After receiving a call from Li Xia and learning that Qi Ye was going to have a showdown with Xiaolong, Gu Song and Fan Cong acted separately, one rushed to the hospital to deal with the "emergency", and the other went straight to Xiaolong's home with a technician to search for evidence.

Regarding whether the real culprit of the Normal University series of murders is Xiaolong, Gu Song is not completely sure in his heart. Although Xiaolong's suspicion is the greatest in terms of the motive for the crime and the conditions for committing the crime, the best way to confirm the matter and make Xiaolong open his mouth to confess is to find evidence.

Fan Cong's movements were very fast, and while Gu Song was reasoning with Xiaolong on the rooftop of the hospital, Fan Cong had already found the dark gray schoolbag that had appeared in the surveillance video many times in the old house where Xiaolong temporarily lived, and the zipper on the outer pocket was indeed missing a zipper. At the same time, Fan Cong also found a hammer suspected to be the murder weapon in the glove box. Although the hammer had been cleaned, a closer look revealed the smell of blood.

In addition, Xiaolong's wardrobe hides a very old diary. It was confirmed that the diary belonged to the victim Li Tianhua.

Hanging up the phone, Gu Song asked Xiaolong suspiciously, "Why is Li Tianhua's diary in your hand?" ”

"You ......" Xiaolong had already realized what the police had done at his house, and the expression on his face changed from initial surprise to panic, and finally some relief.

At noon on the day Li Tianhua was killed, there were traces of someone turning over his office, but no valuables were missing. Are you the one who flips the office? Did you get that diary at that time? ”

After smoking a cigarette, Xiaolong's mood eased slightly. Seeing that the matter could no longer be contained, he simply admitted: "The day before the crime, I was collected by loan sharks, who took Xiaoqi as a hostage and led me to a dilapidated building. Originally, I was ready to be chopped off two fingers by them, but at that time, Xiaoqi suddenly said that he would help me pay back the money. I know he doesn't have much savings on hand, and he has spent a lot of money on equipment to learn music over the years. I asked him curiously where he planned to raise money in such a short period of time, but he mysteriously told me that I didn't care.

"That being said, I'm still a little uneasy about him. In order to figure out where the money was coming from, I had been quietly following him since that morning. In the evening, Xiao Qi walked along the riverside for more than half an hour with a heavy heart, and finally stopped by a ginkgo tree. I hid nearby, watched him hesitate for a while, and then made up my mind to call someone. Although I couldn't hear what the person on the other side of the phone said, I could hear every word Xiao Qi said.

"Knowing that Li Tianhua turned out to be the murderer of my mother back then, I couldn't believe my ears, like a thunderbolt in the head, what I didn't expect was that Xiaoqi actually planned to use this ugly thing to blackmail Li Tianhua. At that time, I was completely carried away by anger, and I was only thinking about killing Li Tianhua to avenge my mother. After Xiaoqi left, I dug out the business card of Li Tianhua, which he had crumpled and thrown away, from the trash can, and knew that he was now the vice president of R City Normal University.

"At noon on May 22, I came to Li Tianhua's office pretending to be Xiaoqi, anyway, he hadn't seen us for many years, and he didn't know what we would be like when we grew up. Instead of doubting my identity, he said with a pleasant face that he wanted to talk to me, and that he wanted to show me something. I superficially echoed him, and found that he was completely unsuspecting of me, and I knew I had a chance to kill him. Then, while he was not paying attention, I smashed his head with a hammer hidden in my schoolbag in advance, and finally avenged the murder of my mother after 12 years.

"After Li Tianhua died, I turned over the scene of the crime as fast as I could, trying to find the 600,000 that Xiaoqi blackmailed Li Tianhua. But rummaging through bookcases and desks and other places where I could put my money, I couldn't find anything. However, a worn-out diary in a drawer caught my eye. I picked up the diary and looked through it, and found that there were many records of what happened in Longjing Village, including the murder that occurred in the rape field in the spring of 2004. I knew that the diary was very bad for me, and that the contents of it would make me a suspect in the murder of Li Tianhua, so I took it away from the scene of the crime. ”

Listening to the murderer's account of the crime, Li Xia was already crying silently. Imagine that the cold and hard hammer smashed on his father's head one by one, making the sound of a shattered skull, and Li Xia's heart was also shattered.

the tall, gentle, humble, and admired father; The father who was thrifty and simple, donated money to the remote mountainous areas for the children of poor families to study; The father, who was upright and never lied, but deceived himself for 12 years for a murder, passed away in this way. The murderer of her father stood less than three meters away from her, and Li Xia wanted to vent her anger in her heart, but at this time, she couldn't even say a word of blame.

Yes, as the daughter of a murderer, what qualifications does she have to question Xiaolong, and what qualifications does she have to hate the other party? But why did my father kill someone? He and Xiaolong's mother have any grievances, but Li Xia doesn't know.

Gu Song helped Li Xia, who was about to collapse, and continued to ask Xiaolong, "The other two victims were also killed by you, right?" ”

"That's right." Xiaolong sighed helplessly and said, "Things are basically just like you said, I killed Teacher Liu to divert your investigative attention, as for your speculation of helping Xiaoqi get rid of criminal suspicion, I really ......" Saying that, Xiaolong turned his head and glanced at Qiye, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I really had this idea." Although he lied to me and my dad for twelve years, and I resented him from the bottom of my heart, after all, we have been together for more than twenty years, and I have always regarded him as my own brother, and I can't watch him become my scapegoat. I deliberately chose to commit the crime that morning and leave the door open so that the body could be found as soon as possible, and there was a small reason for that......

"Forget it." Xiaolong shook his head, "These things don't make sense to talk about now. In fact, if I can successfully deceive the police in this case, I don't plan to have a showdown with Xiaoqi at all. Anyway, my revenge has been avenged, and now I just want to leave the city with my dad as soon as possible and start a new life. I don't want to worry about those grievances and grievances in the past, but I just ......" Xiaolong looked at Gu Song with desperate eyes and asked, "I will never have a chance to take care of my father again in my life, right?" ”

"It's a pity......" Gu Song didn't know what to say. He felt sorry for the young man in front of him, who was good-natured, but was carried away by hatred; I feel sad for the middle-aged man on the hospital bed who is seriously ill and has lost his wife and is about to lose his son; For the innocent and innocent, Li Xia felt sad that he had been deceived by his father for twelve years; I also feel sad for Qiye, who bears the secret of pain and lives in remorse and self-blame.

Three families, two generations, for love and hatred for 25 years, lost so many precious lives, the cause is a beautiful girl who threw herself into the river and died. Hopefully, this time is the real end, and that from now on, those who survive can cherish their lives.

Gu Song handcuffed Xiaolong and escorted him away from the rooftop, and Qiye helped the weak Li Xia to follow closely behind them. When he was about to enter the elevator, Xiaolong suddenly said to Gu Song in a pleading tone: "Officer Gu, can you let me go to see my father again?" ”

Gu Song nodded, and then pressed the button on the sixth floor of the inpatient department. Walking to the door of the ward, Xiaolong took a deep breath, and was just about to open the door and go in, when Gu Song hurriedly stopped him, "Wait." ”

"What's wrong?" Xiaolong was a little confused, and then he heard a "click", and the handcuffs were opened.

"It's pretty, and you're not going to run away anyway, are you?" Gu Song showed a warm and intimate smile at Xiaolong. Before the law, he was a murderer who had committed a felony, but in front of his ailing father, he was just a son full of filial piety. The operation was imminent, and Gu Song didn't want Uncle Long to see Xiaolong's embarrassed appearance in handcuffs. No, this will be the last time father and son will see each other.

Xiaolong smiled back at Gu Song and walked into the ward alone.

At 0:28 a.m., Uncle Long was lying on the hospital bed and sleeping peacefully. I don't know if it was because of overwork or illness, this man who had just turned fifty years old had half of his hair white.

Xiaolong sat on the edge of the hospital bed, looking at his father intently, his heart full of remorse and reluctance.

Dad, I'm sorry, I don't have a chance to cut your hair by hand anymore, I don't have a chance to chat with you anymore, I don't have a chance to giggle heartlessly, I don't have a chance to live a new life with you, and I don't have a chance to honor you anymore.

When you know what I've done, maybe you'll be angry, you'll scold me, you'll be sad, you'll cry, but no matter what, I hope you can live well. I'm going to give my mom company before you, you take your time, don't worry, we don't mind waiting for you over there for decades......

On the hospital bed, Uncle Long turned over. As if sensing that the moment of parting was coming, he slowly opened his eyes. "Little Dragon? Why don't you sleep so late? ”

"I can't sleep, I want to be with you again." Xiaolong barely squeezed out a smile, but a sour feeling welled up in his nose, and tears couldn't stop flowing.

Uncle Long was taken aback by this sudden situation, and hurriedly asked worriedly, "Stinky boy, why are you crying?" Haven't I died yet? ”

"It's fine." Xiaolong sniffed and tried desperately to hold back the rolling tears, "I just suddenly remembered my mother." ”

"Really?" Uncle Long laughed twice, "What a coincidence, I also dreamed of that stupid woman just now." She is still as fond of stinky beauty as she was when she was young. ”

"Dad......" Xiaolong had a lot of words in his heart that he wanted to say to his father, but with one mouth, all the words were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a word. After a stalemate for a long time, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence, "Dad, there is still one day to have surgery, you take care of your body and take good care of yourself." ”

"What do you mean? You won't care about me in the future, a bad old man? Uncle Long asked half-jokingly.

"How so?" Xiaolong helped his father cut his hair, carefully covered the quilt, and then sorted out the sundries at the bedside, and flipped through the book "Les Miserables" that his father had been reading recently.

After doing this series of actions, Xiaolong knew that he could no longer stay. Because every second he stayed in, the reluctance in his heart increased a few points. "Dad, go to sleep, I'll go out and smoke a cigarette." The little dragon said and turned and walked towards the door.

"You go to bed early, young people don't always stay up late."

"Okay, I got it."

Out of the ward, Xiaolong walked straight to Qiye's side. Although this person has deceived him and hurt him, although he has said a lot of ugly things and even wants to cut off relations with the other person, but at such a time, any hatred is drowned out by the sadness of parting.

"Xiaoqi, my dad will ask you." Xiaolong put his hand on Qiye's shoulder and squeezed it hard.

Qi Ye shed tears, patted Xiaolong's arm, and solemnly promised: "Xiaolong, don't worry, from today onwards, I will take care of Uncle Long as my biological father." No matter what kind of difficulties I encounter in the future, I will not let the old man suffer any more. ”