Chapter 19: Fate
Shen Jiming hurriedly grabbed the mobile phone on the computer desk and opened it.
Looking at the date and time on his phone, Shen Jiming's face turned pale in an instant, his mind buzzed like a bloodshot, and his thoughts went blank.
Sept. 11, 11:45 p.m.
In other words, he ate half a potato and fell asleep directly in the kitchen for two days, and he no longer had to guess what happened downstairs, it must have been Liu Qiangbing and his wife who had been killed.
After standing by the window for three or four minutes, Shen Jiming came to his senses with a shudder, quickly put on a T-shirt and slippers, opened the door and rushed downstairs.
The old streets, which are usually quiet, are completely boiling.
Everywhere people kept coming out of the surrounding neighborhoods, gathering near the intersection to whisper discussions, many people taking out their mobile phones to shoot at the busy police and the murder scene.
"Don't take pictures, the murder has just happened, the murderer may still be nearby, everyone please return home as soon as possible, if there are clues to the public, please contact us immediately......"
The horn of a police car shouted loudly.
The crowd of onlookers was in turmoil, and many people retreated in horror and began to go home, but there were still many young people who watched the excitement and squeezed forward desperately, and the number of police was obviously too small, so one of the middle-aged policemen turned on the intercom in his hand and began to call for reinforcements.
"Woo woo woo woo~" On the street in the distance, more sirens came, and a red and blue intertwined light came quickly like a long dragon.
Shen Jiming's face was pale and he squeezed in front of the crowd of onlookers, looking at this scene that he had seen once in a dream, his heart couldn't help but throb one after another, and his face was distorted.
originally saw the scene of Liu Qiangbing's husband and wife being killed in advance, and he also planned to find a way to save the two of them.
But by mistake, I just ate a potato of unknown origin, and I slept for two days and missed the time.
Is this fate? Is their death predestined and irrevocable?
If you go to save Qi Zhenghai on September 9th, will you succeed?
Shen Jiming remembered the black fog he saw through the telescope, and couldn't help but tremble in his heart.
Even if he was at the scene at the time, it is estimated that he still can't be saved.
Because the black fog didn't know what it was, as if it didn't exist at all.
A homicide, two innocent young lives.
It was not destined to be a peaceful and peaceful night.
Hundreds of police and special police officers have completely cordoned off the vicinity of Yulong Street, and the old and dark streets of the community have been dyed by a sea of police lights, and the mournful sirens have resounded in the night sky of half of the city.
Back in his rented room, Shen Jiming lay on the bed like a dead man, looking at the dark ceiling with empty eyes.
Flashes of red and blue light shimmered through the windows, and various branches and strange lights and shadows shook on the walls, and the whole room looked unusually eerie.
"Bang Bang Bang~"
Suddenly, there was a sharp knock on the door, Shen Jiming came back to his senses, and after sitting up, he took out a dagger from a pair of old leather shoes under the bed and hid it behind him, and then turned on the light and walked to the door.
"Who~" Shen Jiming leaned against the door and asked in a low voice.
"I, it's me, Xia Wenwen upstairs!Open the door!" came a trembling woman's voice outside the door.
Shen Jiming breathed a sigh of relief and stuffed the dagger into an old satchel behind the door, and then opened the door.
A girl in a nightdress stood outside the door in horror, and by the dim street lamp, she could be seen trembling slightly.
"I ...... We can't sleep with you...... , No, can I live in your house, just ...... one night" The girl was a little incoherent, holding her arms tightly, and her face was white and scary.
"Come in!" Shen Jiming understood that this girl should have been frightened by the murder outside, so he nodded and pulled the door open.
"Thank you, thank you!" Xia Wenwen rushed into the room impatiently, and was obviously relieved after watching Shen Jiming close the door.
Shen Jiming poured Xia Wenwen a glass of water from the kettle and put it in her hand, then walked to the window and looked down.
At this time, it was already past one o'clock in the morning, the crowd of onlookers had basically dispersed, the lights were on everywhere in the buildings of the nearby community, and the dense police had already begun to investigate around under the arrangement at this time, the light pillar of the flashlight was dangling in the night, and there were several policemen pulling police dogs to look for clues in the bushes and nearby dark corners.
Alas~!
Shen Jiming sat on the bed, was stunned for a while, and then stood up and said, "Xia Wenwen, you can sleep in my bed!"
"Then where are you sleeping?" Xia Wenwen's panic subsided a lot at this time, although his body still shivered slightly from time to time, but his face improved a lot after drinking a few sips of water.
"I sleep on the floor of the living room!" Shen Jiming took down a mattress from the top of the simple wardrobe.
"No, no, you sleep with me, I'm afraid, please don't go out!" Xia Wenwen stood up nervously and looked at Shen Jiming.
"Uh, okay! Then I'll sleep on the floor, you sleep on the bed!"
Shen Jiming had no choice but to spread the mat on the floor and take a small pillow as a pillow.
The room is relatively small, and the floor is an old cement floor, which is slightly cold to lie on.
Xia Wenwen, who was wrapped up in a ball and lying on the bed, couldn't fall asleep over and over.
Shen Jiming couldn't sleep either, not because there was an extra woman in the bed, but because of the noise and dog barking outside the window, as well as the constantly flashing police lights, plus the guilt and fear in his heart.
"Hey, Shen Jiming, who do you say would be so cruel and want to kill Brother Liu and Sister Fang?" Xia Wenwen stretched his head to the side of the bed and suddenly asked in a low voice.
"How do I know?" Shen Jiming smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"It's too bad, I'm sure the police will catch him!" Xia Wenwen said.
"Hopefully!" replied Shen Jiming absentmindedly.
"Hey, why are you like this, I see that you often buy their cakes to eat, and you talk and laugh with Brother Liu, why don't you care about their deaths at all?" Xia Wenwen was a little angry.
"Then what do you want me to do? I'm not a policeman, and I won't solve the case, just like you said, sooner or later, the police will catch the murderers and avenge them, we can only see!" Shen Jiming replied helplessly.
"I can't eat the pancakes made by Brother Liu and Sister Fang anymore, woo~" Xia Wenwen cried while wrapped in the quilt.
Shen Jiming suddenly said: "Xia Wenwen, aren't you afraid of me? You want to sleep with me in the middle of the night? The police only looked for me a few days ago, and you still said that I was a murderer!"
Xia Wenwen was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand from the quilt and wiped his tears and said, "I...... All of a sudden......, I only thought of you! You don't want to kill me, do you? I don't have any money, and I only saved 20,000 yuan after half a year of work......."
Shen Jiming: ......
"Alas, you're too poor to be killed, let's talk about it when you're fattened!" Shen Jiming said with a deliberate sigh.
"I'm not fat, I'm only eighty-six pounds, and I can't get fat by eating anything!" Xia Wenwen's voice was slightly surprised.
Alas, Shen Jiming really sighed this time.
He didn't know how Xia Wenwen, a little girl who was estimated to be a baby at home, would work alone and live in such an old community.
Not to mention the world, and innocent to the point of almost two.
It's a miracle that no one cheated away.
The two of them spoke without saying a word, Xia Wenwen slowly let out a slight snort, and Shen Jiming also felt groggy and slowly let out a slight snoring sound.