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I didn't expect this person to go too far. From the time he saw him to now, the expression on his face has never changed, and even his eyes are like a pool of stagnant water.

"Are you the teacher here?" Jiang Zhi asked, "What's your name?"

The young man was a little slow to respond, and before he could speak, Jiang Zhi saw the book in his arms and asked him, "Your name is Xiao Nianjia?"

"Well," he nodded slightly.

Jiang Zhi smiled: "My nephew also has Jia in his name, the same Jia, which means Carnival."

Xiao Nianjia remained silent, he was not a talkative person.

Jiang Zhi felt that the person in front of him was quite interesting, and wanted to say a few more words, but all the police officers sent out came back, Su Jiale trotted over, and started calling the captain from a long distance away.

"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be there," Jiang Zhi said to Xiao Nianjia, "Look, this is my nephew."

Su Jiale smiled at Xiao Nianjia when he heard the words, but the other party was like a pool of stagnant water, he didn't even lift his eyelids, without any emotion.

On the way back to the police force, everyone was chatting and laughing, Jiang Zhi smoked with the window open, and occasionally made a few words, forgetting about the strange person he met in Ninghe Middle School.

Time passed in a hurry, and half a year passed in a flash.

Su Jiale gradually became familiar with him in the police force. He was the youngest in the team, and everyone took good care of him.

In the New Year of 2017, Zhong Chenglin proposed to Su Jiale. They exchanged the promised rings under the witness of their relatives and friends. They agreed to get married at this time in the coming year, when Su Jiale finished her internship and her work was officially on track.

They extremely disliked Shen Qi and Zhou Jingtang's wedding, and they made an agreement to take a trip to get married.

There is still a year to go before that trip.

☆, The way back after the episode ([-])

When Zhong Chenglin was abroad, he accompanied clients to many famous scenic spots, saw the Champs Elysees Avenue, and participated in the prayers of the crowd in the white church.

He has no faith, but after stepping into the church, he found that the impetuousness in his heart had subsided. In the quiet prayers of the crowd, he suddenly understood the piety that he had inhabited in the ancient Lingshan Temple back then.

The client who was traveling with me was a Christian believer and said to him: "Whoever is thinking about in your heart, please pray for him and bring the Lord's good luck to him."

Zhong Chenglin thought of Su Jiale, smiled and lowered his head after responding, closed his eyes and only had sincere wishes in his heart.At that moment, he thought in his heart that he wanted Su Jiale to have a smooth life.

On the plane back to China, Zhong Chenglin took a light sleep for a while, and when he woke up, he found that the plane had already landed, and he suddenly burst out laughing.

It is really a very happy thing to have someone in my heart who I can look forward to meeting.

After coming out of the security checkpoint, he murmured silently in his heart, and when he counted to No.12, Su Jiale had already thrown himself into his arms.

Zhong Chenglin and Su Jiale moved to a new house at the beginning of the year. The Zhong family's parents bought the house without telling them, and gave them the keys before leaving.The location of the new house is very good, in the commercial center of Jingyan District, very close to Zhong Chenglin's studio and the police station where Su Jiale practiced.

On the way home, Su Jiale was driving, and Zhong Chenglin was sitting in the passenger seat. The kid was afraid that he would be bored, so he downloaded a ridiculous cartoon on his mobile phone. The dubbing of the left foot was very clear in this space.

"My uncle said that based on my current performance, I will definitely be able to stay in the police station and continue to work in the future." Su Jiale's tone couldn't hide his pride.

Zhong Chenglin didn't watch the cartoon, looked at his own child, smiled and said: "Well, you are the fattest."

"Ok?"

He smiled and corrected: "The best."

Su Jiale was satisfied, after sending Zhong Chenglin home, he had to go back to the police station.He only took half a day off today, and it's almost two o'clock now.

When Zhong Chenglin arrived at the gate of the complex, he became angry when he knew that Su Jiale was going to the police station instead of staying with him at home, and said, "Jiang Zhi can really do it."

Su Jiale corrected him: "It's uncle."

"..." Zhong Chenglin gritted his teeth and compromised, and sighed, "Okay, it's uncle, but it's even worse to be an uncle. How can you exploit your little nephew like this?"

Su Jiale said: "The bureau is busy..."

Zhong Chenglin couldn't say no to him, so he had no choice but to let him go. Before parting, he kissed someone, which was regarded as interest.

Su Jiale's face was still red after getting into the car. He has been with Zhong Chenglin for so long, and every time he gets close to him, it will take a long time to calm down.

He reversed the car from the community, and told himself to be calm while driving, and he couldn't always be at a loss by his little actions.

There were few people on the street at noon, but the traffic flow was continuous. Su Jiale had been driving for more than ten minutes, and after turning another block, he arrived at the police station.He thought about accelerating, stepped on the accelerator, and the car went faster, but he didn't notice the figure jumping out of the intersection. When he regained his senses and stepped on the brake, he realized that the figure had disappeared.

The feeling of hitting something was very clear, Su Jiale quickly got out of the car after regaining consciousness, and saw the young man lying in front of the car.

Su Jiale panicked for a moment, and the first thing he did was to call the ambulance. When he was standing next to the young man, he choked his voice and called Zhong Chenglin and Jiang Zhi respectively.

He didn't dare to touch that person, so he could only squat aside, helpless, and said in a panic, "I'm sorry, you... hold on, the ambulance will come soon... don't die..."

The ambulance arrived in just over ten minutes. The medical staff carried the man onto the stretcher skillfully and quickly. Su Jiale followed in a hurry. He didn't think of his car until he got into the ambulance. After thinking about it, the traffic police brigade probably also coming soon.

Su Jiale's hands were still shaking when he was sitting in the ambulance, and he hadn't calmed down when he returned to Zhong Chenglin's WeChat. After finally sending out the location, he put away his phone, and when he looked up, he saw the young man lying on the stretcher .

There seems to be no external injuries on the young man, but the face is terribly gray and lifeless, and the hair is messy and limp, which makes people feel depressed and gloomy.

Su Jiale stared at that face for a long time, feeling like he had seen it somewhere.

He sighed, he had imagined the worst outcome in his mind, he was thinking, if he wants to go to jail, he should break up with Zhong Chenglin.He loves him, so he is above everything else.

The time to arrive at the hospital was half an hour after the car accident. He went to the emergency department, and the hall was in chaos. He followed to the door of the consulting room, and was in a hurry.

The doctor finally came out and said, "The arm is broken, and there is nothing wrong with it."

Su Jiale couldn't believe it, and asked, "How could you be unconscious with a broken arm?"

The doctor said: "The coma is due to hypoglycemia. He is seriously deficient in nutrition. It looks like he hasn't eaten for at least two days."

Su Jiale was startled, and asked again: "How long will it take for him to wake up?"

"For about an hour, I gave him a nutrient solution," said Yiyi and left.

Su Jiale was overjoyed, and quickly called Jiang Zhi and Zhong Chenglin to explain the situation. He was afraid that this incident would scare them too.

Zhong Chenglin received the call at the entrance of the hospital. After hearing Su Jiale's words, he was relieved. When he found Su Jiale, the cold sweat caused by nervousness and anxiety was still pouring out. Really landed.

"It was a false alarm," Su Jiale said with a smile, "I don't have to go to jail, that's great."

Zhong Chenglin held his hand and said following his words: "You won't go to jail, it's fine."

Su Jiale looked at him, and said half-seriously, half-jokingly: "Brother, if I go to jail, leave me alone and find someone else."

Zhong Chenglin couldn't laugh or cry, poked his head with his finger, and asked him: "If I really find someone else, are you willing?"

Can you be willing?Su Jiale thought that even if he died, he would not be reconciled, but Zhong Chenglin was more important than whether he was reconciled.

Seeing the child's bitter face, Zhong Chenglin rubbed his head, smiled and said to him: "If you don't want to, hold me tight."

The young man in the consulting room was transferred to the ward. When the flat car passed by Zhong Chenglin, he looked down and saw the ashen profile on the white sheet. He stayed in front of his eyes for a few seconds before being pushed into the hospital. out of the ward.

A strange feeling arose in his heart, as if his heart had been pricked densely with fine needles, it didn't hurt, but it made people tremble unexpectedly.

A thought popped into his mind, that person is really thin...

Zhong Chenglin sat with Su Jiale at the door of the ward for a long time. After more than an hour, the nurse who patrolled the ward came out and said, "I'm awake, you can go in and have a look."

When Zhong Chenglin was about to accompany Su Jiale in, the partner of the studio called and said that there was an urgent client who wanted to see him.

Su Jiale smiled and said: "People are fine, you can go and do your work, I can solve it myself, besides, it's almost two hours, my uncle should finish his work on any major cases, he will come over soon gone."

Zhong Chenglin thought that Jiang Zhi had indeed climbed and should have come, so he left with confidence.

When Su Jiale entered the ward, the young man on the bed was slowly opening his eyes, then closed them after a moment of silence.Su Jiale thought he still wanted to rest, but when he was about to leave, the man opened his eyes again.

The same dull and empty eyes made Su Jiale feel that there seemed to be nothing in his eyes.

Su Jiale quickly said: "Hello, my name is Su Jiale. I accidentally hit you. The doctor said that your broken arm was caused by this car accident. I will be responsible."

After he finished speaking, the people on the hospital bed didn't even roll their eyes.

Su Jiale took a step forward. After searching for that gray face in his mind for a long time, he suddenly remembered that he had seen this person before.

A long time ago, he had seen this man during a raid on middle school students controlling knives.

Su Jiale said in surprise: "You are the teacher of Ninghe Middle School, right? We've met before. It's been a long time. I'm a policeman. I went there to search for controlled knives. Do you remember me?"

The man ignored it.

Su Jiale asked: "Your surname is Xiao, right? Teacher Xiao, it's really... a coincidence that you got hurt."

Xiao Nianjia turned his head to see that his movements were a little slow, and asked him a little weakly: "When can I be discharged from the hospital?"

Su Jiale quickly said: "The doctor has already treated your arm, but you... are seriously undernourished and have to stay in the hospital for two days. Don't worry, I will bear all your expenses, and I will also pay for lost work and mental damage. I will do my best to be responsible.”

Xiao Nianjia was silent again.

Su Jiale said hesitantly: "You are not in good health, you should eat more, light food is good."

Facing the silence of the room, Su Jiale was a little hesitant, he hesitated and said again: "Mr. Xiao, what do you want to eat tonight, can I go buy it?"

"No need," Xiao Nianjia said, "I'll hang some nutrient solution tonight and leave the hospital tomorrow morning."

"But your body..."

Before Su Jiale could finish speaking, the door of the ward was pushed open, and the person who came was Jiang Zhi, still wearing a police uniform, obviously running over on business.

Jiang Zhi glanced at the people on the hospital bed, patted his head, and said, "Xiao Nianjia! His name is Xiao Nianjia, right? The teacher of Ninghe Middle School, right? I've seen it before. Look at this... It's really unfortunate that we met again in this way."

Jiang Zhi said: "I'm so sorry, don't worry, my nephew will be responsible to the end, and we may become friends in the future."

Xiao Nianjia was a little exhausted at the moment, he didn't even have the energy to see what the person who was speaking looked like, he just moved his face away with great effort and closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Su Jiale pulled Jiang Zhi out who wanted to continue talking, and after closing the door of the ward, he said, "Uncle, didn't you realize that he didn't want to talk at all?"

Jiang Zhi immediately scolded him with a cold face: "Then do you think your uncle wants to talk? I have interrogated people for a whole day today, and I don't want to say a word, but what can I do? You are awesome. You can bump into someone in a 10-minute drive." , if the lion speaks loudly, you won't be able to compensate you to death."

Su Jiale lowered his head to be scolded, and raised his head when he heard this sentence, and retorted softly: "Teacher Xiao is not such a person at first glance."

Jiang Zhi choked for a moment, he also felt that Xiao Nianjia was not this kind of person, but he still raised his hand and hit Su Jiale on the head, saying: "A policeman should not judge a person by his appearance."

Su Jiale stood at the door, opened the door lightly and took a look, and saw Xiao Nianjia lying peacefully with his eyes closed. It was obviously a very peaceful scene, but it made him feel a little dilapidated.

He thought, it turns out that a person really exudes an infectious despair all over his body, as if you just stand in front of him, and you know that this person is unhappy.

☆, The way back after the episode ([-])

The night in the hospital is not quiet. There is often the sound of carts being pushed back and forth in the corridor. It is not loud, but for a person with neurasthenia, it seems that a thin rope is being strangled back and forth around his neck.

Xiao Nianjia kept his eyes open until the sky dimly lit up outside the window.

In the second half of the night, he began to be tormented by hallucinations again.He saw faces reflected on the ceiling, the boy he once loved, the grandmother who held him on her lap when he was young, the deskmate he had in elementary school, and the playmate he hadn't seen since moving away when he was seven... They all smiled at him, waved to him with a smile, and turned into a black hole after turning around.

The ceiling suddenly appeared extremely dark, and blood seeped out of the blackness. He saw red blood dripping down, and his face was wet.

He wanted to yell, to call someone's name, to cry, but when he opened his voice, he could only make a babbling sound, like a dilapidated gong.

This punishment seemed endless, and he couldn't ask for help. This kind of torture was day after day, year after year, like a road in no man's land, and he didn't even know his own feelings along the way.

At dawn, when the nurse came to make rounds, he found that the young man in the ward was paler and his lips had no color. When he was given the infusion, he found that there were deep and shallow bloody marks on his wrist, which were pinched out with his nails. of.

The nurse knew it well, she had seen too many people working in the medical industry, and she knew that this person's illness was probably in her heart, so she gave him a brief treatment and then reported it to the doctor on duty.

When Su Jiale came over in the morning, the doctor on duty asked him about this problem. He was a little surprised when he heard that Xiao Nianjia suspected of having a mental illness. After thinking about it, that young man was indeed too lifeless.

Su Jiale entered the ward together with the doctors and nurses only to find that the young man who was supposed to be lying on the hospital bed had long since disappeared.

Su Jiale suddenly thought that Xiao Nianjia said yesterday that he would be discharged from the hospital this morning.

The nurse adjusted the surveillance video, and the person in the video was wearing the clothes he had been admitted to the hospital yesterday, walked slowly, and left the hospital calmly.

Su Jiale had no choice but to find the phone number reserved by the hospital yesterday and call him.

Before he had time to speak, he said, "Let's go through the discharge procedures again. I'm fine now, and I don't need your compensation."

It stands to reason that Su Jiale should be happy, a matter that he thought would be difficult to deal with was solved like this, but at this moment he only has deep worries.He felt that Xiao Nianjia was not the kind of person who would take care of himself.

After Su Jiale came out of the hospital, he went to the police station. There was a large-scale event there recently. The public security systems of several cities held a police dog competition together. When they arrived in Jincheng, they encountered various pushbacks from various sub-bureaus. In the end, they The bureau failed to reject it, and had to send one person and one dog to the imperial capital to compete.Jiang Zhi looks like an unremarkable him.

Su Jiale drove to the imperial capital with a dog named as a wolf, and left a message for Jiang Zhi before leaving, asking him to go to Ninghe New Village to check on Xiao Nianjia's situation if he had anything to do.

When getting off work in the evening, Jiang Zhi habitually smoked a cigarette first when he got in the car. The lonely family was not in a hurry to go home. After thinking of Su Jiale's entrustment, he drove to Ninghe New Village.

It was more than an hour's drive from the city to the outskirts of the city. When Jiang Zhi arrived at Ninghe Middle School, there was no one on campus. He stood downstairs in the teacher's apartment and called Xiao Nianjia. The phone rang for a long time before anyone answered.

"Ms. Xiao, come out for dinner," he reported himself, "I, Jiang Zhi, please come down to save face. If you don't come down, I will go up."

There seemed to be the sound of some tables and chairs falling to the ground, and then there was the sound of electric current. Jiang Zhi thought it was something wrong with the mobile phone, picked it up, took a look, and continued to ask: "Are you coming?"

Xiao Nianjia's voice suddenly came from over there: "Come."

About 2 minutes later, Xiao Nianjia went downstairs. He was wearing a thin black sweater today, and he looked quite refreshed. The only regret was that his arms were still hanging.

Jiang Zhi knew him well, and took him to the food stall at the school gate.

He remembered Su Jiale's instructions, ordered grilled skewers and beer for himself, and ordered porridge with preserved egg and lean pork for Xiao Nianjia.

After sitting down face to face, he found that Xiao Nianjia was really too thin, there was not a single bit of flesh on his face, it seemed that his whole body was only skin and bones.Even face to face, you can still see his unable to straighten his back, like a rickety old man.

Xiao Nianjia took the spoon but didn't put it into his mouth, just looked at the porridge quietly.

Jiang Zhi said: "If you don't like preserved egg and lean meat porridge, we can change it to a bowl...other porridge."

Xiao Nianjia shook his head, took a mouthful, barely chewed, and choked down peacefully.

The next second, he suddenly got up and ran to the trash can on the side of the road, holding on to the telephone pole and vomited.There was nothing in my stomach to vomit, it was bloodshot stomach acid.

"Why is this?" Jiang Zhi hurried over to pat him on the back and asked worriedly.

Xiao Nianjia sat back down again and said calmly, "I have a bad stomach."

Jiang Zhi was at a loss for a moment, and it was the first time he felt that there was nothing he could do about someone.He sighed, and didn't know whether he should persuade Xiao Nianjia to eat next.

Unknowingly, the two sat for a long time, chatting with each other.Jiang Zhi learned about Xiao Nianjia's basic situation from just a few words. He is single, living alone, and a teacher of political history. His biggest characteristic is taciturnity and lifelessness.

But for some reason, Jiang Zhi rarely felt that Xiao Nianjia was a very interesting person.

That kind of person who is difficult to see through and understand, when you stand in front of him and look directly into his eyes, you can only see a blank space, which arouses people's curiosity, and you can't help but think, this person, what he really looks like how is it like.

After eating a meal until after eleven o'clock, Jiang Zhi was basically eating, and drank two bottles of beer greedily.But Xiao Nianjia just sat quietly, and struggled to eat half a bowl of porridge in the back.

It was inconvenient for Jiang Zhi to drive, and it was not cost-effective to take a taxi back and forth. He simply found an apartment outside the school and opened a room for the night.

Xiao Nianjia waited for him to check in, and it was already twelve o'clock at night. Ninghe Middle School had access control, so he sighed, so he had to book a room too.

It seemed that the night was not very peaceful. It was almost early summer after the end of late spring. In the middle of the night, there would occasionally be the sound of cicadas chirping, accompanied by the sound of dogs barking, and it was lively all night long.

When Jiang Zhi woke up, it was seven o'clock in the morning the next day. When he opened the door, he met Xiao Nianjia who lived across the street. He smiled, "Mr. Xiao, look, we even have a biological clock."

Xiao Nianjia nodded, without saying much, there was an inexplicable tacit understanding between the two, and they checked out of the room together.

Coming out of the apartment is the only road leading to Ninghe Middle School. As soon as Jiang Zhi and Xiao Nianjia came out, they saw the tail of the police car ahead.

Jiang Zhi is too familiar, that is the police car in his team.Before he had time to think about it, he and Xiao Nianjia quickened their pace to the campus.

The crowd gathered in the downstairs of the teacher's apartment on the rear side of the teaching building, surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, and a cordon surrounded the entire building.

When Jiang Zhi saw this, he knew it would not be a trivial matter, he didn't care about Xiao Nianjia, and ran over in a big stride, the policeman under him ran over as soon as he saw him, and said, "Captain, why are you here? It's so good of you to be here!"

"What's going on?" Jiang Zhi asked.

The policeman said: "At 05:30 in the morning, we received a call. The school cleaners found the body in the water tank on the top floor. The dead man, male, 53 years old, has been identified. His name is He Yinsheng. He was hired by the school two days ago. A physical fitness teacher who specializes in training students with special sports skills."

Jiang Zhi walked forward while listening to him, and walked upstairs after crossing the cordon.

The policeman smiled a little embarrassedly, and continued: "It was originally the body found on the top floor, but I was worried that it was not the scene of the first crime, so I just surrounded the building so that I would not be afraid of destroying the scene. When he came to this school, he didn’t know anyone, and the investigation of his social relationship will start from his previous life. The time of death can only be given by the forensic doctor after going back to see him.”

Jiang Zhi tilted his head and glanced at the little police officer. The other party's face was almost full of compliments. He laughed and said, "Well, not bad, I have my demeanor."

The little police officer laughed excitedly after being affirmed, and when he wanted to say something more, the two had already reached the top floor.

The building of the teacher's apartment is not high, only the fifth floor, but because it is an old building, the water supply system often has problems, so the school has built a large water tank on the top floor for emergencies.

Standing under the water tank, Jiang Zhi found that the water tank was much higher than himself, but when he turned around, there were stone steps next to him, and he could walk up directly. Anyone has the ability to push a person down.

Jiang Zhi walked up the stairs. After looking down from the top, the idea that the cause of death in his mind was drowning was overturned. The water level in the water tank was high, but it was dyed crimson. Standing on it, bloody The smell is tangy.

To dye so much water into this color, basically every drop of blood in a person's body must participate.

The cause of death was excessive blood loss.

The phone rang suddenly, and Jiang Zhi saw it was Xiao Nianjia.

The other party's tone was calm, and he didn't have any curiosity about such a big case. He just said to him calmly: "You can go to your work, I still have classes."

Jiang Zhi hadn't had time to say yes, and the other party had already hung up the phone.

After inspecting the top floor, Jiang Zhi stood in front of the guardrail and looked down. After a long distance, he recognized Xiao Nianjia's back.

Go against the crowd.

After investigating the scene, the dean sent by the school to follow up on the case came to inquire about the situation.

The teaching director said that He Yinsheng was hired from outside, and the grades of Ninghe Middle School have been failing. The school builds the school with art, and vigorously cultivates art students with special talents, and sports special students are the top priority.This year, in order for this group of students to be admitted to a good high school in the city with their special skills, the school has hired several teachers from outside, and He Yinsheng is one of them.

He Yinsheng had been a soldier for many years. Before he came to Ninghe Middle School, he was a physical education teacher in the [-]th Middle School. He had brought out several national second-level long-distance runners. He was also considered to have achieved results, so he was lured here with a high salary.Who would have thought that he would die so miserably after only three days in the new school.

After the dean finished speaking, he said excitedly: "Comrade police, we must catch the murderer, give the deceased an explanation, and give these students peace of mind."

Jiang Zhi responded and said, "Okay, the responsibility lies."

On the car back from Ninghe New Village, Su Jiale called to ask about Xiao Nianjia's situation, and Jiang Zhi casually chatted with him about the case of Ninghe Middle School.

Su Jiale on the other end of the phone was very angry and said: "Look, there is a big case, and you are investigating a big case, but I am walking the dog! Humph!"

"It's okay, this case is not that easy, you may see the case closed when you come back." Jiang Zhi comforted him.

Su Jiale hung up the phone angrily.