Chapter 22: Life and Death
"It's like a song, with different scales and different voices coming together. It's a song of praise and thanks at the same time."
Seeing the scene in front of him, Wang Zheng's first reaction was not panic. His gaze gradually expanded and he walked in front of these people as if admiring them. He looked at the people of different ages and genders hanging on the shelves, and when he spoke, he made a clicking sound from his mouth, as if in admiration.
"When I cut off her calf with a knife, I felt inexplicably excited watching her blood flow out. I drank a cup of wine, which was very sweet."
Wang Zheng walked up to a woman and stroked her skin with his fingers while speaking. He felt the trembling at her fingertips and looked at the empty hem of her skirt in ecstasy, feeling unsatisfied.
"Wang Zheng, you..." Huamei frowned, "Wake up first, we are at the crime scene now, we must leave quickly!"
"Wake up?" Wang Zheng laughed. "This is the stage he left for me. All the tools and techniques are clearly visible to me. How can I leave so easily?"
"What... do you mean?" Huamei's face showed alertness for no reason, as if she had thought of something.
"You will understand soon." Wang Zheng said with a smile.
Tick!
Just as Wang Zheng was approaching the thrush, the sound of the pointer swinging began to sound. As the sound swayed, Wang Zheng suddenly stopped his steps.
"Wang... Wang Zheng, listen to the bell sound, does it sound familiar?" Huamei's voice was a little trembling. The sound came from her mobile phone. The screen of the mobile phone was flashing. Obviously, this was her exclusive ringtone.
"So familiar." Wang Zheng seemed to calm down and stood there with his eyes closed.
"You are lying on a beach now. There are seagulls flying in the sky and the sound of waves hitting the rocks. Can you hear it?" Huamei tried to calm herself down, but still couldn't hide her nervousness. The sweat from her palms even dripped onto the ground, wetting the concrete floor.
There is no doubt that this is a gamble, and the one on the line is her own life.
As Wang Zheng's personal doctor, she knew best that Wang Zheng became irritable and uneasy after receiving the call. When faced with the stimulation of the direct crime scene in front of him, his mental state immediately became problematic. He had just entered the murderer's world, and there was no doubt that he needed an outlet to vent his desire to commit a crime.
And Huamei is undoubtedly the best candidate.
"I saw it, it's so beautiful..." In Wang Zheng's mind, it seemed as if he had really brought her to the beach that Huamei had mentioned, and his expression became more and more intoxicated.
"Okay, then you wait for my voice. When I count to 3, you must remember who you are and wake up." Huamei said nervously. This was the last step. As long as she counted to 3, she would no longer be in danger. "1, 2..."
boom!
At this moment, something strange happened. A person tied to the rack suddenly fell and hit the ground heavily.
"Oh no!" The expression on Huamei's face became increasingly ugly. She turned her head worriedly, and her heart suddenly felt cold, because what she saw was Wang Zheng's fierce eyes, and the next moment, a black shadow pounced towards her.
"No!" Huamei screamed.
boom!
The glass on the right side suddenly shattered, and a bullet flew towards Wang Zheng along the edge of the window. The powerful bullet immediately pierced Wang Zheng's arm, splattering blood.
"Ah!" Wang Zheng felt this abnormal pain and screamed immediately. He covered his shoulder tightly and lay on the ground.
"No matter what I told you, don't shoot!" Gu Xia's angry voice came from outside the wall.
It turned out that at this critical moment, Gu Xia finally arrived with special police and local police, and on the other side, Gao Feng and Bai Ling hurriedly got out of the taxi and ran towards the art gallery.
Wow!
The tightly closed back door of the art gallery was violently opened from the outside, and strong sunlight suddenly shone into the room, illuminating the makeshift small room clearly.
"Hurry up and save him!" Gao Feng took the lead and rushed in, and ran to Wang Zheng's side in an instant, "How are you?"
"She's not dead yet." Wang Zheng's face turned pale and he said in a hoarse voice, "Huamei... is she okay?"
"How can you still care about others?" Gao Feng was a little speechless. "How come you are still alive and well after being shot?"
"I... I'm fine." When Wang Zheng spoke, his head sank and he suddenly passed out.
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"Hello, audience friends." The female host stood in front of the camera, holding the microphone in her hand, and said with a serious expression: "After the successful cooperation of the city's police department and the special task force, we finally successfully cracked a human trafficking case at 3:20 yesterday afternoon..."
Snapped!
"What the hell!" Gao Feng turned off the TV with an unhappy look on his face, and said speechlessly: "This is clearly a matter handled by our special task force. What does it have to do with the local police?"
"At least they have sent out special police right?" Bai Ling rolled her eyes.
"Yes, the SWAT also shot our detective, and now the detective is still lying in the hospital." Gao Feng looked at Gu Xia with a gloating look and said, "Lao Gulu, why do I always feel that the person who shot was arranged by you?"
"You're the only one who talks too much nonsense." Gu Xia looked unhappy. He frowned and lit a cigarette. He said, "Let's talk about business first. Let's not talk about Wang Zheng being shot for now. How is Huamei?"
After returning from the crime scene, Huamei left without saying a word and did not show up for a whole day. Even Gu Xia didn't know where she went.
"He said he was thinking about something and would notify us when he came back." Bai Ling shook her phone. She was the only one in the task force who had Huamei's online contact information.
"I hope nothing happens to her." Gu Xia sighed.
"By the way, what was going on at the time? Why did the SWAT police shoot at our police officers?" Gao Feng still had doubts about the situation at the scene.
"Well... I can't really say." Gu Xia shook his head.
"Then let's not talk about this." Gao Feng walked up to Gu Xia with a smile on his face and said, "Professor Gu, we solved such a big case this time, shouldn't we get any reward?"
"Reward?" Gu Xia suddenly realized, "I was wondering why you didn't rush to leave this time. It turns out you wanted the reward. That's right. I heard that the police station also offers rewards for clues to this case. However, we can't claim the reward for a case that we solved ourselves."
"What do you mean by 'one of our own'?" Gao Feng said quickly, "Professor Gu, I applied for a career change last week. The Ministry of Public Security hasn't hired me yet, so I can go and receive the award."
"Oh?" Gu Xia laughed. "You can accept the award, but you seem to have forgotten that you were the only one in the task force who accepted the interview. If you showed up in public, it would be difficult for us to do it."
Gao Feng immediately had a look of as if he had eaten a dead fly on his face. Indeed, during the final TV interview, he had volunteered to be the representative of the task force and even made a good appearance on TV. If he were to receive the bonus , it would be unacceptable.
"I can go with my face covered. I have a hood." Gao Feng suddenly had an idea.
"Come on, what about that hood of yours?" Bai Ling stretched out her hand and covered her face, leaving only her eyes and mouth exposed. "You look like a robber no matter how you look at it. Aren't you afraid of identifying yourself with some other robber?"
"Hey, Xiao Gao, I didn't realize you had such a headgear?" Gu Xia laughed, "It's okay for you to wear that headgear, but don't forget, if you really accept the prize, you have to give most of the prize money to Wang Zheng. Although he may not accept it, you can't decide for him, right? Also, I know Wang Zheng doesn't like to show up in public."
"That's right..." Gao Feng stretched out his fingers to rub his stubble, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have a way. Not only will he not be exposed, but he can also go with me to receive the award in an upright manner."
"I have a feeling it's definitely not a good thing." Bai Ling spread her hands.
"Yeah, I think so too," Gu Xia also waved his hand. When he was about to say something else, the cell phone he placed in front of the table suddenly rang, and his expression became serious at this moment.
