Qin Guan was dissatisfied: "Brother Lu, you can't take this opportunity to retaliate."
Officer Lu handed Lin Dapeng an evidence bag:
"We checked Qin Guan's car this afternoon and found He Youwei's earrings inside, with Qin Guan's fingerprints on them."
"The person involved in the disappearance of He Youwei and Zhou Laifu is Qin Guan, not Gu Yiming."
In the evidence bag, there was actually the diamond earring!
Officer Lu said, "Zhou Laifu was attacked a few weeks before your arm was injured. He was officially missing two years later."
"Because in the past two years, your arm was severely injured and you couldn't move."
"Two years later, He Youwei disappeared. After she disappeared, Gu Yiming's neighbors also disappeared."
Qin Guan felt wronged. "Forget about He Youwei and Zhou Laifu. I don't even know Lao Gu's neighbors!"
Officer Lu looked at him and said, "His neighbor is the one who caused the medical trouble that injured your hand."
Qin Guan was stunned. Officer Lu looked at Lin Jiaqiao and said, "As for He Youwei and Zhou Laifu, they are not very friendly to Lin Jiaqiao."
Qin Guan was dissatisfied: "You mean, I attacked them just to avenge Zhizhi?"
Lin Dapeng suddenly said, "Before Qin Guan's arm was injured, he and Zhou Laifu did not have a deep hatred."
Officer Lu's expression sank, "I know that, too. But Master, He Youwei's earrings were indeed found in Guan Guanzi's car, in a very hidden position on his passenger seat."
Qin Guan looked at Lin Jiaqiao in disbelief: "Besides Zhizhi, my co-pilot is only Lao Gu—"
Lin Jiaqiao remembered that after Gu Xiaoxu passed away, the insurance salesman had been pestering Gu Yiming, which was why he couldn't do it himself.
Lin Jiaqiao didn't care whether she would be exposed or not. She said, "Wait a minute, I have evidence."
After saying that, he returned to the room and tried to find the USB flash drive.
But the USB drive disappeared.
Her headphones were still on the table, but the USB drive was gone.
Lin Jiaqiao asked Ms. Qiao: "Have you seen my USB drive?"
Ms. Qiao was woken up in the middle of the night and was not very clear about the situation: "What USB drive?"
Lin Jiaqiao was anxious: "It was the express delivery you signed for me during the day."
Ms. Qiao was puzzled and pointed at the coffee table, "Aren't there snacks in the express delivery?"
There was indeed an open box on the coffee table.
What, what’s going on.
Lin Jiaqiao looked at everything in front of him in horror. Why was it different from what he remembered
And no one noticed.
Lin Dapeng asked: "What USB drive?"
Lin Jiaqiao asked tentatively: "Do you remember that beggar this afternoon?"
Seeing Lin Dapeng nod, she breathed a sigh of relief and made up an excuse: "I secretly recorded it and imported the audio into a USB drive."
Officer Lu reminded, "Secretly recorded audio cannot be used as evidence."
Lin Jiaqiao's mind was in a mess, and he said casually: "I know, it's just a professional habit."
Lin Dapeng said: "Take Qin Guan back to the police station to take a statement, and bring Gu Yiming along as well—"
Only then did everyone realize that Gu Yiming was missing.
Officer Lu hurriedly called the police officer on duty downstairs, and the police officer replied: "Xiao Gu said that Captain Lin asked him to go get something and he just left."
No one in the house noticed.
Lin Dapeng's face turned cold. He said to Officer Lu, "Take Qin Guan back and ask him about the recent events related to Gu Yiming."
He said to Lin Jiaqiao: "Come with me."
After sitting in the passenger seat, Lin Jiaqiao finally remembered to ask, "Where are we going?"
Lin Dapeng replied: "Go find your brother."
As the engine started, Lin Jiaqiao warned: "If, I mean if, if we get into a car accident, Dad, you don't have to protect me."
“Airbags protect us.”
This time, Lin Dapeng didn't blame her for her bad mouth. He just asked, "You dreamed about me getting into a car accident again."
Lin Jiaqiao nodded, "Maybe it will be today, at the cross-sea bridge."
Lin Dapeng said disdainfully: "On New Year's Day—"
Lin Jiaqiao said: "It's the Chinese New Year, so we should be more careful."
Lin Dapeng rolled his eyes at her and suddenly asked, "Just now, when Xiao Lu and the others came in, I saw Gu Yiming write on his phone, 'Leave, as usual'. Do you know what that means?"
Lin Jiaqiao turned his not-so-bright brain: Did Gu Yiming write these two words to remind himself
But he doesn't have amnesia, he won't forget -
Could it be that it has changed
Gu Yiming kept reincarnating because he committed suicide. Since Lin Dapeng survived, he naturally would not commit suicide, so the USB flash drive became a non-existent thing and would of course disappear.
Gu Yiming didn't play dumb either.
He really doesn't remember.
He now has no memory of Lin Dapeng's death.
He expected this to happen, so he left himself a reminder on his phone.
She vaguely guessed the steps to solve the problem by looking at the answer, while Gu Yiming figured out the answer as soon as he finished reading the question.
Lin Jiaqiao answered without any psychological pressure: "How can I know what Mingming is thinking? His brain is the brain, and my brain is just the intestine."
Lin Dapeng looked at her for a while, and Lin Jiaqiao felt guilty. He suddenly said, "Yes, this is difficult for you."
Although Gu Yiming is a gossiper, he is not keen on socializing. His activities are simple. Apart from the company, he stays at home every day.
Lin's father and daughter went to these two places to look for him, but didn't find him.
The two were about to go to Gu Yiming's mother's house when Officer Lu called and said, "Qin Guan escaped."
Lin Dapeng:!!!
Lin Jiaqiao:!!!
Officer Lu added: "Qin Guan said that Gu Yiming's car smelled bad, and he also heard noises coming from Gu Yiming's trunk. Gu Yiming said it was some sundries, and he didn't take it seriously."
The Lin family father and daughter exchanged glances. It seemed that Gu Yiming had already caught the neighbor.
They need to speed up.
Gu Yiming's mother's home is in the old city, so the father and daughter have to cross the sea bridge.
Although Lin Dapeng is fine now, no one can guarantee that he will be safe until February 2nd is over.
From the moment the wheels pressed against the cross-sea bridge, Lin Jiaqiao's heart began to hang in the balance.
Fortunately, they passed smoothly without even encountering a traffic jam.
Lin Jiaqiao finally felt relieved.
She was very happy and had a lot to say to Lin Dapeng, but she didn't know what to say. In the end, she just said, "Happy birthday, Dad."
Lin Dapeng was thinking about something and responded casually.
At this time, the sun rose, and the father and daughter rushed into the sun.
The neighborhood where Gu Yiming's mother lived was even older, with almost no one living there. Even the property management had vacated the area. Looking around, the neighborhood was deserted.
When the two arrived, the door of Gu's house was ajar.
The two exchanged glances, Lin Dapeng walked in front and Lin Jiaqiao walked behind, and they carefully pushed the door open.
Qin Guan was looking for clues in the house. He was startled when he heard the voice, and was relieved when he saw the person coming.
Lin Dapeng said angrily: "You have grown so powerful that you dare to run away."
Qin Guan looked at Lin Jiaqiao behind him. After making sure that she was safe, he felt like talking back: "If you think about it, you will know that I am definitely not the murderer."
"It's a waste to lock up someone as smart as me at a time like this. You need my brain."
Lin Jiaqiao spoke up for him, "Yes, Dad, Guan Guan is super smart."
Lin Dapeng rolled his eyes at the two of them and said, "Super smart Guan Guan, what have you discovered?"
Qin Guan said that the room was covered with dust and it looked like no one had been there for a long time.
Lin Dapeng ordered Lin Jiaqiao: "Take a photo."
Gu Yiming also asked Lin Jiaqiao to take photos at his company and home.
Lin Jiaqiao asked: "Should I just take pictures casually?"
Gu Yiming nodded, and Lin Jiaqiao took a few casual photos.
Back in the car, Lin Dapeng said, "There's only one spot left."
Gu Xiaoxu's grave.
Qin Guan said firmly: "Old Gu will not do bad things in front of Sister Xiao Xu."
Lin Jiaqiao felt that what he said was right.
Lin Dapeng did not refute, but just said: "Look over there."
They hadn't walked far when Officer Lu called again.
He said in an urgent voice, "Master, Master, Zhao Ruihe is now on the top floor of Micro News. He said that he killed He Youwei and Zhou Laifu, and he wants you to come over before he confesses his crime."
Officer Lu whispered, "He also said that if he didn't see you within ten minutes, he would jump off the roof."
"He lied!" Lin Jiaqiao said, "He was not the one who killed people."
Qin Guan frowned: "Is he trying to delay time?"
Lin Dapeng also guessed it. He said, "But we can't just watch him jump off the building."
Qin Guan asked: "Isn't Lao Gu's phone turned off? How did he know to delay?"
Lin Dapeng asked: "What do you mean-"
Qin Guan asked: "Have they met?"
Lin Jiaqiao called Officer Lu on WeChat and said, "Zhao Ruihe just wanted to see you, but he didn't ask you to be there in person. Let's video chat with him and see if we can find any new clues."
Zhao Ruihe didn't expect that Lin Dapeng, such a big captain, would use such a sneaky trick. When he saw the other party on the screen, he was stunned for a few seconds.
Lin Jiaqiao immediately fooled people, calling him brother-in-law all the time, and said that they were afraid of being late, so they started the video first.
It took Zhao Ruihe some time to wake up from her sweet words and loudly announced that he was the murderer of He Youwei and Zhou Laifu.
Lin Dapeng completely ignored him and carefully looked for clues on him.
Soon, he found it.
A petal of pink muhly grass was found on the hem of Zhao Ruihe's clothes.
Lin Jiaqiao immediately turned off the video, "My brother has this at home, and he has his own home."
Lin Dapeng frowned, "I didn't see it just now."
"How is that possible?" Lin Jiaqiao flipped through the photos he had just taken, and sure enough, the bunch of pink muhly grass on the shoe cabinet in Gu Yiming's house was gone.
Lin Jiaqiao was surprised, "How could this happen!"
Lin Dapeng thought for a moment and said, "I did see this thing just now. But I can't remember it."
Qin Guan raised his hand, "I think I've seen it too."
The only place both of them had been to was Gu Yiming's mother's home.
That was outside the window facing Gu Xiaoxu's bedroom. A bunch of misty pink and purple was hidden among the withered weeds.
Qin Guan asked hesitantly: "This will wither in winter, right?"
Lin Jiaqiao said: "You suspect Mingming is deceiving us."
She thought about it and made another video call to Officer Lu.
After the call was connected, she said to Zhao Ruihe: "Brother-in-law, please don't be upset. We will soon cross the cross-sea bridge. We will be there soon!"
When he heard the words "cross-sea bridge", the nerves on Zhao Ruihe's face twitched unconsciously.
Lin Jiaqiao winked at Lin Dapeng and tricked him out.
Only Gu Yiming's mother's home has to cross the cross-sea bridge.
Qin Guan asked: "We don't care about Zhao Ruihe anymore."
Lin Jiaqiao replied: "Based on my many years of experience, those who want to die will die quietly. They will definitely not die if they make such a big scene." "Brother Lu said that the fire department and emergency medical services are all there, and the mat underneath has been laid out. He will definitely be fine."
"Let him freeze on the rooftop. It's his own fault for causing trouble."
The three of them sneaked into Gu Yiming's mother's house again, but still found nothing.
Lin Jiaqiao knocked on the wall, "Is there a mezzanine?"
Qin Guan came to his senses and said to the Lin family father and daughter, "Old Gu said that when he was a child, he was often locked in the basement by his mother."
The basement of this building is underground, and the house number corresponds to the resident's house number, so it is easy to find.
Lin Dapeng leaned close to the door and listened carefully, and heard a subtle sound.
He wanted Lin Jiaqiao to stay away, but when he turned around, he saw that the noise was made by Lin Jiaqiao fiddling with the door lock.
Lin Dapeng: …
Just as he was about to speak, Lin Jiaqiao had already pushed the door open.
How dare you!
He hurriedly pulled the two of them to hide aside and waited for a while. There was still no movement inside, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Dapeng shouted angrily: "Aren't you afraid of being plotted against by others?"
Lin Jiaqiao said, "Gu Yiming is not someone else."
Lin Dapeng sighed, "Follow me and protect yourself."
This was a staircase going down, and the light in the corridor quickly disappeared, leaving it very dark inside. Lin Jiaqiao was just about to use his cell phone to illuminate the room, and the room immediately lit up.
The three of them were so dazed that they couldn't open their eyes for a moment. They could only hear the wailing of someone who couldn't tell whether they were a man or a woman, and a foul odor.
When their eyes adjusted to the light, they were stunned by the scene before them:
There were two thick dog chains on the wall opposite the gate, one for each person.
Because they hadn't washed their faces for a long time, their faces could no longer be distinguished. One could only judge from their body shapes that they were a man and a woman.
The two people shared three buckets, one for excretion and the other two for food and water.
They seem to be very afraid of light. When they see light, they can only shout loudly and seem to have lost the ability to speak.
Lin Jiaqiao felt that the woman's voice was very familiar, so he asked tentatively: "He Youwei?"
The woman didn't react at all and could only wail randomly.
"It's her." Gu Yiming's voice sounded from not far away, "The other one is Zhou Laifu."
Because the scene in front of them was so shocking, no one noticed that Gu Yiming was right behind them.
He stood behind a table where his neighbor was lying. Gu Yiming was holding a sharp knife and pointing it at his neck.
Lin Jiaqiao hurriedly shouted: "Brother, don't be impulsive."
Qin Guan also advised: "Old Gu, don't do anything stupid."
Lin Dapeng said coldly: "The penalties for intentional homicide and illegal detention are different."
Gu Yiming stabbed them fiercely, "I don't care, I just want them to get their comeuppance."
There was no blood, and the knife was stabbed on the table, close to his neighbor's neck.
"Do you know why I didn't kill those two people? Because if they died, they would have nothing. They had to suffer while alive."
"As for my good neighbor, he must die."
Gu Yiming walked over slowly and pointed at He Youwei and Zhou Laifu, "That's what this bastard did to my sister."
With red eyes, he looked at Lin Dapeng and Lin Jiaqiao, "You know what they did to my sister."
Lin Dapeng couldn't bear to see his tears, "You have to believe in the law—"
"The law says they are not guilty!"
Gu Yiming collapsed and shouted, "If each of them had been a little bit kinder, just a little bit, Gu Xiaoxu would not have died."
"They were the ones who forced my sister to death. They are murderers, yet they live freely and unfettered!"
"Why! Why—"
Suddenly, the tip of a knife pierced through his thin chest.
His red blood slid across the sharp white blade and fell to the ground.
Then the knife was pulled out and stabbed into other parts of his body.
In the blink of an eye, Gu Yiming fell to the ground.
The neighbor's hands were covered in blood, and he trembled and shouted: "You heard it, he wanted to kill me, he wanted to kill me. I was acting in self-defense, I was acting in self-defense."
Lin Jiaqiao immediately went over to restrain the man, and Qin Guan covered Gu Yiming's wounds, trying to save him. But he had too many injuries and he had no choice.
Lin Dapeng's eyes turned red, and he said fiercely: "You did it on purpose!"
Lin Jiaqiao also remembered what was wrong just now.
If you really want to kill someone, you can use a scalpel, but Gu Yiming chose a long and sharp knife.
Lin Dapeng choked up and said, "You left the knife to him on purpose. You forced him to kill you on purpose!"
Gu Yiming let out a low laugh from his throat:
"I did it on purpose. I want him to get his comeuppance."
"But Captain Lin and Ms. Qiao cannot have a murderer child, and reporter Xiao Lin cannot have a murderer brother."
"And our Lao Qin." He looked at Qin Guan with a smile, "The reputation of the rich second generation is already very bad. You can't have a murderer as a friend."
He then said to Lin Jiaqiao, "Lin Jiaqiao, you know, I am really jealous of you."
"Everything about you is what I dream of having."
"In my next life, I would rather be as stupid as you, so that I can also have family, friends and lover, okay."
He held Lin Dapeng's hand and begged, "In the next life, can I be your and Ms. Qiao's child?"
"I'm very obedient, I have good grades, and I don't eat much. I won't get into trouble, and I can help my sister with her homework."
“… Please, let me be your child, okay?”
Lin Dapeng wanted to give him a smile, but he was so sad that it didn't look very pretty. He could only hold Gu Yiming's hand tightly and said, "You are the child of Ms. Qiao and me."
A gleam of happiness shone in Gu Yiming's cloudy eyes.
He moved his mouth as if he wanted to shout "Dad", but he had stopped breathing.
…
one year later.
Today is February 2, 2021, the anniversary of Gu Yiming’s death.
The four members of the Lin family came to the cemetery to see him.
When the car stopped at the entrance of the cemetery, Ms. Qiao asked, "Are my eyes badly swollen?"
She cried all night last night.
Lin Jiaqiao and Qin Guan looked at her in the rearview mirror, and Lin Dapeng comforted her, "No, I can't see it."
Ms. Qiao whispered, "That's good. I don't want the child to worry."
Lin Jiaqiao also checked his clothes.
She got up early, washed her hair, and dressed cleanly, no longer looking like a sloppy homeless person.
At this time, the car behind honked its horn, and Lin Dapeng said, "Let's get off."
Qin Guan disagreed, "Let's go to the parking lot together."
After the four people got off the car, they found that Xiang Xiaoyuan was in the car behind them.
She and Ying Zhiwan also came to see Gu Yiming.
Lin Jiaqiao helped Xiang Xiaoyuan contact Cui Zijing in advance, and Ms. Cui will wear Ms. Xiang's sportswear on stage.
In addition, she has signed 'Xiao Xiao Yuan' as another spokesperson.
Gu Yiming's tombstone was right next to Gu Xiaoxu. Everyone brought the news about Cui's father and daughter to Gu Yiming and also gave Gu Xiaoxu a bouquet of flowers.
Qin Guan stared at the watch, as if counting something.
Lin Jiaqiao asked: "Is there something wrong with the company?"
Qin Guan didn't say anything, his eyes moving between her and his watch.
A few seconds later, Qin Guan breathed a sigh of relief. He touched Lin Jiaqiao's hair and said, "I seem to have an irregular heartbeat just now. Let me test it."
Lin Jiaqiao thought he was a little strange, but didn't think much about it.
When they were going down the mountain, Lin Jiaqiao asked Xiang Xiaoyuan, "Why did Ying Zhiwan come here? Can he handle it?"
Xiang Xiaoyuan replied: "He has been undergoing rehabilitation recently and the results are very good. The doctor said there is no problem."
Lin Jiaqiao looked at her in confusion: "Reconstruction?"
After Gu Yiming's death, Lin Jiaqiao still focused on her work. Because of her rebirth, Youxian Dubao has preserved the dignity of a legitimate newspaper, and she plans to make an effort to get the newspaper back on track.
But she did not ignore her family and friends. She was sure that she had not told Xiaoyuan the news.
Lin Jiaqiao was surprised: "He, he recovered."
Ying Zhiwan rolled his eyes and said, "Lin Maque, please behave yourself. I had a bone marrow transplant two years ago."
Qin Guan knew that she disliked Ying Zhiwan and thought she was deliberately bullying him, so he hurried to testify for his girlfriend. He whispered, "Zhizhi was so happy that day that he jumped around until late at night."
Lin Jiaqiao didn't remember this. She was sure that this was the first time she heard this news.
She accidentally stepped on a dead branch, which made a "crackling" sound, and a strange thought came to her mind.
She turned around and ran to Gu Yiming's tombstone.
On the tombstone next to her, Gu Xiaoxu's pretty face had turned into that of a strange man.
Gu Xiaoxu's tombstone is gone.