Chapter 18: The Vanishing Corpse
Executive summary: Through the car window, the butler looked at the trees flying outside with red eyes, this rain, very big, very dense, the rain seemed to be crying for the couple of lovers crying bitterly......
"Just leave us here, we haven't eaten dinner yet, I will go to dinner with He Jie and I will go back later." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Wei Hui asked Lao Zhang to stop the car, opened the car door and got out of the car with He Jie.
"It's so late, be careful yourself" Lao Zhang stuck his head out from the co-pilot, "See you later, let's have a meal together next time." ”
"Okay, see you next time~" Wei Hui waved his hand at Lao Zhang.
"You hid it from me tonight, and you didn't tell me who the murderer was." He Jie was a little annoyed.
"You didn't tell me you had a rich aunt." Wei Hui said, "I just pretend that I don't know someone and I don't know who it is." ”
"I've seen it since I was a child, and I haven't seen it since I grew up." He Jie frustrated her hand aggrievedly.
Suddenly, the two fell silent, and the atmosphere was obviously a little awkward.
It's the second half of the night, and all the shops are closed except for the street lights on the road.
"How can there be food at such a late hour?" He Jie touched her empty stomach and followed Wei Hui with her head and farts in a daze.
"There's a shop that's open 24 hours." Wei Hui stopped and looked at what he called the 24-hour shop.
"What, it turned out to be a supermarket..... "The little hope He Jie still had was shattered.
"Buy some snacks and eat them at the detective agency, it's better than starving to death." Wei Hui pulled He Jie into the supermarket.
"Oh well! But tonight's snacks are all for you! He Jie pouted and strode into the supermarket with her head held high.
(The process of how He Jie shopped in the supermarket is omitted here...) )
Walking out of the supermarket, He Jie walked in front with a can of yogurt, Wei Hui carried three or four bags of snacks and kept saying in his mouth, "You women are terrible to buy things.... It's just a natural ........"
"Don't talk too much, I'll be at the detective agency right away." He Jie said angrily.
Finally arrived at the detective agency, finally sat on the sofa, Wei Hui touched his mobile phone, "He Jie, have you seen my mobile phone?" ”
"Nope." He Jie lowered her head and flipped through the snack bag and replied perfunctorily.
"That's not right..... I remember..."Wei Hui stood up and touched his whole body, "Oh no, my phone may have been left in that supermarket." ”
"Huh? .... Isn't it....." He Jie sat on the ground all of a sudden, and she tasted despair at this time.
"Why don't I go alone, and you wait for me here?" Wei Hui turned to leave.
"No, no, no, I don't dare to stay here alone, I'll go with you!" He Jie grabbed Wei Hui and returned to the supermarket with Wei Hui.
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"It's good that I didn't lose it, be careful in the future." He Jie yawned heavily.
"I'm not going to pay for you, otherwise I wouldn't have left the machine on the cash register."
Wei Hui and He Jie were about to leave the supermarket, and at the entrance of the supermarket, they saw a little boy in a red cloak squatting on the ground, and the child rushed over to stop him when he saw Wei Hui.
"Are you Wei Hui?" The kid asked Wei Hui expressionlessly.
"I'm Wei Hui, do you have anything to do, little friend?" Wei Hui squatted down and asked the child.
"I want you to help me find out who killed my father." The little boy took out a crumpled stack of banknotes from his pocket and gave it to Wei Hui.
Wei Hui was stunned, he didn't take the stack of money but asked him, "Little friend, where is your mother?" ”
"Kid, where is your family?" He Jie also squatted down and touched the child's head, and looked behind him to see if there were any adults.
"I'm here alone." The child shook off He Jie's hand, "If the money is not enough, I still have a little." ”
"What should I do?" He Jie looked at Wei Hui at a loss.
Wei Hui smiled: "Let this kid talk about it." ”
Wei Hui took the little boy to the chair next to him and took out the small notebook he had with him, "Tell me about it, such as who the deceased is, when the body was found, whether the case has been reported, etc." ”
"It was my dad who died, and when I came home today, I saw my dad lying on the tatami mat with me on his back, and he had a knife stuck in his back, so I was scared and ran to the neighbor's house, but when I hurriedly took my aunt home, my dad was gone......"
"What do you mean it's gone?" He Jie asked the child.
"Dad's body disappeared out of thin air, and just when I went to look for the neighbor's aunt, my dad was gone." The kid said.
"Did you tell your mother about it?" Wei Hui looked at the child's eyes and asked.
"Yes. But my mother said that my father was on a business trip this morning and couldn't be at home, and said that I was wrong. The little boy bowed his head aggrievedly, tears rolling in his eyes.
"I get the most out of it. But why are you waiting for me so late? And, how do you know I'm at the supermarket? Wei Hui closed the notebook.
"I came looking for you this morning, but you drove away." The little boy replied to Wei Hui, "You were wearing home clothes and pants at the time, I guess you went out urgently, since you didn't bring any luggage, and that sister didn't bring luggage, I guess you won't come back for a few days in a row." So I've been waiting for you in front of the detective agency. ”
"Oh~ Then you saw us go to the supermarket later, so you came with you" He Jie laughed, "What a smart child." ”
"No, I saw that you didn't take your phone, so I waited for you here." The child also smiled and said, "You must have noticed that you lost your phone and turned it back, no matter how late it is." ”
Listening to the child's words, Wei Hui and He Jie were shocked, they looked at the child carefully, wearing a casual coat with a red hooded cape, a small flat head, looking only about 1.4 meters, about eight or nine years old.
"Well, what's that..... It's too late today, this aunt and I haven't rested, and now there are still four hours before dawn, tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock you will wait for us under the detective agency, let's go to your house to see. Wei Hui looked at his watch and said.
"Wait a minute, we went to the child's house so rashly, how could his mother be willing?" He Jie thought of this and said to Wei Hui.
"Don't worry, my mom won't be back until at least early tomorrow."
"What's your name?" He Jie asked the child.
"My name is Gu Yifeng, you can call me Xiaofeng." The child walked to the door of the supermarket, "Then it's agreed, I'll be waiting for you below tomorrow morning." ”
After the child walked away, He Jie asked Wei Hui seriously, "Do you really want to pick it up?" I always felt a little unreliable, and that kid always made me feel weird. ”
"That kid is very smart, we can still trust him, let's go see the situation tomorrow, but then again, if it's really a murder, it's troublesome......" Wei Hui leaned his head against the wall, "I haven't slept well lately, go back quickly, tomorrow is another tiring day, see you at the detective agency." ”