Chapter XXIV: The Accomplice Who Slipped Through the Net
Worst! It's been discovered!
My heart tightened, and I almost didn't jump off the couch, rubbing my hands together nervously. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Don't be nervous, I'm just ......"
Xu Long deliberately lowered his voice to make his tone softer, but it still sounded harsh to me.
I interrupted him before he could finish speaking, "What did you say?" Who is Liu Nan? ”
Even I feel that this kind of prevarication is pale and weak, my heart is about to sink to the bottom, Xu Long must have seen Liu Nan chasing me out, and now asking like this is nothing more than trying to test me, but I actually stupidly denied it immediately......
I secretly scolded myself for being simple-minded, and this categorical denial undoubtedly confirmed their suspicions of me, and I didn't expect that I could be so unbearable, and I lost the confrontation just now.
But when I think about it, I have never won against them, everything is under the control of the other party, thinking of this, my heart can't help but sink a little more.
Xu Long got a glass of water out of nowhere and handed it to me, smiled and said, "Drink saliva first, let's talk slowly, but don't worry, I have no malicious intentions." ”
I took the cup and took a sip, a warm current flowing down my throat and into my stomach, which eased my nervousness.
may have seen that I was calm, so Xu Long said again: "You don't have to deny it, because I asked Liu Nan to hand over the case information to you, and I also watched her send the information to you." ”
"What? It's you! ”
I couldn't sit still anymore and got up from the couch, "No, it can't be, she said it was ......"
"Said Lu Yong asked her to give it to you, right? Alas~" Xu Long sighed helplessly, "If you didn't say that, how could you take it so happily?" ”
"Who are you? Why?! I asked in a deep voice.
Xu Long waved his hand, signaling me not to get excited, and only after I sat back on the sofa did he continue: "It doesn't matter who I am, you just need to know that I'm on your side." ”
I looked at him suspiciously, trying to judge from the other party's expression whether what he said was true or false, but Xu Long, like Lu Yong, had a face that was difficult to understand.
By the way, if Liu Nan was really sent by him, and he said that he was on my side, then wouldn't he and Lu Yong be the same ......
"Then Lu Yong and you ......," I asked tentatively.
"Actually, I've been secretly investigating him all along."
Xu Long's directness surprised me greatly, I was stunned for a while, and barely squeezed out a disdainful smile from my face, "Investigate him?" Hmph, you still want to lie to me, you guys are all the way, I haven't forgotten the events of the other day! ”
Who knew that Xu Long sighed heavily when he heard this, and said in disappointment: "It seems that you didn't read the case information, otherwise you wouldn't have said this." ”
I nodded, "yes, so I had no idea what you were talking about." ”
Xu Long gave me a strange smile, pointed at me and said, "You, you are still so cautious, it seems that amnesia cannot change your usual style." ”
Amnesia again!
I was a little annoyed, and slapped my hands heavily on the coffee table in front of me, staring at the man in front of me with my eyes, "Where did I lose my memory?" I remember the past very well! ”
"This is a long story, our time is precious, you will understand it when you go back and read the case materials, and you will naturally believe what I am saying now."
Xu Long didn't avoid my gaze when he spoke, which made me feel the peace in the other party's heart, but I could trust him just by feeling this way? I am not a child of the world.
Xu Long seemed to see what was on my mind, and said with relief: "I understand your concerns, you don't have to believe me right away, but the current situation is extremely unfavorable to you, I think you know this very well, the key to solving all the mysteries is in the case of the revenge room!" ”
Xu Long's words spoke to my heart, so I couldn't find any flaws, plus I already knew about Lu Yong's conspiracy, I couldn't help but believe in Xu Long a little more, I frowned and thought for a long time, before sighing leisurely, "I'm afraid it's not easy to read that information again now." ”
Facing Xu Long's puzzled gaze, I told him what happened after I took the information home, who knew that after listening to my words, the other party raised his fist and slammed it on the coffee table, which really startled me.
"I didn't think they were already making a move, so I'm still a step slower!" Xu Long said with a look of resentment: "But your handling is very correct, I think they can't be sure whether you have recovered your memory for the time being, as long as you do this every day, you will be safe for a day." As for that case file, well, I'll give you another copy later, but this is the last one, and you have to keep it safe! ”
I bowed my head slightly to show that I understood, but I still couldn't help but ask curiously, "But what did I forget?" Can't you just tell me a little bit first? ”
Xu Long frowned when he heard this, looked at me with complicated eyes, as if he was making a very difficult decision, and said slowly after a while: "It's not that I don't want to say it, but I'm afraid that you will be unbearable after saying it." ”
It's not uncommon to be unbearable, and any normal person would have the same reaction, but can this make you stop thinking about it? Isn't that self-deception?
I said in a firm tone, word by word, "I want to know." ”
"Well, let me tell you, you shouldn't have forgotten the old case you experienced three years ago, right?"
I nodded, didn't speak, and waited for Xu Long's next amazing words.
"Although the case was finally solved and the criminal was punished, in fact, there was an accomplice who was not punished......
Speaking of this, Xu Long suddenly stopped, his eyes staring at me without blinking.
I felt like I was about to suffocate, and it was so obvious what he meant, and I said in disbelief, "You...... You mean, the accomplice who didn't get tortured was me?! ”
Xu Long did not speak, but answered my question with silence.
"Yes...... But I was just a witness who happened to be passing by, and I was the one who took the victim to the hospital! It's me! ”
My voice grew louder and louder, and by the end I was almost growling.
Xu Long looked at me with a hint of pity in his eyes, and said softly: "If this is not the case, how could you be detained and interrogated by the police for more than three months?" ”
"That's your mistake! You have wronged me! I'm innocent! "I feel like I'm about to get out of control, and this truth is no longer "unbearable" to describe.
"Do you think that the entire criminal police brigade is mediocre? Or do you feel like everyone is complicit in slandering you? ”
Xu Long didn't speak loudly, but it was like a heavy hammer, hitting my heart hard.
Suddenly, I felt like I was dozens of years old, and my whole body was like a deflated ball, slumped on the sofa softly, and asked weakly: "Since I am a prisoner, why do you want to let me go?" ”
"Although you are a criminal, you also helped us catch other criminals, and besides, you didn't kill people yourself, do you understand?"
"Tainted witnesses?" I laughed as if I had fallen from heaven to hell, "Don't you think it's too cruel to tell me this now?" ”
"I understand your feelings, but I hope you can understand, I won't do this until I have to."
"As a last resort? Do you mean that murder in the revenge room? ”
Xu Long nodded with a serious expression, "That's why I said that that case is the key to solving all the mysteries, and only by solving that locked room murder case can you get real relief." ”
"I want to go out for a walk and be alone."
I stood up, and without waiting for Xu Long to answer, I walked in the direction of the door.
So, Xu Long didn't stop me.
Maybe even he thinks I should think about it.
Outside, it rained sometime, and the gloomy sky seemed to be in my mood, and I couldn't see a ray of sunshine.
I walked in the rain, deaf to everything around me, and the blow came so suddenly that even if I couldn't bear it, the identity of a criminal was too terrifying.
It has completely turned my bottom line upside down!
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it hit my face hard, slid down my neck, and into the open collar, piercing my skin in the deep cold.
I took out my mobile phone, dialed Nie Qian's number, told her that I wanted to see her, and after making an appointment with an address to meet, I hung up the phone.
Three years ago, I broke up with Nie Qian precisely because of that case, and it is impossible for her not to know the truth, if I forgot that incident because of amnesia, then why did she hide it from me?!
With this question in mind, I went to the place where I met, DreamCoffee.
When I walked into the store wet, almost everyone looked at me strangely, and the familiar waiter hurriedly brought a dry towel and a cup of hot water, asked me where I was coming from, and then went to prepare coffee.
I knew that if I hadn't been a regular customer here, I would have been politely asked to leave by now, after all, the way I was as I was would more or less affect their business.
The biting chill cooled my feverish mind, and although Xu Long personally uncovered the cocooned scar on my body, his words were not wrong, things had happened, and in such a situation, fear and avoidance could not solve the problem at all.
I've been driven up a cliff, and one step back will fall into the bottomless abyss.
I don't want to die! I don't want to miss the opportunity to be with Nie Qian again!
So, I have to ask and be strong!
Suddenly, my shoulder was gently pushed down, and then Nie Qian's soft and beautiful voice came from my ear, "Hey, Jun?" ”
I woke up like a dream, looked at my beautiful makeup girlfriend in front of me, and my mood became more complicated, "Oh, you're here." ”
"What are you thinking? I've called you several times and I haven't heard you. Nie Qian sat down across from me and asked suspiciously.
I was speechless, I was thinking about the question I wanted to ask just now, but the moment I saw her, I even thought, maybe Nie Qian, like myself, just forgot about the case three years ago, instead of deliberately lying to me, didn't she say the same thing yesterday?
"Joon? Luo Jun? What the hell is wrong with you? Is something wrong?! Nie Qian raised her voice, her eyes full of concern.
"I'm fine, I just missed you, so I called you out......"
I couldn't even say anything about this absurd reason, so I took the dry towel handed by the waiter, and looked at Nie Qian's expression while wiping my rain-soaked hair.
"What the hell is going on? If you don't say anything more, I'll be gone! ”
When Nie Qian spoke in such a tough tone, it proved that she was really angry.
I sighed helplessly, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Who am I?" Why do you still want to be with me?! ”
Nie Qian's hand holding the cup suddenly stopped, and the coffee shook in the cup a few times before regaining her composure, she gently put down the cup and looked at me.
"I see, that incident three years ago...... Have you really forgotten? ”
How I wish she could give me a positive answer, even if it was a lie to me, but after a moment of silence, Nie Qian actually shook her head slowly.
"Why? Why are you hiding it from me?! "I kept my voice as low as I could, but I still caught the eyes of the people around me.
"Can we go back and talk about it, I ......"
"Nope." I interrupted her a little rudely, "Now, why?!" ”
Nie Qian finally got angry, she stood up suddenly, turned her head and walked out the door.
My heart, which had just calmed down, seemed to have been thrown into a pile of dead grass from Mars, and it was "poofed".
I chased after me in a bit of a rage, and grabbed Nie Qian, who wanted to cross the road, her umbrella fell to the ground because of the pull, and in an instant, we were drenched and embarrassed.
"Tell me! Why, exactly? Why lie to me?! I asked relentlessly.
Nie Qian shook off my hand fiercely and said loudly with tears: "I love you!" I don't want to lose you! I don't want to embarrass you! It's been so long, and since I don't care, why do you need to mention it again?! ”
"So everything is true, I'm really a criminal!"
Suddenly, the world spun around in front of my eyes, and then I lost consciousness.