Within a few minutes, Li Lu came back from the phone call, interrupting my worries. When he saw me sitting on one of the other tombstones, he did not interfere, nor did he criticize the education, nor even show the slightest surprise, as if my behavior had been expected by him.

"Well, comrade policeman, do you want to come and sit for a while, it's very sturdy......" I patted the tombstone under me, and moved my ass to the side. "You've been busy for so long, you must be tired, take a break, rest for a while. "I felt like I was a little flattering, but that wasn't what I intended.

"Didn't I give you my clothes, some padding, this kind of stone, well, it's quite cold. He didn't respond to my invitation, but came over and reached out and touched the surface of the tombstone, and his tone was very sympathetic, a bit of coaxing and deception. "Wait here for a while, my colleague will be over soon. If you come by highway, it shouldn't take more than an hour. ”

Hey, this man, who used to be a straight man, suddenly cares so much about me - he doesn't want to numb my nerves and suddenly turn his face after I take it lightly. I stared at his smiling face, trying in vain to reveal his scheme, but I could not see the slightest trace of fraud, so I had to be perfunctory. "It's not cool at all...... I'm a sluggish person, and I'm not very smart, so I ...... "So I can't be a suspect at all!"

"I think Youyi is very smart", he interrupted me, looking at me intently, as if to burn me through, "I became a police officer after graduating from the police academy, and I will come into contact with many people and all kinds of industries every day, some good and some bad, some good and some evil. Sometimes I categorize these people – the criteria are vague and not necessarily pertinent – but you're definitely the most special one. ”

"No, no, I'm ordinary...... Ignoring everyone, I can't pick it out in the pile...... "I quickly denied it."

"It's true that people are good at something. Some people are born to be doctors, so they are particularly sensitive to dosage formulas and are particularly fascinated by the cold light of the scalpel. I've seen people like this, some of whom have gone astray because of overindulgence, become highly intelligent sociopaths, and become lifelong enemies of our police", Li Lu didn't care about my denial, and stated his opinion to himself, "At first, I had a biased impression of you, and I made a preconceived mistake. But you did surprise me today, and even confused. You are familiar with metaphysics, understand Feng Shui, and are not afraid of corpses, there are very few such girls, but it does not rule out the existence of minorities, so you can't prove anything. ”

Li Lu spoke without expression, his posture was relaxed, and his tone was unusual, as if he was talking intimately with a friend, discussing the weather or social events that did not concern him. Only his shining eyes, like a flame burning in the thorn bushes, made me sit like a man on my back, like pins and needles.

But your understanding of this matter, how to put it, seems to have reached the point where you know it like a god. It was simply breathtaking, and I couldn't help but wonder if it was because you were overly sensitive to everything, or what kind of role you played in it. ”

Sure enough, Li Lu was suspicious of me, and in a well-groomed way. I had no experience dealing with the police, either before or after my death, and I thought that their interrogation methods would be as tough and ruthless as in a police movie, like a cat to a mouse in the palm of a stock. Li Lu did not play his cards according to common sense, he did not ask me any questions, nor did he force me to give him some kind of explanation, he just stated firmly, and the stitches were dense, and he did not give me room for defense.

"Are you suspicious of me?" I was made even more anxious and irritable by his gentle attitude, and I didn't know how to explain it, so I had to pretend to be stupid and stare at him. It's a big deal, let's break the net, don't have an advantage in physical strength, at least you can't lose in momentum.

Li Lu didn't answer me directly, he was silent for a moment, and suddenly burst out laughing. The tension I had just created unilaterally was immediately dispelled by his laughter, which made me even more overwhelmed. His eyes narrowed slowly, the previous aggressive light was gone, and a sly aura flashed in his black pupils.

"You're right, of course I'm suspicious of you, it's from a police officer's point of view, and I'm sure you'll understand. But personally, I'm more curious about what the part of your attitude that is deliberately hidden, what I perceive but can't trace. He stood beside me, but no longer looked at me, his eyes wandered to Cao Ke's corpse, and then looked up at the sky, "Do you know why I'm telling you this now, I could have taken you back to the police station." ”

When midnight came, the temperature in the deserted village was getting lower and lower, and I couldn't help but hug the clothes in my arms tightly, only to remember that it was Li Lu's clothes.

"Because I believe in you. ”

I don't know where his trust in me came from, after all, today was only the second day he had met me, and we had only met three times, had a curry and rice together, and took the same bus. But his answer was unexpectedly reassuring, as if I had a lie detector and had come to the conclusion of the truth, and the atmosphere between us softened and relaxed. In this world, there is unwarranted hostility, and there is unwarranted trust - the trajectory of interpersonal communication is sometimes like the process of water vaporizing into fog, which is inexplicable and logical.

"Youyi, are you sleepy," Li Lu saw that I didn't respond for a long time, so he changed the topic to a new topic. I was still immersed in what he had just said, considering whether I was qualified to be the enemy of the comrade policeman in front of me, and a new round of questions had been initiated, as if the awkward atmosphere had never existed.

"I'm not sleepy, I'm used to staying up late, what can't I do, stay up late first. The moon doesn't sleep, I don't sleep. "We started the question-and-answer mode again. "It's you, you should be working at a high intensity, you have to pay attention to rest. ”

"I'm also used to it, I usually encounter big and important cases, and it is common to not sleep for two or three days in a row, and there is no problem. Then Li Luo talked about the "816" case he participated in, anyway, according to him, everyone should know about it, roughly a person he and his colleagues chased the murderer for thousands of miles, crossed provinces to detect, and worked for at least 30 hours in a row. I also admire his ability to tell stories, his voice is full of emotion, and he may have a bit of storytelling skills.

"Don't be a policeman, go write a criminal investigation novel, isn't this popular now? ”

"I'm talking about real cases, which involve the lives and deaths of the most ordinary people in the world. I've also read a little bit of the popular criminal investigation novels now, and in my opinion, they are full of loopholes, and I don't like them. What's more, I love my job – I've dreamed of being a police officer since I was a child. ”

"Then you're a dream come true, you're lucky. ”

He wanted to continue talking, when suddenly a shrill siren pierced the silent night, like a match struck by phosphorus paper. Immediately afterwards, the sound became closer and clearer, and the direction near the main road flashed with alternating red and blue lights, which were police lights on police cars. The first off-road jeep pulled off the road and stopped not far from us, followed by two police cars.

When Li Lu saw the incoming car, he watched vigilantly for a moment, and then strode towards the direction of the convoy. I hurriedly got up from the tombstone, hugged his clothes, and followed him closely.

I believe this will be the day I have seen the most police officers in my life and death.