Chapter 10 Renters
Sister Zhang does have some truth in saying this, normal people's words, no one will hear any movement in the corridor and immediately run over to eavesdrop and peek, so it is reasonable to not know the appearance of the upstairs resident, but considering the way the deceased died, another problem arises.
"Have you heard anything unusual in the last few days?" Fang Yuan asked Eldest Sister Zhang, and after asking, seeing that Eldest Sister Zhang showed a blank expression, he further explained to her, "I mean, didn't you say that the people upstairs had been relatively quiet during this time before?" In the last few days, have you been a little louder than usual? For example, the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground or something? ”
"No, I haven't heard it anyway," Sister Zhang recalled, and finally shook her head, "I've been away from home during the day these days, and this day is a little warmer, so I just go out for a walk, take a walk, take a walk, and feel uncomfortable at home, and I'm thinking about it's almost time to find a job or something, but I'm definitely at home at night, a woman lives alone in this neighborhood, and I'm not particularly down-to-earth, this neighborhood is too remote, I'm afraid of a robbery or something, and the loss of some money is small, I don't have much money, so I'm afraid that if I rob the money and give me another knife, it will be miserable. So I usually go out during the day when I want to go out, try to buy something to eat and drink in the morning, daily use, I must go home before dark, and I resolutely do not go out at night. I've been at home every night, and the upstairs house has been quiet lately. ”
Consider smashing a person's face like that. It should also require a lot of strength, and it is impossible to smash it without making a sound at all, let alone such a big living person. Even if you may not have the opportunity to resist fiercely when you are attacked, you will at least react a little, and you can't just die without saying a word, right? Fang Yuan secretly thought in his heart, thinking that if there was nothing wrong with this eldest sister Zhang's statement, then the deceased upstairs was very likely to have been killed during the day when eldest sister Zhang happened to be not at home, so eldest sister Zhang didn't notice anything abnormal. After all, a home that has been quiet most of the time, if suddenly there is a more intense noise. Anyone will notice.
"Can you put us in touch with the landlord of the house upstairs?" I mean, your sister should know the landlord upstairs, right? Now that something so big is going on in the house, it is necessary for the landlord to cooperate with our work. Dai Xu opened his mouth and said to Sister Zhang. I hope she can contact her sister on her behalf.
Sister Zhang didn't express any objection to this, she nodded: "It should, it really should, this is my house." I guess I'm going to be annoyed to death. It's such a good thing! Fortunately, my sister's house didn't plan to come back to live in at all, and she didn't plan to rent it out, so she just waited to see if she would give a relocation house or some compensation when she was demolished, which didn't have much impact on my sister and her family. Do you think this will work? If my ex-husband hadn't come to pick me up, would you have waited at my house now, okay? I called my sister and asked her to contact the landlord of the house upstairs so that the landlord could also come to my house to meet you and talk to you. It's also convenient for you, and I have two people to help strengthen your courage. Even if it's broad daylight. When I think of what happened to the family on top of my head, my heart is full of fear! ”
Dai Xu nodded, indicating that there was no problem, after all, there was no difference between him and Fang Yuan where he waited for the landlord to come over, and it was understandable to stay with Sister Zhang and help her strengthen her courage for the time being.
Seeing that he agreed, Sister Zhang seemed very happy, greatly relieved, and her actions were not ambiguous at all, so she immediately found her mobile phone and called her sister. Sister Zhang is already in her early forties, and her sister is slightly older than her, she is in her fifties this year, and she has just retired not long ago, and her children have not yet begun to raise the next generation, so it is the stage when there is nothing to do, and it is relatively leisurely. As soon as Sister Zhang called, she immediately contacted her sister, and when her sister heard that someone had died in the upstairs neighbor's house where Sister Zhang lived, she was also shocked, Sister Zhang's mobile phone volume was relatively loud, Fang Yuan and Dai Xu could hear her sister's voice expressing concern and asking her about her situation.
Knowing that the police were still at home with Sister Zhang, and that Sister Zhang's ex-husband would not take long to pick her up and go home to live, my sister was a little relieved, and she said that she would find a way to contact the owner of the upstairs household, so that the owner could come over as soon as possible, and she would immediately leave here to check the situation.
Hung up the phone, the three of them sat silently for a while, after all, Dai Xu and Fang Yuan were both policemen who came here for the case upstairs, the three of them were ignorant before, and then continued to talk about the case, Sister Zhang couldn't say why, talk about something else, at this time, it is indeed not appropriate to combine the identities of the two parties, so I simply didn't say anything, Sister Zhang was accompanied by someone who was a lot more down-to-earth in her heart, and let Dai Xu and Fang Yuan sit in the living room, She began to pack her luggage in and out, there was a murder upstairs, and she didn't dare to come back to live in this house anyway, so no matter what kind of plans the two of them were going to be taken back to their original home by their ex-husband this time, at least Sister Zhang wouldn't want to come back here, so during the time she was waiting for her sister and the owner upstairs to arrive, she was also busy inside and out, and she didn't seem to have a lot of personal belongings together, and she tossed it all together. I also packed up a lot of piles, and the yards were at the door, waiting for my ex-husband to pick them up for a while.
After a while, Sister Zhang finished packing up her things, and after she sat down to rest for three or two minutes, there was a faint sound of footsteps in the corridor, someone came upstairs, and then there was a knock on the door, although Dai Xu and Fang Yuan were still there, and it was broad daylight, Sister Zhang was obviously too nervous and anxious because of the things upstairs, and she shook suddenly. Then he ran to open the door in a panic.
The person who came was her sister, and as soon as she entered the door, she asked about Sister Zhang's situation first, and saw that she had packed up all her things. Only then did I go over and say hello to Dai Xu and Fang Yuan, and asked about the situation upstairs, after all, this house belonged to hers, and my sister could move out if she didn't live there, what was going on upstairs, as the owner of the house downstairs, she always wanted to know something.
Dai Xu didn't tell her any details. Just said that someone was found killed in the upstairs house, and the deceased should be a young and middle-aged man, whose identity is uncertain for the time being. So you need to find out the situation with the homeowner.
Zhang's sister said that she had contacted the owner of the house upstairs, and the couple was also rushing over, but they lived relatively far away, so I was afraid it would take a little time to get there. Not as fast as yourself. However, she also mentioned that the upstairs was originally an old worker of the electrical switch factory, older than herself, the real original owner himself is seventy years old this year, and the current owner is the son and daughter-in-law of the original owner, in her early forties, about the same age as Sister Zhang, and has a teenage daughter at home. When she called, the male and female owners of the house were there. said that they would come together, so it is estimated that the tenant may be in trouble.
As for who the tenant is, Sister Zhang's sister doesn't have any concept, she knows that the upstairs house is rented out, and she only heard about it by chance when she met the upstairs owner and his wife, because the younger sister temporarily lives in her own old house, so she is more concerned about this matter, afraid that the tenant does not pay attention to the quality, which will make her sister uncomfortable.
Fang Yuan asked her if she knew the neighbor who was upstairs to the door, Sister Zhang's sister said that the family had long been uninhabited, and it was also a pair of old workers in the factory, after getting older, they were taken to take care of by their children who worked in other places, and they didn't live here, because the family had gone farther, so the old house here was not convenient to rent, and the old couple was reluctant to sell it, for fear that the front foot would be demolished if the back foot was sold, so it would be a loss, so it was simply idle, and it is estimated that no one has lived in it for more than a year or almost two years.
In this way, the idea of wanting to know a little about the situation through the door neighbor will not work, Sister Zhang, the person who lives downstairs, has become the only neighbor who can provide a little clue, but unfortunately the things she provided are not very helpful, except for being able to temporarily judge that the tenant upstairs has brought a friend of the same sex back, and one of the two people is slightly emotional and speaks in a slightly loud voice, there is no other information.
But just because of such a little word, the target is the friend of the tenant who has come to visit, it seems to be a little too hasty, whether it is a contradiction or a quarrel, it is often a two-way street, it is an interactive process, if according to Sister Zhang's description, one of them seems to be slightly emotional, and the other has not spoken much, the tone is very peaceful, then it doesn't sound like there is a contradiction in the quarrel, more like one party has encountered something resentful, The other side plays the role of listening and persuasion.
Of course, this is also a subjective assumption, what the actual situation is, who the tenant is, what is his identity, and who his friends are, which will not be able to be understood gradually until the landlord comes.
About ten minutes later, someone came again, but it was still not the landlord, but Sister Zhang's ex-husband came, it is estimated that I heard Sister Zhang say that something happened here on the phone, and her ex-husband was also very nervous, running upstairs all the way, tired and panting, after entering the door and asking, he also relaxed slightly, saying that he originally thought it was a burglary and murder, and was worried about the safety of Sister Zhang living downstairs, and learned that it was not for money, but not so worried. A few people discussed it, and felt that since Dai Xu and Fang Yuan had kindly stayed with Sister Zhang and emboldened her companionship, now that the upstairs owner had not arrived, they were not good at leaving immediately, so they still stayed and accompanied Dai Xu and them to wait for the upstairs homeowner, during which the three of them talked a few words from time to time, and the words were not too much, Fang Yuan and Dai Xu were very interested in not being caught between them, so as not to make it inconvenient for others to speak.
About half an hour later, the upstairs owner and his wife finally came, knocked on the door here, and came to see a total of five people standing or sitting in the house, and they were also startled, Sister Zhang's sister stepped forward to help them make an introduction to Dai Xu and Fang Yuan, because of the limited space, the three people temporarily went to the bedroom where Sister Zhang lived in this house to talk, and the other three unrelated people stayed in the living room.
After the landlord and his wife got the news from Sister Zhang's sister, in order to prove their identity, they went home to get their real estate certificate before rushing over, and also took the rental agreement signed when they rented out the house. Just like Sister Zhang's sister introduced, they are the son and daughter-in-law of the original owner of the house, because the conditions of the house here are really not suitable for the elderly to continue to live, and there are rumors of demolition, so after they took the old man away, they chose to rent the house to get a little extra income.
This house has been rented out before, rented for almost half a year and then quit the lease, the original renter is a nearby factory worker, many people rented together, but after living for half a year without renewing the lease and leaving, the house was tossed very badly, and the health situation was also very bad. The landlord and his wife had a headache, hastily cleaned the house, and began to continue renting, but unfortunately the advertisement was posted out for a long time and no one cared, or finally someone came to see the house, and the conditions were not good, it was the top floor or something, and there was no follow-up.
Just when both of them began to worry about whether this house could be rented again, the tenant contacted them later, saying that they hoped to be able to see the house, the landlord and his wife were afraid that this person would come with hope and leave with disappointment, so they ran in vain, so they repeatedly emphasized on the phone that the conditions in the house were not very good, so the rent was cheaper, and the tenant said that there was no problem, he didn't mind these, but hoped to find a house nearby as soon as possible that could accommodate him, if the landlord and his wife had any other considerations, He went to call another house to see the house.
The landlord and his wife saw that this was a person who really wanted to rent a house, and they were not willing to miss this opportunity, so they hurriedly agreed. So I made an appointment to see the house that day, and the tenant went to the house to look around, confirmed the rental price, and decided to rent it almost without saying a word. (To be continued.) )