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Those five words are obviously very simple, but the meaning it expresses is so heavy, so heavy that the person who said it seemed to have difficulty breathing.

Ji Lin's expression remained unchanged, and he asked succinctly, "Where is the body?"

"At her home..." Tang Chu sighed, and pulled himself together and said, "I'll send you the specific address on WeChat, thank you, Teacher Ji."

Ji Lin responded, then hung up the phone, and turned to look down at Wen Dong.

Wen Dong's expression was a rare stupefaction. He was still immersed in the shock that his eyes were embedded in this skull so well, and his thoughts were confused for a while. Before he could figure out how to ask Ji Lin, he suddenly Hearing the bad news brought by Tang Chu.

His overloaded brain really made it difficult for him to give a suitable expression.

"Xiaowen Painter," Ji Lin asked in a gentle voice, "I'm going to the scene, do you want to come with me?"

Wen Dong came back to his senses, he nodded immediately and said, "Let's go together."

While talking, Wen Dong turned around and prepared to put the painting book back into his carry-on bag.

But before he had time to move, Ji Lin asked again: "My Xiaowen painter, I have been a model for so long, can you appreciate the results?"

Wen Dong froze for a moment, but in the next second, he held back his usual indifference and decency, and said in a natural tone: "I haven't finished the painting yet, I'll modify the background when I get home, and I'll show you later."

After saying this, without waiting for Ji Lin to speak again, Wen Dong turned around, bent down to pick up the paintbrush on the ground, and then put the painting book and paintbrush together into the bag with swift movements.

Ji Lin stared at Wen Dong's moving figure for two seconds, and for a moment, there seemed to be two unclear looks in his eyes, but it was extremely short, and when Wen Dong turned around again, Ji Lin had withdrawn He looked away, and said with the usual expression: "Okay, I'm looking forward to it."

Without wasting any more time, Wen Dong and Ji Lin walked out of Ji Lin's "Treasure Room" one after the other, put on their coats, walked to the entrance, and went out.

The black Cayenne was speeding in the night, Wen Dong didn't speak to Ji Lin, he kept looking sideways at the shadowy street trees outside the window, in fact, Wen Dong had always enjoyed the feeling of driving or riding at night, which made him feel extremely quiet and peaceful and.

However, today is different, Wen Dong is extremely rare and has difficulty meditating——

His brain seemed to be clearly divided into two halves. The other half was thinking about the case, trying to figure out if there was a connection between Gao Xiaowen's death and Sun Tao. If not, why were there so many coincidences? Yes, what is the connection like?

The other half was thinking deeply again, why his eyes fit so well with the bones of Ji Lin's treasured skull, is this just a coincidence, or is there really something else hidden?But Wen Dong is very sure that in his 23 years of life, since he remembered, he has never seen Ji Lin at all. There is no other reason, just because Ji Lin is too unique. If he has seen it, then Wen Dong must will not forget.

unless…

Wen Dong suddenly remembered that there were thirteen skulls in Ji Lin's collection. Wen Dong had discovered them before. If there were indeed prototypes for these skulls, they were the same person at different ages, starting 13 years ago.

Extremely inexplicably, Wen Dong suddenly thought of Ji Lin's mobile phone and computer passwords, both 0528.

If yes, 13 years ago on May 5th…

Wen Dong frowned meaningfully, a picture flashed through his mind, but it was so fast that Wen Dong had no time to capture it.

The next second, the car stopped in front of an old residential building.

Wen Dong suddenly came back to his senses.

He looked up and realized that they should have arrived at their destination - Gao Xiaowen's home.

"I've been thinking about it all the way," Ji Yan suddenly leaned over, and naturally unbuttoned Wen Dong's seat belt. His tone was mild and slightly teasing, "Have you figured out anything, little Wen Holmes?"

Wen Dong: "..."

That's right, another new title.

Wen Dong shook his head frankly: "Not yet, I just find it strange, but there is an important connection point missing."

Now that they have too little information, it is really hard to make any inferences. Ji Yan got out of the car and opened the door for Wen Dong, and thoughtfully raised his hand to protect the side of the car in case Wen Dong met, and said softly: "Go up and have a look before you think about it." .”

The old residential building is multi-storey and there is no elevator. Fortunately, Gao Xiaowen's house is on the fourth floor, which is not too high.

The stairs are too narrow, and it will be crowded if two people walk side by side, so they can only go one in front of the other, with Wen Dong in front and Ji Lin in the back.

He hurried up two floors, and when he got to the third floor, he found that this floor was actually dark. Wen Dong deliberately coughed twice, trying to wake up the voice-activated lights, but the darkness in front of him remained unchanged.

"It's useless," Ji Lin's warm voice sounded behind him, he raised his finger to the roof of the third floor, "How can it be turned on without a light bulb?"

Wen Dong's footsteps stopped, he turned his head, pulled his lips and said, "Mr. Ji, I didn't expect your night vision to be as good as your hearing."

But this moment of turning around completely exposed Wen Dong.

Because Ji Lin's outstanding night vision allows him to see clearly, Wen Dong's beautiful eyes are out of focus at this moment.

Although Wen Dong was talking to him, his eyes didn't fall on him at all, instead they were scattered without focus.

Ji Lin realized in an instant that Wen Dong has night blindness, which should not be severe.

To put it bluntly, Ji Lin suddenly stepped up to the steps next to Wen Dong in two steps, regardless of the sleeves of his expensive windbreaker rubbing against the dilapidated wall, and reached down with his other hand, holding Wen Dong accurately. Hands that were slightly cold.

The moment Ji Lin's hand came up, Wen Dong's whole body tensed up for a moment.

Human senses will compensate each other. When vision is temporarily deprived, other senses will become abnormally sensitive.

The touch and temperature of Ji Lin's palm, Ji Lin's breathing, and Ji Lin's heartbeat are all magnified infinitely at this moment, as if they are clearly penetrated into the bone.

"My little Wen painter," Ji Lin slowed down, leading Wen Dong upstairs slowly, and suddenly said in a warm voice, "I remember you said before that you are good at making delicious prey. I personally think that as a delicious prey, it should be very easy. It’s right to show weakness.”

Wen Dong's breathing was slightly stagnant.

Ji Lin's words were cryptic, but Wen Dong instantly understood what he meant.

Ji Lin was asking him why he was unwilling to ask him for help even though he couldn't see it for the time being.

However, the word "showing weakness" is not in Wen Dong's life dictionary at all.

It is said that "crying children have candy", but if you know clearly that there will be no candy even if you cry, then you will naturally stop crying.

Wen Dong didn't make a sound, but Ji Lin didn't seem to care. He scratched Wen Dong's palm lightly with his fingertips, and before Wen Dong could make a move, he suddenly approached Wen Dong and stuck it to Wen Dong's ear. In the dim environment, Ji Lin was still very careful that his lips did not touch Wen Dong's ear, he said slowly: "It's okay, it's okay if you don't want to show weakness, I will always find out."

I will find the rare weakness under your calm and self-possessed appearance, just like you will also find the long-term madness under my gentle and polite skin.

After Ji Lin's voice fell, the two had already reached the fourth floor.

There were no lights on these two floors, but the darkness seemed to have no effect on Ji Lin. He found the door of Gao Xiaowen's house freely, raised his fingers and knocked twice.

The door was quickly opened from the inside, and at the moment when brightness and noise rushed in at the same time, Wen Dong suddenly pulled away from some strange emotions, he withdrew his hand from Ji Lin, and said something to Ji Lin in a calm and self-possessed manner "Thank you", and stepped into the door first.

It was Tang Chu who came to open the door. He happened to see Wen Dong's instant movement of pulling his hand. Tang Chu was stunned subconsciously, but before he could ask a question, Ji Lin asked in the usual tone, "What's the situation?"

Tang Chu's attention was immediately diverted, and he hastily replied: "The initial judgment is to commit suicide by cutting his wrist."

Wen Dong, who was walking in front, paused when he heard Tang Chu's words, turned around and repeated: "Suicide?"

"Currently, yes," Tang Chu said in a deep voice, "From the analysis of the direction of the wound and the shape of the blood, homicide can basically be ruled out."

This aspect has always been Tang Chu's strength. When he said "basic", it was actually equivalent to "sure".

It's just that the criminal investigators are used to it. Before everything is completely settled, the speech must always be rigorous.

Before Wen Dong and Ji Lin could speak again, they heard the heart-piercing cries of a woman on the sofa in the living room.

That was Gao Xiaowen's mother.

She had only seen her at the City Bureau not long ago, but in just a few hours, the already old woman looked even older.

The man next to him didn't cry, but his eyes were scarlet, and he kept muttering: "How could this happen? How could my daughter be like this all of a sudden? She is... obviously such a well-behaved and strong girl, Why did it suddenly happen? It's impossible...it's impossible!"

At the end of the chanting, the volume suddenly increased, turning into a hoarse growl.

This is always the case for people who suddenly suffer great pain, and it is difficult to accept the obvious denial of reality.

Wen Dong only glanced at it and then looked away, his eyes were full of other emotions in an instant.

Ji Lin is now very familiar with Wen Dong's expression, and he can distinguish it without thinking—this kind of emotion is still compassion.

Tang Chu led Wen Dong and Ji Lin to Gao Xiaowen's bedroom, where Gao Xiaowen's body was located.

All three of them put on their gloves and shoe covers before walking in.

There were two little policemen inside who were still investigating the scene further. When they saw Ji Lin and Wen Dong coming in, they opened their mouths to say hello to them. Ji Lin raised his hand and made a simple gesture, then turned to look at Tang Chu. Asked: "What information is known so far?"

"Rarely," Tang Chu sighed, "According to Gao Xiaowen's mother, they arrived home from the Municipal Bureau at about 10:[-] in the morning. Gao Xiaowen was still awake at that time. She just came out of the bathroom. She should have just taken a shower with hair It was still wet. They had a fight, but it wasn’t really a fight. The main reason was that Gao Xiaowen’s father made a unilateral output against Gao Xiaowen’s behavior of running to her classmate’s house without saying a word and turning off her mobile phone. The door of the room was locked, and after four or [-] minutes, her mother couldn't sleep and felt flustered for some reason. She came to knock on the door, but no one opened or made a sound. Her mother felt even more flustered and asked to let go Her father got up and smashed the lock, and when he came in, he found it like this..."

Tang Chuchao raised his chin on the small single bed next to the bedroom wall, and continued with the last sentence: "I was not breathing at that time, because when they left the city bureau, I told them that in case of any special circumstances Contact me anytime, so when her mother recovered, she called me directly."

After a brief pause, Tang Chu sighed again, and said in a low voice, "Her mother's panic is really amazing...Is this the telepathy between the biological mother and daughter..."

"I haven't felt it before," Ji Lin answered lightly, without any change in his expression, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "What else do you find?"

"There are no objects found on the scene, no suicide notes, diaries, etc..." Tang Chu continued, "The rest of the discovery is on the corpse..."

Speaking of this, Tang Chu suddenly paused again, he looked at Ji Lin, hesitant to speak.

Ji Lin was familiar with Tang Chu's disposition, his eyes fell on the thin body that had long been lifeless on the single bed, and he immediately said: "The □□ is broken, there are tear marks on the lower body, isn't it?"

Things that are difficult to say at the beginning of Tang Dynasty can always be stated by Ji Lin in a calm tone as if he is doing a thesis analysis.

"Yes," Ji Lin's words were absolutely correct. Tang Chu heaved a sigh of relief and added, "The tear marks are very fresh, and there are obvious bleeding points under the skin all over the body, similar to excessive friction."

The tear marks freshly suggest that the sex-act took place very close in time, possibly even today.

Tang Chuming didn't need to say this sentence.

As for the bleeding spots...

Ji Yan walked to the side of the single bed, carefully avoiding the excessive blood on the floor tiles, gently covered the thin wrist with dried blood stains hanging on the edge of the bed with his fingers wearing pure white gloves, and half closed his eyes , It seems to appreciate, but also like to look back.

Wen Dong, who had been standing by the side without making a sound, suddenly said: "Excessive cleaning, such as excessive use of bath towels to wipe the body when taking a bath, will cause obvious subcutaneous bleeding points in a short period of time."

As soon as he spoke, Tang Chu suddenly remembered that this should be Wen Dong's first appearance in his life.

Immediately looking at Wen Dong, Tang Chu asked with concern: "Mr. Xiao Wen, you... are you okay?"

Wen Dong looked up at Tang Chu, and said inexplicably, "What's wrong with me? I'm not a relative or friend of the victim this time."

Tang Chu: "..."

Speechless and unable to refute.

He could tell that Mr. Xiaowen and Mr. Ji are really different from ordinary people, they are a perfect match!

When Wen Dong said the first word, Ji Lin withdrew his hand and opened his eyes to look over. Hearing Wen Dong's answer, the corners of Ji Lin's lips twitched slightly, and then continued with his previous judgment: " The general premise of excessive cleanliness is that this person has a psychological behavior such as compulsive cleanliness, or because of some reason, he thinks that he is dirty psychologically, combined with the fact that his penis is broken..."

"Sexual assault!" Tang Chu blurted out, "So, it is very likely that Gao Xiaowen was sexually assaulted first, and committed suicide because of it!"

This situation is indeed very common in past suicide cases.

Ji Lin nodded, and concluded: "It looks like this at the moment."

It's just that there are still many unclear doubts in it——

In addition to the biggest problem-if it is determined to be sexual-assault, then who is the perpetrator, there are more to be solved, such as:

How did the perpetrator choose Gao Xiaowen and take her away?Is it because of a sense of confidence that he can let her go home after being raped?Gao Xiaowen lied to her parents about going to a classmate's house, what role did this classmate play in it?Is there only one perpetrator?Is there only one victim?

And, does this case have anything to do with Sun Tao?

Wen Dong's eyes fell on the single bed, Gao Xiaowen's hair was on top, the place was empty right now.

After a while, he looked away at Tang Chu, and suddenly asked, "Did you find a goose-yellow hairpin at the scene? It's the one Gao Xiaowen wore in the previous selfie."

"No," Tang Chu shook his head without hesitation. "At present, the only thing that can be used as physical evidence is the small knife she used to cut her wrist."

Ji Lin and Wen Dong looked at each other, then suddenly pulled out the phone from his pocket to unlock it, and clicked into WeChat.

Fu Yan probably really fell asleep, and she hasn't replied yet.

Ji Lin's fingers hovered over Fu Yan's dialogue box, hesitating whether to make a voice call in a disturbing dream.

But before he could make a decision, Tang Chu's phone vibrated suddenly.

Tang Chu hurriedly reached out to answer the call. Two seconds later, his expression suddenly changed.

Tonight is probably destined to be a sleepless night, with ups and downs and ups and downs——

Tang Chu hung up the phone and said in a deep voice, "Some people called the police, saying that two bodies were found in Shenwan District, a man and a woman."

The author says:

coming!

Xiao Ji: My wife is too strong and never shows weakness, how can I coax my wife!

Another: Quick guess!Who is dead!