"We still need to know some information from you about Qian Junyao's case."
"Two officers, please come in."
Shi Ran and Ling Qian walked into Xu Cheng's room. The room was tidy, and even the test papers on the desk were stacked meticulously.
There were dull footsteps on the stairs again. Xu Cheng's mother brought tea up, put it down and went downstairs.
She turned on the TV again, but the volume was turned down, but she could still vaguely hear a few words.
"The person in the sedan chair must be filled with deep resentment. She shed tears, and her voice was intermittent, like a cuckoo's cry in another courtyard, like a mourning ape in the Baxia Valley. It touched the heartstrings, and was so tragic..."
The sound of the TV was turned down a little, and it was completely inaudible.
The recorder was turned on as usual, and Ling Qian took out the note-taking booklet to record at any time.
When you're ready, start.
Shi Ran went directly to the topic and asked: "Did you know that Qian Junyao has a four-year-old son?"
Shi Ran kept observing Xu Cheng's expression.
Hearing that Qian Junyao had a four-year-old son, he did not show much surprise, but he still denied it, "I don't know, he never told us. I only know that his father adopted a child several times." Years old, much younger than him, maybe four years old."
Judging from his expression, it was clear that he knew but wanted to hide it.
Perhaps, he not only knew that Qian Junyao had a four-year-old child, but also knew who the child's mother was.
But why hide it?
His friend is dead, doesn't he want to catch the murderer as soon as possible?
"You don't know?" Shi Ran frowned and asked again in a more serious tone.
Xu Cheng still shook his head and insisted on his statement, "I don't know."
"Now that the child is missing, his life is likely to be in danger. We suspect that this child was born between the deceased and the suspect many years ago, and the suspect who killed the deceased is probably the child's mother." Shi Ran added psychological pressure to Xu Cheng pressure.
Xu Cheng was silent, holding the teacup in his hand, and his left thumb kept stroking the handle of the teacup.
But he still insisted that he didn't know, "It's really dangerous. You and the police must work hard to find the murderer as soon as possible and rescue the child as soon as possible."
"Aren't you surprised at all? A former good friend had a four-year-old child. After all, he was only thirteen years old when he was born, right?" Shi Ran continued to ask.
"This is his business, and he has borrowed money from me many times. Our relationship is no longer as good as before. What do I care about him?" Xu Cheng blew on the still hot scented tea, took a sip, and said very nonchalantly. .
"Can you recall, five years ago, did the deceased have a girlfriend? Or had any intimate contact with a woman?" Shi Ran tapped the black pen and continued to ask.
If he could give birth to a child, the mother of the child must have been in close contact with the deceased at that time. Those of them who played with the deceased since childhood, even if they are not sure who the mother of the child is, they should be able to recall that the deceased had left. Who are the women who are close?
Xu Cheng fell into deep thought.
His eyes drifted involuntarily to the drawer. There was a photo locked in the drawer.
The girl's face in the photo seemed to suddenly come to life.
It was on the school playground. Qian Junyao, Yang Rong, and Tang Hanliang were playing ball, and he was taking pictures. Because his dream was to become a photographer, he used to take pictures everywhere with his camera and study how to compose pictures more effectively. of beauty.
Also on that day, the girl walked past his lens. It was a rare sunny day, and a breeze blew by. The girl's hair was blown back, revealing her stunning side face.
In a panic, he pressed the shutter button and got this photo.
Qian Junyao's basketball fell at the girl's feet for some unknown reason and lightly hit her calf.
The girl was not angry. She bent down and picked up the basketball from under her feet. She smiled and handed it back to Qian Junyao who was chasing him.
"Here, be safe, junior." The girl said with a smile.
"Thank you, senior."
Qian Junyao took the basketball, but his eyes were locked on the girl's back.
He looked at Qian Junyao's eyes and felt worried.
He has always known that Qian Junyao is not as sunny a person as he seems. He lives in darkness, a darkness that no one knows and no one believes.
It was a darkness that even Yang Rong and Tang Hanliang didn't know about.
And he accidentally glimpsed the darkness and filth, but he didn't dare to mention it to anyone.
Such a person has all the conditions to become a criminal.
At that time, although he was worried, he never thought that things would turn out like this. It was not until one day a year ago that he accidentally caught a glimpse of Qian Junyao and Yang Rong, and he knew that he had stepped into the abyss. .
Not long ago, he came to him and asked his uncle to help him with something, and he was sure that he had turned into the same devil in the darkness as the person who gave him darkness.
That day, they had a fight because of that girl.
"Just tell me whether you can help or not?"
"You are simply not human! You still want me to help you!?"
"What are you pretending to be? Aren't you also lusting after other people's photos? I just did it! We are the same!"
"Get out! I don't have a friend like you!"
The quarrelsome words seemed to still ring in his ears.
The beautiful figure on the playground gradually walked into a gray shadow step by step. She seemed to have turned her head and stared at them fearlessly with cold eyes.
She didn't smile, but seemed to be sneering.
Laugh at the injustice of fate and those who inflict their own suffering on others.
So what if she killed him? He should have died!
Shi Ran looked at Xu Cheng's increasingly gloomy face. The eyes staring at the desk drawer seemed to be bursting with murderous intent. His slightly thin eyebrows had a sharpness that was not for his age.
"No." Xu Cheng still did not change his words, he said firmly: "I have never seen him get close to any girl."
There wasn't anything in the first place. It was just a word, just a good temper from the girl, just a kindness from her, but it gave her the deepest nightmare.
Maybe in some parallel world, there is a girl living happily.
But it's not this world. They made the wrong choice and ended up in such a world.
Here, there is only crime and punishment.
Seeing that they could not pry Xu Cheng's mouth open, Shi Ran and Ling Qian had no choice but to leave first. They left their business cards and said, "If you remember anything, please contact us at any time."
Before leaving, Shi Ran asked Xu Cheng to find the photo of the girl he saw last time. Xu Cheng pretended to be calm and found the photo, and Shi Ran took a photo of it with his mobile phone.
As soon as we got back to the car, it started to rain lightly again. The raindrops slowly beat on the car window. In more than ten minutes, the windshield in front of the car window was completely wet.
