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Later, the police found three female corpses in the garden of the Luo mansion, one of whom was about thirteen years old, and the other two dead were about ten years old. Their names were Luo Shasha, Luo Jiajia and Lolala.They were originally orphans from different orphanages, but they moved into the Luo family one after another about five years ago, and were incorporated into the Luo family's household registration. The murderer, 23-year-old Rollo, has not yet been apprehended. Most of the servants in the Luo mansion had been dismissed from the year before last, and that time was roughly the time when the first deceased, Rosasa, was murdered.When Luo Leilei came to the Luo mansion, the number of servants in the whole mansion had been reduced to less than five, and these people were all old servants who had served the Luo family for more than twenty years, and they were absolutely loyal.

Not long after, the police found a body on the banks of the Huangpu River, an unrecognizable male body that had been burned beyond recognition.However, according to the old servant of the Luo family, the clothes worn by the corpse were exactly what Luo Luo wore on the day he disappeared, and all the valuables on his body were missing. From this point of view, it is very likely that Luo Luo was murdered for money while fleeing. No one thought that the "Luo Zhai Murder Case", which shocked the French Concession and even the whole of Shanghai, would end in this way, which is really a great irony.

Chen Linfeng saw all these things from the newspapers.He buried his body in the thick, soft back of the chair.Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he hastily took out a notebook from the desk drawer, which he accidentally found in the mailbox at the door when he miraculously woke up that day and was about to leave Luo Zhai.It should be left behind by Lao Bao before he left, and it describes Rollo's childhood. Many days have passed, and he has been holding back from looking at it, not because he didn't dare, but because he didn't want to recall that person because of it.Thinking of Rollo's tragic end, his heart would be plunged into incomparable pain.

However, he finally took out the notebook.He wanted to know more about Rollo, and what kind of childhood Rollo had. The following is his analysis after consulting Freud's works based on the contents of his notes: Du Lisa is a woman with an unstable mental state. It is not known whether she was born with nature or became like this after marrying into this gloomy mansion.Master Luo is seldom at home. The only thing he cares about is his career, and he seldom cares about his wife and children.Perhaps for this reason, Du Lisa began to become indifferent to everything except her own appearance.

Her obsession with beauty has reached an almost pathological level, and her narcissism indirectly affects everything about her.She thought she should have a daughter who would continue her beauty, not a son, so she dressed young Rollo as a girl and named him after her nickname "Lily". She let him play the piano, sing, not let him step out of the house, and cherish him like a delicate doll.In little Luoluo's ignorant cognition, he didn't understand the gender distinction at all. He only knew that his mother loved him very much, but he didn't understand that his mother only loved herself through his appearance as a girl.

But that was the happiest time for little Rollo - even though it was just an illusion. However, this situation did not last long. Master Luo had always been indifferent to family affairs, and he had no idea that his only son had been made into such a virtuous manner by his wife.When he found out, Luo Luo was already ten years old, and he had lived like a girl for a long time, so Master Luo was shocked.Afterwards, as a matter of course, he had a violent quarrel with his wife, and even beat him by hand, and what happened later is no secret—Dulissa hanged herself on a sunny afternoon because she couldn't bear her husband's abuse, and the little girl Rollo was the only witness.

Losing his mother, little Rollo was quickly corrected into the ways of a normal little boy.At first he couldn't get used to it, but Master Luo's strict and tough corrective attitude forced him to return to what a boy should be in just over half a year. During those six months, the sound of crying, beating and cursing did not stop for a single day.Finally, at last little Rollo no longer had the habits of those girls, but completely changed into a boy.His father was of course extremely happy, thanking God for helping him find a normal son, but he didn't know that Rollo's killing began at that time...

"In this way, the first person killed by Rollo was not Sasha, but the 'Lily' deep in his heart." He put down the notebook and sighed softly. After thinking for a long time, he picked up the notebook again and continued to analyze the following content. After that short six months, perhaps due to a genetic disease in his mother's family, Rollo lost all memories of him before he was ten years old.He no longer remembers that he was a girl, and he no longer remembers the afternoon when his mother died, nor does he remember the dark, nightmarish six months... But, did he really kill "Lily"?

Those six months had erased his memory of being "Lily", but it hadn't completely erased the good times he spent with his mother deep in his mind.He remembered his mother's love for him, so he had a strong desire to take care of others, just like his mother did to him. He can't forget the happy time being "Lily" - although he has recognized the gender difference and no longer remembers that he is "Lily".But "Lily" and "beautiful memory" are inseparable in his cognition, so he keeps looking for girls who are similar to "Lily"—in fact, himself—and be his mother to them. The same thing he did to him - a certain kind of self-satisfaction in taking care of children who were like him.Only this time, the party being taken care of didn't even know about it.

If "Lily" was created by Rollo's mother, then the later cold, perfectionist, and tyrant Rollo was created by his father.His life was divided in two, one half belonged to his mother and the other half belonged to his father, but the combination of the two did not make his life complete, but more fragmented. He slowly closed the notebook... A few days later, Chen Linfeng moved to the countryside from the bustling big Shanghai.He changed his career and no longer treated patients, but taught children in the countryside to play the piano.He didn't know why he did this, maybe it was to miss that person!

One day, when he passed by an old bookstore, a picture book of fairy tales caught his attention, so he picked it up and flipped through it. The name of the book was "The Piper in Spotted Clothes", and he casually flipped through the last few pages. There was a picture of a bright moon, a dark night and a dark mountain, and a long procession of children headed towards the mountain. Moving forward, there is a man in colorful clothes and playing a flute in front of him—in the dark background, he seems to be shining brightly, but what awaits them at the end of the road is a bottomless cave. He glanced at the text written on it: The sound of the flute was fluttering, and children from every family ran to the road following the sound of the flute, following behind the piper.While he was playing the flute, he walked up the mountain, and all the children followed him. As he walked, the moonlight was gradually blocked by the clouds, and the piper and the children went farther and farther away, and finally disappeared into the mountain... This is a fairy tale that many people are familiar with, but when he saw this story at this time, he was particularly touched. Rollo is like the piper in colorful clothes. He played the beautiful flute and took those little girls away one by one. Since then, they disappeared into this world, and no one knew where they went.The colorful-clothed piper not only took away the children, but also took away his whereabouts. They all disappeared into the dark cave, and no one knew where the cave led. Of course, the reality is not as romantic or irresponsible as the fairy tales. The bodies of the girls taken away by Rollo were all found in the garden of the Luo mansion.And Lei Lei was the kid who almost went into the cave, so where did the Piper - Rollo himself go?Which cave did he go to that belonged to him? Is he really dead? Nobody knows. Chen Linfeng put the book back to its original place, then turned and left. On this day, he walked on the country road as usual, smiling and greeting the people passing by, he looked so amiable.The simple country people also have special respect for this Mr. Chen from the metropolis, and they will bend down to salute while smiling. When he got home, he took off his coat and hung it on the hanger, then walked to the corner and pushed open the huge cabinet, revealing the small door on the wall behind - it was a secret room.He went in. This is a small dark room, completely imitating the layout of the attic of the Luo mansion, except that where Lily's portrait was originally hung, now there is a mirror with a gorgeous copper frame around it.Under the mirror was an ordinary wooden box, shining darkly under the dim light. He crouched in front of the wooden box, the corner of his mouth twitched strangely, then he took out a bag from his pocket and poured out the contents.Those were some gardenia petals. He tore them up and scattered them around the wooden box, and the rich floral fragrance immediately filled the room.He breathed deeply and his expression was divine. Then he opened the wooden box covered with petals while breathing heavily. Trembling, he took out a purple-red hair tie from the wooden box, which was a gift he had given to Lala.The muscles in his face twitched, and his whole body trembled like an electric shock. He put the purple hair tie in front of his nose and breathed hard, and at the same time his saliva flowed out.Then, he put the hair tie into his mouth and chewed hard, the corners of his mouth were filled with white foam... He sat on the ground slumped, holding his head in his hands, and sobbed softly. At this time, there was a knock on the door. He wiped away his tears, put the drool-stained headband back into the wooden box, stood up and took out his pocket watch to look at it. At 6:30 in the evening, it should be the children who came to learn the piano.There was an involuntary smile on the corner of his mouth. At this time, his hair was a little disheveled, and his face was covered with tears. He didn't want those cute children to see his embarrassed appearance.So he turned his gaze to the mirror hanging on the wall - the person in the mirror has short black hair and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his face. Behind the lenses are a pair of taupe eyes... That day, Rollo disappeared. No one knows why, and no one knows where he went, the only certainty is that he never appeared again.There may have been people who knew him or remembered him, but sooner or later the passing time in this world would fade their memories. Just like those childhoods.