Chasing the Mist

The murder of Shen Yibei brought the case that should have been concluded into a new cycle. Everyone in the conference room sat around and stared at the photos pasted on the whiteboard.

Meng Jia: "Shen Yibei's hands and feet were bound, and there were many mechanical injuries on his body. The fatal wound was on his back. The wound on the surface of the skin was 2.3 cm wide. The murder weapon went straight into the heart. It should be a long sharp knife.

Li Xun said that at 8:5 noon on August 11, he and Shen Yibei had dinner at a noodle restaurant in the west district of Nanping County. They ate at around 12:10 and planned to leave together after the meal. Shen Yibei got on the phone temporarily, so Li Xun left first. up.

According to Shen Yibei's call records, the last call was at 12:11 and 18:82 respectively. Now this number has been shut down. The owner of the phone is an [-]-year-old man who has passed away.

The owner of the noodle shop said that Shen Yi left at about 12:15. We checked the surveillance cameras across the road from the noodle shop. In the video, he was standing on the side of the road looking around as if he was waiting for someone. At 12:18, he answered the phone again and then crossed the road. , walked into the path opposite the noodle shop, disappeared from the surveillance video, and never appeared again.

Since the old steel factory had been abandoned for many years, there were not many vehicles at the intersection. There were five vehicles between 12:18 and 4:009865 pm. After screening one by one, the van with the license plate D[-] was more suspicious. "

Meng Jia slid her finger down to the screenshot of the van's video, "The driver of the van was wearing sunglasses, a mask, and a hat, packed like a star, for fear of catching his face. Obviously he knew that the road was being monitored, so he deliberately avoided it."

Gu Xun stopped the lighter spinning between his fingers, tapped the table with his index finger, "Has this car been checked?"

Meng Jia shook her head, "I haven't had time to investigate."

Gu Xun nodded, then looked at the trace, "Are there any suspicious traces behind Shen Yibei?"

Trace inspection: "Shoe prints were messy at the scene. At least five people surrounded the deceased at the time, but no suspicious traces were found. The dead was facing the window. There were traces of trampling on the weeds outside the window, but no shoe prints were left."

The murderer sneaked into the factory wearing shoe covers without leaving any traces, then stabbed the knife in the back and took away the murder weapon, which shows that he came prepared and did not commit the crime impulsively.

The footprints next to the corpse were messy, and there were broken wooden sticks, cigarette butts and other sundries on the ground. The person who beat Shen Yibei did not deliberately destroy the traces.

Combining the above two points, there are two possibilities.

One: The murderer was not among the people who beat Shen Yibei, he hid in a corner outside the factory building, eavesdropped on the conversation between Shen Yibei and those people, and after the people who beat Shen Yibei left, he sneaked in and killed him with a knife.

Two: Among the people who beat Shen Yibei, the murderer left the old steel factory with the others and came back to communicate with Shen Yibei but did not get the desired result, so he killed him.

Did the murderer kill Shen Yibei to know the whereabouts of the things in Shen Yici's stomach, or was there something else?

Just as Gu Xun was thinking, he accidentally caught a glimpse of the clock on the wall. At two o'clock in the morning, he glanced around the conference table from the corner of his eye. Alright, I'm here temporarily today, I'll go back to sleep, Zheng Tiancheng won't come to the bureau tomorrow morning, I'll go directly to check the van."

The crowd scattered, but Gu Xun stayed where he was, turning the lighter regularly between his fingers.

There were only two people left in the conference room, Lin Yiran relaxed a little, resting his chin in his hand and tilting his head, Gu Xun had a good physique, his profile and front face were impeccable, he was concentrating on watching.

The lighter in Gu Xun's hand flew towards Lin Yiran from the air. He came back to his senses and raised his hand to catch it. "Go home?"

Gu Xun got up and went over, snatched back the lighter, "It's forbidden to look at me like that in the bureau."

Lin Yiran leaned over and asked with a half-smile, "What kind of look?"

"It's going to eat my eyes." Gu Xun said as he walked out.

Lin Yiran chased after him and whispered in his ear: "Let me eat?"

Gu Xun pushed Lin Yiran's head, then pointed around, "Look where this is? What's on your head every day?"

Lin Yiran smiled slightly, and raised his wrist to show Gu Xun his watch, "When I'm off work, I can think whatever I want."

Gu Xun didn't bother to talk to him anymore, took a few steps to the parking lot with his long legs, opened the door and entered, and habitually lit the cigarette first, just after pressing the light, Lin Yiran grabbed his wrist, "The risk of lung cancer from long-term smoking is lifelong non-smoking 20 times the size of the crowd, brother, draw less."

The spiritual food was taken away, and Gu Xun felt empty in his heart, feeling a little uncomfortable, and soon Lin Yiran bit the edge of the toffee and pressed it to him. With a light touch between his lips, the toffee entered Gu Xun's mouth. Just as he was about to take the next step, Gu Xun suddenly Push him away and press the window.

Outside the car window, Meng Jia was dumbfounded.

The toffee melted in the mouth, and the milky sweetness spread from the mouth to the internal organs. Gu Xun said nonchalantly, "What's the matter?"

The impact of the scene just now was too strong, Meng Jia didn't recover for a while, and after a long time, she slowly said, "It's nothing." Then there was no silver 300 taels here and she explained palely: "I didn't know anything just now. did not see it."

The corner of Gu Xun's mouth twitched slightly, "Didn't you see that you were so shocked?"

"Then I...gouged my own eyes." Meng Jia pretended to gouging his eyes.

Gu Xun leaned his elbow on the car window, turned to look at her and smiled, "Let me introduce you formally, Lin Yiran, my wife."

Lin Yiran heard that he wanted to strangle Gu Xun to death, but because of Meng Jia's presence, he had no choice but to give up, forcing out a polite yet awkward smile.

Meng Jia stretched out her hand into the car window solemnly, "Hi, sister-in-law."

Lin Yiran: "..."

Gu Xun held his forehead, smiled in a low voice, then raised his head and regained his seriousness, "Stop making trouble, let's get down to business."

Meng Jia withdrew her hand, "According to the clues I have obtained before, the contents in Shen Yici's stomach are likely to be drugs. If Shen Yibei knew that the little girl was transporting drugs and took the drugs after strangling her, then last time Zhou Zhengzheng People go to the Shen family to threaten him, with his cowardly and incompetent character, and the doting and loving care of the Shen family, he will definitely tell the whereabouts of the drugs.

I tend to think that Shen Yibei doesn't know that Shen Yici is transporting drugs, let alone that she has something in her stomach. "

"Shen Yibei was beaten before, but he didn't suffer any fatal injuries, which means that Zhou Zheng didn't want his life. He just wanted to recover the drugs in Shen Yici's body, so I agree with my classmate's deduction on this point." Lin Yiran said.

The toffee was completely melted, Gu Xun habitually took out a cigarette, took out a stick in his mouth, picked up the lighter, pressed the light for a moment, remembered Lin Yiran's actions just now, paused for two seconds, put down the lighter, and retracted the cigarette, "The murderer's motive for committing the crime It's complicated, and you can't rule out Zhou Zheng's suspicion based on one point. Last time I said that even if it wasn't Zhou Zheng, it might be someone close to him who knew the inside story. Second, Shen Yibei's personal grievances."

Personal matters?

A name immediately appeared in Lin Yiran's mind, "Will someone avenge Shen Yici? How bright is the example."

Meng Jia opened her mouth slightly and nodded repeatedly, "Yes."

Gu Xun let out a sigh of relief, "Tomorrow will still be divided into two groups. You and Zheng Tiancheng will continue to investigate the drug line. The people in the van and those who beat and threatened Shen Yibei must be found out. Lin Yiran and I will go and find out what is going on. Liang and Shen Yinan."

"Shen Yinan?" Meng Jia asked.

Gu Xun: "In Shen Yici's case, the Shen family committed the crime of covering up. Now only Shen Yinan is free to see if he has any clues."

"Contact me tomorrow, I'm leaving." Meng Jia didn't leave immediately, and added meaningfully, "You guys continue." before slipping away.

Elva Hsiao's "Cappuccino" was played in the car and sang: Love Cappuccino,

Thick nostalgic foam, seductive breath, so much love...  

Relaxing music failed to change Lin Yiran's sullen face, and when the lights were red, Gu Xun tickled his chin, "Are you angry without permission to disclose your relationship?"

Lin Yiran bit the back of his hand, leaving a deep circle of tooth marks before letting go, "Gu Xun, I'm not 0, you are my wife, don't get confused."

Gu Xun lowered his eyes and looked at the back of his hand, "Are you a dog?" In an instant, he pinched his chin again, leaned closer, and said with a smile, "Coincidentally, I'm not 0 either."

Lin Yiran: "..."

"Baby, don't get entangled, the future is long, let's talk about this issue in the future." The red light turned green, and Gu Xun started the car and drove home.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, the unit building was pitch black, only the lights at home were on. After Gu Yuan graduated and officially took over the company, he didn't go home very often. In addition, Gu Xun was busy with a case recently, and the two brothers met less and less often.

The sound of Gu Xun opening the door and walking was very soft, Gu Yuan didn't hear anyone coming in at all, and was concentrating on searching for Lin Yiran's bookcase, not knowing what to look for.

"What are you looking for?" Gu Xun's cold voice rang out.

The book in Gu Yuan's hand fell to the ground, and the photos in the book were scattered all over the floor, "You want to scare people to death? I don't know where my graduation certificate is."

Lin Yiran quickly squatted down to pick up the photos, his hands were fast.

"Can you lose your graduation certificate? Why don't you lose yourself?" Gu Xun reprimanded his younger brother.

"I lost it a long time ago." Gu Yuan left without thinking for so long and left.

Gu Xun yelled, "What's going on in your head." He bent down to help Lin Yiran pick up the photos, and picked up one at random. It was a graduate of the police academy and he looked like wearing a police uniform. Before he could ask why, Lin Yiran had snatched the photos away.

There are too many photos on the ground, and Lin Yiran was so fast that he only picked up half of them. Gu Xun picked up another one. He looked like he was resting on a bench with his eyes closed after drinking some wine during the Spring Festival the year before last.

Lin Yiran came to snatch it again, Gu Xun got up and hid behind his back, and said with a smile: "I can't see that there is a sneak camera man at home, have you ever secretly photographed me taking a shower?"

Lin Yiran: "..."

Gu Xun leaned against the wall, hid his hands behind his back, and looked at Lin Yiran proudly.

Lin Yiran simply smashed the jar, and stuffed all the photos in his arms, "Look at whatever you want."

Gu Xun sorted through the photos and looked at them carefully one by one. Smoking, thinking, laughing, exhaustion... the moments in various poses, some for too long, he no longer remembered the scene at that time, subconsciously frowned.

"Grandpa died, you locked yourself in the room for two days, didn't eat or drink, smoked all day, and then you came out with such a decadent ghost."

"..."

"This is the first time you fell in love. Wu Shanshan is holding you, Yuan He is holding Zheng Yuan. During the summer vacation, you walked out of our house side by side, laughing and laughing happily. I took a picture of it." Lin Yiran paused for a moment, and said with a smile: "The pixels of my phone used to be scumbag, and it took a picture of your handsome face, which is attractive to girls."

The corners of Gu Xun's lips were gradually drooping. Lin Yiran remembered all the past that was abandoned by time. His heart ached and he couldn't laugh anymore. He threw away the photo and pulled Lin Yiran into his arms, "I'm sorry."

"Brother, don't be sorry. I didn't know how to restrain my emotions before, and I caused you a lot of trouble. Let's even it out. Secret love itself is bittersweet, and I have gained a lot of happiness from it." Lin Yiran smiled maliciously, Putting Gu Xun's earlobe in his mouth, he said softly, "Do you know how much paper I wasted for you?"

Gu Xun didn't smile, the bitter taste grew from the bottom of his heart to his mouth, he tilted his head to hold Lin Yiran's lower lip and sucked, and gradually kissed his lips.

Lin Yiran responded quickly, their lips and teeth were entangled, and under the influence of hormones, good or bad, past and future are all unimportant. At this moment, their world is only the sound of blending and breathing, only each other.

"help me."

These two words poured fire on Lin Yiran, he grabbed the corner of Gu Xun's clothes and lifted them up, before he could lift them up, he heard a lazy "Brother" coming from the door.

The lazy voice suddenly turned into a thunderstorm in the rainy day, "Damn it!"

Gu Yuan was stunned for a while at the door, "What are you doing?"

Forgot to close the door on impulse, Gu Xun let go of Lin Yiran, straightened his clothes, looked up at Gu Yuan, "Kiss, can't you see?"

Thousands of muddy horses galloped past in Gu Yuan's heart, he was too shocked to forget what he was going to say, and kept saying "Damn...you two...fuck..."

My brother quickly said impatiently, "Speak quickly if you have something to say, and go out if you have nothing to do."

"I don't fucking remember what I came to see you for." Gu Yuan took a deep breath and calmed down, "When did you two get together? No wonder you don't like the girl arranged by your parents."

Gu Xun pushed Gu Yuan out and threw him a cigarette, "We haven't been together for long, so don't tell your parents for now."

Gu Yuan patted his brother on the shoulder, "You know Comrade Gu Renli's character best. If he knows that you like men, there will be chaos. I wish you good luck."

"Just keep your mouth shut. You don't need to worry about other things. If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, why do you want me?"

After Gu Yuan calmed down, he remembered the purpose of looking for Gu Xun, "Why don't you go to the company recently and look for the employee surnamed Shen? The case is solved?"

"I'll go to the company with you tomorrow morning to meet him."

"Row."

"That's all?"

"Um"

Gu Xun glared at his brother.

Gu Yuan: "From now on, I will never go to your room at night, go back and continue."

Gu Xun kicked Gu Yuan, "Hurry up and get out."

Back in the room, Lin Yiran fell asleep leaning sideways on the bed, Gu Xun pulled off the thin quilt, slipped in by himself, hugged him from behind and fell asleep as well.

In the early morning of the next day, the three of them went to Gu Yuan's company together. Before working hours, the employees gathered together to chat, Shen Yinan was eating buns, and whispering to the female colleagues around him. What happened in the Shen family didn't seem to affect him. The two of Lin were very calm.

"Did you go home during this time?"

"No."

"Have you contacted your family?"

"No."

"Shen Yibei killed Shen Yici, you know?"

"do not know."

"Shen Yibei is dead."

Only then did Shen Yinan show some surprise, "When did it happen?"

Lin Yiran didn't answer, but asked again, "Where were you on the afternoon of August 8th?"

Shen Yinan thought for a while, "That weekend, my girlfriend and I went to Beihu Mountain to climb the mountain. We arrived at the foot of the mountain at 5 o'clock in the evening, and we got home at 6 o'clock. After that, we watched TV and slept at home."

After leaving the company, Gu Xun and Lin Yiran went to see Shen Yinan's girlfriend again, and confirmed that he was indeed climbing a mountain on August 8th.

"Shen Yinan's attitude towards the Shen family is a bit strange."

"Maybe I'm tired of the Shen family." Lin Yiran said.

The two were chatting when Gu Xun's cell phone rang, "Boss, we found the people in the van, there were five of them, and these people are similar to Xie Qiang and Liu Dong, and I explained everything when I brought them back."

"Is the murderer among them?" Gu Xun asked.