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The thin man stood calmly behind Jiang Ning, and the knife in his hand flashed a silver glow in the darkness, which was particularly penetrating.

Jiang Ning swallowed his saliva, and his body squatting on the ground did not move.

His calves trembled terribly, and even though he tried to control his leg muscles, he still felt weak.

In terms of physique, he was nearly a head taller than this thin man, and he had also consumed a lot of physical strength in the process of carrying Zhang Xuemei just now, and Jiang Ning was confident that he could subdue him by fighting with his bare hands.

But at this moment, he was holding a weapon in his hand, and Jiang Ning didn't dare to act rashly. If you don't pay attention, as long as you are stabbed, you have to explain here tonight.

"Calm down, put your weapons down first, we can talk......" He tried to calm the thin man's emotions first, but the latter didn't speak, just kept staring at him.

Jiang Ning was even more scared, and the person he couldn't communicate with meant that he didn't know when he would rush up and give you a knife. In this case, let alone saving Zhang Xuemei, it is difficult for him to even protect himself.

". He cursed in his heart, this time if he didn't get it right, he was really going to capsize in the gutter. Judging from the current situation, there is only one choice...... Kill the thin man in front of him, if he doesn't die, then he will have to die.

He could only choose to fight hard, but Jiang Ning knew how terrible a red-eyed outlaw was. This thin man has stabbed Zhang Xuemei several times, and he doesn't think that he will choose to show mercy when facing himself.

The muscles in his calves tightened, and Jiang Ning was ready to use his strength to knock the thin man down, and his mind had simply listed the next moves he was going to make. Trick the man with a feint, then immediately try to grab the weapon from his hand, and if he doesn't succeed, he has to find an opportunity to run into the house first...... He'll have to find a terrain in his favor to confront the man.

The thin man kept staring at him, and when Jiang Ning was about to exert his strength, he suddenly held the fruit knife in his hand and stabbed it into his body.

Jiang Ning was stunned.

A knife stabbed in, pulled out, stabbed again.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Ning shouted, but he didn't dare to go up to stop his behavior, what if he stabbed himself?

The thin man didn't speak, he looked at Jiang Ning. Because of the severe pain, his facial features were already distorted together, but the corners of his mouth showed a smile, which looked very penetrating.

One, two, three...... There were seven knives in total, and the thin man stabbed himself a full seven times.

The blood had seeped through his upper body and dripped to the ground, forming a small puddle under him, but he still had a smile on his face.

The thin man had no strength, and he sat down slowly against the wall, covering the wounds he had stabbed himself seven times, and slowly looked at the sky outside.

In this night when I couldn't see my fingers, I couldn't even see a star in the sky.

The thin man opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he never said anything. He just kept staring at the sky, never taking his eyes off. After about three minutes, Jiang Ning plucked up the courage to probe his nose, and he was no longer breathing.

Jiang Ning was slumped on the ground, his clothes already soaked with cold sweat.

In front of him was the corpse of a thin man, behind him was Zhang Xuemei, and the hallway was filled with a disgusting smell of blood. When Jiang Ning sat on the ground, he was stained with the blood of Zhang Xuemei and the man, and at the moment he felt that his stomach was tumbling, and he rushed into his bathroom and vomited.

After vomiting, he felt better, walked on his weak legs to pick up the mobile phone on the ground, and then called the police.

He no longer had the strength to check on Zhang Xuemei's condition, and his legs didn't obey him at all. In addition, when you get close to Zhang Xuemei, you have to see such a bloody picture...... Jiang Ning didn't dare to think about it, as long as he thought about it, he felt his stomach turn over again.

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When Lin Qiang and a group of policemen arrived, Jiang Ning was sitting on his sofa and opened a can of beer.

"When are you still drinking?" said Lin Qiang angrily, turning back to direct the other police officers. "Put, protect the scene, forensics, go collect the murder weapon, the people over there hurry up, carry the injured person to the ambulance......"

"Give me a hand. Jiang Ning smiled bitterly and weakly stretched out his hand towards Lin Qiang.

Lin Qiang was stunned for a moment and helped him up from the sofa, Jiang Ning's calves still had no strength and almost fell into Lin Qiang's arms.

"Are you okay?" Lin Qiang saw that his face was pale and said with concern.

"Of course there is. Jiang Ning said. "If I don't open a can of beer, you try to stay with a corpse for that long......"

The smell of blood coming from the corridor made him sick again and again, and Jiang Ning could only rely on alcohol to temporarily numb himself, otherwise he would really collapse.

The police cordoned off the scene and there was a lot of commotion, and the neighbors were curious about what was going on, but they were all stopped back one by one. This is not a scene of an investigation that can join in the fun, but a real murder scene.

Jiang Ning was taken back to the bureau by Lin Qiang, and he told the story as it was, including the fact that the thin man committed suicide after stabbing Zhang Xuemei.

"It's weird. Lin Qiang frowned. "Why is this a suicide after killing someone? It's not like a robbery, it's a vendetta?"

"No, I've known Aunt Zhang for so many years, and she watched me grow up. Jiang Ning said that he knew Zhang Xuemei's personality. An old man who usually eats fasting and recites Buddha, what kind of enmity can he have with others?

"Okay, although you are a victim, after all, you have witnessed the whole thing, it is better to stay here first. Lin Qiang said. "I've already found someone to check the murderer's information, arrange a rest room for you, you can stay in the bureau first, and it will be convenient for us to investigate." ”

"Okay. Jiang Ning is still willing to cooperate with the police, and there is the scene of the crime at the door of his house, he really doesn't want to go back and smell the bloody smell again, let's wait until the scene is cleaned up.

After going through so many things, his state was already on the verge of collapse, and after Lin Qiang finished asking and making notes, he sent him to the lounge and brought him clean clothes.

"Take a shower, change your clothes, and sleep for a while. ”

Jiang Ning slowed down the bloodstained clothes on his body, took a shower, and fell asleep on the bed.

He slept until ten o'clock in the morning, and when the sun outside the window hit his face through the treetops, the dazzling light made him feel a little unreal.

It's dawn.

Compared to the peace and tranquility of the moment, everything that happened last night seemed so unreal, like a dream, but it was an extremely real dream.

Jiang Ning sat up from the bed and stretched Lin Qiang just pushed the door in, still holding some snacks in his hand.

"Let's eat it, there is no breakfast shop still open at this point. Lin Qiang threw the thing in front of him, Jiang Ning smiled and thanked him. "Thank you. ”

Lin Qiang pulled out a chair next to him and sat down, looked at him and said, "You eat first, I'll tell you something." ”

"Zhang Xuemei, we were sent to the hospital last night, and before the person entered the emergency room, it was gone. ”

Jiang Ning's bun that had not yet been delivered to his mouth stopped at his mouth, his hand froze in mid-air, and his eyes were a little gloomy.

"She lost a lot of blood and was stabbed several times...... It's a miracle to be able to hold out until we police come. Lin Qiang sighed.

"Blame me. Jiang Ning's nose was sour. "If only I could get out sooner......"

"I don't blame you. Lin Qiang comforted. "In that case, everyone has to choose to protect themselves first. The premise of protecting others is to ensure your own safety first, and you don't blame yourself too much. ”

Jiang Ning's hand clutched the plastic bag wrapped in the bun tightly, and his eyes turned red.

If there was no task of the human game, if he hadn't hesitated for so long, if he rushed out at the first time...... Zhang Xuemei may still be saved.

It's a pity that everything is if.

As a result of his hesitation, two lives were lost before his eyes, one of which was still a neighbor who watched him grow up.

"By the way, the murderer's information has also been found. Lin Qiang said. "Chen Dian, 30 years old, a native of Liushi. He had lived in many cities in Mubei Province before returning to Liushi three months ago...... Guess what he has to do with the deceased?"

Jiang Ning raised his head to look at him, and Lin Qiang spit out two words.

"Mother and son. ”

Jiang Ning was stunned.

"No way. Jiang Ning said. "I've known Aunt Zhang for more than ten years, and she hasn't even gotten married, where is the child?"

"The truth is, they are indeed mother and son. Lin Qiang said. "We found a letter in the deceased's house, or rather, in the murderer's house, the murderer's suicide note, which recorded the reason for his actions. ”

Zhang Xuemei once had a marriage, thirty years ago she was pregnant with a man unmarried, because the man's business failed and fled with money, leaving the pregnant Zhang Xuemei. She gave birth to the child, and at the age of eight she was finally unable to raise it, and for her at that time, the child was a drag bottle. ”

"Thirty years ago, she was still in her early twenties, and in that era, unmarried pregnancy was already disdainful, and a woman in her early twenties with a child was not only a shame, but also a sign of inferiority. She has become the object of everyone's shouting and beating, and has become the laughing stock of the neighborhood, bearing those gossips and strange eyes...... Eventually, she chose to abandon the child. ”

When Chen Dian was eight years old, he was abandoned by Zhang Xuemei at the Liushi Railway Station, abducted by a pair of traffickers and taken to Yancheng, and then sold to the mountainous area of Yancheng to work as an illegal worker. At the age of eleven, he escaped, begged for food on the streets of Iwaki for several months, and was taken in by a kind boss to work in a restaurant. Later, the boss died, and he survived alone in Iwaki again. He has been an apprentice, lived in a bridge cave, eaten steamed buns frozen in the snow in winter, and was beaten viciously by the city management. ”

"According to the information we have found, he has traveled to almost all the cities in Mubei Province for more than 20 years. Three months ago, he returned to Liushi and was involved in another murder. Lin Qiang said this, looking at Jiang Ning.

"What, he still has other lives on his hands?" Jiang Ning asked.

"Do you remember the last time you had a fight with a group of high school students and got into trouble with the Coastal Bureau? Lin Qiang asked. "That day, the homicide in the haunted house of the amusement park. ”