King Crazy Game

Li Yize was already familiar with the people in the archives room. He took a pack of good cigarettes and casually handed it over. The archives custodian on duty today took it with ease and patted him on the shoulder: "Recently, the inspections from above have been strict. Don't move around when you go in, and get out quickly."

Li Yize smiled innocently and nodded: "I'll just go in and take a look. I'll be out in the time it takes you to go to the toilet."

The custodian held out a cigarette and handed him the key.

Li Yize opened the door and immediately found Zhao Xinyi's file according to the file storage shelf mark displayed in the system. The file bag was covered with thick dust after more than 20 years. Li Yize blew away the dust and quickly opened the file bag.

When Li Yize saw the three words "Li Tingwei", the person in charge of the case, his whole body couldn't help but tremble.

The person in charge of Zhao Xinyi's case back then turned out to be his father. His father back then and himself now seemed to have traveled through time and space, connecting the faint threads together.

The main volume records the photos taken at that time and various identification materials.

Zhao Xinyi, female, 25 years old, committed suicide by jumping off a building on XX/XX/XXXX... The following is Zhao Xinyi's life information. From elementary school to university, she was a quiet, well-behaved and excellent child. Before graduating from university, she was Fang Shanhai's assistant.

Fang Shanhai?

Li Yize had a lot of questions to ask Lin Zicheng at this moment. He was sure that the most thoughtful partner had probably anticipated some things a long time ago.

Even in those days when the pixels were very bad, Zhao Xinyi was naturally beautiful. At the crime scene, she was wearing a light blue chiffon dress, which was considered upper-middle-class at that time. She had bright red lipstick on her thin lips and her eyebrows were specially trimmed. She didn't look like someone who committed suicide at all.

Li Yize looked through the autopsy report again. There were multiple lacerations on the head and neck, multiple fractures on the ribs, spine, waist... There were knife and whip marks of various sizes all over the body. This showed that Zhao Xinyi might have been abused before her death.

Did you jump off the building because you couldn't bear the abuse from Fang Shanhai or others?

Then why is it defined as suicide?

Li Yize continued to investigate. On the day of the crime, the only family member, Zhao Wei, came to the police station and told him that his sister was on the phone with him at that time and said that she could not live anymore. Then she jumped down and ended her short life.

At that time, there were not as many surveillance cameras and mobile phone cameras as there are now. After visiting and investigating, the police found that Zhao Xinyi suffered from severe depression and had attempted suicide several times. Based on Zhao Wei's explanation, it was confirmed that it was a suicide case.

Li Yize walked out of the archive room with a serious expression, and called Lin Zicheng without waiting a moment.

Almost no one came to the most remote teahouse in the city. In the private room of the bamboo attic on the second floor, Lin Zicheng leisurely poured tea for Li Yize, seemingly not noticing the angry voice of Li Yize on the phone.

"Did you know something a long time ago? So you deliberately asked me to check it out." Li Yize, who was sitting opposite, looked at Lin Zicheng with some annoyance.

Lin Zicheng: "I want to say that I only know that Zhao Xinyi is Fang Shanhai's assistant and that there have been indecent rumors about her. Do you believe it?"

Li Yize was choked by his question. Indeed, if Lin Zicheng knew something, he would have taken action long ago. Why would he go around in circles and ask him to check the files?

Lin Zicheng took a sip of tea and asked, "Officer Li, what did you see in the investigation materials from that year?"

Li Yize narrowed his eyes and stared at Lin Zicheng for a few seconds.

Why didn't he let me send the photo directly, but asked what I saw?

Test?

Li Yize: "Zhao Xinyi had scars of varying sizes from different periods of time on her body. They could have been caused by Fang Shanhai or someone else. She must have been dressed up carefully when she jumped off the building, perhaps to leave a decent body for herself before she died. There was nothing special about the rest. Zhao Wei also said that Zhao Xinyi called him that day and said she couldn't survive."

"That's strange..." Lin Zicheng dragged out the last syllable, rubbing the tea lid of the teapot in circles with his fingers.

"What's strange?" Li Yize asked anxiously.

"Since the autopsy report clearly stated the injuries on Zhao Xinyi's body, why didn't they question Fang Shanhai, who was the most suspected at the time, but instead defined it as suicide based on Zhao Wei's confession?"

After saying this, Lin Zicheng smiled at Li Yize.

Li Yize clenched his teacup and was silent for about half a minute before he spoke: "My father was the one who handled the case. He was not the kind of person who would jump to conclusions or close a case hastily. On the contrary, he was upright. Even if there was something wrong, he would work overtime to investigate."

Lin Zicheng understood what he was saying and continued, "So someone forced your father to close the case of Zhao Xinyi. Your father should be an upright man. How could the other party force your father? As a policeman, family members are always his weak spot."

Li Yize's eyes began to turn red and he clenched the cup of tea with both hands. Someone must have used them as a threat to force Li Tingwei not to meddle in other people's business.

"Police Officer Li, do you feel like you've been chosen by fate? Your father took over Zhao Xinyi's case back then, and now you've taken over Zhao Wei's case. Don't you feel like you're the chosen one?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yize suddenly looked up at Lin Zicheng. On the day Fang Jingzhou had the car accident, he was just about to get off work when Director Zhang suddenly called him and asked him to deal with it.

"Did your father also take on Zhao Xinyi's case by coincidence?" Lin Zicheng asked a second seemingly coincidental question.

Li Yize reacted to Lin Zicheng's words and realized that there were also people participating in the game inside the police station.

"Why are they doing this?" Li Yize let go of the teacup and clenched his fist, suppressing his inner anger. His father was just a diligent policeman, why was he involved in this strange game?

"Have you forgotten your brother who has a photographic memory?" Lin Zicheng smiled meaningfully.

Li Yize: “…”

Lin Zicheng did not continue the previous topic, and suddenly changed the subject and asked: "Officer Li, are you free on the 1st?"

Li Yize nodded and looked at him curiously.

"A friend of mine is holding an auction on a cruise ship, and I'd like to invite you to go." Lin Zicheng looked at him with a smile on his face.

"Why me?" Even though Li Yize and Lin Zicheng were partners, he was still wary of him.

"Because you have also been invited into this game. As a person in the game, there is no harm in meeting more people."

Lin Zicheng said it very calmly, but Li Yize didn't quite believe it.

When leaving the teahouse, Lin Zicheng said something to Li Yize: "Police Officer Li, be careful. Human desire is a beast that can never be satisfied. Even if you don't ask for anything, as long as you still have something it lacks, it will crawl out of the abyss to grab you."

Li Yize's heart suddenly tightened, and then he smiled.