Chapter 4 Chapter 2 Reunion

After a good night's sleep, Fang Mu came to the Public Security Bureau very early the next day.But there were people who arrived earlier than him. As soon as he entered the office, Fang Mu was told to go to Director Bian Ping's office. Bian Ping looked tired, his eyes were bloodshot, he looked like he stayed up all night last night.Fang Mu looked at the cigarette butts stuffed in the ashtray, and was trying to figure out what case the well-informed Bian Ping was scratching his head. The female corpse lying in the living room.Fang Mu suddenly understood that it was Luo Jiahai's case.

Bian Ping caught Fang Mu's gaze, knew that he had already guessed his intention, and cut straight to the point: "This kid is a bit interesting." Fang Mu took out a cigarette and handed it to Bian Ping, lit it for him and lit another for himself. "The case is in the branch?" "yes." "Did Luo Jiahai explain?" "No." Bian Ping rubbed his neck, "Last night, the bureau interrogated him overnight. But this kid only confessed to murder, and he didn't say anything about the criminal motive. But the bureau has almost got his details, so you might not believe it , There may be a murder case on him."

"What?" Fang Mu was taken aback, "Is that the girl in the red dress?" Bian Ping stopped what he was doing, raised his head and looked at Fang Mu intently: "This is the question I want to ask you too, how do you know there is a girl in red?" "I guessed it too." Fang Mu paused, "Through the movement of Luo Jiahai's eyeballs." "Oh, let's hear it." "Under normal circumstances, if a person's right hand is his habitual hand, then when he is meditating, his eyes turn to the upper left, which means he thinks of things he has experienced, and if he looks to the upper right, he is imagining things he has never seen. If the eyeball Turning down to the left means he's imagining a sound, and turning down to the right means he's recalling some sort of visual or other bodily sensation."

"What about red, how did you guess it?" "Through Luo Jiahai's expressive muscles. Usually, when people recall red things, they will arouse his nervousness, which will lead to stiff facial muscles. In addition, if recalling yellow things, in addition to the stiff facial muscles, his face There will also be expressions of disgust and uneasiness." Fang Mu spoke quickly and took a breath: "Yesterday, Luo Jiahai seemed to be in deep thought. And I saw him holding the knife in his right hand beforehand. His eyes first turned to the upper left Fang, then his eyes rolled to the lower right, his expression muscles were stiff, but his face was calm. I guessed that he was thinking of a woman, so I took a risk and deduced that he was thinking of a girl in a red dress."

"Well," Bian Ping nodded thoughtfully, "I think what he missed was indeed a girl, but she wasn't wearing a red dress." "What?" Fang Mu's eyes widened. "A week ago, three students from J City University of Technology disappeared, namely Luo Jiahai and two girls named Shen Xiang and Sang Nannan." Bian Ping paused, "Shen Xiang was wearing a white dress, and Sang Nan was wearing a white dress. Nan wears a yellow T-shirt and black shorts." Fang Mu remembered what Luo Jiahai said that day: "...Shen Xiang and I don't want to bear such a crime and leave this world..."

What he was thinking at the time was probably this girl named Shen Xiang. white dress... red... Fang Mu's brows frowned all of a sudden, he raised his head, faced Bian Ping's inquiring eyes, and said slowly: "The white dress stained red with blood." "I think so too." Bian Ping's face became serious, "At least one of these two girls may be dead." Fang Mu thought for a while and asked, "What can we do?" "Don't worry." Bian Ping turned the LCD monitor on the table to Fang Mu, "Look at this." What was playing was a video, which was a certain TV program from the content point of view. Fang Mu remembered seeing a camera that was still rotating at the scene.

"Is this recorded by the camera at the scene?" "Yes," Bian Ping lay comfortably on the sofa, "Look first, I'll squint for a while, I stayed up all night last night." The content of the video for the first ten minutes was normal, no different from the programs you usually see on TV, but Fang Mu noticed that Luo Jiahai's face was always gloomy, presumably because he felt uneasy about what he was about to do.When Luo Jiahai suddenly drew a knife and stabbed Teacher Qin, the scene was very chaotic, the camera lens became wobbly, and Teacher Qin's screams and the screams of the TV staff also came from the speakers.Fang Mu, who was watching intently, felt dizzy from the constant shaking of the picture. Fortunately, this shaking only lasted for more than ten seconds, and then the things in the picture rose suddenly, then turned over, and stood still.

It should be that the cameraman threw the camera on the ground before he fled. Fang Mu had to tilt his neck to look at the monitor. Thinking of the way he rubbed his neck just now, he couldn't help laughing. A pair of legs wearing water-green shorts appeared on the screen, followed by a scream, and at the same time Luo Jiahai's heavy breathing could be vaguely heard, the owner of those legs turned and ran into a door facing the camera, with a bang close.Luo Jiahai's lower body appeared in the camera, he ran to the door in a few steps, kicked up, and the wooden door opened in response.Facing the door was a bed, and the girl was picking up a few books, screaming hysterically, and throwing them at Luo Jiahai.Luo Jiahai easily pushed the girl down on the bed and roughly tore the girl's clothes.

The girl soon lost her strength, and her weak hands patted Luo Jiahai's body lightly.Luo Jiahai pulled the girl's T-shirt up to her chest, and then tore at the girl's shorts. Soon, the shorts were pulled down to her knees.Luo Jiahai half-kneeled up, pressed the girl's legs, and began to untie his trouser belt. Halfway through, his eyes seemed to fall on the girl's undeveloped breasts, and the movement stopped. Luo Jiahai lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly, but he could feel his whole body trembling. The girl pulled out her legs with the last bit of strength, as if the unconscious Luo Jiahai slid to the side of the bed following her movements, and fell to the bed again. Sitting on the floor with his back against the mattress, he suddenly grabbed his hair with his hands and burst into tears.

Fang Mu narrowed his eyes, staring at Luo Jiahai who was shaking from crying. Suddenly, Luo Jiahai stretched out a foot and kicked towards the door, which was closed heavily.Only the dim living room and the closed door remained in the shot. For the next hour, nothing new appeared on the screen, only the sound of police sirens and police shouts could be vaguely heard, until Fang Mu saw himself appearing in the screen. After watching this video, Fang Mu leaned back on the large seat and lit a cigarette. Obviously, Luo Jiahai wanted to rape the girl, but later gave up.Judging from his sudden bitter cry, this kind of abandonment seems to be out of a kind of sincere repentance.

"I didn't touch her...she wouldn't smell that way..." Judging from this sentence, Luo Jiahai's rape has an obvious sense of revenge, and that taste must be related to sexual behavior. Fang Mu was thinking hard when the phone on the desk rang harshly.When he was hesitating whether to answer or not, Bian Ping jumped up, walked quickly to the table and answered the phone. "Hey, it's me... um... Got it." Bian Ping put down the phone, turned to Fang Mu and said: "The sub-bureau called, and asked you to go there. It is said that Luo Jiahai wanted to see you by name." He paused, "Maybe, you can still see your old friend." After arriving at the branch office, Fang Mu was led directly to the interrogation room.Several people sat in front of a large one-way glass, all observing the movement in the interrogation room.Hearing footsteps behind him, a tall man turned his head. Fang Mu stopped in his tracks, a smile appeared on his face. It's Tai Wei. Tai Wei was not as enthusiastic as Fang Mu, but his frown was slightly loosened.He looked Fang Mu up and down a few times, and asked, "Are you here?" Tai Wei's indifference made Fang Mu a little overwhelmed, he nodded, and casually pulled up a chair and sat down. "Let me make a long story short." Tai Wei put on a businesslike face, "A week ago, three students from J City University of Technology disappeared. They were Luo Jiahai, his girlfriend Shen Xiang, and Sang Nannan who was two grades below them. According to the investigation, Sang Nannan had a quarrel with Shen Xiang, so we preliminarily concluded that Luo Jiahai and Shen Xiang kidnapped Sang Nannan. Luo Jiahai came here alone to commit murder, which makes us more sure that Sang Nannan's disappearance was a violent kidnapping .” Fang Mu thought for a while, "What can I do?" "Luo Jiahai has never said a word since his return to the case. We pushed him into a hurry this morning and said that we only talked to you. We want to know where Shen Xiang and Sang Nannan are. We need to see people when we are alive, and we want to see corpses when we die. That's why we came here from City J." Tai Wei paused, "I'm in charge of this case." Fang Mu didn't make a sound, and turned his head to look at the one-way glass on the wall of the interrogation room.Luo Jiahai lowered his head, his hands and feet were handcuffed to the chair, and his whole body seemed to be shortened a lot. Fang Mu stood up, "Open his handcuffs and shackles." The policeman at the branch station looked at Tai Wei, and Tai Wei waved his hand, meaning "do as he says". The policeman took out the key, and said as he followed Fang Mu to the interrogation room, "Brother, be careful." "Don't worry, I'm fine." Fang Mu walked to the door of the interrogation room, turned around suddenly, pointed at Tai Wei and said, "However, this time, don't slip away." Everyone looked at Tai Wei inexplicably, an imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Tai Wei's mouth, and his eyes softened. Fang Mu also smiled, and opened the door of the interrogation room. Luo Jiahai sat on the chair with his head drooped, motionless.Fang Mu thought he was asleep, and when the police uncuffed his handcuffs and shackles, Luo Jiahai suddenly stretched out his hand to caress the other wrist with a red mark on it, only to realize that he was awake all the time.Fang Mu thought for a while, and asked someone to bring in a bottle of mineral water. When handing the water to him, Luo Jiahai said thank you in a low voice.After unscrewing the bottle cap, he only took a sip, then screwed the cap on and placed it on the table in front of him. Fang Mu lit a cigarette, stared at him across the table, and after a few minutes, pushed the cigarette case in front of him. Luo Jiahai raised his eyes and shook his head, "Thank you, I don't smoke." Fang Mu nodded slightly, and continued to smoke in silence. Two people sat opposite each other at the opposite ends of the table, with the slowly rotating and dissipating smoke in the middle.One stared at the mineral water in front of him, and the other stared at each other through the smoke.Silence is like waiting, but also like a contest. Fang Mu knew that on the other side of the one-way glass, everyone was anxiously waiting for Luo Jiahai to speak.In fact, he really wanted to tell Tai Wei to stay calm.Based on the analysis of the current situation, combined with Luo Jiahai's words and deeds, both Shen Xiang and Sang Nannan are probably dead.No matter when they are found sooner or later, there is no power to restore anything. Fang Mu is more interested in the ins and outs of the whole thing.What exactly does flavor mean?Why did you kill Teacher Qin?What is the relationship between Shen Xiang and Sang Nannan and this murder case... After smoking a cigarette, Fang Mu slowly asked: "You want to see me, do you have anything to say to me?" Luo Jiahai didn't respond immediately, and raised his eyes after a few seconds. Fang Mu didn't dodge, and looked back to meet his gaze.Luo Jiahai's eyes were tired, with deep despair and sadness. "Officer Fang, would you believe me if I said I'm not a bad person?" Luo Jiahai asked in a low voice after a while. "I don't intend to comment on your character, but I would rather believe that you are a good person." Fang Mu slightly raised his voice, "But you killed people. Everyone will find excuses for themselves after making mistakes. If you want me to believe that you are a good person , to convince me." After speaking, Fang Mu stared at Luo Jiahai with bated breath, waiting for him to confess his feelings.But Luo Jiahai lowered his head again and did not move. Fang Mu originally thought that Luo Jiahai would be able to speak smoothly, but Luo Jiahai's silence again surprised Fang Mu.He collected himself and decided to change the way. "Shen Xiang is pretty, right?" Fang Mu lit a cigarette again. Through the rising smoke in front of him, Fang Mu clearly saw Luo Jiahai's shoulders tremble. "You love him very much, right?" Fang Mu decided to strike while the iron is hot, "I think she loves you too." Luo Jiahai's shoulders trembled more and more, his whole body seemed to be a leaf trembling in autumn. Fang Mu looked away, stared at the corner of the interrogation room, and said as if talking to himself: "People who like white often yearn for purity in their hearts. Their lives are orderly and they like to be clean and tidy." Fang Mu dusted off the soot, " Shen Xiang must have washed your clothes and cleaned up the dormitory for you, right?" Luo Jiahai swung his arm violently, and the mineral water bottle in front of him was swept onto the one-way glass, and fell to the ground with a plop. "Stop talking!" He yelled hysterically at Fang Mu. Fang Mu looked at him calmly, Luo Jiahai's eyes were filled with tears, and his gray lips were trembling. Fang Mu said slowly but clearly: "Shen Xiang is already dead, right?" Tears flowed down Luo Jiahai's face, he lowered his head, buried his face in his palms, and wept bitterly. Fang Mu waited quietly.A few minutes later, Luo Jiahai's emotions calmed down a little, and he said again: "Such a girl who yearns for purity and loves cleanliness can only lie in an unknown place, slowly swell and deform, rot, Stinky, and probably covered in clumps of maggots." Luo Jiahai's crying had just turned into a soft sob, but when he heard Fang Mu's words, his crying suddenly became violent again. Fang Mu's voice was flat, but there was a cruel force: "You once said that you don't want to leave this world with Shen Xiang as a murderer. I think Shen Xiang also doesn't want to say goodbye in such a disgusting appearance. .So," he paused, "tell me, where is she? We will treat her body well, I promise." Luo Jiahai nodded desperately, but was so out of breath from crying that he couldn't speak.Fang Mu held the cigarette butt that was about to be extinguished, and stared at Luo Jiahai breathlessly. Although he looked calm on the surface, Fang Mu felt his heart beating like a rapid drumbeat. Luo Jiahai finally stopped crying, he panted, and said intermittently: "Red District, J City, near the steel market, there is an abandoned factory building, Shen Xiang, and Sang Nannan are in a tool room on the second floor. " Fang Mu secretly let out a breath, turned his head and glanced at the one-way glass.He knew that on the other side, Tai Wei was in contact with his colleagues in City J and hurried to that location. These few words seemed to have exhausted all the strength in Luo Jiahai's body, he completely slumped in the chair, covered his face with his hands, and let the tears flow slowly down his fingers. Fang Mu also felt tired, he knew that the person in front of him probably killed two people, but he looked no different from those college boys who were not deeply involved in the world, were sensitive and vulnerable.Although there are still many questions about these two cases, Fang Mu couldn't bear to continue asking. He gestured to the one-way glass, and soon the door of the interrogation room opened, and two policemen walked in. "Take him back to the detention center. Trial another day." The two police officers responded, handcuffed Luo Jiahai, and almost dragged him towards the door.When he was about to go out, Luo Jiahai suddenly struggled and shouted: "Officer Fang!" Fang Mu signaled the two policemen to wait first.Luo Jiahai hoarse, with a begging expression on his face, "When you find Shen Xiang, I... can I see her again?" Fang Mu stared at him for a few seconds, then nodded slowly. Watching Luo Jiahai being escorted away, Fang Mu suddenly lost his strength. He sat on the chair and took out another cigarette. He was reaching for the lighter when he stretched out a hand behind his shoulder and slapped it lighter. Fang Mu leaned over to light a cigarette, and when he looked back, it was Tai Wei. Tai Wei pulled the chair over and sat down beside Fang Mu, looked at Fang Mu, and suddenly smiled. "You boy, you really have two skills." Fang Mu exhaled a puff of smoke and smiled noncommittally. "Do you think those two girls are still alive?" Fang Mu hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "It's almost impossible. Luo Jiahai is completely in a state of ruin." Tai Wei sighed, "I think so too." "Aren't you in a hurry to go back?" "Don't worry." Tai Wei leaned lazily on the back of the chair, "Everyone is dead. It's meaningless to go back a day and a half earlier." Fang Mu put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, "Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner." In a small restaurant near the branch office, Fang Mu and Tai Wei sat opposite each other.While waiting for the food to be served, both of them smoked in silence, seemingly having nothing to say. It was Fang Mu who broke the silence, "Married?" Tai Wei choked a mouthful of tea in his throat, and while wiping his chin carelessly with a napkin, he asked, "How do you know?" Fang Mu smiled and pointed to the ring finger of Tai Wei's left hand, where there was a shallow ring ring mark.Tai Wei's face was a little red, and he rubbed hard on the ring mark a few times, as if he wanted to rub it off. "Hehe, your daughter-in-law must be very powerful, but she is very dependent on you." Tai Wei became interested, "How did you see that?" "I guess you take off the ring when you go to work, and put it on when you get home from get off work. It shows that you are still afraid of your wife. With your personality, the one who can make you so honest must be a powerful wife." Fang Mu Smiling, "But it shows that your wife cares about your marriage very much, and she is very dependent on you. Congratulations." There was rare warmth in Tai Wei's eyes, "Hey, it's like a child, you have to hold hands even when you sleep." It seems that because of sharing privacy with Fang Mu, Tai Wei also talked more.This cigarette-drinking man seemed to be the same policeman who solemnly delivered a bullet to Fang Mu. This made Fang Mu feel familiar and friendly. During the exchange of cups and cups, Fang Mu knew that Tai Wei got married and was promoted; Zhao Yonggui was transferred to the branch and became the director; Fang Mu told Tai Wei that he took the civil service examination before graduation, and now works in the Criminal Psychology Research Office of the Provincial Public Security Bureau, and his immediate boss is Bian Ping, a student of Professor Qiao. When acquaintances meet, the topic mostly revolves around common memories, and recalling the past is not always a pleasant thing. This is an unavoidable fact.Apart from Sun Pu's case, Fang Mu and Tai Wei seem to have no more common language. "Sometimes I will drive to J University, to Nanyuan Wushe, to the basketball court, to the gymnasium, and to the basement." Tai Wei was a little drunk, squinting his eyes and looking out the window, with his face on his lips It was faintly visible in the smoke rising from the side, "Do nothing, just sit. Sometimes I feel that what happened that year was all a dream. If I didn't experience it myself, it's hard to imagine such a murderous person." He whispered softly Smiling, "You saved my life. Speaking of which, I haven't thanked you enough yet." Fang Mu lowered his head for a long time, and said softly, "No need." Tai Wei also seemed to have no intention of continuing this topic, he turned his head, "How are you doing? You did a good job." "It's okay, but sometimes I'm bored. In fact, I wanted to go to the Municipal Bureau, but then Director Bian Ping forced me to go." Tai Wei chuckled, "You still feel free? If you go to the Municipal Bureau, you will know that you are so tired that you can't breathe." He turned his head to look out the window, his face slowly darkening, "Are you still Became a policeman. Is it for Professor Qiao?" Fang Mu lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, but did not answer. Tai Wei sighed softly, "Actually, I still have the same idea, you are not suitable to be a policeman." Fang Mu smiled noncommittally, and lit another cigarette for himself. "Have you considered changing careers?" "No!" Fang Mu answered firmly this time. "No!" Tai Wei clearly remembered that when he asked Fang Mu if he planned to be a policeman, he answered himself in the same way.The same answer, but the opposite result.He couldn't tell whether it was himself who made the mistake, or the person in front of him who was still pale and sharp-eyed. Tai Wei tried to soften his tone, "If there is a chance in the future, let's change jobs." Fang Mu didn't speak for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Since when did you think I'm not suitable to be a policeman?" Tai Wei stared at him for a few seconds, "Start with the incident in the basement." "Oh?" Fang Mu raised his eyebrows and looked at Tai Wei with a half-smile, "Will you report me?" Tai Wei restrained his smile, "I won't. Never. I will never think you will be a good policeman either." "What is a good policeman?" Fang Mu asked back. Tai Wei was stopped by the question, and he was stunned for a long time before he said: "I don't know. But you are definitely not. You are a person who can't stay out of the case, and you always put too much personal emotion into it. If a certain case When you can’t solve it with the law, or if you don’t want to use the law, you will use your own way.” He paused, “I know, just yesterday, you almost used yourself to block a bullet for Luo Jiahai .” Fang Mu kept his head down. After a long time, he dusted off the cigarette, "I don't think there is anything wrong with this." Tai Wei shook his head, "You will kill yourself." Fang Mu suddenly laughed, "I'm still alive and well." Before Tai Wei could speak, he raised his glass, "Stop talking, drink!" A reunion of old friends ends in a drunken affair amid tacit avoidance.When the two staggered back to the sub-bureau, the information from City J also came back.The bodies of Shen Xiang and Sang Nannan were found at the location indicated by Luo Jiahai, and it was preliminarily determined that the cause of death of both of them was hemorrhagic shock.The difference is that Shen Xiang's fatal wound was on the wrist artery, while Sang Nannan suffered more than 20 stab wounds.The specific situation needs to be further examined by a forensic doctor.There was a small dispute over the jurisdiction of the case between the branch and the criminal police of City J, and both sides believed that the local area was the place where the main crime occurred.The result of the negotiation was: Tai Wei and his party returned to City J first, and after the main evidence was collected, it was determined who would be in charge of the Luo Jiahai case. When saying goodbye, Fang Mu pointed to the ring finger of his left hand at Tai Wei, who was already drunk. Watching the jeep disappear at the corner of the street, Fang Mu stared at the cloud of dust in a daze for a while.Turning around, the police badge on the branch door was extremely dazzling in the noon sun.Fang Mu covered his forehead with his hands, and looked at the police badge quietly, feeling that it was getting bigger and bigger, and finally it had an overwhelming posture. Am I really not suitable to be a policeman?