Chapter 106 Chapter 19 “Beep——” …
"beep--"
"The number you dialed is unanswered. Please leave a message after the beep. You can hang up after leaving the message. The other party will receive a message notification later."
"The number you dialed is unanswered. Please leave a message after the beep. You can hang up after leaving the message. The other party will receive a message notification later."
Li Zheng called three times, but all he heard was a cold, robotic female voice announcing that no one was answering the call.
He lowered his head and opened the social software, searched for the three words "Li Mingyu" in the contacts, and quickly found the corresponding account.
He began typing furiously.
【Why don’t you answer the phone? 】
【Where are you? 】
【When did you return to Cheongdam? 】
【Why didn’t you tell me when you came back? 】
What were you doing on July 30th?
【……】
Li Zheng's younger brother, Li Mingyu, was a quiet, gentle, and shy boy when he was little. He would often stay at home all day.
His younger sister, Li Mingyao, was the complete opposite. She was more lively and active and loved playing outside. Therefore, Li Zheng cared more about his younger sister and was worried about what would happen if she, a girl, was bullied outside. He focused most of his attention on her.
He didn't pay much attention to Li Mingyu.
But I also know that Li Mingyu has good grades. He was admitted to a very good local key high school and a good 985 university in another place. It seems that he studied science?
There was really nothing for Li Zheng to worry about, so when Li Zheng called his family, his adoptive mother ranked first, followed by his sister, and finally Li Mingyu.
In his perception, Li Mingyu had always been very obedient. Even though he had recently learned from his sister and teacher that Li Mingyu was skipping classes, he didn't think he could do anything. He just thought he might have been heartbroken.
No matter what, he should be out of town!
He had just extracted nearly thirty surveillance videos from the memory card Lou Ruoping gave him. One of them was the clearest, and he watched it over and over again.
After checking again and again, he actually saw a very familiar person. Maybe in the eyes of others, it was just a blurry back, but Li Zheng recognized it.
That man is his younger brother.
Didn't you say you wouldn't be back during summer vacation? Why didn't you tell him you were coming back? Why did you pretend to be out the last time you called?
Where does he live alone?
Since his adoptive father passed away, Li Zheng, as the eldest of three children, naturally filled the role of father. He felt that he was full of responsibility towards his younger brothers and sisters who were ten years younger than him but had no blood relationship with him.
He paid for the tuition, living expenses, medical expenses and other expenses of two people, and never felt that it was a big deal, but only felt that it was his responsibility.
As the case was being investigated,
Suddenly found out about your own brother?
He had suspected everyone around him who was suspicious, including the criminals he had arrested before and those who had a grudge against him. He had suspected each of them more than once, and among them, Wei Sheng was the one he had tested the most...
But this person was a direction he had never thought of.
His younger brother.
It’s not necessarily that Li Zheng can’t find Li Mingyu. Criminal investigation methods are very advanced nowadays. In the Internet age, it is very easy to find someone. It’s just a matter of checking the location.
But he still couldn't believe it.
In his memory, his younger brother Li Mingyu was a very well-behaved one. When his younger sister was still being picky about food and refused to eat this or that, he could eat all the vegetables in the bowl without saying a word.
During his junior high school winter and summer breaks, Li Zheng worked part-time outside, and his younger brother would pick him up early. During New Year's, Li Zheng set up a street stall outside, and his younger sister would be drawn to other fun things, while Li Mingyu would just quietly stay beside him.
He is the least worrying and causes him the least trouble.
So when he found Li Mingyu through criminal investigation means as the captain, he still wanted to ask him what was going on as his brother.
He was still thinking,
What if it was just a misunderstanding?
Just like he had previously firmly believed that the only suspect, Cui Yang, must be the murderer in the Electricity Bureau Community case? But it turned out that it was not him;
Later, he thought that the sudden appearance of Wei Sheng, this mysterious young man with unknown origins, might be related to the case, so he made various attempts, but finally found that he was not.
Later, he thought that Wei Lele must be the real murderer behind a series of cases, but it seemed that it was not the case;
This included the strange crows he had been seeing before. Every time they appeared, a murder would occur. He naturally thought that this might have a direct connection with the real murderer, but in the end he found that there didn't seem to be much connection.
Is it possible that Li Mingyu is not one of them either?
You never know what will happen until the final step. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding, or there's something he doesn't know about?
He decided to send a message to his brother first. If he replied, he would listen to his explanation. If he didn't reply, he would start the search according to the process of finding a suspect in the case.
After sending the message, wait a few seconds.
The other side was still very quiet.
Just after Li Zheng exited the page, his phone received a new message notification sound. He unlocked it immediately and found that the person who sent the message, Li Mingyu, was a friend he had recently added.
Wei Sheng.
--【picture】
--【picture】
--【picture】
——[……]
He posted several pictures in a row, interspersed with two or three videos. At first glance, they were almost all shots of his small kitchen and living room.
Even without clicking on the large picture, you can tell from the small picture that his rental house is very clean. The small coffee table is polished to a shine, and you can even see Wei Sheng's face and his white teeth when he smiles in the reflection.
——【How is it? Did I clean it up well?】
——【Praise me now! 】
——【Did you eat in the cafeteria when you came back for lunch?】
——[Can I eat in your cafeteria? I haven't eaten in your cafeteria yet. Please let me have a try.]
Li Zheng's finger swiped forward to scroll through the chat history, and his hand suddenly stopped when he was about to reply.
The new message Wei Sheng sent him was the chat record after the two of them added each other as friends. In addition to the system prompt of becoming friends, he transferred a sum of 50,000 yuan.
He remembered that he didn't collect it.
But now, the screen clearly showed that Li Zheng had confirmed the payment. When did this happen? How could he not remember it at all?
There was even another transfer of two thousand. I also quickly confirmed the receipt of the payment.
???
He began to pay attention to the time of collection.
He seems to be busy at this time, right?
Li Zheng began to think carefully.
Suddenly, a picture flashed through Li Zheng's mind. That afternoon after he transferred the money, he was busy and did hand his phone to Wei Sheng.
Was it at that time?
Did Wei Sheng use his mobile phone to receive this transfer and also transfer another amount?
But how did he know the password?
Is it that game again?
However, Li Zheng's phone didn't really have much in it. He generally didn't keep anything confidential. Besides his colleagues and supervisors, the rest of his WeChat friends were his family.
His password is very simple, so it's normal to guess it.
Message pop-ups popped up one after another.
——[Is Officer Li still busy? 】
——【Are you still at work?】
——【Where to eat lunch! 】
Before replying to the message, Li Zheng wanted to transfer the money out. The total amount of the two amounts was 52,000. After pressing this number, he stared at it and pondered for a while.
Was it... intentional?
Or is it a coincidence?
He also divided the transfer into two parts, with a text message below the transfer.
——【Maybe I eat at work.】
Wei Sheng must have been looking at his phone the whole time. As soon as Li Zheng's message was sent, the name on the other end quickly changed to "typing" and new messages popped up one after another.
——【Haha, we were discovered?】
——【You don’t have to give it to me.】
——[I told you, I have a lot of money, lots and lots of money...]
——【Just accept it.】
--【What are you doing? 】
——【Can I come to see you then?】
The first few messages were text messages, but the latter ones were changed to voice messages, one was about ten seconds long, and the other was five or six seconds long.
Li Zheng clicked on it, and Wei Sheng's familiar voice came from the receiver. In the first voice message, he said he knew a lot of information. He said they had just agreed that they had the same goal, so could they cooperate? He could help him.
In the second voice message, there was silence for a full five seconds at the beginning, and in the last second he said, "Is it okay?"
——【Don’t always do everything alone.】
——【I am here now.】
After thinking for about half a minute, Li Zheng opened the keyboard and began to reply carefully.
"I'm not at work right now. I'm at the city hospital. I'll be back at the city bureau soon. If you want to come over, just go to the office and wait for me."
After a comprehensive examination, the doctor confirmed that he had no external injuries and had not inhaled any harmful substances, but had just fallen into an unexplained coma.
It seems that Wei Lele won’t wake up for a while.
Li Zheng couldn't just sit here doing nothing. Even if he wasn't there, there would be several police officers in Wei Lele's ward taking turns watching him 24 hours a day.
If it was a traditional criminal case, as long as the murderer was a human, Li Zheng would definitely be able to find clues. He would not need anyone's help and could identify the murderer based on his rich experience and the remains at the scene.
He is very confident in himself in this regard.
But if the opponent was someone with supernatural powers... then he would be a little unsure.
He does need a little help.
I greeted my colleagues in the network information department in advance. They have already started the search. Maybe I can see some results if I go there now.
If it's really him...
If you say...
——[What does my younger brother Li Mingyu look like in that comic you saw?]
Wei Sheng was on his way to the Municipal Bureau when he received the message. He pinned Li Zheng's message to the top of his head, and the prominent red dot stood out.
Following Li Zheng's message, he also recalled Officer Li's brother. It seemed like he barely appeared in the comics? Since Officer Li himself didn't have a full name, just a nickname, Officer Li, how could Officer Li's brother have a name?
The one person I might have a slight impression of is Officer Li's sister. She seemed to have a leg injury, and she mentioned something in the background about her brother. It's true...
I have no impression at all.
Officer Li’s younger brother, is he the one Officer Li called last time when we were having breakfast outside?
Why are you asking this suddenly?
Could it be that...
Wei Sheng suddenly smelled a scent keenly, so he sat up straight and told the master in front of him that he had something urgent to do and hoped he would hurry up.
The master was in a good mood and responded readily:
"Okay."
Wei Sheng lowered his head and quickly replied to the message.
I'll be there soon.
【Did you find anything? 】
Although I don't know much else about your brother, I do know that in the middle of the comic, when the protagonist was investigating the truth of the incident, it was your sister who kept speaking out for you, posting articles online claiming you were wronged. This is how the protagonist noticed you. Later, when your sister contacted the protagonist, she proactively provided many clues about you...
[One of them is that your brother died shortly after you, in the same river you fell into, perhaps while he was paying homage to you?]
[Also, your sister doesn't have a good relationship with your brother. She said, "Serves you right."]
Let me recall this...
【Don’t be too sad...】
You have done your utmost...
Wei Sheng's fingers were tapping on the screen, and he noticed from the corner of his eye that the car was driving straight ahead silently and missed a small intersection that was not easy to be found.
He almost subconsciously tried to stop her, blurting out in a fluent Qingtan accent, "Master, what do you mean? Didn't I tell you? I'm in a hurry now, why are you taking a detour? There's no traffic now, is this the way to the Municipal Bureau?"
The driver in front chuckled and spoke in a Qingtan accent with a strong local accent: "So you are from here? Why didn't you say so earlier? Look at what's going on..."
Wei Sheng’s smile froze.
Wait, how did he know there was a shorter path? He should have known it was his first time in Cheongdam, but the moment the car turned a corner, he blurted out that the driver was taking a detour without thinking.
Did he speak Cheongdam dialect before?
It's as if something is breaking out of its shell bit by bit.
The sound of the system became particularly noisy in his ears, a crackling sound, as if there was a bad connection or some kind of malfunction.
However, this time the sound did not come from the system, but from his own head, and along with the sound came some fragmented images.
In this scene, Wei Sheng stands side by side with another, indistinct person, on a dilapidated rooftop, in the first person. Below is a dense crowd of people. He hears the person say coldly, "What on earth do you want from me?"
Then I said to myself: "Nothing, can't I just talk to you if there's nothing wrong? There are no outsiders here, it won't affect your reputation..."
Then there was a dead silence.
Once again, he took the initiative to speak:
"Li Zheng, thank you for buying medicine for me before."
There was still no sound from the other side. The wind was blowing on the balcony, and there was a hint of sweet osmanthus fragrance in the air. The sounds of students playing and laughing downstairs seemed a little vague when they reached upstairs, as if they came from another world.
"Li Zheng, do you believe me?"
My voice sounded so anxious.
"I wasn't the one who told the teacher about you and Su Xinyue... I didn't do anything. Please don't look at me like that, okay?"
The person whose face could not be seen remained silent.
His tone became more anxious, with obvious panic and even a hint of pleading.
"What do you want me to do in order to pay attention to me?"
The young man whose face could not be seen across from him finally spoke again. He sighed softly, "I know it wasn't you. I was just thinking about something... You shouldn't always be like this..."
"……Feel sorry."
It's your own voice.
The other scene seemed to be a small room, also a first-person memory. All the windows in the room were tightly closed. There was a familiar two-seater sofa in the field of vision, and a coffee table in front of the sofa.
The room seemed to have been uninhabited for a long time and was covered with a layer of dust. A police uniform was hanging on the shelf at the door, and next to it was an old jacket.
Under the switch is a shoe rack. The first row contains three pairs of men's shoes, while the shoes on the bottom row are wrapped tightly in plastic bags.
He didn't speak in his memory, but he could feel the huge, surging regret and sorrow that almost drowned and swallowed him.
He could even clearly sense what he was thinking in the picture:
——I’m late. If I had shown up earlier, if I had shown up earlier, I could have saved you.
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