Ji Heng's arms made Gu Qingtong feel at ease.

She closed her eyes gently after counting his powerful heartbeat rhythm.

She suddenly had an unrealistic thought... If time could stay at this moment, not move forward or backward, then she and he could always embrace each other like this, no longer separate...

The call from your mobile phone broke Gu Qingtong's dream.

She didn't want to let go of Ji Heng, so she raised her left hand angrily, pressed the answer button of the Bluetooth headset: "Hey, who?"

The other party said just a few words, and Gu Qingtong sat upright as if she had received an instruction. She looked at Ji Heng, and her eyes were full of surprise.

"I know, I'll go back now!"

"What happened?" Ji Heng asked softly.

"The first hospital where Gu Yu worked, a skeleton was excavated during the renovation of the old building..." Gu Qingtong stopped the second half of the sentence, "This is a secret, you pretend you didn't hear anything!"

Ji Heng was as if he knew about it in advance, and he said: "I think that is Gu Yu's mother."

"The forensics have not yet reached a final conclusion." Gu Qingtong asked while starting the car, "Don't guess randomly, everything is subject to scientific verification."

"I'm not a guess." Ji Heng said seriously, "I happened to be there when Gu Yu's mother's coffin was buried in the cemetery."

Gu Qingtong's heart was tightened: "What do you mean is Gu Yu used the excuse of buying a cemetery for his mother and buried an empty coffin?"

Ji Heng said: "I think it was. In that era, burial was launched. It was easy to avoid everyone's eyes and replace the pillars."

"Gu Yu hated his mother..." A creepy chill covered Gu Qingtong's whole body. "Does he just do a show for others to watch every time he goes to worship?"

Ji Heng instantly switched the conversation channel: "I can't go back with you, let me get out of the car at the intersection in front."

"No!" Gu Qingtong flatly refused, "I have too many questions to ask you, and you will think about other things after you answer!"

"You will be distracted when driving and chatting..."

"Let's talk less, the first question-" Gu Qingtong drove the car back to the main road, "You went to the first year of high school sixteen years ago. How old were you at that time?"

Ji Heng replied: "Sixteen."

"Okay, sixteen plus sixteen is equal to thirty-two." Gu Qingtong glanced at Ji Heng, who was sitting in the passenger seat from the corner of her eyes, "You should be 32 years old this year, why do you look so young?"

"You didn't observe carefully. Actually, my newly grown hair is a few white..."

Gu Qingtong was angry and laughed: "Don't change the topic!"

"Um--" Ji Heng let out a sigh and said honestly, "Because I look good and don't look old."

If it weren't for driving, Gu Qingtong really wanted to measure how thick the man's face was. She changed her strategy and pretended to be a fierce expression: "To be honest! Otherwise, I'll tell you to be in trouble!"

Ji Heng did not answer immediately.

Silence spread quietly in the carriage. Apart from the sound of wind coming in from the open windows, there was no other movement.

Turning through the intersection, Gu Qingtong parked the car to the side of the road.

"If you don't want to tell me the truth, I won't force you." She pointed to the car door, "You get out..."

"Officer Gu, do you still remember what I said to you?" Ji Heng seemed to have made a great decision. "I haven't taken photos in eight years. This is the standard answer."

Gu Qingtong called out her mobile phone album to display the page of her remake of volunteer list.

"More than eight years? Your photo of your student days also appeared on the list of victims..."

"Xiaotong," Ji Heng suddenly changed the fixed name of "Officer Gu". He said, "You found the huge fire in Xuanya Building on March 12, eight years ago? The actual situation is that their records were incorrect, and I am a survivor."

"You are lying." Suspicion floated into Gu Qingtong's eyes, "Why is there no information about you in our system's household registration files?"

Ji Heng pushed open the car door: "You are so smart, don't need me to remind you too much. I have made an appointment with someone and I have to leave!"

"Hey, wait!"

Gu Qingtong went to grab his clothes, but she was slower. She hurriedly honked the horn, hoping that he could turn around and make it clear.

Ji Heng took a few steps and walked back, walked around to the driver's seat, took Gu Qingtong's left hand and kissed deeply: "When we meet again next time, don't ask too many questions. Time is precious, we can do something else."

After saying that, he strode far away, leaving only Gu Qingtong in a daze.

-

A dazzling lightning flash broke through the sky in an instant.

The warm yellow twilight in the western sky suddenly faded. Before the sudden rain came, it was like countless sharp arrows shooting straight to the ground.

First, the muffled thunder chased each other, as if cheering for lightning. When the overwhelming rain enveloped the world in a vast ocean, the cooperation between lightning and thunder reached the peak of tacit understanding.

Gu Qingtong gave up her plan to catch up with Ji Heng.

She has more important things to do—

Without thinking about it, she drove through the rain and headed towards the hospital in the western suburbs.

The bones were transported away, and the construction site was basically cleaned up, and the parts that were not in time for inspection were temporarily covered by rainproof cloth.

Zhao Hong from the forensic department was packing up his equipment. When he turned around, he happened to see Gu Qingtong who was coming in the rain. He shouted loudly: "Xiao Gu, why did you come?"

Gu Qingtong replied: "Brother Zhao, I happened to be outside when I received the news."

"Captain Pan and the others must have not told you?" Zhao Hong and Gu Qingtong approached and lowered his voice, "That Gu Yu, who is not eating or drinking, does not admit any evil he has done."

"So you have to find the breakthrough here."

Gu Qingtong lit up the flashlight program of his mobile phone and looked around. It seems that the burial site is located in the center of the first floor of the old building. Through the rainproof cloth, a human-shaped concrete groove can be clearly seen.

Zhao Hong said: "The deceased is a female, aged between 55 and 60 years old. The bone structure of the whole body is intact and there are no obvious fractures. We collected DNA samples from the residual post-molding teeth and worked overtime tonight to check the results."

Gu Qingtong nodded slightly and couldn't help but say to herself: "What he said is right."

"Ah? Who are you talking about?" Zhao Hong's hearing decreased with the alternating interference of rain and thunder. "Xiao Gu, Xiao Wu and Haiyang were staring here before you came. They went to the building behind and said they wanted to check the patient information ten years ago..."

"Thank you, Brother Zhao! I'll go find them."

Gu Qingtong bowed boldly and turned around and threw herself into the rain again.

"Hi, look at this impatient-" Zhao Hong picked up the spare raincoat at hand and put it down again, "You'll run away before I finish speaking?"

Suddenly, lightning lit up above his head, and the dazzling light shone on the ground where the bones were dug out.

A ring-shaped metal object reflecting light attracted Zhao Hong's attention. He put on his raincoat hat again, walked over and lifted the rainproof cloth, picked it up and held it in the palm of his hand.

Zhao Hong saw the real appearance of the item, quickly put it into the evidence bag, and caught up with Gu Qingtong with a breeze.

"Xiao Gu, wait for me!" he shouted, "Ring! I found a golden ring!"

"What?"

Gu Qingtong remembered the photo frame she saw when searching Gu Yu's house. It was an artistic photo of a middle-aged woman. The woman was wearing a burgundy cheongsam with peony embroidery patterns, leaning against the window with a smile, her makeup was exquisite but she was tired and indifferent. Her hands were well-maintained, and she wore a well-made gold ring...

-

In the second half of the night, the rain gradually stopped, but it never stopped. The drizzle sound was like a regular drum beat on everyone's eardrums.

All Ji Heng said is true.

This skeleton is indeed Guyu's mother.

From this analysis, under the tombstone in the cemetery, there is an empty coffin.

Guyu's first goal of doing evil was his mother!

Pan Shaofang knew the seriousness of the case and repeatedly emphasized when convening everyone for a meeting that the subsequent interrogation was crucial. Even with the assistance of Professor Yang Chengyi, the entire Crime Team must not relax their vigilance.

The opening of the breakthrough was due to the express parcel sent by Ji Heng.

At 8 o'clock the next morning, the delivery staff of limited-time express came to the door on time. Gu Qingtong received a call from the on-duty staff and almost ran to the gate.

She returned to the conference room with her bags in her hands as if she was treating priceless cultural relics.

Everyone's fatigue was almost overwhelming. When they heard Gu Qingtong say there were new clues, they all cheered up.

Gu Qingtong reached out to get the utility knife, and Shi Dong stopped her: "Sister Gu, safety is the first priority, and it is safer to have a package without a signature."

"You believe me, you can't be wrong. The recipient column was filled in by Ji Heng, and others can't imitate his handwriting."

Wu Chen felt that the name sounded familiar: "I'm just fucking, Sister Gu, isn't the guy you are talking about the food street that is entangled with you?"

"Yes, it's him." Gu Qingtong pinched the utility knife into his hand and cut the sealed tape. "He said that the things in the package will help us pry Gu Yu's mouth open. Come and have a look!"

She tilted the cardboard box and slowly poured out the bubble bag inside.

Shi Dong looked at the thing that couldn't call the name and scratched his head in a dilemma: "What's this? A child's toy?"

Cao Zhe sighed: "A generation gap is one in five years, small stones, that Guyu is ten years older than you, and there are two generation gaps between you."

Gu Qingtong put on gloves, took out the items from the bubble bag, and placed them on the table in turn.

"Ravers, comic strips, fishing rods, plastic guns," she finally took out a flat iron box, "The biscuit box, there are five kinds in total. It is not difficult to see that these are the things Gu Yu liked when he was a child."
Chapter completed!