C1 Walking Skinnier

My name is Lu Xiaochuan, and I'm a police officer. The department I work for is called the "Special Criminal Cases Specialized Investigation Team for Ministry of Public Security". The cases that Task Force accepts are all the extraordinary and inhuman murders that have been committed throughout the country. The case that I am going to tell everyone about today happened before Task Force was established, and because of this case, I experienced ten years of nightmare travel.

At the end of November and the beginning of December 2006, when I was on annual leave, my father happened to be working at Liaoyuan City in the north. Since I wanted to go out and see the world for myself, I begged Dad to bring me along. Dad agreed to my request, and at the same time, I also agreed to bring along Liang Shouyuan, the famous scar expert that I am very familiar with, Huang An, who is in charge of Dad's safety, and ten other people from the same group.

After getting off the plane, the chief of the provincial public security office, as well as the Director Zheng of the Liaoyuan City and public security bureau led us directly to the Distant Expanse International Hotel to drink. I drank a little too much at that time, and during that time, there was a beautiful policewoman who sat next to me and toasted me. After drinking a few cups of wine, she told me that she was called Liao Mengfann. She was slightly tipsy and her face was flushed. I asked her if the Director Zheng had arranged for her to come over, and I saw that her eyes were clearly hesitating.

I told her, just sit there, no one can do anything to you. She asked me why, and I said, "My father is Lu Tianzheng!"

After I said this, I saw her smile gratefully at me before running out of the banquet hall, never to return. In my heart, I felt a little regretful. I couldn't bear for her to leave. I wanted to run after them, but a few more toasts came and toasted me until I was completely drunk.

I was dizzy when I was carried into the hostel. But I have a problem with it. It's easy to lose sleep in a different place, even if you drink too much. After about four hours, he checked the clock on the wall. It was almost three in the morning.

The alcohol was almost awake, and a wave of drowsiness washed over him. But five minutes after I closed my eyes, I heard a terrible cry coming from outside. Through the silence of the night, the cry seemed to come from the depths of the Abyss, striking straight into the heart. Because of the police disease, I jumped out of bed, opened the door and rushed out.

I ran out of the hostel as fast as I could. The snowflakes were scattered in all directions by the northwest wind of winter. I wrapped my arms around my shoulders and looked around for the source of the sound. Other than the ear-piercing sound of the wind, he could hear nothing else. The street lamps in the distance were shining brightly. Under the illumination of the lights, the snowflakes in the sky seemed to come from an endless black hole, giving off a shocking feeling of oppression.

After waiting for about two minutes, I didn't hear anything else. I secretly cursed in my heart. It must be some bastard who had nothing better to do than to blindly shout in the middle of the night. At this thought, I hastily turned around and prepared to return to my sleep. But just as I turned around, a whirlwind suddenly starts to blow in the surroundings. Within the whirlwind, there seems to be a very small male voice mixed within, and it sounded intermittent, as though it was saying, "Don't … Come... Ask... You... "Come …"

I shivered and turned my head sharply. The guest house was one of the rooms. The northwest wind blew during the night. And the whirlwind was on my left cheek. All around me were tall buildings, except for the south side, where the whirlwind must have come from, where there was a street passage between the two floors. Thinking of this, I hastily ran over.

The main street was to the outside, and the main gate of the Public Security Bureau was to the west of the hostel. The wind and snow were blowing so hard my eyes hurt. I tried to look left and right. Suddenly, through the dim light of the street lamp, I saw two people fighting at the entrance of the Public Security Bureau. At this moment, a person was sitting on the ground, constantly moving backwards. I thought to myself, "Damn it, are you trying to beat someone up in front of the Public Security Bureau?" In his heart, he scolded the people on duty inside the Public Security Bureau.

I picked up half of the brick from the side of the road and rushed over with it in my hand. When I was about ten meters away from the two of them, I abruptly stopped my steps. The brick in my hand fell at the same time, smashing forcefully against my toes.

But at that time, I didn't feel any pain, my whole body was trembling, and when the northwest wind blew on me at night, I didn't feel that cold either. My body suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. I had seen the most terrifying scene in my life.

It was a woman who had lost her skin. At this moment, the woman was walking slowly and with difficulty towards the policeman on duty who had been scared silly. With every step she took, a set of slightly red footprints were left on the ground. The police officer on duty had retreated. I saw his mouth open and tried to shout, but in the next second, he fainted.

At this moment, goosebumps were also raised all over my body due to fright. I shouted 'Ah!' but soon after, I regretted it. The woman seemed to hear me and slowly turned her head. There was no skin on her round head, not a single strand of hair. Due to being unable to blink, her two black eyeballs, which had lost their skin, were currently rolling left and right. Light red tears of blood kept flowing down her cheeks.

She trudged over like me, her eyes full of fear, full of grief. She slowly opened her mouth and emitted waves of whimpering sounds. Fresh blood that was mixed with bubbles flowed out from her mouth. Her tongue had probably been cut off by someone. She was getting closer and closer to me. She struggled to lift her right arm and extended it towards me.

My legs were shivering, and I couldn't help but move my feet backwards. A sharp pain ran down my toes to the nerves of my brain, and I shivered. I looked ahead and saw that the woman was about three meters away. At this moment, she was still walking towards me with great difficulty. She seemed to be asking me for help, and her unspeakable mouth was now bleeding, but also faintly white.

Yes! She … Still alive! She is asking me for help! F * ck! I cursed myself for being so useless, for having lost my head in fear. I am a policeman and the victim is still alive. The first thing I did, and the only thing I did, was to save her! Thinking of this, I hastily ran towards her. But, just when my hand was about to grab onto her hand, she fell on the snow in front of me and died …

An hour later, I sat shivering in a chair in the police interrogation room. Liao Mengfann brought a cup of hot water in front of me, indicating that I should drink it since her body will be warmer. I nodded gratefully. I was really thirsty so I picked up the cup and started drinking. However, due to my excitement, I started to cough violently.

Liao Mengfann anxiously ran over to my back, and patted my back while comforting me: "Drink slowly, don't rush." At the same time, the door to the interrogation room creaked open.

The door opened, and a middle-aged man with a haircut entered. He was thin, and he wore a black leather jacket. I had an idea. He wouldn't think of me as a murderer, would he?

Liao Mengfann patted on my shoulder, signalling to me not to be nervous, and said: "This is the captain of our Criminal Investigation Team, Liu Lee."

Liu Lee nodded at me, "If you have anything to do, go back and rest." Then, he beckoned to Liao Mengfann with his hand and said, "Let's go for an emergency meeting."

Liao Mengfann forced out a smile as she followed Liu Lee out. Seeing that the two of them were getting further and further away from me, I struggled to stand up from my chair and shouted, "Wait! Take me with you. "

Liu Lee turned his head, his expression a little anxious and unhappy, as he said: "This does not conform to the rules. Go back and have a good rest."

At that time, I felt that I had to join this case. That woman's despairing gaze was still lingering in my mind. If I had to sit still and do nothing, my conscience would have been tormented and condemned for the rest of my life.

Liao Mengfann was a little hesitant, but when we looked at each other in the eyes, she seemed to see the determination in my eyes. She turned her head and said to Liu Lee: "Captain Liu, he is the son of Chief Lu …"

"Oh?" Liu Lee's eyes flashed with a bright light. After a short moment, he waved his hand at me, signalling for me to follow him.

Arriving at the conference hall on the fourth floor of the Public Security Bureau, I saw that the conference room was already filled with people. His father was among them, with Huang An standing closely behind him. I didn't see Professor Liang, maybe because he was too old and drank too much, so no one disturbed him.

Seeing that I had followed Liu Lee and the other in, he gave me a comforting look. He stood up and signalled for the Director Zheng to take the Chair. I saw Director Zheng nervously wiping the sweat on his forehead. When he saw everyone was curious, he slapped the table and signaled everyone to be quiet. I followed Liu Lee and Liao Mengfann and sat beside Liao Mengfann. During this time, everyone looked at me curiously as they discussed amongst themselves.

Bang!

Just as everyone was discussing, Director Zheng slammed the table and said angrily: "Shameful, what a shame. If that comrade-in-arms hadn't been calm and informed us as soon as possible, would you all want to read the headlines tomorrow morning? Ah? With someone dead in front of the Public Security Bureau, the person on duty was actually scared senseless. If this news were to be reported, how could we face the citizens of Liaoyuan City? "You, take off your official's clothes and leave tomorrow!" While they were talking, Director Zheng pointed at the policeman on duty and shouted angrily.

I thought, this Director Zheng is nothing, he's already on fire, and even cleverly flattered our research team. The policeman on duty was trembling violently. When he heard that he was going to be expelled, he cried loudly. Looking at his age, he's also a graduate who just left school. I believe that the terrifying look on that female corpse is enough to scare him to death even if my father is present. I sighed in my heart. It seems that Director Zheng wants to make an example out of this.

Just as the officer on duty was crying bitterly, his father coughed and interrupted Director Zheng, "Let me put it this way, the nature of this case is terrible, the methods used to commit the crime are extremely cruel. It is normal for that young comrade to be frightened, and that young comrade is the first witness.

Director Zheng looked at his father apologetically, and slightly toned down his tone. "Tell everyone present what you saw and heard at that time, and try your best to contribute!"

The police officer on duty looked at his father and Director Zheng gratefully as he nervously stood up and recounted the situation.

I heard footsteps outside and looked at the time. It was 3: 05 in the morning." After recording the time, I put on my coat and prepared to go out. But just as I was about to go out, I heard the glass in the duty room make a sound. Because of the high temperature in the room and the frost on the glass of the duty room, I hurried out with my baton. I went out, and when I looked back, I saw a leatherless woman standing in front of me. That woman seemed to have heard my shout and she slowly walked towards me. I was extremely terrified and kept retreating. She chased me and I sat on the ground. Following that, I fainted. " After saying that, the police officer on duty started to tremble.

The Director Zheng signalled for him to be helped down, and looked at Liu Lee, and asked: "Big Liu, what did you discover?"

Liu Lee pinched the tip of his nose and said: "The wind and snow are too heavy, it is no longer possible to follow the footprints to find the way back to the dead person. Furthermore, the footprints left at the entrance of the Public Security Bureau have already been severely damaged by the police officers on duty when they were escaping, so they are unable to find the general direction in which she came from. I've already talked to the traffic police. The surveillance footage will be arriving soon. "

"Let me mention something!" Just then, Liao Mengfann suddenly stood up. Director Zheng was clearly angry, but her dad waved her hand for the first time, seemingly very curious.

Liao Mengfann nodded, and said: "There is one thing that I do not understand, all the victim's skin has been peeled off, but don't you guys feel that the blood left on the doorstep is too little?"