Yang Qing could not have set herself on fire, she had a relative who lived near the school and sometimes went to live at her relatives' house, and that night she had to go to her relative's house to help remove the dirt from the cloth sofa. In short, the cause of the fire was a mystery for a long time. ”

Xiao Se told me that he later asked Xiao Pengcheng to find a relationship, followed the criminal investigation technicians to the warehouse to inspect again, and finally knew the real cause of the fire. It happened that the water pipe in the corner of the warehouse burst that day, causing the quicklime stored in the warehouse to soak in water. After the quicklime reacts with water, it is exothermic and forms slaked lime, and the exothermic temperature is as high as 300 to 400 degrees Celsius, on the other hand, when the temperature of the volatile oil is higher than 280 degrees Celsius, it will spontaneously combust, that is, quicklime and water and volatile oil, when these three are put together, it is very likely to cause a fire.

That night, the storekeeper was negligent in his duties, and he went drinking with friends without even closing the warehouse door, and he didn't know that the water pipe had burst. After Yang Qing accidentally broke into the warehouse, he was probably too nervous and knocked over the bottle of volatile oil he was carrying, and the volatile oil was dumped on the slaked lime after the water reaction, so it caused a major fire and unfortunately died.

"Jiang Ming and Li Hao were both burned to death in the warehouse, and quicklime and volatile oil bottles were found at the scene of death." I basically confirmed my guess, "The murderer thinks that the three of you killed Yang Qing, so he takes revenge on you?" ”

He dropped the cigarette butt and reached out to hug me. "After reading the newspaper, I already had a premonition that Jiang Ming and Li Hao were killed one after another, and it would be my turn next. So I left the hospital in a hurry and later went to the Blue Mountains to avoid it first, maybe the suspect would be caught soon. But after driving you back to the dance troupe from the Blue Mountains that day, on the way back, I found that someone was being followed, and it took me a lot of effort to get rid of the tracked vehicle. ”

I felt a tenderness that bordered on pain enveloping me tightly. Knowing that there was danger, he risked his way back to spend Christmas Eve with me. If I hadn't brought it up, he wouldn't have ......

"The person who attacked me last night is not the same person as the suspect." Xiao Se's judgment was consistent with Mu Mian, "I heard Mu Mian say that the suspect is in his fifties and short and fat. But when I woke up, I saw the person, although he was wearing a hood, his figure was very clear, he was very tall, his posture was very straight, and I visually examined it, it should be a nine-headed body. Also, he walks with a distinct figure-of-eight foot. ”

I was horrified. Nine-headed body, figure-eight feet, that is a very obvious feature of ballet dancers. Ballet has strict requirements for the body, nine-headed body, which means that the body is nine heads, and the length requires a small head, a tall person, a slap face, and a neck that is slightly longer than a long person, which is a kind of ballet arrogant spirit. The body proportion generally reaches 12, and the excellent dancers are all over 15, that is, the legs are 15 longer than the upper body. The total length of the arms is longer than the height. "That's why you suspect that it's an actor in our dance troupe?"

"I think it's very likely, although your alcohol consumption is not good, but a cocktail, you won't get drunk like that......" Xiao Se said later, interrupted by his ringtone.

It was Mu Mian's call, asking Xiao Se if she was with me, mine could be returned to me, she wanted to send it over.

Xiao Se and Mu Mian made an appointment to meet at a café in the city center. "Don't tell Mu Mian, the person I see looks like a ballerina." He advised.

"But if he wants to hurt you again......" I was worried.

Xiao Se sighed and said, "No, since he made that call to Mu Mian, it means that he doesn't want me to die."

"You want to shield that person?" I asked.

"It's not a cover-up, I want to face and solve it myself." Xiao Se's tone was firm and sincere, "I can't blame others for the sins I have done." The Buddha said that the retribution of good and evil follows you like a shadow. Three generations of cause and effect, the cycle is not lost. ”

I was stunned. "How can you talk about such profound Buddhist teachings?"

He smiled bitterly. "My aunt is a devout Buddhist, and I was originally very disdainful, but later I found that Buddhist wisdom can be used in real life to enlighten and benefit people."

"I ...... Would like to ask a question. Although it was a little out of place, I still expressed the question that had been piling up in my heart for a long time, "Why do you always hear you talk about your aunt, what about your ......?"

"Regarding those things, if I have the opportunity in the future, I will tell you slowly." Xiao Se had already guessed what I wanted to ask, and his face was melancholy and sad, desolate and lonely.

Later? My heart is miserable, trance-like and confused, we, will there be a future?

As I was leaving, I glanced back at the low grave, the tombstone was cold and cold.

"Yang Qing, your tomb grass is green, and your bones are cold. Xiao Se has been repentant for six whole years, if you have a soul, please forgive him, okay? I whispered in my heart.

There was no answer, it was empty and empty, except for the whisper of the wind through the gaps in the trees.

I sighed, sighed again, turned around, and followed Xiao Se away.

About 40 minutes later, I sat in a comfortable chair in the café with Xiao Se and Mu Mian.

Tong Xin's check, there is no problem, the text message was not sent by her, it should be stolen from her number to send a text message. There are only her and Yu Meng's fingerprints, which match the facts she said. In addition, this morning, the suspect surrendered to the district bureau, and it was the person who was locked up by the police before, named Yang Quan. Mu Mian kept stirring the coffee with a small spoon, frowning slightly, "It seems to be too smooth, obviously listening to the voice is not alone." ”

Xiao Se lit a cigarette with trembling hands. "Yang Quan, do you have a daughter named Yang Qing?"

"How do you know?" Mu Mian was surprised.

Xiao Se told Mu Mian what happened six years ago.

"I see." Mu Mian suddenly realized, "Yang Quan's purpose is to avenge his daughter who died six years ago. ”

"There shouldn't be another person, and just listening to the voice doesn't guarantee that there will be no mistakes." Xiao Se turned his head to look out the window and spewed a thick puff of smoke into the window, "When I woke up, the man poured a bucket of water on quicklime in front of me, and later opened a bottle of volatile oil and poured it in. I asked him if he wanted to avenge Yang Qing, and he nodded and didn't speak. ”

"Think about it carefully, what is the body and body of the person you saw?" Mu Mian still cared about the voice she heard on the phone.

I looked at Xiao Se, my heart beat involuntarily faster, would he be honest with Mu Mian?

"Yang is all short and fat?" Xiao Se thought for a while and asked rhetorically.

Mu Mian said yes.

"That should be it." Xiao Se said briefly.

Mu Mian leaned back in his chair, looking out the glass window at the gloomy sky. After a while, he said, "Well, maybe I'm too confident in my ears." I also have to rush back to the police station outside the island, go first, and keep in touch at any time. ”

After Mu Mian left, there was silence for a long time.

"Do you remember when I was about to leave your dorm that morning, I saw a man go out of Yu Meng's dorm next door?" Xiao Se was the first to break the silence.

"What do you want to say?" I asked sensitively.

He stared at me gravely. "The back I saw and the way I walked at the time were very similar to what I saw in the warehouse."

I seemed to have suddenly fallen under the spell, my eyes widened, and I looked at her in a daze, unable to speak. Then, I dropped the spoon on the plate and pushed the cup far away. "Do you suspect Yu Meng?" I shouted, instinctively defending her, "Impossible, Yu Meng is so kind and gentle, how could she get involved with a person who set a fire!" ”

Xiao Se also glared at me. "But the truth is that the person who woke you up last night was Yu Meng, and she was the only one in the room who was awake, you can't deny that. Although she did not appear at the scene, the possibility of collusion with others was not ruled out. ”

For a long time, the two of us looked at each other like this.

In the end, Xiao Se regained his consciousness first, he took a slow puff of cigarette, and said dejectedly: "Of course, that is just a feeling, and I am not completely sure. I felt like I had walked into a labyrinth, and the exit was already very close, but I couldn't sort out the route. ”

I put my hand on my forehead, dazed.

He let out a long sigh. "Don't talk about that. Are you free this afternoon and evening, I want to make up for what I didn't get done last night. ”

"Yes." I also desperately want to bring back the beautiful romance that should have belonged to Christmas Eve, and forget about those pains and worries for a while.

"Okay, I'll send you back to the dance troupe first, and I'll pick you up at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, I'll arrange a lot of content, and I won't let you down." His words made my heart beat, made me throb, and made a sour tenderness float in my heart.

When I got back to the company, I was in the practice room, and next Monday the company will have its annual audits in our in-house theater, which will be open to the media and the public. At that time, the display of prescribed repertoire, optional repertoire, and modern dance works will be presented one by one, so that the media and the audience can experience the elegant atmosphere of ballet art, the skillful skills of dancers and the fiery passion of "zero distance".

The annual dancer assessment is an important measure for the construction of Haicheng Ballet's talent team, and it is also related to the renewal of the contract between the actors and the company. It's certainly not a problem for me, but it's not to be taken lightly, especially with the media and the public, and I have to perform at my best.

I practiced so hard that I lost track of time. Until the thunder woke me up from the world of dance.

I looked out the window, and the dark clouds were piling up, and there was lightning in the distance, and thunder was ringing in the sky, as if it was going to rain.

"Can I go?" Xiao Se's voice came, and when I turned around, I saw him standing there with a smile, wearing a khaki coat, very handsome, "I didn't answer your call, I guessed that you were in the practice room, and when I came to see that you were working hard, I didn't dare to disturb." ”

"I'm sorry." I was very reluctant not to go, but I made an appointment for a time, but I asked him to wait outside for a long time.