Chapter XII

"What's your phone number?" Dong Chenghai struggled for a while, but still asked for the contact information of the Arctic bird. He also thought about telling him what happened to Sima Yuanying directly on WeChat, but it was too abrupt and it was difficult for the other party to believe it. Second, this kind of thing is still convenient to contact on the phone after all.

"I've been watching Yi Zhongtian's "The Sons of the Pre-Qin Dynasty" just now, it's quite interesting, you can also take a look. My phone, don't you have it? Dong Chenghai waited for nearly half an hour before the other party replied.

"The hand is deleted." Dong Chenghai ghost made the god return to the road.

"Hand crippled? Will you have a crippled hand? I don't believe it. ”

"Really." There is no way, since this lie has already begun, in order to get the phone number of the Arctic Bird, I can only continue to tell it.

"Okay. 130XXXXXXXX。 If you delete it, I won't give it to you. After a while, the Arctic Bird sent the number again.

Dong Chenghai didn't reply again, but directly dialed back with Sima Yuanying's phone, and then he found that it was an unfamiliar number.

"Tell me, what's the problem again." Just when Dong Chenghaihu wondered why Sima Yuanying didn't save the phone of the Arctic Bird if the Arctic Bird had a great relationship with Sima Yuanying, the phone was connected, and the calm and heavy voice of the Arctic Bird came.

"Hello, I'm ......"

"You're not Sima Yuanying?" Before Dong Chenghai could introduce himself, Arctic Bird interrupted him and asked nervously.

"I am the chief criminal investigation ...... of the Binhai New District Bureau of the Linhai Public Security Bureau"

Dong Chenghai was interrupted by the Arctic Bird again without introducing himself, but this time the way to interrupt was to hang up directly. He looked at his phone with a puzzled expression, and after thinking for a long time, he realized that the Arctic Bird might have taken him for a liar, and smiled helplessly.

Dong Chenghai did not directly dial the Arctic Bird's phone again, but first opened Sima Yuanying's call record, and found that although Sima Yuanying and the Arctic Bird did not call many times, but there were also a lot, most of which were dialed by Sima Yuanying on his own initiative, and at the same time, combined with Dong Chenghai's voice as soon as Dong Chenghai spoke, the Arctic Bird immediately judged that he was not Sima Yuanying through his voice, which proves that the relationship between Sima Yuanying and the Arctic Bird is indeed good, and it also shows that Sima Yuanying directly enters the number every time he calls the Arctic Bird. This means that Sima Yuanying must have memorized the number of the Arctic Bird, and he can also conclude that the two have a great relationship. As for why Sima Yuanying didn't save the Arctic Bird's phone number in the address book, he still couldn't figure it out.

After a while, Dong Chenghai called the Arctic Bird twice, but no one answered. The phone is neither hung up nor answered, which can only mean that he has been blacklisted, and Arctic Bird really thinks of him as a liar.

"Hello Arctic Bird. I am Dong Chenghai, deputy captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Binhai New District Bureau of the Linhai City Public Security Bureau, and the purpose of calling you is to learn more about Sima Yuanying. There was no way, Dong Chenghai could only continue to contact Arctic Bird through WeChat.

After a long time, the Arctic Bird replied: "Is Sima Yuanying involved in some case?" ”

"Yes. There was a case that had a major bearing on him. Dong Chenghai hurriedly replied.

"I knew you would say that." Almost at the same time as Dong Chenghai sent it, he received the news of the Arctic bird.

"I'm really a police officer. Sima Yuanying really had an accident. Dong Chenghai didn't get the belief of the Arctic Bird, and even took the initiative to send him a photo of him wearing a police uniform, and deliberately circled the number.

"You still don't believe it?" The Arctic Bird didn't reply, and after a long time, Dong Chenghai sent a message to the Arctic Bird again.

"I don't believe it."

"Why?"

"Because you just lied to me."

"That's because I think it's more convenient and appropriate to talk to you on the phone, and Sima Yuanying doesn't have your contact information in the address book, so I lied to you."

"Does that mean the police can lie?"

"If I admit that the police lie and you believe that I am the police, then I can also admit and apologize to you."

"Maybe the police can lie, but I'm sorry, I don't trust a police officer who can lie, especially in the virtual world."

“……”

Dong Chenghai was speechless for a moment, he was both annoyed that he had lied to the Arctic Bird just for a while, and at the same time he was extremely helpless, he understood how fragile the trust between people can be, especially between strangers.

For an entire hour, he sat in his office, figuring out how to gain the trust of the Arctic birds.

"I sincerely apologize to you for not being deceived by me, and if you feel uncomfortable. You can not believe me, but can you listen to me tell you in detail about what happened to Sima Yuanying. After thinking about it again, Dong Chenghai could only take the initiative to apologize to the Arctic Bird, and lowered his requirements to talk to him directly about Sima Yuanying, and there was no other way.

"I don't accept your apology, and you don't need to apologize to me, it's only yourself who hurt you by lying."

Dong Chenghai smiled awkwardly, thinking to himself: Who says it's not, lying can always hurt only yourself, and now you are not suffering the bitter consequences of lying.

"Okay. On July 19, we found a body on the beach of Yellowstone next to Mingchuan University, where Sima Yuanying studied, and Sima Yuanying's wallet and ID card were left at the scene. Although we are not 100% sure that the deceased is Sima Yuanying, whether the deceased is Sima Yuanying or not, Sima Yuanying has a very important connection to this case. Therefore, from the time of the case to the present, we have been investigating Sima Yuanying, including his personal situation, interpersonal relationships, etc. However, Sima Yuanying is a very special person, so we don't have much information about Sima Yuanying for so long. Through the communication with Mr. Zhou Xiaobo, the deputy tutor of Sima Yuanying, we learned that Sima Yuanying often mentioned to his tutor a person he called 'Arctic Bird', because we only know Arctic Bird, and we don't know your name and contact number, so I just deceived your phone number in order to save trouble. Do you believe it now? ”

After 10 minutes, Arctic Bird still did not reply. Dong Chenghai wondered if the Arctic Bird had something to do temporarily and didn't rush to check the WeChat message, or still didn't believe what he said and ignored it directly, or was it difficult to accept this fact for a while?

"It doesn't matter anymore."

"What's not important anymore?" Dong Chenghai didn't understand the Arctic Bird at all, he didn't know what the Arctic Bird meant by the unimportant, could it be Sima Yuanying? Or is it what he said?

"It doesn't matter if I believe it or not, if it has happened."

"I can understand your feelings, can you tell me about Sima Yuanying now?" Dong Chenghai immediately understood what the Arctic Bird meant by not being important, and the short six words of "no longer important" completely interpreted the despair and sadness in his heart.

"I'm sorry, can you provide any proof?" The Arctic bird still doesn't seem to be fully convinced.

"Wait a minute." Dong Chenghai took the information of the July 19 murder, took photos taken from the scene from many documents, and took pictures with his mobile phone and sent them to the Arctic Bird, including the highly corroded and festering corpse.

"Thank you." After the photo was sent, there was silence again, and after a long, long time, Dong Chenghai forgot that this world still existed.

"Now, are you willing to tell me about Sima Yuanying?" Although the Arctic Bird didn't say anything about Sima Yuanying with him, he asked again.

"I don't want to. I know that it is my obligation to cooperate with the police investigation, especially if the case is related to my friend, you can completely sue me, or contact the police on our side to take coercive measures against me, no matter what, I accept this, but I still don't want to. The reasons are as follows: first, although I probably believed what you said, the reason was not enough for me to talk to you about Sima Yuanying in the virtual world, after all, the identity of the deceased was not confirmed; Second, as a good friend of Sima Yuanying, I don't want to talk about him in this way; Third, Sima Yuanying's characteristics can be said in a few sentences, but he can't say it clearly; Fourth, I don't trust the virtual world. We need to get back to reality. ”

"My name is Lu Ming, and I now live in Unit 1309, Building 13, Green Park Community, No. 1999, Guangfu Street, Yan City, North Hebei Province, North China, I am basically at home, you are welcome to come to me at any time." Dong Chenghai was about to reply to the Arctic Bird, but before he could finish the fight, the Arctic Bird sent another message.

"Okay. Can I make a suggestion? ”

"You say."

"Because of the investigation of the case, it is not very convenient for me to leave Linhai City, if you have a convenient time, can I invite you to come to Linhai City? Of course, transportation and accommodation are all paid by us. Dong Chenghai looked at the typed text and thought about it for a while, and finally pressed send.

"No, you can't."

"Why?"

"Because your suggestion is, I can't take it."

"Okay. Thank you, I've been trying to find time to meet you these days. At the same time, I hope you don't get too upset. After a long time, Dong Chenghai could only reluctantly accept the Arctic Bird, not to call Lu Ming's insistence, although he still felt that his proposal was very reasonable, but on the other hand, the so-called common sense is not the common sense of most people, from the recent understanding of the situation and today's conversation with Lu Ming, it is obvious that Sima Yuning and Lu Ming are completely a minority opposite the majority, and the common sense of so many acquaintances will still be common sense in the few!

"Hehe, Sima Yuanying won't want me to be sad."

"Thank you again."

Lu Ming didn't reply to the message, and Dong Chenghai didn't send another message to Lu Ming.

Dong Chenghai wrote down Lu Ming's contact number and address, looked through Sima Yuanying's mobile phone again, turned off the mobile phone after making sure that there were no other new clues, put it in a transparent plastic bag, sealed it, labeled it with the 7.19 murder case, and put the mobile phone and the 7.19 murder document together.

Dong Chenghai sat lazily on the office chair, leaning lazily on the back of the chair, holding the back of his head with ten fingers clasped with his hands, and closing his eyes. I don't know why, he has been thinking about Lu Ming's last sentence "Sima Yuanying won't want me to be sad", the most cold-blooded answer he has heard in the face of the departure of relatives and friends for so many years, but on the other hand, it is precisely this cold-blooded answer that expresses the most true human feelings. The dead are gone, and what can the living do but try to continue to live their lives? If the deceased knew that his living relatives and friends were sorry for him, would he blame himself and would he not be able to rest in peace? Moreover, cherishing what you have and letting go of what you have is the attitude of life that a person should always have, and it is also the original of human survival. Dong Chenghai faintly felt that Lu Ming was obviously the last one.