On the first day after the New Year's holiday, Ren Yi received a call from Qiu Yan, saying that the case had progressed and he needed to go to the branch office to assist in the investigation.
Ren Yi was silent on the phone for a while, and instead of directly answering, he asked abruptly, "You know that, too."
Qiu Yan was startled for a moment, but did not speak.
Ren Yi continued: "You also doubt my father, don't you?"
Qiu Yan paused: "I'm sorry, captain Ren, I was just performing my duties. But I didn't know what Ying Xian did to the old captain. He really did something wrong."
"So after the hypnosis, have my father's suspicions been ruled out?" Ren Yi never asked Gong Yingxian this question, because even if he mentioned this topic, he would be so angry, and he didn't want to hear from Gong Yingxian that he didn't want to. The answer he heard, although he didn't have the slightest doubt about his father, he also knew that hypnosis cannot be used as evidence.
"Judging from the results of hypnosis, the old captain didn't have any unconventional behavior." Qiu Yan said sincerely, "Emotionally, I don't believe that the old captain is suspected, but I am a policeman, and I have to go to every clue. Check, Ying Xian is the same, but he used the wrong method."
Ren Yi said coldly, "Why didn't you tell me in the first place."
Qiu Yan smiled wryly: "I can't speak, it's too hurtful. Our idea is to secretly verify, and if the suspicion of the old captain is ruled out, then it just happens to be nothing happened."
Ren Yi's tone became sharp: "You guys underestimate me. If you tell me from the beginning, although I will be angry, I will respect the evidence, I will be wrong, and I will try to prove my father's innocence One thing Gong Yingxian said was right, the evidence at the scene was indeed against the first firefighter who entered the fire, if he could look at this matter more rationally, he would also have doubts, in fact he had already suspected that the murderer had Firefighting background, but he did not think about his father from the beginning to the end.
After calming down these days, he knew that the most important thing now was not to blame Gong Yingxian, but to protect his father's reputation and find the real culprit.
"I'm sorry." Qiu Yan said shamefully.
"Going to the branch office this time, do you want me to go, or he wants me to go."
"It's the task force who wants you to go."
"Okay, I'll go."
After hanging up the phone, Ren Yi took a leave of absence and went to Hongwu branch.
Although he was well prepared, the muscles on Ren Yi's face still stiffened unconsciously when he saw Gong Yingxian.
Gong Yingxian's eyes were gloomy, his complexion was gloomy, and he seemed to have no energy. The moment he saw Ren Yi, thousands of complicated emotions surged in his eyes.
Qiu Yan stood aside, looking helpless, hesitant to speak.
Ren Yi said blankly, "What do you need my cooperation for?"
"The footprints you found at the scene before, we have now tracked down a person. We suspect that this person has deliberately contacted you before." Qiu Yan said.
"Touching me?" Ren Yi frowned, "How do you know this?"
Gong Yingxian put a photo in front of Ren Yi: "Do you have any impression of this person?"
Ren Yi glanced at it, and there was a handsome boy with a bright smile on the photo, only about a teenager, he shook his head: "I don't have any impression, he is the owner of the shoe print?"
"Yes, he is a senior in Schneider's high school."
Ren Yi raised his head, his expression changed slightly: "Same school as Feilan?"
Gong Yingxian nodded: "Fei Lan said that he is very famous in their school, such as school grass, but the two of them don't know each other."
"Have they ever had contact?"
"No."
"Then how do you know he touched me?"
"He happened to pass by your squadron on his way home from school. He once visited and played basketball with your soldiers. He was the team leader when your squadron gave their school a fire training drill. He was very interested in firefighting and fire related things. interest, and shows you a cult of personality."
Ren Yi was stunned: "For me? Worship? How did you find out?"
"Most of them were found by Xiao Tan through his social media." Qiu Yan explained.
"His social media has a lot of content about you." Gong Yingxian turned his laptop screen to Ren Yi with a cold face, and a video first entered Ren Yi's sight.
It turned out to be an interview conducted by the Propaganda Department when the squadron leader was studying years ago. Ren Yi remembered this interview because he was eating at that time and asked the other party not to release his eating appearance.
Gong Yingxian pressed the play button with a "snap", as if he had tapped the keyboard with his fingers as hard as he could, but the sound was quite loud, and even contained anger.
Ren Yi saw himself and Yan Jue in the video, at first they were eating, when the camera came over, Yan Jue hugged his shoulders intimately and let him look at the camera, they joked and laughed, they looked very familiar.
Since Yan Jue said those words last time, the two of them had no other contact except to pay respects to each other through WeChat during the Chinese New Year. He was indeed avoiding Yan Jue. It's not a psychological effect, the way Yan Jue looked at him at that time was indeed a little different.
Suddenly, two big hands were pressed on both sides of the notebook. Ren Yi was familiar with these hands. They were white and slender, perfect like works of art, as if they had never touched the world.
Ren Yi raised his head and looked at Gong Yingxian, who was also looking at him with sharp eyes.
Gong Yingxian supported the table with both hands, his tall body completely blocked the light from the overhead light, and shrouded Ren Yi in the shadow, he said in a cold tone: "You know, this video of you and him was clicked on the Internet The rate is very high, and many people say that you are very, like, and suitable."
"Ying Xian!" Qiu Yan scolded.
Ren Yi narrowed his eyes: "I'm here to assist in handling the case, don't talk about irrelevant topics."
Gong Yingxian suppressed his anger, Ren Yi's indifference to him at this time formed a huge contrast with the friendliness towards Yan Jue in the video, which made him angry and jealous. He took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "We suspect that he has followed you and other fire fighters, paid close attention to your police dispatches, and collected your news."
"Is he a stalker? A fanatical admirer?"
"Probably both."
"Have you asked him for questions?"
"Not yet, he is a minor, we are very cautious."
"What's the point of being cautious? He's already at the scene of the crime."
Qiu Yan nodded: "We have contacted his guardian today, and we will bring him to the police station to cooperate with the investigation later. In fact, we asked you to come today because we hope that you may be able to help during the interrogation process. Observe him Your reaction and attitude to you is important to us."
"Yes." Ren Yi really couldn't associate a sunny-looking boy with the X organization, not to mention that Schneider is an international school, and the students there are either rich or expensive, and they don't quite meet the characteristics of arsonists. Maybe There is some misunderstanding in it.
Qiu Yan looked at his watch: "He should be here, Captain Ren, I'll go talk to him first, and I'll call you when I need it."
Ren Yi nodded.
When Qiu Yan walked to the door, he stopped and turned around, looked at Gong Yingxian, and signaled him to follow him with his eyes, but Gong Yingxian didn't move as if he didn't see it. Qiu Yan shook his head helplessly, opened the door and left.
Only Gong Yingxian and Ren Yi were left in the office, and there was a suffocating silence.
Gong Yingxian silently sat next to Ren Yi, just sitting upright, neither turning his head nor speaking, as if just sitting next to Ren Yi was enough.
But Ren Yi felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, he didn't walk or move, he seemed to be able to faintly feel the heat emanating from Gong Yingxian.
He finally couldn't take it anymore, and got up to go out. When he moved, Gong Yingxian also stood up: "Where are you going?"
"bathroom."
Gong Yingxian followed without any explanation.
Ren Yi walked a few steps, and finally couldn't help but turn around: "What are you going to do?"
Gong Yingxian stared straight at Ren Yi, and whispered, "Are we going to keep doing this?"
"You don't have to."
"Then can we make up?" Gong Yingxian looked at Ren Yi without blinking, and there was even a trace of innocence in his eyes.
Ren Yi took a breath and showed a bitter smile: "I used to think that you just don't understand the world, but now I realize that you lack the ability to empathize, you are too indifferent, you can't feel the pain of others, and you can't understand the pain of others. Care about hurting others, you don't really feel guilty for hurting my father, your apology is just to deal with me."
Gong Yingxian's face changed slightly, and he argued, "It's obvious that you are unable to make a rational judgment on things because of your personal feelings. If you can step out of the framework of family affection and look at this case carefully, you will also find out How suspicious your father is."
"Even if he's suspicious, you don't have the right to deeply hypnotize him!" Ren Yi growled, "You know it's illegal to do that, so you tricked me into signing a liability exemption agreement."
Gong Yingxian lowered his eyes and whispered, "The exemption agreement was requested by Dr. Pompeii."
"So Dr. Pompeii doesn't know, this matter has not been approved by the guardian, right?" Ren Yi grabbed Gong Yingxian by the collar, "You take this agreement, one end tricked me into signing it, and the other end tricked me into signing it. You lied to Dr. Pompeii to use unconventional medical methods, everything is to achieve your own goals, you still dare to use an innocent face to ask me not to be angry again, do you really not know what you have done, or are you simply Don't take it seriously!"
Gong Yingxian opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.
"I will do everything I can to protect my father's reputation, so I will cooperate 100% in the investigation, but between us..." Ren Yi made up his mind and spit out words like tears of blood, "There is no need to have any other contact. gone."
Gong Yingxian's face turned pale immediately, he gritted his teeth and said, "Impossible, I will never agree!"
"It's not up to you to agree or not."
Gong Yingxian took a step forward and stood in front of Ren Yi, a shadow was cast on his face, as if hiding most of his emotions in it, he said softly: "Ren Yi, you took a lot of effort to walk into me world, you can never go out again."