Fog

"Catching a serial killer has become domestic violence, it's really yours." Xu Ye unscrewed a bottle of bone-setting oil, a little gloating: "Is this a knife used to kill chickens?" ”

"So what's the matter, can domestic violence be left alone?" Zhen Jin replied unhappily: "The duties of the people's police include protecting the personal safety of citizens. That beast has beaten the child like that, if we don't go in, you will be responsible for what happens! ”

"It's hard to talk about." Xu Ye slapped Zhen Jin on the back, and the place where he was pumped by the bamboo stick was already bruised. He poured the medicated oil and rubbed it vigorously.

"Ouch! You tap! Zhen Jin gasped with his teeth: "Brother! You help say a word! ”

Wang Shiqi sat slumped on the sofa: "I'm not free." Let me think about how to write a report. ”

According to the information provided by the property, Zhou Lifang did live in Building 4, 806, Hepingli Riverview Apartment, but that was a month ago.

She rents here alone, older, unmarried, but has never broken off her boyfriend. The last time, apparently because of a relationship dispute, she sent a message to the freshman hospital where she worked to ask for her resignation, and then a few days later, she was found dead in her bathtub.

He looked at the police records, and the scalpel found at the scene was confirmed to belong to her personal belongings, and only her fingerprints were found. She drank a glass of red wine on her deathbed, soaked it in warm water, slit her femoral artery, and finally died of blood loss.

There are no suspicious traces at the scene, the wound is also in line with the angle of my cut, there is a stack of credit card arrears notices on the table, she has been overdue for a long time, the bill is like a snowball, and finally it rolls into a mountain. Everyone thought that it was the mountain that crushed her.

Her only relative, who had not been in contact for years, signed without saying anything, probably because she was ashamed not to tell anyone about her death. Two days later, her body turned to ashes, and the agent representing the house rented out the house non-stop - of course, on the premise of concealing that it was a "murderous house". As a result, a middle-aged unemployed father and his rebellious middle school daughter lived here. The truth passed down by the ancestors, filial piety comes out under the stick, and the father disciplines the child, no matter how you say it, it is not a big mistake. This also makes their rash action seem very unruly.

- Murderous house? It's really evil. He grabbed a handful of hair in frustration. The girl's dark eyes, overflowing with tears, lingered in her mind. For her father, they can only criticize the education and then release him. What about later? Who can guarantee that she won't be hurt again? What was wrong with her that she deserved to be punished like this?

What about Zhou Lifang? And why did she choose death? Or was death choosing her?

The clue was cut off crisply, and everything seemed to be back to square one.

Wang Shiqi patted his leg and stood up: "I'll go out." ”

***

The agency that rents out the house is located near Riverview Apartments. The wood-colored decoration with warm yellow lighting complements their advertising slogan: "Simple, give you a warm home". This is not a large chain company, but probably an old store that has been doing business with regular customers around the area. When Wang Shiqi stepped in, a middle-aged man immediately greeted him: "Hello! I'm the store manager Li Qing, just call me Lao Li. Do guests view the property? Want to rent or buy? ”

"No, I have a case, come and find out the situation." He shook his police ID card, and the smile on the other side froze for two seconds, and then immediately opened a larger arc: "Please come in, let's talk inside." He let Wang Shiqi into the conference room, and beckoned the little girl to pour a glass of water: "Officer, we are all petty business, there should be nothing illegal and undisciplined." ”

"Do you remember 806, Building 4, Hepingli Riverview Apartment, the landlord of this house is abroad, and it seems that the agent has been hanging up with you."

"Ahh Lao Li showed a troublesome look: "Cough, yes, I have died, I know, it's quite unlucky, but we can't help it." The agency agreement signed by the landlord with us, whether it is rented out or not, I have to give people ten months' rent a year, and now the market is not good. He smacked his lips: "Didn't they all say that it was suicide?" What else is there to look for? ”

"Don't be nervous, it's just that there may be a related case, so come and ask." He picked up the teacup and tried to look as light as possible: "Are you the one who handled this house at that time?" ”

"It's our little brother in the shop, and now this house is still in his charge." Lao Li opened the door and shouted outside: "Gu Tianqing, you come in!" ”

That name made Wang Shiqi frown.

Ms. Wang's report made it clear that Ms. Zhou's private life was chaotic, and according to his interviews with anonymous colleagues, it appears that a young boy had come to her place of work to look for her. Wang Shiqi checked, Zhou Lifang's deposit was indeed divided into several payments to one account, and the payee was Gu Tianqing.

That amount of money will definitely not be as simple as a few months' rent.

Something seemed to be approaching. He waited in the conference room, his palms sweating slightly from a little nervousness he hadn't seen for a long time - waiting for the rabbit, but what if it wasn't a rabbit?

The knock on the door is knocked twice, neither lightly nor severely, neither slowly nor in a hurry, and the same goes for those who come in.

"Why did you come back and let the police brother wait for you for so long!" The store manager accompanied him with a smile, reprimanded him lightly, and then added tea to Wang Shiqi, a kind of slippery and vigilant from the profession. Wang Shiqi stood still and looked at the comer carefully: the black polyester suit and white shirt should be the uniform of the intermediary, although it is cheap, it seems to be many times more expensive to wear it on this person, and it is indescribably smooth and crisp. Bow your head, the inside of the collar is as white as new, either clean or have a good wife - no, no wife, because there is no ring on the hand, not even a ring mark. is not short, but the face is a little feminine, probably the illusion brought by the narrow and upturned corners of the eyes and the too narrow jaw, because the deep voice has nothing to do with the word "Niang" anyway. He doesn't talk much, he can say "um" when answering questions, he doesn't say "yes", and when he hears Zhou Lifang's name, there is no fluctuation, only four simple words: "I know".

They were separated from the large office outside by a symbolic glass semi-partition, and the curious or tentative eyes behind the computer converged in twos and threes, and the store manager of a good thing kept looking for excuses to go in and out. Probably sensing the staring gaze, he raised his head and took a look, and the tea in Wang Shiqi's cup suddenly made a small wave.

"Hey," he quickly put down his glass and stood up, "Do you smoke?" ”

Gu Tianqing nodded her chin and lit up the cigarette case in her hand: "Go outside?" ”

- If this person is a suspect, the psychological quality is inevitably too good. Wang Shiqi stared at the side face of him smoking, and the other party was relaxed in capital letters from his expression to his standing posture, and he didn't even feel the social pressure that Wang Shiqi deliberately created with silence. The damp fog of early summer was steaming around, the breath was full of suffocating moisture, and after a relatively wordless cigarette time, Wang Shiqi finally couldn't hold his mouth and opened his mouth first: "What kind of physiognomy do you have?" ”

A sneer: "The police still care about this?" ”

"It's just small talk, not an interrogation, don't worry."

"But you've already taken me for a suspect, have you?" Gu Tianqing raised her eyebrows and emitted a wisp of white smoke: "Also, I found out that she gave me money, and I suspect it if I change it." ”

"It can't be said to be a suspicion, after all, the case has been closed, and suicide in general is not within the scope of my work." Wang Shiqi flicked the cigarette ash: "I'm just a little curious - you guys are a lot older." ”

"Fifteen." The answer is simple. He turned his face to look directly at Wang Shiqi, and a momentary tremor hit him again, and then Wang Shiqi figured out the reason - Gu Tianqing's eyes were slender, but his pupils were surprisingly black and big, and he could barely see the whites of his eyes when he stared at people, which always reminded him of the characters in horror movies - he hates horror movies the most.

"It's certainly nothing to say that the relationship is true, but I also admit that she is good to me. We met from a house viewing, and I took her around the neighborhood for a few days, and finally got her done in this house. He smiled and pinched the package of cheap cigarettes casually: "She is willing to give me money, it will be regarded as a service fee, after all, I also served her, everyone takes what they need, and does not break the law, right?" ”

- It's not a crime, is it? Hu Liqin also asked him so. Around this woman, of course, it is not illegal to love and be loved, but in this depraved death, there should be more than love and being loved.

Something was hidden, perhaps hidden in the smoke that exhaled lightly from the other side.

***

He relayed his thoughts to Zheng Yuan. The other party sat on the sofa with his knees hugged, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: "Alibi? ”

"The trouble is here. When Zhou Lifang had an accident, he was outside to show the client, and the intermediary had a record. As for the motive, although the woman is very annoyed financially, she is very happy to give money, and I don't think it is for money disputes. ”

"What about his relationship with the first few deceased?"

"You said Gu Tianqing? I don't see much of a relationship at the moment. He is quite young, with average education, and his social relations are not complicated. If you have to say anything strange, there is only one-" Wang Shiqi smiled mockingly: "It's hard for him to look like this, he just acted as an intermediary, and he is really a bit condescending." ”

"Looks like this?"

"So, that's it, male stars, idols, you know? Now the kind of Taiwanese little white face on TV looks like a woman. Don't say it, pretty is really beautiful, no wonder it can coax women into confusion. ”

The woman who is confused has stepped into the cycle of reincarnation, along with the few suicides who seem to be involved in some mysterious relationship with her. Wang Shiqi was a little confused, did he want to investigate the case too much, so he looked suspicious at everything?

Zheng Yuan fell silent, and he remembered that there was also a beautiful face in the books sent to him.

"When his face is close, even if it is a crime, it is impossible to hate.

Pretty is a privilege that, like smoke, can confuse the eye. I like him, I like him, and I will forgive him for doing these things to me.

He said that one day he would lose control and kill me. I know he's not kidding. But now that I'm locked up, behind the concrete wall, will he still kill me?

I was here, it seemed like it had only been for a short time, and it seemed like it had been so long that I had almost forgotten the way he was smiling at me.

I must have had my brain broken to think he was a good person. But what can be done? The world doesn't love me except him. It's a small house that holds me, but his heart, the heart I want him, is the cage that imprisons me and can't touch the boundaries. ”

"Lao Wang," a rare expression appeared on Zheng Yuan's face, worried mixed with doubt. He got up and went to the room, then pushed a stack of handwritten paper in front of Wang Shiqi.

"I suspect there's a kidnapping here."