Zhou Xiaozhuan found Sisi in an alley.
The alleys in the old town are twisty and twisty, and an unremarkable little door is full of groceries and snacks. Sisi was wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans, with her face up to the sky, and sat behind the counter to greet business. If you don't look carefully, you can't really recognize the enchanting woman at night.
This surprised Zhou Xiaozhuan.
There are many nightclub girls doing side jobs, but most of them are sales girls, car models, or some are just college students. Open a small shop, An An earns a meager income, I have never seen it.
What surprised him even more was that Sisi, looking at her young age, actually had a son. A two- or three-year-old boy with a big head and a head, has been holding her thigh and calling for mother. And every time she picks up the boy, her expression is so soft that it melts into water: "Doudou is good! Do Doudou want to eat Guoguo?"
Everyone has their own stories and secrets. Sisi is no exception.
"Beauty, grab a pack of cigarettes." A worker in blue overalls shouted from the door.
"Hey!" Sisi put down her son, bent down and took out a bag of white sand from the counter. When she looked up, she caught a glimpse of Zhou Xiaozhuan not far away.
Zhou Xiaozhuan immediately smiled at her.
Sisi twitched the corners of her mouth.
—
Sisi coaxed the child to fall asleep, turned around on her hips, and looked at Zhou Xiaozhuan patiently: "Comrade police officer, you have to tell me a few times before you believe me—that day we were just drinking tea and chatting, and we didn't do anything illegal!"
Of course Zhou Xiaozhuan didn't believe it, but he didn't want to press him any further. And now that he saw the child, he couldn't bear to embarrass her. So he rolled his eyes and adopted the devious tactics that Bai Jin Xi always taught him.
"That... Sisi, you're pretty good at the grocery store, and you want to bring a child. Can you see it alone?" He started a routine with her.
Sisi answered in a perfunctory manner while arranging the shelves: "It's okay."
"I will introduce more people to visit in the future." Zhou Xiaozhuan said sincerely.
Sisi moved for a while, turned her head to look at him, and continued to organize the shelves.
The so-called words are not speculative for more than half a sentence, and they are probably the descriptions. After that, most of Zhou Xiaozhuan talked to himself, and Sisi ignored it. Regarding the man's question, he even asked three questions.
When he finally went out, Sisi stopped him and said, "This morning, 'he' called me and said that if the police came to me, he would bring a message to your police detective. It's okay, I'm just passing the word."
…
When Zhou Xiaozhuan conveyed the words of "his" to Bai Jinxi, she was so angry that her lungs would explode. Holding his phone tightly, he stood in the small cubicle of the morgue, silent for a long time.
At the other end, Zhou Xiaozhuan was still pretending to test: "Boss, what happened last night? What did you take off your arm? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Let's talk later!" She hung up the phone directly.
As soon as he turned around, he met Xu Sibai's clear and watery eyes, looking at her inquiringly.
Bai Jin Xi put the phone back into his trousers pocket without changing his expression, "There is something in the bureau, I'll go first."
Xu Sibai nodded.
Bai Jin Xi was actually provoked by others, so it is difficult to concentrate on studying the corpse. She went downstairs, jumped on a bus, and left.
At this time, it was the sunset time, and a little bit of sunlight leaked into the cold room through the gaps in the curtains. Xu Sibai was not affected by Bai Jinxi's exit midway, and continued to complete the rest of the autopsy by himself.
Xiao Yao, the assistant beside him, was silent for a while, and couldn't help but speak, "Mr. Xu, are you not going to send Sister Jin Xi off?"
Xu Sibai paused for a moment with the scalpel in his hand, then went deeper, and replied lightly, "She doesn't need someone to send it."
Xiao Yao: "But... Teacher, you may have been doing research all day and didn't pay attention. Public security organs, the ratio of male to female is very unbalanced. Especially those criminal police officers, all of them are like wolves. It is rare that she has such a good relationship with you... "
Xu Sibai turned his head and glanced at him: "What do you want to say?"
Xiao Yao: "...why haven't you become her boyfriend yet?"
Xu Sibai was slightly startled and smiled. His voice was also as calm and gentle as the afterglow of the setting sun: "Me and her, it's fine now."
"But!" Xiao Yao had an expression of hating iron for not making steel. "If you like her, you should muster up the courage to chase her!"
However, Xu Sibai still just smiled, lowered his head and continued to study the corpse in front of him.
—
Night fell slowly.
This night, Jiangcheng's temperature has cooled down. There was a chill in the air, which was refreshing.
But Bai Jin Xi was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
If someone continues to meddle in their own business, don't try to put the removed arm back on.
She could almost imagine how coldly the man in the dark said this.
She decided to go to the director tomorrow to ask clearly. This person has bullied her on the head, is it tolerable or unbearable!
After a while, she stared at the gray and old ceiling in a daze, and suddenly remembered the day she woke up in the hospital four years ago. The unfamiliar doctor and unfamiliar nurse said to her regretfully, "Bai Jin Xi, all your parents died in this fire. Your brain has also been damaged due to prolonged hypoxia. Your memory may never be recovered."
There is a deserted place in everyone's heart. And when she was twenty-one years old, she became a desert. Then start plowing and planting again. What her mother looked like and what her father looked like, she didn't know and didn't remember. When life comes crashing down and destroying everything you have, only those who are in it know the feeling of being blank and empty.
She closed her eyes and fell asleep.
It's never been a sleepless night.
—
water sound.
The sound of water roaring like a thunderstorm came from the depths of the jungle.
She pushed aside the thorns and grasses, one step, one step, another step, getting closer and closer to the source of the sound.
It was a waterfall, a very high waterfall. The white water belt rushes down like a river.
A man is sitting under the waterfall.
"Who are you?" she asked curiously.
The man was wearing a dark blue T-shirt and black trousers. Put your hands on your knees.
The waterfall was rushing down, and he was motionless.
"Who are you?" Bai Jin Xi asked again.
He turned his head slowly and looked at her.
Bai Jin Xi stares at him blankly.
It was a pair of dark, pitch-black eyes that seemed to have no end in sight.
Slowly, there were tears in his eyes.
Bai Jin Xi stares at him blankly. An indescribable grief suddenly grabbed her chest.
As if out of control, she choked and burst into tears.
At this moment, the man suddenly raised his head slowly and looked behind her.
She also turned her head and followed his gaze.
another man. A man in a white hoodie and white trousers was holding an axe and slammed it hard at a person on the ground. The man's brain burst into a puddle of blood in an instant.
Then, the murderer turned and smashed another person on the ground.
"What are you doing! Stop it!" Bai Jin Xi yelled.
The murderer stopped, got up slowly, and turned to look at her.
Covered in blood, with eyes like eagles.
The next second, he was already in front of her, looked down at her, and raised the axe high. Bai Jin Xi struggled desperately, but he was caught by all four limbs, unable to move at all.
The man's gloomy face was as if death had descended, and in his hand was a black axe soaked with blood. The corners of his mouth curved slightly, showing a sarcastic smile, then suddenly lowered his head and kissed her heavily. The lips and tongues were entangled so intensely that the kiss made her almost breathless.
…
Bai Jin Xi suddenly opens her eyes.
There was still a gray ceiling in front of him, and fish belly white was already exposed outside the window. In the empty room, she was the only one lying quietly like a corpse, with tears and sweat all over her face. On the bedside table next to him, the screen of the mobile phone was bright, and the bells kept ringing.
What the hell! What a ghost dream!
Bai Jin Xi sits up all of a sudden, stretches out her hands to dry her tears, and grabs her phone: "Hello?"
Zhou Xiaozhuan's urgent and dignified voice came out very clearly: "Boss! There was a rape case in Building 10 of Daoli Lane last night!"