Yang Yueqing, the lobby manager, had already rushed to the housekeeping department of "Ziyuan Villa" at this time, 2 hours earlier than the specified shift handover time, in order to cooperate with the police investigation. Yang Yueqing is the foreman of the lobby, in her 40s, and will retire in a few years. The manager has short hair, and her first impression is that she is shrewd and capable. is different from the avant-garde dress of big bell bottoms when she got off work this morning, Yang Yueqing is wearing a long skirt at this time, which is very eye-catching. Although he has entered the age of no confusion, the figure is still bumpy and charming.

"Jin Hongfu called the front desk last night, was you the one who answered the phone?" Miao Yixin was confirming the doctor's statement with the other party.

"You're talking about the guests in room 334, right? That's right, I answered. ”

"What did he say on the phone?"

"The guest said there were mosquitoes in the room and asked for a bottle of mosquito coil."

"And then?"

"I'll let Xiao Zhou look at the front desk and pick up things for the guests by themselves."

"Delivered it personally?"

"Hmm. Because the other party is a hospital institution, we want to maintain a long-term relationship with them. I was going to be able to bring satisfactory service to the guests, but things didn't go as expected. ”

"Why?"

"Because the mosquito repellent I sent seemed to be a defective product, the customer went to the front desk in person to report the problem."

"What time was it?"

"Well....... if I'm not mistaken, it should be half past twelve at night, right, Xiao Zhou?" Manager Yang said and glanced at Zhou Qing on the side.

"That's right, manager."

"Then did you find anything unusual when you delivered mosquito coils?"

"Room 336 is at the east end of the hallway. To be honest, I didn't pay much attention to it, and I just cared about handing things over to the guests in room 334 first. ”

"What about room 334?"

"Hmm......" Yang Yueqing did not perfunctory, but put on a thinking face.

"Do you hear any noise?"

"I didn't hear any movement, I remember it was still thundering at night, and the rain was very loud."

"I heard that Jin Hongwei was not in a good mood when he came to the front desk to communicate with you?"

At first, he was in a hurry, so he threw the electric mosquito repellent directly, and the thing fell to the ground. The guest is God. Besides, it was because of our inconsiderate nature that caused him trouble, and he should apologize. Yang Yueqing said with a straight look, her tone was more like accepting the leader's assessment than the officer's inquiry.

"After Ni Xianyan moved in, did anyone look for her through the front desk?"

"Nope."

"We investigated and found that a small axe was missing from the hotel storage room, right?"

"That's what we have to ask Manager Mao." As she spoke, Yang Yueqing, who was at a loss, turned her face to a man beside her, who was the person in charge of this hotel. Manager Mao straightened up and said with a glance:

"I heard from the warehouse manager that I lost a handful, but no one usually goes to the storage room."

"Is the place usually locked?"

"There are two doors in the storage room, the inner door and the outer door, which used to be locked, but then the lock on the outer door broke. Because valuable things such as mosquito coils, towels, and slippers are all placed inside the inner door, and the place between the outer door and the inner door is actually a utility room, where some scrapped things are piled up. Therefore, after the outer door is broken, there is no new lock. ”

"I see there are a few similar small axes in the utility room, these axes are very small, what are they used for?"

"Chopping firewood. It's actually a farmhouse project of our hotel. Considering that the axe was too large and unsafe for people, these small pocket axes were specially ordered at that time. ”

"No wonder." The police officer listened to Yang Yueqing's explanation and nodded. "Well, from now on, let's make a list of all the items that were consumed or lost in the hotel in the previous week."

"Okay, I'll go back and talk to them." Manager Mao's tone was a little impatient, because of the case, he was forced to "work overtime" today.

"That's right. Why is the surveillance video only in the hall, and the cameras installed in the corridors and corridors are not recorded? ”

"That's right, the surveillance is installed. However, there was a problem with the monitoring line last week. Because the lobby is the most trouble-prone place, there is a backup power supply. ”

"Well, feel free to contact us if you think of anything."

Manager Mao just hummed, and Yang Yueqing on the side replied enthusiastically: "I must actively cooperate." ”

Among the people interviewed in the current investigation, she has the most positive attitude, and I don't know if this is out of her heart or professionalism.

Not far away, a five- or six-year-old girl choked up, although it was not loud, but Manager Yang hurriedly walked over. She squatted down and gently coaxed, "Little friend, what's wrong with you?" Talk to Auntie. ”

The little girl who had not yet grown her teeth rubbed her eyes and said in a slurred voice, "I...... They snatched my shoelaces. ”

The urchins who had snatched her shoelaces were gone. Yang Yueqing took out two pieces of plastic rope used to pack gift boxes from her pocket, one red and one green.

"You take your shoes off first. Auntie will make you a shoelace again, okay? ”

The girl lifted her left foot with a twist, and the manager gently took off her shoe. The two pieces of plastic rope were intertwined and shuttled in the latter's hands, and in a short time, the new "shoelaces" were built. What is striking is that the laces are covered vertically and horizontally in a "well" shape. If you remove the difference in color, it looks like a long chessboard. Some people always inadvertently reveal a "big deal" that makes you look at them.

"It's not easy to tear off the laces now, right?"

"Hmm!" The girl nodded her head vigorously, and the previous haze was swept away.

When Yang Yueqing got up, she pinched her right calf with her hand, and it seemed that it took a lot of effort for her to get herself up again.

"Have you ever read 'Three Guarantees Attached to Middle School'?" Miao Yixin, who had witnessed the previous scene, asked tentatively. Yang Yueqing stared at the police officer, her eyes suddenly brightened and flickered.

"Miao Yixin, Miao Yixin......" The manager repeatedly muttered people's names, as if he was chewing a piece of gum. Oops, I remembered that you were the 'Miao Black Face' from Class 6 next door, the captain of our grade. It's been so many years since I graduated, if you don't mention it, I really don't recognize it. The face has changed, but it is still the same black as when I was in school. Yang Yueqing abandoned her previous respect, and her words were filled with the joy of acquaintance with her old friend.

"You've not changed much. When I saw you, I felt familiar, but I didn't dare to recognize it. It wasn't until I saw you tying your child's shoelaces that I didn't think I was wrong. ”

"Really?"

"I remember you saying that this way of tying your shoes is both sturdy and beautiful. We all praised you for your ingenuity, but none of us learned it. ”

"When did the captain learn to praise people? Well...... Miao's black face has become Miao's detective, and he has a temper with you. ”

"Aren't you also a dignified manager? But when you were in school, you always took the first grade, and the worst was the top three in your grade, and we all expected you to be a scientist in the future. ”

Hearing the expectations of her old classmates, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Yang Yueqing's mouth, fleeting.

"Hey, don't mention it, I was a nerd back then."

"No. I remember you were good at singing and dancing, and you always liked to wear bell bottoms. Because of your good grades, the dean of students always turns a blind eye. ”

"Officer Miao must have been jealous at the time."

"Not really. The long hair I had before I became a captain was twisted several times by the dean's big scissors. When I was in school, I was secretly determined to compete with you. But none of the subsequent results were able to surpass you. ”

"I remember when you had some little invention and you won an award. Now you're really doing the work of combining theory with practice. ”

The carefree study was like a reckless passer-by who knocked open the door to memories. In those years, she was a class flower; It is the top student of the grade, and the pearl in the eyes of teachers and parents; It is also the object of affection of many boys. In those years, her charm was irresistible, and her eyes were wide-eyed; In those years, every Monday, she had to raise the national flag with Miao Yixin; Those years were the best years of her life.

After a smile is a short silence, the days can only be used to reminisce, but it is impossible to go back to the past. Childhood playmates have become the backbone of society in the blink of an eye. Compared with memory, in reality, nasolabial folds climb up your cheeks and mine, recording the ups and downs of the years, and also making each other unfamiliar.

"Are you sure of the suspect? This case is too bad. I really hope to solve the case as soon as possible, or the reputation of our hotel is estimated to be ......."

"We will do our best, and we still need the support of Manager Yang for the follow-up investigation and evidence collection."

"Obey the captain."

"That's right. Is only the cleaning aunt in our hotel who has access to the key? ”

"Yes, yes, but my aunt can only get it after work that day, and every day after midnight, the key of the day will automatically expire. New keys can only be generated through the foreground. ”

"So, the cleaner who receives the universal room card on the morning of the 10th can't use the card to enter the hotel room in the early morning of the 11th, right?"

"That's right."

"Do you have tracking for your key card?"

Yang Yueqing shook her head regretfully. Her short hair rose in the air, as if swaying like water.

When Miao Yixin and Liu Chuanrong walked out of the housekeeping department, the outside world was already covered with stars and moons. In this world, some people do not care about life and death to commit adultery, but there are also people who protect justice regardless of the cost. Justice is just a concept, and it is only when the dust settles on a complaint and a verdict is read aloud that people take justice to heart. Sometimes, justice is not defined by an outcome. From ancient times to the present, there will always be unjust, false and wrongful cases that cannot be revealed, and there will always be doubts and mysteries that are buried, but in the process, there are always people who cry out for the truth, and in order to chase the murderer, this is justice. Justice is a thought of perseverance and yearning, and it is an unswerving faith.

The car drove for about ten minutes, and Miao Yixin always maintained the same expression. A street lamp on the side of the street left a flickering mottle on the side of his face, but he didn't notice it. The detective seemed to be in a labyrinth, and he couldn't find the exit for a while.

"Miao, Miao." Liu Chuanrong's voice interrupted Miao Yixin's thoughts.

"Huh?"

"Got an idea?"

"It's tricky. In the surveillance, Ni Xianyan was clearly wearing earrings. However, we did not find any relevant objects at the scene of the crime. This makes the murder look like a robbery. But if this is the case, why did the murderer dissect the body of the deceased? Dismemberment is itself an act of catharsis for hatred. ”

"I think the killer took the earrings and set up a maze. If you really want to get rich, why don't you take away the victim's ring, necklace and wallet? ”

"I wonder what is the purpose of the deceased's heart, left hand, and part of his face and neck being cut off?"

"Team Miao, do you think Jin Hongfu is suspicious? After all, among the guests staying in the hotel, it was his motive for committing the crime that was the most obvious. ”

"He was a high-level intellectual, and he was also good at chess. If it's a prisoner, it's not easy to deal with. But if the case was really done by him, then how did he transfer the tools of the crime and some of the corpse parts? Lobby surveillance shows that he has not left the hotel since the incident. Moreover, the dismemberment produced a large amount of bloodstains, and if he washed the blood stains on his body in the 336 bathroom where Ni Xianyan lived, then there should be his hair left in the bathroom. If he had gone back to his room before taking a shower and washing it, there would have been blood stains left in his bathroom. However, we have investigated rooms 334 and 336 and have found no similar findings. ”

"Or was the murderer not a tenant of the hotel? He also did not enter the housekeeping department through the main entrance. There was a balcony in the deceased's room, could the murderer climb to the third floor along the railing extending from the balcony and enter the house through the window to commit the crime? ”

"It's unlikely. The balcony on the first floor is connected to a muddy floor. It rained a lot last night, and if the murderer had entered room 336 from outside the balcony, there would have been stains on the floor of the house. However, the floor of the site was clean and tidy, so I speculated that the prisoner entered through the main entrance. And this man had been in the hotel for a long time before entering room 336, at least the soles of his shoes were dry. The drop between each floor of the hotel is very large, and it is difficult to fly the eaves and walk the wall without acrobatic skills. Don't forget, now one of the room cards in room 336 has also disappeared out of thin air. ”

"So did the prisoner pick up or steal the victim's room card, and then enter the room directly through the main entrance to commit the murder?"

"At the moment, it seems that this is the most likely. After all, the universal room card used by the cleaner will not work once it is past 0:00 in the morning. And the time of death of the deceased was a quarter past 12 o'clock in the morning. But the question is, why did the prisoner take this room card away? ”

"Because you're afraid that your room card will be stained with fingerprints, or you're worried that your fingerprints won't be clean?"

"What if there's a location chip in the keycard? Taking away the key card and body parts itself will increase the possibility of exposure, and the black hand behind this is not simple. ”

"No matter how powerful it is, it's two shoulders and one head."

"Anyway, tomorrow you will first take someone to do a thorough investigation of Jin Hongfu's social background, and you must be as detailed as possible. People who can give up millions of properties are worth learning more about. In addition, all the tenants and staff who left the hotel with large bags after the crime were also investigated. ”

"You mean, hotel employees can commit crimes, too?"

"We have to use evidence to do what we do, and it's always right to be careful. Don't forget, an axe was lost in the utility room. Although there was no lock and everyone could reach it, not everyone knew that there was an axe in the utility room. ”

"Makes sense. Although those corpses were not heavy, they were not small with a small axe, and they had to be taken out with a small school bag. ”

"Usually women's satchels are relatively small, and if a woman goes out with a backpack or a canvas bag, it has to be our attention."

"Alright, Team Miu. It's still up to you. So where are you going to investigate tomorrow? ”

"I'll go meet the real estate agent surnamed Song for a while."

"Song Kexian?"

"That's right."

"By the way, Manager Yang in the hotel, you know each other?" As soon as Liu Chuanrong's words changed, the topic changed from official affairs to private matters.

"Well, we went to the same junior high school, she was in class 5 and I was in class 6, she is an authentic student."

"I remember it so clearly. I said, Team Miao, you shouldn't have been interesting to people when you were in school, right? ”

"Stinky boy, where did you get all this nonsense, drive your car well."

Miao Yixin said and picked up his left hand and patted Xiaoliu's head. Liu Chuanrong only snickered, but he didn't know that Miao Yixin would go to the toilet after every class, just to take a look at the girl in the next class. Once, he happened to be caught by her. She asked him why he was staring at her, and he honestly confessed that she was good-looking. She then teased:

"Captain, are you going to chase me?"

It was an era when there was no WeChat and QQ. At that time, people rarely showed their feelings with their teeth and claws. More often, simple feelings are quietly guarded until the day when regret comes.