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In the summer in H City, heavy rains continue.【】

Zhao Laizi dragged his plastic woven bag and struggled to wander the streets and alleys.

At the age of sixty and with a disability in his right leg, it is difficult for him to find a stable job. Collecting plastic bottles and waste cardboard from the trash can before the cleaning workers has become one of the few sources of income.

The third alley in the back alley is Zhao Laizi's favorite place to visit.

After heavy rains, the bad road conditions make city cleaners avoid this place. It is easiest to find treasures in the mountains of trash cans.

Dragging a plastic woven bag filled with discarded cans, I struggled to wander the streets and alleys.

"Nini, where did you go?"

Zhao Laizi sped up and rushed to the entrance of the alley, calling his granddaughter's name loudly.

After her son and wife died in a car accident, her daughter-in-law cruelly left her granddaughter with mild mental retardation and ran away.

Every time at this time, seven-year-old Nini would always appear at the street entrance waiting for her grandfather to come home and help him share the heavy woven bags. These poor grandfather and grandson are each other's only relatives in the world.

However, Nini did not appear today. The large alley was filled with people quietly.

"Meow!"

A sudden whistle pierced the sky, frightening Zhao Laizi to the point of trembling.

In the alley, a black cat stared at Zhao Laizi warily. Then, as if it was frightened, it suddenly got into the darkness and disappeared.

"You little beast, you scared me to death!"

After cursing a few words, Zhao Laizi turned on his flashlight and continued walking into the alley.

In the dirty alley, six huge iron trash cans are placed in order.

Zhao Laizi counted silently while moving forward.

"The second...the third...the fourth..." When he reached the middle of the alley, he suddenly stopped.

The fourth tin trash can disappeared, replaced by a brand new black travel bag.

The travel bag was surprisingly big, but it was bulging with stuff inside. I don’t know what was stuffed inside.

Even if the contents inside are worthless, this travel bag alone can be sold for a good price.

Zhao Laizi leaned over, found the metal zipper, and slowly opened the travel bag along the track. The whole process was not smooth. The rain affected his vision, and the texture of the hard objects in the bag made him look forward to the contents inside.

"It's so heavy, I don't know..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Laizi felt as if someone had strangled his throat and could no longer make a sound. The scene in front of him was like hell.

A naked woman was stuffed into the huge travel bag.

The woman's body was covered with purple bruises, her hands were tied behind her back, and her chaotic eyes were filled with overwhelming fear. The left half of her face seemed to have been bitten by a beast, and her stiff cheek was covered in blood and flesh.

The woman had already lost her vital signs, and three ferocious characters were engraved on her bare chest: Save, save me!

Lame Zhao was so frightened that he fell to the ground, peeing and excreting. After a moment, he got up using his hands and feet and ran towards the alley entrance, dragging his lame leg.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, and the expression on his face was as ferocious as the female corpse behind him.

"Nini, Nini! Where are you?"

But the only response to him was the sound of pattering rain all around...

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There are two rows of sweet-scented osmanthus trees planted neatly in front of the H city train station. When the breeze blows, the fragrance floats ten miles away.

The man dragged his suitcase slowly out of the station entrance, put one hand in his pocket, and looked back and forth with his sleepy eyes under his messed-up bangs.

A few steps away.

Lu Yuan stood at the exit of the station, holding high a fluorescent sign with the word "Ye Fan" written on it, and looking expectantly at the flow of people walking out of the station from time to time.

Passengers passing by him occasionally slowed down and looked curiously at this tall and handsome man wearing sunglasses, lowering their heads and whispering to each other from time to time.

"Are fans so crazy these days?"

Lu Yuan is not a fan of someone, nor is he here to chase stars. He has no intention of explaining too much, and he is very irritable at this time.

After being a police officer for so long, Lu Yuan encountered the most difficult case in his seven years as a police officer.

On May 25, Zhang Mouqing, an employee of H City Juguang Group, was found dead in an alley about 1 kilometer away from the company.

The upper body was naked, his hands were tied behind his back, and there was a horrific strangulation mark on his neck. The autopsy report showed that Zhang Mouqing died between 3:10 and 4:00 in the morning. The cause of death was mechanical asphyxia caused by external force.

The body of the deceased was full of contusions from abuse, and the word "Help" was carved with a sharp weapon near his left chest!

The police found a wooden doll not far from the body. It was deliberately placed in the same posture as the deceased, and the deceased's name was written in red pen on the back of the wooden doll.

There had been heavy rain before the incident, and most of the traces at the scene were severely damaged.

This was obviously a premeditated murder.

Whether it is the wooden doll or the dazzling word "Help" on the chest of the deceased, they all look like a provocation to the police.

Once the case occurred, it attracted great attention from all walks of life, and the H City Criminal Investigation Detachment also immediately mobilized manpower to investigate the murder case.

But Zhang Mouqing's death was just the beginning.

In the next month, two more female murders occurred in H City.

There were heavy rains before and after the crime, which made the investigation extremely difficult. As usual, the murderer left provocative words on the body of the deceased, and almost identical wooden dolls were left near the crime scene.

On a rainy night, wooden dolls and lettering, these three originally unrelated words hovered over City H like a nightmare.

Three heinous murders, three innocent souls, and the murderers are still at large, defying judicial authority unscrupulously.

Where is he? What is his purpose? Will he continue to commit crimes? All of this is unknown.

After discussion, the H City Criminal Investigation Detachment decided to combine the three murder cases and named them the 5.25 Rainy Night Serial Murder Case. A task force was immediately set up within the city bureau to make every effort to detect the murder case. However, a week passed, and no results were obtained in the investigation work.

A substantial breakthrough.

Faced with the difficulties, the detachment leader Kong Fangping did not rush to criticize, but recommended a person to the task force. It is understood that this person is an expert in the field of criminal psychology, especially good at criminal profiling and psychological portraits. While studying abroad, he helped the local police many times.

Solve strange cases. With his joining, Kong Fangping believes that the task force will definitely make a difference.

However, Lu Yuan always felt uncomfortable letting a non-staff member join the task force.

Can he do it?

"Did Kong Fangping send you here?"

After a soft cry, Lu Yuan came back to his senses and caught a glimpse of the young man dragging his suitcase looking at him with an indifferent expression.

He is twenty-four or about five years old, wearing a black T-shirt and shorts, with fair skin, thin figure, slightly messy hair, and a sleepy appearance.

"Are you, Ye Fan?"

Judging from his appearance alone, the young man in front of him did not look like a calm and experienced criminal psychology expert at all. Lu Yuan looked behind the young man with some disappointment, expecting to be able to get out of the way of others.

Ye Fan just nodded and said nothing, as if he was accustomed to similar situations.

Lu Yuan took advantage of the situation and put away the fluorescent sign, turning the confusion on his face into a smile: "Lao Kong said he was an expert, I didn't expect him to be so young."

"Don't dare to take it seriously."

With his deep voice and cold expression, Ye Fan didn't express much welcome to Lu Yuan.

"My name is Lu Yuan, from the H City Criminal Investigation Detachment. I believe Lao Kong has told you the general situation. We need to work together for the next thing."

Lu Yuan took the initiative to stretch out his hand to relieve the embarrassment, but his eyes unconsciously fell on Mark's right hand.

It's summer now, and the outdoor temperature in City H is as high as 35 degrees. Ye Fan is not only wearing black clothes and black pants, but also wearing a black leather glove on his right hand.

The hard rubber is shining in the hot sun. Doesn't he feel hot?

Ye Fan hesitated for a few seconds, then raised his hand and shook Lu Yuan's hand symbolically.

"Expert, let's go back to the detachment first?"

Lu Yuan was just about to step forward to lead the way, but found that Ye Fan was holding his suitcase and walking forward on his own.

This kid is truly an ancestor.

Lu Yuan took out his car key, squeezed through the crowd, and shook it back and forth.

Ye Fan seemed to be very familiar with the environment around the station. His thin figure shuttled through the crowd, and after a few turns, he disappeared.

Remembering Kong Fangping's previous instructions, Lu Yuan pushed through the crowd and hurried out. Only when he squeezed out of the station did he realize that Ye Fan was standing next to his car.

Lu Yuan smiled helplessly, took out the car keys and was about to get in the car. As soon as he opened the car door, he felt something was wrong. It had been less than 10 minutes since he and Ye Fan met. How did this kid know that the car parked on the road was his?

of?

"Your car keys."

Ye Fan sat in the passenger seat without raising his head: "Such a big Audi logo is too eye-catching. It was the same at the station just now, can't you be more low-key?"

"Okay, be sure to pay attention next time."

In my memory, this was the first time Ye Fan spoke more than ten words since they met.

"Give me the dossier."

"What?"

"The file on the serial murder case on a rainy night." Ye Fan emphasized his tone, and his dim eyes seemed to have regained some vitality: "Kong Fangping only told me a general outline. I need details, and it is best to have pictures of the crime scene.

"

The young men around him were only about 24 or 25 years old, but when they mentioned Kong Fangping, the captain of the criminal investigation detachment, they always called him by his first name.

Although his appearance is better than that of Lao Kong, his bad temper is exactly the same. Lu Yuan wondered in his heart, could it be that the boy next to him was the mistake Lao Kong made when he was young?

He raised his hand and was about to pick up the dossier, when the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

He took out his cell phone and pressed the answer button. After only answering for a moment, Lu Yuan's face instantly turned pale, and beads of sweat suddenly filled his forehead.

"Damn it!"
Chapter completed!