River Breeze Night Sparrow

In Liu's study, Lin Qiu and Jiang Yi sorted out the results of the inquiry just now. It was past two o'clock in the morning in a blink of an eye, but neither of them felt sleepy at all.

"The problem now is mainly what did everyone do after 21:23."

"Liu Xichao and his wife watch movies, they can check the broadcast records of Internet TV, and there is no need to lie. Their testimonies are also matched. I think Cheng Qiuyuan and Liu Dongyue are more suspicious. If there is a motive for committing the crime, they can also Bigger."

The crux of the problem right now is drugs.If Liu Juran really took drugs, was it his first time taking drugs, or was he already an addict?It would be nice if we could find out where the drugs were hidden.

Just now Lin Qiu and Jiang Yi searched their rooms separately, and the rooms they stayed in before were also locked, and they were asked to go to other rooms to rest.Liu Xichao and his wife and Cheng Qiuyuan's room did not find anything unusual, and there was nothing suspicious in Liu Dongyue's room except for a lot of paint piled up in a mess.As for Liu Juran's own house, Liu Juran didn't seem to have stayed in the house for long, and didn't leave too many traces.

Jiang Yi looked at the records on the table with deep eyes.

Lin Qiu looked around the study room, looked at the two calligraphy works written by Liu Dongyue on the wall, and said softly, "Jiang Yi, I'm not afraid of you criticizing me. I'm not a professional policeman, and maybe I can't handle the case without emotion. It's not intuition or anything else, it's just my expectation. I hope that this matter has nothing to do with Liu Dongyue. People who write such good characters should have a higher heart. Killing such things should not be used These hands do it."

Jiang Yi had no intention of blaming Lin Qiu, and said with a smile, "Then if I write a dog's word, don't I lose my temper at all?"

Lin Qiu was a little helpless, not knowing how to pick up Jiang Yi's toss.After being stunned for a while, he said, "Jiang Yi, don't you really like to fight against me?"

Jiang Yi said vaguely: "It's about the same, change the arrangement and combination." For example, change the position of the verb object.

Lin Qiu was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Jiang Yi smiled: "I'm sorry, I won't argue anymore. Seeing that your face is blushing."

Lin Qiu: "Why are you blushing? I'm not blushing..."

Seeing Jiang Yi's smirk, Lin Qiu stopped abruptly, not giving Jiang Yi another chance to tease him.

Jiang Yi quickly restrained his expression, frowned, and fell into his own thinking.For a wealthy family like the Liu family in Jingdong City, once they get involved with drugs, it will be really difficult.Unlike those maggot-like addicts, the Liu family has funds and contacts. I don't know if there is any drug industry chain behind Liu Juran. If so, the matter will be even more serious.

Lin Qiu didn't bother Jiang Yi anymore, and walked out of the room lightly.

When he was walking downstairs, he ran into Liu Dongyue head-on.The thin woman was wearing a large pajamas, her white arms were exposed in the cold and humid air, her whole person was like a rose in a cold night, beautiful and lonely.

"Miss Liu, can't you sleep?" He asked politely.

Liu Dongyue in the middle of the night was completely different from the humorous, cute yet dignified Ms. Liu that Lin Qiu met on weekdays.Her long curly hair was a little disheveled, blowing around her face, blurring her expression.She shook the cigarette case in her hand and said, "Well, get up and smoke a cigarette."

Lin Qiu had no intention of disturbing her, and planned to pass her, but was stopped by Liu Dongyue. "Talk?"

Lin Qiu frowned, but did not refuse.

The two were leaning against a window in the corridor on the second floor.Liu Dongyue brought an ashtray out of the room, smoking a cigarette while looking into the distance.This direction is not facing the wind, but there are occasional raindrops drifting in.Liu Dongyue was not polite, and directly put on Lin Qiu's coat.

"Lin Qiu, I still remember that many years ago, when you helped me with tutoring, I was very bad at math and didn't pay attention. I asked you to explain a question six times. You were never angry and always had a good temper. I Ask why you don’t blame me, you say, because this is your job, if you teach for free, you will definitely be angry.”

The beautiful girl smiled, her lips curved, and although she didn't have any makeup on, she was still radiant.

It's really a bit like what he would say at the time, straight-forward, to be honest, too...honest and straightforward.

"Actually, after I went abroad, I almost forgot about you. However, about two years ago, I suddenly heard about you again. I thought, oh, Lin Qiu, I know. The one who turned tenderness into himself The Lin Qiu who has the same behavior pattern, the Lin Qiu who smiles softly but has no warmth, the Lin Qiu who can't hurt others and is hard to be hurt by others."

"That Lin Qiu is as beautiful, tough, noble, and cold as jade in the rough."

Liu Dongyue smiled slightly.Her eyes looked at Lin Qiu, at the small mole at the end of his left eyebrow, her hot eyes seemed to burn him.

Lin Qiu seemed to have captured a special meaning. "you……"

Liu Dongyue shook the eyes in his hand, took a puff, exhaled the smoke ring, and then tapped his lips with his index finger: "Shhh."

"Did you see the writing in the study? Does it look like what you wrote?"

Lin Qiu was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "Like."

The girl on the opposite side said lightly: "But I can't learn anything else. I'm not as forbearing as you, and I can't be as rock-solid as you, and I can't get out of the mud without being stained, so I'm just learning to walk in Handan. , can’t please that person.”

"Liu Dongyue, I don't understand what you're talking about."

She smiled. "Yes, I can't say forbearance, it's better to say that I'm stupid. I can't compare to you when I'm stupid."

Liu Dongyue's good intentions accumulated from friendly exchanges with Lin Qiu in the past few months disappeared in just a few words.Lin Qiu's mind went through the many chance encounters between Liu Dongyue and him at the speed of light, and now he belatedly realized that where there was any encounter by fate, it was probably all waiting and planning for a long time.

"Why are you following my life?"

"I just want to see if you are still like that after so many years, is it really like that. But, so far, it seems that it has always been like this."

Liu Dongyue's cigarettes were quickly exhausted, and she wanted to light another one, but Lin Qiu saw that there were already five or six cigarette butts in the ashtray, so she took her cigarette case and refused to let her smoke any more. looking at her.

Liu Dongyue smiled and tilted her head.Regarding Lin Qiu's "kindness", she didn't blame him for being nosy, but said, "Thank you. So, do you want to see my oil painting?"

Lin Qiu watched Liu Dongyue find a small door from the current room, winked at Lin Qiu, bent down and walked in. "This secret passage is only known to me."

Lin Qiu's voice was cold, even indifferent. "Why are you telling me?"

"Because I want to bring you in, and the key is with Jiang Yi." Liu Dongyue's tone was clearly acting innocent, and the hairs on Lin Qiu's back stood on end.

Liu Dongyue walked in quickly.The oil painting she was still painting before is now covered by a large cloth with paint stains on it.She turned her head and saw Lin Qiu hesitated to enter, and urged, "Lin Qiu, come in quickly."

Lin Qiu still didn't move.He didn't know what Liu Dongyue wanted him to see, and there was an uncontrollable hesitation in his body.

But Liu Dongyue was carrying an oil painting facing him.Of the two of them, one was standing still on the side of the small door, and the other was holding a large oil painting on the other side of the small door, laughing and smiling.Looking at Liu Dongyue's smile, Lin Qiu felt that she seemed a little crazy, pulled the curtain, and there were two muffled thunder sounds outside in the middle of the night, rolling down on Lin Qiu's heart.

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Jiang Yi was awakened by a scent.He didn't know what to do, so he fell asleep.As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Lin Qiu holding a bowl of braised noodles beside him.

Jiang Yi glanced at the time. It was 03:30 in the morning. Fortunately, he didn't sleep for too long.

"Just do something."

Lin Qiu himself had a portion, sitting opposite Jiang Yi, ready to eat.

Jiang Yi looked at this bowl of braised noodles, no matter how cute he looked, and when he looked at Lin Qiu in front of him, no matter how cute he looked.

"Thank you, Teacher Lin. Then I'll be impolite!"

As soon as he entered, Jiang Yi woke up.Lin Qiu was a little nervous, and asked, "What's the matter, it's hard to eat?"

Jiang Yi swallowed the noodles and said, "It's not bad, it's too sour. I don't like to be jealous."

"Oh. I'm sorry, I usually put a lot of vinegar."

Jiang Yi smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay. Actually, it's okay, I was unprepared for the first bite, and I was caught off guard. The taste is still very good!"

Lin Qiu said, "If you can't eat it, then don't eat it. I'll see if I can warm it up for you." Jiang Yi hurriedly protected his bowl and said, "Where can I choose the noodles you made for me? What's more, I usually eat instant noodles in the bureau, and now I still have this hot mouthful, so I'm sorry for my own conscience if I don't finish eating." Watching Jiang Yi eat a whole bowl of noodles, he didn't ask any more .

"I slept for about four or ten minutes. Did anything happen during these four or ten minutes? It's still raining?" Jiang Yi took two sips of water calmly, and successfully managed his expression with a strong will, without revealing anything.

Lin Qiu nodded. "It's still raining. Everyone is asleep. Only Liu Dongyue came out to get some fresh air. I chatted with her." Lin Qiu didn't say anything about Liu Dongyue's smoking.

"Oh? Is there any gain?"

Lin Qiu was silent for a moment, and said, "Maybe I have to take back what I said earlier. I don't have any wishful thinking about her."

"What's suspicious about her?"

Lin Qiu said: "If my judgment is correct, the possibility of Liu Dongyue having a mental illness is very high. In addition, I suspect that she and Liu Juran have some other stories."

"Is she still asleep?"

Lin Qiu was silent for a moment, and said, "Sleeping." In fact, he was knocked out when he was not paying attention, but it's better not to talk about this kind of thing.

Lin Qiu said, "I'm worried that she will do something stupid."

Jiang Yi rubbed his temples and said, "Then let's go to her room and have a look."

Lin Qiu said, "I plan to do the same."

Liu Dongyue's room was very large, and there was a cubicle in the room.The outer corner of the room serves as a small studio, and the compartment is where she sleeps, with a large wardrobe, a bed, and a large dressing table.There is a large rectangular mirror on one wall, and next to it is a large bookcase, which occupies most of the wall. The books in it are mainly picture albums, as well as some psychological books and novels.When he came to the room before, Lin Qiu didn't pay attention to the contents of the bookcase, but now it seems that Lin Qiu is very familiar with these books, François Mauriac's "Black Angel", Oscar Wilde's "Tao Lin Gray's Portrait", Lin Qiu even remembered some fragments of it.

For example Oscar Wilde said: "You like everyone, which means you are indifferent to everyone."

A corner of Liu Dongyue's room was filled with oil painting materials, canvases and several easels.Several paintings have been changed by the curtain, and some semi-finished works have not been covered. The content of the paintings is simply incomprehensible and incomprehensible.However, the use of these colors is bold and exaggerated, and the visual effect of color contrast is so prominent that it makes people feel a little weird, as if the painter has fallen into the collision of different spiritual worlds, confused and full of aggression.

"Did you find anything?" Jiang Yi couldn't help asking when he saw Lin Qiu staring at the paints.

Lin Qiu just watched in rapt attention and shook his head.

"Okay. Then let's go to Liu Juran's house and take a look at Cheng Qiuyuan's house."

Jiang Yi stood up, looked at Lin Qiu, and said with a slight smile, "Lin Qiu, do you think we are quite like Sherlock Holmes and Watson? How about it, Lin Sheng, do you consider coming to the Criminal Investigation Detachment as Holmes? Mo Yi's assistant?"

Lin Qiu looked at Jiang Yi indifferently: "Captain Jiang, don't make such a joke with me."

Jiang Yi got excited and said, "Don't say it, it's really possible. Our detachment is short of manpower, and we are short of those with brains. Teacher Lin, if you are willing to come, that's really great."

Lin Qiu didn't speak.Jiang Yi didn't know why, but Lin Qiu's mood suddenly fell, which made Jiang Yi a little at a loss and a little embarrassed.He originally wanted to try to see if he could pull Lin Qiu, but now that he has been poured cold water on him, he has completely lost the intention.

Yes, criminal investigation is really not something that people do.Lin Qiu looked like a porcelain doll, Jiang Yi was reluctant to come if he wanted to come by himself.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yi came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "It's all right, Lin Sheng, then let's cherish this partnership relationship tonight first."

Jiang Yi was about to get up and leave, Lin Qiu couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.But Jiang Yi suddenly remembered something again, and said, "By the way, when we came to ask questions earlier, where is the painting that Liu Dongyue drew?"

Lin Qiu's body froze again.Before he could think of an excuse to stop Jiang Yi, he stepped forward and tore off the curtain covering the oil painting.

A somewhat eerie portrait was presented in front of the two of them.

On the dark blue base before, a thick dark green was used to outline the outline of a man, depicting his skin texture, and the man's eyes and lips were white, which was very strange.Those pupils with the whites of the eyes reversed in color, there are some vine-like patterns in the black part, surrounding the white mass in the center that is set off extraordinarily pure, there is a kind of reverse gaze feeling to the viewer, which is amazing I can't help my scalp tingling.And looking closely, the white eyeballs actually look a bit like white roses.

There is a purple butterfly perched near the man's right eyebrow. This butterfly is not in harmony with the abstract style of the whole oil painting. Instead, the pattern of this little butterfly's wings is very detailed, even delicate.

It is distorted, gloomy and gorgeous, writing a kind of looking up and fear.