Madness of the Heart

This is a very inconspicuous residential building in the city. It has a very old-fashioned courtyard. The light in the corridor is dim, and the lights are on and off. According to the cobwebs full of dust in the corner, most of the dust on the wall has fallen off. Small advertisements for certificates, treatment of male diseases, and renting a house are stacked one after another. If someone opens the door, the rusty hinge will make a loud noise.

Chi Yan, a former artist, lived in this kind of place after he terminated his contract with Fang Chi Entertainment last year.

The one-bedroom, one-living room was neat and tidy. There was no bed in the room that was supposed to be a bedroom. There were wardrobes on three walls, and a full-length mirror on the wall next to the door.There are all kinds of clothes hanging in the closet, most of which are exaggerated stage costumes. They are all covered by dust bags. It can be seen that Chi Yan cherishes them—the years they represent—very much.

The bed is in the living room and is a sofa bed.There is a medicine box on the coffee table, which contains medicine for kidney disease and sleeping pills.

In the drawer under the coffee table, there are piles of photos, all of which are participants in the werewolf killing of Huying and Reality.

Many murderers like to paste the pictures of their targets on the wall. This is not a plot only in novels. Murderers in reality are also keen to do this, because every day when they wake up and see the pictures of their targets, it will trigger the strongest emotions in their hearts. urges, which they need to "motivate" themselves.

But Chi Yan put them away in different categories, and none of them were in sight.

But at this time, they are already a key link in the chain of evidence.

The most important crime tool, an ice hammer, was found in the kitchen stove drawer, along with a sharp outdoor work knife.

Neither the ice hammer nor the knife had visible bloodstains. It was the job of trace inspectors to prove that they were murder weapons through bloodstain detection and scar comparison.

A set of fleece sportswear was hanging on the balcony. From the details, it could be recognized that the "werewolf" captured by the camera of Luhuang Mountain was wearing this suit.

Dongye City is wet and cold in winter, and thick clothes cannot be dried for many days.

They are just so "ostentatious", waiting for the arrival of the criminal police.

The werewolf headgear made by the "Storm" Chamber of Secrets Club was thrown in the closet on the balcony. Thick blood stained the hair together, and the whole closet stinks.

When he heard his name, Chi Yan wanted to run subconsciously, the shopping bag in his hand dropped, and the fresh ingredients he just bought rolled all over the floor.

But surrounded by criminal police, how could he escape?

Yi Fei grabbed him and cut his hands behind his back.Mingshu came up and looked down at his eyes.

Man Lin said that Chi Yan and Hu Ying have very similar styles, as well as their own temperament.At such a close distance at this time, Mingshu really noticed the "likeness" of the two of them - there was a kind of despair that could not be redeemed in their eyes.

Mingshu frowned, his gaze deepened under the dim light.

There are traces of Chi Yan's despair, but why does the beautiful lake shadow also have such despair?

After a while, Mingshu said, "Take it back first."

Xiao Man had already rushed back from Maoyang Village, so he didn't even care about taking a break, so he focused on doing physical evidence appraisal.

Hu Ying stayed in the serious crime team all the time. When he saw Chi Yan appearing in handcuffs, he froze in place, and it took him a long time to say a word: "You guys, did you make a mistake?"

What responded to him was Chi Yan's resentful and mocking smile.

Hu Ying rushed over and was stopped by Fang Yuanhang, "He is a suspect now."

"Impossible!" Hu Ying shouted excitedly at Chi Yan: "Where have you been this year? Why didn't you contact me? I, I called you and looked for you..."

"You looked for me?" Chi Yan seemed to have heard a joke, the corners of his lips curled coldly, "Why did you look for me?"

"I……"

"Show me you're finally popular?"

Hu Ying was dumbfounded, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Nonsense?" Chi Yan sneered, "Then just treat me as nonsense. But Hu Ying, listen carefully, I don't believe you have really looked for me and worried about me. Your so-called 'finding' is just leaving Just going through the motions."

Hu Ying opened her eyes in surprise, "No, I really..."

Chi Yan interrupted, "I've been staying in Dongye City this year. If you've really looked for me, you won't be able to find me. If you really want to find out what happened to me, you won't be able to find out. You ..."

As he said that, Chi Yan sighed, "You are different from me. Hu Ying, you gave up on me. So you have no right to blame me for doing such a thing to you."

Hu Ying struggled under Fang Yuanhang's restraint, "It's not what you think! What did you do?"

"Okay, let's go in." Mingshu pushed open the door of the interrogation room, "This is not a place for you to discuss private matters."

Probably knowing that he had nowhere to escape, Chi Yan nodded cooperatively, but before stepping into the interrogation room, he turned his head to look at Hu Ying, with unresolved anger and hatred in his eyes, "Hu Ying, I killed someone, But I'm not sorry, you deserve it."

"boom--"

The door of the interrogation room was closed, blocking out all the hustle and bustle.

Chi Yan sighed lightly, "What do you want to ask me? I will tell you everything."

"We already have the evidence of your crime, but the routine interrogation cannot be avoided." Ming Shu said, "Did you kill Huang Yan, Li Zhaofeng, and Zhu Linglong?"

Chi Yan lowered his eyes, looked at the photos of the three victims, and nodded after a few seconds, "Yes, it was me."

"Besides them, do you want to kill other participants in the real werewolf killing three years ago?" Ming Shu said, "If we don't find you."

Chi Yan nodded, but quickly shook his head again, "I won't kill Hu Ying."

Ming Shu said, "Because you want to create the illusion that Hu Ying committed the crime?"

Chi Yan was stunned for a moment, then shrugged and said, "Unfortunately, I failed."

After saying this, he suddenly trembled, his eye sockets were bloodshot, as if something that had been suppressed all this time was about to rush out of his soul.

"Hu Ying and I were still the same before last year. We signed contracts at the same time, lived in the same apartment, and almost made our debut as a group." The light in Chi Yan's eyes became blurred, as if he was looking past Mingshu. Many years ago, "Others said we were similar, Hu Ying was half a year younger than me, and I took care of him as a younger brother. His family was in trouble, and his sister was hospitalized several times. I borrowed money from him to help him get through it." Difficulties. One Chinese New Year, he told me that I was his best friend, and no matter which one of us gets out first, we must not forget each other, and we must give each other a hand."

There was bitterness in the corner of Chi Yan's eyes, "Do you know how difficult it is to survive in this circle?"

Yi Fei said: "I don't know how difficult it is to survive in your circle. I just want to know that you designed this series of conspiracies and killed three innocent people just because you were jealous of Hu Ying and hated Hu Ying?"

The word "jealousy" was like a sharp needle, piercing Chi Yan's nerves.

Suddenly, his eyes widened, with bloodshot eyes exploding on the whites of his eyes—with this appearance, there was no trace of an idol temperament.

"Jealous?" Chi Yan's voice trembled, "You say I'm jealous of Hu Ying?"

Yi Fei said: "Isn't it?"

"He's just luckier than me! He snatched what should belong to me!" Chi Yan was hysterical, slamming the table with both hands, and the handcuffs collided with the edge of the table, making an unpleasant sound.

"The director of "Red Dust and Jianghu" first set his sights on me, not him at all!" Chi Yan gritted his teeth, "My temperament and appearance are the most suitable for that role!"

Fang Yuanhang watched the surveillance outside, "Is there such a thing?"

Chi Yan frantically narrated the "unknown" things that happened to him, roughly the same as what the police learned from Fangchi Entertainment, but it was only his own account of being robbed of resources by Huying.

"Chi Yan can't be like Niu Tianlan, he has persecution delusions, right?" Fang Yuanhang said to himself.

Niu Tianlan's case is not yet fully settled.Niu Tianlan is receiving complicated psychological counseling. The preliminary conclusion given by the experts is that Niu Tianlan does have delusional tendencies, and further interviews around Niu Lanlan and Zhao Wen prove that Niu Lanlan is not the third party in Niu Tianlan's mouth at all. He has never dated Niu Tianlan before.

The story of "being robbed of love by her own sister" was a lie fabricated by Niu Tianlan herself.Niu Lanlan and Zhao Wencai were real lovers, and they were bewitched by others when they made an appointment to commit suicide in the guest house.

Niu Tianlan vilified and slandered his sister by relying on the inability of a dead person to open his mouth. Up to now, he himself believed this lie.

Fang Yuanhang shook his head and continued to watch the monitor.

Chi Yan slowly pulled up his clothes, revealing the old scars on his chest and abdomen.

They are not ferocious, like patches of dull ringworm, which have taken root on this body that should be related to "beauty", and can no longer be erased.

"It was all done by Qi Can." Chi Yan rolled up his sleeves again, and his arm was also covered with scars, "Smacked with a whip, burned with cigarette butts, and even used red-hot iron. I have been with him for half a year, and my body has been covered by him Destroyed. But these wounds are only flesh wounds, the most serious ones are actually..."

Chi Yan wanted to touch his lower back, but he couldn't, "Under his torture, I suffered from severe kidney disease, and there were no problems with the urinary system or reproductive system."

Yi Fei said: "You..."

Chi Yan shook his head: "You want to ask me why I didn't call the police, why didn't I escape when everything was at its worst? Haha, hahaha, you just stand and talk without backache! I endured so much pain, isn't it just for resources? Qi Can promised me that he would send me to the crew of "Red Dust and Rivers and Lakes"! His assistant even gave me the script, and I also met the director. The director told me that he admired me very much and I perfectly interpreted took that role!"

Chi Yan took a heavy breath, "But when the role was announced, it became Hu Ying. I don't hate Hu Ying, he is my good brother. We swore that we will have the same blessings and share the same pain. You must help the other person. I only hate Qi Can, why can’t he do what he promised? He’s playing tricks on me!”

"I asked Qi Can to question him, and he beat me all over again." A tear fell from Chi Yan's eyes and was quickly wiped away, "I want to end this relationship with him. I can't get along anymore. I'm not afraid of him! Because my brother has a backer, my brother is about to become popular, and Hu Ying will help me in the future, so am I still afraid of Qi Can?"

"I'm looking for Hu Ying, and Hu Ying is filming. I'm looking for a company, but no one from the company is willing to help me. They hate me for offending Qi Can, and force me to terminate the contract. My only hope is with Hu Ying." Chi Yan After a long silence, he finally smiled bitterly, "But Hu Ying has already forgotten what he promised me."

Chi Yan sighed, "For the past year, I have had no job, spent all my savings on seeing a doctor, and lived like a ghost. I watched my brother become a big star step by step in hell, and he... he didn't even once Mentioned me. His so-called search was just calling my suspended number, he had already forgotten me! Between us, only I still remember the promise back then!"

Mingshu finally spoke, "So you finally couldn't bear it, and decided to drag Huying down from the 'Altar' in this way of mutilating innocent people?"

Chi Yan's pupils seemed to freeze, his expression became confused, and it took more than ten seconds to react, "You think I shouldn't do this? Do you?"

Yi Fei said: "Is it right to kill people?"

Chi Yan shook his head, "I killed people in this society, and if the laws of this society want to punish me, then punish me, and I will accept any punishment. The only fault is that I can't escape from this society. But 'should' or 'should not' , you are not qualified to judge. Only me, only me..."

As he spoke, Chi Yan raised his trembling hand and poked his chest violently, "Only I can judge."

"Sophistry." Fang Yuanhang said: "The more ruthless and perverted the murderer is, the more he likes to beautify his crime."

"They are indeed innocent, but who asked them to play the real werewolf game with Hu Ying? I want to make things big. If I don't find them, who else can I find?" Chi Yan said: "You only see them Innocent, but have you seen my misery? Have you helped me? Has Hu Ying ever helped me? Am I born to be unlucky? I am waiting for Hu Ying to save me, but he..."

"Have you ever stretched out your hand?" It's not that Mingshu didn't show mercy to the suspect, but he couldn't empathize with the murderer in front of him who had an unbelievable "revenge" idea.

Chi Yan didn't seem to understand at all, "He can obviously give me a hand. He can find out what I've been through and why I terminated the contract with a careful search. But he has long since lost me in his heart, only his future! His career! But his future and career were taken from me!"

The angry roar echoed in the interrogation room, was smashed and torn, and evolved into inexplicable crying and laughing.

"I live in pain every day, sick, sick, and alive!" Chi Yan's eyes were bloodshot, "Watching Hu Ying being sought after by thousands of people is the most uncomfortable! Feel better! He is so similar to me, why can he stand so tall!"

Yi Fei really wants to say, take a step back, you want revenge, shouldn't the target of revenge be Qi Can?Because he was afraid of Qi Can and knew that he couldn't touch Qi Can, he transferred his resentment to his former friends and hurt three completely innocent people.

But to an unreasonable murderer, nothing makes sense.

"You asked Huang Yan to turn off the surveillance?" Mingshu said, "Of the three deceased, Huang Yan's situation is the most special. She 'cooperated' with you."

"Because she recognizes my face!" There was a trace of satisfaction on Chi Yan's brows, this kind of satisfaction is very similar to a dying person remembering his glory when he was in high spirits, "When I went to her community to check out, she saw me, I didn't expect that I still had fans. She said she had seen me dance and liked me very much, and asked me why I haven't been active recently."

Mingshu said: "So you will plan."

"I told her that I have quit the entertainment industry and returned to the life of ordinary people." Chi Yan laughed so hard that his chest thumped, "She believed it. I slowly got in touch with her. On the day I did it, I asked her to wait for me at home and turned off the surveillance camera. Turn off everything. She is such a seemingly independent woman, but she obeys me."

"Did you leave the blood trail on purpose?" Mingshu asked.

Chi Yan said: "I am almost the same height and weight as Hu Ying. Isn't it smart for me to do this?"

Fang Yuanhang murmured, "It's vicious."

"After killing them, I left marks of wolf teeth on them. If there are many dead people, the police will definitely find out that these people played werewolf killing together three years ago." Chi Yan said: "There are many lake shadows in my family. I still have his hair. At that time, as long as I throw his hair on the scene, he will be speechless, and he will be destroyed! Just like me!"

"This is too underestimating our trace inspector." Xiao Man listened to the interrogation recording while conducting physical evidence inspection, "Do you think I can't detect the time when the hair falls out?"

When he said "same as me", Chi Yan's eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. Jealousy has unconsciously changed his appearance, turning him from handsome to ugly, "I imagine the most ideal situation Yes, the police caught Hu Ying, and the court sentenced him to death, everyone knows, ah, this man turned out to be a heinous murderer!"

Yi Fei said: "The ideal situation you envisioned no longer exists."

Chi Yan burst into a sinister smile, "But my goal has been achieved, haven't you noticed?"

Fang Yuanhang was taken aback, "What do you mean?"

"Hu Ying is not the murderer, I am the heinous murderer!" Chi Yan said, "But isn't it because of Hu Ying that I killed so many people?"

Mingshu said: "Regardless of whether you can succeed in framing Hu Ying, you have already ruined Huying in the public eye. Successful framing is the result you want most. If you fail in framing, the person you killed is still Die because of the lake shadow. All words make money, and under the current public opinion background, the lake shadow is likely to be hidden in the snow and gradually disappear like you."

Chi Yan laughed again, but his laughter was close to crying, "I've already explained it. Oh, yes, Hu Ying must have been taken care of by a certain big shot, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get such good resources. He He is not a male god or a positive energy idol at all, he is a spoiled product just like me!"

After the interrogation was over, Chi Yan was taken for an injury appraisal.

Yi Fei sat on the chair and didn't move for a long time.

Mingshu patted him, "It's not time to relax yet."

"I'm not relaxed, but, how should I put it, I feel very uncomfortable." Yi Fei let out a long breath, "The longer I stay in the crime squad, the more extreme murderers I see. Are they pitiful? Poor too, If Chi Yan hadn't lied, then Qi Can was suspected of intentional injury and illegal detention. Chi Yan was the victim, but he is now the perpetrator of three lives. The three of Li Zhaofeng were really hit by a sudden disaster. .”

Mingshu understands all Yi Fei's thoughts, and even feels more pain than Yi Fei, because he has been involved in more serious cases than Yi Fei.

The more experienced a criminal policeman is, the more inclined he is to sort out the victim's interpersonal relationship when facing a murder case, looking for the most subtle contradictions.

The same is true of these three cases.It is precisely because of repeatedly digging into Huang Yan's network of relationships that the special operations team is now launching a joint "ghost removal" operation with local police forces in the north. Those sins that have been buried for more than ten years have been exposed in the sun. Down, to belated judgment.

Until recently, the serious crime team still focused on the werewolf killing game itself three years ago. In order to find the murderer's motives and logical support, Xu Chun has already figured out what happened in Maoyang Village in the past ten or twenty years. , here in Dongye City, the dark thread of Hu Ying being kept was also found out.

Before Chi Yan surfaced, no one expected that the three of Zhu Linglong were killed for this reason.

They have no grievances with Chi Yan, except for Huang Yan, the others don't even know who Chi Yan is.

Just because Chi Yan wanted to take revenge on Hu Ying, they lost their lives.

A criminal policeman with normal emotions, let alone after arriving at the murder scene, stands in the perspective of the murderer and uses weird logic to analyze the motives. Even when the real murderer has appeared and after listening to the real murderer's statement, he still has to force himself to reverse his thinking in order to be able to escape. Thoroughly "understand" the murderer.

This is a burden for any criminal policeman.

But now, murderers like Chi Yan are on the rise.This means that a person who lives his life in peace and order, has no intersection with the murderer, and may be killed by the murderer suddenly.It also means that if the criminal police want to speed up the speed of solving the case, they must substitute themselves as the murderer.

As far as Mingshu knows, Hua Chong from the Los Angeles City Bureau is very good at this kind of substitution.

But in fact, it is very dangerous to substitute an extremely abnormal psychology.Many excellent criminal policemen were ruined because of this.

Mingshu thought that when he was free in a while, he had to go to Los Angeles to discuss with Hua Chong.

Yi Fei wiped his face and squeezed out a smile, "I'll go see how the physical evidence verification is going."

Mingshu called people to stop, "Take a rest when you are tired, you are not in good condition."

Yi Fei was stunned for a moment, "Is it the captain's order?"

Mingshu said: "Yes, the captain's order."

Yi Fei nodded, his expression relaxed, "Xiao Ming, thank you for your hard work."

Mingshu hurried to the physical evidence examination center.At the same time, Xiao Yu'an was watching Hu Ying on the monitor in the technical scout's office.

"Xiao Ju, do we need to take special measures against Hu Ying?" Zhou Yuan said, "I'm worried that he will commit suicide."

After a while, Xiao Yu'an said: "Hu Ying is not the murderer of these three cases, but he has problems."