A hunting adventure [unlimited]

The story Lan Yu told was not the same version as Qiao Situ and Ding Yan's; the Siya she knew was different from the fragile girl in other people's eyes.

"The first book I talked to her was Balzac's Lily of the Valley. She is very smart and strong. I don't agree that she committed suicide." The fear in Sapphire's eyes faded, and there were tears in her eyes, "She is She was murdered, but Xiao Nan was definitely not the one who killed her."

Yu Zhen: "It sounds like you know who the murderer is."

"It's a devil." Sapphire sat in the chair in the back row, trembling uncontrollably with her hands on her knees. She bent her five fingers and scratched at the seam of her trousers, and said, "Siya told me that there was a demon in the attic of her house. A demon..."

Du Yu laughed, Yu Zhen slanted at him, so he could only pretend to wipe the corner of his mouth and put his thumb on his lower lip, and stopped smiling.

"This demon is not that demon, it's just a metaphor." Sapphire lowered her eyes, raising her eyes from time to time to scan the tall male corpse in the blood, "It's him, the deformed child raised in the attic."

***

Five people go on vacation, two couples, the extra people will easily become annoying light bulbs, and embarrassment is common.

Lan Yu was shy, and He Lingfei and Ding Yan always made fun of her, asking her why she didn't have a boyfriend, wouldn't it be more lively with six people.

If Qiao Situ and Qu Nan were present, she would keep silent. If they were not, she would reply coldly: "If I can only associate with boys like you, I would rather die alone."

Ding Yan curled his lips, hugged He Lingfei's shoulders, and said, "We really don't seem to know anyone who is worthy of her."

The latter said with a hippie smile, "That's right, Lan Lan's vision is too high, we ordinary people can't do it."

The two of them have big hearts, and they don't care much about her arrogance and belittlement. They were just joking and joking, and they don't want to point out other people's way of life.

But adolescent boys have a bit of a low-key personality, every time they make a joke about Sapphire, she can't help but be mean by her, and continue the next day, never tired of it.

So Sapphire was often bored with them, and even spoke less to Qiao Situ and Qu Nan. In her free time, she would rather read and sleep in her room.

Si Ya's arrival was a blessing to her, she finally had a partner with whom she could chat together.

When the young lovers huddled in the room, she and Si Ya would lay out a carpet in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows downstairs, put pillows on them, make a pot of tea and prepare two snacks, read and chat in the sun while blowing on the air conditioner.

Tired of reading, Lan Yu rubbed her sore eyes, biting a refrigerated macaron, and chatting with the girl beside her, "How did you find us? Did you already know we live here?"

"That day... I saw you by the lake, and Qiao Qiao and a boy taught you how to swim." Si Ya was lying on the pillow, and she still couldn't tell who was Ding Ding and Xiao Fei.

"Ah!" Sapphire remembered that Jojo had indeed asked her that afternoon if she had seen a girl standing on the rock. "It turned out that you were peeking at us." She sighed.

"Yeah." Si Ya nodded, "There are usually no strangers around here. I went to pick wild celery by the lake. The way to climb that rock is very secret. I like to stand on the top by myself. I just discovered it. you."

Sapphire: "Do you often go to the lake alone to play? How dangerous it is."

Siya: "It's not dangerous, I grew up there."

"Where's your friend? Are there other residents nearby?"

"I have no friends and my family doesn't let me have contact with other children."

"Then... have you ever been to school?" Sapphire couldn't find a more tactful way to ask.

Si Ya shook her head, "No."

"Then you are too good." Lan Yu said sincerely, "The group of people who claim to be elites in our school have not read as many books as you."

"I've read a lot of books...is it a great thing?" Si Ya asked in confusion.

"Of course! At least I think it's amazing!" Sapphire took the girl's hand, "Tell me about your life experience, okay?"

At that time, she had never seen the scars on Si Ya's body, and did not understand the situation of the other party. She was really curious about which kind of "unique" family environment and education method could raise a girl like Si Ya, although the common sense of life was a little bit different. She is dull, but when talking about classical literature and poetry, Si Ya's ability to speak and appreciate simply amazed her.

"My...life experience?" Si Ya's expression froze.

Sapphire was sensitive to the other party's hesitation, she quickly waved her hand and said, "Yaya, if you don't want to say it, forget it, I'm just asking casually."

Si Ya clenched her hand tightly, "Lanlan, if I tell you, can you promise not to tell others?"

Lan Yu became nervous, the dazed and worried look on Si Ya's brows wasn't just pretending, she became more and more curious.She said, "Well, tell me, I promise not to tell others."

Si Ya turned her face away, revealing her beautiful side face, with clear tears streaming down her eyes under the sunlight.

Lan Yu panicked and comforted: "You, don't cry, I'm not forcing you..."

Si Ya raised the back of her hand to wipe away her tears, then turned to face her, the tip of her nose and the corners of her eyes were red, like white porcelain painted with red glaze.

"I lied to you... I am not hiding from my brother, he is not my brother... No, he is my brother, a child born to my parents, but he is definitely of the blood of the devil! He is two years older than me, physically Severely handicapped...he's not like us, he's a bad guy, a bad breed of demon...I would dream of getting rid of him."

Si Ya was confused and said intermittently:

"I also have a big brother and a younger brother, they are normal people... But that devil is different, he was born with a disability, lived in a gloomy attic, always suspected that I laughed at him, looked down on him, so he often slandered me, Hit me..." Si Ya threw herself into Lan Yu's arms, sobbing, "No one in the family is willing to help me, parents, elder brother and younger brother, they are all bewitched by the devil."

Sapphire: "How...how did he slander you?"

"He said that I stole my father's watch and my mother's necklace, that I detested my poor family and wanted to abandon my family and sneak out; he also said, and said..." Si Ya choked up, and her crying became shrill, "Say I seduce big brother and younger brother... I really didn't."

"My mother was very angry, locked me in the basement, asked me to reflect, and said that I should have strangled me when I was born, and asked me why I wore a red dress and why I learned to play the piano... I really didn't do those things Ah..." Si Ya's tears soaked her blouse, "I really haven't done it."

Sapphire hugged the weeping girl, her body froze.

——how could this be?What she wanted to hear was not these things, she had already prepared words of enlightenment and comfort, intending to persuade Siya not to be impulsive and willful, her family always loves you, you are not yet an adult, you should not run around, you should go home.

But when she heard something absurd that she couldn't even imagine in her nightmares, she didn't know how to react, she could only hug Si Ya's slender shoulders tightly and stroke the girl's thick and smooth long hair.

"I'm sorry, Yaya..." Sapphire said weakly.I didn't expect this to be the case.

Sapphire is the youngest daughter of the family. Her parents and elder brothers dote on her like the apple of their eye. In the era when paper books have become luxury goods, they are still willing to meet all her book list needs and make a huge study room for her at home.

She thought that Si Ya was the same. Although she had never been to school, she could enjoy reading her favorite books and had a gentle and pleasant personality. How could her family situation be worse?She thought that Si Ya's avoidance and asking for help was a common occurrence among her peers who ran away from home during the rebellious period.

When Si Ya knocked on their door in the middle of the night, she cried so sadly, she must have been bullied by her brother, maybe her family has a bad temper. ——Lan Yu thought so, especially when she proposed to call the police, but Si Ya refused. She was even more convinced that what Si Ya encountered was not a big problem.

But now she realized how innocent and how wrong she was.

"...Can you keep it a secret for me?" Si Ya was standing up, her red eyes were filled with sad tears, "I just want to leave, don't call the police, don't tell anyone else, okay?"

Sapphire held the girl's cheeks and promised: "Okay, I won't tell anyone else, I will help you leave."

But Lan Yu always believed that Si Ya should call the police. She was abused mentally and physically, and even her immediate family members had no right to violate her dignity and personality like this; It's a more complicated world...

"Don't cry, Yaya." Sapphire wiped away her tears, "We will help you..."

Lan Yu thought that she and those four little friends had done all the non-illegal and bad behaviors that minors can do; but they had no bad intentions and never hurt anyone.

In dealing with Si Ya, she believed in the sympathy and enthusiasm of those four people, and helping a girl in need was a matter of course, no need to ask.

She will keep Si Ya's secret forever.

And she did, even if Si Ya died, she didn't tell anyone until today.

***

Yu Zhen: "Have you verified the credibility of those words?"

"I have seen the scars on her body with my own eyes. They are all man-made. Do I still need to ask for proof?" Lan Yu's heart was tightened, and the past was vividly remembered. "The person who would treat her like that is a devil! That scum found her missing , tracked her into our house, and killed her at night when everyone was sleeping..."

"I've always felt guilty, why didn't we leave earlier, if we had set off earlier, Si Ya wouldn't have been killed!"

Sapphire seemed too remorseful, she wiped her tears with her sleeves, "I should have insisted on calling the police, I was just stupid, timid and cowardly, so I followed them to deal with the scene and watched the evidence be washed away bit by bit , and even indulged Xiao Fei and Ding Ding to throw their corpses..."

She beat her aching chest and said, "...we are too miserable."

The blood on He Lingfei's face and body was half dry, and after solidification, it turned dark brown red, which couldn't be wiped off.He walked to Lan Yu's side, rubbed her shoulders and comforted her, "Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault, you can't guard against thieves, but you can guard against murderers?"

Yu Zhen turned to look at Xiao Fei, and asked, "What about you, what do you think about Si Ya's death?"

"I have no idea, I didn't kill it." Xiao Fei's expression was blurred by blood all over his face.

"If Si Ya wasn't killed by you, revenge would be invalid." Du Yu said, "Then why are we here?"

Xiao Fei: "Let's vent your anger, we disposed of her body."

"It doesn't make sense." Yu Zhen walked in front of the male corpse, "Assuming that the murderer is him, he slipped away after killing the man and left the body to you to show that he didn't want to reveal his identity as the murderer; you helped him dispose of the body and let him Si Ya's death sank to the bottom of the lake and was unknown, so he should thank you. Why did he lure you here again after so many years, so that you can recall the past, he is not afraid of exposing his crimes?"

"I've heard this man's voice, he's a middle-aged man." Du Yu picked up the corpse's right hand without being too dirty (because he himself wasn't too clean); the hand was still warm, the skin was as rough as sandpaper, and the flesh and bones were broad Thick, the pulp of the fingers and the palm were covered with a layer of hard calluses, and black mud was deposited in the crevices of the nails.

"How could he be only two years older than Siya without four or fifty years of hard work and such hands?" Du Yu looked into Lan Yu's eyes, "Are you sure, she didn't make up a story to lie to you?"

Lan Yu stood up abruptly, she was angry, her chest heaved violently, "Who would make up such a life experience for myself? You want to say that I made up stories to lie to you, right?"

Du Yu: "It's not impossible. After all, no one else can testify to what you said; you have read a lot of books, and your imagination should be rich. Maybe you saw the deformed corpse and made up a story Clear yourself of suspicion, anyway, dead people can't speak, corpses can't sit up and refute you."

Lan Yu laughed back angrily, as if she didn't bother arguing, she sat back calmly, folded her arms and said nothing.

"We're just speculating and suspecting." Yu Zhen scratched his head and said, "But I believe what you said, Qiao Qiao has also seen the scars on Siya's body, and she is sure that they are signs of abuse."

Sapphire's complexion improved slightly, and she said: "I don't need to lie to you, what I said is all true, Siya told me personally. As for this corpse, I didn't look at it carefully, I just judged him by the facial deformity. It's the murderer, I made the decision."

Yu Zhen and Du Yu whispered: "I think she is telling the truth. The person who died is not in the photo. He may not be Si Ya's family members, but a disabled worker on her farm, or some neighbor or something. But in Si Ya's home, there is indeed a biological brother who harbors malice towards her... "He has a serious disability", the focus is on the body, maybe it doesn't look abnormal on the surface..."

Du Yu didn't express his opinion, Yu Zhen said again: "Think about it, there are 11 people in the family portrait, excluding Si Ya, two old people, and four healthy middle-aged people; there are four of her peers left: two young people, one A teenager and a child. Excluding the younger brother, there are still three older brothers who are suspects.”

"Or, let's go back into the wall to see if the frog's head is still there, and take off his clothes?" Du Yu said.There is also the rabbit head stabbed to death by him at the beginning, which can be regarded as the face of youth.

"No..." Yu Zhen pulled Du Yu's arm and turned him away, "If the murderer is my own family, what revenge is there? I think these five people are more suspicious... Xiao Nan is still in a coma, you Help me wake her up..."

At this time, Xiao Fei kicked over a chair impatiently, and said irritably: "Hey, don't you think you are wasting time? The most urgent thing is that we have to escape!"