Fuhua City has developed well in recent years, and new real estate projects have sprung up one by one, which at first glance seems to be more than first-tier cities.

However, this is only an illusion on the surface, and beneath the glossy shell, there are many backward, dark, and obscured areas of the city.

Old towns, suburbs, near garbage stations, abandoned industrial areas......

Almost every city in the same situation has these places, and most of the managers have made the same choice - in the face of municipal performance, the backward places are deliberately hidden and forgotten.

It's just that when the throat cutting case fermented, they reappeared in people's drunken gold and were remembered again by people in a trance.

Because the four deceased in the throat cutting case were all killed in remote locations, inaccessible and scarce surveillance.

No one knows why these handsome young people who live in a busy neighborhood want to go to these places, all they know is that when they reappear in the public eye, these young people who should have a bright future have become cold corpses.

……

In the suburbs of the city, far from the bustling center, night comes a little earlier than most people think.

This old town of Fuhua City is not only remote, but also sparsely populated, and the houses to be demolished were almost pushed half a year ago, but the project did not know what was wrong, and no one asked about it for a long, long time, leaving a large area of ugly ruins.

Under normal circumstances, people who don't live here will not go alone to the ruins of the old town at nightfall unless their brains are pumped.

Before setting foot here, Zhang Yu also thought so.

He held an umbrella in his left hand and his mobile phone tightly in his right hand, and on the unturned screen, the text messages from the contact [Ran Ran] were particularly dazzling.

7:03。

- Zhang Yu, I'm Ran Ran.

-I was kidnapped, she seemed to want to kill me, she locked me in a dangerous building in the old city, I managed to hide this phone, now she is eating dinner outside the room before I can ask you for help, you come and save me!

-【Location Information】

-I am here!

- Call the police quickly and let the police laijiuw

The above messages were sent out in a short interval, revealing the eagerness of the sender, but when it came to the three words "come to save me", everything came to an abrupt end, and even the pinyin was not finished.

The next message appears at 7:15.

- Zhang Yu, hello.

-I'm not Ranran, but I'm with her now~ I didn't expect her to hide her phone, and it almost happened badly [laughs]

- I guess, you know who I am, right? "Good-looking" sir.

-I didn't want to look for you so soon, but now that you know about my crime, I can't do anything about it, it's (^_^) a shame

- She also sent you the location! It's decisive. Then, Mr. Zhang Yu, you only have the option of "coming".

- Come on, alone, you come, I'll let Ran Ran go. If you don't come, as a punishment for disobedience, she won't survive tonight.

- Remember, I don't want to see the police, so you must, one, one, person, come. Looking forward to seeing you again, I'll give you a heart~

- Don't play tricks, I can see you.

After that, no matter what Zhang Yu replied to, there was no movement on the other side.

And Zhang Yu was at home from work at the time, and after receiving these news, he actually had a sense of relief that "it was really so".

There is no one else who will call him a good-looking gentleman except the substitute clerk whose name he didn't ask.

The female clerk claimed to be Ran Ran's friend that day, and he never saw Ran Ran again, but was threatened by the woman scribbling on the bookshelf.

Zhang Yu has been speculating about the truth of the matter these days, and today, he finally confirmed that the woman is not a good person, but he breathed a sigh of relief.

The danger that has been recognized is not actually ambiguous and unknown tormenting people.

He smiled wryly, hesitated for a moment between the options of calling the police and going to the location alone, and chose the latter.

It's not that he doesn't trust the police, it's not that he dies, and he is confident that he can save Ran Ran by himself, it's just that he ...... He also has his own things to do.

Just when Zhang Yu tried to call an acquaintance and leave a way out for himself, he found that his mobile phone could not contact the outside world, and the data jumped on its own for a while, and calmed down again.

"Blacked?"

Zhang Yu suspects that the phone has been hacked by the person opposite, which is also in line with what was written in the last text message - "I can see you".

Presumably at this time, his every move was under the surveillance of the other party.

In fact, he can throw his phone elsewhere and find an excuse to leave to call the police, such as going to the toilet is a good excuse, after all, the other party is a woman, it is not good to monitor him through his mobile phone.

But he didn't do it, just got up calmly, took his phone, and went out with his car keys.

"Click."

After being distracted for a while, Zhang Yu accidentally stepped on a broken brick under his feet, and he stabilized his body that almost fell forward, drawing his attention back to reality.

It's 7:49 now.

He only hesitated for a moment before driving non-stop, and since there was no car in the rubble, he changed to walking.

Walking cautiously on the bumpy road, Zhang Yu's eyes were aimed at the location and text messages at any time, and the crackling rain in his ears and the dark sky above his head gave him a strong sense of suffocation.

He was at a loss.

With every step, deep down there is a villain in a mocking tone talking to himself.

It's ridiculous, what am I doing now?

I knew that I might die if I came, why should I give my life out so generously.

Slowly......

Ran Ran is obviously going to be fine, isn't he? She and that woman are in a cooperative relationship.

These text messages were all sent by Ran Ran, from beginning to end, each one, the woman sat next to her, reading the content of the text messages sentence by sentence, letting Ran Ran type it, leaving only the fingerprints of Ran Ran's "victim".

That's the truth, isn't it?

Zhang Yu's heart was like being pricked by a needle, painful and sour.

He's not a fool, and he's not such a fool.

He graduated from a prestigious university, loves reasoning, sees a wide range of things, and to put it narcissistically, he is very smart.

Smarter than the vast majority of people in the world.

In a word - he was not deceived by this trick.

On the surface, it was Ran Ran who was kidnapped by a woman for help, and was accidentally discovered by a woman, and the woman took the opportunity to blackmail him with her life to go to the old city, this dark and rainy night, this place is similar to when the bodies of the four deceased in the throat cutting case were found.

The other party almost singled out and told him: "I am the murderer of the throat cutting case, and you are my next target." Come on, come and save Ran Ran, if you don't come, the girl you like will die~"

But Zhang Yu saw a higher layer.

From beginning to end, Ran Ran should be in the same group as the woman, and now, the woman uses Ran Ran to lure him into taking the bait, and I am afraid that it has also been agreed by Ran Ran.

The reason why he came was not to save Ran Ran's life, he just wanted to know why Ran Ran wanted to help the abuse, and what Ran Ran had gone through, so he chose to live in the shadows.

Zhang Yu wants to know the truth, the whole truth.

Getting closer and closer to the location, finally, at 7:53, Zhang Yu arrived in front of a half-demolished residential house in the rubble.

There is a wall missing on the second floor of the residential house, and you can clearly see the deep darkness inside, like a black hole about to swallow him, and eat not even a single bone left.

In the deep darkness, he saw Ran Ran as he wished.

Ran Ran was wearing a set of casual clothes with indistinguishable colors, her hair was scattered, and she was without makeup, she couldn't say how good-looking, but her temperament was superior.

She held a flashlight and stood leisurely on the broken wall, the rain curtain lined her hidden figure in the dark hazy and unreal, only the light passed through the illusion and shone on Zhang Yu with an umbrella.

Zhang Yu's breath was stagnant, he didn't speak, and he used the flashlight he brought with him to reflect back.

Ran Ran didn't seem surprised by his actions, and a pair of eyes that always flashed with vitality in his impression were only indifferent at this time.

Sure enough, she wasn't kidnapped at all.

The two looked at each other speechlessly, Ran Ran lowered his head, Zhang Yu raised his head, and looked at each other quietly.

A few seconds later, Ran Ran turned around first, leaving only Zhang Yu with a back, and after a few seconds, the back also disappeared.

Zhang Yu pursed his lips, and when he heard a noise beside him, he turned his head to look, only to see that the strange woman had approached in the rain.

"You love her more than I thought I would." When the woman spoke, it was not indifferent, nor was it as lively as in the text message, and she used the strange tone that tortured Zhang Yu for several days.

Zhang Yu looked down and looked at the woman's hand, and sure enough, the woman was holding something in her hand.

It's a knife, right? A knife used to cut the throat.

He couldn't help but take a step back and then stopped.

Things have come to this point, and there is no need for him to regret it: "Wait, I have a request before killing me." ”

"Huh?" The female tilted her head.

"I want to talk to Ran Ran...... I wanted to ask her why she chose this path! Zhang Yu's voice trembled.

However, the woman did not promise him.

He only saw the woman raise her hand, and then, as soon as his eyes went dark, he knew nothing.

……

In the office, Yu Jiaming was stopped by Yu Xing.

"Han Zhiyong is not a murderer, so who could it be?" Yu Jiaming wiped his face with his hand, and after hearing Yu Xing's words, he also knew that he was hasty, so he could only hold his breath and rummage through his mind for other possibilities.

"If Han Zhiyong is not the murderer of the throat-cutting case, then he wants to kill Han Xinyi by Liu Ping's hand because of a conflict with Han Xinyi. But if this is the case, this is another separate case, and it is a trickster who wants to blame the murderer of the throat cutting case, and it has nothing to do with the throat cutting case! ”

He said these words out loud, and as he said it, Yu Jiaming adjusted his mentality and forced himself to calm down.

With this calmness, Yu Jiaming remembered Yu Xing, who seemed to have everything expected so far.

He looked at Yu Xing, who was leaning against the door frame, and said in a deep voice: "But Han Zhiyong still has the possibility of being a murderer, why is your tone so determined?" You've got an idea. …… It's a bit embarrassing, I'm not as much of a criminal police officer as you know, but now is not the time for me to be hypocritical. Yu Xing, I now beg you to tell all your speculations. ”

Yu Xing wanted to applaud Yu Jiaming's decisiveness.

This kind of decisiveness is not for everyone, especially for those who have become the captain of the criminal investigation detachment at a young age, if there is no arrogance and self-confidence, it is impossible.

The more you are in a high position, the more you are accustomed to the flattery of others, and the less likely it is to put down your body and ask others.

Yu Jiaming didn't get Yu Xing's reply, and said: "Moreover, I promise you that after the case is over, I will never investigate you." ”

"No matter what you participated in the investigation, what method you used to get this information, and where the source of the information is, I will not investigate it, Yu Xing, I will do what I say, please help me."

After listening to what he wanted to hear, Yu Xing finally stood up straight.

He smiled, "Okay." ”

"I can't say who the murderer is." Yu Xing took out his mobile phone and clicked it a few times, and then hooked the corners of his mouth in Yu Jiaming's expectant gaze, "However, I should be able to provide you with the identity of the next victim." ”

"What? Do you know who the next victim will be!? Although he was faintly prepared in his heart, Yu Jiaming was still shocked by Yu Xing's amazing efficiency, but the matter was urgent, he immediately straightened his face and became serious, "Okay, I don't ask how you know, who is next, you say." ”

Yu Xing turned the phone over, the screen was facing Yu Jiaming, and the time on it was displayed as 7:22 minutes.

His bony finger pointed to a location on the map: "Nuo, follow this location to find it, this librarian named Zhang Yu should be the murderer's next target." ”

Yu Jiaming leaned over to take a look, this was actually a real-time positioning, representing Zhang Yu's small red dot in the city, gradually shifting towards the old city.

Yu Jiaming: "......" and so on, the old city?

The captain of the criminal investigation detachment rushed out of the office to give an order, and at the same time called Gao Changan to let his deputy team drive to prepare to stop the crime.

Yu Xing followed unhurriedly, and at the same time clicked on the return to the superior interface, so the name of the person who sent Zhang Yu's location to him was exposed.

Z。

Hacker Zhu Yan.

……

7:40 min.

Yu Xing sat in the back seat of the police car, Gao Changan was driving in the front row, and Yu Jiaming was sitting in the co-pilot's seat.

The trees outside the window kept receding, and the torrential rain slapped on the car glass, leaving one broken droplet after another, gradually joining into a single surface, and it was no longer possible to distinguish the difference between one drop and another.

The bright lights faded and got farther and farther, and the road from the city center to the outskirts of the city was a bit long and boring.

His eyes were slightly closed, and he listened a little sleepily to the sound of reports that had been coming from Yu Jiaming's mobile phone since just now.

"Team Yu, Han Zhiyong is missing!"

"He should be at home today, we specially adjusted the monitoring to make sure he didn't go out today, but when we arrived at his house, there was no one at home!"

"Team Yu, I don't think he necessarily noticed our arrest intentions and absconded in fear of crime, after all, we just learned the inside story, it is likely that he is now preparing to commit a crime and has already gone to the location of the crime!"

After Yu Jiaming replied one by one, he glanced at the navigation in front of Gao Chang'an, turned around and said to Yu Xing: "You are right, Zhang Yu's position is moving towards the old city very fast, obviously driving, and like the victims of the previous cases, he can't find any connection between him and the old city." ”

Gao Changan interjected: "...... Won't it be too late? ”

"No, it won't." Yu Xing rested his head on the back of the seat, releasing a reassuring power.

He actually knew who the murderer was, but in order to prevent himself from being labeled by the police as "Okay, this kid has been using us from the beginning", he planned to let Yu Jiaming see the murderer's face himself.