introduction

Since I was a child, I have always liked detective suspense novels, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, read a lot, impressed a lot of works, and many of them have gradually forgotten with the pace of the years, but the original intention of the dedication to detective novels has never changed, and I have always hoped that I can try to write it myself after a few years, and today I finally mustered up the courage to start telling the story.........

Outside the window, it was drizzling, and this cosmopolitan southern metropolis spends half of the summer in the rainy season, but Lan Xin from the north enjoyed the rainy season very much.

At this moment, Lan Xin sat in front of the wide floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at the cool rain dripping on the glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows, as clear and pleasant as Richard's piano music, and a rare sense of quiet and comfort welled up in her heart.

The community where Lanxin lives is a villa area on the outskirts of this metropolis, with beautiful garden design, intimate property management, lush greenery, and Spanish-style architecture, so that residents can instantly forget the joys, sorrows and sorrows of survival.

When she first moved in, she was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, she liked the lawn, the greenery, and the lilac lavender in the center of the community, which was beautiful and unforgettable.

When decorating, Lan Xin poured her whole body into literary and artistic cells, carefully built, she didn't want to decorate the house like a five-star hotel like a neighbor tyrant, there was no feeling of home, only the breath of RMB.

The home is taken care of by her in the American country style, indoors, there is a feeling of returning to nature, carbonized log style furniture decoration, all kinds of tender hydroponic green plants, in all corners of the house, quietly and indifferently growing, all kinds of items in the room, are carefully selected from the north and south of the Lanxin River, even the oil paintings on the wall, the table lamp in the study, are all bought by Lanxin in a small inn in Lijiang, Yunnan.

It took a year to decorate this house, her relatives are in the north, and she is single, she is tired and exhausted, but she has won the unanimous love of her friends, so that the sales manager of the community often leads guests to see the house, so that she has a heavy joy in her heart, not only does not want her private space to be disturbed, but also has a sense of complacent success.

At this moment, a rare leisure to stay at home, there is no taste, Lanxin opened a food website by himself, the beginning of the business tasted all the hardships, and therefore still unmarried, five years ago the company has improved, she bought this villa while the iron is hot, want to gain a foothold in this city, but this year encountered a global recession, the company is facing a crisis of transfer, even so, confused she wants to let her body and mind completely relax, and live a comfortable home life is also very good.

Brewed a cup of faint Longjing tea, sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the study on the lower floor and tasted the fragrance of tea, looked at the drizzle outside the window and knocked on the window, the courtyard was full of flowers, colorful, surrounded by the wall of cultural stones, more and more rapid rain dripping on the wall, like a crisp drumbeat, a good ink painting of the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River

Unconsciously startled and stunned, curled up in the sofa and fell asleep, in a daze, Lan Xin heard the doorbell, she is a foreigner, there are not many local relatives and friends, and there are very few visitors, some are just friends who have made an appointment in advance, she did not have friends during this time period, and opened the door in surprise, the visitor is a tall middle-aged lady, with long hair and slightly dark complexion, but very temperamental, white T-shirt with light blue jeans, simple and generous, shrewd and capable, but Lan Xin has a sense of déjà vu, "Excuse me... It's a light rain... Home"?

As soon as she was halfway through her words, she suddenly said, "I'm sorry, I may have found the wrong one..."

Lan Xin closed the door in amazement, sleepy, feeling that something was wrong, and suddenly remembered that the guests in the community are registered by appointment, this is the community where people and vehicles are separated, the owner generally enters and exits from the underground garage, the community is particularly quiet on weekdays, and the privacy is particularly high, and the general visitors must be approved by the owner before they can enter and exit, how did this woman come in?

I was surprised for a while, and the phone rang and suddenly remembered that it was the assistant who told her that she was going to participate in a food fair tomorrow and needed to go on a business trip to Shenzhen. After putting down the phone, she began to prepare simple luggage, thinking that she was going to spend a simple afternoon, but she still had to go out to work hard, Lan Xin's heart was full of helplessness, but she was also used to it.

At dusk, the hourly maid Sister Chen came, it was an extremely nagging woman, in the dialect of the northerners, called grinding, chattering about some common sense and short gossip, which made Lan Xin miserable, I wanted to replace her, but I thought about it for several years, and besides, she was quite kind, so she will come down...

Sister Chen's hands and feet are quite neat, and the room on the third floor is spotlessly clean. Lan Xin cooked two bowls of Yangchun noodles, although she is a northerner, after many years of integration, her southern food has been made very authentic, Sister Chen chattered and boasted while eating, thinking that she would be on a business trip tomorrow, it was still raining outside, Lan Xin told her to stay here at night, just help take care of it at home when she was on a business trip, Sister Chen, who came out to work in the north alone, liked this house, Xizizi agreed, she especially hoped to become a long-term servant, but Lan Xin was used to being quiet alone, and she couldn't stand her words. So I've been working with Lanxin in the form of an hourly maid.

After dinner, Lanxin arranged Sister Chen to live in the guest room, each bedroom of Lanxin is very distinctive, American-style soft bed, leopard print comfortable chaise longue sofa, and the chic floor-to-ceiling windows in each bedroom make Sister Chen flattered, from time to time to sigh with emotion, a sigh of beauty in the bathroom, a sigh of comfort in bedding, all kinds of novelty, all kinds of excitement. At last he stopped talking and went to sleep.

Lan Xin always had a strange feeling in her heart, she was sleepy, she simply drank a cup of coffee and sat in front of the window, opened her laptop to browse the news, the rain outside the window was getting heavier and heavier, there was a feeling that the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings, Sister Chen next door was already asleep, this villa was scary and quiet, suddenly Lan Xin suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the other side of the wall, she lived in a townhouse, the wall was another villa, Lan Xin had never seen the appearance of the guests of the other household, this is knowing that sometimes the property helps to manage, It seems that someone came to live, but I heard from the property security that the owner is very mysterious and the house is very luxurious...

Tonight in the silence of the night, there was a strange noise coming from the house, and it was uncomfortable to listen carefully to the woman's trembling crying, which was a bit like the death knell music in Indian movies. Lan Xin is a woman with a very strong heart, since she was a child, she didn't understand the meaning of the word fear, tonight she experienced a creepy feeling, she went downstairs and lay on the sofa in the living room, upstairs has made her unable to sleep, she turned on the TV to be bold, bored watching TV programs, slowly eyelids more and more heavy to sleep...

I don't know how long it took, I don't know if it was half asleep or strange during the day, I felt a young girl dangling in my dream, and the maid Sister Chen was crying, and finally I saw the police in uniform, so I fell into a dream in the dark, and was completely awakened by a piercing and tenacious doorbell...

The hall illuminated by the early morning sun was bright and clear, Lan Xin opened the door, two middle-aged *** in front of the door, the straight police uniform bathed in the morning light, which made Lan Xin stunned, among which the slightly older policeman with dark eyes opened his mouth first: "Hello, you are the owner here?"

"That's right", Lan Xin replied confusedly...

"There was a homicide next door to your house last night, let's do a routine investigation!"

Lan Xin was stunned for a while, from yesterday to the present, the strange feeling in his heart has finally been settled, and now in retrospect, his sixth sense from childhood to adulthood is really spiritual, from the middle-aged woman who fell from the sky yesterday, to the sound of the night next door, and then to the messy nightmare, it is really enough, Lan Xin sat on the sofa in the living room in a languid state, and told the two policemen about yesterday's situation, the two policemen have been listening attentively, simply recording, and then asked Lan Xin's personal information, got up and said goodbye.

At this time, Lan Xin was extremely tired but had no intention of sleeping, and suddenly she remembered Sister Chen, she should be preparing breakfast at this time, why was it gone, and when she was wondering, Sister Chen came down from upstairs, she had always been talkative, and she was rarely silent, as if she hadn't slept all night?

"What's wrong?" Lan Xin asked, Sister Chen said with a frightened look: "When I got up in the middle of the night last night, I heard a woman's scream, and if I listened carefully, it was like the sound of the stereo, so I went to the terrace, which was right opposite the terrace of the bedroom next door, I seemed to see a person standing by the window and looking out through the curtains, and we just looked at each other, which frightened me, and I didn't sleep well all night"! Lan Xin's curiosity was ignited instantly, and she asked Sister Chen, "Have you seen clearly"? Sister Chen said, "I was scared and hurried back. ”

Lan Xin fell into deep thought, should she disclose this new situation to the police, just thinking about being distracted, the assistant called, was waiting for her at the airport, flew to Shenzhen on a business trip, Lan Xin could only leave for the airport in a hurry, before leaving, explain that Sister Chen would stay in the villa for a few more days, and call her if there was any situation.