mask personality

The mask was nothing too special, just a clown's face.

That's right, the Joker in Batman - pale skin, bright red lips, weird smile.

The only difference is that the clown has green hair, while the one on the mask has black hair, and a pair of glasses are painted around the eye sockets.

A combination of weirdness and normality, which is becoming more and more nondescript.

In Wen Dong’s nightmare, everyone at the masquerade, whether they are the selectors or the chosen ones, is wearing a mask, but most of them are wearing different animal shapes, and some And only one person will wear this strange clown mask.

"Mr. Xiaowen," Ji Lin's warm and deep voice suddenly sounded, dragging Wen Dong away from the treacherous scene, "You... have you thought of anything?"

Wen Dong suddenly came back to his senses, only to realize that their car had already left the community and was driving on the road.

Subconsciously turning off the screen of the phone, Wen Dong turned his head to look out of the car window, and the trees on the side of the road flew by, forming a series of illusory afterimages, inexplicably appearing two points deep in the rainy night.

After a while, Wen Dong pursed his lips, his tone was light but firm: "No, I have never seen this pendant, and Shen Xi has never worn it, and never mentioned it."

Ji Lin didn't answer the call immediately, and the car became quiet for a while, appearing to be a little quiet.

It wasn't until the car stopped temporarily at a red light that Ji Yan tilted his head slightly, glanced at Wen Dong, and didn't have any doubts about Wen Dong's words, but said softly: "Please draw another picture, I just showed you , is the mask pendant that I focused on, and the one at the back is the whole picture of the anklet that Shen Xi wore on his feet before his death."

Wen Dong was startled, and turned on the screen again.

But he just locked the screen for the second time, and now he needs a fingerprint or a password to unlock it again.

Just about to open his mouth to ask, Ji Lin reported four numbers in a low voice: "0528."

In an instant, it seemed as if sporadic light spots exploded in Wen Dong's mind, but they were short and unusually short, and immediately fell silent.

Wen Dong couldn't capture the momentary sense of familiarity, so he didn't think about it anymore, and entered the numbers into Ji Lin's phone one by one with his eyes down, unlocked it again, and swipe another photo backwards.

In this photo, it is the anklet that Ji Lin just mentioned. The anklet itself is actually a style that young men generally like-made of pure black leather, but now there is a pendant with a clown mask on it.

After just one glance, Wen Dong opened his eyes slightly, and he couldn't help muttering: "How could this be..."

When the light turned green, the car started to drive. Ji Yan looked ahead, as if paying attention to the road conditions outside, but asked, "Have Mr. Xiaowen seen this anklet?"

"That's right," Wen Dong turned his head, looked at Ji Lin's clear profile face, and affirmed, "I bought this anklet with him. I'm pretty sure that there was no pendant on this anklet originally." of."

Undoubtedly, Wen Dong's words pointed the case in the most unoptimistic direction.

I don't know what Ji Yan was thinking, but his forearm, which was loosely resting on the steering wheel, suddenly exerted strength, and he could vaguely see the smooth lines wrapped under the shirt fabric, and the car suddenly turned left and drove into a small road.

Wen Dong fell towards the car door due to inertia.

When the car body stabilized again, Ji Yan said apologetically: "Sorry, it was a temporary decision, and I wanted to take a shortcut."

Wen Dong leaned on the door armrest with one hand, his face paled a little more than the naked eye, but his expression was still calm as usual, he didn't show the slightest panic because of the excessive swing of the car just now, he just nodded and said simply: "You do what you want. "

Ji Lin raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was surprised by Wen Dong's good coping ability in the face of unexpected situations. After a while, he apologized again: "Sorry, I didn't know you were motion sick. There are mints in the storage box , if necessary, Mr. Xiaowen can take it directly."

Wen Dong paused for a moment, replied "It's okay", and stopped being polite with Ji Lin, but reached into the storage box, took out a mint candy, peeled it open and put it in his mouth.

The cool mint taste finally dilutes the bloody smell that has been permeating in the mouth before, and the feeling of motion sickness has also subsided a lot.

Soon after, the car finally drove into a high-end residential area.

Only then did Wen Dong notice that Ji Lin actually lives very close to the city bureau, and he can probably walk to and from get off work.

It wasn't until the car entered the underground garage that Ji Lin asked, "Is it better?"

Wen Dong swallowed the last mint slice left on the tip of his tongue, nodded and said, "It's much better."

Ji Lin finally turned the topic back to the main topic, and he asked in a low voice: "Are you sure that the anklet in the photo is the same as the one you bought with him?"

Wen Dong hesitated for a moment, clicked on the photo again, and kept zooming in until he confirmed the logo he wanted to see, before he said rigorously: "I can't be sure it's the same one, but at least it's definitely the same brand. As far as I know, this Brands don’t make anklets with charms.”

Arriving at Ji Lin's exclusive parking space, he stopped the car, leaned over first, and naturally unbuckled Wen Dong's seat belt, and then focused his gaze on the screen of his mobile phone—at this moment, the photo was enlarged to The limit, the logo of a circle within a circle can be clearly seen on the anklet.

Wen Dong moved quickly, tapped twice on his mobile phone, turned the screen to Ji Lin, and motioned him to look: "This is the official website of this brand, and all the anklet styles it sells and has sold will be on the official website I see, it’s not too many, there are only 36 models in total, and there are indeed no pendants.”

Ji Yan took Wen Dong's cell phone, slid down to browse it quickly, then returned the phone to Wen Dong, raised his eyes, looked into Wen Dong's eyes, and finally said the most pessimistic direction: "So, now basically It is certain that this pendant..."

Wen Dong's expression was unusually serious, he took up Ji Lin's words, and said in a deep voice: "This pendant was specially hung by the murderer."

Looking at each other, Wen Dong felt for a moment that the bottom of Ji Lin's eyes seemed to be very heavy, like the surface of a stormy sea.

But that was only for a moment. In the next second, Ji Yan closed his eyes and returned to his usual gentleness. He opened the door and got off the car first, then walked quickly to Wen Dong's side, and the gentleman politely replaced Wen Dong. Dong opened the passenger door.

Wen Dong got off the car and thanked him.

Ji Lin closed the door, pressed the button to lock the car, and then made a "please" gesture to Wen Dong, "Mr. Xiao Wen, come with me."

Wen Dong stood shoulder to shoulder with Ji Lin, a little half a step behind him, and followed him into the elevator room.

This is a high-rise building, and Ji Lin pressed the 29th floor, which is the top floor.

In the elevator, Ji Lin didn't speak, and Wen Dong was also silent, focusing on the conclusion just reached.

Until there was a sound of "ding", the elevator door opened slowly when it reached the 29th floor. Ji Lin blocked the elevator door with one hand, and waited for Wen Dong to go out first, then followed up, and said slowly: "Mr. Xiaowen, There is a somewhat presumptuous question that I have wanted to ask since you got in the car."

Wen Dong's footsteps paused slightly, he probably already guessed what Ji Lin wanted to ask, but he still said calmly: "What?"

"I'm very presumptuous to ask," Ji Lin stopped in front of a security door on the far right, unlocked it with his fingerprints, pulled the door open, then turned aside, looked down at Wen Dong, and said slowly, "Mr. Xiaowen , Do you have any bad memories of the image of the mask?"

There was a sudden bang outside, the first thunder of the night.

In the aftermath of thunder, Wen Dong shook his head, and only spit out two words: "No."

As if he was not surprised by his answer, Ji Lin looked as usual, and made a "please" gesture again, inviting Wen Dong into the house.

Ji Lin took out a pair of light blue men's slippers from the shoe cabinet, put them in front of Wen Dong, and said succinctly, "New ones, no one has ever worn them."

Wen Dong said "thank you" and bent over to put on slippers, which were just the right size.

Ji Lin brought Wen Dong into the living room, asked him to sit on the sofa, turned around and went to the kitchen to pour water.

Wen Dong doesn't have the habit of looking at other people's rooms, but sitting here, it is inevitable that he can roughly see the whole picture of Ji Lin's house.

Because this house is not very big, the layout is square and simple, it is the most conventional two bedrooms and one living room, one bedroom is closed and the other is open, revealing a wardrobe in a corner.

The room as a whole is very empty, with the same style as Ji Lin's office in the Municipal Bureau - simple black and white color matching, except for the necessary furniture, there are no unnecessary decorations.

There's nothing like the tenderness on the surface of his person.

On the contrary, it was abnormally cold.

Ji Lin came back with two water glasses, handed one of the transparent glasses to Wen Dong, and said politely: "I'm sorry, I don't have any drink to entertain you here, only coffee and tea, but I don't think it's suitable At night, I just poured you a glass of warm water."

Wen Dong took the water glass, said "Warm water is fine", and took a sip of it with both hands. The water temperature was moderate, and it flowed slowly into the stomach, which was very comfortable.

He had just put the water glass on the coffee table when Ji Yan spoke again: "Mr. Xiaowen, you just said that you don't have any bad memories of the image of the mask. I thought about it, but I didn't understand a little bit. I wonder if you can explain it to me again?"

Wen Dong knew that Ji Lin was not so easy to be perfunctory, so he was not surprised to hear him ask this question now, he just nodded and said lightly: "What does Mr. Ji want to ask?"

Ji Yan smiled, with a natural tone: "I just want to ask, since the mask is an ordinary image to Mr. Xiaowen, without any abnormalities, why, when you see it hanging on Shen Xi's feet After the chain was attached, the first reaction was that this was hung by the murderer, not someone sent a pendant to Shen Xi, and Shen Xi thought it looked good, so he hung it on the anklet?"

There was a sudden light outside the window, and a flash of lightning flashed across the sky, followed by another thunder.

The white light of lightning flashed across Ji Lin's side face, and for a moment, the outline of his cheeks was outlined like a ghost.

Wen Dong subconsciously clenched his fingers, but when he realized something, he quickly let go, and there was still no trace of panic being poked in the bottom of his heart on his face.

His thin lips moved, and when he was about to answer, Ji Lin looked away from his fingers, then smiled suddenly, and said softly: "Mr. Xiaowen, do you know? If not..."

But when he said this, he paused for no reason, his eyes seemed to drift far away for a moment, then he retracted, and then he said: "If I didn't meet you in the bar, you really fit my profile Write."

Probably because Ji Lin's eyes at that moment just now were very unusual, as if reminiscing about the past a long time ago, Wen Dong had an inexplicable intuition, he thought, after Ji Lin's "if not", what Ji Lin originally wanted to say should not be what he said that sentence.

But Wen Dong didn't know what it was, and he didn't have time to speculate, because Ji Yan had already continued the conversation: "He is good at making others relax their vigilance, easy to gain the trust of others, excellent observation skills, and understanding of personal emotions." Good control ability, good ability to deal with emergencies..."

Ji Lin listed them one by one, and finally came to the end, the curvature of his lips still remained unchanged, and his tone was still extremely gentle, but what he said was not very friendly: "Seriously, Mr. Xiaowen, if you want , I think, you do have the necessary qualities for a perfect criminal."

In the blink of an eye, Wen Dong's brain, which was affected by the "mask" all the way, finally started to work again at this moment. The details that he had ignored before were connected into a thread in an instant. Wen Dong finally understood Ji Lin. The meaning in the words.

The corners of his lips raised slowly, it was a kind of smile that was almost chilling, so beautiful that it was soul-stirring.

He paused every word: "Mr. Ji, can I take what you just said as a compliment to me?"

The smile on the corners of Ji Lin's lips remained unchanged, and his eyes never left Wen Dong's eyes from the beginning to the end. He nodded as if he was very happy, and affirmed: "Of course, I am indeed complimenting you."

Wen Dong's smile gradually widened, and he suddenly asked: "Mr. Ji, I think you are indeed used to analyzing others. I wonder if you are interested in listening to others analyze you today?"

Ji Lin raised his eyebrows slightly, as if happily saying: "My honor."

Wen Dong raised his head unhurriedly, organized clearly, and spoke in a gentle tone: "You have become suspicious since you saw the mask pendant. You think that Shen Xi's death is not simple. It may be behind the superficial murderer. There are others, so my alibi loses part of its meaning, because it can only prove that I am not the direct murderer, but it does not prove whether it is possible for me to be the so-called person standing behind People, on the other hand, as you said, I happen to match your profile of the suspect in certain characteristics, or in other words, have the potential for a perfect crime, so you decided to test me."

First of all, this conclusion must be thrown out, Wen Dong took a sip from his water glass, and then continued slowly: "Mr. Ask for leave, and it will start after get off work."

Ji Lin's eyes flickered slightly, he rubbed his thumb lightly on the black porcelain cup, and said "Oh?" with great interest, "What do you say?"

"You guessed it, if I am very concerned about the mask pendant you are talking about," Wen Dong continued, "I will ask to meet you as soon as I know about it, and want to see that pendant with my own eyes. If this You are still in the Municipal Bureau at the time, so I will go directly to the Municipal Bureau to find you, but this is not conducive to your temptation, because you know very well that the environment of the Municipal Bureau will not let me relax, so you chose to return at the right time. Home, and offered to let me come to your home to look at the photos, home is a relatively private place, your invitation even sounds..."

Speaking of this, Wen Dong paused for a moment, as if hesitating whether to speak out what was in his heart, but soon, he made a decision, and said bluntly: "It even sounds like there is a hint of two points. It means that it is really easy for people to let their guard down."

Ji Lin's smile remained unchanged, and his tone was natural: "Mr. Xiaowen, I have to remind you that this is just your guess. After all, my preliminary profile was finished in the afternoon, and the follow-up investigation is not my responsibility. I really have no point in staying and working overtime."

"No," Wen Dong shook his head and said, "Downstairs in my house, the call Officer Tang made to you shows that they need you. It doesn't mean that you must be at the city bureau tonight, but that if you , it will be more convenient for their work. For example, when they find suspicious persons, they can ask you for confirmation immediately. I think, based on my personal observation, Mr. Ji's external social norms, if he doesn't really have something to do, Naturally, I will stay at the Municipal Bureau tonight."

After saying this, before Ji Lin could speak, Wen Dong added: "In addition, your behavior and language after showing me the photos in the car are very inductive, and that sudden corner that took a shortcut, You also did it on purpose, the purpose is to prove that I can indeed face this sudden situation with my own physical condition of motion sickness, and still keep my face intact, and finally..."

Wen Dong paused for a moment, looked down at the slippers on his feet, and said with a smile, "Finally, these slippers should be bought nearby after you get off work today. You still have two pairs of slippers in your shoe cabinet, one black and the other white. , none of them fit my size, and these slippers fit perfectly, I guess you should want to buy black or white, after all, your whole decoration only has these two colors, but you finally chose this pair of light blue, It should be in the nearest supermarket, there is no black and white."

"Mr. Ji," Wen Dong put down his water glass, and raised his eyes to meet Ji Lin's gaze without avoiding it, "Are you satisfied with my analysis?"

Ji Lin didn't answer immediately, the air fell silent for a while, and a silent and invisible confrontation gradually spread between the two.

However, it seems that confrontation is not accurate enough...

Because Ji Lin's attitude was not tense at all, and he didn't have any embarrassment of being exposed. At first glance, he still had the same gentle appearance as usual, but the light above his head shone directly into his eyes, making him faint For a moment, his eyes showed a twinkle of excitement, almost fanatical.

It's like a giant dragon who suddenly discovered Jinshan.

After a short moment, Ji Lin suddenly took a step back. With this movement, the fleeting light in his eyes could no longer be found, and he said slowly: "I'm very surprised, but Mr. Xiaowen , there are two points I want to correct. First, I didn't buy light blue slippers because I couldn't find black and white slippers, but I chose light blue because I think it suits you well. two..."

Ji Lin paused for a moment, as if admiring the change of expression on Wen Dong's face, and said slowly: "Second, I invite you to my house for another purpose. Listen to what Tang Chu said, do you think that thing on my desk is This skull is very beautiful, so I would like to invite you to admire it, my treasure."

After saying this, Ji Yan turned around first, and walked towards the room with the closed door.

Wen Dong froze for a moment, subconsciously got up and followed.

Ji Lin opened the door, stepped aside, gracefully stretched out his arms towards Wen Dong, and invited him in.

Wen Dong paused a little, and then walked into the room.

Rao had made some psychological preparations, but at the moment when the lights came on, Wen Dong still couldn't help raising his eyebrows, completely surprised.

Because what catches the eye are artificial skulls arranged neatly from small to large.

Their texture is exactly the same as the one in Ji Lin's office, and each one has sunken eye sockets, without eyeballs installed.

Wen Dong quickly counted, there are thirteen in total.

Before he could react in time, the phone in Ji Lin's pocket vibrated suddenly.

Ji Lin said "Sorry" first, then took out his phone and swiped to answer it.

At this moment, the room was very quiet, and Wen Dong was very close to Ji Lin, so he clearly heard Tang Chu's penetrating and exciting voice: "Mr. what!"

The author says:

Xiao Ji: My wife is so hot!

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Let me tell you two little things -

The first one is that the ending of the last chapter was edited at one o'clock in the morning last night, and a small detail of the winter fishing season was added, which did not affect the overall reading. at a glance—

The other is about my literary name... Yes, I have been changing my literary name crazily in the past two days. I am a waste of literary name, and because the words "crazy batch" and "mad dog" cannot be used So I am not satisfied no matter how I change it, now I quite like this "Mask Personality", I feel;

I jumped out of the direction of the previous naming, I hope I don’t have to change it...but don’t be too surprised if it is changed again... Maybe you have any good suggestions for the name, and you can also give me a comment. [Kneeling] ;

Finally, thanks to Throwing Thunder and Nutrient Solution——

Bow, love you guys.