After Chen Xiaohong took out the key to open the door, Chen Xiaohong and Zhou Jiamei were the first to enter the room.

Maybe it was because she returned to a familiar place, so that Zhou Jiamei was not so afraid, she let go of Chen Xiaohong's hand, and very consciously changed her slippers on the shoe cabinet at the door, in addition, she also found a pair of very clean and cute slippers, put them in front of Xiao Yueyue, and did not speak, but the meaning was obvious.

Xiao Yueyue was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and also changed into slippers, after changing her shoes, Xiao Yueyue said with a smile: "Thank you." ”

"No, you're welcome." Zhou Jiamei whispered.

After Chen Xiaohong changed her shoes, she also took out a pair of her own slippers for Ren Xue, but when she saw Xu Lang standing at the door, she said with an embarrassed expression: "Officer Xu, you don't have to change it, the child's father is not at home, and no one comes to the house, so I didn't prepare men's slippers." ”

Hearing this, Xu Lang shook his head with a smile, indicating that he didn't care.

After hearing Chen Xiaohong's words, Zhou Jiamei thought about it, ran to Chen Xiaohong's bedroom, turned out a pair of slippers, and then, came to the door, put them in front of Xu Lang, took a few steps back, and pulled Xiao Yueyue to sit down on the sofa in the living room.

Xu Lang and Chen Xiaohong were all stunned, Xu Lang looked at the men's slippers on the ground, obviously, this is Zhou Jiamei's father's slippers, Xu Lang did not hesitate, or changed into slippers, while changing shoes, he said: "Xiaomei is really a very sensible child." ”

Chen Xiaohong smiled reluctantly, looking at her daughter who was pulling Xiao Yueyue and sitting on the sofa and turning on the TV, Chen Xiaohong's eyes turned red again.

After a few people changed their shoes, entered the room, and came to the living room, Xu Lang subconsciously looked at the layout of the room, and Chen Xiaohong first went to the bathroom to wash his hands, and then went to pour water for Xu Lang and them.

This is a three-bedroom house, a kitchen and a bathroom, the house is not big, but the layout is very exquisite, on the wall of the living room, there is a family photo of a family of three, a very handsome man, holding a seven or eight-year-old girl, and next to the man, standing Chen Xiaohong, the three of them smiled very happily at the camera, look at the photo to know, this man should be Zhou Jiamei's father Zhou Xiaobin, as Xu Lang guessed before, Zhou Jiamei's father is indeed very handsome.

The room was cleaned up, Chen Xiaohong was a very delicate woman, on the coffee table, Xu Lang saw a few fashion magazines, all related to cosmetics, and on the TV cabinet, there were also a lot of books, on the balcony of the living room, Xu Lang saw a few potted plants that were well cared for, potted plants are not valuable things, they are small wildflowers on the side of the road, at this time, several of them are blooming.

Next to the potted plant, there is also a small fish tank, in which there are a few small goldfish swimming happily in the fish tank, at the point of the fish tank, there is a small turtle, at this time, the little turtle is lying on a layer of pebbles and shells resting, it looks very cute.

Looking at everything in the room, you can see that this is indeed a family of three who was once very happy and warm.

Chen Xiaohong came over with a few cups of tea, and after putting down the tea, she chose to sit next to Zhou Jiamei, she noticed that Xu Lang looked at the potted plants and fish tanks on the balcony, and explained with a smile: "Those potted plants were brought back by Xiaomei and her classmates during their spring outing, and she has always taken care of them, and now they are blooming." ”

Xu Lang nodded, once again feeling that Zhou Jiamei was a very caring child.

"The little goldfish and turtle in the fish tank were obtained by her father when she came back during the Chinese New Year and took her to the beach to play, and those pebbles and small shells were all picked up by her on the beach."

When Chen Xiaohong said this, Zhou Jiamei took Xiao Yueyue to the balcony, facing the potted plants and fish tanks, and whispered to Xiao Yueyue, obviously, she was showing her beloved things to Xiao Yueyue, it seems that Zhou Jiamei really regards Xiao Yueyue as a good friend.

Xu Lang retracted his gaze, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, and after putting down the cup, he asked, "Ms. Chen, what about the things you found at the scene?" ”

"Oh, I'll bring it to you."

Saying that, Chen Xiaohong immediately got up, went to the bathroom, took out Zhou Jiamei's schoolbag and bloodstained clothes, and handed them to Xu Lang, Xu Lang took it, took a few looks, and found that it was indeed the same as what Chen Xiaohong said, the schoolbag and clothes had traces of being violently torn, especially underwear.

Xu Lang didn't look at it much, after all, these things can't be seen with the naked eye, he handed the things in his hand to Ren Xue, and Ren Xue took the evidence bag, put these things in, and prepared to take them home for further examination and analysis.

"Can you take me to the bedroom?" Xu Lang asked.

"Yes."

Chen Xiaohong got up and took Xu Lang and them to Zhou Jiamei's bedroom.

The little girl's bedroom is very cute, pink sheets and bedding, even the curtains are pink, unlike the white walls of most families, the walls of Zhou Jiamei's bedroom are pasted with pink wallpaper, which looks like the room of the little princess in a fairy tale, and next to the window, there is also a writing desk, the desk is tidy and orderly, books and pen holders, and some other things are all sorted and placed neatly, it seems that Zhou Jiamei is the same as her mother, she is a love clean, A very virtuous girl.

In the other corner of the room, there is a small bookcase, in addition to a lot of books, there are many awards and trophies on the bookcase, on which are Zhou Jiamei's name, Chen Xiaohong is not wrong, Zhou Jiamei is really smart, and she is really good at studying.

Xu Lang picked up a book casually, flipped through it, and found that the book was well protected, without the slightest wrinkle, and among the pages, Xu Lang found a lot of small bookmarks, the bookmarks are all small paragraphs of text, the handwriting is very beautiful, and it is very immature, however, at Zhou Jiamei's age, it is not easy to have such handwriting, and Xu Lang is still in the pages, and found a lot of different types and different colors of leaves, which are carefully sandwiched in them.

Xu Lang closed the book, sighed in his heart, and carefully put the book back in its place to make sure that it was exactly the same as when he took it out just now, then turned his head and said to Ren Xue: "Wait a minute, you collect Xiaomei's fingerprints, and in addition, collect biological samples such as her hair." ”

Ren Xue nodded, found a few hairs on Zhou Jiamei's bed, carefully put them into the bag, and then several people walked out of Zhou Jiamei's bedroom.

In the living room, Chen Xiaohong called Zhou Jiamei over and asked her to cooperate with Ren Xue to collect fingerprints, but the little girl did not resist this time and was very cooperative.

After everything was done, Xu Lang and their work were completed, and they were ready to get up and say goodbye.

At this time, Zhou Jiamei pulled the corner of Chen Xiaohong's clothes and whispered, "Wait a minute, I have a gift for her." ”

Chen Xiaohong was stunned, then smiled lovingly and said, "What are you going to give her?" ”

Xu Lang and the others also looked at Zhou Jiamei curiously.

Zhou Jiamei didn't speak, went to the balcony, stood in front of a few potted plants, hesitated for a long time, took down the most beautiful potted plant among them, walked to Xiao Yueyue, handed it to Xiao Yueyue, and said, "I gave it to you, you have to take good care of it, don't let it wither." ”

When Zhou Jiamei handed out the potted plant, her eyes were full of reluctance, but she still handed it to Xiao Yueyue.

Xiao Yueyue didn't pick it up immediately, but turned her head to look at Xu Lang, Xu Lang nodded, she took the potted plant and said with a smile: "Thank you." ”

Zhou Jiamei shook her head with a smile and said, "You must take care of it, otherwise, I will be very sad." ”

"Don't worry, I will."

After Xiao Yueyue finished speaking, she put down the potted plant, stretched out her hand to the back of her neck, and began to untie the things on her neck, saying as she untied it: "I will also give you a gift." ”

Xiao Yueyue took off a pendant around her neck, this is not a necklace, but a talisman, tied by a red rope, she took off the talisman, walked behind Zhou Jiamei, put it on Zhou Jiamei, and said while wearing it: "This is my father asked for a talisman for me, but it worked, now I give it to you, I hope you will be safe in the future." ”

Zhou Jiamei stretched out her hand and stroked the talisman on her neck that still had the residual warmth of Xiao Yueyue's body, and said with some embarrassment: "You gave me the talisman, what should you do?" ”

Xiao Yueyue said nonchalantly: "It's okay, my father is a policeman, he is amazing, he will protect me." ”

Hearing Xiao Yueyue say this, Zhou Jiamei looked at Xiao Yueyue with some envy, and at the same time glanced at Xu Lang, and showed a happy smile at Xu Lang for the first time, it seems that this little girl has finally stepped out of the psychological shadow and returned to her previous appearance again, which makes Xu Lang feel a lot more relieved.

After Xiao Yueyue sent the talisman, Xu Lang and the others took their things and prepared to leave.

At this time, Zhou Jiamei suddenly shouted timidly: "Uncle policeman." ”

Xu Lang stopped suddenly, turned his head, looked at Zhou Jiamei with a puzzled expression, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?" ”

“37。”

"What?"

Xu Lang was stunned, what does 37 mean? Xu Lang didn't understand, Chen Xiaohong didn't understand, and she also looked at Zhou Jiamei with a puzzled expression.

Being watched by so many people at the same time, the little girl was a little nervous, and her voice trembled a little and said, "When that villain was bullying me, he said a number, 37. ”

"What else did he say?" Xu Lang hurriedly asked.

I don't know if Xu Lang's eager expression scared Zhou Jiamei, and said that Zhou Jiamei remembered what happened that day, her face suddenly turned pale, her body trembled slightly, she grabbed Chen Xiaohong's hand, and the other hand tightly held the talisman around her neck, shook her head, and said, "I don't remember." ”

Xu Lang also realized his gaffe, he hurriedly smiled and said, "It's okay, don't think about it if you don't remember, okay?" ”

Zhou Jiamei nodded blankly.

Xu Lang was about to turn around and leave, thought about it, turned around again, looked at Zhou Jiamei and asked, "If you see that villain, can you recognize him?" ”

Zhou Jiamei didn't speak, she pursed her lips tightly and nodded vigorously.

Seeing Zhou Jiamei nodding, Xu Lang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, smiled at Zhou Jiamei, and then stopped asking anything, and left with Xiao Yueyue.

When walking out of the community, Xu Lang subconsciously raised his head and looked towards the balcony of Chen Xiaohong's house, and then saw Zhou Jiamei and Chen Xiaohong lying on the balcony.

Xu Lang and the others got into the car and drove away from the Xiying community.

On the way back, Xu Lang's face was very solemn and gloomy, he couldn't forget the little girl who was only eleven years old when he saw Zhou Jiamei for the first time, the fear and despair in her eyes, as well as the cracked and red corners of her mouth, and her limping walking posture.

"She's just a kid."

Xu Lang told himself over and over again in his heart.

Seeing that Zhou Jiamei gradually became normal after Xiao Yueyue's appearance, Xu Lang's heart still felt a burst of pain, looking at the little girl's last gift to Xiao Yueyue, the reluctant and happy smile, Xu Lang's heart was blocked.

What kind of beast would attack a little girl who is only eleven years old?

Thinking of this, Xu Lang couldn't wait to find this guy immediately, and then beat him to death, so that he completely disappeared from this world, but reason told Xu Lang that he couldn't do this, he must not do this, he was a policeman, and he wanted the law to judge this guy.

Ren Xue sat in the co-pilot, holding the evidence brought out from Chen Xiaohong's house in her arms, Xu Lang saw the bloody clothes, the anger in Xu Lang's eyes became more and more intense, and Xiao Yueyue carefully held the potted plant, sitting in the back row, looking at the potted flowers in full bloom.

"Dad, you have to catch the villain who bullied Xiaomei quickly."

Xiao Yueyue suddenly spoke.

Xu Lang nodded and said, "Don't worry, Dad caught him." ”

After saying this, Xu Lang glanced at Xiao Yueyue from the rearview mirror and asked, "Why did you give the talisman to Xiaomei?" ”

"Because she needs protection."

"Just sent it out, don't you feel distressed?" Xu Lang asked.

Xiao Yueyue nodded and said, "It's distressing, but Xiaomei needs it more than me." ”

"Then you don't need it?"

"Hmmm......"

Xiao Yueyue thought for a while and said, "No need." ”

"Why?" Ren Xue asked curiously at this time.

"Because I have Xu Lang to protect me, right, Xu Lang."

Xu Lang smiled and nodded, but his smile was a little bitter.

Yes, Xiao Yueyue has her own protection, but what about Zhou Jiamei? Who will protect her? Her parents are just ordinary people, and she is a policeman, even if she is not by Xiao Yueyue's side, other people will protect Xiao Yueyue, and who can Zhou Jiamei rely on? Who else can she rely on and who can she trust besides her parents?

Perhaps, in the past, she could trust many people, but now? In addition to trusting her parents, it is estimated that no one will trust her, is it her fault? No, it's the beast's fault, it's the police's fault.

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Xu Lang did not drive back to the city police station, but returned to CSY.

After returning to CSY, Ren Xue took the evidence to the laboratory to extract all the evidence that could be extracted, while Xu Lang found Lu Xing and asked what progress had been made in the investigation of the surveillance video.

However, what made Xu Lang feel angry and helpless was that several monitoring probes at the gate of the Thirteenth Primary School had already been broken, and they had been broken for almost a month, and no one had come to repair them.

As soon as this result appeared, Xu Lang wanted to call and scold people and ask what the people in charge of the monitoring probe department were doing, but Xu Lang thought about it and still didn't do it.

The monitoring probe was broken, and Xu Lang had to pin his hopes on the results of Luo Jiayan's visit.

At this time, Xu Lang thought about it and contacted various police stations in the urban area of S City to ask if there had been any similar cases of rape of children or missing children in recent months.

Xu Lang felt that Zhou Jiamei's case was definitely not the first, and it was very likely that it was not the last, perhaps, there were many similar cases before again, but the victim did not report the case, or the police station did not report it.

And what made Xu Lang think of this, in addition to the many signs in Zhou Jiamei's case that showed this possibility, more importantly, the number that Zhou Jiamei said to herself at the end, 37.

37, what does it mean exactly? Is it the murderer when he committed the crime, an action code, or is it that Zhou Jiamei is the thirty-seventh victim girl, if it is the former, and also said that if it is the latter, then the result can be imagined, Xu Lang hopes that it is not the latter, because if it is the latter, it means that before Zhou Jiamei was killed, there were thirty-six children who were similar to Zhou Jiamei who suffered the same fate, this truth is terrible, and this speculation is also terrible.

And colleagues in various police stations, after receiving Xu Lang's call, also began to flip through the recent files.

It didn't take long for the results of the report to come out.

Since February this year, various police stations have received more than a dozen reports of missing children who have not returned all night, and the police have also filed a case, but it didn't take long for these children to come back, and their parents have withdrawn their missing reports.

What's more, in each police station, there are one or two reports, the reporter said that his child was raped, and the police also opened a case for investigation, but because of the negligence of the parents, the evidence that many criminals left on the children was erased, and these children were either crying or resisting when they were questioned by the police, and the police did not find any useful clues after an investigation, and the case did not progress and has been stagnant.

After Xu Lang learned the news, he immediately asked the police station that had the case files to sort out the files and send them to CSY, and Xu Lang felt a deep uneasiness and fear hit his heart.