criminal profiling

In the twilight of the morning light, only the road not far ahead could be seen clearly, and the place farther away was still gray.

Zhuang Sheng shouted while running, but the people in front seemed to be unable to hear him at all, more like a ghost was chasing after him, but ran faster.The little girl in his arms had already woken up, and was so frightened that she hugged her father's neck tightly and did not dare to move.

Although holding a person—even a child weighs several tens of kilograms, the man seemed to explode, running so that Zhuang Sheng couldn't catch up.

Suddenly, Zhuang Sheng's eyes changed - if he remembered correctly, there was a cliff in front of him.

Because the father was holding his daughter in his arms, most of his sight was blocked, and with his current state of mind, even if he saw it, he might not stop.

Zhuang Sheng's heart rose to his throat, and he shouted loudly, but the people in front did not respond.

The cliff was close in sight, only a few steps away from the father and daughter, the little girl's father didn't notice at all, and rushed forward without slowing down.

There seemed to be something whizzing past the ear.

At that moment, Zhuang Sheng felt that the whole world became silent, and everything in front of him seemed to slow down and flashed by frames.

He watched helplessly as the father threw himself forward to the ground, and the little girl in his arms fell out.

When the world in front of him returned to normal, Zhuang Sheng felt two silhouettes roll past him like the wind, rushing towards the little girl who was rolling towards the edge of the cliff.

"That's mine, don't try to snatch it from me!"

A voice yelled and rushed to the edge of the cliff, holding the little girl and rolling forward together.

Meng Yan who was behind took a step slower.

Zhuang Sheng was stunned, and couldn't believe what happened before him.

The man fell to the ground, blood streaming from his back.Meng Yan stood on the edge of the cliff with his back to him, silently looking down the cliff, holding a gun in his hand.

He didn't even know when Meng Yan had a gun on him!

"How long are you going to lie down there?"

Just when Zhuang Sheng was shocked, hurt, confused and many other emotions were mixed together, he suddenly heard Meng Yan say a word towards the cliff.He suddenly came back to his senses and ran over quickly.When he saw the situation below, Zhuang Sheng was stunned, unable to tell what was going on in his heart for a moment.

About three feet below the cliff, there is a pine tree protruding from the rock wall. Although it is not thick, it is more than enough to bear the weight of an adult and a child. on wood.

The little girl was already frightened, she was held in her arms without moving or crying.

"Hmph, it's a good thing I took the first step. I didn't expect you to be so insidious and almost be deceived." Mr. Guide lay comfortably on his stomach and didn't reply to Meng Yan's words.When he was about to sarcasm Meng Yan again, his eyes suddenly froze and he froze.

Zhuang Sheng also saw the situation below clearly, and suddenly felt that the blood all over his body was cold.

The black cobra is coiled on the pine wood, with its head raised high, sticking out its tongue at the humans who invaded its territory.

No one moved up and down the cliff, it was extremely quiet.

"Is it dawn?"

The person under the cliff suddenly asked, his eyes fixed on the front without moving, and his voice was very low.Zhuang Sheng's full attention was on the black poisonous snake. Hearing this, he didn't understand what he meant, but subconsciously raised his head and looked towards the east.

"Almost, the sun hasn't come out yet."

"Oh, that's it, then there's nothing I can do about it." With a faint sigh, the man stared at the reptile in front of him, and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab seven inches of it as quickly as lightning.Before Zhuang Sheng could see clearly, he grabbed the cobra and threw it out forcefully.

Seeing this, Zhuang Sheng was overjoyed, squatted down on the edge of the cliff, stretched out his hand, "Quick, I'll pull you up."

Mr. Guide looked up at him, and asked again, "How long will it be before dawn?"

Zhuang Sheng paused. Until now, he finally understood what this person meant, and his feelings were extremely complicated.

This person, at such a time, is actually thinking about his game.

Zhuang Sheng looked at the person who was waiting for the answer with complicated emotions, and the person was still holding the little girl in his arms.He wasn't even sure if he answered "it's dawn" and this man would have thrown the little girl who was desperately saved just now off the cliff.

"You, do you want to come up first?" Finally, Zhuang Sheng just asked.

The man looked up and said, "Then you come, let him go away."

Zhuang Sheng was a little speechless, he looked at Meng Yan who was standing beside him.Meng Yan looked at the people below mockingly, "Do you think I will do anything else at this time?"

Mr. Guide curled his lips, "Who knows, you just shot and killed a person in front of the children. How can I believe that you won't do anything while pulling me up." Zhuang Sheng heard this sentence Speaking, the body froze, pursed his lips and did not speak.

Meng Yan was a little impatient, "There's so much nonsense, can't you come up with it? I promise not to do anything."

Mr. Guide took a serious look at him to make sure that he was not lying, so he climbed up with the help of the two and collapsed to the ground.

Zhuang Sheng hugged the little girl in his arms, and the little girl was completely frightened, she didn't react at all, her eyes couldn't move, she didn't respond after being held in his arms by Zhuang Sheng and coaxed a few times.Zhuang Sheng glanced at the man lying on the ground, then at the overly quiet little girl in his arms, pursed his lips and fell silent.

"Oh, oh, what a scene of deja vu, but this kid seems to be braver than you back then, you see she didn't cry."

Mr. Guide, who was out of breath, sat on the ground, pointed at the little girl and grinned, looking very happy.

Zhuang Sheng looked at him expressionlessly, as if he was not moved by his words, his expression was completely indifferent.

"Actually, I'm a little curious. From that time to the last time we met, how did you persevere." He blinked, as if in distress, "Those people before have completely collapsed before reaching your level. No. You don't look like him, and you're not invincible."

Zhuang Sheng pursed his lips even tighter, his face looked a little pale, but he still didn't speak.

"You talk a lot of nonsense." Meng Yan stood in front of Zhuang Sheng, staring at the person who was still lying on the ground and said coldly, "The game is over here, right?"

"Ah, speaking of games, shouldn't it be dawn?" The man looked at Zhuang Sheng as if he just remembered, and Zhuang Sheng raised his head to look at the sea.

The sun rose from the sea level, and the orange light reflected the sea water into a golden piece.The beauty is so beautiful, but there is no mood to appreciate it at this time.

Zhuang Sheng looked back, "Yes, it's dawn."

The man smiled contentedly in the light of the rising sun, and looked at Meng Yan with a slightly smug expression, "Then, I won this game?"

Meng Yan looked at him expressionlessly, "Yes, you won."

The man smiled and sighed contentedly.

"Since the game is over here, shouldn't you fulfill what you said before?" Zhuang Sheng saw that he hadn't mentioned the promise before, so he couldn't help but remind him.

The man looked like he suddenly remembered, "Oh, that's right." He said, taking out a mobile phone from his pocket, "Fortunately it didn't fall out just now, now, the address is all in there. "

Meng Yan took it, turned around with the mobile phone, flipped through it, and took out a satellite mobile phone to make a call.

Mr. Guide looked away from Meng Yan, and looked at the father of the little girl who fell on the ground, with a deeper smile on his face.He turned his eyes to Zhuang Sheng, and said softly in a whisper:

"Look, he is actually different from what you think."

Zhuang Sheng stared straight into his eyes, and after a moment of silence, he said calmly, "So what."

The man raised his eyebrows, seeming a little surprised.

At this time, Meng Yan turned back after making the phone call, met Zhuang Sheng's questioning eyes, and nodded his head, indicating that there was no problem.

It's just that this man was really insane. He actually planted bombs in thirteen houses.Two of them are not single-family buildings, but in residential buildings-this means that if the bomb in that family is detonated, it will not only kill one family.

The matter was finally resolved, but for some reason, Zhuang Sheng still felt uneasy.Especially when he saw the smile on the man's face from beginning to end, the uneasiness grew bigger and bigger.

——However, Meng Yanru killed those people as he wished, this is already the worst situation, how could it be worse.

Thinking of those people who might have been killed by Meng Yan, Zhuang Sheng's mood suddenly became heavier, and the good news of successfully rescuing more than a dozen hostage families did not make him feel any better.

-

Suddenly, there was some noise from the quiet island, and someone was walking towards them.The pride on Mr. Guide's face froze when he saw the faces of those people clearly.

There were quite a few people coming over, some of them were walking in front, some were holding weapons, some were holding medical kits, and they ran towards this side quickly.The few people who were a little behind looked familiar. He tried to open his eyes wide to see, and recognized that those people were the ones who had "fallen off the cliff" or "missed" two days ago—especially the one in the middle, who was the first A college professor who is dying!

"!"

Mr. Guide jumped up from the ground, pointed at those people with shaking fingers and glared at Meng Yan angrily, so angry that he couldn't speak.

"you you--"

Zhuang Sheng was no less shocked than him, only Meng Yan remained calm.

The person who took the medicine kit ran to the little girl's father and squatted down, tore off the clothes to give first aid.After several movements, the man who thought he had died a long time ago coughed a few times and woke up!

Mr. Guide's eyes were so wide that they almost fell out, and finally he cried out in grief and indignation:

"You cheat!"

"So what?" Meng Yan's light and light tone made Mr. Guide touch his chest in anger.

The reversal was too quick and fast, and Zhuang Sheng couldn't even react.When someone stepped forward to take the little girl in his arms, he let go of his hand in a daze, and couldn't help but look at those people who "resurrected from the dead".

Especially the professor who was poisoned on the first night, he would not mistake that face.But the body of the one he had seen was still in the tent in the camp!

It was after confirming that the first person was the real death that Zhuang Sheng did not suspect that those people behind were also killed by Meng Yan.

"The corpse in the camp is the killer who committed the crime with poison." Meng Yan looked at Zhuang Sheng apologetically, "Sheng Sheng, I'm sorry for keeping it from you. It's just that the matter is urgent, and the less people know about it, the better. He paused, then added, "Especially you."

Zhuang Sheng didn't pay too much attention to the fact that he was also being concealed. He was silent for a moment and asked, "The murderer who used potassium cyanide to kill people? When did he die?"

"On the night when he was arrested, he had poison hidden in his nails. He inhaled it while the guards were not paying attention, and died of the poison. After this happened, I took the body with me."

After Zhuang Sheng listened, he nodded and realized: "It turns out that it is like this. His body shape is the closest to that professor, so you only chose to 'kill' that professor on the first night."

"Hey, you two, do you think I don't exist?!" Mr. K seemed to have accepted the blow of losing the game because his opponent cheated, and shouted dissatisfiedly at Meng Yan and Zhuang Sheng who were talking to themselves.When the two looked at him at the same time, he stared at Meng Yan and asked:

"I don't understand. I proposed this location myself. How did you make so much preparation in advance without being discovered by me?"

Meng Yan glanced at him, and there was no complacency on his face, but he stated calmly, "Because the one who stays with you in the end is mine."

Mr. K stared at him with wide eyes, Meng Yan pretended not to see, and continued: "About a year ago, I instigated one of your followers and let him go undercover. Later, I pulled out your strongholds one by one. , there will be fewer and fewer people who can be used by your side, and the undercover agent will be more and more important, and he just happened to be sent to arrange the affairs of this small island." After a pause, he added, "I am also starting Just got in touch with him that day."

After Meng Yan finished speaking, Mr. K remained silent for a while.This was the first time Zhuang Sheng heard of these situations, and he digested them quietly for a while.

-

"Ah, it really is." Mr. K suddenly said something in a chant-like tone after the silence.

Zhuang Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and he turned his head to look over, and saw the familiar smile returning to the man's face bit by bit, as if playing in slow motion, the man tilted his head, staring at Meng Yanla with a long tone Ask slowly:

"Is it a 7 of cubes?"

Meng Yan's pupils shrank slightly, and his expression became serious in an instant.

Mr. K stared at his expression, and the smile on his face grew wider and wider, his mouth almost reaching behind his ears.

"You really didn't disappoint me, so—" He smiled, slowly reached into his pocket, and took out a remote control, "I won't let you down either."

Just press it, and there was a loud "bang" not far away, like an earthquake, and the whole island shook.

Holding the remote control, the man backed away slowly, turning a blind eye to the gun aimed at him, and only looked at Meng Yan.

"As long as I press it again, the whole island will be blown up, do you want to try?"

There was a commotion in the crowd behind him, and the few people who had escaped the catastrophe suddenly panicked when they saw this situation, and wanted to run out like headless chickens, but were stopped by Meng Yan's men and cried and cursed.

"I won't play anymore, I won't play anymore, you are all lunatics, I won't play with you anymore!"

"This is not a new tourism project at all. I don't want to stay and die. I want to go home. Let me go home!"

"I have nothing to do with this matter. You guys tricked me into coming here. Now I order you to send me away immediately!"

……

Mr. K withdrew his gaze from the other side and said to Meng Yan: "Look, this is the person you have worked so hard to save, why not kill them for real. How can such people with goldfish brains be worth your time?" Oh, no—" He denied himself, and his eyes fell on Zhuang Sheng.

"The ones that deserve your attention are never those people, but this one in front of you." He looked at Zhuang Sheng and said slowly, "What a cute little friend, so cute that people want to hide you and not show you to me." .”

Zhuang Sheng was shocked, and turned to look at Meng Yan.Meng Yan didn't look at him, but kept staring at Mr. K, his silent expression could not read any emotion.

"So, we are the only ones of the same kind and the same people." Mr. K looked back at Meng Yan, shook his head and sighed, "Obviously, we cooperated so well at the beginning, and we can do whatever we want. Come on, you can pull whoever you want to pull down. Killing people can be so fun-but you insist on being a civil servant! I killed all the people who followed you during that time, but I couldn't make you turn back. You didn't even bat an eye, you're more ruthless than me. Don't you know that without a playmate you like, the fun of all games will be halved?"

Following his narration, Meng Yan's expression did not change, but Zhuang Sheng's complexion turned pale a little bit. Seeing Zhuang Sheng's pale face, Mr. K smiled even more happily.

"Oh, oh, can't you bear it? I can say more, in more detail. Has he ever left you for a while to be an undercover agent? Do you know how far he has been an undercover agent? You How about the game I'm playing now? It's still fun, right? But compared to the game we designed together, it's the difference between a primary school student and a professor, so I--I miss it so much."

Mr. K stared at Zhuang Sheng intently, as if looking forward to seeing him collapse.Zhuang Sheng gritted his teeth and insisted on looking at him without flinching.

He stared into the other person's eyes, word by word, and asked in a deep voice.

"So what?"

Mr. K paused, and made an exaggerated expression, "Oh, true love."

Then he laughed again, and said slowly: "So the lives of those ordinary people are the switch that restricts you; and you are the switch that restricts him."

He stood with his back to the cliff, behind him was the howling waves, and in front of him was a ready opponent.He stretched his hands upwards, made a gesture of embracing the sky, looked at Meng Yan who had been silent since just now, and said:

"For the sake of our acquaintance in the past, how about I help you two elope?" He shook the remote control in his hand, "There is a boat for two people diagonally below my right hand. Let's go with it. As for me, I will stay on this isolated island forever with these reluctant funeral companions—"

After the last word of Mr. K, Zhuang Sheng fully understood his intention, and his face was instantly pale without a trace of blood.Meng Yan, who had been silent all along, took two steps forward and finally spoke.

"No need.

As he spoke, he looked at Zhuang Sheng with a trace of apology in his eyes.Zhuang Sheng's heart was shocked when he saw it. He had seen the same look in his father's eyes 15 years ago.

"No—" Before the mind could fully react, the mouth had subconsciously shouted, but the voice seemed to be squeezed out of a completely dry throat, and it was almost inaudible.

Meng Yan's gaze had already moved to Mr. K who was holding the remote control.

"I may be the same person as you, but the difference is that there are people around me who are more precious than myself. So what matters is not who I am, but who he thinks I am--a pity You'll never understand that."

After saying this, he jumped off the cliff.

Zhuang Sheng's brain went blank at that moment, and his body rushed over with self-consciousness, only in time to see the splashing waves on the water surface.

"Meng Yan—"

Zhuang Sheng yelled and was about to jump down to find someone, but was stopped by other people who reacted.

Mr. K also seemed a little surprised by Meng Yan's move, and he rarely showed a dull expression on his face while holding the remote control.

Zhuang Sheng lay on the edge of the cliff, completely silent after shouting that, just staring blankly at the sea.There, there is nothing but sea water lapping against the rocks.

"Are you satisfied?"

Zhuang Sheng was still lying on the ground, turning to look at Mr. K.There was neither sadness nor joy on his face, but the tears fell uncontrollably.His eyes were empty, and he asked again in a dead voice.

"Now that he is dead, are you satisfied?"

Mr. K tasted it carefully, then shook his head, "To be honest, I'm not very satisfied, this is not the ending I want."

Zhuang Sheng stared at him intently, tears could not be stopped, but his expression was cold. Mr. K looked at him, thought of something, and smiled slowly again.

"For you now, living is more painful than dying, right? I really feel pity for you." He opened his hand and patted his chest, "Come on, I will show a little mercy for you in person. How about revenge?"

Zhuang Sheng stood up slowly from the ground, took the gun from the person next to him, and raised it to aim.

"Even if I'm the only one left in the end, I will, live on."

The shot rang out, and blood exploded from his chest.

The smile on the man's face froze, he looked into the void, and said with a long sigh:

"The world is like a chess game, black and white are divided between black and white."

The body slowly fell backwards and fell off the cliff.

"remote control!"

Everyone behind Zhuang Sheng was frightened, rushed to pick up the remote control that fell on the ground, and managed to touch the switch button by accident.After Zhuang Sheng fired that shot, the whole world seemed to have nothing to do with him. He stood blankly on the edge of the cliff for an unknown amount of time. The tears on his face had dried up and became extremely cold.

In a daze, someone came to persuade him or talk to him, but Zhuang Sheng didn't respond at all.

It seemed that everyone had already left, and he was the only one who stayed on this isolated island in the sea, waiting for someone who would never be able to wait.

"Sheng Sheng."

There seemed to be a whisper in my ear, but I couldn't tell whether it was a dream or a hallucination.

Zhuang Sheng turned around suddenly, and saw a person standing a few steps behind him, with water still dripping from his hair and clothes, looking at him with a gentle smile.

Without distinguishing whether it was reality or an illusion, Zhuang Sheng rushed over and threw himself into the arms of the man.

-

Meng Yan hugged this body that was colder than his own, and the apology and pity in his heart almost jumped out of his chest.But before he could open his mouth to apologize, he heard the person in his arms say it over and over again in a trembling tone.

"sorry Sorry……"

Meng Yan was shocked all over, hugged the person in his arms even tighter, lowered his head and kissed his cold forehead.

"Shengsheng, I'm the one who should say 'I'm sorry' to make you so worried. I'm sorry, can you forgive me?"

Zhuang Sheng didn't seem to hear what he said, and hugged his waist with all the strength in his body, as if he was afraid that this person would disappear if he let go.

"I'm sorry, I'm always so useless. I will work hard, be brave, and grow up to the point where I no longer need protection—that way, I won't lose you."

In an instant, Meng Yan's heart was in pain as if it had been torn into pieces.He resisted the urge to kiss the person in his arms hard, raised his face, and stared at the wet eyes that were red and swollen from crying.

"No, Shengsheng, it's not your fault. Whether you need protection or not, it will be my responsibility to protect you in my life." Meng Yan pressed a kiss to those moist eyes with a low voice. , gentle and affectionate.

"And you, as long as you exist in this world, you are already my salvation, do you understand?"

Even if I knew long ago that the world would be destroyed tomorrow, I would still plant my apple tree.

——Martin Luther