The moment he turned on the computer, Chen Mingming suddenly had a feeling that there might be a pair of eyes behind him … They were observing his every move.
It was just like how he sat opposite the boss in the shop that day and 'watched' everything that Zhao Le, Dong Shaofeng, and the others went through. It was also like how the boss displayed the vision of 'God' in front of him.
He might also be a member of that boss's vision.
Chen Mingming believed that his feeling was not wrong. If it were him, if he wanted to test someone, he would probably spare no effort to observe — just like what he was observing at this moment.
Since he had determined that 'Blank Lord' was the same identity as him, it was not impossible that he would leave something behind according to his behavior.
Perhaps he left this behind not because he knew that he might forget it one day, but because he felt that it was necessary to do so …
The search for the file was not as difficult as he imagined. It was not hidden in a complicated root directory … D drive, December 1st — Chen Mingming found the folder in an instant.
There were only two video files … According to the chronological order, Chen Mingming clicked on the first video file.
The moment the first video file opened, a white wall instantly appeared … The camera was shaking slightly at this time, as if the person shooting the video was adjusting the direction of the camera.
Finally, the shaking stopped, and then a figure slowly walked into the camera, sat down, and faced the camera — Chen Mingming and the person in the video were looking at each other at this time.
He could not see the appearance of the person in the video, only his eyes … because the person in the video was wearing a white mask.
The person in the mask sat quietly like this. After a while, 'he' moved and reached out to the camera — finally, the camera turned off, and the video ended.
It was a short 30 seconds video, and there was no sound. There was only the appearance of 'he' looking at the camera while sitting still.
Even though 'he' was wearing a mask, Chen Mingming could feel that he was looking into a mirror … the person wearing the mask was himself.
The next moment, Chen Mingming opened the second video in chronological order.
This time, the first thing that appeared in the video was a dim staircase, going up … Chen Mingming held his breath. This should be the corridor of the old building where Wang Liang's rented apartment was located.
There was still no sound … The time shown in the video was 8: 23 pm.
Finally, the camera stopped in front of the door of Wang Liang's rented apartment.
After entering the door, the camera shook … it was the scene of 'he' taking off his shoes in front of the door, then 'he' walked step by step into the living room.
At this time, there was no refrigerator in the living room. Wang Liang was lying on the sofa, not moving at all.
At this time, 'he' walked to Wang Liang's side and poked his neck. After a while, 'he' withdrew his hand. '
Finally, the recording equipment was placed on the table. In front of the camera, 'he' slowly dragged Wang Liang into the bathroom.
Time passed little by little, and the timer on the camera was ticking second by second.
Finally, 'he' walked out of the bathroom. 'His' clothes were stained with blood. "He" carried a large travel bag and walked into the bathroom again — this was something "he" had brought with him before coming here.
When 'he' came out of the bathroom again, this time, 'he's still of the house, of course, of the bag of the bag of of the bag of the bag of the hand of the hand....
. 'he' slowly left the room, but did not go downstairs. Instead, 'he' walked up one floor and aimed the camera at the door of Wang Liang's rented apartment.
The police had already inspected the place. One floor up would be the rooftop. Therefore, 'he' seemed to have been staying here all this time, and no one would come down from above.
Finally, after a long wait, another figure slowly came to the door of Wang Liang's apartment … he seemed to be hesitating. In the end, he reached out and pushed the door. The door was easily pushed open – it was Zhao Le.
Half an hour later, Zhao Le left in a panic.
"I really want to hide here."
It was a processed voice. 'He' in front of the camera pointed at the travel bag he had brought out.
"If you are lucky enough to find him, then he will be the only clue I have for you. He will tell you of my existence. Whether it is for himself or his sister, he will not hide me … but even so, you will never find me. "
"The truth will always be hidden in silence … and it will always be in a place where you will never find it, silently watching."
…
"The truth will always be hidden in silence."
The video had already stopped at the last second, but this sentence rang in Chen Mingming's mind again and again.
After a long time, Chen Mingming smiled and put down his hands from the table.
Closing his eyes, he looked up at the pure white ceiling … His mind didn't recall anything, but he could easily understand what 'he' was doing in the camera and what it was for.
"You want to forget all this and start from the beginning to see if I will make the same choice again …" Chen Mingming muttered to himself, "This is … the real test."
There was no one else in the room except him.
But he seemed to already know the answer.
It was not until dawn that Chen Mingming packed up and left. "There are still … 12 hours."
…
Chen Mingming returned to Zhou Yusheng's home and brought back some breakfast. Zhou Yusheng and his wife had fallen asleep on the sofa last night.
In the middle of the night, the two of them woke up one after another. They thought Chen Mingming had returned to the room and did not disturb him. At this time, Chen Mingming's mother had just woken up and was preparing breakfast.
"Why did you go downstairs to buy breakfast?"
"I went for a run." Chen Mingming smiled slightly … he found that he rarely smiled to his mother, except in those past photos, there was almost no smile in his life in recent years.
"Well, okay, I will call your father." His mother was in a good mood.
Chen Mingming said, "I will call him."
There were not many times when he called his father.
…
…
There was another exclamation, followed by banging noises, and soon after, there was the sound of the door closing.
Only then did Nan Xiaonan come out neatly dressed.
On the table, Luoqiu had already prepared breakfast, and the amount was much more than yesterday's … Nan Xiaonan's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that the impression of 'big appetite' had been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
"Miss Ren, are you in such a hurry every morning?"
Nan Xiaonan sat down and asked curiously.
Luoqiu was reading the newspaper. It seemed that he had been reading it for a while.
"Almost." Luoqiu smiled slightly.
Nan Xiaonan didn't eat immediately, but said, "There are still two chapters to finish, and I should be able to finish it tonight."
"Thanks for your hard work." Luoqiu nodded, "Lady Nan, take your time, I still have something to do."
After folding the newspaper and putting it on the magazine shelf, Luoqiu disappeared in front of Nan Xiaonan after greeting Nan Xiaonan again.
The restrained and uneasy atmosphere disappeared … Nan Xiaonan slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Now she was in the mood to eat the prepared breakfast.
He probably knew that if he stayed here, she would not be able to relax … Nan Xiaonan shook her head, took a piece of toast, and began to spread jam on it.
The moment she unscrewed the jam bottle, the sweet aroma of the jam instantly rushed into Nan Xiaonan's nose.
"This is … the jam of the Karov fruit?"
Nan Xiaonan was stunned, and there was an inexplicable joy in her heart … But after the joy, she was more surprised. The first time might be a coincidence, but to be able to take out these things from her hometown consecutively was already unimaginable.
Her hometown had already collapsed, and the civilization was no more. Everything should have turned into dust …
After eating breakfast for a long time, Nan Xiaonan reluctantly returned to the room.
The reason why she tried so hard to shorten the original writing time was naturally because she was afraid. She didn't know if her involvement in the dismembered body case affected Mr. Luo's original plan.
"Hey, why is he so nice to me?"
…
…
The second interrogation.
Zhao Le seemed to have adapted to the dark and narrow environment of the interrogation room. At this time, he sat down calmly and waited for the person who was about to interrogate him.
But this time, it was not Zhou Yusheng, but Lin Feng — Zhou Yusheng, Ma Houde, Chen Mingming and other colleagues were watching the situation in the interrogation room from the other side.
Seeing that it was Lin Feng, Zhao Le was quite surprised … Lin Feng was considered an 'acquaintance' to Zhao Le when he was locked up with the other police officers.
He could see the pity in Lin Feng's eyes — But Officer Lin still cheered up and began to ask about his confession one by one.
"Why do you think 'Blank Lord' wants to avenge you?" Lin Feng stared at Zhao Le, "According to the information you exchanged, you and 'Blank Lord' have known each other for nearly a year. You should know something about it, right?"
Zhao Le calmly said, "Officer Lin, how much truth do you think a person's words on the Internet are true?"
Lin Feng slightly frowned, "There are many virtual things on the Internet, but sometimes it can show a person's true self. Because you don't have to worry about who the other person is, you can completely hide your real identity, so you don't have to worry about anything and can be yourself. "
Zhao Le was silent for a moment and said, "As far as I know, 'Blank Lord' is a very pessimistic person … but it is limited to the identity of 'Blank Lord'. You should have studied the content of our conversation for such a long time, right? 'Blank Lord' and I have discussed the topic of death several times … "
Zhao Le paused, as if he was recalling, "It said that only the dead can live forever and live in other people's memories."
Lin Feng said, "So, you think he is a pessimistic person?"
Zhao Le nodded.
Lin Feng said, "Not counting the time when this case started, you have already known each other for a long time … I think you have a good conversation with each other. So, why don't you meet in real life?"
Zhao Le said, "Officer, if you know someone on the Internet, and you have a good conversation with the other person, and even feel that you are a soulmate, will you … choose to gradually see the other person's real appearance? Will you be afraid that the real person and the person you know are two different people? "
Lin Feng shook his head helplessly. Zhao Le's explanation was not unreasonable, but very reasonable — because many people really only knew each other on the Internet, but never planned to meet in person. Such examples could be found everywhere.
Another police officer sitting next to Lin Feng suddenly said, "Zhao Le, since you said that 'Blank Lord' and you are soulmates, then why did you give him up so easily? Doesn't this mean that your so-called friendship is cheap? "
"I just made an analogy, I didn't say that he is my soulmate." Zhao Le said indifferently.
The other police officer said coldly, "'Blank Lord' planned this case in order to avenge you. He even faked the fact that Wu Rong and Wang Liang were still alive. I think he really regarded you as a good friend, but he didn't expect that you would give him up without hesitation. He must be very angry, right? Doesn't this make you feel that you are betraying the wrong person? "
Zhao Le's face slightly changed.
He once went to Zhao Le's home with Officer Lin, and monitored Zhao Le together. Officer Lin even robbed three hundred yuan and gave it to Zhang Xiaoqin … He originally appreciated Zhao Le's kindness, but now he didn't know why he felt resentful in his heart.
These words were a little too much. Lin Feng couldn't help but lightly kick the other party under the table.
Zhao Le took a deep breath, staring at the two people in front of him, "So, I should take responsibility for everything, and even admit that I am the murderer. In your opinion, this is what I should do, right?"
"Oh, so you admit that you are the murderer?"
Zhao Le sneered, "Officer, I think you should go back to school and review the skills of interrogation."
"You …" The colleague patted the table, eyes wide open.
At this time, Ma Houde's voice sounded in the interrogation room. Sir Ma's voice was a bit deep, "Old Wang, watch yourself!"
At the same time, he took a deep breath and sat down again.
The interrogation room fell into silence for a moment.
In the other room, everyone shook their heads helplessly, knowing that they couldn't get any useful information even if they continued the interrogation. They could only choose to send Zhao Le back to the detention room first.
"I think this guy looks different in front of people, he must be lying! I don't believe his nonsense! "The colleague named Old Wang snorted coldly at this time.
"We deal with cases based on evidence, not subjective guesses." Zhou Yusheng said indifferently, "Don't bring personal emotions into the case."
Old Wang was silent at this time.
Everyone started to study the case again … As for the investigation of 'Blank Lord', they had only found the owner of the online forum server, but hadn't contacted the person himself … If they couldn't find him, they could only consider using some illegal means to invade the other party's server.
"I think it's actually the wisest choice to find Zhao Le to confess so quickly."
A female colleague said slowly at this time, "Think about it, actually he's right. The reason why he has been hiding it is that he hasn't been discovered, so he has a fluke mentality. But once the matter is exposed, it's really stupid of him to not say anything. If he even takes responsibility for everything, it's really wrong … After all, he still has a lifetime to live and a sister to take care of at home. According to our understanding of Zhao Le, he cares about his family very much, so if he had to choose between 'Blank Lord' and his sister, he would obviously prefer the latter. "
"But there's still no information about the murderer." Sir Ma shook his head and said, "We can't just rely on Zhao Le's one-sided words … Aiya, I'm going to lose more than 10 kilograms after this case!"
Everyone smiled, but Zhou Yusheng knew that Old Ma was trying to change the atmosphere … In this regard, he admitted that he was not as good as Old Ma.
"By the way, where's Mingming, why don't I see him?" Zhou Yusheng looked around and found that Chen Mingming was missing, so he immediately asked the colleague next to him.
"Oh, he said he went home to get something and will be back soon."
Zhou Yusheng nodded and didn't continue to ask.
But not long after, Zhou Yusheng's phone rang … He looked down and found that it was Chen Mingming's phone calling. After being stunned for a while, he picked up the call.
"Officer Zhou, hello."
"Who are you?!"
In just an instant, Zhou Yusheng was like an enraged tiger. He pressed on the table and stood up — this roar shocked the staff in the conference room.
Ma Houde opened his mouth to ask, but saw Zhou Yusheng make a gesture to keep quiet. Then, he put the phone on speaker and turned the volume to the maximum, and put the phone on the table with a solemn face.
"… Officer Zhou, Chen Mingming is now in my hands."
The next second, Zhou Yusheng received an email. It was a photo — in the photo, Chen Mingming's head was lowered, his mouth was sealed with a cloth strip, and he was tied to an iron pillar. Looking at the background, it seemed to be a workshop or something.
"Who the hell are you!" Zhou Yusheng's face was livid, and his tone was cold.
"Aren't you looking for me now?"
"You're 'Blank Lord'?" Zhou Yusheng shuddered and blurted out.
"I'll give you two hours. After two hours, I hope you can bring Zhao Le to see me. Otherwise, Officer Zhou, I can't guarantee the safety of your son."
"You want to see Zhao Le?! Why?! "
"Why … Of course, it's to not remove this imperfect part. Everything I did was perfect, but why was he seen? My eyes were very accurate, but Zhao Le still sold me out … This won't do, it really won't do. This way, the plan won't be perfect. Since he sold me out, of course I won't let him stay … I took pity on him, so I helped him complete his revenge. Now, it's time for him to pay the interest. Remember, you only have two hours. "
"Impossible! You're looking down on … "Zhou Yusheng didn't finish his roar, but the phone was turned off.
Zhou Yusheng called back again, but the phone was turned off. But before the phone was turned off, he received a text message with an address written on it.
"How is it?" Sir Ma quickly asked.
"No … There's too little time, I can't trace the source of the signal." The colleague shook his head helplessly.
"Old Zhou?" Ma Houde looked at Zhou Yusheng.
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