Forensics

Late at night, north of Penang.

On a street, the lights are already on.

Ding Yueran got off a night bus. He had already changed his clothes, combed his hair, and put on a hat. He looked as if he had been traveling for a few days.

According to his experience, although he was cared for by the detention center before, he was only an accessory to the case, not a serious offender.Those young prison guards didn't take much precaution against him.

The police response was like a huge and complicated machine.

It took at least a few hours for the entire system to start to order the arrest. After he got out of the car, he chose a road with the fewest cameras, which was able to avoid the surveillance of Skynet.

For a while, he was safe.

After being familiar with the whole process, he knew that there were loopholes that could be exploited, and he could escape overnight.

But as he walked, looking at the unfamiliar street in front of him, a trace of confusion appeared on his face.

He had no one to rely on, no relatives, and even few people he knew.

He didn't know which direction he should go.

There are very few cars on this road, but there are a few pedestrians.

Suddenly a car appeared in front of him with its headlights on. That car violated the traffic regulations and suddenly turned and drove towards him.

That posture seemed to kill him under the wheel in the next second.

Ding Yueran looked up, it was Mu Yuwei's car.

He stopped and the car was coming towards him.

Ding Yueran didn't move, and didn't even blink his eyes.

He was betting, the bet was that no matter how insane Mu Yuwei was, he would not be able to hit him to death in the street here.

Sure enough, the car braked suddenly, made a bang, and stopped a dozen centimeters away from him.

Pedestrians on the road were startled, looking around, wondering what this car and this person were doing.

With the window rolled down, Mu Yuwei poked his head out and honked the horn: "Get in the car."

His tone was bad, obviously suppressing his anger.

Ding Yueran ignored him, put his hands in his pockets and continued walking.

Mu Yuwei turned the car around and drove slowly on his right side, keeping the speed very low: "I didn't mean to lie to you, I really don't have time to explain things clearly to you."

Ding Yueran was still walking forward, his steps were fast.

Mu Yuwei said: "Where can you go? Just a person like you, do you think you can hide your identity? Where do you live tonight? Those people got your photo, and soon your arrest will be issued No, without the company's help, you can't move a single step."

Ding Yueran still ignored him.

Mu Yuwei continued to say earnestly: "Only I am with you, only I am your family, you do not belong to the world of ordinary people."

This looks like a scene in which a father counsels a rebellious son.

Mu Yuwei added: "It's just a business. I'll explain it to the chamber of commerce. If you go back, I can forget about the dog. Let's just pretend that nothing happened." is his biggest concession.As the saying goes, courtesy first, soldiers later, if Ding Yueran still doesn't agree, he can only kill him.

Ding Yueran stopped in her tracks: "You want me to go back? Do you know what I told the police?"

Mu Yuwei smiled patiently and said, "I know you didn't say too much, otherwise the police would have arrested you long ago."

He paused and said, "We are family members. Even if there is friction between the parents and the rebellious son, there will be no overnight feud. Can I not want you? That person has been dead for several years. A dead person came to affect the relationship between us."

Of course, this was a complete lie. He was afraid that Ding Yueran would tell other people more core content, and he was also afraid that without this subordinate, he would not be able to make satisfactory plans in the future and would not be able to explain to the chamber of commerce.

He hesitated for a long time between killing Ding Yueran directly, or making a superficial friendly with him before calming down, and finally chose a temporary reconciliation.

Although their faces were torn apart now, both of them seemed to have the last leeway for relaxation.

Mu Yuwei felt that everything was not that bad. The person in front of him was just temporarily derailed, and it was hard to find a satisfactory subordinate. He could even think of a way to win him back.

Ding Yueran asked, "How did you find me?"

Mu Yuwei smiled and said: "The hospital that the detention center sends directly to is the third hospital, and they usually take people to the emergency department. You have already had people practice all this, right? I have had people teach you how to open the handcuffs. Then A few little policemen are no match for you. You have already stepped on the Third Courtyard. You hid your clothes inside. There is a bus stop just outside the back door of the Third Courtyard, and I will follow you from there.”

They have cooperated so many times, and Mu Yuruo, as the boss, is familiar with his plans.

In the company, Ding Yueran's code name is Shimizu.

He was full of praise from the Chamber of Commerce, and many people spent a lot of money to buy his plan.It's just that he is demanding and a little willful when it comes to planning.

Therefore, Mu Yuwei has always attached great importance to him and chose him as his successor.But Mu Yuwei didn't expect that Ding Yueran would go wrong this time.

All because of that damn cop.

Having said that, Ding Yueran opened the car door and sat in it.He sat in the back row and turned his head to look out the window.

Mu Yuwei started the drive: "I really didn't mean to hide it from you..."

Ding Yueran was too lazy to say this to him: "I want to go to the room where Li Zhongnan used to live."

Mu Yuwei was silent for a moment, then compromised: "I'll take you there."

After driving for a while, the car stopped in front of a villa.

Mu Yuwei said: "You take a rest first, we will talk again when you want to talk to me."

His attitude towards Ding Yueran was particularly good, and he emphasized again: "You have to know, you are my son. My company will be yours sooner or later."

Mu Yuwei drove the car away, but Ding Yueran still ignored him.

He walked into the basement of the villa area, which was a prison cell with only one bed, no sunlight, and the ventilation had to be ventilated.

Ding Yueran didn't turn on the light. He was born in the dark. His mother gave birth to him in the middle of the night on November [-]th. No one was happy because of his birth.His eyes have been adapted to the dark since childhood.When he was a child, he often hid alone in a dark corner, listening to the laughter of those men and the muffled groan of his mother.

At this moment, he was sitting on the cold floor of the basement, reaching out to caress the railing on the bed: "Officer Li, I finally did what I promised you back then."

He stayed in the dark, as if talking to someone.

Ding Yueran said softly: "I told the high-level police to let them know about the existence of the company."

After a pause, he spoke again.

"You don't have to worry about me, I'm not in any danger for now."

Sitting by the bed in the dark basement, Ding Yueran remembered the first time he saw Li Zhongnan.

He remembered that he killed someone the night before and hid in front of his mother's grave.

He misses his mother.

Slashing people with a hatchet doesn't feel too good.

He was hungry and cold and bloody and drenched from the rain, and he held the knife tightly in his arms.

He felt that he should be found, and maybe killed.

Later, many people came, including police officers from the village and people he didn't know.

He stared, always on guard, not even daring to blink.

Those people also cursed and surrounded him ten meters away, not daring to approach him.

Someone raised a gun at him and seemed ready to kill him on the spot.

Then Li Zhongnan appeared. The man was still very young at that time, and he stretched out his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, put down the knife in your hand. No one will hurt you."

He looked at the hand in front of him, put down the knife in his hand, and stood up.

He held Li Zhongnan's hand and felt the temperature was very warm.

He was handcuffed to the car, and those men began to dig his mother's grave. His mother's body had been buried for seven days, and the body was still covered with bruises.

He heard Li Zhongnan curse: "Those people really deserve to die."

That policeman showed undue sympathy for him.

He remembered the name the other policemen called the man, his name was Li Zhongnan.

This is the only good person he has come into contact with in his dark life, except for his mother.

Later, when he was in the juvenile prison, Li Zhongnan visited him twice and asked him to study and reform there.

When Li Zhongnan first came here, he gave him a letter, and he asked the guard to read it to him, and memorized it by himself.The letter suggested that he might be able to obtain a reduced sentence in light of the hurtful behavior towards him and his mother.The letter comforted him that his life is still long, and he still has a chance to start again, so he must study hard and return to society.

He remembered that there was a pleasant smell on the letter, like the smell of the sun shining on the grass.

The second time Li Zhongnan came, he gave him a business card, saying that if he encountered difficulties when he came out, he could come to him.

He memorized the above address backwards.

When he was dreaming, he would dream of Li Zhongnan. In the dream, that person had a light on his body, and the light was very warm, which made him feel that he was redeemed.

Because of his good performance, he was just full when he left the juvenile prison.He was a bit out of place with other children in it, and the discipline was a little scared of him, and he didn't make any friends.However, he learned to read and write in the juvenile detention center, and he also grew a little taller, and finally he was no longer as thin and small as he was when he was a child.

He packed his things, there was almost nothing to take out, only the letter and the business card, which he put in the study manual.

At that time, he had no relatives, no friends, and didn't know where he should go, so he went to find Li Zhongnan according to the address on his business card.

He thought, he can wash clothes and cook delicious food, as long as Li Zhongnan doesn't hate him, he will stay with him for a while.

But he did not find Li Zhongnan.

"That man doesn't seem to be a policeman anymore, does he?"

"Yeah, I don't know what I'm doing every day, and I haven't seen him for a long time."

"The house is also empty. Some people say that he..."

It was raining that day, and he felt devastated, as if he lost his home for the second time.

Perhaps, he never had a home.

He was not reconciled to this matter, and while working part-time, he inquired about Li Zhongnan's whereabouts in various places.

Then he wandered into a bar, and then he met the boss.

The boss revealed something to him, and he was very satisfied with a wolf cub like him who was released after serving his sentence. At that time, the company was rapidly expanding and was short of manpower.

The boss led him and several other children of similar age into the company's gate.

When he found out that everything was wrong and wanted to escape, he was already under house arrest by his boss.Knowing the company's secrets, the boss will never let them go. If they want to go out, they will be beaten and threatened with death.

"The times are advancing with the times, but you don't understand anything. In order to train you, I hired the best teachers for you. In the past, killing and arson depended on guts, but now you need to rely on brains."

The first step in entering the door is to wash away the fingerprints. First, the fingerprints are burned off with chemicals, and then the fingers are soaked in water until the skin on the hands is peeled off like a glove.

Fingers connected to heart, the other children screamed again and again, but he didn't say a word.

The boss was very satisfied with him, looked at him and said, "This kid is interesting."

He only found out later that the boss's name was Mu Yuwei, and he was a veteran who helped rich people kill people.Especially after Xu Chenghuang and his group were taken away, the boss almost monopolized the related businesses in Penang.

The boss is very rich and has several loyal dogs.

The hound is one of them, willing to kill and set fire for the boss, and do everything.

They call killing people executions, and they do so in various ways.To kill a fish is to disembowel, to kill a chicken is to twist the neck, to kill a cow is to be electrocuted, to kill a pig is to stab the heart, and to kill a sheep is to let the blood out.

The boss often dislikes that his dogs have no brains, and will not let his dogs participate in management and planning, so he began to train them as children.

When children grow up, they will be assigned to corresponding occupations according to their strengths.

They have many training courses, one of which is criminal investigation.

Some of the information they have learned is the teaching materials of the police academy.It's just that their learning method is reversed. If the police use this method to investigate, how do they need to erase the traces.

They also bought some internal police materials and magazines to read. He remembered that there were several articles signed by Li Zhongnan.

The boss believes that if a good beast wants to escape from the hunter, the best way is to learn all the lessons of the hunter.

He is very talented in this area.

He thought, if he didn't have that childhood experience, if he studied hard, would it be possible to go to university and become a policeman.

Unfortunately, no if.

His grades were very good, and he was trained by his boss as a planner.

He began to follow other planners to learn to follow the plan. He knew that behind those words and thin paper, there might be a bloody human life.

He will pick and choose to punish those who should be punished in this way.He took on some tasks and gradually became famous among the planners.

As long as it was the plan he handed over, those set designers would have no doubts.

After working for a long time, he wondered why there were so many murderous intentions between people.

Money, secrets, fights, and sometimes killing a person has become the simplest and most convenient solution.

Then one day later, he heard that the boss had arrested a person and locked him in this basement. That person used to be a policeman.

He had a vague premonition at that time, but he finally confirmed that the one who was arrested was Li Zhongnan.

He learned some information that Li Zhongnan was imprisoned here by his boss because he cracked two well-arranged cases when he was in the police force.Later Li Zhongnan resigned from the police force and wanted to track down the traces of these people.As a result, he was caught here by the boss.

The boss let the hounds wound him, but he spared his life.

The boss also deliberately sent people to spread bad information, making others suspect that Li Zhongnan was a gangster, and absconded in fear of crime.

But Ding Yueran knew that Li Zhongnan was not that kind of person, he was a tough and good policeman.

Because he tried to escape, his legs were broken, several ribs were broken, and every toe was pinched off.

Once, Ding Yueran lured the gatekeeper away and came to this basement when no one was around.

Li Zhongnan was very weak and lost a lot of weight. His hands and feet were handcuffed.

A few years have passed since the last meeting, Li Zhongnan raised his head and recognized him at a glance, he called his name in a low voice: "Ding Yueran, I remember you."

At that time, no one had called his name for a long time, and they all called him Shimizu.

With his heart pounding, he said to him, "Officer Li, I remember you too."

Li Zhongnan looked at him for a long time: "How did you get here?"

He shrugged his shoulders: "I have no relatives anymore, and I have nowhere to go." He really wanted to say, "Officer Li, I once looked for you." But his mouth opened and he didn't say anything.

Li Zhongnan suddenly remembered something, his eyes dimmed: "I'm sorry, I couldn't help you."

He briefly told Li Zhongnan how he has lived these past few years.

Li Zhongnan looked at him and said, "I think that although you have committed crimes, you are different from many people here. Your conscience is still alive and you still have kind thoughts."

Good thoughts?Maybe something like this used to exist.

The name Qingshui was chosen by himself. He is the original sin of mankind and has a dirty soul, but he yearns for the clean water.

Li Zhongnan asked him again: "Are you still a good person?"

Ding Yueran said: "Officer Li, how should I put it? After I came out, I never killed anyone with my own hands. The people who died in my plan are also those who deserved their crimes. But I think the words good and bad have long been used. You can’t simply describe a person. Especially to describe me.”

At that time Li Zhongnan lowered his head and said to him: "Do you believe that karma reincarnates, good and evil are rewarded?"

He also heard Li Zhongnan say this before, it seems to be his mantra.He believes that hard work will pay off, and he also believes that there will be a day of reckoning.

He said, "I believe it."

Li Zhongnan tremblingly said: "Also, don't kill the policeman, no matter what, don't kill the policeman if you make a plan."

At that moment, his eyes were particularly sore: "Okay, I will try not to hurt innocent people."

He has fallen into this state, and there is someone reaching out from the cliff, always trying to hold him.

He once thought about how to rescue Li Zhongnan, but he couldn't break through the boss's layers of guards, so he could only give Li Zhongnan a key to unlock the handcuffs.

From then on, as long as the guards were not paying attention, he would sneak over and have a few words with Li Zhongnan.

He trusted Li Zhongnan, and even had an indescribable feeling for this man.

During those days, Li Zhongnan's eyes gradually became brighter, as if he saw something called hope in him.

One day, Li Zhongnan finally told him his purpose: "Ding Yueran, can you do me a favor?"

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"Reveal the existence of the company and the specific situation inside to the police." Li Zhongnan whispered.

Ding Yueran was stunned for a moment: "Do you want someone to save you?"

Li Zhongnan said: "I may not be able to wait for that day. Mu Yuwei may kill me. I am locked up here and I don't know the company's situation. Only you know what it looks like and how it works. You don't need to mention me, just tell the reliable people in the police station the news."

He hesitated a little, and there was a voice calling in his heart.At that moment, he wondered if he was being used as a gun.

But after careful consideration, he seemed to feel that it might be the right thing to do.

Li Zhongnan looked at him, seeing that he hesitated, and he said, "It's okay if you don't want to, after all, this is a very dangerous thing..."

At that time, he didn't know where the courage came from, and he agreed: "Okay, I promise you, if there is a chance, I will help you pass the news out."

But later, he was confused.

How to tell the police?

They are under the surveillance of the boss almost all the time. All communication equipment will be confiscated, and all kinds of certificates will be changed at any time.

Once, he half-jokingly asked Ah Jin, who entered the company with him: "How can we meet the police?"

Ah Jin thought he was joking, hesitated for a moment and said, "That must be because he was arrested."

He suddenly realized that he could only see the police if he was arrested.

Then Ah Jin said: "However, after being arrested, he should be killed by the organization. There was a set designer who fell into the trap before and died of a heart attack in the city bureau before he even got out of the interrogation room. In fact, he was poisoned. Die."

He carefully calculated that there would be a small time difference between being arrested and being killed.

If he wants to help Li Zhongnan pass on the news, he has only this chance, and then his death will come.

He didn't care about his own life and death, but felt that this was a very exciting thing, and his life had a goal.

He thought about the process, who he needed to tell, and whether those people would believe his words.

But before he had time to be arrested by the police, Mu Yuwei discovered some clues.

Once the boss called him over and said, "Do you often see the police in the basement?"

He froze for a moment, thinking about who was going to tell the secret.

The boss said, "I can kill him, but I want to ask your opinion first."

He clearly knew that this was the boss's temptation, but he imagined that if Li Zhongnan died, he would feel very uncomfortable.It was a kind of overwhelming blackness pressing up, just like the night of mother's death, the dim sky.Just imagining it left him breathless.

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Don't kill him."

Then he realized that maybe things were even worse, because Mu Yuwei had finally found one of his weaknesses.

The boss smiled: "Then how about we make a deal? I won't kill him, so don't go to see him either, just work hard."

From that day on, Li Zhongnan became a hostage of his boss.

He will leave a little trace in the planning, just like his personal signature, that is a key, with his personal style.

He hoped that the police could find those traces and arrest him.

He works hard for his boss, who is also grooming him as his successor.

After acting in the play for so many years, even he himself believed it.

At this moment, Ding Yueran looked at the empty room, as if that person still lived in it.

"Recently, I used some means to kill the boss's most loyal dog, the one who broke your legs and ribs at that time."

"For the sake of safety, the planner and the set designer cannot meet each other. Before that, I only talked to Hound on the Internet. When we met, he thought I was a new set designer. If I read his complete plan, he may still believe that my plan is safe until he dies, and he would never think that the sniper upstairs was prepared for him."

"I met with the top officers of the police station and shared some information with them. I hope those stupid policemen will not disappoint your good intentions."

Having said that, Ding Yueran pressed his hands to the ground, curled up in the darkness.

"I know what you're looking forward to."

He always thought that Li Zhongnan was here.

Until a week ago, when Mu Yuwei went abroad, he opened this door, and then he found the room that was already empty.

No one has lived here for a long time.

Only then did he realize that Mu Yuwei was trying to control him.That's why he fabricated the illusion that Li Zhongnan was still here.

He woke up suddenly, modified the plan in hand, attracted the police, killed the hound, and escaped.

He fulfilled his original promise to Li Zhongnan.

It seemed that he could almost escape from Mu Yuwei's control.

But he came back here in the end, because he found that he had no other place to go.

Ding Yueran came out from the basement.

On the sofa outside the villa, Yazheng was sitting there. When she saw Ding Yueran come out, she extended her hand to greet him: "Congratulations on getting out of the detention center."

Ding Yueran smiled: "You wish I could die inside."

Yazheng said: "How could it be? After all, we are in the same group, and I am your supporter."

Ding Yueran: "I don't need supporters, I just hope you don't talk too much."

Yazheng's expression was a little aggrieved: "I didn't tell Dad. Also, I thought you wouldn't come back."

Then she unbuttoned the outer clothes.

She is a good looking woman.

Ding Yueran knew what her actions meant.

He raised her chin: "Mu Yu asked you to come?"

He quickly understood: "Because he feels that I have no weakness, so he asked you to get close to me? Want me to have feelings for you? Don't dream, you go back and tell him that although I am back, he will never Can't get hold of me."

Yazheng tidied up his clothes and sat beside him: "Speaking of business, our accounts have been blocked a lot recently, do you know who is behind the scenes?"

That is the water army they raised to guide public opinion. Some accounts have been tirelessly raised for several years and have a certain appeal.Many accounts are blocked now, which has reduced their network control.

Ding Yueran shook his head: "I don't know, but I know that there are some people who are working hard, and your good days are numbered." He paused and said, "But these have nothing to do with me, you You should discuss it with others."

He didn't want to be a planner in the company again.

He thought about it, he seemed to have been pushed by fate, and no one asked him what he wanted to do from the beginning to the end.

Except Li Zhongnan.

Now, he has nothing to want, nothing to fear, and no one to cling to.

This is just his shelter, another prison cell for him.

Ding Yueran looked at the woman in front of him and asked again: "Tell me, Li Zhongnan, is he dead or not?"

After waking up from the initial shock and anger, Ding Yue felt this kind of doubt.He had given Officer Li the key to the handcuffs at the time. He was so smart that he might be able to escape from the cages.

He didn't see the body, and based on Mu Yuwei's words alone, he felt that this matter was still suspicious.

"I don't know." Yazheng looked at him and said, "I just know, if you mess around, will Hetu Merchant let you go, and dad won't let you go either."

Ding Yueran smiled, showing her sharp canine teeth: "He is not my father, my father was killed by me a long time ago."

If possible, he hopes that the person who can call him father is not Mu Yuwei, but Li Zhongnan.