Chapter 81 Thoughts
Zhao Xiang was stunned for a moment, then laughed dryly, "Classmate, what are you talking about? By the way, your name is... Rong Yuan, Rong Yuan, right?" His eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, and he could see the person sitting on the chair clearly. At the same time, he also remembered his name, and said threateningly, "It's so late, you should go back to the dormitory quickly. Otherwise, if you don't come back, your life teacher will be worried."
"But I'm curious." Rong Yuan was unmoved and said, "Teacher Zhao, what's in your bag? It smells like blood. It's killing me."
"Hahaha, it's the lamb legs I bought at the market, slaughtered on the spot. The smell is a bit strong, but it's fresh and healthy to eat." Zhao Xiang said chatteringly.
"Lamb legs..." Rong Yuan nodded, seeming to accept this explanation, and then said, "If it's just lamb legs, Teacher Zhao shouldn't mind me taking a look."
Zhao Xiang's smile was about to fade away. He subconsciously hid the bag behind him and said, "What a fool you are. It's so dark. What's there to see? Go home early! I have to put the lamb leg in the refrigerator as soon as possible, otherwise it will go bad. Let's go!"
He had just taken two steps when he heard someone behind him say, "I heard that sheep blood smells fishy, but Teacher Zhao doesn't smell like that! This strong smell of rust... Someone was hit and killed in the school this afternoon, and it smelled the same way."
The muscles on Zhao Xiang's face trembled a few times, and he turned around, his smile suddenly becoming much warmer: "Children of your age are just very curious! If you really want to see it, this is not the right place. Let's go to my dormitory! And by the way, you can also taste the teacher's cooking. How about it?"
"Okay!" Rong Yuan agreed immediately.
A smile appeared on Zhao Xiang's face.
Rong Yuan curled his lips and said sarcastically: "——Do you think I would say that? Idiot!"
"You!" Zhao Xiang was so angry that he was shaking all over. He said with an ugly face, "That's unreasonable!"
He turned around and hurried away, trying to hide the panic that he could not suppress on his face. When he was about to walk out of the shadow of the tree, the back of his neck tightened, and then his body flew into the air!
“Bang!”
Zhao Xiang was picked up by Rong Yuan and thrown to the ground. His internal organs seemed to be displaced. The plastic bag in his hand also flew out, and the contents fell to the ground with a clang.
Blood-stained daggers, coats, masks, hats, shoes and other items were scattered all over the ground.
Zhao Xiang groaned a few times while lying on the ground, knowing that he could no longer fool people, so he grabbed the dagger that fell beside him and stabbed Rong Yuan with both hands! Rong Yuan ducked to avoid his attack, then jumped up and grabbed his shoulder with one hand to use the force to spin his body around, and his knee hit him hard on the side of his face!
Zhao Xiang's eyes were blank, his body swayed, and then he fell headfirst.
Rong Yuan let out a breath slowly. This was his first time fighting head-on with bare hands, and the feeling... wasn't bad.
He kicked the dagger out of Zhao Xiang's hand, squatted down and felt his pulse. The blood vessels under his fingertips were still trembling strongly.
Rong Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. His action just now was actually a bit risky. The human hearing organ is also a fatal part. When hit, it can cause tinnitus and dizziness at the least, and shock or even death at the worst. Rong Yuan only remembered this after he kicked out with great pleasure, and hastily reduced his strength. If he accidentally killed someone, he would have to consider ways to destroy the body.
He secretly warned himself to pay special attention to the changes in his growing strength in the future, and not to make the mistake of accidentally using too much strength in public. Rong Yuan stood up and looked around. A boy pushing a bicycle happened to pass by at this time. He looked at Rong Yuan, then at Zhao Xiang who was lying on the ground. His face changed drastically, he lowered his head, jumped on the bicycle and ran away.
Rong Yuan shook his head, took out his cell phone and called the police.
…
Wu Xian didn't expect that he would come to B City Jiaotong University again so soon, and he never expected that the Shitan Park murder case would be solved in such an unexpected way.
Zhao Xiang was handcuffed and taken to the police car. Yang Xia and several trainee police officers collected the evidence on the ground and sealed it. Rong Yuan also got on the car behind him. He was going to the Public Security Bureau to record his statement.
Wu Xian put his hands on his hips and turned around under the street light, looking at some scattered traces on the ground, simulating the scene at that time in his mind based on Rong Yuan's description.
The fight started suddenly and ended even faster. Normally, there would be some differences in physique and strength between a 16- or 17-year-old boy and an adult man, but this fight showed that the boy had an overwhelming advantage.
He is bold, careful, decisive, and has learned martial arts. His judgment and ability to act are much better than those of the new police academy graduates in the Public Security Bureau. He is a good candidate for the police.
"I already know the general situation. But I still have a question for you." After recording the confession, Wu Xian asked, "When he made an excuse to leave, why didn't you call the police, but chose to subdue him yourself? At that time, you had guessed that he might be a murder suspect, right? Weren't you afraid?"
"Since we have already alerted the enemy, further delay will give him time to destroy the evidence." Rong Yuan said: "As for the emotion of fear, it arises when the balance of power between the enemy and us is unclear. The unknown will make people exaggerate the degree of fear of the other party. I know what kind of strength he is, so I am naturally not afraid."
"I see." Wu Xian did not think that a child should not do such a dangerous thing like other adults and advised him to be careful in the future. Instead, he stood up, stretched out his hand and said, "Thank you very much for your cooperation with our work."
"Nothing." Rong Yuan shook hands with him, then asked, "Can I ask why Zhao Xiang killed people?"
"It is not certain yet without interrogation, but..." Wu Xian paused and said, "It is currently suspected that he may be the murderer of a serial murder case."
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Yang Xia was ordered to take Rong Yuan back to school. Rong Yuan got out of the car, said goodbye to the overly young policeman, watched the car go away, took out the headphones from his pocket and put them on, and said, "Wandou, what are the results of your investigation?"
Wandou said: "According to records, Zhao Xiang found out his girlfriend of seven years had cheated on him four years ago and broke up with her in anger. Two months later, his girlfriend was murdered in an unfinished building with no surveillance and her eyes, ears, nose and lips were cut off. The murderer left no evidence. After that, on the same day every year, a single woman with long hair would be murdered in the same way, and the same thing happened to Li Li who died in Shitan Park this afternoon."
"There is no need to discuss an incident that has ended. What I want to ask is, what did you find out about the car accident this afternoon?" Rong Yuan asked.
"The deceased is named Ge Qin, 20 years old, from W City, and a sophomore student at the School of Law of Jiaotong University in B City. The perpetrator Huo Xiaowen is 22 years old, a native of B City, and a third-year student at the School of Architecture of Jiaotong University. In addition, the owner of the car is his mother You Yiping. After searching the online social platforms, no direct connection between the two was found."
"In other words, there is no motive for murder?" Rong Yuan asked.
"Yes." This was the answer given by Pea, which was also the answer given by the police investigation.
But Rong Yuan believed in his own eyes more. There was definitely something hidden in Huo Xiaowen's expression at that moment. At the same time, the merit value of -1835 above his head was also strong evidence.
"There's a saying that any two people in the world can be connected through at most six people." Rong Yuan said, "Check Ge Qin and Huo Xiaowen's social circles and the places they've been to to see if there's any overlap."
"Yes." Wandou asked in confusion: "But Rongyuan, why do you care about this matter?"
——Did he feel guilty for not saving the girl? Two murders happened around Rong Yuan on the same day, but if he hadn't been delayed by the car accident, he would have stopped Zhao Xiang from committing the crime in time; if he hadn't been concerned about so many objective factors, he might have saved the girl who was hit by the car. Did the fact that two young lives were lost when they could have been saved inspire his sense of social responsibility?
Pea couldn't help but guess so.
Rong Yuan was stunned for a moment , and when he found the suspicious points, he subconsciously asked Wandou to start investigating, but he never thought about why he wanted to intervene in this case that actually had nothing to do with him. The excuse of "for merit points" no longer made sense, because when he made the decision, he had never thought about how much merit points he would get from it.
"Because... I have this ability?" Rong Yuan said hesitantly.
"With great power comes great responsibility?" asked Pea, who knew that this sentence was very popular on the Internet.
"It's not a question of responsibility, right?" Rong Yuan thought for a moment and said, "There are so many tragedies happening every day in this world, who can take care of them all? It just happened right in front of me, and I had nothing else to do, so I just checked it out."
Pea was silent. It accepted this reason, but still felt that Rong Yuan's heart might have become soft in the process of rewarding good and punishing evil.
Doing good deeds can sometimes bring people a sense of satisfaction and belonging that is comparable to that of hallucinogens, and such a feeling can melt a heart as hard and cold as steel. Some "holy fathers" or "mothers" among humans are born out of kindness, while others are intoxicated by the feeling of "helping others and being needed by others" and do things that benefit others but harm themselves without knowing it.
Pea was very conflicted. The contractor that the Book of Merit favored was naturally a kind person who could love the world. Pea had hoped so before. But at this moment, it felt a huge panic that it couldn't explain.
"Being a good person full of love" is a good thing for most people in the world, but for the contractors of the "Book of Merits", it is like poison that will sooner or later push them into the abyss.
Because, in this world, there are too many things that cannot be undone.
Rong Yuan didn't know Wandou's worries. He suddenly had an idea from the question just now: In the past, he had always called himself "Crow". Although no one else knew this identity, he still tried his best to avoid the possibility of being noticed by the authorities. But if he always did such things, it would be impossible not to have intersections with the police.
Hide trees in the forest, hide water in the sea, the best way to hide is not to stay away from it, but to paint yourself with the same camouflage color.
