Monday, May 27, weekday.

"It's so hot today, it's summer." I took off my coat and greeted the doorman.

"Who's to say it's not, can you get me an air conditioner from above." The doorman said as he shook the cheap paper fan in his hand.

"I don't think the air conditioner can be used, I should be able to equip you with an electric fan."

"That's fine. …… Hey, whose piece is this? "Uncle had just smiled, and the arrival of the courier boy interrupted our conversation.

I put my coat on my shoulders and was about to turn away, when the uncle in the back stopped me. I turned my head and saw that the delivery boy had already ridden away.

"Excuse me, is Cao Yang your colleague?"

"yes, what's wrong?" I asked, confused.

"It's nothing, this is Cao Yang's courier, see if you can help him bring it, or I'll have to call him." Uncle said with some requests.

Without the slightest hesitation, I agreed. After receiving the courier, I looked at it with some doubts, this courier was not much different from what I had seen in the past. It's smaller, and it's very thin, very much like a letter. It does not contain any other information other than the name and address of the recipient.

How is it possible that there are still people writing letters in this day and age? I thought to myself as I entered the building. As soon as I pushed open the heavy glass door, a cold wind blew. To be honest, I don't particularly like blowing air conditioners, I'm not used to the wind from air conditioners. But the hot weather outside also made me feel that the cool breeze of the air conditioner was very comfortable.

I walked quickly to the office and saw that Cao Yang was already in his place.

"Oh, your courier."

"Ah, thank you, what's so thin?" Cao Yang looked at the express delivery and was also puzzled.

"What, you don't know?"

"Yes, I haven't been shopping online lately, and why is this so small and thin." Cao Yang said as he unwrapped the express.

It turned out to be a letter, and in this day and age, it is much more convenient to send the letter to the recipient as a courier than to write a letter and mail it to the post office. Moreover, in some areas, post offices have all but disappeared.

I returned to my seat when I saw Cao Yang start reading the letter, and I watched through the gap between the computer in front of me and the desk. I saw that Cao Yang's expression was shocked at first, and then slowly became calm, and finally even a little sad. I don't know exactly what was written in this mysterious letter, and I don't have the right to ask. Slowly, I got back to my job.

I didn't receive any police assignment all morning, just sorting out some information at the desk. I finally got off work until noon.

"Wang Wei, the canteen has changed its chef recently, do you want to go and eat." Cao Yang stopped me as I was about to walk out of the office.

I originally wanted to eat out, but I couldn't bear to refuse Cao Yang's kind invitation.

"Okay, what about the others." After I finished speaking, I turned my head back and forth at the door to see the captain and Xiao Yu who were just about to go downstairs.

"I asked them, and they weren't going to go."

"That's right." I said a little unwillingly.

After all, Cao Yang is the deputy of the criminal police brigade, and it is very strange to me that he called me without other colleagues at this time. What the hell is it, I haven't done anything to offend him lately. I thought to myself as I walked to the cafeteria.

The cafeteria is a small three-story building located right next to the police station building. I looked at the two big words "cafeteria" written on the door on the first floor, swallowed my saliva and went in. There aren't many people coming to the cafeteria today, and it seems that several other police departments are very busy except for our criminal police. We found a place to sit by the window.

"What do you want to eat?"

I was stunned by Cao Yang's question, to be honest, I haven't come to the cafeteria to eat for a long time.

"Anything goes, I'll eat whatever you want."

"How about the lunch buffet, the dishes over there are not only all but also very affordable." Cao Yang recommended it carefully.

"Okay, the boxed lunch can be full. I'm a little hungry today. I hurriedly walked perfunctorily to the buffet lunch area.

Looking at the various dishes in front of me, I didn't know where to start. "Let's have a meat first, then a vegetarian meal, and then a ......," I muttered as I cooked the meal.

Cao Yang and I put the beaten meal on the table. I broke open the bamboo chopsticks, grabbed a piece of meat, and was about to put it in my mouth.

"You're a die-hard fan of Sangju FC." Cao Yang asked seriously.

I was stunned for a moment, "yes, I've been watching it since I was in junior high school." I finished eating the meat on the chopsticks in front of me.

"The food here is pretty good." Cao Yang asked as if he was about to set it.

"Yes, I didn't expect the braised pork made here to be so delicious." To be honest, it's really delicious, but it's different if you change the cook, I thought to myself.

Cao Yang took a large piece of food and put it in his mouth.

"Do you know Jiang Lei?" Cao Yang put down his chopsticks and said.

"You know, the old captain of Sangju FC, it was only three years ago that he ......."

I'm not done yet.

"That's right, he died three years ago."

I don't know why he's bringing it up today, I'm kind of talking to the fans about the deceased star.

'He's playing really well and if he keeps going, I think he can go and stay abroad and play in Europe.'

"Do you know how he died?" Cao Yang asked a little knowingly.

"Suicide, isn't it all reported in the news?"

"Actually, he didn't commit suicide, I suspect he did, but there is no evidence." Cao Yangtou leaned closer to me and whispered.

"Oh, no, how do you know." At the time, I thought he was reading some kind of online post and talking nonsense.

"Three years ago, I was in charge of his suicide case, and I was the first criminal police officer to arrive at the scene, and I still remember what the scene looked like."

"What was the scene like?"

I began to listen carefully to his account of the scene.

"It was close to midnight when we received the alarm that day, and it was his neighbor who called the police, because the milk and newspapers delivered by Jiang Lei's family from the morning, as well as the electricity bill list at the door, had not been cleaned. His neighbor tried to knock on the door to see if there was anyone inside, but no one answered. Because the neighbor obviously saw that Jiang Lei had gone home last night, he felt strange and called the police. When I entered the house, the lights were off. I turned on the light and saw Jiang Lei lying motionless on the sofa, and we walked in to see that he had passed away. According to the forensic examination, the cause of his death was that he had taken a large amount of sleeping pills and died, which I had long suspected when I was present. Because there was an empty bottle of sleeping pills on the coffee table in front of him. The reason for the suicide was also that we found a suicide note on the table, which was identified by handwriting experts and was Jiang Lei. Most of the contents of the suicide note are sorry for their family, their teammates, their fans, etc., because they lost to rival Zhuzhou City in a game a day ago, thus completely losing the initiative in the championship race. ”

I heard a mouthful of food here, and the food in my mouth was much colder than just now.

"Isn't that obviously suicide?" I asked, confused.

"The lights were off when I came in."

"What does that prove?" I'm a little confused.

"According to the autopsy records of the medical examiner, the time of his death should have been about two hours, and if you push it forward, it should have been about nine o'clock, when it was already dark. The pen next to the suicide note in front of the deceased was also not covered, and the handwriting expert identified that the suicide note was also written within four hours, and if you push it further, the time when the suicide note was completed was about seven o'clock, and it was already dark at that time. Can you believe that a person who is going to commit suicide will write a suicide note with the lights off, or die after writing a suicide note and turn off the lights? The most terrible thing is that I looked through Jiang Lei's email exchanges, and the emails that were pushed forward half a month by the game have almost been deleted. Cao Yang said categorically.

"If you think so, there are indeed a lot of suspicions, why didn't you investigate in this direction at the time?"

"Under pressure, the deceased was a football star after all, and under all the pressures of society, media, and fans, suicide is the best explanation, so I can't let go of this incident for a long time." After Cao Yang finished speaking, he took a mouthful of food in frustration and sent it to the import weakly.

"And why are you telling me this today?"

After I asked, Cao Yang took out the letter I gave him when I went to work in the morning from his jacket pocket.

"You may not believe this letter, this is an invitation to the memorial ceremony for the third anniversary of Jiang Lei's death, because I did a lot of work for his family when I was handling the case, so their family invited me, and this time is also the best time to find out the truth." After Cao Yang finished speaking, he handed me the letter.

I took a cursory look at it, "Then why did you just tell me, when it comes to reasoning, the captain is better than me." ”

"Because you are a fan of Sangju FC, I want to invite you to come with me this time."

"The location is four hundred kilometers away from the countryside, and I haven't heard of this called Laifeng Town."

"That's why I asked you to go, Laifeng Town is Jiang Lei's hometown, which is the jurisdiction of Hongxing City, we can only be a bystander this time, and we can't investigate as freely as here, I think we can take care of it when we go."

"What about the holidays, let's go for at least a week. After all, the invitation says that this memorial ceremony will take 5-7 days. ”

"I've already asked, you can deduct it from your annual leave, and I'll take care of your fare and meals." Cao Yang pleaded a little.

"Hey, I didn't mean that, I also want to find out the truth when you say this, you don't have to pay for the bus and meal, I'm just worried about what the holiday arrangements are for this trip, if you say so, I think I'll be happy to go with you."

After I finished saying this, Cao Yang's face showed a satisfied smile, "Let's eat, it's cold for a while, when to leave, it's not too late to wait for the leader to approve the holiday, after all, the memorial ceremony will be carried out in a week." ”

I hummed and picked up the food in front of me and put it in my mouth, the food was really cold this time, I thought to myself.