The things that Yang Wenbin thought in his head made him feel chilled, and in such a cold midnight, he couldn't restrain the trembling of his body.

At that moment, he felt a pair of calloused warm palms covering the backs of his hands.

"As the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Criminal Investigation Department of City C, I want to tell you, yes, all this we are doing, all this you are doing, is meaningful." Yan Junli held Yang Wenbin's hand, looked at his eyes as if he was looking at the most important thing in the world, and said seriously and word by word, "Maybe you may be right about one thing, that is, all this is not just a puzzle game, it involves people's lives and the sins of human nature. But this in no way means that you are doing useless work, all this is not in vain, we have come so far, maybe the truth is only a wall away from us, but you can't see it yet. ”

Yang Wenbin's hands no longer trembled, he lowered his eyes, and his Adam's apple slid up and down, "But for what." ”

"For justice." Yan Junli smiled, "I know this sounds too old-fashioned and childish, but it's a real sentence. You seek the truth, not just for the dead and murdered, but for the living, worried. So we can and must bring the murderers to justice, not for the sake of the dead, but for the sake of the living and ourselves. ”

Yang Wenbin opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything, but his eyes were a little moist, he quickly turned his face to the other side, just in time to see a glimmer of light outside the window of the hospital.

"The sun is rising." Yan Junli said softly, "It's going to be soon." ”

After a long night of waiting, the lights in the emergency room finally changed color, Yang Wenbin and Yan Junli stood up from the bench at the same time, and when the door opened, a doctor wearing a mask came out, the doctor looked at the two strangely, and asked, "Are you a family member of the patient?" ”

"No, it's the police." Yan Junli took out his police ID card and said succinctly, "How is He Yanqi?" ”

The doctor glanced at the document fearfully and said, "Well, the patient is no longer in danger of life, and the few knife wounds on her body are not deep, but the face disfigured by sulfuric acid has ......."

Yan Junli breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "Can we go in and see her?" ”

This time the doctor shook his head, "The patient has not woken up yet, and his state is not stable. If she wakes up and she's stable, I'll contact you right away. ”

This was also Yan Junli's expected answer, he didn't say anything, just nodded, "Okay, let her rest well, we will wait for her condition to stabilize before coming." ”

The doctor nodded and quickly left. Yang Wenbin looked at Yan Junli, and always felt that he was a little distracted by the latter's depression.

"He Yanqi forensic ......" Yan Junli stroked his tired face with the palm of his hand, "She is the best employee under me, I can say that there is no one." When I was a junior police officer, she was working as a forensic doctor. She is a person who never fights for fame and fortune, no matter how disgusting it is, or a corpse that is difficult to distinguish and judge, she can always write an autopsy report accurately and carefully. I think it must have been her meticulous investigation twenty years ago that led to the murder she is now inducing. ”

"At least Forensic Doctor He survived," Yang Wenbin comforted, "as long as she survives, we will have a chance to find out the real culprit for her." ”

Yan Junli nodded, "Let's go, let Forensic Doctor He have a good rest, I want to go back to the police station, you haven't slept all night, go home and rest." ”

"Didn't you sleep all night? Don't worry, I'm not old enough to stay up for a night. Yang Wenbin stretched out his hand and straightened his coat, "I'll go with you." ”

"Do you think there's something strange about this incident?" On the way to the police station, Yang Wenbin suddenly spoke.

"Huh?"

"It all happened too fast before, but now that I calm down and think about it, I think something is wrong." Yang Wenbin frowned and thought, "Think about Liu Yang, what a brutal person he is, we have all seen him. But just now the doctor said—"

"The few stab wounds on her body weren't that deep." Yan Junli reacted quickly, and immediately followed Yang Wenbin's train of thought, "For Liu Yang, this is really a strange thing. ”

"And whether it's Xie Fengming or Keiko, they make sure they are killed first, and then they pour sulfuric acid." Yang Wenbin said, "And why did Liu Yang pour sulfuric acid first this time, and then kill her?" It doesn't make sense. ”

"What doesn't make sense is that Liu Yang looks like he's looking for death by himself." Yan Junli sighed, "When he saw me holding a gun in his hand, he had to pounce, as if he knew that he had completed the task and had to die." ”

"So you think this is the last attack?" Yang Wenbin asked.

"It must be, otherwise Liu Yang would not have chosen to die." Yan Junli said, "At least when Forensic Doctor He is involved, we have a new clue. ”

Yang Wenbin nodded, "There must be something wrong with the corpse twenty years ago." ”

"But it's hard for us to know until Forensic Doctor He wakes up," Yan Junli said, "Twenty years ago, it's impossible to find any files." ”

"This case, from beginning to end, gave me a sense of disobedience." Yang Wenbin said in a low voice, "It seems that it is wrong from the very beginning, we are like a blind man touching an elephant, we can only touch a part, but we can't always see the overall situation clearly, and we are played around by the people behind the scenes." ”

Back in the police station, Li Hong yawned with a cup of coffee, since this case happened, he has either followed the Yan team around, or buried himself in the desk to do paperwork, yesterday Forensic Doctor He's attack and Liu Yang's death were a whole night. By now, Li Hong's mind was not very clear, so when he saw Xia Baiyan sitting on his desk, he was almost scared out of a heart attack.

"Xia Baiyan?!" Li Hong hurriedly took the coffee cup, because he almost smashed it to the ground, "How are you- you've been released, right?" No, how did you get in? ”

And Xia Baiyan didn't pay attention to Li Hong's meaning at all, he just sat on Li Hong's chair and stared at a tumbler on Li Hong's table.

"I thought I was naïve enough." Xia Baiyan commented, "But I didn't expect that someone would put a tumbler on the desk." ”

Li Hong snatched the tumbler, "This is a little girl gave it to me, don't move!" ”

Xia Baiyan stretched out his hands to show his innocence, "I just looked, and I didn't move." ”

Li Hong said angrily, "Okay, what are you trying to do when you sneak in!" I'm going to have someone kick you out. ”