It sounds like Lin Xiaoting's death is just because of the pressure of studying. But Luo Chuan still thinks that things are not so simple, how can this girl's death be related to the moonlight killer? And suicide happened at Lin Xiaoting's age, which seems to be a bit too early. If she hadn't gone through anything particularly important and bumpy, she wouldn't have come this far. Even today's children, no matter how precocious, should not be so disgusted with the world. Unless, she has very severe depression and is suicidal due to mental illness.

I was about to ask some more details about Lin Xiaoting's life, but Luo Chuan's phone rang. Luo Chuan said sorry to Lin Xiaoting's parents, then got up and walked to the entrance to answer the phone.

The phone was called by Guan Shan, and as soon as it was connected, Guan Shan on the other end of the phone asked with great concern: "Luo Chuan, I came to the police force to look for you, and they said that you went out again." I happened to run into Tian Zhen, she had already told me about your case, where are you? ”

"I'll tell you when I get back later, you just wait for me in the office, and I'll be there later."

In front of Lin Xiaoting's parents, Luo Chuan couldn't tell Guan Shan that Lin Xiaoting was a clue to the case. So he had to let Guan Shan wait for him and hung up the phone in a hurry.

And at this time, Lin Xiaoting's parents seemed to be even more heartbroken because they recalled all the things they had neglected their daughter before, and if they asked more, they might be a little unkind. So Luo Chuan decided to take Ke Xue back first, and then come to the Lin family to inquire about the situation after there was any important breakthrough.

After saying goodbye to Lin Xiaoting's parents, Luo Chuan was anxious to rush back to the police force. Ke Xue, who had never spoken, finally couldn't help it at this time, he seemed to have opened the conversation box, sitting in the co-pilot and talking endlessly.

"Team Luo, I think these parents are really good! I don't let my children rest after school, and I still enroll them in cram schools! Just let the child live in the school! In that sense, I'm really grateful to my parents. I've been playful since I was a kid, and I don't like school the most. But my dad never pushed me, I remember he said something to me when I was in junior high school, he said that if you don't go to school now, it's okay, and after the age of 16, you can go out to work and support yourself...... He said that he relied on his own labor to earn his money, so if I wanted to spend money, I had to rely on my own labor income. No matter what kind of job I choose, as long as it is something I like and I am willing to fight for, he will support me. So, since then, my mother has kept accounts for me every day, my food, clothing, housing, and transportation, my pocket money, and pen and pen are all clearly remembered, so that I know how much money I spent on them, and I will have to pay it back in the future. Hehe, the number is getting bigger and bigger, and I'm starting to feel stressed. So I chose the career I liked, and studied hard to get admitted to the police academy. Although I haven't repaid the money, I'm not the rich second generation as they say, I work my own! ”

"Your parents have a very special way of raising them...... Aren't you afraid that you will steal chickens and dogs, and embark on the road of crime for profit? Luo Chuan asked with a smile.

"That won't be! I always feel that the path of a person when he grows up has a lot to do with his experience when he was a child. My family environment is solid, my parents are upright, and only one brother is a little weird, but since I was a child, he told me all the bad consequences of going down the wrong path. This is edification and infection, don't people say it, Lao Tzu is a hero! Ke Xue said proudly.

Luo Chuan smiled and said: "That's not necessarily, it's just that your own will is firm and you have taken the right path under the planning of your family." You think that they haven't forced you anything since you were a child, but in fact, it is precisely this seemingly free potential planning that has made you where you are today. ”

Ke Xue nodded as if she didn't understand, and then said, "Hey, in fact, you can't completely blame her parents." When I was in school, where was there anyone who forced students to tutor? But now some schools are amazing, and during exams, teachers will openly ask for red envelopes. If there is a red envelope, it will draw you the key points! And this cram school, the whole class has reported, but you don't report? Not only will the teacher look down on you, but your classmates will also look down on you, and when it comes to the exam, the teacher will deliberately make it difficult for your grades to slip. If your parents ask the reason, the teacher will generously spread their hands and say that you didn't sign up for cram school! ”

"How do you know these things?" Luo Chuan was a little curious.

"Before I followed you out of the scene, I was bored in the evidence department. I often see the second captain dealing with various dispute cases, as well as economic cases. Therefore, I have seen some of these cases, and I can only say that some people in some places will really spoil a number of flowers of the motherland. Ke Xue shook her head and sighed.

Luo Chuan looked at him like that, and said earnestly: "You know, there are some admirable people in every industry, but at the same time, there will be some scum. Whether it's teachers, doctors, policemen, we're all the same. Do you think there are no scum like you say in the police? The three of them in the fog capital are a recent example! So, we can't deny everyone because of one person, or a certain group of people. ”

"But it's because of that one person or a certain group of people who have created so many terrible things! Team Luo, think about it, is that Zhang Sheng one of them? If he wasn't, how could he be bloodlet and tortured to death? Ke Xue seemed to be very angry on this issue, probably from his heart, he had already decided that Li Changquan and Zhang Sheng were damned people. But in any case, before there is definite evidence, Luo Chuan doesn't want to jump to conclusions.

Back in the police force, Luo Chuan hurried to his office. I saw Guan Shan sitting in his place, looking through the files on the table about Li Changquan and Zhang Sheng. Seeing that Luo Chuan was back, Guan Shan smiled and said, "Before you come back, I'll familiarize myself with the case first, so that you won't have to tell me again after you come back." How's it going, has there been any progress? ”

Luo Chuan told Lin Xiaoting about it, then took a sip of water and asked Guan Shan: "You have been really busy lately, I think you are a little lacking in skills." What is the important matter over there in Qingshan Hospital, I am still a little worried about your mysterious mystery recently. ”

Guan Shan smiled: "What are you worried about, can anything else happen to me in a mental hospital?" Rest assured! Let's talk about this case, didn't you find any clues about the telescope in the end? Every time Guan Shan faced Luo Chuan's question, he seemed to deliberately avoid talking about it. Luo Chuan could hear it, so he didn't ask any more questions, but only said the suspicions of Lin Xiaoting's suicide and the questions he didn't understand.

After hearing this, Guan Shan thought for a while and said, "This girl's parents obviously don't know her very well, and you shouldn't be able to ask anything when you go to the house." In fact, no matter how old or young you are, as long as you want to commit suicide, you must have too much depression in your heart to tell and can't tell. This is the role of a psychiatrist, if you can get them to talk about it, if you can listen carefully and carefully to the pain in their hearts, then the number of suicides will be much reduced. So, my advice is not to ask her parents anymore, but to go to the places she frequents, and maybe you can see her psychological condition from those places. ”

Guan Shan is an expert who is responsible for treating people with "heart", so Luo Chuan attaches great importance to Guan Shan's opinion. Hearing him say this now, Luo Chuan also feels very reasonable. So he arranged for Ke Xue to go to the school to investigate and see where Lin Xiaoting went last before her death, and where she would go in her spare time.

According to the results of the investigation, Lin Xiaoting's favorite place to go outside of class is the art museum, and she also spent the last afternoon in the museum before committing suicide. There are many, many famous paintings there, and she always goes there and looks at them for a long time.

Luo Chuan and Guan Shan followed the information given by Ke Xue to the art museum where Lin Xiaoting often visited, it was very quiet and there were no people. And Luo Chuan felt that the paintings in this place should not be for elementary school students, and there were no children who were too young to visit here.

Luo Chuan looked left and right, and asked Guan Shan softly: "Can we really find something here?" I don't know anything about these paintings, not even Qi Baishi, let alone these Western arts. Also, I can't even understand these paintings, but elementary school children can understand them? ”

Guan Shan replied in a low voice with a smile on his eyebrows: "Isn't it me?" ”

It's right to think about it, Guan Shan is a person with elegant taste, very erudite, and a wide range of hobbies. He has lived abroad for a long time, so he should have some knowledge of these Western arts. But what does this have to do with Lin Xiaoting?

As he walked, Luo Chuan noticed a little boy about ten years old not far in front of him, he tilted his head and looked at a painting stupidly, like a small sculpture, motionless.

Glancing at Guan Shan, Luo Chuan slowed down, slowly walked behind the boy, and looked at the painting he had been staring at.

It was a strange and terrifying-looking painting, with a blood-red style and distorted lines, and the whole sky seemed to be rolling with blood and fire. The skull-like face was opening its mouth wide, and it was impossible to tell if it was screaming or fear. The whole painting is filled with despair, loneliness, and pain, and it feels as if the skull is screaming hoarsely, venting its painful despair.

Luo Chuan leaned close to Guan Shan's ear and asked in a low voice, "This kind of scary painting is also a famous work, isn't it?" What does this mean? ”

Guan Shan replied softly: "This is Edvard Munch's cry, in fact, this painting book has no name, and the painter has painted several pictures with this picture. It's because the more people look at it, the more they feel that the person in the painting is shouting with his mouth wide open, so they simply shout. ”

"This kid is only ten years old, can he be so artistic? Just like this quirky painting? Luo Chuan didn't believe it, so before Guan Shan could reply, he approached the boy, bent down and said hello as kindly as he could.

"Hello, do you like this painting so much?"

The boy looked back at Luo Chuan with some horror, and subconsciously took two steps back, his eyes full of fear and vigilance.

Luo Chuan stretched out his hand and tugged on his siren and epaulettes, blinked his eyes and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm a policeman." Tell me, what's your name? Is it a student at this elementary school? ”

The boy looked around, and then replied timidly: "My name is Yang Tianxin, and I am in the third class of the fifth year of the school. ”

Luo Chuan's heart trembled when he heard this, isn't that Lin Xiaoting's class? So Luo Chuan hurriedly asked again: "Why do you keep standing in front of this painting?" Can I help you? ”

The boy looked around again vigilantly, then lowered his head and replied, "I have a good friend who used to come here to see this painting, and she said that this painting is just like her, and that she wants to be like the people in this painting. ”

Luo Chuan looked up at the uncomfortable-looking painting and the skull in the painting, and asked puzzledly, "Where is your good friend?" What's her name? How could you like such a horrible painting? ”

The boy lowered his head and said very dejectedly, "She's dead." ”

Luo Chuan was taken aback.

The boy continued, "Her name is Lin Xiaoting. ”

"Lin... Lin Xiaoting is your good friend? You said she used to come to see this painting a lot? Luo Chuan was a little excited, he almost forgot that the person in front of him was just a little boy about ten years old. He had a stomach full of questions to ask, he had too many things he didn't understand, and he longed to find the answers from the child in front of him.

But before he could finish asking, a man's voice came from not far away: "Who are you?" The museum is closing. ”

Luo Chuan straightened up and turned to look at the man who walked over.

It was a balding middle-aged man with a greasy fat face with a not-so-pleasant smile.

When the middle-aged man came over and saw the little boy, he asked kindly, "Tianxin, why did you come to see the painting by yourself again?" If I hadn't checked the gallery, you'd be locked up here. ”

The little boy took two steps back in fear, his hands crossed behind his back, exactly like a child who had done something wrong.

Luo Chuan stepped forward at this time and said, "You don't have to blame him, it may be that I delayed the time to leave by talking to him." I am Luo Chuan of the Municipal Criminal Police Team, and this is my friend Guan Shan. We were supposed to look at these paintings, and as we walked, we met the new. Excuse me, who are you? ”

The middle-aged man replied with a smile on his face: "I am the head of the grade of this elementary school, and I am in charge of these children. The museum is about to close, so I'm going to see if there's any little playboy who hasn't left yet, you see, I found one. ”

The man smiled very kindly, but Luo Chuan didn't like this person. looked at the watch on the wall, and sure enough, it was not early, so Luo Chuan said, "The parents of these children should come to pick them up from school, right?" Let's go out together. ”

The man petted Tianxin's head dotingly, and then said to Luo Chuan: "They still have cram schools to class, so I'll take him to the cafeteria to eat with everyone, please take care of yourself." With that, the man took Yang Tianxin and left in the direction of the gate.

Luo Chuan asked at this time: "Head of grade, what's your name?" ”

The man smiled and turned his head back, "My name is He Zhong." ”

Looking at the back of He Zhong leaving with Yang Tianxin, Luo Chuan always felt very uneasy, so he beckoned Guan Shan and quietly followed He Zhong to see where they were going.