Chapter 9 Chapter 9: A Family Who Has Cleared Up Their Enmity

Shen Ling stood in front of the Wu family's yard, nervously stirring the corner of her school uniform.She received a call from Wu Ning, saying that she had found the wallet she dropped, but she didn't have time to send it to her, and asked her to come home after school today to pick it up. Ever since the accident happened at home, Shen Ling has been not very gregarious. She is used to being alone and has almost no friends. When she goes to someone else's house as a guest, she is even more embarrassed from the bottom of her heart.So she came for nearly twenty minutes, always outside the door, unable to muster up the courage to ring the doorbell.

"Sure enough, it's Shen Hui's sister!" The door of the courtyard was suddenly opened without warning, and Wu Xiaoxiao's loud voice came out noisily.After speaking, he did not forget to turn to the room, stretched out a hand and said triumphantly: "I said I read it right? Sister, you still don't believe it, you lost the bet, take the money!" Wu Ning came out, took out a ten-yuan note and handed it to Wu Xiaoxiao, complaining displeasedly, "You are a child, what's the use of asking for money?" "I'm going to Qian Street to buy comic books, and play with my classmates for a while."

"Be careful, don't come back too late." Wu Ning urged. "Okay! I'm going!" Wu Xiaoxiao was very happy to get Wu Ning's approval. After cheering, she took ten yuan and pushed open the courtyard door. After greeting Shen Ling politely, she ran quickly and blinked. Then he disappeared. Wu Ning walked to the door and smiled at Shen Ling, "Children of this age are like this. Xiao Ling, don't stand at the door, come in quickly." Shen Ling didn't move, but stared at the direction where Wu Xiaoxiao's figure disappeared for a long time, with unconcealable envy and emotion in his tone, "You two sisters and brothers have such a good relationship."

"You can too, as long as you can open your heart." Wu Ning said pointedly, and pulled Shen Ling into the room. "Shen Hui and I are different from you." Wu Ning put a bottle of mineral water in front of Shen Ling, "I know, you are half-siblings, but what's the difference? You are also relatives connected by blood, and the rest are just excuses. As long as you want, you They can also become close siblings." "But Uncle Shen Hong, he is not my father." Shen Ling lowered her head. In her opinion, this is an unchangeable fact. "Is this man your biological father?" Wu Ning took out Shen Ling's wallet, opened it and put it on the table. She pointed to the family photo and said, "I heard that he abandoned you and your mother back then and left alone. Your mother took you through a lot of suffering, and it was not until she married Shen Hong that she lived a peaceful life. This man has never raised you for so many years, and he has never been by your side to make you feel fatherly love. He never You haven't fulfilled your duty as a father, and you are so irresponsible and treacherous, you still..."

"Shut up! Don't say that about my father!" Shen Ling covered her ears excitedly and yelled. The action was so eager that when she raised her arm, she knocked off the wallet on the table.She hurried over to pick it up, held it in her hand, and wiped the dust off it, her eyes were slightly red. Wu Ning was not in a hurry to speak again, but quietly watched Shen Ling's every move.With her back facing Wu Ning, Shen Ling's thin shoulders seemed to be twitching slightly, and it took a few minutes before she gradually calmed down. As if realizing her rudeness just now, Shen Ling returned to the table with an apologetic face, and sat down again, "I'm sorry, I..."

"Don't like hearing me speak ill of your father?" "It's ridiculous. I should hate him and blame him." "The boundary between love and hate is very blurred. It is only in a thought. Who can tell clearly?" Wu Ning picked up the water bottle, drank the water in it slowly, and there seemed to be a little more complicated meaning in his gaze. . "Before I met my father, I was very dissatisfied with his behavior. That day he came to the house and was kicked out by my mother. I didn't think there was anything wrong with it. But then, I met him near the school one time. It turned out that he He went to my school every day just to see me from a distance, when he was about to leave, but when I saw his pitiful appearance, I suddenly felt unbearable."

"So, you started meeting him without telling everyone?" Shen Ling lowered her head, "I went to the place where he lived, it was just a simple one-story house much smaller than my house. After he returned to China, his life was not good, and he was alone again." "You trust him?" "I can't tell, it's just based on intuition." "Hmm." Wu Ning nodded, and didn't make any further comments, "After all, you are father and daughter, but because of this, you have feelings for your stepfather and mother, right?" "My father visited my mother a few times. He really regrets what he did back then. He heard that my mother married the current father and had a good life. He just wanted to apologize to her, but my mother sternly refused. So I started to blame my mother for being ruthless, I think it was because of Uncle Shin that my mother would resolutely ignore my father and reject them unconsciously."

"Could it be that he has lived with you for so many years, and he can't compare to the father who has been away for many years?" Wu Ning looked at Shen Ling unrelentingly. She didn't want to treat this girl aggressively, but some things will be clear to everyone. relief. Shen Ling's eyes were red, and she shook her head desperately. This choice seemed too difficult for her, "I don't know, I don't know..." "Little Ling..." A choked call came from behind the curtained partition, and the partition door was pulled open. Zhao Lili walked out under the leadership of Cheng Che, who seemed to have been listening for a long time.

"Mom..." Seeing Zhao Lili, Shen Ling became even more excited. Zhao Lili stepped forward and held Shen Ling with trembling hands. This time, Shen Ling did not push away. "Auntie, you have also heard that your daughter's heart knot lies in the rigid relationship between you and her father, which has caused her to resist now. To solve this problem, we should start with you." Wu Tranquility looked at this situation To mother and daughter. Zhao Lili kept nodding her head, her eyes were also wet with tears, "I understand, I will have a good talk with her biological father when I get back."

Cheng Che squatted down next to Shen Ling, took out a handkerchief and handed it to her, "Wipe it first, can you recall now that you didn't go to the remedial class that night, and you and your father passed the garbage dump on the way home, right? Did you see anyone suspicious?" Shen Ling wiped away her tears, took a deep breath, and calmed down a little, "I saw that night..." "Who did you see?" Cheng Che asked with concern. Zhao Lili also encouraged: "Yes, Xiao Ling, tell the police officer everything." "When my father and I passed the garbage dump, I saw Liu Huihui walking towards the garbage dump with a person in a sports coat at the opposite door. I wondered what they were doing there, but I went to see my dad because I was afraid of being discovered. , so I didn’t dare to take a closer look, and dragged my father away in a hurry.”

"Did you see the man's appearance clearly?" Shen Ling shook her head, "It was too dark at the time, and their backs were facing me, so they couldn't even see whether they were men or women." "What about your body shape?" Cheng Che stretched out his hand and gestured, "How about tall, short, fat, and thin?" "Not too tall, slightly taller than Liu Huihui, not too fat." "What time is it?" Shen Ling thought for a while, "I leave my father's residence at nine o'clock every night, and arrive home around half past nine. As for the exact time, I didn't pay much attention." "Okay, thank you for your cooperation." "It should be us thanking you two." Zhao Lili pulled Shen Ling to stand up, and bowed sincerely to Wu Ning and Cheng Che. Wu Ning smiled slightly, "You're welcome, there is no knot that cannot be untied between family members, sometimes just need a middleman, and we happened to be the middleman." "Anyway, you've been a great help." "Just go back and communicate with the family." Zhao Lili thanked the two of them again, and then left Wu's house with Shen Ling. After seeing off Zhao Lili and Shen Ling, Cheng Che still sat where he was, looking at Wu Ning with his chin resting on his face, a rare mature thoughtfulness flashing across his lovely face. Wu Ning ignored him, and asked casually: "Aren't you leaving after the matter is settled? Are you planning to stay and eat?" "Actually..." Cheng Che paused, then hesitated, "You don't hate your father as much as you say, do you?" Wu Ning's hand froze as he went to grab the water bottle, but he didn't look up at Cheng Che, "Did I tell you that you are very bad at talking, and you always say things that people don't like?" "It seems that something similar has been said." Cheng Che touched his nose, this time he was not slow, of course he could hear the displeasure in Wu Ning's tone, but judging from Wu Ning's various behaviors after contacting Shen Ling, he had been thinking about this question in his heart, and he didn't want to say it out loud , he was afraid that he would be suffocated to death by himself first. "Then you still ask?" Wu Ning looked at Cheng Che, Wei Yang's words were full of invisible pressure. "But... what you and Shen Ling said about the family just now, I think it's more like your sincere words. Didn't you help her because you found the same feeling in Shen Ling?" "Me?" Wu Ning smiled disapprovingly, "You think I'm helping her on purpose? I'm not a kind person, it's just for the investigation." Cheng Che didn't answer, but continued to watch Wu Ning. Anyway, the knot between Zhao Lili and Shen Ling's mother and daughter has been resolved smoothly.When Wu Ning said this, the dark eyes flashed across his eyes, but he still couldn't escape Cheng Cheng's attention.At this moment, he felt that he seemed to be close to her heart.Maybe Wu Ning's strong indifference is just to cover up the mood that is dormant in the corner and does not want to be known. "Actually, sometimes it's a good thing to speak out what's on your mind." "Yes, after Shen Ling and her mother go back, they should have a good talk, solve the problem of her biological father, open their hearts to accept Shen Hong and Shen Hui, and live more harmoniously." "I mean you." "Me?" Wu Ning raised an eyebrow and asked back. Cheng Che took a sip of water to calm down his nervousness.Although he realized that continuing to discuss this dangerous topic was challenging Wu Ning's bottom line of patience, he didn't know what happened to him today, and he always wanted to try to guide Wu Ning to show more of his true self.Maybe it was because the touch of seeing Shen Ling's mother and daughter hugging each other just now was still there, which gave him the courage to "meddling his own business". Wu Ning stared at him closely and didn't say a word for a long time. Cheng Che became more and more restless and kept drinking the water in the bottle. After a long time, Wu Ning smiled lightly and said, "I don't seem to know you well enough to have a heart-to-heart talk, right? I'll go Looking for Xiaoxiao on the front street, you can walk or not." After finishing speaking, Wu Ning stood up and was about to walk towards the door when Cheng Che's cell phone rang. "Hello?" Cheng Che answered the phone, but his expression suddenly changed, "What? Okay, I'll drive there right away!" After Cheng Che hung up the phone, he realized that Wu Ning had stopped and looked over inquiringly.Cheng Che hurriedly stood up, and the tables and chairs slammed loudly, "There was another murder case, and this time, the body of the deceased was found in the garden." "Is it related to Liu Huihui's murder?" "I don't know yet. According to the judgment of the on-site police officers, there is a suspicion of suicide." Cheng Che scratched his head and said, "However, Liu Huihui died not long ago in the way described in the book "Doll's Killing Intent", and now someone else died in the garden Here, it is surprisingly similar to the technique in the book, could there be such a coincidence?" Wu Ning thought for a while and made a decision, "I'll go with you." "But aren't you going to find Xiaoxiao?" "Anyway, he has a mobile phone now, just give him a call later." "Let's go quickly, I will drive to the Public Security Bureau to pick up the team leader first, and then rush to the scene." Cheng Che showed a little helpless look. At the beginning, he didn't know who thought Wu Xiaoxiao was useless holding the phone, and refused dissatisfiedly. "Bring it." Wu Ning held out his hand to Cheng Che. Cheng Che was puzzled, "What?" "Car keys, aren't we in a hurry? I must be better at driving than you." Cheng Che remembered that the last time he met Wu Ning on the set, she was also filming a driving stunt, and she was really skilled, so he took out the key and handed it to Wu Ning.But there was a vague uneasiness in his heart. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell for a while. Cheng Che didn't understand what that premonition meant until the car drove out of the alley of Wu's house and onto the street.Wu Ning's driving skills are indeed excellent, but the way he drives does not look like a good driver who abides by the law, but seems to be filming.Under her driving, the car kept shaking and overtaking in the line. In the rolling traffic, it was like a nimble fish, shuttling back and forth. Although he was looking at Wu Ning in front of him calmly, holding the steering wheel with a look of ease, Cheng Che still felt like he was on a pirate ship, and he couldn't get up and down in his heart, and he drove to the gate of the Public Security Bureau in fear. When he saw Dong Peng standing outside, he suddenly felt alive. It was so good to see the bright sunshine. Cheng Che got out of the car, didn't bother to say hello to Dong Peng, walked straight to the side of the driver's cab, and knocked on the window with a pale face. "What are you doing?" Wu Ning rolled down the window. Cheng Che gestured to the car door, "Come down, I'll drive the way to the scene, you don't know me." Although Cheng Che found a reason that sounded very appropriate, it was not difficult for people to see his thoughts at a glance from his expression and posture.Wu Ning didn't expose him, he got out of the car indifferently, patted Cheng Che and said, "You still need to practice more, there are too many things to be afraid of, little Cheche." "Hey……" "If you have talked enough, can you leave immediately?" Dong Peng's urging words came in, and he didn't seem surprised when he saw Wu Ning who had stepped into the co-pilot's seat. The car restarted, and Dong Peng asked: "Newcomer, you are not staying in the bureau during working hours, where have you been wandering?" "Team leader, I'm doing business, but I'm not lazy. If you don't believe me, you can ask Wu Ning." Cheng Che didn't look back, but he still couldn't help defending himself. "Yes, he went to my house." Wu Ning nodded and spoke ambiguously. "Can you make it clear?" Cheng Che gave her a dissatisfied look, "Leader, we have an appointment with Shen Ling and her mother." "The girl who lives across from Liu Huihui's house? Did you get something?" "Well, I got some clues." As Cheng Che said, he hid the fact that Shen Ling went to see her biological father when she didn't go to the remedial class, and what she said, that between nine o'clock and half past nine that night, she had seen Liu Huihui and a man in a sports coat The testimony of the people together was described in detail to Dong Peng. "Yes, at least we now know that Liu Huihui met someone that night, and judging from the time and place, that person is likely to be the murderer." Dong Peng's eyes flashed thoughtfully after hearing this. "Unfortunately, we still don't know who that person is. There were no cameras near the old house. It was too late at that time, and no one passed the garbage dump. The only witnesses were Shen Ling and her biological father. I saw it but didn't look carefully, and I didn't even see the men and women clearly." Cheng Che seemed regretful. Dong Peng thought for a while, "But at least two points can be proved. Although the last call Liu Huihui received before his death was from a public phone booth, Liu Huihui must know the caller, otherwise she wouldn't go to the garbage dump alone at night. In addition, the person must have used important reasons to ask Liu Huihui out." "Team leader, you are right. Next, we should check the people around Liu Huihui." After Cheng Che said this, he smiled secretly like a child who got candy. "Now I finally understand that the team leader As you said, every time you find a clue, it is a harvest, it feels like playing a jigsaw puzzle, piece by piece, piece together the clues, and then gradually restore the truth." "There is progress. It seems that Xiao Che has slowly entered the role of a policeman." After receiving Dong Peng's praise, Cheng Che was even more eager to try, and immediately asked: "How is the case today?" "We just received a report from the police below, saying that an express hotel reported in the afternoon that a guest was found dead in the hotel garden. The discoverer was the manager of the hotel, but when they opened the room where the deceased lived, something A strange thing happened, the door was tightly taped from the inside along the cracks around the door, and they also broke the door from the outside to get in." "The door is sealed from the inside..." Cheng Che was taken aback, "Isn't that the secret room?" "It can't be considered a secret room, because the window was open. But the room where the deceased lived was on the sixth floor, which was still high from the ground, so the police officers who arrived first judged that there was a possibility of suicide by jumping out of the window." "That's right. Assuming it was a homicide, the murderer couldn't escape from the window on the sixth floor, but the door was sealed from the inside, so there was no way for the murderer to leave the room." "Another point is that the local police found a book on the window sill of the deceased's room. The title of the book is "The Doll's Killing Intent"..." When Dong Peng said this, he looked at Wu Ning's back sitting in the passenger seat.Wu Ning looked very calm, but his body froze slightly, but he didn't make a bigger reaction.On the contrary, Cheng Che shook his hands, and the car almost slid out. He shouted in shock: "What? That means, there is a high possibility that the murderer in Liu Huihui's case is the same?! This case is still homicide?" "Whether the deceased brought this book himself, or if there was a murderer, where the murderer put it, it is still uncertain, so we have to go there. It is almost there, it is on the right hand side of the front, the hotel with the green sign. "