Bo Jinyan and Jian Yao stands in entrance of a small home, surrounded by bushes.  It appears their suspect – Zhang Cheng likes to dwell in a distant and remoted place, away from folks.  

Bo Jinyan is the primary particular person to reach, forward of the police officer who referred to as him.  They’ll hear the police sirens coming from a distance.  They shouldn’t be too far behind. 

Jian Yao asks: “Ought to we watch for them?”

“No.” says Bo Jinyan.  He places on a pair of latex gloves.  He appears to look excited: “When lots of people enters the home on the identical time, the place loses its originality.”

Jian Yao shouldn’t be stunned.  This man is sincere and sensible.  However in terms of investigating legal circumstances, he can’t cowl the thrill that arises from the eagerness he has for his job.

“Okay. Let’s go in.” She smiles.  In fact she is going to go in with him. 

Lucky for them, the yellow wood door shouldn’t be locked.  It’s simply pushed open.  There’s an insufferable stench that rushes to their nostrils as soon as the door is opened. Jian Yao virtually vomited once more.

Bo Jinyan locations his finger over his nostril to dam out the scent.  He walks in with out slowing down.  

Jian Yao hesitates, then she pinches her nostril and follows him inside. 

It’s darkish in there.  The home windows are blocked.  It’s a small place.  One mattress. One desk/desk. That’s it.  There are issues mendacity everywhere.  It’s too darkish to see what they’re.

She is stepping right into a psychopath’s home in darkness.  Each step, she is stepping on high of one thing… the bumps beneath her soles… Jian Yao secretly hopes they aren’t physique components.

Subconsciously, she gently holds on to Bo Jinyan jacket from the again.  

Keep near him.  

The Bo Jinyan that was busy analyzing the room at the hours of darkness pauses.  He turns spherical to take a look at her .  

She shortly grabs on the nook of his go well with jacket.  She shouldn’t be letting go of him.

“Oh.” he appears to sigh softly within the darkness.

“What’s up?” asks Jian Yao.

She will vaguely inform by the sunshine shining by means of the entrance door, that he’s attempting to take a look at the hand that’s grabbing onto his jacket. 

“So cute.” He says in happy voice.

Jian Yao blushes at the hours of darkness.

Regardless that she will be able to’t see his facial expressions, she is aware of he’s gazing her.  And on the identical time, a hand reaches the sunshine swap on the wall.  He simply discovered it.

Ah…. dealing with two roles directly.  

They’re standing in  a pigsty. 

Mild blue mattress linen has sweat stains throughout it.  The quilt is curled up right into a bundle on the ground.  The desk has a number of soiled dishes and bowls with meals scraps inside them.  On the ground, there are  polystyrene takeaway containers, garbage baggage, garments, sneakers… flies every part.  There’s additionally a robust stench of urine within the air.  

“What a tasteless lunatic.”  Bo Jinyan mutters to himself.  Then he begins looking by means of the garbage.

As a lady, Jian Yao mechanically take up the duties which are much less filthy – she opens the drawers of the desk and examines what’s inside them.

In one of many drawers, she finds a stack of envelope.  They’re constructed from the identical kind of yellow paper.   She passes them to Bo Jinyan.  The envelopes are empty.  Within the entrance of the envelope, there’s a date written with ink pen: “2013 January , 2013 February…. “till” 2013 June.  The handwriting is identical for all of the envelopes.  Clearly, it’s written by the identical particular person. 

Bo Jinyan seems extra intently on the stack of envelope.  He notices the nook of purple notice protruding from considered one of them.  He pulls it out.  It’s 100 greenback notice.  

“That is for residing bills.” Bo Jinyan says: “Somebody is taking care of him.”

Bo Jinyan talked about earlier.  Due to his psychological state, he gained’t be capable to maintain a job for lengthy.  To outlive, cash should come from someplace.  Maybe it’s members of the family?  Passing him some cash with an envelope each month.

After some time, Jian Yao finds two items of paper that’s torn.  It’s not too badly broken, so she will be able to nonetheless learn the phrases on it:

“Supper time.”

“Take a bathe/bathtub after the solar has gone down.”

Once more, it has the identical writing because the envelopes.

Bo Jinyan stands up from analyzing the pile of garbage on the ground.  He passes a number of items of paper to her.  Like those in her palms, there are phrase or quick sentences on them.  Don’t go away the village.  Use the bathroom, not the ground.  and so forth and so forth.  There are some adhesive tapes on the corners of those paper.  They was on the wall.  

“Male. Educated.  Monetary standing – common. Younger grownup.” Bo Jinyan seems on the phrases and feedback.

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Quickly, the officers be part of them inside the home.

“Professor Bo, have you ever found something?”

Jian Yao seems at Bo Jinyan.  He alerts her to indicate the envelopes and white sheets of paper to the officers: “Somebody was taking care of him.  He was very attentive.  However then, the particular person has not been coming for awhile, or else this place can’t be so messy.”  He pauses and continues: “He’s deserted.”

Everyone seems to be quiet.  

Is that the rationale for his psychological breakdown?

The officers scatter to search for different proof.  Jian Yao stands beside Bo Jinyan.  She asks: “How do we discover out the establish of that particular person?” Her intuition tells her that the place Zheng Chang goes is in some way linked to this man. Maybe, he’s going discover him….

However there appears to be no different clues of the person’s id in the home.  

Bo Jinyan sweeps her a glance, he says proudly: “In fact there’s a approach.”

He all the time has a approach. 

Jian Yao waits hopefully for one more speech.   He’s going to make use of his skilled information and superior elimination abilities to….

Wait.  He’s pushing away garbage on the desk?  

A purple color phone seems.

“Like I mentioned earlier than, I like taking quick cuts.”  First, he activates the speaker operate.  Then he presses the re-dial button.  

That is a lot quicker method to discover out. 

Different officers collect.  Everybody waits.  But it surely goes straight to voicemail: “Your cellphone can’t be used at this stage.  Please pay your account….”

It’s an older cellphone.  There isn’t any caller show button.  In order that they don’t know what the re-dial quantity is.  One of many officers recommend: “I’ll name the station.  We’ll discover the information linked to this cellphone.”  Everybody agrees it’s plan.

Besides Bo Jinyan: “It can take too lengthy.”

He lifts up the receiver. Takes a fast have a look at it and passes it to Jian Yao.

There’s a small sticker on it, with the variety of this phone on it.  

Jian Yao takes out her cell to load $100 credit score on the quantity.  She by no means thought that someday she would high up the cellphone for a psychopath.  

Lastly, they efficiently name the particular person on re-dial.  A person picks up the cellphone.  He’s talking very softly, and he sounds drained: “Cheng, did you not bear in mind what I advised you?  I’ll name you later?  They’re asleep.”

Bo Jinyan ponders for some time, then he begins talking: “Howdy.  Are you Zheng Chang’s brother?”

The particular person pauses: “Sure.  Who’re you?  Why are you utilizing his cellphone?” He sounds involved. “Did one thing occur to Ah Chang?”

Bo Jinyan solutions: “It’s an extended story.  Hold your home windows and doorways locked.  Don’t get out of the home.  Your brother is on his method to kill you.”

The person is shocked: “What?”

The officers subsequent to him is surprised too.  Bo Jinyan turns to considered one of them and says: “Get his deal with.  Ship it to me instantly.”  Then he says to Jian Yao: “Let’s go.”

Jian Yao follows.  She takes a fast look earlier than leaving the home.  An officer is explaining the state of affairs to Zheng Chang’s brother.  Others are on the point of transfer to their subsequent vacation spot too.

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Early morning.  The roads within the countryside don’t have many automobiles on them. Quickly they’re again in B metropolis.  

Jian Yao took a brief nap on the best way again.  

When she wakes up, Bo Jinyan continues to be driving.  His face seems much less tense.  His fingers are tapping on the steering wheel.  Seems to be like his temper has improved.  Nicely, they’re very near  catching the killer.  

“Did anybody name?”  She asks.

“No.” He solutions faintly.

“He has arrived on the neighbourhood for fairly a while now.” Bo Jinyan says It’s sufficient time for him to run across the B metropolis 3 times.”

Jian Yao consider the psychological unstable killer, hovering close to his brothers’s home… 

“They discovered his medical information.” She says. “If the brother cares about him, why doesn’t he ship him to an establishment?”

Not lengthy after they left the home, the police discovered the file within the garbage bin.  The final go to was early this 12 months.

Bo Jinyan: “I’m not positive.  However in keeping with official numbers, at the very least half of the intense psychological sufferers will not be receiving any  therapy.”

Jian Yao is shocked: “Why?”

Bo Jinyan says mockingly: “As a result of there’s not sufficient mattress house*.”

(* Observe from writer Ding Mo –  It’s a identified incontrovertible fact that there will not be sufficient services (together with medical doctors, nurses and areas within the hospital) in China.  Quite a lot of the intense psychological sufferers will not be granted admission to hospital due to this.)

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Then they arrive throughout one other downside.  One which frustrates Bo Jinyan significantly.  Site visitors jam. 

They’ve been on the highway for over two hours.  They’re so near their vacation spot.  Usually they will see law enforcement officials strolling previous them.  However they’re caught.  Solely 1km of distance left, but, it has taken them over ten minutes simply to crawl ahead a number of metres.  

Jian Yao simply talked to the crew chief: “They may ship somebody to clear a approach for the police automobiles to undergo.”

Bo Jinyan replies: “Oh nice. The remainder of the automobiles might be caught right here for ages.”

Jian Yao is aware of he’s simply complaining to set free some steam.  Because the automobile strikes slower, she has extra time to look at what’s occurring on the streets.

About fifty metres forward of them, beside a flower mattress, there’s a man sitting down on the nook.  He’s carrying a black high and a pair of black pants.  His hair is messy.  Many of the pedestrians are intentionally avoiding getting near him.  He’s carrying a pair of gray sport shorts.  There are some darkish marks on it.  Jian Yao seems extra fastidiously.  His palms have purple stains on them too.

When did he arrive? He wasn’t there a second in the past.  

Jian Yao calls out to Bo Jinyan: “Jinyan…. that man.”

“I see him.” Bo Jinyan says coldly. 

He shortly turns his steering wheels to drive off the highway onto a patch of grass on the facet.  

“Good boy.”  Bo Jinyan mutters.  He fixes his eye on the person.

Jian Yao begins to get nervous. 

Right now, the person who they think is Zheng Chang stands up.  He walks in the direction of a bit lane to the facet of the flower mattress.   

We are able to’t lose him now.  Jian Yao takes out her cellphone and calls the Crew chief. 

“Don’t go away the automobile.” 

Jian Yao turns round. Bo Jinyan has opened the door and disappears within the crowd.  After a number of seconds,  she finds him.  He’s strolling into the identical lane Zheng Chang went.  

Jian Yao out of the blue feels frightened.

They agreed that they’d keep collectively every time they’re investigating. However he ran off by himself…. to go after a mentally unstable killer that has a weapon with him.