Chasing the Mist

A group of people came to face him. Father Gu couldn't recognize which one was the leader of the police force. He grabbed the arm of the person closest to him and said tremblingly, "Comrade police, I am Gu Jingjing's father. I just came from my hometown and killed my daughter." Has the murderer been caught?"

Zheng Tiancheng explained in a friendly manner: "I understand your feelings, but we need time to handle the case."

Father Gu's hair was half white, his dark skin was covered with dimples, and he grasped harder with his hands, fearing that Zheng Tian would run away as an adult, "My daughter has been very good since she was a child, and her mother and I have been law-abiding all our lives, and we have never done anything wrong. How can someone--"

Two lines of tears slipped silently across his face, and he didn't have time to wipe them away, letting the tears flow into his mouth, "Comrade police, you must find the murderer and give justice to my daughter."

Before Zheng Tiancheng could speak, Mother Gu knelt down with a plop, grabbed his trousers, and cried, "Master Qingtian, as long as the murderer is found, I will be your bullshit for the rest of my life."

Zheng Tiancheng's polite smile froze in vain, and he looked at Gu Xun in a daze.

"Auntie get up first." Gu Xun said while bending down to help Gu's mother up.At this time, extra hands suddenly appeared in the air, and they rushed to help Mother Gu, "Aunt Gu, investigating cases is the job of the police. They rely on this for food, just like you and my uncle farming to support themselves. Now there are so many pairs of eyes across the country watching They." The man stopped, sneered, and said: "If the murderer cannot be found, it can only mean that they are incompetent with citizens' money."

The police is a job, and investigating cases is a function. This is true, but the man's eccentric tone made the criminal police present quite unhappy.

Zheng Tiancheng's eyes lit up with anger, and he kept pulling his hand out. Unexpectedly, Gu's father's hand was as hard as iron tongs. check."

The man smiled contemptuously: "If I know how to investigate the case, what else do you need?"

Zheng Tiancheng replied from the air: "nocannobb."

Gu Xun touched Zheng Tiancheng lightly, signaling him to shut up, and then said to the man, "Gu Jingjing's boyfriend?"

The corner of Li Shengzhou's mouth twitched. Hearing Gu Xun's friendly tone, he restored the friendly eyes of the policeman's family, "It's me."

"We really have something to do, and we want to ask you to understand."

Gu's parents and Li Shengzhou were taken to two rooms respectively.

Lin Yiran set up the pen and paper, sat up straight, and assumed the posture of taking notes. He looked at Li Shengzhou across the table and waited quietly for Meng Jia to come in.

Li Shengzhou's hair was slightly long, and his bangs covered the edges of his glasses. Under the glass lenses, his sunken eyes cast contemptuous glances, full of distrust for the police. The stubble on his lips and chin made his youthful face appear vicissitudes.He was wearing a long cotton jacket with a thread sticking out of the neckline. The inferior artificial fur on the brim of the hat was squeezed together. The extremely uncoordinated cartoon cloth patch on his chest covered up the scratches on the cotton jacket.

Lin Yiran looked at him for a while, and glanced at the empty seat next to him from the corner of his eye. Meng Jia went to the bathroom for almost 10 minutes. Waiting is not an option. He cleared his throat and prepared to ask a few questions according to the official procedure.

Li Shengzhou smiled slightly, his eyes determined to win, as if he had seen Lin Yiran thoroughly, and said first: "New here? Intern?" After a short pause, he sniffed the air left and right, "The smell of poor students is too strong, which makes people Hate."

Lin Yiran smiled instead of anger, and said casually: "Don't forget that you are the student."

"That's right." Li Shengzhou laughed inexplicably, and the laughter became louder and louder. After a while, the laughter stopped suddenly, and he roared: "If your girlfriend who has been dating for three years is killed and made into an ice sculpture, put it on What do you think of a tourist exhibition?"

While speaking, he got up abruptly and approached Lin Yiran, gritted his teeth and said, "You don't have to doubt me. After going through such a thing, I'm not crazy, it's not easy."

Lin Yiran raised his eyes, met his cold eyes with cold eyes, and said bluntly: "Put away your self-righteousness, the police station is not a school, no one will worship you because you are talented and have excellent grades, Gu Jingjing is gone If it becomes a fact, what you have to do is to cooperate with us and find the murderer as soon as possible, instead of getting out of control."

These words were like a needle stuck in a balloon, Li Shengzhou was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly his body went limp, and he slumped on the chair, his aggressive eyes gradually dimmed.Gu Jingjing died, he didn't want to believe it, and the fact that he didn't dare to face, was spread out at this moment, placed on the table, and could no longer be avoided.

The door opened with a "squeak", Gu Xun walked in, walked to the opposite side of the table in two or three steps, pulled out the chair and sat down, threw the cigarette on the table, and put one hand on the back of the chair, like a prodigal rich second generation who was late for a meeting.

What about Meng Jiaren?

Lin Yiran looked at him questioningly.

Gu Xun turned a blind eye, opened the cigarette case, took out a cigarette and handed it to Li Shengzhou: "Smoking?"

"Thank you." Li Shengzhou lit the cigarette, took two puffs, and then exhaled a big puff of smoke. His dim eyes flashed for a short time, and they were submerged in the smoke in an instant, looming and elusive.

"Tell me about you and Gu Jingjing? Do you go on a date every weekend?" Gu Xun's fingers lit up with sparks, his black pupils reflected a slight fire, and his laziness radiated wantonly. Like a sharp sword, it breaks through laziness in an instant, takes away the smoke, and hits the heart of the opponent.

Li Shengzhou was inexplicably a little apprehensive, and couldn't help shivering, and said, "Jingjing and I are childhood sweethearts. We grew up together. When she graduated from high school, we officially fell in love. We are both first loves. We have been in love for three years. She has always been docile. She is well-behaved and clean, and nothing messed up has ever happened to me."

He raised his head, his eyes stared at Gu Xun through the gradually thinning smoke, "Who would attack such a kind and pure girl? If I catch him, I will definitely tear him into pieces and avenge Jingjing."

The more Li Shengzhou spoke, the more excited he became, his hands hanging down his legs were tightly clenched into fists, trembling constantly.

Gu Xun stretched out his index finger and tapped the table, "Stop those absurd thoughts, even if we catch the murderer, we won't let you do whatever you want, let's get down to business, from the night of December 12th to 29st, where are you? What are you doing?"

Li Shengzhou let out a sigh of relief, his eyes dimmed like fire, and his tone softened: "North College and Baida University are far away, we often date on weekends, but not every week. See you in the winter vacation, I will be in the school library for two days at the end of the year, and in the dormitory at night."

"Does she have any fanatical suitors? Has she had an argument with anyone recently?"

Li Shengzhou immediately replied firmly: "No."

Gu Xun then asked, "You are not in the same school, are you sure about her matter?"

"She has nothing to hide from me." Li Shengzhou said quite proudly.

"How do you treat her?" Gu Xun asked casually.

Li Shengzhou raised his jaw slightly, his gloomy eyes cast a contemptuous look through his glasses, "Is this related to the case? Is Officer Gu too concerned?"

Gu Xun ignored him, and said coldly: "Anything related to Gu Jingjing is related to the case."

Li Shengzhou shrugged, with a sneer on his lips: "I have nothing to hide from her."

Gu Xun leaned back and nodded, "You go back first, we will notify you of any new situation."

As soon as Li Shengzhou left the house, Zheng Tiancheng immediately pushed the door open and came in, "Boss, Gu's mother gave birth to Gu Jingjing at the age of 40. She is an old son. She has always loved her a lot. She is also very competitive. Not only is she beautiful, she is also very independent. I didn’t let my parents worry about it since I was a child. I didn’t ask my family for living expenses since I was a sophomore. I called my parents a few days before the accident and told them not to farm again next year. I will give them 3000 yuan a month as living expenses. Tell them to persevere for another year, and after graduation, they will pick up their parents and go to the city to enjoy the blessings."

Gu Xun frowned, "She herself is not financially independent, how can she have money to support her family? Meng Jia" called out her name, only to remember that Meng Jia was not feeling well, and she had asked for leave to go home. She had no choice but to turn her head to look at Lin Yiran: "Gu Jingjing Have you ever worked outside?"

"No one at school has ever said that she is working outside." Lin Yiran was expressionless, and his voice was cold and clear, without the appearance of a newcomer trying to show at all.

Zheng Tiancheng felt that this newcomer who didn't pay attention to the leadership would not be able to pass the probationary period, so he secretly sweated for him, glanced at him sympathetically, then looked at Gu Xun, "3000 yuan per month is for college students from rural families. Speaking of it, it is not a small amount, Li Shengzhou is in the same village as her, and his family conditions are average, so he will definitely not support her now, so where did the money come from?"

Gu Xun’s frown has not been loosened. He thought for a while, and found that his train of thought had gone wrong. In addition to the traditional part-time job, modern female college students are popular in live broadcasting, becoming an Internet celebrity, and doing micro-business... There are many ways to make money through part-time jobs. "Money alone cannot determine that she has an illegitimate relationship with other men. You can search according to your own thinking. There is no impenetrable wall. If you dig deep into the people around her, you will definitely find the source of the money." After a short pause, he continued. : "By the way, check the road monitoring near the Teachers College for two days at the end of the year."

"Of order." Zheng Tiancheng looked around the room, "I saw Meng Jia clutching her stomach when she left tonight, what's wrong with her?"

"Ask yourself." Gu Xun put away his cigarette, got up and walked out.

Zheng Tiancheng followed closely, "Is she here? It's not easy for this cold-weather girl to mix with us rough guys. I'll go buy a box of brown sugar ginger tea and give it to her tomorrow."

Gu Xun waved his hand: "Go and come back quickly."

"Thank you boss, I will treat you to two packs of wedding candy in the future." Zheng Tiancheng slipped away like a puff of smoke.

Lin Yiran listened to the cheerful footsteps on the stairs, looked at the vacant seat that Li Shengzhou had made on the opposite side, thoughtfully, after a while, he took out his notebook and spread it out, the pen tip scratched across the paper, rustling, and soon, the handwriting was delicate Blank pages are printed all over.

Three in the morning.

The office was brightly lit, and all the criminal policemen were sleeping on the chairs crookedly. Lin Yiran carefully walked through the small space behind Gu Xun's chair, sat down at his workstation, leaned his upper body against the back of the seat, and slowly closed his eyes.

Five minutes later, he opened his eyes, bent forward, folded his arms on the table, buried his head in his arm sockets, and changed his sleeping position.

……

Twenty or ten minutes later, Lin Yiran, who had changed into N sleeping positions, had to admit that the bed problem had not healed after more than ten years. After some struggles, he completely gave up the idea of ​​sleeping, and concentrated on thinking about the case, thinking about it. , a car key flew from the side, and fell onto the table with a "dang", instantly distracting him from his thoughts.

Gu Xun turned over, without opening his eyes, and said without emotion: "Go back if you can't sleep."

Lin Yiran was stunned for a while, then pushed back the key, "I don't have a driver's license."

Why didn't you get a driver's license?

What happened?

Lin Yiran replied in a normal tone, but Gu Xun didn't know what to say, thought wildly, picked up the key, and said without emotion: "I'll see you off."

Lin Yiran always sleeps regularly, so he was really sleepy so late, he was not in the mood to find fault with Gu, so he put on his down jacket and went out with him.

The road in the early morning was empty, the car was driving fast, Gu Xun was driving, Lin Yiran was looking out the window, the silence was like a wall between them, as hard as iron.

Speechless all the way, Gu Xun fell asleep when he entered the house. At dawn, the phone beside the bed kept ringing. He grabbed it casually, stuck it to his ear, and said in a daze, "Hello."

There was a long silence on the phone. After a while of silence, Gu Xun ran out of patience and was about to hang up, but the other party spoke.