sneak peek

Xiaoqing sat in the police station office, keeping her head down, very quiet.Standing not far away was his uncle who came from his hometown to take care of him.Uncle looked tired and his brows were deeply furrowed. It seemed that this sudden change had a great impact on him.

Gu Yexi took a chair and sat opposite to Xiaoqing. He didn't say anything, just took the computer and started playing a video.

The video is very short, only 1 minute and 23 seconds, and it looks like it was shot directly with a mobile phone.The video is obviously in the back hill of the park. At the beginning, the screen is facing Huanhuan. He takes a dagger handed to him by the photographer, which looks exactly like the murder weapon, and stabs himself in the chest without hesitation.The sharp blade disappeared into his chest, but the blood didn't splash out, and Huanhuan seemed to be fine.He took the dagger away, and saw a little stabbing mark on his chest, even his clothes were not torn.

Then Xiaodie took the dagger and repeated what Huanhuan had just done.In the end, the camera shakes for a moment. It should be that Huanhuan took the phone to shoot. We can see the photographer at the beginning——Xiao Qing, who stabbed himself with a dagger.After all three stabbed themselves with daggers, they cheered, as if they had accomplished some feat.

Gu Yexi tilted her head and asked, "Xiaoqing, this is a recovered video on your phone, do you have anything to tell me?"

Xiaoqing didn't dare to look up at Gu Yexi, so she glanced at her uncle, continued to stare at her toes, and remained silent.

"When I was in school, the teacher should have taught me that I should be responsible for my own affairs. Now my mother takes the responsibility for you. Do you think this is right?"

Xiaoqing clenched his hands into a small fist and pulled his trousers until they were wrinkled.

"If you don't tell the truth, Mom may not be able to come home for a long, long time, do you really want that?"

Xiao Qing shook his head.

"Then tell me, what's going on with this dagger?"

Xiaoqing was silent for a while, and said in a low voice with tears: "That dagger is a toy. When it stabs people, the upper part will shrink into the handle. It looks like it has been stabbed in, but it is not. It is really It won't hurt anyone."

"But it hurt Xiao Fang."

"I... I don't know why this happened. We all played with that dagger before. We were all fine. You saw it too. We didn't expect that something would happen when Xiao Fang was playing... .I think the toy might be broken."

"What happened that day?"

Xiao Qing wiped his tears and nose, "Xiao Fang is new to us, he has never played with daggers before, so we plan to let him play with daggers. We told him that this is a ceremony for joining us, only stabbed himself but Only those who are okay can officially join. He was a little scared and thought it would hurt, so we showed him the video and told him it was okay. Then he stabbed himself. After stabbing, blood flowed out, and Xiao Fang fell to the ground. It was very painful to go up. We were all stunned, too scared to move, Xiaodie screamed, and I covered her mouth to keep her from screaming, I was afraid adults would run over."

"and then?"

"Xiao Fang just lay there, unable to move, we told him to ignore him, his face looked terrible. We didn't know what to do, but if we told our mother, we would definitely be scolded to death. Xiaodie also Said, we will be caught in prison, locked up, and unable to come out for the rest of our lives. We want to bury Xiao Fang, which is always shown on TV. But Xiao Die has no strength, Huanhuan is so scared that his legs are weak, and I am alone People can't do it. Finally I called my mother, and she told us to put on our coats and go to the flower bed. I guess my mother buried Fang."

"Is this dagger yours?"

Xiao Qing nodded, then shook her head again, "Brother Nian gave it to me."

Gu Yexi's heart skipped a beat, and his expression became serious, "Brother Nian? Who is Brother Nian?"

"Before school started, I met him in the park. I saw him playing with a dagger. He was very good. He taught me how to play and gave me the dagger."

"What's his full name? Have you seen him since?"

"I don't know, I just called him Brother Nian. I saw him a few times in the park afterwards, but usually he would sleep in a tree or watch us play."

"Other people know Brother Nian?"

"Xiao Fang doesn't know each other. Xiao Die, Huan Huan, Brother Nian and I played hide and seek once."

Gu Yexi stared at Xiao Qing sharply, and asked earnestly, "When you were playing together on Friday, did Brother Nian touch the dagger? Or did Brother Nian show up that day?"

Xiaoqing was a little frightened, and moved back a little, "No, I didn't see Brother Nian."

"Didn't you say that he likes to hide and sleep in trees? Or he came, but you didn't see him?"

Xiaoqing thought for a while, then shook her head firmly, "No, if Brother Nian is here, he will definitely help us."

Gu Yexi couldn't help sighing inwardly, this child didn't even know he was being used by others, and he firmly believed that this person would help him.

"Brother Nian, what does he look like, can you tell me?"

Xiao Qing nodded, and said with some hesitation: "It looks like the police uncle who came to the house with you before."

Gu Yexi was stunned, and found Mo Wang's photo from the phone album, "Him? You said he looks like him?"

Xiao Qing nodded.

"Where does it look like? The hair is curly, white and tender, and looks particularly good-looking?"

"Well, almost."

"Then is there anything special about Brother Nian? For example, birthmarks and tattoos?"

Xiaoqing touched the tiger's mouth on his right hand and said, "He has a scar here, like a caterpillar."

"Did brother Nian tell you anything about himself? For example, where does he live, who is in his family, and what does he do?"

"He said...he said he had a special skill, that he could be invisible, that no one could find him, and that he would only appear when he wanted to be seen."

It is estimated that only children would believe such nonsense.Gu Yexi frowned, and suddenly thought of something, "Xiao Qing, when Xiao Fang was playing with the dagger, did you take any videos?"

Xiaoqing nodded, "Huanhuan took a picture, but he deleted it."

In the early morning, the lights in the bureau were still brightly lit, and the people inside were yawning and exhausted.

Gu Yexi was sitting on the table with a cigarette in his mouth, "The video in Huanhuan's phone has been recovered, and it can be clearly seen that Xiao Fang took the dagger from Xiao Qing's hand and stabbed himself, which is in line with Xiao Qing's statement. The instigator of this incident is a man named Brother Nian."

Meng Ning took out a sketch and pasted it on the whiteboard, "This is what Brother Nian drew according to Xiaoqing's description."

Li Zi: "Are you sure it's not Xiao Momo?"

Mo Wang stared at the picture in a daze, "Uh, this, it doesn't look like that."

Gu Yexi: "First of all, it is certain that the hairstyle should be the same, all curly, and the age is similar. Then according to Xiaoqing, there is a caterpillar-like scar on his right hand. Since he is often in the park Haunted, Meng Ning, go check all the surveillance cameras near the park tomorrow, and find a way to find him."

Meng Ning: "We have seen the video on Xiaoqing's mobile phone and we know that the dagger was really just a toy before, and it couldn't hurt people. It must have been replaced by someone later. The most suspicious thing is this brother Nian. Although Xiaoqing It is said that Brother Nian did not show up on the day of the incident, but it may have been secretly changed. In this way, he must have appeared in the park that day, right? I will check Friday first, and later, according to Xiaoqing, the two met Every day, check every day."

Gu Yexi nodded, "Just follow what you said. Now there is one thing I haven't fully figured out. What is the motive for this brother? Is it aimed at Xiaofang? Xiaoqing? Or the other two children?"

Mo Wang frowned, "Xiao Fang lost his life, and Xiao Qing was framed as a murderer. Both of them can be said to be victims. It's really hard to say which one was targeted."

Huang Jiade: "I think, if Xiao Fang is afraid and unwilling to play, and Xiao Qing decides to demonstrate it first, wouldn't it be Xiao Qing who died? So I think he is targeting Xiao Qing, either die or become a murderer."

Li Zi: "But there is a problem. Brother Nian already knew Xiaoqing before Xiaofang joined. We also know through the video that Xiaoqing Xiaodie and Huanhuan played daggers together. Why didn't you secretly replace them at that time?" How about framing Xiao Qing with a dagger? Do you have to wait until Xiao Fang shows up before doing so?"

Gu Yexi: "So, it is aimed at both Xiao Fang and Xiao Qing? What is the reason? How did the two children offend him?"

Mo Wang shook his head: "I don't think it was the children who offended him, it's more like the children were used to create a farce, maybe their parents and Nian have a grudge."

Gu Yexi: "Father's debt is paid by the son? Well, it's possible. How about this, Jiade and Lizi will investigate again tomorrow, the enemies of the four families, especially the two families of Xiaoqing and Xiaofang. Mo and I will go for a walk in the park Let's see if anyone nearby has any impression of Brother Nian."