Chapter 040: Diary
After Fu Liangtao left the Xu family after finishing the evidence collection, he walked along the path of the estate to the parking lot with Pang Jitongcong and others. Fu Liangtao was left alone and called Zhou Muqing's brother Zhou Maoxing.
As soon as the phone was connected, Fu Liangtao didn't have time to say anything, and the other party had already preemptively said, "Ah Tao, is there a result of the investigation?"
"Not yet, but I think it's pretty much the same." Fu Liangtao said. "I want to ask, are you free now?"
The other end of the phone was silent for a moment before Zhou Maoxing responded, "How about an hour later?"
"Okay, then we'll wait downstairs at your house." Fu Liangtao knew that Zhou Maoxing might still be busy with work, so he responded cheerfully.
After hanging up the phone, Fu Liangtao shouted to the front: "You go back to the headquarters to get organized, just get off work!" I've got something to do, so I'll go first."
said that it was too late, and then it was too fast, Fu Liangtao stopped a taxi on the side of the road and went to Zhou Maoxing's house.
Zhou Mao's family lived in Taki, Tsing Yi. When Fu Liangtao arrived downstairs at Zhou Maoxing's house, it was already half an hour later. Fu Liangtao walked into the brightly lit property lobby, sat on the sofa and waited for about ten minutes, then saw Zhou Mao hurriedly pushing the door in.
Zhou Maoxing's head swiped slightly in the direction of the elevator, signaling Fu Liangtao to go upstairs with him.
As soon as he walked into the elevator, Zhou Maoxing took the lead in opening the conversation box and asked, "You just said that the investigation is almost complete, so the suspect has been identified, right?"
Fu Liangtao observed Zhou Maoxing's side face from behind, and replied lightly: "Brother, we have been on errands for so many years, don't you know the rules?" The implication was to ask Zhou Maoxing not to ask again, and just one sentence stopped all Zhou Maoxing's follow-up questions.
Zhou Maoxing glanced at Fu Liangtao slightly sideways, and muttered boringly: "Eating the ancient is not melting." Fu Liangtao was not annoyed, and after a while, he heard Zhou Maoxing say again: "Then, you can always tell me, why did you make such a hasty appointment with me that night?"
Fu Liangtao smiled and said, "I have found some new evidence, and there are some things I want to confirm!"
I saw that Zhou Maoxing's face was slightly gloomy, and Fu Liangtao didn't care, so he didn't reveal more information to Zhou Maoxing. After a while, Zhou Maoxing said, "Later, we have to be quiet, my mother may have fallen asleep."
Zhou Maoxing deliberately lowered his voice when he opened the door, but the door opened from the inside when he was halfway open. Zhou's mother reached out and took the key in Zhou Maoxing's hand and put it on the hook next to the door, and asked, "Do you have a friend to come and sit?" It's a rarity." Zhou's mother smiled at Fu Liangtao, then turned around and walked into the house.
When the two took off their shoes by the door, Zhou Maoxing shouted into the house, "Mom, do you have anything to eat?" After that, he turned his head and asked Fu Liangtao, "Have you eaten it?" Would you like to eat some too?"
Fu Liangtao shook his head, he just wanted to finish the work quickly. Zhou Maoxing whispered to him, "The second room on the right side of the corridor is a clear room, you go in quietly, don't let my mother find out." After speaking, Zhou Maoxing walked into the kitchen to see his mother.
Fu Liangtao followed Zhou Maoxing's words and walked to Zhou Muqing's room on his own, while also listening to the conversation between Zhou Maoxing and his mother from the kitchen.
"Mom, why aren't you sleeping yet?" Zhou Maoxing finished asking, and then raised his voice and sighed angrily: "Why did you do so much again, how can we finish eating?"
I only heard Zhou's mother respond: "Qingqing is still working overtime and hasn't come back, I have to wait for her to come back and give her these hot foods." She loves braised pork the most, so I made her more."
Hearing this, Fu Liangtao's footsteps paused in the living room. Zhou Maoxing was silent for a while before he said, "Mom, now that I'm back, you go to sleep first!" I'll give her a hot meal later!"
Zhou Maoxing and Zhou's mother returned to the living room together, Zhou's mother saw that Fu Liangtao was still there, and knew that they still had something to discuss, but she didn't insist anymore and went back to the room.
Seeing this, Fu Liangtao didn't ask much, but said, "I seem to be a little hungry!"
Zhou Maoxing smiled bitterly at Fu Liangtao, then turned around and went back to the kitchen, while Fu Liangtao turned around and entered Zhou Muqing's room.
Zhou Muqing's room is only about 60 square feet (18 square meters), and it can be seen that the furnishings here should still be the same as when Zhou Muqing was alive. It is not difficult to imagine that Zhou Maoxing has not yet started to sort out Zhou Muqing's relics, and Zhou's mother's situation is needless to say. Fu Liangtao then carefully rummaged through Zhou Muqing's belongings, drawers, wardrobes, large and small storage boxes, etc., and after looking for a while, he finally found the things Fu Liangtao was thinking about in a big box under Zhou Muqing's bed.
Zhou Muqing's diary.
Fu Liangtao looked at the more than a dozen diaries neatly arranged in the box along the year, then sat down on the dressing table and began to flip through them. The only diary that Zhou Maoxing handed over to Fu Liangtao was the one from 2019, and now Fu Liangtao wants to see the others.
From Zhou Muqing's mobile phone file backup, only March to June 2019 has a complete investigation record. More precisely, the investigation records from March 8 to June 29. The records before and after this period were somewhat fragmentary, and Fu Liangtao was not sure whether they were part of the investigation records or whether they were photographs obtained by Zhou Muqing from other sources.
In Zhou Maoxing's diary to Fu Liangtao, Zhou Muqing mentioned that she had a new mobile phone on March 8 and June 29, and the dates coincided with the first and last dates of the files. This means that those investigation records were only received by Zhou Muqing with a mobile phone used during this period, and they are not necessarily complete investigation records.
What Fu Liangtao wants to find out is which company Zhou Muqing commissioned to investigate Xu Jingjia, and what is the reason why Zhou Muqing investigated Xu Jingjia.
When Zhou Mao marched to Zhou Muqing's room, Fu Liangtao had already looked through several diaries and found some clues from them.
Zhou Maoxing looked at the diary in Fu Liangtao's hand, his face was a little gloomy. He whispered the door behind him and said, "I can't imagine that what you want to confirm is in my sister's diary."
Fu Liangtao immediately looked around the room, in order to take into account the feelings of Zhou Maoxing and his mother, Fu Liangtao did not mess up Zhou Muqing's room during the search. Fu Liangtao was more sure that Zhou Maoxing's displeasure came from the diary he was holding.
Zhou Maoxing's eyes showed a fierce glint and said, "Tell me, did Xu Jingjia's slut do it?" Although Zhou Maoxing tried his best to keep his voice low so as not to disturb his mother, he still couldn't hide his resentment towards Xu Jingjia in his tone.
Fu Liangtao looked at Zhou Maoxing, who was staring at him, raised the diary in his hand, and said the thought that had been lingering in his heart for a long time: "You really knew it a long time ago!"
In this way, Fu Liangtao also understood the reason why Zhou Muqing insisted on not reporting the incident to the police.