Madness of the Heart

Nancheng District, Qingjiangyuan residential area.

It was almost 10 o'clock at night, and the grandpas and ladies who danced in the square came home with their tape recorders. After a burst of excitement similar to the end of the venue, the community finally quieted down.

In this quietness, the quarreling sounds of the 3-11 buildings in the three buildings were particularly abrupt.

"Are you going to work overtime again? Are you going to work overtime or go out to fool around?" The woman is in her forties, wearing a bloated pink home cotton padded jacket, with long-term dyed hair that looks yellowish and disheveled on her shoulders, "Working overtime, you will Can't you find a new reason for me? Whose man goes out to work overtime at night? You don't want to see what this house is like? Have you taken care of this house? Have you taken care of my dad? "

The man had already changed into his outfit for going out, and it seemed that he had to leave, "If you don't believe me, call Mr. Chen right now and ask him if I have to work overtime! If I told a lie , I'll fuck you to death when I go out today!"

"What's the use of you making these oaths?" The woman's eyes were red, "I'm just asking you, you have time to work overtime, but you don't have time to take care of my dad? You know what he looks like now! I, I take care of him alone Do you have to come over here!"

The man seemed completely irritated, staring at the woman and shouting: "That's your dad! Why do you want me to wipe his shit and pee? If you can't survive, then don't fucking live. If you want to be dragged down by him, I'll fuck you!" I don’t want to! My mother still has my job to do! I don’t go to work, I keep him at home every day, relying on your little salary, your whole family will drink the northwest wind together!”

The woman covered her mouth with a surprised expression, as if she didn't believe that a man could say such a thing.

After the man yelled, he seemed to understand that he had said too much, and his eyes hesitated for a moment.

Half a minute later, the woman screamed, picked up the fruit knife on the coffee table, and stabbed at the man like crazy, "Go to hell! Go to hell!"

The man's pupils narrowed sharply, and he quickly hid to the side, trying to avoid the fruit knife from the woman's hand.But the woman was out of control, and the power she erupted made it difficult for an adult man to parry.The man let out a muffled cry, and a long bloody gash was drawn on his arm.

"You're fucking crazy!" The man pushed the woman away with all his strength, grabbed the knife, and gasped for breath while pressing the wound.

Fortunately, he was wearing a sweater, so the cut was not deep, but the sweater was light gray, and the blood soaked it was very conspicuous.

The woman fell to the ground, looked at the blood that was slowly fainting, and then regained her senses, hugged her head and began to cry, saying "I'm sorry" for a while, and "Why don't you die" for a while.

The man didn't want to stay in this depressing home for a second, and he didn't bother to deal with the injury on his arm. After going to the bedroom to pack a clean sweater and a shirt, he gave the crying woman a vicious look, and slammed the door. out.

Qingjiangyuan is an old community built for more than 20 years. The supporting facilities are seriously aging, especially the elevator. Every time the elevator door is closed, there will be a muffled sound, as if some steel bar has been torn off, and the entire elevator car will fall down in a second. .

The man walked into the elevator angrily, and when he heard the muffled sound, he punched hard on the wall of the car and cursed in a low voice: "Damn motherfucker!"

His name is Li Zhaofeng, and he works in the "Hailan Futing" shopping center in Nancheng District.Now that physical business can be done, the end of the year is the most important promotion season, and every year around this time, it is extremely busy.Two years ago, the nearby big city of Los Angeles had an attack on a shopping center. All related industries became terrified, and the pressure on security increased several times. He told his wife that he would work overtime. He can't wait to sleep in the company. When he comes back at night to take a shower and change his clothes, he will have a big fight and get his mother cut. This day is really unbearable.

The more Li Zhaofeng thought about it, the angrier he became. When he got out of the elevator, he was blown across the face by the biting wind at night. Instead of calming down, he became even more annoyed.

This society always likes to talk about domestic violence by men and women, but who can he talk to when he is domestically abused?

What kind of muscle was wrong back then, so she insisted on marrying Wang Jun?What are the benefits of being married?He took a yellow-faced woman who was several years older than himself, to support the family, and to serve the paralyzed father of the yellow-faced woman. He had never even served his own parents!

Thinking of this, Li Zhaofeng didn't even have the slightest thought of working overtime. He just wanted to take the rattling elevator back home and divorce Huanglianpo!

But the world of adults is full of helplessness, and they must learn to compromise.

Standing at the gate of the community and smoking two cigarettes, Li Zhaofeng spat and walked towards the side of the road cursing.

Although both Qingjiang Garden and "Hailan Futing" shopping center are located in Nancheng District, one is to the north and the other is at the westernmost end. In order to hurry up, we can only take a taxi.

At this time, there were very few vacant taxis. After waiting for a long time, Li Zhaofeng suddenly felt that someone was following him.

He looked back several times, but he didn't see anyone acting suspiciously.

It must be the dead woman—he was sure of it.

After about a quarter of an hour, the empty car finally arrived. Li Zhaofeng opened the door of the passenger car, and the moment his brother stepped on the accelerator, he suddenly saw a motionless black figure in the rearview mirror.

That figure was obliquely behind where he was standing not long ago, but he turned around several times and didn't see it.

The taxi had already merged into the traffic flow, and it was impossible for him to stop his brother, so he could only look at the shrinking figure in the rearview mirror.

Even though he couldn't see the other person's face clearly, he felt a strange certainty that the other person was looking at him.

who is it?

Why are you standing there?

Why are you staring at yourself?

"Where are you going?" Brother asked.

Li Zhaofeng came back to his senses, and only then remembered that he hadn't reported his destination yet.And when he finished talking about where he was going, the black figure had disappeared.

He hoped it was an illusion.

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Dongye City and Los Angeles City are closely connected and radiate each other. The attempted attack in Los Angeles City not only makes all the shopping centers in Dongye City feel nervous at the end of each year, but also the police are on the verge of an enemy when the time comes.

As early as mid-November this year, the Municipal Bureau held a meeting with all the sub-bureaus and police stations, demanding to ensure the safety of shopping malls within its jurisdiction, strengthen patrols and investigations, and not let go of any doubts.The branch office and the police station immediately went to the shopping mall to talk to each other. Both sides were under pressure, fearing that something might go wrong.

A while ago, the armored vehicles of the special police drove into shopping malls and important road sections early, and the police with live ammunition were on duty around the clock.

The sub-bureaus are fighting each other, and the special police sent out to be on duty must not only have excellent professional ability, but also be upright. A stop in the shopping mall attracted many citizens to take photos.

The special police corps was not sent out to perform duty last year, but the head of the corps probably felt that the sub-bureau had lost all the limelight. This year, Lu Yanzhou was given a task - to select a few "spiritual" young men to go on duty with the sub-bureau.

It's been a long time since Lu Yanzhou did this kind of thing, at first he was very unhappy, so he came to the Criminal Investigation Bureau to complain to Mingshu.

"Hey, why don't you go with me." Lu Yanzhou said, "Wherever the two of us stand is a beautiful sight."

"I don't want to be a scenic spot with you, thank you." Mingshu said ruthlessly, "Just take your time."

Lu Yanzhou looked left and right, "Then I'll tell you Bureau Xiao."

Mingshu pulled him back, "something is coming to me."

"I just want to chat with Director Xiao, can't you?"

"Our Bureau Xiao has a lot to do every day, so what is there to talk about with you little boy."

Lu Yanzhou said "Hey" and was about to continue when he heard Xiao Yu'an's voice.

"What are you talking about me?"

Xiao Yuan was wearing trousers and a black shirt. The coat should have been placed in the office upstairs.

When he met Mingshu's eyes, the corner of his lower lip was not obvious.

The straight man Lu Yanzhou couldn't catch this small detail, "Xiao Ju, can you let Team Ming come with me for a few days?"

Fang Yuanhang listened not far away.

He really wanted to control the water in Lu Zhinan's head and tell him - wake up, my master and our deputy director are already a couple, why are you still messing around here?

"That won't work." Xiao Yu'an's tone was very easy-going, but his attitude was very firm, "Ming team still has important work in hand, so we can't leave."

Ming Shu raised his eyebrows at Lu Yanzhou, "Did you hear that? The captain is very busy."

"The captain is not idle!" Lu Yanzhou didn't catch anyone, and he was embarrassed to make a big fuss in front of Xiao Yu'an, so he had to go back to the special police team to work.

The special police of the Nancheng branch are on duty in "Hai Lan Fu Ting". These days, Lu Yanzhou also brought his brothers from the special police team over there.The festive atmosphere in the shopping mall is getting stronger and stronger, and under the perfect security system, almost no one dares to commit crimes.

At noon, the special police of the Nancheng branch received a report that an employee of the fourth group of the planning department of "Hailan Futing" was missing.

It was Liu Kai, the person in charge of the planning department who called the police. Facing the special police with rifles, he was very nervous, sweating on his forehead, "I don't know whether I should call the police, but you are here, I think I should come to you Ask. One of my employees came to work overtime the night before and couldn't find anyone. His name is 'Li Zhaofeng'. I just contacted his family, and his wife also said that the last time I saw him was the night before."

The special police generally don’t care about missing cases, and ordinary missing cases are mostly handled by the police station, but now is a special period, the missing is an employee of the shopping center, and he disappeared after working overtime. Talk to Lu Yanzhou who is also on duty at "Hailan Futing".

Lu Yanzhou is a special police officer who mostly comes into contact with vicious thugs. It is rare for him to encounter a disappearance case, so he quickly sent a message to Mingshu: "Xiao Ming, a staff member of 'Hailan Futing' has disappeared, why don't you come and take a look?"

Mingshu didn't care about the disappearance case, but he also took care to report the investigation situation at any time.

The case is being investigated by the criminal investigation detachment of the Nancheng Branch. Li Zhaofeng is 36 years old, from Jinglin County, Dongye City, and his wife Wang Jun, 42 years old, is a native of Dongye City. They have a daughter, 4 years old, and a family of three lives in Qingjiangyuan district.

Li Zhaofeng majored in marketing at university. After graduation, he was engaged in shopping mall planning and operation. He joined "Haoyue" real estate at the age of 28 and worked in several commercial real estate projects under it. He is currently working for "Hailan Futing" as well. Haoyue" real estate project.

Wang Jun is an elementary school music teacher. His salary is not high, and almost all of the family's expenses depend on Li Zhaofeng.

In addition, Li Zhaofeng's parents live in Jinglin County, while Wang Jun's father is paralyzed and lives alone in an old house assigned by his unit.Wang Jun has to take care of his father every day, and Li Zhaofeng also has to visit occasionally.

Li Zhaofeng and Wang Jun had numerous quarrels over the matter of caring for the elderly—their neighbors confirmed to the police that Wang Juan cursed Li Zhaofeng and wished him to die.

The police found the taxi driver Wang Yong based on Li Zhaofeng's payment records.

"I remember this person. He did take my car." Wang Yong looked at the photo and said, "And he was very strange. He didn't say where he was going for a long time after getting in the car, as if he had lost his soul. I asked He, he just came to his senses and said he was going to 'Hailan Futing'. Isn't there a road near 'Hailan Futing' that is under construction for the subway? ?”

The criminal policeman said, "Don't play tricks with the police."

"Tch, it's just a joke, don't be so serious! I've provided you with information, and you still don't give me a good look?" Wang Yong glibly said, "Are there any people who serve the masses like you?"

The police were afraid of offending such crowds, so the criminal police could only follow along: "Then what did you see?"

"He's injured!" Brother Zhou has a talent for talking about cross talk and storytelling. Wang Yong stared, squeezed his arm tightly, and made a painful gesture, "I saw it, good guy, the sweater was cut. I said why is he out of his wits, I dare say he has fought with someone before!"

On the other side, the team members investigating in "Hailan Futing" found the sweater and shirt that Li Zhaofeng had changed.

As Wang Yong said, the clothes were indeed torn and there were bloodstains.

Facing her husband's clothes, Wang Juan was in a daze, "I fought with him that day, and I accidentally stabbed him."

"And then?" the detective asked.

"Then he left and said he was going to work overtime." When the word "overtime" was mentioned, Wang Juan suddenly became excited, "He didn't go to work overtime at all! He lied to me!"

"Li Zhaofeng hasn't been home for two nights, have you ever thought that something might happen to him?"

"It's none of my business that he died outside!" Wang Juan didn't show any worry on her face, what appeared in her eyes was a kind of bluff anger, "He said, he said, if he cheated on me, he would be killed outside." Others are dead! If something happened to him, it would be because he lied to me!"

The policeman asked, "He said such a thing?"

Wang Jun raised his right hand, "He still swears!"

Compared with Wang Jun, Li Zhaofeng's colleagues reacted more normally. They said that until the Spring Festival, the department was on duty in rotation. That day Li Zhaofeng was busy until 3 in the morning. We had originally agreed to go to the neighborhood to have a meal of mutton soup pot before going back, but they always liked it. Li Zhaofeng, who was doing group activities, actually refused on the grounds of "something at home".

Surveillance showed that Li Zhaofeng's colleagues left the office at 3:10 in the morning, and Li Zhaofeng stayed there alone for a while, and walked out of Hall A where the planning department was located at 3:24.

At this time, the police and security guards were still on duty near the shopping mall.Li Zhaofeng walked to Pingshun Street - this is where he usually takes a taxi, but he didn't stop at the side of the road, but turned into the branch road of Pingshun Street.

Since then, no other public surveillance has captured him.

And there are no subsequent call records and payment records on his mobile phone.

It was as if he had been swallowed suddenly by the side road.

The branch road is a back street. There are many such back streets in big cities. The more prosperous the central area, the more back streets. Some "literary" economic experts call the back street a lice on a gorgeous dress , in fact, they are not so bad.

Because it is close to "Hailan Futing", there are many cosmetics shops, restaurants, and massage parlors on the side roads of Pingshun Street that cannot enter the shopping mall.Although these stores will be open until late, there are not many open until 3 o'clock in the middle of the night.

No one could be found in public surveillance, and the criminal police could only go door-to-door in stores.

The owner of an acupuncture and massage parlor said that Li Zhaofeng arrived at the shop at 3:[-], but did not have a massage. He only needed a massage room, borrowed a bottle of alcohol and cotton, and went in to sleep.

The monitoring in the store confirmed the boss's words.

In the camera, Li Zhaofeng looks very tired, but he seems to be very familiar with the boss.

The boss explained that Li Zhaofeng is a frequent visitor here, and he would come for massages every three to five days. He had an annual card, so he didn't pay for it that day.

At 6:19 in the morning, Li Zhaofeng came out of the massage parlor and disappeared again.

At this time, the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year is getting stronger, and the Nancheng Branch is worried that the large-scale investigation will cause social panic. On the one hand, it limits the scope of the investigation to the vicinity of "Hailan Futing", and on the other hand, it continues to investigate Li Zhaofeng's interpersonal relationships and personal habits.

Li Zhaofeng is undoubtedly the most common white-collar worker. He and his wife bought a second-hand house with a mortgage. There are seniors and children. , In short, it is a breathless family.

But this does not explain Li Zhaofeng's sudden disappearance.

He refused to have dinner with his colleagues, and instead of going home, he went to the massage parlor he frequented. This is likely to be self-relieving under long-term depression-he needs an undisturbed environment to release his massive negative emotion.

He looked in a good mood when he left the massage parlor, as if he had finished the self-relief.

Then he has no reason to disappear.

In the afternoon, he had to go to work in the planning department.

Judging from the description of his colleagues, he is not a person who makes orders casually.

If he didn't disappear voluntarily, it would be an accident, but after the preliminary investigation of interpersonal relationships, the only ones who had fierce conflicts with him were his wife, Wang Jun, and Wang Jun's cousin, Wang Junjun.

Wang Junjun once spent 5 years in prison for intentionally hurting people, and was only released in the first half of this year. After Li Zhaofeng's introduction, he worked as a security guard in "Hailan Futing" and had a good relationship with Wang Jun. Wang Jun could not be ruled out as a "lesson" The possibility of Li Zhaofeng.

Wang Junjun claimed that he hadn't seen Li Zhaofeng or Wang Jun for a week, and he didn't know what happened between the two.

But before and after Li Zhaofeng disappeared, Wang Junjun could not explain his whereabouts.

Because they were quite suspicious, Wang Jun and Wang Junjun were taken to the Nancheng Sub-bureau for questioning.

Wang Jun lamented Li Zhaofeng's "disregard for family" over the years, saying that Li Zhaofeng loves to play, has a "small treasury", travels alone whenever he has time, and has not fulfilled his duties as a husband at all.

And when the criminal police asked Li Zhaofeng what he played, Wang Jun cried and gave examples-computer games, board games, and secret room games that have become popular in Dongye City in recent years.

Mingshu didn't have time to investigate the case himself, but he kept paying attention. The inquiry records of the sub-bureau were regularly sent to the serious crime team. He browsed quickly and heard Wang Jun's words.

board game?Chamber of Secrets?

Mingshu immediately called Yuan Huan, the deputy head of the sub-bureau in charge of the case, and suggested to focus on checking the people Li Zhaofeng knew in the game.

Just that night, the police station on Huajin Road, 4 kilometers away from "Hailan Futing", received a report from a resident that a dead body had been found on the construction site of the fourth phase of the "Fumao Bay" community.

After a preliminary autopsy by the forensic doctor, it was determined that the deceased was a male, and the death time was more than three days. The fatal injury was a sharp instrument wound in the neck. His aorta and trachea were severed. The bone and nasal bone were fractured, and there was a sharp wound on the upper right arm, but judging from the appearance of the wound, it was not caused by the same tool as the fatal wound on the neck, and the time was also slightly different.

The body was found on the edge of the Phase [-] construction site, where there is a green belt that separates the construction site from residential areas.Few people will look at the green belt. Residents are disgusted with the noise of the construction site, and generally don't go there. Workers have another way to enter and exit the construction site, and they don't go near the green belt.

The person who found the body had to chase the running dog before he saw a pair of feet protruding from the woven bag.

Judging from the situation of the corpse spot, this is not the first scene, but the scene of throwing the corpse.Before the police arrived, the scene had been destroyed by migrant workers and residents watching the excitement.

The injury on the right arm of the corpse attracted the most attention. After DNA comparison and relatives' identification of the corpse, it was confirmed that the corpse was Li Zhaofeng who had disappeared before.

Knowing that her husband was really dead, Wang Jun's emotions suddenly collapsed, his reaction was completely different from before, and he cried loudly, "I don't really want you to die!"

While the DNA comparison was being done, the autopsy was also being done.The forensic doctor of the sub-bureau discovered a detail that had not been found in the previous preliminary autopsy-there was a fine conical hole on the left sole of the corpse.

Unlike other wounds on the corpse, these small holes have no response to life and are obviously caused after death.

The autopsy report was divided into several parts, one of which was sent to the Criminal Investigation Bureau.

Mingshu walked quickly in the corridor, and finally ran.

"Until I see the corpse, I can't make a conclusion for the time being." Xing Mu's face was solemn, "But judging from the overall shape of these small holes, they are likely to be made of ice hammers like the small hole in Huang Yan's chest. Cause, it's just that the location is relatively hidden this time, on the soles of the victim's feet, unlike Huang Yan, who can see it at a glance."

"There is another point." Xing Mu said: "The murderer held an ice hammer and poked Huang Yan's chest like a seal. He poked a total of 9 times, causing extensive damage. But Li Zhaofeng's sole was only poked. 2 times, the first time was light, the latter time was heavy, and the former time seemed to be testing."

"The murderer's purpose is not to hurt Li Zhaofeng with an ice hammer, but to mark it with the same mark as Huang Yan's case." Ming Shu raised his finger against his chin, "He acted again."