"Can anyone tell me what exactly happened at the scene?"
Zhou An'an turned his head and said, "Old Hu is me."
"Look at my memory! You live in this building. What's going on?" Old Hu asked anxiously.
"The person who reported the incident told me that someone committed the crime at the scene and then slashed their own neck!"
“Yes, that’s it. This woman is a family member of the person we handled in the gambling case last time. She sneaked into the house to get revenge on me, but she failed, and then she got angry.” Zhou An’an didn’t know what to say next.
Xiao Zhang continued, "She's a madwoman. She held a knife to her neck and forced us to go in. Later, as more and more people came, she cut her own neck, and just now her wound suddenly started bleeding profusely."
Old Hu looked at the young man in front of him; he had a buzz cut and wore army green pants.
"Excuse me, sir, which unit are you from?"
"I am from the Southwest Military Region."
"Let's shake hands first. I served in the army there before."
"Just call me Lao Hu."
"Then call me Xiao Zhang."
So the two held hands, and then let go of each other.
The doctor stood up and said, "We've done everything we can. This woman is already dead; there's no need to try to resuscitate her."
Old Hu sighed, "What a stubborn woman. Her husband had more than one woman outside, why would she die like that?"
Zhou An'an then thought of the child, "Oh right, she said at the end that the child was on the bridge..."
"Old Hu, is it under the bridge ahead?"
They both have a high probability of being visually aware of this.
Then Lao Hu said, "As the person on the scene, your home will be sealed off. Find a place to stay first, report to the team tomorrow, tell the story again, and make a statement."
"The child?" Zhou An'an pressed.
Old Hu felt that she was not suitable to work on cases in her current state, and that if she were to develop a psychological shadow, it would be detrimental to her.
"Leave everything to me. I'll go find it. Don't worry, I'll definitely find it!"
"I want to go with you." Zhou An'an felt guilty. If he had agreed to the woman's request back then, perhaps she would still be alive.
"Get some rest! I can't take you," Old Hu said tactfully.
Looking up at Xiao Zhang beside him, he said, "You can help take care of this for me, I'll handle the rest."
Xiao Zhang nodded to indicate that he understood, and then forcibly dragged Zhou An'an downstairs.
Zhou An'an was pulled along by the man's strong hand. She looked back at Lao Hu until he was out of sight, and then turned her head back.
What happened tonight was so significant that she will never forget it for the rest of her life.
They went downstairs, where a large crowd had already gathered.
Besides this building, there are other residents living nearby.
Murder cases don't happen every day, but some people just like to join in the fun and want to see what's going on.
When they saw a woman being helped out by a man, her clothes and hands were covered in blood.
Noticing the gazes around them, Xiao Zhang took off his coat and draped it over Zhou An's head, trying to cover her face.
"I'll take you to a hotel, you can take a shower, change your clothes, and then get some sleep, and everything will be fine."
Zhou An'an looked at him and said, "Go back and drive!"
Xiao Zhang shook his head. "It won't make a difference. The captain will be waiting for me downstairs at the tenement building. I'll take you to the hotel first."
"Will you be punished?"
"Won't!"
"Thank you, Xiao Zhang!"
"Why are you being so polite with me? Aren't we friends?"
"Then thank you too."
"Then when you have time, treat me to a meal alone, a really big one!"
Zhou An'an thought of food and then of that bloody scene, covering his mouth with his hand as if he wanted to vomit.
Xiao Zhang wanted to slap himself; how could he have forgotten about that?
"Come on, let's go to the side and throw up properly."
Zhou An'an nodded. She needed to vomit and didn't care about her image.
——
Gu Lingxiao checked his watch while sitting in the car. He had been waiting for 15 minutes, which was enough time for Xiao Zhang to make four round trips at his current speed.
“Something must have happened,” he said to Lu Zhixia.
"How could this be?" Lu Zhixia wondered what could have happened.
“Otherwise, he wouldn’t have stayed away. I’ll take you back to your apartment building first.” Gu Lingxiao opened the car door and got out to the driver’s seat.
Lu Zhixia began to worry about Zhou An'an and Xiao Zhang, wondering what had happened to them, so she told him...
"Let's go take a look."
“Okay, I’m also a little worried about Xiao Zhang. Apart from his love of eating, he’s usually quite reliable. Unless something unexpected happens, he shouldn’t be back for so long.” Gu Lingxiao turned the steering wheel and drove towards Zhou An’an’s house.
Fortunately, I had taken Zhong An'an home once that day, otherwise where would I have found her?
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