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"Man Xiaocheng worked in Xiao Chaogang's company before?" Hua Chong stared at the display screen, the cold light reflected on his eyes and cheeks, making his expression somewhat stern.

"To be precise, it was a company co-founded by Xiao Chaogang before." Liu Zhiqin stood aside, "Last time you said you were looking for missing persons, Xiao Chaogang is also a missing person. He has opened a lot of companies with others in recent years. He is a small company, he just follows the trend and does what is popular, his ideas are basically copied, and any product does not have core competitiveness, so although he has opened many small companies, none of them have achieved profitability, and the money is all upfront The venture capital that he pulled, he let go after burning. Of course, although he can’t make money in business, Xiao Chaogang’s life has been quite good with the investment he got. Seven years ago, he was doing online distance education. At that time Man Xiaocheng's family just arrived in Los Angeles, and the first job Man Xiaocheng found was as a course consultant in his company."

Hua Chong leaned on the edge of the table with one hand, arched his back, and his eyes gradually became sharper, "Did you hear what I said to Cheng Mian in the inquiry room just now?"

"Yeah." Liu Zhiqin nodded, "I'm listening while I'm working."

"Whether Cheng Mian lied or not has little to do with the case itself. The two parties in the photo are now dead. Whether their relationship is homosexual as the school said, or just ordinary teachers and students as Cheng Mian said, is no longer a question. There is no way to find out, but what is certain is that Man Xiaocheng can no longer be a teacher in Wenming Town because of this incident." Hua Chong said with a sigh, "There is no shortage of jobs in Luocheng, and Man Xiaocheng just arrived in Luocheng. When he was in the city, he was only 24 years old, and there were actually many jobs for him to choose from. But he still chose an online school and started as a course consultant, which shows that he still wants to do the work of teaching and educating people.”

"That's right. I can't go to a regular middle school for the time being, so I chose an online school." Liu Zhiqin took the mouse and swipe down, "It's a pity that I went to the wrong place. Xiao Chaogang didn't have the idea of ​​rooting in education at all, and probably didn't have the intention to make an online school. Okay. This online school is just a tool for him to make a fortune and run away. It is not fundamentally different from other small companies he founded over the years. Man Xiaocheng is either eager to find a job, or he is simple-minded and lacks vision, so he gets confused Into this pit. I found a detail - when Man Xiaocheng entered the job, he was in an education position, but when he left, he was in an administrative position, and the specific position was Xiao Chaogang's assistant. Flower team, I think this position transfer is extremely unusual."

Hua Chong dragged an armchair and sat down, fisting his left hand on his chin, and said in a low voice, "According to Xiao Chaogang's wife, Xiao Chaogang is a bisexual who cheated on marriage, accepts women, but prefers men, and has been out hunting for a long time." According to Li Liwen, after Xiao Chaogang took a fancy to Li Liwen in a bar, he used threats and entanglement to force Li Liwen to have a relationship with him. Seven years ago, Man Xiaocheng was only 24 years old. When working in the company..."

"Look at the comparison photo of Man Xiaocheng and Li Liwen." Liu Zhiqin clicked on a stitched photo.

Hua Chong stared at the photo for about ten seconds, then shook his head, "They don't look alike."

"It's not about facial features, it's about how people feel." Liu Zhiqin gestured twice in front of the display screen, "None of them looks handsome, and Man Xiaocheng is a little more handsome than Li Liwen. But have you noticed that they have one thing in common? The point is that it looks like it has no aura, is relatively soft, and is easy to be bullied."

"Xiao Chao just likes this type of boy?"

"Not necessarily. But at least the probability is not low." Liu Zhiqin said: "Man Xiaocheng chose Xiao Chaogang's online school because he wanted to continue to be a teacher. I think Man Xiaocheng actually used the online school as a springboard for his career planning. He yearns for a better position, and this position must be related to education. He resigned after only four months in the online school, and left as Xiao Chaogang's assistant. Why? Reasonable speculation—Man Xiaocheng is full of hope, thinking that I can let go of the past and start a new life in the online school, and the future will get better and better. After working for a period of time, I found that the reality is far from my imagination. On the one hand, the management of the online school is chaotic, and it has been burning money. On the right track, on the other hand, he began to be harassed by Xiao Chaogang."

Hua Chong leaned on the back of the chair, fingers crossed, "Judging from the words of Li Liwen and Xiao Chaogang's wife, Xiao Chaogang did indeed do something to harass his subordinates."

"Man Xiaocheng is not a bartender. Xiao Chaogang seven years ago was definitely not as presumptuous as he was later. He will not treat Man Xiaocheng like he did to Li Liwen, but he will continue to approach and seduce him." Liu Zhiqin walked for a few minutes Stepping forward, he sat sideways on the edge of the table, "For Man Xiaocheng, there is an essential difference between Xiao Chaogang's education post and administrative post. If Man Xiaocheng only wants to do administrative work, then the company with better salary and prospects is in Los Angeles. Chengyi caught a lot. He had no reason to take the initiative to transfer, it was Xiao Chaogang who transferred him to be his assistant."

"After that, Xiao Chaogang's harassment of him will intensify." Hua Chong followed Liu Zhiqin's train of thought and pushed down, "It's hard to say that he didn't make very excessive demands..."

Hua Chong paused, then looked at Liu Zhiqin sharply, "Man Xiaocheng is a person who doesn't know how to say no!"

"Whether Xiao Chaogang took advantage of his position to do anything to Man Xiaocheng is impossible to find out now, unless we find the missing Xiao Chaogang and force him to tell the truth." Liu Zhiqin spread his hands, "But since Xiao Chaogang and Man Xiaocheng With this level of relationship, and having been missing for more than half a year without any reason, he may not be able to 'speak' anymore."

Hua Chong lowered his head, squeezed the space between his brows, and after a few seconds, he stood up and looked around for a pen.

Liu Zhiqin handed over his pen, "Use mine."

Hua Chong took it immediately, opened the notepad, "Let's sort out this series of events."

Liu Zhiqin stood beside him, leaning on the back of his chair with one hand, "Yes."

"Four victims—Yin Ziqiao, Luo Xingshan, Lu Ke, Feng Xuemin; one missing person—Xiao Chaogang. What these five people have in common is that they are all related to Man Xiaocheng." Hua Chong drew on the notepad There was a "swish" sound, "they were murdered, most likely because of revenge by an extreme or even anti-social personality. The murderer believes that Man Xiaocheng's tragedy began seven years ago when he was persuaded to leave Wenming No. [-] Middle School. Without Yin Ziqiao, Man Xiaocheng is still a math teacher in Wenming No. [-] Middle School, and nothing will happen later, so Yin Ziqiao deserves to die."

Liu Zhiqin took out a red pen from the drawer and circled Yin Ziqiao's name.

Hua Chong understood what he meant, but did not immediately diverge, and continued: "According to the timeline, the next one is Xiao Chaogang. If our speculation just now is roughly consistent with the facts, then Xiao Chaogang is undoubtedly the one who caused Man Xiaocheng's tragedy. Man Xiao Cheng resigned voluntarily, either because he couldn't bear it anymore or because he was forced to. He was very likely to have been raped by Xiao Chaogang. This incident may have had a certain impact on Man Xiaocheng, so that he has not been able to find a suitable job. By the way... "

Hua Chong raised his head, "After Man Xiaocheng left the online school, how long did it take to become a taxi driver in a taxi company?"

"More than four months." Liu Zhiqin said: "I have been unemployed for four months, my mother is seriously ill and hospitalized, my father has no regular job and can only do part-time jobs, the family's expenses are huge, and Man Xiaocheng can't afford it."

Hua Chong put down his pen and picked up his hands, "Many people are forced by life to choose a job they don't like. Man Xiaocheng wanted to be a teacher, but ended up becoming a taxi driver. The bitterness in it may only be his own. I can feel it."

"If I hadn't met Xiao Chaogang, and if Xiao Chaogang's company had treated online education as a serious business, Man Xiaocheng..." Hua Chong shook his head, and suddenly said, "Actually, I don't want to follow the murderer's logic, it's too extreme."

"Let me do it." Liu Zhiqin picked up the pen on the table, took the notepad with him, sat down on a chair next to Hua Chong, raised his legs to put the notepad, "the murderer thinks , Xiao Chaogang is also a person who must die. He is even more damned than Yin Ziqiao."

"Is this the reason why the murderer attacked him in the first place?" Hua Chong stared at the ceiling slanted above, "But no body was found, so it's hard to tell."

"Then came Luo Xingshan, Lu Ke, and Feng Xuemin." Liu Zhiqin said: "Compared with Yin Ziqiao and Xiao Chaogang, they can be said to have harmed Man Xiaocheng unintentionally, but the damage they caused was also the most direct. deadliest."

"Wait a minute." Hua Chong propped himself up, sat up straight, and his eyes fell on the red line enclosing Yin Ziqiao's name, "Luo Xingshan, Lu Ke, and Feng Xuemin are directly related to the incident of falling objects from a height. Said, the connection between the three of them is far stronger than the connection with Yin Ziqiao, right?"

"Well, if the five of them are divided into three independent incidents, Yin Ziqiao represents the persuasion incident, Xiao Chaogang represents the harassment incident, and Luo Xingshan represents the falling object incident." Liu Zhiqin looked seriously, "Of course the persuasion incident also includes us I just found Cheng Mian."

"Xu Kan is sure that Luo Xingshan, Lu Ke, and Feng Xuemin died at the hands of the same person, but the one who killed Yin Ziqiao looked like another person. Is the murderer the same person? I still can't figure out the answer to this question."

Liu Zhiqin was silent, and the tip of his pen touched his Adam's apple lightly.

"I tend to believe that the murderer is not the same person." Hua Chong said again: "Even if we have found the connection between Yin Ziqiao and Man Xiaocheng, I still think the murderer is not the same person, because the difference in wounds is too great, and the emotions reflected It's completely different, and I don't believe it was deliberately disguised by the murderer."

"But the two murderers avenged the same person in the same way in the same time period. The probability is too low." Liu Zhiqin said: "If it is ordinary revenge, I can understand it, after all It is not unusual for a person to have two relatives and friends who are willing to avenge him at the same time. But this is obviously not ordinary revenge. A series of throat-cutting cases is a manifestation of antisocial personality. The murder of Yin Ziqiao is even more so. Around Man Xiaocheng, are there two relatives and friends with antisocial personality?"

Hua Chong didn't speak for a long time, and finally wiped his face, his voice was lower than before, "We may have fallen into a 'misunderstanding of thinking'."

Liu Zhiqin's eyes were full of exploration, "What's a 'mistake in thinking'?"

"I don't know for the time being, but there is a vague feeling of being wrong and misplaced." Hua Chong stood up and walked back and forth, "I said just now that I tend to think that the murderer is not the same person, but if it is not the same person, the subsequent logic will not make sense Yes. You also analyzed that there should not be two relatives and friends with anti-social personality around Man Xiaocheng. There is only one reason why it doesn't make sense, and that is to fall into the "misunderstanding of thinking".

Liu Zhiqin thought for a moment, but couldn't figure it out, "It seems that we are affected by the murderer's 'black hole of logic'."

"It's possible." Hua Chong didn't shy away from this, and continued: "The good news is that Cheng Mian is already under our protection, and the murderer's footprints were also extracted at the scene."

Liu Zhiqin looked a little more relaxed, "Have you compared Man Guojun's footprints?"

"The trace inspection department first compared his footprints. It wasn't him."

"But his behavior is very suspicious." Liu Zhiqin said: "He doesn't seem to have much affection for his wife and children, and enjoys their funerals and compensation in peace. He doesn't look like someone who would avenge Man Xiaocheng. But he What was he doing out in the middle of the night? He took the initiative to avoid public surveillance and kept silent. Could it be that he, like Liu Qiguo, was looking for fun outside?"

"This possibility is not ruled out. But there is another point that I am very concerned about."

"Which point?"

"Man Guojun's feelings for Man Xiaocheng seem to be very complicated. Hua Yonggui said that it's not that Man Guojun has no feelings for Man Xiaocheng, but the relationship is relatively weak." Hua Chong found a table to lean against, "and Man Guo After contacting Jun, I realized that Hua Yonggui's description was inaccurate. Man Guojun's feelings for Man Xiaocheng were not "weak" but "contradictory". I really want to know what caused this "contradictory". "

"Man Guojun is over 60 years old, people of this generation have more traditional thinking, can he accept that Man Xiaocheng was dismissed because of kissing a student?" Liu Zhiqin shook his head, "I don't think he can accept it. After seven years He is unwilling to say this in person, and we have to go to Wenming Town to investigate by ourselves. In addition, Man Xiaocheng resigned from Xiao Chaogang's company, and he is also vague. He may think that Man Xiaocheng has something to do with the man'no A 'proper' relationship is a great scandal and disgrace in the family."

Hua Chong thought for a while, "There is a certain reason. Their relationship between father and son used to be harmonious, but later they became estranged from each other because of the persuasion incident. Man Guojun hated Man Xiaocheng, but Man Xiaocheng was his son after all, and they lived together. After more than 20 years, the ties between each other can't be wiped clean, but the estrangement that can't be eliminated has also arisen. So after Man Xiaocheng passed away, Man Guojun looked sad, but not distraught, in Hua Yonggui's eyes , that is, the emotion is 'weak'."

Liu Zhiqin was about to nod, when Hua Chong changed the subject, "But why doesn't Man Guojun have much affection for his wife Xiang Yunfang? Before Xiang Yunfang died of illness, he didn't even take care of him personally, even he visited the hospital as many times as she wanted. Not much. He is dissatisfied with what Man Xiaocheng did, and he also hates Xiang Yunfang?"

Liu Zhiqin half-closed his eyes, and said in a low voice, "It won't happen."

"Yes! Not at all!" Hua Chong walked back and forth, and suddenly stood still, "Man Guojun ignored his seriously ill wife, and spent the compensation for his son's tragic death with peace of mind. It can be said that he is very dissatisfied with his wife and children. Under normal circumstances, there are two possibilities for this result—first, the husband cheated on him and empathized with another; second, the child was not his own.”

Liu Zhiqin immediately ruled out the first possibility, "Isn't Man Xiaocheng Man Guojun's biological son?"

"Do you think this can explain Man Guojun's current behavior?" Hua Chong started pacing again, as if being still was not conducive to thinking, "Suppose Man Xiaocheng is the child born to Xiang Yunfang and another man, Xiang Yunfang He chose to hide it. Man Guojun didn't know about it for a long time, and raised Man Xiaocheng as his own son, until one day, he suddenly learned that Man Xiaocheng was not his own seed."

"He will hate Man Xiaocheng and Xiang Yunfang, it's hard to say who he hates more." Liu Zhiqin propped his chin to analyze, "But it's still the same sentence, the feelings that have been paid can't be taken back, he loved his wife and son, and in addition His character is not strong, so love has not turned into outright hate, but love and hate intertwined. Is this the root cause of his emotional 'contradictions'?"

"Betrayal or deceit occurs in marriage, and people with strong personalities choose to make a clean break. But more ordinary families will choose to maintain the status quo on the surface. This is the case with Xiao Chaogang's family, and it may be the same with Man Xiao's married family." Hua Chong picked up the phone, while While dialing, he continued, "Man Xiaocheng's DNA sample should still be available for paternity testing."

Liu Zhiqin looked at his profile, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

The call didn't last too long, Hua Chong hung up after finishing his explanation, and turned around to meet Liu Zhiqin's eyes.

After staring briefly, Hua Chong smiled, "It seems that we want to go together."

"Hmm." Liu Zhiqin turned his eyes away and looked at the notepad again, "We initially thought that Man Guojun had the motive for committing the crime. Why? Because Man Guojun is Man Xiaocheng's father, this is the most important prerequisite. But if Man Guojun is not Man Xiaocheng's father, all this will be reversed."

"The perpetrator is probably Man Xiaocheng's real father." Hua Chong slid his thumb across his lower lip, "This man hides very deeply."

"Does Man Guojun know who this person is?" Liu Zhiqin asked.

"It's hard to say." Hua Chong said: "It stands to reason that Man Guojun hates Man Xiaocheng and Xiang Yunfang, but after living together for decades, he hates them, but it's not pure hatred. But for Man Xiaocheng's biological father , Man Guojun should only have pure hatred. If he knows this person, he should tell us."

"He has remained silent and refused to speak." Liu Zhiqin walked to the window and looked at the dark red night sky, "It doesn't seem like he knows, nor does he seem not to know."

"Human psychology is the most difficult to figure out. Criminal psychology research is constantly adding new special cases, which means that known cases cannot be used as a particularly strong basis, let alone a template." Hua Chong felt a trace of excitement mixed with exhaustion , "The psychology of ordinary people is hard enough to speculate, let alone the psychology involved in crime."

Liu Zhiqin turned around, and the surging night was reflected behind him, "But my psychology is easy to figure out."

Hua Chong rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "We're talking about the case."

"But didn't the case exhaust you to the point where your thinking was dull?"

Hua Chong couldn't refute for a while.

"When you're tired, it's better to think about something relaxing and change your mind. When you were studying, did your class teacher ever say that if you get tired of doing Chinese homework, you should find a few math problems to do?" Liu Zhiqin's lips cornered Wei Yang, "Criminal psychology is not easy to figure out, you can try to figure out my psychology."

There was a warm current in Hua Chong's chest, and he said stiffly: "Busy, none of the cases have been solved, so don't make more trouble?"

"Think about it." Liu Zhiqin actually took a few steps forward, grabbed his wrist, and then lifted it up, pressing it on his heart.

He inadvertently opened his eyes wide, only to feel the agitation in the palm of his hand.

Liu Zhiqin's heart was beating in his palm.

"Guess, what am I thinking right now?" Liu Zhiqin's voice was exceptionally gentle, but his hands were not weak at all.

Hua Chong let him hold it, looked at himself in his eyes, and said ungratefully: "I can't move my mind, I'm too lazy to guess."

"Then don't guess." Liu Zhiqin said with a smile, "I'll tell you."

Hua Chong was a little surprised. He thought that Liu Zhiqin would find a reason to keep guessing, but he didn't expect to give up so simply.

I felt a little lost in my heart, as if I was ready to play games with my partner when I was a child, but the other party patted their butt and said, "I don't want to play anymore, I'm going home for dinner."

But this loss didn't last, because Liu Zhiqin kissed his right eye after saying "I tell you".

Of course, he closed his eyes reflexively, so to be precise, the kiss actually landed on his right eyelid.

The eyes are often the part of the body that feels the most tired.When you are tired, your eyes will be sore, weak, red, and even aching.

I feel uncomfortable, so I want to rub my hands. This simple action can relieve the discomfort of the eyes a little.

But a man's hands are strong and rough, how can he have soft lips?

Liu Zhiqin hugged Hua Chong's waist and kissed his right eye, without letting go.

Hua Chong's Adam's apple rolled back and forth several times, his brain suddenly emptied, and he couldn't see anything with his eyes closed, but he seemed to see a radiant world.

After a while, the warm touch from the right eye was transferred to the left eye.Soon, the lips were gently held.

He still didn't open his eyes, but parted his lips and teeth, gladly welcoming Liu Zhiqin's invasion.

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It was very late at night, and almost all the teaching buildings in Los Angeles No. [-] Middle School were turned off. Only the two windows on the third floor of the "Qiuzhi Building" were still brightly lit.

That's the office of some of the math teachers in the first grade.

Luocheng No. 30 Middle School is a provincial key middle school with a large number of students. Each grade has at least [-] classes and many teachers. In the first grade alone, there are three dedicated offices for math teachers.

Mathematics has always been a key subject in the college entrance examination to "raise points", especially in the "status" of liberal arts students.Some students are very good in Chinese, English, and history and land administration, but their math scores are poor. As soon as the total score and ranking come out, the gap in mathematics alone will be opened by others, and the ranking will plummet.Therefore, although many schools do not say it clearly, they pay special attention to mathematics teachers.Similarly, the pressure on the shoulders of math teachers is also great, especially for math teachers in key middle schools, it is not uncommon for them to prepare lessons until late at night.

Lan Jing had already been cremated, and the funeral was simplified and basically settled.Lan Youjun asked for leave for a few days, and Lan Jing often hired other teachers to substitute for the class during his illness. Now that his worries are gone, his wife returns to his hometown for a while to heal his injuries. As soon as he is free, he indulges in grief and rushes to school to prepare lessons.

Before Lan Jing fell ill, he had been teaching in the science experiment class of the third year of high school for a long time, and he was a well-known backbone teacher of mathematics in the school.But his only daughter was terminally ill, and he no longer had the energy to teach the third year of high school, so he volunteered to be transferred to the first year of high school to lead two parallel classes.

In a school like Los Angeles No. [-] Middle School, there is a huge difference between the experimental class and the parallel class. The experimental class trains youngsters who can go to prestigious universities, while the parallel class mostly trains students with mediocre qualifications.

Even so, Lan Youjun still wanted to do his best to lead them well.

Walking downstairs of the "Knowledge Building", he saw the lights on in the office on the third floor.

It's so late, will there be other teachers preparing lessons?

It suddenly occurred to Lan Youjun that Mr. Shannon Hanshen might be in the office at this time.

Thinking of Teacher Shen, he smiled wryly and sighed.

At the beginning, he and Mr. Shen each led two science experimental classes in the third year of high school. Every year, the city's "top scorer" in a single mathematics subject was not in his class, but in Mr. Shen's class.But now, both of them no longer teach in the third year of high school.

He did it because he had to take care of Lan Jing, but Teacher Shen called himself "too much pressure".

This reason can convince others, but not him.Having worked with Mr. Shen for many years, he is both an opponent and a friend. He thinks he knows Mr. Shen well.

Teacher Shen is not the kind of person who can't bear the pressure of senior year.There must be other reasons for not wanting to take the third year of high school again.

But Teacher Shen didn't want to say it, so he naturally wouldn't ask, so he just took it as "too much pressure".

Walking to the office on the third floor, it was Mr. Shen who was preparing lessons there.

"It's so late, it's still there." Lan Youjun said.

Shan Nonghan quickly stood up, "Teacher Lan, I'm sorry."

Lan Youjun sighed, unwilling to say more, and walked tremblingly to his seat.

Shan Nonghan poured a cup of hot water, put it on his desk, didn't say anything, just patted his shoulder lightly, then turned and returned to his seat.

Lan Youjun turned around subconsciously, feeling for no reason that Shan Nonghan, like himself, had tasted the pain of a white-haired man giving a black-haired man.

But how is this possible?

He shook his head in denial.

Although Shen Nonghan's conditions are very good in all aspects, he has never been married, has no children, and has been alone all the time. How could he be like himself?

Lan Youjun opened the lesson plan and sighed again.

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When dawn was about to break, Hua Chong rushed to the trace inspection department in big strides.Just now, Li Xun said on the internal phone that the footprint modeling has been completed. The murderer is a male, with a height between 1 and 74 meters, a weight between 1 and 78 kilograms, and a preliminary estimate of his age at 65 years old. about!

This is undoubtedly a major breakthrough.

Hua Chong suppressed his excitement and was about to speed up his pace when he heard a loud noise coming from downstairs.

He couldn't help but stop.

"Hold him!" a police officer yelled.

"What's going on?" Zhang Trade ran out of a police room.

The noise downstairs was even louder. Hua Chongzheng was about to go downstairs when he saw a police officer running up.

"Flower Team! Li Liwen is crazy!"