Criminal Psychology

Chapter 203 Variations

Lin Chen didn't know how much "consultation fee" Xing Conglian paid, but the amount that could support Duan Wanshan's wish was probably not a small amount.

After hearing such an answer, a normal person will probably ask him "Where did you get so much money", while an ordinary couple may ask the other party "Did I get my approval for spending so much money?"

But Lin Chen thought that the relationship between him and Xing Conglian was not destined to be like this.Speaking of which, he did not know the exact background, experience and life of Xing Conglian, but fell in love with this person and decided to be with him. This is a ridiculous thing in itself, but... Lin Chen turned his head and looked at the On the narrow sofa bed on one side of the cabin, a man who had already slept soundly—the matter of love itself is quite ridiculous.

Probably after thinking about these things very boringly, Lin Chen also fell into a deep sleep.

……

Huaguo, Hongjing.

Dr. Stankang, who is in charge of Zhou Rui Pharmaceutical's new drug research and development, suddenly opened his eyes.He seemed to feel a simple discussion about his company in the depths of the rainforest, and suddenly felt an inexplicable palpitation.

At this moment, he was sitting in the conference room on the 20th floor of Zhou Rui Pharmaceutical's headquarters, and his ears were filled with fierce quarrels.As the head of the laboratory for the research and development of the new drug "Nordren", he was urged by more than a dozen calls to come to this office to participate in the EIF meeting, but the so-called "discussion" was pure quarrel at all.

A few days ago, after the death of a key employee in the promotion department, the Food and Drug Administration finally issued a marketing authorization for "Nordren", but this did not ease the tension within the company at all.

Even if he didn't know exactly what happened, the gloomy expression on the CEO's face said it all.

In short, this should have been a smooth and epoch-making new drug, but there always seems to be something turbulent behind it.This is like a slender and fierce chain, tightly wrapped around the necks of each of their insiders.

Dr. Stankham looked out the window at the blue sky and white clouds on the 20th floor. For a short time, he was thinking about what it would be like to open the glass window and step out. thoughts.

He moved his eyes to his notebook and gently opened it. On the inside page of the notebook was a photo of his youngest daughter Si Yu.

He thought carefully about how long he hadn't seen his daughter since he came to China to work. 105 days, and this number is likely to continue to increase.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that it was ridiculous to choose to end his life for something that could still be saved.Family is such a thing that can change your whole mind when you don't expect it.Si Tankang pressed the ballpoint pen clipped on the notebook and made up his mind.

Finally the meeting was over, Stankham hugged his laptop, squeezed away those arguing blushing people, gave up taking the elevator with the rest of the staff, and prepared to walk back to the R&D laboratory on the 10th floor.

The pharmaceutical company is always so bright and tidy, even in the safe passage, there is a clean smell of disinfectant, and he himself is very used to this atmosphere.

He walked slowly from the 20th floor down to the 19th floor. Suddenly, he heard a soft creaking sound from the safe passage door on a certain floor.

He didn't know whether it was the anxiety that accompanied the launch of new drugs or some other reason, but he always felt that someone had walked into this safe passage.

For this reason, he deliberately stopped and listened carefully for a while, but there was no sound of footsteps, no matter whether it was above or below the corridor, there was no sound of footsteps.

He pretended to step down two floors, and the leather shoes rubbed against the floor tiles, making a very clear sound.

At this moment, the sound of leather shoes hitting the ground suddenly came from above his head, once or twice, which was creepy.

As if he had made up his mind, Dr. Stankang grabbed the phone and pressed his finger on the alarm button. He grabbed the railing, turned around and walked up. What was even more strange was that the footsteps upstairs stopped in a tacit understanding.

The doctor himself swallowed nervously. After thinking about it, he mustered up the courage and continued to walk upstairs.

Soon, the slowly moving mop appeared in his field of vision, and at the same time he saw the black rubber boots of the cleaner.

At that moment, he even had a sense of escaping from nature, he closed his eyes gently, and let out a long sigh.

……

When Lin Chen woke up and opened his eyes, it was already the next morning.

The sky was bright outside the window, the sky was as blue as glass that was about to melt, thin and transparent, he subconsciously covered his eyes with his hands, but Xing Conglian leaned down, put his hands on his forehead, and said with a smile: "So you want me to accompany you Sleep, can you quickly reduce the fever?"

Lin Chen lazily held Xing Conglian's palm and kissed it. When he looked up, he saw that Xing Conglian was fully dressed and even shaved. He was a little surprised: "Are you here?"

"arrive."

"Why didn't you call me?"

"Farewell to the Gaomeng people is not as important as your sleep."

"Why are you so cute?" Lin Chen smiled.

"I'm serious. After all, watching you sleep is better for me than sitting and watching a hundred classic Hollywood movies."

Xing Conglian's sweet mouth was so much fun, Lin Chen sat up without being disturbed by him: "How do we go back?" He asked.

"Although I originally planned a one-month tour around the Atlantic without the dynasty, but in view of your physical condition and the things we have to deal with when we return to China, we can only take a plane." Xing Conglian showed obvious regret on his face.

Lin Chen heaved a long sigh: "Please don't seduce me with these extravagant trips, it is impossible for us police workers to have such a long vacation."

"Then we can only go home, Consultant Lin..." When Xing Conglian uttered the word "go home", Lin Chen felt very comfortable and beautiful.

He nodded, and just about to say something, he saw Xing Conglian handing over a set of clean clothes he didn't know where he got, and he heard the other party ask meaningfully: "Do you want to take a bath again?"

Earlier, they also had some friendly and harmonious two-person bathing activities on the boat, mainly because his wound could not touch the water, and Xing Conglian helped a little, but it seems inappropriate to take a bath again at this moment.

Lin Chen looked at the other party and said, "Not too good, is anyone waiting?"

"Only me." Xing Conglian said without hesitation.

Lin Chen looked at the other party suspiciously, and then looked out the window. From his perspective, he could see the clear harbor, the blue sky and white clouds completely different from the rain forest scene, and the long coastline.Kagasi Port is located at the western estuary of the Dana River, and the actual control is in the hands of the U.S. imperialists, which is also the end point of their escape from the rainforest.

There are cruise ships, containers, and helicopters that take off and land occasionally, which finally makes people feel like they have entered the modern society from the barbaric era.But modern society is not necessarily a good thing, because there are also warships and soldiers responsible for guarding the port.

Lin Chen finally rejected Xing Conglian's proposal to take a bath.Xing Conglian drew the curtains and closed the door, and helped him change into his clothes.Of course, the process was a bit long. After the change, both of them were a little out of breath.

They walked out of the ferry side by side, and the sea breeze and bright sunshine rushed towards their faces, as if they could wash away the haze of the rainforest.

There is no sign of the Gaomeng people in the cabin, and the bloodstains from yesterday have been cleaned up. Duanyang is standing at the pier with his hands in his pockets, alone.

Xing Conglian's two subordinates named Zhang Long and Zhao Hu were squatting on the pier boredly watching the seagulls with Wang Chao. Lin Chen glanced at Xing Conglian, and sure enough it was a joke that no one was waiting.

"The others sent Gaomeng people away. I will let them stay with Duanyang here until the matter is resolved." Xing Conglian whispered in his ear.

In fact, he has nothing to worry about about Xing Conglian's arrangement.

Duanyang walked towards them, he seemed to have experienced some thinking, and slowly said: "Consultant Lin, Mr. Xing..."

Lin Chen nodded.

In fact, during the time when he did not fall asleep last night, during his escape life along the way, he also thought about what he should say when he said goodbye to Duanyang.After all, the two of them had shared life and death together, but when it came time to say goodbye, he suddenly couldn't say anything long.Looking at the young man's hair, which was slightly longer than Bancun, and his firm and calm expression, Lin Chen suddenly realized that the current Duanyang is no longer the young man who needed him to instill chicken soup in order to have a firm belief.

Growth is so painful, but people will always grow.

Lin Chen stretched out his hand to Duanyang: "We will meet again."

Duanyang opened his mouth, with a thousand words in his expression, in the end he just stretched out his hand, shook hands with him, and said, "Goodbye."

……

Huaguo, Hongjing.

The climate has reached a very unstable time every year again. It was pouring rain a moment ago, and it became sunny and sunny in an instant.

After a long day of thinking, Stancom finally made a complete plan.

He sat in his office, pressing the ballpoint pen nervously.

It was 18:30 in the evening, most of the employees had already left work, and even the lights in the large office outside had been turned off.His personal secretary knocked on the door of his office more than half an hour ago, asking if he needed to order a work meal for him.He was pretending to organize papers on his desk at the time, and declined the offer, saying that he would be finishing work soon.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Stancombe sat in his office, trying to look busy.

It wasn't until the last person in the room turned off the lights and left that he stopped all movements in an instant.

He stared outside for a while, and opened the second drawer of the office with extremely quick movements, and there was a small USB flash drive in it.

He moved the computer mouse lightly, and the computer screen suddenly lit up.

……

Lin Chen leaned against the soft cabin seat. This kind of flight across the ten districts is too easy to mess up the biological clock.

In a daze, he could feel that Xing Conglian had put a blanket on his body. In the space, apart from the sound of the engine, there was only the satisfied grunting of Comrade Chao Chao.

Lin Chen opened his eyes slightly. Although he seemed to have slept all night, it was still day outside the window.He wrapped the blanket tightly, and Xing Conglian habitually reached out and touched his forehead to check his body temperature. He turned over and woke up.

On the table beside Xing Conglian was a cup of coffee that looked extremely bitter. On the table was Wang Dynasty's laptop, and the computer screen was still on. From his perspective, he could only see a piece of white light.

"Woke you up?" Xing Conglian withdrew his hand and said gently.

In his sleep just now, he thought he was still in the bottom cabin of that small fishing boat that was dark and dark. The smell of fish mixed with the smell from the middle-aged man's body made his whole body chill, probably because he subconsciously After curling up tightly, Xing Conglian will cover him with another blanket.

Lin Chen's vision gradually cleared up. To his surprise, when he thought of the small fishing boat and the middle-aged man, he actually saw the black ring that was taken away by the other party on Xing Conglian's table. .

Previously, he used some technical means to make Xing Conglian give up pursuing him for what kind of unintentional mistake he wore this iron ring on his left ring finger. Now seeing this thing appearing again, he couldn't help but get a headache. Then he asked in a businesslike tone, "Have you found anything?"

Although he didn't specify the exact target, Xing Conglian pinched the ring and twirled it half a circle, and replied, "You guessed right, this is indeed a locator."

"Can you find out the issuing unit?"

"It's very difficult, but it's very difficult for private individuals to get this thing. It should be a public property. After returning to China, the dynasty should have a way to find out."

Lin Chen looked back at the young man who was sleeping on his back in the seat, and thought of Xing Conglian: "Duanyang told you the whole process of our kidnapping?"

"I told you."

"Including the origin of this ring?"

"Say it." Xing Conglian glanced at him, then continued to stare at the ring, "No matter how you are kidnapped, you will encounter this kind of thing."

"So what do you think the dead middle-aged man was investigating? Drugs, human trafficking, or something else?" Lin Chen paused, and continued, "The incident he investigated may be related to that of Zhou Rui Pharmaceutical. Does it matter?" As he spoke, he felt as if he had become Duanyang.

"Consultant Lin." Xing Conglian turned to look at him helplessly.

"exist."

"Have you noticed that you entered the investigation state too quickly?"

Lin Chen looked at the vast sea outside the window, and said frankly, "Maybe it's because I had a bad dream just now."

……

The weather on the sea is cloudy and sunny, but the whole Hongjing City is shrouded in a brilliant summer sun.

Si Tankang lowered the brim of his hat, wrapped his coat tightly, and walked slowly into Hongjing Paradise.

Probably because his outfit looked too out of place, the security staff at the door looked at him twice more, and even scanned him twice more with a metal scanner.

Stankham coughed lightly.

"Sir, are you not feeling well?" the staff member asked.

"You've got to date even if you're not in good health, aren't you?" Mr. Stancombe replied with a smile.

This Hongjing Paradise has been built for about 20 years, and the furnishings are old.The city itself of Hongjing is too comfortable, so there is no too crazy scene in the amusement park.Citizens agree that whether it is a merry-go-round or a less intense roller coaster, even a slightly creaking pirate ship is suitable.

Today is the summer vacation again on Sunday, and there are more tourists in the park than in the past, mainly parents with children.The kid was holding the marshmallow, with a bright face and chattering, making Stankang feel like he was a boy again.

A piece of violin music that he couldn't name was playing on the Paradise radio, and the sound of the piano was melodious.

Walking in the sun, one always feels that the dirty haze all over the body has been evaporated from the pores. Stankham gradually loosens the tightly wrapped clothes and relaxes a little.Instead of buying marshmallows, he bought a bottle of Coke for ten yuan.Junk food and teenage smiles soothe the soul.

On the grass by the lake not far away, gray or white pigeons are pacing on the dark green lawn, and a balloon seller is selling red balloons to a pair of lovely twins.There are countless colorful balloons tied to the booth behind him, and there are many people around the hawker—there is no child who does not like balloons.After successfully selling the two red balloons, many parents around him also handed over money.For a while, balloons of various colors were pulled by the children and floated away in piles, looking very cute.

Stankham laughed, and as he circled the carousel area, the violin music became lighter.Music always has such a strong appeal, he walked up the covered bridge with small steps.Looking around, there are crowded crowds all around, and the magic performance on the water stage not far away is about to start.When he got to this place where he couldn't advance or retreat, he secretly regretted his choice just now.

There were crowds of people's heads in the front and back, and balloons of different colors floated above many people's heads. Things that looked cute before now made him inexplicably nervous.He clenched his fists, went against the flow of people, and watched the road in front of him vigilantly.

Going straight is the safest avenue, but there are too many people; the alley on the left looks very gloomy, but it is a shortcut; going right requires a long detour to reach the destination.He looked up at the spiers of European-style buildings in the distance, squeezed the Coke bottle in his hand, and turned to the right.

During the retrograde movement, the oncoming people are like hard rocks, and even a child who has just passed his knee can give him enough impact.Every time he rubbed his shoulder and bumped his elbow, his heart tightened a little. The Coke bottle was squeezed out of shape at some point, and the liquid inside was covered with brown foam, which seemed to be sprayed out at any time.

Stankang was hit by people continuously. For some reason, more and more people came from the right side. He was almost pushed in the direction he came from by the crowd against the current. He could only protect his chest with his hands and tried his best to walk faster.In order to avoid the oncoming tall man holding the child, he squeezed to the side, but stepped on the female student's leather shoes.The girl screamed, and he had to apologize in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I'm very sorry, can you please let me know."

The sound and noise mixed in the air was so loud that the girl didn't hear his voice, and no one around even noticed him.

Si Tankang finally avoided the man with a strong physique, and he was slightly relieved. The turbid air in his mouth had not yet been inhaled, and his pupils shrank suddenly, as if he saw something.Colorful balloons floated in front of his eyes, and the plastic film gently collided.

Then, he sensed something.

The sound of the piano crossed a high note, then fell suddenly, and the fountain in the distance splashed white waves.

It was a thin knife that was not too long. The tip of the knife pierced his clothes and skin, and the blade pierced into his internal organs. After stirring it, he quickly pulled it out.The hand holding the knife suddenly let go of the handle, and the blade seemed to be attracted by some kind of suction, and suddenly retracted into the assailant's sleeve.

All changes are only in the blink of an eye.

Parents with their children in their arms, boys and girls who came out to hang out, and old people who took their grandchildren out to play continued their footsteps.No one noticed that Dr. Stankham, who was in the crowd, clutched his ribs, and slowly fell to the ground next to a sign that read "Crowded, please be safe".

The sun on the grass was still good, the violin music became brisk and beautiful again after the climax, and the crowded flow of people finally passed the narrow area of ​​the covered bridge smoothly.

On the path by the lake, a man in a dark blue coat slowly took out a small black bag from his sleeve, and tied the black bag firmly with three balloon strings in his hand.

The balloon floated into the blue sky with the bag. He raised his head and watched the hydrogen balloon fly to the sky, only then did he hear the terrified screams of people behind him.

He didn't look back, slightly rolled up some bloody cuffs, and straightened his dark blue coat.

Ten steps away from him, stood a little boy about five or six years old.The little guy was too fat, his T-shirt was stretched out several times, he looked like a fat doll made of lotus root.Fat Boy's big black eyes were fixed on the last balloon in his hand.

The man walked up to the fat baby, tied the string of the last balloon on his wrist like a lotus root, and rubbed the baby's soft hair.Perhaps it felt very good, and there was a little laughter in his snort.