Chapter 14 Section five

After Huang Jiangshui returned to the house that night, he kept thinking about what the old man said. As he thought about it, he felt that he was getting closer and closer to the "dead man".Of course, this refers to the things used by the dead.He thought about it for a long time, and felt that the judgment he just made was a bit erroneous. The key point was that he didn't know whether he had touched the things used by dead people, and he didn't know whether any of the stolen things belonged to dead people. Perhaps, without his knowledge, a wallet, a mobile phone, and a gorgeous fur coat may all have been used by a dead person...

Huang Jiangshui really started to get scared. In a trance, he seemed to see countless dark figures standing around, silent, some holding a mobile phone in their hands, some holding a wallet in their hands, and some Wearing a gorgeous fur coat, she stared at him silently in the corner... Before he knew it, Huang Jiangshui suddenly remembered something.It was a friend of his who was also a thief.In the past, they had worked together, and then the man died.He remembered that before his friend's accident, the two of them had parted ways. One day, his friend suddenly called him, claiming that he might be being followed, and he was very panicked and worried.

He didn't take it seriously at all. That friend was already more sensitive, but unexpectedly, he died a few days later. Huang Jiangshui also got the news by accident. At that time, he was eating in a small noodle restaurant, and the local news was playing on the TV. When he looked up, he saw the big face of his friend who was dying.He was lying on the ground, the underside of his body was bright red, his limbs were deformed and twisted, like a broken doll. According to the news, his friend committed suicide by jumping off a building.This incident has no impact on Huang Jiangshui's life.

But within a few days, the suicide was reported on the news again, this time as a follow-up report.A strange person appeared on the TV screen, and this person was the real murderer.He surrendered himself, a very young man, his eyes stared straight at the camera, with a trace of satisfaction and pride on his face. When the reporter asked why he pushed the deceased down the stairs, he gritted his teeth and said, "Because he stole my money!" The reporter didn't understand what it meant: "Is it that simple? You killed him because he stole your money? Did you know that although he broke the law, you broke the law more seriously than him."

Hearing this, the man laughed suddenly, and then cried again after laughing.Never spoke again.Later, at the end of the show, the host revealed the puzzle.It turned out that this person was going to the hospital that day. His mother was seriously ill and needed an operation. The hospital asked him to pay tens of thousands of yuan for the operation, but he didn't. They were all stolen. He was dumbfounded at once, and immediately secured the case.After that, they went to the hospital and begged the doctor to operate on the mother first, but the doctor was very decisive. They told the young people that they would never enter the operating room without money. This is a rule, a reasonable and legal rule.He had no choice but to go to the police station to urge him, but for a few days, the police had no clue.

It is too common for thieves to steal things. There are a bunch of similar cases in the database of the police station, but they have not been solved yet. They make young people wait. But the mother lying in the hospital waiting for surgery had no time to wait.She finally passed away a few days later, in a cold ward.The young man was filled with grief and indignation when he learned of his mother's death.After burying his mother, he no longer trusts anyone.He quit his job and started working as a detective himself, carrying out a revenge plan. It was a long and clueless operation, and he had only a vague memory of the thief who stole the money.One year passed, and he did not find him; two years passed, and he still did not find him; three years passed, and he still did not find him.Hard work paid off, and finally, after six years, he found him.

He was like a wolf who smelled blood, and at that moment he became murderous. That night, he lured the thief to the top of the tallest building in the city and pushed him down. This was a real incident, recalling this scene, Huang Jiangshui felt that he was really naive and reckless before.Like his friend, he never thought of killing people, they just wanted to get some money from others.But now, he suddenly understands that sometimes the simpler things are, the more complicated they are, and the more things you don't think will happen, the easier it may happen. Drivers never thought of killing people, doctors never thought of medical malpractice, novel writers never thought of lunatics imitating the plot of novels to kill people, and for the same reason, thieves never thought of It will kill people for stealing things.

Just because something you haven't thought about doesn't mean it won't happen. Huang Jiangshui suddenly understood that, like his friend, he "stealed" many people to death.Once this kind of assumption is formed, it will not go away no matter what, the throbbing in the bottom of my heart is even worse, and I am even a little flustered.In this way, he has been tossing for most of the night, and he didn't know when he fell asleep. Huang Jiangshui woke up in the middle of the night and got up to pee outside under the old locust tree. The night in the country is not only dark, but also cool.Although it was June, the damp ground gave off a faint chill that made the skin tingle.Huang Jiangshui stood beside the old locust tree, looking around from time to time.He wanted to finish it quickly and go back to the bed.Looking up, he was inadvertently startled. There were several pairs of bright spots on the branches, moving from time to time.

It was two crows, they seemed to be the two that were driven away by Chen Mazi a few days ago.At some point, these two disgusting birds of death flew back quietly.He was a little angry, picked up a stone and threw it towards the treetop.The crows were still motionless, the night was so dark that they were hidden in the darkness, making it difficult to make out. Huang Jiangshui gave up, lifted his pants and walked towards the house. The crows on the branch suddenly called out: "Wow..." A wind blew in from the outside, squeezed through the crack of the door, and rolled up on the ground.Mixed with crows, it seemed to be secretly reminding Huang Jiangshui of something.He stood at the door and paused.Looking back, the moonlight suddenly brightened at that moment, and he saw two crows staring straight at him, like two taxidermy animals.

When he turned his head again, Huang Jiangshui's heart jumped into his throat.He saw a trail of footprints.Sparse and very messy footprints were on the ground, forming centipede-like marks under his window and outside the gate.At first glance, the footprints are the prints of a woman's shoes, the prints of a high-heeled shoe, with a sole in the front and a heel in the back. Huang Jiangshui felt hairy all over, he quickly got into the house and locked the door. Dare not to close his eyes anymore, Huang Jiangshui turned on the light, and the light poured down, he calmed down his heartbeat a little, and sat on the bedside while wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.But just as he sat down, he stood up abruptly—there were also footprints in the room.Still the footprints of a woman, messy, vague, like a long snake...

The electric light above his head suddenly flickered a few times, blinking his eyes like an adult teasing a child. Huang Jiangshui threw off his shoes, climbed onto the bed with a grunt, and got into the bed, only his head was exposed, staring at everything in the room.The two damned crows yelled again, this time, the crows were very sharp and loud, as if they were frightened by something, after a while, there was the sound of flapping wings, obviously, they flew away, like As if some kind of task has been completed. Huang Jiangshui couldn't help but a picture appeared in his mind. In the dead of night, the tree is sleeping, the house is sleeping, the crow is sleeping, the Chen Mazi couple, the old man Lan and himself are all sleeping.Everything is quiet.Suddenly, looming footsteps sounded in the distance, and the sound got closer and clearer, and finally came to his window. No one had a premonition of its coming, and everyone was still in a deep sleep. It started lingering outside the window, it started lingering outside the gate, and eventually, it decided to go in.It gently stretched out a white-painted arm to touch the door. Gradually, its arm penetrated the door, its head penetrated the door, and its body and feet penetrated the door.It walked in and continued to wander around the house. Then, it saw him lying on the bed, and suddenly, it smiled.Walked over slowly, leaned down next to his ear, and said like a breath: "Let me tell you, in fact, I have been following you..."