With the sound of a hurried siren, a police car soon passed by the door and drove off into the distance.

The police car was driving in the direction of the town, and the two of them glanced at it and didn't pay much attention to it.

"Show me, show me!" Li Keran rushed to Li Xing's side excitedly.

Although she is a girl, she is also interested in the legendary boxing book.

"Look. Li Xing handed her the three books.

Li Keran carefully took the yellowed cheats from his hand, as if he had received some rare treasure, and Li Xing was amused for a while.

She turned the pages of the book and read it with great interest, and the illustrations of the movements on it were read with relish.

Li Xing smiled, didn't look at her again, and went back to the house to continue cleaning.

But after a while, while cleaning the room, he heard his sister's voice.

"Brother, I put the boxing book on the counter in the living room. ”

"Don't you see it?"

"Don't look at it, the sheets haven't been dried yet. ”

When the words fell, with a popping sound, the man had already run up the stairs to the second floor.

Li Xing knew that this was his sister's initial curiosity, so he didn't care about her anymore and cleaned up by himself.

By noon, the entire first floor had been cleaned by one person, and the two of them had only cleaned most of the second floor.

When Li Xing was about to go up and clean the second floor with them, he was stopped by Lin Wenxiu.

"Take a break, don't get tired, there's not much left here. ”

"I'm not tired, let me come. Li Xing shook his head and said.

This level of labor could not even warm him up.

"I said I don't need you to come...... Well, it's past eleven o'clock, and you can ride to town to buy three lunches and come back. ”

Lin Wenxiu thought about it and gave him another task.

Although there is electricity and water in her hometown, there is no rice and no vegetables, and she stays for a night or two when she comes back, and she is too lazy to buy rice and cook it herself, so she still eats it ready-made.

Li Xing agreed: "Okay, I'll get lunch." ”

There is no takeaway business in a poor rural area like Longxi Town, so you can't order takeout if you want to, so you can only go to the restaurant to get it back.

"Brother, I'm going to town with you too!" Li Keran poked his head out of the room.

"I'm not going to play......"

She said, "Go, go!"

"Okay, okay, you can take her there. Without waiting for Li Xing to speak, Lin Wenxiu made a decision for him.

Li Xing said a little helplessly: "Then let's go together." ”

"yes!" Li Keran shouted happily.

The two of them went downstairs and pushed out a bicycle from the warehouse in the small courtyard at the back of the house, the only means of transportation in the old house.

It is precisely because there is no extra transportation that I have to pack it back from outside to eat, and I can't go to the restaurant directly.

Li Xing tried his hand on the bike.

When he started high school, his father bought it for him to use on the way to school, and then he didn't use it much after he started college, and there was not enough space at home in Gaocheng, so he put it in his hometown.

It's been five years and inevitably there are some signs of old rust all over the bike, but fortunately, the overall performance hasn't been affected too much and it can still be used as usual.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the car, Li Xing was relieved to go on the road.

"Sit tight. ”

Seeing his sister sitting on the back seat with her legs together, Li Xing instructed with some anxiety: "You better straddle it." ”

Anyway, my sister is wearing jeans, and she is not afraid of walking away.

"It's okay, I'll hold you, don't ride too fast. Li Keran hugged his waist and hummed a tune happily.

Holding Li Xing's waist, a strong sense of security surrounded her whole person tightly, making her not afraid of anything.

"Brother, you haven't carried me like this in years. She said suddenly.

Hearing this, Li Xing finally understood this Nizi's thoughts, and it turned out that he was not going with him to go to the town to join in the fun, but to take his car for a ride.

He smiled and said, "Then when I get back to Gaocheng, I'll take you all the way back on a bicycle, okay?"

"Okay. Li Keran immediately responded happily.

"Okay, you're big, it's such a long way, and you're not afraid of your ass being turned into four petals. ”

Li Xing poured cold water on her.

"Hmph!" Li Keran pursed her mouth, ignoring this guy who spoiled her interest.

Li Xing couldn't help laughing, suddenly increased his speed, and rode quickly in the direction of the town amid his sister's coquettish voice.

......

"There is also a braised chicken nugget, which has to be simmered for a while before it rots, and it will have to wait a little longer. ”

The restaurant owner put the two packed lunch boxes on the table and explained to Li Xing.

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry. Li Xing looked around boredly.

The restaurant is not big, but it is very tidy, but the business is not very good, although today is the first day of the holiday, there are few people who come to the restaurant to eat, only a few seven or eight people.

There was a dog cage next to the door, and there was a small corgi in it, and Li Keran was squatting there, playing with the little corgi inside.

"Doodoo ......"

She made a noise to tease the puppy, and giggled happily as she watched the round little corgi roll inside like a ball of meat.

"Huh, Li Keran?" a slightly surprised voice sounded beside her.

Li Keran sounded a little familiar, and when she turned her head to look, she saw a round-faced girl with a ball-tied head, who was looking at her in surprise.

"Jiang Weiwei. She opened her mouth and called out the girl's name.

This is her childhood playmate, living next to the two families, and later moved to Gaocheng, but every year for the Chinese New Year, every time she comes back, she will get together with a few girls of the same age every time she comes back.

"It's really you, you're back too?" Jiang Weiwei said with a smile.

She is the same age as Li Keran, and she usually goes to school in Gaocheng, but she goes to a health school.

"yes, just came back today. Li Keran replied.

Then he looked at the beautiful girl next to Jiang Weiwei and greeted, "Sister Yunyun." ”

The beautiful girl is tall, with long brown and yellow shawl hair, a beautiful and delicate face, in popular terms, it is a standard Internet celebrity face, with a bumpy figure before and after, it is already a top beauty in this kind of township and place, which is very attractive to the eye.

Her name is Zhang Yuyun, she is Jiang Weiwei's cousin, not only beautiful, but also a master's student at a key university, with both talent and appearance, and she has a very good reputation in a broken place like Longxi Town.

Li Keran can often see her when he gathers with Jiang Weiwei every year, so he is also very familiar with her.

"Xiao Ran. Zhang Yuyun also chuckled and said hello to her.

She knew that Li Keran was studying at Dongsheng Noble Academy, and her tone was very intimate when she spoke.

Zhang Yuyun deeply understands the weight of this kind of aristocratic college, no matter how high her academic qualifications are, it only increases the probability of entering those large enterprise groups, and those enterprise groups are the family industry of those noble students.

In other words, all her efforts are to earn an opportunity to work for Li Keran's classmates. And as long as you maintain a good relationship with Li Keran, it is equivalent to having a bridge to contact that class.

That's why she has been playing with her cousin Jiang Weiwei, who has always looked down on her heart, in order to take the opportunity to maintain a good relationship with Li Keran, otherwise it would be impossible for her to get together with Jiang Weiwei, who went to the Wei School, after all, there is no common language.

Jiang Weiwei asked curiously: "Didn't you come back until the New Year before, why did you come back suddenly this year......

"Why do you ask so much. Zhang Yuyun suddenly interrupted her, "Isn't it good for Xiao Ran to come back? ”

Jiang Weiwei was a little inferior in front of this cousin, and his aura was also very weak, and he was used to things like being interrupted by her, so he didn't say anything.

"Xiao Ran, let's go out to play together in the afternoon. I heard that there is a new KTV in the town, and I want to go and see it, let's go together. ”

Zhang Yuyun invited her.

Li Keran hesitated: "But I have something to do when I come back, and I can't stay for two days......"

"Just play for a while, it won't affect your business. Zhang Yuyun said: "There are a lot of people who have come back from the long holiday this year, and Mengyuan, Qiwen and Nan Nan have also returned, so it's good to take the opportunity to get together." ”

The people she said were all friends who got together every year during the Chinese New Year, and Li Keran was suddenly a little moved.

"If you want to go, you can go. At this time, Li Xing walked out of it with food, "There's nothing wrong at home." ”

He could hear it all in there.

"Xiao Ran, your boyfriend?" Zhang Yuyun opened her beautiful eyes and looked at the tall Li Xing in surprise.

"What's going on? Li Keran was amused, "This is my brother, Li Xing." Sister Yunyun, haven't you seen it? Besides, I'm only in my second year of high school, so how can I have time to fall in love. ”

"Your brother?" said the two women in unison, both shocked.

Zhang Yuyun and Jiang Weiwei couldn't help but glance at each other, of course they had all seen Li Xing, although they were not impressed, but they also clearly remembered that Li Xing was just an ordinary boy, no matter what way of looking at it.

and the tall boy in front of him with a calm temperament and a strong physique are simply two people. However, after being reminded, the two of them quickly saw some traces of the original from Li Xing's face.

"Weiwei, Sister Yun. Li Xing didn't care about the reaction of the two, and greeted them with a smile.

“...... It's a small line.,The change is really big.,It's not that the little dye reminds me that I don't recognize it at all.。 Zhang Yuyun also quickly came to her senses, and the surprise in her eyes had not disappeared.

"Hehe, I've been exercising a lot lately, so I've changed a bit. Li Xing said casually.

He looked at his sister and said with a smile, "Since everyone is here, let's go and have fun." ”

"Okay then......" Li Keran agreed.

Seeing that Li Keran had agreed, Zhang Yuyun took the opportunity to say: "Then Xiaoxing will also be with us." ”

She always felt that Li Xing was exuding an inexplicable aura all the time, which made his whole person have a special charm, which made Zhang Yuyun feel inexplicably intoxicated.

Zhang Yuyun suddenly became very interested in Li Xing.

"Forget it, I'm not going. Li Xing shook his head and politely rejected her, "It's all girls, it's not appropriate for me to go." ”

Zhang Yuyun invited it twice, but seeing that Li Xing had not agreed, he gave up.

Her interest in Li Xing is only temporary, and more of her mind is still on Li Keran.

The two sides didn't talk much, and soon said goodbye to each other, Li Xing put the meal in the basket in front of him, and drove his sister all the way home.

......

Not long after lunch, a car horn sounded outside.

Li Xing went out to take a look, and saw a red BMW parked on the road outside, the window was down, and Zhang Yuyun, who was sitting in the driver's seat, waved to this side.

"Xiao Ran, Zhang Yuyun is here to pick you up. He turned to his sister.

"It's so early?" Li Keran muttered, "I haven't finished it yet." ”

She is sorting through her old clothes in the closet.

"Go ahead, I'll tidy it up here, and they'll be waiting outside." Lin Wenxiu also saw the red BMW on the road.

"Well, then I'll go. ”

After Li Keran folded the clothes in his hand, he left the room and went downstairs, trotting to the roadside car.

Then in Li Xing's sight, he opened the car door and sat in, and the BMW immediately started, drove forward, and gradually disappeared from sight.

"That BMW costs 300,000 yuan, right?" Lin Wenxiu retracted his gaze and sighed with emotion, "I heard that Zhang Yuyun bought it herself, this girl is really amazing." ”

"Mom, do you like it, I like me to buy you one later. Li Xing said with a smile.

"I don't even have a driver's license, why do I want to buy a car?" Lin Wenxiu glanced at him, "Besides, if you have that money, it's better to buy a house with a down payment, and you can keep it for your marriage in the future." ”

Li Xing said helplessly: "You can learn without a driver's license, anyway, you have time to ...... now."

As he spoke, another police car whizzed by the road outside.

"Why are there so many police cars in the village today?"

He frowned slightly.

This is the fourth police car passing by the gate today, and the number of police cars passing by so frequently is a bit abnormal no matter how you look at it.

"When you went to town at noon, Sister-in-law Lan next door came to play for a while, and heard her say that she died last night. Lin Wenxiu looked at the police car in the distance and said.

"Dead people?" Li Xing was slightly stunned, "Even if there are dead people, they won't need so much police force, right?"

"It's not just a dead person, it's said that it's a bit weird to die. ”

Lin Wenxiu suddenly lowered his voice.

"And this is the second person to die in the village, no more than a week apart, and all of them are young men. ”

"Two dead?"

Li Xing's brows furrowed, and he suddenly realized that things were not simple.

"But in the village...... Why didn't you see it?"

It stands to reason that two young people died in a week, and the village should not be like this, at least not so peaceful, and the girls dared to play around.

"Blocked the news...... In addition, most of them only came back yesterday, so it hasn't spread for a while, but it's coming soon. Lin Wenxiu shook his head.

In this kind of place in the countryside, the least thing you can do is the aunt and aunt who chew the root of the tongue everywhere, even if something that didn't happen at all, you can tell you about it, not to mention the serial murder case.

For example, the sister-in-law Lan in the neighbor's house next door.

Li Xing's eyes widened suddenly: "Then you still dare to let Xiao Ran go out with others?"

"Those two people died at night, and they were both men, Xiao Ran went out to play for a while in the afternoon, and it was fine.

Lin Wenxiu explained.

"If it were for you to go out to play, I wouldn't be at ease, and I would never agree. ”

“......”

Li Xing was speechless for a while.

"But we can't stay long, we'll go back tomorrow morning. Lin Wenxiu said again.

"Okay. ”

Li Xing had no opinion, and he didn't want the two of them to be in a dangerous situation.

"I'll go down to the bathroom. He made a random excuse and went downstairs.

At the same time, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Lu Tao's number.

After a short busy tone, the call was quickly connected.

"Door master, what's the matter?" Lu Tao's respectful voice came.

"Has the branch recently received any abnormal cases from Xiayuan Township, Longxi Township?" asked Li Xing quickly.

"Is it Xiayuan Township in Longxi Town...... Please wait, I'll check it out. ”

After a moment of silence, Lu Tao's voice sounded again.

"There was one case, but it was reported at nine o'clock this morning. The two investigators are still on the road and are expected to arrive at two o'clock. ”

"Describe to me the general circumstances of the case. Li Xing said.

"Hmm...... The deceased, She Wenhu, a 21-year-old undergraduate, had no heart when the body was found...... The case is strange and not man-made, so the National Police Agency reported it to us. ”

"She Wenhu ......" Li Xing's eyes narrowed slightly, "Is he the only one who has died?"

She Wenhu had some impressions, but he wasn't very familiar with them.

"This is the only one who has died...... The specific facts of the case will not be known until the investigators arrive and the investigation is clear. Lu Tao replied.

"Then let's do this for now, pay attention to this case, and if there is any new development, feel free to contact me. Li Xing instructed him.

"Well, the subordinates understand. Lu Tao responded.

Li Xing hung up the phone and walked back upstairs.

On the other side, in the Dongsheng City Branch, in the office of the assistant to the door owner, Lu Tao also quickly found the mobile phone numbers of the two investigators and immediately dialed them.

The case that the owner personally intervenes in must be focused on.

......

......

In town, resplendent KTV.

This KTV has not been built for a long time, and it has not been officially open for more than two months, and everything inside is still very new, but the decoration taste is really not good, and there is a piece of gold everywhere, exuding a strong nouveau riche atmosphere.

But no one cares about this, as the only KTV in this town, even if you care, there is nowhere else to choose, not to mention that the main purpose is to sing.

When Li Keran arrived, there were already several girls sitting in the private room, all of them were her peers, and the girls also saw him and immediately greeted her.

"Hey, Xiao Ran. ”

"Sister Yunyun, Xiao Ran, just waiting for the two of you, come and sit down here. ”

"It's been a long time since I saw Xiao Ran. ”

Li Keran was smiling and responding one by one, and was pulled by a girl to sit down.

"Don't you play with your brother when you come back?

The girl has short hair and a handsome face, if it weren't for a pair of eye-catching big breasts, just looking at her appearance and dressing, and a brother, it would be easy to be mistaken for a boy.

The short-haired girl is called Wu Yanan, who is the same age as Li Keran, and she is also a very good friend with her.

"You are a dead girl to have a loving brother, and you are not ashamed. Li Keran smiled and stretched out his hand to Wu Yanan's waist and tickled her.

Wu Yanan immediately counterattacked, and the two girls made a mess.

Three or four more girls came after a while, but fortunately, Zhang Yuyun booked a large private room, otherwise maybe she wouldn't be able to fit these people.

Li Keran didn't sing, but sat with a few familiar friends eating snacks and chatting.

While she was talking and laughing, she suddenly noticed that in the corner, a thin and thin girl in a white dress was staying there alone, her face was sickly pale, and she didn't talk to anyone, as if she was in two worlds with other people.

"Isn't that Fang Qiwen......" Li Keran recognized the girl.

"When did she come? I didn't even notice her, so I went to say hi to her. ”

"Alas...... Don't go. Wu Yanan hurriedly grabbed her.

"What's wrong?" Li Keran was slightly stunned and looked at Wu Yanan suspiciously.

Only then did I find that it was not only Wu Yanan, but also several other girls next to her who were shaking their heads at her.

"Qiwen, she's ...... now. There's something wrong here. Wu Yanan lowered his voice and pointed to his brain.

"How come?" Li Keran's mouth opened slightly, "Did something happen?"

Several girls around glanced at each other, but Wu Yanan continued: "Qiwen, she has been back for a month...... I came back with a stomach. ”

"She's pregnant?" Li Keran's eyes widened suddenly, his eyes full of shock.

Because Fang Qiwen is one year younger than her, she is only sixteen this year, but she did not continue to go to school because of her poor grades, and she has already started to work.

For Fang Qiwen, who was already pregnant at the age of sixteen, Li Keran was extremely shocked.

"Yes, I came back with a big belly...... It was said that it had been like that for five or six months. Wu Yanan said.

"Five or six months, what about the child?" Li Keran looked at Fang Qiwen, and his lower abdomen was clearly flat.

"Knocked out. ”

"Are you going to fight in five or six months, aren't you afraid that you will die?"

"Her parents forced her to beat ......"

"Why?" Li Keran wondered.

She really couldn't imagine that any parent would disregard the safety of her daughter's life and insist that she kill her five- or six-month-old fetus.

"Because it is said that Qiwen's boyfriend ......" Wu Yanan paused and said, "It's a black man." ”

Li Keran opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a while.

"After the child was removed, Qiwen had a problem here. ”

Wu Yanan said in a low voice: "I don't know how Sister Yunyun would think of calling her over......

Li Keran glanced at Fang Qiwen in the corner with a complicated face, sighed lightly, and didn't say anything more.

The rest of the girls were the same, and they talked about other topics and stopped talking about Fang Qiwen.

It wasn't long before a burst of laughter suddenly rang out from the other side.

"Wow, really?" A girl with glasses suddenly looked at Li Keran, "Xiao Ran, I heard Wei Wei say that your brother Li Xing has become a handsome guy now, isn't it?" ”

"Not only handsome, but also strong. Is it the kind of strong pectoral muscles that stand out like a fitness instructor?" the other girl asked aloud.

"What's the ...... It's just average, not as exaggerated as you say. It's far worse than a fitness trainer. Li Keran said a little speechlessly.

What she said was the truth, Li Xing did not have the big chest muscles of a fitness coach.

"So you're really handsome, aren't you?" the glasses girl grasped the point.

Li Keran said helplessly: "It's really a little better than before......

"You're a little stronger, aren't you?" the other girl immediately answered.

"Sort of......

She was responding to the girl's question, but out of the corner of her eye, she unintentionally caught a glimpse of Fang Qiwen, who had been quiet in the corner, and at some point, her eyes moved to her.

Looking at the overly pale face, Li Keran's heart tightened inexplicably, and a very uncomfortable feeling rose from the bottom of his heart.

"Photos, photos, let's see, there must be photos in the phone. The rest of the girls didn't notice her strange appearance and coaxed her.

Li Keran suppressed the feeling in his heart, took out the mobile phone, and said with a smile: "Don't be disappointed when you see it, it's really not that handsome." ”

As she spoke, she glanced at Fang Qiwen and saw that Fang Qiwen's gaze had moved away from her and looked at the others.

The uncomfortable feeling disappeared, which made her feel inexplicably relieved.

What Li Keran didn't notice was that Fang Qiwen's eyes were shifted to the mobile phones she had received from several girls.

More precisely, on the phone screen on the photo of Li Xing.

......

in the corner.

Fang Qiwen gently touched her flat lower abdomen, and kept muttering to herself in a voice that others couldn't hear at all.

"Baby...... Baby...... Don't cry or cry, mom will get you something to eat at night. ”

After a while, she seemed to hear something, and the sorrow in the corners of her eyes dissipated, revealing a happy look.

At the same time, his eyes were staring at the photo of Li Xing on the screen over there, and a trace of transparent saliva flowed out of the corner of his mouth and dripped on the sofa.

Silently, a small hole was eroded into the black sofa leather and it quickly expanded.

(Today's target is 10,000/10,000, to fulfill the commitment.) ）