Grocery Store No.514

On October 3020, 10, according to the agreed time, Jiang Chengyan and Su Ke came to Braun Bar together and walked straight to the bar.

Seeing the two coming, the bartender greeted them enthusiastically, "Mr. Su, Captain Jiang, you are here."

The two went to the bar and sat down, Jiang Chengyan said bluntly: "We have an appointment with your boss today, is he here?"

"Come on, I've been waiting for you two in the office. Have you seen the stairs over there?" The bartender looked at the northeast corner of the bar, saw Jiang Chengyan nod, and said, "You go directly to the third floor, facing the stairs. Your room is the boss's office."

Jiang Chengyan nodded, thanked the bartender, got up and walked towards the stairs, followed by Su Ke.When he came to the third floor, he looked up at the room with the office sign, Jiang Chengyan stepped forward and knocked on the door, and then the door was opened, and a young man appeared in front of the door.Looking at the man, a word flashed in Jiang Chengyan's mind, gentle as jade, probably to describe a man like him.

Kong Fang smiled slightly, but couldn't hide the tiredness on his face, and said, "Team Jiang, Mr. Su, please come in, both of you."

Jiang Chengyan smiled politely and said, "Then disturb Mr. Kong."

The two walked into the office and sat down in front of the sofa. Kong Fang poured tea for them respectively and sat down in front of the opposite sofa.

Jiang Chengyan said casually: "Mr. Kong's complexion is not very good, is he too tired?"

Kong Fang looked at Jiang Chengyan, with deep sadness in his warm eyes, and said, "Team Jiang, Changping... did something happen to him?"

Jiang Chengyan's eyes flashed, he and Su Ke exchanged a look, and said tentatively: "Listen to Mr. Kong's tone, are you very familiar with Mr. Jiang?"

Kong Fang unconsciously touched the ring on his ring finger, was silent for a while, and said, "He and I are same-sex couples."

Jiang Chengyan was taken aback, he never expected that the person they were looking for would appear in this way so easily.

"You mean you and Mr. Jiang are same-sex couples?" Jiang Chengyan confirmed again.

"Yes." Kong Fang said sadly, "But we broke up a few days ago. Captain Jiang, can you tell me what happened to him?"

"he died."

"Dead..." Kong Fang's eyes were red instantly, tears rolled in his eyes, and he said, "Actually, when you guys called me, I already guessed it. , it's just me...I can't accept..."

Jiang Chengyan took out a tissue and handed it to Kong Fang, saying, "Mr. Kong, we understand your feelings, but we still need your cooperation in the investigation of some matters."

Kong Fang took the tissue and said, "Ask, I will not hide what I know, but can you not disclose my relationship with him?"

"We will never disclose information about the case to the outside world. This is a rule. But if you are related to this case, we must explain to the family of the deceased."

"I'm not a murderer, so I'm not afraid of your investigation." Kong Fang's eyes were filled with unresolved sadness, and he said, "Actually, I don't care. People around me have long known about my sexual orientation, but Changping is different. He also has a wife. Children, if they know, are not good for children's development."

"When did you meet Mr. Jiang?"

"October 3017, 10 was the third anniversary of the bar's opening. I stayed in the bar on this day every year until the bar closed. He was sitting at the bar that day, drinking one glass after another. I was afraid of him. Get drunk and make trouble, just sit over and strike up a conversation with him." Kong Fang unconsciously looked at the teacup on the table, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, obviously lost in memory.

"When I sat next to him, he seemed a little nervous and wanted to send me away after saying 'I have company'." Kong Fang smiled, and continued: "If it were normal, I would turn around and leave, maybe Maybe I was too free that day, so I became interested in him. I didn’t speak, and just sat next to him drinking. Seeing me like this, he stopped instead, hesitantly wanted to talk to me, but he was timid. I didn’t dare to speak. Later, I was the one who opened the mouth first, and he lost his previous resistance, and told me, a stranger, everything in his heart.”

Kong Fang fell silent, Jiang Chengyan and Kong Fang looked at each other, but did not speak.

"That day he was always talking, and I was listening, listening to his inner entanglements and contradictions. He is gay. He not only married a woman, but also gave birth to a child. He loves his son very much, but he feels sorry for him. Because he was born not because of love, but because of his escape."

"I understand his pain. People like us are not recognized by the society. When we love someone, we have to be sneaky, lest others know, and we will be excluded and discriminated against. It's just that I don't agree with his approach, and I even feel a little bit about his cowardice. Bored. But feelings are so unreasonable, people who are obviously annoying, but in the end they fall in love deeply."

"I bought this ring. It is a pair ring. The other ring is also in my hand. I told him that whenever he is brave enough to tell the truth, I will put that ring on him. I will never leave him." To spend the rest of my life with him. It's a pity... what we waited for was a breakup."

After waiting for a while, seeing that Kong Fang had no intention of continuing, Jiang Chengyan asked, "How often do you meet?"

"We meet every month, and each time we stay for two or three days."

"Where do you meet each time?"

"Guangmei Community in the east of the city, my family has an old house over there."

"When was the last time you saw Mr. Jiang?"

"At 22 o'clock in the evening on the 8nd, we separated."

"Where did you go after the separation, who can prove it?"

"After we separated, I went home. Early the next morning, I went to Ancheng for a business trip. I just came back today."

"Where is your home, what time do you get home, is there anyone to testify?"

"In the Hemei community, when I got home around nine o'clock, I was the only one at home, and no one testified. However, the surveillance facilities in the community are relatively complete, and I should be able to find videos of me returning home."

"Hemei District?" Jiang Chengyan and Su Ke looked at each other, and then asked: "Since you guessed that something happened to Mr. Jiang, why didn't you come back yesterday?"

"When you called me, I was hospitalized with a high fever and couldn't get out of bed at all."

"From Huacheng to Ancheng, how did you get there?"

"Driving. But I took the high-speed train back, and I still have a low fever, so I can't drive for the time being."

"What disease does Mr. Kong have?"

"Pneumonia caused by high fever." Kong Fang said with a wry smile: "Actually, the night I arrived in Ancheng, I already felt something was wrong, but I felt uncomfortable and didn't want to go to the hospital, but it turned out to be pneumonia. It's going to be worse than it is now."

"Where did you settle in Ancheng, and which hospital did you stay in?"

"I stayed at the Xingdu Hotel, and the hospital is the West Campus of Ancheng People's Hospital."

Jiang Chengyan nodded, and then asked: "Why did you break up?"

Kong Fang was silent for a while, and said: "He said that it was wrong for us to be together, and he doesn't want to continue to be wrong. He wants to return to his family and take good care of his wife and children."

"how about you?"

"Me? He's already said that, what else can I say? It's been three years. I'm such a proud person, but because I love him, I sneak around like a thief. What I got in return is 'we were wrong'. It's ridiculous. Let's separate, I'm tired too."

Su Ke, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "You guys were wrong from the beginning. No matter how deeply you love, you should have your own moral bottom line."

Kong Fang was taken aback, then laughed at himself and said, "So who is to blame for this?"

"Have you met Mr. Jiang's family?"

"I've seen it. We bumped into each other when we were picking out paintings in a gallery."

"In your opinion, does Mr. Jiang's wife know of your existence?"

"Shouldn't know, he won't let them know." Kong Fang looked at Jiang Chengyan and said, "Can I go and see him?"

"Now? Your body..."

"I'm fine, I just want to see him. Why did someone who was alive and well before suddenly disappear?" Kong Fang's mood was obviously a little unstable.

Jiang Chengyan looked at Su Ke, saw Su Ke nodded, got up and said, "In that case, Mr. Kong will go with us."

Kong Fang immediately stood up and said gratefully, "Thank you."

The three of them didn't say much, and drove straight to the police station. When they came to the door of the refrigerator, Su Ke took out the door card and opened the door, and walked in first.Kong Fang stopped at the door and looked at the open door with his fists clenched.Jiang Chengyan stood aside, didn't speak, just accompanied quietly.Although Kong Fang has always been very calm, he can see that Kong Fang is trying to restrain himself. His deep love for Jiang Changping cannot be ignored.

After standing at the door for a long time, Kong Fang finally stepped into the door and came to Su Ke's side. He said apologetically, "Sorry, Mr. Su, for keeping you waiting."

No matter how sad and sad, Kong Fang still has a good upbringing. Who would have thought that such a person would be willing to be a third party for three full years just to love someone.

Can love really make a person let go of everything and become the person he once hated?Jiang Chengyan couldn't help asking questions in his heart.

"It's okay, I understand your feelings." Su Ke looked at Kong Fang's paler face and asked uncertainly, "Mr. Kong, can you really do it?"

Kong Fang looked at the large rectangular drawer in front of him and nodded calmly.

"Mr. Kong, Mr. Jiang's body is not so complete, so you'd better be mentally prepared."

Kong Fang looked at Su Ke and said unwillingly, "You mean..."

Su Ke nodded, and said calmly: "Mr. Jiang's body was dismembered, and the head has not been found yet."

"How could this be..." Kong Fang staggered a step and bumped into Jiang Chengyan's body.

Looking at his pale face, Jiang Chengyan worriedly said: "Mr. Kong, otherwise you can come to see him another day."

Kong Fang shook his head with red eyes and said, "Let's go. No matter what he is, I want to see him."

Su Ke glanced at Jiang Chengyan, and opened the drawer containing Jiang Changping's body.