between light and shadow

Ji Bai rushed forward, seeing Xu Xu lying unconscious on the ground, the red blood made people tremble with fear.Ji Bai couldn't help his knees softening, and knelt beside Xu Xu. After he regained his composure, he quickly covered the wound on Xu Xu's neck with both hands, but the blood was still flowing profusely. It was the aorta of the neck.

A figure flashed not far away, and Ji Bai instinctively raised his head and shouted, "Who is it!"

"I, I just want to come out and smoke a cigarette..." Mingcheng pulled out a cigarette case from his pocket.

It was only now that Ji Bai could see clearly that it was a waiter in the cafe. His face was very familiar, and he must have seen it before, but he couldn't remember the name at this time.

"Call the police! Call an ambulance!"

Ji Bai shouted almost out of control, feeling that it was no longer his own voice.In fact, he knew that it was too late, his hands covering the wound trembled slightly, but he was reluctant to let go.

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When Tang Xin arrived in a hurry, she saw Ji Bai sitting alone outside the mortuary of the hospital, with his head slightly lowered in thought, but his eyes were blank and empty.

"Third brother..."

Ji Bai didn't raise his head or respond, as if he didn't notice Tang Xin standing in front of him.

Tang Xin silently sat down beside Ji Bai.When she was busy at the company, she suddenly received a call from Tang Chuan, saying that something had happened to Ji Bai's fiancée, and asked Tang Xin if she could go and see Ji Bai, because Tang Chuan and Xunran were both involved in the investigation.Tang Xin pretended to have a headache and asked her boss for a half-day leave before rushing to the hospital.

Tang Xin looked at Ji Bai, the more silent he was, the more worried Tang Xin became.In my memory, Ji Bai seldom had big ups and downs. Tang Xin didn't seem to have seen him laugh out loud, let alone when he lost control and went berserk. Whether he was angry or sad, he just used silence most of the time. protest.Tang Xin would be very afraid of him at this time, feeling suddenly far away from him, unable to guess what was going on in his mind.But at this moment Tang Xin could feel Ji Bai's sadness deeply, she really wanted to hug him, even pat him on the shoulder lightly, but in the end Tang Xin didn't do anything, only dared to accompany him quietly side.

I don't know how long it took, Xun Ran finally came.

"elder brother."

Hearing Xunran's voice, Ji Bai immediately raised his head, stood up slowly, looked at Xunran and waited for him to continue.

"The possibility of robbery and murder has been ruled out. A knife and some suspicious physical evidence were found at the scene, and they have all been handed over to Brother Tang. He is currently conducting inspections."

Ji Bai turned around to leave, but Xun Ran grabbed him.

"Where are you going?"

"Go back to the police station."

"The higher-ups want you to take charge of another case, a suicide case, which is suspected to be related to drug trafficking, and the information will be sent later."

Ji Bai snorted coldly, "Are you not letting me participate?"

"It's better to avoid your relationship with Xu Xu."

Ji Bai didn't make a sound anymore, and strode out.Xunran looked at Ji Bai's back helplessly, and could only ask Tang Xin to help take care of Ji Bai, because Xunran might spend these two days in the police station and not be able to go home.

Tang Xin followed closely behind Ji Bai, walking out of the hospital all the way to get the car.However, Ji Bai suddenly slowed down his pace, pressed his hands on his temples, and frowned. He only felt dizzy and faintly aching.Reluctantly walking to the side of the car, Ji Bai finally couldn't help supporting the car door with one hand, while still pressing his head tightly with the other hand, the pain seemed to be getting more and more intense, Ji Bai's eyes darkened and he almost fainted.

"What's wrong? Let me drive." Tang Xin hurriedly helped Ji Bai into the car.

Ji Bai didn't refuse, sat on the co-driver's seat, closed his eyes and rested.Tang Xin waited for a while, and seeing that Ji Bai seemed to be fine, she breathed a sigh of relief, and hurried back to Ji Bai's house.

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Mingcheng is brewing a cup of coffee, his movements are skillful, but he seems a little absent-minded.Mingcheng turned around and called Xiaoguan, and handed him the coffee, table No. 3.Xiaoguan has just been working for three months, but he is obedient and hardworking. Mingcheng has a good impression of this kid and plans to train him to become a barista.

Mingcheng stood behind the bar, looking at the door of the store, as if he was waiting for someone.Not long after, Lin Feifan walked in and walked straight to the bar. Mingcheng keenly noticed that Lin Feifan was gently holding his right arm with his left hand, and there were unusual stains on his coat.Lin Feifan winked at Mingcheng, then walked to the staff lounge.

Mingcheng followed into the lounge and locked the door behind him.Lin Feifan took off his coat with great difficulty, and his right arm was casually bandaged. It looked like a knife wound, but it seemed that the bleeding had stopped.

"Can't talk?" Mingcheng asked while finding the medicine box.

"I knew a long time ago that the negotiation would not be successful. How could that guy He Datong let go so easily?"

Mingcheng removed the gauze from Lin Feifan's arm, cleaned and bandaged it again.The boss's business is getting bigger and bigger, and many of He Datong's customers have been robbed. Of course, he will not be reconciled.

"what's the result?"

"We had a fight and fell out immediately. Now we are deadly enemies on the table, and he won't give face anymore. You should also be careful here."

"understood."

Lin Feifan put on his coat again, trying to look as natural as possible

"I heard that something happened here this morning?"

"The proprietress killed a policeman, policewoman."

"Police? Here?!"

"It's in the back alley, but we are the most suspicious here, and the police have already come to search."

"Why is killing the police so serious?"

"We didn't know she was a policeman at the time. When the lady boss was inspecting the goods in the kitchen, she passed by suddenly. The lady boss suspected that she had seen our goods, and asked me to drag them to the back alley to solve the problem."

"Didn't you leave a hand tail?"

"Don't worry, the police didn't find anything when they arrived just now."

"Anyway, it's been very rough recently, so you should take care of yourself." Lin Feifan went to open the door, "Let's go."

"Where to go?"

"Go pick up Miss Qianjin."

"Come back today? It's inconvenient for you now, let me go."

Fang Wenwen, the daughter of the boss Fang Hong, heard that she is studying in Canada and will return to China after graduation this year.I heard that the boss's wife died of illness when Fang Wenwen was very young.I heard that her relationship with Fang Hong is not very good.I heard that she didn't know the real business of the boss, so Lin Feifan repeatedly told Mingcheng to be careful not to talk nonsense.

Mingcheng stood at the exit of the airport with a photo and waited.In the photo is a group photo of Fang Wenwen and Li Yaman.Li Yaman is the mistress of the boss, and also the wife of the boss in their mouth.I heard that Fang Wenwen and Li Yaman have a very good relationship, and this time she came back to live with Li Yaman instead of going back to her father's house.This relationship is really messy enough, Mingcheng couldn't help teasing in his heart.

Not long after, I saw Fang Wenwen walking out with his luggage.The real person is similar to the one in the photo, with shoulder-length straight hair, jeans and flat shoes, and the feeling is still very young and innocent.Mingcheng stepped forward and handed over the photo to Fang Wenwen.

"My name is Cheng, and I'm here to pick you up to the cafe. The proprietress is already waiting there."

Fang Wenwen politely said thank you to Mingcheng. If it wasn't for Mingcheng's insistence that she would not let Mingcheng help with the luggage, it seems that she doesn't have the temper of a young lady and is easy to get along with. Mingcheng couldn't help but let this girl down again. A little less vigilant.

Back at the cafe, Li Yaman was already drinking coffee at the bar and waiting.Fang Wenwen stepped forward and gave him a big hug, while Mingcheng just stood aside and nodded to Li Yaman to say hello.

"Boss lady."

"Xiaoguan made me a cup of coffee, which is not bad," Li Yaman pointed to the coffee in front of him, "but yours is better."

"Xiaoguan is very hardworking and will replace me soon. Miss Fang, what do you want to drink?"

"Whatever, I can."

Li Yaman took Fang Wenwen to another table for dinner.Mingcheng walked behind the bar and started making coffee.Mingcheng glanced at Li Yaman quietly, seeing her talking and laughing with Fang Wenwen, he didn't know whether he should admire this woman or feel chilled.I just killed someone this morning, but now I can talk and laugh happily as if nothing happened.

Mingcheng brewed a cup of mocha and sent it to Fang Wenwen.When Fang Wenwen saw the latte art on the coffee, he couldn't help exclaiming, "What a beautiful latte art."

"You can order me anytime you like."

"That's okay, I drink too much coffee and can't sleep at night."

"After flying for so long, you must be exhausted. I'll let Ah Cheng take you back first."

"And you, won't you go back with me?"

"There's still something to do in the store."

On the way to send Fang Wenwen home, Mingcheng accidentally noticed that Wenwen coughed a few times.

"are you OK?"

"It's nothing, maybe I just came back and I'm not acclimatized."

"The air here is really bad recently, I'll buy you some water."

"no need……"

Before Wenwen finished speaking, Mingcheng had already parked the car outside a convenience store and got out of the car.

In fact, Mingcheng also noticed that there was a car following them after they came out of the cafe.He wanted to stop and see if his guess was right.If they were following them intentionally, they couldn't lead them to Wenwen's residence in the end.

Sure enough, while Mingcheng was buying water in the shop, a strange man walked up to the car and suddenly opened the door to drag Wenwen out of the car.Wenwen was so frightened that she screamed and struggled in the car.Mingcheng ran back in time and pushed the car door hard, pinching the man's hand. The man screamed in pain, and Mingcheng kicked him away.

Seeing more people rushing up, Mingcheng had no time to get into the car, so La Wenwen got out of the car and fled.A stick was swung over, obviously intending to knock Wenwen unconscious, Mingcheng stood up to protect Wenwen, but was hit hard on the back, and suddenly staggered, Wenwen quickly supported Mingcheng.Mingcheng forced himself to stand up, and repelled two or three people who were about to charge up. Seeing that he was outnumbered, he dragged Wenwen to escape.

Mingcheng drags Wenwen into the back alley.The group of people chasing them suddenly stopped, and then slowly dispersed.It turned out that they had attracted the attention of the patrolmen.

Mingcheng and Wenwen squatted in the back alley and waited for a while, until they were sure that the group of people had gone far.

"You wait here. They shouldn't be able to find you here for the time being. I'll drive over to pick you up. If they come back, I'll lure them away. You can find a way to go back to the cafe, or call the proprietress."

Mingcheng wanted to get up, but was pulled by Wenwen, "Forget it, didn't you say that this place is very close to home? How about we walk back."

"Your luggage is still in the car. I think that suitcase is worth tens of thousands of dollars, right?"

"However, there are a few clothes in it that I really like."

Seeing Wenwen's expression of hesitation and reluctance, Mingcheng just thought it was funny, "Why don't we go back together."

Wenwen thought about it, decided to go with Mingcheng, and couldn't help holding Mingcheng's arm, it seemed that he was really scared.Mingcheng stood up straight and couldn't help taking a deep breath. The burning wound on his back only felt pain now.

"What's wrong? Are you injured?"

Seeing that Wenwen was so anxious that tears were about to fall, Mingcheng didn't know why he suddenly felt like laughing.

"It's okay, don't be nervous."

"Why don't you go to the hospital for a checkup."

"It's not that serious, let's go."

The two returned to the car smoothly.Although there was some damage to the bodywork, fortunately it was not serious and did not affect driving.The luggage on the car was also left intact.It seems that the purpose of those people is obviously only to catch Wenwen.

"Why are they arresting me?"

Mingcheng shrugged, he guessed the answer, but he couldn't tell her.

"Is it because of my dad?"

Mingcheng was a bit unexpected, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer, because he didn't know how much Wenwen really knew.

"Although my father has been unwilling to confess to me, I know that part of his business has been shady over the years." Wenwen looked at Mingcheng who was driving, "You should know better than me, right? "

Mingcheng didn't answer.

"That's why I would rather go to Aunt Man's house than live with him. I really don't want to have anything to do with his affairs."

"But you are always his daughter, and this relationship cannot be changed. You were almost arrested just now to prove it." Also, in fact, the boss is already semi-retired, and Li Yaman controls most of the business. Could it be that Fang Wenwen doesn't know?

"So, they really want to arrest me because of my dad? Why?"

"I do not know yet."

Mingcheng is telling the truth.He suspected that He Datong did something good, and wanted to use Fang Wenwen to threaten the boss, but this was just his own guess, and he didn't want to say too much before he was sure.

The car was parked outside the apartment, Mingcheng opened the rear compartment and took out the suitcase.Wen Wen saw that Mingcheng was biting his lower lip with some difficulty, he must have pulled the wound again, and hurriedly took the suitcase from Mingcheng's hands.

"I took it myself."

Mingcheng glanced at Wenwen angrily, "You will make me look useless."

"That was not what I meant!"

Mingcheng took the suitcase, locked the car, and went straight into the apartment.Wenwen had no choice but to catch up and followed Mingcheng.Wenwen looked at the surrounding environment of the apartment and thought it was very good.

"When did Aunt Man move here?"

"It's been a year. This place is called Leyuan, and the building next door is called Kaiyuan, both of which belong to the Hong Group."

Fang Hong is the chairman of Hong's Group.So Wenwen still can't avoid everything related to her father.Mingcheng pretended not to see the loss and helplessness on Wenwen's face.This is a family matter, he can't control it.