That nightmare made Qiu Lan frightened, the sweat on her forehead crossed her cheeks, she lowered her eyes, breathed rapidly, and her long and thick eyelashes kept trembling.

It was a feeling she hadn't experienced in a long time.

Probably because the corpse found on the outskirts of the city today evoked the deepest pain in her heart.

The deceased was an elderly man, whose body was found on a hillside behind an old locust tree at the entrance of the village, and the time of death was three days ago.

In other words, the old man died for three days without anyone knowing.

According to the village chief, the deceased never married, but adopted a girl more than ten years ago.

But when the girl grew up, she found her biological parents, and then left the place, never to return, and the old man has been living alone.

This sad news made Qiu Lan a little shocked, and she couldn't help but think of her miserable life alone in the Qiu family.

The untended backyard of Qiu's villa is the place she goes to most often, and in those ten years, every time she was bullied by Qiu Yan, she would go there to get a quiet place.

But there she also felt an indescribable sense of loneliness.

She had fallen asleep in that corner more than once, and had been awakened more than once by the cold winds of deep winter.

The feeling of powerlessness and vastness of paleness and loneliness pierced her heart deeply, and also left a burning mark in her bones, which has not dissipated until now.

Suddenly, a cold teardrop quietly squeezed out of the corner of Qiu Lan's eyes and fell down the tear that had not yet dried up.

If she hadn't had that tragedy back then, she would be happy now, right?

Li Shanghan, who was standing on the side, stared at the tear silently, his brows tightened, and the corners of his lips tightened.

This struggle and pain certainly did not come from a nightmare.

It's the Autumn family!

He clearly remembered the hatred and anger that appeared in Qiu Lan's eyes when he mentioned the Qiu family, if it wasn't for the unforgettable injury, how could it be like this?

"Do you want to drink some hot water?" Li Shanghan raised his eyes, and his soft gaze fell on Qiu Lan's face.

"No, no. Qiu Lan lowered her eyes and shook her head slightly, "Mr. Li, you go out first, I want to stay by myself for a while." ”

"But, have you eased up?" Li Shanghan frowned, with a hint of hesitation in his voice.

"Well, I'm fine, I'm sorry for you. Qiu Lan nodded, her red lips moved slightly, and her trembling eyebrows were slightly uneasy.

"Oh well. Li Shanghan pursed his thin lips, his eyes dim.

He wanted to ask her what was going on, but looking at her expression, he stopped talking.

There are some things that she probably doesn't want to talk about, right?

Li Shanghan got up and left her room, and when the door was closed, he glanced at her worriedly.

The bedroom was quiet, only the shallow breathing continued, and the pale-faced Qiu Lan clung to the side of the bed and closed her eyes in pain.

The big golden retriever next to him looked at her appearance, and seemed to notice something unusual, he muttered, sat down beside her gently, and comforted her with his paws.

Sleepless nights.

The next morning, when Li Shanghan woke up, the apartment was empty, only a cat and a dog sat on the sofa and looked at him obediently.

What about Qiu Lan?

He looked back at Qiu Lan's bedroom, the door of the room was open, and it was bright inside, and there was no sign of her.

There was no movement in the kitchen and bathroom.

Where did she go?

At this moment, he received a text message, which was from Qiu Lan.

"Don't worry, I've already arrived at the police station. ”

Looking at the above content, Li Shanghan loosened the frowning brows on his forehead, put down his mobile phone, and his heart hanging in the air also fell.

He let out a long sigh of relief, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and a shallow smile in his eyes.

Yes, this woman can now guess his psychology, and she can calculate the time when he gets up just right to send a message, which is interesting.

At nine o'clock in the morning, in the conference room of the Criminal Investigation Building of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Qiu Lan walked in with the documents, and the colleagues from the Serious Crime Team and the Forensic Section were already in place.

"Doctor Qiu, Specialist Cao, since everyone is ready, let's get started. Xu Chengyan pursed his thin lips, looked at them with a serious face, and slowly spoke.

"Good. ”

Hearing their answers, Xu Chengyan turned around and turned on the projector behind him, projecting the details of the case on the big screen.

According to Huang Lishan's explanation, we learned that they were a couple, and on the day of the crime, they were having dinner at a restaurant near the scene of the crime. ”

As a result, halfway through, Shu Qiming received a text message, saying that a colleague wanted to repay the money and left halfway, but he didn't come back for a long time, so Huang Lishan went out to look for it, but she didn't expect to see Shu Qiming's body in that alley, but before she could get close, she was stabbed and fainted. ”

Xu Chengyan distributed several documents in his hand to several people present, and also explained the details of the investigation of the serious crime team in great detail.

Because the killer was wearing a hat and a mask, Huang Lishan said that she didn't see what the person looked like, only that he was half a head taller than her. ”

Listening to Xu Chengyan's words, Qiu Lan frowned thoughtfully, and said softly: "The height of the female injured person is about one hundred and sixty-two centimeters, half a head taller than her, and it is also about one hundred and seventy centimeters, while the height of the male deceased is one hundred and seventy-five centimeters. ”

The words settled, and she and Xiao Cong glanced at each other, their eyes meaningful.

This was in line with what they had assumed.

"Officer Xu, Expert Cao, the male deceased had three stab wounds in the abdomen, all of which were inserted by the knife from bottom to top, and they were injuries before death, which means that the deceased was standing at the time. ”

Qiu Lan pressed the button of the controller and converted the content on the large screen of the conference room into the virtual image that she had made earlier.

"In order to inflict such a wound while standing, the murderer may be the same height as the deceased, or shorter than the deceased. Qiu Lan paused, and looked around at the people around her with a serious face.

"But we found four compression injuries on the deceased's shoulder. She took out a photo taken from the autopsy and said solemnly, "These wounds are in the shape of slender strips, and I suspect that the murderer caused them when he pulled the deceased's shoulder." ”

With that, she put down what she was holding, and together with Satoshi, she made a more vivid physical expression of the attack they had speculated in the dissection room.

Everyone present immediately understood what she meant as soon as they saw this action.

"The crush on the shoulder, combined with the way the knife wound was formed, then it can be assumed that the murderer must have been shorter than the deceased. Qiu Lan's eyes sank, and her lips opened slightly, "In other words, the person described by the female injured person is likely to be the murderer." ”