Chapter 20: The Game of Life and Death
"Goofy? Didn't expect to see you here! The person who came was wearing a red coat and combing his short hair, listening to the voice, as if he was familiar with it.
took a closer look and found that the woman in front of him was actually Ji Yan's ex-wife, Lin Jie!
"Well, it's me." Seeing that it was her, I was temporarily relieved.
"Also, this kind of case, only you and him will get involved."
Lin Jie walked up to me, took out a box of high-end cigarettes, lit it, and began to swallow the clouds.
We were like two strangers who hadn't seen each other for a long time, each smoking a cigarette and not saying a word. After a while, it was Lin Jie who took the lead in breaking the silence.
"It is said that you found his body?"
"Well, it was a few days ago."
"So, no wonder you didn't answer my phone a month ago." Lin Jie turned her face to the side slightly, as if she had erased something. This woman is never willing to show her weakness in front of others.
"By the way, why don't you pick up Huahua and leave her in the welfare home."
"Since we're separated, I don't want to have the slightest connection with that person, even if it's Huahua!" Lin Jie snuffed out the cigarette and shook her head helplessly: "I heard that the murderer of the black gold case put the next target on Huahua?" ”
"Yes, and I'm guessing they're going to do it tonight."
"Okay, then I'll be staying in a welfare home tonight." Lin Jie grinned slightly, snuffed out the cigarette in her hand, waved her hand, and walked to the nursing room: "I want to see with my own eyes how terrifying the person who can kill him is." ”
Looking at Lin Jie's distant back, for a while, I had mixed feelings in my heart.
On the surface, she said that she didn't care about Huahua, but after knowing that the murderer might attack her, she took the initiative to stay. And in less than half a day, she also went back to change into a red coat, which obviously has a deep meaning. She and Ji Yan are too similar, they are both typical of knife mouths.
It is precisely because of this that two people with too similar personalities will not be able to come together after all.
Moments later, the Meteorological Observatory of Province G issued a severe weather warning.
Due to the typhoon, there will be a super heavy rainfall in Heijin City tonight, and at that time, there will be intermittent power outages in most parts of the city, which will undoubtedly bring great difficulties to the work of the police.
If the murderer really chooses to do it during the rainstorm, the traffic will be blocked, and the city bureau will not be able to support it in time, and the welfare institute will have to rely on ourselves. Uncle Fang handed down the order, all the police officers should protect Ji Huahua at the same time, but also ensure their own safety, the black gold case has progressed to the present, and there is no room for more casualties.
As night fell, thunder continued in the sky.
I informed the superintendent to prepare the backup power supply of the orphanage in advance, and in the event of a power outage, it was necessary to ensure the normal operation of the underground generator.
After that, I rearranged several patrol points near the three floors to make sure that every two patrol points were closely connected.
Now, there are no more than twenty people in the whole institution, and I have written down all of them. If it really rains at night, it is not so simple for the murderer to sneak into the welfare home.
But his usual unpredictable modus operandi must ensure twelve points of caution tonight.
"Goofy, in this weather situation, I think, the murderer won't come!" Lin Xiaoxue leaned next to me, put one hand on my shoulder, and muttered.
"It's not good, it's better not to come, I'll save trouble."
The night wind gusted, and there was a storm in the sky, interspersed with scattered light rain. This is just a precursor to a storm, and this rainstorm is expected to be even more majestic than I expected.
At this moment, a piercing whistle pierced the silent sky. On the dark national highway in the distance, two pale yellow long lights were lit up.
There was a car, in the darkness of the night, heading towards the welfare home. The car was moving very slowly, hidden in the darkness, and it was extremely strange, like the ghost cars that shuttled through it in urban legends.
At this time, in such weather conditions, who will drive to the welfare home?
"Attention of the teams, there is a suspicious vehicle approaching in front of them, and two police officers came, changed into civilian clothes and I went downstairs to check the situation."
As soon as I finished speaking, Uncle Fang and gold-rimmed glasses appeared beside me.
In order to save internal electricity, the lights in the hall on the first floor are completely turned off, giving people an indescribable weirdness. The three of us stood at the entrance of the stairway, waiting for the vehicle to approach, and every minute we stayed in this environment undoubtedly added a little more pressure.
After a few moments, the vehicle finally drove into the orphanage.
It was an old-fashioned ambulance, and it looked old, no wonder it was driving so slowly outside.
"Hey, it's the doctor in the city, they come to check and treat Huahua at this time of day."
"This kind of weather situation, they are also coming?"
"I don't know, maybe someone else is responsible!"
Uncle Fang took the lead and walked over and opened the car door.
Unexpectedly, in the huge ambulance, only one person walked down, wearing white clothes and white pants, covering tightly.
"What, Dr. Li didn't come today?" Uncle Fang looked at the ambulance with some confusion, there was indeed no one else inside.
"Dr. Li has something to do today, so he asked me to lead the class. Just routinely check the patient's condition, don't waste time, where is the Jihuahua? The white coat said coldly.
"Wait, pull down your mask and let me see your papers." I was still a little relieved in my heart, so I stepped forward directly and stopped between the white coat and Uncle Fang.
At such times, you must be extremely careful not to be negligent.
"Why, didn't the welfare institute call me here, why do you have to check my documents now?" The white coat said impatiently, but he did so, pulled down his mask, and showed his face.
Li Wenxuan, male, 29 years old, is a doctor in the Department of Pediatrics of the Municipal People's Hospital.
Regardless of age or appearance, it matches the white coat in front of him, and he has been working in the Municipal People's Hospital for five years, so it is unlikely that there will be any problems.
"Comrade Gao Fei, otherwise I'll take the doctor up first, and Huahua is still waiting there?"
I waved my hand and agreed to Uncle Fang's request.
The white coat took the medical box and turned around and walked towards the welfare home. The moment he pulled on his mask, I caught a glimpse of an imperceptible smile on the guy's white face.
I always felt that something was wrong with this guy, but I couldn't say what the specific problem was.
"It's going to rain soon, and the ambulance is just left outside, and I'm not afraid of getting wet."
The gold-rimmed glasses muttered, turned around and followed into the house.
I looked at the old-fashioned ambulance, and suddenly, I finally understood where that feeling of incongruity came from.
The ambulance was not only shabby, but also a large piece of loess was glued to the entire frame chassis. The muddy water on the side of the car door was not completely dry and hardened, and it was evident that it had only been stained for a short time.
From the Municipal People's Hospital to the Welfare Institute, it is a highway all the way, and it is impossible to pass through muddy sections at all. In the entire Black Gold Market, the only one that has a chance to be stained with such muddy water is near the bamboo forest in the back mountain!
"Xu Fugui, you immediately call the Municipal People's Hospital to confirm Li Wenxuan's true identity!"
I felt my whole body blow up, and I turned around and rushed into the welfare home.
In the distance, Uncle Fang was walking out of the stairs with a white coat, and I shouted for Uncle Fang to quickly grab the white coat on the side.
"Boom!"
Almost at the same time, a thunderclap flashed through the sky, perfectly obscuring my words, and at the same time, a majestic rainstorm came as scheduled.
Between the lightning and thunder, I clearly saw a cold light flashing in the eyes of the white coat.
Without warning, the guy grabbed Uncle Fang and pushed him down the stairs.
Uncle Fang was defenseless, so he fell directly down the stairs, and then hit the concrete floor hard.
"Damn, bastard!"
I rushed over like crazy, only to find that the white coat had already gone ahead of me and disappeared around the corner of the hallway.
I took out the radio and told the police officer in charge of guarding the corridor to pay attention to the movement of the white coat, and at the same time, walked to Uncle Fang's side to check on his injuries.
This fell so hard that blood burst out of his eyes and nose, and he was almost unconscious. The key is that Uncle Fang is also old, and it is very likely that he will have fractures or even organ damage.
As soon as Phnom Rim Glasses finished making a phone call, he also rushed in with him: "Gao Fei, the Municipal People's Hospital said that it didn't send a doctor over today at all." In addition, the man named Li Wenxuan did work as a doctor in the pediatric department, but he died a year ago! ”
I only felt that it was dark in front of me, and I almost passed out.
We have been so cautious, but we didn't expect to let the other party take advantage of the loophole.
Uncle Fang was still conscious, grabbed my hand, and shouted with the only remaining strength: "Comrade Gao, I'm sorry, protect Huahua!" ”
"Don't worry, even if I fight for my life, I will definitely save the daughter of the next team!"
I called over the gold-rimmed glasses and asked him to take care of Uncle Fang, and then turned around and chased him out.
Going up the stairs and spiraling all the way, there was no shadow of the white coat at all.
Lin Xiaoxue and some police officers heard the radio and knew that something was wrong, so they also chased them down.
I asked them if they had seen the white coat, and they all said that they had been guarding the entrance of the building just now and had not seen the person I was talking about.
The white coat escaped from the corner of the stairs, and since he hadn't seen it on the third floor, there was only one possibility, and the guy hid inside the second floor.
I emphasized the specific features of the white coat, and then rushed into the second floor with the police officers.
Outside the window, it was pouring rain, interspersed with a few lightning bolts. The entire corridor was surprisingly dark, with only a few dark yellow old-fashioned light bulbs left, faintly glowing. We searched every room carefully for fear of missing any dark corners.
The iron door at the end of the corridor was locked with huge chains, and only the dean had the key to unlock them.
In other words, the coat could only be hidden in the few remaining rooms!
"Look, the door here has just been squeezed open a crack!"
In the distance, Lin Xiaoxue shouted at me, and I subconsciously rushed over and found that the room in front of me was the last student activity center.
Because the children of the welfare center went to the city to participate in activities a few days ago, the activity center has not been open for a long time, and the iron gate in front of it should be full of dust.
But now, not only has the iron door been opened a gap, but there are also two bright handprints on it.
"Right here, don't let him go!" I beckoned the officers behind me to follow, turned on my flashlight, and took the lead in rushing in.
The room was strangely dark, and the air was filled with a strong smell of dust, which made me a little out of breath.
In the darkness, I could clearly see a person standing upright in the center of the empty room, just standing in the darkness, not saying a word.
"Turn on the lights"
With an order, Lin Xiaoxue, who was behind, cooperated and pressed the button on the side, and the dilapidated light bulb flickered a few times, and all of them were all on.
For a moment, I was speechless by what I saw.
I saw that in the middle of the venue, there was actually a human sculpture standing. The sculpture was dressed in a white coat and a mask, and was dressed exactly like the "Li Wenxuan". On the wall of the activity center, a long string of numbers was painted with something red.
“719,819,4.6,0!”
Nine out of seven, nine out of eight, at 0:00 on April 6th! The murderer actually left two death notices in a row!
Outside the house, police officers continued to pour in one after another, and when they saw the scene inside the room, they were also so shocked that they couldn't speak.
The red liquid has not yet fully solidified, it was left not so long ago, is that madman, planning to kill two women in a row in front of us?
"Xiaoxue, what time is it!"
"It's eleven o'clock on the night of April 5th, and there is still an hour before midnight!"
Only an hour left?
"Oh no, I've been tricked! The second floor is just a trap here, and that guy's real target is actually Ji Huahua on the third floor! ”
"Boom!" With a loud thunderclap, all the light bulbs on the room went out, and the entire welfare home was suddenly plunged into a huge darkness.
By this lightning, I clearly saw a strange black shadow, taking advantage of the chaos, and rushed out of the room.