My girlfriend died in the past

Chapter 321 Too many accidents are no longer accidents
"Wait a minute."

Zhuang Xiao quickly interrupted Dong Zeyu, "Master, was that flower pot dropped by someone?"

"That's not the case. It was a pure accident." Dong Zeyu explained: "The flowerpot was placed in the iron railing of the anti-theft window at the time. It was because the flowerpot was old and cracked that it fell down. No one was at that family's house at the time. When they came back and found out about it, they immediately came to apologize."

Zhuang Xiao stroked his chin, "So... it was all an accident?"

"Yes, it was all an accident." Dong Zeyu said: "Anyway, my dad took a leave the next day, and then he died when he returned to work."

Zhuang Xiao smiled, "So the so-called 'accident' may not be an accident. He probably noticed something, and then used the half month of vacation to investigate, and finally confirmed something."

He moved his eyes to the black leather notebook that Li Ming was holding, "Maybe there's the answer in there."

"I have always believed that this was written by the master after he became mentally ill."

Li Ming handed the notebook to Dong Zeyu, "Before you read it, let me finish what I wanted to say."

Dong Zeyu resisted the urge to look through his notebook and turned to look at Zhuang Xiao.

Zhuang Xiao nodded, "Uncle Li, go ahead."

"The story begins after Master finished his vacation."

Li Ming lit another cigarette, "How should I put it? My master seemed to be in a very nervous state at the time, and he was always suspicious. However, there was a case at the time, and we didn't think it was a big deal. After all, everyone's spirits are tense when there is a case.

"But things started to go wrong for us, like our car broke down and we were almost hit by a semi-trailer, our gas tank leaked and almost exploded while we were eating, and we tried to catch a fugitive but he had a knife.

"Then the master became more and more silent."

Li Ming took a few puffs of his cigarette, the red cigarette butt stained his eyes in the smoke, and squinted his eyes. "Then that day came. Master was resting that day. He said that it was his and Master's wife's wedding anniversary, so he went out to enjoy his own world."

Dong Zeyu nodded, "Yes, I went to school that day and went to Brother Zhuang's house for lunch.

"After school in the afternoon, I went to Brother Zhuang's house for dinner. Then in the evening, when my mother came to pick me up, I found out that my father had passed away."

He didn't say anything else and Zhuang Xiao patted him on the shoulder.

Dong Zeyu shook his head to indicate that he was fine, and then he also lit a cigarette, "Uncle Li, go on."

Li Ming exhaled a puff of smoke and continued, "I was at work when my master called me out of the blue.

"He spoke in a very urgent tone, saying that they were shopping in the mall, but the mall might be dangerous, so we should quickly take people to evacuate the crowd and find the source of the danger."

Zhuang Xiao understood, "So Uncle Dong felt that there was danger near him, but he didn't know what the danger was, so he asked you to help investigate and evacuate the people."

"Yes." Li Ming nodded, "But there is no evidence for this kind of thing, so we didn't take it seriously at first. But Master was very strict, so I reported it to the higher-ups, and the director said it's better to believe it. After all, my Master wasn't the kind of person who boasted before, so we sent a few people.

“After seeing the master, he looked very pale and very nervous. He kept looking around and asked us to go find him quickly.

“We searched the entire mall, even the supermarket on the basement level and the underground parking lot, but we couldn’t find any problems.

"We also went to the mall to retrieve the surveillance footage, but we couldn't see anything wrong."

Zhuang Xiao immediately responded, "So Uncle Dong was forced to 'kidnap' Auntie, and then forced you to evacuate the people, right?

"If I'm guessing correctly, he let my aunt go after the crowds were evacuated, and my aunt might have volunteered to be 'kidnapped' by him, but at that time you all thought he had a mental problem.

"After Uncle Dong released Auntie, he chose to stay in the mall. Just when you picked up Auntie and planned to go back to control him, the mall collapsed and Uncle Dong was buried underneath. So in fact, he was the only one who died.

"It was for this reason that he was posthumously awarded the title of martyr, and because you were suspected of making a major mistake in your work, you suppressed the matter, right?"

Li Ming smiled bitterly and nodded. "I had just been promoted to a full-time position at that time, so I knew a lot, but it was almost inaccurate. After all, this matter was not something that our Municipal Bureau could handle. Many other units also came to help. In the end, too many people were involved, and it was a major mistake. If it weren't for Master holding on, if so many people hadn't been evacuated, it would have been a disaster."

Zhuang Xiao understood, "Then we should give it to the martyrs, and give them awards."

"That's what happened." Li Ming took a puff of his cigarette. "Okay, take a look at the contents of the notebook."

Dong Zeyu, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately opened his notebook and started reading.

Zhuang Xiao asked Li Ming, "Uncle Li, in the end, was it true that no traces of explosives were found at all? Did the mall collapse naturally?"

Li Ming was shocked and couldn't help but look at Zhuang Xiao for a second longer. "You found out about this too?"

"No, I guessed." Zhuang Xiao understood, "And I guess the building inspection of the mall is actually qualified."

"Yes, but it's hard to explain. Anyway, the person in charge of quality inspection and the owner of the construction company were both arrested." Li Ming said with a spit. "They said that the quality inspection passed and that real materials were used during construction. So why did it collapse? This is complete bullshit!"

It can be seen that he is still brooding over what happened.

Not long after, Dong Zeyu finished reading it without saying a word, but handed the notebook to Zhuang Xiao.

Zhuang Xiao took it and opened it, and raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw the first sentence.

Is the world I live in real?

When Zhuang Xiao saw this first sentence, he had a strong sense of déjà vu.

Isn’t this the same as An Shihong back then!

Sure enough, it looks even more like this below.

【I seem to have a daughter.】

[I often have inexplicable memories of me waiting anxiously at the hospital entrance for my wife to give birth, and then hearing the relief of mother and daughter being safe. I also have the joy and sense of responsibility of holding the baby in my arms.]

[I seem to see my daughter growing up. She is well-behaved and obedient, never makes us angry, and studies very well. However, she seems to be a little clingy to my son's classmate named Zhuang Xiao.]

[But these seem to be illusions, because I only gave birth to one child as required by my company, and I found the family's only child certificate. I don't have a daughter, only a son. ]

[I'm going crazy. Is it because I'm too stressed out at work recently? Or is it because the child trafficking case I uncovered last time left such a deep impression on me?] [No, I need to look into this matter.]

They actually started an investigation. Is this the professional thinking of an old detective?

Zhuang Xiao put himself in the shoes of the person and thought about where he should start the investigation if he encountered the same thing.

No matter how you think about it, let's start from the original hospital.

No wonder Dong Zeyu’s father went to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital every day during the half month he was on leave.

[I wanted to find out whether a daughter was born, so I found the hospital where my son was born, but the result showed that no daughter was born there, and my wife had never been to this hospital except when my son was born.]

【I think I may be under too much pressure at work, so I plan to take a leave recently to take my wife and children out for a trip to relax. Thinking carefully, it seems that I haven't spent much time with my family since I started working. Even my wife has been the one to attend every parent-teacher conference for my son. I have to make it up to them this time. Maybe I will dream about it at night. I thought that I had a daughter, and it was just a fantasy that I subconsciously wanted to make up for my family. 】

Zhuang Xiaoxin thought that this might not be a fantasy.

However, at this stage I still feel that this is an illusion caused by excessive work pressure. It seems that something has happened again.

Was it because of the accident?
He then looked down.

[I have already asked for leave today. The director probably saw that I was under too much pressure, so he approved me to take half a month off. My son is out of school today, and I plan to pick him up to give him a surprise.]

[The car's brakes suddenly had problems. Fortunately, I reacted quickly, otherwise my son would have been hit. Before, my wife kept saying that we should let the child walk inside, but I didn't take it seriously. Now it seems that this is indeed the right thing to do. Alas, I am still too busy with work and have not paid much attention to my son. He and I have had a little relationship, but I can see that he really wants to play with me. ]

[My wife was almost hit by a flower pot when I got home, but there was no one at home. Finally, I found out that it was due to the aging of the anti-theft window. It has been a bad year for me recently. ]

[I planned to take my kids to the park this morning, but when I was driving past a construction site, a rock from a drilling machine flew out, broke the car window, and rubbed my forehead, so I had to take them home first.]

[No, there is a problem.]

[I reviewed what happened in the past two days and found that accidents always happen. After I went to the hospital to investigate, the degree of accidents increased dramatically.]

[Maybe there is something wrong here. I decided not to take my wife and children with me. I will take advantage of the few days of vacation to investigate it thoroughly.]

[I went to all the maternity hospitals or hospitals with maternity departments in the city. I don’t have a daughter, and there is no record of my wife being hospitalized.]

[My wife and I are first love, and I have always been chaste, so there is no possibility of accidents. ]

[I have had a few close calls with death recently, so I decided to observe carefully, maybe I can find some signs.]

[I found the problem, but I don't know if it is a problem. It seems that every time an accident happens, there is a gust of wind, and every time I have a toothache, and my knees and waist also ache. I plan to verify it one by one. ]

[Through the process of elimination, I found that every time an accident happened, there would indeed be a strong wind, but the other several "omens" would not necessarily appear.]

【So it is almost certain that there will be wind before every accident. 】

[By the way, the degree of wind also corresponds to the degree of the accident. The stronger the wind, the greater the damage that the accident may cause.]

[And it seems to be centered around me, and will also spread to the people around me. ]

【Why is this? I have been thinking about it. 】

[I am a criminal police officer. I firmly believe that there must be a reason for this. It is impossible for me to be targeted accidentally for no reason. And was it really just an accident? ]

[I am testing, testing the reason for the unexpected. ]

[After thinking it over carefully, the accident started when I went to the hospital to investigate.]

[So it's still related to my non-existent daughter? ]

【I will continue to try. 】

[It has been confirmed that in some places nothing will happen, but in other places accidents will happen. And the accidents will not become more terrible as my investigation goes deeper, but the degree of accidents is fixed in every place where accidents may happen.]

[I marked the places where accidents happened and then analyzed what they had in common.]

[But I didn’t find anything in common. These places seem to have nothing to do with each other.]

[No, my professional instinct tells me that these places must be related! It's just that I haven't discovered it yet! Is it because I haven't been to enough places? ]

[But I can't take the risk. If something unavoidable happens, it would be a small problem if I die, but it would be a big problem if my wife and son get hurt. Besides, it might hurt more innocent people.]

[I didn’t tell my wife about this because I was afraid she would worry, and I was even more afraid she wouldn’t believe it. But she seemed to have noticed something, and she had a quarrel with me.]

[She said she didn’t know what I was investigating, but she knew it must be dangerous, and she didn’t want me to continue investigating.]

[I didn't want to give up, but she cried and said that even if I didn't consider myself, I had to consider them, so I hesitated.]

[.I decided to give up. The hallucinations still appear from time to time, but I didn't tell anyone. I decided to try my best to pretend that nothing happened. I won't continue to investigate. ]

[But I will not let my wife and children continue to live in danger. After all, my home is one of the marked places where accidents can happen. I plan to move and take them to a safer place to live.]

[Since I returned to "normal", my family has become much more harmonious. My wife even joked that it wasn't all bad before, at least I pay more attention to my family. This made me believe that my choice was right.]

[Today is our wedding anniversary. I plan to go shopping with my wife. I haven't accompanied her shopping since we got married. We will have dinner together to celebrate. I plan to tell her about the move then.]

[The weather forecast says there will only be a breeze of 2 to 3 today, I hope nothing will happen. My wife called me, I plan to go out, but I'll take the notebook with me, as a summary of this period of time. After dinner in the evening, I will find a trash can to throw it away, which can be regarded as a complete farewell to this period of time. ]

This is the end of the contents of the notebook.

Behind this, there was only one sentence, and the handwriting was very sloppy, obviously written in a hurry.

[Strong wind]

(End of this chapter)