Walking into the bedroom from the balcony, Yang Yueqing was holding a pile of clothes in her arms. The fabric exudes a unique fragrance after being exposed to the sun; Yang Yueqing unconsciously put her nose forward and sniffed again, as if she was determining the taste of happiness. The clothes were folded one by one, and the last one was a pair of bell bottoms, black, cotton with handmade stitches. She looked at the leg of her pants repeatedly, as if there was private money hidden there. Yang Yueqing pressed the stack of clothes that had been folded earlier on the pants, and finally stuffed the clothes into the cabinet. In addition to clothes, quilts, bed sheets and other items are also placed in this cabinet. The volume of the cabinet is obviously smaller, but the whole house is only a single apartment,—— with a floor area of less than 40 square meters.

She is in her early forties and still unmarried.

Yang Yueqing used a key to open a locked drawer and took out a picture frame from inside. This object was still on the table a few days ago, but now it was inexplicably "hidden" by her. The picture frame is made of wood, with European-style ornamentation, and you can tell at a glance that it is a high-end product.

The hostess touched the glass on the picture frame and couldn't help but sigh. is lamenting fate, but also melancholy years. She didn't regret her original choice, and if she had to live all over again, she wouldn't have thought of a second way to live. Difficult days will soak people to sour and astringent, but once fermented, the whole person will be like those clothes, overflowing with the taste of happiness.

In the conference hall of the city bureau, the cold air from the air outlet was blowing. After a day of running, the officers of the Serious Crime Unit unbuttoned their necks one by one. The first to speak was Xiao Wang, who visited Ni Xianyan's colleague today. The results of the survey showed that everyone had a really bad impression of this woman.

Ni Xianyan, 27 years old. Worked as a clerk in a state-owned enterprise in our city. According to her leader, this person is not very active in work, likes to 'paddle', is often late and absent from work, and is not very honest. ”

"Is it stealing?" Yanagawa asked.

"Not really. However, when it comes to bonuses, she often misrepresents her working hours. Five or six times the false report, but the amount of tasks she actually completed was very small, which made the leader very headache. Her marketing copy often plagiarized her peers, and the company got into a lot of trouble because of it. Colleagues don't have a good opinion of him. They said that Ni Xianyan is good at scheming, one thing in front of others, one thing in the back, and there are not a few words of truth in his mouth. She also said that she likes to win over others, especially male colleagues to help her do the work, but after using others, she crosses the river and demolishes the bridge. Many male colleagues have fallen for her tricks. ”

Although Ni Xianyan's character is not very good, these details are still not enough to become clues related to her murder.

"Is the popularity so bad? Did you say anything nice for her? Yanagawa asked.

"There really is such one. It's a guy who has just joined the company. During the conversation, this person said that she was very good at caring about people. However, this also confirms the statements of other male colleagues, Ni Xianyan sometimes releases wrong signals to colleagues of the opposite sex, and then uses them. In fact, this young man who has just joined the company doesn't know that Ni Xianyan has ever been married. Most of her colleagues in the company didn't know that she was divorced. ”

"Does she have a concubine in the company?"

"That's not true, male colleagues have stayed away after suffering losses."

Then Xiao Wang spoke Liu Chuanrong.

"We have learned an important piece of information from our visit to Jin Hongwei's parents today. It turned out that Jin Hongwei's biological parents died unexpectedly because of a car accident more than 20 years ago. Jin was adopted by an orphanage when he was 9 years old and stayed there for another two years before being taken away by his adoptive parents. He also developed an autistic personality because of this. However, according to his adoptive parents, Jin Hongwei was kind by nature, and when he was a child, he walked around ants. When his family taught him to cook, he didn't even dare to kill a fish. So when Jin Hongwei later became a surgeon, his adoptive parents were very surprised. This kind of kind and cowardly character may be the reason why Ni Xianyan left him. This man doesn't seem to have a tendency to 'kill and then dismember'. In addition, we also visited the hospital where Jin Hongfu worked, and according to the department leaders, Jin Hongwei was kind and never cared about others. Over the years, he has never had an argument with a patient or a colleague. ”

The criminal police have exchanged heads and ears, and it seems a little unreasonable to put such a typical good old man on the list of suspects. Besides, if he committed the crime, how did the body parts and tools of the crime be transferred, and how did he remove the blood stains caused by the dismemberment? After all, the bathroom in Ni Xianyan's room did not have his hair, and there were no residual blood stains in his own bathroom.

"Then what about Song Kexian?" At the farthest end of the long table, Miao Yixin mentioned.

"Song Kexian, 32 years old. I came to our city ten years ago to work hard, and now I am a real estate agent. He is not highly educated, but his sales performance has always been among the best. The leader's evaluation of it is wolf-like, self-motivated, and daring to think and do. Colleagues have mixed opinions about him; Some people bluntly said that he would find someone to sign a yin and yang contract, and he would do whatever it took to achieve his goal. Before joining the real estate industry, he was convicted of illegally organizing pyramid schemes. Team Miao, you met with him today, and tell everyone about it. ”

Miao Yixin cleared her throat and opened her mouth:

"This person is well-behaved, but he has a very heavy charlatan spirit in his bones. I learned at Ni's house that on the eve of the crime, the deceased and Song had a fierce conflict. During the altercation, the two also had a physical altercation at one point. According to Song's confession, the contusion at the corner of the deceased's eye was caused by his accidental pushing. And the cause of their conflict is because of the child's diet. But I think Song Kexian is hiding the real reason. On the night of the 10th incident, Song Kexian claimed to have gone to a friend's house named Yuan Junhao to spend the night, and this person's phone has been turned off today. However, even if this person can confirm that what Song Kexian said is true, it cannot be used as a strong alibi. ”

Compared with the honest Jin Hongwei, Song Kexian, who has a criminal record, seems to be more in line with the identity of the criminal, although in addition to the motive for the crime, in terms of the clues currently available, he has no connection with the case.

"What's new at the hotel?"

Police officer Xiao Li stood up, rubbed his nose, and tugged at the collar of his shirt. "After calling up the surveillance, we found that six employees left the hotel with backpacks or plastic bags after the incident. But all six of them had conclusive alibis. We tested the backpacks and bags with luminol reagent and found no problems. ”

Seeing that no one spoke, Xiao Zhang from the traces department stated a few more details: "In room 334, in addition to the shoe prints of the victim's high heels, we also found the shoe prints of hotel slippers, but we can't be sure whether it was left by the previous guest, or the murderer entered the scene of the crime wearing hotel slippers. The luminol reagent detected a large amount of blood stains in the bathroom after being washed, but no human hair or skin tissue was collected, and the murderer may have simply cleaned the tools of the crime there with gloves. And the bed in 334 should be the first scene of the dismemberment. By observing the size of the star-shaped blood droplets at the crime scene, we simulated the speed at which the blood droplets left the crime tool, and then deduced the length of the crime tool, which matched the length of the axe handle of the small axe in the hotel utility room. However, no blood stains were found on the rest of the axes. ”

This identification result indirectly proves that the lost small axe was the tool of the crime. But how did the body and the axe get out of the hotel? Could it be that the departing traveler did it, or that the murderer used some unknown method? Miao Yixin's heart was filled with layers of doubts, and for the sake of prudence, he gave an order:

"Xiao Li, you bring three or four people to check the passengers who left the hotel from 0:00 on the 11th to 16:00 in the afternoon of the same day. There may be five or six provinces and cities involved, so you can prepare and set off tomorrow. I consulted with my superiors and asked the local public security organs to cooperate in the investigation. ”

"Yes, I'll get ready."

After the meeting ended, only Miao Yixin was left in the office still combing through the clues of the case. For now, there are three main doubts in the case.

The first point is how the murderer cleaned up the blood stains on his body after the body was dismembered. Bath washing is naturally the most effective method. However, only blood stains were detected in Ni Xianyan's bathroom, but no hair was found, which means that the murderer did not bathe in the victim's bathroom. So when the murderer walked out of the victim's room covered in blood, wasn't he afraid of being discovered? Moreover, there was no blood stain left in the hallway outside Room 336.

Second, how did the killer take some of the body parts and the small axe used in the crime away from the hotel? Together, these things are not small in size, and it is impossible to carry them out in a small satchel. Therefore, those who leave the hotel with backpacks or suitcases should be the focus of investigation in this case.

Third, why did the murderer take away some of the body parts and the 336 room card? Dismemberment can be interpreted as vendetta, but taking away body parts is a practice that can easily expose one's own suspicions. Since you choose to take risks, there must be an ulterior secret behind it. What could be the secret?

So far, two suspects have entered the police's field of vision. One is Jin Hongwei and the other is Song Kexian.

Jin Hongwei is the victim's ex-husband and has emotional entanglements and financial disputes with the victim. Jin Hongwei seems to be more abrupt about his past performance, for example, he did not mention that he paid most of the money when he bought the house, nor did he accuse the perpetrator of the fake divorce as the victim Ni Xianyan. At the time of the incident, Jin Hongfu claimed that he was staying in room 334, although no one could prove it. The police did not find any blood stains in room 334, which, combined with previous reasoning, largely ruled out the suspicion of Jin Hongfu's crime.

So the focus focused on Song Kexian. Today, he first lied in front of his father-in-law that he went to KTV to stay up all night on the night of the crime, and later claimed in front of Miao Yixin that he went to a friend's house. But why can't you say it in front of your father-in-law when you go to a friend's house? The reason given by Song Kexian was because he said bad things about his wife in front of his friends and didn't want to make his father-in-law sad. Regardless of whether Song Kexian has this kindness or not, if he really stayed overnight at a friend's house that night, he can also confess his whereabouts, just hide those complaints. Miao Yixin felt that there was a ghost in Song Kexian's words. In any case, the criminal police will see that Yuan Junhao tomorrow.

Wu Chunxiu walked under the showerhead, and the water in the shower gushed out, and the sound was as loud as the downpour that fell on the night Ni Xianyan was killed. Wu Chunxiu is always in a state of mind these days, not just because of her property dispute. The buyer, Dong Ejing, kept calling and texting her, urging her to have an interview. She followed Song Kexian's advice and repeatedly delayed it on the grounds of business trips. But this matter can be avoided in the first year of junior high school, but not in the fifteenth. Forcing the buyer to turn to the court for help will not outweigh the loss.

The sound of running water sounds particularly harsh, perhaps because of loneliness in an arrogant relationship. Wu Chunxiu wanted to contact Song Kexian many times to discuss countermeasures, but then she thought of the latter's warning to her that day, so she put down her phone again and again. She naturally understands the truth - because Ni Xianyan is dead. She didn't expect to meet Ni Xianyan on the day she opened a room with Song Kexian. Fortunately, the woman also hooked up with her ex-husband at that time, and everyone was just a good person. As for Ni Xianyan's death, it was just that the woman was guilty of her own sins and could not live. Wu Chunxiu comforted herself over and over again, trying to restrain her thoughts and not think about what happened that night.

Warm water washes the ketones that are still beautiful. She took a step forward and rubbed her hands in circles around her lower abdomen, the bath gel swelling into crystal bubbles and glowing with color. Once, there was a baby living there, but unfortunately it was miscarried, but she also got the house at hand because of this, which is not a loss. Thinking that his boss is not small, it is time to find someone to entrust him for life. A woman's good times are like a rabbit's tail, and only those very few older women who are blessed by capital are qualified to ride the wind and waves and be called "sister". As for the rest of the sentient beings, they are just ordinary aunts. Compared with himself, Song Kexian seems to be a tall branch. After all, this man will make money, not to mention that he has now inherited a property worth tens of millions. It's just that Song's attitude has always been ambiguous, and he doesn't seem to have the intention of growing old with her. In fact, the two of them have long been unclear, Wu Chunxiu is thinking about whether to gamble again and play a good show of "unmarried pregnancy". As long as you have a child with that man, you will have a bargaining chip to talk about marriage. Thinking of this, she took another step back, and the water flowed through her body again, and those crystal bubbles burst again in an instant.

June 13th

It was already 1 o'clock in the morning, and Jin Hongfu was still tossing and turning on the bed. What had happened these days had turned his brain into a pulp. During the day, Director Ruan Huaibing also patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Our mission is to cure diseases and save people, and as for morality and ethics, just leave it to the police and judges."

Fingers slid back and forth across the phone screen, and photos of her daughter were flipped through repeatedly. The photo will freeze in an instant, connecting the bits and pieces of Xiaobao - the first cry, the first time to raise his head, and the first time to turn over. Some of the photos were taken by him himself, and he and Ni Xianyan were not divorced at that time; and others were passed on to him by Ni Xianyan through social platforms after the divorce. He is a man who has a bit of a bad life, the house has been cheated, he is silent, his wife and wife run away with someone, and he does not squeak. Even if she is worried about her daughter, she can only take out her mobile phone and look at the photos. Tears can only be secretly shed when others can't see them, like now. The child urinated at such a young age without a mother, and the bad words of childhood will inevitably cause more pain. A denigration of "no mother" can flatten a child's normal mind.

Thinking of this, a trace of remorse is like a summer creeper all over my heart. If he hadn't told Ni Xianyan the address of the hotel that day, if he hadn't drunk with her that night, if he hadn't been drunk and couldn't sleep when he got back to his room—maybe the tragedy wouldn't have happened. But no one can turn back time and start over, and this may be the only equality that can be enjoyed between all beings.

Speaking of now, Ni Xianyan's death has also created a big problem for Jin Hongwei. Originally, when he visited his children, he made an appointment with his ex-wife. Every time I came to the door, I didn't see Song Kexian. And from now on, in order to meet the child, the doctor can only deal with the man - the villain he least wants to see. When choosing a house, Jin Hongwei took into account the problem of children's future enrollment, so he deliberately purchased a school district house. Now Xiaobao still lives in that house, and Song Kexian has become the actual controller of the property. It's not that the doctor doesn't want to get the house back, but he knows that Song Kexian, the number one, will never give up the house. For Jin Hongwei, the top priority is to find a way to get the custody of the child back, so that they can reunite as soon as possible.

The doctor picked up a crumpled piece of paper on the bedside table, which he had brought when he met Ni Xianyan a few days ago. Later, he secretly kept this piece of paper, and even in the face of the police investigation, he insisted on keeping his mouth shut. Jin Hongwei stared at the words on the paper, and he couldn't have been clearer about the meaning of those terms. The doctor crumpled the paper into a ball and crumpled it in his hand, then turned over and turned off the lamp on the bedside. Although it was dark all around, Jin Hongwei still kept his eyes open, and to be honest, he began to miss his ex-wife again.

Gently, you are gone, not like the wind and dust come in the dust.