Some people like to live under the sun, while others like to live in the dark. However, most people still like to live under the sun, because the sun can dispel the darkness deep in the heart. Those who live in the darkness also long to live in the dark.
Under the sun.
The moon waxes and wanes, and a day also has day and night. At this time, it is about four o'clock in the morning, which is the darkest ten minutes of the night.
In a house somewhere in S city, a white-haired old man was lying on a recliner, eyes slightly opened, looking at the night outside. He seemed to have seen something, and his expression was very happy. In fact, in the old man
In his field of vision, there was nothing but darkness.
"Creak, creak, creak..."
The recliner was swaying gently, causing the old man to sway along with it. The sound of the recliner rubbing against the floor was very small, but in the dead of night, it was extremely noisy.
It may be that as people get older, they have less time to sleep.
The old man likes to lie on the recliner in the dead of night and look at the dark night sky. The breeze blows across his cheeks and blows the old man's gray hair. It is gentle and comfortable, but it cannot blow the old man's growing pain.
Obvious wrinkles and age spots on the skin.
The old man actually hates darkness. He has been like this from the beginning. When he was young, what he saw most was not living people, but dead people. In a cold room, on a cold autopsy table, a corpse
Then lie quietly on it, like fish on a chopping board, ready to be slaughtered.
Men, women, old people, children... In the old man's past life, he has seen too many things. No matter whether the other person is a man or a woman, old or young, beautiful or ugly, they are in the eyes of the old man.
, are all the same, no matter what they have experienced, said or done during their lifetime, when they appear in front of the old man, they have only one identity, that is, the deceased.
The room where the temperature is much lower than outside all year round is where the old man lives all year round. The smell of putrid corpses, the smell of disinfectant, the year-round stimulation stimulates his sense of smell, the sound of scalpels cutting skin, and tools cutting bones.
The sound of the air conditioner and the high-speed operation of the air conditioner hit his hearing again and again. He didn't like to talk, and he didn't want to talk. Just like the corpses he dissected with a scalpel, they were silent and speechless.
Living indoors all year round, his skin is very white, as white as a dead person. His body always exudes a strange smell, which is the smell of decaying corpses. Although, after every dissection, he
He has washed his body extremely carefully time and time again, but the smell is always with him. He hates dissection and longs for sunshine. However, after decades, he has seen dead people far more often than living people.
There are far more things to do in a dark place than living in the sun.
No one really likes darkness, and the same goes for the old man. He longs for sunshine, but has to live in darkness. This was the case in his forensic career in the past, and it is the same today. He still lives in darkness, and he is used to it.
Maybe the old man was really old. He was lying on the recliner and thought of many past events.
He clearly remembered that when he first started working, the first corpse he dissected was a giant. At that time, several criminal policemen who arrived at the scene with him vomited on the spot, and he did the same.
There was a terrible crash, and he felt like he was going to die. The people who were with him at that time were Xu Yuan, and Lu Ye who was following him.
At that time, Xu Yuan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "What's wrong, our forensic doctor Sun can't stand it anymore. It seems that you are really not suitable to be a forensic doctor."
He was so vomited that he could no longer speak and had no time to pay attention to him.
In fact, the old man never told anyone that he was actually afraid of corpses, especially those that were corrupted. However, he still became a forensic doctor, a very outstanding forensic doctor.
His life is monotonous and boring, with almost no friends around him. Apart from the tight instruments and the corpse whose name he cannot remember, he only has the scalpel in his hand, and those friends who always make fun of him, Xu Yuan and Lu Ye.
, It's a pity that they are no longer here. One died in the detention center more than 20 years ago, and the other died in his home not long ago, but he is still alive.
Xu Yuan is dead, but his son is still alive. He has two sons and a daughter. One son is dead, and the daughter was also killed when she was in her prime. Only the child named Xu Lang is left. He watched that child grow up little by little.
Yes, to be honest, he liked this kid very much. He was very smart and perceptive, and was born to be a police officer. However, behind his intelligence and keenness, there was also an unstable heart hidden.
He became a loner at a young age. Who made him become like this?
It was him, or in other words, the organization he belonged to. He tried to release the demon in the child again and again, but failed again and again. A few years ago, that siege was actually
The best opportunity, watching his brother die in front of him, his beloved woman dying because of him, his former colleagues and comrades-in-arms, their betrayal and sacrifice, these all put the child on the verge of collapse, completely
To release the evil in his heart, however, he or they still failed. The child would rather choose to escape than to choose to be released.
He has observed him for more than thirty years. Now, he is old and about to die. He is preparing to make one last attempt, a contest. No matter what the result is, he will die. As for the next thing, someone will naturally finish it.
Thinking of this, the old man smiled and patted the back of the chair gently with his white fingers, looking leisurely and contented.
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"What exactly do you want to do?"
Suddenly, a man's voice sounded behind the old man. Listening to the voice, the man was not old, about the same age as Xu Lang. However, the other person's tone was very unkind, angry, confused, and depressed...
The old man opened his eyes slightly, but continued to slap the back of the chair with his fingers.
"You have been with me for so many years, don't you know what I want to do?" the old man said lightly.
"Is he really that important? In what way am I inferior to him?" the man asked again, raising his voice.
The old man's movement of patting the back of the chair paused slightly, and then returned to normal.
"You are doing a good job and you are one of the best among the younger generation. This makes me very happy."
"Then why are you still doing this?"
The old man finally stopped what he was doing, turned his head and looked at the man standing behind him.
There were no lights on in the room, and it was pitch dark. The man's figure was completely hidden in the darkness. Apart from his pair of shining eyes, the other physical features of the man could not be seen clearly.
"What you did is good, but it's not enough. If it were him, he wouldn't ask me this. Rhett, you have to control your emotions. Emotions can sometimes make you lose your calmness and judgment."
Like most old people, he started preaching again.
"In your eyes, I'm still not as good as him, right?"
The man panted heavily and roared in a low tone.
The old man smiled, turned his head, no longer looking at the man, but continued to look at the night sky outside, and said lightly: "Why did you come with me in the first place?"
The man was stunned. He didn't know why the old man suddenly asked this. He thought for a while and said, "I don't know."
"hehe......"
The old man smiled, and the man who laughed was confused. He didn't even understand what the old man meant.
"You are very good, very good. In many ways, you are better than him, but do you know why we still do this?" the old man asked.
"Why?"
What the old man asked was exactly what the man was puzzled about.
"Control your emotions and feelings, be restrained, this is where you are not as good as him, do you understand?"
"Am I not restrained enough? I have mastered my emotions and feelings. You once told me that if you want to be an excellent member, you don't need feelings. You said so, and I did the same. Could it be that I did
Isn’t that enough?” the man asked.
The old man nodded, shook his head and said, "So, what about you now? You said you have no feelings and have mastered your emotions, but look at you now, what are you now?"
"I don't want to see you die." The man finally became angry and shouted loudly.
"I'm old. The future belongs to you young people. People are bound to die. It doesn't matter if they die early or later..."
"It's different. You are different from them." The man interrupted the old man.
"Rhett, you know why I do this. If I fail, I will rely on you to continue in the future. Remember my words, for the purpose, you can use any means, including life. He is very important to us.
It’s really important to the organization, and you’re also important, so if something goes wrong, you don’t have to do anything, don’t care about anything, you know?”
"No, I can't do it, I..."
The man shook his head wildly, with a cry in his voice.
If it were before, the old man would definitely scold him, but this time, the old man didn't. He just looked at the night sky outside without saying a word.
After a long time, the man spoke again.
"When people from the Secret Service arrived in City S, they should be coming for you." The man reminded.
"I know, I already knew the moment they came to S City." The old man said calmly.
"It's still too late for us to leave now. If it's too late, it will be too late for everything."
But the old man shook his head and said: "If I had to leave, I would not have come back. I would not have left."
"division......"
The man was still about to say something, but the old man raised his hand, waved it, and said: "Okay, you go and leave S City. Don't get involved in what happens next."
"No, I won't leave, I want to stay with you."
"You have to go and take away the man named Chen Shan. He will help you in the future."
"I......"
"Go, leave now. If you don't leave, I will let you leave. You know I will do what I say."
"...."
There was another long silence, and the man said nothing more. He looked at the dying old man with twinkling eyes. Finally, he turned around and left, leaving the old man alone.
"Child, do you know what I want to do?"
After the man left, the old man murmured to himself, seeming to be asking the man who had just left, and also seemed to be asking someone else.
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I went to CSY today and after bringing Xiao Yueyue home again, she packed everything for Xiao Yueyue to use for school tomorrow, and the two of them worked for a long time.
Perhaps because she was exhausted, Xiao Yueyue washed herself up in the bedroom and fell asleep after dinner, but Ye Du couldn't fall asleep.
Today, she did not go back to her home, but stayed at Xu Lang's house. At this time,
She was sitting on the sofa in the living room, looking at the scenery outside the window.
She knew that Zou Renjiang was dead, and she also knew who killed him. However, she knew what she could do, but she was still powerless and could only watch what happened.
She is very clear about the old man's methods, and she is even more clear about that organization. She knows that she can't do anything now, and she can't do anything. She can only help him take care of Xiao Yueyue. Other than that,
, there is really nothing she can do.
"Dingling bells..."
Ye Du's cell phone rang.
She picked up the phone and took a look. It was an unfamiliar number, but she still answered the call.
"It's so late, what are you doing with me?"
"I'm downstairs and I want to talk to you." A man's voice rang from the other end of the phone.
"We have nothing to talk about." Ye Du refused bluntly.
"Ye Du, don't force me. Do you want me to come up to you?"
The man's voice was suppressed, and he was obviously very angry at this time.
Hearing what the man said, Ye Du was silent for a few seconds, hesitated, and said, "Wait."
After saying that, Ye Du hung up the phone, stood up from the sofa, walked to the balcony, and looked outside. Sure enough, there was a figure moving outside, and she knew who he was.
Ye Du's face was gloomy, she took a deep breath, turned around and went to Xiao Yueyue's room.
Opening the door, she glanced inside and found that Xiao Yueyue was sleeping soundly. Ye Du walked into the room quietly, put Xiao Yueyue's arms that were stretched out outside the quilt into the quilt, and covered her with the quilt.
After looking at Xiao Yueyue for a while, he got up, left the bedroom, opened the door and walked out.
After Ye Du went downstairs, he came to the figure, one meter apart. She asked with a gloomy face: "Why are you looking for me?"
At this time, Ye Du didn't have the tranquility and gentleness that Xu Lang and the others saw. She seemed like an iceberg, cold and biting.
"I'm leaving here." The man said.
Ye Du nodded and said, "You shouldn't come back."
"But, you are back..."
Before the man could finish speaking, Ye Du interrupted him and said, "What does my coming back have to do with you?"
"It doesn't matter, I'm worried about your safety."
Ye Du glanced at the man, turned his head and said, "I'm not a child anymore. I can take care of myself. You don't have to worry about my safety."
"...."
The man was silent, and Ye Du said nothing more.
After a long time, the man spoke again.
"You came back for him, right?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Why? Don't you know it yourself? I've made it very clear to you that you don't need to take care of my affairs."
"hehe......"
The man smiled bitterly. He looked at Ye Du and said slowly: "It's impossible for you to be together. If he knows that you are one of ours..."
"I didn't want to be with him either." Ye Du interrupted the man again.
"What are you doing this for?" the man asked.
Ye Du glanced at the man and said nothing. It seemed that her expression had already told the man the answer.
Seeing this scene, the man's expression became increasingly bitter. He raised his head, glanced in the direction of Xu Lang's house, and then asked slowly: "You really don't want to come with me?"
Ye Du shook his head without thinking.
"Then don't regret it. He has been in trouble recently, and it's a big trouble. He will die. If you stay, you can't help him at all, and you can't do anything. The organization won't let you do anything, you should understand.
"
"I know."
"Then what are you doing here?"
"Rhett, please go. If you come to me just to tell me about this, I tell you, I won't leave, that's it."
After saying this, Ye Du turned around and left.
"Ye Du, you will regret it."
The man's suppressed roar sounded behind Ye Du. Ye Du only paused slightly, but said nothing and continued walking forward, without giving the man a chance to speak.
Soon, Ye Du's figure disappeared from the man's sight.
The man looked bitter. In fact, he knew the answer before he came here. However, he still wanted to try. Even if there was only a slight possibility, he would try. However, the result could be imagined. He knew Ye Du.
I also understand Xu Lang, and it is precisely because I understand him that I feel unwilling to do so.
The man stayed there for a while. Seeing that Ye Du had no intention of coming back, he turned around and left without hesitating.
Before leaving, the man said slowly: "Ye Du, you will regret it. He will die, and he will definitely die in my hands. Just wait."
Ye Du returned to the room and stood on the balcony, looking at the man's back as he walked away with sad eyes. She just wished that the man could stay, or in other words, give up everything he has now. As before, everyone is still friends.
However, she knew that this was impossible, just as it was impossible for her to follow him, and he would not give up everything he had now. However, what could she do, and what should she do?
The dark whirlpool swallowed everyone who came close to it, and she and they were at the center of the whirlpool and could be swallowed at any time.