After leaving the restaurant, Lu Yan walked towards the entrance.
She remembered that when she entered the door just now, she put her bag on the porch, but at this time, there was no sign of the bag at all.
She looked around suspiciously, and finally glanced in the direction of the living room far away, only to find that the bag was well placed on the sofa.
Mostly Jiang Chengyi just let her go.
She looked at him, he was still looking at the information, he didn't mean to speak.
She had to look away, walked to the sofa, sat down, and took out her phone.
Several missed calls from Tang Jie, who had been busy cooking and eating just now, didn't hear them.
She hurried over.
As soon as it was connected, Tang Jie said in a lazy voice, "Yo, I finally remembered to look at my phone, why did you go just now?"
Just as he was about to speak, there was a sound of footsteps, and Jiang Chengyi came over at some point, threw the pile of documents on the coffee table, and then sat down on the sofa on the other side.
Lu Yan turned slightly: "Oh, I was cooking just now, I didn't hear it."
"Cooking?" Tang Jie smiled ambiguous, "You cook for Jiang Chengyi? Okay, or Jiang Chengyi has a way. After so many years, I haven't seen anyone pluck your rose. As soon as he appeared—"
She was very loud, Jiang Chengyi was sitting close, and Lu Yan had to interrupt her: "What the hell is going on?"
Tang Jie returned to the topic: "It's already Monday, and the surveillance video should be able to be called up. Is there any news about the bastard who followed you?"
Lu Yan snorted, not wanting to worry Tang Jie too much, and her answer was a little vague: "I almost know who it is."
Tang Jie was dissatisfied with this statement: "It's better to arrest this pervert tomorrow, so as not to worry every day. By the way, what class are you in tomorrow? Big clock's birthday, we are going to have a birthday party, if you are free, the best Good to come."
When I was young, Dazhong's parents were sent abroad to the United States for a period of time. Although the family returned to China later, Dazhong's living habits have been completely Westernized, and every birthday party will be held.
Last year, Lu Yan was unable to attend because of the evening shift. If she doesn't show up again this year, it will be a bit unreasonable.
"I know it's a bit late, but didn't Da Zhong just come back. We were patronizing and hiding from that pervert two days ago, so we didn't care about Zhang Luo."
Lu Yan said, "I'll go right after work. What time do you guys start? Going to your house or his house?"
Tang Jie was really happy: "In the evening, at his house, I invited a lot of friends from Dazhong and a gang of filmmakers. It must be fun at that time. Anyway, no matter what time, you can come after work. By the way, also With Jiang Chengyi, the two of you together, I will send him an electronic invitation card."
Lu Yan was startled and looked at Jiang Chengyi, who was still studying the pile of materials on the coffee table, with a very focused expression.
This request is quite abrupt, and Jiang Chengyi may not agree to agree. She hesitated for a while and replied, "Then let me ask, and I will call you back later."
Hanging up the phone, Jiang Chengyi's cell phone rang.
Lu Yan took a sip of water, observed Jiang Chengyi through the top of the water glass for a few seconds, and said, "Well, tomorrow Tang Jie's boyfriend will celebrate his birthday."
Jiang Chengyi was looking at the text message on his mobile phone and didn't answer.
"Did she still invite you?"
"Yeah", he answered quite quickly, and there was no disgust in his tone.
Lu Yan lightly rubbed the edge of the cup with her fingers, thinking about what to say next. Jiang Chengyi, as an adult, should not be ignorant of what it means to attend this kind of party together. But the purpose of the two people in the video is still a mystery. She doesn't dare to travel alone. If she goes to a banquet, she must invite Jiang Chengyi to go with her.
Although she had no confidence at all, she still hesitated and said, "If you are not busy then, can you come with me... go there."
Jiang Chengyi put down the phone, and after a few seconds, he said, "You are not out of danger yet, I can accompany you for a walk. The villa in Qingshan District is not very far, and it only takes forty minutes to drive there."
It looks very reluctant, but the meaning is the default meaning.
Lu Yan put down the water glass, and her tone was obviously much faster than before: "Tomorrow I will be on duty all day, and I may have to come back and change my clothes by then."
"Oh." Jiang Chengyi studied the materials seriously.
Lu Yan got up with a slight smile. The lemonade in front of him had been drunk. She went to the kitchen to pour another glass and put it in front of him.
Just as he was about to go back to his room, Jiang Chengyi's cell phone rang.
Jiang Chengyi glanced at the caller number and answered, "Old Qin."
Over there, Lao Qin seemed to be talking. Although he couldn't hear it clearly, he spoke very fast and urgently. Seeing Jiang Chengyi's brows gradually wrinkle, Lu Yan had an ominous premonition.
"Protect the scene." Jiang Chengyi got up and picked up the jacket on the sofa, "I'll come here."
"What happened?" Lu Yan was a little nervous, "Is there a case?"
Jiang Chengyi walked towards the entrance, thinking completely on what Lao Qin said on the phone just now: "The crime scene is in the suburbs, and it may take a few hours for me to come back."
As he spoke, he pressed the elevator. After a few seconds, his expression softened slightly, and his tone turned cold: "The community is safe, there are people patrolling 24 hours a day, and there are people on duty in the hall downstairs. If you are still afraid, I will let you know. Sister Liu will come back to accompany you."
When Lu Yan recovered, the door of the indoor elevator was closed.
Suburban Yanping Lake
The heavy rain poured down like a white waterfall, and there was a vast expanse of white everywhere.
A cordon has been set up around the crime scene, and the lights on several police cars keep flashing.
The lighting facilities by the lake seem to be out of order. Before the police car arrived, almost all the street lights were turned off. After emergency repairs, only half of them are now lit.
Jiang Chengyi got out of the car, and the old Qins greeted them: "The corpse was found in the lake by the on-duty staff here. After they found something wrong, they immediately called the police. Just now, the forensic doctor initially detected that the corpse was strangled. ."
Jiang Chengyi wiped the rain on his face, took the raincoat handed over by Lao Qin and put it on: "It's raining too much, and the scene is estimated to be severely damaged."
Another police officer said: "No, I've never seen such a heavy rain in winter. It's too crowded. The brothers of the forensic doctor have been squatting there for more than half an hour. It seems that they won't finish work until dawn. ."
Jiang Chengyi walked towards the lake: "Where is the body?"
Lao Qin held up his umbrella and said, "In front. The young woman, except for the suspected fatal wound on her neck, has not found any traces of other external attacks."
The body was already in the body bag. Jiang Chengyi walked over and asked a young police officer in his twenties behind him, "Where is the first witness, please come over and I'll ask a few questions."
After speaking, put on gloves, squat down and unzip the body bag.
The body in the bag was slowly exposed.
When his eyes glanced, Jiang Chengyi was obviously stunned for a moment. The rain was too heavy and the street lights were not bright enough. He stared at the corpse and said to Lao Qin, "Lend me the flashlight."
"Hey." Old Qin handed the flashlight, and the snow-white lamppost illuminated the corpse's face straight.
Seeing Jiang Chengyi staring at the corpse for a long time without saying a word, Lao Qin said, "Team Jiang, the witness brought it here."
The man was obviously still in shock, shrinking behind Lao Qin, not daring to look in the direction of the corpse at all.
After a long time, Jiang Chengyi finally zipped up the body bag and looked at the witnesses while taking off his gloves: "Hello, I'm the police officer in charge of this case. My surname is Jiang. Can you tell us about the situation when the body was found?"
The man swallowed a large mouthful of saliva in fear: "I'm on duty today, responsible for maintaining the safety facilities in and around the lake area at night. It was fine before, but who knew that at 9:30, the lake area suddenly lost power, I went to the computer room to Look, I found out that it wasn't a trip. I was afraid that there was a problem with the line, so I quickly called the unit. Later, I felt that the power outage was strange, and I was always a little worried, so I took a flashlight and went to patrol the lake. , I swept the flashlight to the lake, and found that there was something in the center of the lake, when the light passed, it looked white—"
Thinking of the situation at that time, he still felt scared. The night sky was dark, and the interweaving rainstorm was like a huge pot, tightly shrouded on the artificial lake, and the thing floating in the middle of the lake seemed light and white. , actually a bit like a fetus floating in the amniotic fluid, the sense of tranquility at the beginning of the Ming Meng, which makes people palpitate for no reason.
"The colleague who happened to be overhauling the circuit came over, so we got off the boat and drove to the center of the lake, only to find that the thing was packed in a waterproof plastic bag. The bag looked bright when the light passed, and we had already thought that it might be a corpse inside. I was very scared, but I salvaged it and called 110 quickly, and you came here not long after that, Officer Jiang, that's probably the case."
Jiang Chengyi nodded: "What time was it when the body was found?"
The witness thought for a while: "Around nine fifty-five."
"That is, the interval between the power outage and the discovery of the body was twenty-five minutes."
The witness said: "Almost, because my colleague came over not long after I found the body. I remember it was just before ten o'clock."
"Okay, thank you for your cooperation, please make a note later."
After searching the scene, Lao Qin returned to Jiang Chengyi and said, "Jiang team, the victim's information has been preliminarily verified, her name is Ding Jing, 26 years old this year, her family has some money, and she is Ding Yimao, a small businessman in this city. Ding Jing's only daughter, and Ding Jing herself works in a foreign trade company."
After speaking, seeing Jiang Chengyi looking at the dark lake without saying a word, he continued: "I heard that her father Ding Yimao used to have a big business and was friends with many rich people in this city. Unfortunately, when the company went public, the capital chain went out of business. Something went wrong, and since then the company's situation has plummeted, and now the Ding family is not as good as it used to be."
Jiang Chengyi was silent for a while, and looked at his watch: "It's almost two o'clock, and the lake area has already been swept in a circle. It is estimated that there is no point in sweeping further. Lao Qin, tell everyone, let's withdraw first."
Lu Yan got up and opened the curtains to take a look. The rain that had poured in all day and night finally stopped, replaced by thick milky fog, hazy dawn, and clear fog. It seemed that it would be a sunny day today.
Not long after Jiang Chengyi left last night, Mrs. Liu came. She had a conversation with Mrs. Liu, and then went back to the room to check the literature. She didn't go to bed until one o'clock. At that time, Jiang Chengyi hadn't come back.
While washing, she thought silently, wondering if Jiang Chengyi would have time to sleep in the middle of the night.
After leaving the room, when he arrived at the restaurant, he found that Jiang Chengyi was already eating breakfast at the dining table, and Mrs. Liu was pouring milk into his cup.
Seeing her, Sister Liu smiled and said, "Dr. Lu, come and have breakfast."
Lu Yan said thanks and sat down. She ate the porridge with a spoon. Seeing that Jiang Chengyi's face was tired, although she knew that he might not be willing to answer, she still asked, "What time were you busy last night, is that a murder case?"
Jiang Chengyi was obviously unwilling to discuss this topic: "Let's eat first, it's getting late, don't be late."
After breakfast, the two got into the car. When the engine was started, Jiang Chengyi was silent for a while, and said, "Ding Jing is dead."
Lu Yan was tidying up her jacket, and when she heard this, there seemed to be a buzzing sound in Jiao Lei's ear.
When she recovered, she stared at Jiang Chengyi and asked him in disbelief, "Ding Jing? Dead?"
Jiang Chengyi glanced at the rearview mirror and saw that her face was pale, and she didn't answer.
The news was too shocking. After a long time, Lu Yan's voice was still a little straight: "How did she... die?"
I suddenly remembered what happened last night: "Last night Lao Qin called. Could it be that he was talking about Ding Jing's case?"
Seeing that she kept asking questions, Jiang Chengyi finally hummed.
Lu Yan was startled, and quickly opened the alumni group on WeChat. No one spoke in the group. Obviously, the news had not spread.
She put down her phone and was still a little stunned. Although she didn't like Ding Jing, she still felt extremely uncomfortable when she suddenly heard the news.
After a while, thinking of Ding Jing's strange performance two days ago, she felt a trace of uneasiness in her heart, turned around, and said to Jiang Chengyi, "Ding Jing said something strange to me on Sunday."
Jiang Chengyi glanced at Lu Yan: "What did you say?"
Lu Yan tried to recall the scene at that time: "She first asked me: 'Lu Yan, have you heard of the winter solstice'?"
"winter solstice?"
"Yeah." Lu Yan nodded, "Seeing that I ignored her, she said again, 'Don't pretend, you must know right?' After getting my negative answer, she seemed very scared and said, 'No , you must know, I've guessed it long ago, it's all your fault.' I couldn't understand what she said, so I asked her what she was going to say, but she refused to go on, and at this time you Came here with my aunt."
Jiang Chengyi stared at the road in front of him with a solemn expression on his brows.
After the car drove to the First Affiliated Hospital, Jiang Cheng saw that Lu Yan's face was getting worse and worse. He rolled down the car window, took the time card handed over by the security guard, and said, "Go to work first, don't think about it."
Lu Yan got out of the car with a heavy heart.
After get off work in the evening, Lu Yan waited in the department for a while, and didn't receive a call from Jiang Chengyi until almost eight o'clock.
After getting in the car, she saw that Jiang Chengyi kept answering the phone. Obviously, she had just finished her work. She remembered that she was going to attend Dazhong's birthday party in a while, so she endured not to ask Ding Jing about it.
On the way back to Songshan Road, I received a call from Tang Jie: "Lu Yan, are you off work?"
It seemed that Tang Jie still didn't know about Ding Jing's murder. Lu Yan hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to hide the news temporarily, so she forced a relaxed tone: "Well.
There was cheerful music on the other end of the phone, and Tang Jie's voice was very excited: "Come on, come on, tonight is very lively, by the way, remember to dress up nicely."
Lu Yan snorted and deliberately angered her: "When am I not pretty anymore."
Tang Jie laughed: "No, no, there are so many beautiful women tonight, I have already been compared, and now I count on you to give me a face, come over quickly."
Hanging up the phone, at Lu Yan's request, Jiang Chengyi drove back to Nanshan Lane.
Going upstairs, Lu Yan opened the closet.
Because she doesn't like bright colors, she chose black, white, and gray rice in her wardrobe. After choosing from left to right, she finally chose a black knitted hip-packed skirt with a one-line neck. This style is between sexy and conservative. When the collar is pulled down, , can reveal beautiful collarbone and snow-white shoulders.
For the shoes, I turned out a pair of nude patent leather manolo blahnik, which was a gift from Tang Jie when she graduated this year. After learning the price, she was stunned, and she has only worn it twice so far.
After putting it on, I put on bright red lipstick, and put on a beige cashmere coat on the outside, and then stepped downstairs with high heels.
When she got into the car, she was wearing her seat belt, she turned around inadvertently, saw Jiang Chengyi looking at her with a half-smile, and when she saw her looking over, she glanced out the window lightly.