Chapter 99 Chapter 12 It’s all my fault… It’s all my fault…

It’s all my fault…

It’s all my fault…

These three words actually appeared faintly in Li Zheng's mind after he discovered that most of the victims had had some deep or shallow connection with him.

He inevitably thought it was his own problem.

Although he didn't know what the relationship was with him, nor did he know why those people related to him died, there was no trace at the scene, no murder tools were found, and the time and manner of the murderer's death were so bizarre and strange.

This was the first time he encountered such a difficult problem. All the criminal investigation skills he had relied on, excelled at, and learned in the past became useless...

He was overwhelmed by the growing guilt.

However, Wei Sheng actually said he saw it!

Where is he?!

Where?!

Li Zheng's phone had the automatic call recording function turned on. He clicked on the call log, found the latest record, clicked on the corresponding recording file, and put the microphone to his ear.

Listen to those few seconds of recording over and over again.

Listen repeatedly.

Listen repeatedly.

Finally, he heard a familiar electronic sound after the panting male voice.

There is an arcade on the second floor of Mingzhu Plaza. It was particularly lively in the early years. There were many game consoles at the door. There are fewer now, but there are still three. The sound of the game starting up can be heard vaguely in the background.

Lock position.

Li Zheng was about to set off immediately.

"Where are you going?" Hu Hui, confused, grabbed Li Zheng's arm. He thought he was going to the hospital to see Liu Yingying, so he asked naturally, "Are you going to the hospital now? I'll go with you."

"I'm not going to the hospital!"

Without having time to explain, Li Zheng said, "I have something important to do," and was about to leave. However, when he was about to walk out of the store, he turned back inside and made a handover with another team leader who looked familiar to him.

"I have an emergency and need to leave immediately. Please monitor the scene. If there is any new information from the hospital, notify me immediately!"

"Okay, Captain Li, you go."

The last time he felt pain in his ankle was when he was first transferred to Cheongdam. As a sudden paratrooper, his personality was not very good, so of course he could not be very popular as soon as he arrived.

However, Li Zheng didn't pay much attention to this. He just did his job quietly, doing his own things day after day.

It was at the end of the third month, and Li Zheng had spent almost a week checking the information and various characteristics of a fugitive.

The man had committed robbery and murder in the neighboring city and fled to Cheongdam. He was extremely vigilant, and they had tried countless methods but still failed to lure him out.

So we had to increase patrols.

In fact, as the team leader, Li Zheng did not need to patrol at night like other grassroots police officers, but he still chose to go.

It was this trip that made him the fugitive who had to go out to buy midnight snacks at two in the morning.

Although the fugitive was wearing a baseball cap and a mask to hide his identity, Li Zhen, who passed by him, immediately realized with just his eyes that this person was the fugitive!

He didn't make a sound at the time, but just told others in the group and followed him secretly.

But the other party was able to escape for so long after all. After chasing for a while, the other party obviously discovered Li Zheng and started running wildly. Li Zheng also followed closely behind.

They chased for about a street, and there was a long downhill slope in the middle. Usually many young people like to play skateboarding there. There is a road below. The other party crossed the road. Li Zheng didn't think twice and subconsciously used his hands to support the railing to flip over.

He could have easily climbed over it before, but he forgot that his leg was injured at that time and that he had walked such a long slope before.

Sharp pain immediately spread throughout his body, but he continued to chase the fugitive and eventually pinned him to the ground on the asphalt road.

The fugitive even mocked him, asking why a cripple like him was crying so hard. He said a lot of harsh words, but Li Zheng ignored them all. Soon, his colleagues arrived.

That night, after Li Zheng returned home, he rolled up his trouser legs and found that his injured ankle was swollen and bruised, and it hurt when he moved even a little.

After he called his adoptive mother and younger siblings respectively, he opened the payment app and transferred money to different accounts. Only after he finished everything did he have time to apply medicine to his wounds without batting an eyelid.

In the three phone calls that night, he just kept saying that he was fine and didn't say a word about his injury.

--pain.

——Stinging.

Sharp pain crept from his ankle all the way to his scalp. There was nothing he could do. Li Zheng had been running too fast, and waves of long-lost pain shot through his injured bones. He frowned slightly, but his pace didn't slow down at all.

He quickly arrived at the location where Wei Sheng called him and called him back, but perhaps he was not looking at his phone, so the call did not go through.

The first call was not answered.

The second call was not answered.

When I called for the third time, the other party called back. Still panting, Wei Sheng said he was no longer in Mingzhu Plaza, but in a nearby community. He talked for a long time but couldn't clearly say which community he was in.

After all, he wasn't very familiar with the terrain, so he could only describe the location based on the surrounding buildings...

And because he wasn't very familiar with the person, he said that the person spoke like a mouse, always leading him around in circles.

However, Li Zheng is very familiar with it.

Under his remote command, 6 minutes and 42 seconds later, Wei Sheng's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Okay, he's gone into that alley."

"Wait for me, I'll be right there."

A minute and a half later, the two reunited.

"Is anyone inside?"

Wei Sheng's coat was gone, leaving him only in a black base shirt with his sleeves rolled up high. His hair on his forehead was wet, and he nodded while panting.

"Yes, I've been guarding here the whole time. I can guarantee that he has never come out. He's right inside!"

This game of going in circles is finally over.

Li Zheng walked quickly into the alley, completely ignoring the stinging pain in his ankle. Finally, at the end of the dead end, he saw a man in a black sweatshirt.

It is called an alley, but in fact it is just a gap between two buildings. The ground is filled with all kinds of debris, most of which are domestic garbage thrown down by the residents upstairs.

The man had nowhere to go and could only stand.

Li Zheng approached him step by step.

The other party seemed a little embarrassed, especially when he saw Li Zheng coming over, he subconsciously wanted to hide his face.

"Who are you…"

Facing this familiar face, Li Zheng began to search his memory. After more than ten seconds, he finally remembered who the man in front of him was.

He had heard someone mention him not long ago.

It was still the time when he met Hu Hui. At that time, he casually mentioned that the troublemaker in the class had been asking about Li Zheng for some time.

He even specifically asked Li Zheng if he had any grudge against him. Li Zheng said he wasn't familiar with him. Hu Hui said he thought so, so even if this person had inquired about him, he didn't give out Li Zheng's latest contact information.

And this troublemaker is him.

It seems to be called...Wei something?

Yes, I remember now, her name is Wei Lele.

Actually, this is a name that doesn't quite fit his appearance. People who don't know him would think he's a gentle and kind kid, but the person with this name is completely the opposite.

Wei Lele is one of the boys of the same age who develops very quickly. He is tall, has a prominent Adam's apple, entered the voice change period early, and has bulging muscles and a big body.

In short, because of this reason, few people in the class called him by his name at that time, and most people called him Brother Wei.

He suddenly dropped out of school in his senior year of high school, but before that, in his freshman and sophomore years, during those two years when he was in school, many people in his class were a little afraid of "Brother Wei" who sat in the last row.

After all, "Brother Wei" is different from ordinary students like them. He dares to talk back to teachers, skip classes, get along well with gangsters outside the school, and he is very capable. He even secretly started a business in school.

Cigarettes, beer, poker, mobile phones, game consoles, comics, pornographic magazines...all kinds of contraband that are repeatedly banned by schools and teachers can be bought or rented from him for a small amount of money.

He is tall and big, and looks very intimidating. If anyone is bullied by people outside the school, they just need to spend some money to find him and he will help them settle the matter.

If an uninformed bystander heard this, they would probably think that this "Brother Wei" was a big brother with a very gangster-like aura, who valued brotherhood and loyalty just like Chen Haonan in the movie Young and Dangerous.

But only those who have truly come into contact with "Brother Wei" know that just as his name does not quite match his appearance, his personality also does not quite match.

He was a shrewd Grandet. Money was the most important thing to him. If any rented item was damaged in the slightest, he would take the opportunity to demand high compensation.

But it didn't matter at the time.

Young teenagers are obsessed with being different, and Brother Wei, who can do things that others want to do but dare not do, is indeed admired by many children.

He was very famous in the class, the entire lab, and even in several nearby schools. Many people were afraid of him, while others were willing to follow him out of admiration.

Of course, Li Zheng is not included.

As the disciplinary committee member, the stubborn Li Zheng wrote his name down in the notebook again and again, and also called him by his full name in class again and again.

Wei Lele really doesn't like people calling him by his full name. Every time someone in the class calls his name, he will push the other person into the corner with a fierce look, grab the collar, and slap the other person in the face to give him a good "education".

But miraculously, Wei Lele never had a physical conflict with Li Zheng.

However, in the eyes of others, Li Zheng did not have a good relationship with the "Brother Wei" in the class. After all, his discipline committee member often remembered his name. Some people even speculated that Li Zheng would be beaten up by "Brother Wei" and his men after school.

Actually, no.

Not even once.

One time in his first year of high school, Wei Lele didn't come to class. The other students in the class were used to it, so Li Zheng wrote down his name and told the teacher about it.

The head teacher at that time rubbed his eyebrows and said that this student was too troublesome and he really couldn't control him. He called the parents but they never came, so he could only turn a blind eye.

After the holiday that week, Li Zheng went to his home according to the address on the registration book. He found out that he was sick, so he bought him medicine and brought him his homework.

Of course, these things happened so many years ago, and even if Li Zheng had a good memory, he couldn't recall all the details. In his memory, this well-known troublemaker in the class seemed to have disappeared since he dropped out of school.

This is a very common thing in experiments.

——In Qingtan City, the schools with a strict school spirit, good teaching reputation and high admission rate include No. 3 Middle School and No. 5 Middle School. Experimental School has no place in them at all.

The low entry threshold and low tuition fees have led to a mixed student population, and the atmosphere is the worst among several schools.

Some of the students who come in have a mentality of just getting by, and the proportion of them skipping classes, fighting, and hanging out in society is much higher than that of other schools.

It is normal for the number of students in a class to decrease from semester to semester. In fact, there are not many students who can successfully complete high school and finally get into university.

Class 12 where Li Zheng was was okay, there were only a few troublemakers, and the rest of the students were just ordinary people who would talk before the teacher came, complain about the teacher behind his back, but would shut up immediately after the teacher came.

The last time Hu Hui mentioned this person, Li Zheng had to think for a while before remembering who he was. As for why he suddenly started asking about him, how could he know? Of course, he could only say that he didn't know him well.

But now…

Wei Sheng said this person is the one...

Is he the murderer who killed so many people silently and in unknown ways?

Is that him?

Is that what he did?

Why did he do that?

? !

"Tell me! What on earth did you do?!"

Li Zheng had a good temper. Most of the time, he focused on psychological warfare during interrogations and rarely used violence. He did not support violent law enforcement, but at that time, he grabbed his collar tightly and pressed him against the wall, his knuckles turning white from excessive force.

"Did you kill Liu Yingying?"

"What method did you use?"

"explain!!"

Wei Lele looked at Li Zheng, then at Wei Sheng behind him, his entire back leaning against the concrete wall. After a few seconds, he seemed to lose strength and slowly fell down.

"I………"

Seeing his reaction, Li Zheng's heart sank, his face darkened, and even the veins on his temples became more obvious than before.

He doesn't believe everything Wei Sheng says.

So I just blew it up casually just now.

When normal people hear something they don’t know, are not aware of, and has nothing to do with them, they will subconsciously question or refute it.

He didn't argue or question what he was talking about, which meant that either he did it or he knew how it happened.

Li Zheng didn't bring handcuffs today, otherwise he would have taken them out immediately and handcuffed the person first.

“…………”

He took out his phone from his pocket and tapped quickly on the keyboard. After a while, he put the phone away, looked up at Wei Lele again, and asked the most concerned question:

"How on earth did you do that?"

“Why do you do these things?!”

Wei Lele didn't answer. He just squatted on the ground with his head hanging dejectedly: "I... don't know."

"What?"

"I don't know why I could see those things. I just saw them one day. Today was my first time trying it. I just... I just..."

Perhaps many criminals share a common flaw: they won't cry until they see the coffin. It seems that every suspect, upon being apprehended, always shouts with an innocent look, saying they're innocent, that it was their first time doing this, that they were possessed by evil spirits, and that they'll definitely change.

He will never admit it unless the evidence is before him.

Li Zheng had heard this kind of talk over and over again too many times in the past few years and didn't want to listen anymore. He frowned and said, "...At this point, you still want to lie to me?"

“………”

“………”

No one spoke for a moment. The narrow alley was silent. Li Zheng felt his face was a little wet. It was a few drops of rain falling from the sky.

Did the weather forecast say it would rain today? I don't think so, but that's okay, since Cheongdam's weather is always unpredictable.

"Li Zheng."

Wei Lele finally stopped hanging his head and avoiding Li Zheng's sight. He raised his head and looked at Li Zheng with a focused and serious gaze, as if he was looking at someone he loved deeply.

"Actually, in the entire class back then, I only considered you as my friend."

Li Zheng didn't say anything, just looked at him.

"So, don't you know? Because you are my friend, because you are the only one in that class who treats me as a friend, that's why I want to save you."

???

"You know what? In your head..."

Wei Lele stared at the air above Li Zheng's head, as if there was something there. His expression was serious and solemn, as if he was reading something word by word.

"It says you're going to die..."

This time, not only Li Zheng's expression changed, but also the expression of Wei Sheng behind him.

Wei Lele's voice continued.

"I was asking about you before..."

"I wanted to contact you, but I only have your □□ number, and you didn't log in to that □□ number later. I sent you many messages, but you never replied to me..."

"I wanted to tell you at that time, but I didn't have your contact information... I thought you were still in Jinghai, and I also thought that I was also in Jinghai, and we would meet eventually..."

"Later, I saw those strange things, and then I realized that you had returned to Cheongdam..."

The raindrops were getting heavier and heavier. I could see footsteps coming from behind me, getting closer and closer. Soon, Lou Ruoping's voice was heard.

"Master, I got it."

The girl was holding a pair of silver handcuffs, while the boy behind her was carrying a black bag. They had all rushed over from the scene. They had agreed to go to the Sunshine Residential Complex last night, but who knew the driver would suddenly change plans and not go to the complex? Luckily, the two locations weren't too far apart.

Li Zheng took the handcuffs and skillfully fastened them to Wei Lele's hands. The man didn't resist and was handcuffed obediently, his eyes once again fixed on his injured leg.

He actually laughed.

He said some insignificant things.

"Li Zheng, I was actually in the same class with you in elementary and junior high school. Did you know that? You definitely don't remember."

"Li Zheng, you were like an old child when you were in elementary school. You didn't act like a child at all. You always had a stern face, frowned, and stayed alone. Are you still like this now?"

"Li Zheng, when I first learned that your leg was injured, I was actually very happy..."

"Li Zheng, Liu Yingying is injured. Are you so angry because you like her?"

"When was it? Was it during school? Weren't you dating that Su guy at that time?"

"Li Zheng..."

"Li Zheng..."

Li Zheng ignored this.

The four people walked out of the narrow alley. The rain that seemed to be about to get heavier suddenly stopped, and the sun was so bright that it seemed as if the raindrops just now no longer existed.

This is so normal in Cheongdam City that it's not even enough for passersby to complain.

"Take it back to the bureau first."

It was nearly a kilometer from the narrow and deep alley back to the parking lot, and it took several minutes to walk there. In order not to affect other citizens, Li Zheng took off his coat and covered Wei Lele's handcuffed wrists.

He and Tian Chen sandwiched him in the middle to prevent him from escaping, while Lou Ruoping and Wei Sheng followed behind him, walking like other passers-by on the street.

Li Zheng had a blank expression on his face. As a newcomer, Tian Chen seemed extremely nervous. Only the "suspect" handcuffed in the middle seemed particularly calm and composed.

Wei Lele, who had been talkative just now, fell silent again. As they were about to reach the parking lot, he suddenly moved closer to Li Zheng and spoke in a very low voice, as if to tell him a secret.

"You have to be careful around this man."