Dear Officer Zhuang

Chapter 1 Husband
In the open space with lush reeds beside the river, Wen Mi used her mobile phone to illuminate the light.She bent over, looking for something on the ground.

This reed field is in the suburbs, away from the street-lighted avenue.In the large reed field surrounded by darkness, only the light in Wen Mi's hand is still eye-catching.

A few days ago, a female corpse swollen by the river water was just found here.The police preliminarily judged that the female corpse was the third victim of the recent appalling serial murder.

Days passed, the identity of the deceased was not confirmed, and the police did not have any clues about the murderer.

As a reporter who specializes in reporting on criminal investigation cases, Wen Mi wanted to find some material to write a press release on this case, so she came to the place where the corpse was found.

Originally, she could have come early in the afternoon.

But in the afternoon, the editor-in-chief took her to hold an urgent meeting. On the way, she encountered another traffic accident, and the road was blocked for a long time.By the time she got here, the sun had already set.

Wen Mi held the mobile phone for lighting in one hand, and the SLR camera in the other, snapping a lot of photos.

Almost there, she straightened up and walked across the reed field to her car parked on the boulevard.

It takes two or three minutes to walk to the avenue from here.

Just as Wen Mi walked a few steps, her ears keenly caught the subtle footsteps that did not belong to her.

Wen Mi froze.

She deliberately slowed down her pace, and opened her ears to try to listen more carefully. At the same time, she prayed in her heart that she had heard it wrong.

This time, she heard it very clearly—in the sound of the river's water and her footsteps, there was indeed a deliberately restrained footsteps mixed in.

Wen Mi's back felt cold, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

She dared not look back.

She has also been a criminal investigation reporter for several years. She has heard that some murderers like to return to the crime scene.

She can't be so unlucky, can she? !

However, if it wasn't for the murderer, the other party wouldn't be able to follow her in hiding.

Wen Mi quickened her pace, and she clearly heard that the person following her in the dark also quickened her pace.

Wen Mi was thinking fast in her mind whether it was safest for her to call the police, or to call the nearest male colleague.When the murderer heard that she called the police, would he be enraged and try to silence her...

This series of thoughts flashed through Wen Mi's mind. Before she could make up her mind, she had already dialed the phone.

A cold and deep voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello."

Wen Mi brought it up in one breath, but what she was about to say got stuck because of this strange male voice.

Who is this man?The sound is completely deaf.

Who did she call? ?
Wen Mi didn't have time to think about it, nor did she have time to look at the phone screen.

As soon as she thought about it, she blurted out: "Husband~"

The black shadow hiding in the dark, the arm that was about to be raised, was put down again after hearing that the woman was not calling the police.

Without waiting for a response from the other end of the phone, Wen Mi continued in a whimpering voice: "I'm already on my way back, and I'll be home soon. Didn't I tell you, I'm here to take a look at the scene of the case. In the reed field on Lidong Road, the nearest village is called Qinjian Village.”

at the same time.

In the narrow alleys of the old city of Yingcheng, Zhuang Xun was leading the criminal investigation team to investigate the scene of the crime.

More than an hour ago, they received a report that a male body was found here.

Zhuang Xun rushed over with his team immediately.

They cordoned off the place where the body was found. When Zhuang Xun and his team members were investigating the scene, his cell phone rang suddenly.

It was a call from an unknown number.

Zhuang Xun connected without thinking too much. As soon as he said "Hello", the other party prolonged the end of the sound with a terribly whiny voice: "Husband~"

Zhuang Xun froze in place, Ru Mo's sword eyebrows frowned slightly.

Just as he was about to say indifferently, "You have dialed the wrong number", the other party seemed to be a little anxious and spoke for a long time.

Zhuang Xun keenly noticed something strange.

Although the other party's voice sounded very sweet, he could hear the nervousness that the other party was deliberately suppressing from the speed and tone of the other party's speech.

If the call from the other party was really to her husband, why is she nervous?
The case... the scene?
Zhuang Xun seemed to have guessed something, and his curved and resolute jaw tightened even more.

Here, Wen Mi breathed a sigh of relief, comforting herself in her heart not to be nervous, to be normal, while continuing to whisper to the phone: "Are you worried about me and want to come pick me up? Okay, you come pick me up." Me, I'm driving back now, we happened to meet on the road..."

Wen Mi was silent for a few seconds, pretending to listen to her "husband" on the phone.

She giggled sweetly: "You have watched too many movies, how could you come across the murderer and come back to the scene of the crime by such a coincidence. Although it is deserted and there is no one here, I am still quite safe Yes, don't worry."

Zhuang Xun listened to the woman talking to herself, and the guess in her heart was confirmed.

He walked outside to a quiet corner: "Has the murderer returned to the crime scene?"

The smile on Wen Mi's face froze.

She never thought that the other party would strike up a conversation.

She thought that when the other party heard her talking to herself, she might think that she had a mental problem and hung up the phone.

But the strange man on the other end of the phone not only listened to her words, but also noticed the clues.

Wen Mi still pretended to be happy and sweet: "Well, you guessed it, I'm really a little scared, after all, people died here."

"Don't panic, and don't show that you noticed the murderer, just keep it like this."

The man's voice was calm and powerful, which inexplicably made Wen Mi's restless heart calm down a bit.

Zhuang Xun remembered what the woman said just now, she was driving back now."Are you back in the car?" he asked.

"I'll be in the car right away, don't rush." ​​Wen Mi continued to act.

"When you get in the car, you lock the door. Now you can walk a little faster." Zhuang Xun told calmly.

Hearing this, Wen Mi really walked faster.

"Okay, I'll go quickly."

The closer one was to the avenue, the lighter the originally thick darkness became.

The street lamps on the avenue are like lighthouses on the sea in the middle of the night, where there is hope and safety.

"Don't look left and right, but don't completely ignore the murderer's movements. You have to be prepared with both hands."

After Zhuang Xun told the truth, without giving Wen Mi a chance to react nervously, he continued, "Tell me what you want to eat when you get home soon."

While helping Wen Mi to recognize the reality, he is also helping Wen Mi to divert her attention, so that she will not be too nervous and show her flaws.

Wen Mi could hear the murderer hiding in the reed field, as her footsteps quickened, so did the sound of her footsteps.

(End of this chapter)