Winter Solstice

Chapter 46

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They were discussing quietly here, but Jiang Chengyi only looked at his mobile phone.

Obviously, although others are here, their minds remain on the case.

Tang Jie and Jiang's mother felt bored and continued to pull Lu Yan to try on clothes.

The design of this season is remarkable. Tang Jie is very interested throughout the whole process, but Jiang's mother puts her attention on Lu Yan from time to time.

At the strong request of the two of them, Lu Yan finally tried a black and white knitted skirt, a classic chanel style, a short top and a miniskirt. The design is simple, the tailoring is perfect, and the exquisite figure is revealed.

After coming out of the fitting room, Mother Jiang and Tang Jie immediately gathered around.

The former nodded and smiled, while the latter's eyes lit up, agreeing that this skirt suits Lu Yan very well.

Lu Yan slid towards Jiang Chengyi in the corner of her light, thinking that he would not notice it at all, but he did not expect that he had already looked up, his eyes slowly gliding over certain parts of her body, and finally landed on her face.

Sa came over to place the order, with a smile on his face and a sweet voice: "Miss, Mr. Jiang has already paid for the order. This skirt is only one size, and ordinary people can't handle it. The lady has such a good figure and temperament, this skirt is just for you. Made to order."

A lot of shopping, everyone has something to gain.

At Mother Jiang's request, the clothes she selected will be delivered to Jiang's house from the store later. Tang Jie is impatient. She can't wait to put on the new clothes she bought the next day. go away.

When the group arrived at the parking lot, Tang Jie talked to Lu Yan for a while, and then made an appointment with Jiang's mother for the next shopping time. Finally, she opened the car door, waved goodbye, and drove away.

Jiang Chengyi took Jiang's mother and Lu Yan to the front of the car, and said to Jiang's mother: "Mom, someone is following Lu Yan recently, I don't worry that she is at home alone, I want her to go there with you first, and when she is done, I'll come pick her up again."

"What about you? Are you going to work overtime again?"

"I have a suspect to follow and walk away for a few hours."

Jiang's mother became more and more puzzled: "You don't know what time it is when you're done, why are you so tossing, come and pick up Yanyan tomorrow morning?"

Before I finished speaking, I realized that my son was reluctant to part with Lu Yan for one night.

She smiled sweetly: "Got it."

Lu Yan blushed slightly, stepped aside, and whispered to Jiang Chengyi: "Be careful."

Jiang Chengyi deliberately lowered his voice: "I'll pick you up as soon as I'm done. Anyway, I won't make you wait for a long time. Don't fall asleep at my parents' place."

Lu Yan pretended not to hear the ambiguous element in his words, and with a bright eye, she turned around, followed behind Jiang's mother, and got into the Jiang family's car.

Jiang Chengyi watched his mother and Lu Yan leave, and then got into the car.

Jiang Chengyi's parents lived in the riverside villa. Jiang Chengyi's father was not at home. Jiang's mother placed Lu Yan in Jiang Chengyi's bedroom when he was at home.

Mother Jiang pays attention to health preservation. She usually pays attention to going to bed early and getting up early. After a long conversation with Lu Yan, she went back upstairs to remove makeup.

Lu Yan took off her coat and looked up at the room.

Neat and spacious, with warm colors. The walls are full of photos, including a group photo of the Jiang family of three, as well as dozens of single or group photos of Jiang Chengyi when he was a teenager, all of which were carefully framed and hung in a prominent position in the room. Knowing that it came from the hands of Jiang's mother.

Lu Yan looked at them one by one and smiled from the heart. In the past 20 years, Jiang Chengyi has grown from a chubby little Zhengtai to a handsome young man. Looking at it now, there is an inexplicable kind and wonderful feeling.

In the early hours of the morning, she was a little sleepy, lying on his bed and drowsy. At this time, Jiang Chengyi's phone came, and at the same time, there were deliberately lowered voices from outside.

When he opened the door, he saw Jiang Chengyi talking to Mrs. Liu at the door.

She hurriedly went back to the room to get her bag, apologized to Mrs. Liu and said good night, and followed Jiang Chengyi away.

It's getting closer to home.

As soon as he entered the door, Jiang Chengyi took off his clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower. The speed was very fast, and he was finished in less than ten minutes.

When he came out, he had a bath towel tied around his waist, and his hair dripped with water drop by drop, glittering between his eyebrows.

Lu Yan took a towel and wiped his hair for him, grumbling and complaining, "Why don't you blow your hair?"

He urged her to take a bath and let her play with it: "What are you blowing? You'll sweat a lot in a while anyway."

That's enough.

Lu Yan glared at him, pushed him away, turned around and entered the bathroom, turned on the faucet, and prepared to take a shower.

When I was bending over, I suddenly felt a little unwell. After examining it, my aunt came to visit in advance.

She sat down on the toilet, melancholy and subtly relieved.

Fortunately, she hadn't taken safety measures a few times before, and she was worried about getting pregnant. It's not that she doesn't want children, it's just... Although she doesn't know what Jiang Chengyi thinks, she is not mentally prepared for the time being.

Jiang Chengyi poured water for himself and Lu Yan first, then wiped his hair with a towel, and finally picked up a list and went to the sofa to look at it.

Looking at her, she heard Lu Yan's voice muffled from the bathroom.

"Jiang Chengyi."

"Ah." He didn't look up, "what's the matter."

"Help me get something from the bedside table in the room over there."

"what?"

"Pink cardboard box, there are a lot of those kinds of things in it, you can bring one for me."

Lots of roots

He looked up oddly.

Hearing her rush, he opened the door and went out even though he was puzzled.

Entering the door and opening the bedside table, she found the pink cardboard box she mentioned, took out the things and looked at it, her face darkened.

"Lu Yan." After sending the sliver in through the door, he expressed his dissatisfaction, "Is there any way to say hello in advance?"

Although he is not the kind of person who has a brain on sperm, but after waiting all night, he was suddenly poured a basin of cold water. To say that he was not disappointed would be a lie.

Lu Yan ignored him. During this period of time, her mood was up and down, and her aunt also became disordered, so there was really no way to notify in advance.

She came out of the shower and lay down on the bed. Although the quilt was light and soft enough, her hands and feet still felt colder than usual. There was nothing she could do. The changes in hormones caused the subcutaneous blood vessels to constrict and affected the peripheral circulation. in this way.

"Jiang Chengyi." She pulled the quilt up to her chin, looked at him with bright eyes, her tone was soft and soft, "Can you help me get a pair of thick socks from the room over there?"

Jiang Chengyi was put on the bed and hugged her in his arms: "Why, it's cold?"

She nodded.

His body was hot, like a moving sun. As soon as she leaned over, she subconsciously curled her whole body into a shrimp shape and got into his arms.

He grabbed her shoulders, took a handful down with the other hand, touched her cold feet, wrapped them in his palms, and asked, "Will this be better?"

She wrapped her arms around his waist, with a smile in her voice, encouraging him: "It's much better."

He looked down at her jet-black hair, remembering that when she came back in high school, her aunt was unprepared and accidentally soiled her pants. Later, he put his school uniform on her and took a taxi to take her back. Family. It was at that time that he knew that the girl's aunt was often inaccurate.

Her body was soft and full, and he was afraid that the more he hugged him, the sadder he would feel. In order to divert his attention, he turned back and brought over the list on the bedside table.

She closed her eyes slightly, her feet tucked under his calves, and her toes rubbed gently to keep warm.

He was tickled by her. This feeling was different from desire, but more of a tranquility and satisfaction that filled the whole heart.

As if remembering what happened before, she opened her eyes and leaned closer: "Did you go to follow Teacher Zhou just now?"

Jiang Chengyi studied the list: "Well, Xiao Zhou has been staring at it for a few hours. I went to change classes."

"What is this?" Lu Yan followed his gaze.

"The person who went to Ding Jing's house to offer condolences that night."

"So many people?" She was slightly surprised.

At a glance, there are about a thousand people on the list.

"Um."

Although the Ding family has been defeated in recent years, it is deeply rooted in the city and has a wide network of contacts. Ding Jing is the eldest daughter of Ding Jianguo. When something happened to her, the friends of the Ding family should come to offer condolences. "

After thinking about it, he said: "Excluding the guests who left half an hour before Liu Yujie was injected with morphine, there were more than 100 people left at the scene, and a few minutes before Liu Yujie was found, there were more than 30 of the more than 100 people. People leave in elevators."

In other words, everyone is suspected of committing a crime.

Lu Yan noticed that Jiang Chengyi had circled the names of several people in the list, and the first one was "Zhou Zhicheng".

She tried to speculate: "Based on the circumstances of Liu Yujie's murder that night, the murderer should have been among the guests. Now that we have the guest list, can we narrow down the scope?"

Jiang Chengyi pondered and said: "Don't forget that the murderer is good at disguising, according to his usual modus operandi, before killing Ding Jing, he probably followed Ding Jing for a period of time, and had a certain degree of Ding Jing's life circle and circle of friends. It is not ruled out that he will use this to disguise himself as an acquaintance or friend of Ding Jing to offer condolences, and may use a pseudonym, so the list will be misleading."

Really want to investigate one by one, what a huge project, in order to narrow the scope of suspicion, Jiang Chengyi obviously spent a lot of time these days.

Lu Yan remembered the phrase "teacher-student love" she heard in the afternoon, and asked, "What was found in that house on Yiyuan Road, Ding Jing, and what CD did you watch in the afternoon?"

Jiang Chengyi was afraid of her mood swings, so he tried his best to put it lightly: "In the CD is a clip of Deng Man and Teacher Zhou that was secretly photographed by the stalker back then."

Lu Yan's ears went numb, and a strong discomfort rushed into her throat.

After so many years, it is one thing to conjecture and another to be confirmed.

"Ding Jing?" She stabilized her voice.

Jiang Chengyi didn't nod or deny, there was a bit of hesitation in his eyes.

"Isn't it Ding Jing?" She was very surprised, "Didn't Ding Jing use these clips to persecute Deng Man, and Teacher Zhou was forced to participate because he didn't want to damage his reputation. The biggest beneficiary of this incident is Ding Jing."

Jiang Chengyi turned to look at her, and gave a faint hum: "Ding Jing was the first to make a wish on the website after the website was founded. The wish she made was still: I hope Jiang Chengyi will quickly dump that little bitch Lu Yan."

The information can be followed, and you will know at a glance.

Lu Yan rolled her eyes secretly: "Then I really want to congratulate her. Although the development of the future is far beyond her imagination, as the initiator, she was able to get what she wanted."

Jiang Chengyi was silent.

Looking at the subsequent victims, everyone's wish on the website has been fulfilled, but Ding Jing's wish is suspicious.

If these few videos were taken by Ding Jing back then, and then she used this to force Deng Man to destroy him and Lu Yan, then in a sense, Ding Jing fulfilled her own wish and was completely her own. How can the master of the murderer become a part of the murderer's ritual

"I suspect someone else who shot this video back then."

"How to say?"

"The man used the secretly filmed video to hold your best friend's lifeline. While providing the video to Ding Jing, he also provided a way to satisfy Ding Jing's wishes, but because there are too many uncertainties in this way The reason is that it is too young and immature, and it cannot be ruled out that it was the murderer in the early years. It is a pity that it has been too long, and the source of these discs cannot be determined, otherwise it can be determined whether Ding Jing recorded it herself... or provided it by someone else."

After hearing this, Lu Yan quickly flashed a picture in her mind, but unfortunately the picture ran so fast that it was fleeting.

She stabilized her mind and tried hard to recall. After a long time, her memory woke up little by little, and then stayed in the summer vacation when she graduated from high school: "Do you remember once you gave me a pair of red patent leather bows?"

"What's wrong?" Jiang Chengyi certainly remembered. She was so beautiful that night. He went shopping with her, bought things for her, and discussed with her about filling in the application. Later, he had uncontrollable thoughts and coaxed her to secretly taste the forbidden fruit.

"That time we made an appointment to meet in the downtown park, you went to pick up my shoes for me temporarily, you were late, and then I was waiting for you when I accidentally bumped into Ding Jing, who ran out of the rose garden in the park. , her face was as white as paper, I thought it was strange, and I followed the direction she ran out of and looked inside, but no one came out, and then, you came, and I didn't pay attention to it. But this matter... I still feel puzzled to this day, always thinking, what did Ding Jing see in the park at that time?"

Hearing the word "Park", Jiang Chengyi frowned: "Would she be frightened when Deng Man and Teacher Zhou were dating in the park at that time—"

Before he finished speaking, he immediately denied himself: "No, the CDs found in Ding Jing's house said April 2009. Our date was in June after the college entrance examination. At that time, Ding Jing not only knew about Deng Jing for a long time. Man and Zhou Zhicheng's affair, and use this as a handle to threaten Deng Man—"

"And Ding Jing was too panicked at the time." Lu Yan tried to recall the scene at the time, "It was like seeing a ghost, with her character, if she encounters Deng Man and Teacher Zhou, she will only gloat at the misfortune, not scare you. like that."

heck...

Jiang Chengyi took Lu Yan's shoulder: "There is only one path in the central park leading to the rose garden and artificial lake. After Ding Jing left, did you see anyone coming out of it?"

Lu Yan shook her head: "You came as soon as she left, and then you put on my shoes. My attention was all on you, and I didn't even look to the side. Well, I remember that there were a lot of girls who passed by at that time, because they I was looking at you, and I was a little unhappy, so I glanced at it, but didn't take a closer look."

Jiang Chengyi stared at her closely: "Think about it, did you feel familiar among those people at that time?"

Seeing him being cautious, Lu Yan nodded, calmed down slowly, and tried her best to recall what happened at that time. After thinking about it for a long time, her memory was always covered with a layer of white fog. Only Jiang Chengyi, who was in front of him, was clear. He was surprisingly handsome that night. , her mind was all on him, and she couldn't bear to look away.

There was the scent of roses on the nose, and there were girls laughing and laughing in her ears. She turned her head to look over and saw a group of girls walking by.

They are all girls about her age, sunny and cheerful, and they will pay attention when they see handsome guys, but everyone looks very normal... There is nothing strange at all.

The more she looked, the more she felt that there was nothing suspicious, and she shook her head to open her eyes, but at this moment, a person suddenly appeared on the left side of her field of vision, and followed behind the group of girls without warning. The sky was dark at that time. , The woman was wearing a dress, I can't remember the color, but I remembered it was a big wavy head, dressed as a young woman. The strange thing was that although the woman was slender, her calf muscles were very developed, and she walked very fast. There is a sense of inconsistency for no reason.

Because of this, she still had some impression of that woman after so many years. Compared to this woman, other people's faces have long since become blurred.

This is not enough, the most strange thing is that the woman kept her head down, but when passing behind Jiang Chengyi, she raised her head and looked at her quickly.

At that time, Jiang Chengyi was putting on her shoes. Although it was just a wrong look, the woman seemed to recognize Jiang Chengyi. The meaning of that look was very complicated, and it was unclear whether it was jealousy or indifference.

It's a pity that the man was wearing a disposable mask, and she couldn't see the woman's face clearly.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she grabbed Jiang Chengyi's arm: "I remembered that time, there was a woman who was eccentric, with big steps, a bit like a man, and I think she recognized you because she saw When you put my shoes on, she seemed very angry, but she turned away quickly and never looked back, and when you got up, you noticed the woman, I thought you would say hello to that person, but you It obviously didn't look like I knew the other person, so I thought I was wrong, but... the person couldn't tell what was wrong, so I couldn't help but look at it a few more times."

Jiang Chengyi's voice sank: "That person knows me?"

Lu Yan hesitated: "I'm not sure. And I'm not sure if Ding Jing was so afraid before that it had something to do with this woman, but we stayed there for more than ten minutes, and I never saw anyone else come out. If it was This woman frightened Ding Jing, she dressed in ordinary clothes, why would Ding Jing be so afraid?"

"What if Ding Jing thought she saw a dead person?"

Lu Yan was stunned.

Jiang Chengyi was silent for a long time, nodded and said, "Before Liu Yujie was attacked under my nose, I used to think that the murderer was deliberately provocative, but because I was afraid of affecting Dr. Yu's judgment, I didn't tell him my subjective thoughts, but now I There is no way to get rid of an intuition, I always feel that the murderer is likely to be someone from our Seventh High School."

Early the next morning, Jiang Chengyi had just finished taking a shower, so he was busy on the phone: "Hello, I'm Jiang Chengyi from the serious crime team. That's it. Yesterday, the old Qin in our team passed a list, please help us screen. Check to see if any of these people have studied at No. 7 Middle School, and if there are immediate family members of Zhou Zhicheng, can you urge the results as soon as possible."

Lu Yan helped him find his coat and shirt, and went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

The two were still eating when Jiang Chengyi's phone rang.

"Okay, please pass it on."

Lu Yan leaned over and saw that it was a message.

"Hello Team Jiang, first, I have confirmed with Zhou Zhicheng's parents that Zhou Zhicheng has been studying and living in the local area before his employment. He has no love experience and no children. 2. The list of guests who have studied in the seventh middle school is as follows... "

Lu Yan sat next to Jiang Chengyi and scanned it carefully. There were many people on the list. In addition to the third and sixth classes, there were also Wen Peng and Yu Baifeng.