Don't move the old man's bounty
Chapter 131 Forgiveness
He was the one who blamed himself for not being able to avenge his brother for ten years, and he was the one who dreamed back at midnight and couldn't sleep all night.Jiang Juan never let himself go, not even for a moment!
Jiang Juan was too involved in the drama, the eyes he looked up at Xiao Shi were almost exactly the same as that of Jiang Zhu back then, gentle, calm, full of kindness, without the cold and hard spikes, but it was not himself.
He was so strange that Xiao Shi felt frightened, and desperately wanted to stop this painful performance that gouged out the flesh and bone marrow.
However, that person gritted his teeth and stared at Zhang Tingjun closely. This person was the opportunity he had been waiting for for ten years, and he would never let go of the opportunity to grasp the truth.
Just listening to Xiao Shi's deep breath, Jiang Juan raised his hand again, killing all possibility of changing his mind before he could speak.
In the past, Jiang Juan might only need to worry about the impact the other party would have on Zhang Tingjun. At that time, he couldn't even listen to a word of Xiao Shi's words, so naturally he didn't have such worries, but now he hesitated.
He felt that Xiao Shi was standing between him and reality at this moment, which would become his obstacle.
The reason is that the other party has become his bondage.
Concern is chaos.
"Shut up, or get out if you can't. I'll just say it once." Jiang Juan said to Xiao Shi silently.
He turned around, pressed Zhang Tingjun's shoulder, stroked it like smoothing the fur of a small animal, and persuaded softly: "This matter has been hanging in your heart for a long time, why bother forcing yourself to keep it a secret and let others do it for you?" You bear the pain caused by this truth, and you can be free."
Xiao Shi couldn't hold back and shouted: "Jiang Juan!"
"go out!"
"If you bear the truth for him, who will share the pain for you?"
The soreness from the tip of Xiao Shi's nose went straight to the seven orifices, he grabbed Jiang Juan's wrist, and at this moment he just wanted to take him away from the bomb, "I promise to help you find out what happened back then, and I promise to tell you exactly what I said I know everything, but don't listen to it now, don't look at it, give me a chance to tell you the truth in a more tactful way, okay?"
However, the reality did not give Xiao Shi a chance to win, and also deprived Jiang Juan of the right to choose.
The collapsed Zhang Tingjun wailed, pushed Jiang Juan away, and shouted hoarsely: "Don't come to me, don't come to me! Blame them for forcing me, it's not me who wants to kill you! It's not me!! "
Jiang Juan had focused most of his attention on Xiao Shi before, but Zhang Tingjun, who was emotionally stable, would suddenly explode and was pushed and hit his chest. He was thrown to the ground just like that.
Jiang Juan rolled on the spot, dodging the reckless fist.
Before he could restrain Zhang Tingjun, Xiao Shi's leg swept over him first, and with a strong wind, he went straight to hit Jiang Juan's arm.
Seeing that his strength didn't look like a threat, Jiang Juan immediately reminded him, "Don't hurt him!"
Xiao Shi didn't intend to make a real move at first, but seeing how much he cared about Zhang Tingjun, he felt annoyed in his heart, suddenly lost his temper, and changed the direction of his already restrained movements halfway, he raised his knee and slammed into the latter's chest, He also kicked the opponent so that his breath was stagnant, and his eyes turned black.
Jiang Juan muttered in a low voice, "What kind of way, the fight is so wild..."
Xiao Shi picked up Zhang Tingjun, who was almost knocked out by him, and was half dead at the moment, and said guiltily: "I was the one who spoke harshly just now, but I didn't mean anything else, I just didn't want you to feel too uncomfortable. Let me discuss it with you." Ask him, if he gets the result and tell you, will it work?"
"you?"
"Don't look down on me. Although I'm not a policeman, I'm not as professional as you, and I don't know how to interrogate, but I have some theoretical basis. Trust me once, ah, be obedient."
After saying that, Xiao Shi regretted it.
Jiang Juan's main major is police command tactics. There are not many courses for learning interrogation skills, and he was cheated before finishing college. Not necessarily.
All his professional understanding of interrogation has been explored from practice, which is more practical, more flexible, and more brutal.
Jiang Juan didn't notice the reason for his moment of silence, all his mind was on Zhang Tingjun, facing the ups and downs of Xiao Shi, he just advised him: "Be gentle, he won't be beaten."
Xiao Shi raised his hand to wipe the tip of his nose, he didn't dare to look into Jiang Juan's eyes, his eyes wandered around, fully showing his guilt.
"I... don't fight, just scare him. Hearing what he said just now, he probably did something to your brother, and he was forced to do something. If he was coerced by violence, only the same violence can make him speak."
He was not very confident in his deduction, and asked cautiously: "What do you think?"
Jiang Juan couldn't complain, "Do you dare to plot louder?"
"It's okay, he can't understand." Xiao Shi kicked Zhang Tingjun, obviously to avenge his personal revenge.
Among other things, it would be no problem for this person to kill a hundred or eighty unlucky people with jealousy.
Zhang Tingjun groaned twice, and tried to crawl to the basement where he was hiding before, but Xiao Shi dragged him back by the collar before taking half a step.
Xiao Shiyang punched the person's eye sockets with two fists. The strength was not strong, but it was enough for Zhang Tingjun to cover his blackened eyes and howl for a while.
Jiang Juan: "..."
If Xiao Shi was able to stab someone more than a dozen times, and the knife avoided the vitals, it was only judged as a minor injury, he absolutely believed it.
Taking advantage of the other party's attention being distracted, Xiao Shi pulled off Zhang Tingjun's tattered plaid shirt with his backhand, bared, and exposed Zhang Tingjun's body.
Jiang Juan: "..."
If you fight, you fight, what do you do when you take off your clothes?play dirty?Is there still humanity?
This scene brought back some bad memories for him, especially when Zhang Tingjun screamed and crawled away, clutching the warped floor with his dirty fingers, being scratched dripping with blood.
Those blood-red finger marks on the floor stung his eyes, and there seemed to be some strange voices in his ears, which made Jiang Juan feel palpitations for no reason.
Jiang Juan really couldn't bear to see this scene, so he couldn't help turning his face away, stood up and backed away.
But Xiao Shi didn't have any nasty intentions in this move, he took off Zhang Tingjun's clothes, revealing the scars on his body, from which it can be seen that Zhang Tingjun had been whipped on the back.
The memory of pain brought by spiritual beings is always unforgettable. Even if people are crazy or stupid, their nature and instinct are difficult to change.
He pulled out the belt and flicked it out of thin air, the clear and loud voice really aroused Zhang Tingjun's sensitivity.
His eyes widened, all his struggles stopped, he prostrated himself on the ground, lowered his head in a humble posture, and begged in a low voice, "Don't...please, don't hit..."
Xiao Shi didn't know where he came from. He took the spirits from the strategic reserve and poured a big gulp into Zhang Tingjun's mouth.
Jiu Jin soon stepped up, Zhang Tingjun began to be dazed, and his already blurred eyes became even more erratic.
Xiao Shi took advantage of the fact that he couldn't tell the difference between east, west, and north, and grabbed Jiang Juan who was quietly retreating. He seemed to be ruthless, but he didn't use any force.
He grabbed Jiang Juan's hair and pressed the person in front of Zhang Tingjun's eyes. Facing the familiar scene and the long-unforgettable face, Zhang Tingjun wailed again on the verge of collapse: "Don't...don't!!"
Both were startled.
Jiang Juan was uncomfortable being hugged by Xiao Shi, and actually didn't want to cooperate with him in this play.But they didn't expect that Xiao Shi's impromptu behavior would arouse the resonance of Zhang Tingjun's deep memory.
Jiang Juan didn't open his mouth. He didn't even need to imagine how Jiang Zhu would react to this situation.
In the past ten years, guessing his brother's mind and making himself a brother from the inside out has occupied more than 80.00% of his life. He can be sure that his choice is his brother's choice.
So he didn't struggle, but quietly looked at the crazy Zhang Tingjun, and silently told him with his mouth: Don't be afraid.
No matter who he was speaking to, his brother always said the same thing.
——Don't be afraid, I'm here.
...Liar, you are gone.
It's been a long time since...
"No, no... I don't want to kill people, no..."
Zhang Tingjun repeated nervously, trying to push Xiao Shi away, subconsciously sticking to Jiang Juan's side, but as if suddenly frightened, he pulled and kicked to avoid the two of them.
Thinking that most of the torture wounds on Jiang Zhu's body were caused by knives, Xiao Shi casually took a piece of broken wood from the floor and threw it in front of Zhang Tingjun.
Zhang Tingjun was suddenly frightened, screamed and leaned against the wall, shaking his head frantically, and said "no" very clearly.
"Xiao Shi." Jiang Juan called out in a low voice, "Slash me a few times."
"……what!"
"I didn't tell you to do it, just show it to him."
Xiao Shiyi realized that he might want to use the fake injuries on his body to make Zhang Tingjun recall what happened back then.
With Zhang Tingjun's current state of mind, it is not easy for him to remember what happened at that time, but the remaining memories may not be accurate.
Even a normal person may forcibly tamper with his own memory in order to escape reality, let alone a mentally disturbed patient?
The best way to make him feel less guilty is to make him feel that he was not the first to hurt that person, he was just forced to follow the crowd.
But before the play between the two of them was done enough, Zhang Tingjun himself had convulsions first, leaning forward and back together, crying and laughing, picked up the wooden stick, and held it as if it was burning his hands.
"No, no... I can't do this. I've never touched blood since I was a child, and I haven't even killed a chicken. I dare not..."
Both of them were a little overwhelmed by the sudden change, but all they could do now was to watch the mental patient who suddenly switched to acting personality reproduce what happened back then in the most intuitive way.
"...I will sue for life, I will be shot..."
"I didn't do those injuries on his body. You asked me to do it. You just wanted to find a top bag, but I didn't want to!"
"My parents are still waiting for me at home, I can't do this kind of thing... someone must be waiting for him to go back, no, I can't..."
"My mother said that you can't wash off the blood on your hands. For so many years, she didn't even let me kill a chicken..."
"Please, please let me go, I will definitely not say who did it, yes! I won't! I just want to live!"
Zhang Tingjun's pleading was incoherent, but there was still some logic in it. It was not difficult to infer that someone had hurt Jiang Zhu, and forced Zhang Tingjun to join the gang, forcing him to kill people.
Zhang Tingjun has been struggling and resisting. He is timid and afraid of hurting others, and he is afraid of helping others to take the blame.
But Jiang Zhu still died later, and it was very likely that he was stimulated by this incident and drove himself crazy, so far he has not been able to return to a normal life.
"No! No! Don't kill me, I'm not his accomplice, and I didn't speak for him, I just don't want to..."
"How can this be... If I don't kill him, you will kill me. How can there be such a reason... No! No, no, no! Let me think about it, let me think about it..."
Zhang Tingjun seemed to be confronting an invisible and intangible person in the void, crying bitterly, hugging the person's thigh, and begging for mercy.
Xiao Shi wanted to speak, but Jiang Juan stopped him by pulling his cuffs.
When the two looked at each other, Zhang Tingjun stood up tremblingly, holding the wooden stick with trembling hands, walked up to Jiang Juan in small steps, and repeated an apology to him, crying: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I'm sorry , I don't want to kill you..."
Jiang Juan looked at the "knife" in his hand and couldn't help swallowing.
Many scars on Jiang Zhu's body were caused by torture. The only small wound on the left chest and the stab wound in the deep wound cavity were caused by a single-edged stabbing instrument. There was no trace of twisting, which shows that the assailant did not intend to torture. , I just want to put an end to this nightmare simply and decisively.
But he was inaccurate in finding the position, and he failed to stab the heart with one blow, but instead prolonged Jiang Zhu's pain.
In contrast, this wound was most likely left by Zhang Tingjun.
Jiang Juan hesitated a little, but he still stood up to face the "blade" and gave Zhang Tingjun a chance to get close to him and kill him with one blow.
However, at this time, he found that Zhang Tingjun's mental state and psychological quality were not good enough to calmly stab a knife into someone's body. There is no more response.
Time seemed to stand still on him.
And this kind of reaction finally made Jiang Juan guess the decision his brother made when he was nearing the end of his life.
He held Zhang Tingjun's hand holding the knife, and slowly stabbed it into his chest...
Seeing this, Zhang Tingjun uttered a heart-piercing scream, rolled his eyes, and passed out.
Xiao Shi quickly grabbed him with his eyes and helped him onto the sofa.
Jiang Juan pulled up the quilt for Zhang Tingjun who was exhausted and fainted, and sat slumped on the creaking wooden chair, looking at the gloomy valley.
Every time he came here, it was rainy and rainy, and he had never seen a scene full of sunshine, as if this was an area isolated from the human realm, far away from the rise and fall of joy and anger in the world.
Countless people have died here, and the blood seeping into the soil is enough to change the true colors of the plants. What haunts this place is only the ghostly aura that lingers for years. The remaining bones under the soil have already become a real ghost town.
"Zhang Tingjun is an engineer. Once."
Jiang Juan stared at a point of nothingness, until his eyes were sore and stinging, and he was about to cry, then he closed his eyes.
"He is a science student who concentrates on his own major. He doesn't know much about medicine. It is almost impossible for him to avoid the ribs and insert it into the chest. The only person who can do it is my brother."
He sighed and said melancholy: "Since those people forced Zhang Tingjun to kill his brother and were forced to become their accomplices, they would not give any help. He was originally a scapegoat who was pushed out to take the blame. If he didn't do it himself It doesn't make any sense. In that case, my brother grabbed his hand and helped him insert the knife into his body in order to alleviate his guilt. When he really went to court one day in the future, he could also be his Proof of innocence."
He raised his neck, blinked his wet eyes, raised his hand and pulled out Zhang Tingjun's arm, revealing four shallow crescent-shaped imprints on the outside of his wrist facing upwards.
"Jiahen, you should know it. When you were in the basement of Maple Leaf Garden, you also recognized the hint given by Shota Higashino. If the crescent moon is facing inward and is on the upper edge of the wrist, it proves that you have to do it for resistance. A passive action on the outside, and an active action on the outer crescent pointing up."
Xiao Shi tried what he said, and sure enough.
If it is a defensive posture, the person's reaction space and movement range will be limited by time and speed, and it will not be able to give too much feedback in time.
But if you take the initiative to shoot, the situation is just the opposite.
It can be seen that Jiang Zhu's grasp was also very strong back then, and he was able to leave such a deep scar on Zhang Tingjun's body. It can be seen that he also used ruthless hands in order to leave evidence to prove the other party's innocence.
"I didn't think my brother would do such a thing, but when he stretched out his hand in front of me, I immediately understood."
The wound on the chest was stabbed by himself, and the fatal wound on the neck was cut by himself. In the eyes of others, this was a tragedy of short-sightedness because he couldn't bear the torture, but Jiang Juan knew it was not the case.
He was so distraught that he couldn't face the "murderer" who hurt his brother, and he couldn't bear to blame Zhang Tingjun too much.
Even if it wasn't Zhang Tingjun, Zhang San and Li Si would be the executioners. In the final analysis, he was also a victim. After being tortured for ten years, no one gave him justice. Being by his side made him a real lunatic, hurting others and himself.
Everyone imposed their crimes on him. If even the survivor of the victim refused to give him a little forgiveness, he would be too pitiful.
People who have been injured often know where to stab the knife the most. Jiang Juan saw Zhang Tingjun who had been entangled in nightmares for ten years and was driven crazy, as if he saw himself brushing shoulders with death again and again in the past.
He rubbed his red and painful eyes, and sighed: "Go find a place with a signal and contact Xiao Xun... No, contact Zhou Xuan to take him away."
Jiang Juan rubbed the center of his brows, his white fingertips rarely turned red, "I'm a little tired, so I'll wait for you here."
"Don't try to drive me away." It's rare that An An didn't make a fuss, but Xiao Shi felt worried.
Jiang Juan first reflected on himself, and when he came to the conclusion that "I am right", he also logically thought that the surname Xiao was "making trouble for no reason".
"Don't forget, there is still someone hiding here." Xiao Shi took his arm, and the little bird rubbed against his shoulder, "Leave you alone with the mentally ill and an unknown person. Here, does your husband just make you feel insecure?"
Jiang Juan: "..."
What the hell is going on with this guy now, is he starting to play disgusting?
Unable to resist this stubborn donkey, Jiang Juan could only nod and carried Zhang Tingjun into the cart with him.
Before leaving, Xiao Shi threw away Jiang Juan's half-smoked cigarette butt, looking at the cloud-shrouded mountainous area and the old house where a murder took place, it was inevitable to feel sad.
"After ten years, the blood in the mountain has not been washed, but new ones have been added. The son of the old couple who waited for so long to come back is not considered a real son, and ended up with such a tragic ending. That's pathetic. Don't you think it's best for them that they might not find their son?"
"People have to see the facts with their own eyes before they can believe the reality. It is torture for the rest of their lives to make a couple who lost their only son in their old age believe that their son is dead, but to find their son, perhaps before death, there will only be a little pain and fear. I don't know how other people choose, but I will definitely choose the latter."
Jiang Juan's choice was always beyond Xiao Shi's expectations, and caught him off guard.
The two returned to the urban area, and after contacting Zhou Xuan, they handed over Zhang Tingjun to the nearest branch office.
Zhang Tingjun hadn't woken up when he left, he was still talking nonsense in his sleep, muttering about sorry, I didn't mean it...
Jiang Juan firmly believed that he was kind in nature, and he couldn't forgive himself for doing such an unforgivable thing before others accused him of his crime.
On the way back, Jiang Juan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "Did I almost become like him too?"
"No. You are different from him... It would be better if I didn't force you."
Xiao Shi poked his sore spot, rubbed it repeatedly, and sprinkled salt on the wound, causing severe pain.
He didn't want to say much, so he asked again: "Where do you want to go now?"
"……you decide."
With Jiang Juan's temperament, he always rationally determines what he wants to do, gives clear goals or planned routes, and rarely ambiguously asks others to help him make choices.
It can be seen that today's incident hit him hard, he was confused and lost his mind, and urgently needed someone to rely on.
Xiao Shi drove directly to the hospital and let him meet Yun Xi who was missing him.
After seeing her for a few days, Yun Xi's complexion changed a lot. The treatment took away most of her energy. When Jiang Juan looked at her through the door glass, she was curling up in the blanket with a plush bear in her arms, trying to sleep but unable to.
"Why don't you go in?" Xiao Shi asked, who came back after greeting the nurse, "I just asked, her mother just visited her yesterday, and she probably won't come today. Why, afraid? Why is it like coming privately?" Like a little lover."
"I'm not in a good state right now. Seeing her is also causing trouble for each other. Regardless of her young age, she actually knows everything in her heart. If I let her get angry with me, it would be better to disappear."
He entrusted the nurse with the flowers, fruits and snacks brought back from Su'an to Yunxi, and then went back.
On the way, he talked a lot, and asked, "Why do you think Zhang Tingjun's parents refused to tell the police about him, nor did they ask the doctor for help, but locked him in the basement privately?"
Xiao Shi analyzed: "Parents always have selfish intentions. There may be many reasons. Knowing that he has killed someone, I am afraid that he will be sentenced, afraid that he will be locked up in a mental hospital, and the most fearful thing is that he will not see his son. They are all at this age. Accept There will be no old age where the flesh and blood will be separated."
He thought about it and said: "But it's very strange. Their family runs a guest house and they can't avoid receiving guests. Zhang Tingjun's situation can't meet people, not to mention that most of their guests are relatives and friends who were implicated in the hunting game. They were found by Zhang Tingjun and brought them back. After leaving home, they will inevitably be forced to ask about the situation, so why didn't they take their son back to their hometown as soon as possible?"
"I'm also surprised, so I have a very immature guess." Jiang Juan raised his eyes and gave him a light look, "Could it be that they don't want to go back, but they can't go back?"
"……What's the meaning?"
When he speaks with such gloomy eyes and tone, it will always arouse Xiao Shi's bad reverie.
"For example, Zhang Tingjun himself doesn't want to go back." Jiang Juan rested his chin on one hand and looked out the window quietly.
Xiao Shi's cell phone rang untimely.
He parked the car on the side of the road and answered the phone. Just as he put the receiver to his ear, there was a deafening roar from the opposite side: "You surnamed Xiao, do you have a brain problem! This kind of inability to communicate with people is also irrational. Why did the mental illness send me here during the onset of illness! Do you think that I am too busy recently and want to find something for me to do!!"
Zhou Xuan scattered all the fire from the two shots just now on Xiao Shi's body, and now he is applying an ice towel to his chin, and it hurts to speak, let alone yell.
Xiao Shi pondered for a moment, then glanced at Jiang Juan, who was sleepy in the co-pilot as if it had nothing to do with him, "...I didn't send him there, so it's useless if you get angry with me."
"Then why not, can I still scold him? He did the right thing, but the culprit is not you, the trash who failed to stop him?"
Xiao Shi: "..."
Can the account be calculated like this?
"...Then how are people doing now?" Xiao Shi asked.
"What else can I do, send him to a mental hospital, or let him beat people and destroy things in the provincial hall!"
Thinking of Yu Fu's murderous eyes just now, Zhou Xuan really bleeds!
"Then did he say anything?"
"It's been said that he can't communicate with people, but I can only hear a few sporadic words. Maybe he wants us to send him back to the original place." Zhou Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Forget it, you asked me to The results of the investigation have come to fruition, and I haven't seen you reply after I sent a message, so what are you..."
"I see, thanks, I'll talk to you later."
Xiao Shi hung up the phone in a hurry, his purpose was so obvious that he almost wrote on his face that he had something to hide from Jiang Juan.
Regarding the question of why Zhang Tingjun didn't leave, Jiang Juan didn't elaborate, and Xiao Shi didn't ask in depth.
It can be seen that his mental state is not very good now, Xiao Shi still thought about eating and drinking to serve him to sleep, maybe it will be fine tomorrow, but he didn't expect that person to fall asleep when he returned home, as if he was going to sleep for a few days. It's as if all the energy that hasn't been nourished is replenished in one breath, and I don't even bother to eat.
He hasn't fallen into such a deep sleep for a long time. It may be because he took an overdose last night, and he hasn't regained the sleep at that time. Even he couldn't bear it anymore. He was unconscious, the quilt was covered by Xiao Shi for him.
"I still have to keep investigating like this. What if I fell asleep halfway and let the wolf snatch it away?" Xiao Shi stroked Jiang Juan's soft short hair, and couldn't help stroking it a few more times.
The bangs he cut himself were uneven, and the sudden shortness really made people uncomfortable, but he was able to show his entire face in spirit.
Xiao Shi couldn't help pinching the tip of his nose, Jiang Juan twitched his nose, hugged the quilt and turned over impatiently, revealing his bare back, unconsciously showing the scars on his body to Xiao beginning.
Xiao Shi couldn't help wanting to touch the scarred body, but he was afraid of waking him up.
The kind of scars like bite marks are dense and numerous. On paper, it is a beautiful sea of stars, but when it is carved on the body, it is bloody and painful.
He had guessed how these injuries were caused, but he didn't dare to face up to that guess.
Almost, just a little bit, he asked the result.
He struggled between impulsiveness and timidity, wanting to walk into the past that he had never participated in, but afraid that he would not be able to accept the reality, and he has been suffering from this.
He originally thought that getting Jiang Juan to speak was the biggest problem, but now he realized that his subconscious may have always hoped that Jiang Juan would keep his mouth shut.
He is too selfish, he knows that he can't accept it, so he would rather stay on the road of pursuit.
Until now, he still has this selfishness, and Jiang Juan, who has already seen his fragility, has always cared for him with a tenderness that he rarely shows.
It is he who is in the blessing and does not know it.
He accidentally hugged Jiang Juan so hard that he woke up the man.
Hearing Jiang Juan's hoarse hum, Xiao Shi hurriedly let go, "I hurt you, I didn't mean to, go to sleep, sleep a little longer."
He smoothed Jiang Juan's hair, rubbed him and put him to sleep.
It wasn't until he heard the man's continued breathing became steady that he retreated cautiously to the side of the bed.
Jiang Juan's sleeping posture was very good, even a little too good, almost motionless, after finding a comfortable place to nest, he remained in that position until he woke up.
He likes a soft and warm corner against the wall, most of the time it is a "nest" and rarely "lying down". When he curls up, it will make people surprised that a man who is more than 1.8 meters can be folded into such a small one.
Xiao Shi knew that he didn't have this habit before.
During the days when they slept together, Jiang Juan always liked to sleep on the outside, kicking him when he turned over and rolling over, and he always joked that he was a wild horse.
Sometimes he would occupy that person's seat while fighting, and take advantage of his physical strength to pick him up and throw him inside, stretching himself comfortably before being kicked out of bed by him.
Jiang Juan always said: "Little lady is sleeping inside, you can either get in or get out, don't bother me!"
At that time, he never expected that one day, Xiao Shi, a shameless bastard, would repeat the actions of "get in" and "get out" over and over again on his body. The "little lady" of that person.
Now he has formed a habit, he has to turn his back to an absolutely safe place to feel at ease, and he doesn't struggle anymore.Obedience is obedience, but it made Xiao Shi's heart tremble with distress.
Xiao Shi made porridge for him, hot and cold, cold and hot again, repeated several times, the rice grains were boiled until they blossomed, and it became rice soup with the tip of his tongue, Jiang Juan still didn't wake up.
This time he slept for too long, most of the day passed without any reaction, except that his breathing was still proving that he was alive, and even the rise and fall of his chest was not so obvious.
He sank into a dream, without sleep talk or babbling, he was too honest, Xiao Shi was watching over him, never leaving him, without blinking his eyes.
Suddenly, Jiang Juan twitched his fingers, so small that it was almost invisible, and then the man woke up silently and opened his eyes.
The two looked at each other, and Jiang Juan still stared at Xiao Shi for a while, still confused and perplexed.
Not long after, he said something that was enough to make Xiao Shi doubt his life and doubt himself: "I still feel uncomfortable, let's do it."
Xiao Shi was stunned, "...do you know what you are talking about?"
"Probably." Jiang Juan rubbed his hazy red eyes, and said wearily, "I need to do something to make me forget about those things for a while, if you don't want to, forget it."
"No, I just think..."
"It's no different from using alcohol to drown your sorrows and numb yourself with drugs?" Jiang Juan sneered, "That's right. You can use poison to fight poison and pour alcohol on Zhang Tingjun, so why can't you do a good job and make me feel better?"
Xiao Shi reached into the quilt and touched his Adam's apple, "It's not that I don't want to make you feel better, but this is not the way."
"Now that no one is capable of giving me a satisfactory result, it's better to be drunk. If you don't want to, you don't have to find too many reasons, just reject me."
Seeing that he was depressed, Xiao Shi wanted to make him laugh, pinched his warm leg and asked, "What if I say no? Will you hug your head and sleep for a while, or beg me hard?"
Jiang Juan rolled his eyes at him, "Then find a duck, do you really think you're the only one in the world? It's hard to find three-legged cockroaches, and three-legged men are everywhere."
"Damn it, you can say such words!" Xiao Shi rolled onto the bed and pulled him into his arms.
Jiang Juan didn't expect him to move so fast, so he pushed him tightly, "Wait, take a shower first, I'm a little dirty."
"Where it's dirty, I don't mind washing it after finishing work."
"I think so."
Jiang Juan insisted on getting out of bed and went into the bathroom, taking a quick shower.
The water was very hot, making his skin reddened, almost peeling off a layer of skin, but he still felt cold.Cold to the bone.
He stared at his blurred figure in the mirror, but he didn't dare to wipe off that layer of mist.
If he sees too clearly, he will be afraid.
He couldn't help thinking: brother, if you were still alive, would you be moved by Xiao Shi like me?To be honest, I'm a little tempted now, if it's you, he's good, his feelings should be true.
When he opened the door, Xiao Shi was waiting for him with a bowl of porridge. Seeing that he was covered in water, he hurriedly wrapped him in a bath towel, stuffed it under the heater, and wiped his soft hair.
"It's warm now, but you can't exercise your body, you know? I don't look at how old I am, and I'm still so ignorant. At this age, serious illness and injury may cause the root cause of the disease. That is a lifetime thing, you know?"
"Now I think I'm old, so I still refuse to call me brother."
Xiao Shi let out a "puchi" laugh, and rubbed against his shoulder, "It's not enough to be called daughter-in-law, so I'll call it another one, baby, sweetheart, madam? Or lady? I think little lady is pretty good, so I'll call her from now on." You little..."
Jiang Juan pinched his mouth, "You are so young. If your energy can be as much as your nonsense, I will be much happier than now."
Xiao Shiyi turned his head and broke away from his hand, "What are you talking about, you don't know how young I am? Besides, why do I have less energy, wait and see who is crying between the two of us!"
He took a sip of porridge, the temperature was just right, and he sent it to Jiang Juan's mouth, "Don't hide, take a couple of sips, you haven't eaten anything since yesterday, so let's get some food first, otherwise what should I do if I pass out from hunger after doing business later?" .”
Jiang Juan opened his mouth at first, but choked up when he heard his words.
The two looked at each other, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and they smiled at the same time.
Jiang Juan sipped the porridge and said in a low voice: "Although at this age, I still feel embarrassed when I really plan to do this kind of thing. In the past, it was a matter of course, tacit understanding, and I did it when I wanted to, without thinking too much about it." There are many, but if you clearly say when you want to do it and decide this matter in advance, you will feel that everything is wrong.”
"Do you think it's the same for newly married couples?"
Xiao Shi put side dishes into Jiang Juan's soup spoon, "In ancient times, on the wedding night, brides would wait for their husbands in the wedding room with their heads covered. At that time, I thought that the little lady who was about to become a married woman was you. thoughts now."
"Mock me?"
"No way! I haven't seen you shy very much. I think it's rare. You don't know how attractive you are now. I really want to swallow you skin to bone."
Jiang Juan choked, but didn't cough, and swallowed the last mouthful of porridge.
Xiao Shi wiped the rice soup from the corner of his mouth, kissed his earlobe and said, "I learned a very exciting... Do you want to try it?"
Jiang Juan was taken aback, "...what?"
Xiao Shi approached him, whispered something in a low voice, and then recovered his normal volume: "...it is said that you can be held in my arms, and you can't break free even if you struggle, and..."
As soon as Xiao Shi bit his neck, Jiang Juan suddenly covered his mouth to keep himself from screaming.
"You have……"
He said something in Jiang Juan's ear again, and the man blew up again, "You're sick! Why are you talking so much!"
"Isn't this to prepare you in advance to cry louder later?"
"You are so fucking sick! Who taught you!"
Xiao Shi, who was arching into Jiang Juan's arms, paused, raised his eyes and giggled viciously.
Jiang Juan was too involved in the drama, the eyes he looked up at Xiao Shi were almost exactly the same as that of Jiang Zhu back then, gentle, calm, full of kindness, without the cold and hard spikes, but it was not himself.
He was so strange that Xiao Shi felt frightened, and desperately wanted to stop this painful performance that gouged out the flesh and bone marrow.
However, that person gritted his teeth and stared at Zhang Tingjun closely. This person was the opportunity he had been waiting for for ten years, and he would never let go of the opportunity to grasp the truth.
Just listening to Xiao Shi's deep breath, Jiang Juan raised his hand again, killing all possibility of changing his mind before he could speak.
In the past, Jiang Juan might only need to worry about the impact the other party would have on Zhang Tingjun. At that time, he couldn't even listen to a word of Xiao Shi's words, so naturally he didn't have such worries, but now he hesitated.
He felt that Xiao Shi was standing between him and reality at this moment, which would become his obstacle.
The reason is that the other party has become his bondage.
Concern is chaos.
"Shut up, or get out if you can't. I'll just say it once." Jiang Juan said to Xiao Shi silently.
He turned around, pressed Zhang Tingjun's shoulder, stroked it like smoothing the fur of a small animal, and persuaded softly: "This matter has been hanging in your heart for a long time, why bother forcing yourself to keep it a secret and let others do it for you?" You bear the pain caused by this truth, and you can be free."
Xiao Shi couldn't hold back and shouted: "Jiang Juan!"
"go out!"
"If you bear the truth for him, who will share the pain for you?"
The soreness from the tip of Xiao Shi's nose went straight to the seven orifices, he grabbed Jiang Juan's wrist, and at this moment he just wanted to take him away from the bomb, "I promise to help you find out what happened back then, and I promise to tell you exactly what I said I know everything, but don't listen to it now, don't look at it, give me a chance to tell you the truth in a more tactful way, okay?"
However, the reality did not give Xiao Shi a chance to win, and also deprived Jiang Juan of the right to choose.
The collapsed Zhang Tingjun wailed, pushed Jiang Juan away, and shouted hoarsely: "Don't come to me, don't come to me! Blame them for forcing me, it's not me who wants to kill you! It's not me!! "
Jiang Juan had focused most of his attention on Xiao Shi before, but Zhang Tingjun, who was emotionally stable, would suddenly explode and was pushed and hit his chest. He was thrown to the ground just like that.
Jiang Juan rolled on the spot, dodging the reckless fist.
Before he could restrain Zhang Tingjun, Xiao Shi's leg swept over him first, and with a strong wind, he went straight to hit Jiang Juan's arm.
Seeing that his strength didn't look like a threat, Jiang Juan immediately reminded him, "Don't hurt him!"
Xiao Shi didn't intend to make a real move at first, but seeing how much he cared about Zhang Tingjun, he felt annoyed in his heart, suddenly lost his temper, and changed the direction of his already restrained movements halfway, he raised his knee and slammed into the latter's chest, He also kicked the opponent so that his breath was stagnant, and his eyes turned black.
Jiang Juan muttered in a low voice, "What kind of way, the fight is so wild..."
Xiao Shi picked up Zhang Tingjun, who was almost knocked out by him, and was half dead at the moment, and said guiltily: "I was the one who spoke harshly just now, but I didn't mean anything else, I just didn't want you to feel too uncomfortable. Let me discuss it with you." Ask him, if he gets the result and tell you, will it work?"
"you?"
"Don't look down on me. Although I'm not a policeman, I'm not as professional as you, and I don't know how to interrogate, but I have some theoretical basis. Trust me once, ah, be obedient."
After saying that, Xiao Shi regretted it.
Jiang Juan's main major is police command tactics. There are not many courses for learning interrogation skills, and he was cheated before finishing college. Not necessarily.
All his professional understanding of interrogation has been explored from practice, which is more practical, more flexible, and more brutal.
Jiang Juan didn't notice the reason for his moment of silence, all his mind was on Zhang Tingjun, facing the ups and downs of Xiao Shi, he just advised him: "Be gentle, he won't be beaten."
Xiao Shi raised his hand to wipe the tip of his nose, he didn't dare to look into Jiang Juan's eyes, his eyes wandered around, fully showing his guilt.
"I... don't fight, just scare him. Hearing what he said just now, he probably did something to your brother, and he was forced to do something. If he was coerced by violence, only the same violence can make him speak."
He was not very confident in his deduction, and asked cautiously: "What do you think?"
Jiang Juan couldn't complain, "Do you dare to plot louder?"
"It's okay, he can't understand." Xiao Shi kicked Zhang Tingjun, obviously to avenge his personal revenge.
Among other things, it would be no problem for this person to kill a hundred or eighty unlucky people with jealousy.
Zhang Tingjun groaned twice, and tried to crawl to the basement where he was hiding before, but Xiao Shi dragged him back by the collar before taking half a step.
Xiao Shiyang punched the person's eye sockets with two fists. The strength was not strong, but it was enough for Zhang Tingjun to cover his blackened eyes and howl for a while.
Jiang Juan: "..."
If Xiao Shi was able to stab someone more than a dozen times, and the knife avoided the vitals, it was only judged as a minor injury, he absolutely believed it.
Taking advantage of the other party's attention being distracted, Xiao Shi pulled off Zhang Tingjun's tattered plaid shirt with his backhand, bared, and exposed Zhang Tingjun's body.
Jiang Juan: "..."
If you fight, you fight, what do you do when you take off your clothes?play dirty?Is there still humanity?
This scene brought back some bad memories for him, especially when Zhang Tingjun screamed and crawled away, clutching the warped floor with his dirty fingers, being scratched dripping with blood.
Those blood-red finger marks on the floor stung his eyes, and there seemed to be some strange voices in his ears, which made Jiang Juan feel palpitations for no reason.
Jiang Juan really couldn't bear to see this scene, so he couldn't help turning his face away, stood up and backed away.
But Xiao Shi didn't have any nasty intentions in this move, he took off Zhang Tingjun's clothes, revealing the scars on his body, from which it can be seen that Zhang Tingjun had been whipped on the back.
The memory of pain brought by spiritual beings is always unforgettable. Even if people are crazy or stupid, their nature and instinct are difficult to change.
He pulled out the belt and flicked it out of thin air, the clear and loud voice really aroused Zhang Tingjun's sensitivity.
His eyes widened, all his struggles stopped, he prostrated himself on the ground, lowered his head in a humble posture, and begged in a low voice, "Don't...please, don't hit..."
Xiao Shi didn't know where he came from. He took the spirits from the strategic reserve and poured a big gulp into Zhang Tingjun's mouth.
Jiu Jin soon stepped up, Zhang Tingjun began to be dazed, and his already blurred eyes became even more erratic.
Xiao Shi took advantage of the fact that he couldn't tell the difference between east, west, and north, and grabbed Jiang Juan who was quietly retreating. He seemed to be ruthless, but he didn't use any force.
He grabbed Jiang Juan's hair and pressed the person in front of Zhang Tingjun's eyes. Facing the familiar scene and the long-unforgettable face, Zhang Tingjun wailed again on the verge of collapse: "Don't...don't!!"
Both were startled.
Jiang Juan was uncomfortable being hugged by Xiao Shi, and actually didn't want to cooperate with him in this play.But they didn't expect that Xiao Shi's impromptu behavior would arouse the resonance of Zhang Tingjun's deep memory.
Jiang Juan didn't open his mouth. He didn't even need to imagine how Jiang Zhu would react to this situation.
In the past ten years, guessing his brother's mind and making himself a brother from the inside out has occupied more than 80.00% of his life. He can be sure that his choice is his brother's choice.
So he didn't struggle, but quietly looked at the crazy Zhang Tingjun, and silently told him with his mouth: Don't be afraid.
No matter who he was speaking to, his brother always said the same thing.
——Don't be afraid, I'm here.
...Liar, you are gone.
It's been a long time since...
"No, no... I don't want to kill people, no..."
Zhang Tingjun repeated nervously, trying to push Xiao Shi away, subconsciously sticking to Jiang Juan's side, but as if suddenly frightened, he pulled and kicked to avoid the two of them.
Thinking that most of the torture wounds on Jiang Zhu's body were caused by knives, Xiao Shi casually took a piece of broken wood from the floor and threw it in front of Zhang Tingjun.
Zhang Tingjun was suddenly frightened, screamed and leaned against the wall, shaking his head frantically, and said "no" very clearly.
"Xiao Shi." Jiang Juan called out in a low voice, "Slash me a few times."
"……what!"
"I didn't tell you to do it, just show it to him."
Xiao Shiyi realized that he might want to use the fake injuries on his body to make Zhang Tingjun recall what happened back then.
With Zhang Tingjun's current state of mind, it is not easy for him to remember what happened at that time, but the remaining memories may not be accurate.
Even a normal person may forcibly tamper with his own memory in order to escape reality, let alone a mentally disturbed patient?
The best way to make him feel less guilty is to make him feel that he was not the first to hurt that person, he was just forced to follow the crowd.
But before the play between the two of them was done enough, Zhang Tingjun himself had convulsions first, leaning forward and back together, crying and laughing, picked up the wooden stick, and held it as if it was burning his hands.
"No, no... I can't do this. I've never touched blood since I was a child, and I haven't even killed a chicken. I dare not..."
Both of them were a little overwhelmed by the sudden change, but all they could do now was to watch the mental patient who suddenly switched to acting personality reproduce what happened back then in the most intuitive way.
"...I will sue for life, I will be shot..."
"I didn't do those injuries on his body. You asked me to do it. You just wanted to find a top bag, but I didn't want to!"
"My parents are still waiting for me at home, I can't do this kind of thing... someone must be waiting for him to go back, no, I can't..."
"My mother said that you can't wash off the blood on your hands. For so many years, she didn't even let me kill a chicken..."
"Please, please let me go, I will definitely not say who did it, yes! I won't! I just want to live!"
Zhang Tingjun's pleading was incoherent, but there was still some logic in it. It was not difficult to infer that someone had hurt Jiang Zhu, and forced Zhang Tingjun to join the gang, forcing him to kill people.
Zhang Tingjun has been struggling and resisting. He is timid and afraid of hurting others, and he is afraid of helping others to take the blame.
But Jiang Zhu still died later, and it was very likely that he was stimulated by this incident and drove himself crazy, so far he has not been able to return to a normal life.
"No! No! Don't kill me, I'm not his accomplice, and I didn't speak for him, I just don't want to..."
"How can this be... If I don't kill him, you will kill me. How can there be such a reason... No! No, no, no! Let me think about it, let me think about it..."
Zhang Tingjun seemed to be confronting an invisible and intangible person in the void, crying bitterly, hugging the person's thigh, and begging for mercy.
Xiao Shi wanted to speak, but Jiang Juan stopped him by pulling his cuffs.
When the two looked at each other, Zhang Tingjun stood up tremblingly, holding the wooden stick with trembling hands, walked up to Jiang Juan in small steps, and repeated an apology to him, crying: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I'm sorry , I don't want to kill you..."
Jiang Juan looked at the "knife" in his hand and couldn't help swallowing.
Many scars on Jiang Zhu's body were caused by torture. The only small wound on the left chest and the stab wound in the deep wound cavity were caused by a single-edged stabbing instrument. There was no trace of twisting, which shows that the assailant did not intend to torture. , I just want to put an end to this nightmare simply and decisively.
But he was inaccurate in finding the position, and he failed to stab the heart with one blow, but instead prolonged Jiang Zhu's pain.
In contrast, this wound was most likely left by Zhang Tingjun.
Jiang Juan hesitated a little, but he still stood up to face the "blade" and gave Zhang Tingjun a chance to get close to him and kill him with one blow.
However, at this time, he found that Zhang Tingjun's mental state and psychological quality were not good enough to calmly stab a knife into someone's body. There is no more response.
Time seemed to stand still on him.
And this kind of reaction finally made Jiang Juan guess the decision his brother made when he was nearing the end of his life.
He held Zhang Tingjun's hand holding the knife, and slowly stabbed it into his chest...
Seeing this, Zhang Tingjun uttered a heart-piercing scream, rolled his eyes, and passed out.
Xiao Shi quickly grabbed him with his eyes and helped him onto the sofa.
Jiang Juan pulled up the quilt for Zhang Tingjun who was exhausted and fainted, and sat slumped on the creaking wooden chair, looking at the gloomy valley.
Every time he came here, it was rainy and rainy, and he had never seen a scene full of sunshine, as if this was an area isolated from the human realm, far away from the rise and fall of joy and anger in the world.
Countless people have died here, and the blood seeping into the soil is enough to change the true colors of the plants. What haunts this place is only the ghostly aura that lingers for years. The remaining bones under the soil have already become a real ghost town.
"Zhang Tingjun is an engineer. Once."
Jiang Juan stared at a point of nothingness, until his eyes were sore and stinging, and he was about to cry, then he closed his eyes.
"He is a science student who concentrates on his own major. He doesn't know much about medicine. It is almost impossible for him to avoid the ribs and insert it into the chest. The only person who can do it is my brother."
He sighed and said melancholy: "Since those people forced Zhang Tingjun to kill his brother and were forced to become their accomplices, they would not give any help. He was originally a scapegoat who was pushed out to take the blame. If he didn't do it himself It doesn't make any sense. In that case, my brother grabbed his hand and helped him insert the knife into his body in order to alleviate his guilt. When he really went to court one day in the future, he could also be his Proof of innocence."
He raised his neck, blinked his wet eyes, raised his hand and pulled out Zhang Tingjun's arm, revealing four shallow crescent-shaped imprints on the outside of his wrist facing upwards.
"Jiahen, you should know it. When you were in the basement of Maple Leaf Garden, you also recognized the hint given by Shota Higashino. If the crescent moon is facing inward and is on the upper edge of the wrist, it proves that you have to do it for resistance. A passive action on the outside, and an active action on the outer crescent pointing up."
Xiao Shi tried what he said, and sure enough.
If it is a defensive posture, the person's reaction space and movement range will be limited by time and speed, and it will not be able to give too much feedback in time.
But if you take the initiative to shoot, the situation is just the opposite.
It can be seen that Jiang Zhu's grasp was also very strong back then, and he was able to leave such a deep scar on Zhang Tingjun's body. It can be seen that he also used ruthless hands in order to leave evidence to prove the other party's innocence.
"I didn't think my brother would do such a thing, but when he stretched out his hand in front of me, I immediately understood."
The wound on the chest was stabbed by himself, and the fatal wound on the neck was cut by himself. In the eyes of others, this was a tragedy of short-sightedness because he couldn't bear the torture, but Jiang Juan knew it was not the case.
He was so distraught that he couldn't face the "murderer" who hurt his brother, and he couldn't bear to blame Zhang Tingjun too much.
Even if it wasn't Zhang Tingjun, Zhang San and Li Si would be the executioners. In the final analysis, he was also a victim. After being tortured for ten years, no one gave him justice. Being by his side made him a real lunatic, hurting others and himself.
Everyone imposed their crimes on him. If even the survivor of the victim refused to give him a little forgiveness, he would be too pitiful.
People who have been injured often know where to stab the knife the most. Jiang Juan saw Zhang Tingjun who had been entangled in nightmares for ten years and was driven crazy, as if he saw himself brushing shoulders with death again and again in the past.
He rubbed his red and painful eyes, and sighed: "Go find a place with a signal and contact Xiao Xun... No, contact Zhou Xuan to take him away."
Jiang Juan rubbed the center of his brows, his white fingertips rarely turned red, "I'm a little tired, so I'll wait for you here."
"Don't try to drive me away." It's rare that An An didn't make a fuss, but Xiao Shi felt worried.
Jiang Juan first reflected on himself, and when he came to the conclusion that "I am right", he also logically thought that the surname Xiao was "making trouble for no reason".
"Don't forget, there is still someone hiding here." Xiao Shi took his arm, and the little bird rubbed against his shoulder, "Leave you alone with the mentally ill and an unknown person. Here, does your husband just make you feel insecure?"
Jiang Juan: "..."
What the hell is going on with this guy now, is he starting to play disgusting?
Unable to resist this stubborn donkey, Jiang Juan could only nod and carried Zhang Tingjun into the cart with him.
Before leaving, Xiao Shi threw away Jiang Juan's half-smoked cigarette butt, looking at the cloud-shrouded mountainous area and the old house where a murder took place, it was inevitable to feel sad.
"After ten years, the blood in the mountain has not been washed, but new ones have been added. The son of the old couple who waited for so long to come back is not considered a real son, and ended up with such a tragic ending. That's pathetic. Don't you think it's best for them that they might not find their son?"
"People have to see the facts with their own eyes before they can believe the reality. It is torture for the rest of their lives to make a couple who lost their only son in their old age believe that their son is dead, but to find their son, perhaps before death, there will only be a little pain and fear. I don't know how other people choose, but I will definitely choose the latter."
Jiang Juan's choice was always beyond Xiao Shi's expectations, and caught him off guard.
The two returned to the urban area, and after contacting Zhou Xuan, they handed over Zhang Tingjun to the nearest branch office.
Zhang Tingjun hadn't woken up when he left, he was still talking nonsense in his sleep, muttering about sorry, I didn't mean it...
Jiang Juan firmly believed that he was kind in nature, and he couldn't forgive himself for doing such an unforgivable thing before others accused him of his crime.
On the way back, Jiang Juan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "Did I almost become like him too?"
"No. You are different from him... It would be better if I didn't force you."
Xiao Shi poked his sore spot, rubbed it repeatedly, and sprinkled salt on the wound, causing severe pain.
He didn't want to say much, so he asked again: "Where do you want to go now?"
"……you decide."
With Jiang Juan's temperament, he always rationally determines what he wants to do, gives clear goals or planned routes, and rarely ambiguously asks others to help him make choices.
It can be seen that today's incident hit him hard, he was confused and lost his mind, and urgently needed someone to rely on.
Xiao Shi drove directly to the hospital and let him meet Yun Xi who was missing him.
After seeing her for a few days, Yun Xi's complexion changed a lot. The treatment took away most of her energy. When Jiang Juan looked at her through the door glass, she was curling up in the blanket with a plush bear in her arms, trying to sleep but unable to.
"Why don't you go in?" Xiao Shi asked, who came back after greeting the nurse, "I just asked, her mother just visited her yesterday, and she probably won't come today. Why, afraid? Why is it like coming privately?" Like a little lover."
"I'm not in a good state right now. Seeing her is also causing trouble for each other. Regardless of her young age, she actually knows everything in her heart. If I let her get angry with me, it would be better to disappear."
He entrusted the nurse with the flowers, fruits and snacks brought back from Su'an to Yunxi, and then went back.
On the way, he talked a lot, and asked, "Why do you think Zhang Tingjun's parents refused to tell the police about him, nor did they ask the doctor for help, but locked him in the basement privately?"
Xiao Shi analyzed: "Parents always have selfish intentions. There may be many reasons. Knowing that he has killed someone, I am afraid that he will be sentenced, afraid that he will be locked up in a mental hospital, and the most fearful thing is that he will not see his son. They are all at this age. Accept There will be no old age where the flesh and blood will be separated."
He thought about it and said: "But it's very strange. Their family runs a guest house and they can't avoid receiving guests. Zhang Tingjun's situation can't meet people, not to mention that most of their guests are relatives and friends who were implicated in the hunting game. They were found by Zhang Tingjun and brought them back. After leaving home, they will inevitably be forced to ask about the situation, so why didn't they take their son back to their hometown as soon as possible?"
"I'm also surprised, so I have a very immature guess." Jiang Juan raised his eyes and gave him a light look, "Could it be that they don't want to go back, but they can't go back?"
"……What's the meaning?"
When he speaks with such gloomy eyes and tone, it will always arouse Xiao Shi's bad reverie.
"For example, Zhang Tingjun himself doesn't want to go back." Jiang Juan rested his chin on one hand and looked out the window quietly.
Xiao Shi's cell phone rang untimely.
He parked the car on the side of the road and answered the phone. Just as he put the receiver to his ear, there was a deafening roar from the opposite side: "You surnamed Xiao, do you have a brain problem! This kind of inability to communicate with people is also irrational. Why did the mental illness send me here during the onset of illness! Do you think that I am too busy recently and want to find something for me to do!!"
Zhou Xuan scattered all the fire from the two shots just now on Xiao Shi's body, and now he is applying an ice towel to his chin, and it hurts to speak, let alone yell.
Xiao Shi pondered for a moment, then glanced at Jiang Juan, who was sleepy in the co-pilot as if it had nothing to do with him, "...I didn't send him there, so it's useless if you get angry with me."
"Then why not, can I still scold him? He did the right thing, but the culprit is not you, the trash who failed to stop him?"
Xiao Shi: "..."
Can the account be calculated like this?
"...Then how are people doing now?" Xiao Shi asked.
"What else can I do, send him to a mental hospital, or let him beat people and destroy things in the provincial hall!"
Thinking of Yu Fu's murderous eyes just now, Zhou Xuan really bleeds!
"Then did he say anything?"
"It's been said that he can't communicate with people, but I can only hear a few sporadic words. Maybe he wants us to send him back to the original place." Zhou Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Forget it, you asked me to The results of the investigation have come to fruition, and I haven't seen you reply after I sent a message, so what are you..."
"I see, thanks, I'll talk to you later."
Xiao Shi hung up the phone in a hurry, his purpose was so obvious that he almost wrote on his face that he had something to hide from Jiang Juan.
Regarding the question of why Zhang Tingjun didn't leave, Jiang Juan didn't elaborate, and Xiao Shi didn't ask in depth.
It can be seen that his mental state is not very good now, Xiao Shi still thought about eating and drinking to serve him to sleep, maybe it will be fine tomorrow, but he didn't expect that person to fall asleep when he returned home, as if he was going to sleep for a few days. It's as if all the energy that hasn't been nourished is replenished in one breath, and I don't even bother to eat.
He hasn't fallen into such a deep sleep for a long time. It may be because he took an overdose last night, and he hasn't regained the sleep at that time. Even he couldn't bear it anymore. He was unconscious, the quilt was covered by Xiao Shi for him.
"I still have to keep investigating like this. What if I fell asleep halfway and let the wolf snatch it away?" Xiao Shi stroked Jiang Juan's soft short hair, and couldn't help stroking it a few more times.
The bangs he cut himself were uneven, and the sudden shortness really made people uncomfortable, but he was able to show his entire face in spirit.
Xiao Shi couldn't help pinching the tip of his nose, Jiang Juan twitched his nose, hugged the quilt and turned over impatiently, revealing his bare back, unconsciously showing the scars on his body to Xiao beginning.
Xiao Shi couldn't help wanting to touch the scarred body, but he was afraid of waking him up.
The kind of scars like bite marks are dense and numerous. On paper, it is a beautiful sea of stars, but when it is carved on the body, it is bloody and painful.
He had guessed how these injuries were caused, but he didn't dare to face up to that guess.
Almost, just a little bit, he asked the result.
He struggled between impulsiveness and timidity, wanting to walk into the past that he had never participated in, but afraid that he would not be able to accept the reality, and he has been suffering from this.
He originally thought that getting Jiang Juan to speak was the biggest problem, but now he realized that his subconscious may have always hoped that Jiang Juan would keep his mouth shut.
He is too selfish, he knows that he can't accept it, so he would rather stay on the road of pursuit.
Until now, he still has this selfishness, and Jiang Juan, who has already seen his fragility, has always cared for him with a tenderness that he rarely shows.
It is he who is in the blessing and does not know it.
He accidentally hugged Jiang Juan so hard that he woke up the man.
Hearing Jiang Juan's hoarse hum, Xiao Shi hurriedly let go, "I hurt you, I didn't mean to, go to sleep, sleep a little longer."
He smoothed Jiang Juan's hair, rubbed him and put him to sleep.
It wasn't until he heard the man's continued breathing became steady that he retreated cautiously to the side of the bed.
Jiang Juan's sleeping posture was very good, even a little too good, almost motionless, after finding a comfortable place to nest, he remained in that position until he woke up.
He likes a soft and warm corner against the wall, most of the time it is a "nest" and rarely "lying down". When he curls up, it will make people surprised that a man who is more than 1.8 meters can be folded into such a small one.
Xiao Shi knew that he didn't have this habit before.
During the days when they slept together, Jiang Juan always liked to sleep on the outside, kicking him when he turned over and rolling over, and he always joked that he was a wild horse.
Sometimes he would occupy that person's seat while fighting, and take advantage of his physical strength to pick him up and throw him inside, stretching himself comfortably before being kicked out of bed by him.
Jiang Juan always said: "Little lady is sleeping inside, you can either get in or get out, don't bother me!"
At that time, he never expected that one day, Xiao Shi, a shameless bastard, would repeat the actions of "get in" and "get out" over and over again on his body. The "little lady" of that person.
Now he has formed a habit, he has to turn his back to an absolutely safe place to feel at ease, and he doesn't struggle anymore.Obedience is obedience, but it made Xiao Shi's heart tremble with distress.
Xiao Shi made porridge for him, hot and cold, cold and hot again, repeated several times, the rice grains were boiled until they blossomed, and it became rice soup with the tip of his tongue, Jiang Juan still didn't wake up.
This time he slept for too long, most of the day passed without any reaction, except that his breathing was still proving that he was alive, and even the rise and fall of his chest was not so obvious.
He sank into a dream, without sleep talk or babbling, he was too honest, Xiao Shi was watching over him, never leaving him, without blinking his eyes.
Suddenly, Jiang Juan twitched his fingers, so small that it was almost invisible, and then the man woke up silently and opened his eyes.
The two looked at each other, and Jiang Juan still stared at Xiao Shi for a while, still confused and perplexed.
Not long after, he said something that was enough to make Xiao Shi doubt his life and doubt himself: "I still feel uncomfortable, let's do it."
Xiao Shi was stunned, "...do you know what you are talking about?"
"Probably." Jiang Juan rubbed his hazy red eyes, and said wearily, "I need to do something to make me forget about those things for a while, if you don't want to, forget it."
"No, I just think..."
"It's no different from using alcohol to drown your sorrows and numb yourself with drugs?" Jiang Juan sneered, "That's right. You can use poison to fight poison and pour alcohol on Zhang Tingjun, so why can't you do a good job and make me feel better?"
Xiao Shi reached into the quilt and touched his Adam's apple, "It's not that I don't want to make you feel better, but this is not the way."
"Now that no one is capable of giving me a satisfactory result, it's better to be drunk. If you don't want to, you don't have to find too many reasons, just reject me."
Seeing that he was depressed, Xiao Shi wanted to make him laugh, pinched his warm leg and asked, "What if I say no? Will you hug your head and sleep for a while, or beg me hard?"
Jiang Juan rolled his eyes at him, "Then find a duck, do you really think you're the only one in the world? It's hard to find three-legged cockroaches, and three-legged men are everywhere."
"Damn it, you can say such words!" Xiao Shi rolled onto the bed and pulled him into his arms.
Jiang Juan didn't expect him to move so fast, so he pushed him tightly, "Wait, take a shower first, I'm a little dirty."
"Where it's dirty, I don't mind washing it after finishing work."
"I think so."
Jiang Juan insisted on getting out of bed and went into the bathroom, taking a quick shower.
The water was very hot, making his skin reddened, almost peeling off a layer of skin, but he still felt cold.Cold to the bone.
He stared at his blurred figure in the mirror, but he didn't dare to wipe off that layer of mist.
If he sees too clearly, he will be afraid.
He couldn't help thinking: brother, if you were still alive, would you be moved by Xiao Shi like me?To be honest, I'm a little tempted now, if it's you, he's good, his feelings should be true.
When he opened the door, Xiao Shi was waiting for him with a bowl of porridge. Seeing that he was covered in water, he hurriedly wrapped him in a bath towel, stuffed it under the heater, and wiped his soft hair.
"It's warm now, but you can't exercise your body, you know? I don't look at how old I am, and I'm still so ignorant. At this age, serious illness and injury may cause the root cause of the disease. That is a lifetime thing, you know?"
"Now I think I'm old, so I still refuse to call me brother."
Xiao Shi let out a "puchi" laugh, and rubbed against his shoulder, "It's not enough to be called daughter-in-law, so I'll call it another one, baby, sweetheart, madam? Or lady? I think little lady is pretty good, so I'll call her from now on." You little..."
Jiang Juan pinched his mouth, "You are so young. If your energy can be as much as your nonsense, I will be much happier than now."
Xiao Shiyi turned his head and broke away from his hand, "What are you talking about, you don't know how young I am? Besides, why do I have less energy, wait and see who is crying between the two of us!"
He took a sip of porridge, the temperature was just right, and he sent it to Jiang Juan's mouth, "Don't hide, take a couple of sips, you haven't eaten anything since yesterday, so let's get some food first, otherwise what should I do if I pass out from hunger after doing business later?" .”
Jiang Juan opened his mouth at first, but choked up when he heard his words.
The two looked at each other, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and they smiled at the same time.
Jiang Juan sipped the porridge and said in a low voice: "Although at this age, I still feel embarrassed when I really plan to do this kind of thing. In the past, it was a matter of course, tacit understanding, and I did it when I wanted to, without thinking too much about it." There are many, but if you clearly say when you want to do it and decide this matter in advance, you will feel that everything is wrong.”
"Do you think it's the same for newly married couples?"
Xiao Shi put side dishes into Jiang Juan's soup spoon, "In ancient times, on the wedding night, brides would wait for their husbands in the wedding room with their heads covered. At that time, I thought that the little lady who was about to become a married woman was you. thoughts now."
"Mock me?"
"No way! I haven't seen you shy very much. I think it's rare. You don't know how attractive you are now. I really want to swallow you skin to bone."
Jiang Juan choked, but didn't cough, and swallowed the last mouthful of porridge.
Xiao Shi wiped the rice soup from the corner of his mouth, kissed his earlobe and said, "I learned a very exciting... Do you want to try it?"
Jiang Juan was taken aback, "...what?"
Xiao Shi approached him, whispered something in a low voice, and then recovered his normal volume: "...it is said that you can be held in my arms, and you can't break free even if you struggle, and..."
As soon as Xiao Shi bit his neck, Jiang Juan suddenly covered his mouth to keep himself from screaming.
"You have……"
He said something in Jiang Juan's ear again, and the man blew up again, "You're sick! Why are you talking so much!"
"Isn't this to prepare you in advance to cry louder later?"
"You are so fucking sick! Who taught you!"
Xiao Shi, who was arching into Jiang Juan's arms, paused, raised his eyes and giggled viciously.
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