After the past, only in the endless future

All I can think about is you

It's all because you're there

And all I know is because of you

To my only beloved in a foreign country

Maybe it's Tuesday, and there is no one at the bank ATM. The ATM was set up in the corner of the bank, and the only two security guards were in front of the bank counter far away. At the other end, the two salesmen in the manual counter were just holding their mobile phones and constantly refreshing the content on their screens. It may be inappropriate for them to do so, but there is really no one. Electronic has replaced most of the physical ones, and the cash business of banks has become pitiful. At this moment, all these pictures of the bank are being projected on a surveillance monitor.

Of course, all this is provided by the bank for monitoring. This is where the pursuit of facts begins, and all you have to do is find what you want in these video surveillance. This screen can be fast-forwarded, rewinded, paused, etc. But the only thing that can't be done is to stop everything that is real at the moment before it happens.

The woman watching the surveillance is called Yao Luoxuan. She is a female traffic policeman, often wearing a white hat, standing in the middle of a road in her jurisdiction, directing vehicles to come and go. Yao Luoxuan stared at the screen, not wanting to miss all the clues. It's just that Yao Luoxuan didn't understand a little, as a traffic policeman, she was actually invited here to assist the criminal police team in solving a case. Maybe this is because Yao Luoxuan was born in the army. After Yao Luoxuan was discharged from the army, she applied to the criminal police team several times, but in the end she was still arranged in the traffic police team, which made her feel sorry.

The time of the surveillance screen pointed to 9:16 a.m. at the moment, and the sunlight outside penetrated into the bank from a gap in the oblique corner, extending to the ATM on the side of the bank. The surveillance camera is extremely high-definition, depicting the gap between light and shadow.

Yao Luoxuan also often observes the surveillance footage. In the past, for a traffic escape accident, she repeatedly relayed hundreds of surveillance screens, and it took three days to finally arrest a guy who escaped on an electric bicycle. At that time, the license plates of electric bicycles were various, messy, full of patterns, and some surveillance pictures at intersections were very unclear, and the investigation work was extremely difficult. Fortunately, as a girl, she had a careful mind, determined the clothes, and the appearance of the vehicle, and finally found the guy's residence through the monitoring set up by various shops on the side of the road. After determining everything and preparing to start, Yao Luoxuan and his colleagues suddenly discovered that the arrest must be accompanied by the police from the police station. Fortunately, the people in that jurisdiction were quite cooperative, but they were only dragged out to work at two o'clock in the morning, and their faces were naturally a little uncomfortable.

Yao Luoxuan didn't like being assigned to work in the traffic police department. She came out of the army, and from the maintenance force. During the peacekeeping period, armed patrols were spent eight hours a day within the jurisdiction. The 3.25KG 95 automatic rifle, with the magazine, and its other equipment, has a total weight of 15KG. On foot and armored vehicles, hundreds of patrols went back and forth every day for a year. Even though habits are habits, what can reassure her in habits is the guns in her hands. And now, the heaviest thing in her hand is a pound-heavy hand-held radio and a whistle. It's important to miss a little, although over the years she has had enough time to get used to it. Even if you get used to it, you can't find a sense of security.

Yao Luoxuan asked to go to the criminal police team several times, and she wanted to at least be able to hold a gun. It's just that during training, Yao Luoxuan held the Type 64 pistol, but the feeling from the cold grip made her uneasy. Yao Luoxuan held the pistol and aimed at the target, which made her feel even more unnatural. Five shots in a row, trembling, running out of bullets, ejecting the magazine. Yao Luoxuan watched everything, although several male policemen next to her applauded her for all five shots, she was still confused. The feeling that the 95 rifle brought her, and the feeling of the Type 64 pistol now, is not a difference in use at all, but a different attitude to life. There is even an illusion that life is torn apart. It's the same feeling as when she comes home and finds her husband out with his children and the only one in the empty house.

Yao Luoxuan squinted her eyes and stared at the monitoring so that her thoughts would not be messed up. Suddenly, a slightly chubby woman appeared in the surveillance, wearing a black dress, black leggings, and small black high heels, which made her look nondescript. Her face still has merit, not a fat round face, under high-definition surveillance, there are no wrinkles on her face, she is about in her early forties, and she feels full of happiness. The woman in black asked the security guard a few times before heading to the ATM. Faced with five ATMs, she chose the second machine at the intersection of light and shadow.

At the same time, Yao Luoxuan's other screen on the left hand side showed the ATM camera. The camera was directed at the woman, who took out a black wallet from her satchel, took out a green cover card from several of the bank cards, and stuffed it into the ATM. After her simple operation, the ATM quickly jumped out of her amount - 4,600 yuan - the exact figure was given by the bank.

"If the withdrawal is less than 5,000, the bank will ask the staff to direct the customer to the ATM. Someone behind Yao Luoxuan spoke. It was the captain of the criminal police team, Zhao Cui, who spoke.

"Do you know what this woman is doing with the money?" Yao Luoxuan asked succinctly.

"I paid for the car, I heard that she ordered a Toyota, and it happened that the POS machine over there broke down that day, so she came to withdraw the money. However, she doesn't have to be in such a hurry to pay. ”

"I bought the new Toyota Corolla. Yao Luoxuan said: "The sooner you order a new car, the better, and it usually takes a few weeks to get your favorite color." You should know that."

Zhao Cui smiled slightly, but did not answer, he knew such a fact.

Yao Luoxuan continued to look at the surveillance screen. The woman stuffs the money into her satchel. The shoulder bag is not big, and the bottom can be seen at half an elbow. The woman slipped the card into her purse again. The expression was not nervous or happy, in short, it was calm. Then the woman took the string of her satchel and hung it on her shoulder, turned around and walked towards the outside of the bank.

"Attention, the murderer is coming. Zhao Cui reminded, and at the same time pointed a yellow finger from his long-term smoking on the corner of the monitor.

Following Zhao Cui's reminder, a man also dressed in black appeared in the camera. The man wears a cap, a black cap without any logo. The upper body wears a black jacket and pure black, and the lower jeans and high-top boots are also pure black. Yao Luoxuan immediately ordered a pause. Linger in the moment.

The woman in black turned towards the bank, and the man had just entered the bank. The movements of the two are opposite each other. Yao Luoxuan zoomed in on the lens. Look carefully at the man from top to bottom. The man was wearing a black mask and sunglasses, and his face was not at all recognizable. Enlarged the picture again, Yao Luoxuan pointed to the man's hat and clothes, and said: "This hat and clothes originally had trademark logos, he tore these off, looking at the clothes and hats, it was obvious that he tore off these trademarks." ”

"Yes, a few of our colleagues have observed it repeatedly, and it is true. ”

"Have you compared?"

"After comparing them, I found nearly 120 brands of this style of clothes and hats. ”

"Where's the shoes?"

"There are more than 100 kinds, although it is a little difficult, but my people still go to track it and try their luck. ”

"So the appearance of sunglasses and the appearance of masks, you also went to track them?"

"Of course. ”

"It's a lot of work. ”

"But I can't help it, I have to look for any clues. ”

"Then everything that shows the murderer on the screen, you have noticed. ”

Zhao Cui lit a cigarette and replied yes. Yao Luoxuan's heart trembled, and his heart was angry, as if he was being played. But it quickly turned back to the idea that the criminal police team is an expert, how could that kind of detail not be pursued. It's just, now let yourself see what the reason for these surveillances. She wanted to ask directly, but she couldn't.

The footage continues. A slender object appeared in the man's left hand, and he clicked the picture to pause, and looked at it several times. It is a bamboo skewer and is very slender. The bamboo stick did not appear in his left hand at first, and after several repeated images, the bamboo stick slipped out of his left sleeve.

"We have identified this bamboo skewer, it is a bamboo skewer of sugar gourds, and there are residues of sugar gourds on it. This thing is everywhere, and there is no way to track it down. Zhao Cui smoked a cigarette and watched Yao Luoxuan check the surveillance several times before adding.

Continue playing. When the woman passed by the man, the man turned around, inserted the bamboo stick into the back of the woman's head, dragged the woman with his right hand, and quickly put the woman's body to the ground smoothly, and his left hand had already taken out the woman's bag, took out a whole stack of money and held it in his hand, and walked out of the bank. This series of actions is only about four seconds. Yao Luoxuan went back and forth a few times and confirmed that it was four points and two seconds. It starts from the time the woman is wrong. It took a little and a half seconds to turn around, a little and a half to stab, and the rest of the time was to lay the woman flat and pull out the money with her left hand.

"Piercing from the weakest part of the back of the head, the cerebellum, the arteries, and the brain are destroyed together. Zhao Cui said, holding the cigarette and gesturing in the air. "The action is very resolute, without any setbacks, in one go, just like ......"

Yao Luoxuan waited for the following. Zhao Cui didn't continue, and the inside of the surveillance was a mess. A woman fell to the ground like this, her eyes wide open, staring upwards. The floor under the back of her impaled head was stained red with blood, and it was indeed a major artery that had been pierced. The two security guards stood far away, not daring to move forward, and the salesman at the counter rushed out, but also stood in the distance, watching. A person died silently, and it can be described like this for the time being, but the murderer was too fast, and there was no reaction around.

The screen is replayed. Still like that, the man in black turned around and stabbed the woman in the back of the head and snatched the money. That's what happened, no matter how many times it was played. Yao Luoxuan's mind jumped out of the picture of the woman's body in the morgue, which was imaginary, the woman who was wearing ill-fitting clothes could only wander in the last moment of her body in the world in a body bag that was even more inappropriate for her. This kind of imagination is inexplicable, Yao Luoxuan couldn't help but rub his eyes, stimulating his nerves to skip these pictures in order to continue to stare at the surveillance screen.

"The index finger of the left hand is hooked with the middle finger, holding the bamboo stick, and the tip of the thumb is against the bamboo stick. Yao Luoxuan said casually, his thoughts had jumped out, and after his eyes came out, he confirmed the correctness of his words in the closer.

"It's very aggressive. ”

"Special forces tactics. ”

"To be precise, only units specialized in special tasks have the modus operandi. ”

"The kind of unit that specializes in assassination. ”

Zhao Cui nodded, he stood behind Yao Luoxuan, agreeing with her words, even though he knew that Yao Luoxuan couldn't see him doing this.

"I've come across this kind of troops. So you're looking for me?"

"Of course. ”

Yao Luoxuan paused the surveillance, and the picture stopped at the moment when the woman fell to the ground. "If it's really the special forces who did it, you'd better check with the military. ”

"I was going to do it, but looking at the situation, it's a bottomless pool. ”

"What is the real purpose of you coming to me?" Yao Luoxuan avoided certain topics that would put her in the whirlpool, she was a retired soldier, and many things in the military were secret, so it was important to be cautious.

Zhao Cui knew that Yao Luoxuan had staggered the topic. "Listen to your opinion. ”

Yao Luoxuan waved his hand, expressing helplessness. "You'd better look for the military. ”

But such justice can never come. Zhao Cui said this calmly.

Yao Luoxuan's body trembled, but only moved slightly. There was no answer.

Zhao Cui continued: "Although it's none of our business, we should know who we should lean towards. ”

Hearing this, Yao Luoxuan's toes moved slightly, and he operated the rotating chair under him, turned it slightly thirty degrees, and looked at Zhao Cui.

Zhao Cui snuffed out a cigarette and lit another cigarette. He ignored Yao Luoxuan's eyes and continued: "Seventeen years old, at the age of luxury, it's time to help him." ”

"You're stalking me?"

"No, I'm not following, it's you who came into my sight. ”

Yao Luoxuan was nervous at this moment. She didn't need to deny or quibble about what she had done, because the captain of the criminal police in front of her knew something she didn't want to mention. As for how much Zhao Cui mastered, Yao Luoxuan didn't care. Yao Luoxuan was silent, and in her mind, it was only the figure of the 17-year-old boy in Zhao Cui's mouth.

"Do you suspect it's that young man?" Yao Luoxuan came back to his senses, and Yao Luoxuan denied his thoughts. "No, the height, the body shape doesn't match. ”

Zhao Cui took a puff of his cigarette and exhaled a smoke. "The people who have this method must be people from the military. It must be a guy who has been discharged from the army, and he wants to take revenge on the injustice after being discharged from the army, and he relies on his instinct to kill people and grab money. I've investigated all the dead women, and I have no enemies, and I don't think of a reason for her death. Be neat and tidy. So, I'm definitely right. And this troop, you have touched. If you ask me why I'm so sure, it's because I have a little bit of means and know the news. But you also know that this situation is not something that one of us in the public security bureau can deal with, and if we rush to verify it, we will definitely be pressed down by the top. I agree with the seventeen-year-old boy that we can decide which kind of justice we prefer. ”

"Your reasons are terrible and unconvincing. ”

"Then I said, I don't want this woman to die in vain, can this reason convince you?"

Yao Luoxuan shook his head, but his eyes avoided Zhao Cui. She knew that the reason had moved her, but it wasn't what she was supposed to do.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about you and the boy on the Bund bench. ”

Yao Luoxuan didn't answer, she raised her head and looked at Zhao Cui angrily. was exposed to everything that he didn't dare to face, and anger came out of his heart, exuding a fierce look with his eyes.

"I know that some secrets, even if you are discharged from the army, you can't say it. Nor will I inquire that my righteousness does not force a man to do what he cannot do. So you can rest assured. Of course, I don't like gossiping about other people's affairs. ”

"And what are you doing now?"

"Well, what you want, of course you won't tell me. Zhao Cui took a heavy breath and spit out smoke rings. "Just confirm the facts, just check with you if it's from the military. ”

"I didn't tell you. ”

"Of course, you didn't say that. But you're very good at checking the surveillance, can you help me monitor and find the trace of this person. ”

"You have so many people in your hands, do you still need me?"

Zhao Cui nodded, noncommittal, as the captain of the criminal police, there are many capable people under him. If you want to find a person, you can go through a variety of channels. It's just that he's not good at communicating with people like it, and a series of conversations just like to find a clue from other people's mouths, and it doesn't matter if he needs an answer, it's just that many different truths can construct many different facts.

"Then let's talk about the teenager. ”

"You know what the boy said, you must have seen everything. Yao Luoxuan didn't refuse Zhao Cui's suggestion, denying that this thing was not needed, but just wanted to know how bad things about her were.

"It's romantic. Zhao Cui pinched off his unburned cigarette and said suddenly. "I was seventeen years old at the time, and I was afraid to touch a girl's hand. And now the times are different at the age of seventeen. ”

"Every era is different, what do you want to say. ”

"There's no rush. I wonder what you were doing when you were 17. ”

Yao Luoxuan shook his head. "It seems that this is not the time to say this kind of youthful. ”

Zhao Cui smiled faintly. It seems to know everything.

"You're 34 years old. Zhao Cui said.

Yao Luoxuan did not answer, although a woman's age is a secret, it is not something that can be hidden in the Public Security Bureau. Yes, he is already thirty-four years old, and Yao Luoxuan's mind once again reflects the memory of that day. Yesterday's dusk, around 17:20 p.m. to be exact. The setting sun flattened and hung on the westernmost side of the Huangpu River, connecting the boundless sea, sprinkling the last splendor on the shore and beach little by little. The city rumbled around, and the traffic went back and forth in it, in its own direction, and at this time, the boy's direction was towards Yao Luoxuan himself.

At that moment, the two of them sat on the bench where they were resting, close together. The seventeen-year-old boy named Nian Hao looked at Yao Luoxuan like this. There is no evasion, everything seems to be so natural. The river breeze blew a few strands of Yao Luoxuan's hair, shook it a few times in front of her eyes, and then Nian Hao lifted it up, and his face slowly pasted. Just like that, silently, the two kissed together.

Like time that is no longer there, it doesn't matter if it's real or fake at that moment. After the two separated, Yao Luoxuan's whole person was silent in his heart, surging like a tide, washing away all the sand sculptures built on the beachhead, without a trace. Yao Luoxuan was silent for a while, trying to find Nian Hao's departing figure from the crowd, but he had a feeling that he had never appeared. And the reality given to me in my heart is so clear.

He is thirty-four years old, married, and has a son and a daughter. The female policeman of the traffic police force, an advanced party member, was an outstanding soldier in the peacekeeping force, and she is also the pride of her parents who are still in retirement. That's the reality. And that seventeen-year-old boy is also a reality, and it is also a reality that he kissed himself. A reality that cannot be changed.

What's wrong? Is it true that all this is happening? It's not what you think, but it's what you need, and no one can imagine it. Yao Luoxuan sat upright, his lips motionless and said to Zhao Cui without making any sound. But the scene that appeared in my memory seemed to still be stuck in that moment.

Embarrassed emotions surged out, Yao Luoxuan blushed for a while, and only then did he realize that this was the emotion he really needed. Yao Luoxuan raised his head and looked at Zhao Cui. But Zhao Cui's eyes fell on a stack of folders on the side of the screen.

At this time, the phone rings. It's Zhao Cui's. Zhao Cui took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and when he saw the name marked, his face immediately pulled down. clicked on the call, and there was a scolding on the other end of the phone. Zhao Cui grimaced and said sorry again and again. After hanging up the phone after a while, Zhao Cui shook his head, his gloomy face was controlled, and he tried to remain calm. Zhao Cui said to Yao Luoxuan: "Xiao Yao, I'm sorry, I'm sorry to disturb your time, you can go." ”

Yao Luoxuan didn't say much, stood up, turned around and left.

Looking at the back that Yao Luoxuan walked out, Zhao Cui's heart calmed down. The phone call just now was from him, and in addition to some official words, he was blamed more for making a fuss and anyone dared to investigate. I thought that when I investigated the traffic police department, I had been questioned by many people, but now the traffic police force is directly taking people away. Zhao Cui listened to the scolding from above, but he was also helpless, so he had to let Yao Luoxuan go. The previous investigation of the traffic police department has not made a breakthrough for several months, and Zhao Cui has already made the boss very faceless. And this time he took people away directly (the top said to take them away, but it was actually Zhao Cui who asked him to leave) just scolded him like this, and Zhao Cui was even more helpless.

Zhao Cui snuffed out the cigarette butt and said to himself: "Is it really because I have a bad relationship with the traffic police that you scolded me like this? Or does she really have something to do with this?" ”