"It is possible that an eleven-year-old child would commit suicide, but it is very unlikely, unless the child is mentally mature enough and bears the pressure that ordinary children do not have." Lu Nan said to me: "I haven't had time to investigate the status of these deceased before their deaths, if there is any further investigation results, I will inform you as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Da didn't tell me the exact death toll at the time, and I was a little surprised to hear that more than 20 people died in the suicide forest in a year and in the same place, and more importantly, these people were all killed by suicide. It's just that whether this state of death is true or false, whether it is superficial or essential, is unknown.

But like Lu Nan's speculation, I also think that the suicide suspicion of Suicide Forest is not simple. As for the reason, it is also because in the past year, there have been too many people who have died in the suicide forest, and the time is too intensive. The first time I heard about Suicide Lin was when I was an intern in college, and it was at that time that I met Lao Zhang.

At that time, I didn't pay attention to the rumors of the suicide forest, because G City was still a small city at that time, poor and the people were not highly educated, and it was normal for such rumors to have such rumors. The second time I heard about Suicide Forest was when I went back to my hometown a year ago.

There, bus 330 mysteriously appeared in the woods, and I not only encountered the disappearance of the mysterious scarecrow, but also saw the strange man in red for the first time in the thick fog. After that, the strange incident related to the suicide forest was that Lao Zhang shot himself in the head in the suicide forest and committed suicide.

Suicide Forest has attracted my great attention, if it weren't for the lack of time and energy, even if Zhao Da didn't ask me, I would take the initiative to investigate Suicide Forest's suicide suspicions. I had no way to investigate, so I asked Lu Nan to help me. I believe in Lu Nan's ability, if he can't find anything, then I, who have a serious decline in memory and thinking ability, may definitely not be able to find out anything.

After Lu Nan and I exchanged pleasantries for a while, he immediately hung up the phone, saying that he would immediately integrate into the case and find out the truth about the suicide suspicion of Lin within fifteen days.

After answering the phone, Dr. Zhou and I sat on the sofa and discussed the case of Chen Yan's death. But soon, my head hurt again, and Dr. Zhou saw my problem, and he immediately asked me if I had taken my medication on time, and I nodded at him. Dr. Zhou persuaded me to go back to my room to take my medicine and brought me a cup of hot water.

Back in the room with the cup, I took out the medicine. Looking at the medicine in my hand, I sighed and threw it directly into the trash. Every time I take this medicine, I feel that my mind is foggy, and I have to rest for a while, and only after the effect of the medicine has passed before I can calm down and think again.

I waited for the police to call me, and finally, in the evening, I received a call from Xu Tong himself. Xu Tong asked me to go to a coffee shop near Xidan, a place we had been to the last time we had a head-on discussion with Xu Tong about the 330 case.

He chose that coffee shop again. After changing my clothes, I immediately borrowed a car from Dr. Zhou and drove in the direction of Xidan. After more than an hour, I finally arrived at the coffee shop. I hesitated for a moment, but boldly stepped in. It was very quiet in the coffee shop and the owner played some music.

It's still the same window seat before, where three people are sitting, one is Wen Ning, one is Xu Tong, and one is someone I haven't seen. He looked to be in his fifties, with deep wrinkles on his face, a lot of white strands in his hair, and the dim lights of the coffee shop shining on his face.

I walked up to the three men, who were sitting side by side, and the place opposite them was reserved for me. I'm not polite, I just sat down, this formation, it looks like they are uniting to deal with me alone. Wen Ning and Xu Tong sat on either side of the person, in the administrative system, paying special attention to the etiquette in the position.

It can be seen that that person's position should be higher than Xu Tong's.

After sitting down, the first person to speak was the same person I hadn't met. Before he could introduce himself, he asked me what I wanted to drink. Wen Ning and Xu Tong both drank white water, Xu Tong once said that he was not suitable for drinking coffee and other Western things, he only liked water, but I noticed that in front of the person at the head, there was a cup of steaming coffee.

I shook my head and said I didn't want to drink anything, I just wanted to get straight to the point. But the man smiled: "Professor Li, let's drink some, coffee tastes good." ”

After that, he ignored my reaction and directly asked the waiter to bring a cup of coffee. I found that there was no one else in the café but us. After the waiter and the owner brought the coffee, they left the coffee shop and closed the door for us.

It seems that they have cleared the scene in advance and confessed. It also marks that this conversation of ours is certainly absolutely confidential. Melodious music wafted through the coffee shop, and I stared at the man in front of me, who was almost completely old, and my heart was slightly shocked.

He is definitely a mid-level or high-level person in the police or other state departments, and in my eyes, such a person should choose a very serious place when talking to me and talk to me in a very serious manner. All in all, I didn't expect the conversation to take place in a relaxing coffee shop.

"Doesn't Professor Li think it's strange? Even I, an old man over half a hundred years old, would come to this new place? The man asked me about my doubts. In this process, neither Xu Tong nor Wen Ning interjected.

I didn't hide it and nodded at him. Unexpectedly, he laughed and teased: "Professor Li, you are young and promising, but sometimes you are too rigid." ”

I finally understood, the man asked this question, just to say that I was rigid. Putting away the surprise in my heart, I knew that our conversation had begun before I knew it. I also laughed: "Rigidity does not mean stubbornness, in my eyes, rigidity is not a derogatory term, or even a positive term." ”

The man immediately asked me why, and I replied: "I don't know your identity, but what is certain is that the four of us who are present, are all in one system, or rather, we are all walking in the laws of the country, carrying out tasks, working for it. Flexibility isn't a bad thing, but if you step out of the box, it's no longer flexible, it's called ......" I paused, and after a few seconds I said what I wanted to say: "Do whatever you want." ”

Sure enough, as soon as I finished speaking, Xu Tong scolded angrily: "Li Ke, pay attention to your attitude of speaking!" ”

But the man stopped Xu Tong, and he nodded at me with a smile: "Very interesting point, in this system, I admit that I haven't heard such rebellious words for a long time, and I suddenly want to hear you continue." ”

I didn't shirk either, and continued: "No one is above the law, and I'm rigid because I act in full accordance with the law. If you look at this place where we exist, how many people are too flexible, who are careless of human life, who loot people's money, who are destroying people's trust in this system little by little. No rules are not a circle, the law is a circle, no matter how flexible it is, it needs to be within this framework, once it crosses the line, it will naturally become whatever you want. ”

"The police need to be flexible in handling cases, but they can't do whatever they want, let alone conceal information, do nothing, and lure criminals to death, this kind of wild way, the police don't need it." I boldly said everything I was thinking.

Xu Tong and Wen Ning's faces were very ugly, but the man applauded lightly. He nodded to me: "I really haven't heard such a voice in a long time. I heard Xu Tong talk about you, and I often pay attention to you, thinking that it was a young person who came to meet today, I didn't have any psychological pressure, but now it seems that I have to think about how I want to tell you. ”

After the man finished speaking, he picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip with his eyes closed. The aroma of coffee spread, and it took a long time for the man to reopen his eyes.