We sent Du Lei's body to the local crematorium, the police and the identification center issued a certificate, and the crematorium staff quickly arranged for a separate morgue for us. Du Lei did an autopsy, and before leaving the identification center, the forensic doctor stitched up Du Lei's dissected body.

When the corpse makeup artist in the crematorium was applying Du Lei's makeup, the long centipede-like wound on Du Lei's body deeply pierced my heart. The skin of Du Lei's whole body has begun to shrink, and his pale complexion reflects his peaceful face, he walked without pain, but he left the pain to the people who are still alive in this world.

After all the staff had left the morgue, I took out my phone, it was almost dark, the crematorium was quiet, and with the help of the police, the staff allowed us to keep vigil in the morgue and cremate the body the next day. I stood outside the door of the morgue with trembling hands pressing a few buttons on my phone.

Meng Ting quickly answered the phone, and there was a burst of laughter from the receiver, including Uncle Meng's, You Lu's, and Meng Ting's mother's. They seemed to be having dinner, and I couldn't bear to hear the joyful laughter. Meng Ting called me several times on the other end of the phone, but I didn't speak.

"Li Ke? What's wrong? Meng Ting was a little anxious.

I hoarsely said, "I...... Found Du Lei......"

Meng Ting's voice stopped abruptly, she was silent, I was silent, and when I didn't know how to continue, Meng Ting spoke. Her voice was low, and I felt sad when I heard it, and she asked me if Du Lei had an accident. When Du Lei's words came out of Meng Ting's mouth, the laughter on the other side of the phone was gone.

Meng Ting is very smart, and my delay in speaking has already made her vaguely guess something. We all held the phone for a long time and didn't speak, Uncle Meng's rough voice rang, there was a commotion on the other end of the phone, Uncle Meng kept cursing Du Lei, as if he wanted to take Meng Ting's mobile phone away.

It seems that You Brigade stopped Uncle Meng, and You Brigade asked Uncle Meng to calm down. The voice was very small, but I heard it clearly, and You Lu asked Meng Ting to continue.

Meng Ting took a deep breath: "What's wrong with him......" Meng Ting's voice trembled, she was already crying, although she tried her best to hold back the choking in her tone, I still caught the sad breath from her words.

He ...... He's dead. As I said these three words, I suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Yes, Du Lei is dead, even if I don't want to admit it, there is no way for him to come back to life.

Meng Ting couldn't hold back her emotions anymore, she cried, and there was a loud noise in the earpiece, and Meng Ting's mobile phone fell to the ground. Meng Ting cried heartbreakingly, listening to the cry, my tears rolled down from my eyes again. I haven't hung up the phone, Meng Ting's mother and You Lu have been comforting Meng Ting.

After a long time, the phone was picked up again, and You Lu asked us where we were.

I told him where I was, and You Lu sighed and told me that he would bring Meng Ting over as soon as possible.

I nodded: "Tomorrow afternoon, Du Lei's body will be cremated." ”

You Lu snorted and hung up the phone directly. I didn't have the heart to guess what kind of mood You Brigade was feeling at the moment, I turned around and entered the small morgue. The temperature in the morgue was very low, and the blackened light bulb emitted a dim yellow light, and the weak light sprinkled on Du Lei's corpse.

The staff of the crematorium had already dressed Du Lei, white clothes, pale complexion.

It was late at night, and there was only one night watchman left in the crematorium, and he passed by the morgue while the crematorium was being checked. The person in charge of the crematorium had already greeted him, he looked at us a few times, and left without saying anything. There was no emotion on his face, and there was an air of sadness all over the crematorium, but this did not cause any emotions from the night watchman.

He has experienced so many life and death partings every day, I am afraid that he has already become numb.

Life and death, this is my third experience. The first time was the death of his father, the second time was to mistakenly think that the headless female corpse was Xu Yi, and the third time was Du Lei in front of him. After two days of busy work, I have always been reluctant to believe that Du Lei committed suicide, because he once told me that he wanted to be a righteous policeman and reduce the pain of life and death, even if it was only one or two unnatural deaths.

Those words were told to me when Du Lei and I were interning in City B.

It was the first time we had encountered a major homicide, and the hysteria of relatives crying over the bodies of the deceased touched Du Lei. Just like the ideal of every police academy student, Du Lei's ideal is also two words: justice. He said that after a person dies, he can no longer feel the beauty of the world, and he has no way to imagine what he will feel like on the day he dies.

If you are lucky, you may die of old age, but in the field of criminal police, many people have left life and death behind. Du Lei took off his police hat very seriously, and he told me that he was reluctant to leave this world, but if one day he really died for justice, he would definitely leave with peace of mind.

He said that he has no parents and no relatives, he will not miss his relatives, and the only thing he can't let go of is me and Xu Yi.

I laughed and punched him in the shoulder: "How can it be so easy to die." ”

Du Lei also smiled, he shrugged his shoulders: "It's not for sure, maybe one day, I will be shot by the gangsters!" ”

Du Lei's smile was imprinted in my mind, his joke came true, he really left, but he didn't go for the justice in his concept, he chose to leave the world quietly by himself.

Late at night, the shadows of the trees outside the morgue are in their robes, and the autumn wind in the night constantly blows the full number of branches. The walls of the morgue are covered with black and white funeral flowers, black and white, which is the most helpless color in the world.

All night, Jiang Jun and I stayed by Du Lei's body. I didn't close my eyes, I kept staring at Du Lei, I wanted to remember what he looked like, Du Lei, these two words will never be erased from my heart, but I am afraid that with the accumulation of years, one day I will forget what he looks like.

I wanted to remember him, Jiang Jun persuaded me several times to let me have a good rest, I sat dumbly and did not respond to a word.

At dawn, the staff in the crematorium went to work one after another, and many people were sent into the crematorium, and the cries and mourning filled the entire crematorium. No one came to disturb us, Jiang Jun went out to buy me some food, I didn't have an appetite, just unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and poured a few sips into my dry mouth.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound of hurried footsteps came into my ears, the sound of leather shoes, high heels......

It was You Lu and Meng Ting who came, and Meng Ting stumbled into the morgue, and it was the staff who brought them here. I stood up abruptly and made way for Meng Ting. I know that Du Lei is also worried about Meng Ting in his heart.

The moment she saw the corpse, Meng Ting strode to the side of the corpse, she wanted to touch Du Lei with her hand, but she stretched her hand back. She stared at Du Lei's corpse, her shoulders trembled, her back to us, and I had no way to see her expression. You Brigade didn't come in where he was standing at the door, and Jiang Jun also took the initiative to go out, leaving the morgue to me and Meng Ting.

You Lu frowned, nodded slightly in court, and then, with a sigh, turned to leave, and closed the door.

The moment the door closed sounded, Meng Ting finally moved, she picked up Du Lei and cried heartbreakingly.

I didn't comfort Meng Ting, I knew that she had been depressed for too long.

After years of waiting, years of hard pursuit, her emotions exploded at this moment.

I don't know how long it took, my head was muddy, I had no concept of time at all, and soon, Meng Ting's crying voice was also hoarse, she kept calling Du Lei's name, but the person in his arms could no longer open his mouth to respond.

After a long time, Meng Ting put Du Lei's body back on the morgue, and she turned around: "Do you know what he told me......"

I didn't answer, waiting for Meng Ting to speak. The light makeup on Meng Ting's face was cried by her, her eyes were dry, as if she had cried all the tears, and every word she said pierced my heart like thousands of thin needles.

Meng Ting's mood was very unstable, and she could barely stand still......