[Prologue 2]

"Ah, I found it."

The little girl in the floral dress had a happy smile on her face, and her childish little hands grabbed the corner of the curtain.

The blue floral curtain was lifted first, revealing a pair of pink home slippers and a slender white calf, and the little girl smiled even more happily: "Mommy, Mommy—I see you, come out quickly-"

The curtain was lifted, and hidden inside was a woman with a gentle smile, "Our Xiaozi is getting smarter and smarter, come, kiss one." ”

She picked up the little girl, spun it around in mid-air, and then gently kissed the little girl's cheek, which was flushed with excitement.

"Mom, it's your turn to come to me this time."

"Okay, the old rule - count for a minute."

"Then you are not allowed to peek."

The woman smiled and agreed.

When she got a glass of water for herself, the woman began to count silently in her heart, and it was at this time that the doorbell rang.

Who could it be? Recently, I don't have any friends who say they want to visit.

"Who is it?"

With such a question, the woman walked to the door and opened the cat's eye: there was a scantily clad girl standing outside the door of the villa, she permed her red wavy hair, a pair of black super sunglasses on the bridge of her slender nose, a pink crop top made the girl's upper circumference and snow-white waist more eye-catching, and denim hot pants, black thin stockings and bright red high heels made the girl's long legs even more suffocating.

Looking at the girl in the cat's eyes, she couldn't find a name in her mind that could match the other party for a while.

But the other party quickly took off his sunglasses, "It's me, old classmate." The other party smiled brightly.

It turned out to be Li Xue's college classmate, Yang Lan, but since graduating from college, Li Xue has not contacted her again.

The gate unlocks automatically with a "drop" sound.

The guest carried a gust of fragrant wind and hugged the woman all at once.

"It's been a long time, Ah Xue!" The other said this, and then walked straight into the living room.

"Wow, this is the first time I've seen such a luxury villa." Yang Lan exclaimed in an exaggerated tone, stepping on the cashmere carpet in the center of the living room, she turned around as if dancing, "Ah Xue, I want to look around, is it okay?" ”

"Well...... Of course. Li Xue said, but she immediately remembered that she and her daughter were still playing peek-a-boo, "However, I haven't cleaned up the upstairs living room yet, so I ......."

"Bedroom? I get it. Yang Lan smiled meaningfully, "Okay, I'll take a look downstairs first." ”

Yang Lan casually threw her handbag on the sofa and started her "travel" in the house.

"Your kitchen is bigger than my living room."

"Wow, there's even a piano room. Candlelit dinner with piano accompaniment, it's romantic to think about......"

……

Yang Lan was like a child who had seen a new toy, she looked around and walked around the house several times.

It took a while for her curiosity to satisfy her curiosity and throw herself into the couch as if tired.

"Okay, let's have a drink first." Li Xue pushed a glass of orange juice in front of Yang Lan, "Speaking of which, this is the first time we've met since we graduated, right?" ”

"yes, it's been almost nine years. Time flies. ”

Next, naturally, the two recalled some things from their college days.

"By the way, are you still single?" Li Xue asked.

"Yes, yes." At the mention of this question, Yang Lan's expression was slightly unnatural, but she immediately changed the topic: "I also met Xiaohan occasionally last month, and I learned that you are now married and have children. Your family conditions are so good, and you married your first love as you wished, which is really envious of us. ”

"Ah, this...... It didn't go so smoothly anymore. At first, my family was still very opposed to us being together......" Li Xue's whole heart trembled violently when she heard Yang Lan say the name "Xiaohan".

She reached out and combed her bangs, this habitual action calmed her down, and she tried her best to pretend to be casual and asked, "Xiaohan and I haven't seen each other for a long time, did she talk to you about anything?" ”

"It's been since one day five years ago that you've been deliberately avoiding each other, right?"

"......" Li Xue's hands curled up, and the tips of her little fingers, painted with beautiful pale red nail polish, were heavily embedded in the soft flesh of her palms.

Yang Lan's eyes turned cold.

In fact, the relationship between Yang Lan and Li Xue is far from the level of close friends.

Li Xue's family background is not simple, and people like Yang Lan can only look up to people, so if there is a friendship between the two sides, it is also Yang Lan's painstaking efforts to curry favor.

is beautiful and generous, has money and background in the family, is popular, and has sweet love.

Li Xue is so perfect, so perfect that she goes crazy with jealousy.

Why, I was born in a working family, suffered from alcoholic father domestic violence since I was a child, was secretly said to be very unbearable because of my hot dress, and the boyfriends I found were all prodigals who only coveted their flesh......

Why?!

"One hundred thousand. Xiaohan gave me 100,000 in cash - all her savings. No, no, don't get me wrong, it was Xiaohan himself who knelt down crying and begged me to accept the money. Yang Lan bit the word "kneeling" very hard.

Li Xue's face became very ugly in an instant.

Maybe you should let this despicable slut in front of you get out of his house immediately?!

But Li Xue blushed, and wanted to open her mouth several times, but she couldn't say a word in her dry throat.

In the past few years, because she was worried that this matter would be exposed, Li Xue was a lot haggard. The relationship with Xiaohan was also cold because of this incident, and in the end, the two had to choose not to see each other, so as not to always remind each other of that extremely bad memory.

Li Xue also thought about turning herself in, but her father is a political figure, and once this kind of thing is disclosed by the media, it will definitely affect her father's career. His father's popular support would be greatly affected, and not only would he not be able to maintain his position in the city government, but he would also be used by rival political parties, in which case, his political career would be ruined.

Father must not fall because of this, Li Xue thought.

Not only that, but her husband's profession is a police officer - a police officer, if he has a wife who is a murderer, I am afraid that his future will be ruined.

and Xiao Zi, her own daughter. She has already committed sins and doesn't mind carrying more, but Xiaozi is only seven years old, and she can't live without her mother.

Li Xue's hands clenched the leather sofa, and her knuckles instantly turned white.

"Surely you won't forget, right? That midnight, you were rushing back from the small fishing village in Qianwan, you were having a good time, you were very drunk, and you started racing on the mountain road......"

"On that winding road, you knocked three people away. The first one is indeed an accident, and the latter is a victim of your panic. ”

"But it doesn't matter. The important thing is that you have escaped the law. ”

"As you expected: the unfortunate man's body wasn't found until a week later, and the police didn't find you."

Yang Lan stopped and applauded a few times sarcastically: "I envy you, Ah Xue." Your father is really energetic - you know, although that stretch of road is an unmonitored dark area, the police will definitely be able to find the murderer if they spend more time on the investigation. As for the three unlucky ones who died, just use the money to shut up the family, right? ”

Li Xue was silent, and while Yang Lan was triumphant, her right hand had quietly moved the five-colored glass ashtray on the coffee table and secretly hid it behind her back.

"Don't worry, I won't say it. Who makes us good friends? Yang Lan turned her head, "Such a precious friendship should be very valuable, Ah Xue?" ”

"I ...... I'll think about it. ”

"But, Ah Xue, my patience is limited...... Yang Lan said, and at the same time lowered her head to look at her red fingernails - the nails that I paid for were better looking than the ones I painted.

Xiao Han doesn't have much oil and water on him, but Li Xue is different! Yang Lan began to look forward to her future life, and her first thought was to get rid of her current poor ghost boyfriend immediately, and then change to a better car.

She opened her handbag and rummaged through her makeup mirror, "Let's take a good look at who this lucky woman is." Yang Lan thought beautifully.

Li Xue finally managed to go around Yang Lan's back, and she said the words that paralyzed the other party, but she was already angry in her heart.

Who cares about your filthy desires?! If you want to destroy everything I have, then go from my life forever—

The ashtray in Li Xue's hand was already raised high.

……

But Li Xue's hand stopped in mid-air-

Because, Cheng Xiaozi suddenly appeared at the staircase on the second floor.

The daughter was still wearing the lovely light blue floral dress, and her little face was full of surprise and doubt.

Li Xue hurriedly signaled her daughter not to make a sound.

Time seemed to freeze in this villa, just for a moment, and it seemed so long.

Opportunity, fleeting.

Then, a scream full of anger and madness rang out in this villa—

Yang Lan slammed down Li Xue and snatched the ashtray from her hand.

Li Xue fell heavily to the ground, and the back of her head hit the floor, although it did not cause serious injuries, but it also made Li Xue feel dizzy, and her whole body lost strength.

Yang Lan rode onto Li Xue's body, and at this moment, Yang Lan's face showed an indescribable madness.

"You're trying to kill me?!" Yang Lan screamed at Li Xue, hoarse.

This rich stinky bitch!

This attractive slut!

This rotten thing who was born to enjoy the life of his dreams!

Why—

Why do you have everything?!

You're nothing more than a murderer with bloody hands!

Fuck, I'll show you who killed whom?!!!!

The ashtray made of colored glass was lifted alof, and then a beautiful arc of light was drawn, and when it was lifted again, it was already stained with blood.

Smash.

Smash.

Smash.

Smash smash!

……

Yang Lan's hand holding the ashtray had already completely lost its strength, and now with its crazy will, inertia was general, and it was still falling together rapidly.

She cried and laughed, occasionally let out a high-pitched roar that did not resemble a human voice, and her facial expression was extremely distorted......

She no longer resembles a human being, but more like a mad beast, intoxicated by bloodthirsty killing.

Li Xue's head was already miserable. Blood spread across the light brown log floor of the living room, revealing a dark red.

"Xiao Zi, go and hide, don't be found."

This was Li Xue's last prayer to the gods at the last moment of her life, because this was the thing she was most concerned about.

Li Xue didn't believe in God, but before she died, how much Li Xue longed that the gods really existed and could hear her prayers.

"You must bless Xiao Zi, please."

……

["Chain of Crimes", end]