The next afternoon, Shen Ran appeared at the police station as promised.

After the dinner the night before, Lu Cheng had actually been worried in his heart that Shen Ran would feel awkward and unwilling to have more contact with him. He has been imagining in his mind, if there is still a chance to meet, whether he wants to explain to Shen Ran the events of that day again, if Shen Ran is very taboo about this kind of thing, he can also keep his distance from him, in short, he doesn't want Shen Ran to feel uncomfortable because of this, and he doesn't want him to avoid himself......

So when Shen Ran offered to come to the police station to help, Lu Cheng was a lot more relaxed.

In addition to work over the years, Lu Cheng's mood has been so cautious and cautious, he has been hung by another person, but he himself has not realized it.

Shen Ran didn't know that Lu Cheng had these thoughts, but he also had similar considerations like Lu Cheng.

He believed that Xiaomei had misunderstood Lu Cheng, in order not to make Lu Cheng feel uncomfortable, and not to let himself think about it anymore, he decided to keep a certain distance from Lu Cheng, but it was still the same as before when he worked.

Shen Ran has been used to it over the years. Quickly adjust the distance between yourself and the people around you according to changes in the environment.

There is not much emotional reaction, joy and sorrow are invisible, and they are treated indifferently.

Only this time......

When he saw Lu Cheng again, the smiling face of this resolute man could still bring him a kind of warmth.

"You're here."

Lu Cheng couldn't see Shen Ran's changes, he just felt that it was good to see Shen Ran.

"The doctor has been here." Lu Cheng invited Shen Ran to his independent office to sit and talk.

"Oh?"

"His mental condition is not very good, however, it cannot be diagnosed as schizophrenia, you are professional, you should understand what it means, he is not crazy." Lu Cheng picked up the signature pen on the table and turned it around in his hand, stopped, and looked directly at Shen Ran: "Like you said, he seems to be stimulated by something, but this state between crazy and not crazy is difficult to define." Maybe he was really stimulated and didn't lie, but maybe he was just pretending, wanting to pretend to be a madman, but pretending not to be, and couldn't medically identify a specific mental illness, and the plan fell through. ”

When Lu Cheng reasoned, his expression was serious, and his eyes unconsciously released coldness.

Shen Ran will also enter this state of selflessness when working, they can naturally get used to each other's state switching, like a tacit understanding, the aura is comparable, once they look at each other, this coldness will ease a lot.

"This appraisal doesn't give me much to refer to. So I've always had another idea. ”

"Let me talk to him."

What Shen Ran said was not only Lu Cheng's thoughts, but also his own thoughts.

Shen Ran had already thought about it before he came, he wanted to know about this suspect.

It's not just about solving the case, it's also about that woman.

"Hmm." Lu Cheng smiled, and when he talked to Shen Ran, he always felt relaxed and efficient. It's as if their language is naturally on the same channel.

"We'll go in together in a while, you can introduce your identity, or you don't say it, you see for yourself, and then you come and ask him. You don't have to be too restrained, follow your own ideas, if there is something wrong, I will prompt you to stop, and you listen to my instructions. ”

Shen Ran obeyed the arrangement and had no objections.

Before preparing to start, Lu Cheng explained some details to him, the suspect's name is Li Mingyu, 24 years old, an ordinary real estate company employee, several victims are women, and the last victim is still a student, with the same surname as him, called Li Lizi.

When he saw the suspect whose hands were bound by handcuffs slowly appear, Shen Ran felt both expectant and calm.

Whenever he is confronted with a new visitor, whether it is an ordinary passerby or a prison felon, he is always curious and has an inquisitive heart for the lives of others.

This curiosity is not a curiosity, his primary purpose is to let the other party know more about himself by asking questions, and his own desire to explore is secondary.

Lu Cheng also knows Shen Ran's style to some extent.

He knew that Shen Ran was not interrogating at all, he would not interrogate, but his dialogue with the suspect would always bring them a surprise effect.

Shen Ran walked into the interrogation room and sat opposite the suspect.

The moment he saw the suspect Li Mingyu, all his thoughts were quickly put into focused observation, and the rest of his distracting thoughts were all empty.

When his gaze briefly met that of Li Mingyu, he already regarded Li Mingyu as one of his visitors.

Li Mingyu didn't seem interested in him and quickly looked away. Just staring at the table, not knowing what to think. The state remains closed, appearing to be unresponsive to all external stimuli.

Shen Ran introduced himself to him, claiming to be a consultant, but it didn't attract his attention.

Shen Ran didn't give up, still believing that he had always heard himself talking.

"You said, you didn't kill her. Is there any evidence? ”

The victim's body was next to it, and Lu Cheng also said that the evidence was conclusive, and it should be difficult to defend this issue. Sure enough, he didn't speak.

Shen Ran continued: "If what you said is true and you didn't kill her, then we should have wronged you." However, you have admitted to several cases you have done before, and you should know that the sentences of these cases will not be light when they are combined. So why don't you recognize the last one? When Shen Ran said the word "wronged", Lu Cheng couldn't help but turn his head to look at him, as if he didn't expect him to follow the suspect's meaning like this, but he didn't interrupt Shen Ran and continued to listen.

"What are you thinking about, sentencing? Reputation? What do you care about? ”

After the question was finished, Li Mingyu still didn't look up, but Shen Ran and Lu Cheng both noticed the subtle changes in him.

His hands in front of the table suddenly crossed hands, and the cuffs collided with a crisp sound. The hands groped hard with each other.

There was a reaction.

Realizing this, Shen Ran and Lu Cheng's heartbeats also changed slightly.

Both were waiting.

"Liars, you are all here! I don't care, I don't care, I didn't kill her, she didn't die! He roared.

Hearing this, Lu Cheng sighed. Again, these are the few sentences.

Shen Ran's expression changed slightly, still staring at Li Mingyu's face, "You mean, you didn't kill her, or is she indeed dead, but you didn't kill her?" ”

At this time, Lu Cheng looked at Li Mingyu again, and he noticed the subtle difference between the two expressions.

But Li Mingyu entered a state of muttering again, and kept repeating: "I didn't kill her, I didn't kill ......"

Suddenly, his self-talk stopped.

As if he had just reacted that someone had asked him a question, he raised his head and looked at Shen Ran: "I didn't kill her, she didn't die, she won't die." ”

Lu Cheng and Shen Ran looked at each other quickly for a second.

For so many days, Li Mingyu has not appeared in such an expression.

Lu Cheng hadn't heard him say anything like "she won't die", couldn't he even tell the fact that the victim was dead?

An eerie atmosphere of nonsensical perpetuity spread through the interrogation room.

It's weird.

If it is for the purpose of mitigating the sentence or grievances, he should say that someone has wronged him, that he did not kill him, and that someone has wronged him.

But he added a ridiculous touch to his original absurd confession. Insist that people are not dead.

I'm afraid it's either crazy or stupid.

But the doctor examined him, he was mentally fine, he had enough ability to discern reality.

Then there is only one possibility, he has some kind of special motive, or a special reason.

Lu Cheng couldn't help frowning, in this case, can he ask for more information?

"In other words, you think, people are not dead?" Shen Ran didn't stop and confirmed what he meant again.

"She's not going to die. She's not dead! Li Mingyu's eyes were still staring directly at Shen Ran, Shen Ran did not evade, he also looked at him, concerned and calm. Suddenly, something flashed through Li Mingyu's mind, his expression became unexpected, his eyes were no longer focused, but his eyes were wide open, and his sockets were bloodshot, "She's dead?" ”

Shen Ran felt that there was some kind of strong emotion condensed in his body. But I couldn't tell if it was fear, surprise, or something else.

Is he performing?

Just when Shen Ran doubted whether his expression was too exaggerated, his expression quickly returned to the original indifference without waves, "Liar, liar......" muttered repeatedly.

For a while, Shen Ran couldn't tell whether he thought the victim was dead.

He kept insisting that she wasn't dead, and then began to talk to himself.

These strange manifestations were mixed together and hovered in Shen Ran's mind, like scattered puzzle pieces, and he wanted to find the internal connection and logic between them.

After a while, Shen Ran asked another question: "What you really care about is this matter, right?" Is there such a thing as she died? ”

When Lu Cheng heard him ask, he was still a little puzzled in his heart.

People died in his home, how could he not know, how could he talk about it until now.

Lu Cheng hadn't fully figured it out, so Shen Ran added another sentence.

"Is she you caring?"

This sentence made Lu Cheng sound even more strange, the murderer cared about his victim? What the hell do you care about?

Although he was still confused, the fog that had been surrounding his heart all along, this question provided Lu Cheng with more ideas.

That's right, from the arraignment to the present, no matter what he asks, it can't arouse his real interest, either completely blocking the questioning, or simply confiding in it. In the past few cases, he admitted that he would only care about the last case.

Now that I think about it, if he really cares about being the last victim, then he is reluctant to tell the evidence of the crime because of this. And not deliberately looking for excuses to stall for time, deliberately concealing?

If you believe the dialogue between them......

What does he care about is not sentencing, what does he care about?

If the police decide that he killed the victim, what does it mean for him?

It seemed that this question had played a role, Li Mingyu looked at Shen Ran again, this time, his eyes were not as empty as before, and he glanced at a trace of unnoticed surprise.

But after only two seconds, he looked away and kept silent.

The frowning brow did not let go in the slightest.

"What would you like me to do for you if I could help you?"

Hearing this, Lu Cheng knew that he couldn't interject at all.

No one can interject at this time, and that's the language of counselors. Li Mingyu's emotions and his changes are only in dialogue with Shen Ran.

Lu Cheng couldn't guess what Shen Ran would ask next, and what the logic of his question was.

He only knew that now he had to fully cooperate with Shen Ran and not interrupt them.

I saw Li Mingyu turn his face sideways, cover his mouth with his hand, and his eyes became more and more red.

He controlled his emotions, but before the tears fell, he turned to laughter.

Shen Ran wasn't sure if it was his own words that stimulated him, whether he was sad or happy.

Shouted his name a few times, and he shouldn't.

After a seizure like this, Li Mingyu's eyes returned to the table, lowered his head, and said nothing.

Shen Ran decided to stop the conversation.

Failed?

Walking out of the interrogation room, Shen Ran asked himself.