rogue flower

Here Gu Xiaohui left Bai Zizheng speechless, and Chi Lang was not idle.The black box bar, the room at the end of the corridor, is obviously playing deafening heavy metal rock outside, but this room shows a completely different kind of tranquility, with good sound insulation. The background sound will not bring any sensory discomfort to the people who are resting in the house.Chi Lang found a more comfortable position on the sofa, took another cigarette and lit it with a lighter.The flame of the lighter flashed away in the slightly dim space. Xu Haiyang used a toothpick to pierce the cut mangoes in the fruit plate. The Japanese fought their last duel.

This season, mangoes have just been on the market, and the taste is not very good. Xu Haiyang only ate two pieces and didn't continue.Chi Lang brushed the ash by the edge of the ashtray. At this moment, the door of the room opened silently, and all the voices poured in at once, but they were soon separated into two worlds by the door.Chi Lang extinguished the cigarette conveniently, and smiled at the visitor: "Ninth Brother." Xu Haiyang also waved his hand to signal, and greeted very easily: "Hi, Ninth Brother!"

Bai Zizheng guessed right, the owner of the bar is indeed someone else.The man called Brother Nine had a pale and thin face, and the left half of his face seemed unnaturally stiff, and even the arc of a smile was very far-fetched.Chi Lang and Xu Haiyang seem to be used to his slightly paralyzed expression, but if Bai Zizheng were present, he must be surprised that the bar owner who can make Fu Yunsheng have reservations when handling cases is actually a sitting Disabled person in wheelchair.

Brother Jiu's voice was low and hoarse, and he explained, "I'm sorry, there's a traffic jam on the road, I'm late." At this time, the wheelchair has been rolled to a suitable position.Behind him was a tall young man who had not said a word since he came in. He only stood one step away from him with his hands behind his back. He looked like he should be his personal bodyguard.

In front of Chi Lang was a glass of pale gold rum as usual, and he toasted lightly, as if he had greeted the familiar Mr. Bodyguard.At this time, Long Jiu said again: "Are you used to staying in hotels?"

Chi Lang smiled and said, "How can I live in a five-star hotel for free? I'm not so picky, am I?"

Xu Haiyang said: "Come on, I haven't had a good night's sleep for two days since I've been here, so I'm going to be a night owl with you."

Long Jiu said: "You are so busy and you come here to hide and relax?" He glanced at the cigarette butts in the ashtray again, "Oh, you smoke so much."

Xu Haiyang said: "I don't smoke, it's all from Lao Chi, I don't have this addiction."

Chi Lang said: "I'm not so addicted." As he spoke, he pierced a piece of mango with a toothpick and put it in his mouth. The bitter taste made him frowned subconsciously.

Long Jiu looked at him with interest: "Is it so annoying?"

Chi Lang seemed to have no intention of concealing the current predicament of the police, and said with a wry smile: "When I think of the corpses of two children in the freezer... how can I not be in a good mood?" reject.In addition, there are hundreds of physical evidence collected by the police after filing the case. Within the professional scope, Chi Lang is naturally duty-bound. Although the Jinnan police have conducted a serious and careful investigation, his actions may not bring any breakthroughs. However, what is difficult is that he expressed the position of "I have confidence" in front of Bai Zizheng, but it is more difficult to operate than he expected. This is a mistake in his work, because the actual amount of evidence to be faced Big, he had miscalculated this earlier.

Long Jiu said: "Are you worried about them?"

Chi Lang said: "I believe in my eyes more." Although the actual situation is more complicated than expected, "I have confidence" will never become empty words. Responsibilities, a sense of justice as a public servant of the people.Maybe it's because they have all seen each other's most embarrassing side, Chi Lang is not good at maintaining his relatively gentleman's rascal image in front of Long Jiu, but he quickly adjusted his mood, and said seriously: "Brother Jiu, actually There is something I want to ask you for help."

A mocking smile appeared on Long Jiu's face: "You know, I hate dealing with the police the most."

Chi Lang deliberately said: "You don't hate dealing with the two of us, do you?"

Long Jiu said: "If I hate it, I won't let the two of you in. Tell me, what can I do for you?"

Chi Lang said: "I want you to find some people to help Haiyang."

Long Jiu said: "The police station should not be so short of people."

Chi Lang frowned and said, "Two-pronged approach is actually the teacher's idea. The way of handling the case is different. I don't want my judgment to affect other people." In contrast, why did the Jinnan police suddenly stop in the tug-of-war with the police? In contrast, the Jinnan police are not easily disturbed by this question.

Xu Haiyang said: "He asked me to do a crime simulation for him. I'm not familiar with Jinnan, so I just know you. Besides, this is your territory. Is this not too much for me?"

Long Jiu said: "I'm not a local snake in Jinnan."

Xu Haiyang said: "Okay, that's what it means..."

Long Jiu interrupted him and said, "I see." The bodyguard who had been standing behind him understood and said that he would make corresponding arrangements soon.

Xu Haiyang smiled and said, "I knew you wouldn't give us nails."

The topic seems to have become a little heavy inadvertently. Long Jiu's sentence "I hate dealing with the police" is not for nothing. I lack interest in the progress of the case, so I simply changed the topic and said: "You two are going to stay in Jinnan this time. for how long?"

Xu Haiyang said: "It depends on the situation. We will wait until the case is solved. It can be as little as a month or as long as half a year. No one can say for sure."

Long Jiu said: "Where is Xiaowan, how are you doing?" It was Xu Haiyang's fiancée Lu Xiaowan who asked.

Xu Haiyang said: "She just bought a DSLR and also enrolled in a photography class. She is not idle all day long."

Chi Lang said: "To be honest, when you two are going to get your certificate, you are waiting to give you a red envelope."

Xu Haiyang said: "Xiaowan's mother wants to do it this year. She said that September is a good omen, so don't delay it when she is in her twenties. Xiaowan wants to postpone it for another two years. If she becomes pregnant, she must not resign. Her studio Didn’t you just get better, I don’t care. Hey, Brother Nine, Xiaowan and I are going to get a wedding certificate in the provincial capital, so you really don’t plan to come over to join us?”

Long Jiu said: "Maybe." His tone was still unpredictable.

Xu Haiyang wisely stopped the topic and said instead: "Okay, don't talk about me, Lao Chi is probably about to usher in his second spring, how do you feel?"

Long Jiu asked "Oh?" with great interest, and asked, "How do you say it?"

Xu Haiyang said: "I didn't have time to ask. Hey, I said, Lao Chi, are you interested in Xiaobai? It's not like you to be so attentive. You fell in love with him at first sight?"

Chi Lang said: "You can think whatever you like." But he didn't deny the point of "being interesting to people" inside and outside the words, and said thoughtfully, "Is it love at first sight... I like this saying."

Xu Haiyang said: "Why did you suddenly become obsessed with it? But I still have to remind you, you should be a little bit wrong in your heart, Xiaobai, does he mean that to you? Do you want a quick fix or a day?" Love for a long time, if there is another one... then I really don't know how to feel sorry for you."

Long Jiu said: "Are you serious?"

Chi Lang said: "... Whether you are serious or not depends on fate." After finishing speaking, he drank the wine in the glass, but gave a completely different answer from his usual style.As a result, Xu Haiyang didn't know how to continue. He was blocked when he wanted to persuade him to withdraw as soon as possible if he failed in the strategy. He felt that Chi Lang's attitude on this matter was not as simple as "playing casually".What's more, Chi Lang himself is not the kind of person who likes to "play". Although he has always been good at sweet talk, he can hunt for a good one-night stand with a little aggressiveness.

But Bai Zizheng obviously does not belong to the scope of this kind of goal.In terms of getting along with each other these two days alone, Xu Haiyang didn't even think that he would be the type Chi Lang was interested in.And after thinking about it for a while, Xu Haiyang quickly doubted his own judgment. After years of acquaintance, he was not surprised that Chi Lang's "surprise" in some aspects has always been the same from the past to the present. In short, it is necessary to evaluate It seems that it is difficult for Chi Lang to have a definite unified standard.

After experiencing a brief struggle in his heart, Xu Haiyang temporarily gave up the idea of ​​persuading Chi Lang to do what he can.Long Jiu obviously knew this would be the result early on, and his reaction was much calmer in comparison. He picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip. He still didn't like the slightly sweet taste of rum, which made people change his mind. A bottle of brandy arrives.Xu Haiyang watched Long Jiu put down the wine glass, put his hands behind his head and leaned on the sofa, and smiled at Chi Lang: "Look, I just said that Brother Jiu doesn't like this taste."

Chi Lang smiled and shook his head, when the waiter knocked on the door and brought a new fruit plate, which was a plate of iced sliced ​​dragon fruit.

In this way, about a week passed without incident. Except for the day when Bai Zirong was discharged from the hospital, Bai Zizheng made an exception and asked for a morning leave. He was basically working overtime and Fang Lin and the others separately tracked down that coat and that skirt. whereabouts.Bai Zizheng was in charge of investigating those public welfare organizations with donation projects. Because they had a demand for collection from the public, it was easy to collect relevant information.In Jinan, such institutions are generally divided into two types, one is a social donation receiving workstation under the responsibility of relevant departments, and the other is a voluntary non-governmental organization, of which the love societies in universities account for the majority.Bai Zizheng made a lot of visits with photos of the clothes. Fortunately, most associations have simply registered the clothes during the recycling process, such as the style and color of the clothes, which undoubtedly provides a lot of convenience. The register from the day the victim disappeared so far can be verified, and the process of obtaining evidence is not difficult.

But Fang Lin and Gu Xiaohui, who were in charge of investigating waste pickers and migrant workers, encountered greater difficulties than expected. They had always been optimistic that most of the discarded clothes would eventually be collected in the four waste treatment plants in Jinnan. What needs to be verified is only those that were picked up halfway, but the actual situation is that there is still an industrial chain of recycling old clothes among the scavengers, and it coincides with the second-hand clothes market that Wenxin is investigating.

However, this is not exciting news. The more people involved, the more difficult it will be to exclude them. The investigation has reached this point, which inevitably makes them doubt whether the current choice is correct.Bai Zizheng made a comparison between the current progress and the experience of accumulated cases, and felt that going on like this would probably lead to nothing, but after thinking about the case six years ago, the focus was on finding evidence rather than any specific evidence. It is very likely that there will be differences in results. Since this direction has been firmly established, it cannot be abandoned halfway, so the corresponding investigation has not been interrupted.

To everyone's comfort, in the half month since Guo Xinyi's body was discovered, the police have not received any more reports of children missing. Whether it is to increase the vigilance of parents or make criminals feel threatened, it can be regarded as beneficial and harmless to the present.

This morning, Bai Zizheng arrived at the bureau 10 minutes early as usual, and bought a cup of soy milk at the breakfast shop at the door.Fang Lin didn't go back last night, there were still unfinished materials on the table, and he was washing his face with cold water in the bathroom.Bai Zizheng greeted him, and just before he got to his seat and had no time to sit down, the phone beside him rang desperately.

Bai Zizheng thought he had some new clues, but when he picked up the phone, his expression turned serious.At this moment, Fang Lin just came out of the bathroom, wiped his face with a towel and asked, "What's wrong?"

Bai Zizheng repeated what he said on the phone just now: "A male corpse was found near the Central Hospital, it should be a homicide." After speaking, he called Wenxin and told her to go directly to the scene of the crime, and then notified Han Yi, The two rushed over together.

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