They've kissed many times, but never has it been so full of struggle and resistance, tit-for-tat and desperation, and finally softening of resignation.
It wasn't until the messy footsteps came that Wu Yu ended the hasty kiss. As soon as his lips and tongues separated, he saw Song Hui and Liao Gang staggering after the police car, stunned.
Everyone watched as Wu Yu pushed the squad leader against the car door, holding the front of his shirt soaked in the heavy rain in one hand. The two of them almost pressed their foreheads against their foreheads, staring at each other like fierce beasts.
"I know, Bu Chonghua. I also personally sent people who I didn't want to send away, but some hatreds have to be dormant for many years before they can be reported."
Bu Chonghua stared at him closely, his chest heaving and panting. The usually cold and stern face, but now strong and anxious, was full of rain, the eyebrows were knitted, the eyes were sharp, and there was a chilling tension.
But Wu Yu was unmoved and stared straight into his eyes: "No matter who rescued Peng Wan, two hours have passed now, enough to leave the Nankai River Basin or even Jinhai. You drive one by one. Where are you going to chase the car? What if you catch up? What if the number of people on the other side is more powerful than the police imagined?"
"… "
The raindrops swept over them, and after a long while, I saw Bu Chonghua's Adam's apple rolling up and down violently, and the hoarse voice could only be heard clearly by the two of them: "I became a policeman to catch Wan Changwen, and I have lived my whole life to catch him... "
"I know, I promise you will tell you as soon as you have any clues." Wu Yu approached his ear, his breath was hot and his voice was extremely low: "I promise that no matter what happens, I will solve this case for us."
The muscles in Bu Chonghua's body that were tensed to the extreme finally loosened little by little.
Wu Yu closed his eyes.
He saw the flames burning gasoline, raging around him, the blood-soaked young mother slowly got up from the ground, the fire reflected on her sad and unwilling face, and a drop of blood and tears fell down her cheeks into the fire: "You saved me Our child, you won't just walk away, will you?"
At the same time on the other side, in the depths of the collapsed tunnel, there was a hand pushing him forward, with the last bit of strength pushing him to the far end of the light, every word was like a soldering iron scorching the soul: "Come on, go Go forward... If you want to live, you can't avenge anyone, go forward!..."
"You'll avenge me, won't you?"
"You have to go forward and never look back...don't look back!"
…
The distorted firelight, the exploding tunnel, the screaming of the dying, the flashing police lights... Those pictures flashed and overlapped in a frenzy, just like the burning paint mixed with each other in the brain. Wu Yu's forehead was firmly pressed against the window glass beside Bu Chonghua's side, the force was so heavy that it seemed to vent, and even the bones were squeezed to the point of pain, but there was no sound, and no one could see his convulsing face.
He shuddered and took a deep breath. He stood up straight from exhaustion, looking at the rain-soaked ground under his feet, the knuckles of his fingers on Bu Chonghua's shoulders turned blue.
"...I promise you." No one knew who he was answering with his hoarse muttering, "I promise to avenge you."
The police lights penetrated the rain curtain, reflecting the dark night sky. The criminal police gathered slowly on the rugged river beach on the rainy night, and the body bags were relayed in the hands of everyone and carried into the forensic car.
The Nankai River is surging, rushing towards the depths of the night.
At the same time, a hundred kilometers away.
The wilderness on both sides of the car window quickly retreated with the speeding wheels. On the back seat, Peng Wan hugged her son tightly. Because of the blood loss and fear, she didn't even dare to look at the two wearing masks, A man with a pistol.
Two hours ago, they suddenly appeared on the beach and killed the kidnappers. At that moment, she thought she and the child were finished. But who knew that the next moment they picked her up and stumbled, and could not help but stuff it into the off-road vehicle parked on the side of the road, and then galloped all the way to the present, the last scattered lights outside the window disappeared, and the darkness seemed to never end.
Where is she? Where are they going? What are they going to do
What awaits is an unpredictable fate or death
Peng Wan hadn't slept his eyes since he was kidnapped, and finally felt a trace of numbness and sleepiness in the long trembling. But just as she was gradually leaning her head toward the child in her arms, the cell phone of the man in front suddenly rang, and Peng Wan's whole body shuddered in an instant!
"..." The man in the front row gave a few vague orders. The man hummed a few times, then took the phone from his ear and quickly swiped it a few times. He didn't know what he swiped. :"OK, no problem."
Then he turned his head and handed the phone to Peng Wan, and finally said the first sentence:
"Someone wants to talk to you."
Peng Wan's heart was beating wildly, she took the phone and put it to her ear tremblingly, only to hear the unspeakable strangeness of the male voice opposite - she knew it was because of the software voice changer: "Hey, is that Peng Wan? "
The man's voice was indescribably gentle.
Peng Wan's lips were trembling all the time, but he couldn't make a sound. He could only hear the opposite explanation like clairvoyance: "The two people in the car are hired by me, and I am your father's person."
- People of Wan Changwen.
Just a few words seemed like an explosive emotional torrent, which rushed through Peng Wan's whole body in an instant, making her temples jump; but then the next sentence spread into her eardrums, causing her pupils to instantly shrink to the extreme—
He said, "Your father wants you to die."
·
The next day, Nancheng Public Security Bureau.
"Ding Sheng, male, 22 years old. Deng Le, male, 23 years old. Both of them died at around 10 o'clock last night. The cause of death was shooting. Among them, Ding Sheng was shot in the forehead and the bullet pierced through the back of his head. Deng Le shot the first bullet in the inner knee of his right lower limb, and the second bullet in the back of the occipital bone. Both bullets remained in the body, and both of them died on the spot. Rifled earthen case."
Meng Zhao made his opening remarks with a narration that couldn't be simpler. The meeting room in front of him was full of smoke, everyone's brows were furrowed, and their expressions were solemn.
"Cough cough! That," Liao Gang cleared his throat vigorously and said, "I will briefly sort out the case for everyone."
Bu Chonghua was not at the city bureau today, and the seat of the detachment leader was vacant. Liao Gang was sitting in the first seat and the second down. It was the first time in his life that he was not used to this level of case. Although he tried his best to appear calm and sure, everyone could see that he was actually like everyone else. Empty hair.
"At around 5 pm on Friday, the victim Peng Wan picked up his three-year-old son Tao Ze from the kindergarten, and then disappeared. It was confirmed that he was kidnapped by Ding Sheng and Deng Le, members of the underground rock band, and extorted ransom from his husband Tao Zhengqing. 444,444 RMB. The next day, on Saturday, the hostages’ families prepared the ransom, but the kidnappers evacuated temporarily due to an accident. Mother Tao cried bitterly on the street and was questioned by the patrol police. This vicious kidnapping The case was brought to light.”
"Three hours after the command center received the alarm, the Municipal Public Security Bureau intervened in the investigation and found that Tao Zhengqing, the husband of the hostage Peng Wan, had a phone call and chat record with Ding Sheng half a month before the incident, which means that Tao Zhengqing planned to kidnap his wife and children. , highly suspected of defrauding the family's money."
"—But Tao Zhengqing himself firmly denied it." Meng Zhao, who was across from the long table, interrupted while looking down at the materials. "At the same time, Zhang Fei also insisted that Ding Sheng did not find out that he had cheated."
Liao Gang groaned: "Listen to her, how could it be possible that the top of a man's head is green into the Hulun Buir prairie yet."
Meng Zhao shrugged and spread out his hands.
"At 8:15 last night, the kidnapper Ding Sheng took the initiative to call the branch, claiming to take the hostages to surrender. At 10:30, the branch rushed to the Nankai River, launched a large-scale search at 11, and found the bodies of the two kidnappers at 12. The two hostages have disappeared." Liao Gang took a breath, knowing that everyone present had participated in last night's action, so he speeded up and said the last few words: "The footprints of six people were extracted from the scene, which means they were taken away. Peng Wan and her son have at least two murderers, but the police don't know the identities of the two murderers at present. Well, now everyone has any ideas and can speak freely. "
He made a gesture of invitation, and after a few minutes, the meeting room was dead silent.
"..." Liao Gang's open palm froze in the air: "Fuck, I really don't have any idea at all?"
"This is the ninth case meeting I've held since 1:00 in the morning. The first eight ended in suffocation and despair." Yang Chengdong, who was sitting in the corner, had red eyes and said coldly, "What ideas do you want to hear? You tell me, and I'll tell you."
"Fuck!" Liao Gang slapped the table, exhausted and annoyed, and turned around twice with his hips on his hips: "How's Tao Zhengqing going?"
"Grab the ground with the head, try to self-mutilate, and refuse to open his mouth except to call for a lawyer."
"If you don't say anything, you will be tried to death!" Liao Gang blurted out angrily: "Now he is the only card in our hand, and no one except him may know the clues about Wan Changwen's side!"
Yang Chengdong sneered: "What if you don't say anything after being tried to death?"
Indeed, they are now in the 21st century, and the Jinhai Public Security Bureau is not an 18th-tier township office. The more serious the case, the more difficult it is to use means. If Tao Zhengqing really clenched his teeth, they could lynch him and knock his teeth out
It was as if an invisible suction tube had sucked the last trace of air out of the conference room, suffocating and strangling everyone's alveoli. Liao Gang was like a cornered beast. He picked up the infrared pen and slammed it on the whiteboard. He suddenly stopped his steps as if he remembered something, and looked to both sides of the long table:
"Where's Wu Yu?"
"..." Everyone, look at me, I look at you, and all looked at an inconspicuous empty chair in the corner, Wu Yu didn't even come.
Zhang Xiaoy raised his hand timidly: "Little... Little Angkor said he wasn't coming today, I guess he was out to visit the scene..."
Liao Gang and Yang Chengdong looked at each other, and they both saw a glimmer of hope slowly rising on each other's faces - did Wu Yu find something
Jinhai City Water Amusement Park.
The weather was cloudy, but there were still a lot of tourists. Colorful balloons were held by the children. Not far away, there were bursts of exclamations and laughter from the fast-moving slide. Wu Yu, in a white shirt and jeans, was sitting on the stone bench and squinting, staring at the elated couples on the roller coaster. Suddenly, a huge chocolate hazelnut covered banana ice cream ball appeared in front of him.
A smile appeared in Wu Yu's eyes, and when he turned around, he saw Bu Chonghua in casual clothes standing behind him. A black short-sleeved T-shirt with elegant texture and slim fit outlined his tall and straight figure, and he held a green apple ice cream in the other hand, exuding freshness. Lingering fragrance.
"Why don't you eat chocolate?"
Bu Chonghua said: "Because this pure juice contains 45%, and I have to control my calorie intake in order to maintain my attractiveness in the marriage relationship."
Wu Yu laughed.
The two walked side by side while eating ice cream, passing through the bustling crowds and juggling clowns, the carousel played music with the lanterns, and many girls would look back at them when they passed by, with a scent of fragrance. The laughter is gone.
"On the second day of the kidnapping, the kidnappers asked Tao's mother to put the ransom money in the trash can at the front door of the amusement park. Tao's father was waiting to pick up people at the back door of the amusement park, while Tao Zhengqing was waiting for a phone call at home." Wu Yu pointed his finger into the distance. The front door of the playground, and then gestured back, saying: "According to the speed we just measured, it takes about half an hour to walk from the front and rear doors of the playground, and it takes ten minutes to drive around the main road. Considering that it was a Saturday when the traffic peaked. period, it may take fifteen minutes in congestion.”
Bu Chonghua nodded: "But this location doesn't make sense. The playground is a surveillance-intensive area, with heavy traffic on summer weekends and heavy traffic, which is easy to expose and difficult to escape. The attention of passers-by is also very troublesome.”
"So the kidnappers may have chosen this place for other reasons."
"Yes." Bu Chonghua let Wu Yu take a bite of the broken fruit on the green apple ice cream with his hand, and said, "Novices who plan to commit crimes for the first time usually tend to prefer areas they are familiar with when choosing a crime location. , a few will choose places with unusual meanings. But this playground has little intersection with the lives of Ding Sheng and Deng Le, and the underground band has not performed nearby, and it is impossible to have any childhood memories. Therefore, the two Basically it doesn't work."
"What about Tao Zhengqing?"
"Neither. It's an hour's drive from Tao Zhengqing's house, and his son is not old enough to play in the water park."
Wu Yu nodded thoughtfully.
The ransom figure and the exchange location are indeed too strange. If there is only one unreasonable place, it can be explained as the kidnapper's whim.
But what if it's weird everywhere
hum - hum -
Wu Yu's phone suddenly vibrated, and when he took it out, he saw that the caller ID was Liao Gang. Bu Chonghua just wanted to signal him to pick it up, but then saw that he pressed it off, and put the phone back in his trousers pocket with a blank expression.
"..." Bu Chonghua said, "If you let Bureau Xu know that you are on a field investigation with me, your quarterly allowance will not even be able to save me. Be prepared to spend my salary card in the next six months."
Wu Yu asked back, "What field investigation? My boyfriend is in a bad mood recently. I just skipped work and went to the playground with him."
Bu Chonghua looked at his slightly raised black eyebrows, and his heart suddenly moved, as if something hot hit the top of his heart.
"how?"
Bu Chonghua retracted his gaze, not knowing what he was thinking, after a long time he slowly said, "...I haven't been to an amusement park for a long time."
Wu Yu smiled and asked, "How long?"
"Twenty years."
Wu Yu suddenly understood something.
"In the spring when I was nine years old, before the peach blossoms were all over the street, my parents once took me to a playground near my home and bought three red bean ices at the ice lolly stand. I still remember the price at that time was sixty cents. Qian, a few days later, they both went to the border of Yunnan and Yunnan. I have never walked into a park or playground since then. Coincidentally, I have avoided such places for so many years of inspection and duty, until today." Bu Chonghua lowered his head. Looking at the green apple ice cream ball that had been licked away by Wu Yu: "So when I learned that the kidnappers were holding Wan Changwen's daughter to pay the ransom at the playground, I was thinking, maybe there is something in this world. It's called destiny."
Both of them fell silent, the laughter and screaming music became particularly clear for a while, and a group of children running around squeezed them, screaming excitedly in the crowd and running into the distance.
Suddenly, Bu Chonghua's hand tightened on his side, and Wu Yu secretly grabbed it.
"Will you leave me?" Bu Chonghua said softly.
Wu Yu said: "I'm willing to accompany you to the amusement park until you are eighty years old. Everyone in line for the roller coaster took the initiative to let us go first, and they would be embarrassed if we didn't go. What about you?"
"… "
Bu Chonghua's eyes flickered with a faint light, and then he stood still, hugged Wu Yu tightly, and exhaled a shivering, hot breath from his chest.
"I got mad at you on the beach last night, it wasn't intentional, sorry."
He paused and said hoarsely, "I will never want to leave you."
The crowd was surging, shoulder-to-shoulder, and people cast curious and unintentional glances as they passed by.
The two of them had never been so close in front of the public. Wu Yu's ears were a little hot, and he lowered his head and said nothing, and suddenly looked over Bu Chonghua's shoulders and the bustling crowd, and saw a glass standing beside the roadside flower bed. On the sign, the head is the outstanding staff of the park, and there are two rows of portrait photos with red background.
"?" Wu Yu caught a glimpse of something, and his eyebrows jumped: "Wait."
"What's wrong?"
Wu Yu stepped forward quickly, and took Chonghua one step at a time to motion him to look at the photo. Sure enough, the woman in the last half-length photo in the second row was very familiar, and it was Peng Wan!
She turned out to be an excellent employee of this playground
The two looked at each other and felt very absurd for a while. After a while, Wu Yu said in surprise, "... Isn't she working in an equipment manufacturing company?"