police officer contrast

Chapter 1 Prologue
K1067 is a regular express train bound for Hongcheng.

The end of the new year is approaching, and most of the people in the car are migrant workers who have returned to their hometowns for the New Year. After a hard year, they can finally go home and reunite with their families. Everyone's face is full of excitement and anticipation.

A train attendant pushed a dining car past, and kept saying "peanuts, melon seeds, grilled fish slices, beer, drinks, mineral water, bowls of noodles, bread..." Occasionally, I met someone with their legs on the aisle. Passengers, she is used to it, pushed the dining car forward and reminded with a numb expression, "Put your legs back, come and put your legs back."

In the middle section of the carriage, young people who are familiar with each other are sitting in an adjacent row. They are eating and drinking while chatting. Only a girl sitting by the window is wearing a mask and hat, her eyes are closed tightly, and her head is leaning on the side. There is no movement or sound from beginning to end.

The young man sitting across from her glanced at her from time to time, and couldn't help asking his companion in a low voice: "This beautiful woman hasn't eaten, drank or gone to the bathroom since she got in the car, so there's nothing wrong with her?"

The companion subconsciously glanced over there, and scolded with a smile: "You really control the world, and you still care about other people's shit and fart? Is her excretory system good? It doesn't matter to you if you don't eat or drink, okay? Are you idle?" You have to do something!"

"whispering sound!"

While the two were laughing and cursing, the train conductor walked over from another carriage with a plainclothes criminal policeman.

"The main character is a male with a bald head, wearing glasses, and a height of 1.7 meters to 1.7 meters five, right?"

The detective nodded.

"Well then, let's continue."

The two began to investigate from left to right. When they reached the middle of the carriage, the train conductor wanted to wake up the girl who was sleeping wearing a mask and hat, but was stopped by the criminal police on the side.

"This one looks like a girl, so there's no need to call her."

The train conductor glanced over suspiciously, as if he was still a little worried, and said, "This person doesn't look short, and she is the only one who covers the whole car so tightly. No matter how you look at it, he seems guilty. Why..."

"She's a girl."

"Did you see her long hair? You can wear a wig!"

The policeman pointed helplessly at the girl's neck: "Adam's apple, do you think she has an Adam's apple?"

The train conductor took a look and found that there was no Adam's apple.

He smiled foolishly, and praised: "Sure enough, professional and amateur are different. The observation skills I have accumulated in TV dramas are completely incomparable to professional criminal investigators like you. You are so smart!"

The criminal policeman continued to walk forward, as if he was used to it.

"How clever is this? Mr. Ji, the criminal investigation consultant specially hired by our team, is really smart."

"Mr. Ji? Is it the person who stayed in the compartment of the dining car?"

In the sixth section of the dining car, two men with similar appearance were sitting side by side, but they had different expressions, one was calm and leisurely, while the other looked nervous.

After the inspecting criminal policeman and the train conductor came back, they looked around and asked their colleagues, "Where's Mr. Ji?"

The colleague's name is Hao Keai, a 1.9-meter strong man. After listening to the other party's words, he turned around and pointed to the back with his chin: "Mr. Ji is asleep, and he said to call him when you come back."

The patrolling detective took a step back, resisted all over his body, shook his head repeatedly and said, "I'd rather go to dismantle the bomb than call him. So cute, don't be wishful thinking."

"Hey!" Hao Keai rolled up his sleeves, pretending to step forward to compete, "I said, don't call me nicknames casually! Besides, I was the one who woke up Teacher Ji a few times before, and now I should be It's your turn! Ma Xiaoliang, don't be shameless and be a rascal!"

Ma Xiaoliang took two steps back and smiled provocatively.

"If you roll up your sleeves, am I afraid of you?"

"you……"

The train kept moving forward, and the scenery outside the window passed by quickly.

On the long row of car seats, Ji Dongge slept lightly with his arms folded in front of his chest, his long legs resting on the opposite row of chairs, his head slightly drooping, his expression cold and calm.

The quarrel between the two was too loud, and after a while, he couldn't bear it anymore, and lightly opened his thin lips and said, "What are you arguing about?" After speaking, his eyes slowly opened, with a little tiredness in his eyes, but still deep.

He squeezed the space between his brows and got up a little tiredly.

"Has the whole train been checked?"

Ma Xiaoliang put away his laughing appearance, stood up straight, and replied seriously: "From the first car to the last car, I walked with the train conductor three times, and there is absolutely no fish that slipped through the net. Don't worry, Teacher Ji."

Ji Dongge stood up, and his tall and slender figure stood there, imperceptibly giving people a strong sense of oppression.

His eyes were pale, as if nothing had happened.Glancing at the two suspects, he said, "Let's start."

What Ji Dongge and the others were looking for this time was a kidnapper who abducted a woman. According to the description of a victim who escaped by chance, the suspect was a man with a height of 1.7 meters to 1.7 meters five, with a bald head and wearing glasses.The most important thing is that the victim heard him smoke while calling someone, and said, "Don't you know me yet? I can't ask for leave, and I have to get on the train back to Hongcheng the day after tomorrow."

As for the train from X city to Hongcheng, there is only K1067 train.

In short, the suspect is a passenger on this train.

The possibility of the suspect temporarily changing his route and running away is basically non-existent, because after the victim was rescued, the police blocked all news, and the public release was also to investigate the case and rescue the victim, so in terms of probability , the possibility that the suspect is not on this train is very small.

Hearing Ji Dongge's voice, the conductor of the train was very cooperative, with a serious attitude, straightened his waist, and said to the two men who were brought in: "Don't be nervous, these few are The criminal police from × city, there is a case that needs everyone to cooperate in the investigation, it is about..." He paused and turned his head to look at Ji Dongge.

"Comrade, what case is it about?"

Ji Dongge didn't even look at him, and sat calmly opposite the two suspects, playing with an iron lighter in his hand, knocking on the tabletop of the dining table, the sound was not loud, but in this relatively quiet atmosphere, It undoubtedly added a sense of oppression, especially for the two suspects who were brought over.

The two of them are similar in shape. One of them, an uncle who looks like he is in his 50s, began to get nervous, his hands between his legs trembled unconsciously, and he fell to the left inexplicably, and then to the right every few seconds. He looked very embarrassed, but his eyes were fixed on Ji Dongge's face.

But Ji Dongge's gaze didn't stay on the nervous uncle too much, and he looked at the person next to him in an instant.

The train conductor was directly ignored by him, feeling somewhat embarrassed, cleared his throat in embarrassment, and threw the words to Ma Xiaoliang.

"I kept forgetting to ask you before, what case are we dealing with this time?" Maybe because he was starting to be afraid of Ji Dongge's aura, the conductor's voice was much softer than before.

Ma Xiaoliang also lowered his voice: "The kidnapping case. According to reliable clues, the suspect is on this train."

The conductor on the train was taken aback: "Abduction of women?"

His voice was amplified unconsciously, causing Ji Dongge to look over.After the two met their eyes, the train conductor nodded apologetically, and then said to Ma Xiaoliang in a low voice, "You need to interrogate these people. Back then, my daughter-in-law was almost kidnapped and sold, and I was so scared! Human traffickers are really evil." Already!"

Ma Xiaoliang nodded perfunctorily, and then stretched out his index finger to make a silent gesture, signaling him to be quiet first.

At this time, the man sitting next to the nervous uncle suddenly spoke.

"Comrade policeman, when are you going to interrogate? It's a waste of time to bring us here for no reason and not speak! Don't you understand that time is money?"

The person who spoke looked five or sixty years old, very gentle, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, a black leather hat, and a briefcase at hand. His clothes were neat and clean, like an older generation of intellectuals.

Ji Dongge ignored him, but turned his gaze to the nervous uncle.

"Can you show me your ticket?"

The nervous uncle didn't know what was going on, but he didn't dare to ask anything. He nervously took out the ticket from his pocket and handed it to Ji Dongge.

"This person doesn't look right. The suspect can't be him, right?" The train conductor observed for a while, then suddenly raised his opinion in a low voice.

Unexpectedly, the uncle heard this, and his mood became more tense. He kept shaking his head and said to Ji Dongge: "Comrade policeman, I did not commit a crime! I really did not commit a crime!"

The intellectual moved to the side with a little disgust: "Generally, thieves will loudly defend themselves after being caught, and I have been sitting next to you and watching you, and you start to get nervous as soon as you come in!" Turning around, looking at Ji Dongge, "Comrade, I see, it must be him!"

Hao Keai couldn't stand it anymore, and said with a sullen face, "The police are handling the case, please keep quiet."

The intellectual "tsk", curled his lips, and stopped talking.

Ji Dongge took a look at the uncle's ticket, and then said, "Gao Zhuang?"

"Hey, yes, yes, it's me. Comrade policeman, I'm really a good person! I really didn't commit a crime! You must be aware of the details and don't wrong me!"

"Are you going to see a doctor by car?"

Gao Zhuang was stunned, his eyes widened: "You... how do you know? I may have a mild cerebral thrombosis, but the hospitals in our county are too backward, the doctor told me to go to a big city for another diagnosis..."

"Have you brought your medical records?"

"I've brought it with me!" Gao Zhuang hurriedly rummaged through his pockets, found a stack of medical records and handed them to Ji Dongge, "It's all written by the county doctor."

The high-spirited person took a look and said, "It's a fake, right? I can write a doctor's name when I get a stack of this kind of case. Comrade police, you can't believe his nonsense, just in case you let him go because of this." Suspects, I am sorry for the trust we taxpayers have placed in you!"

The train conductor nodded as if agreeing, and said, "I also think this man looks too suspicious. If he didn't commit a crime, why are he so nervous?"

But Ji Dongge returned the case sheet to Gao Zhuang as if he didn't hear these voices, and said, "Ma Xiaoliang, send him back."

Upon hearing this, Gao Zhuang stood up excitedly: "Thank you! Thank you for believing in me!"

Ma Xiaoliang was a little puzzled, but the intellectuals were obviously very excited. They couldn't maintain their superficial gentleness, and shouted loudly: "What do you mean? He's not a suspect, so it's me? You said I abducted and trafficked women?"

Ji Dongge glanced at him calmly, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his handsome face.

"When did I say you were a kidnapper?"

Clutching the bag tightly, he seemed relieved, and said, "Since you let him go, can I go too?"

The corners of his mouth are still curved, but the coolness in his eyes is getting stronger and stronger.

"I just said that you are not a suspect in this case, but that doesn't mean you haven't committed a crime." As he spoke, Ji Dongge quickly clasped his wrists, and grabbed his briefcase with the other hand, " With a bang, everything in the briefcase fell onto the table.

Unexpectedly, all the mobile phones of various brands fell out of the bag!Zero zero total, at least more than 20 mobile phones!
Everyone was taken aback, Ma Xiaoliang even rubbed his eyes, as if he didn't believe that the handsome academic uncle in front of him could be a thief who stole a mobile phone.

After the crime was exposed, his emotions suddenly became intense. He used his hands and feet and began to struggle to escape, but was subdued by Ji Dongge in twos and twos, and finally handcuffed.

"When the train arrives at the station again, please ask your staff to contact the local police station and escort him there." Ji Dongge said to the train conductor.

The train conductor nodded quickly, and then he looked at the uncle who just said he had a cerebral thrombosis, and asked tentatively, "Then... shall I take this passenger home?"

Ji Dongge nodded: "It's troublesome."

After the train conductor left, Ma Xiaoliang and Hao Keai hadn't reacted yet.

Especially Ma Xiaoliang, whose eyes couldn't be brighter, looked at Ji Dongge with adoration.

"Mr. Ji, you are amazing. I only watched it for a minute. How do you know that person is a thief?"

Ji Dongge picked and picked, found his lighter from under those mobile phones, and took out cigarettes from his pocket.After putting the cigarette to his mouth, he looked up at the two flight attendants who had been with him all the time in the compartment as if remembering something.

"Sorry, I'm so tired, I want to smoke a cigarette to refresh myself, do you mind?"

The two flight attendants waved their hands again and again: "I don't mind, I don't mind!"

He lit the cigarette, the butt of the cigarette was glowing scarlet, took a few puffs, and a thin puff of smoke floated in front of Jun's face.

Under the smoke, he spoke calmly.

"Ordinary criminals will be in a special state of mind after committing a crime. In this state of mind, their behavior is different from that of ordinary people. The biggest difference is that he will keep probing and covering up. Just now he took the initiative to talk to me , and showed a very calm and calm look. Even if ordinary people have not committed a crime, they will definitely feel uneasy and nervous when they are suddenly arrested for interrogation, but he is not at all, obviously doing it on purpose. Moreover, he has always shown doubts about the people around him The appearance, obviously trying to divert my attention. The most important thing is..."

Ji Dongge's tone was low, and he occasionally flicked cigarette ash while speaking. He seemed careless, but every word he uttered was logical and orderly, making it hard to believe that those clues and subtle reactions were the result of his just two or three minutes ago. observed.

After a while, Ji Dongge continued: "After he sat down, he never let go of the bag, which shows that the contents of the bag are very important to him. But when I got up to approach him, he squeezed the bag tightly. Tighter, obviously afraid that I would notice it. Coincidentally, when I was taking a nap just now, the two flight attendants next to me kept discussing about the lost cell phone on the train, the voice was so loud that I couldn’t even hear it.”

The two stewardesses who had been named touched their noses in embarrassment.

Hao Keai was still a little puzzled: "But even so, how did Teacher Ji judge that he is not the kidnapper we are looking for?"

"The victim stated that 'he was smoking while talking on the phone'. People who smoke, the fingertips of the middle finger and index finger will be yellow, and the color of the teeth is darker than the average person, but he did not have these characteristics."

Ma Xiaoliang asked again: "Where is that uncle? How do you judge that he is definitely not a criminal?"

"Do you think a patient who can't even control his balance will have the strength to kidnap a 1.7-meter-old adult woman? Besides..." Ji Dongge looked at Ma Xiaoliang, "He is going to X City, and it is clearly written on the ticket Chu, it’s not Hongcheng. The clues provided by the victim clearly stated that the criminal is going to Hongcheng.”

Ma Xiaoliang patted himself on the forehead: "Hey! My brain, how could I forget such an important clue? I didn't check the ticket!"

"Then what should we do now, Mr. Ji? Let's check again?" Hao Keai asked.

Ji Dongge stood up straight, lowered his head and pressed the cigarette butt into the garbage tray.

"I go."

Seeing this, the two flight attendants at the side suddenly suggested: "Would you like to wait for our train conductor to come back and let him take you there?"

Ma Xiaoliang nodded: "The train conductor is indeed a nice person, he is very cooperative with me, and he is also warm."

"The train conductor has hit it off with you." The steward smiled, "Our train conductor is usually not willing to cooperate with this kind of thing, saying it is a waste of time, but this time I was quite surprised that he took the initiative to help you investigate criminals. "

Ji Dongge froze, turned around and looked at the conductor: "You train conductor usually hates troubles?"

"That's right." Another flight attendant said pretentiously, "He's actually very furious, and he's also very angry on weekdays. He's not what he looks like now. Otherwise, how could he still be single at such an old age?"

Ma Xiaoliang looked puzzled: "Always single? No, he just said that his wife was almost abducted..." As he spoke, he seemed to have realized something, and looked at Ji Dongge suddenly.

After two seconds of staring at each other in the air, the two got up and ran towards the carriage where the conductor was going.

The two flight attendants were at a loss, and Hao Keai, who was left behind, entered the review mode and asked them: "Do you train conductors smoke?"

"Yes... yes."

Hao Keai carefully recalled the appearance of the train conductor, and then asked: "Is he short-sighted? Does he usually wear short-sighted glasses?"

"Myopia glasses? I don't wear them very much!" One of the flight attendants thought about it carefully, and finally said suddenly, "But he occasionally wears sunglasses!"

"I'll go!" Hao Keai ran towards the direction Ji Dongge and the others left, muttering as he ran, "Ma Xiaoliang, that trash, can do this for the victim! He didn't ask whether it was myopia glasses or sunglasses!"

The passengers in the carriage did not feel any strange atmosphere, and the laughter and noise did not decrease a single bit.

The girl who was complained by the passenger next to her for not moving was just now holding a water glass to collect water at the end of the compartment, with the hat on her head and the mask on her face still tightly worn.The heating in the carriage was fully turned on, but she had no intention of taking off her hat and mask to get some air.

It was getting late, and the sky outside the car window gradually became dark. She looked over quietly, with gloomy eyes.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the next carriage, as if someone was running over, the footsteps were heavy and urgent, before she could look over, she was hit by someone.

She staggered two steps from the knock, and the hot water cup in her hand was knocked to the ground.During this process, scalding hot water was sprinkled on her and the instigator at the same time.

The noise became louder and louder, and there seemed to be another group of people chasing after her. She had just stabilized her body, and before she could look up and see who was bumping into her, she was suddenly hugged from behind.

One arm of the man went around her neck, and with the other hand, he took out a fruit knife and pressed it against her carotid artery.

Ji Dongge and Ma Xiaoming rushed over one after another. Seeing this situation, their expressions immediately darkened a lot.

"Don't come here, if you go any further, I'll kill her!"

Ji Dongge stopped in his tracks and was about to say something to the train conductor, but the girl who was kidnapped in front of him spoke first.

"Although I don't know what crime you have committed, I advise you to calm down. You may have been sentenced to only a few years in prison a minute ago, but now that you add one more crime, you may be sentenced to a few years more in prison. If you kill on impulse If you kill me, it is very likely that your life will end here."

I don't know if she deliberately lowered her voice, but the girl's voice is not as soft and gentle as that of ordinary women, but a little more hoarse.She behaved very calmly, as if she was used to this kind of scene.Although she couldn't see her expression clearly, Ji Dongge could tell from her eyes that she was really calm and not pretending.

A sense of familiarity suddenly rose in Ji Dongge's heart. He really wanted to take off her mask and hat and take a good look at her face, but the current situation is too special. After that, there is no other choice.

After a while, he took over the girl's words: "Now is your last chance. Whether you want to continue making mistakes or stop losses here is entirely up to you."

But the train conductor was still emotional and his voice was loud.

"Stop talking nonsense! I still don't understand your police tactics? Now that I have a hostage in my hand, of course you pick the right one! Anyway, I won't be fooled! I'm going to X City soon, after the train stops, you Get me a car and 100 million immediately, or I'll finish her off now!" As he spoke, he pressed the fruit knife half a point forward, and the blade was already pressed against the girl's neck, and blood marks gradually appeared on the tender white skin .

The girl's brows gradually frowned, and waves finally began to appear in her eyes.

Ji Dongge's heart tightened, and he looked at the door of the car unintentionally, and then his tone dropped, as if to appease the conductor: "Don't get excited, the hostages are innocent, we will consider your conditions, as long as you Stop hurting her."

"Stop talking nonsense! I won't listen to what you say. I'm just waiting for the train to arrive at the station! If the car and money are not in place by then, you can wait to collect her body!"

There was already commotion in the carriage. Many passengers were frightened and hid in the rear carriage. Some courageous men wanted to wait and see what happened, but they didn't dare to rush forward.

At this moment, screams suddenly came from the carriage behind him, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.This made the conductor vigilant, but there were already two policemen on the opposite side, and he couldn't turn his back to them for fear of being attacked.

While he was struggling with what to do, a tall figure quietly approached him from behind.Before he could react, his wrist was suddenly grabbed.Immediately afterwards, he was twisted severely.

The excruciating pain hit instantly, the train conductor once thought that his wrist bone was broken, and accidentally, the hostage in front of him was violently dragged by Ji Dongge.

The soft, clean feminine breath hit his face, and the familiar feeling became stronger and stronger in his heart.He raised his hand to take off the mask on her face, but she dodged it.

"I'm fine, please let me go." The girl said with her head slightly lowered without looking at him.

Over there, the train conductor was still struggling under Hao Keai. Ma Xiaoliang went to help hold the conductor down. He took out the handcuffs and asked Ji Dongge, "Teacher Ji?"

Ji Dongge seemed to have never heard of it, and just stared at the girl in front of him.After a while, he let go of his hand, but he didn't mean to let her go.

"Show me your ticket, please."

The girl obviously hesitated, but after a while, she took out the ticket and handed it to him.

He looked at the name on it, and a trace of disappointment flashed through his eyes.After a while, he asked again: "Is it convenient for you to take off the mask?"

"Sorry, it's inconvenient." The girl refused without even thinking about it, "If you need to cooperate with the transcript, I will go with you after parking, but now I want to go to the bathroom, can I?"

She was so thoughtful that Ji Dongge had no chance to find a reason, so his tall body moved to the side to make way for her.

"After your end, please go to dining car No. 6 to find us."

The girl still didn't look at him, but nodded slightly.

At this moment, the train announcement suddenly sounded - hello, passengers.Welcome to take the K1067 train from × city to Hongcheng.The train is about to arrive at the station of City R, and the arrival time is on time...

The radio sounded, and the girl's pace became more and more urgent.Ji Dongge locked her back tightly, and his eyes did not move away for a long time.

Ma Xiaoliang over there couldn't help shaking his head when he saw this scene.

"Ms. Ji, how many times have you done this? After catching a girl like Sister Ning, you start to lose your mind."

Hao Keai couldn't help but sighed in his heart, and said, "Teacher Ji really likes Sister Ning. It's not like you don't know how crazy Teacher Ji became when Sister Ning disappeared."

"Well, I don't know when his days like this will end. Looking at a very powerful person, why can't he just get into a love word and not get out?"

……

Just in case, Ji Dongge stayed outside the bathroom door afterwards.

The tall body leaned lightly in front of the bathroom, his handsome face seemed calm, but his eyes were fixed on the door.

It felt as if amazing waves were surging under the seemingly calm sea.

The train had already arrived at the station, and the passengers began to get off and board one after another. After checking the time, he knocked on the bathroom door.

"It's alright, it's alright, I'll be right out!"

A female voice came from inside, but the voice sounded far different from that of the hostage just now. His dark eyes narrowed slightly, and his men knocked harder on the door again.

Then the door opened from the inside, and a girl came out, but it was not the one he was waiting for.

He pulled the girl out slightly roughly, and leaned in.Sure enough, he found a familiar coat and baseball cap in the corner.

How did she get away from under his nose?
Do not!wrong!This is not the point!

The point is... why did she run away?
Huge surprise and disappointment welled up in his heart at the same time, his hand hanging by his side trembled slightly, and his handsome face showed an expression of extreme forbearance.

A moment later, his fist slammed against the wall of the carriage, and the wall trembled violently with a loud sound.

He took out the phone from his pocket, pressed it a few times and put it to his ear.

"Let the flight attendant find all the surveillance cameras on the car, immediately, immediately!"

When Ning Yao returned home, it was already the early morning of the next day. She originally wanted to pack some clothes and leave quickly, but her body suddenly became weak.The illness came like a mountain, and she was so feverish that she didn't even have the strength to get up to eat, let alone run away.

After her condition improved on the third day, she immediately bid farewell to the innkeeper.

Since she left a year ago, she has traveled around and stayed briefly in the north and south cities, and this small county town famous for its tourism industry should be the place where she stayed the longest.

Now that she has to leave again, she is really sad.

The innkeeper is a very straightforward woman. When she knew that Ning Yao was out alone and had no income, she offered to let her solicit tourists in the inn.Not only that, even the boss didn't charge her any more money when she lived here.

Ning Yao was very grateful to the boss, so when she went downstairs with her luggage, she didn't know how to say goodbye.

The innkeeper held a cigarette between his fingers, glanced at her indifferently, and asked, "Are you leaving?"

Ning Yao nodded.

"Sure, there is a guest going to the station. You can drive him all the way. Then the car will stop near the station. I'll ask someone to pick it up. You take his fare."

Ning Yao's heart was filled with warmth, and he wanted to go up to hug her, but in the end he held back.

"Take care of yourself."

"Ah."

Ning Yao no longer hesitated, turned around and strode away.

When she walked to the door, the innkeeper suddenly said behind her: "There are many choices in life, the most stupid one is to make things difficult for yourself. Little girl, be selfish in the future, it doesn't matter if you are selfish."

Ning Yao's eyes burned instantly, and countless emotions surged in her heart, but in the end she held back and didn't look back.

The car was parked just outside the door of the inn. When she walked out, someone was already sitting in the passenger seat. The man was lazily leaning against the back of the seat. From her perspective, she could only see his arm stretched out of the car window. .

The owner of the arm is currently holding a cigarette between his fingers, the blue-white smoke is light, and his fingers are slender and beautiful.

Ning Yao always felt that this scene looked familiar, but now that time was running out, she was eager to leave, so she didn't think much about it.Opening the driver's door, she got into the car with her head down, wearing her seat belt and talking while she didn't even lift her head.

"It's 30 yuan to the station, just clip the wallet next to the seat." She stepped on the clutch to start the ignition, but the car was quiet, and the people over there didn't reply to her.

Feeling a little strange, she subconsciously looked over, and the next second, her body suddenly became stiff.

Ji Dongge showed no expression, and looked at her lightly, his eyes bottomless.

"Why don't you pretend to be hoarse?"

Ning Yao was in a trance for a moment, and quickly unbuckled his seat belt to get out of the car.

Unexpectedly, someone pulled her wrist violently, and she was nailed to the seat.

The strong chest suddenly leaned towards her, Ji Dongge gritted his teeth, and the words were almost squeezed out from between his teeth.

"You still want to run?"

Her heart skipped a beat, and she held her breath unconsciously.The familiar aura from Ji Dongge's body surrounded her firmly, from nose to mouth corners, even the pores were not spared, aggressively invading all her senses.

She sighed softly, lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "I won't run away, just let go."

"You think I'll believe it?"

Ning Yao pursed her lips and raised her eyelids silently.There were no waves in her eyes, and she looked as clear as ever, almost the same as before.As long as she looked at him quietly, he had no choice but to raise his hands and surrender.

Ji Dongge knew that he would be stupid as long as he faced her, but he had no choice, he really couldn't.

He let go of his hand silently, leaned over and waited for a while, seeing that she really didn't move, then slowly returned to the passenger seat.

But before he could sit on his buttocks, she pushed the car door again and ran away!
He was so angry that his head was buzzing, he gritted his teeth, and kicked the car door with a bang.

"Ning Yao, don't get caught by me if you are capable!"

Otherwise, he will tie her back even if he puts on the iron chain!Lock her in the house every day, and never let her have the slightest chance to escape!
He was really short of breath, and Ning Yao could feel it.In the past, he had never said harsh words to her, let alone spit dirty words in front of her, and his tone was not as gritty as he is now.

But even so, she still wanted to escape.

As she thought about it, her steps became faster and faster, and the wind and sand blowing into her eyes didn't make her stop, she just rubbed her eyes while continuing to run.

At this moment, a car drove straight from the opposite side of the road, and Ning Yao was running in the blind spot of the corner at the moment. The driver didn't see her as a big living person at all, and he didn't let go of the accelerator.

She stumbled, and before she could rub her eyes, the car was already approaching her.

Ji Dongge's scalp was numb with fright, and without even thinking about it, he rushed towards her.

The next moment, the car whizzed past the two of them, and Ji Dongge's half of the sole of his foot was crushed under the tire. There seemed to be a sound of bone cracking in the air, and he grunted in pain, but the subconscious movement But he held Ning Yao tighter in his arms.

"I'm going, what's going on?" The driver sensed something was wrong, slowed down the car and poked his head out, and when he saw the two people lying on the ground, he couldn't help cursing, "If you want to die, die farther away! I am looking for trouble!"

But they didn't pay attention to the driver's words, especially Ji Dongge, who still had the pain of broken bones in his feet, and big beads of sweat kept falling from his forehead, but he stood up neatly as if he didn't know anything, He dragged Ning Yao to the roadside safety zone.

His face was extremely gloomy, and after he got on the green belt, he threw her hard in front of a thick tree trunk.His body stuck to it immediately, leaving no gaps.

Only then did Ning Yao get a little flustered, and he moved his wrist vigorously, but what he got in return was a tighter restraint.

In the next second, there was a cold touch on her wrist, and with a click, she was firmly handcuffed.And the one handcuffed over there was Ji Dongge himself.

"Are you still running?"

He was still pressing her wrists hard, growling with red eyes, and there were too many emotions on his face, which made people fearful and distressed.

She shed tears uncontrollably, struggled with her wrists, her eyes were wide and round, and her eyes were fierce and fierce.

"You let go! You let me go!"

"Dream!" Ji Dongge lowered his body even lower, and his thin lips were almost pressed against her face. As he spoke, the hot breath radiated from her nose, "Ning Yao, did I just say that? You either don't Get caught by me, or don't even think about running away! I wasn't there when you left City S, but now... Hey, do you think you can still leave?"

She straightened her neck, bit her lips, and said expressionlessly: "If you can't go, I can't go back with you. You should die."

Ji Dongge didn't have the energy to talk nonsense with her anymore, so he stretched out his arms and carried her on his shoulders.

This action was both unfamiliar and familiar to Ning Yao, and many previous images flashed in his mind.It seems that he has been like this since a long time ago. He stopped confronting her if he disagreed with her, and angrily carried her on his shoulders and took her home for "punishment".

She closed her eyes and said softly: "Ji Dongge, I really don't want to make trouble anymore, just let me go."

Ji Dongge looked forward, his eyes were deep and dark like a ball of insoluble ink.

"Let you go? Then who let me go?"

Ji Dongge took Ning Yao back to a hotel in the county, which was far away from the inn she had stayed in before, so she didn't have to worry about meeting acquaintances.

In fact, he is not afraid of anything, but this time there is still a task ahead, he can't get into unnecessary trouble and waste time.

After arriving at the hotel, he opened the handcuffs.Ning Yao's wrist was a little red, and his heart ached so much that he squatted beside the bed with a wet towel and gently wiped it for her.

Seeing that she was silent, he spoke first.

"We live on the twelfth floor. There is no way out except for a passage at the door. I told Ma Xiaoliang and Hao Keai that they will take turns guarding the door." He raised his head and looked at her quietly, "Don't think about extra tricks, it's useless, rest peacefully, we'll go home at noon tomorrow."

She didn't respond to him directly, she glanced at his feet without any trace, and asked softly, "How are your feet?"

She restrained her concern and tried to make her tone as casual as possible, but Ji Dongge still had a flash of joy in her heart.

But he didn't show it, he pretended not to care, and replied: "It's okay, it's not serious."

After the voice fell, the room fell into silence again. He waited for a few minutes and saw that she had no intention of speaking again, her thin lips were tightly pursed, and her expression gradually became cold.

After a long time, she finally said, "Ji Dongge, let's have a good talk."

"Talk about what?"

She lowered her eyes, not knowing whether she didn't want to or dared not look at him: "I really can't go back."

Ji Dongge snorted lightly, slightly mocking: "Do you think you have the final say?"

She stopped talking, and still lowered her eyes, as if passively resisting.

He looked at her with her head bowed, a vague look flashed across her face.

"What happened back then was not your fault. Everyone can see that your original intention of posting the video online was to help the public learn professional criminal investigation knowledge and legal knowledge. The murderer maliciously used it to commit crimes...it can only be regarded as a coincidence. Even without you, if he wants to kill someone, he will continue."

Ji Dongge and Ning Yao were originally classmates in the police academy, and they were also famous couples in the police academy when they were in school. Even now, there are still juniors who gossip about their deeds in school.

After graduation, Ning Yao entered the police station as he wished, while he chose to continue his studies and did academic research work in criminal investigation.

When the serial murder case that caused a sensation in City S last year happened, Ji Dongge happened to go abroad for an academic exchange.It was a fully enclosed environment over there, and even the mobile phone had to be turned in and confiscated, so he hadn't contacted Ning Yao for almost a few months, and he didn't know what happened in the first place.

Later, when he returned to China, he learned many things from Ning Yao's colleagues.

There were four serial murder cases in total, and the deceased did not have any obvious similar characteristics and connections, except that the first three people had a tattoo on their wrists.

According to the judgment of the forensic doctor, the tattoos of the three people were all tattooed after death, and there was nothing special about the pattern. It was a simple black line, about half a centimeter in width, neatly tattooed on the wrist.

But this does not provide the police with any favorable clues, because when the No. 4 deceased died, in addition to the same black line on his wrist, three words "sorry" were written on his palm.

As for the meaning of "I'm sorry", no one else knows.

After that, the murderer disappeared, and the vigorous case of that year also became an unsolved case.

But these are not the most important.

The most important thing is that Ji Dongge found out in his understanding that in the serial murder case, the crime scene and the crime method of the first three cases were almost the same as several videos on the Internet, and the blogger of those videos was Ning Yao .

He knew about Ning Yao's account at the beginning. When she was at home on vacation, she watched a few episodes of the variety show "Solving Cases for All", in which some celebrities were arranged to reason and solve the set cases.After reading it, she said that there were loopholes here and that it was unprofessional. After thinking about it for a few days, she made the decision to popularize criminal investigation knowledge by herself.

She registered an account in a hurry, designed the case herself, and bought some dolls to be the parties to the case... After the first video was made, the popularity was unexpectedly popular.She happened to be on vacation at that time, so she made several videos overnight, but who would have expected that these things would become the foreshadowing for her to become the target of public criticism.

When the serial murder happened, the people in the bureau contacted the video blogger almost immediately, but only after that did everyone know that the blogger turned out to be Ning Yao, a colleague in the bureau.Originally, everyone contacted the blogger with the idea of ​​arresting the suspect, but later they tried their best to collect evidence for Ning Yao that she was not suspected.

Of course, it is easy to prove the innocence of an innocent person. After being detained for a few days, she returned to the police station with the help of many colleagues.But it was also then that the last case happened.

The deceased was none other than Ning Yao's mentor, Wang Chen.

Ning Yao knew how much she valued that teacher, Ji Dongge. In the past, when she had any incomprehensible confusion, besides being able to talk to herself, that master was the one she looked for the most.

So to her, Wang Chen is also a teacher and a father, apart from respect, there is also a lot of family affection and dependence mixed between the two of them.

And when he knew that the murderer had kidnapped Wang Chen, Ning Yao almost went crazy.What made her even more desperate was that the murderer didn't know if he had any personal grievances with her. He arrested a passer-by, locked Wang Chen and the passer-by in two houses, one south and one north, and then couriered her a remote control. Handle, said to give her the choice.

There are two buttons on that handle, which are clearly marked, the one on the left is the detonation button of Master Wang Chen's room, and the one on the right is the detonation button of the passer-by.She chooses which button to press, and the bomb in which house will explode instantly, while the other room will automatically disarm the timed equipment.

In the recording sent by the murderer, he smiled calmly, and his voice using a voice changer was so weird that everyone present at the time broke out in a cold sweat.

"You must not choose nothing. In that case, both of them will die."

"Let me see, the selfishness of human nature and the sense of responsibility that a policeman should have, which one will prevail."

In fact, there is a big problem with what he said. For the police, the two victims are the same. They are both ordinary people, and there is no choice of favoritism.So obviously, the murderer knew the relationship between Wang Chen and Ning Yao, otherwise he wouldn't be so arrogant.

At that time, everyone was silent, because they knew what this choice meant to Ning Yao.

The superior was in charge of the overall situation, and while asking his subordinates to quickly find out the location of the two houses and arrange for the bombing, he comforted Ning Yao.Everyone hoped that the two hostages could escape safely, but almost everyone knew how difficult this idea was.

Counting from the arrival of the courier at the police station, it took only 10 minutes for the time bomb to explode. How did the police find the location of the crime and rescue the hostages during these 10 minutes?It is simply a fantasy.

So, when the timer counted down to the last three seconds, Ning Yao grabbed the remote control handle like crazy and made a choice.

She pressed the button on the right, and the moment the timer stopped, the entire police station was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

In fact, there was a strange feeling in everyone's heart at that time, but everyone knew that they had no right to criticize Ning Yao's choice.

But the most surprising thing is that the murderer actually told a big lie and made a big joke.

The buttons on the controller don't have any so-called choices at all, no matter which button is pressed on the left or right, the house where Wang Chen is located will explode in the end.

When the police arrived at the site of the explosion, the house had been burnt to black, and Wang Chen's body had been blown to pieces. Only one palm was completely wrapped and placed not far from the house.

And that palm, in addition to the black stripe tattoo on the wrist, was also tattooed with the words "Sorry".

When Ji Dongge heard this, his heart was like a knife.He went to look for Ning Yao as soon as he came back from abroad, but he couldn't get through the phone. He searched at home and the snack bar she often went to, but couldn't find her, so he rushed to the police station overnight. .When her colleague finished dictating those things, he even became a little short of breath.

He asked in a hoarse voice, "What was her reaction at the end?"

"Xiao Ning... she was quite silent. She kept arranging follow-up matters at that time. She didn't cry, but she didn't say anything more. But everyone can understand her mood. At that time... and there were more things, I don't know Who spread the news that she is a video blogger, there are rumors everywhere on the Internet, netizens even made a fuss at the police station, but fortunately, the matter was resolved by the chief."

"And then? Where is she now?"

"She hasn't come to the police station for a week, and the director's mailbox has received her resignation report..."

Since then, Ning Yao has completely disappeared.In order to find her, Ji Dongge agreed to be the criminal investigation consultant of the police station.He provided the police with ideas for solving cases, collected relevant evidence, and interrogated difficult criminals, and they provided him with investigative resources to facilitate finding people...

In this way, he went around looking for her for nearly a year without giving up for a moment.

But at this moment, after Ji Dongge finished saying "It's not your fault", Ning Yao chuckled.

"What do you know? It's my fault! If it weren't for my overreaching, those things would never have happened."

He frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I'm not talking nonsense. If it weren't for my pediatric crime-solving videos, the murderer wouldn't be provocative, and there wouldn't be so many terrible things happening later."

"Ning Yao!"

"You don't understand." Ning Yao interrupted him, "It's all my fault, the serial murder case is also because of me, it's all because of me!"

She gritted her teeth and looked at him, her face showing a calmness pretended after trying her best to control.

"Without me, those people wouldn't die, and the teacher wouldn't die either! It's all because of me!"

She didn't speak much, and her tone was quite normal, but her body trembled slightly, although it wasn't too obvious.

He knew that her reaction meant that she had collapsed.

Although he wanted to continue asking, he also knew that now was not the best time, so he just looked at her quietly, raised his arm a few times, then lowered it a few times, and finally gave up and didn't move anymore.

After a few minutes, she gradually calmed down, and when she spoke again, a pool of tears quietly pooled in her eyes.

"Actually, there is something I never said back then."

He didn't speak, and he didn't look away from her.

"When the video was first released, I once received a private message from an unknown user, which said something provocative to me, and I simply replied a few words, but the people over there have always been relentless, saying that I am not capable enough Outstanding, don't be ashamed. I replied very restrained at the time, if he has better criminal investigation methods, he is welcome to make videos for the benefit of criminal investigation enthusiasts. He asked me if this is my challenge. I was really annoyed, so I just Said that if he thinks it is, then so be it. He said yes, he will fight. Then, the serial murder happened!"

Ji Dongge froze.

"I didn't lie. I checked that person's IP address later, but the other party had hidden the address a long time ago, and there was no clue at all." She pursed her lips and stopped looking at him. "Because of my fault, some innocent people People have already been victimized, I can't let the tragedy continue, besides..."

"Besides? What else?"

She took a deep breath and replied: "The murderer once contacted me after Master's death. I was already emotionally broken at that time, and I said bluntly that he would definitely be brought to justice. He took this as another challenge and said that he would give me a year." Time, during this period, let me find it, as long as I find out who he is, he will obediently obey the law. But if I fail, I will never be able to be a criminal policeman for the rest of my life. The condition for this year is that I must Leaving, you can't rely on any external force and anyone's help, just rely on your own ability to find him, otherwise..."

She looked at him quietly, and when she spoke again, her voice was a little low.

"Otherwise, he will continue to kill people, and he will pick on everyone I care about, including my family and you."

"Are you here to protect us?"

"It's sort of, but it's not all. When I left, the thoughts in my heart were actually very complicated, including guilt, fear, and external pressure... In short, it is the best choice for me to leave."

The room fell into silence again, and after about a minute, Ji Dongge moved first.

He took out a cigarette and a lighter from his pocket, lowered his head and lit the cigarette.After probably smoking half a cigarette, he couldn't take it anymore. He put out the cigarette butt, got up, and didn't look at Ning Yao again.

"Go to sleep, you have to drive tomorrow."

His voice was low and calm, as if nothing had happened just now, Ning Yao's mind went blank.

Ning Yao thought to himself: What do you mean?He still wants to take her back?
"Do you understand what I'm talking about?" She looked at his back, "If I go back, I will definitely hurt you!"

"I don't understand!" Ji Dongge didn't show weakness at all. There was a cloud of rain on Qingjun's face. He looked at her coldly, and said word by word, "I only know that you are self-righteous from beginning to end!"

Ning Yao was in a hurry, and ran over a few steps, grabbing his arm.

"I was not impulsive, and I didn't make up this incident. Before I left, I thought about it for a long time!"

A sneer appeared on Ji Dongge's lips: "I've been thinking about it for a long time? Are you the only one who hasn't considered me?"

Without giving her another chance to refute, he strode out of the room and closed the door with a "bang".

She froze in place, her eye sockets getting hotter and hotter.

He didn't understand at all that she was leaving because of him.

She doesn't want the people she cares about to be implicated because of her, especially Ji Dongge.

Ning Yao sat by the bed for nearly three hours.

There was a knock on the door, and seeing that she didn't respond, the person outside hesitantly opened the door with a card.

The person who came in was Ma Xiaoliang. When he saw Ning Yao, he was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say.When she was in the police station, her personal ability was very outstanding. If it wasn't because of her age and experience, the chief would definitely let her be the captain of the police force.

At that time, Ma Xiaoliang was Xiao Xiami who had just been transferred from the local government to the criminal police team. After handling a few cases with her, he immediately regarded her as an idol. Later, it was because of her that he met Ji Dongge, a more powerful character. .

Ji Dongge was already a professor of criminology at that time, and occasionally Ning Yao would ask Ning Yao to help when the police station needed it.Over time, all the colleagues in the police station knew about the relationship between the two, and also knew that the tough and capable "Detective Ning Shen" had a boyfriend who was even stronger than her.

Both of them are Ma Xiaoliang's idols, and he has a deep respect for them.

Later Ning Yao disappeared, and Ji Dongge became a specially-appointed criminal investigation consultant of the police station. Although he was a consultant, but because several generals and captains of the team happened to be injured one after another during that time, Ning Yao disappeared again, and the team lost its backbone. So after he came, he almost became the acting captain.

Major decisions still need to be reported to the director for decision, but he can make decisions about minor issues and review directions in general cases.Ma Xiaoliang and the others have long regarded him as a real police officer, and their relationship with him is much closer than that with Ning Yao back then.

So now that he came to see Ning Yao alone, Ma Xiaoliang felt a little more embarrassed and nervous.

"Kah, Sister Ning, Teacher Ji asked me to ask what you want to eat, and we will order for you."

Ning Yao didn't respond, just lowered his eyes quietly, and suddenly asked after a few seconds: "How is his foot?"

Ma Xiaoliang never expected that she would care about Ji Dongge. He saw how the two of them were gnashing their teeth when they came to the hotel, and she was so suppressed by Ji Dongge... He felt that things were going to get worse.

Who would have thought that such a surprise would come.

Ma Xiaoliang hurriedly replied: "Hao Keai took him to the hospital just now. The doctor suggested to put a plaster cast on him, but he refused to do so because it was inconvenient. However, the doctor also said that the scope of the bone fracture is not large. One phalanx, if he can hold it up, it doesn't hurt... It doesn't matter if he pays more attention, so they prescribed some medicine and came back."

She nodded and said nothing more.

Ma Xiaoliang saw that she was looking cool and cold again, scratched his nose in embarrassment, paused for a moment, and made up his mind before speaking again.

"Sister Ning, Teacher Ji had a bad time after you left."

Ning Yao didn't respond. Seeing this, Ma Xiaoliang continued on his own: "Mr. Ji hasn't had a good night's sleep since you left. Moreover, in order to find you with the help of the police station, he also agreed to be the special consultant of the police station. , every day except investigating the case, the rest of the time is spent looking for you. You should be able to see that he is much thinner now than before. But in fact, when you just left... he was even thinner than now Thin, almost out of shape, not sleeping all night, not eating properly, smoking a lot, at least three or four packs a day. Later, the director stimulated him a few words, saying that if he continued like this, he still hadn’t found it. As for your man, he went to the west first. Since then, he has cheered up a little... But his body has been tossed by him so much that it is not like before, and he has suffered from insomnia." Ma Xiaoliang sighed, "He is now I have to take sleeping pills almost every night, otherwise I won’t be able to sleep well at all.”

Ning Yao's back stiffened, and he raised his eyelids to look at him.

"Sleeping pills?"

"Yes, and he's been on more and more medication lately."

Her hand on the side of the bed subconsciously grasped the edge, her expression dark and unclear.

She didn't know when Ma Xiaoliang left, but she couldn't stop thinking about what he said that Ji Dongge had to rely on sleeping pills to fall asleep every day.

In fact, during the time she left, she often suffered from insomnia and couldn't sleep every night, but it was not as serious as him. Most importantly, Ma Xiaoliang said that his dose of medicine was getting bigger and bigger.

What she expected was that in the first few months after she left, he would definitely not adapt and react violently, but after a long time, he would naturally get better.

But reality doesn't seem to be the case at all.

She overestimated the power of time and underestimated his feelings for her.

When Ma Xiaoliang came out, Ji Dongge was standing at the end of the corridor smoking.

Hao Keai was still guarding the door, and the two looked at each other. He raised his chin over there and asked Ma Xiaoliang to persuade Ji Dongge.

He walked over, but before he could stand still, Ji Dongge spoke first: "Did you tell her?"

"Well, what Teacher Ji told me, I told Sister Ning verbatim."

Yes, it was actually Ji Dongge who told him what he said just now.

So Ji Dongge is really powerful. Under such a depressing situation, he was able to come up with a countermeasure that would benefit him so quickly.

Especially, this method seems to be very effective for Ning Yao.

but……

"Ms. Ji, sister Ning is so smart, could she have already guessed that this was your idea?"

Ji Dongge didn't care too much. With the cigarette between his slender fingers, he flicked the ashes into the trash can without even moving his brows. He replied, "So what? It's the truth anyway."

Ma Xiaoliang pursed his mouth and shut up.

Ji Dongge stood at the same spot for another half a cigarette, during which he kept looking out of the window quietly.Under the moonlight, his handsome face looked even colder.

After putting out the cigarette butt, he turned around and said to Ma Xiaoliang, "Let's go, you go to sleep, I will watch over her."

Ma Xiaoliang hesitated to speak, thought for a while, but still couldn't hold back: "Mr. Ji, please speak carefully if you have anything to say. I just saw that sister Ning must have had a difficult time."

Ji Dongge snorted softly, with an ambiguous tone.

"Am I having an easy time?"

When Ji Dongge opened the door and went back to his room, Ning Yao had already lay down.

The snow-white thick quilt had a small bulge, and except for her head, her whole body was tightly wrapped.Her black hair lay wet on the pillow, with a towel under it.

She turned off most of the lights in the room, except for a small night light by the bedside, which shone quietly with a dim yellow light, as if it wanted to light up his heart.

He is too familiar with this scene, has seen it many times, and dreamed it many times.

He stood quietly for a while, then silently went to the bathroom to get the hair dryer provided by the hotel, plugged it in, leaned against the head of the bed and began to dry her hair.

After she realized it, she struggled to get up, but was held down by him.

"do not move."

After finishing speaking, she really didn't move any more, and quietly let him manipulate her.

After blowing almost, he put away the hair dryer, took off his coat and went back to bed.

This time he didn't stick to her, and there was about a pillow distance between them.He lay there quietly with his arms folded, his eyes lightly closed.

After a while, she spoke first.

"Did you explain what Ma Xiaoliang said just now?"

In fact, she should have reacted at that time, but caring is chaotic. Even if she is calm and quick thinking, she can't match her subconscious care for him.

But after she calmed down, she found a loophole. For example, Ma Xiaoliang came in with the intention of ordering food for her, but he seemed to have forgotten about it when he left.So obviously, that's just the reason he came in.

It's just that she still can't believe that Ji Dongge is such a proud person. Even when they were together in the past, apart from coaxing her and pampering her emotionally, he never once frankly expressed those who didn't want to like her like now. Open things spread out on the table.

How proud and tough he was, she knew better than anyone.

But now that he is showing weakness, there must be... there is really no other way, right?

Thinking of this, she began to feel sorry for him uncontrollably.

Ji Dongge didn't admit it or deny it, and then said: "I always thought that I have given you a good sense of security for so many years, but I didn't expect that you still didn't even think about me when something happened. In that situation Next, shouldn’t you tell me everything you know? If you had told me then, the murderer might have been caught by now.”

"As far as I know, after I left, you went to the police station as a consultant, right?"

The implication is that as long as she left, he went to the police station.If that case was as easy to crack as he said, why was it still pending?
He knew what she meant, but he didn't pay much attention to her words. He explained in a deep voice, "I went to the police station, but I was looking for you all the time except for some cases that the chief told me. And the serial murder case , It has been followed by another group of police officers.”

In short, if he had checked it himself, the result would not be what it is now.

Ning Yao didn't respond anymore, he didn't know if he was thinking about the possibility in his words, or thinking of some other ideas.

He looked at the ceiling above his head and said, "There are still three months before the one-year deadline. I assure you that within three months, I will definitely give you the truth and bring the murderer to justice. But the premise is that you have to follow I'm going back."

"Do you understand? My appearance will bring danger to you!"

"You don't have to worry about this. I will ask the most professional and authoritative security guards to protect your family and friends. As for me, it doesn't matter. I won't let anyone harm my chance."

She quietly looked out the window, with a slight sigh in her words, as if she was compromising: "Are you determined to take me back?"

"Yes." He answered firmly.

After waiting for a long time, he didn't wait for her to speak again, and he hummed again: "Huh?"

I don't know if it was his illusion, but she seemed to sigh lightly, and then said, "Go to sleep."

Ji Dongge's heart that had been on hold finally fell. He knew that these two words were her answer, so he didn't say any more.

After a long time, he heard regular breathing from his side, and then quietly opened his eyes.

"I finally found you." His voice was very soft, with sadness in his tone.

The moonlight outside the window was thick, and the moonlight like a gauze gently sprinkled into the room and shone on the big bed.

A tear slipped quietly from the corner of Ning Yao's eye, dripped on the pillow, and dripped under the moonlight.

The next day, it was already evening when they arrived in S city.

City S has been raining heavily for several days. Today is a rare good weather. The sunset glow is orange and red, and the buildings and vehicles in the city are shrouded in a layer of warm light.

Ning Yao sat in the car and watched the receding scenery keep flashing outside the window, feeling a little dazed.

She hadn't been back for a year, and the familiar landscape and buildings looked a little strange now. She thought she would be numb, but she still felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

While waiting for the red light, several children wearing taekwondo uniforms passed by on the sidewalk. Ji Dongge glanced at her and asked, "Would you like to visit Ning Xi's place?"

Ning Xi is Ning Yao's younger sister, a very lively and cheerful little girl. She has been very clingy to her sister since she was a child, and has always taken her as a role model. After graduation, she is even more unconventional.Instead of finding a nine-to-five job like ordinary girls, she opened a taekwondo gym by herself.

So Ji Dongge concluded that Ning Yao must have thought of Ning Xi when he looked at those children so intently just now.

Unexpectedly, Ning Yao shook his head, and replied: "Forget it, it's better for me to show up less, so as to give the murderer less chance to find out."

"What do you mean? Do you still want to keep hiding the fact that you came back?"

"if not?"

Ji Dongge wanted to say something else, but his cell phone rang suddenly at this moment.

When he picked up the phone, he didn't pay much attention at first, but as he listened, his expression became serious.

"Are you sure? Let's go back to the game now."

After hanging up the phone, he directly told Ma Xiaoliang who was driving: "Turn around, let's go back to the station."

Hao Keai looked at the time, turned his head and asked, "Did something serious happen in the bureau?"

"There are two fewer abducted women rescued by colleagues in the bureau."

"What does it mean that two people are missing? Didn't the train conductor explain everything?"

With a sullen face, Ji Dongge tapped subconsciously with his fingers on the edge of the car window: "Probably not, the difference between six confessions and eight confessions is not big, and he should understand the consequences of concealing the case."

"What's the matter?"

Ma Xiaoliang was very calm, and said: "Don't bother Mr. Ji, we will know what's going on when we get back to the game."

Ning Yao lightly poked Ji Dongge's arm at this moment: "It's inconvenient for me to follow you back to the police station. Can you find a place to put me down? Don't worry, I'm back and I won't leave."

He squinted at her: "Do you think it's possible?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to turn bad again, Hao Keai immediately winked at Ma Xiaoliang.The latter coughed lightly and said, "Sister Ning, don't say anything out of the ordinary. Although your police registration was revoked after you resigned, Mr. Ji immediately applied for an assistant consultant for you when he came to the police station. With your identity, you can follow us in and out of the police station now."

Ning Yao was a little surprised, and looked at Ji Dongge, but he didn't intend to explain at all, as if he didn't see her gaze.

She couldn't help but sighed in her heart: Forget it, it's already like this, I can only take one step at a time.

But after thinking about it, when she arrived at the police station, she didn't forget what she should do, and she didn't miss the hat and mask.Ma Xiaoliang and Hao Keai watched unnaturally, but Ji Dongge was very calm.

He took her hand: "Let's go."

Ning Yao wanted to break free from him, but he was no match for his strength.

The colleagues in the bureau were all waiting for them, and they were very pleasantly surprised to see them come back at the moment, but when they saw Ji Dongge come back with a woman in his hand, the surprise suddenly turned into shock.

Everyone knows what Ji Dongge has been up to in the past year, and also knows how much he loves Ning Jinghua, why did he let go of it all of a sudden?
But everyone is a deep-rooted person, and no one talks too much.Seeing Ji Dongge approaching, they first told him about the case.

Ji Dongge looked at the chain of evidence written on the whiteboard while listening to his colleague's report.

"We interrogated the train conductor twice more, and he still insisted that he only took over six girls. We showed him the photos of the two missing girls, and we also used a lie detector, and the result was that he Not lying."

Ji Dongge kept his eyes on the whiteboard: "Have you confirmed with the family members again? The disappearance time of these two victims is sure to be similar to those of the six girls?"

"Yes, they were all missing for about a month."

Because the time of the victims' disappearance was too similar, and the incident of women's abduction was raging in S City at that time, they almost determined that all the victims were related to the abduction case.

But after the rescued girls came back, two of them were inexplicably missing. The family members who worried day and night almost collapsed, and the colleagues in the bureau were also at a loss.

Ma Xiaoliang rubbed his chin, interjected: "Mr. Ji, could it be another case?"

"It's another case."

"Correct."

The voices of Ning Yao and Ji Dongge rang out almost at the same time, everyone turned their attention to her, and Ji Dongge also looked at her meaningfully.

She frowned secretly in annoyance. From the moment she entered the police station, she felt the extremely familiar investigation atmosphere, and her whole body was infected.So just like instinct, she blurted out that sentence without even thinking about it.

A bold colleague asked: "Mr. Ji, who is this? Don't you want to introduce us?"

Ji Dongge looked at her deeply: "No need to introduce, you all know her."

As he said that, he didn't even give Ning Yao a chance to react, and quickly removed the obstructing object on her head, revealing her white face.

Everyone was shocked after seeing her true face, and exclaimed in disbelief: "Xiao Ning?"

Obviously everyone was very excited about her return, and a few people even came up to hug her, but Ji Dongge blocked her.

He glanced at them with a sullen face, and said in a slightly cold tone: "It's not enough to satisfy curiosity, do you still want to waste time reminiscing about the past? Shall I prepare some beer and barbecue for you to have a good get together?"

As soon as the police colleagues heard this, they knew that the 24-year-old boyfriend was jealous, so they glanced at each other and did not move forward.

"Mr. Ji, how did you see the suspicious points in the case?" Police Officer A said.

Ji Dongge looked at Ning Yao, and seeing that she had no desire to speak again, he calmly said, "The clues on the whiteboard are obvious. The six abducted women are all unmarried, while the other two are married."

In general women abduction cases, the buyers tend to be unmarried young girls, and the two victims even have children, which is illogical.

"In previous cases, it was not that the abducted women were not married, so in this case investigation, we classified the several persons who disappeared at the same time as the abducted group," said Police Officer A.

Ning Yao stood by and listened quietly, with a fairly calm expression, but looked at Ji Dongge with some doubts in his eyes.

She couldn't believe that he hadn't noticed such an obvious difference before, why didn't he bring it up?

As if he knew what she was thinking, Ji Dongge's dark eyes met hers: "When the abduction case happened, I was in charge of another case, and it was later found out that you might be near Hongcheng, so I arrested you later." People's jobs have been taken over."

Ning Yao froze for a moment, feeling unnatural for a moment.In fact, she knew his ability better than anyone else, so the suspicion just now was a bit inappropriate.

Fortunately, everyone didn't talk about this topic much, and turned their attention to the case again.Ning Yao was listening, quietly looking at Ji Dongge's profile.

This man still looked the same as before. When he went to work, he was full of austerity, without the slightest wave on his face, his eyes were cold and sharp, and his aura around him was awe-inspiring.

Ning Yao felt the slightly accelerated heartbeat in his chest, sighed secretly, then looked away, forcing himself not to look at him again.

Some people are fatally attractive even when they move their fingers. At first, she liked him so much, mostly because of the aura this man displayed at work.

But now, she has no right to sink.

So far, the disappearance case has occurred for nearly a month, and the blank period is too long, and the investigation still needs to be sorted out.

It was already late at the end of the discussion that day, and the colleagues in the team knew that Ji Dongge and the others had not had a good rest for a few days, so they simply asked them to go back to sleep first, refresh themselves, and start the investigation the next day.

Ji Dongge did not refuse. After summing up some suspicious points and explaining the direction of the investigation, he took Ning Yao and drove home.

Passing by a large supermarket on the way, he parked the car directly on the side of the road.

Ning Yao asked: "What else is missing at home?"

Ji Dongge glanced at her, and his voice was a little cold: "Since the mistress left, there is nothing in the house."

Her heart seemed to have been hit, and she looked at him quietly, without responding for a long while.

She sat quietly in the passenger seat until he unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car.Ji Dongge felt a little irritable in his heart, he didn't care about anything, he went around and opened the car door.

When the tall figure bent down and her handsome face approached Ning Yao, her expression suddenly showed a hint of panic.

"what are you doing?"

Ji Dongge looked straight at her, made a movement, and the buckle of the seat belt opened with a "click".

"I have nothing to buy, just wait for you in the car..."

Before she finished speaking, he grabbed her wrist directly, and then he dragged her out of the car abruptly.

Ji Dongge's uncompromising strength gave Ning Yao some headaches, but she had no choice but to sigh silently in her heart as she did many times before.

The supermarket is open 24 hours, but it is already late at this time, and there are not many customers in it except the salesperson.They walked all the way from the daily chemical area to the fresh food area. After the whole process, the shopping cart was almost not enough to fit.

The cashier who checked them out was a middle-aged aunt. Seeing that the two of them had bought so many bags, she spoke kindly: "Young man, your wife is so handsome. She just got married?" The aunt mistook them for newlyweds.

Just as Ning Yao wanted to explain, Ji Dongge denied it first: "No, we are not married."

Without pausing for even a second, he continued, "But it's coming soon."

Ning Yao: ...

The aunt replied with a smile: "You look like a young couple, with a husband and wife look on their faces."

Ji Dongge gave a rare smile: "Thank you."

On the way back, Ning Yao found that Ji Dongge was in a better mood, and even the atmosphere in the car was not as dull as before.

As for the reason for his good mood, she knew that it was nothing more than the few words the supermarket aunt said.It was the same before, but whenever someone said that they were a good match, the corners of his mouth would curl up for a long time.

To describe him in the words of a friend: "Ji Dongge is usually upright, but if something good happens to Ning Yao, he will instantly become full of anger."

At that time, she thought it was funny, and kept laughing at his cold-faced and iron-blooded image.Seeing her laughing openly, he was so angry that his teeth were itching, he directly pressed her on the sofa and kissed her deeply, and finally when the two of them were out of breath, he whispered into her ear: "I don't even think about who did it!"

Perhaps the past was so sweet that it was difficult for her to stop the memories.In order not to reveal her emotions, she had to close her eyes and lean on the passenger seat to take a nap.

The car drove all the way back to their previous home, which was a new real estate in the eastern suburbs.At that time, Ji Dongge and Ning Yao had just graduated, and they didn't have much savings, so they pooled together and bought a two-bedroom apartment here. The house was not big, but they took care of it very well, and it was full of warmth.

Coming back after almost a year, the sense of familiarity and memories came rushing over him, making Ning Yao's breathing a little unsteady.

Ji Dongge noticed her strangeness, but didn't say anything.He methodically sorted and stored the things he bought, and took the ingredients to the kitchen to cook something.

The aroma of food filled the whole room, and the familiar sense of satisfaction in the memories made Ning Yao involuntarily want to sigh.

She really came back, and the life of wandering and wandering for nearly a year finally came to an end.

But when he thought of the word "end", Ning Yao was stunned for a while, and then he couldn't help laughing at himself in his heart: the end?Is it really over?
The relaxation she felt when she got home disappeared in an instant, and her face that had finally warmed up suddenly turned cold, and Ji Dongge saw all of this.

After he came back, he was in a good mood. Seeing her like this now, he didn't want to put on a sullen face and try to make things difficult for him.

So without any hesitation, he walked up to her, gently grabbed her waist, and embraced her in his arms.

His chin was against the top of her hair, and there was a tenderness on his face that hadn't appeared for a long time.

"You apologize to me." His voice was not loud, not as cold and blunt as when we first met, but more like the way the two talked privately when they were in love.

"What?" Ning Yao didn't recover.

"You apologize to me and say that you were wrong, you shouldn't have left me and walked away, you shouldn't have kept silent about everything, and you shouldn't have believed in our abilities."

If she had a little more confidence in him and herself at that time, believing that they could work together to bring the murderer to justice, there would be no unnecessary separation in the middle.

She was silent for a long time without opening her mouth. The atmosphere gradually became different. Ji Dongge's face was a little stiff, and he turned her body to look at her face.

"Ok?"

Ning Yao: ...

"say something."

Ning Yao didn't raise his head, his thin body looked stubborn.

"I don't think my choice is wrong, even if I do it again..." She raised her head slowly, looking at him calmly, "I will still choose to leave."

The atmosphere cooled down in an instant, Ji Dongge looked at her, his face was uglier than ever.

After a while, he turned and went back to the room, and slammed the door loudly with a "bang".

She was silent for a while, sat back on the sofa, and did not move for a long time.

Ji Dongge smoked nearly a pack of cigarettes in the bedroom that night, and sat on the head of the bed until dawn. When the hour hand pointed to [-]:[-], there was a sound of closing the door suddenly.

He who was in a low mood was awakened almost instantly, and quickly opened the door. Sure enough, Ning Yao was no longer in the living room.

Ji Dongge gritted his teeth and chased after her, thinking in his heart that if she wanted to run away again, then he would definitely deal with her severely!

The apartment is on the 22nd floor, and Ning Yao took the elevator down. It was too late for Ji Dongge to wait for the elevator to come up, so he simply opened the safety door and ran all the way down.

After he went downstairs to search around, he still didn't see her figure, so he kicked a tree root on the side of the road fiercely, and the bone that had been cracked and not healed was injured again, and the pain caused his forehead to burst out. cold sweat.

But he didn't delay for a moment, and quickly took the elevator upstairs, wanting to get the phone and ask a colleague for help.

However, what he didn't expect was that the person he thought was about to disappear appeared at the door of his house at this moment, with a calm expression on his face, as if he was waiting for him.

"Where have you been?" His voice was very low.

Seeing his appearance, Ning Yao knew that he must have misunderstood himself, so he didn't say much, and explained directly: "I wanted to buy breakfast, but when I got into the elevator, I realized that I forgot my wallet. .”

Ji Dongge was very angry at her calm and breezy appearance, but he couldn't say anything more, so he could only grit his teeth in his heart and swallow all his emotions into his stomach.

Later breakfast was made by Ji Dongge, simple stir-fried vegetables with a pot of light white rice porridge.

He didn't say a word during the meal, and Ning Yao knew that he was still angry, so he didn't care too much.After eating, she took the initiative to wash the dishes, and after tidying up the kitchen, she spoke first.

"I've come back with you, and what I promised won't change. Besides, you have a different status and you have a case that requires you. You don't have time to watch over me all the time. And I... have a sensitive identity, and it's difficult for me to go in and out of the police station all the time. no."

Ji Dongge sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette without looking up at her, and replied in a cold voice: "Your identity is sensitive? Why are you so sensitive? Didn't I say before that you are not a policeman now, but my assistant. As the assistant of the criminal investigation consultant, can't you go in and out of the police station with me?"

"But……"

He and her looked at each other with a bit of force and impoliteness on his face.

"No but, Ning Yao, don't you want to catch that murderer yourself?"

Ning Yao could see that he had made up his mind to let her return to the police station. Maybe she couldn't change anything, but she still struggled unwillingly: "I think, why don't I? But do you remember what I said? The murderer I once said that if I don’t find him, I won’t be able to return to the police station. And within this one-year period, I can’t find helpers.”

His face was slightly cold, and he replied unceremoniously: "He is obviously digging a trap for you, can't you see it?"

She didn't speak, and lowered her eyes quietly: Why can't you see it?She is not stupid.

How could she find someone who was not found by everyone's concerted efforts before?It's not that the ability is not enough, but that once some evidence or clues are found, it needs to be proved by equipment or medical testing.But she left the police force, without any external force, where would there be those things?
But there was no way, the murderer clearly stated the conditions, if she didn't implement it, she would hand over the lives of her family and friends in disguise.

Even if there was only one percent chance, she couldn't risk them.

Ji Dongge understood what she was thinking, and said: "I have already found someone to protect your family and friends, so what you have to do is, get dressed immediately and go back to work with me in the bureau."

Ning Yao is a person with strong emergency response capabilities. When the result is unknown, she will try her best to make the result ideal;

So after a deep chat with Ji Dongge, when she clearly felt that she really couldn't go, she stopped struggling.

Anyway, he promised that the murderer would be caught within three months, otherwise he would stop interfering with her choice.That being the case, she doesn't have to go against him in everything.Originally, he was still angry at her for leaving without saying goodbye, so there was really no need for her to be unhappy again.

(End of this chapter)