Seeing that Jiang Chengyi's reasoning coincided with hers, Lu Yan said to him, "Wait a minute."
Go back to your room and take out the album.
"I took it from Deng Man's house yesterday." She pushed it in front of Jiang Chengyi.
"Look. There are almost all the group photos of the three of us in high school. Deng Man didn't seem to want others to find this album before he died, and he deliberately kept it in the storage room at home. If he didn't want to move and clean the room, Deng Man's mother Nor will it be found in the corner."
Jiang Chengyi knew that she would not mention this album for no reason, glanced at her, frowned and turned it over in his hand.
Thanks to the plastic cover, every photo in the album is brand new.
When he turned to one of the pages, he noticed that the footer of that page was obviously curled, and the transparent film on the surface was a little dirty.
After a pause, he quickly flipped back, but the photos at the back, like the other photos, were very clean and bright, but the one just now had obvious traces of being rubbed.
Seeing that Jiang Chengyi quickly discovered the problem, Lu Yan also looked at the photo.
Different from other photos, there are five people in this photo, besides the three of them, there are also Teacher Zhou and another boy.
Mr. Zhou was much younger than he is now. He was suave and fair, and wore black-rimmed glasses. Although he was not tall, he had a refined and gentle temperament that was very flattering and seductive to the eyes.
The boy was stepping on a football, wearing a sweatshirt, with his back to the camera, and was talking to Teacher Zhou. Like Teacher Zhou, this boy was also not tall.
"If I remember correctly, this was taken during the summer vacation of the second year of high school." She said, "I remember that there were many summer activities held in the school at that time, one of which was a speech contest initiated by Mr. Zhou, and Deng Man prepared for a long time at home. , and finally won the runner-up in the whole grade. In my impression, it was the first time that Deng Man took the initiative to participate in this kind of activity. "
Judging from the degree of wear and tear on this page of photographic paper, Deng Man should often reminisce about this unexpected group photo.
Thinking of how hard Deng Man was preparing for the competition at that time, she couldn't help feeling a little nervous. In fact, thinking back carefully, Deng Man's love for Teacher Zhou had left some clues, but because she had never been involved in the matter of teacher-student love Think about it, ignore it all.
It was not until she heard about Teacher Zhou's post-operative babbling and Ding Jing's fear of Deng Man's death last year that she completely changed her mind and became suspicious of Teacher Zhou.
"Who is this person?" Jiang Chengyi stared at the other person in the photo.
"I don't know." She had also studied this person yesterday, and felt a little familiar. After thinking about it for a long time, she always seemed to be able to remember it, but she still didn't.
Jiang Chengyi turned the album from the beginning to the end, took the fruit knife on the fruit plate on the dining table, and checked the mezzanine to make sure that nothing else was hidden inside. The website has made a wish, but based on this alone, it is impossible for Ding Jing to successfully coerce Deng Man, because since it was a wish of a joke nature, Deng Man can completely deny it, so I guess Ding Jing saw Deng Man's wish at that time. , and also followed Deng Man and took some actual evidence, such as photos or videos."
Lu Yan had doubts about this for a long time, nodded and listened to Jiang Chengyi continue.
"Similarly, based on this alone, it is impossible to be sure that Deng Man must have been a teacher-student love at that time, because there are many other reasons to achieve the purpose of coercion. But from Deng Man's diary at that time: 'My love is destined to only be Buried', 'I'm doomed to not get him', 'I can't betray the friendship' - and the naive environment of a high school student, I'm still inclined to believe she's in a relationship, and for some reason even a good friend cannot be shared.
"Before I saw this album, I was always suspicious about whether the object of her love was Teacher Zhou, but with this photo, this possibility has increased. Because apart from the three of you, the remaining two One is also a student, and the other is Teacher Zhou. If the object of her attention is the boy in the photo, who is also a high school student, why should she hide her relationship? Of course, just from her behavior of rubbing the photo, she cannot be judged. What you have in the photo must be admiration, because there may be hatred or other emotions."
Lu Yan denied it: "Deng Man did a lot of things that attracted Teacher Zhou's attention before her death. I'm pretty sure she has a very good impression of Teacher Zhou, but unfortunately I didn't realize that that kind of attention was something before I suspected Teacher Zhou this year. Secret love. And since Teacher Zhou mentioned Deng Man and Ding Jing in his post-operative babble many years later, I thought of a possibility: he not only knew Deng Man's favorable impression of him, but also responded - of course, this conjecture Not confirmed."
"But I remembered one thing later. I once made an appointment with you to meet at the basketball gym, but because Teacher Zhou asked me to talk to me temporarily, I was late. The content of the conversation was very vague at the time, and I was surprised for a while. Wait for me. When I got to the basketball hall, Deng Man happened to find you out, and that was the first time I saw Deng Man go to see you alone. Later, similar situations happened several times. That is to say, Deng Man was interested in being among us. When creating a misunderstanding, Mr. Zhou is likely not only an insider, but also a participant. I am thinking, if Deng Man really has the handle to fall into the hands of Ding Jing, Mr. Zhou, as a teacher, in order to preserve his reputation, I am afraid that he will only be better than Deng Man. More eager to cover this up."
It was the first time Jiang Chengyi heard this statement and thought for a few seconds: "This guess may not be correct, let's assume it is a fact. In addition to Ding Jing, Zhou Zhicheng was also persecuting Deng Man. It is conceivable that Deng Man was under such double pressure. , It is understandable what kind of situation she will fall into, and she becomes so depressed and painful later.
Lu Yan was silent for a moment, as if a fire was blocking her chest: "Deng Man can't hate her lover, she can only target Ding Jing. After being hinted by me that day, her sense of guilt and shame reached its peak. , so she wrote the words 'hate her' and 'won't let her go even if she was a ghost'. After Deng Man's death, Ding Jing was too scared to go out, and according to Liu Yujie's words that day, eight years later Ding Jing ran into a person who was very similar to Deng Man, because she had a ghost in her heart and she suspected me, so she came to ask me if I knew about the 'Winter Solstice', and also asked if it was all my fault."
Both were lost in thought.
After a while, Jiang Chengyi looked at Lu Yan.
She was still staring at the album, her eyelashes were still wet, but the tears on her face had dried up, making her cheeks clearer than before.
Thinking of the way she was crying just now, he was both sad and distressed. He looked at her for a while, and seeing that there was still a gloom in her eyebrows, he threw the album back on the desktop and ended the topic just now: "There are too many doubts about Deng Man, I We will continue to investigate, this matter is related to the Winter Solstice website that year, and may also involve other cases in the future, so please don’t interfere.”
She looked up at him and saw that he was still a little unhappy, her heart softened into a ball of cotton, she bit her lip, leaned over his shoulder, and looked into his eyes: "Jiang Chengyi."
As before, as long as she called him Rou Rou by her first name and surname, his waist and eyes would go numb, and it would not work out after repeated attempts. Last night, she didn't know how many times she babbled, which made him fascinated. When he woke up in the morning, his legs were a little weak.
He leaned his head back, tried to keep a distance from her, and said with a stern face, "What are you doing?"
"Are you going to the bureau for a while?" She casually touched his waist with one hand, and accidentally touched a hard object behind him. She was stunned for a while, and realized that it was a gun case, and looked back curiously. .
He pulled her hand away: "don't touch it, just get down to business."
She had to stop: "I haven't been back to my mother's house for a long time. Tomorrow and Sunday, I want to go back to Dongcheng."
The person who followed her has not been arrested yet, and she cannot travel alone.
He didn't answer.
When the two hadn't dated, he knew that she lived with her mother.
There was a training session, when she went to class but didn't come, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Even his teammates were a little lazy when talking to him.
Then, for some reason, Ding Jing suddenly started talking about Lu Yan to the other cheerleaders, saying that an aunt in her family who knew Lu Yan's mother said: Lu Yan's father was a famous boy. When Lu Yan was six years old, His father divorced her mother. Lu Yan has been living with her mother all these years. Her father doesn't come to see Lu Yan very often. He doesn't care about anything other than money, so Lu Yan is particularly insecure. He would never look for a son like her father.
Not looking for a son
After the two of them were together, he remembered this, and asked her with a smile if she had said that.
She denied it, but after thinking for a while, she looked at him with a half-smile and said, "My mother has said this more than once because she was hurt so much by my father. Friends, it may take a while to accept you."
After hearing this, he was happy in his heart, but he said, "How old are you? Does this mean that your boyfriend will meet his parents in the future?"
She glanced at him proudly and hummed, "Let's see how you behave in the future."
In fact, except for the days when Deng Man committed suicide, when he was with her, he was like a spring breeze almost every day. Even after many years, he still craved the beauty.
And even though his parents didn't have time to see Lu Yan eight years ago, when Lu Yan was seriously ill, her mother had already seen him, and he could see that Lu Yan's mother was very satisfied with him.
She was still waiting for his answer.
He didn't want to agree too quickly, and deliberately kept silent.
After struggling for a while between "rejecting and welcoming" and "borrowing a donkey down the slope", he chose the latter, and after a few seconds, he hummed reluctantly.
"I'll have lunch at my mother's place at noon." The corners of her mouth curled up, "I'll call my mother later and ask her not to make sweet and sour yellow croaker."
He frowned and added, "I still don't like to eat cinnamon and belly slices."
Really young master temper.
"Got it." She replied with a smile, and asked him again, "What do you want for lunch? I'll make it for you.
"You don't have to do it at noon."
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"My mother will come over in a while."
She couldn't help being stunned, his bedroom was still messy, and the sheets were in a mess: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
His phone rang and pulled her away from him. He got up to answer the phone, and after listening to what the other party said, he said, "Okay, I'll come."
She has gone to his room.
He went to the door.
His mother and Mrs. Liu should have already arrived in the community. The house is too big. Only Mrs. Liu knows where the washing machine and dryer are. .
He let her toss and toss, and said lightly to her, "Dr. Yu is here. I may have lunch at the bureau at noon. My mother and the others will come in a while. Mrs. Liu will prepare lunch and the driver will follow."
She snorted, and before he had time to look back, he turned and left.
Dr. Yu arrived on time. As soon as he arrived at the office, he saw a slightly fat middle-aged man in his 40s sitting at the table with his hands folded on his stomach, his eyes sharp and a smile.
Seeing him come in, Dr. Yu immediately pulled up his chair and stood up, extending his hand to him: "Vice Captain Jiang Chengyi Jiang? I'm Yu Zheng." Although his body was bloated, his movements were very agile.
"Hello." He shook hands and asked Yu Zheng to sit down.
Several Lao Qin opened the slideshow.
Yu Zheng is very efficient. When he came here, he had already gone through the information passed to him by Lao Qin and the others. The moment the lights in the room went dark, he asked Xiao Zhou to send Li Liwei from three years ago, Wang Wei from City B this year, The scene where the bodies of Wang Qianqian and Ding Jing in S City were thrown back slowly.
"These cases have something in common." Jiang Chengyi explained, "but there are some subtle differences. Considering the difficulty of solving the case, the superiors temporarily combined several cases into a series of crimes."
When zooming in on one of the images, Yu Zheng stared at it for a few seconds, then nodded excitedly: "Very interesting, this is a fast-growing criminal, and he has a certain amount of economic strength. If this person is not found as soon as possible, he will / She should come up with more tricks. Come, Jiang team, colleagues, let's start with the crime stimulation scene."