companion ghost

After sending the tortured teenager to the emergency room, Shen Lie waved to Casey who was hovering outside the door of the emergency room. After Casey ran over, Shen Lie said coldly: "Go to Vincent Oster Read the Miranda Declaration."

The implication is already obvious.

Casey looked at him in surprise: "Are you ready? Is now the best time?"

Shen Lie was silent for a while, and said: "Go." Seeing Casey looking back at the emergency room, he said again: "Take Dino and go together, I'll stay here and watch."

Casey nodded, went to whisper something to Dino, and the two hurried away together.

Like all hospitals, the lights are white and cold, and there is no one in this corridor. In addition to the white everywhere, the red light above the emergency room is always on.Shen Lie sat down on the bench in the corridor wearily, and Ning Yuan floated beside him, looking at him worriedly: "Are you okay?"

"Not good," Shen Lie responded directly, and suddenly didn't want to reply to Ning Yuan with the usual American routine of 'I'm fine', 'I'm fine' and 'Don't worry about me'.He raised his head, stretched out his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, "I always thought that only by giving me enough time to prepare myself to deal with the legal team, I would be more sure that I would not let a privileged class like Vincent To escape legal sanction, it's just..." After a pause, he continued in a low voice: "If I file a lawsuit against Vincent earlier, this child will be freed sooner."

"It's not your fault," Ning Yuan looked at him, and wanted to move his hand away so that Shen Lie could look at him, but then remembered that he couldn't meet him, he searched around bitterly, and picked up the bag in Shen Lie's bag. With a pen, he pushed Shen Lie's hand away, brought it close to his eyes, and let Shen Lie look into his big round eyes, "This is not something you could have expected, you can't blame yourself so much. Your previous The idea is right, if you prosecute rashly, it is really easy for him to escape, and we didn't have any evidence at that time."

Shen Lie silently looked at Ning Yuan's pair of black eyes, which were now filled with sincere worry and anxiety.

Seeing that he didn't respond, Ning Yuan said again: "You can't blame yourself so much at this time, there is still a very difficult battle to fight in the future."

Shen Lie didn't seem to hear it, but started to look at Ning Yuan carefully through Ning Yuan's eyes.It has been half a year since he occupied his home, but he has never looked at this man seriously.

He has the same black hair and black eyes as himself, and he is not tall, less than 1.8 meters, but very well-proportioned.His skin is very fair, and he looks good when he smiles. He is not the stunning type, nor is he the image of an oriental beauty in the eyes of Westerners, but when he smiles, the little dimples on both sides of his cheeks are very intoxicating.What fits the image of his psychiatrist is the soft and gentle breath on his body, which makes people unconsciously want to talk to him, talk about their own thoughts, their secrets that are not humane, or want to get some encouragement and advice .

He is a completely different person from himself.

Shen Lie knew what kind of person he was.

Mean, indifferent, full of sharp edges.Ning Yuan is like a soft cloud. Ever since he stayed by his side in such an inexplicable way, although he doesn't say anything and usually dislikes Ning Yuan, the undeniable fact is that he is not as lonely as before.

Ning Yuan talked for a long time with dry mouth, saw Shen Lie's eyes were empty, and said angrily, "Did you listen to me? I am very serious to comfort you!" He poked Shen Lie with a pen angrily for two days arm.

Shen Lie: "..."

Ning Yuan was furious.

Just as Shen Lie was about to say something, he saw that the lights in the emergency room went out.He quickly stood up to meet the doctor who came out.

The doctor took off the mask with one hand and said: "There is no major problem with the patient, but the problem of long-term abuse is very serious! I need to discuss the specific issues with the guardian in detail—" The doctor looked at him suspiciously: "Are you the guardian?"

Shen Lie was a little embarrassed: "No, I'm the New York Manhattan prosecutor, and this child is a victim we just rescued."

The doctor was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I can only talk to the guardian about the condition, or I can only talk to you with the consent of the guardian or the person concerned."

Shen Lie nodded: "It's okay, I understand, thank you doctor." He added, "Is his current condition acceptable for questioning?"

The doctor replied: "It should be possible to be gentle."

After the doctor indicated that he had other patients, Shen Lie went into the boy's ward alone.In the ward, the boy was lying pale on the white bedding, with a drip on the back of his right hand.

"Hey," Shen Lie consciously lowered his voice so as not to scare him, and sat on the side of his bed, not missing the boy's trembling movement, "You can call me Shen, what's your name?"

The boy didn't speak or look at him, but just looked down at the strangle marks on his left wrist.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Shen Lie could only continue to say in a gentle voice: "Can you tell me what happened?"

The boy remained silent.

Ning Yuan stood beside him, tilting his head to observe the boy carefully.

Something feels wrong...it's not quite like PTSD...

On the other end, Casey and Dino parked the car steadily at the entrance of the Empire State Building, got out of the car and walked straight inside, with gloomy faces the whole time.

When the elevator opened on the Epps floor, they headed straight for Vincent's office, where a meeting could be seen through the glass on the office wall.Without a moment's hesitation, Kathy turned the doorknob and broke in to interrupt the meeting.

"Police officer?" Vincent sat in the main seat puzzled, but still laughed, "Nice to meet you, but it's working hours, maybe you can leave a phone call with my secretary and we can have dinner together tonight? "

Several people in the meeting room laughed, and Dino also smiled slightly: "There is no need for the phone, and dinner can be eaten now, but there is no French foie gras and red wine, how about the restaurant meal at the police station?" He left After reaching behind Vincent, he said coldly, "Stand up."

Vincent's smile didn't change: "Where is this playing?"

Casey was not as patient as Dino. He strode forward and grabbed Vincent, cut his arms behind his back, and asked Dino to handcuff him.

Casey whispered in Vincent's ear: "You're done, you bastard." Before Vincent could react, she raised her voice again, trying to hear everyone in the conference room: "Vincent Osterley, you have been arrested for murder, abuse, kidnapping, child trafficking, rape. You have the right to remain silent, but every word you say will become evidence in court; you have the right to hire a lawyer, If you can't afford it, the court will appoint one for you." He said coldly, "Do you understand your rights?"

The smile on Vincent's lips disappeared: "Do you have to be here?"

Kathy repeated indifferently: "Do you understand your rights?"

"I can't understand it any more." Vincent also lowered his face, turned to a man in a suit and leather shoes beside him and said, "Call the chief lawyer of the legal team."

"Very good," Dino escorted him out of the office, "Now we can discuss what to have for dinner."

When they walked out of the building, at some point there was already a group of reporters surrounding the gate. When they saw them coming out, they all held up their recording pens and video equipment and came forward to talk to each other.

"Mr. Osterley, were you the one who killed that little boy named Louis?"

"Mr. Osterley, are you a pedophile?"

"Mr. Osterley, does this have any effect on the share price of Epps?"

"Mr. Osterley..."

"..."

Dino opened the car door, pushed Vincent by the head and pushed him into the back seat of the police car.

The arrest of Casey and Dino over there was relatively smooth, but Shen Lie and Ning Yuan could hardly move forward.

Shen Lie tried his best, but he didn't let the boy open his mouth.

Later, he lost his patience and said directly: "Don't worry, Vincent has been arrested by us, and he won't hurt you anymore. You can tell me it's okay, I'm here to help you."

The young man finally had some reaction, raised his handsome and pale face, and looked at Shen Lie fixedly, with puzzled eyes: "Why did you arrest him?"

Shen Lie was stunned: "You... what's the relationship?"

The teenager smiled for the first time: "He is my master, I love him."

"What the hell is going on?"

After the anesthesia effect of the young man took effect, he began to feel drowsy. Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Shen Lie left the ward and roared in the corridor.

Ning Yuan also frowned: "I'm not sure, but it feels like Stockholm Syndrome [Note]..."

Shen Lie couldn't believe it: "You mean, after Vincent did those heinous things to him, he actually fell in love with the murderer who did them to him?"

"It's not surprising," Ning Yuan also sighed, "Let's speculate, if he fell into Vincent's hands at the same age as Louis, he would be at least 17 years old now. Ten years have passed. Such a child was easy for Vincent to tame."

Seeing Shen Lie's dazed eyes, Ning Yuan patiently explained further: "If I kidnapped you, your life is now in my hands, and if you are not good, I will beat you severely and kill you at the last moment of your death. Rescue you in an instant. But the most important thing is that I will definitely give you some sweetness. For example, I will give you a glass of water when you are about to die of thirst, and give you a piece of bread when you are about to die of starvation. Later, you will If you become obedient, I will reward you, if you are not obedient, you will receive severe punishment or even death."

Ning Yuan then whispered: "Looking at his situation, Vincent has imprisoned him, brainwashed him, and will not give him any extra information except what he wants to let him know, leaving him nowhere to go. Run away, ten years have passed..."

Ning Yuan didn't finish his sentence, but Shen Lie already understood, he clenched his fists loudly.

Ning Yuan looked at the sleeping teenager through the glass, and sighed: "Stockholm Syndrome originates from the root of human nature, and it is caused by the evil behavior of fearing and revering the strong in human nature, that is, fearing the strong and bullying the weak." nature."

【Note】Stockholm Syndrome: The Stockholm Effect, also known as Stockholm Syndrome or Hostage Complex or Hostage Syndrome, refers to a complex in which the victim of a crime develops feelings for the perpetrator, and even helps the perpetrator in turn.This emotion causes the victim to have a good impression of the perpetrator, to rely on him, and even to assist the perpetrator.

The hostage will have a psychological dependence on the hijacker.Their life and death are in the hands of the hijackers, and they are very grateful to the hijackers for letting them survive.They share fate with the hijackers, regard the future of the hijackers as their own, and regard the safety of the hijackers as their own.So they adopted an "us against them" attitude, treating the rescuers as enemies.