The Book of Death by Heart Poison

Chen Shu's hometown is next to Silk City, which is a small city.When Yue Yue arrived, he immediately found Chen Shu's mother, Yang Man, who happened to be going to school to deliver fish soup to her son who was in high school.

"Is there anything you can do after I deliver the soup? My son is still waiting." Yang Man looked like the most ordinary middle-aged woman, wearing a black coat, perming the local popular thin curly hair, and talking to strangers There is an uncomfortable dodge from time to time.

Yue Yue went to school with her, and waited at the school gate for more than half an hour before seeing Yang Man coming out with a thermos.

Yang Man apologized one after another, saying that her son's studies are heavy, and he is studying in a key high school class. Even on weekends, he has no time to go home, so she comes to deliver meals every Sunday. This is what was agreed today. If we don't deliver temporarily , the son will be anxious.

Yue Yue heard a little pride from these words, probably in Yang Man's heart, her son who is studying in a key high school is her capital.

"Your daughter Chen Shu has passed away." Yue Yue looked into Yang Man's eyes and said, "It was around the time when another victim's parents reported to the police that she was missing."

Yang Man's facial features paused for a moment, his eyes flickered for a moment, and he immediately looked away, and it took him a long time before he said, "I know, you have already notified me."

There is no sadness in her expression, but there is depression.Daughter and son seem to her to be two existences with completely different meanings.His son is his pride, but his daughter is...

Yue Yue couldn't think of a suitable description.

A few seconds later, Yang Man asked: "Then, how did she die? Was she killed?"

Yue Yue shook his head, "Someone recorded a video for her, which is equivalent to her suicide note. She committed suicide."

Yang Man's eyes, which had always been lifeless and dazed, suddenly widened, his pupils revealed disbelief, and his thin and drooping lips trembled and touched together, as if he was struggling to digest the word, and he said in surprise after a long time: "Suicide? You Said she committed suicide?"

Yue Yue nodded, "At the same time, we also found her footprints near the hiding place of another deceased person—the only footprint."

Yang Man tremblingly asked: "What does this mean?"

"There are no other people's footprints, only Chen Shu's footprints. She may be the murderer who killed Zhang Xun'er." Yue Yue sighed, "Although you said that you have not been in touch for a long time, but are you really her?" Her mother, perhaps the person who knows her best. So I had to come to you and ask you to assist in the investigation."

Yang Man almost lost his footing, muttering: "She killed someone...she killed someone...how is that possible?"

Yue Yue said: "From my own point of view, I don't want this to be 'self-produced and sold', so I need your mother's cooperation even more."

Yue Yue bit the word "mother" very hard.His family is actually somewhat similar to Chen Shu's family. His mother was married twice, and brought a sister who is 4 years older than him. He is the biological child of his parents, but the older sister is only the biological child of his mother.But in their family, the parents treat him and his sister equally, and because the sister has no biological father, they care more about her and take care of her emotions.Correspondingly, my sister loves him very much, and thinks of him immediately when she gets any good things.He loves his sister very much, and told her when he was a child, when I grow up, I will definitely protect you—this is his original intention of becoming a policeman later.

But in a family with a similar situation, Chen Shu has become a redundant person.

He had already watched the video of Chen Shu before committing suicide. The woman's viciousness, despair, and madness were conveyed from her eyes, words, and even a strange atmosphere.It is difficult for a normal person to understand such a person who can easily give up her own life. Although she has not yet found her motive for killing Zhang Xun'er, it seems reasonable for her to kill anyone.

But is Chen Shu born like this?I'm afraid not.She has become like this, her family may be the monster that pushed her into the abyss.

Yang Man brought Yue Yue home.Her husband is away and there is a nanny at home.The house is double-storey, at least locally, it is a family with good economic conditions.Yang Man paid the nanny out, boiled water and made tea, "My husband and I do business together."

Yue Yue saw several photo frames in the living room, there were photos of a family of three, there were photos of the husband and wife, and there were photos of the son alone.

This is a very harmonious and warm family.

If you don't consider the existence of your daughter Chen Shu.

Yang Man has calmed down, "You can ask any questions you have. But I am not a competent mother. What Chen Shu has done in the past few years, I may not know as much as her classmates."

Yue Yue clicked on the tablet a few times, and showed Yang Man the video left by Chen Shu.Even the criminal police would feel uncomfortable after watching this video, but Yang Man covered his mouth tremblingly after watching it for more than ten seconds.But when the video finished playing, Yang Man calmed down.

Yue Yue said, "You don't seem too surprised?"

"She has been paranoid since she was a child, and her paranoia has reached a terrible level." Yang Man said: "She always thinks that I don't love her. Yes, since I have Xiaoli, I have cared less about her, but I am her. How could my mother not love her? It was she who hurt Xiaoli, so we had to restrain her everywhere, and then sent her to boarding school."

Yue Yue frowned, "What's wrong with hurting your son?"

Yang Man said: "Xiao Li was only 3 years old at that time, and she used scissors to cut off a piece of meat from Xiao Li's leg. The doctor said that she almost hurt a blood vessel."

Yue Yue imagined that scene, and suddenly felt shuddering.

"I was panicked and angry at the time, and I slapped her a few times. I will never forget the way she stared at me." Yang Man said, "I don't think she is my daughter at all. She was arranged by her father." Come avenge my ghost."

Chen Shu's father died in a car accident that year, the facts are clear, it was a simple traffic accident.

Yue Yue asked: "Do you have a bad relationship?"

"I was introduced to each other, because I was pregnant before marriage, so I had to get married hastily." Yang Man said: "It was only after we got married that I realized that we couldn't get along together, and we couldn't talk about feelings. If her father didn't have a car accident, sooner or later we Will get divorced too."

After a pause, Yang Man smiled wryly, "But if she divorces, she may award it to her father, so there will be no such things in our family."

After chatting, Yang Man was not as reserved as when she first met Yue Yue. She kept recalling the days when she was with Chen Shu, talking about little things, except for hurting her younger brother with scissors, Chen Shu was in the boarding school. He also stabbed a classmate with a box knife.But at that time, Chen Shu was still young, and was also smashed on the head by a classmate. The police did not even notify the matter, and the parents of both parties and the school settled it in private.

After that incident, Yang Man was even more afraid of Chen Shu, and almost refused to let Chen Shu go home, and did not give Chen Shu a way to get close to his younger brother.After going to high school, Chen Shu didn't cause any more troubles, and after he was admitted to Silk City, he severed all contact with his family.

On the contrary, Yang Man breathed a sigh of relief.

"She was born by me, but I can never see through her. Call her dangerous, but sometimes she is very kind." Yang Man said: "But this kind of kindness makes people feel scary when you think about it carefully."

Yue Yue didn't understand at once, "What kindness?"

Yang Man said: "An incident happened when she was in high school, freshman or sophomore."

Chen Shu went to a very ordinary school in the city.Of course, this kind of school also has students who can pass the entrance examination, but after all, there are few, most of them are mediocre, and a small number of them have been in society since junior high school.

Chen Shu's grades are considered outstanding in the ordinary class, and she has been a class committee member since the first year of high school. Because she doesn't play with the gangsters and usually looks very honest, she is favored by the teacher.

Near the school there is an old one-story house waiting to be demolished. Some homeless people live in it in autumn and winter.The gangsters in Chen Shu's class found a middle-aged female tramp who was insane. She was short, thin, and weak.

The hooligans first tortured and killed two dogs in front of the homeless woman, which made the homeless woman cry.Later, they began to torture the homeless woman, beating her with bricks and sticks, or pouring ice water or swill on her.

The homeless woman was beaten to the brink of death. If someone hadn't called the police and the police arrived in a hurry, she might have died that winter.

The gangsters are well-known at the police station. They used to fight in groups, but this time humiliating the homeless was even worse. The school decided to expel them all.

But Chen Shu suddenly stood up.Said that she was the mastermind of bullying the female tramp, and the gangsters followed her orders.

This incident caused an uproar in the school, and both the police station and the school had to re-investigate.The hooligans and Chen Shu had already colluded and agreed that this matter was indeed planned by Chen Shu.

The homeroom teacher couldn't believe that the student she was fancy would do such a thing, and asked Chen Shu one after another if the gangsters forced her. She shook her head and said that it was none of other people's business. It was really because of her too much study pressure. , so I want to have some fun with the punks.

The homeless woman didn't die, but she left by herself. This incident was finally settled. Chen Shu was recorded as a major demerit, and those gangsters who should have been expelled were saved by her. Later, when she was in the third year of high school, because of a crowd fighting, Seriously injured a high school sophomore and was expelled.

On the day of leaving school, the gangster did something unexpected - walked up to Chen Shu, put his arms around her shoulders, kissed her, and thanked her for protecting her last year.

The bullying of the homeless woman was the truth.

Chen Shu admitted that he didn't participate at all, and he didn't even know what the tramp woman looked like before.I just feel that the harm has already happened. Even if I expel my classmates, the harm suffered by the homeless woman will not disappear.

That being the case, why should they be fired?

Hurt one side, and hurt the other?

So she has to stand up and protect them.

She knew that she was the teacher's favorite student. If she was the mastermind, at most she would be given a major demerit and no one would be expelled.

All are happy.

Yue Yue frowned tightly, "She said everyone is happy?"

Yang Man nodded wearily, "I really can't understand her. Her head teacher called me to school. We talked for a long time. The head teacher said that he didn't know if she was really kind or born evil. She stood up indiscriminately. On the side of evil, to the gangsters, she is of course kind. But is the kindness that supports evil really kind?"

"The more she grows up, the more I don't want to see her." Yang Man continued: "I feel safe when she is away from me, my husband and son. Frankly, I feel relieved when she is gone." .If I had a choice, I'd rather never have had a daughter like her."

After finishing the video call with Yue Yue, Hua Chong frowned and meditated.

Really kind?born evil?

Goodness that supports evil?

Now it is difficult to say how much the formation of Chen Shu's character has to do with family. Not every child who grows up from such a family will become like Chen Shu. She and Yang Man are more likely to influence each other and hurt each other in a vicious circle.

But one thing is clear, Chen Shu is willing to help the wicked, and the balance in her heart always seems to be tilted towards the perpetrator.

Yue Yue has already asked the school and the police station for verification of what Yang Man said, and Chen Shu's class teacher also told a few other things about Chen Shu helping gangsters.

"Her 'kindness' made me feel incredible and scared." The head teacher said: "I can't teach such a student. She makes me feel powerless more than those gangsters in my class."

Hua Chong picked up a pen and tapped the notebook on the table unconsciously.A dull voice echoed in the office.

He began to bring in this gloomy female college student who ended her life in a way that is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

Years ago, high school.

The gangsters in the class beat a homeless woman to the death and killed the homeless woman's dog.The homeless woman can still be saved, but the damage has actually happened.

So is there any point in punishing perpetrators?By punishing the perpetrators and kicking them out of school, will the pain felt by the homeless woman disappear?

No, it won't.

But neither the school nor the police station seemed to understand this truth, especially the dean, who insisted on expelling the gangsters.

Why is such harm necessary?With education and books, they are at least under control. If they are really expelled, wouldn't they hurt more homeless people?

I can help them.I have made no mistakes, the class teacher and the teachers of all subjects like me, and I am still a class committee member.As long as I stand up and say I planned this, they won't be fired.

I can protect them, and I can protect more homeless people.

And...the female tramp is still in the hospital, and the treatment needs a lot of money.If I were the mastermind, my mother would have to pay for my "mistakes". She had to pay, otherwise the school might actually expel me.

Hua Chong vaguely saw a girl smiling happily with her face tucked into her down jacket on a winter night.She laughed because she helped a gangster classmate who should have been expelled, and she laughed because her mother, who only had her younger brother in her eyes, had to spend a lot of money.

The scene changed, from the dimly lit corner of the small city to the forest area in the northern part of Fanglong Island.

Zhang Xun'er died, died in the sea water under the reef, and was already out of breath when Sheng Lin, Jiang Haoxuan, and Guo Zhen rescued him.The three of them were terrified, they just wanted to have something to do with Zhang Xun'er under the effect of the hallucinogenic incense, but Zhang Xun'er was so stubborn, she rejected them fiercely, and fell into the sea while being pushed.

Jiang Haoxuan was so frightened that he pressed Zhang Xun'er's chest helplessly, and even wanted to breathe mouth to mouth, but was pulled up by Sheng Lin.

They were still students, and they had a bright future, but they killed another student who was also promising.

"Bury her," someone said.

Just when he was about to act, Chen Shu suddenly appeared for some reason.

The three became even more flustered, perhaps someone thought of killing the witnesses together.

But Chen Shu went up and suggested to them, "I can help you get rid of your crimes, but there is one thing I need your help--only you can help."

I'm going to die, I came to Fanglong Island, not for travel like you, I'm tired of living, but here is very quiet, I want to sleep here forever.

You see, I even have sodium cyanide ready.

Dig a pit for me and bury me dead in it.

I know you didn't kill Zhang Xun'er on purpose, it was just an accident.It would be too cruel to let your future lives pay for this accident.

She is dead, even if you go to jail, she will never come back to life.

Then why do you have to suffer this again?

I'm going to die anyway, so let me be the murderer.Go find a place in the woods and dig a hole, and I will leave footprints.You see, I am wearing high heels today, and the traces of high heels can be seen by the police at a glance.

The rain and wind will take away your traces, but my footprints are left in the pit. It is best if the police can’t find Zhang Xun’er. If they find them, they will find my footprints.

You dig another hole for me.If necessary in the future, you can tell the police that I am asking you to help me commit suicide.

In this way, you are no longer the murderer, but I am the murderer, and I have "produced and sold myself".

The imaginary scene was suddenly connected with the recorded video. Chen Shu walked towards the dug pit, then calmly descended to the bottom of the pit, holding a small bottle filled with sodium cyanide, and smiling at the camera.

Hua Chong pulled away suddenly, and let out a long breath.

"You have hurt the female homeless woman. If you are expelled, the harm still exists. I am a student the teacher likes. Let me replace you so that we will not be expelled."

"You have already killed Zhang Xun'er. If you go to jail, she will not come back to life. I will die soon, so I will replace you. This way I will be 'self-produced and sold'."

Hua Chong had never really heard these two passages, but they kept echoing in his mind.

The evidence points to Chen Shu, but Chen Shu may not be the murderer, she has no motive to kill Zhang Xun'er at all.

But there are precedents of contributing "goodness" to evildoers.

When Liu Zhiqin came to the office, he immediately noticed that Hua Chong's complexion was not very good, and his eyes were too dark, so he frowned.

He is too familiar with Hua Chong's state. Every time Hua Chong substitutes himself into the suspect and analyzes their psychology deeply, it is this state.

This is more tiring than focusing on analyzing those complicated clues.Because it will be affected a lot emotionally.

Hua Chong's psychology is strong enough, both sensibility and rationality, so that he can master the balance, so as not to be immersed in the dark and viscous criminal consciousness for a long time.

Seeing Liu Zhiqin coming, Hua Chong stood up and laughed, "I have some clues here, the three of you, Sheng Lin, have to continue to investigate."

Liu Zhiqin didn't say a word, he stepped forward and hugged Hua Chong, inserted five fingers into Hua Chong's hair, and pressed Hua Chong on his shoulder.

Hua Chong opened his eyes wide and murmured in doubt.

"Relax first." Liu Zhiqin patted him on the back, "Thank you, captain."