heart poison

After only staying in the hospital for one night, Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin hurried back to the Municipal Bureau.

Zhang Mao reported aggrievedly to Chen Zheng: "Team Chen, I really tried my best. How can I stop our boss? He insisted on being discharged from the hospital, insisting that he was fine and his head stopped hurting, and there was nothing I could do about it. He It’s my immediate boss, and I still have to work with his subordinates.”

Chen Zheng had been busy all night, he had smoked an unknown number of cigarettes, his complexion was not very good, his eyes were bloodshot, he waved his hands and said, "Okay, just leave the hospital, you go back and give him and Liu Zhiqin I'm calling."

"Okay, I'll go right now!"

"Wait." Chen Zheng said again: "Have they had breakfast yet?"

"Where am I..."

"Tsk, I let you stay with me in the hospital, you don't even know if they have breakfast?"

"I'm going to the cafeteria right now!"

In the morning, Zhang Mao was scolded for no reason. Zhang Mao scratched his face and ran to the cafeteria quickly. He bought a bunch of fresh meat, buns, egg pies, and meat pies. They were discussing Huang Caihua with Qu Zhi, while Liu Zhiqin was sitting in Hua Chong's seat, slowly eating deep-fried dough sticks soaked in lean meat porridge.

The fried dough sticks were cut into pieces, and Liu Zhiqin's left ring finger was broken. Although the other fingers can move, it seems that it is not convenient to tear the fried dough sticks into small pieces.

The one who tears the fritters must be...

Zhang Mao looked at Liu Zhiqin, then at Hua Chong, then at the lean meat porridge and fried dough sticks, and felt that Hua Chong must have torn the fried dough sticks.

Reminiscent of Hua Chong helping Liu Zhiqin Duanwan last night, Zhang Mao blinked, thinking that the Hua team was so kind to Brother Xiao Liu, as thoughtful as his own old mother.

Hua Chong turned around and said with a smile: "The complainant is back? What did Team Chen say? You didn't ask you to send me back to the hospital, did you?"

Zhang Mao pursed his lips and put the food on the table, "Captain Chen asked me to bring you and brother Xiaoliu something to eat. When did you buy breakfast?"

"Just when you were running to make a small report." Hua Chong picked up the plastic bag, "Yo, I bought quite a lot, brother Xiaoliu and I can finish eating?"

"I'll do it!" Qu Zhi picked up an egg pancake and began to chew, "The last time I ate was last night, I was starving to death."

Zhang Trade said, "Who had a meal last night that wasn't last night?"

"That's true." Qu Zhi said as he took another bag of buns.

"We divided breakfast among everyone, there must be some people who didn't eat anything in the morning." Hua Chong said.

Zhang Mao yelled a few times with his pocket in his hand, and someone ran over immediately, and the stuffed stuffing was divided up in a few seconds, and only one scallion roll was left in his pocket.

"Damn it! Are you all vegetarians? You wolves!" Zhang Mao complained and gnawed, "I eat by myself."

"Don't choke." Hua Chong threw a bottle of Quzhi's iced black tea over.

Zhang Mao caught it, puffed his cheeks and said, "Flower Team, do you still have a headache? The doctor said that concussion patients need..."

Hua Chong pointed, "Let me hear 'concussion' again, and you don't come to the serious crime team as a decoration, go to another place and stick to it."

"Shut up! Can't I just shut up!" Zhang Mao covered his mouth and said in a husky voice, and then muttered, "I'm not the only one who said you had a concussion. Didn't Brother Xiaoliu also say you had a concussion yesterday? Why don't you let Brother Xiaoliu change to another place as a decoration? What kind of reason is that? It's a fact that you have a concussion, so why don't you tell people if you have a concussion?"

Hua Chong raised his eyelids: "Huh?"

"Team Chen asked you and Brother Xiaoliu to report to him!" Zhang Mao recalled that his immediate boss responded quickly and had good hearing, so he hurriedly used Chen Zheng as a shield.

"Let's go now." After Hua Chong finished speaking, he looked at Liu Zhiqin, seeing that there was less than half a bowl of Liu Zhiqin's breakfast left, he changed his words: "I'll go in a while."

Liu Zhiqin raised his head and met his gaze.

The two looked at each other from a distance, one turned his back to the light outside the window, the other faced the light, as if the surroundings suddenly became quiet.

"I'm done." Liu Zhiqin put down the spoon.

"What's good to eat? You haven't finished a single fried dough stick." Hua Chong said, "Don't worry. If Team Chen was in a hurry to summon us, he would have called me. You should eat everything in the bowl. It's shameful to waste food. "

Liu Zhiqin picked up the spoon again, obviously speeding up the meal.

A quarter of an hour later, the two appeared in the office of the captain of the criminal investigation detachment.

The office windows are wide open, and the ventilation fan is working, but there is still a strong smell of smoke. The ashtray on the desk is full of cigarette butts, and it is almost overflowing. It is obvious that Chen Zheng has smoked a lot, and he just remembered it not long ago. Ventilation.

Hua Chong thought, after all, he had to take care of himself, a concussion patient.

Team Chen is still very careful.

"Sit." Chen Zheng pointed to the two armchairs beside the desk, and there was a carton of pure milk on one side, which was high in calcium and low in sugar.

The corner of Hua Chong's lips twitched, and he had to change his mind - Team Chen was not very careful, but very careful.

Liu Zhiqin held the pure milk in his hand and said with a smile, "Thank you Team Chen."

Chen Zheng shook his head, threw an investigation report in front of the two of them, and cut to the chase, "The driver who caused the accident is called Huang Caihua. He has been in freight transportation for nearly 20 years and has rich experience. He has never had an accident before. You must already know that."

Hua Chong said "Yes", took the report, and read it with Liu Zhiqin.

"Huang Caihua works for Yu Nian Freight Company, but he often does private work. The steel rods on the truck are discarded building materials from a construction site, and they come from a building under construction in Fukang District. The person in charge said that the steel rods are to be transported to the west of the city around the city. There is no clear time limit for off-road processing, but it is required as soon as possible. Huang Caihua picked up these steel bars two days ago." Chen Zheng said.

"But Huang Caihua not only did not deliver the steel rods to the designated place immediately, but also drove the car to Luo'an District. The west of the city and the south of the city are not in the same direction at all." Hua Chong took out a lighter and a cigarette, and was about to light it. When he saw Chen Zheng's With a wink, he had to take it back.

"In the past two days, Huang Caihua has not run away, and his whereabouts are unknown. The medium-sized truck involved in the accident has been parked in the freight parking lot 3 kilometers away from the real estate, and no one has approached it." Chen Zheng continued: "Yesterday afternoon, Huang Caihua drove the truck from Fukang District to Luo'an District. It drove normally without any record of running a red light or speeding. After that, the truck stopped at the alley near the corner where the accident occurred for more than two hours, and then suddenly rushed towards Make a bend and hit your motorcycle."

Having said that, Chen Zheng paused, his eyes filled with coldness and anger, "Hua'er, this can't be an accident, Huang Caihua is targeting you, someone wants your life or Xiao Liu's life."

Liu Zhiqin didn't speak, but turned his head to look at Hua Chong.

Hua Chong nodded calmly, "I've already thought about it."

"This Huang Caihua is just a pawn. I have checked his background very clearly. He is just an ordinary freight driver and has no motive to attack the police. Someone used him to attack you, and then killed him to silence him." Chen Zheng was not surprised. Hua Chong remained calm, and continued: "At present, we haven't found out what he did or who he had contact with in the two days before the incident, but the problem must be in these two days."

"Have you checked the communication records?" Liu Zhiqin asked.

"I checked. He hasn't used his mobile phone in the past two days. The mobile phone has been turned off."

"Shut down?"

"It's strange, but it's not too strange for him." Chen Zheng said: "He doesn't use his mobile phone much, and turning it off is a common thing."

"He lives in Los Angeles alone." Liu Zhiqin continued flipping through the report, "There is no one else in the family."

"There is a single man who has never been married and has no children, but there is an old mother in the countryside who is over 70 years old. He goes back once a year during the Spring Festival, and usually puts 1000 yuan into the old man's account every month." Chen Zheng got up to fetch water, After putting down his teacup, he walked around the office, "His friends are all freight drivers. According to these people, he has a good personality and is easy to talk to. Maybe because he doesn't have a family to drag him down, he often helps with the sports car, and he helps out with other things as he can. I don’t care much about the remuneration, I accept RMB 200 or RMB 300. I’m not interested.”

"No hobbies?" Hua Chong folded his arms and leaned on the back of the chair, "It is impossible for a person to have no hobbies at all."

"If running and fitness is considered a hobby, then there is." Chen Zheng shrugged, "People who know Huang Caihua said that he went to the riverside for a run when he was free, and even got a cheap fitness card. I can't get through to his phone number." When I go to the riverside or the gym to look for him, I can probably find him. The truck drivers often get together to play mahjong, poker, chess, drink, and karaoke. He never participates, and at most has a meal with everyone.”

"This..." Hua Chong rubbed his chin, "I originally thought that Huang Caihua was either a gambler, or an alcoholic, or was addicted to some kind of online game."

Chen Zheng understood, "Well, this type of people is the easiest to be used and controlled. But on the contrary, Huang Caihua's life is very regular, to the point of rigidity, and his body is also very healthy. He should be a relatively self-disciplined person. Until now So far, they haven't found any record of who he owes money to."

"Then why was he 'selected'? How did the other party control him?" Liu Zhiqin put down the report, and the two pages spread out were detailed autopsy pictures. Huang Caihua's head was almost gone, and his body was shattered. , looks very miserable.

These photos are in sharp contrast with Huang Caihua's photos before his death.

In the employee registration photo provided by Yu Nian's freight company, Huang Caihua was unattractive, with a crew cut, a Chinese character face, and a simple and honest smile.

Chen Zheng sighed, "I don't know. What is certain is that the person who controls him is not simple, and even has a lot of background. 'He' or 'they' did it quite cleanly, manipulating Huang Caihua's behavior in some way. And even if Without that heavy truck that suddenly appeared, Huang Caihua would definitely have died—according to the driving route, he would either hit the isolation steel plate, or hit a factory building under construction. In either case, the steel bars loaded behind would be Huang Caihua couldn't escape because of the inertia effect and instantly inserted into the cockpit."

Hua Chong lowered his head and crossed his fingers.

"Hua'er, you were supposed to rest, but since you're back, I won't force you to be sent to the hospital." Chen Zheng said solemnly, "Think about it carefully, who might be the one who did it to you. Han Qu and I are thinking about it." Overnight, I drew up a series of lists, but although these people have motives to get rid of you, they shouldn't get rid of you 'only', or get rid of you 'first'. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood." Hua Chong nodded.

"As for Xiao Liu." Chen Zheng looked at Liu Zhiqin, "You are Shen Xun's friend and someone from the Ministry of Public Security. But frankly speaking, I don't know you well. You should think about it carefully and see if you can find it." What clues can be found."

"Yes." Liu Zhiqin said, "I understand too."

"I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen suddenly. I originally wanted to give you a few more days off, so that you can have a good rest." Chen Zheng wiped his face, "Recently, people from Han Qu will follow you, and you should also pay attention to safety .Motorcycles are no longer allowed, where can I drive my car. Fortunately, you both wore helmets yesterday, otherwise it would not be as simple as a concussion."

Hua Chong's eyelids twitched. From yesterday to now, everyone who saw him would beat him with a "concussion".After listening to "concussion" countless times, it is like a magic sound piercing my ears, which lasts for a long time.

"Go back. You don't have to worry about the investigation for the time being. I and Qu Zhi are in charge." Chen Zheng waved his hand, "Report to me in time if you think of something, don't hide it."

??

Coming out of Chen Zheng's office, Hua Chong leaned on the handrail of the stairs, not wanting to walk.

Liu Zhiqin asked with concern: "Is your head uncomfortable?"

"No. I'm fine."

There were people coming and going in the corridor, and the police officers passing by had to come forward and say a few words.

Liu Zhiqin said, "Let's change places?"

Hua Chong hesitated, "Where are you going?"

"Just walk around, the terrace, the playground, the indoor shooting hall, anywhere."

"I'm going to get some clothes." Hua Chong said, "It's a bit windy outside."

Liu Zhiqin went downstairs alone, and a few minutes later he saw Hua Chong coming out of the building, already putting on a thick coat and twisting one in his hand.

"Wear it." Hua Chong tossed the clothes over, "Don't break a bone and catch a cold, making your illness worse."

Liu Zhiqin took the clothes and was about to put them on when Hua Chong said, "Wait, your hand..."

"It's okay to wear clothes, you can't touch them."

"Let me do it." Hua Chong took the clothes over again, shook them twice, and helped him put them on.

"Thank you."

"Don't keep thanking me. How can you be so polite."

Liu Zhiqin stopped in his tracks, and suddenly said seriously, "It's you who are always being polite to me."

"Huh?" Hua Chong turned around, frowning slightly.

"Flower team, what are you worried about, but you don't want me to help you share it." Liu Zhiqin stood there, his tone seemed to be the same as usual, but there seemed to be a big difference.

Hua Chong's heart sank, he turned his eyes away, he couldn't think of how to respond for a moment.

He knew what Liu Zhiqin was referring to.

Last night, Liu Zhiqin suddenly asked him if he had something on his mind. Of course, he couldn't express what was on his mind, so he had to casually chatter a few perfunctory words, then turn off the lights and go to sleep, but he didn't fall asleep for a long time.

From time to time, the sound of turning over could be heard from the hospital bed next to him. It was obvious that Liu Zhiqin hadn't fallen asleep either, whether it was because of the pain in his fingers or some other reason.

He wanted to turn on the light to see how Liu Zhiqin was doing, but he didn't dare to move, for fear of being asked again if he had something on his mind.

Lying motionless and pretending to be asleep, it took a long time before I fell asleep, but I kept dreaming, half dreaming and half awake.For a while, he dreamed that when a medium-sized truck hit him, he couldn't avoid it in time. The motorcycle was first hit by the truck and then sucked into the bottom of the car. He didn't seem to feel any pain in the dream, but he knew that he was crushed into a For a while, I dreamed that when I was performing an anti-terrorist mission in the Northwest, all the teammates who had passed away stood beside me. Their faces were clear, and they looked like they were alive, but when the screen changed, those young lives were gone. Turned to ashes in the smoke.

In the early morning, the nurse came in to measure blood pressure, temperature, and change dressings. He was woken up and felt very tired, as if he had never slept at all.Liu Zhiqin didn't seem to have slept well either, and his eyes were slightly dull.

He was a little funny in his heart, because it was the first time that "sluggish" expression appeared on Liu Zhiqin's face.

Feeling a little heartbroken after being ridiculous.

Liu Zhiqin must have not slept well, his fingers are connected to his heart, and if his fingers are injured, it will hurt for a while.

After returning to the City Bureau, he took care of Liu Zhiqin's injury, quickly tore up the fritters, soaked them in lean meat porridge, and called Liu Zhiqin to eat. It can be seen that when he picked up the spoon, his heart was filled with conflicts again.

This is wrong, it can't be like this.

There are dangers all around him, the more contact he has with Liu Zhiqin, the more likely he is to pull Liu Zhiqin into the abyss.

It was because I couldn't let go of the past, and wanted to find out the truth. It had nothing to do with Liu Zhiqin.

For the sake of those who have nothing to do with it, of course we should gradually distance ourselves instead of continuing to approach.

Even if you have already moved your heart to the other party.

Like this kind of thing, has never been a necessity in life.

"Flower Team, you have this expression again." Liu Zhiqin sighed.

Hua Chong came back to his senses, a little uneasy, "What expression do I have?"

Liu Zhiqin looked at him, his Adam's apple slipped, as if he wanted to say something, but he was still hesitating.

Hua Chong seized the opportunity to regain the initiative, "What kind of expression is this? You say I have something on my mind, so is your mind all right?"

He said this not to question, nor to general Liu Zhiqin's army, but to quickly end this inexplicable topic.

But Liu Zhiqin's pursed lips moved, and after a few seconds, he said, "Yes, I do have something on my mind."

Unexpectedly, he would get such a reply, Hua Chong was stunned, "You..."

"I didn't fall asleep last night. I thought about a lot of things, about you and about me." Liu Zhiqin said slowly: "It's also about the people we know together."

"Shen Xun and Le Ran?" Hua Chong immediately thought of these two people.

Liu Zhiqin shook his head, "No. Another person."

who?Hua Chongxiang, Chen Zheng, Qu Zhi, Zhang Mao, Xu Kan, Xiao Chengxin?

Neither seems right.

"I remember you asked me before—why you didn't stay in the information warfare team of the Ministry of Public Security, but came to Los Angeles." Liu Zhiqin said.

"You said you committed a crime."

Liu Zhiqin said bluntly: "I lied to you."

Hua Chong's eyes narrowed, "Did you lie to me?"

"You're not the only one. I didn't tell anyone the real reason I came to Los Angeles."

Hua Chong felt his forehead jumping violently.

Liu Zhiqin didn't speak for a long time, the two just stood face to face, in the eyes of others, it seemed that there was some unresolvable contradiction.

"What's your purpose?" Hua Chong's voice became a little cold when he spoke again.

Liu Zhiqin looked at him for a while, and answered the wrong question: "Erwa has been at home alone for a whole day."

Hua Chong heard what he meant—let's talk about it when we go home.

??

Returning from the Municipal Bureau to the Huajing Community, Hua Chong drove Chen Zheng's car, followed silently by a special police detachment car.

His accident this time alarmed the captains on both sides.

On the way, Liu Zhiqin rarely spoke, and the atmosphere was tense and awkward.Hua Chong felt depressed and almost speeded several times.

Erwa was ignored for a day, and rushed out as soon as the door opened, circling around Liu Zhiqin excitedly, wagging her tail non-stop, not treating Liu Zhiqin as an outsider at all.Hua Chong carried the bagged dog food, filled the empty bowl, and changed the drinking water. After finishing everything, he turned to Liu Zhiqin.

Probably sensing something was wrong between the two of them, Erwa pricked up her ears to look left and right, and then with a sound of "oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo".

Liu Zhiqin said: "We've been neighbors for so long, but I've always come to your house. You haven't been to my house, have you?"

Hua Chong was unambiguous, picked up the key on the shoe cabinet, "Let's go now?"

"Aren't you worried?" Liu Zhiqin asked.

"What are you worried about?" Hua Chong asked.

Liu Zhiqin seemed hesitant to speak, "It's nothing. Just go if you don't worry, I have something to show you."

Huajing community is divided into several units according to different types of units. Liu Zhiqin's rented house is slightly smaller than Hua Chong's, and the inside is cleaned very cleanly. Except for the basic furnishings, there is nothing superfluous in the whole living room.

"Sit down." Liu Zhiqin pointed to the sofa, "I'm going to boil a pot of water."

Hua Chong didn't urge him, but he didn't sit down either. He stood in the living room near the kitchen, and didn't take his eyes off Liu Zhiqin.

Liu Zhiqin took most of the pot of water, turned around and saw Hua Chong looking at him.

"Flower team..."

"Keep burning. This is your home, and I won't eat you again."

Liu Zhiqin put the transparent jug on the base, and when the switch was pressed, the water in the jug began to make a "whirring" sound.

The voice, full of life, dilutes a certain tension in the air.

Liu Zhiqin leaned against the desk, his eyes were bottomless, and he finally asked, "Flower Team, when you went to Northwest Shacheng to fight terrorism, did something happen?"

Hua Chong was calm on the surface, "Why do you ask this all of a sudden?"

"Team Chen said that he drew up a list, but it is unlikely that the people on the list will attack you 'only' and 'first'." Liu Zhiqin said: "These people are all from you in Los Angeles. The province may offend people. But what about the Northwest? Team Chen doesn't know about your situation in the Northwest. If you exclude the people on the list, is it possible that the person who wants to attack you is someone you provoked in Shacheng?"

Hua Chong frowned vigilantly.

"There are terrorist organizations entrenched in Shacheng. You know better than me how cruel they are. There is a flashing picture on the surveillance, and you must have noticed it——Huang Caihua had a grim expression when he rushed to the bend , That is definitely not the expression that a normal person should have. I think he is very likely to be controlled by a terrorist organization." Liu Zhiqin pressed the corners of his lips and paused for a moment, "I should have asked you about Shacheng about the matter, but because of a certain concern, it has been difficult to speak. After what happened yesterday, I thought about it all night..."

The electric kettle boiled water very quickly, and the sound of boiling water became louder and louder, covering Liu Zhiqin's voice, and then there was a "pop", indicating that the water was ready.

Liu Zhiqin brought two cups and poured boiling water into them.

Hua Chong looked at his back, "You left the information warfare team because you want to know about Shacheng?"

Liu Zhiqin turned around, "Flower Team, do you still remember An Ze?"

Hua Chong's mind went numb suddenly, and he asked coldly, "Who are you?"