Pure Darkness

Chapter 20

In the darkness, someone laughed. His voice was light, yet sharp. Angrier. Arrogant.

Jian Yao frowned and grabbed the bedsheet underneath.

He moved towards her, then closer. He treated her like an animal, gently caressing her long hair. Then, she hummed at him like a lover, “Excellent skin. Don't worry, even though I will use a whip, I definitely won't damage the skin on your back. Very pretty!”

……

Jian Yao fiercely forced her eyes open and only looked at the dull old homestead ceiling. It's noon. His entire body was covered in sweat.

He sat on the bed for a while before waking up to wash his face and gargle. He felt completely awake, but discovered that Bo Jinyan was not in the room.

Again, he went out to run by himself.

She called. “Hi where are you?”

“I'm with Fang Qing.” Bo Jinyan's voice was calm and serene. “There are a few things I should follow up on. Did you sleep well?”

Jian Yao replied, “Alright.”

“Come, they've bought back a fancy breakfast. They even specifically bought me some cakes made with small shrimp. It may be out of admiration and gratitude for me. But they really don't have to do it. ”

Jian Yao could not help but laugh. He asked, “So, did you eat shrimp cake?”

“. . . I finished it.” said Bo Jinyan.

Jian Yao smiled faintly, but her brows were still furrowed, and she fell into a contemplative silence for a while without even noticing it. With his keen sense of perception, Bo Jinyan observed this unusual occurrence. Her tone changed, and she asked gently and gently, “What's wrong?”

Jian Yao said, “Jinyan, I want to spend time with you alone.”

He was silent for a moment before replying, “I will soon be by your side.”

“En.”

The morning sun was warm, and the streets were clean and quiet, there was hardly anyone around. Jian Yao only needed to wait for a moment under the tree before she saw Bo Jinyan walking towards him from the police station opposite her. Today, he wears a rarely seen outfit: a dark blue-green T-shirt and black trousers, which accentuates his black hair, pale skin, and an eye-catching handsome appearance. Naturally, this is all the effect of ‘marriage’ post-marriage transformation program Jian Yao.

He walked towards her and faced her. Taking her hand, she said, “Let me guess, you dream again?”

“En.” Jian Yao did not need to hide her vulnerability from him once in a while.

With a quick movement, he hugged his shoulder tightly. They walked down the river.

In fact, Jian Yao had already dreamed less about ‘flower ogre’* and the moment she imprisoned him. Moreover, this demon had already become a pile of whitened bones. Bo Jinyan also praised him for adjusting much better than most people. It was just that what he saw the day before in Yao Yuange's eyes was very similar to what he saw in ‘flower ogre’'s eyes, as well as in the crazy eyes of many other perverted killers. Thus, he could not help the coldness that spread in his heart.

*T/N ‘flower ogre’ is the villain in ‘Love Me if You Dare’ ( ⁇ ), book before ‘Pristine Darkness’

Perhaps, for those in the police force, there were some scars that could never be erased in their lifetime.

Sure enough, after a while, the woman by his side subconsciously relaxed and seemed to have returned to her usual bright liveliness. He even drank a large bowl of hot soup, and his face was red.

“What are you busy at the police station?” Jian Yao asked.

“There are some new developments,” said Bo Jinyan. “Ming Yue has gone mad.”

Jian Yao was stunned.

“At the beginning of the interrogation, he constantly refused to speak. Then, he suddenly started laughing, and spoke indistinctly. Whatever he asked, he knew nothing. The doctor has been sent, but it doesn't seem good. ”

Jian Yao found herself unable to express any emotions, and could only sigh.

“Moreover . .” Bo Jinyan continued, “Tong Sheng's frame is still undiscovered. What's more, due to long intervals of time, repeated cleaning, and the fact that blood stains, from different people, are combined to a high degree with each other when splashed against a wall, the researchers said, the conditions for definite identification are greatly disturbed. None of his DNA was extracted from bloodstains. There were no CCTV images of Ming Lan abducting him either. Therefore, theoretically, we have not been able to conclude that Tong Sheng was kidnapped by them.”

“But . . . It must be them!” said Jian Yao.

Bo Jinyan did not look happy. “Zhao Xia died and Ming Lan committed suicide. The only person who knew what was left was Ming Yue, who was now insane. Although we now have evidence, and the Yao family is under the greatest suspicion, we do not have any definitive proof. So, we can't close this case. There are two possibilities. One, Tong Sheng was the most beautiful among the girls, and he probably had a different meaning to Yao Yuange. As a result, his bones were hidden elsewhere. Two, the kidnapper Tong Sheng is someone completely different.”

Jian Yao bit her lips and did not speak. The scene right before Xie Min's death suddenly appeared in his mind. Although Xie Min was another assassin, and was therefore hateful, she was also a very pitiful mother. Could it be that Xie Min's last wish before his death did not materialize? Unless Ming Yue returned to her senses and told them the location of the burial site, wouldn't Tong Sheng's case constantly go unresolved?

At this point, Bo Jinyan said, “I will find Tong Sheng.”

His tone was light but firm as he expressed the promise he made to a criminal before his death. Jian Yao was surprised.

Of course, after a relatively long time, due to Bo Jinyan's diligence, the local police finally found Tong Sheng's skeleton in a more remote place on the mountain. At the end of the case, they buried her skeleton with her mother, Xie Min. This is another story.

At this moment, both of them were silent for a period of time. Jian Yao said, “I still have one area of doubt. Although Xie Min had suffered from long-term psychological distress, what did Fu Wei do to trigger him, so he would kill him first? After all, regardless of his depraved nature, there seemed to be nothing connecting him to the entire situation.”

Bo Jinyan smiled indifferently.

“My skills in criminal psychology are at full strength when faced with a completely unrelated event that the world is hurling at,” he said. “Do you still remember the clue I gave you myself the first time we entered the Yao household?”

Jian Yao pondered for a moment. Then, it came to him.

That day, the two of them had followed up on the plan they had discussed with Fang Qing and pretended to ‘lose the direction of’ in the Yao complex. As a result, they met an extremely vicious dog, and also met Zhao Xia and Tong Min for the first time.

Jian Yao thought for a moment, and her face flushed slightly. He nodded and said, “Ya. At that time, you said, ‘You have become a part of me. So, if you have any thoughts or opinions that you do not believe in, just tell me.’”

He looked at her with a pair of bright eyes, and Bo Jinyan also looked into his eyes deeply. In that split second, the two unexpectedly felt carefree and relaxed. Oh, he thought, he was once again overwhelmed with emotion. However, he just smiled coldly, and said, “I'm very happy. You have remembered my statement very clearly. However, when we're investigating a case, we'd better focus a little more.”

“ . . . Did you say it or not ?! ” grumbled Jian Yao.

Hearing this, Bo Jinyan pursed her lips. A cold expression slowly appeared in his eyes.

“What I say is, ‘In the investigative record, some, very small events, in a mysterious way, have been interconnected. The truth of the situation that has been hidden by death and time is now smiling mocking me.’”