Jiang Zhiyuan bent down, and Zhou Hui followed his gaze and saw a small bag placed at his feet. The bag was very old, army green in color, and some parts had turned white due to washing.
He opened the zipper with one hand, revealing a pointed awl and other objects inside.
When Zhou Hui saw this scene, she was so frightened that she dared not make a sound. She shook her head desperately, but her tears had no effect in front of this man.
She and Jiang Zhiyuan had a daughter together, and she knew something about his past.
He came from a bad family. As he himself said, he was a bad person. His father was a gangster and his mother worked in nightclubs. Both of them died later.
His childhood was mostly spent dealing with crime. He had no ID card, no household registration booklet, no academic qualifications, and it was difficult for him to find a job after he became an adult. The only thing he had was that handsome face.
Before Jiang Se came into his life, he was just a gangster with nothing. He might have followed in his parents' footsteps one day. But after having Jiang Se, he really changed a lot. He began to actively look for a job, but encountered obstacles everywhere because of his identity and academic qualifications.
He was full of hope yet in despair at that time, until one day he said he was going to make a fortune and give his daughter the best things in the future.
Since then, he has disappeared without a trace and has not been seen for several months.
"… I was with Jiang Se at the time, what could I do? I was just a woman, and my parents wouldn't let me into the house because I was pregnant before marriage."
She was very young at that time, had never had any work experience, and had an extremely weak personality. She wanted to say something else, but Jiang Zhiyuan was playing with the matchbox, looking at her with a sneer, and did not seem to be moved by her words at all.
Zhou Hui was a little desperate. "Chang Qun has a bad temper and beats and scolds Jiang Se, but at least he gave Jiang Se a bite to eat and let her live to the age of seventeen or eighteen. What have you done?"
He tightened the knot in his hand, turned a deaf ear to Zhou Hui's words, pressed the tip of his tongue against his right cheek, and blinked at Zhou Hui:
"I heard you guys are going on a trip?"
Jiang Zhiyuan had a mobile phone at hand, and he should have seen the flight information on it.
The look in his eyes made Zhou Hui shudder. She had seen Jiang Zhiyuan's expression when he was fighting with others in his early years. He beat people as if he didn't care about his life and wanted to beat the people to death.
The expression he showed at this moment was exactly the same as he was back then. No, it should be said that it was a little more dangerous than back then. He had murderous intent in his heart.
"If you were to die, how long do you think it would take for someone to find your bodies?"
He said this with a smile on his face, and even as he spoke he took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth:
"The trip will last for twenty days. This time is enough for me to deal with you." He gritted his teeth and smiled at Zhou Hui. Zhou Hui trembled all over. She had vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she didn't expect Jiang Zhiyuan to be so cruel as to want to kill her entire family.
There are five people in Du's family, two of whom are children. Is he crazy
"Don't do this, Zhiyuan, don't do this..." Zhou Hui cried and begged, struggling desperately, Jiang Zhiyuan nodded:
"I'll give you three minutes to think of a reason why I shouldn't do this. Maybe I'll change my mind."
There was a hint of joking in his words. Facing Zhou Hui's pleading, his eyes were cold and he showed no emotion at all. It was obvious that this woman's tears did not cause any ripples in his heart at all.
"Please, don't do this, take all these things away."
"Don't waste your time."
Jiang Zhiyuan shook his head. Du Changqun on the ground heard that he was going to kill someone and struggled desperately like a dying fish. He found it interesting and pulled the curtain rope and slowly wrapped it around his neck.
He thought of strangling Du Changqun with the curtain rope, and then tying the rope back to the curtain afterwards. If the bodies of the family were discovered in the future, the police might not even be able to find the murder weapon in time.
He was distracted for a moment, and Zhou Hui cried desperately: "Don't kill us, you will go to jail..."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhiyuan took out a match and lit the cigarette in his mouth. He said slowly, "Going to jail? For someone like me, it's no different from going to jail anywhere."
He didn't care about how life was, how others were, or even himself. Zhou Hui's nonsense made him a little impatient.
"I have Jiang Se's number. Please go find her. Please don't do this to us. Don't you want a daughter?"
Jiang Zhiyuan shook his head again. If he wanted to find his daughter, he would have done it a long time ago. Why should he wait until now
He slowly blew out a puff of smoke and reminded Zhou Hui: "It's one and a half minutes."
Zhou Hui said desperately: "You want to kill us. If things get out of hand, you are not afraid, but have you ever thought about Jiang Se?"
Her words had an unexpected result.
Jiang Zhiyuan paused in his smoking and frowned.
After Zhou Hui finished shouting this, she noticed the subtle change in Jiang Zhiyuan's mood. She breathed a sigh of relief and then continued crying and shouting:
"Jiang Se is a celebrity now. She is very famous in China. You have been back for half a year. You should know that." She was tied tightly and squirmed desperately on the sofa, trying her best to get further away from Jiang Zhiyuan:
"If all of us in our family died, it would be on the news. It would be a huge blow to Jiang Se's career. Think about her, think about her!"
There was a long silence in the living room.
Du Changqun and his wife were like prisoners awaiting the outcome of their trial. They had never felt that time was so difficult to endure.
When Jiang Zhiyuan came out of Du's house carrying his backpack and lowering his head, his figure avoided the cameras in the area like a ghost.
As he said, in the past six months since he came back, he heard from Du's former neighbors that Du Changqun had moved to this community, and he has been investigating the security and surveillance of this community. He only took action when the time was right and he had determined the specific floor and house number of the Du family.
He left the community before dawn. He threw the first layer of latex gloves he was wearing into the trash can next to the community, but he was still wearing the other pair of gloves inside.
As he got further away from the Du family’s residential area, his steps became faster. In the night, his figure was elongated by the lights on the side of the road, making him look tall and a little lonely.
He lit a cigarette alone, thinking of what Zhou Hui had said before, and finally he still didn't do it. He came with the intention of killing, but finally he still stopped.
The smoke was a faint green color under the dim street lights, curling up. He squinted his eyes, remembering that there was still one thing he had not finished.
While paying attention to Jiang Se's whereabouts, he discovered that someone was still tracking down Jiang Se's information, and even some of his neighbors had been "taken care of" in the past. He had to figure out who was behind the investigation and whether the purpose was about himself or Jiang Se. (To be continued)