Chapter 169 (Two in One)
The system upgrade takes two hours. Lin Shuyue intuitively feels that this upgrade will bring major changes. It is the first system upgrade with a preview, and a system mall has been created.
The last time there was no announcement of the upgrade, you can view other people's life history. So what about this time? Just thinking about it, Lin Shuyue began to look forward to it.
Lin Shuyue drank a sip of the soft and tender mutton and radish soup. The soup was milky white, and the radish neutralized the mutton's mutton smell. The soup also had a hint of sweetness.
Hang Jiabai, Zuo Xiangfeng and Zhou Xuanlai have already analyzed the situation for Xu Yu.
Except Hang Jiabai, the other three knew that two years ago a little girl got off the No. 027 bus and was then raped and killed.
Zhou Xuanlai was not involved in this case. He thought for a while and said, "I think there is an 80% chance that the relatives of the girl who died two years ago came back to seek revenge. The reason why no action was taken before was because no one on bus No. 027 caught those perverts."
As soon as Zhou Xuanlai said this, Hang Jiabai denied it: "No, if there really is such a person, he would definitely be observing on the No. 027 bus. There are so many perverts on the No. 027 bus. If he wanted to do something, he would never have waited until now to do something."
It is said that the girl died a very tragic death two years ago. She was thrown into the sewer after her death. Her body was covered with genitals and her face and body were covered with various wounds cut by razor blades. The deepest wound, which caused her death, was the one on her wrist.
Zuo Xiangfeng also said, "What Jia Bai said is right. After the incident two years ago, I went to the place where the girl was found. The blood on the ground had seeped into the soil. If the girl's relatives were really in such a tragic situation, they really couldn't have endured it until now."
"It is also possible that he has been observing for two years but has never found the real culprit, so Wang Chengjian happened to run into the gun this time, so he started killing indiscriminately to vent his anger?"
Hang Jiabai said: "I think it's unlikely. If it were true, there would be no way there wouldn't be any traces left at the scene. This scene is too clean."
"Yes, I think so too. Our team has already checked today. The girl's father died early. Her mother is still alive, but she is crazy. She does not have the ability to commit a crime. Apart from that, they don't have any particularly close family members at home. Her mother now relies on subsidies from the street office to live." After Xu Yu finished speaking, he sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"Who do you think committed the crime? We watched the surveillance cameras for a whole day. We watched the surveillance cameras at the edge of that alley at least ten times. In the whole day, including yesterday, we didn't see a single suspect. Could it be that the person escaped underground?"
Lin Shuyue put down the mutton soup and looked at Xu Yu: "Don't you think the method of committing this crime is very familiar?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Hang Jiabai and the other two looked over immediately. They all knew about Lin Shuyue's work, and Zuo Xiangfeng had even discussed it privately. They all felt that Lin Shuyue was a very courageous girl, and that every piece of news she had reported in the past was very valuable.
As a police officer, what they like most is a reporter like Lin Shuyue who is realistic and does not make up stories.
Xu Yu's eyes lit up: "Sister-in-law, please tell me what you think." Xu Yu also moved his stool and sat facing Lin Shuyue.
Lin Shuyue said: "Then I will tell you, but let me make it clear first, I have not read your files, I am just having a reasonable discussion."
"Okay, okay, go ahead and tell me what you want to say."
Lin Shuyue organized her words: "I heard that the victim two years ago, whether in his body or at the crime scene, had no information about the murderer, right? And there was no one suspected of committing a crime in the surveillance video, right?"
Xu Yu nodded: "Yes, not at all..."
Xu Yu stood up halfway through his words. The direction that Lin Shuyue mentioned was indeed a direction they had never imagined. Because this is really too outrageous, but after Lin Shuyue said this, the more Xu Yu thought about it, the more he felt it was a coincidence, and if there are too many coincidences, it is no longer a coincidence.
Two years ago, in 2002, most places in the capital were also equipped with surveillance cameras. Guangchang Road is a central road in the capital, and it has more surveillance cameras than other places.
Compared to the 1980s and 1990s, criminal investigation methods have been upgraded by more than double. Even so, no information about the murderer was found except that he was male.
The last victim was a young girl, but this time the victim was a middle-aged man in his thirties.
Because the characteristics of the victims were so different, people did not compare the two cases together. The most common speculation, as Zhou Xuan said, is that this case was about the girl's relatives seeking revenge.
"I'll go back and check the files. I'll treat you to dinner." Xu Yu said, went to the cashier, put two hundred yuan in the bank, and left in a hurry.
Hang Jiabai and the others didn't stop him.
After Xu Yu left, Hang Jiabai saw that Lin Shuyue's water was gone, so he poured it for her and asked, "Ayue, tell me what you think?"
This was not the first time that Lin Shuyue discussed the case with Hang Jiabai. This time, Lin Shuyue did not blurt out, "I have been thinking about this case since this afternoon. Wang Chengjian's case was handled too perfectly, leaving no traces. This is too abnormal. Ah Bai, you have been a criminal police officer for many years, you should know better than me. Any perfect crime will leave some evidence, but this case does not have any."
"And there was no trace left of the case two years ago. There was no evidence left of the two consecutive cases involving bus No. 027. Do you think this is normal?"
This is obviously abnormal, but if Hang Jiabai were asked to solve this case, he would not be able to come up with the same guess as Lin Shuyue in such a short time. Again, the gap in identity between the two victims was too great.
Even some serial killers will subconsciously look for people with the same characteristics when they are looking for targets.
Zuo Xiangfeng admired Lin Shuyue's wild imagination: "Do you have any idea of becoming a novel author? If you do, I will help you talk to the publishing house."
As a relatively famous figure in contemporary suspense and mystery novels, Zuo Xiangfeng's words are very confident.
Lin Shuyue was stunned: "Thank you, Senior Brother, I don't have this idea."
Lin Shuyue felt that one should be focused in life, just like in her previous life, she wanted to be a police officer, so she worked hard to become a good police officer. In this life, whether voluntarily or not, she has become a reporter, so it is enough for her to do her job.
She was not interested, and Zuo Xiangfeng did not persuade her. The dishes they ordered came and everyone started to eat seriously. Zhou Xuanlai drank juice like Lin Shuyue, while Zuo Xiangfeng and Hang Jiabai drank one glass of wine after another.
An hour and a half later, the four of them left the hotel. Zhou Xuan came to see Zuo Xiangfeng off, and Lin Shuyue drove Hang Jiabai back to the courtyard.
The alcohol he drank tonight was a bit strong, and Hang Jiabai's neck was a little red. He leaned back in the passenger seat and closed his eyes. Lin Shuyue played soothing music in the car, and Hang Jiabai's breathing gradually became steady.
When they arrived at the entrance of the alley, Hang Jiabai opened his eyes, pretended to be fully awake as he got out of the car, then he put his arm around Lin Shuyue's shoulders and walked towards the courtyard fully awake.
Aunt Zhao and Uncle Zhao are both here tonight. They also have a residence in the courtyard, and the back room next to the door is their dormitory.
Sometimes when there are not many guests in the courtyard, they will let their children come to the dormitory here to squeeze in with them. After all, they have to burn coal for heating in the slum where they live, but the heating in the courtyard is provided collectively and is much warmer than if they burn coal themselves.
When Aunt Zhao saw them coming back, she hurried out to greet them: "Hey, Xiaolin, why did you come back just now?"
As she got closer, she smelled the alcohol on Hang Jiabai's body. She exclaimed again, then lowered her voice: "Did you drink?"
"Drink a little, Aunt Zhao, I'll send him to bed first."
"Okay, okay, go ahead. I cooked some millet porridge this afternoon and put it in the kitchen. If you see him feeling uncomfortable later, let him drink some. It will warm his stomach." Aunt Zhao did not stop Lin Shuyue.
There are two back houses in Zuo Xiangfeng's courtyard. The larger one is the dormitory for Aunt Zhao and her family, and the smaller one is the public kitchen, which is equipped with rice, flour, grain, oil, seasonings, and kitchen appliances such as refrigerators. All guests of the Siheyuan can use it.
Aunt Zhao usually cooks some porridge and keeps it aside in case the guests are hungry. If the guests don’t eat it, the porridge will not be wasted and Aunt Zhao and her family can take care of it all.
"Thank you, auntie." Lin Shuyue thanked her and helped Hang Jiabai into the room.
Compared with Lin Shuyue's room, this room has a kang, which was heated in advance by Aunt Zhao and others. There is a thin mat on the kang, which feels warm when you touch it.
Hang Jiabai was lying on the bed. Lin Shuyue did not make any move to take off his shoes, nor did Hang Jiabai think of asking Lin Shuyue to serve him. He had sobered up long ago. At this moment, he grabbed Lin Shuyue who was about to leave, and Lin Shuyue lost her balance and fell on him.
Their eyes met, and then their lips and teeth were entangled.
I don't know how long it took, but when the gun was on the verge of firing, Lin Shuyue pushed Hang Jiabai away and left home.
He was resting his head on his hands, a smile on his face, and his eyes were clear. How could he look drunk at all?
With a ding, the system prompted that the upgrade was complete, and Lin Shuyue let go of the romantic thoughts that had just arisen from the kiss. Click on the system for distinguishing good from evil to watch.
[Ding~~ Congratulations to the host for successfully upgrading this system to level four. After the system is upgraded, an automatic reminder function for sin value will be added, and the function coverage will be the same as that of the good and evil radar. 】
[Ding~~ After this upgrade, the good value will be displayed. The original good and evil radar will be renamed the sin value radar. This update is completed. Please explore the specific usage of the new functions by yourself. 】
After these two messages were sent twice, the good and evil discrimination system stopped talking.
Lin Shuyue turned on the good and evil radar, and there was an extra radar on the good and evil radar. This radar ranged from white to red, and the reddest one was Chinese red.
In the middle of the good value and the sin value, there is a bar grid from white to gray. Lin Shuyue clicked on the grid and a prompt appeared: Gray area: The gray area displays specific values from -10 to 100. The lower the value, the better the person is. If the number displayed in the gray area is over 30, it means that the person has committed a crime. The higher the value, the greater the crime committed by the person.
As soon as Lin Shuyue saw the hint of the gray area, she knew that this gray area was specially used to repair the "hidden sin" of the previous good and evil radar.
These two upgraded new features are so useful and timely for Lin Shuyue.
On the crime radar, there are two or three small dots, all in the 10% box. Each such dot represents a person.
Lin Shuyue clicked on the nearest dot, and a bubble panel similar to the introduction of a game character appeared.
[Name: Hang Jiabai, Sin value: 3%, Good value: 50%, Gray area: 0, Comprehensive assessment: This is a very good person, better than 80% of the people in the world. 】
Lin Shuyue clicked on the panel of the single male writer living in the east wing: [Name, Zhu Shuliang, Sin value: 6%, Good value: 20%, Gray area: 0, Overall assessment, he is an ordinary, slightly soft-hearted good person. 】
Lin Shuyue found it very interesting, and clicked to look at the young couple in the west wing: [Name: Gu Pengfei, Sin Value: 19%, Good Value: 3%, Gray Area: 28, Overall Assessment: Not a very good person, be careful of him, he may commit a crime at any time~]
Lin Shuyue was about to continue watching when her cell phone rang. It was Lou Fengqin calling. Lin Shuyue lay on the bed and chatted with Lou Fengqin about family matters.
Lou Fengqin said on the phone that her grandmother had been in worse health since she fell early in the morning. She was said to have had a cerebral hemorrhage. Now half of her body is paralyzed and she can no longer move. She is still in the hospital, and the medical expenses are paid by her and her uncle's family.
My second aunt's family pretended to be dead, and when I asked them about it, they became unreasonable and made a fuss.
Lin Shuyue comforted Lou Fengqin on the phone for a long time. After Lou Fengqin calmed down a little, she asked about Lin Shuxing's health.
Lou Fengqin smiled this time, "Your sister is not vomiting anymore. She has no reaction at all. She eats well and sleeps well now. This morning she told me that the baby in her belly is moving. Your brother-in-law went to the store much later than usual in the morning. He was listening on your sister's belly."
"The kid didn't give her father any face and didn't move. As soon as he left, the kid punched and kicked your sister in the stomach."
It is said that grandparents are closer than grandchildren. The child has just learned to move, but Lou Fengqin already loves him to bits. Lin Shuyue heard Lou Fengqin say on the phone that she has already made clothes for the child, several sets in pink and blue, and she also wants to make quilts herself.
After saying this, they started talking about Ayang, Bai Pingping and their recent situation. By the time they finished, it was already past ten o'clock.
Lin Shuyue lay on the warm bed and fell asleep in a few breaths. She got up early during the day and was running around outside, not even taking a nap. Now, as she lay down on the warm and soft bed, she couldn't stop feeling sleepy.
Hang Jiabai came out of the west room after hearing no movement in the east room. He helped Lin Shuyue turn off the main lights in the living room and turned on the dim bedside lamp. Lin Shuyue turned over and slept even more soundly.
The next morning, when Lin Shuyue woke up, it was already light outside. Hang Jiabai had left. Today was the last day of 2004. After today, tomorrow would be 2005.
When she came out after washing up, Aunt Zhao waved at Lin Shuyue. It turned out that she was cooking wontons in the kitchen: "I made these wontons this morning, with pork and radish fillings. Try them."
"Radish filling? I haven't eaten it before. I must try it." Lin Shuyue is keen on eating all kinds of delicious food. The wontons in Guangdong and the north are the same thing. The wontons she had eaten before were all filled with fresh meat or three fresh fillings. This is the first time she has eaten pork and radish.
"Then you should eat something quickly. I made it early in the morning. Xiaohang just left and ate two full bowls of rice." Aunt Zhao was very capable. Zuo Xiangfeng asked her to take care of Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai, so she did her best to make Zuo Xiangfeng proud in front of his friends.
Her cooking skills were already good, and she did even better when she wanted to show off. The pork and radish fillings were a perfect combination, fresh with a hint of sweetness, and the wonton soup base was made with dried shrimps, seaweed, and coriander that she grew from seeds herself. The coriander was chopped and frozen in the refrigerator. Now it tastes just as good as fresh coriander.
There are tiny grains of pepper scattered on the surface of the soup.
"Delicious." Lin Shuyue ate one wonton with thin skin and big filling in one bite, and gave Aunt Zhao a thumbs up while eating.
Aunt Zhao smiled so hard that her teeth were showing. At this time, the young couple from the west wing came out. It seemed that they had spent a perfect night. The girl who had a gloomy face in the previous two meetings no longer had a gloomy face, and the man next to her was no longer as nervous as yesterday, but he was still attentive.
Aunt Zhao asked the two to have breakfast. The woman didn't say anything. The man replied to Lin Shuyue in a very good mood and said that they should go out to eat. Then the two of them left together. When they walked out of the door, Lin Shuyue could still hear the man telling the woman to be careful on the steps.
Lin Shuyue thought of the character analysis she saw in the good and evil system last night. She felt that this man named Gu Pengfei, who was so good to his wife, must have big plans.
After the two of them left, Aunt Zhao rolled her eyes and moved the remaining dumpling-making tools on the mahogany table in the kitchen to the cupboard.
At the same time, he whispered, "This couple has lived here for half a week. They go out every morning and then come back a little later. The woman is in a bad mood and the man is apologizing like a grandson."
Aunt Zhao is already in her forties and is at the age where she likes to gossip with others, but she keeps her mouth shut and usually only chats with her husband, never saying a word outside. She regarded Lin Shuyue as her own, so naturally she could chat with her.
Lin Shuyue glanced at the door and asked, "I heard they are here for their honeymoon. How can they continue to spend their honeymoon if they quarrel like this every day?"
Aunt Zhao said, "Oh, this woman and this man, that's all. As the old saying goes, they quarrel at the head of the bed and make peace at the back of the bed. These two just got married, so they definitely need some time to get used to each other. As long as they don't go too far, like hitting each other, there won't be much of a problem."
"It's the same for everyone. It will get better slowly." Aunt Zhao said to Lin Shuyue as someone who had experienced it, "My husband and I also had arguments when we first got married. We even used knives when we got angry. Aren't we doing fine now?"
The older generation’s view on marriage is that as long as the person has good character, they can stay together forever.
Lin Shuyue listened and did not refute. After Aunt Zhao finished speaking, she continued, "They say they are here for their honeymoon, but they are not a young couple."
Lin Shuyue ate wontons and looked at her, encouraging her to continue. Aunt Zhao saw this and continued to give her face, "I woke up in the middle of the night and heard them talking. They said that when they found someone, they would let that person go back and get married. Then their parents would not stop them from being together."
"A pair of mandarin ducks beaten by a stick!" Lin Shuyue defined the identities of the two.
Aunt Zhao nodded approvingly at her and was about to say something when someone came. It sounded like they were looking for a house to live in, so Aunt Zhao hurried to see.
In Zuo Xiangfeng's courtyard house, apart from the main house with two bedrooms and one living room, the east and west wing rooms each have two rooms, and they are not fully occupied yet.
Now that New Year's Day is almost here, many people come to ask about house prices. Aunt Zhao is also in charge of renting out houses.
After she left, Lin Shuyue took out her cell phone and sent a message to Ruan Tinglan. Ruan Tinglan had already gotten up and had breakfast and was on her way to her.
After Lin Shuyue replied her message, she looked at the time. It was already eight o'clock. Lin Shuyue finished the remaining wontons in the bowl in a few bites, drank two sips of the soup, and then washed the bowl according to the instructions on the wall for washing dishes by yourself and put it in the sterilizer.
The red light lights up with a ding and disinfection begins automatically. Lin Shuyue carried her bag and walked towards the entrance of the alley.
The couple living in the west wing have disappeared.
Lin Shuyue saw Ruan Tinglan at the base of the No. 027 bus stop. She was wearing all black and holding a paper bag with white flowers sticking out of the pocket. Lin Shuyue parked the car on the side of the road and rolled down the window. Ruan Tinglan saw her, opened the passenger door and got in.
She held the paper bag in front of her chest. Lin Shuyue took a look and saw that it was a chrysanthemum made of paper. It was pure white, very realistic and beautiful.
Ruan Tinglan saw her gaze, looked down and said, "My mother can't speak and is a little shy. My father was afraid that she would be bored at home, so he would find some handicrafts for her to do. She is very skillful, and later she started to fold flowers with paper and sell them. In winter, she can make a lot of money."
"My elementary school tuition and textbook fees were all earned by my mother making paper flowers." Folding paper flowers is very hard work, and it is even harder to make beautiful paper flowers. Ruan Tinglan used to follow her mother to do it, but her mother didn't want her to learn it. She thought she should study more so that she could have a bright future.
But she couldn't bear to see her mother suffer, so she secretly tried to learn it herself, and unexpectedly she also learned it.
Now, every time she visits her parents, she brings a bunch of chrysanthemums that she has picked herself. Her mother likes chrysanthemums the most. Ruan Tinglan still remembers how she used her hands to show herself that chrysanthemums were beautiful and could be used to make tea.
Lin Shuyue took out a mint candy from her pocket and gave it to her as a consolation. Ruan Tinglan looked at the tender green candy in her hand, stunned for a moment, then her eyebrows curved. She unwrapped the candy wrapper and put it in her mouth. The coolness of the mint instantly invaded her mouth.
This winter seems to be a little colder, but with a hint of sweetness.
The cemetery that Ruan Tinglan bought was not far away. It took less than an hour to drive there from the square. Ruan Tinglan took out a rag, swept the dust on the tombstone, took out a bottle of wine from her pocket and placed it in front of her adoptive father's grave. Next to the bottle of wine, white paper chrysanthemums were trembling in the wind. Lin Shuyue bowed to the two of them and walked to the side. Ruan Tinglan was talking to them in a chattering manner.
They were all talking about their work and life in recent days. She didn't say she missed me, but every word she said was about it.
Lin Shuyue turned on the good and evil discrimination system, and the good and evil radar showed: [Name: Ruan Tinglan, sin value: 10%, good value: 20%, gray area: 0, comprehensive assessment: An ordinary person. 】
Lin Shuyue turned around and walked further away.
Half an hour later, Ruan Tinglan came over with red eyes. The two of them walked out of the cemetery in silence. When they were downstairs, they passed by a group of people who were crying loudly. It was obvious that someone in their family had just died.
Ruan Tinglan was in a bad mood. Lin Shuyue was driving the car. When they arrived at the No. 027 bus stop, Ruan Tinglan asked to get off the bus. Lin Shuyue let her go, and just when she was about to start the car, Ruan Tinglan was stopped by someone.
"Ruan Tinglan, you are Ruan Tinglan, right? I am Fu Sisi, you should know me, right?" Lin Shuyue looked in the direction of the voice and was very surprised when she saw the person who was holding Ruan Tinglan and the man running towards them.
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