Chapter 75 Chapter 75 The cost of sleep aid is a bit high...
Chinese New Year is the coldest time of the year. It was already very cold at the foot of the mountain, let alone on the mountain. Qiu Siyu and the others were wearing warm clothes when they went up the mountain, and they were also climbing to dissipate heat, so they didn't feel very cold.
But in front of him, blood was dripping from a large leaf on the cliff, which made him shiver and feel cold all over.
Especially at this moment, her aunt had not returned since she went down the mountain to investigate the situation, and her throat was a little tight with nervousness.
"Brother, it will be death...death..."
She couldn't utter the last word.
Fortunately, Qiu Sichen understood what she meant. He shook his head and said, "We can't confirm whether it's human or animal blood at this point. Furthermore, it's difficult to determine the animal's state of survival based solely on these bloodstains."
Although he was able to say these words calmly, he was very anxious in his heart and kept looking down at his watch to confirm the time.
It has been fifteen minutes since my aunt came down the mountain. At her speed, she should have reached the foot of the mountain. But even if she could, it would still take time to find someone.
There's absolutely no rush.
The two of them were getting a little anxious waiting here. Meanwhile, people on the mountain were gradually descending. Qiu Siyu leaned over to Qiu Sichen and asked, "If...if it's possible...if it really is human blood, how could it have suddenly fallen down the mountain? Could someone have pushed it? Now that everyone's gone, if someone really is dead, will my aunt and the others be unable to find the murderer?"
She didn't understand criminal investigation, but she had basic logical judgment and thinking. Qiu Sichen also thought of this and frowned.
"But we are not the police and we don't have the authority to stop them from going down the mountain?" he hesitated.
"Then what should I do?" Qiu Siyu was very conflicted.
However, what was even more frightening than the confusion was that if her guesses just now were true, then it meant that there was a high possibility that the murderer was among the people passing by them. For a moment, they felt a chill down their spines.
If someone looked at them curiously, they would feel a pang of fear in their hearts, like frightened birds.
This kind of time seemed to pass very slowly. Even though only forty minutes had passed, it still felt like half a day had passed for them.
Just when they were about to give up, they suddenly heard a "ding-ling-ling" sound, and they were both startled.
It was not until they came to their senses that they realized it was their aunt's cell phone ringing. There was no note on the number, and they were not sure whether to answer it.
After hesitating for a while, Qiu Sichen finally picked up the phone.
"Hello, I'm... my aunt——"
Qiu Siyu immediately looked at him nervously, not daring to imagine what she was talking about, so she had to listen carefully with full concentration.
However, she could only hear intermittent sounds, as if they were coming from somewhere below the mountain, but she couldn't hear anything more specific.
At this time, Qiu Sichen responded repeatedly, "Oh...oh...OK, I'll take Ayu back now."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Just when Qiu Siyu was about to ask what was going on with his aunt, Qiu Sichen said directly, "I don't know what happened over there. My aunt asked us to find her at the intersection at the foot of the mountain."
Qiu Siyu didn't bother to ask any more questions and quickly said, "Then let's go."
"Um."
Since they had rested for nearly an hour, they went down the mountain much faster than at the beginning. They reached the foot of the mountain in just over 20 minutes, and then hurried towards the trailhead.
It wasn't long before I saw an ambulance and heard heart-wrenching cries.
It turned out to be the girl I met when drawing lots on the mountain. At this moment, there were many scattered scars on her face as if they were scratched by branches, and they were still bleeding. Especially her arms had been bandaged now, but there were still a lot of bloodstains on them.
Even the thick and warm cotton coat she was wearing was now covered with scratches and was in tatters.
It's like sliding down a mountain.
So she fell from the mountain? And she only suffered minor injuries? It's incredible.
Both of them were a little bit unbelievable, especially Qiu Sichen.
The only thing he could think of was that there were trees everywhere on this mountain, and perhaps she grabbed a tree, which cushioned her fall, but no matter what, she was lucky.
Just as this thought flashed through their minds, they saw the girl quickly jump onto the ambulance, revealing Qiu Jiang standing on the other side of the ambulance.
Logically speaking, since no one was killed, she should be relieved, but she was frowning at the moment and didn't seem to be in a good mood.
Beside her were several policemen in uniform, who were talking to her at the moment. They could only hear it when they ran closer.
"We've finished taking the statement. Now we're heading to the hospital. Thank you for helping us find the person. Otherwise, someone would have died."
When talking about this, the policeman and others were still frightened.
After all, during the Spring Festival period, the whole country is very strict about safety accidents. If a fatal accident occurs at this critical juncture, not to mention that the tourism of this mountain will be affected, the leaders above will be held accountable at all levels, and they will be sweating coldly and scared.
Fortunately, no one is dead now, they are just seriously injured, but the situation is still within controllable range. I feel very fortunate when I think about it.
However, they were still very upset about this incident. Before leaving, they complained to her, "You said these young people always lose their temper. Now, the boyfriend is in danger of death. Believe it or not, there will be more trouble when his parents get here."
Qiu Jiang didn't know what to say, so she just kept saying, "Thank you for your hard work. If you have any questions, please let me know. Otherwise, I will be at a loss."
"Don't worry, I'll definitely get back to you. And then I might even have to trouble you to continue taking notes."
"Okay, I'm fine."
"Thank you very much."
Qiu Jiang waved goodbye to them.
At this time, the two of them walked up to her and called her softly, "Auntie..."
Qiu Jiang's mood quickly returned to normal. He patted their shoulders and said, "Don't worry, no one is dead. Let's go back."
"good."
The three of them walked side by side towards the big house of their season team.
It wasn't long before the two of them had to leave, but an accident had just happened, and even though they didn't know what had happened, they were still worried about her being alone.
Qiu Jiang held Sasha's paw and waved to them, "Don't worry, I'm fine, and Sasha is here to accompany me."
Seeing that she still had a smile on her face, the two of them reluctantly put their worries aside.
"How about we come over and keep you company after get off work?"
Qiu Jiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "So how many hours do you plan to take the bus?"
Their internship units are not close to here, otherwise they could have stayed at home and gone to work, instead of living in school and going to work like they did last week.
Besides, the place where Team Ji lived was several kilometers away from their home. If they really came back and forth every day for her, Qiu Jiang couldn't imagine how sleepy they would be.
"Don't worry, you guys study hard and work hard. I'll enjoy my limited vacation and then go to work overtime. It's totally fine. Don't be so nagging."
"All right."
The two of them finally stopped worrying and took the steamed buns that Qiu Jiang had heated up for them to take home and went to the community gate to catch the bus.
After Qiu Jiang sent the two of them into the car, she looked at their car for a long time. After her hands and feet were numb from the cold, she shook herself and hurried back.
As soon as I got into the house, it felt instantly warm, completely different from the temperature outside.
She jumped onto the sofa and wrapped herself in a blanket. Sasha stopped eating when she saw she was back, and came to find her with her tail wagging. She jumped lightly onto the sofa and got into her blanket, turning around continuously until she put her two front paws on her legs and sat beside her, with a cat head popping out from the blanket.
She turned on the TV and watched a super scary foreign horror movie with the cute big cat.
I was amazed by what I saw.
After all, there were no televisions in ancient times, and she had never seen a TV series that was as realistic as what really happened. This was surprising enough, but she didn't expect that movies would be even more jaw-dropping.
In her opinion, domestically produced films are already amazing, not to mention those foreign films which are more realistic, smoother and without any traces of acting or goofs, and seem like miracles.
I just don’t know why horror movies are played when it’s almost dark. Is it to create a better atmosphere?
She couldn't figure it out, but that didn't stop her from looking carefully. However, the result of her carefulness was that she felt like there were people sitting around her.
Even the empty living room behind her seemed like a hand could appear at any moment and pat her shoulder. She might even see a terrifying black and purple face grinning at her if she looked down.
This feeling is as terrifying as it can be.
As the plot of the movie progressed, her breathing almost stopped and she dared not move.
Sasha was fine and even looked at her strangely, but Qiu Jiang was extremely nervous.
She held the remote control tightly, and kept building herself up in her mind.
Shut it off and run, shut it off and run, shut it off and run...
After muttering to herself for a long time, she finally made up her mind, threw away the blanket and rushed out first, shouting as she did so, "Sasha, charge—"
She quickly went upstairs, with Sasha following closely behind her. In the blink of an eye, the man and the cat arrived at the room upstairs one after another. The moment Sasha rushed in, Qiu Jiang turned off the main control light outside the door with a "click", and after the whole room became dark in an instant, she closed the door with a "clang".
The space inside the house was relatively small, but it was still too big for one person and one cat. Qiu Jiang closed the doors of the cloakroom, bathroom and balcony, and got into bed in a flash.
Hiding in the thin, silky quilt with dark patterns, Sasha was pushing against her neck, trying to get in.
Her tightly wrapped neck touched the air outside the quilt, which frightened her so much that she grabbed the fur on its neck and brought it into the quilt.
If the sudden phone call hadn't interrupted her movements, she could have just hugged the cat and covered herself with the quilt to sleep until dawn when all the ghosts retreated.
"Woo, who is it?"
Qiu Jiang gritted her teeth when she said this, but when she mustered up the courage to jump out of bed and pick up the phone on the table, she immediately calmed down, even a little panicked.
She actually forgot to call back to say Happy New Year to their quarterly team, and now she even wants them to call back.
It’s over, it’s over, alas.
Qiu Jiang answered the phone without stopping and said, "Captain Ji, Happy New Year."
Ji Mingcheng felt very happy when he heard her energetic voice, and then he heard a "duang" sound, similar to the sound of a spring being pressed down and lifted up.
“You are…”
"I just watched a horror movie and now I feel like there are ghosts all around me. I'm hiding under the covers and I'm afraid to go out."
Qiu Jiang didn't hide anything and even asked Ji Mingcheng tearfully, "Captain Ji, that horror movie was too scary. I'm not afraid of ghosts, but now I'm scared to death. Is there any way to fall asleep quickly?"
Hearing her trembling voice, Ji Mingcheng held his forehead helplessly, "If you are afraid, why do you still want to watch?"
"I'm just curious, and I want to divert your attention. Otherwise, I'll be annoyed to death."
"Something happened?" Ji Mingcheng asked.
Qiu Jiang nodded. She couldn't tell her eldest nephew and niece about the case, but she could tell him. So she told him what happened in the mountain in the afternoon.
"Ayu and I went hiking. When we were coming down around 2 a.m., we found a large pool of blood on the mountainside. There were also many broken branches. The blood was pointing down the mountain. I thought someone had fallen down the mountain accidentally, so I chased after them."
"When we got to the foot of the mountain, we found two people lying on the rocks. It looked like the boy was holding the girl. So although the girl was seriously injured, she was still able to walk. But the boy was covered in blood and was breathing very weakly. He had already been taken to the hospital. I don't know if he can be saved."
Qiu Jiang roughly told him what happened. In fact, this matter was very simple and there was nothing to worry about. But the key point was,
"When I arrived, the girl was kneeling beside the boy, crying and admitting her mistake. She said she shouldn't have turned around and left so willfully. When he tried to persuade her, she got so angry that she pushed him and ended up losing her balance and falling. The boy grabbed her without hesitation, but he didn't expect that he would be dragged down with him too. He had been protecting her the whole time, so he was seriously injured. She regretted being so willful and angry with him. She wanted him to wake up, even if it meant she would die."
When she said this, Qiu Jiang's tone slowed down. He could clearly feel her depression even through the phone.
Ji Mingcheng listened carefully and said without much thought, "Are you feeling sorry for them?"
Qiu Jiang hummed softly, and seeing that he understood her feelings, she couldn't help but continue, "It's so dangerous up there. I'm angry, but what's the point of pushing someone? Now it's like this. If the person can't be rescued or something else happens, how painful will she be?"
Having seen too many dead people, she knows better than anyone how fragile and precious life is, and that there is absolutely no second chance.
Even if I am an exception and can wake up hundreds of years after death, how many people can be so lucky?
And even she herself couldn't be sure whether she would have such a lucky opportunity again.
"This is life. It's no wonder that we cherish it."
To be honest, she really didn't understand how losing her temper could be more important than people's safety.
She chattered on and on, while Ji Mingcheng just listened quietly. After she stopped for a long time, he said in a deep voice, "If everyone thinks like you, then we can have an easy time."
Qiu Jiang sighed, "I also think I'm a bit naive. I just feel depressed when I think about this."
"What's the point of being depressed? In the end, you're the only one who's troubled." Ji Mingcheng paused for a second and said, "Jiang Jiang, as police officers, we can't avoid encountering all kinds of accidents or deaths. Some people kill for all sorts of strange reasons, some of which are accidents that ultimately result in injuries or deaths. Every police officer has witnessed this kind of thing to some extent."
"When I first started working, I also wondered why those people were so stupid, always doing things that hurt others and themselves, and not taking life seriously. But sometimes there are just so many idiots. Do you have to get depressed every time you see one?"
"Just like what you said, the girl said she accidentally fell and the boy chased her, which is why she got hurt. But in the end, as you said, the boy was in critical condition. Regardless of whether he could be saved in the end, what are the chances of this girl changing her temper?"
Qiu Jiang blinked and hesitated, "Isn't it difficult to change one's personality?"
Ji Mingcheng put it another way, "People's personalities are often fixed long before they're formed. Unless they encounter a major change, a turning point, or their cognition changes through continuous learning and experience, it's difficult to change."
"This girl has indeed experienced a major change, and there's a 50% chance her personality will change. But don't forget that this change has already occurred. Even if her personality changes, the consequences of today's incident won't disappear just because of her future personality changes. She'll still have to pay the price for it. And if she doesn't change her personality in the future, this kind of thing will probably happen again. Even if you never run into her again, you'll encounter similar situations many times. If you get depressed every time you encounter them, you'll probably have a mental breakdown sooner or later."
Qiu Jiang was dumbfounded. "Is it that serious? Then what should I do? Should I try to stay out of it and remain calm?"
"You can try, but you don't have to go to that extreme. You can get angry when you need to, and be calm when you need to be calm. As long as it's within your tolerance level."
"You can have all kinds of emotions, just be careful not to let them affect your personal life or your judgment of the case. Also, like today, if you were depressed and went to see a horror movie and ended up scaring yourself, wouldn't that affect your personal life? You should ignore things like that. After all, you can't change the direction or outcome of things."
That’s true.
She was just worrying about nothing.
"Captain Ji, I feel much happier after listening to you. You are right. No matter what case you encounter, it is wrong if it affects your life. I will work hard to change." Qiu Jiang assured him with her eyes open.
"Yeah." Ji Mingcheng trusted her very much. He glanced at his watch and realized they had been chatting for long enough. Just as he was about to say goodbye to her, he heard her whisper, "But I'm still a little scared. Captain Ji, do you have any tips for falling asleep quickly?"
Now, as soon as she closed her eyes, the horror movie scene flashed before her eyes. It was too creepy.
She really couldn't sleep.
Ji Mingcheng couldn't help but laugh, "Haha."
He put his hand to his lips, afraid that he would laugh even louder and make the girl across from him even more depressed. "I have some sleep-inducing records here. Do you want to listen to them?"
"listen."
"Wait."
"Okay."
Qiu Jiang waited eagerly, and after the rustling sound, the melodious sound of the piano rang out.
You know what, it sounds really nice.
She closed her eyes and listened hard for a while to identify the rhythm, her fingers tapping the beat unconsciously. She didn't know how long she listened before she simply shrank back into the quilt, leaving only her furry head outside like Sasha. She yawned loudly and her breathing gradually became slower.
On the other side, when Ji Mingcheng came back downstairs, the record had stopped playing. He picked up the phone and asked, "How do you feel? Do you want to change the song?"
There was no response for a long time after he finished speaking. The only sounds that could be heard were faint breathing and snoring.
You know who it is without having to say it.
"Sasha, is she asleep?"
Sasha gurgled twice, as if responding to him.
Ji Mingcheng raised the corner of his lips, "Then you should go to sleep too. And you are not allowed to parkour in the middle of the night."
"Meow~"
The rising cry was full of dissatisfaction and reluctance.
At this moment, the quilt moved and Sasha's snoring became louder.
It feels very comfortable.
Ji Mingcheng held the phone a little further away, a little surprised, "You didn't forget to pet the cat even when you fell asleep?"
But it’s good that he fell asleep. He was a little sleepy too, so it was a good opportunity for him to go to sleep.
When he sleeps, his cell phone is placed next to his pillow. The gurgling sounds and soft breathing echo in his ears from time to time, which is quite helpful for him to sleep.
So he slept until dawn, and would have continued sleeping if the scream had not frightened him.
When Qiu Jiang saw that the cell phone call was still going on, she was so frightened that her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys began to ache.
"Oh my god, how much does this cost?"
Ji Mingcheng hadn't opened his eyes yet, and said in a hoarse voice, still sleepy from the early morning, "I'm the one calling you, what are you afraid of?"
Qiu Jiang brought the phone closer and said, "Captain Ji, I feel bad for you. This night's phone bill is equivalent to a month's salary for me."
Although she didn't know how much it could be worth, but for such a night, it was probably enough.
Even if he doesn't have to pay the phone bill himself, he still has to pay it, not to mention it's an international long-distance call.
This is a huge loss.
"It's over, it's over. Next time I call you, I must hang up before going to bed."
Qiu Jiang kept repeating it to herself, afraid that she would forget it.
But she underestimated the wealth of their season team and didn't care about the small amount of money at all. She even muttered, "Let's continue playing tomorrow. Sasha's snoring will help me sleep."
Is this possible?
Qiu Jiang twitched the corners of her mouth, unable to imagine how high the cost of helping her sleep for a night would be.
But she didn't have time to worry about it, because the police station called her immediately and asked her to come over.
Well, it seems that this matter cannot be avoided for the time being.
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