mask personality

Wen Dong woke up by himself, because the aroma of plants and trees filling his nose became stronger and stronger.

So thick that it even fell into a dream.

Probably because of seeing the photo of the mask pendant earlier, Wen Dong unexpectedly continued the previous nightmare not long after he fell asleep.

In the dream, he had no direction, and ran away tirelessly all the way, but no matter how he escaped, he couldn't escape the turbulent mask trend. The faces wearing masks were distorted and deformed into grotesque pictures, like the real stench. It made Wen Dong vomit frequently...

But suddenly, just when Wen Dong felt that he had reached the limit of his body and couldn't hold on and wanted to give up, he suddenly found a narrow gap between the turbulent piles of masked faces.

The gap looked narrow, but it was extremely bright, and the ray of light that came out was so bright that it even covered all the chaos around it.

Wen Dong in the dream was startled for a moment, then he stopped hesitating and rushed towards the glowing gap like instinct.

The moment he entered the gap, all the strange scenes around him disappeared in an instant, and the extremely unpleasant smell at the tip of his nose also disappeared, replaced by a faint, clean and gentle fragrance of grass and trees.

Wen Dong in the dream gradually slowed down and walked forward slowly.

The farther you go, the wider the field of vision in front of you, and the stronger the scent of vegetation at the tip of your nose.

As if he was deeply possessed, he kept walking forward without stopping.

When I came back to my senses, I realized that I was already in a lush, cloud-shrouded mountain forest.

Ethereal and distant.

Vaguely, he heard someone talking behind one of the big trees.

Only human voices can be heard, but the content cannot be heard clearly.

In the dream, Wen Dong walked over there unconsciously, wanting to find out.

Wen Dong's consciousness was on the verge of waking up, half dreaming and half awake, he thought that he would see Ji Lin when he got closer, after all, this strong scent of grass and trees was like a sign that belonged exclusively to Ji Lin.

But unexpectedly, when Wen Dong approached, he found that the person standing behind the big tree was not Ji Lin.

It was a big boy, who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, and his figure had an aesthetic feeling between the thinness of a minor and the robustness of an adult.

But Wen Dong couldn't see his face.

Because he was actually wearing a mask, which looked like an elk.

It was at this moment that Wen Dong woke up suddenly.

After being dazed for two seconds, Wen Dong's brain started working again, and he realized that he was still in Ji Lin's car.

He took a deep breath and confirmed that at this moment, the fragrance of plants and trees filling his nose was not a dream.

Wen Dong turned on the cell phone in his hand and checked the time.

Sure enough, it was past midnight.

On a new day, his strange ability suddenly appeared again.

Wen Dong sat up straight, and looked sideways at Ji Lin in the driver's seat.

Ji Lin was looking down at his phone, as if he didn't realize that he was awake.

Wen Dong covered his lips and coughed softly as a reminder.

Hearing the sound, Ji Lin turned his head and raised his eyebrows slightly, showing a slightly surprised expression, "Are you awake?"

Wen Dong nodded, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I fell asleep unexpectedly. Actually... you can wake me up."

According to the current time estimate, at least half an hour has passed since Ji Lin's car parked here.

"It's okay." The corners of Ji Lin's lips curled up again, "I don't have anything to do at night. Seeing that Mr. Xiaowen slept well, I really can't bear to disturb your sweet dreams."

When the word "dream" was mentioned, Wen Dong recalled the dream just now. He had an impulse to ask Ji Lin if he knew anything about masks, and how much he knew.

Because that old case was solved 13 years ago, and Ji Lin looked less than 30 years old. In this way, when that big case was solved, Ji Lin should have been underage, no matter how you say it , he must have not participated in the cracking of this case.

It can be heard that Dong can feel that Ji Lin doesn't seem to care much less about the mask pendant than himself.

This is really a very strange thing.

But before Wen Dong hesitated whether to speak or not, and how to speak, his attention was suddenly drawn elsewhere——

Wen Dong saw that on Ji Lin's right wrist, at some point, there was a tightly wound silver metal chain.

Ji Lin's shirt is always meticulously dressed, and the buttons on the cuffs are naturally always buttoned. Therefore, this chain is almost wrapped around the heel of his palm, and it fits perfectly.

Filled with an indescribable, taboo-like sexuality.

As if noticing where his eyes fell, Ji Lin's lips remained unchanged, and he explained: "I was bored just now, so I just found it out of the storage compartment, and just wrapped it around casually to pass the time."

His tone was very natural, as if he was talking about being bored and reading a book to pass the time.

Wen Dong vaguely felt something weird for a moment, but the scent of grass and trees lingering at the tip of his nose did not change at all. In addition, Ji Lin's hands wrapped in chains, at this moment, directly impacted Wen Dong's eyes like this, and Wen Dong couldn't help but recall the moment's breath. Putting the weirdness behind her, she said sincerely: "It's very beautiful."

Like a perfect work of art.

But for the second half of the sentence, Wen Dong just thought about it in his heart, and didn't say it out.

"Really?" Ji Lin stared down at Wen Dong, a very faint light flashed in his eyes for a moment, his voice was deep and slow, as if bewitching, "Then Mr. Xiaowen, do you want to try it too?"

Wen Dong was startled, and subconsciously raised his eyes to look at Ji Lin.

As if aware of his surprise, Ji Yan smiled, the hand wrapped around the chain moved slightly, and then said: "Scared you? I was joking..."

But before he could pronounce the last word, Wen Dong suddenly stretched out his left hand.

Wen Dong reached out with his right hand, and pulled up the left sleeve, revealing a white and slender wrist, with protruding wrist bones that looked thin.

The wrist was handed to Ji Lin, Wen Dong was calm and composed, and asked softly, "Don't you want to try?"

Like a beautiful prey, he jumped and sent himself to the mouth of the beast.

Ignorant and fearless.

Ji Lin's eyes lowered slightly, fixed on Wen Dong's dazzlingly white wrist, after a while, he didn't speak, but gave the answer with practical actions——

Raising his left hand, he untied the chain on his right wrist in a leisurely manner.

After that, it covered Wen Dong's left wrist.

The metal that was still stained with Ji Lin's body temperature, the moment it covered it, Wen Dong seemed to feel an invisible electric current, which flowed down his wrist to his limbs and bones in an instant, and then went straight to the bottom of his heart.

In an instant, it precisely hit a certain extremely secret point deep in Wen Dong's heart.

It is almost to the extent that it can make the soul tremble.

Ji Yan wrapped Wen Dong's chain around and around slowly, as if wrapping the most exquisite gift.

Wen Dong could clearly feel that with Ji Lin's movements, his own pulse was beating faster and more violently.

He thought, if he could smell his emotions, then he must be smelling of some kind of strong wine right now.

Extremely excited, but also full of extremely secret desires.

It's a pity that the tip of the nose is still full of Ji Lin's signature grassy fragrance.

After the last length of the chain was completely wound, Ji Yan stared at it for another two seconds, as if admiring it.

The dim ceiling light in the car shone on his sharp Adam's apple, and the shadow cast by it moved slightly.

After a while, Ji Lin finally raised his eyes and met Wen Dong's eyes.

The moment the lines of sight meet in the air, it seems that a cluster of invisible flames suddenly rises in the confined space, and then spreads out very quickly.

Very rarely, Ji Lin was dazed for a moment, because he couldn't tell whether the prey locked in the chains was Wen Dong or himself.

brief collision.

Wen Dong withdrew his hand first, and the overly long sleeves hung down again, covering the wrist wrapped around the chain.

At the same time, it also overshadows all the indescribable atmosphere.

Ji Lin raised the corners of his lips, and said warmly: "It's getting late, Mr. Xiaowen should go upstairs to rest."

Wen Dong nodded, his thin lips moved slightly, and was about to open his mouth to say something, when Ji Yan said again: "You put on the coat first, don't rush to return it to me, and the... bracelet just now, it suits you very well, Mr. Xiaowen If you don't dislike it, just keep it as a small decoration, and don't have to return it to me."

All the questions he wanted to ask were answered by Ji Lin, Wen Dong was speechless for a while, so he just nodded and said "OK".

Before the rain stopped outside, Ji Lin finally opened the car door, put on an umbrella and got out of the car, then went around to Wen Dong's side, opened the door for him, and sent Wen Dong all the way to the eaves in front of the unit.

Ji Yan took a step back, and said goodbye to Wen Dong politely: "Mr. Xiao Wen, rest early, I will leave first."

"Thank you for taking me back," Wen Dong responded politely, "Be careful when driving on the road."

As soon as the two of them came back and forth, all the silence and obscurity caused by the metal chain in the car just now were washed away, and there was no trace of them anymore.

Wen Dong didn't go upstairs in a hurry, but stood under the eaves, watching Ji Lin turn around and walk into the rain with an umbrella, his back was tall and lonely.

Thinking of something, Wen Dong suddenly opened his mouth again, and stopped Ji Lin, still using three very formal words: "Mr. Ji."

Ji Lin paused, turned around to look at Wen Dong, and said gently, "Mr. Xiao Wen, please tell me."

Probably because he was pleased by the grassy smell on Ji Lin's body and the chain tonight, Wen Dong pursed his lips, retracted the sharpness of the collision, and said seriously and bluntly: "Mr. Where does my doubt come from, but what I can tell you is that there is no need to try, because I am on your side, whether you believe it or not, but I really want to find the murderer who killed Shen Xi more than you do , After all, Shen Xi is just one of countless victims to you, but Shen Xi is my friend, he constitutes a part of my memory."

As if he didn't expect Wen Dong to say this suddenly, Ji Lin's expression froze for a moment, and then, through the rain, his smile remained unchanged, and he only replied two words gently: "I believe it."

-

It rained all night, washing every corner of the city.

In the early morning of the next day, the rain finally cleared and the sky was bright.

The official website of Yashen Conservatory of Music released an announcement for the recruitment of piano teachers. On the sidelines of the playground, a girl with fluttering hair pressed her hands on the screen of her mobile phone, her five fingers clenched tightly, and her long nails dug into her palm.

At the same time, in Ji Lin's office of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau.

Tang Chu's voice was startled: "What? Who do you want me to check?"

He fell asleep when he got home last night. When he woke up at dawn, he woke up this morning and saw Ji Lin's message. He didn't have time or need to use the computer at home, so he came to the bureau early to find Ji Lin.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Ji Yan came up, he threw him a bomb-bomb and asked him to help check Wen Dong.

Ji Lin's position is special. He is a special consultant of the Municipal Bureau. He does not use the internal system of the detachment. Therefore, the authority on the intranet is very low, and many information cannot be seen.

But apart from the circumstances of the case, this was the first time he asked Tang Chu for help.

The case necessitates...

Tang Chu was startled, and anxiously said: "No...Mr. Ji, please don't mess with me, Mr. Xiaowen is clearly innocent!"

In case something went wrong, Wen Dong participated in their murder weapon seminar last night!

The consequences are simply unimaginable, okay?

"No," Ji Lin looked calm and calmed, "I don't think he is suspicious, and I asked you to check him for me, just out of..."

Having said that, Ji Lin paused for a moment, thinking of something, he suddenly held the wrist of his right hand with his left hand, rubbed it gently twice, and then continued: "It's because of my personal needs."

Tang Chu paused when he turned on the computer, and couldn't help but look up at Ji Lin again.

No wonder he was surprised. After working with Ji Lin for so many years, Ji Lin's "personal needs" are really few.

Sometimes Tang Chu feels that Ji Lin is like a robot, not the rigid one, but Ji Lin really rarely expresses his emotions or wishes.

However, after confirming that Wen Dong was still innocent, Tang Chu didn't ask any further questions, and directly entered the intranet, logged into his own system, and entered Wen Dong's name.

Two seconds later, Tang Chu raised his head in shock, and said, "Mr. Xiao Wen, is he actually the grandson of Mr. Wen Qing?"

Ji Lin also froze for a moment, and looked down at the computer screen.

"You should have heard of it?" Tang Chu pointed to the two words "Wen Qing" on the screen, and said casually, "My dad would often bring it up after drinking, saying that the Wen family is a really old-fashioned wealthy family with a huge family background. , that is, the luck of descendants is too thin..."

Ji Lin nodded and responded: "I have heard it a little, but I don't understand it."

Hearing what he said, Tang Chu said a few more words: "Listen to my father, there are only two brothers in Mr. Wen Qing's life. The elder brother died unexpectedly before he reached the age of marriage. The younger brother, Mr. Wen Qing Longevity, but not to mention a single generation, the only son died young, it is also pitiful, now the Wen family, there is only a single seedling left, Mr. Xiaowen..."

Before Tang Chu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ji Lin: "Mr. Xiaowen said that he has a younger brother."

Tang Chu was taken aback, and hastily slid down the mouse a couple of times, then changed his mind and said, "Hey, that's right, there is a younger brother who is two years younger than Mr. Xiaowen, and his name is Shengxia... These two brothers are really interesting, One takes the surname of the father and the other takes the surname of the mother, one in winter and one in summer..."

Ji Lin didn't answer any more, he put one hand on the simulated skull on the table again, his fingertips lingered in the sunken eye sockets, and the eyes showed the kind of eyes that seemed to be trapped in a long-term picture.

Tang Chu muttered to himself for a while, and when he raised his eyes to see Ji Lin's expression, he was taken aback again.

After a little hesitation, Tang Chu tentatively asked, "Mr. Ji... are you okay? What did you think of?"

"Huh?" Ji Lin responded subconsciously before recovering, but only for a moment, he returned to his usual gentle expression, retracted his hand, shook his head and smiled, "It's nothing, maybe I thought too much before, thank you Vice-team Tang will help."

Tang Chu could see that Ji Lin didn't intend to talk any more, so he didn't ask him "what's on his mind?" He just waved his hand and changed the subject while exiting the system: "By the way, Teacher Ji, I wanted to ask you yesterday. Now, how do you judge the mask pendant now?"

Ji Lin groaned, and replied concisely and rigorously: "At present, it is true that the connection with the old case back then cannot be ruled out. I personally prefer that this pendant was deliberately hung by the murderer, and it is a criminal mark. One, but what is the connection with the old case, for example, is it a simple imitation or another continuation... It is still difficult to judge, so the top priority is to find the murderer first."

Tang Chu nodded, expressing that he understood, but after a pause, he thought of something, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Ji, do you think there is a possibility that Shen Xi hung that pendant by himself? That is to say...Maybe Shen Xi himself is involved in that case..."

The mask case 13 years ago was a sensation, but Tang Chu was only 17 years old at that time, and he was still preparing for the college entrance examination all day long, while dreaming of saving the world in the Second Secondary School. The understanding of this case was limited to those who were not developed at the time. Brief news reports, it was only when I entered the public security system that I occasionally heard it mentioned by the seniors, so I knew a little more.

But for some reason, Ji Lin seems to know more deeply than him.

Sure enough, after hearing Tang Chu's conjecture, Ji Lin just thought for a second, then shook his head and denied, "No way, Shen Xi himself has nothing to do with the old case."

Tang Chu was about to ask "Why are you so sure", but before he could speak, there was a knock on the door of Ji Lin's office.

Ji Lin said "Please come in", and Ruan Tian rushed in in a hurry.

Tang Chu let out a "tsk", "You girl is really double-standard, just entered Teacher Ji's office and knocked on the door..."

Ruan Tian said perfunctorily: "I know, I know Tang sir, next time I enter your office, I will definitely knock on the door!"

Before Tang Chu could answer, she hurriedly asked again: "Teacher Ji, Sir Tang, there is one good news and two bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

The author says:

To be honest, Dongdong and we are quite crazy inside...how can I say that he and Xiao Ji are really a perfect match!