Chapter 26: A Head in the Cold Storage
While the two were chatting, a customer suddenly came to the shop, wearing a hat and hiding his face very tightly, as if the heat from the sun outside had no effect on this person.
Boss Tian smiled embarrassedly at Fang Zhe, then got up and went back to the desk to cut meat.
Fang Zhe looked at Boss Tian's broad back at this time, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Although it is said that two women are missing in Boss Tian's family, and Dr. Gao's missing ex-wife is also a woman, this common point is too coincidental, but the time span is too large. And from the vague wording when Boss Tian told about his wife's disappearance, Fang Zhe could guess that Boss Tian's wife was not missing, but left by herself.
The reason for leaving is because of Lao Wang next door, I will help you if you have a problem.
After Boss Tian sent the customer away with a smile, he sat back in his place, he wiped the sweat on his forehead, Fang Zhe saw it in his eyes, as if he saw a large green light on the other party's head.
It was a green prairie, and the grassland was full of laughter, and several white sheep and a gray wolf roamed in the sun.
"Ahem."
Fang Zhe pinched his eyebrows, letting the pain dispel his unwarranted illusions.
Seeing Fang Zhe's actions, Boss Tian asked with a little concern, "What's wrong with you?" Is it heat stroke? ”
"It's okay, maybe I didn't sleep well last night." Fang Zhe shook his head.
Boss Tian glanced at the board with the meat pieces on his face embarrassed, and then said: "You see I still have to do business, some old customers ordered pork yesterday and haven't come to get it yet." ”
Fang Zhe originally thought that the other party was giving an eviction order, but as soon as he stood up, he found a pair of heavy hands on his shoulders.
"That's it, you go upstairs first, my house is on the second floor, the air conditioner is turned on, you go in first to cool off, there are cold drinks and beer in the refrigerator, you can take it and drink it." Dr. Gao is a very nice person and often gives my father free health check-ups, and his friends are my friends. ”
Boss Tian was very enthusiastic, Fang Zhe wanted to refuse, but he was almost pushed by the other party, and not far away, there was a staircase.
"Go ahead, you're welcome. My father is the only one at home, and he is bored at home alone, and I am not very relieved, you can just chat with him, and help me take care of it by the way. ”
Unable to resist Boss Tian's enthusiasm, Fang Zhe slowly went upstairs. Seeing the back of this young man, Boss Tian smiled, and then returned to his own board, his belly continuing to press against the edge of the table.
As soon as he entered the dim staircase, the coolness of the cold air came from his face, making Fang Zhe feel that the stuffiness on his body disappeared without a trace in an instant.
It's just, this coolness? The air conditioner is a little too much.
After going up to the second floor, he found that the door was hidden, probably because there was only one passage, so Boss Tian was not worried about thieves at home.
Fang Zhe politely knocked on the door twice, then stood outside the door and waited for a few seconds, and when there was no movement inside, he slowly opened the door.
The cold air rushed to his face, followed by an old face, without any expression, revealing a smell of decay, and the wrinkles and age spots on his face corresponded to the traces of time.
Fang Zhe was startled, his fist almost swung out, but fortunately, the old man just stood there and watched for a while, so he didn't say a word, and walked towards the house with a slow pace.
The old man is Boss Tian's father, and Boss Tian mentioned downstairs that his father suffers from Alzheimer's disease, which is commonly known as Alzheimer's disease.
Tian Lao slowly walked to the living room, and then sat on a rattan rocking chair, rocking slowly.
From beginning to end, the old man didn't say a word, he just sat on the rocking chair with a blank face, his body swaying, and he didn't even look at Fang Zhe.
The room was a little scary, and you could clearly hear the sound of the air conditioner.
Fang Zhe felt that the current atmosphere was a little strange, not embarrassing or weird. He silently walked to the sofa in the living room not far from Tian Lao, found a suitable place and sat down.
He, staring at the old man, the old man, stared at the door.
The two of them were silent like this, and Fang Zhe suddenly felt that living with his uncle Fang Shijun didn't seem to be so uncomfortable.
After a few more minutes, the old man's eyelids slowly drooped, and the shaking of the rocking chair gradually slowed down.
Fang Zhe waited patiently for a few more minutes before he spoke softly: "Old man, old man? ”
The other party answered him with a slight snoring.
Fang Zhe got up at this time, he was still a little uneasy, so he slowly approached Tian Lao and stared at the other party's face.
Time, second after second, after confirming that Tian Lao was not pretending to be asleep, Fang Zhe tiptoed to the door again and closed the door gently.
In this way, even if Boss Tian comes back, he can delay for more than ten seconds when he takes out the key to open the door. However, according to Fang Zhe's guess that the door was hidden, it is estimated that Boss Tian did not bring the key.
Since coming into contact with Boss Tian, Fang Zhe has been thinking about how to enter his house, preferably in that cold storage.
So he pretended to be uncomfortable, pinched his eyebrows, and pinched the red side hard, with a somewhat trance look, successfully making Boss Tian think that he was not feeling well.
It's just that what Fang Zhe didn't expect was that the other party would let a stranger he had just met into his house so easily and reassuringly.
He originally thought that Boss Tian would only politely say that he would take himself to the hospital, and then Fang Zhe would make an excuse and say that he would go to the other party's house to lie down for a while.
It is estimated that the other party really thinks that Dr. Gao is his friend, after all, he took the initiative to mention the disappearance of Dr. Gao's ex-wife.
But is the relationship between Boss Tian and Dr. Gao really so good?
With all kinds of speculations, Fang Zhe looked around for cold storage on the second floor.
The room was simply furnished, and the things were placed a little messily, it could be seen that this was a man's house, except that the air conditioning temperature in the room was a little low, Fang Zhe didn't feel that there was anything wrong.
The cold storage was found in a short time, because it was easy to find, and near the balcony, there was a conspicuous and heavy white door, which was not the same color as the other doors in the house.
Fang Zhe forcefully opened the cold storage door, and the cold cold air rushed out wantonly, making Fang Zhe's body tremble involuntarily.
Inside, red and white intersect at a glance, one after another disemboweled, dead pigs hanging on iron hooks, suspended in mid-air, in addition, there are other similar sheep and cow carcasses hanging on iron hooks, but the carcasses of these animals are cut into some mutilations, and some even have no heads, which can only be roughly guessed based on the current remaining bodies.
The cold breath filled the entire room, Fang Zhe couldn't smell a trace of blood, he walked in with his legs raised, and gently closed the cold storage door, but did not close it tightly. He wasn't afraid that someone would close the cold storage door from the outside, causing him to freeze to death inside, because Fang Zhe had the confidence that he could use brute force to break through the door.
Looking back at the door from time to time, all of Fang Zhe's movements were very light, trying to ensure that he didn't make a sound, on the one hand, he was preventing the noise from disturbing the old man to rest, after all, the old man's sleep was very short, and he could wake up at any time. On the other hand, he needs to concentrate on listening to everything going on outside the cold storage door so that he has plenty of time to get out of here.
The freezer was not far away, but Fang Zhe felt that he didn't need to go over and check it again.
Because, the black plastic bag that looked like it contained something round inside was placed on a shelf for animal organs, which was particularly conspicuous.
The black plastic bag was not tightly tied, the mouth of the bag was open, and some yellow hair was exposed, exactly as Dr. Gao described!
Fang Zhe maintained a step by step and three turns, while paying attention to the movement outside the door, he slowly approached the placement shelf, the black plastic bag, close at hand.
The Adam's apple rolled, and Fang Zhe's mind fantasized about what the human head inside the bag would look like.
The eyes must be wide, and there may be blood and tears. Or in order to prevent the identity of the deceased from being easily investigated, the face will be ruined by cruel means.
The plastic bag made a grinding sound, and Fang Zhe had already reached out to pick it up gently, and then held it in front of him.
The things inside were a little heavy, but after opening them completely, Fang Zhe breathed a sigh of relief.
It's not a scary human head, it's a bull's head.