After the end of the questioning of Zhou Xiaoru, Xu Lang felt deeply disappointed.

Zhou Xiaoru is just a very poor woman, she doesn't know everything Shen Kaiwen did, although a large part of the reason why Shen Kaiwen did this was because of her and her father, but now, the person is dead, and when Shen Kaiwen committed the crime, she was abroad, and she had a perfect alibi, which basically ruled out her suspicion, so after some questioning, she let her leave.

When Zhou Xiaoru left CSY, she proposed that she wanted to take Shen Kaiwen's body away as soon as possible, cremate it, and deal with the aftermath.

For Zhou Xiaoru's request, Xu Lang naturally did not refuse, and let her come to CSY at any time to handle the funeral after settling everything.

Zhou Xiaoru left, leaving with deep guilt and doubts, however, Xu Lang, who was originally very excited and hopeful about Zhou Xiaoru's return to China, felt endless disappointment, and Shen Kaiwen's doubts still couldn't be explained.

What should I do next? Where do you start? Xu Lang is very big now, if this is an ordinary case, Xu Lang and they can slowly take the time to investigate, but in this case, there is not much time left for Xu Lang and them, they must solve the case as soon as possible, get better and better, and give an explanation to the deceased and the general public.

Standing at the door of CSY, looking at the back of the faltering, lonely and lonely Zhou Xiaoru, Xu Lang subconsciously took out a cigarette from his pocket and took out one to light it.

In fact, Xu Lang was about to quit smoking after promising Xiao Yueyue to quit smoking, however, after this series of recent events, especially after Shen Kaiwen's suicide, Xu Lang's addiction to smoking suddenly became bigger, before, Xu Lang smoked at most one box of cigarettes a day, and in the past two days, Xu Lang can smoke almost three boxes of cigarettes a day, so crazy and frequent smoking, the direct consequence is that Xu Lang's voice is very hoarse now, and his throat is hot and painful.

When the cigarette was lit, Xu Lang felt a burst of heat in his throat, a churning in his stomach, nausea and wanted to vomit, Xu Lang resisted the desire to squat down and vomit, he looked at the gray sky, his eyes were in a daze.

"Jingle Bell ......"

The mobile phone in his pocket rang, interrupting Xu Lang's action of looking at the sky, he slowly lowered his head, took out his mobile phone, didn't look at it, and directly connected the phone.

"Say."

"Tan Yanxue woke up." Fan Yang's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"What?"

Xu Lang held a cigarette in one hand, stunned on the spot, and did not react for a long time.

"Just now, Tan Yanxue, who fell into a deep coma, woke up, and she asked to see you." Fan Yang repeated on the other end of the phone.

Fan Yang's voice pulled Xu Lang back to reality, and he immediately threw the cigarette in his hand on the ground and ran towards the parking lot, shouting to the other end of the phone as he ran: "I'll go to the hospital immediately." ”

After saying this, without waiting for Fan Yang to say anything, he hung up the phone directly, came to the side of the police car, opened the driver's door, jumped up, didn't care about wearing a seat belt, started the car directly, sounded the siren, stepped on the accelerator, and galloped towards the Third People's Hospital.

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On the way to the hospital, Xu Lang had an excited smile on his face.

Tan Yanxue woke up, which is undoubtedly the biggest good news so far.

Among the several victims, except for Sun Shihao, only Tan Yanxue is still alive, and she is the only one who has had direct contact with Ji Xueling, and only she knows what happened that day, and now, Tan Yanxue is the only clue and the most critical clue.

Xu Lang only took less than ten minutes to rush from CSY to the Third People's Hospital, as soon as the car stopped, Xu Lang opened the door, jumped out of the car, came to the front of the elevator, and saw that the elevator was still on the seventh floor, Xu Lang couldn't wait, ran directly to the stairwell, ran from the parking lot to the sixth floor of the inpatient department in one breath, and came to Tan Yanxue's ward.

There were two policemen outside Tan Yanxue's ward, they sat on their chairs with tired faces, vigilantly looking at the passers-by around them, their eyes swept over each person, their chins were already covered with uneven stubble, and Fan Yang was standing at the door of the ward, constantly looking towards the elevator.

After seeing Xu Lang running up panting from the stairwell, she walked quickly to Xu Lang, looked at Xu Lang and asked, "Why don't you take the elevator up?" ”

Xu Lang didn't look at Fan Yang, nor did he answer her question, his eyes stared at the door of the ward, and asked, "What's the situation now?" ”

Just when Fan Yang was about to report the situation, the door of the ward was opened, and a male doctor walked out, and after seeing Xu Lang and Fan Yang, he walked over and said to Xu Lang: "Although the patient is awake now and out of danger of life, he still needs to rest. ”

After saying that, the doctor left.

Xu Lang stood at the door of the ward, took a deep breath, and pushed open the door of the ward.

This is an independent ward, there is only one bed in the room, and there is a woman lying on the bed covered with gauze, looking at it from a distance, it looks like a super-large silkworm chrysalis, and next to the bed, there are two people, a man and a woman, the woman covers her mouth with one hand, and gently wipes the tears that can't be wiped off the corners of her eyes with one hand, and the man stands silently behind the woman, his face is both gratified and extremely regretful Looking at the woman on the bed, this time, there are two policemen in the room.

After the door of the ward was pushed open, the eyes of everyone in the room shifted, and the woman on the hospital bed also tilted her head slightly, and only one remaining eye looked at Xu Lang.

Since Tan Yanxue was sent to the hospital for first aid, Xu Lang came to the hospital several times to visit Tan Yanxue's condition, every time he saw Tan Yanxue whose whole body was tightly wrapped in gauze, Xu Lang felt an inexplicable distress, and endless anger, and now, when Xu Lang saw Tan Yanxue again, he still had a palpitation for no reason.

Xu Lang slowly walked to the hospital bed, looking at Tan Yanxue, who was lying on the hospital bed and looking at him with one eye, but he didn't know how to speak for a while.

"We'll meet again, Officer Xu."

Tan Yanxue spoke in a low and hoarse voice.

Xu Lang looked at Tan Yanxue with complicated eyes, nodded subconsciously, and said, "Yes, we meet again." ”

Fan Yang knew that Xu Lang was going to ask Tan Yanxue next, so he said to Tan Yanxue's parents, who were still silently sobbing and crying: "Please avoid it first, we have a few questions to ask Tan Yanxue." ”

Tan Yanxue's father looked at Xu Lang, and then at his daughter on the hospital bed, he nodded, while Tan Yanxue's mother turned her head suddenly, looked at Xu Lang and Fan Yang with an angry face, and shouted loudly: "Xiaoxue just woke up, you are here, can't you wait for a while to come?" ”

In the face of Tan Yanxue's mother's anger, Xu Lang didn't say anything, and he didn't know what to say.

Xu Lang has always felt very guilty about Tan Yanxue's current appearance, after all, the murderer told Xu Lang the information that the next person they were going to kill was Tan Yanxue, but Xu Lang only saw Tan Yanxue in the district prison and did not take countermeasures in advance, which led to Tan Yanxue's current situation, Xu Lang has always been very self-blaming, especially when he saw Tan Yanxue being naked, with blurred flesh and blood, and discarded at the door of the CSY office building like garbage, Xu Lang blamed himself more and more.

"Dad, Mom, you go out first, I have something to say to Officer Xu."

Just when Xu Lang was thinking about how to explain to Tan Yanxue's parents, Tan Yanxue took the initiative to speak.

After glaring at Xu Lang fiercely, Tan Yanxue's mother turned her head, looked at Tan Yanxue with pity, said softly, and whispered: "Mom is outside, if there is anything uncomfortable, just scream, Mom is by your side." ”

Tan Yanxue nodded slightly, and agreed.

Tan Yanxue's parents didn't say anything more, turned around and left the ward.

After the door of the ward was closed, Xu Lang walked to the chair where Tan Yanxue's mother had sat just now and sat down, looked at Tan Yanxue, and said with great guilt: "I'm sorry, it's because I didn't do my job properly that caused you to become what you are now, I ...... it."

"Officer Xu, there is no need for you to apologize, I will become what I am today, and I can't blame others."

Tan Yanxue interrupted Xu Lang's words and said.

Hearing Tan Yanxue say this, Xu Lang's psychology became more and more uncomfortable, he looked at Tan Yanxue, was silent for a few seconds, sorted out his emotions, and asked tentatively: "Then let's start?" ”

Tan Yanxue nodded slightly.

"When you were released from prison, was it Ji Xueling who took you away?" Xu Lang asked.

"Yes."

"How many of them are there?"

"Three people."

"Specifically, who are the people?"

"Two men and one woman......"

Tan Yanxue described the appearance of Ji Xueling and the four of them in a small voice, according to her description, it was exactly the same as what Xu Lang and they had investigated before, these three people were Ji Xueling, Wang Wenruo and Luo Quan.

"Tell me what they did after they kidnapped you."

After identifying the person who kidnapped Tan Yanxue, Xu Lang asked.

Tan Yanxue closed the only remaining eye, obviously, it was a nightmare memory and experience for her.

After a long time, Tan Yanxue slowly opened her eyes and began to speak.

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Time goes back to a week ago, the day when Xu Lang went to find Tan Yanxue.

After Tan Yanxue saw Xu Lang, she immediately met Ji Xueling and her bodyguard Luo Quan, for Ji Xueling's arrival, Tan Yanxue was panicked when she learned from Xu Lang that someone was going to be unfavorable to herself who was about to be released from prison, and when she saw Ji Xueling, she relaxed.

Tan Yanxue was only twenty-two years old when she was in prison and had just graduated from college, at that time, she had countless flower messengers around her, and many same-sex friends, however, after her accident, the only one who came to visit her was Ji Xueling, and for twelve years, Ji Xueling came to visit her every other day, and she regarded Ji Xueling as her best friend, not one.

Ji Xueling came to visit her and had nothing else, just to tell Tan Yanxue that her parents were very busy with work and temporarily went abroad to discuss business, and they were in a hurry, and tomorrow, when Tan Yanxue was released from prison, her parents couldn't come to pick her up, and Ji Xueling came to pick her up.

Tan Yanxue did not have the slightest doubt about Ji Xueling's statement, she was more willing to believe Ji Xueling than Xu Lang, a stranger, so the next day, after Tan Yanxue was released from prison, when Xu Lang and the others were still on their way, Ji Xueling came, and Tan Yanxue left with Ji Xueling without waiting for Xu Lang.

After leaving the prison, Ji Xueling first took her around the north of the city, and then drove to the east of the city, Tan Yanxue felt very strange, so she asked Ji Xueling why she did this, and Ji Xueling told her that someone was trying to be unfavorable to her, and she was protecting her, which made Tan Yanxue, who was already uneasy, feel more and more uneasy, but thinking of Ji Xueling by her side, she didn't feel how terrible it was.

Tan Yanxue also told Xu Lang that when they went to the eastern district of the city, they found Xu Lang and they were chasing them, and Ji Xueling told Tan Yanxue about the punisher, and Ji Xueling told Tan Yanxue that Xu Lang was the punisher, and it was Xu Lang who wanted to kill her, which made Tan Yanxue feel incredible, and saw deep fear and fear, but under Ji Xueling's comfort, she slowly relaxed.

They were in the eastern part of the city, and after evading Xu Lang's pursuit by changing cars, they returned to the northern district of the city again.

At that time, Tan Yanxue didn't rest all night, coupled with the nervous escape at the time, she felt deeply tired, so she fell asleep in the car, and when she woke up again, she found that she was fixed in a very dirty and dim place, what kind of place it was, she didn't know, and the only thing she knew was that she was naked-naked, and her body couldn't move at all, and she thought she was her best friend, Ji Xueling, but looked at herself with hatred.

Ji Xueling said a lot to Tan Yanxue at that time, she looked crazy and her language was vicious, not at all like in the past, when she visited herself in prison, she showed so much concern for Tan Yanxue, but she was full of hatred for Tan Yanxue, which was a kind of hatred that emanated from her bones.

In that dirty and dim place, Ji Xueling dug out Tan Yanxue's left eye, peeled off her right cheek with a sharp scalpel, and carved a character '罸' on her chest.

Tan Yanxue was so painful that she fainted several times, and then she was woken up alive by the pain, and then, she fell into a coma again, and the cycle continued, whenever she woke up, there was no other feeling, the only feeling was pain, piercing pain.

Tan Yanxue didn't know how long she had been in that place, and when she woke up again, she was in the hospital, and her elderly parents were by her side, as if she had a nightmare, however, the pain all over her body told her that she was not dreaming, everything she experienced was real, Xu Lang told her that the person who was going to be unfavorable to herself, the so-called punisher, was not Xu Lang, nor someone she didn't know, but her best friend who once regarded her as a good friend, Ji Xueling.

Tan Yanxue closed her eyes painfully after telling her story, she didn't want to recall the experience that was like hell for her.

After listening to Tan Yanxue's story, Xu Lang and the others couldn't help but gasp.

From Tan Yanxue's narration, Xu Lang knew that Tan Yanxue was dragged out of her eyeballs when she was completely conscious, and when she peeled off her face, the other party did not give her anesthetics or anything like that, that feeling, not to mention the experience, it makes people shudder and creepy when they think about it, and Tan Yanxue actually did not die on the spot, but survived, after experiencing such a terrifying scene, she still survived, Xu Lang had to admire the tenacity of this woman's vitality.

However, after Xu Lang was silent for a while, he still asked, "Why did Ji Xueling torture you so much?" ”

Tan Yanxue closed her eyes, her body trembled slightly, I don't know if it was because of the pain in her body, or because of the long conversation, or because she thought of her terrifying experience that day, she was silent for a long, long time, trembling for a long, long time without speaking.

After about five minutes, Tan Yanxue's trembling body slowly calmed down, she opened her gray eyes, looked at Xu Lang, showed a sad wry smile, and said, "She is not Ji Xueling." ”

"She's not Ji Xueling?"

Xu Lang was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Tan Yanxue with a puzzled look and asked, "Then who is she?" ”

Tan Yanxue closed her eyes again, then opened them again, closed them again, and repeated this several times before she became hoarse and said tremblingly: "She is Li Zhaojing." ”

"What do you say? Ji Xueling is Li Zhaojing? ”

Hearing Tan Yanxue say this, Xu Lang stood up from the chair excitedly, looked at Tan Yanxue with an incredible expression, and shouted loudly.

After hearing Tan Yanxue say this, Fan Yang also looked at Tan Yanxue with a shocked expression.

"Bang"

The door of the ward was slammed open from the outside, and Tan Yanxue's parents stood at the door, looking at Xu Lang with worry and vigilance, as well as Tan Yanxue on the bed.

Tan Yanxue's mother walked quickly to the hospital bed, looked at Tan Yanxue, then at Xu Lang, and asked, "What's wrong?" What happened? ”

Xu Lang didn't answer the question, he was still in shock.

Tan Yanxue looked at her mother, shook her head with a smile, and said, "It's okay, Mom, you guys go out first." ”

Tan Yanxue's mother looked at Tan Yanxue and found that her eyes were full of determination, and she couldn't help sighing, she turned her head and said to Xu Lang: "Hurry up, my daughter needs to rest." ”

After saying this, Tan Yanxue's parents walked out again.

When the door of the ward was closed again, Xu Lang was still in shock and did not come back to his senses, it was obvious that the clue brought by Tan Yanxue was something Xu Lang could not have expected.