Back in the unit, Xu Yi immediately asked me how I was. I told Xu Yi the original story of my conversation with Xu Tong, and Xu Yi grabbed my hand and told me not to worry. In fact, I can see that Xu Yi's inner anxiety is no less than mine. After the break, I went to teach the students.

A few days later, Wen Ning told me to attend the trial of Zeng Rui and Hong Jie, a case that was tried in public and with the media allowed to attend. I saw You Lu in the auditorium, and he didn't notice me. Throughout the trial, I focused on You Lu.

He listened very carefully, and when the verdict came down, Brigade Commander You let out a long sigh. Zeng Rui fully confessed to his crime and read out his repentance at the trial, and Hong Jie also thought that he had no chance, so neither he nor Zeng Rui appealed.

As I expected, Zeng Rui and Hong Jie were sentenced to death in the first instance, and the victims' families also attended the trial. Because the facts of the crime were clear and the confessions and evidence were sufficient, the trial proceeded relatively smoothly.

When death was imminent, Hong Jie's expression was wonderful, many people who participated in the trial knew Hong Jie, and when Hong Jie made a guilty confession in court, everyone was taken aback. Many people can't believe that Hong Jie, who has a good reputation, would do such a thing as a beast.

During the entire trial, Zeng Rui didn't go to see Hong Jie again, she was already dead to Hong Jie. I can feel the psychology of this girl, because she is young and ignorant, she has experienced so-called love, and has made the worst mistakes. Zeng Rui's father was also in the courtroom to observe the trial, and before Zeng Rui was taken away, he took a deep look at his father.

Zeng Rui's father wept and fell to his knees and cried bitterly.

When I came out of the courthouse, You Lu finally found me, and he took the initiative to stop me.

"You're here too." I said to You Brigade.

You Lu nodded, he said that he couldn't see Hong Jie through the investigation agency, so he could only win the opportunity to sit in and see Hong Jie for the last time. You Lu sighed, he thought that there was a grievance in this case, but when he heard Hong Jie's confession, he completely believed it.

"It can only be said that I made friends carelessly, and that girl is also pitiful, because she was deceived because of ignorance, and this is even sentenced to death." You Lu was indignant.

I smiled: "Any crime can only be covered up for a while, and if you want people to know about it, you can't do it unless you do it." I shook hands with You Lu again and left the courthouse.

As time passed, the media paid less and less attention to the Bixian case, and the police academy, which was on the cusp, gradually returned to its former calm. It didn't take long for the news of Hong Jie and Zeng Rui's execution to come, and the media reported it again, but the news subsided again within two days.

During this period, I went to You Lu's house again on the pretext of visiting Meng Ting, but by the time I went, You Lu had already left City B, and according to Meng Ting, You Lu and many painters in City B began a national touring exhibition. I asked someone to inquire, and You Lu did go to the art exhibition.

Newspapers in many places reported the news of the exhibition, and interviewed You Lu and a number of painters. Meng Ting stayed at home alone, Meng Ting said that she was influenced by You Lu, and she gradually fell in love with painting, but she laughed at herself, saying that what she painted was a real impressionist abstract painting, because only she could understand it.

As before, Meng Ting seemed to have completely forgotten Du Lei, and when Xu Yi and I went, Meng Ting opened her mouth and closed her mouth to say that all she said was You Lu. She seemed to be very satisfied with You Lu, saying that she was too happy to marry such a well-educated person. Meng Ting was home alone, and Xu Yi was still worried that she would do stupid things, so we went to find Meng Ting several times.

But Xu Yi found that she was too worried, Meng Ting's mentality was very good, and in addition to cooking at home every day, she was learning to paint. Meng Ting no longer goes to work, and after You Lu left, Uncle Meng and Meng Ting's mother often went to see her, and once, we met Uncle Meng. Uncle Meng's attitude towards me was no longer as bad as before, but after just a few words, he left.

Meng Ting cleans You Lu's studio every day, and she says that she is very careful when she cleans the studio now, so as not to get the paintings You Lu worked so hard to get wet again. Meng Ting also secretly showed us a painting, which was full of color blocks, Xu Yi and I were no strangers to that painting, it was the abstract painting painted by You Lu when we first came to You Lu's house.

After You Lu threw away the painting, Meng Ting later secretly put the painting away. Meng Ting said that this painting took You Lu a lot of thought, and it took so long to paint, and it took even more time to conceive this painting. Although in You Lu's eyes, the painting was a failure, Meng Ting was still reluctant to throw away the painting by You Lu.

Because I felt that Meng Ting's figure painting was very strange, when Xu Yi went to Meng Ting's house, he would stare at the painting carefully, and the result was the same as before, Xu Yi and I still didn't find out that there was something wrong with the painting, but the strange feeling was still not reduced at all.

A long time has passed, Xu Tong and Wen Ning have not looked for me again, and Shen Nuo has not brought me any news about the establishment of the task force. I was not in a hurry, the police were very cautious about this matter, the case has happened for so many years, and the establishment of a special team to re-investigate it cannot be done overnight.

If my guess is correct, the superiors also have a two-sided attitude towards this matter. There must be people in favor of the establishment of a task force, and it will become possible, but I am afraid that there are even more people who oppose it, otherwise there would not be no news for a long time. I carefully considered what Xu Tong had said to me.

With Xu Tong's identity, there is no need for him to lie to me. For so many years, although the police have not made public the 330 case, the investigation has not stopped, and in order not to cause panic among the masses, the investigation has also been carried out in secret, let alone the establishment of a special task force. The police will list this case as an unsolved case, and even connect with the supernatural, so some of the clues that the police have must be quite shocking.

I vaguely remember that some eyewitnesses said that the 330 case disappeared from their sight out of thin air, and such a statement certainly cannot be established. It is possible that the witnesses were psychologically affected after hearing the supernatural rumors of the 330 case, or it could be that their vision was disturbed at night. It is even possible that those so-called eyewitnesses are lying.

It was winter, and the bodies found in the Miyun Reservoir were highly decomposed, and there was only a two-day or three-day gap between the discovery of the bodies and the disappearance of the bus, which is also faintly inexplicable. I haven't seen an autopsy report, and it's even harder to analyze it.

During this time, I also went to Dr. Liu often. Dr. Liu and I discussed a lot of professional knowledge in psychology, but he didn't say much about mental hypnosis, but recommended me to read some professional papers abroad and outside the mainland.

Xu Yi was also legally declared missing, and I took him to go through various formalities, and finally the registration of the disappearance was revoked. On this day, I had just returned to the unit after giving a good lesson to the students, my mother and Xu Yi were taking a lunch break, and Jiang Jun was standing in front of the windowsill in the living room with his back to me.

He had the phone in his hand and put it to his ear. When I opened the door and came in, Jiang Jun found me, he put down his phone and sighed. I asked him what was wrong, and he said that he called Wang Xin again, but Wang Xin's phone still didn't turn on. It has been nearly two months since Wang Xin left the book in Guangdong.

Before I could say anything to comfort him, Jiang Jun said that he was fine, and he said that Xie Jing was also looking for Wang Xin, as if there were some things to deal with with the transfer of duties.

At dinner in the evening, my mother said that she was going out to buy a house, and at this time, my phone rang, and it was Wen Ning calling. I picked up the phone, thinking that I would live a relatively peaceful life in City B before the news from the task force came down, but this phone call made me frown.

Wen Ning said that in a bun shop in Xidan in City B, there was a major homicide, and he was at the scene of the crime. He was ordered by Xu Tong to invite me to participate in the case guidance. Wen Ning gave me an address and told me to rush over immediately.

Putting down the phone, I thought about it carefully.

"What case is so urgent? I just came to invite you when the case happened. Jiang Jun asked me.