any more questions, but just took a deep look at the piano room.

It's a pity that he couldn't see anything clearly except a piano and a tall and thin figure.

After learning more about Xia Rong, Qi Zang expressed his gratitude to Zeng Chenghua and said goodbye with Xu Ci.

After getting into the car, Qi Zang pulled off the wire on the dash cam, and the moment he started the car, he asked Xu Ci: "Which friend did you meet?"

"No. He mistook the person." Xu Ci said, "I am Zhang Xiaoyu now. Except for talented people like you and Xueying, who can tell who I am at a glance?"

"Do you remember Xiaoci?"

"what?"

"Cheat me once, and you owe me once."

"Well, remember."

"Then tell me, will you owe me the rest of your life?"

After being silent for a while, Xu Ci smiled faintly, looked at him and asked, "What if I still don't know?"

Qi Zang was also silent for a long time, and then he said in a half-joking tone: "Then give me the person."

Just such a sentence, but the rare smile on Xu Ci's face suddenly fell.

Xu Ci raised his eyes and looked forward, the neon lights on both sides of the long street were moving backwards quickly, like a fleeting meteor.He couldn't help squinting his eyes, and his eyes were in a trance for a moment.

"Hey Xiaoci, I, I was joking."

Seeing his expression, Qi Zang couldn't even laugh, but he had to keep the smile on his face, and tried his best to speak in the usual teasing tone of Xu Ci, "Tsk, angry again? Hey, don't talk about me again. Frivolous, I feel like I talk to others like that. Don’t be so wronged. Don’t be so easy to get angry with me again.”

Xu Ci didn't answer, and there was no expression on his face, his eyes were a little dazed looking at the street scene, as if he had fallen into some kind of bewildered situation.

Xu Ci seldom had such an expression, and Qi Zang's heart shrank severely when he saw it.

Turning the steering wheel with his hands, Qi Zang turned the car into a quiet alley and parked it on the side of the road for the time being.

He couldn't help grabbing Xu Ci's shoulders, forcing him to turn his head and look directly into his eyes. "Xiao Ci, what happened exactly? You were wrong when you heard that Zeng Chenghua's training class was held in No. [-] Junior Middle School. After meeting people from the piano room... who did you meet? What happened? what?"

Twilight is deep.

The street lamp shone into the alley, carved deep and shallow lines on the wall, and cast mottled light and shadow on Xu Ci's face.

After a long time, Xu Ci finally looked up at Qi Zang.

"When I left Xia Rong's room tonight, I said I have something to tell you, remember?"

"Remember." Qi Zang's heart beat violently, and he had a very ominous premonition for a moment.

Xu Ci's current state is completely different from that in Xia Rong's room.

After completing a near-death experience through imagination, Xu Ci broke out in a sweat, recovered relaxed, smiled, and looked at him with almost 100% trust in his eyes.

At that time, Qi Zang really thought that he would answer himself that he had actually been attracted to him.

Because of his personality and because he still had important things to do, Xu Ci didn't say anything at that moment, but Qi Zang firmly believed that he responded to his feelings.

But now it's different.

I don't know what happened in the piano room to cause such a big change in Xu Ci's state and mentality.

For a moment, Qi Zang's mood was almost the same as that of a prisoner waiting to be sentenced to death.

The mottled light and shadow made Xu Ci's eyes more complicated and difficult to understand.

He stared at Qi Zang for a long time, and then said in a low voice: "We may face some more complicated situations later. Shu Yan is right, many things should be made clear at the beginning, so as not to cause misunderstandings and troubles later, and then affect the future. Our task. Qi Zang——

"You also know that when I saw that comic book, I didn't reject it, and it seems that I haven't paid much attention to any girl in so many years, so I should have already had that tendency.

"The night I graduated eight years ago... I was about to participate in a period of special training, and I was going to Myanmar immediately after the special training. At that time, my mood was more complicated. I was ready to die in Myanmar. So emotionally... and because of the alcohol, I may have had the mentality of urgently needing to grab something before I die, and finding a trustworthy person for comfort...

"You were my most trusted friend at the time, and the sexuality was just right, and alcohol made me become... Driven by various factors, I finally had that result.

"Afterwards, I did think about it. I wanted to say that after my mission is over, I will have a good talk with you after returning to China. If both parties feel suitable, we may try to develop a romantic relationship. But later, later, all my teammates sacrificed, and I also I can't go back... I just gave up that idea.

"You asked me if I have ever been tempted by you. I think, regarding this question, I can't perfuse you again and again, or always avoid talking about it, so I have carefully considered along the way...

"I think, if I really like you, I will definitely get in touch with you when I am in the most difficult and bitterest time in Myanmar, and I will definitely not give up the idea of ​​being with you easily, right?

"So I think, I had a good impression of you. The reason why it happened that night was indeed caused by many factors. But it must be based on my good impression of you.

"But that's where I end up liking you. Qi Zang, I haven't really been attracted to you."

Xu Ci's words paused here.

The car was silent for a moment, so quiet that only the breathing of the two people could be heard.

At that moment, Qi Zang almost felt hopeless——

Like a hot coal fire thrown into the boundless snow field in the winter night, he has no chance of winning against Xu Ci.

But Qi Zang didn't speak, and there was no obvious expression on his face.His well-defined facial features were sunk in the night, and he didn't say a word, just quietly listening to Xu Ci's statement.

Xu Ci paused for a while, then continued to look into his eyes and said, "I don't know what the two of you talked about after you went to see Deputy Office Liu last time...Since you have known everything and joined this plan, we will You have to become comrades in arms who work side by side to carry out the mission.

"But if you find it inconvenient and affecting, I'll move out—"

At this point, Qi Zang finally interrupted him. "It doesn't matter. I can maintain my professionalism. No matter what happens between you and me, when it's time to be comrades-in-arms, we are comrades-in-arms who can turn our backs on each other. Right?"

"...Well. Yes." Xu Ci nodded.

There was no other reaction from Qi Zang afterwards, so Xu Ci hesitated for a moment, and then said, "But apart from the relationship between comrades in arms, other aspects... I hope you can look forward."

Qi Zang asked him: "You want me to get married and have children again? Leaving aside the comrade-in-arms relationship, if we have no other relationship, can you control me whether I can find a girlfriend or get married?"

Xu Ci was taken aback, but saw that Qi Zang had restarted the off-road vehicle.

"you--"

"Do you have anything else to say? If we're done talking, let's go home."

Xu Ci frowned, then looked straight ahead again. "No. I'm done."

"Then go home. There is still a case to be investigated tomorrow, so go back to bed early today." Qi Zang turned the steering wheel and drove the car away.

The next day, both of them woke up early.

When Xu Ci made breakfast, Qi Zang helped out as usual, and after a few times, he gradually became proficient.During breakfast, he noticed that Xu Ci would stare at him from time to time.After drinking the porridge in the bowl, Qi Zang wiped his mouth with a napkin, and asked Xu Ci, "Why do you keep looking at me? What kind of eyes are you looking at?"

"I just want to ask." Xu Ci looked at him again, "You... are you okay?"

Qi Zang smiled, threw the napkins into the trash can, propped his elbows on the table, and rested his chin on his palm.Looking at Xu Ci, he said, "Hey, are you worried about my heartbreak or something? You only worry about it now, is it too late?"

Xu Ci: "?"

Qi Zang said: "I've been broken in love for eight years, and I'm used to it. What's so sad and lost?"

Xu Ci: "..."

"If you want to get rid of me, don't worry about these leisurely thoughts. Otherwise, I will misunderstand that you like me."

"........."

"Just kidding. As friends and comrades-in-arms, it's normal to care about each other. I'm really fine. We're all grown-ups, just make it clear. No problem."

"Thank you, Qi Zang."

"You're welcome."

"Ah."

"And I never said that I would give up on you or something."

Xu Ci was stunned for a long time, and then said in disbelief: "... huh?"

"Think I'm kidding. Don't talk about it. We'll talk about it after the mission is over."

Qi Zang stood up, looked down at him with a condescending smile, "Let's go. I'll take you to the company first, and then I'll visit the psychiatrist that Rong Xia may have seen."

·

The psychiatrist Zeng Chenghua mentioned was Li Xiaojia, who worked in the Third People's Hospital.

Qi Zang went to the lobby on the first floor of the hospital, and asked the nurse at the information desk to get in touch with him. Li Xiaojia also cooperated, and immediately took the time to meet Qi Zang.

After Qi Zang explained his intentions to Li Xiaojia concisely, Li Xiaojia said: "I have a good impression of Xia Rong...she has very serious paranoia, which is a symptom of schizophrenia."

"Can you provide her specific case? This is very important to arrest the murderer." Qi Zang asked.

"Wait. I'll call it up." Li Xiaojia turned on the computer and typed, then printed out the information and handed it to Qi Zang, "She didn't come here many times, and she only had treatment for a short period of time. I am I prescribed medicine for her. Damn, I don’t know what happened to her. Seeing that she hadn’t come, I called and asked. But she said she should be fine. "

"Do you have any other impressions of her?" Qi Zang asked.

"She and her husband have a very good relationship. Every time she treats her, her husband waits outside. After the treatment is over, I prescribe medicine...His husband will also ask in detail about the efficacy and side effects of each medicine. Will dropping the medicine have any effect, etc. He took care of her in every possible way, and I asked myself, I really can't do what he does to my wife."

Before coming to see Li Xiaojia, Qi Zang kept praying in his heart, hoping that Xia Rong would really listen to the teacher's words and come to see a doctor.Otherwise the thread will be interrupted again.

Fortunately, Li Xiaojia gave him the feedback he expected.

However, after several conversations and looking at Xia Rong's case, Qi Zang did not find any new clues that might point to Yuan Eryang's crime.

This is inevitably a bit disappointing.

As Li Xiaojia said, Xia Rong has never been here a few times, and what she explained to the doctor is similar to what she said to her teacher Zeng Chenghua. It is nothing more than thinking that there may really be some terrible water ghosts in this world, and she is trying to find a way Drag her into the water and drown.

The two of them had been in contact for a short time, and Xia Rong was extremely introverted, and she was not very willing to communicate with anyone except Yuan Eryang, especially when it came to the privacy of her personal life.Therefore, Li Xiaojia was unable to diagnose a more precise cause of the disease, and could only attribute the disease to schizophrenia.

At the end of the conversation, Qi Zang had no choice but to ask: "Please think again, is there any other clues that might help the case. For example... Xia Rong actually didn't have such a personality before. When she was learning the piano, she was very Take care of the younger sisters and younger brothers. She shouldn't be so introverted like she is now. Have you found out the reason for her personality change?"

"Sorry, I really don't know. But..." Li Xiaojia seemed to have finally remembered something, and said, "Wait a minute, I'll look through the detailed conversation materials between me and her."

Li Xiaojia found a video of a certain conversation with Xia Rong, fast-forwarded to a certain place to check it, and played it again at normal speed in front of Qi Zang.

I saw Rong Xia asked: "Does this medicine have serious side effects? I have taken it before. Why don't you give me some other tranquilizers?"

"Have you taken it before? Who prescribed it for you? This is a prescription drug." Li Xiaojia asked.

Xia Rong: "My father passed away when I was in high school. Not long after, my mother fell in love with a foreigner again... I was stressed and couldn't sleep. I also went to a psychiatrist. That doctor prescribed it for me. Come here I read your encyclopedia introduction before, and you and him seem to be classmates, both from the Medical University Affiliated to Jinning University."

"Really? Do you remember his name?"

"Remember. It's called Qiao Xing."

At this point, Li Xiaojia turned off the video, and said to Qi Zang: "Qiao Xing is indeed my classmate, and he is working in the Second Hospital now. Just wait, I'll give him a call!"

Thanks to Li Xiaojia's enthusiastic help. After 30 minutes, Qi Zang arrived at the Second Hospital and met Qiao Xing smoothly.

Qiao Xing has learned the general outline of the matter through the phone call with Li Xiaojia.

Xia Rong was one of his many patients. After such a long time, he lost even the most basic impression of her, and the medical record only stated a simple "affected by the death of his father, insomnia, sleepless nights", or "Study is under great pressure", "puppy love is under great pressure" and so on.

But fortunately, the psychology department of the hospital has a very formal diagnosis and treatment process. Every time Xia Rong comes to see a doctor, there is a video record.

Qiao Xing accompanied Qi Zang to the archives to retrieve video materials, and Qi Zang immediately returned to the Municipal Bureau with the copied video, and checked it with everyone in the office.

In this way, I really got a very important clue.

At that time, Xia Rong was quite talkative, at least she was willing to open her heart to the doctor.

"Doctor, my father passed away. Why did my mother marry someone else so quickly? I don't understand. They used to throw dog food in front of me every day."

……

"I have a boy I like recently. I was afraid to tell him that I went to see a psychiatrist, afraid that he would think I was mentally ill, but he didn't mind at all and came with me. You saw him just now , do you think he is handsome?"

"Thank you, doctor. I feel much better during this period. Although I still need to rely on tranquilizers to fall asleep. But I am not so depressed and uncomfortable."

"Maybe it's also related to my boyfriend. That's right...we're in love. You won't say I'm in puppy love?"

"We had a quarrel today. I helped the class monitor remove the blackboard. He was actually angry because of this. He must be jealous... But it seems that this shows that he really likes me?"

"Doctor, if I die, won't he fall in love with others immediately like my mother?"

……

Xia Rong has seen illnesses at Qiao Xing's place for a long time, spanning nearly a year.

On that day, she said to Qiao Xing again: "I am in my third year of high school, and I have been under a lot of pressure recently, and I am anxious again."

"Doctor, my relationship with my boyfriend is also very bad recently...

"It's like this. My mother really married abroad. She wants me to go too. She helped me contact a good music school over there. My TOEFL score is not bad, so I can apply. But such a Come on, I have to separate from my boyfriend. He’s been having a hard time recently. I’m feeling bad when I see him like that...but what should I do? I still miss my mother very much. In fact, in my opinion, as long as we I really like it, what's so terrible about being in a foreign country? I don't quite understand Yuan Eryang in this regard."

"Today we quarreled again. Hey, it's really uncomfortable. Everything happened together. I was already much better. Yuan Eryang put a lot of pressure on me."

"Doctor, what do you say I should do?"

Just after this diagnosis and treatment, in the next treatment, Yuan Eryang's face appeared in the camera instead of Xia Rong.

In the office, everyone in the criminal investigation team three immediately looked at the screen with concentration and breathlessness.

Qiao Xing on the screen was also a little surprised. "Why is it you? Let me tell you, when I first saw the name, I thought it was strange, it's clear that it's not time for Rong Xia's treatment... So you are going to see a doctor today? Why don't you register with your own name?"

Yuan Eryang, who was wearing a school uniform back then, still looked a little immature.

He said to Qiao Xing: "No, Xia Rong is indeed seeing a doctor. That's right, she has been under a lot of pressure recently and has a fever, so I made this trip for her.

"Doctor, I have a dog and I like Huo Huo's house. I took it to Xia Rong's house to play that day, but it bit the furniture and broke many things in Xia Rong. Throwing everything away...I didn't realize until after I lost things that Xia Rong's medicine was gone. So please prescribe some tranquilizers that she often takes. She hasn't taken medicine these days, and she hasn't been sleeping well. The exams are repeated again and again, no, she is exhausted and sick, and I feel so distressed!"

Hearing this, Qi Zang already had some bad guesses about Yuan Eryang's actions, and immediately turned serious.

Continue to play the next video.

In the video, Rong Xia's face was pale and her complexion was very bad. When talking about something in the middle, she seemed to remember some bad experience, and her whole body trembled.

"Xia Rong, don't be afraid." Qiao Xing said gently, "No matter what happens, you can tell me. I will face and solve it together with you."

Xia Rong didn't answer this directly, Qiao Xing guided her. "Tell me about your decision. Personally, I have never been in a relationship with a foreign country, so I can't give you good advice. But you are still young. In fact, sometimes you don't need to be too persistent in your relationship. Life is a long road and there are too many variables... ...So do you decide to go abroad, or stay here?"

Xia Rong suddenly asked: "Do you think there are ghosts in this world? Metaphysics, do they really exist?"

"Huh? Why did you ask this all of a sudden?"

"I... my mother went to a fortune teller and said that I would die in the water. I drowned when I was a freshman in high school and almost died. After that, I felt that the fortune-telling was true."

"It's just a coincidence. Xia Rong, sometimes many things are actually related to our psychological hints. The more you are afraid of something, the easier it is to be affected by it."

"But a strange thing really happened recently... Yuan Eryang was going to participate in the swimming competition, and I accompanied him to the gymnasium to practice. I didn't dare to go into the water, so I just sat in the auditorium... I dozed off a little in the middle, so I fell asleep. It's over, after all I'm bored waiting, he practiced all day...

"When I woke up later, I was already in the middle of the swimming pool! Fortunately, Yuan Eryang came to save me. Otherwise, otherwise..."

Xia Rong patted her chest with lingering fear, "I have decided not to go abroad. The foreigner my mother married has three children. If I go there, how can my mother take care of them all? What if I encounter water again? What to do? I'm not familiar with the place over there...

"Staying in China, at least I have Yuan Eryang by my side. He said that he will be by my side for the rest of his life and take care of me every step of the way. I believe in him. If anything happens, I can only rely on him."