Back to 1990. Criminal Investigation

As soon as the new year passed, life became faster. After Bai Jian dropped out of school, Ding Chong basically appeared on campus alone. Ding Chong, a senior high school student, spent a lot of time studying, and invisibly distanced himself from Chen Ling and the others. Neither of them thought about it deliberately. Avoid each other, but can no longer play together.

After Chen Ling and Wang Renzhong, the Chen family closed the butcher shop, bought a new house, and the whole family moved out of the old street to live in the city center, and Chen Ling's dressing and quality of life were no longer the same as before. After the incident at the butcher shop, Chen Ling never went back to the old street. The stories about his family in the neighbors were passed on to you, and I passed on your rumors. Few people can see Chen Ling. From another perspective It was Chen Ling who disdained to contact the original neighbors.

Now she has a nanny at home, a car when she goes out, and she has long since left her trivial life. She has changed her shopping from a small street stall to a department store, wearing the latest clothes and carrying high-end brand bags. In just a few days From a bad girl on the street to a wealthy girl, even Li Jingwei and Zhang Chengbin no longer ride bicycles, let alone roam around the streets and alleys by bicycle like before, and when they meet Ding Chong occasionally, they will not be like In the past, I used to wait at the school gate by bicycle, but I drove there by bicycle.

In the past, when Li Jingwei had nothing to do, he rode his bicycle around the school gate and whistled at the female students in the playground. Now he came to the school to look for Ding Chong, and he had to be pulled by Chen Ling's driver, and he had to join the car He parked at the school gate, and then he leaned against the side of the car, easily attracting the attention of female students.

Ding Chong went out to eat a few meals with them, and the topics of conversation during the meal changed from Zhang Er's family losing the dog in the past, Li Si went to learn the trivial things of the chef, and became what they said about business and money, all of which Ding Chong could not bring up. Interesting topics, and they are too publicized every time they appear at the school gate. Later, Ding Chong no longer let Li Jingwei come to the school to find him, let alone go out to participate in their dinners. He lost the friends who shared the same language. It's uncomfortable, it's better to write a few more papers in the classroom to feel comfortable.

Bai Ren's family originally had a house in the city center. He has been living in the old street to stay with his friends. Now that Chen Ling has moved out, Li Jingwei and Zhang Chengbin seldom go home. It is meaningless for him to stay in the old street. Moved outside to rent a house with Li Jingwei and others.

The cold end of the year is like a fork in the road, sending them in two different directions invisibly, and it is irreversible when Ding Chong feels something is wrong.

In the second half of the third year of senior high school, Ding Chong's life is only two points and one line between school and home, and cold nine times are rare. After half a year of boring and fulfilling life, the college entrance examination is ushered in.

The day before the college entrance examination, Ding Chong was studying at home as usual. At around ten o'clock in the evening, the familiar sound of kicking the door sounded from next door. Why do you have to kick the door with your feet if you have hands, as if to tell your family that he is off work, but there is no one in his family.

Hearing the familiar voice, Ding Chong put down his pen, stretched himself, walked out the door and easily climbed over the low fence, and jumped into Leng Jiucheng's courtyard.

Leng Jiucheng went to the courtyard, took off his shirt, poured a ladle of water in the water tank to shower himself, saw Ding Chong turned over without showing any surprise, and said calmly, "I have an exam tomorrow, are you still in the mood to hang out?"

Ding Chong pulled the small bench in the yard and sat down, looked at Leng Jiucheng's rough way of taking a shower and smiled, "I just came out to relax today because of the exam tomorrow."

"You really don't intend to call the police?" Leng Jiucheng asked.

It is Ding Chong's firm goal to study chemistry and pass the Tsinghua University exam once he is reborn. "It is enough to have you as a policeman. If I meet a bad person in the future, I will find you directly."

Leng Jiucheng filled another ladle of water, poured it down the top of his head, raised his hand to stroke the bangs on his forehead, and shook the water droplets from his hair, "The people who come to us are all criminal cases, you'd better never come to me .”

Ding Chong will leave here once the summer vacation is over, and it will take several months for him to return to university. Thinking that he will not see Leng Jiucheng for several months, he suddenly said without thinking: "For more than a year, I heard you kicking the door every night to fall asleep. I'm used to it, and when I'm in college for several months, I don't hear your kicking on the door, so I don't know if I will suffer from insomnia."

Leng Jiucheng sat down beside him, "Why don't you pack me up and take me away? Let the dormitory kick the door for you every night."

Ding Chong smiled happily, and when the smile stopped, he became sad again, "It's a pity that there is no such a big box." If there is a box that can pack people away, he really wants to take Leng Jiucheng away, and Chen Ling and the others are not here After getting together, there are no particularly good people in his life, except for his mother, there are only nine things left.

"When I have time to see you." The summer vacation after the college entrance examination in the previous life was a turning point in the fate of Ding Chong and others. Now that Chen Ling had an accident ahead of time, Leng Jiucheng did not find the reason for the accident, let alone Ding Chong's next fate. Seeing Ding Chong in front of him full of beautiful fantasies about the future, he couldn't help but raise his hand to touch Ding Chong's head.

"Why? I'm not a dog." Ding Chong randomly grabbed the hair that Leng Jiucheng had touched, and looked away unnaturally. Seeing that Leng Jiucheng's pants were soaked in water, he said, "It's easy for you to take a bath like this. If you catch a cold, why don't you get a big bucket of water to wash in your room."

Leng Jiucheng took out a cigarette, played it with his fingertips, and said carelessly, "Trouble."

"Eating is also troublesome."

Leng Jiucheng smiled and said, "Then I won't eat tomorrow."

After saying that, he glanced at his watch, "It's not early, go to bed quickly, I will ride you to the examination room tomorrow morning."

"Are you not busy recently?"

The social security in 1990 could not be compared with that of 20 years later. There were many criminal cases, and there were few criminal police officers with strong professional knowledge in the police station. As a result, Leng Jiucheng was busy for a year. He pinched Ding Chong's cheek Next, "No matter how busy you are, I will find time to send you to the examination room."

Ding Chong: "You... you... what happened to you today?"

Leng Jiucheng frowned, "Go to sleep, good night."

When Ding Chong came out of the examination room, he saw Leng Jiucheng standing in the crowd for the first time. It was not that he was looking for someone on purpose, but that Leng Jiucheng's long legs straddling the bicycle were too conspicuous. When he turned his eyes, he saw a In the black car, the people leaning on the door are more familiar, they are Li Jingwei and Zhang Chengbin, and the people sitting in the car can guess that it is Chen Ling.

Zhang Chengbin waved at him, "Third brother."

From the corner of Ding Chong's eyes, he caught a glimpse of Leng Jiucheng with a serious face and didn't want him to go there, and he didn't want to go there either. Leng Jiucheng waited outside the examination room on time every day for the past two days. He was waiting for them to go back to eat at home, so he couldn't turn a blind eye, so he walked to Leng Jiucheng first, and said in a low voice, "Wait for me for a while."

He ran to the black car again, smiled at Li Jingwei and Zhang Chengbin, "Why are you here?"

Li Jingwei put his arms around his neck, "It's impossible for us to be absent from such a big event. I didn't come yesterday because I was afraid of affecting you. Lingling informed us early in the morning to pick you up in the evening, and specially prepared a generous gift for the third brother."

"Another day, my mother is still at home waiting for me to go back, she will be worried if I don't go home."

Li Jingwei: "Let's drive over and take Auntie to the restaurant together."

"My mother has already prepared the meal, so there is no need to spend any more money. I will treat you another day."

"Lingling was absent-minded all day about the exam for you, so third brother can't just give me some face?"

The window of the car blocked the curtains, Ding Chong couldn't see Chen Ling, so he could only say to the window: "Say thank you to Lingling for me, but I really have a hard time today."

Li Jingwei was very emotional, and immediately drooped his face when he heard Ding Chong say this, "Fuck! Ding San, you are really good."

As soon as the swear words came out, Ding Chong became anxious. He was about to speak, and the curtains of the car opened, and the window came down, revealing half of Chen Ling's side face. She didn't look at Ding Chong, and said to Li Jingwei, "Forget it, let's go." .”

Li Jingwei spat on the ground, "I really don't know what to do."

Ding Chong looked at the dust rolled up by the vehicle, and shook his head helplessly. In his memory, they had a good relationship in their previous life, and they did business together.

When the bicycle bell rang, Ding Chong turned his head and met Leng Jiucheng's eyes.

Leng Jiucheng: "Come up."

Ding Chong raised his leg and sat astride the back seat of the car, Leng Jiucheng didn't ride, turned around and said, "Sit in the front."

Ding Chong leaned out half of his body to look at the frame of the bicycle, "I'm afraid an adult can't sit there."

"Sit down, come quickly."

Under Leng Jiucheng's insistence, Ding Chong had no choice but to sit over. Leng Jiucheng wrapped his arms around Ding Chong, wrapping him in his arms. The two were very close. Occasionally, when encountering an uneven road, the car would shake Leng Jiucheng's chest would stick to Ding Chong, and every time Leng Jiucheng stuck to Ding Chong, Ding Chong was nervous and excited, his heart was pounding, and he felt strange and uneasy because of his absurd heartbeat, thinking all the way home.

Seeing her son's depressed expression, Zhang Juan thought that she failed the exam, so she comforted her, "We can't do it this year, let's take the exam next year."

Ding Chong suddenly came back to his senses, "The exam was okay."

Zhang Juan felt relieved and greeted them with a smile. The dishes on the table were richer than those during the Spring Festival. Ding Chong liked to eat the meals made by his mother. The three of them chatted happily while eating.

Halfway through the meal, Gao Mingjun came. When Zhang Juan saw Gao Mingjun, she immediately panicked. She put down her chopsticks and pushed Gao Mingjun aside, muttering a few words.

Gao Mingjun tugged at her clothes and refused to let go, the two pushed and fought for a long time, Zhang Juan sat back at the dining table embarrassedly and said to Ding Chong: "This is Uncle Gao, he has something to say to his mother, I'll go out first, you two hurry up Eat slowly."

Leng Jiucheng stared at Gao Mingjun's back until he disappeared from the house before turning his gaze back.

Ding Chong looked at him and said, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's just a little strange. Some time ago, Aunt Zhang didn't contact him. Why did she get better all of a sudden?"

"Maybe I was angry some time ago, but I'm coaxing it now."

"This Uncle Gao lives near Bai Ren's house, so he should be very familiar with Bai Ren?"

Ding Chong nodded, "Ding Chong's parents have been doing business all year round. When he was young, Bai Ren often went to the next door to play with Gao Mingjun, but unlike our relationship, they are more like elders. Gao Mingjun has no children, so he loves Bai Ren very much."

Leng Jiucheng looked at Ding Chong with chopsticks and said, "What's our relationship?"

Ding Chong: "..."

He picked up a piece of meat and put it in the cold Jiucheng bowl, "Eat it quickly, the meat will be cold later." After speaking, he immediately lowered his head and picked the rice into his mouth.

Leng Jiucheng laughed silently.

A major event that shocked the whole city happened during the summer vacation. Wang Renzhong died.

As soon as the news came out, it quickly occupied the pages of major news. The police were searching for evidence to arrest Wang Renzhong, but they have not found strong evidence that can nail him to the coffin board.

Such a person actually died in his own home, which is really surprising. After on-site investigation and autopsy, it was found that he died of drug overdose.

There was only Wang Renzhong in the villa, and with his occupation, this method of death was reasonable, but during the interview, Leng Jiucheng found a doubtful point.