On October 29, 3020, according to the agreed time, Jiang Chengyan and Su Ke came to Braun Bar together and went straight to the bar.
When the bartender saw the two coming over, he greeted warmly, "Mr. Su, Team Jiang, you are here."
The two walked to the bar and sat down. Jiang Chengyan said bluntly, "We have an appointment with your boss today, is he here yet?"
"Come on, two people are already waiting in the office, do you see the stairs over there?" The bartender looked at the northeast corner of the bar, saw Jiang Chengyan nodded, and then said, "You go directly to the third floor, facing the stairs. The room is the boss's office."
Jiang Chengyan nodded, thanked the bartender, got up and walked towards the stairs, Su Ke followed closely. When he came to the third floor, he looked up at the room with the office sign, Jiang Chengyan stepped forward and knocked on the door, then the door was opened, and a young man appeared in front of the door. Looking at the man, a word flashed in Jiang Chengyan's mind, gentle as jade, probably to describe a man like him.
Kong Fang smiled slightly, but couldn't hide the tiredness on his face, and said, "Team Jiang, Mr. Su, please come in."
Jiang Chengyan smiled politely and said, "Then I'll disturb Mr. Kong."
The two walked into the office and sat down in front of the sofa. Kong Fang poured tea for the two of them and sat down in front of the sofa opposite.
Jiang Chengyan said casually, "I see Mr. Kong's face is not very good, is he too tired?"
Kong Fang looked at Jiang Chengyan with deep sadness in his warm eyes, and said, "Team Jiang, Changping he... Did something happen to him?"
Jiang Chengyan's eyes flashed, and he looked at Su Ke and said tentatively, "Listen to Mr. Kong's tone, are you familiar with Mr. Jiang?"
Kong Fang unconsciously touched the ring on his ring finger, silent for a while, and said, "He and I are same-sex partners."
Jiang Chengyan was startled, he had no idea that the person they were looking for would appear in this way so easily.
"You mean you and Mr. Jiang are same-sex partners?" Jiang Chengyan confirmed again.
"Yes." Kong Fang said sadly: "But we broke up a few days ago. Team Jiang, can you tell me what happened to him?"
"he died."
"Dead..." Kong Fang's eyes blushed instantly, with tears rolling in his eyes, and said, "Actually, when you called me, I had already guessed it, if it wasn't for an accident, how could the criminal police intervene? It's just me...I can't accept..."
Jiang Chengyan took out a tissue and handed it to Kong Fang, saying, "Mr. Kong, we can understand your mood, but we still need your cooperation in investigating some matters."
Kong Fang took the tissue and said, "You ask, I will not hide what I know, but can I not disclose my relationship with him?"
"We will never disclose information about the case. This is the rule. But if you are related to this case, then we must explain it to the family of the deceased."
"I'm not the murderer, I'm not afraid of your investigation." Kong Fang's eyes were filled with unbearable sadness, and he said, "Actually, I don't care, the people around me already know my sexual orientation, but Changping is different, he has a wife Children, if they know it, are not good for children's development."
"When did you and Mr. Jiang meet?"
"October 22, 3017, was the third anniversary of the bar's opening. On this day every year, I stayed at the bar until it was closed. He sat at the bar that day, drinking glass after glass, and I was afraid of him. If you're drunk and make trouble, just sit over and chat with him." Kong Fang unconsciously looked at the teacup on the table, a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, obviously he had fallen into memory.
"When I sat next to him, he seemed a little nervous and wanted to send me away after saying 'I have company'." Kong Fang smiled and then said: "If it were normal, I would turn around and leave, maybe It was because I was too busy that day, so I became interested in him. I didn't speak, I just sat beside him drinking. Seeing me like this, he stopped instead, hesitantly wanted to talk to me, but he was timid. I didn't dare to speak. Later, I was the one who opened the mouth first, and he lost his previous resistance, and told me, this stranger, everything in his heart. "
Kong Fang fell silent, Jiang Chengyan and Kong Fang looked at each other, but did not speak.
"He was always talking that day, and I was listening, listening to his inner entanglements and contradictions. He was gay. He not only married a woman, but also had children. He loved his son very much, but felt sorry for him. Because he was born not because of love, but because of his escape."
"I understand his pain. People like us are not recognized by the society. If you love someone secretly, lest others know, you will be excluded and discriminated against. It's just that I don't agree with his approach, and even feel a little bit cowardly towards him. I'm bored. But feelings are so unreasonable, and people who are obviously a little annoying, actually fell in love with them in the end."
"I bought this ring, it's a pair of rings, and the other one is also in my hand. I told him that when he can bravely tell the truth, I'll put that ring on him, and I'll never give up. Live with him for a lifetime. It's a pity... What's waiting is the breakup."
After waiting for a while, seeing that Kong Fang had no plans to continue talking, Jiang Chengyan asked, "How often do you meet?"
"We meet every month and stay for two or three days each time."
"Where do you meet every time?"
"Guangmei Community in the east of the city, my family has an old house there."
"When was the last time you saw Mr. Jiang?"
"At 8 p.m. on the 22nd, we separated."
"Where have you been since the separation, who can prove it?"
"After we separated, I went home. The next morning, I went to Ancheng for a business trip, and I just came back today."
"Where is your home, what time do you get home, is there anyone to testify?"
"In Hemei Community, when I got home at about nine o'clock, I was alone at home, and no one testified. However, the monitoring facilities in the community are relatively complete, and I should be able to find the video of my return home."
"Hemei Community?" Jiang Chengyan and Su Ke looked at each other, and then asked, "Since you guessed Mr. Jiang's accident, why didn't you come back yesterday?"
"When you called me, I was in the hospital with a high fever and couldn't get out of bed at all."
"From Hwaseong to Ancheng, how did you get there?"
"Driving. But I came back by the high-speed train. I still have a low fever and can't drive for the time being."
"What's wrong with Mr. Kong?"
"Pneumonia caused by high fever." Kong Fang said with a wry smile, "Actually, on the night I arrived in Ancheng, I already felt that something was wrong, but I felt uncomfortable and didn't want to go to the hospital, which ended up being pneumonia. It will be more serious than it is now.”
"Where did you stay when you arrived in Ancheng, and which hospital did you stay in?"
"I live in the Xingdu Hotel. The hospital is the West Campus of Ancheng People's Hospital."
Jiang Chengyan nodded and then asked, "Why did you break up?"
Kong Fang was silent for a while and said, "He said that it was wrong for us to be together. He doesn't want to make any more mistakes. He wants to return to the family and take good care of his wife and children."
"how about you?"
"Me? He has already said that, what else can I say? Three years, how proud I am of a person, but because I love him secretly like a thief, the result is a sentence of 'we were wrong', how It's ridiculous. Let's separate, I'm tired too."
Su Ke, who had been silent for a while, suddenly said, "You were wrong from the beginning. No matter how much you love, you should have your own moral bottom line."
Kong Fang was stunned for a moment and said with a self-deprecating smile, "So who's to blame for this?"
"Have you met Mr. Jiang's family?"
"I've seen it, we bumped into it when we went to a gallery to pick a painting."
"In your opinion, does Mr. Jiang's wife know of your existence?"
"I shouldn't know, he won't let them know." Kong Fang looked at Jiang Chengyan and said, "Can I go see him?"
"Now? Your body..."
"I'm fine, I just want to see him. Why did someone who was alive before suddenly disappear." Kong Fang's mood was obviously a little unstable.
Jiang Chengyan looked at Su Ke, saw Su Ke nodded, got up and said, "In that case, Mr. Kong, let's go with us."
Kong Fang immediately stood up and said gratefully, "Thank you."
The three didn't say much, and drove straight to the police station. When they came to the door of the refrigerator room, Su Ke took out the door card and opened the door, and walked in first. Kong Fang stopped at the door, clenching his fists and looking at the open door. Jiang Chengyan stood aside, did not speak, just accompanied him quietly. Although Kong Fang has always been very calm, he can see that Kong Fang is trying to restrain himself, and his deep love for Jiang Changping cannot be ignored.
Standing at the door for a long time, Kong Fang finally stepped into the door and came to Su Ke's side. He said apologetically, "Sorry, Mr. Su, I kept you waiting."
No matter how sad and sad, Kong Fang still has a good education. Who would have thought that such a person would be willing to be a third party for three years in order to love someone.
Can love really make a person let go of everything and become the person he once hated? Jiang Chengyan couldn't help but question in his heart.
"It's okay, I understand how you feel." Su Ke looked at Kong Fang's increasingly pale face and asked uncertainly, "Mr. Kong, are you really okay?"
Kong Fang looked at the big rectangular drawer in front of him and nodded calmly.
"Mr. Kong, Mr. Jiang's body is not so complete, so you'd better prepare yourself mentally."
Kong Fang looked at Su Ke and said reluctantly, "You mean..."
Su Ke nodded and said calmly, "Mr. Jiang was dismembered, and his head has not been found yet."
"How could this be..." Kong Fang staggered a step and bumped into Jiang Chengyan's body.
Looking at his pale face, Jiang Chengyan said worriedly, "Mr. Kong, otherwise you can come and see it another day."
Kong Fang shook his head with red eyes and said, "Go ahead. No matter what he is, I want to see him."
Su Ke glanced at Jiang Chengyan and opened the drawer that contained Jiang Changping's body.