The Youthful You Who Was So Beautiful

Chapter 27

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The young Kitano just shook his head gently and said, "She didn't kill anyone."

"The only thing you got wrong is that she didn't kill anyone," he said. "Officer Zheng, I'm pretty sure of that."

Where did he make sure, when did he make sure, and by whom?

Zheng Yi was stunned for a moment, staring at Kitano, and he also looked at him.

He immediately got up and closed the door of the interrogation room, drew the curtains, and turned off all the monitors, monitors, and listeners and all the tools for communicating with the outside world.

He sat back in front of him and said quickly: "My analysis is all right, there is only one point: Chen Nian didn't kill anyone. When you arrived at the back mountain, Wei Lai was indeed dead. You thought Chen Nian killed her, so you have what I have. Those plans. You prepared everything, but then it turns out that someone else killed Wei Lai."

Kitano didn't answer, his expression was calm and calm, just like when he was interrogated several times.

He pleaded: "Kitano, you believe me once."

But the boy's eyes are very strange, it is difficult to say that he is trusting.

"I know you don't believe me, and I can't explain the procedure and the law to you right now, but Kitano, now only I can help you, and I really want to help you. No, I have to help you."

"You know the four cases of rape and rape by the Raincoat Man and the two innocent murders of Wei Lai and Lai Qing. How many years will you be in prison? Even if you confess your guilt well, it will be at least twenty or thirty years, longer than you have been since you were born. Not to mention that it is more likely to be indefinite!"

Kitano was silent.

Zheng Yi turned and said, "Where's Chen Nian? Do you still want to see her in your life?"

"...No, it doesn't matter." He opened his mouth. He was quiet, but not indifferent.

Only mentioning Chen Nian can pry his mouth open.

"Do you want to see her?" Zheng Yi asked, "Do you want to?"

"I can't see her anymore," he said.

"I'm just asking what do you think? Do you want to get out of here early, go back to her early? - It doesn't matter if you're not by her side, just stay behind her and stay away. She's alone now, you don't want to go early To protect her?"

Kitano pursed his lips.

Zheng Yi asked: "How did you tell her that you killed Wei Lai with a knife, and that you killed Lai Qing, using this to break her back and prevent her from turning back her confession?"

Kitano didn't answer.

"You've taken care of it, what about her?

Kitano, take the blame for the mistakes you made, but please don't take the blame for the things you didn't do. This is not love, this is unfair.

You can't see it inside, but I can see that she's completely changed now, she will suffer for a lifetime, she will become a mute and won't talk to anyone.

You are willing to pay for her, and you feel good in your heart, but you have blocked all her back roads. She doesn't know how to tell the truth of this case, and she may not even know what the truth is.

She doesn't trust me, she doesn't trust the police, the only thing she trusts is every word you say to her. "

Kitano's chest heaved slightly, but he remained silent.

He remembered that he had told her what he wanted most and she had to give him. No matter how difficult it is for her to be alone in the future, she has to endure and give him what he wants most. He knew she was tough and she could do it.

"Kitano, since Chen Nian didn't kill anyone, I promise that she will be fine." Zheng Yi knew what he was worried about, and said forcefully, "No one will hear our conversation, I will help you. . On the premise that she will be fine, you let me help you, I swear!

Kitano, everyone on the operating table knows how to survive! "

"… "

Zheng Yi let out a long sigh, how could this young man be as firm as a stone.

He was almost cornered, "Do you like her, don't you?" He said in a low voice, finally, "Me too."

So please believe me. I believe I will do my best to protect her.

He looked at him as if he was the one who fell into the water. However, Kitano looked at him for a long time, and finally just shook his head: "Officer Zheng, thank you. But you can't save us."

"Why? What do you mean by that..."

"I want to see a lawyer." Kitano interrupted, "I have nothing to say."

It came to an abrupt end.

Zheng Yi went quiet. He kept looking at him, but Kitano didn't look at him. After ten seconds of dead silence, the door was pushed open and he was taken away.

He walked slowly to the door, and when he saw Kitano turn around, he glanced at the interrogation room next door. But Chen Nian was no longer there.

The teenager was quiet and was taken away.

Zheng Yi felt like he had just run a marathon, his legs were weak.

Xiao Yao was stunned: "Zheng Yi, why is your face so bad?"

Zheng Yi rubbed his face vigorously and cheered up: "Where's Chen Nian?"

"Below, I can't drive, I want to find someone to take her home."

"I'll go."

Zheng Yi was very tired, and on the way to send Chen Nian home, no one said a word. She was as cold as a ghost.

He knew that he couldn't defeat the two of them, but in the end he still didn't give up: "Chen Nian, can you trust me once?"

But she just said, "You can't save anyone." Then she went up the stairs without looking back.

Zheng Yi stood in the open space late at night, tired and in pain, and actually wanted to fall to the ground and fall asleep. Xiao Yao called,

"Zheng Yi, go to bed early, tomorrow will be the last meeting."

Zheng Yi suddenly woke up.

In the last meeting tomorrow morning, the team has finished sorting out the case, and after the records and evidence are confirmed, they will be sent to the court procuratorate.

Until that step, Kitano's transcript will be confirmed as evidence, and even if he repents and reverses the case, his words will have no credibility.

"Xiao Yao!" Zheng Yi shouted, "You must help me."

In the conference room at three o'clock in the morning, Xiao Yao was sleepy. After searching for so long, all he saw was evidence that Kitano was a criminal. She wondered why she came to fool around.

Under the white light, Zheng Yi was still looking through the evidence carefully.

Xiao Yao held his head and said, "Zheng Yi, go home and rest."

Zheng Yi didn't care at all.

He suspected that Lai Qing was a man in a raincoat. After Lai Qing died, his colleagues went to his house to search the scene of the killing and extract evidence.

But at this moment, Zheng Yi opened the documents at that time, and there was nothing unusual in Lai Qing's room, nothing that would make people suspect that he was a man in a raincoat.

He looked at a table in the live photo,

Xiao Yao came over and took the paper from his hand. Zheng Yi raised his head, his eyes were full of red blood.

Xiao Yao was stunned for a while, then sighed helplessly, and persuaded: "Zheng Yi, listen to me. Sometimes people's intuition is not always right."

Zheng Yi's sore eyes trembled, and he said negatively, "Then you still stay for information?"

"Because you've been crazy lately!" Xiao Yao finished speaking, didn't turn his head to exhale, calmed down again, looked at him and said, "What the client Kitano said is completely in line with the evidence chain. And you always say intuition, You rely on your logic to say that he was not the raincoat man, and he didn't kill Wei Lai. He killed the raincoat man Lai Qing. To be honest, I heard what you said, and I think this logical reasoning is very reasonable, and there is a little possibility. But it's just a little bit, because you don't have any real evidence!"

Zheng Yi said hard: "I suspect it is Lai Qing."

"Doubt, doubt, doubt again." Xiao Yao retorted, "Lai Qing is dead. There is no proof of death, Beiye can be said to be Lai Qing. But why didn't he say it?"

"He didn't want to tell the truth, because he was afraid of involving Chen Nian."

Xiao Yao raised his voice: "You said that Lai Qing was the one who killed, so why did you involve Chen Nian?"

Zheng Yi stopped abruptly, holding his breath: "I'm thinking."

Xiao Yao looked at him for a while, then shook his head wearily: "Zheng Yi, I think you are too tired. Go back and rest, don't waste any more time."

Zheng Yi chased after him, and Xiao Yao packed his bag and didn't listen.

"We thought from the beginning that after Chen Nian was bullied, she went to school as if nothing had happened, hinted at the movie ticket, and went to the back mountain while the gym class disappeared. She went to see Wei Lai, and she should have hurt Wei Lai."

Xiao Yao slammed the bag on the table and looked at Zheng Yi with restraint: "Have you reported to the doctor? Wei Lai has only one injury, and it is fatal."

"..." He was speechless again.

"You are irrational now! I wonder why I wasted a night listening to your words." Xiao Yao put on his bag and ran away.

Zheng Yi stood there, like a statue.

In the empty building late at night, he was as lonely as the only awake person in the world.

He walked back slowly, bent down to sort out the documents, and suddenly, he slammed it hard, and the paper fell on the table and flew in all directions.

He was panting, his feet cramping from exhaustion.

He collapsed in his chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Yes, Wei Lai has only one injury on his body. How could it be that Lai Qing killed her?

Kitano said that Chen Nian was not the murderer, could it be Kitano? No, Kitano didn't deny his other speculations at the time. Wei Lai should have died when he went.

What the hell does this happen?

How can I get out of this dead end?

The sound of the cleaner's door opening Zheng Yi suddenly woke up from his deep sleep, and the sky was bright. Looking at the phone, Zheng Yi broke out in a cold sweat, it was 7:50!

The meeting starts at eight o'clock. But he still had no clue. Zheng Yi ran to the bathroom to wash his face, and forced himself to calm down by holding on to the sink, but his heartbeat was inexplicably beating like a drum.

Go to the meeting, you've done your best, it's time to admit the evidence.

But that fucking intuition kept screaming in my head:

This is an injustice. A case is an injustice. A case is an injustice. A case!

He grabbed his head, his tired, dull brain forced to run at high speed.

He recalled every moment of the conversation with Kitano alone last night, his intuition was not wrong, there must be something wrong.

Someone else killed Wei Lai.

But why didn't Kitano admit it?

All he wanted was to protect Chen Nian. Zheng Yi had promised to protect Chen Nian, and even confessed that he liked her, but why did he not let go, even if he was sentenced to a severe sentence!

Why they just don't believe him!

Zheng Yi suddenly turned around and kicked the door hard. But Kitano's last expression flashed in his mind, with a very faint smile, and said: Officer Zheng, thank you. But you can't save us.

Kitano believes in him! But some reason stopped him and made him reluctantly accept his fate.

Zheng Yi's heart was suddenly agitated, and he managed this matter.

But then came a disturbing sadness, and although the intuition was firmer, the evidence was still a long way off.

Fear was permeating, and he hurried to and fro in the bathroom with gritted teeth,

In the end how to do?

This case was made hard by Kitano, and there was no breakthrough.

Why doesn't he tell the truth - stop, time is running out, don't worry about his psychology anymore, change the angle, Zheng Yi, change the angle.

Don't look for Kitano, don't look for Chen Nian. Start with the real murderer in his heart, Lai Qing!

Zheng Yi rushed out, he quickly ran down the building, and bumped into Lao Yang at the door:

"Eh, what are you running? There's a meeting soon!"

Zheng Yili ignored it, got into the car, started, accelerated, and turned the steering wheel. He picked up the phone and called Xiao Yao:

"Xiao Yao, for the last time, please help me delay the time, don't send the file out. Just give me one morning."

There was movement over there: "Zheng Yi, what are you doing now?"

"I don't know right now, but if my reasoning is correct, I will definitely find evidence."

"Zheng Yi, you're crazy..."

"Xiao Yao, I beg you!"

"… "

"… "

"...I don't know how long it will last."

"thanks."

As soon as Dakang opened the shutters of the auto repair shop, a car almost rushed in, braked suddenly, Zheng Yi jumped down, and asked, "Does Lai Zi have any other place to live besides the one that the police searched?"

"Why are you asking this..."

"Do you want to save Kitano?" he interrupted.

Dakang saw that his face was as serious as iron, he didn't dare to ask more, and hurried to the co-pilot: "I'll take you there."

The car was driving so fast that Dakang didn't dare to let out the air in the co-pilot, so he saw Zheng Yi looking at his watch again and again, and every time he looked, he stepped on the accelerator.

"You... really believe that Xiaobei is not a raincoat person?" Dakang probed.

"He insists that he is." Zheng Yi sneered angrily, "The raincoat has committed crimes so many times, even if it is only once, he must have an alibi. But he has to use it."

He was so angry that Dakang was silent.

"April 10th at 10pm, April 21st at 11pm, May 1st at 10pm."

"what?"

"You have memorized the past few days." Zheng Yi explained coldly, "I don't know Kitano's living habits or who he knows. Many of your acquaintances have graduated and gone out to work. Contact people to see if anyone has seen Kitano during these three time periods."

Dakang's eyes lit up: "As long as he finds one, he is not a raincoat person?"

"You find it first."

"Okay. Eh—turn left!"

The landlord opened the door with a key, and the smell of dust and plastic came in. The house was small, with a single room and a toilet, but the house was cluttered with things like old bicycles, old rice cookers, old DVs, and the like.

Zheng Yi asked Dakang to stay outside, and he put on shoe covers.

"He doesn't come here often." Dakang probed, "He uses this place as storage."

Zheng Yi ignored it. His face was much uglier than last time.

Zheng Yi moved around the room, it was too chaotic here, he had no idea at all, and secretly panic came up again. He took a breath, inhaling a mouthful of rotten smell. He walked to the closet, opened the door, and was stunned.

The closet is full of old boys' clothes from childhood to adulthood, and there is not much space for them, but half of the place to hang clothes on the left is empty. Several other long clothes were crowded together, but this space was left.

Zheng Yi glanced at the height, and there were probably several raincoats hanging here.

His hands trembled, and he became more certain, but what kind of evidence this is damned.

The phone rang, Zheng Yi picked it up, and found that it was nine o'clock.

"Zheng Yi, I'm afraid this case is about to be settled." Xiao Yao's voice was low, as if he was in the corridor. "The chain of evidence is very sufficient now, and there are no loopholes."

"Help me tell the captain if you can keep Kitano's confession."

"how can that be?"

"Don't hand in the dossier yet..."

"This case has been dragging on for a long time. When I say this, the captain won't listen."

"Xiao Yao," Zheng Yi took a deep breath, "this case is too special, there are few physical evidences, and witnesses are the key. Because Wei Lai and Lai Qing are both dead, and there is no evidence of death, so Kitano's confession is decisive. It is impossible for him to refute the confession again." He almost smashed the phone, "Once this becomes evidence, every word he says contrary to the confession in the future will have no credibility! He will probably be jailed for the rest of his life! "

"Do you still expect him to revise his confession? His lawyer was hired by his uncle, and even his own lawyer can't pry his mouth. Why don't you believe that he is so firm because he is telling the truth? "

"I don't care." Zheng Yi grabbed his hair and blushed, "You can't hand over the file, give me a little time, and give me a little more time. I will definitely find evidence."

He was about to hang up the phone, looked at the debris in the room, and resisted the feeling of powerlessness, and said, "No. 237, Guiye Street, you ask someone from the forensic department to come over."

"They are all in a meeting!" Xiao Yao couldn't bear it any longer.

"Then let the intern come over!"

"I hung up."

"Xiao Yao!" Zheng Yi stopped her, "I saw it just now!"

"… "

"Lai Qing is a raincoat man. He really is. You promised me this morning, and for the last time, you believe me. Let the interns of the forensic department come over."

"The meeting ends at 11. I'll see what they can find. Crazy."

beep. beep.

Zheng Yi put down the phone, his chest heaving.

He rummaged through everything in the house, adult magazines, pornographic films, sex toys, newly bought women's underwear, underwear, but none of the clues was evidence.

Every minute and every second, it seems that people can hear the sound of it walking.

Sweaty, he stopped himself.

The logo of the raincoat man is only the raincoat, which has been disposed of. There are no other signs left.

We can't start with the raincoat man. From another angle, Wei Lai's death.

He glanced at his watch, it was half past nine.

To sort it out, if it is to prove that Lai Qing killed Wei Lai, he must have been there. The clothes and shoes will be stained with blood and mud, and he will wear a raincoat to block it. Clothes and shoes should not be thrown away, only cleaned up. He did not have that much money for committing a crime and throwing it at a time.

Then there is the murder weapon, the knife. Kitano said the knife was thrown into the river,

Wait a minute, this is back to a dead end.

The reason why Beiye dealt with Wei Lai was that he thought that Wei Lai was killed by Chen Nian at first, which means that Chen Nian at least injured Wei Lai. But he later determined that it was not Chen Nian.

Then why did the deceased have only one wound?

If this problem is not solved, it is useless to say anything.

He stood in the middle of the hot and dull room, sweating profusely, with only a stab wound. He replayed in his mind the wounds he had seen in countless corpses, and suddenly, a picture flashed in front of him.

When he was exhausted and lethargic this morning, Xiao Yao pulled the documents from his hand, and he saw a table at that time.

Zheng Yi's heart was tense. It was the table at the crime scene of Lai Qing's family. A wooden sign was inserted between the fingers of the table. The gap in the table...

A thought rushed through his body like an electric shock.

Such a strange wound, unbelievable!

Zheng Yi strode out and went to Dakang's side: "Have Kitano and Lai Zi bought the same knife?"

Dakang was stunned.

"Ask you."

"How do you know?" Dakang didn't finish talking. The people from the forensics department entered the corridor. Zheng Yi rushed down the stairs and shouted, "301, you guys should search for clothes, shoes and other things." After speaking, he quickly walked past them. Yes, ran downstairs.

Zheng Yi rushed all the way to the detention center to see Beiye.

He was pacing the empty hallway, feeling restless. Look at your watch, it's half past ten.

The door opened, and the guard came out and said, "The lawyer hasn't come yet, just wait a little longer."

Zheng Yi pushed him away and rushed in. The guard went to pull it, and Zheng Yi turned back and stretched out his palm to him: "I won't do anything to him. Just be accommodating."

He looked resolute, the guard knew him again, and he went out with one eye closed, closing the door.

Zheng Yi sat down in front of Kitano, his breath unsteady. After a morning of high tension, he was a little out of strength, and his face was quite tired. It could be seen that he had stayed up all night.

Kitano looked at him calmly.

Zheng Yi was also quiet for a long time. He suddenly felt a little sad. He couldn't imagine that the young man on the opposite side would not let him go, even in the face of life imprisonment, just to stop the 1/10,000th danger for Chen Nian.

After a long time, he asked softly, "Are you afraid that we will wrong Chen Nian?"

Kitano's eyelashes trembled slightly.

"I'm right. Kitano, you are too cautious. When I exposed your whole plan last night, when I exposed that Lai Qing was the man in the raincoat, you had a moment when you wanted to tell me the truth. - Yes, in prison for a lifetime, Everyone will be afraid. When I told you that as long as Chen Nian did not kill anyone, I would definitely protect her, you were weighing whether to clarify the truth or not, so you unconsciously said a few more words to me. Your sincerity ."

"If it wasn't for what you said, the case might have been settled as you planned. Kitano, is this what you want to see?" Zheng Yi leaned slightly and looked into his dark eyes across the table, "No , After I said I would protect Chen Nian, you were actually a little shaken. You wanted to tell the truth to clear some of your crimes. You wanted to go out to see her earlier.

But you finally gave up. Because you don't want to risk Chen Nian.

You can't admit my whole set of reasoning. Once admitted, Chen Nian will be involved. 'Only one wound' cannot be explained. You have the truth, but you cannot tell it because you have no evidence. If we believe, you can be cleared of crimes that do not belong to you; but if we don't, Chen Nian will be in danger. "

Kitano's eyes moved slightly.

"Yes, I found out why there is only one wound. Kitano, I know what you are thinking." Zheng Yi opened his hands and placed them on the table, "The second wound should have been identified, but two identical knives increased The difficulty, coupled with the fact that the wounds of the corpse have begun to decay, can't be fixed. But I can think of it, which means that we will not wrong Chen Nian.

Kitano, you may think my promise last night was powerless, but now I've proven to you that I can spot the problem with the wound. I assure you again that Chen Nian will not have…”

Before the voice fell, the phone rang again.

Zheng Yi glanced at Kitano, and he had lowered his eyes.

Zheng Yi picked up the phone and went to the corridor, the door ajar: "Hello?"

"Zheng Yi, the meeting is about to end early."

Zheng Yi was shocked and said directly, "Give your cell phone to the captain."

Xiao Yao didn't dare, and lowered his voice: "What are you doing?!"

"Give the cell phone to the captain." Zheng Yi stabilized his voice.

The other party's phone changed hands.

"Zheng Yi," the captain said in a displeased voice, "I heard about you. You, young, have to learn to speak..."

"Captain, Kitano is not a man in a raincoat." He actually interrupted his superiors, but he was not trembling because of fear, "I beg you to press the dossier again."

This is quite rude, and the captain only said: "You have no qualifications and good reasons."

"I have it! I'll find it soon. Please give me another half day, even an hour!"

In the crack of the door, a pair of black eyes looked at him quietly, and saw him hunched over and over again, as if this pleading gesture could be sensed by the other party. Kitano's gaze faded away.

The captain is extremely majestic: "If you have evidence, then you can add it to the judge when you find it."

"You know the importance of that confession, Captain!" Zheng Yi almost shouted, "It's easy to add evidence, but difficult to revise the confession. The nature of this case is different. If the confession is negotiated and found to be true and valid, it will kill people!"

He panted: "Captain, Kitano is not a raincoat man. Give me an hour, I promise..."

"The meeting is over." The other party was ready to hang up.

"I'll put on my police officer certificate!"

Dead silence.

In the crack of the door, Kitano turned his head and stared at the narrow profile of Police Officer Zheng. He didn't bend over anymore, he stood up straight, as if a military salute. He was sweating and his hands were shaking violently.

"Captain, give me a moment. If I'm wrong. I hand over the police officer certificate and resign."

Zheng Yi pushed the door and came in, his face was dirty. In the morning, his sweat had dried up several times.

Kitano didn't look at him, stared at the table, thinking about something.

Before Zheng Yi came, the door was pushed open again, and the lawyer came.

The lawyer has long been dissatisfied. He was hired by Kitano's uncle to act as an agent for Kitano, but Kitano confessed his guilt and confessed that Yugong couldn't turn it over. People, even more angry:

"You go out, my client doesn't want to see you. You are against the procedure!"

Zheng Yi wanted to explain, but the lawyer pushed him out as soon as he caught him. When he was pushing, he suddenly heard Kitano say calmly:

"I want to revise my confession."

Zheng Yi sat in front of Beiye, but the teenager put forward a condition: "Chen Nian's wound to Wei Lai was not deep, and Wei Lai was killed by Lai Qing. Chen Nian cannot be convicted."

Before Zheng Yi spoke, the lawyer interjected: "I understand what it means. Don't worry, if the police want nothing to do, I can guarantee to help Chen Nian win the lawsuit."

Zheng Yi also hesitated. Seeing that Beiye still didn't speak, he finally said: "The following sentence should not be said in my capacity. But - the police currently do not have any evidence that Chen Nian hurt or even killed Wei Lai, especially physical evidence. "

Kitano then nodded.

He didn't kill Willie.

When he got to the back mountain, Wei Lai was already dead.

Examining her injuries, there was only one wound, very deep, no minor stab wounds, no other scratches, no other bleeding. But Chen Nian wounded Wei Lai with a knife, so it was obvious that the knife Chen Nian was struggling with stabbed Wei Lai to death.

There were bloody handprints on Wei Lai's shirt. Kitano stretched out his hand to compare the size and knew that it was Chen Nian's hand.

Zheng Yi asked him about his state of mind at that time, Kitano said,

Very calm. For a moment, I wanted to call the police, but it was quickly rejected. The police will investigate why Chen Nian is carrying a knife and whether Wei Lai has any subjective signs that he is about to kill Chen Nian. It is very likely that the result is not. Whether it's Wei Lai's bullying to her or her bringing a knife to see Wei Lai, these two kinds of interrogations will be huge disasters for her.

He quickly thought of a plan to disguise himself as a raincoat man. He went home and took the vibrator stick left by his mother in the drawer, put on a condom, and created the illusion that Wei Lai was sexually assaulted. Lai Qing has many raincoats of the same style, but he just borrowed one and hasn't returned it yet. , he picked Wei Lai's nails a few times.

He transported her to the far upper reaches of Sanshui Bridge and buried her in the mud (if found, he hoped that Wei Lai's body would be kept intact so that it could be seen that the murderer was a male); the shirt had to be taken away because of the fingerprints.

He knew the wind and rain would cover up the ruts along the way, and he knew no one would go there, and his plan was that no one would find the body.

But one of Wei Lai's shoes fell into the river; and the collapse of the Sanshui Bridge brought the workers underwater.

The body was found, and he had to take the place of the raincoat man. He has no criminal motive for killing Wei Lai, and the police will find out Chen Nian sooner or later. Only if he is a man in a raincoat, he has the motive to kill Wei Lai, so that Chen Nian can escape.

Zheng Yi asked him when he found out that Lai Zi was from the raincoat man.

Kitano said that when he committed the crime for the second time. The girl did not report the case, and Kitano later told the police her name to prove that she was a man in a raincoat.

That time Lai Qing committed the crime and accidentally injured himself with the knife, so he didn't dare to go to the hospital and asked Kitano to help him buy gauze and medicine to stop the bleeding. Kitano had scolded him and told him to stop messing around. But he committed the third time and went to Kitano to buy medicine.

He told Zheng Yi that he could not kill Lai Qing.

However, he noticed something different from Chen Nian's fearful instinctive reaction when he saw Lai Qing. He vaguely suspected that Lai Qing was among the passersby who molested Chen Nian that night, but he was not sure;

In addition, he was worried that if Lai Qing committed another crime in the future, the identity of the real raincoat man would be exposed, and his plan would all fail.

Late one night, he went to Lai Qing,

Only if he dies, he will not continue to commit crimes; as long as he does not continue to commit crimes, the raincoat man replaced by Kitano will not be able to reverse the case.

However, he couldn't let go.

Lai Qing was playing games until midnight, drinking beer and eating barbecue. When he saw a friend he hadn't seen for a long time, he put his arms around his shoulder and called him "Brother Bei", and pulled him to drink together. Lai Zi is actually the eldest of the three, but he has no relatives or friends, and is always bullied in the orphanage, only Dakang and Kitano. He always asked Kitano when he had something to do, and he didn't know when he called him brother.

Kitano is younger than him, but he is always called brother, so he is used to taking care of him. He can't let go.

After struggling for a long time, he couldn't kill him in the end. He told Lai Zi, run away.

He told Lai Zi that if he stayed in Xicheng all the time, the raincoat man wouldn't be able to hide it. He let him go, abandoned the identity of the raincoat man, and did not commit crimes again in the future. The crime will be caught one day, this is the will of heaven. Even if one day you really can't help provoking women, stop wearing a raincoat. If you are caught, don't confess to committing the raincoat case in Xicheng.

Lai Qing listened to his words and agreed. At that time, I made a goodbye phone call to Dakang.

The two drank for the last time.

Chen Nian was still at home, and Kitano was about to go back. Before leaving, he suddenly decided to ask him whether he was watching and molesting her that night when Chen Nian was bullied.

Before he could speak, Lai Qing put on his shoulder: I listen to you. But ah, I think I am very lucky. It never leaves a trace or is discovered.

He showed off in his tone: It was the raincoat man before, and the murderer later.

Kitano asked: Murder?

Yes, Willie.

Lai Qing put down the wine glass: Wei Lai is very angry, it must be interesting to do. She always bullies people and doesn't have the face to call the police, otherwise she won't be able to mix in the circle if it spreads.

At that time, Wei Lai was injured and bleeding from the opening on her chest. She was about to call to find someone when Lai Qing appeared, gagged her mouth, tied her hands and feet, and raped her.

Afterwards, when Lai Qing was about to leave, the cloth on Wei Lai's mouth came loose for some reason. She bit off his mask and vowed vaguely that she would castrate him.

After a brief ten-second blank, Lai Qing inserted the knife into the wound that Chen Nian had stabbed, and stabbed it hard.

Lai Qing took a barbecue bamboo stick, poked a small gap on the table, thrust it hard, and the bamboo stick pierced through the seam of the table.

Brother Bei, don't you think it's strange, my knife just fits the wound. The knife we ​​bought together is a lucky knife. However, it was bloody and I threw it into the river, so don't blame me. - so lucky. Later, the body disappeared, it is estimated that the family of the girl who thought he had killed it secretly buried it.

Kitano didn't know how he was feeling.

It turned out that it was not Chen Nian, but Lai Qing.

Lai Qing was triumphant: If I find me, I will push the girl on top, saying that I just raped Wei Lai, who was bleeding and dying. That girl was my scapegoat, and died for me. The bruises on Wei Lai's hands and feet had been there the night before. Hahaha.

Kitano held his head heavy with alcohol, and after a long silence, he asked: What did you mean the night before?

The night before, when Wei Lai told the girl to go to Houshan to find her the next day, I heard it.

Lai Qing was in a mess, shaking his head and laughing,

I passed by the alley, luckily, a group of girls dragged a naked girl, shouting cheap sell, sell cheap.

A few were embarrassed to go, and left after a few glances; a few, like me, did not take advantage of the cheap. I also recorded a video, do you want to watch it?

Lai Zi took out his mobile phone and played it, and the arrogant laughter and cursing of the teenager came out.

- Bring her over to kiss Lao Tzu.

-Fuck, I fell down again, and my mother's support was unsteady. Play dead?

- This woman seems to have been knocked unconscious by the women just now, and she didn't respond for a long time, just like a dead pig, disappointed.

- Tsk tsk, the milk is really smooth.

The next sentence is Lai Qing's voice.

When Lai Qing heard it, she laughed and recalled how delicate and tender her body was, and just a few touches and kisses would cause them to lose a thousand miles without human intervention.

There was one that was useless, sprayed on the hands of his companions, and even caused a few people to fight and broke up; only he, Lai Qing, was the most powerful, and his spray hit her face.

He gently described the girl's soft body and skin. He didn't know that it was Kitano's cherished treasure.

He didn't notice that Kitano's eyes were red;

He also didn't know that when he came home that night and took out his mobile phone for the first time to appreciate the self-blame, on the other side of the city, Kitano hugged Chen Nian who had slipped off his motorcycle as if he was dead, and cried in the storm.

Perhaps because of alcohol, Kitano's thin body shook a little when he got up.

Lai Qing stared at the screen, her voice frantic, and shouted in the video: Pinch her mouth open.

He didn't notice that Kitano bent down and picked up a wrench from the toolbox. When he raised his head, tears flowed down his face, and he turned and smashed it on his head.

After Zheng Yi heard this, he was speechless for a long time.

The lawyer asked: "Why didn't you say it before? Why didn't you say that Lai Qing is a raincoat and a murderer?"

"No need," Kitano said. "The police won't believe me."

If Lai Qing is alive and informs Lai Qing, he can frame Chen Nian and involve Chen Nian in the endless investigation. That day, Chen Nian took the initiative to bring a knife, which is difficult to explain; Wei Lai's sturdy parents will not let her go, and what she endured that night will be known to more people. Even if she took 10,000 steps and explained it clearly, the stab wound she caused to Wei Lai would have to be sentenced separately. Kitano couldn't bear to let Chen Nian's record have even the slightest blemish. That's why he just discussed the terms with Zheng Yi.

But the actual situation is that Lai Qing is dead; the accusation has become dead without evidence, who would believe what he said? Anyone would think he was putting the blame on the dead in order to lighten his punishment.

He is a teenager who completely fits the portrait of a man in a raincoat. His mother is a prostitute and his father is a rapist. He should be a criminal. His words have no credibility.

The same wound was stabbed by two people one after another, and the body began to decay, who would believe it?

It doesn't matter if you don't believe him, you can't let Chen Nian take risks.

Just to avoid the one in ten thousand possible danger to her, he refused to recognize her, even sacrificing his life's freedom.

In the final analysis, a letter, a guard.

Zheng Yi admitted that he was defeated by him.

The lawyer finally breathed a sigh of relief, but Zheng Yi couldn't relax, he had to rack his brains to find more favorable evidence.

At this moment, the phone rang again, and Xiao Yao's voice was very soft: "Zheng Yi."

He is not used to: "What's wrong?"

"The intern of the forensic department found a pair of shoes. They found suspected bloodstains in the soil of the soles. They have already taken them back for DNA and soil composition comparison. The captain said, re-search the back mountain."

Zheng Yi clenched his fists fiercely and let out a bad breath.

"Zheng Yi."

Zheng Yi waited for a while, and seeing that she didn't speak, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I think your name sounds nice."

Have you ever worked hard for a person?

Standing under the bright sun, Zheng Yi remembered what Kitano said.

Across the street, the students in the first and second grades of the school are in class, and the campus is quiet.

He glanced at his watch, Chen Nian should be out soon.

The call came again, and Xiao Yao's voice came: "Zheng Yi, I saw the report you wrote for Kitano."

He worked hard to write a report, saying that Kitano had a good attitude in confessing his guilt, and he had key assistance and great merit in helping the police crack down on the raincoat man case.

After Kitano denounced his confession, he gave an alibi, and there are still many clues about Lai Qing: he hid in Dakang's house a crime video that even Dakang did not notice, and multiple mobile phones containing tracking videos and indecent videos.

The one belonging to Kitano has also been found. When the police asked about the murder weapon before, Kitano said that he wanted to try it by throwing it into the river. If the police found Lai Qing's knife and could prove that there was Wei Lai's blood on it, he might have the possibility of revoking his confession. Now I have found it, but after soaking it in the water for too long, it can only be proved that it is O blood type, and Wei Lai is O type.

Zheng Yi also found out that his mobile phone was in the back mountain through a text message Lai Qing sent that day. In addition, the forensic department also found cigarette butts with bloody fingerprints stuck to the leaves in the back mountain.

Various new evidence and technical analysis prove that the person who killed Wei Lai was Lai Qing. Although the corpse had been stored for a long time, the forensic doctor made unremitting efforts and finally identified that Wei Lai's sexual assault came from his lifetime.

The case is closed. Zheng Yi is very calm these days.

At this moment, listening to Xiao Yao say that he has literary talent, Zheng Yi said, "You called just to say this?"

"No. I trained my thinking just now, and I will share it with you. Lao Yang has a big brain."

"Huh?" Zheng Yi looked at the empty campus opposite, there were classes reading English, and there was no sign of Chen Nian.

"After every case, don't you play the game of irresponsible analysis?"

This Zheng Yi knows that everyone will chat after the case is closed, and open up irresponsible brain holes for training divergent thinking.

"Lao Yang conspiracy theory says that it is possible that Kitano used you to deceive you."

"Speak out and communicate."

"After you finished your analysis to Kitano that night, Kitano said that Chen Nian didn't kill anyone. This may be a transactional psychological suggestion. He agreed with everything you said, except for this point. At this time, because of other Part of it will tend to believe that the point he brings up is right. He awakens and misleads your intuition and uses verbal cues to get you in the direction he wants."

Zheng Yi answered: "In the end, I did my best and paved the way for him to turn over the confession, but it was the fake confession he designed at the beginning?"

"Yes, Lao Yang said that regarding the deaths of Wei Lai and Lai Qing, his words can be true or false. Assuming that Beiye is meticulous and intelligent to a certain extent, all Wei Lai and Lai Qing are dead without proof, and Beiye controls the overall situation and guides himself. There are two identical knives and Lai Qing's blood-stained shoes and various evidences. Maybe Lai Qing had raped but didn't kill Wei Lai, he replaced the knives, or Chen Nian's fault caused Wei Lai to die. People took off their pants."

After Xiao Yao finished speaking, he said, "Is Lao Yang's brain hole quite big? Every time a case is closed and a non-responsible analysis is played, he wins."

"Next time I will participate." Zheng Yi said, but his mind was locked on the campus with his eyes.

"Okay, but Lao Yang also said that a seventeen-year-old kid can't plan such a thing, he's just a spy."

"Yeah." Zheng Yi squinted slightly to determine if the little dot in the distance was Chen Nian, "Speaking of which, he is an excellent concealer, no matter which plan he comes up with, there are no loopholes, no matter how intense the interrogation is, I can't get over it either, the psychological quality is really tough."

"Master of concealment? This is exactly what Lao Yang said. But he was talking about Chen Nian."

"Chen Nian?"

It is also unbelievable. She performed exceptionally well in the college entrance examination. She had been in the 20th or 30th grade for a long time, but she actually won the first place in the test and became the city's champion.

She was chillingly calm. So many things happened, bullying, interrogation, criticism, wave after wave, but she had to act like these things never happened to her. Zheng Yi wondered if she was as alienated and cold in front of Kitano as she was in front of teachers and classmates in front of him.

probably not.

"What did Lao Yang say?"

"Lao Yang said that she is the kind of person who does not show any trace of the big things. Either she uses the simplest way to cut off the outside world and only lives in her own world; or she is extremely complicated and cold inside, Hardly programmed, brutally ordered to do it right, like a robot, to achieve a certain goal and belief.”

Zheng Yi felt a little pain in his heart when he heard such a cold content. The shadow grew bigger, it was Chen Nian.

"Old Yang also said that with such a person, like Kitano, you would want her to be a good person. Because if she grows up to be a bad person, we probably won't be able to catch her."

"They will be good people." Zheng Yi said.

He saw Chen Nian walking towards the campus and said, "Xiao Yao, my 'intuition' has calmed down. I believe in Kitano and Chen Nian."

After hanging up the phone, he looked at the school gate, at Chen Nian, and suddenly thought, this is the position.

Every noon and evening before, what kind of mood was that teenager standing here watching.

The summer sun grills the earth, washing the hot air, like a sparkling lake.

Zheng Yi squinted and saw Chen Nian's white dress drenched in the steaming heat. She walked down the steps of the school gate, looked at him from a distance, and did not come over.

Zheng Yi went over and handed her the iced tea in his hand.

There were large ice-cold water droplets on the wall of the cup, Chen Nian took it, inserted a straw and drank it.

The sun shines through the branches of the sycamore, and the stars flow through them like stars.

Zheng Yi remembered that on this road, the young Kitano never had the opportunity to walk side by side with her. He always watches her back.

Zheng Yi asked, "Have you filled it out?"

"Um."

"Where's the school?"

"Beijing."

"Very good." Zheng Yi said, "The champion has a lot of scholarships."

"Well." Chen Nian said.

"What subject, mathematics or physics?"

"law."

Zheng Yi was stunned, and after a long time, he nodded slowly and said, "Okay, the law is good."

Chen Nian didn't speak, and Zheng Yi asked again, "When is the train?"

"Six pm."

"So early?"

"Um."

Zheng Yi was silent and said, "I'll write to you when you get there."

Chen Nian didn't say anything, and Zheng Yi said again, "Let's have a meal together later, and then go to the court."

For her perjury, the judge gave education, but no punishment. However, in Kitano's trial, as a witness, she needed to appear in court. When she can see Kitano, Zheng Yi thought she would be happier, but,

Chen Nian shook his head: "After a while, I will go to the court by myself."

Zheng Yi was noncommittal, and Chen Nian asked, "Are you afraid that I will run away?"

"No. - You're leaving and want to treat you to a meal."

Chen Nian was silent for a moment, and said, "I have something to do." She will see Kitano in a while, and she has to prepare.

"If you say goodbye, you don't need to eat," she held up the tea in her hand, "a cup of tea is enough."

Zheng Yi felt another arrow in his heart.

Halfway through the road, he was afraid that he would never have another chance, and said, "After the sentence is sentenced, after serving a period of time in prison, you can visit."

Chen Nian didn't say anything.

He added: "You've gone over there, study with peace of mind. Here, I will visit him from time to time."

After a long time, Chen Nian said, "Thank you."

"fine."

"Thank you for your persistence, too. If it wasn't for you, he'd be guilty of a crime that didn't belong to him. You saved him—and me."

"… "

"Officer Zheng, you are a good policeman."

Zheng Yi took a deep breath.

No more words.

After walking down the road, I obviously have a lot to say, but I didn't say a word.

At the intersection, Chen Nian said, "I'm leaving."

Zheng Yi was stunned, he could only say "um" and nodded; the water droplets on the paper cup condensed into a trickle, dripping on the tiles, like dripping in his heart.

She was as quiet and pale as ever;

He remembered the time he gave her, and he felt a little soft-hearted. He wanted to reach out and pat her shoulder to encourage her, but she gently turned away.

His hands were hanging in the air, bitterly.

It's time to part, but there is still a lump. Don't ask: "Chen Nian, I heard Kitano say that after returning from the back mountain that day, you wanted to turn yourself in, but he stopped you."

"I didn't think so." Chen Nian said.

He was surprised.

Chen Nian glanced at him and looked back: "Officer Zheng, are you curious about how I communicated with Kitano?"

Zheng Yi looked at her.

Chen Nian pointed at his eyes, moved his fingers slowly, and clicked his heart again.

"Officer Zheng, a lot of what you say is not sincere. You are a policeman, but don't you understand?"

Zheng Yi was taken aback. Humans are subconscious. There are two types of lying, self-knowledge and unknowing.

"He always knows what I really want to say and what I want." Chen Nian said, "I do the same to him."

Zheng Yi was shocked and surprised. He used his eyes to communicate with his heart, so he knew what the other party was thinking with just one look without speaking, so even if he spoke, he knew what the other party was really thinking, and he could even see through the subconscious of the other party that was temporarily kept in the dark.

"Then... what was in his eyes when I dragged you to the next interrogation room that night?"

But Chen Nian didn't answer, bit the straw lightly, and looked forward casually.

She is really leaving.

Zheng Yi felt extremely bitter in his heart, and his throat almost choked:

"Chen Nian."

"Um?"

"Have a good time in the future."

"...Which one is good?"

"You only have one life."

"It's only once." Chen Nian said, "But it's right, once is enough."

"What if I was at fault?" Zheng Yi said.

"There's no way." Chen Nian said.

Zheng Yi slightly curved the corners of his lips, not knowing why.

The laughter was bitter, and gradually he took it away and said, "I'm sorry, Chen Nian."

The girl shook her head and said, "It's not about you alone."

Zheng Yi writhed inwardly, and the arrow in his heart was pulled out. relief.

It's just that he didn't tell her that Luo Ting and the other group of children who left early that night still haven't been severely punished, but the education and psychological intervention for them and their parents have been successful. They and their families have changed, reborn and full of hope. .

He can't tell her yet, he doesn't know if she can accept it now, or if a law student will accept it in four years.

It is the goodwill of society to choose tolerance for children who make mistakes. But when a child hurts a child, what should an adult do?

What about the injured child? Why is their pain ultimately a stepping stone to other children's growth; a sign of their prodigal son's return?

Chen Nian left, Zheng Yi watched her figure getting smaller and smaller, getting involved in the crowd,

On the night after the interrogation of her and Kitano, on the night when she was full of anger, he asked her when he sent her home, pretending he didn't intend to mention the movie tickets, if he wanted to imply that Li Xiang wanted to use him as an alibi ,

She replied, yes.

He asked again if he took the knife to the back mountain, if he had the idea of ​​killing Wei Lai in his mind,

She replied, yes.

The day after she was bullied, she could appear at the school as if nothing had happened, just for an appointment to Weilai.

He asked, does Kitano know your thoughts?

She replied, he is much smarter than you.

She was full of anger that night, unlike today, she was calm and covered everything. As Zeng Hao said, she is a person who is very good at hiding, hiding her secrets, hiding her emotions, and hiding it without leaking to a cold situation.

Zheng Yi knew that that night, she was frank like that on purpose. He knows that there is a gap between thoughts and actions, and evil thoughts do not necessarily lead to crimes. She could have justified it and made him believe that she was still kind, and that no matter what kind of hardships she went through, she never had any bad thoughts towards Wei Lai.

But she didn't. She let him see her change, slapped him quietly, stabbed him in the chest, and then let him watch her turn and leave.

When he first met her, he promised as a policeman that he would come to me if anything happened. But as a result, she fell into a deeper catastrophe.

Had he not lost her trust and she would have called him after stabbing Wei Lai, the tragedy could have been avoided.

But there is everything in this world, but there is no if.

Fortunately, he didn't give up Kitano, he worked hard to stick to it, and he didn't make any mistakes.

He could only comfort himself like this.

The sun was so big, it was dazzling.

Zheng Yi watched Chen Nian's small body surrounded by the dark reinforced concrete traffic crowd.

For a moment, he seemed to see another person behind her, a teenager in a white shirt, following her forever.

He knew that she was with him forever.

And you, have you ever worked hard for a person?

Yes, I have.

But it seems, it's too late.

Zheng Yi watched her white dress disappear completely, never to be seen again; he lowered his head and covered his wet eyes with his hand.