mask personality

Contrary to Tang Chu's excessive excitement, Ji Lin's tone was his usual gentleness: "Okay, I'll go now."

"Hey, don't run to the scene," Tang Chu hurriedly said, "Just go back to the game, and we are going back now."

Ji Lin responded warmly, hung up the phone, and looked sideways at Wen Dong.

Wen Dong looked back calmly.

Looking at each other quietly for two seconds, Ji Lin smiled and said first: "I'm sorry, it seems that you can't appreciate my collection tonight. Deputy Tang said that he knows what the murder weapon is. I'm going to the city bureau now , Mr. Xiaowen, if you want, you can go together."

Wen Dong was keenly aware of Ji Lin's words, what he said was, "go to the city bureau", a statement without a sense of belonging.

Wen Dong raised his eyebrows, said "Oh", and said in a calm tone, "I thought that in Mr. Ji's eyes, I should be on the same level as the suspect."

The implication is that the person who suspected the temptation just now was you, and now the person who doesn't mind letting me listen to the clues, why is it you?

"Where is it?" Ji Yan's smile remained unchanged, his expression calm, "I said it, I just admire Mr. Xiaowen's outstanding ability."

Wen Dong was noncommittal, and did not continue this topic, but tilted his head again, and glanced at the neatly arranged row of simulated skulls.

After exiting the room, the moment Ji Lin closed the door again, Wen Dong suddenly asked, "They are all alone?"

At first glance, these words seemed to have no beginning or end, Ji Lin paused slightly, and asked calmly, "Why do you ask that?"

"A person's appearance changes greatly with age," Wen Dong said naturally, "but the bone appearance does not change much. The row in your room and the one in the office, if I guessed correctly, should be Is it different age stages of the same person, perhaps, one represents a year?"

Ji Lin lowered his eyes and stared at Wen Dong for two seconds, but still didn't answer directly, he just asked with a smile: "Mr. Xiao Wen, don't you think it's weird and frightening to make this kind of artificial skull based on a real person?" ?"

Wen Dong instantly showed surprise, "How could it be?"

Seeing that Ji Yan still just looked at him without speaking, Wen Dong paused for a moment, and said sincerely, "I think it's very romantic."

Ji Lin seldom doubted himself, but at the moment Wen Dong said this sentence, Ji Lin had a very rare moment of questioning himself, questioning whether his judgment had gone wrong, otherwise, how could he have heard from Wen Dong? In those clear eyes, can you see two points of inexplicable fascination?

Fascinated by...

If he didn't make a mistake in his judgment, if Wen Dong really thought so...

Ji Yan suddenly closed his eyes, as if through this action, he was pressing some kind of surging madness back into the dark abyss.

Wen Dong didn't notice Ji Lin's extremely short abnormality this time, because his thoughts had already turned to the case, and he asked again: "Mr. Ji, did you say before that the murder weapon is very unusual?"

"Yes," Ji Lin said bluntly this time, "I'm basically sure it's not an ordinary knife, Mr. Xiaowen, did you think of something else?"

Wen Dong pursed his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I still want to see what the murder weapon is first."

Ji Lin nodded and said "OK", and the two walked towards the entrance together.

When passing by Ji Lin's other bedroom, because the door was open, Wen Dong subconsciously made an evasive movement.

If home is a place that is private enough, then the bedroom is, without a doubt, the most private of all.

"Sorry." Noticing his movement, Ji Lin reached out and closed the bedroom door before apologizing, "Mr. Xiaowen should be able to understand, it's a bad habit developed by living alone."

Because there is only one person at home for a long time, I don't close the bedroom door casually.

However, Wen Dong didn't think that Ji Lin was the kind of person who would forget to close the bedroom door when he knew someone was coming at home.

I don't know if it's because he was suspected and tested before, but now Wen Dong always feels that every word and every action of Ji Lin seems to have another purpose.

The footsteps were slightly stagnant, Wen Dong didn't want to speculate on Ji Lin's intentions, and simply said frankly: "I'm sorry, I don't live alone."

Ji Lin raised his eyebrows slightly, and said "Oh?" with great interest.

Wen Dong walked to the entrance, bent over to change his shoes, and said, "I live with my younger brother, but he is not at home recently."

Ji Lin said "Oh" and smiled, "I always thought that Mr. Xiaowen was the only child."

Wen Dong didn't answer, obviously, he didn't want to go deeper into this topic.

Ji Lin didn't talk any more, instead he opened the wardrobe at the entrance, took out a dark blue windbreaker jacket, handed it to Wen Dong, and said politely: "It's cold outside, if Mr. Xiao Wen doesn't mind it, you can wear it for the time being." Take my coat off?"

Wen Dong was stunned for a moment, then reached out to take the coat, put it on, and said sincerely, "Thank you."

Wen Dongjing is 178cm tall, definitely not short, but Ji Lin looks like he is nearly 10cm taller than him, and his figure is not as thin as him, so Ji Lin's windbreaker jacket, at this moment, is worn on the Wen Dong's body seemed very empty.

Wen Dong is more and more thin and slender, with a different kind of beauty.

Ji Lin looked at it for two seconds, as if he was very happy, and said happily: "It's very beautiful, it suits you very well."

Wen Dong laughed, "Mr. Ji's words are all about boasting about his clothes."

After going out, the two returned to the underground garage by the same route.

Wen Dong hesitated and said, "Aren't we...walking there?"

The community where Ji Lin lives is indeed very close to the Municipal Bureau, about a 10-minute walk away.

"No," Ji Lin opened the door for Wen Dong, and said in a natural tone, "I can't bear to let Mr. Xiaowen blow the cold wind again."

Wen Dong followed the good advice and got into the passenger seat.

The rush hour has already passed, such a short distance, including the time to go out from the underground garage, and it took only 5 minutes to reach the gate of the Municipal Bureau.

Ji Lin still unbuckled Wen Dong's seat belt first, then opened the door and got out of the car, opened the umbrella, then walked around to Wen Dong's side, and opened the door for Wen Dong. After he got off, the edge of the umbrella naturally tilted towards him. It almost enveloped Wen Dong's whole body under the umbrella.

A set of movements is done smoothly, and I don't care that half of my shoulders are exposed outside, letting the rain get wet.

All the way to the public area of ​​the Criminal Investigation Detachment, he bumped into Ruan Tian who was holding a cup of hot coffee.

I didn't expect Ji Lin to come back suddenly, accompanied by Wen Dong...

The small light bulb in Ruan Tian's head lit up with a snap——

Teacher Ji asked for leave on purpose tonight, saying that he had something to do at night, so he didn't stay in the bureau to work overtime. It's almost eleven o'clock at night, and the two of them are still together. There are many, and it is the style that Teacher Ji often wears...

What the two of them did during this time is self-evident, okay?

Ruan Tian blushed because she thought about it, and because she was too excited to think about it, she accidentally took off the hot coffee, dropped it and spilled it all over the floor.

Wen Dong reacted in time, and subconsciously took a step back. When he stood still, he realized that Ji Yan hadn't retreated. Not only did he not retreat, but he stepped forward half a step, blocking Wen Dong's body, and even lifted off one side of the windbreaker , protecting Wen Dong like an airtight seal.

On the inside of the windbreaker, you can clearly see the splashed coffee stains.

But he didn't seem to care, he took off his coat directly, hung it on his arm, looked back at Wen Dong, and asked with concern: "Are you okay? Did you get splashed?"

Ji Lin's actions just now were completely beyond Wen Dong's expectations. Wen Dong was stunned for another two seconds before recovering, shaking his head, "I'm fine, I wasn't splashed."

After getting an affirmative answer, Ji Lin replied "It's fine", before turning around and looking at Ruan Tian again.

Ruan Tian has already scolded herself a hundred times in her heart. With a bitter face, she kept apologizing: "Mr. Ji, I'm sorry, Mr. Xiaowen, I'm sorry...I, I really didn't mean it!"

Thanks to someone, the city bureau now addresses Wen Dong as "Mr. Xiaowen".

Ruan Tian said as she fumbled in her pockets with both hands, trying to find a napkin or a wet wipe to wipe Ji Lin's clothes. "It's okay," Ji Lin stretched out his hand, pressed lightly on Ruan Tian's shoulder, and said softly, "You don't need to apologize. I was going to send this windbreaker for dry cleaning. Do you still drink coffee?"

Ruan Tian shook her head like a rattle.

Ji Yan smiled, as if aware of something, raised his eyes to look in the direction of the elevator, and pointed out: "I don't think I need to drink coffee tonight, can I order you a glass of milk?"

As he spoke, he actually took out his phone to place an order.

Ruan Tian froze for a moment, looked up at Ji Lin blankly, not knowing what he meant by that.

Before she could react, Tang Chu's loud voice came from the elevator: "Wake up, brothers! There are important discoveries!"

Everyone's attention was instantly attracted.

Except Wen Dong.

Wen Dong looked at Ji Lin's profile, smelled the smell of clean laundry detergent wafting from the windbreaker he casually draped over his arm, but thought of something else entirely——

Wen Dong thinks that he has met many people who are knowledgeable and respectful, and has always felt that he is polite and decent enough in dealing with others, but he has rarely met people who can really achieve Ji Lin's level all the time, including him. I can't either.

Wen Dong thought, Ji Lin's gentleman is not like a superficial etiquette habit, but more like a part of his personality.

It's as if, as if this person has never had emotions like irritability, boredom...

The moment this idea popped into his mind, Wen Dong himself was startled.

After all, people have emotions, how could someone not?

"Come here...the meeting is over!" Tang Chu's voice got closer and closer, and finally stopped in front of Wen Dong, surprised, "Mr. Xiao Wen?"

Wen Dong suddenly came back to his senses, smiled at Tang Chu, and greeted him: "Hi Officer Tang, sorry to disturb you."

"Hello, hello!" Tang Chu responded, turned his head to look at Ji Lin, and asked him what was going on with his eyes.

Ji Lin looked as usual, and said calmly: "I see that Mr. Xiaowen has unique insights in the psychological analysis of criminal behavior, so I want to invite him to listen and see if he can provide us with more ideas."

Hearing what he said, and indeed having seen Wen Dong's analysis twice, Tang Chu stopped hesitating and simply said, "Okay, okay, thank you, Mr. Xiaowen, for making a trip at night!"

Wen Dong's expression remained unchanged, and in line with Ji Lin's "performance", he smiled and said, "It's not hard work, it would be my honor if I could help a little."

Tang Chu was no longer polite, tapped the whiteboard with his fingers, and cut to the point: "As mentioned in Teacher Wan's autopsy report before, the murder weapon is speculated to be a tool with a length of about 3-5cm and a width of less than 2cm, with sawtooth on one side. , because the width is too narrow and the length is not enough, so ordinary knives such as serrated knives are excluded."

Seeing everyone nodding, Tang Chu took out the smallest transparent evidence bag from the special evidence bag, and held it up for everyone to see.

"I found this when I re-surveyed the scene today," Tang Chu said succinctly. "It's sandwiched between two piano keys. It's really inconspicuous. We didn't find it when we first inspected it, and even the murderer himself didn't find it."

Wen Dong followed Tang Chu's movements and saw clearly that there was a small irregular steel piece in the transparent evidence bag, which was indeed very small and thin, with a diameter of no more than 3mm by visual inspection.

It can't even be called steel sheet, but steel shavings.

Wen Dong didn't realize it for a while, it was left from something.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Chu took out a medium-sized evidence bag from the evidence bag.

This time, the contents of the evidence bag were very clear. It was a tuning fork for piano tuning.

"I didn't even think about the source of the steel shavings at first," Tang Chu explained, "until I saw this—a tuning fork."

Wen Dong realized something in an instant, he subconsciously turned his head to look at Ji Lin, who was also looking at him, their eyes met, and they saw the same clarity in each other's eyes.

Sure enough, in the next second, Tang Chu asked: "Take a look, does the lower part of this tuning fork match the length and width of the estimated murder weapon?"

The tuning fork in the evidence bag should be the standard model uniformly equipped by the school. The total length is about 12cm, and the lower part accounts for about one-third of the total length, which is in the range of 3-5cm. The width is about 1.5cm, which is less than 2cm. Simply put , its lower end is like a small iron rod.

"But Mr. Tang," a little policeman said puzzled, "the bottom of this thing is neither sharp nor sawtoothed..."

Tang Chu put the two things together in front of the little policeman, and said fiercely: "Screw your brains, please! This tuning fork in my hand is definitely not a murder weapon, but this tuning fork is not the only one in the school! Just use a saw to cut this If the lower end is sharpened, isn’t this a sharp weapon that can kill people?”

"Also," Tang Chu added, "in order to prove the feasibility of my conjecture, I went to a certain treasure to search for hacksaws, and found that there is indeed an ultra-small hacksaw with a total length of less than 20cm and a single side sawtooth. Very light and easy to carry, more than enough for such a small thing as a saw, and as for this scrap..."

Tang Chu paused for a moment, and said his complete conjecture in a deep voice: "This debris should have been accidentally dropped by the murderer when sawing the crime tools at the scene."

The crowd suddenly exploded, and there were many discussions——

"My God, what kind of brain circuit is this murderer? It's too tortuous, I have to choose one that needs the help of a saw..."

"It's okay to use a saw, but you are still sawing on the spot? Are you afraid that you won't be discovered? This is..."

Tang Chu ignored the noise below, turned his head to look at Ji Lin and Wen Dong, raised his eyebrows and said, "You two masters, what do you think?"

Ji Lin didn't answer, but turned to Wen Dong, and asked warmly, "Mr. Xiao Wen, what do you think?"

To speculate on why the murderer chose to kill Shen Xi with this weird tool is actually a cruel thing for Wen Dong.

After all, Shen Xi is his friend.

But Wen Dong restrained his personal feelings in a moment, and said truthfully: "I just think that the murderer deliberately gave up the conventional tool, which can be regarded as a shortcut, and chooses a more complicated unconventional tool as the murder weapon, so it should be possible. It shows that the murder weapon has a certain symbolic significance for the murderer, just like a painter who occasionally chooses an art tool that is not commonly used or even easy to use for some reason.”

Tang Chu almost wanted to applaud the two people in front of him.

In the past, there was only one Ji Lin, who appeared on the scene like watching a painting exhibition, but now there is another Wen Dong, who can simply compare crime to painting.

These two are a fucking perfect match!

But Tang Chu only dared to slander in his heart, but said sincerely on his face: "It makes sense, what does Teacher Ji think?"

Ji Lin nodded, thought for a while, and said succinctly: "I agree with Mr. Xiaowen's point of view, and I would like to add one more point, why the murderer took the risk of leaving traces, but also made crime tools at the scene, instead of Just make it and take it to the scene.”

Tang Chu tapped on the whiteboard, raised his hand and made a gesture of pressing down, motioning for everyone to be quiet.

Ji Lin continued: "This seemingly unwise approach can basically show that the murder weapon was obtained from the scene, or to expand the scope, in the building where the scene is located. Obviously, the murderer has chosen from the beginning. The tools for committing the crime were determined, so he took the hacksaw to the crime site. The reason why he didn't bring the tools out in advance must be a compelling reason, for example..."

Ji Lin paused for a moment, and Wen Dong's calm gaze met Wen Dong for a moment, Wen Dong naturally took over the conversation and completed what Ji Lin hadn't finished saying: "For example, this kind of thing doesn't belong to him, it may be that he Not long before the murder, I got it from someone else."

Tang Chu understood it, and concluded precisely, "In other words, it's like killing someone with a borrowed knife?"

"It can be understood in this way," Ji Lin nodded, and then turned around, "However, whether it is "borrowing" or "stealing" is not yet determined. "

Killing people with a borrowed knife and stealing a knife to kill someone is a word difference, but they have two completely different directions.

The former is being used, while the latter is being directly blamed.

Tang Chu nodded, and concluded, "So we have two targets for the current investigation. The previous investigation on the emotional relationship will continue. In addition, we will step up the investigation to see who is in the building where the scene is located, or which room, One tuning fork is missing."

Seeing that everyone nodded in response, Tang Chu glanced at his watch, waved his hand and said, "I'm here temporarily tonight, and I'll go out early tomorrow morning. Those who should go to the school for investigation and visits should go directly to the school. Do you understand?"

The following responded in unison: "I understand!"

Tang Chu waved his hand again, indicating that everyone can go home from get off work.

The crowd dispersed, and Tang Chu turned his head to look at Ji Lin again. He wanted to ask a question about the mask pendant, but because of Wen Dong's presence, he couldn't open his mouth. In the end, he had to press it temporarily, and said politely: "It's hard work." Teacher Ji and Mr. Xiaowen came here by car, did Mr. Xiaowen come by car? If you don’t have a car, I can see you off.”

Just as Wen Dong was about to speak, Ji Lin said quietly, "No, I'll see him off."

Tang Chu was stunned for a moment, his eyes fell on Wen Dong's windbreaker, which was obviously too big and didn't fit him well, and he finally realized something was wrong...

But before he could think any more, Ji Lin and Wen Dong greeted him one after another, turned around and left side by side.

-

In the car, Wen Dong leaned on the back of the seat, feeling exhausted belatedly.

From being woken up by Ji Lin's phone call, to this moment, this night, Wen Dong felt that his mind was always tense, and he didn't relax for a moment.

Now it is really to the limit, unable to do more thinking.

Probably because his fatigue was already written on his face, Ji Lin didn't discuss with him any more topics related to the case, but just raised his hand to turn up the heating and air conditioner, and turned on the car music by the way.

"Every time you lie in my place..."

The moment he was familiar with the singing, Wen Dong thought it was his cell phone ringing.

After being stunned for two seconds, I realized that it wasn't the phone ringing, but the music played by Ji Lin, which happened to be my favorite song.

I really want to have a chat with Ji Lin, and ask him that he also likes the sunset speed car, but probably the atmosphere in the car is too quiet at this time——

The comfortable temperature, the music he likes, and the extremely faint scent of grass and trees that still lingers on the tip of his nose, all of these make Wen Dong's mind, which has been tense all the time, completely relax unconsciously, and he falls into a peaceful sleep again in a groggy state.

The black Cayenne is speeding forward on the road on a rainy night, like a swift and ferocious beast.

After half an hour, we arrived at our destination.

The car parked steadily downstairs of Wen Dong's house, as if quietly dormant.

Wen Dong was still sleeping soundly, showing no sign of waking up.

His whole body was wrapped in a large coat, his head was tilted to one side, and he leaned against the window glass. With this movement, his slender neck stretched out a graceful arc, and his fragile and deadly Adam's apple was exposed in the season without any defense. In front of Rin.

Like a beautiful prey that just fell into a trap without knowing it.

Ji Lin's eyes fell on the delicate Adam's apple for a long time, and then suddenly moved away.

After a while, he reached out and pulled out a silver metal chain from the storage compartment beside him.

Wrapped around his right wrist.

Circle after circle, Ji Lin wrapped it tightly, and every time he circled around again, he could feel the strong beating of the pulse under his fingertips.

It was as if through this movement, the mad beast screaming in his heart was firmly restrained again.

It wasn't until the sharp wrist bones were completely covered that Ji Lin finally stopped.

He turned his head and glanced at Wen Dong again, then looked as usual, took out his phone, opened WeChat, and sent Tang Chu a message with the hand wrapped around the chain——

Deputy Tang, are you resting?If it is convenient, can you help me log on to the intranet and check someone?

The author says:

Excuse me, is Xiaoji abnormal today?

"Remarks" English lyrics are still from "myjinji"!