Only you are so different

Chapter 22 All good things last forever

In the early morning of the next day, Lin Mei and Su Xiuran got the news from Zhang Yan just after waking up from their sleep: Du Lin had surrendered to the police station.

Lin Mei was very shocked when she heard the news, probably because this person had troubled them for too long, and suddenly knowing that he had been arrested, she couldn't believe it, without much sense of reality.

Su Xiuran's reaction was much calmer than hers, and he just told Zhang Yan who called that he already knew about it.

Su Xiuyan struggled all night and just managed to fall asleep when he was pulled up by Lin Mei. The hair on his head was still a little shabby, but he didn't dare to attack with a dark face. Then he heard the news that Du Lin had been brought to justice.

He looked up at Su Xiuran, his voice was still a little hoarse after waking up: "He must have kept his back tricks."

It's strange that a person like Du Lin would choose to take the initiative to bring the case to justice, because even if he is wanted, it's not like he has no chance of escaping.

Unless...he had already guessed that the police had no evidence to prove that he had participated in the murder, and that he was wanted only for traffic accidents.

Su Xiuran nodded lightly: "He still has the initiative."

Now they don't have any evidence of Du Lin's crime in their hands, and some of them are just speculations that are not supported by physical evidence.

But Du Lin not only has the information that can put Su Xiuyan in prison, but also more importantly... clues to the murderer of the dismemberment case.

They looked at each other and fell silent for a moment.

On the contrary, Lin Mei was more optimistic. She clapped her hands and said, "No matter what, it's better to keep him in the prison than to let him go outside and continue to harm others."

This is true, but a person like Du Lin knows that the crime he is wanted for is a traffic accident, and he will choose to bring it to justice. It must be because he has a plan. As for what he is planning, the answer is very simple-he The purpose has always been Su Xiuran.

Smiling at the two of them, Su Xiuran's expression remained unchanged: "It's better for us to have breakfast first."

He had a bad appetite all day yesterday, and now he actually asked for breakfast. Of course, Lin Mei couldn't care less about anything, and immediately went to ask the nurse.

This private hospital has all kinds of services, and even the meals are exquisite, and there are a wide variety of options available at any time.

Lin Mei drank the mellow freshly ground coffee, took another bite of the bread that was covered with butter and toasted brown, and sighed involuntarily: "I must admire the great god who opened this hospital. He has thought too thoroughly."

Su Xiuyan was pouring black coffee in a hurry, and said after hearing the words: "If you really want to admire him, maybe you can meet and admire him... I remember that he has a good relationship with his brother."

Su Xiuran nodded in response: "Oh, this hospital is owned by the Gu family. It should have been opened specifically to serve him. I still have some friendship with him."

Lin Mei was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly thought of a person who was quite well-known, so she excitedly held Su Xiuran's arm and said, "Could it be Gu Qinglan you're talking about?"

Su Xiuyan interrupted: "That's it, how many other Gu families are there?" He snorted angrily, "Anyway, he doesn't like me, even if Gu's and Shenyue have a cooperation project, he didn't come to me Face to face."

Su Xiuran smiled: "Mr. Gu didn't care much about company affairs, he didn't deliberately avoid you... He has a better temper than me, and he won't look down on anyone at every turn."

Lin Mei deciphered another important point from Su Xiuran's words: Does it mean that he himself has a bad temper and looks down on many people at every turn.

Think about Su Xiuran's usual cold-eyed demeanor, plus his occasional venomous attitude when he criticizes people or things... well, it's really easy for him to look down on someone.

But the point is, this Mr. Gu is not only a well-known professor, but also acted in a costume TV series and a costume movie for fun. How about his appearance? Gone with the wind, how glamorous and noble you want to be, you are simply the best spokesperson for standing on the refrigerator to cool down.

Although Lin Mei reads more books than movies, she happened to have watched both of these movies, and even licked the screen for a while...Of course it was before meeting Su Xiuran.

Looking at her expectant little eyes, Su Xiuran also guessed that she was probably Gu Qinglan's fan, so he slightly raised his eyebrows: "He lives not far from us, I will take you to visit him someday."

Lin Mei immediately cheered, her expression extremely happy.

Su Xiuran looked at her indifferently, and said again: "Do you love books more, or movie stars?"

This topic is a bit strange, Lin Mei replied subconsciously: "Of course I love books more, watching movies is just a pastime, movie stars are just something new to me."

Su Xiuran slightly bent his lips in satisfaction, and turned his gaze back to the black teacup in his hand.

Su Xiuyan looked at Lin Mei with a look of hatred for iron and steel, and kindly reminded: "Our family members are very possessive and will hold grudges."

Lin Mei was still immersed in the excitement of being able to see the beautiful man in ancient costume in fluttering white clothes on the screen, and without thinking about it, she softly snorted and refuted him: "It's just you!"

Poor Su Xiuyan was treated like a donkey for his good intentions, so he could only continue to drink his own black coffee with a toothache.

After a brief breakfast and rest, Zhang Yan received new news around noon. Du Lin, who had surrendered himself, refused to confess anything unrelated to the traffic accident.

Under Zhang Yan's repeated pressure, he finally spoke, but he only made one request: he wanted to see Su Xiuran, and he only talked with Su Xiuran about any other topics.

Considering that Su Xiuran is not a member of the police station and his health is not very good, Zhang Yan thought about it for a long time, and finally contacted Su Xiuran who was still in the hospital.

Zhang Yan gave Su Xiuran a choice: "Xiu Ran, you are not a member of the police force. If you don't come, no one can force you. This is not an obligation for you."

Su Xiuran replied very simply: "I've been ready for a long time, I'll be there right away."

He was going to the police station, so Su Xiuyan naturally followed, and Lin Mei did his part. It took only ten minutes from the hospital to the police station, and soon they arrived outside the interrogation room.

Zhang Yan held Su Xiuran's hand, and pressed it slightly: "He is very calm in dealing with it, he is not an ordinary suspect, if you think there is a problem, I can go in with you."

Su Xiuran shook his head: "No, just watch outside."

He opened the door and went in, while Lin Mei, Zhang Yan and Su Xiuyan walked into the next door, watching the interrogation through the one-way perspective glass.

Du Lin was very calm. He was sitting on the interrogation seat, facing the one-way glass. He should also know that there were people watching him behind the glass, but he still calmly cast his eyes on Su Xiu who was sitting opposite him. Ran body.

This is the first time Lin Mei has really seen this legendary character. She has seen his photo a few years ago. Eight years later, he is still the same as in the photo. He looks very clean and even has a kind of student. Pure innocence.

It's just that his eyes looked a bit ignorant in the photo, as if they were full of longing, but now there was only a cold, pure and transparent but extremely hard coldness... like a piece of metal reflecting light.

Su Xiuran did not exchange greetings with him, and still kept his concise and concise style. After sitting down, he said, "Your resentment towards me should not be vented on your attitude towards this world, it will only lead you astray."

Du Lin smiled coldly, leaned over and supported the table with his arms, so that he could get closer to Su Xiuran, looked straight into Su Xiuran's eyes, and said, "Mr. Su...do you know that I When did you know you were still alive?"

Su Xiuran replied: "According to the information provided by Xiuyan, you found it yourself three years ago."

Du Lin laughed again: "Then do you know that I investigated for five full years before that? Collected all the information about you, investigated the hospital where you 'died', and monitored your brother's work in the company. All the phone calls, search your name over and over again on the Internet, don't miss any forums and private servers..." He showed a sarcastic smile, "I originally wanted to restore the truth about your 'death', but I didn't expect that when the evidence was in front of me Together, what you get is the fact that you didn't go to another world at all."

Su Xiuran was silent for a moment before saying, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect that my departure would have such a big impact on you."

Du Lin sneered: "Of course you didn't think... respectful Mr. Su, can you imagine what it would be like when I knew you were still alive?"

Su Xiuran didn't need to ask any more, he had already given the answer with a cold smile: "I'm very disappointed, at that moment, I would rather you were dead, so my five years of time and energy would not have been wasted. "

Lin Mei was already so angry that she wanted to rush up and slap him in the face, even Su Xiuyan pursed her lips, and said in a low voice: "I know he hates brother, but I didn't expect his hatred to be so distorted."

It's fine if he doesn't mention it, but when he mentioned Lin Mei, he turned his face and gave him a sideways glance: "Speaking of distortion, you don't seem to have the right to talk about others, how do I remember that when you stabbed your brother, you said that you would rather he had already done it?" died."

Su Xiuyan's face suddenly became a little uncomfortable: "I was half-truth, half-acting, and I have already regretted it..."

He is such a face-saving person, the first time he uttered the word "regret", Lin Mei just glanced at him and stopped talking.

Su Xiuran was not affected by Du Lin's words, and his expression was still calm. He said in a low voice, "As for this matter, and when Xiuyan asked my mother to call me, I didn't think of you...at these times Allow me to apologize to you for neglecting you."

When he said this, his tone was sincere, and he sounded a little sad. Looking from the mirror, he could see that the expression on Du Lin's face was slightly relaxed, as if he was quite satisfied with this sentence. .

However, Su Xiuran changed the subject and continued: "But please also understand that to me, you are just a slightly familiar subordinate. Since I left Shenyue, I have stopped asking about any affairs of the company. , so just as I would not mention my old subordinates in the company to my mother and younger brother, it is also impossible for me to mention you to them."

These words were a little cold, and Su Xiuran's indifferent expression also showed that what he said was the truth to him, no matter how much Du Lin thought that they were once friends, even if Du Lin No matter how much effort Lin put in to investigate his "unfortunate death", it was still a trivial matter to him, and even a completely unnecessary burden.

For Du Lin, who is somewhat paranoid and arrogant, these words are obviously unbearable. His originally relaxed expression immediately became tense, and his delicate face was distorted by anger, completely destroying his calm. That kind of innocence and youthful feeling.

He suddenly slammed his fist on the steel table, and there were faint blue veins on his forehead.

Because he was not the kind of manic and obviously violent suspect, when he was brought into the interrogation room, he was only handcuffed to the table with one hand, and the other hand was still movable.

Seeing his sudden anger, Zhang Yan and the police officers guarding the door were about to rush in to protect Su Xiuran, but Su Xiuran turned his back to them and raised his hand to signal them not to come in.

After he put down his raised hand, he still said lightly: "No wonder you and Xiuyan became partners. The two of you have a common characteristic—not smart enough but too conceited."

IQ is obviously one of the capitals that Du Lin is quite proud of. Originally, he was indeed one of the extremely smart people. Otherwise, he would not have become such a powerful hacker and committed a near-perfect murder.

But just like Su Xiuyan, no matter whether Du Lin admits it or not, Su Xiuran is a special enough person for him. He may be able to laugh it off proudly when he comes from other people's denial. , making him instantly filled with a deep sense of frustration.

Du Lin's expression became more gloomy, and the muscles at the corners of his eyes twitched unconsciously, but Su Xiuran didn't intend to let him go, and tapped the table with his right index finger, as if he had completely lost patience with his various performances: " Since you foolishly chose to walk into the police station, then things will not develop as you hoped. No matter how much you plot, I will find evidence that can bring you to justice."

He spoke very coldly, as if he hoped that Du Lin would continue the stalemate with the police like this: "So you can choose to continue to say useless words here, and I may not have the patience to listen to your boring words next time."

After he finished speaking, he really stood up and was about to go out, but Du Lin suddenly spoke, gritting his teeth, and every word seemed to be squeezed out between his teeth: "Don't tell me, you don't care about your brother's life or death at all. , and don't care about Shenyue."

Su Xiuran half turned and looked at him, showing a sarcastic smile: "Shenyue is already a past that I have abandoned. I am different from you, I never miss the past." His expression was very relaxed, "Oh , As for Xiu Yan, he must pay some price for his own mistakes, I think appropriate setbacks are very beneficial to his life."

After he finished speaking, he smiled lightly, turned around, opened the door and walked out.

He couldn't see it, but everyone in the observation room saw it. The moment he closed the door, the ice-like thing in Du Lin's eyes shattered, and the calm shell finally fell off. Put on a bloodthirsty shade of prey.

He looked up at the ceiling, suddenly laughed "haha", then raised his hand to cover his eyes.

As soon as Su Xiuran walked out of the interrogation room, Lin Mei and the others surrounded him. Unlike the coldness and indifference in the interrogation room, one could see a layer of cold sweat on his forehead under the sunlight.

His face was a little pale, he covered his mouth and coughed a few times, and then said: "Du Lin has a plan in mind, he is waiting for me to propose a condition."

The words he said when talking with Du Lin were of course all false. On the one hand, they were used to disintegrate Du Lin's psychological offensive, and on the other hand, they were also to preemptively occupy the initiative of speaking.

Su Xiuran pondered and said: "It's very likely that he set up something through the network...that's why he's so sure that he has enough bargaining chips in exchange for what he wants."

Zhang Yan nodded: "He turned himself in alone. He only had some cash on him, and he didn't even bring his mobile phone."

Su Xiuran nodded slightly: "So he must have a stronghold to store the equipment he took away from Xiuyan. As for electronic data, there are too many ways to transcribe and save it in this era, and it is difficult for us to intercept it."

Du Lin's computer was not found, even if he found it, he only needed to set it up in the storage space of the network or even in the e-mail box in advance to transfer these things.

That's why Su Xiuran can't show timidity in front of Du Lin, showing that he cares about Su Xiuyan and Shenyue even a little bit. This is equivalent to handing over the handle to Du Lin, allowing him to do whatever he wants.

Su Xiuran smiled wryly: "Even if we can't keep Xiuyan and Shenyue, we still have to get the method and means for him to control the suspect to kill through the Internet, as well as the list of potential murderers."

There is more than one problem facing them at present, and it is not unreasonable for Du Lin to have a well-thought-out plan.

All four of them fell silent for a while, although Su Xiuran could temporarily hold Du Lin back with a tyrannical and contemptuous attitude, making him wonder if he should proceed with his next plan.But Du Lin is not an idiot. It won't take long, not even more than a day or two, before he realizes that Su Xiuran is just bluffing.

No matter how you look at it, it seems that what is in front of them is a dead end.If there is no major progress or turning point, Su Xiuran will compromise with Du Lin sooner or later, then Du Lin's original purpose of surrendering to the crime will be achieved - he has not yet had a chance to say what he wants, but he also knows that it will not be a good thing .

Lin Mei frowned and tried hard to think. She really didn't want Su Xiuran to be threatened by someone like Du Lin. Just thinking about it made her feel very disgusting and terrible...Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration, raised her head and asked Zhang Yan: "That broken man?" How about the investigation of the corpse case now?"

Zhang Yan immediately replied: "The analysis of the bones showed that the deceased was a male between the ages of 25 and 30. Judging from the bone quality, his growth and nutrition were in good condition, and he had no diseases. It is presumed that he was not a homeless man, but a person with a legitimate identity and a job.

"For the deduction of the distribution of the drainage pipes, the delineated bones were probably thrown into the sewer in an area with a diameter of one kilometer. We are now comparing the list of merchants and residents there to see if there are any suspicious candidates."

Lin Mei said "Oh". Although many things have happened since the discovery of the bones, in fact, it has only been more than 20 hours. It is already very efficient for the police to progress to this point.

She thought about it and asked again: "Isn't the identity of the deceased confirmed yet?"

Zhang Yan shook his head: "There is no one who meets the characteristics of the missing persons reported in the past two days. From yesterday to today, it is a weekend rest day. No one will find an office worker who lives alone and disappears for two days."

That's right, thinking about the last time Zhang Lili committed suicide, it was only a few days later that Xingwen Books found out and reported the crime.

The busy office workers living in the metropolis look glamorous and fashionable, but many of them just live alone, and even death cannot be noticed immediately.

A vague feeling flashed in her mind, but at present there is not enough evidence to support her conjecture, Su Xiuran saw her hesitation, and said softly: "If you have any guesses, just tell them and tell Zhang Give them a direction."

Lin Mei said: "I thought of the killer who killed the policeman last time, and was 'handled' by Du Lin because of being exposed and out of control? Since Du Lin was able to 'handle' him in time, it proves that Du Lin and him Not only did he have contacts on the Internet, but Du Lin also knew his address and the situation at home.

"In view of this, I think Du Lin has also supervised the suspect in this dismemberment case to a certain extent. The other party may not know his real appearance, but he must know the detailed address and identity of his 'training object' .”

Su Xiuran nodded: "I think so too. It can be seen from the previous cases that Du Lin is a person with a strong desire to control. He will not allow mistakes to occur. If there are 'errors', then he will personally 'correct them' .”

For a conceited person like Du Lin, things beyond his control must be eliminated. The last time the suspect was "cleaned up" and killed by himself.

Lin Mei let out a "huh" and continued: "After hearing Su Xiuyan's confession to you last night, Du Lin lost control and ran into Yu Qizhen's car, drove away, and then voluntarily surrendered himself this morning. I don't think that a thoughtful person like him spent a whole night building his mind. I tend to... the suspect in the dismemberment case was already 'cleaned up' by him before he came. Lost."

Su Xiuran narrowed his eyes slightly, and exchanged a glance with Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan nodded to Su Xiuran: "I think it's a direction."

Su Xiuran also nodded in agreement: "Then I'll leave it to you."

Fortunately, the scope of suspicion is not large, and it is not impossible for the police to knock on doors and ask questions.

In order not to arouse panic among the public, Zhang Yan sent a team of plainclothes police officers to cooperate with the property and began door-to-door investigations in the name of community investigations.

Although this can also be regarded as a direction of investigation, if there is progress, the whole case will be clearer, but if Du Lin has cleaned up the scene and faked the murder as a flawless suicide like last time, then the conviction of Du Lin This matter still didn't help much.

Su Xiuran obviously thought of this too. Seeing that Lin Mei was still frowning, he smiled and said, "Don't be too nervous, we still have time."

Lin Mei nodded and took his arm.Su Xiuran smiled and patted her hand, then coughed a few times.

His face was extremely pale, Lin Mei said worriedly: "Let's go back to the hospital first, you look a bit tired."

Su Xiuran did not object, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go back."

Su Xiuyan was taken there by Zhang Yan just now to go through the procedure of being released on bail. After returning, he kept his chest in his arms and said nothing. When he heard that they wanted to leave, he went out to drive first.

Lin Mei and Su Xiuran followed him and walked towards the parking lot together. When they reached the gate of the police station, they saw a person stopped by the guard.

This is the criminal police team, not a service police office, so outsiders rarely come here, let alone this person is not only wearing a peaked cap, but also a thick black jacket in such a hot summer.

Su Xiuyan didn't look sideways, and went straight out, but Su Xiuran's gaze fell on the man's hands, they were very ordinary hands, he didn't look like someone engaged in heavy physical labor, his fingers were slender He was fair, except that there were a few scratches from the rope on his hands, and some taupe marks on his fingertips.

Su Xiuran narrowed his eyes suddenly, and said, "Xiuyan, your nine o'clock direction!"

Lin Mei didn't know what kind of secret words this was between the brothers, but when Su Xiuyan, who had already stepped outside the police station, heard it, he immediately twisted his body and rushed to the left. In less time, two punches knocked him to the ground.

The man was caught off guard and fell to the ground. He covered his jaw with one hand, and groped into his arms with the other, as if he was about to dig out something.

Su Xiuran stopped drinking: "Hold his hand!"

Su Xiuyan has obviously practiced self-defense and fighting skills, and his grappling skills are no worse than those of professional police officers. Compared with the man's thin body, his physique and height have the advantages, and he holds the man's hand condescendingly. hand, pressing him face-to-face on the ground.

Seeing that Su Xiuyan suddenly put down a suspicious-looking man, and Su Xiuran was next to him commanding, although many people didn't understand what happened, some police officers came over to put the man on. Handcuffs and a search of his body.

When everyone saw clearly that the man wrapped in his clothes was a homemade bomb, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

The bomb was controlled by a remote detonation device. Fortunately, when Su Xiuran and Su Xiuyan teamed up to subdue this man, they attacked him suddenly and did not give him much chance to react, so they took him down smoothly.

The police station was almost attacked by a homemade bomb. Someone immediately called to report to the superior, and the explosion-proof police would come to deal with the bomb soon.

The police officers held the man to stand up. The peaked cap fell to the ground during the fight just now, revealing a slightly fair and immature face underneath, who looked clearly no more than 20 years old.

The uncle doorman came over and said, "This guy just told me that he lost his mobile phone and wanted to report it to the police. I told him that civil cases are not accepted here, so I told him to go to the police on the street next to him, and he just started arguing with me..."

Chatting with the guard should be a strategy to disturb the guard's attention and line of sight. This young man's goal is to drop the bomb while others are not prepared and then hide to detonate it.

After being captured, the young man lowered his head and didn't dare to look at people, his fair face was black and blue.

Su Xiuran suddenly walked towards the police station, Lin Mei saw that his expression was particularly gloomy, so she hurriedly followed.

The first floor here is only stationed by the criminal police team of the sub-bureau, which is not very big, so Su Xiuran walked in and walked around a corridor, which was the interrogation room where he had a conversation with Du Lin just now.

The police officer guarding the door saw him coming, thought he had something else to discuss with Du Lin, so he asked, "Mr. Su?"

Su Xiuran nodded to him: "Please open the door."

He had some prestige in the police station, the policeman opened the door for him without doubting him, and Su Xiuran walked in sideways.

Lin Mei and Su Xiuyan, who were following behind, saw him striding up to Du Lin, raised their hands and punched him.

He had also practiced martial arts in his early years, and in a fit of rage, he knocked Du Lin down from his chair with one punch, unable to move for a while.

Su Xiuran took another step forward, leaned over and grabbed Du Lin's collar with one hand, forcing him to look up at him. There was no smile in his eyes and lips. It was extremely cold, and he said coldly: "I'm not a policeman, so this is not torture to extract a confession, of course you can sue me for personal injury..."

Before he finished speaking, his fist landed on Du Lin's face again. In the confusion, a policeman went in and pulled him away, and Lin Mei hurriedly hugged his waist.

But he still refused to let go of Du Lin, still staring at the eyes of the man in front of him, his thin lips turned whiter: "Why did you become such a vicious and shameless... person?"

He didn't speak very loudly, and coughed after finishing speaking, Lin Mei hugged his body, feeling a strange vibration in his chest with palpitations.

When he finally loosened Du Lin's skirt, he withdrew his hand and covered his mouth abruptly. With a dull cough, he bent slightly, and bright red bloodstains slid down between his fingers.

Lin Mei hugged the person in her arms tightly, his body gradually weakened, and his cough became more and more dull. Lin Mei heard him speak hoarsely again, with an unprecedentedly painful tone: "That child...has just grown up, you How can you bear..."

Others might not understand what he was talking about, but Du Lin, who was half down on the ground, understood immediately. Half of his face was red and swollen from the beating, and the corners of his lips were ruptured and bloodshot. After a moment of stunned, he retorted: "He was originally a person with extreme thinking, even if I hadn't induced him, he would have become like this!"

Su Xiuran closed his eyes, and when he opened them again to look at him, there was still pain in his eyes: "I don't have a friend like you..."

Every time he said a word, he would cough lightly, and the palm of the hand covering his mouth was also dizzy with layers of blood, which slid down on his white skirt, like a large blooming flower.

This situation was so tragic that even the policemen next to him panicked and dialed the emergency number.

Su Xiuran's face was paler than ever, and Lin Mei's hands and feet were cold, but he still tried his best to support his body, calling his name over and over again.

He raised his hand to support her shoulder, and turned to smile at her, but his body was slumped. Lin Mei hurriedly supported his ribs to prevent him from falling to the ground.

Su Xiuyan squeezed over to take Su Xiuran's body from her, his expression was serious, he didn't even bother to take a look at Du Lin who was lying on the ground, and hugged Su Xiuran.

The traffic conditions in the urban area are up and down, waiting here for the ambulance to come, I don't know how long it will take, Su Xiuyan made a decisive decision: "Lin Mei, get in the car and we will go back to the hospital!"

Lin Mei hurriedly followed him out, Su Xiuyan put Su Xiuran in the back of the car, and asked Lin Mei to hold him to stabilize his body, then started the car and rushed to the hospital.

Su Xiuran was still coughing along the way, Lin Mei pulled a tissue to wipe off the blood splattered on his lips, her fingers were trembling.

Su Xiuran still maintained a clear consciousness, he closed his eyes lightly, and comforted her in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, I'm fine."

Lin Mei lowered her head and kissed him lightly on the forehead, without answering, his chest and hands were already stained with a lot of blood, even her hands were also stained a lot.

She asked herself that she was not an impulsive person, but seeing him lying powerlessly in her arms, she felt an indelible hatred in her heart.

At this moment, she seemed to understand why some people would have all kinds of cruel actions, because if she didn't control herself at this moment, then hatred and resentment would also erode her thoughts and turn her into a bloodthirsty and cruel person.

As if realizing that the trembling of her body was not only caused by fear, but also by anger, Su Xiuran in her arms opened her eyes and said softly: "Xiaomei... don't let the darkness control you anytime and anywhere. Own."

What he said was still the words in his book, Lin Mei's body shook violently, and she hugged him tightly, the corners of her eyes were sore, but she still held back her tears, gritted her teeth and said, "If you say such things again... I will ignore you."

Su Xiuran raised his hand that was not stained with blood, put it lightly on her arm, and slightly closed his eyes.

When they arrived at the hospital, Su Xiuran had stopped coughing up blood and was still conscious. Lin Mei and Su Xiuyan followed the medical staff and sent him to the emergency room.

When he left them, he still smiled at them reassuringly.

After tossing around, Su Xiuyan also turned pale. Seeing that Lin Mei seemed to be stunned, he stood motionless, his eyes were fixed on the door of the emergency room, as if he wanted to practice some perspective, so he lifted the Putting his hand on her shoulder, he said comfortingly: "Brother's fate is very hard, this time it will be fine."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Mei turned her head and stared at him. Her eyes were a little red from holding back her tears. The way she stared blankly at him was indeed a bit vicious.

Ever since Su Xiuyan was slapped a few times by her, he still had some lingering fears towards her. When he saw her eyes, he couldn't help but took half a step back. Unexpectedly, after Lin Mei stared at him for a while, he rushed over to hug him. hold him.

Then she buried her head in his chest sadly and began to cry, sobbing, "Xiu Ran... Xiu Ran, don't leave me..."

Not to mention the old-fashionedness of her lines, even with this posture, it's not okay for him to hug her, and it's not okay if she doesn't hug her—if she really hugs her, she will definitely be cleaned up by her brother in the future.

Lin Mei was crying so sadly that the medical staff who were already coming and going nearby noticed them and came over and asked them to wait in the waiting room next to them.

Su Xiuyan could only take Lin Mei to move over step by step, and sat on the sofa, offering his chest and shoulders to his future sister-in-law to vent her emotions.

Lin Mei cried for a long time, finally stopped her tears, sat up straight and wiped her tears and snot with a tissue.

Su Xiuyan looked down at the large wet marks on his suit, and could only resign himself to his fate and grabbed a tissue to clean it up.

Lin Mei looked at him and said, "It turns out that Xiu Ran must protect you, but I don't agree with it... It makes sense now."

Of course Su Xiuyan knew that except for his elder brother who was always disliked by him, probably no one really liked him, but is it really okay for her to express her dissatisfaction with him so bluntly?What's more, he had dedicated his body to her just now.

Then Lin Mei choked and continued, "You still look a lot like your brother. When your brother has an accident, you can be a placebo at least."

Su Xiuyan twitched the corners of his lips and said, "Thank you."

The education he received since he was a child was to make him a gentleman. After all, he still couldn't see a woman crying in front of him, and finally continued to comfort her: "Brother will survive, his attacks are just scary."

Apparently he was used to being a ruthless president, even if he wanted to say something gentle, he always missed the point. After hearing this, Lin Mei threw the tissue in her hand on him.

Su Xiuyan sat upright and let the pile of tissues slip off his body, took a breath and endured it, and said in his heart: the face given to my sister-in-law is the face given to my brother, and I will ask my brother to get it back in the future.

Fortunately, as a person who is knowledgeable and reasonable, Lin Mei's unreasonable troubles only lasted for a while, and she recovered her calm after a while.

It didn't take long for Su Xiuran to be pushed out of the emergency room. He suffered a ruptured blood vessel caused by bronchiectasis. The amount of bleeding was indeed heavy, but it was not life-threatening.

Because he lost too much blood, the doctor gave him a blood transfusion, and then sent him to the ward for observation.

After leaving the emergency room, he was still awake, raised his hand to wave to Lin Mei, Lin Mei immediately walked over to hold his hand, and pressed his cool palm to his cheek.

Seeing her red and swollen eyes, Su Xiuran knew that she must have cried a lot just now, so she slightly raised her lips and said softly, "I told you I'm fine."

Knowing that something happened to him, Cheng Yu also rushed over, standing by the hospital bed with a livid face, he reprimanded him when he heard his words: "Repeated hemorrhage also requires removal of necrotic tissue in the lungs, you can stop the bleeding easily Is it? Can you still withstand major surgery like this?"

After being criticized, Su Xiuran didn't dare to say anything, so he could only purse his pale thin lips, and gave Lin Mei a gentle look, signaling her not to be frightened by Cheng Yu's alarmist words.

Lin Mei stood firmly on Cheng Yu's stand this time, unmoved, she turned her head and asked Cheng Yu: "Are you going to tie him up in the hospital for a few days and not be able to move even a step?"

Cheng Yu snorted heavily: "If you don't want to go into the operating room again, just be honest with me, what kind of case is being investigated, what are the police doing for food, and you, an unpaid worker, have to worry about it!"

Lin Mei wanted to say that the police had done a lot of things, but when she thought about her current position, she cleared her throat: "Well, Xiu Ran, did you hear that? You must follow the doctor's orders."

In a situation of isolation and helplessness, Su Xiuran could only cough lightly and lie down peacefully for the time being.

He lost a lot of blood, his breathing was not smooth, and his chest was painful. Naturally, he didn't have much energy, and he fell asleep after a while.

Lin Mei was frightened at the end of the day, so she lay beside him and squinted for a while. When she woke up, Su Xiuran had been awake for a long time, and was holding her waist to prevent her from falling onto the bed.

Lin Mei felt a little embarrassed at once, she wanted to sleep on another bed just now, but when she closed her eyes, she would think of him lying in her arms covered in blood, so she just squeezed carefully beside the hospital bed and leaned against him for peace of mind a little.

She originally wanted to take a nap, but in the end she slept more deeply than him.

Su Xiuran saw that she was awake, but as if he was very satisfied with the state of the two of them now, he lowered his head and kissed her lightly on the forehead, and said, "You can sleep for a while."

How could Lin Mei be able to sleep, she put her arm around his waist, these days incident after incident, although she and Su Xiuran are together every day, because they are bothered by those things, they seldom calm down to be tender with each other .

Thinking of this, she was a little reluctant to let go of his hand, Su Xiuran saw it, and kissed the corner of her lips again: "Or we just lie down like this for a while?"

Lin Mei rubbed his cheek reluctantly, nodded and said with emotion: "I really don't want to care about anything anymore, just tie you by my side like this, even if the world falls outside, it has nothing to do with us."

Su Xiuran smiled: "I'm sorry these days."

Lin Mei shook her head, and kissed his pale thin lips: "Xiu Ran, I really admire you now... Having seen so many dark people and things, you have persisted for so many years, have you ever thought about it?" give up?"

He smiled: "Sometimes I really think about it." He then said softly, "Maybe in the dark, you won't find those things so hard to watch... and the warmth is too much, but it makes people feel greedy. "

How could she not understand what he meant?The days after being with her were warm to him, so it became his concern and weakness instead.

Of course Lin Mei understood. Although she didn't have such rough experience as him, she was wandering alone in a foreign land, trying her best for a vain ideal, and it was not until she found him that her life suddenly became sweet and charming, and she was with him every day. The feeling of waking up in the sun is precious.

Lin Mei said softly: "Maybe after this case is over, we can apply for leave... put aside everything and everyone, just the two of us."

Su Xiuran stretched his brows, nodded and said, "Okay."

They were silent for a moment, and then began to kiss. They couldn't tell who initiated it, but they knew that their breaths blended together as their lips and teeth intertwined.

At the end, they were all a little short of breath, Su Xiuran turned his head and coughed a few times, and said with a smile: "I'd better take care of my body...otherwise it would be too embarrassing to be kissed faint."

Lin Mei smiled and put her head on his shoulder. At this moment, no matter how many problems, conspiracies, and cases there were, they seemed to be far away from them.

Zhang Yan came to visit Su Xiuran in the morning of the second day. He knew that Su Xiuran's condition was not too serious yesterday, and this visit only brought the latest progress.

Looking at Su Xiuran who was half lying on the hospital bed and hadn't recovered yet, Zhang Yan was a little embarrassed, but he still said: "The suspect who attempted bombing that was caught yesterday, confessed how he was brainwashed and tricked by Du Lin on the Internet. Yes..." He paused before continuing, "Du Lin is now willing to cooperate with the police investigation, but he has set two conditions..."

Judging by his expression, these two conditions must be related to Su Xiuran. Sure enough, he then said: "He traded Xiuran's current physical condition for the confession of the crime, and exchanged the information of Shenyue in his hand for another goodbye. Xiu Ran's chance."

Lin Mei didn't expect that Du Lin could confess his crime so easily, just to know whether Su Xiuran was well after being sent to the hospital.

But he still knows Su Xiuran's weakness, and knows that Shenyue's information is more rare and affordable, so he asks to meet Su Xiuran again.

After Zhang Yan finished speaking, he sighed softly: "Of course the decision is up to you. If you disagree, we won't tell him about your situation, and we won't let you see him."

Su Xiuran was not too surprised, but there was some inexplicable compassion in his expression, just like the ones he showed in the past, but mixed with more depression and sadness.

He nodded slightly: "It's okay, I can see him."

By saying this, he meant to indicate that the police could accept Du Lin's conditions. After all, compared with some prisoners who frequently asked for a commutation of sentence and choice of prison, etc., such conditions were indeed not excessive.

Zhang Yan did not look relieved, and looked at him with a little worry: "Xiu Ran, is your body okay?"

Although everyone didn't say anything, everyone knew that Su Xiuran's health had not been very good these past few days, but he coughed up blood, most of which was due to Du Lin's anger. Letting him see Du Lin again would be a burden on his body and emotions. .

Su Xiuran said lightly: "Let him wait, three days later."

After hearing this, Zhang Yan nodded in agreement, rubbed his chin and laughed: "That's fine. I'll tell him that your condition is critical and you won't be able to see him until three days later."

Lin Mei felt that from the point that Du Lin could exchange Su Xiuran's news by confessing the facts of the crime, he probably really cared about Su Xiuran's body.

But since he handed over the initiative, no matter whether it is Zhang Yan or Su Xiuran, of course they must take good care of him.

Even if he knew this was the case, Lin Mei didn't sympathize with Du Lin at all. If Su Xiuyan still had a good thought in his heart, then for Du Lin, when he took someone's life, he was already in the dark. The road gradually drifts away and never returns.

After seeing off Zhang Yan, Lin Mei sat beside Su Xiuran's bed, put her hands on the bed and looked at him sideways, her eyes had a different meaning: "Xiu Ran, are you a little too much to be missed? I need to be on guard."

Su Xiuran was a little amused, and raised his hand to caress her cheek: "It's okay, no matter how many people miss you, my heart is always on you."

Lin Mei was quite satisfied with his answer, she kissed him lightly on the palm, and hugged him happily.

In three days, Su Xiuran recovered a lot, but his face was still pale and his spirit was not very good. Even so, he still went to see Du Lin as promised.

Of course Lin Mei and Su Xiuyan followed. Su Xiuyan is still in the stage of being released on bail, and needs to be questioned at any time during the daily confinement. Su Xiuran has been recuperating in the hospital for the past few days. He has already made several trips to the police station .

Du Lin was not detained for more than fifteen days, and he was still locked up in the police station and was not transferred to a detention center. Even though his psychological quality was far beyond ordinary people, after several days of interrogation, he still looked a bit haggard.

Afraid of what might happen again this time, Zhang Yan accompanied Su Xiuran into the room. In just three days, this was the second time they talked face to face in this interrogation room, but the situation had turned upside down.

Du Lin is a smart person. Although the reason why he confessed his crimes was related to Su Xiuran, it was because of judging the situation.

In the previous two times, he killed his accomplices to wash away his connection with the case. After the suspect who threw the bomb was caught, there was a breakthrough in his previous "perfect" and impeccable crime, that is, direct witnesses.

What's more, the suspect who threw the bomb was not psychologically good. Not long after he was caught, he told everything he knew.

Therefore, it is only a matter of time before Du Lin's crimes are exposed. If he confesses earlier, he will be able to win a lighter sentence in the next day's trial because he actively cooperates with the police in investigating the case.

Seeing Su Xiuran sitting down, Du Lin squinted his eyes and smiled, with a cheerful tone: "Mr. Su, you really care about many people and things."

Su Xiuran had already lost patience with him, he only raised his eyes slightly, and replied lightly: "It's just some afterimages of the past, I will make them disappear as soon as possible."

Du Lin laughed "hehe": "Mr. Su, do you know what I think of you? Since then, I have always thought that you are a gentle and considerate person. You value everyone around you very much, and you can even You have sacrificed a lot for them. It’s just that you are not good at expressing, so if others misunderstand, you will not argue, but continue to pay silently..."

Su Xiuran interrupted him lightly: "I didn't come here to hear what you think of me, that has nothing to do with me, you said that if I came to see you, you would hand over the Shenyue information, now that I'm here, Please fulfill your promise as soon as possible."

Du Lin was not affected by his indifference at all, he just paused for a moment, and continued: "After being completely betrayed and hurt by your relatives, you still can't bear to blame them, so you left far away, and hoped to help the police way to help others... You see, you always want to be a good person, don't you?"

Su Xiuran looked at him coldly: "It seems that you have to babble for a while before giving up."

Du Lin spread his hands and looked happy: "Your brother thinks that hurting your body is a way of revenge on you, but I think it's more interesting to destroy your beliefs and your heart. The most fun thing is to make you conscious Realize the futility of what you are doing, what a waste of life.

"So now you see, no matter how hard you work, how many people you think you have saved... Evil is still everywhere, and you only need a little fire to burn a splendid flame. Do you want to count it now, because you , how many people died, and how many people were implicated?"

His tone was full of malicious mockery: "For example, the little boy who made you furious three days ago, I just encouraged him a few words, and he really regarded me as a god. And that stupid woman, she Even in my dreams, I wanted to kill her lover, but I just gave her a plan to deal with the corpse..."

As he said, he sighed as if he had endless aftertaste: "Of course the most regrettable one is the one at the beginning. He went crazy too fast. I transformed him so much like you. With a few more plastic operations, he will be more like you." It’s a pity that that kind of natural aristocratic temperament is difficult to cultivate. Just think about it, a man with exactly the same face as you, you are a holy angel in the sun, and he is a bloodthirsty devil in the dark... How poetic, How ironic."

Su Xiuran pushed away the chair and stood up without saying a word. He didn't look at Du Lin much from the beginning to the end. At this time, he also turned sideways and bowed his waist slightly. It was a polite farewell gesture, but the words he uttered were cold. Bibi: "If you only have these nonsense, then I will not accompany you."

When he was about to walk to the door, Du Lin suddenly said, "Mr. Su, these are all your faults... Your life is just one mistake after another."

As he spoke, an extremely weird smile appeared on his fair and delicate face. Lin Mei saw it from the glass side, and instinctively tensed her body.Then she saw that Du Lin's face became strange, his body began to twitch and tremble, and white foam overflowed from his lips.

Realizing that he most likely had taken poison, Zhang Yan hurriedly stood up and opened the door, and rushed to the corridor to call for the doctor.

However, it was too late, the time for cyanide to cause death was very short, Du Lin fell to the ground, his gaze firmly fixed on Su Xiuran's face, and he looked up at him from the ground.

When Lin Mei and Su Xiuyan rushed over, they saw his eyes staring at Su Xiuran, full of hatred and ridicule, which distorted his delicate face into an extremely ferocious face.

Su Xiuran didn't take another step away, nor did he avoid his gaze, he just watched him struggling to death at his feet from top to bottom, his expression so indifferent that there was no wave.

A few minutes later, Du Lin lost his vital signs. The doctor still tried to rescue him, but he hid the needle tube filled with cyanide under his clothes and injected it directly into the vein. There was almost no possibility of survival.

After he surrendered, he went through a rigorous body search, but the extremely thin needle tube was obviously hidden in the folds of his jacket, so he was not found.

Since he was prepared, it proved that when he walked into the police station, he was ready to face his own death.And committing suicide in front of Su Xiuran, allowing him to witness his own death with his own eyes, was his choice to see him off.

After confirming that Du Lin was dead, the forensic doctor moved his body downstairs for identification. Although the cause of his death was obvious, he died in the police station, and a detailed autopsy report was still needed.

Things have come to this point, and there is no point in staying here anymore, Lin Mei saw that Su Xiuran's face was still looking bad, so she said goodbye to Zhang Yan and told them that she would accompany Su Xiuran back to the hospital to rest.

Su Xiuyan because Du Lin committed suicide and he was Du Lin's former boss, so he needs to stay and accept some new inquiries.

Walking out of the police station with Su Xiuran, in just a few ten minutes, too many things happened. Lin Mei suddenly remembered the longing and longing in her heart when she followed Su Xiuran to the police station for the first time. Excited.

Now that I think about it, it seems that many people can do it with a momentary enthusiasm for facing the darkness and upholding justice. However, it is not easy to be able to face so many joys and sorrows of life and death every day and still stick to the faith.

Thinking of it this way, she has a new level of respect for Zhang Yan, Yu Qizhen and many police officers in the police station.

When she was distracted, they had already reached the parking space. She unlocked the car and was about to pull the door, but saw Su Xiuran who was standing at the opposite door raised his hand to support the top of the car.

He pressed his chest tightly with the other hand, his low face was pale, and Lin Mei was palpitated to find that his tightly pursed thin lips were glowing an ominous blue-white.

She didn't care to speak, and strode over to catch him before his body slipped off.

He leaned half on her body and raised his hand as if trying to comfort her, but he still lost consciousness the next moment.

After he passed out this time, the rescue time in the emergency room was much longer than the last time when he coughed up blood. Zhang Yan was involved in many things, but he stayed with them outside the emergency room. From his expression, it could be seen that he was still himself. responsible.

If he hadn't relaxed his vigilance and allowed Su Xiuran to see Du Lin, then Du Lin might not have committed suicide, and if Du Lin hadn't committed suicide, Su Xiuran would not have fallen ill... However, before the incident happened, no one had The approach is completely foreseeable.

Fortunately, no matter how difficult the time was, Su Xiuran was pushed out of the emergency room, and Cheng Yu followed him out.

Seeing a few people waiting at the door, he nodded: "It's fine for now."

Su Xiuran on the hospital bed was still in a coma and was still inhaling oxygen. His face was pale, but his lips were no longer that terrible purple, and the wrinkles between his brows were also relaxed, and his expression was no longer in pain.

First send Su Xiuran to the ward to rest, Cheng Yu looked at the three of them, and said: "This time I was just emotional, and I just fell ill a few days ago, so I passed out." He didn't want to go Seriously, but I have to remind, "My opinion is that Xiu Ran's heart disease may relapse, and he will need a relatively strict rest."

Zhang Yan was also present, and the implication of Cheng Yu's words was very obvious. Zhang Yan has always acted decisively, and immediately said: "I will stop his position as a consultant in the branch office, and I will not ask him to assist in the investigation of the case."

Cheng Yu seemed a little more satisfied. He didn't like Su Xiuran to intervene in the murder investigation, so he nodded and continued, "If possible, I suggest that he stop engaging in related work."

Zhang Yan smiled wryly, and nodded in agreement: "If anything happens to Xiuran, we will feel sorry for each other. Don't worry."

If Su Xiuran no longer helps the police station in city B to investigate, then naturally he can no longer engage in other labor-intensive tasks.

Lin Mei quickly stated: "I will also tell Editor-in-Chief Du that Xiu Ran is really sick this time, so let him not press for the manuscript."

Cheng Yu glanced at her, and said: "Writing novels is not a labor-intensive task for Xiu Ran, but a pastime. He can have this if he likes it, as long as he doesn't rush the draft."

Su Xiuyan frowned all the time, and said at this moment: "When brother's health is better and my work here is over, let's take him back to the old house. There are many people there, so it's convenient to take care of him."

If Su Xiuran is allowed to return to City S for a long time, then Lin Mei may have to resign from Xingwen Books if she wants to accompany him. She couldn't help but frowned slightly: "Your mother is still here, will Xiuran look at her every day?" Are you in a worse mood?"

Su Xiuyan was silent for a while, then said, "I'll let her live in Canada for a few months."

In order to welcome my brother back home, I have to drive away my mother. Thinking about his sacrifice, it is still quite big.

Cheng Yu disagreed: "Then it's better to let Xiu Ran go to Canada, where the summer weather is good."

After all, the final decision has to wait for Su Xiuran to wake up and recover a little.

Zhang Yan saw that there was nothing wrong here, so he took his leave and went back to the police station to deal with the aftermath.

Before he left, he told Su Xiuyan that when he checked Du Lin's clothes, he found a note that he folded and hid in his pocket, with an address written on it. The police will return those computers that have been stolen to Su Xiuyan as the property of Shenyue Company.

When he said this, it meant that the police would not intervene in Shenyue Group's affairs. Su Xiuyan was obviously relieved, but he didn't have much joy. He just nodded and said, "Thank you."

It was hard to wait for Su Xiuran to wake up again, Su Xiuyan was waiting outside in the reception room, and Lin Mei was lying beside his bed.

She didn't want to do anything else, so she kept thinking about things.

She thought of seeing Su Xiuran himself for the first time four or five months ago. Counting it down, she had known him for less than half a year, but it seemed like half a lifetime had passed. .

She remembered that when she was not with him back then, the uneasiness in her heart was mixed with sweetness, like the fruit of sin, exuding a charming fragrance, she knew she couldn't resist but sank step by step.

What she thought of most was his gentle smile. As long as she was around, his attention seemed to always be on her. Every word and every move was related to her.

It was when she was sitting still for a long time, she poured a glass of warm water and turned on a warm lamp.

It was the smile that always appeared on his lips when she raised her head to look at him.

She thought that these days, it seemed that she was taking care of him, but in fact, every bit of memory was his silent connivance and love.

After thinking for a long time, she fell asleep unknowingly, half asleep, and half awake, she told herself, what matters where to go and what to do?As long as he's around.

As usual, the short dream ended under the cool temperature of his palm. Lin Mei raised her head and saw that he was smiling at her, his face was still pale, but the thin pale white lips had already outlined a gentle arc .

Lin Mei turned his head and thought for a while, then told him all the things the three of them discussed just now.He no longer needs to be a consultant to the Police Department of City B. Whether to go to City S to recuperate or go to Canada, Shenyue Group is fine for the time being, but he has to tell his brother that it is better to do things law-abiding in the future.

She talked a lot, but he just listened with a smile and didn't interrupt. When she finally finished speaking, he smiled and said softly, "Xiaomei, let's get married."

Lin Mei froze for a moment, then burst into an incomparably sweet smile, and said, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)