Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Sophora japonica

In mid-May, an earthquake hit the province of S, causing a lot of casualties.City C, which is adjacent to Province S, has also been affected. People in the city can feel the ground shaking under their feet, and they are frightened to gather on the streets. Because summer is coming, City C is one of the three major fire places. Everyone only wore vests and underpants, covering up embarrassingly with the help of relatives and friends. On Guangming Street in Dapan District, there is a piece of bungalows waiting to be demolished. The residents have moved out long ago. The houses look dilapidated and most of them are dangerous buildings.The scarlet and huge characters on the wall are like a terrible spell, suppressing the lonely and miserable souls in hell.

In this earthquake, other buildings were fine, but this area of ​​dilapidated buildings collapsed a lot, fortunately no one was injured.People gathered in twos and threes to chat, and there was no mobile phone signal, and they didn't know what was going on. Suddenly, there was a shrill scream from nowhere.Everyone was startled, thinking that someone was buried in a dilapidated house, and rushed to save him. Unexpectedly, what they saw was a scene as terrifying as a nightmare. On top of the ruins, there is another wall standing alone. From the broken part of the wall, a black skull sticks out, and a pair of black eyes looks straight up at the sky, as if it is complaining about something.

For all those present, the earthquake turned into a nightmare that would never go away, but they didn't know that this corpse buried in the wall for many years would become the prelude to a series of strange events in C University . The hall, which can accommodate thousands of people, is brightly lit. Banners of speech contests are hung on the stage, and young students are impassioned on the podium covered with flowers.The school leaders sat in the front row and graded them solemnly. Standing in the corner of the hall, Wei Wenhao silently looked at the players' seats. He stretched out a hand silently and gently placed it on his shoulder. His legs were so frightened that he almost sat down on the ground.

"Ye Ke..." "Who are you looking at?" Ye Ke blinked at him, and he buried his face, whispering, "No..." Wei Wenhao and Ye Ke are both sophomores in the English Department. Wei Wenhao has a timid personality and Ye Ke has a lively personality. No one understands how they became good friends. "I see, you're looking at the girl in the pink dress." Ye Ke smiled narrowly, "What's her name?" "I'm not looking at her..." Wei Wenhao buried his head lower, blushing like a monkey's butt, "She, her name is Li Lingling, a freshman in the English Department..."

"You know a lot." Ye Ke patted him on the shoulder, "How did you know each other?" "The library... I helped her find a book..." "So you don't know each other?" Ye Ke said with a smile, "Do you want me to teach you how to strike up a conversation with girls?" Li Lingling stood up suddenly, covered her mouth and ran out the door. Wei Wenhao followed her with a concerned expression. "It seems that she is a little nervous." Ye Kesai gave her a bottle of drink, "This is a great opportunity, pretend to meet by chance, give this to her, and tell her that holding the drink bottle with both hands can relieve her tension."

Wei Wenhao shook his head in fear, Ye Ke forced the drink into his hand: "There is nothing to be afraid of, she won't eat you!" "I, I can't..." "If you don't have the courage to give her the drink, at least tell her 'Come on'." Ye Ke held his shoulders and stared into his eyes, "Wenhao, believe in yourself, you can do it." Wei Wenhao was silent for a moment: "I... can I really?" "Of course, go." Ye Ke patted him on the back, as if giving him infinite courage, he walked out of the venue hesitantly, Ye Ke heaved a sigh of relief, found a seat and sat down leisurely.

Not long after, Wei Wenhao came back, with his head lowered and his face gloomy, Ye Ke sighed: "It seems to have failed." It was Li Lingling's turn to give a speech. The moment she stood on the podium, she was radiant, and the whole venue seemed to be her own stage. Wei Wenhao watched Li Lingling infatuatedly from the beginning to the end. Her English speech was very successful and became the indisputable highest score.When receiving the award, she stood in the middle of the three winners, smiling like an angel, and Wei Wenhao, who was always gloomy, also laughed. The man who presented the award to Li Lingling was a man with the appearance of a wealthy businessman. He staggered to her with a beer belly and handed the crystal trophy and certificate into her hands while he was full of praise.

There was deafening applause in the venue. At this moment, Li Lingling suddenly picked up the trophy and smashed it hard on the man's head. The man clutched his temple and fell down without a sound. The audience was in an uproar, Ye Ke was shocked, stood up abruptly, rushed to the stage, touched the man's carotid artery, and shouted: "Call an ambulance!" For a while, the venue was in chaos, and the school leaders were pale, as if they had a premonition that the black yarn would not be guaranteed.Ye Ke looked up at Li Lingling, she was at a loss, as if she didn't know what happened just now.

"Guo Yi, the largest real estate developer in the city, was injured when he was presenting awards to college students of C. He is now being treated in a hospital in C City. At present, the case is still under further investigation. Guo Yi had previously donated money to build a modern teaching building for C University ..." Ye Ke turned off the TV in the office of the boarding house management committee. Roommate Ouyang Lei frowned and said, "It's really strange. I heard that Li Lingling is a very quiet girl. How could she beat up a real estate agent whom she never knew for no reason?"

Another roommate, Liu Mingyue, sneered: "How do you know they are strangers?" Wei Wenhao lowered his head and kept turning the ring on his ring finger. Ye Ke walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "Are you okay?" Wei Wenhao shook his head, but turned the ring faster. "Tell me, where did Li Lingling go after leaving the venue?" Wei Wenhao bowed his head and said nothing, Ye Ke grabbed his shoulder and asked loudly, "Do you want to help Li Lingling?" Hearing this, Wei Wenhao finally nodded. "Then tell me, it's very important."

For the first time, the autistic boy looked up into her eyes and asked seriously, "Is... is she hypnotized?" "I don't think so." Liu Mingyue interrupted. Wei Wenhao hesitated for a while: "I saw her enter the flower garden and meet someone." "Who?" "I don't know. The man was blocked by a tree, and the street lights cast his shadow on the ground. He looks taller than Li Lingling. With short hair, he should be a boy." Liu Mingyue said, "Why don't you just ask Li Lingling himself." Li Lingling came out from behind the iron gate, wearing a yellow prison uniform, only a few days old, already emaciated, completely different from the glamorous girl on the stage. She seemed a little surprised to see the two behind the long table. "You are?" "I'm a sophomore in the English Department. My name is Ye Ke. This is my classmate Wei Wenhao." "I remember you." Li Lingling said to Wei Wenhao, "You helped me find books in the library." Wei Wenhao lowered his head shyly, the girl he liked remembered him, which made him secretly happy. "Ling Ling, I heard that you are a student with excellent academic performance, why did you suddenly hit someone on stage? Do you know Guo Yi?" Li Lingling shook her head quickly: "I've never seen him before." "Then why did you hit him?" "I don't know either." Li Lingling hugged her head in pain, "It was like a dream. When I came to my senses, he had already fallen to the ground." "You have been out of the venue once before, is it to meet friends?" "No, I'm a little nervous and want to throw up, so go to the garden to get some fresh air." Ye Ke and Wei Wenhao looked at each other: "Did you meet anyone after you went out?" "No." Li Lingling looked at the two of them strangely, "Do you think someone instigated me to do it?" Ye Ke held her hand and said softly, "Look into my eyes." Li Lingling looked at him inexplicably. The two stared at him for a long time. Ye Ke clapped her hands suddenly in front of her without warning. She was startled: "Ye...Ye Ke, what are you doing?" "It's nothing." The girl patted the back of her hand, "We will definitely help you." Li Lingling nodded movedly: "Thank you." After coming out of the detention center, Ye Ke said to Wei Wenhao, "She was not hypnotized." Ye Ke's father is a master of psychology, Ye Ke has been obsessed with it since childhood, and also learned some hypnotism. "Then she's lying?" "Not like." Ye Ke's face turned serious, "This case is much more complicated than we imagined. You go back to school first, and I will notify you if there is any news." Ye Ke inquired about the case from his cousin Wei Yingdong, who was a policeman. It was not a serious case, and Guo Yi's injuries were not serious. Generally speaking, 15 days of detention would be sufficient.But that Guo Yi was quite capable, covering the sky with his hands, trying to cause intentional harm by force, and threatened that Li Lingling would not be surnamed Guo if he would not let Li Lingling sit in prison for seven or eight years. After hitting a wall at Wei Yingdong, Ye Ke came to Li Lingling's dormitory. Freshman students usually spend noon in the dormitory, so she met all of Li Lingling's roommates. "Who are you?" A girl in a mink jacket squinted at her. It was a very beautiful girl with heavy makeup and famous brands all over her body. "I'm a sophomore, and my name is Ye Ke." "Ye Ke?" Another girl asked in surprise, "Is that the famous freak?" Ye Ke frowned: "Freak?" "What's the matter?" The girl in the leather jacket raised her legs arrogantly, and carefully painted her nails. Ye Ke glanced at Li Lingling's bed, everything was in order: "I just went to see Li Lingling today." "She's not dead, is she?" The leather jacket girl's tone was filled with hostility, and the smile on Ye Ke's face was a little stiff: "Don't worry, she's fine. I want to ask, is there anything unusual about her recently?" "Is she okay?" "Ye Ke, let's talk outside." Another roommate pulled her out, "I'm sorry, Guo Lanlan's father was injured and is in a bad mood." "Injuried?" "Guo Lanlan's father is Guo Yi." "What?" Ye Ke opened her eyes wide, and the girl's eyes showed a trace of sadness: "None of us expected this kind of thing to happen. The relationship between Ling Ling and Lan Lan was originally very good." "Does Li Lingling know that Guo Yi is Guo Lanlan's father?" "I should know, but Uncle Guo has never been to school before, so it is impossible for them to meet each other." "Have Li Lingling and Guo Lanlan quarreled recently?" "Ling Ling never quarrels with others. She has a very good temper. Even if there is a quarrel, it is impossible to hit someone's father in public." "That's true." Ye Ke was silent for a moment, "Has she ever had a boyfriend? Or which boy is she closer to?" "There were a few boys who pursued Ling Ling, but she rejected them all. She said that she would not fall in love until the end of college." The girl scratched her short hair, "But..." "But what?" "Ling Ling has a strange habit." The girl said, "This habit scares us all." Ye Ke smelled a mysterious scent, and hurriedly asked: "What is it, please explain it in detail." "Lingling's roommate said that she often picked up the vase in the dormitory and stared at the ground in a daze. They asked her what she was looking at, and she said she didn't know, and everything was subconscious." The three people sitting in the dormitory management committee's office were unknown, so Ouyang Lei asked, "What does this mean?" "Freud had this case in his book. A lady used to run from room to room and stare at the tablecloth, which had a red stain on it. After looking at the stain for a while, she always A maid would be called, but there was no work for the maid to do. Later, Freud learned that this lady had married a husband who was much older than her despite the opposition of her family, but she did not expect that the husband was impotent. She kept running from her room to her room all night, trying to complete the bridal chamber, but unfortunately she couldn’t do so. The next morning, her husband told her that if his wife’s new marriage didn’t go well, she would be looked down upon by the maid, so He picked up an ink bottle and poured red ink on the bed sheet." Ye Ke patiently explained, "The events that have had a great impact on me will stay in the subconscious. If it is severe, it will develop into obsessive-compulsive disorder .” "You mean, Li Lingling also suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder?" "Nine times out of ten. If her obsessive-compulsive disorder is exploited, it may lead to people being beaten on the stage. However, even if we prove the existence of this mastermind behind the scenes, it will not help with the current law. " Wei Wenhao asked nervously: "Then, what should we do?" "Let me think of a way." Ye Ke frowned, "However, what kind of past has Li Lingling experienced?" Guo Lanlan returned to the dormitory. The room was empty. The roommates must still be studying by themselves at night. She lit a cigarette and puffed in the dark. She had just gone to the hospital to meet her father, and the old guy was still the same, with stitches on his head and still flirting with the nurse. "Dong dong dong..." There was a knock on the door, and Guo Lanlan asked casually, "Who?" Her answer was a knock at the door, which still rang nine times. She opened the door impatiently, but there was no one outside, and the corridor was empty, so quiet that it made one's heart palpitate.She was about to close the door, but found a bunch of white Sophora japonica flowers at her feet. She picked up the white flowers and sneered, it must be some boy chasing her who dared not confess his love, so he gave flowers secretly. It's boring. Among the flowers was a card on which were pasted letters cut out of newspaper. "Be patient, it won't hurt soon." Feeling sick suddenly in her heart, she threw the flowers out, and the moment she turned around, a tall figure appeared behind her with eyes like sharp knives. "Mr. Guo, it's time to change the medicine." The nurse pushed open the door of the advanced ward and winked at Guo Yi who was on the bed.There was an ambiguous smile on the corner of Guo Yi's mouth, and he patted her butt: "When can I be discharged from the hospital?" "The doctor said to observe for another two days." "That's right." Guo Yi stretched out his hand to touch her thigh, and wanted to reach into the skirt again. The nurse smiled and slapped her hand away: "I hate it." "Dong dong dong..." Guo Yi was taken aback by the crisp knock on the door. Could it be the tigress at home? When the nurse opened the door, Guo Yi asked fearfully, "Who is it?" "It's so strange." The nurse held a bouquet of Sophora japonica flowers, "There is no one in the corridor." Guo Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and said displeasedly: "Throw out the flower, the Sophora japonica flower is a ghost flower, how unlucky it is." The nurse suddenly screamed, and she threw the beautiful bouquet on the ground. Inside was a plastic bag containing a bloody human ear and a card. "Be patient, it won't hurt soon." Ye Ke looked at the scene in front of him, his face pale. Guo Lanlan was sitting under a locust tree in full bloom, with her head bowed, her black hair almost covering her entire face.Her graceful body was stained an eerie red with blood, and a doll was beside her, with its head resting on her leg, her left hand was holding the doll's hand tightly, and her right hand was resting on the doll's belly. Falling pagoda flower petals covered her body like a gothic painting. "The body was discovered by students who came to Taoxi Garden for morning study." Wei Yingdong sighed, "I asked her roommates, and they said she didn't return all night, and they thought she was staying overnight in the hospital." Ye Ke carefully inspected the corpse, and her face became even more ugly: "She was stabbed many times, her ears were cut off, and this wound on her chest was a fatal wound, piercing the right atrium. It's really cruel." "It's more brutal than you can imagine." Wei Yingdong handed her a plastic bag, "This thing was sent to Guo Yi's ward last night." Ye Ke put that ear next to Guo Lanlan's face and made a gesture, then shook her head: "This ear does not belong to the deceased." Wei Yingdong was shocked: "What?" "Judging from the wound of this mutilated ear, it was cut after death." Ye Ke looked back at him with worried eyes: "There is still a dead person!" "Nine knives." Ye Ke said through gritted teeth, "That bastard stabbed her nine times, and the last one went into the heart." "The murderer is full of hatred for her." A trace of anger flashed in Ouyang Lei's eyes. No matter what kind of hatred there is, it is outrageous to do such a cruel thing to a girl under the age of twenty. "Maybe the murderer just enjoys this kind of torture." Although Liu Mingyue is a girl, she is very handsome and elegant in a windbreaker. Ouyang Lei frowned dissatisfied: "Why do you always like to argue with me?" Liu Mingyue sneered disdainfully: "Why do you always think you are right?" "Since when did you guys like bickering with each other?" Ye Ke's eyes swept over the faces of the two of them, as if they had discovered a new world. "Battling? With a man with well-developed limbs and an IQ less than half mine?" Ouyang Lei was furious: "Who do you say has an IQ less than half of yours!" "Enough!" Ye Ke raised his hand to stop the two, "Back to the case. If the murderer really enjoys torturing the victim as Liu Mingyue said, the case will become more complicated." "Serial..." Wei Wenhao lowered his head and whispered, "Serial murder." "There are already two victims. This is a serial murder case." "Okay." Ye Ke said helplessly, "Usually serial killers have some kind of mental illness. They are self-centered, objectify human nature, and life is worthless in their eyes. They like to manipulate each other. Looking for pleasure, including the satisfaction of sexual desire. Or..." She glanced at the three of them, "Professing to be a judge and doing justice for the heavens." The three looked at each other. Ye Ke said, "The murderer put a doll beside the corpse. What's your opinion on this?" Liu Mingyue said: "This is a symbol, like an artist's signature on his own work. It may seem meaningless, but to the murderer, it is of great significance and can reflect his motive for committing the crime." Wei Yingdong sealed off the teaching building of the Art Department, and the yellow cordon quickly attracted a large group of students watching the excitement, discussing around the door. "Do you think these students are too boring?" A colleague asked while pushing open the door of the sculpture room. Wei Yingdong rolled his eyes: "If you go to the campus BBS tonight, you will find them even more boring." Ye Ke rushed over and asked in a low voice, "Is there any new discovery?" "The medical examiner found a plaster cast in the severed ear, and the second deceased was likely in the area associated with the plaster." In the entire campus, there is only one place with plaster, which is the teaching building of the art department. The sculpture room is filled with the unique smell of plaster, and there are sculptures everywhere, some of which are formed, while others are only semi-finished products.The two searched every corner, but found nothing. They went to the second room of the sculpture, but still found nothing. Push open the door of the last sculpture room, there is no cabinet in this room, there are some life-size figure sculptures, the furnishings are clear at a glance.The colleague said: "It seems that the body is not here, let's look elsewhere." "Wait!" Wei Yingdong's eyes fell on the corner of the room, "Look." The colleague only took one look, his face turned pale. It is a sculpture of a woman sitting against a wall with a plaster doll beside her, holding the doll in her left hand and resting her right hand on the doll's belly. The two looked at each other, touched it cautiously, and it fell stiffly, but did not shatter into pieces. Wei Yingdong frowned: "We have found the second deceased." "What's her name?" Ye Ke stood in the forensic office of the police station, looking at the corpse.Her father often assists in handling cases, coming and going, everyone here knows their father and daughter. "Yang Shujun, a sophomore in the Department of Art, I asked her roommates, and they haven't seen her since noon yesterday." Wei Yingdong said, "What a pervert, even sprayed plaster on corpses and dolls!" "After spraying plaster powder, she looks no different from real plaster. The third sculpture room is usually used to place some sculptures that are not commonly used. Even if someone goes in, it is not easy to find the body. What a bold and perverted guy. Ye Ke couldn't help admiring, "The time of death was probably between 3:00 am and 6:00 am today, which is similar to Guo Lanlan's death time. The cause of death is also the same as Guo Lanlan's, with a total of nine wounds. Wait, what is this?" She used small pliers to pick out a flower petal from the corpse's clothes. "Only Taoxi Garden in C University has Sophora japonica, and both Yang Shujun and Guo Lanlan were killed in the same place." Wei Yingdong looked at her suspiciously, "If that's the case, why did the murderer take the risk of transporting the corpse to the sculpture room?" "This murderer has a perverted desire to express himself. He seems to be completing a work of art." Ye Ke pinched the deceased's chin and made her turn her face sideways, revealing a bloody wound. "The one that Guo Yi received The ear belongs to her." Holding her right hand again, "Her little finger was cut off, and the finger is missing. Is there another dead person?" Wei Yingdong's face suddenly changed: "I'll ask my colleagues to call the parents of the deceased and ask them if they have received the Sophora japonica flower and fingers." Their mobile phones rang at the same time. Wei Yingdong answered the call with a gloomy face: "My colleague said that Yang Shujun's parents received a bouquet of Sophora japonica flowers and a little finger this morning. My colleague is sending the finger to see if it is right. It belongs to the second deceased. Hey, are you okay? Why is your face so ugly?" "I just received the notice that my ancient English has failed." Ye Ke wanted to cry but had no tears. The early spring breeze carried a warm scent of flowers. Ye Ke sat outside Taoxi Garden with empty cans piled up at her feet. Behind her was the police cordon. "Crack", she opened another can of beer and took a sip of the wine. The black liquid overflowed from the corner of her mouth and wet a large part of her front.She choked on a sip of wine, coughed desperately, and continued to drink after coughing. "A young girl gets drunk in the middle of the night, isn't she afraid of attracting hooligans?" Ye Ke turned her head and saw a boy wearing a gray hooded T-shirt, who looked fairly pleasing to the eye, also holding a can of beer in his hand. "Drinking alone in the middle of the night, it seems that we are both sad people in Tianya." She said, "Let's drink together." The boy sat down beside her and touched the can with her: "What are you hurting about? Broken love?" "No, my ancient English is broken." Ye Ke gritted his teeth angrily, "That 'beast' named Fan!" "Surnamed Fan?" The boy asked in surprise, "It can't be Fan Weide?" "You know him?" "This Fan 'Calling Beast' is very famous." The boy showed an ambiguous smile and arranged the empty cans one by one. "If you want to save the situation, there is no way out." "any solution?" "Go to his house and talk to him, remember to wear less clothes and lower your cut." Ye Ke was stunned, and then took a deep breath: "I understand what you mean, he is actually that kind of person." "Now how many 'calling beasts' are not that kind of people?" Ye Ke squinted at him: "You are too extreme." The boy smiled and didn't answer. She was bored and asked, "What about you? Why are things so sad?" "I killed someone." The boy said, "Do you know the murder case that happened at school these two days? I did it." Ye Ke was inexplicably surprised and stared straight at him, making him uncomfortable: "Okay, okay, I'm joking. You really have no sense of humor." The girl rolled her eyes: "If you make such a joke at the scene of a murder, you won't be afraid of ghosts crawling out to trouble you in the middle of the night." "Actually, it will be my parents' death day in one day." When he said this, the boy's face immediately darkened, "They have been away for 12 years, and every time this day comes, I have the urge to commit suicide. " Ye Ke didn't expect such an answer, she was a little surprised, and patted his back: "The sadness will gradually fade away." "You won't understand." The boy kept pushing the empty cans back and forth, Ye Ke took a sip of the wine and smiled wryly. "Stop talking about this, come on, do it!" "Dry!" Suddenly, she saw his hand holding a beer can, the little finger curled up, and the muscles atrophied: "Your hand..." "You mean this? I got burned playing with fire when I was a child. What, it's ugly?" "No……" After drinking all the wine in the can, the boy stood up: "It was a pleasure chatting with you, goodbye." "Wait, what's your name? Which department?" The boy smiled, and the smile bloomed like a moving pagoda tree under the moonlight: "My name is Mu Nian Nuo, Department of Architecture." "Chairman, this is the celebration plan for the Huachao Festival." Jiang Yuelin, the leader of the publicity group of C Student Union, handed a document to Liu Mingyue, and Liu Mingyue, the chairman of the student union, looked at it for a while, "Well, this plan is well done. Let the entertainment department take charge." Jiang Yuelin hesitated for a moment: "President, I saw something in the student union office building the night before yesterday." "what?" A trace of fear appeared on Jiang Yuelin's face: "Maybe it's...a ghost..." Liu Mingyue laughed loudly: "Do you still believe in ghosts? Have you received more than ten years of materialistic education in vain?" "Chairman, you must trust me." Jiang Yuelin said eagerly, "Do you still remember the piano room at the end of the second floor that couldn't be opened? The day before yesterday I was working on a plan in the office, and I heard footsteps in the corridor and a woman The laughter was very eerie. At first I didn't pay attention to it, but then I suddenly heard the sound of a piano and a whining sound, like a woman sobbing in a low voice. I was startled, opened the door, and found that the sound was From that piano room..." "Wait." Liu Mingyue seemed to smell a cold smell, "You mean the sobbing of a woman?" "Yes, a very low sobbing sound, very scary." "Take me to the piano room immediately!" When the two came to the second floor, there was a faint smell of rust in the air, and the doors on both sides of the corridor were closed tightly, like monster teeth.The hearts of the two hung up, and the further they walked in, the stronger the smell of rust and rotten eggs.Liu Mingyue pushed the dusty door at the end: "Yue Lin, go and get the key." "This piano room has not been used for nearly five years, and the key is gone, so it is called the piano room that cannot be opened." Liu Mingyue thought for a moment, then bent down and looked in through the gap under the door.The inside is so dark that it's hard to see clearly, only the outline of the piano can be vaguely seen. "Yuelin, go and turn on the street lights outside the building." "Myself?" Liu Mingyue patted her on the shoulder, looked into her eyes and smiled: "Don't worry, it's fine." Jiang Yuelin seemed to be injected with infinite courage into his body in an instant, nodded, turned around and left, about a few minutes later, Liu Mingyue received a call, saying that the street lights had been turned on.She bent down again, and with the dim yellow light coming in from the window, she finally saw the scene in the room clearly. A woman leaned quietly on the piano stand, and the light of the street lamp made her a beautiful and terrifying silhouette. Jiang Yuelin came back out of breath: "Mingyue, how are you doing?" "Call the police." Liu Mingyue's eyes were cold, "We found the third body." "I heard you found the third body?" Ye Ke asked while hiccupping.Liu Mingyue looked at this hangover classmate and sneered twice: "That's right, her name is Xi Mingming, and she is a student of the computer department. The state of death is similar to that of the previous two victims, with nine stab wounds on her body. Her little finger was stabbed. It was cut off, and the time of death was probably in the early morning of the day when the second body was found. Propaganda Minister Jiang Yuelin said that he heard the footsteps of two people that night." "Two people?" "Yes, and the girl's laughter." "If what he heard was the process of committing the crime, then the deceased voluntarily walked into the piano room with the murderer?" Liu Mingyue nodded silently: "The murderer must have known the deceased. A camera was installed at the gate of the student union office building, and I have already asked the security to hand it over to the police. But this murderer is careful at every step, and I'm afraid it's not that simple to find him." "Did her parents receive anything?" "I'm not a policeman, how do I know?" Ye Ke half-closed her eyes to look at her, she smiled helplessly: "They received a bouquet of Sophora japonica flowers and a human ear." "Human ears?" "It's most likely the one that Guo Lanlan was cut off." Ye Ke breathed a sigh of relief: "So, the murderer is planning to stop?" There was a knock on the door, Ye Ke opened the door of the office, Wei Yingdong stood outside the door with an ugly expression on his face. "Officer Wei?" "Liu Mingyue, I went to the student union office to find you, and they said you were here." Wei Yingdong wiped the sweat from his forehead, "I found something in the camera, but I could only see shadows. I asked a few students from the student union, and they It is said that you have the most people and know the most people, come and recognize them and see if you can recognize who this is." After all, take out two printed photos.I don’t know if it’s the angle of the camera, or the murderer deliberately avoids the camera. One of the photos seems to be the murderer leading the deceased into the office building. Only two shadows can be seen on the wall, one of whom is wearing a skirt. , is a girl, should be the deceased.The other person was wearing a coat, which almost covered most of his body, so he couldn't see the male and female clearly. In another photo, only the murderer was left, coming out of the office building, and still only the shadow could be seen. "How do you recognize it when you dress like this?" "Wait." Ye Ke picked up the second photo, his face turned pale, "His hand..." In that shadow, the hanging right hand seemed a bit strange. Ye Ke scanned the photo into the computer, then enlarged and denoised, and a clear hand shadow appeared on the screen. The little finger of that hand curled up into a ball, Ye Ke's face was as white as winter snow. "Do you know this person?" Wei Yingdong asked strangely. "There really is such a coincidence in the world." Ye Ke couldn't recover from the shock for a while, "I drank with him last night!" The next morning, Ye Ke got the latest news from Wei Yingdong. The fathers of the three deceased were all major shareholders of Guo Yi Real Estate Company.But dating back more than ten years ago, when the company was first established, the real chairman was someone else, and they were just his right-hand men.But when the chairman worked hard to win a piece of land on Guangming Street in Dapan District, he discovered that a large garbage dump was to be built next to the land, and the land that cost tens of millions suddenly became worthless. The company is also in its biggest crisis.The three took the opportunity to take the company from him, and the desperate chairman jumped into the river and committed suicide. The chairman is exactly Mu Niannuo's father. After finding the motive, Wei Yingdong went to the Department of Architecture to find Mu Niannuo, only to find that he had never returned to the dormitory after drinking with Ye Ke that night, and the police station had ordered him to be wanted. The gate of the detention center creaked. Wei Wenhao, holding a large bag of things in his arms, followed behind the policeman, a little panicked and apprehensive. The low and ominous chirping of crows sounded in his ears, and he looked up at the sky. The high wall cut the sky into a strange polygon, which was suffocating. He opened a door, and there was a square table in the door, and the policeman motioned him to sit down.After a while, Li Lingling, who was wearing a prison uniform, came out, looking much better, and a faint smile appeared on his face when he saw him. "Thank you for visiting me." Wei Wenhao lowered his head, hesitating awkwardly for a while, not knowing what to say, so he could only give her the things in his hand. "For me?" Li Lingling smiled, "What is it?" "Some food." After a pause, he added, "And toys." Li Lingling took out a box of building blocks from the bag and asked in surprise, "How do you know I like building blocks?" Wei Wenhao was embarrassed to answer, but in fact he had been secretly watching her for a long time. Li Lingling couldn't wait to scatter the building blocks on the table, and piled them up one by one. After a while, they piled up into the shape of a house: "Doesn't it look good?" Wei Wenhao nodded. "I liked playing with building blocks when I was young, and my brother liked it too, so the two of us competed to play with each other. Grandma is always eccentric, and I always can't win over him." A faint blush appeared on Li Lingling's face, as if she had fallen into a distant memory. "Do you have a brother?" Wei Wenhao asked strangely. He remembered that Li Lingling was the only child of the Li family. Her father passed away and her mother went abroad. She refused to follow her, so she stayed alone. "Yes, he passed away when he was very young." Li Lingling said, "Let's not talk about that. I heard that something happened to Guo Yi's family and he didn't care about me, so I just detained him for 15 days. What happened to their family? " Wei Wenhao nervously turned the ring on his ring finger: "His daughter is dead." "Lan Lan is dead?" Li Lingling yelled in surprise, Wei Wenhao hurriedly said, "You, don't worry, listen to me." Then he told Li Lingling what happened in the past few days. Trembling with fear. "Don't worry." Wei Wenhao comforted, "The murderer has been found and will be arrested soon." At this time, the police urged me from the side, saying that the visiting time was coming soon.Wei Wenhao got up to leave, but Li Lingling suddenly stopped him: "Do you think this matter has anything to do with me?" Wei Wenhao was startled: "Did you remember something?" "I don't know..." Li Lingling held her head, eyes full of fear, "I've been inside these few days, and I've been thinking about what happened that day, but my mind is blank." Wei Wenhao hesitated for a while, and walked over to hold her hand: "Don't be afraid, everything will come to light." After three days, Ye Ke finally waited for news from Mu Nian Nuo. She didn't expect that when she saw him again, it would be on the dissecting table. "He committed suicide by jumping into the river." Wei Yingdong sighed, "Leaving a suicide note, saying that he did everything, and he wanted to avenge his father, so he made this terrible plan." "In the end, he still chose his father's way to leave this world." Mu Niannuo's face was deformed by the blisters, but the deformity of the little finger was clearly visible. "That's right, he is Mu Nian Nuo." Wei Yingdong finally breathed a sigh of relief, the case was finally closed, the pressure he had been under for the past few days was instantly released, and he was exhausted after three days of sleepless nights. After leaving the police station, Ye Ke returned to her bedroom, took out a can of dark beer from under the bed, and poured it into her mouth.她没有开灯，屋子里很安静，安静得就像一座坟墓。 她似乎能够闻到死亡的味道。 前几日还在一起喝酒，今天却阴阳相隔，真是世事无常。 当她将最后一口酒喝完的时候，铃声响了起来，手机亮起冰蓝色的光，为屋子里添了一份诡异的色彩。 她拿起手机，略带醉意地说：“喂？” “我是刘鸣玥。” “这么晚了，怎么还不回来？” “我在家里。还记得韦英东拿来的那两张照片吗？我发现了一些奇怪的地方。”刘鸣玥的声音还是那么沉着冷静，仿佛只是一个冷眼旁观的人。叶珂的酒意立刻醒了一半：“详细说说。” “我已经传到你的邮箱，你对比一下两张照片里的影子。” 叶珂连忙打开笔记本电脑，将两张图片排在屏幕上，仔细看了一阵，脸色忽然大变。 办公楼大门的灯光不会改变，可是进去的这个人，和出来的这个人，影子有些细微的差别。进去的那个要纤瘦一些，出来的那个身材壮硕。 一股寒意窜进了她的衣领，她仿佛察觉到某种令人胆寒的东西。 难道，有两个凶手吗？ “抱歉，大半夜把你们叫到这里来。”叶珂说。 宿管会的办公室灯火通明，叶珂是宿管会的主席，这里几乎成了几人的聚会的固定地点。韦文豪、刘鸣玥和欧阳蕾围坐在圆桌旁。 “凶手应该不止一个。我仔细想过，这件事情与李凌铃殴打郭翼肯定有着某种联系。李凌铃有强迫症，极易接受别人的心理暗示。若是她真的受了心理暗示，那么进行暗示的就是她动手打人之前的一瞬间。我让刘鸣玥带来了那天的录像，大家一起来看看，也许能发现什么。”说着，她将一张光盘放进电脑，快进到颁奖仪式。掌声在这间安静得有些诡异的屋子里回响，韦文豪突然叫起来：“停！” 叶珂快速按下暂停键，画面定格在李凌铃接过奖杯之后抬起身子的那一瞬。 “眼睛。”韦文豪简明扼要地说。众人仔细看她的双眸，似乎在看着台下的某一处。叶珂沉默了片刻：“鸣玥，你有观众席的录像吗？” “演讲比赛刚开始的时候应该录过观众席。” 叶珂又将镜头倒回去，韦文豪指着左边几排座位：“从凌玲目光的角度来看，应该是这边。” 因为镜头比较远，观众的脸录得有些模糊。叶珂截图之后，降噪放大，一排一排看过来，目光定格在某一处，脸色骤变。 “怎么，有认识的人？” 叶珂将其中一个人的脸再次放大、降噪，刘鸣玥说：“这不是宋楚楚吗，文娱部的副部长。” 叶珂嘴角抽动了两下：“她还是李凌铃和郭兰兰的室友，李凌铃有强迫症的事，就是她告诉我的。” 一时沉默，屋子里的空气凝固如水泥。 “我先打电话告诉表哥。”叶珂拿起电话，接通了，铃声一遍一遍，但是没有人接听。再打，依然没人接听。 “或许是睡着了。”她说。 “不可能。”韦文豪说，“我哥也是警察，他说警察因为工作的关系，连睡觉的时候都把手机放在床头。” “不好！表哥可能出事了！” 韦英东太疲倦了，进屋后到饮水机里接了一杯水，一饮而尽，然后倒头就睡，均匀的呼吸响起，在这寂静的屋里徘徊。 卧室的门无声无息地开了，一个人影缓缓地走进来，穿着一件黑色的大衣，昏暗的路灯光从窗户外溢进来，将她的影子拉得很长很长，宛如鬼魅。 韦英东趴在床上，睡得很沉。 人影立在床头，从衣服里抽出一把锋利的匕首，寒光闪烁，映照在韦英东的眼帘上。刀子被高高举起，然后猛地落下。 “啪”，一只手握住了她的手腕。 宋楚楚抽了口冷气，不敢置信地看着韦英东。 年轻的警官站了起来，一双大手像铁钳一般死死地抓着她：“你太小瞧我们警察了，从你开门的那一刻我就知道有人进了屋。那杯下了安眠药的水，我其实并没有喝。” 宋楚楚尖叫起来，狠狠地往他手臂上咬了一口。韦英东痛得低吼一声，将她甩出去：“你要干什么？” “是你害死了年诺！是你害死了他！”宋楚楚歇斯底里地哭叫，抓起刀子再次朝他刺来。卧室的门忽然被人推开，宋楚楚随着一声沉闷的低响跌倒，一只陶制工艺品在她身边滚动。 “表哥，你没事吧？” 四人一齐跑进来，欧阳蕾动了动手腕，虽然已经很久不曾打过篮球，但看来投篮的功夫还没有退步。 “你们怎么来了？” “说来话长。”叶珂朝宋楚楚看了一眼，“还是先叫救护车吧。” “我们在宋楚楚的家里发现了作案的凶器和血衣，可以定案了。”韦英东在手机那头说。叶珂问：“她现在怎么样了？” “疯了，一直哭，喊木年诺的名字，还撕扯自己的头发。我们把她送到了精神病院，医生说她有严重的自残倾向。” 挂掉电话，叶珂的脸色凝重起来。 不知道为什么，她总觉得还有些疑点没有解开。 这个案子真的这么简单吗？ 她揉了揉太阳穴，不过现在该担心的不是案子，而是她的挂科，得想个万全之策。 第二天，她到警察局去找表哥，继续探讨这个案子，表哥的同事告诉她韦英东在停尸房，她来到停尸房，却没见到人。四周白惨惨的，日光灯和钢铁冰柜发出瘆人的光，法医老陈在检查第二天送去火化的尸体，不少都是年代久远，找不到家人的尸体。他拉开一只只冰柜进行检查，叶珂就站在旁边看，当拉开第三只的时候，她忽然愣住了。 那是一具几乎化为白骨的尸体，脑袋歪向一边，太阳穴周围有一道凹下去的伤痕，应该是被钝器所伤。 这道伤口的位置，与李凌铃击打郭翼所留下的伤口，无论位置和大小，都几乎一模一样！ 她看了看尸体的右手，只有四根指头。 心中一阵恶寒，她连忙求老陈给她看尸体的资料，这是一个十岁左右的小男孩，脑袋偏大，发育畸形，头部遭受钝器击打，死因是毒杀，从残留组织里发现了农药的成分。尸体的发现地点…… 大盘区光明街！ 那块地，不就是木年诺的父亲当年所拿下的那块地皮吗？已经荒废在那里十几年了。 胸口一片冰凉，几乎握不住文件夹。 这个案子，果然还有下文！ 出了警局，她立刻坐车来到光明街，因为几个月前的地震，这片街区几乎变成了瓦砾，只剩下一些房屋的框架孤零零地矗立着。街头立了牌子，垃圾处理厂已经迁到了郊外，再过半个月这里就要完全拆掉，建一处高档小区。 那栋发现尸体的屋子只剩下一面断壁还立着，像一块冰冷的墓碑。 “咔嗒”，脚下似乎踩到了某件东西，她俯身捡起，是一块变形的门牌号。 光明街14号。 “叶珂，你来找人吗？” 叶珂惊诧地回头，看到一个年轻漂亮的女孩，画着淡淡的妆，笑意盈盈，宛如天使。 她的手中，捧着一束槐花，一共9朵。 “李凌铃，你不是在拘留所里吗？” “拘留15天，今天正好出狱。”李凌铃微笑，将槐花轻轻放在断壁下：“叶珂，你知道吗？我是被李家收养的，我原来姓辛。家就住在光明街14号，和年迈的奶奶、智障的哥哥相依为命。” 叶珂冷着脸问：“12年前，这里究竟发生了什么？” “那年我刚好7岁。”李凌铃娓娓道来，就像在讲一个年代久远的故事，“我很小的时候父母就过世了，奶奶一个人把我们养大。哥哥有残疾，脑袋比普通人大，生来便只有九根指头。周围的小孩子都欺负我们，奶奶总是拿着木棍驱赶那些孩子，给我们出气。7岁的时候，一个地产公司买下这块地，强迫所有人搬走。奶奶不肯，他们打了奶奶，奶奶伤得很重，知道时日不多，经人介绍，李家人来领养了我，但无论如何都不肯收养我哥哥。奶奶也没有说什么，让我跟着他们回家了。那天晚上，我想念奶奶和哥哥，偷偷爬窗出来，回到这里，门从里面反锁上了，我进不去，只能趴在窗户上往里面偷偷地看。你知道我看见了什么吗？我看见奶奶靠着墙壁坐着，哥哥的头枕在她的大腿上，一直在喊肚子疼。奶奶就握着他一只手，替他揉肚子，边揉边说：'忍一忍，很快就不痛了。'” 叶珂的手在轻轻颤抖。 “那时我不知道发生了什么。哥哥终于忍不住了，跳起来大哭，喊肚子痛。奶奶就拿起爸爸当年得的奖杯，狠狠砸在他的头上。那个晚上，我的世界是猩红的。”李凌铃靠在断壁上，美丽的少女和废墟，像一幅哥特风格的油画，“奶奶知道自己死了，哥哥一定会被欺负，不久就会饿死，于是想带他一起走。” 一时沉默，不知从哪里传来的乌鸦鸣叫，在叶珂的心头掠过，所有想不通的疑点都得到了解释。 “养母一直希望我能到国外去照顾她，她托了关系，出国的手续应该很快办下来了。”李凌铃从包里拿出一个积木堆成的小房子，每一块积木都细心地用胶水粘在一起，“请将这个转交给韦文豪，替我谢谢他。” 叶珂看着积木，一共9块。 “9这个数字，对你来说有什么特别的意义吗？” “哥哥的指头只有9根，听奶奶说过，他学会的第一个数字就是9。他的小名，也叫小九。” 9道刀伤、9朵槐花、9块积木，她早该想到的。李凌铃没有被催眠，更没有被心理暗示，她打郭翼，并不是无意识的，而是蓄意而为，为的是进看守所，为自己制造不在场证明！ 可怕的女孩。 “你对宋楚楚催眠了吧？” 李凌铃回过头来，巧笑倩兮：“是她自愿的哦，她爱木年诺，想帮他报仇，但不敢下手，我就帮她请了心理医生。那位心理医生很厉害，对我们俩都进行了催眠，将我的恨意加诸在她的身上，甚至让她也看到了我曾经看到的一切。” 叶珂脸色倏地惨白：“那个心理医生是谁？” “叶珂，你问得太多了。”李凌铃笑道，“他对我来说，就像神一般的存在。” 少女远去了，风刮起槐花的花瓣，在天空中飞舞，宛如一只只无处可依的孤苦灵魂。 夜深了，刘鸣玥三人来到一间咖啡馆，这间咖啡馆24小时营业，此时门可罗雀。布置倒是很低调高雅，轻音乐在空气里缓慢流动。 落地窗边坐着一个少女，三人来到她身旁坐下，欧阳蕾有些不耐烦：“你知道现在几点了吗？你做事能不能关心一下别人的感受？” “我叫你们来，是看一场好戏。”叶珂神秘地朝三人挤了挤眼睛。 “哦？”刘鸣玥勾了勾嘴角，“那就看看这场戏值不值票价了。” 叶珂朝窗外一指：“对面那栋别墅就是'范叫兽'的家。” 刘鸣玥来了兴趣：“有点意思，我们拭目以待。” “欧阳蕾，帮我一个忙。” 欧阳蕾不满地瞥了她一眼：“我为什么要帮你？” “因为很有趣啊。”叶珂朝她勾了勾手指，她非常不情愿地凑过去，耳语一阵，她一脸诧异，不敢置信地盯着她：“你……当真？” “当真。”她掏了一枚硬币给她，拍了拍她的肩，“小蕾，我看好你哦。” 欧阳蕾瞪着硬币，露出便秘一样的表情，最后还是起身，走出咖啡馆，来到街角的公用电话亭，打了个电话，又回来。叶珂问：“怎么样，他们什么反应？” “他们很紧张。”欧阳蕾似乎也有些紧张，刘鸣玥一脸好奇：“你究竟说了什么？” “很快你就知道了。”叶珂啪的一声打开啤酒罐，不到五分钟，尖锐的警铃声呼啸而来，在几人惊讶的目光中，警车停在别墅门口，蹭蹭蹭地往下蹦警察。周围的居民不知道发生了什么事，都从阳台上伸出脑袋来看。警察们布好人力，一脚踢开别墅的大门，不多时，范教授和一个年轻女孩就在众目睽睽之下被带了出来，连衣服也没有穿好。 搜查了一阵，警车又呼啸着开走了，叶珂刚好把酒喝完，双颊浮起一层淡淡的酡红。 “你怎么做到的？”刘鸣玥瞪着她问。 “很简单，我让小蕾打电话报警，说那别墅里正在进行新型毒品交易。” “警察相信你？” “我准确地说出了那种新型毒品的成分和国外最大制造商的名号。” 刘鸣玥微微眯起眼睛：“你怎么会知道？” “这个嘛……”叶珂一罐接一罐地喝酒，她老爸现在正在国外帮着FBI办案，这已经不是第一次了，上上次的某个案子，就是关于新型毒品。欧阳蕾不明所以地皱眉：“你这么做有什么意义？警方很快就能证明这是一场诬陷。” “这处别墅其实是'范叫兽'金屋藏娇的地方，总会带年轻女孩来这里过夜。今晚事情闹得这么大，他和女学生偷情的事是绝对瞒不住了，学校丢不起这个人，他准备卷铺盖走人吧。”叶珂得意地笑，三人心中不由自主生出一股寒意。 这样损的招数都能想得出来，她还真是深不可测。 “事实证明，不是所有事情，都需要以杀人来解决。”叶珂环视众人，用食指指了指太阳穴，“只要够聪明，报仇其实只是一件很简单的事。” 三人沉默。 气氛一时有些尴尬，叶珂从包里取出积木房子，递给韦文豪：“这是李凌铃托我转交给你的，她很快就要出国了，忘了她吧。” 韦文豪愣住，怔怔地接过积木房子，然后转身跑了出去。 “你真温柔。”刘鸣玥点了杯卡布奇诺，静静地喝，“竟然没有告诉他真相。” “真相？谁又知道真相是什么？” 她望着窗外浓如幕布的夜空，乌黑的眸宛如一口看不见底的深潭。 “好了，戏已经谢幕，咱们可以回家睡个好觉了。”叶珂站起身，却看见韦文豪疯了一样跑进来，双眼无助，浑身都在颤抖。 “文豪，发生什么事了？” “我刚刚接到韦警官的电话，他说凌玲她……”积木房子从他手中跌下，落地的那一瞬，四分五裂。 四人站在李凌铃家门外，房子周围牵起了黄色的警戒线。 “等等，你们是干什么的？”一个警察拦住他们，韦英东匆匆出来，“小赵，让叶珂进来。” 这是一栋民国时期修建的老房子，充满了古老而陈旧的气息，还有一丝令人作呕的血腥味。叶珂跟着韦英东进了卧室，打开门的刹那，她看到墙壁上写着一个巨大的红字——W。 心顿时跌入谷底，冰冷刺骨。 “尸体已经带走了。”韦英东指着床铺说，“我们接到一个报警电话，是用公用电话亭打出的，声音也做了处理，说这里发生了杀人案。我们来的时候，发现李凌铃躺在床上，神情很安静，没有搏斗的痕迹，像睡着了，但被人割了喉，已经死亡。” 叶珂的呼吸急促起来，仿佛听不到他的话，一步一步来到巨大的红字前，伸手摸了摸，韦英东急道：“别破坏证据。” 女生回过头，脸白如纸：“他来了。” "Who?" “White Angel.”叶珂能够感觉到自己的声音在颤抖，“白天使，又称割喉天使，赫赫有名的连环杀手，1993年在美国加州兰斯特孤儿院犯下第一桩杀人案，十七年来杀人无数，警方却对他一无所知。和'开膛手杰克'、'十二宫杀手'一样，他是个传奇。” “他为什么会到中国来？这很可能只是一桩'模仿杀人'。”刘鸣玥说。 “李凌玲曾说过，有个心理医生给她做过催眠。” “你们放心吧，这桩案子我们会彻查，如果真的跟White Angel有关，我们就必须得联系国际警察了。”韦英东拍了拍表妹的肩膀，“你们都回去吧，好好休息。” 叶珂从犯罪现场出来，抬头仰望蔚蓝的天空，不知从哪里来的风，卷着槐花花瓣落在她的眼睑上，微微的疼。 她的父亲与White Angel曾结下梁子，甚至差一点就捉到他了。她有预感，总有一天，她会见到White Angel，至于是祸是福，唯有天知。