mask personality

Staring at the mask for a long time, Ji Lin didn't reach out to take it out, but pushed the drawer back again.

Getting up, Ji Lin took out his phone from his pocket and looked at the time, it was already 04:30 in the morning.

He reached out and opened the top drawer again, and picked up a board of medicine from it. Rows of small characters were obliquely printed on the foil behind the medicine—zopiclone capsules.

Staring at the capsule in his hand for two seconds, Ji Lin's eyes did not move, and he put it back intact.

He turned around slowly, his eyes fell on the single sofa in the center of the room——

They hurried out after receiving Tang Chu's call before, and they didn't even come to put the skull and chain back in place.

Stepping up and walking over, Ji Lin held the skull in both hands, and there was even warmth in that gesture, as if holding his lover's cheek.

He stroked the lock ring on the earlobe with one hand, and covered the sunken eye socket of the skull with the other hand, and stroked it gently.

After an unknown amount of time, Ji Lin suddenly opened his mouth and murmured, "Is that you?"

Of course the skull wouldn't give him an answer.

After a while, Ji Lin raised his hand to turn off the light, and he sat on the floor with his back against the side of the single sofa, hugging the skull, completely integrated with the darkness, like a silent sculpture.

……

Time passed by, and the first ray of sunlight in the morning finally leaked in through the gap in the curtains, casting a small spot of light on the wooden floor.

Ji Lin's gaze slowly flicked across the light spot, and after a while, he closed his eyes slightly, and finally stood up, and put back the skull that had already been warmed by him in his arms in the middle of the night, back to its original position, Stretch your arms and move your slightly stiff limbs.

Stepping out of the "treasure room", Ji Lin closed the door and went straight into the bathroom.

Half an hour later, he cleaned himself up again, went into the kitchen and ground himself a cup of pure American black coffee, and drank it like plain water.

At 07:30 in the morning, Ji Lin went out on time, and the black Cayenne merged into the rushing traffic in the morning rush hour.

There was a red light, and the mobile phone placed in the storage compartment at hand suddenly vibrated. Ji Lin swiped to answer and connect to the car Bluetooth, and said warmly: "Deputy Tang."

"Teacher Ji," Tang Chu's voice instantly filled the entire space in the car, and it was not difficult to hear the sleepiness that could not be concealed in his voice, "Have you come to the bureau yet?"

Ji Lin replied concisely: "On the way."

"Oh, ok, ok," Tang Chu said hurriedly, "I just want to tell you that the brother of the victim Fu Yan has been waiting for you in the police station, saying that he wants to meet you in person."

"Understood," Ji Lin didn't show the slightest surprise, he responded gently, "Tell Mr. Fu for me, and trouble him to wait for me for another 10 minutes."

The phone was hung up, the red light just turned green, and the stalled traffic flow slowly moved forward again.

Ji Lin's gaze inadvertently turned to the rearview mirror, but his gaze suddenly froze.

There are a total of four lanes in the same direction on this road, one turns left and the other turns right, and the two lanes in the middle go straight. At this time, Ji Lin is on the straight lane on the left, and behind him on the right, that is, the one on the right. On a straight road, a black Toyota caught Ji Lin's attention——

Ji Yan remembered seeing this car not long ago, the earliest time was when he just left the community.

This should have been a very common thing, after all, he doesn't live in a remote place, so it's normal to encounter cars on the same road, let alone such an extremely popular black Toyota, it may not even be the same one, it's completely different. Might just be the same color.

But the problem is that Ji Lin saw it more than once.

The first time was just out of the community. Ji Lin’s community is very close to the city bureau. In fact, under normal weather conditions, he would walk to the city bureau, and he could walk there in 10 minutes. However, today he deliberately made it 10 minutes earlier. Minutes away, he even drove to buy breakfast at a famous breakfast street in Yashen City—there is a congee restaurant that cooks very delicately, and his Xiaowen painter should like it.

The second time I saw this black Toyota was on that breakfast street.

He bought porridge and came out, and saw a black Toyota parked on the side of the road, the windows were rolled down, but there was no one in the car.

Ji Lin didn't think much about it at the time, because the roadside of this breakfast street was basically full of cars. In many cases, most of the car owners came down to have breakfast or bought breakfast to take away.

Up to this moment, he saw the black Toyota for the third time.

If what he saw was indeed the same car, then the owner of the car and he basically started from the same place, went to the same breakfast street to buy breakfast, and are now driving on the same road again.

Of course there are such coincidences, but Ji Lin's inner character and professional characteristics make it impossible for him to ignore "coincidence".

Seeing that there was another car in front of him about to cross the line of traffic lights, Ji Yan suddenly made a decision——

His expression remained unchanged, his eyes turned steadily, and he suddenly turned the steering wheel to the left amidst the surging traffic. The body flexibly inserted into the left-turn lane, and the tail stuck on the green light drove to a fork on the left.

The green light turned red again, and the black Toyota was originally behind Ji Lin, so naturally he didn't cross the traffic light with him.

Ji Lin deliberately slowed down the car, while keeping an eye on the situation in the rearview mirror.

As he expected, about 3 minutes later, the black Toyota appeared in the rearview mirror again!

This car originally occupied the right-hand straight lane, but now it appeared here, it could only be a temporary change of two lanes.

Ji Lin clearly realized that if he judged correctly, then it was obvious that this car was following him.

At an almost lightning-like moment, Ji Lin glanced sideways at the beautifully packaged breakfast on the passenger seat, and there was a moment of incomprehension in his eyes——

I hope that if there is any special situation, it will not destroy the porridge brought to him by Xiaowen painter.

The moment this thought fell, Ji Lin raised his eyes and glanced at the black Toyota in the rearview mirror again. The viewing angle was limited, and he could only see that the last two digits of the license plate were Z9.

At another fork in the road, the corners of Ji Lin's lips slowly curled up. He suddenly slammed the steering wheel to the right and at the same time increased his speed suddenly. The black Cayenne roared into a small road on the right like a giant beast.

This road is not wide, only two cars can pass in parallel at most, and the camera is not complete. It is an excellent road section suitable for causing "accidents". Obviously, Ji Lin drove to this road on purpose.

He wanted to lure the car following him.

However, this time it was beyond Ji Lin's expectation.

Until the intersection of this small road and another road in the distance, the shadow of the black Toyota no longer appeared in the rearview mirror.

It gave up such a "great opportunity", why?

Did he keenly discover Ji Lin's true intentions, or did he have other plans?

Ji Lin frowned slightly, and he glanced at the time on the display, it was already eight o'clock.

Without thinking about it for a while, the car drove in the direction of the city bureau again.

Ten minutes later, Ji Lin pushed open the door of the reception room of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Yashen Municipal Bureau.

"I'm very sorry," Ji Lin spoke first, apologetically, "There's a traffic jam on the road, I've been waiting for a long time."

Sitting on the sofa in the reception room is a man in his early forties. It is not difficult to see the similarity with Fu Yan in his eyebrows and eyes, but his temperament is very different from Fu Yan. Fu Yan is too gentle and gentle, but the man in front of him naturally reveals that The sharp feeling of being at the top for a long time.

It's just that his hair hasn't been carefully taken care of at this time, his suit is slightly wrinkled, his eyes are full of bloodshot eyes, and his eyes are heavily blue, making him look extremely haggard.

"It's okay." Fu Heng stood up from the sofa and reached out to Ji Lin. His voice was hoarse, "Xiao Ji, long time no see."

Ji Lin and Fu Heng also know each other, because Fu Heng sometimes goes to the shooting range with Fu Yan, but firstly, Fu Heng rarely goes there, and secondly, Fu Heng is much older than Ji Lin and Xi Yingzong, so Ji Lin He was not familiar with Fu Yan.

"Long time no see," Ji Yan said with slightly closed eyes, "Unfortunately, it's because of this reason that I met Mr. Fu again."

Fu Hengchang sighed, and his voice became even more hoarse in an instant: "I still feel like a dream, Xiao Yan...how could he be like this, so gone? He was still calling me yesterday, Tell me that the investment negotiation is over, and I must treat him to a big meal today to celebrate... I and I have already booked the hotel, which is his favorite one. Why didn't he come? Why didn't he come again? It's..."

When it came to the end, Fu Heng's tone was full of uncontrollable sobs.

"I'm sorry," but Ji Lin's expression remained unchanged, gentle but alienated, he asked in a low voice, "I wonder if the deputy captain of the detachment has learned about the basic situation with Mr. Fu, such as Fu Yan's competing companies?" information?"

"Understood," Fu Heng restrained his emotions as much as he could, and cooperated, "Is it the Tang deputy detachment? I told him everything I could think of and everything I knew."

"Thank you, Mr. Fu for your cooperation," Ji Lin said politely, "Then I will confirm the specific information with him further. Is there anything else Mr. Fu would like to entrust to me?"

"It's not extra," Fu Heng sighed again, and he said in a hoarse voice, "I just wanted to meet you, and Fu Yan should be one of your friends. I hope you can take care of me and strive for an early date." To bring the murderer to justice, I will cooperate unconditionally in whatever is needed during this period, and I only hope that the murderer can be found as soon as possible."

"Mr. Fu is bothering you," Ji Lin nodded slightly, "I and the whole team will definitely do my best."

Fu Heng raised his hand and patted Ji Lin's shoulder, and said in a vicissitudes of tone: "Okay, Xiao Ji, I will feel at ease with your words for the time being, then I won't waste your time here, and I will wait for your news at any time."

While talking about Fu Heng, he walked towards the reception room, Ji Yan personally sent him to the elevator, and turned back after he entered the elevator room.

Tang Chu immediately greeted him, and with a pair of panda-like eyes weary said: "Send it away? Hey, Mr. Ji, you don't know, we came back at about 05:30 in the morning, and that Mr. Fu was already waiting at the gate of the Municipal Bureau Yes, after seeing the corpse, I have been sitting in the reception room, and the family members of the victim have been there, so the pressure is too great..."

I really want to have an explanation, but it is really difficult to give an explanation in the short term.

"Fu Heng really cares about Fu Yan," Ji Lin said in a gentle voice, "You should have read their family information. Fu Yan's parents died early, and Fu Heng is 12 years older than him. Playing the roles of half elder brother and half father, and they are not rich second generation, Fu Heng is truly self-made."

"Yes," Tang Chu nodded and said, "I understand it, so the pressure is even greater. I feel that Mr. Fu is too bitter."

Ji Lin was noncommittal, and then asked, "Has Yun Xing's family been here?"

"Don't mention it," Tang Chu immediately waved his hand and said in pain, "Here, the reaction was even more extreme. When she saw the corpse, her mother passed out on the spot and called 120 to send her away."

"So Yunxing hasn't understood the situation yet?" Ji Lin asked warmly.

"Not yet," Tang Chu nodded, "I'll send someone to the hospital during the day."

Ji Lin didn't ask any more questions. He walked to the whiteboard in the public office area and looked up at the various information on the whiteboard.

"Mr. Ji," Tang Chu walked up to him and got to the point, "Let me tell you about the information we know so far."

Ji Lin nodded to express his response, and Tang Chu spoke quickly: "The autopsy report of Wan Wan's forensic doctor has not yet come out, and the initial guess is that Fu Yan and Yun Xing's death time is between 0:30-2:00 this morning In the meantime, apart from the two sets of footprints I told you about, there is no other effective discovery at the scene. There must be no surveillance near the place where the body was found, and there is no surveillance on that road. The nearest two surveillance locations are at the intersection of Shenwan Avenue. At the T-junction of Qianhai Road and Qianhai Road, during the corresponding period of time, the surveillance system found that there were a total of 12 vehicles heading in the direction where the body was located, including the sports car of the reporter, but it was only seen that they were driving in this direction, and the final arrival could not be confirmed. The location is currently still contacting the car owners one by one for further investigation, and then we..."

"Wait a minute," Ji Lin suddenly interrupted, "Excuse me, Deputy Tang, I want to ask, are there any black Toyotas among the 12 cars?"

Tang Chu was taken aback for a moment, and quickly ran through the screenshots of the surveillance video he had seen before in his mind, and then said with certainty: "No, there is no black Toyota."

After a short pause, Tang Chu hesitated and said, "Mr. Ji, did you find anything?"

Ji Lin shook his head, and said in the usual tone: "It's not a discovery, and it's not sure whether it's related to the case at the moment, but if it's convenient, please ask Deputy Team Tang to help me say hello to the traffic police brigade and check a car for me. A black Toyota appeared at the intersection of Jinhe Road around 7:50 this morning, and the last two digits of the license plate number are Z9."

Tang Chu immediately responded with "Yes", and he was about to continue asking questions, when Ji Lin naturally changed the subject back: "Thank you, Deputy Team Tang, do you have anything else to discover?"

At the beginning of Tang Tang, he had partnered with Ji Lin for many years, and he could understand what Ji Lin meant, so he didn't ask any more questions, and continued: "We retrieved Fu Yan's driving recorder and found that he was around 0:0 this morning. I left the Deep Sea Shooting Gallery at 22:0, arrived at Qingcai Community at 25:0, left at 45:[-], and arrived at Rongchuan Garden at [-]:[-]. Chuan Garden is Fu Yan's residence."

Ji Lin raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he didn't expect Fu Yan and Yun Xing to live separately.

"So that is to say," Ji Lin said in a deep voice, "the first scene is likely to be two, and they are their homes."

"That's right," Tang Chu nodded and said, "Their families are not too far apart. Judging from the known time of death, if there is only one murderer, it should be possible to complete the crime within the time limit."

Ji Lin nodded in agreement.

"The monitoring of the two communities has not been retrieved yet," Tang Chu asked for advice, "Let's go to see the scene together and then call the monitoring of the community?"

"Yes." Ji Lin nodded.

"Mr. Ji," Tang Chu concluded, "do you have any ideas to add?"

"It's nothing for now," Ji Lin thought for a moment and said, "At present, Fu Yan is doing a preliminary investigation based on the list of competitors provided by Fu Heng. After all, objectively speaking, Fu Yan passed away, and his competitors can be said to be directly The beneficiary, and from this point of view, is also in line with the method of committing the crime—poison killing, with a very low emotional content, mainly to achieve the ultimate goal of killing, especially focusing on checking whether any competitors have intersections with Yunxing, especially possible emotions At the same time, Yun Xing expands the scope to focus on people who may have emotional intersection with her, and pay attention to the fact that this emotional intersection is mainly one-way obsession with her."

Tang Chu answered, called Ruan Tian over and explained a few words before going to the elevator, but just as he turned around, he suddenly remembered something, turned his head and asked, "By the way, Teacher Ji, have you not had breakfast yet? I see you came here with breakfast... and Mr. Xiaowen isn't coming today?"

"I won't eat for now," Ji Lin said calmly, "Let's go straight there, and I'll send a message to Mr. Xiaowen to ask if he's awake."

While talking, Ji Lin took time out of his pocket to unlock and click on WeChat.

But before he could send a message to Wen Dong, he saw the message Wen Donger sent 10 minutes ago——

My little news painter: Mr. Ji, I am going to attend Shenxi's funeral today, and I will go to the Municipal Bureau later, and I will contact you again before I go.

Ji Lin paused with his fingers, and after a while, he typed on the keyboard——OK, send me a bouquet of flowers.

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Yashen City Funeral Home.

Wen Dong was dressed in black, standing quietly in a corner of the hall.

His excessively fair complexion formed an extremely sharp contrast with the color of his clothes, easily attracting the attention of everyone who saw him, but today was a special occasion, and no one cast excessive glances at him.

Wen Dong was in a low pressure, not only because he was participating in the funeral of his friend at this moment, but also because the time when his special ability appeared today was really out of date—it was not too early or too late, since he entered the funeral parlor. The 1 minute starts.

The emotions of grief or regret emanating from everyone in the hall all blended and filled Wen Dong's nose. It was extremely bitter, and it was really difficult for people to maintain emotional stability.

Wen Dong arrived relatively early, before the memorial service officially started, the crowd in the hall was in small groups, sighing continuously.

After receiving Ji Lin's WeChat, Wen Dong stared down at his note to Ji Lin twice, as if he was trying to imagine Ji Lin's gentle and clean scent of grass and trees through the screen in order to seek a moment respite.

After a while, Wen Dong closed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and put the phone back in his pocket. He didn't reply, but divided the bouquet in his hand into two halves, and tied it up again.

Just after tying it up, Wen Dong suddenly and keenly noticed that there was an extremely abrupt smell coming from the tip of his nose——

It has nothing to do with sadness or regret, but the disgusting smell of drunk vomit.

This smell is no stranger to Wen Dong, it just represents dirty desire.

Wen Dong raised his head, his gaze swept across the entire hall one by one calmly, and finally fixed on the position near the entrance of the hall.

There were two people standing there, on the left was a girl still wearing a school uniform, Wen Dong vaguely felt that she looked familiar, she seemed to be a certain little cousin of Shen Xi, Wen Dong had seen it in Shen Xi's circle of friends before.

On the right stood a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes who looked very elite.

The man was slightly bending down to look at the girl, saying something with a smile on his face, with his hands behind his back, Wen Dong glanced over, and unexpectedly saw a touch of familiar goose yellow in the palm of his hand!

The shape and size are very similar to the goose yellow hairpin seen in Gao Xiaowen's selfie before!

Wen Dong no longer hesitated, and strode towards the two of them.

But getting closer and closer, Wen Dong looked at the man's side face, but felt a strange sense of familiarity in his heart——

This kind of familiarity is different from the girl in school uniform he saw, because he has seen the photo before, so he can basically match it at a glance, but for the man in front of him, Wen Dong is very sure that he does not know him, and he has not seen him before. Looking at his photos, this sense of familiarity is not clear enough, as if it only came from such a specific angle...

So, where exactly?

While thinking about it, Wen Dong had already walked up to the two of them.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his head, and fragments of memory flashed out.

It turned out to be him!

The author says:

Come!Guess who this guy is! [I think it might be pretty easy to guess? 】

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