Chapter 141: Strange (1)
Yan Xinyi was already strong enough to drink, so how could she afford to drink a whole glass of red wine passively in such a way. He put down his empty glass and kissed her warmly and delicately. She felt a fever from her cheeks to her neck, and she responded enthusiastically to him under the rush of blood and the beating of her heart. The fire in his body also burned, and he began to kiss her intensely, hotly, violently. The clothes gradually faded from her body, and suddenly, she was picked up by a volley of strong arms, who carried her into the bathroom and placed her in the bathtub filled with warm water.
He himself undressed and stepped into the bathtub.
Both of them took a mandarin duck bath in the bathtub for the first time, the single bathtub space was small, and it was very slippery, and the two of them were crammed upside down in it, unable to stabilize their bodies. Later, Zhong Kenan took a towel and put it on the edge of the bathtub, letting Yan Xinyi lean on it to block his body from sliding down, and he lay directly on her body, trying not to slip. He gasped slightly and smiled: "It seems that you need to change to a double non-slip bathtub to add to the beautiful experience." β
She instinctively hugged him, his lips pressed down, rubbing against hers. Under the light, her face had his shadow on her face, and his face also had hers. Her head was drowsy, her limbs were slack, her body was soft and limp, and she felt him slip in, and their bodies were tightly sucked together. The sound of flowing water is like the waves rushing and surging. Later, the two moved from the bathtub to the shower room and then to the bed in the bedroom. When emotional, he called her "baby" in confusion, she was light and soft, but the joyful emotions were surging in her body, she felt like a water lily in the morning, blooming for him, gladly welcoming the beautiful world and dawn.
The ringtone of the mobile phone in the early morning woke Yan Xinyi from her sweet dream, and there was another case that needed to be out of the scene. Zhong Kenan was still asleep and was not woken up. After more than 20 years of depression, the ice and snow finally melted, and last night was intoxicating, and he slept extra sweetly. Yan Xinyi lightly changed her clothes and walked out of the bedroom. The rain and snow outside had stopped, the floor-to-ceiling windows were still foggy, and the nearby high-rise buildings were submerged in the fog.
The scene of the crime was in the snow of a mountain forest in the Donglin District, where a woman was found dead. It was very windy outside, and the cold air came from the bones, and the hot breath exhaled from the nose condensed into two white smokes. The female deceased, wearing only a thin red evening dress, curled up on the ground, covered with snow, and a hooded mink coat was dropped on the ground beside her, as well as a satchel and an unfinished bottle of Moutai. After seeing the appearance of the female deceased, Yan Xinyi was stupid, and she couldn't move like a nail being nailed there. It wasn't until Song Jingyan urged her to hurry up for an autopsy that she whispered the words: "Lanting...... How can this be......"
"You know her?" Song Jingyan asked in surprise.
Yan Xinyi nodded heavily and told him Sheng Lanting's identity. Although Yan Xinyi doesn't like Sheng Lanting, and there is no sisterhood between her and her, she is still very sad to see her tragic death, especially when she is deeply favored by Sheng Changtian, Sheng Changtian lost his beloved daughter, and the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, what kind of heart-rending pain it should be!
After preliminary testing, the possibility of Sheng Lanting freezing to death is very high. He Bonian also found no suspicious traces of "other killing" at the scene.
"It is not uncommon to freeze to death after drinking in winter. People maintain their body temperature in cold environments by reducing heat dissipation through vasoconstriction of the skin. If that's not enough, increase thermogenesis through brown fat and rapid muscle contractions, known as shivering. Alcohol has the effect of dilating blood vessels, and this effect is especially pronounced on the blood vessels of the skin, which is why many people blush after drinking. This dilatation of blood vessels in the skin can temporarily make a person feel warmer, which is why it is often thought that drinking alcohol can warm up the body. But in fact, this vasodilation not only does not warm the body, but disrupts the body's normal thermoregulatory mechanism, making it easier for body heat to be dissipated into the environment. β
Yan Xinyi analyzed, "More importantly, drinking alcohol can reduce people's cognitive ability. A recent study even found that drinking just 10 grams of pure alcohol affects cognitive performance. If more severe cognitive impairment occurs, poor perception of cold and alertness to danger are lost. On the other hand, even if the threat of cold is recognized, drunk people have difficulty in self-help due to behavioral impairment, and even lose the ability to call for help. Once in danger, they can often only passively accept harm or even death, and there is nothing they can do. In addition, contact with water is also a risk factor, once a person gets wet, such as clothes soaked with water, the loss of human body heat will be accelerated by 5 times. Last night's sleet, Sheng Lanting didn't bring an umbrella, and must have been wet from the rain. It is likely that she suffered from phantom fever due to paralysis of the thermoregulatory center, took off her coat, and froze to death. β
Song Jingyan found the taxi driver who carried Sheng Lanting last night, and according to the driver, Sheng Lanting got into his taxi from the door of the Star Hotel at about 10:30 last night. The Star Hotel is the hotel where Ye Mingchao and Sheng Lanting held their engagement banquet, and the pick-up location and time coincide. Sheng Lanting also took a wine bottle to drink after getting in the car, she was very happy, and happily told the driver that she was going to have a good time tonight. The destination she is going to is a very intimate love hotel, especially for lovers on a date, especially cheating.
Just behind the mountain forest, there was originally a mountain road, and the car could drive directly to the outside of the hotel, but last night because the snowy mountain road was closed, the car could not drive up, and if you want to go to the hotel, you can only walk through the mountain forest.
The driver saw that Sheng Lanting did not bring an umbrella, and reminded her that it was such a cold day, rain and snow, and the mountains and forests were dark and uninhabited at this time, so it was best not to go, but Sheng Lanting said indifferently, she was very bold, her coat had a hat, and she was not afraid of the rain, and she drank a lot of wine, and now it is very hot, just cool and cool. After she got out of the car, her steps were swaying, and the driver was a little worried about her, but she was going to the kind of hotel that involved personal privacy, and he was not nosy.
The autopsy did not reveal any anomalies, and the police eventually confirmed that Sheng Lanting was drunk and froze to death, which was an accident. But why Sheng Lanting suddenly left the engagement banquet and went to such a hotel, and who she was dating became a mystery. According to the results of the investigation, it was Sheng Lanting who called the hotel to book a room that night, and the time of the call was just before she got into the car. And that room was empty all night and no one moved in, that is to say, Sheng Lanting's date did not appear. But in such bad weather, the mountain road was closed again, and it was understandable if the appointment was not made.
Sheng Changtian fell ill, the Sheng family had accidents one after another, and his beloved daughter unfortunately died, he couldn't stand such a heavy blow. At Sheng Lanting's funeral, Sheng Changtian, who dragged his sick body to participate, looked haggard and old. Yan Xinyi found out for the first time that Sheng Changtian was already an old man, he was full of white hair, his forehead was full of wrinkles, his back was slightly rickety, and Qiu Naping had been supporting him. But the noble temperament in him still exists, even under the appearance of aging, there is still a shining instinct. He couldn't stand for long, so Qiu Naping found a chair and helped him sit down. Seeing him sitting there lonely, helpless and desperate, Yan Xinyi was extremely sad, he was so old! It looks like it's a thousand years old.
There were many people at the funeral, obviously all of whom came for Sheng Changtian's status. After Ye Mingchao helped at the scene, his face was always very flat, and he couldn't see what kind of mood he was in. Ye Shizhong and Hu Man also came, and Hu Man's face was filled with false sadness, as well as the regret of losing the opportunity to marry. Ye Shizhong was the same as Ye Mingchao, there was no trace of ups and downs on his face.
The only people who are really sad about Sheng Lanting's death, except for Sheng Changtian, are probably only Sheng Baiheng and Sheng Xingchen, even if they are not particularly close to each other, after all, there is brotherhood.
On the second day of the funeral, Yan Xinyi took the initiative to ask Ye Mingchao to meet, which was during work hours, and the location was chosen in a coffee house next to the headquarters building of Fengzheng Group. Ye Mingchao took off his coat, and inside was a straight striped suit and a goose-yellow tie, handsome and dazzling, and those waitresses all looked at him with amazement and admiration.
"I've been waiting for your invitation for a long time." Ye Mingchao stared at her with a smile on his face.
"I'm not here to talk to you about your mother today." Yan Xinyi got straight to the point, "I want to talk to you about Sheng Lanting." β
Ye Mingchao still kept smiling, "What are you talking about?" β
Yan Xinyi met his gaze, "Lan Ting is dead, you don't seem to be sad at all." She's your fiancΓ©e. β
"If I pretend to be sad, you'll think I'm being hypocritical." Ye Mingchao didn't mean to hide it at all, "I have no feelings for Sheng Lanting at all, of course I can't talk about sadness." β
"Why are you engaged to her if you have no feelings?" Yan Xinyi asked bluntly.
Ye Mingchao took a sip of hot coffee and looked at her thoughtfully, "Didn't you tell me that God has given the wealthy infinite scenery, but at the same time, it has also imprinted many restricted seals. I wanted to fight, but since I couldn't get the person I loved, it didn't matter who I married. After many trade-offs, I resigned myself to my fate. The infinite scenery is at the dangerous peak, I need to use external forces to reach the top, and the Sheng family is what I need to rely on, so I willingly accepted the seal. β
Yan Xinyi looked up at Ye Mingchao, his face was very calm, and his pair of dark eyes had a soft glow.
"Does Lanting's death have anything to do with you?" She asked coldly.
Ye Mingchao's mind was obviously changing, and after only a moment, the pair of soft eyes became depressed, "Are you doubting me?" Your police have concluded that she died in an accident, what reason do you have to suspect me? β