The summer night should be full of stars, insects chirping and birds singing, but now standing in front of this lonely grave, I don’t feel the romantic atmosphere in those TV dramas and novels at all. I just feel that there are really a lot of mosquitoes around me, and my body is covered with countless mosquito bites.
I checked my phone and found that it was already past eleven o'clock. I was completely depressed. I turned to look at Zhang Qishan who looked calm and said, "What should we do? How about we go to your classmate's house and go back tomorrow morning?"
Zhang Qishan has gently reburied the hearts that I had dug out from the grave. According to her, among these hearts are those of her sister and brother-in-law, but she can't tell which one it is. Even so, she can't let her sister's heart be exposed outside and be burned by the sun after dawn.
Zhang Qishan seemed to still be unable to get over the sadness just now. After hearing what I said, he shook his head and said, "I have no problem, but you do. My classmate is not married yet, and this is a rural area. If you, a grown man, live in her house, how bad will it be for her if others see you?"
"What should I do? Camp here today? I'll probably be sucked dry by mosquitoes tomorrow." I was completely depressed. My legs were aching so much that I might as well be sucked dry by mosquitoes instead of walking back.
Zhang Qishan rolled her eyes at me and said, "I told you that you are quite smart, aren't you? Why are you so confused now? Who told you that you can't get a taxi here? Do you know that there is an app specifically for hailing a taxi?"
"ah?"
Only then did I realize how stupid I was. I had a mobile phone in my hand, so why was I afraid of not being able to get a taxi? Under Zhang Qishan's contemptuous gaze, I downloaded a taxi APP, quickly contacted a taxi, and we walked towards the main road.
I got into the taxi smoothly and returned home safely. I was so tired that I wanted to fall asleep immediately, but what made me helpless was that Zhang Qishan also wanted to stay at my house.
I was so confused. How come in just a few days, two beautiful women stayed overnight at my house? Am I really lucky in love recently
But before I could think of any inappropriate clips for children, Zhang Qishan poured cold water on me, complaining that my quilt was too smelly and saying she wanted to sleep on the sofa. She also said that if I dared to have any improper thoughts, she would castrate me.
This girl dared to look for the heart of the dead in such a scary place tonight. She must be very brave. I had no doubt about the truthfulness of her words, so I let go of all evil thoughts and went to sleep peacefully.
We stayed silent all night. The next morning, both Zhang Qishan and I were woken up by our cell phone alarms. As expected, Zhang Qishan also thought that my alarm tone was very girly. I was too lazy to explain to her, so I quickly packed up and took her to the store to drive the car to deliver the goods. It was not that I wanted to take her with me, but she insisted on following me to experience the life of a courier.
Before going to the head office, I called Bai Longfei first, asked Bai Qi to answer the phone and told him that I had an important discovery, and Bai Qi said he would come to the door of the head office to find me soon.
When I arrived at the head office, I found that the plainclothes officers who pretended to sell things yesterday were gone. It seemed that under the influence of Lin Yingxue and Officer Yang, they were convinced that Xiao Wang was the heart-digger. Although Xiao Wang was dead, I still decided to do my best to find the real murderer and clear Xiao Wang's name.
The truck had been waiting at the door for a long time, and couriers from other branches had also arrived one after another. After a while, I noticed that Xiao Li was driving the courier truck slowly towards us. He looked very worried, and I was afraid that he had already known about Xiao Wang's affairs.
After Xiao Li parked the car, I stepped forward and patted Xiao Li on the shoulder and asked, "Are you okay?"
Xiao Li looked up and saw that it was me. He forced a smile and said, "What can I do? It's just that Wang Zhen's death was too sudden. I feel a little sad. But it's okay. He deserved it. I didn't expect Wang Zhen to be the heart-digger. But I have worked with him for so long. He is a coward. Who would have thought that he would do such a thing?"
It was only then that I realized that Xiao Wang's real name was Wang Zhen. I smiled and said, "Yes, since he is gone, we should not be sad for him anymore. Have you had breakfast? Let's go. I will treat you today."
Xiao Li nodded, and suddenly noticed Zhang Qishan standing next to me, and asked in confusion: "Ji Wen, who is this?"
I winked at Zhang Qishan, then smiled and said, "I forgot to introduce her. This is my girlfriend."
After hearing what I said, Xiao Li's eyes almost popped out. He looked at me first, then at Zhang Qishan. Zhang Qishan also cooperated and took my arm and smiled at Xiao Li.
Xiao Li coughed a few times, then pulled me aside and whispered, "Ji Wen, are you kidding me? The beauty you brought the day before yesterday wasn't this one? How come you change girlfriends faster than you change underwear? Do you have a good one to introduce to me?"
Seeing Xiao Li so envious, I felt extremely satisfied inside. It's nice to pretend to be cool occasionally.
After the three of us had a meal of ramen on the street, we went back to distribute the goods. Since Xiao Li was the only one left in the West Street branch, I went to help Xiao Li after I had distributed my things. Bai Qi didn't come over until I had helped him.
Bai Qi was sitting in Officer Yang's police car. They both got out of the car and walked towards me. I looked at Officer Yang in confusion and said, "Officer Yang, why are you here too? Isn't the case closed?"
Officer Yang seemed to hear that I was mocking him, but he was not angry. He sighed and said, "I went home and thought about it last night. I felt that there were indeed many doubts in this case, and your analysis seemed to be correct. I went to discuss it with Chief Bai early this morning. I knew that Chief Bai was coming here, so I followed him."
I thought to myself, you need to think about something so obvious all night? A normal person would figure it out right away, right? What's wrong with your brain
As soon as Officer Yang finished speaking, his eyes suddenly stopped on Zhang Qishan's face beside me, and he rushed towards Zhang Qishan on the spot, wanting to arrest him.
"Don't worry, I brought her here, and she also provided the clues this time. She is not the murderer."
Zhang Qishan was so scared that he hid behind me. It was only after I hurriedly explained the situation that Officer Yang gave up the idea of arresting Zhang Qishan.
Bai Qi came out and said, "Ji Wen, you said you had a major discovery and asked me to come over. What did you find out?"
I called everyone to a nearby teahouse, found a quiet place, and carefully repeated what Zhang Qishan had told me last night, as well as the causes and consequences of our discovery of the deceased's heart.
After listening to my statement, Bai Qi fell into deep thought with a serious look on his face, while Officer Yang excitedly took out his cell phone and asked people to immediately go to the jujube tree in Jiadao Village to check the hearts. Looking at his expression, if Bai Qi had not been around, he would probably have gone to see it with his own eyes.
Bai Qi was silent for a moment, then said to Officer Yang, "This little girl's experience basically shows that the murderer's current target is the relatives of the seven victims who died ten years ago. Old Yang, immediately send someone to find out where the relatives of the seven victims ten years ago are now, and send someone to protect them well. Also, send me a copy of the detailed information of the victims of the four cases ten years ago and this time. I want to verify whether the murderer really has such a motive for killing."
Officer Yang nodded, turned around and left. Seeing Officer Yang leave, Bai Qi actually stood up and bowed deeply to the indifferent Zhang Qishan with a serious face.
"I'm really sorry. Because of our negligence, you are now in such a situation. On behalf of all the police officers, I solemnly apologize to you. I hope you can trust us, the police, and we will definitely give justice to your sister and parents!"
I didn't expect Bai Qi to do this suddenly. I hurriedly stood up and wanted to stop Bai Qi, but Bai Qi refused. He just stood there with bent back, waiting for Zhang Qishan's forgiveness.
I turned to look at Zhang Qishan and saw that her eyes had turned red again. She turned her head away stubbornly and didn't want to look at Bai Qi. This lasted for two minutes. Perhaps the kind-hearted Zhang Qishan couldn't bear it any longer, so she sighed, stood up and helped Bai Qi up and said, "Don't do this. You can only force me to forgive you. In fact, what's the point of forgiving or not? My parents and sister can't be resurrected. I only hope that you can catch the real murderer, give justice to my family and other victims, and let the real murderer receive the punishment he deserves."
Bai Qi was helped up by Zhang Qishan, and said in a serious tone: "Don't worry, we have already got a lot of clues. I promise you that within three days at most, we will be able to catch the real culprit and get rid of this heart-digger!"
Seeing what Bai Qi did, I couldn't help but think of some news I had seen before, about corruption and bribery. It seemed that there were no good people in this world anymore. But the Bai Qi in front of me made me see a good official who truly serves the people. I believe that there are actually quite a few such people.
After a conversation, Officer Yang came back with the information. What was surprising was that Officer Yang was extremely efficient. In less than an hour, he had actually investigated the lonely grave thoroughly.
"Our people visited every household and finally found out the information about the lonely grave in an elderly family's home." Officer Yang walked in excitedly and spoke directly to Bai Qi.
"Oh, tell me quickly, do you have any information about the murderer?"
Officer Yang nodded and said, "Yes, according to the old man, the wasteland where this lonely grave is located belonged to a young man named Er Gouzi ten years ago. Ten years ago, Er Gouzi's mother died suddenly of illness, so Er Gouzi buried his mother in his own field. Later, because there was a grave there, no one dared to touch the land. I don't know who planted a jujube tree next to the grave, and it became what it is today."