Taking Li Shiqing out of the car was actually a helpless move.
Neither of them can drive, and they still need other people's help to subdue an aunt with a murder weapon and a bomb, plus a bus driver who is driving, there is no way to recover, any rash action may trigger the driver's death overreaction.
Not to mention that after the failure, both Li Shiqing and he began to feel a little bored, the so-called "one effort, then decline, three exhaustion", if you continue to exhaust yourself, maybe both of them will go crazy in the car.
No matter how you think about it, you have already done everything you can do on the bus, and now you have discovered a new obstacle that cannot be eliminated. No matter how you look at it, it is a dead end. Why don't you get off the bus and find some useful information.
After getting off the bus, the two stared at the bus going away, not only did not feel relaxed at all, on the contrary, their hearts were so heavy that they could not speak.
"Call the police?"
Watching the bus go away, Li Shiqing chose to communicate with her companion first this time.
"You're tired, let's breathe a sigh of relief."
The little brother patted Li Shiqing on the shoulder, "When something happens to the car, the police may call us, and then we will cooperate with the investigation."
He has been very worried about Li Shiqing's mental state, especially after his uncle "betrayed".
"Then let's go."
After the discussion, the two chose to go to the park last time.
After finding a gazebo to sit down, Li Shiqing and the younger brother took out their mobile phones without any discussion.
When they found that the other party had the same idea as their own, the two looked at each other and smiled.
"You check what happened on the bridge at 13:45, and I check if there was any accident on the No. 45 bus?"
The little brother asked his companion, "A middle-aged housewife wants to retaliate against the society. It's not because of an accident with her children. It's probably because of emotional entanglements. Let's investigate in this direction. If the uncle is being coerced, he and the aunt should also have intersections in reality."
"good."
Li Shiqing opened the search engine on the phone.
In the following time, the two of them didn't communicate much, they just quietly searched for news and information, and occasionally discussed a few words.
"Look at this, the No. 45 bus line is considered by the locals to be the 'most conflict-prone' route. A lot of things have happened. The reason is that there is a bridge across the river..."
The little brother showed Li Shiqing a complaint on the local forum, "Once I pass the station, there will be a delay of 40 minutes back and forth. People often make a fuss to get off the bus after passing the station by themselves."
Li Shiqing has been on this route for several years, of course she knew about this situation, she nodded, "It is indeed so, it will be difficult to check from route 45."
If there are many people on the Internet who are dissatisfied with this line, there will be a lot of useless information like an explosion.
"Could it be this? The theft on the 45 bus?"
The little brother looked at his mobile phone and talked to himself.
But soon, he denied his guess.
"Oh, it turned out to be stealing mobile phones. This is very common, so it shouldn't be..."
On the other hand, Li Shiqing's search for "13:45" did not make much progress.
The cross-river bridge passing by bus line 45 connects two important areas of the city, and the traffic flow is huge, so there are many accidents every year, both big and small, and it is very scary to add them together. The amount of information, will mention the specific time is even less.
Looking at the large area, there are serial car accidents, some trucks collided with cars and caught fire, and small ones, some simple scratches caused fights, and some broke down halfway and blocked traffic...
Even if you just search for the bus and the time, there are those who rear-ended others, were hit by others, and some patients on the bus had to make a temporary U-turn.
The two people saw that their eyes were dim, but the result was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and they couldn't find any useful information.
Although the modern highly developed society has brought convenience to finding information, how to find exactly what they need in the vast sea of information has become the biggest problem facing them.
"Look at this, someone got out of the car around one o'clock in the afternoon and got into a car accident, could it be..."
Li Shiqing suddenly turned to something that seemed useful, and was about to show it to the younger brother when she heard a muffled sound in her ear.
The little brother who had just leaned over was shocked, and both of them involuntarily looked in the direction of the cross-river bridge.
In the direction of the northeast, a billowing thick smoke rushed out towards the sky. The thick smoke rose into the sky, and the thick black smoke looked like a ferocious demon, tearing through the clear sky with its teeth and claws.
"That's... the direction of the bridge?"
The little brother shivered, and asked Li Shiqing uncertainly.
He looked down at the time on his phone, it was exactly 13:45.
"It's the bridge."
Li Shiqing checked the distance with her eyes, and her heart felt like a heavy stone.
"It seems that this time it was blown up on the bridge."
The billowing thick smoke reminded them that countless human lives had completely disappeared from this world.
"Do not think too much."
The little brother pulled Li Shiqing's shoulders to prevent her from looking at the thick smoke, looked into her eyes, and said seriously: "You just have to remember that we are resting now to 'take a longer road'."
Li Shiqing nodded with gloomy eyes, but the hand holding the phone became more and more forceful.
"Why did the driver have to drive to the bridge and detonate it? The explosion time of 13:45 was the prisoner's prediction of the time to drive to the bridge in advance, or was he just pursuing a sense of ceremony? Very important moment for them?"
This time it was not a collision with a fuel tanker, but the ending was even more unclear, and Li Shiqing's doubts became deeper and deeper.
"Going on the bridge, the bus, the explosion, so much information is connected in series, it doesn't look like an ordinary incident of retaliating against society at all, but more like..."
"...like a sacrifice."
The little brother was startled, with a livid face, and continued the conversation.
This bus that sent everyone to Huangquan Road is really easy to think of the most evil plot in fantasy, and the passengers in the bus are really like some kind of "sacrifice" dedicated to evil spirits or demons. Taste".
Thinking of this, the two of them felt even worse.
The thick smoke billowing in the distance made the atmosphere even more stagnant.
"Don't think about it so much. In fact, think about it from another angle. The bus exploded on the bridge. Maybe it is more beneficial to us!"
The little brother rubbed his chin, and suddenly said: "The police couldn't find any clues a few times ago, because the bus crashed into a fuel tanker, and the scene of the explosion was too damaged, so we couldn't find any useful clues, so we had to rely on interrogation. to make progress…”
"But this time it's different."
He frowned, "This time the car was blown up on the bridge, the police should be able to find some clues more easily, maybe we just need to wait for a while before we can get the key information..."
"No, that's too slow..."
Li Shiqing's eyes gradually showed hope again, "Maybe we should try to provide clues to the police?"
"What?"
My brother feels a little confused.
"Why can't we find any useful information online? Because the way we search is so inefficient! What if we can borrow the power of the police?"
Under the younger brother's previous "throwing bricks to attract jade", Li Shiqing tried hard to clarify the ray of light in her mind.
"We now know that the aunt is a prisoner, carrying a pressure cooker with a bomb; the driver uncle is an accomplice, at least an accomplice. From the beginning to the end, he never thought of opening the door to let people escape..."
The glasses boy also reacted, and he woke up as if he had been slapped in the face.
"You mean, we can't find out, but the police can find out?!"
"An old driver like uncle should have a complete personnel file in the bus company, right? It should be easy for the police to find out about the driver. If they know that aunt is suspicious, they may be able to find out her identity through the surveillance screen on the bus. True information?"
Although Li Shiqing is not sure, she still thinks in this way.
"Just like the police investigated us before, as long as we can check their social relations, interpersonal relationships, and what happened in the past, we may be able to know the motives of the aunt and why the uncle helped her!"
"We got out of the car normally this time, there was nothing suspicious, and there was no need to worry that the police would question us like the previous few times."
She was so excited that even her voice was trembling, "Instead of 'finding a needle in a haystack' like us, we should honestly cooperate with the police in handling cases, be a 'good citizen', and provide useful clues and directions for the police!"
"This is a good idea!"
Even the little brother has to admit that in the current situation of deadlock, this is indeed a useful suggestion.
"Then, we just need to sit and wait for the police to summon us!"
They had gotten off the bus several times before. After knowing the case, the first thing the police did was to collect useful information from the passengers who got off the bus before through phone calls and interviews.
As the two passengers who got off at the nearest stop, the police will find them sooner or later to understand the situation. At that time, they just need to provide as many clues as possible according to the police's questions.
"Come on, let's sort out our thoughts and summarize what information is the key..."
With the direction, the little brother's brain started to turn again, and he took out the paper and pen he carried with him.
"This time, we must not 'return without achievement'!"
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The bombing happened at 13:45. Since the bombing was directly on the bridge this time, it didn't hit the tanker like the previous few times when getting off the car, the impact was worse and more unacceptable.
After Li Shiqing discussed with her younger brother how to deal with the police's strategy, while waiting for the police's upcoming call, she flipped through all kinds of information on the Internet like sinking water.
Although they know that it is useless to just browse the news, as two young people, it is difficult to control their thoughts of checking relevant information online.
Almost an hour passed like this, and a strange call first came in on my brother's mobile phone.
"Is it the police?"
Li Shiqing looked at her brother nervously and expectantly.
"probably?"
The little brother took a deep breath, adjusted his thoughts, and answered the phone.
But the next moment, his breath was vented.
"Ah? What courier? I'm not in the dormitory, you just put it in the security room."
The little brother glanced at his companion with a guilty conscience, and wanted to end the call quickly, "What? Pay on delivery? Then can you deliver it tomorrow? Or I will call you from Alipay..."
"Master courier, I'm really busy now, why don't you deal with other couriers first, if not, I'll contact you later and go to the courier point to pick it up, okay?"
There was obviously more to say, but the little brother was really worried that the police would not be able to call after the line was busy, so he could only end the call hastily.
After hanging up the phone, the atmosphere was a little awkward and a little funny.
"The digital products I bought second-hand, the seller is too picky, and they actually pay on delivery..."
The little brother explained dryly.
The previous few times he had either turned off the phone or blocked incoming calls, but this was the first time he had received this call.
"I hope you can really receive this courier tomorrow."
Li Shiqing sent her blessings with a pun.
"I hope."
The little brother smiled wryly, and didn't dare to have too much hope for breaking out of this cycle tomorrow.
With this oolong episode, the two people have been holding their hearts a little more relaxed. They both want to wait for the police to contact them with a more positive attitude.
After another ten minutes, the police really came to summon the phone.
"Are you together? Great, please come to W City Criminal Police Detachment immediately, we will send someone to pick you up at the door, the address is on XX Road, please assist us in our investigation as soon as possible!"
When he learned that the two passengers who got off the bus were together, the other party was even more happy, and even raised his voice.
This time Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun chose to take the initiative to respond to the summons, went out and took a taxi, and went to the criminal police detachment together.
That address is not unfamiliar, they have been there before, but they were escorted there by a police car, this time they went there by themselves, and their emotions became more and more complicated.
On the way to the criminal police team, the taxi driver had been listening to the traffic radio about the bombing in the car. The detailed description of the explosion scene in the radio made both of them feel uncomfortable physically and psychologically.
The narrow space of the taxi, coupled with the frequent mention of words such as "explosion" and "bus" on the radio, made the two of them feel suffocated. Hold each other's hands to cheer each other up.
The getting closer and closer to the criminal police team also brought back bad memories of the two people getting off the car a few times before. The calmness and bravery when they were discussing the "countermeasures" just disappeared. When the goal was reached, the palms of both of them began to sweat.
"You don't know yet, there is a bus explosion on the bridge across the river!"
However, the taxi driver couldn't keep his mouth shut, and kept picking a fight with them.
"I heard that the scene was so miserable, the bombing was so bad that even the corpses were unrecognizable, the doors of the bus were deformed, and when they went to rescue people, they all climbed in through the windows! Hey, you said there were bombs, where? There are still living people who can be saved!"
"So, it's still safe to take a taxi. Buses are an open means of transportation. Who knows when a lunatic will go up? There was news of arson on a bus before, and now there is another explosion. There are one or two lunatics, what if you happen to bump into them?"
The taxi driver was still rambling, "What do you think?"
"Driver, let's get off here!"
Li Shiqing's face suddenly changed, and she asked to get off the car a little way away from the criminal police team.
When the younger brother paid the fare and hurriedly got out of the car with his companion, he saw Li Shiqing throwing up in a trash can by the side of the road.
As the person who made a "proposal" every time, she was under too much psychological pressure.
"are you OK?"
The little brother hurried forward and patted her on the back in distress.
"Don't come here, dirty..."
Li Shiqing waved her hand behind his back, signaling him not to come over.
"Sorry for wasting time again..."
She bent down to suppress the nausea in her throat, "Let me blow some air, just one blow."
The little brother sighed, went to the side of the road to buy a bottle of water and a pack of tissues, and handed them to her from behind.
When Li Shiqing straightened up again, her eyes were slightly swollen, and even her nose was red. She didn't know whether vomiting caused physical tears, or if she was really sad and cried.
Maybe both.
The little brother acted considerately as if he hadn't seen anything, turned on the navigation and looked at the location of the criminal police team, and patiently led Li Shiqing's hand to the destination.
When we got to the door of the criminal police team, there was indeed a uniformed police officer looking anxiously at the door.
Seeing this pair of young men and women walking towards the door, his eyes lit up, and he walked in front of them very quickly.
After seeing the police officer's face clearly, Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun's pace gradually slowed down.
The next moment, even the little brother's nose became sore for no reason.
"You are Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun, right?"
The police officer's tone was unprecedentedly enthusiastic. After receiving an affirmative reply from the other party, he introduced himself while extending his hand.
"We called you before. Let me introduce myself. I am one of the police officers in charge of this case. You can call me Officer Zhang, or you can call me like everyone else..."
He held Xiao Heyun's palm tightly.
"Old Zhang."