(This story is purely fictional, if there is a coincidence, it is just the same.)

(The organizational system is purely idealized virtual and has nothing to do with reality. Please do not take the seats in the right direction.)

The cold rain and the cold wind blew, and the door of a two-star hotel was opened due to a malfunction, and the cold air filled the entire hotel lobby without mercy.

It is already midnight, and there is only one security guard and a front desk service staff in the entire lobby. The front desk waiter looked at the door. The cold rain hit the edge of the door with the wind, and water droplets ejected into the ground of the lobby. She was dissatisfied with this, and the work efficiency of the hotel engineering department was too low.

The security guard leaned against the front desk. Although he was facing the wind, the only fun of working night shifts was to chat with beautiful girls. This may be the only motivation for the night shift. However, the front desk waiter ignored him and took his mobile phone to play. From time to time, he replied a few words without saying a word.

The quiet atmosphere was suddenly broken. A man in a suit rushed into the lobby soaked, and the white shirt inside was covered in blood. The man held a pistol in his right hand, quickly glanced at the lady in the front desk, gasped and looked at the lady in the front desk, pulled the ID on his chest with his left hand, and asked: "Where is the elevator?" The sound was very loud, and a buzzing sound sounded in the quiet lobby.

The security guard and the front desk waiter were shocked. Looking at the man, who was twenty-six or seven years old, short hair, 1.85 meters tall, strong and burly, giving people a natural sense of oppression.

"Elevator." The man repeated.

"The elevator was not running after twelve o'clock... I'll help you drive it." The waiter at the front desk saw the man's eyebrows tightened and subconsciously said, "The stairs are there."

The man ran to the stairs without saying a word, and the security guard said, "Call the police." He hurriedly followed the man.

The hotel is not high, just nine floors. The man sprinted in one breath. When the security guard was still on the fourth floor, he had already reached the ninth floor. Go up another staircase, which is the iron gate and the iron gate of the rooftop.

The man pushed the door, but the door was stuck, he took two steps back and kicked his right foot a few times. Seeing that the door was loose, he had an impact and his body hit the iron door. The iron door was knocked open, and the man fell to the ground, but immediately stood up and ran towards the southeast.

To the southeast is the billboard, the hotel billboard, and a man hung on the edge of the neon light. He was a man in his forties, with his mouth sealed with tape and his hands hanging on the billboard. There was a part in the center of the rope that radiated red light from time to time.

Five meters away from the tied person, a sealed plastic bag was placed on the ground. Inside the plastic bag was a mobile phone. The mobile phone was vibrating and shining. The man looked at the tied person, tore open the plastic bag, took a deep breath, and answered the phone in a calm voice: "Hey, I'm here."

"You're late."

The man looked at the watch: "Two minutes and twenty seconds."

"It's also late. I don't understand why you are given plenty of time, but you didn't reach it on time."

The man replied: "Someone needs help."

"So you're late."

"Yes."

"What is more important? Is it your partner's life or a stranger?"

"I was wrong, please give me another chance."

"If you make a mistake, you have to pay the price. Say goodbye."

"No." The man heard the sound of hanging up the phone from his phone and rushed towards the billboard. The rope hanging the tied person suddenly exploded, and the tied person fell down like a sandbag. The man reached out to touch his hair through the guardrail, stretched his head to see his face, his eyes... as he slammed his back on the open space in the parking lot.

The man looked dumbly and heard the sound in his ears. There was a cell phone in the shadow of the billboard. The man took two steps, pulled open the plastic bag, picked up the phone, and said fiercely: "Bastard, you're dead."

"I don't think so, Officer Zuo, I admire you very much. This tragedy should not have happened, but someone has crossed the line, and those who crossed the line must die."

The man asked in a low voice: "That is to say, you planned to kill him from the beginning."

"Yes. But I respect you very much, so I give you a chance and a choice. If you are not going to save the person who is lying on the side of the road and bleeding, then you have plenty of time to rescue your partner. Your choice is stupid."

"I will definitely catch you."

"I'll wait for you, haha."

The man restrained his urge to smash his phone. This was evidence, and he had no right to do that. He felt physically and mentally exhausted, and sat in the cold rain, leaned against the guardrail, took out a box of cigarettes, took out one of them and lit them.

A few minutes later, the police car arrived and the helicopter appeared. More than a dozen policemen arrived at the rooftop. No one paid attention to the man. Everyone silently collected all the evidence on the balcony.

...

court!

"Officer Zuo Luo, the following is my question, please answer. The first question is, are you following the defendant, right?"

The man looked at the lawyer with a cold and empty eyes and replied: "We have the right to follow the suspect."

"Of course you have the right to follow the defendant. Then the defendant had a car accident in a remote place. The defendant asked you to save his wife, right?"

"yes."

"Your partner, Officer Liu Mo, threatened that if the defendant does not admit his crime, then he will not rescue the defendant's wife, right?"

"We did first aid and called the first aid number."

The lawyer leaned against the armrest beside the man, looked at the judge, and said, "According to the defendant's confession, Officer Zuo Luo, you are very enthusiastic about saving people first, but your partner, Officer Liu Mo, stopped you and punched you. Right?"

"I forgot."

The lawyer said: "Officer Liu Mo dragged his wife to the defendant and asked the defendant loudly, right?"

"I forgot."

The lawyer asked again: "The defendant forced himself to tell Officer Liu Mo the clue of the yacht with a white background and a red edge on the East Coast Pier. Through this clue, the police found a batch of jewelry that was robbed in Thailand ten days ago on the yacht, and also seized several suspects. Is that true?"

"I forgot."

The judge reminded: "Witness, you are a policeman and have an obligation to answer this question."

The man remained silent for a long time and replied: "Yes."

"That is, you admit that your partner used the life of the defendant's wife to threaten the defendant?"

The man was silent for a longer time, and while everyone was waiting, he replied: "Yes."

"Thank you, Officer Zuo Luo, my client is the defendant. He himself admires you very much and says you are a role model for the police." The lawyer turned to the judge and said, "Judge, the defendant is not a criminal, but he knows some bad people. At a banquet, he heard someone talking about the stolen goods on a yacht. When his wife's life was threatened, he could only tell Officer Liu Mo the only information he knew and the police was interested in, to beg for the police's help."

The lawyer continued: "The confession confirmed that one of the few people arrested by the yacht had attended a dinner with the defendant. I also had dinner surveillance monitoring, which shows that the defendant and the suspect were not familiar with it, but they happened to be in English, so they chatted a few more at the dinner. That is, at that time, the defendant accidentally heard about the yacht having stolen goods. As a foreigner, he should have reported it to the police, but he was timid and afraid to mention it. From the current statements and evidence, all the defendants are innocent. Thank you."

Scenes replayed in Zuo Luo's mind, car accident, forced confession, falling from the building... Zuo Luo looked at the dock, a man in his forties. The man was wearing a expensive suit, his hair was neatly combed, and he always smiled. In his chest pocket, a rose folded in black gauze was inserted, which was to commemorate his wife who died more than a month ago.

"The defendant is not acquitted and released in court."
Chapter completed!