A kiss on the lips. Her skin was originally white and thin, and after the infusion, not only was there a needle hole, but also a small blue area. Ji Bai held her hand and said nothing.
Angry, of course I’m angry. There were clearly two murderers, but now there is overwhelming evidence pointing directly to one person, which makes people feel depressed and angry.
But precisely because of this, people cannot fall down. As a criminal policeman, you must have this kind of almost cold-blooded tenacity.
So he looked at her and smiled slightly: "No matter how angry you are, you can't hurt yourself. How can a case go smoothly?"
Xu Xu nodded. Doesn't she understand the truth? She is more stable than ordinary people. But this time, she watched Yao Meng suffer with her own eyes, and she really couldn't let it go.
After a good sleep, she no longer felt sleepy. Seeing the sky getting light outside the window, she stood up and said, "I'm going to wash my face."
Ji Bai pushed her back onto the bed: "I'll get some water, just stay still."
Xu Xu watched him walk to the window, pick up the thermos on the ground, and pour water into the basin. His figure is tall and stern, and his movements are neat and powerful, which makes people feel at ease just by looking at him.
Xu Xu stared at his back and asked, "What do you think?"
Ji Bai knew that if he didn't discuss it clearly, she would definitely keep thinking about it. Bringing the water to her, she replied, “Three doubts.
1. The victims’ choices are different. The first victim was a white-collar worker, the second was a graduate student but had been doing an internship at a company, which fits your description of the type of victim; but the third victim was just an ordinary college student, there was nothing special about him;
2. The methods of committing the crime are different. The first two cases were obviously carefully planned, and no one knows how the victims disappeared, so we have been unable to find the murderer before; but in the third case, the victim was killed while hiking in the forest area, and Tan Liang dumped the body in the forest area, which made us sure that the entire case of the third case took place in the forest area and the murderer was in the forest area, so we caught Tan Liang.
3. The murderers have different levels of meticulousness. The footprints next to the second body could be said to have been left accidentally, but the footprints next to the third body were too obvious. ”
Xu Xu nodded: "Before you went down the mountain, I also saw the photos that Da Hu brought down. The cave where Tan Liang lived gave people an intuitive feeling of being simple, messy, dark, and impetuous... Although the treatment of the third body also imitated the Angel Case, I agree with your point of view. The overall planning and implementation of this case is very consistent with his personal characteristics, but it is only this one.
But why did Tan Liang take the blame for the first murderer? What is their relationship? ”
Ji Bai said calmly: "The identities and status of the two are very different. Logically, there is no chance for them to have any contact. I have also sent people to check their communication records, and there is no contact."
"But there must have been some opportunity for them to meet."
The two were silent for a moment, and Ji Bai took out a stack of documents from his bag and spread them on the bed. The two of them looked through the book quietly under the lamp, each frowning.
After a while, Ji Bai suddenly picked up a photo of the scene and handed it to Xu Xu. His dark eyes were bright and his voice was deep and powerful: "I know - it's here. The body was dumped in the second case in the forest area that Tan Liang was in charge of. This is where they intersected. It is very likely that the first murderer came into contact with Tan Liang during the process of dumping the body."
Xu Xu's heart was shocked, and she understood everything. Many clues came into her mind instantly. She nodded immediately: "That's right! This explains why there are footprints of Tan Liang next to the body, and why there are posthumous sexual assaults. Before, I thought it was the murderer's mentality that was changing and the crimes were escalating. Now it seems that the pre- and post-mortem assaults were most likely done by two different criminals!"
Ji Bai pondered for a moment and agreed with her speculation: "Although I don't know how the first murderer convinced Tan Liang to take the blame for him, this explanation is far more reasonable than Tan Liang committing the crime alone. The physical evidence found in the cave could have been made by another person, who then gave it to Tan Liang and placed it in the cave."
The two of them brainstormed and their emotions were agitated. However, Xu Xu looked at his solemn face and his voice became very soft: "But we don't have any evidence."
Ji Bai didn't say anything. He frowned slightly and looked at the pale sky and the silent mountains in the distance outside the window.
Yes, without evidence, there is no solution for the time being.
After a while, he turned to look at Xu Xu and asked, "Do you know about the Baiyin City serial murder case?"
Of course Xu Xu knew. This is one of the most famous unsolved cases in the country in recent years.
Over the past 16 years, more than 9 women have been murdered in Baiyin City, Gansu Province. The murderer either raped and killed the person or raped the corpse after death, and always cut the organs from the dead body and took them away. The youngest victim was an eight-year-old girl. The case remains unsolved to date (*).
Ji Bai's expression turned a little cold: "The best criminal police officers in the country were selected to solve this case. My master Captain Yan was among them."
Xu Xu nodded - in the past, he had often seen Captain Yan's muscular figure during morning exercises.
Ji Bai said calmly, "Later, my master told me that they couldn't solve the case. They even found the murderer's semen in the girl's body, but they couldn't find the murderer. The murderer planned every crime carefully. There was no other evidence and no traces. A group of old men, all famous detectives in the country, cried when they saw the child's broken body, but they couldn't solve the case."
Xu Xu felt a pain in her heart when she heard this, but she remained silent - she understood Ji Bai's intention in telling her about this case.
Ji Bai looked at her, his voice was gentle but his eyes were firm: "There are indeed some criminals who can cunningly escape legal sanctions, and fairness and justice cannot be upheld. There is no other evidence in this case, and the provincial department will soon declare the case closed. However, compared with Master's generation, we are much better - Lin Qingyan did not leave any traces or evidence, but with your portrait, we at least know that he is likely to be the murderer, and we will not let him have the opportunity to harm others again. And we will not give up the pursuit until he is convicted."
——
When Ji Bai and Xu Xu stayed in the mountains, Lin Qingyan accompanied Yao Meng, finished taking statements at the police station, and returned to his home in Lin City.
Yao Meng soaked in the bathtub for a long time, washing every inch of her body. She couldn't cry anymore. Everything that happened last night seemed like a dream.
After an unknown amount of time, she looked up and saw Lin Qingyan leaning against the door, his handsome face revealing a kind of arrogance and indifference that was not usually there. He held a cigarette in his mouth and looked at her without saying a word.
Yao Meng didn't know what to say, so she stood up silently and wrapped herself in a bath towel.
After a while, footsteps were heard behind her and Lin Qingyan hugged her from behind. Lower your head and kiss her. His breathing was a little hurried, his kiss was a little heavy, and his big hands reached into her bathrobe. His movements were extremely rough and powerful, completely different from usual.
Yao Meng's body trembled slightly, and she pushed him away reflexively.
He stopped kissing her and just held her still: "You are my angel, no one can defile you. Tan Liang is dead, I will just pretend that his defilement of you never happened."
Yao Meng's heart ached and she choked up instantly. Then I heard him whisper in my ear: "Do you know how much I love you?"
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Three months later.
The sun was shining brightly on a winter day. Xu Xu sat in his father's study, reading local news on a portal website. My father was busy in the kitchen.
The headline report was "The provincial task force announced that the airport serial bombing case has been solved. A main culprit has been arrested and the accomplices are being pursued closely." There was also a picture below, showing several criminal police officers holding down a prisoner with serious faces. The man standing on the outermost side was wearing a black coat, with an upright figure and a blurry face. However, she could tell at a glance that it was Ji Bai and couldn't help but smile slightly.
There is another piece of news about the "Forest Killer Tan Liang Case". Two months ago, the provincial department announced the closure of the case, and Lin City, which had been in turmoil, slowly returned to calm. But the discussion about Tan Liang himself on the Internet has always been heated. This piece of news quoted the analysis of a certain psychologist, saying that the reason why Tan Liang became abnormal was because his career was not going well. He originally held a key position in the County Forestry Bureau, but because he offended a certain leader, he was demoted to guard the forest, and his original position was taken over by the leader's relative. Someone else posted below saying that this leader had been placed under double supervision due to excessive pressure from public opinion.
Xu Xu looked at it for a while, then turned off the computer, took out the file bag, and dug out the photos and information about the case.
As I was looking at it intently, a hand suddenly reached out from the side and snatched the photo away. When she looked up, she saw Xu Jun looking at her with a frown. Not only that, he swept all the documents on the table and threw them on the sofa: "Looking at these again? The baby in your belly is my nephew, and I don't want him to be a policeman in the future."
Xu Xu smiled. Seeing that he was dressed in a suit, he must have just come back from get off work. “So early today.”
Xu Jun threw a children's painting at her: "Your husband is a public servant. He has been away from home for most of the month. What can you do as his brother?"
Xu Xu smiled as she flipped through the children's paintings. Xu Jun looked at her peaceful face and spoke again slowly, "When will the wedding be held? Do we really have to wait until after the baby is born?"
"Yeah. It's too hasty now."
"Last time you said you would get the certificate, have you done it yet?"
"not yet."
Xu Jun frowned again: "Why are you dawdling? The child is almost born. It's not easy for Ji Bai to have someone as slow as you."
Xu Xu laughed and said nothing.
——
It was already eight o'clock in the evening when Xu Xu finished eating at his father's house. He called his personal nurse Xiao Liu. Soon Xiao Liu drove over to pick us up.
The bureau arranged for Xu Xu to work as a clerical worker before she gave birth, so she could basically go to get off work and leave on time every day and did not have to deal with any cases. Ji Bai was still as busy as ever and had been on business trips for the past few months. He discussed it with Xu Jun and decided to hire a nurse for her. Xu Xu originally thought it was unnecessary, but the three men insisted, so she just let them do it.
The person was found from Beijing. Although she was also a woman, she was tall and strong. She had served in the army before. She was cheerful and careful, and took care of Xu Xu's daily life in every possible way.
We will be home soon. As soon as they entered the house, they saw a person lying on the sofa in the dark living room. Just as Xiao Liu was about to turn on the light, Xu Xu stopped him and said softly, "You go back first." Xiao Liu nodded, closed the door and left.
Xu Xu turned on the desk lamp and sat opposite Ji Bai.
He was not due to go home until tomorrow. He must have rushed back overnight, his handsome face was extremely tired, his breathing was long and even, perhaps he was exhausted, there was no sound at all.
Just like Xu Jun said, Xu Xu hadn't seen him for half a month. After looking at him carefully for a while, I found that he had indeed lost some weight and had some stubble on his chin. Xu Xu took a quilt and covered him with it. Not wanting to wake him up, he quietly went into the room.
When Xu Xu woke up again, it was almost dawn. Hearing some rustling noises in the living room, he sat up and waited leisurely.
After a while, Ji Bai appeared at the door. He had changed into his home pajamas and shaved clean, and his handsome eyes and eyebrows looked hazy and gentle in the morning light.
"Did I disturb you?" He walked to the bed and sat down.
"No, I've been waking up early lately."
"I'll just stay at home for a few hours. I have to go back to the bureau to work overtime." He hugged her in his arms. "The bombing case is not over yet."
"Um."
"Hmm? Why didn't you wake me up last night? How long has it been since I slept a full night holding you in my arms?"
"Hmm... forty-three days."
There was a smile in Ji Bai's eyes, and he bent down to kiss her. After a while he said, "I'll try to come back early tonight. I have something to tell you."
Xu Xu looked into his dark eyes and nodded.
——
When it was bright, they both got up together.
It was Saturday, and Ji Bai got dressed and was going to the police station to work overtime. Xu Xu touched her belly and smiled, "Third brother, we'll have a B-ultrasound today for the prenatal checkup, so we can see his face. I'll bring him back for you to see."
Ji Bai nodded with a smile, and thought to himself, when I come back in the evening, I wonder if she is willing to change her mind? His heart was moved, and he bent down and kissed her lips repeatedly before going out.
As soon as he got into the car after going downstairs, Ji Bai called Da Hu: "How is Lin Qingyan these days?"
Da Hu yawned. He was sitting in a car outside the Lin family and keeping watch: "Boss, you're back? He's still the same. He's been going to the hospital for treatment every day recently."
"Where's Yao Meng?"
"I still stay at home. Sometimes I go to the hospital with him, and sometimes I don't."
Ji Bai: "Okay. Got it."
Da Hu hesitated for a moment and said, "Boss, the director met Zhao Han and me yesterday and asked why we didn't investigate the bombing case. We glossed over it. Do we still need to keep an eye on Lin Qingyan? I think he's almost dying."
More than three months have passed since the serial killer case. At the beginning, Ji Bai was able to arrange several people every day to keep a close eye on Lin Qingyan and protect Yao Meng. But with the increase in other cases, especially the recent bombings, the entire police force is overwhelmed. At this time, only Ji Bai insisted on arranging people to keep a close eye on Lin Qingyan around the clock, and even the director had some complaints. So Da Hu, like everyone else, also had some doubts.
Ji Bai hesitated for a moment and replied, "Keep watching closely and don't let your guard down."
☆、Chapter 64v
The place where Lin Qingyan received treatment was a private cancer hospital in the city. The environment was quiet and elegant, and there were usually very few people there.
That morning, Da Hu followed Lin Qingyan's private car as usual to the outside of the Cancer Hospital and watched him walk into the hospital with the help of two assistants. He was wearing a thick hat and a black down jacket, and looked tall and thin.
Da Hu sat for a while, then got out of the car and followed in. Private hospitals are clubs and you cannot enter without membership. However, the receptionist at the door already knew him, so he showed his police officer ID and walked right in.
By today, Da Hu's tracking and surveillance of Lin Qingyan had become clear. After all, Lin Qingyan's status and position are there, and he is followed by several high-level bodyguards every time he travels. It is impossible for Da Hu to follow him closely throughout the whole process without being noticed. However, Da Hu was also very cunning. Once when he was stopped by the bodyguard, he simply walked up to Lin Qingyan and said, "Mr. Lin, although the case of Tan Liang has been closed, I have been ordered to protect him in case he has other accomplices who may harm Yao Meng and her family - that is, you. I hope you will cooperate with the police in the investigation."
Lin Qingyan just smiled, waved his hand, and told the bodyguards to leave him alone.
However, Da Hu still cannot enter places like the private ward. As usual, he sat down on the bench at the end of the corridor. Lin Qingyan had been spending most of the day in the ward recently, so he had to wait.
——
The ward is decorated like a home environment, warm and quiet. Lin Qingyan was sitting on the edge of the bed, wearing only a white shirt and black trousers. Although the doctor declared that he had only three months to live, he still looked handsome and gentle.
The doctor came up to him with a smile: "Mr. Lin looks very good today."
The doctor is quite young, and is actually more like a personal senior caregiver for the patient in the last stage of his life - at this point, examination and treatment are no longer meaningful. After the routine checkup, the doctor sat down next to him and chatted with him.
After a while, Lin Qingyan's phone rang. He said sorry and picked it up. He whispered a few words and hung up. He said to the doctor, "There is something urgent at the company. I have to go back to deal with it. Can I come back for the rest of the physical therapy?"
"No problem." The doctor smiled and stood up. Just as he was about to walk over to open the door for him, he waved his hand and said, "I'll go this way."
The ward next door was connected to this one by a door, and the doctor then realized that the person who had booked the ward next door for the past few days was also Lin Qingyan. But I feel relieved when I think about the fact that rich people like quietness.
"Although the guy at the door is trying to protect me with good intentions, it's not convenient for him to follow me because I'm going out to discuss business." Lin Qingyan smiled faintly.
The doctor had seen Lin Qingyan and Da Hu smiling and greeting each other, so he nodded in understanding: "Understood, Mr. Lin, go ahead and get busy."
Lin Qingyan walked out of the next door, and an assistant came in, took off his coat, and smiled at the doctor: "Mrs. Lin asked me to consult you again about Mr.'s condition."
——
Da Hu sat in the corridor for a while, then saw a nurse walking out of the ward. He called her: "Hey, how's it going in there?"
The nurse also recognized him and curled her lips: "We are checking, why do you ask every day?"
Da Hu smiled, stood up after a while, walked to the door, and gently pushed it open a crack. Through the frosted screen in the room, a man could be vaguely seen sitting at the back. Judging from his figure and clothes, it should be Lin Qingyan. The doctor was chatting with him with a smile, just like every day before.
Da Hu quietly closed the door and sat back down.
——
Xu Xu went for a prenatal checkup at the private maternity and child hospital closest to her home. Compared with public hospitals, there are certainly fewer people, but not that much less. She and nurse Xiao Liu waited outside the clinic for a while before it was her turn.
Xiao Liu did not come in, but stood outside the door. The female doctor was very gentle. She asked Xu Xu to lie down on the bed, closed the curtain, listened to the fetal heartbeat, and nodded: "The fetal heartbeat is strong, very good." She turned around and looked in the storage shelf: "I'll go downstairs to get some reagents, wait a moment."
Xu Xu nodded.
The doctor's footsteps faded away. Xu Xu lay there, looking at the blue sky outside the window. There was still a thin layer of snow on the roof tiles opposite. Just as I was lost in thought, I suddenly heard very light footsteps coming from outside the curtain.
The footsteps were different from the doctor's and Xiao Liu's. Xu Xu turned his head and looked at the ground.
A pair of men's feet appeared under the curtain, wearing Cheng Liang's black leather shoes and black trousers. The light cast his tall figure on the white curtain, motionless.
Xu Xu was slightly startled and immediately shouted, "Xiao Liu!"
"Hey!" Xiao Liu responded almost immediately, and came in with the sound of "thump thump thump". He pulled aside the curtain and looked at her, "What's wrong?"
Xu Xu did not answer. He looked past her and saw clearly that it was a young male doctor in a white coat standing in the room. At this time, the original female doctor came in and handed him a stack of files on the table with a smile: "Take it away."
The male doctor left with a smile, and Xu Xu breathed a sigh of relief - it was just a false alarm, she was a little too nervous.
——
After getting checked out at the hospital and buying some things at a nearby mall, it was already afternoon. Xiao Liu was driving while humming a song, while Xu Xu was sitting in the back seat, holding up the ultrasound photo and looking at the blurry, curled-up little person on it - Ji Bai would definitely be very happy if he saw it. If Xu Jun saw it, he would naturally say that my nephew is really handsome.
Soon they entered the residential complex and Xiao Liu parked the car in the basement. Xu Xu stood in the garden waiting for her and called her brother to report on her routine prenatal checkup.
Xu Jun's voice sounded cheerful: "Where are you? I'm at your house."
Xu Xu looked up at his own window: "Downstairs."
"Well, the test results are good, right?"
"Very good." Xu Xu replied with a smile.
"That's right, it's all because of my good care. Come up, I bought some fresh cherries and brought them to my nephew as soon as I finished overtime."
——
The elevator went up at a constant speed, with only Xu Xu and Xiao Liu in it.
The door opened with a "ding" sound, and Xu Xu's phone rang. It was Ji Bai.
"Are you home?" His voice was low and gentle.
"Um."
"I also came out of the police station and arrived home in about half an hour."
"So early today?" Xu Xu asked.
Ji Bai paused and replied softly: "I took a special leave today, wait for me."
Xu Xu was silent for a moment, then couldn't help but smile: "Brother is still at home."
"Let him go quickly."
——
After hanging up the phone, Ji Bai looked out the car window at the blue sky, the towering buildings, and the busy roads, with a smile in his eyes.
Is this the first time he has planned to propose?
But Xu Xu was right, the passion of the honeymoon period slowly subsided, allowing him to see his own heart more clearly.
This time, he did not prepare flowers, nor moonlight and streams.
There was not even a ring - because she had been wearing it all the time.
The proposal was so simple, he just walked up to her alone.
What he wanted to say was very simple:
Xu Xu, during this business trip, I suddenly discovered something.
This month, I was on business trips for seventeen days, and worked late at the police station for the remaining thirteen days. I calculated that the time I spent alone with you, all in total, was less than three days.
You said you would consider it for a year before deciding whether to marry me. But if you calculate it this way, even if another year passes, we will only have spent a few dozen days together.
Xu Xu, I don’t know how much time it will take for you to feel that everything has come to fruition. The profession of criminal police means that we are destined to spend most of our lives with other people rather than with our closest ones. So, in my limited life, I don’t want to waste even a single day. For me, growing old with you is the only natural thing that can happen.
——
Xu Xu put away the phone and walked to the door of his house with Xiao Liu.
When I opened the door, the first thing I saw was Xu Jun's leather shoes, neatly placed in the entrance hall. His cashmere coat was also draped on the sofa. There was no one in the living room, but there was a sound of dripping water coming from the kitchen. I guess someone was diligently washing cherries.
Xu Xu said to Xiao Liu, "You should go back first. You have worked hard."
Xiao Liu nodded, put his things down, closed the door and left.
Xu Xu took off his down jacket, took out the ultrasound results from the bag, and placed them on the table. Then he walked over.
The winter sun shines in through the restaurant windows, giving the furniture and floor a hazy sheen, making it look peaceful and warm. On the dining table stood a small plate of large washed cherries, draining.
Xu Xu picked up one and ate it. Just as he was about to go into the kitchen to find Xu Jun, he suddenly felt something was wrong——
From the corner of my eye, I seemed to catch a glimpse of something in the quiet corridor leading to the bedroom.
She turned around, walked around the wall of the restaurant, and saw a pair of men's feet exposed in the corner.
She was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat and rushed over quickly. The scene in front of her scared her to death - Xu Jun was lying quietly on the ground, as if he was asleep. A pool of blood was slowly spreading behind the head.
Xu Xu's temples were throbbing and his eye sockets were aching as if they were going to burst. Just then, the sound of water in the kitchen stopped and footsteps were heard.
Lin Qingyan leaned against the door and looked at her with a smile: "Your brother loves you very much."
——
When Xu Xu took the drug-stained handkerchief from Lin Qingyan's hand, he suppressed the silent pain in his heart and turned to look at Xu Jun lying on the ground: "Call an ambulance. His life is very disappointing, and this is how his life will end. Why do you have to kill him?"
Lin Qingyan smiled faintly and said nothing.
After leaving the unconscious Xu Xu in the back seat, he took out his cell phone and called the emergency center as he drove out of the community: "Someone is seriously injured here, the address is..."
——
As soon as Ji Bai drove to the gate of the community, his cell phone rang urgently. It was Da Hu. Ji Bai slammed on the brakes and quickly picked up the car.
"Fuck, boss, Lin Qingyan ran away!" Da Hu's voice was also a little unstable.
Ji Bai's face immediately darkened: "Where's Yao Meng?"
"She didn't come to the hospital today."
"Notify the bureau, send more personnel immediately, apply for a search warrant, and make sure to find them."
After hanging up the phone, Ji Bai was about to turn around, but he saw the blue lights of an ambulance at the entrance of the community. He suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart and rushed into the community by stepping on the accelerator.
There were many people blocking the corridor and the elevator was late. Ji Bai ran all the way from the stairs to the door of his house, and saw two medical staff carrying a stretcher. Xu Jun was covered in blood, lying on top with a pale face and his eyes half open and half closed.
“Xu Jun!” Ji Bai felt as if he was falling into an ice cellar. He grabbed the stretcher, but was stopped by the medical staff: “Get out of the way, we need to send him to the hospital for emergency treatment!”
Ji Bai took a step back with a sullen face, but his hand was grabbed by someone again. It was Xu Jun who opened his eyes. He was barely able to breathe, but his eyes were filled with fierce determination: "Xu Xu...Xu Xu..."
☆、Chapter 65v
The closer you get to the mountains, the lower the temperature. In the dark twilight, a thin layer of snow covered every mountaintop, and the snow in the forest was deeper. The weather was so cold and the ground was so frozen that there was no end in sight.
Ji Bai braked suddenly and stopped the car in front of the fork in the road. Da Hu jumped out of the car immediately, and after hurriedly checking the traces on the ground, he remained silent.
This is the main road shortly after entering the mountainous area. There is heavy traffic and the wheel marks on the snow are so chaotic that they are impossible to distinguish. Going further, they would go deep into a vast forest area that stretches for thousands of kilometers. The mountain roads were crisscrossed and most of them were not monitored. Lin Qingyan could have taken Xu Xu in any direction.
Moreover, even if Ji Bai was given 300 police officers like he did the last time he arrested Tan Liang, it would still take several days to thoroughly investigate the entire mountainous area. What's more, the reinforcements are still on the way.
Da Hu sat back in the car and looked at Ji Bai's slightly red eyes. Although the current situation made him feel cruel and desperate, he had to speak up and put this extremely difficult question in front of Ji Bai: "Boss, how do we go now?"
Ji Bai stared at the dark mountains, his hands clasped on the steering wheel like iron clamps, not moving.
As time passed, the deepest part of my heart seemed to collapse more and more rapidly, and it hurt more and more. Collapsed into a bottomless place. And I have a vague premonition that from now on, my heart will sink to it, and there will never be a day when I can hold her hand again.
However, he ignored the pain. He did not care about it, just let it suffer silently and let it die out on its own. He had only one thought in mind, which was to find her.
But there are no traces to follow and no logic to rely on. Ji Bai could infer the murderer's characteristics from a footprint, but now how could he find a needle in a haystack and turn the tide?
At this time, Da Hu asked tentatively: "Go to Lin Qingyan's villa in the mountains? That's where he lives, maybe he will be there..."
Ji Bai didn't say anything.
Because he suddenly remembered a conversation that Xu Xu had said.
It was shortly after the Tan Liang case ended, and Xu Xu was on leave at home to recuperate. When he came back from get off work, he saw her sitting on the sofa. On the opposite wall were several photos of Lin Qingyan and Yao Meng.
Hearing the noise, Xu Xu turned around in a daze: "What kind of feelings does Lin Qingyan have for Yao Meng?"
What kind of feelings?
Love-hate relationship? Because Lin Qingyan's fiancée was killed by Feng Ye, and Yao Meng was Feng Ye's former love. That's why I haven't taken action yet.
Or maybe he had no feelings for her at all, and only chose Yao Meng as his last target because of her relationship with Feng Ye.
Xu Xu shook her head: "That's not true, Third Brother." She took a photo off the wall and handed it to him. The man and woman in the photo are hugging each other in the night, looking so intimate and well-matched.
"You can't use normal people's logic to understand the thoughts of psychopaths." She said very seriously, "Ordinary people think that love, hate, and vengeance are important, but they may not feel them at all. Few mature psychopathic killers like him kill because of 'hatred'. His inner world is much quieter, clearer, and more determined than ordinary people think. It's just that the principles of that world are different from ours. He commits crimes only because he needs to."
"He needs it?"
"Yes. Just like Lin Qingyan treated Yao Meng, he had countless opportunities to kill her. Even if he wanted to kill her last, he didn't have to keep this 'former policeman' around. But he established a real close relationship with Yao Meng.
So, no matter what the reason, in his heart, he must have given Yao Meng some special and sincere feelings and meaning. I've said before that you should think like a psychopath, and this is what I mean. ”
…
Yes, she said to think like a psychopath.
No matter what the reason was for Lin Qingyan to kidnap Xu Xu, based on the twisted logic and principles of a pervert, where would he take her to kill her?
Ji Bai raised his head and met Da Hu's anxious gaze.
"Don't go to Lin Qingyan's villa." He said quietly, "Go to another place."
Among countless possibilities, he can only choose once. If you make the wrong choice, you might drift further and further away from Xu Xu, and never see each other again.
——
When Xu Xu woke up, everything in front of him was dark. She immediately felt that there was a heavy thick cloth covering the surface of her body, so no light could be seen.
Waves of chills rose from the bottom of her heart, and she lay there motionless in the same position.
She could feel that her wrists and ankles were tied tightly with ropes. She felt somewhat relieved that her clothes were still on and she didn't feel any other discomfort. Under the body, there was a soft fabric that was slightly damp, and the cold air penetrated through the fabric and seeped into the skin. She could also hear the rustle of leaves in the wind and the occasional bird song.
Lin Qingyan really took her to the snowy forest.
Just then, she heard a woman next to her gasp softly, followed by intermittent moans. The rapid breathing sounds of the man and woman intertwined together, as if they were intimately entangled.
Xu Xu's hair stood on end when he heard this.
After a while, the noise gradually died down, and the man asked softly, "Are you cold?"
The woman’s voice was weak: “No…not cold.”
Although it was expected, Xu Xu was still shocked - it was Lin Qingyan and Yao Meng.
At this time, Lin Qingyan said softly: "Wife, look how beautiful the snow is. But after I die, I can no longer hold you like this."
Yao Meng replied: "I don't want you to die... I can't bear it..."
Lin Qingyan laughed: "Really?"
"Of course it's true. You are the most important person to me, and that will never...never change."
Lin Qingyan was quiet for a while, and Xu Xu could only hear Yao Meng's slightly short breathing. Suddenly, Lin Qingyan laughed again, his voice was very happy: "Then let's prove this, okay?"
"...Okay. How do you want to prove it?"
Xu Xu's heart sank when he heard this. Sure enough, he heard the sound of Lin Qingyan getting up and his footsteps approaching. The cloth covering her was suddenly removed.
The first thing Xu Xu saw was the silent sky and the dark forest. Then came Yao Meng and Lin Qingyan, who were sitting a few steps away from her. Under the three of them lay the same huge white velvet carpet. She was originally curled up in a corner, covered by a blanket.
The surrounding terrain looked familiar; she had been here before.
Lin Qingyan actually brought her to this place.
——
Lin Qingyan held Xu Xu's arm and gently pulled her up: "Can you get up?"
Xu Xu didn't dare to disobey him. He supported himself on the ground and sat up. His eyes met Yao Meng's, and they were both shocked.
Yao Meng's hands and feet were also tied with ropes. She was wearing a loose cotton plaid shirt and a dark blue fluffy long skirt. She looked very messy, with several buttons of her shirt undone and her skirt pulled up to her knees, all signs of Lin Qingyan's intimacy just now. She was obviously in a weak state and looked haggard. It was unclear whether Lin Qingyan had fed her drugs or used other means.
Lin Qingyan watched the two of them stare at each other in silence, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he hugged Yao Meng into his arms and said softly: "Look, it was she who called you that day that made you turn around and be insulted by that idiot Tan Liang. Haven't you always resented her?"
Yao Meng's face turned paler and Xu Xu remained silent.
Lin Qingyan continued, "Wife, you have always hated her. Indeed, I feel an eyesore for you when she is around." He took out a dark gun from the bag beside him and handed it to Yao Meng, "I am dying soon. If you kill her, of course it will be my fault. You won't have any trouble."
Yao Meng was silent for a moment. She did not take the gun, nor did she look at Xu Xu. Instead, she looked up at Lin Qingyan: "I do hate her, but this has nothing to do with my love for you. Qingyan, I don't need to kill her... to prove my feelings for you. I don't want to kill anyone either."
Lin Qingyan reached out and pinched her chin: "Wife, don't lie. You know it matters."
Yao Meng's body stiffened.
Lin Qingyan looked at her tenderly: "If you kill her, I can leave without regrets. I will leave all my property to you, and the people you hate will die, and you will live a happy life in the future. Honey, don't hesitate. You are only one step away from happiness." He put the gun in her hand and whispered in her ear: "Honey, don't make it difficult for me, you know someone must die today. If you don't kill her, what should I do?"
After saying that, he pushed her forward, letting her face Xu Xu with the gun in hand. He took out another gun from his bag and gently pressed it against the back of Yao Meng's head: "This process will be quick, don't be afraid, once the gun is fired, both you and I will be free."
Yao Meng's entire body began to tremble slightly, and she became stiff and motionless. But Lin Qingyan pushed his gun forward again, causing her body to sway.
"Shoot!" His voice finally revealed ruthlessness.
Yao Meng looked at Xu Xu, his face ashen. He raised his gun tremblingly and aimed at Xu Xu.
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