Account books from ten years ago
Although Luo Yuwen's resignation was not publicized, the media caught wind of it and began spreading rumors of the city bureau's incompetence. Finally, Captain Guo personally came forward and pledged to apprehend the murderer and provide an explanation to the public, which finally calmed the public opinion storm.
Luo Yuwen sat on the sofa in his home, looking at Director Guo on TV, whose face was greasy and whose eyes were wrinkled because of a smile, and he felt nauseous in his heart.
For five years after resigning, Luo Yuwen was unemployed. He relied on his previous savings to take care of his parents while looking for his brother. He began to ride a motorcycle to look for clues, distribute flyers and stake out, but found nothing.
His parents were already in poor health, and until they passed away, Luo Yuwen still couldn't find the whereabouts of his younger brother, and he lost two more people to care about in this world.
Captain Guo in the Municipal Bureau was promoted all the way, and in just five years he went from Captain Guo to Director Guo.
Five years later, Luo Yuwen's savings are running low. To survive, he begins looking for a job while also looking for his brother. By chance, he meets a woman while doing something righteous. Using his investigative skills, he helps her find evidence of her husband's infidelity, thus accidentally becoming a private investigator.
Ten years later, in the video in Luo Yuwen's hand, the surroundings were dark and echoing. His brother Luo Yuyi was curled up on the ground with blood all over his body, his face was bruised and purple, his mouth was sealed with tape, his face was covered with snot and tears, his hands were tied behind his back, and he begged for mercy to the camera in a crying voice.
“…Wu…Wu…”
The video's perspective was shaky, with the flashlight shining on Luo Yuyi's body, clearly illuminating the injuries. His mouth was tightly sealed with tape. There was also a person squatting next to him, but the limited perspective prevented him from capturing his face.
In addition to the sobbing sound, there was a voice in the video, and there was no voice changer, it sounded like the voice of the person filming.
"Luo Yuyi, we will tear off the tape later. If you want to live, just say what I just taught you."
"Tell your brother not to investigate this matter any further. Nod if you understand."
Luo Yuyi trembled as he was told. Seeing his cooperation, the people around him reached out and tore off the tape on his mouth. Luo Yuyi stared at the camera with a scarred face and slowly spoke.
"Brother...Brother...save me, stop investigating..."
But no one expected that the next second, Luo Yuyi's voice suddenly became louder. He seemed to use all his strength to shout at the camera, and his speech speed was extremely fast.
"Brother! There are two men who kidnapped me! One has a scar on his face and the other doesn't! They also kidnapped three women before..."
"Bang!"
Luo Yuyi's voice was also interrupted by a loud noise. The camera shook for a while and then fell to the ground. The picture became dark again and only the sound could be heard.
"Do you really not want to live anymore? Huh?"
"Playing dirty tricks on me, huh?"
......
Curses, screams and sounds of beating came one after another. Jiang Shuiying, who was sitting nearby, couldn't bear to listen and turned her head away.
The torture and cursing continued on the phone, while Luo Yuyi's crying gradually became quieter, almost inaudible. Ten minutes later, the beating and cursing suddenly stopped, followed by a period of silence, and finally a somewhat panicked voice.
"Wait, he seems to be dead?! Bro!"
"We, we seem to have beaten him to death! What should we do, brother!!"
Immediately following, an even colder voice sounded:
"Why are you panicking?"
"Go turn off the video first, I'll figure out a solution! Go!"
After a burst of footsteps, the camera shook again, the phone was picked up, the light in the video began to brighten, and a rough, dirty, and blood-stained ground appeared in the video.
As a result, whether the person holding the phone was too nervous or for some other reason, the original rear camera suddenly reversed, a man's face appeared on the screen, and the video stopped at this moment.
The man's face looked a little young, and he seemed to be quite young. There was a very obvious scar on his face from his eyebrow to his cheekbone. Luo Yuwen would remember this face for the rest of his life.
This person is Yan Ying, but he is younger.
Luo Yu was beaten to death ten years ago, and the person who killed and kidnapped him was Yan Ying, who commissioned him to investigate the cause of Yan Ming's death ten years later.
The shock of the truth made Luo Yuwen dizzy, and he clutched the old phone tightly. He couldn't understand why Yan Ming and Yan Ying kidnapped his brother, and he couldn't understand why Yan Ying found him ten years later and lied to him that his brother was still alive.
Luo Yuwen was fooled by Yan Ying.
As he pondered, Luo Yuwen thought about the organ trafficking case from ten years ago. His brother had disappeared shortly after the incident, and Captain Guo's obstruction had indirectly affected the investigation. Furthermore, the case had remained unsolved and remained a mystery.
Gradually, the image of Luo Yuyi being tortured appeared in his mind again. All his efforts over the years were in vain. Thinking of how he had been unable to make any progress and had been frequently obstructed in the Municipal Bureau before, anger and despair filled Luo Yuwen's mind.
Luo Yuwen fell to the carpet, and the old cell phone was thrown on the ground. He grabbed the clothes in front of his chest with one hand and breathed rapidly, while the other hand supported himself on the ground with his back hunched, and he felt a little dizzy.
Luo Yuwen's movements were a bit too big, which startled Jiang Shuiying who was sitting on the chair. Seeing that Luo Yuwen was not in a good condition, she quickly got down from the chair, ran to him and grabbed his arm.
"Luo Yuwen, Luo Yuwen?"
Jiang Shuiying sat opposite him, reached out and patted Luo Yuwen's back to comfort him.
"I know it's a lot of information, you need some time to digest it, don't rush..."
Perhaps Jiang Shuiying's voice sobered Luo Yuwen up a little, and his thoughts gradually came back to him. He loosened his clothes on his chest, grabbed Jiang Shuiying's arm and looked into her eyes.
Luo Yuwen has been investigating cases these days. A lot of stubble has grown on his thin jaw, and he looks like he is covered with a layer of dust.
His eyes were red and dull, and he spoke to Jiang Shuiying in a trembling voice:
"Jiang Shuiying, my brother is dead. It turns out he died a long time ago..."
"They killed him, they..."
"They killed him and now they want to deceive me."
After Luo Yuwen finished the last sentence, tears fell along with the sound of his voice, dripping onto his gray pants. His face was expressionless, and his eyes were filled with endless despair.
Seeing Luo Yuwen like this, Jiang Shuiying's heart tightened. She grabbed Luo Yuwen's arm and leaned him forward, letting his head rest on her shoulder, and patted his back gently with both hands.
"It's okay, Luo Yuwen, we have evidence and can avenge your brother..."
"It's okay...it's all over..."
Luo Yuwen was stunned for two seconds, then he accepted Jiang Shuiying's embrace and reached out to hug her back. He leaned his head against Jiang Shuiying's neck, the rose scent of Jiang Shuiying filling his nose, and his tears wet the clothes on Jiang Shuiying's shoulders.
Luo Yuwen's crying was silent, which was very similar to Jiang Shuiying. He was tall and had broad shoulders. When the two of them were together, it was more like Luo Yuwen holding her than Jiang Shuiying comforting her.
A mechanical clock on the floor beside him ticked away. Ten minutes later, Luo Yuwen waited for his emotions to subside and his mind to gradually become clear before he stood up from Jiang Shuiying's arms. The two of them sat face to face again.
Luo Yuwen's nose and eyes were very red, so Jiang Shuiying grabbed a tissue and handed it to him.
"Are you feeling better?"
Luo Yuwen nodded, wiped his face roughly to clear his mind completely, and brought the conversation back to the case.
"Jiang Shuiying, what's your purpose in showing me this? What do you want me to do? Did you already know that they were the ones who killed my brother?"
"I don't want you to lie to me too, Jiang Shuiying."
Jiang Shuiying breathed a sigh of relief when Luo Yuwen's eyes gradually became clearer. She stretched out her arm, picked up the folder on the table, and pulled out a piece of paper from it.
"I didn't have any solid evidence before. One day, when I was sorting through Yan Ming's belongings, I saw this in the basement."
"It was only after seeing this that I realized what these two people had done and who they were."
"You'll know when you see it."
Luo Yuwen, skeptical, looked down and saw a yellowed file. He recognized it; it was from the G City census ten years ago. The paper was divided into several columns, each containing a photo.
Luo Yuwen also recognized the person in the first column. It was Li Zhengzhong, and that was him in the photo.
The second column is Li Zhengzhong’s eldest son Li Ming, but the person in the photo is Yan Ming, completely different from what Luo Yuwen remembered.
A bad idea popped up in Luo Yuwen's mind.
Looking down, the third column is Li Zhengzhong’s youngest son Li Ying, and the photo has also become Yan Ying.
The mystery that has troubled Luo Yuwen for many years was finally revealed at this time. He finally figured out why he could not find the whereabouts of these two people no matter how hard he checked the surveillance. It turned out that the file he saw at the beginning was fake, and the real file had always been in the hands of the two brothers Yan Ming and Yan Ying.
How could they swap files in the Municipal Bureau? There was only one possibility, that was there was a mole in the Municipal Bureau.
Luo Yuwen pondered for a moment, then looked up from the files and said to Jiang Shuiying, "So they are the murderers in the 613 case. They bribed people in the Municipal Bureau to switch the files so that I couldn't find them."
"They kidnapped my brother again and threatened me not to investigate. Jiang Shuiying, is this what you want to tell me?"
Jiang Shuiying did not comment. She took out a notebook with warped edges and yellowed and brittle paper from the file bag and handed it to Luo Yuwen.
"Not only that, but there's also this. It's the account book for the organ trafficking of the three of them, father and son, from many years ago. It records every detail of who was involved and where, and even how they bribed people. It even includes names, contact information, bank account numbers, and everything else."
"I think they did this to gain leverage, which is why they kept it going for so long."
Luo Yuwen flipped open the account book. He already had the answer in his mind, but he needed confirmation. Sure enough, he found Captain Guo's name on one of the pages.
Things had become clear at this point. He calmed himself down, put down the notebook and looked at Jiang Shuiying.
At this time, Jiang Shuiying was no longer a suspect in Luo Yuwen's mind who killed her husband for money. Now they were true allies tied together.
"Jiang Shuiying, what should we do next? What do you need me to do?"
"I'll do whatever you say."
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