Does the air taste the same in different times and spaces?

Spring 1995

In the north of May, there is still a trace of coolness in the wind, not as cold and hard as in winter, gently brushing a girl with a delicate face.

She waits for someone in front of a large roller skating rink, and the person will give her an important thing, which her long-missing father kept abroad, but the person has not appeared for a long time.

She stood there and was attracted by a car that sold cassette tapes.

Flipping through a box of tapes, "Sweet Honey" was playing on the car that sold the tapes, and the sweet singing voice was accompanied by the spring breeze, and she had a different feeling in her heart.

She found that the frequency of playing this song on the street has increased recently, so she asked the tape seller who sang it, and the owner of the tape seller said casually, "Teresa Teng!" ”

She looked at the person on the cover of the tape, but heard again, "This plate is almost out of stock, and it's going to be out of stock." ”

She looked a little puzzled.

"Don't you know? Teresa Teng passed away a few days ago, and her tapes sold quickly. ”

The girl stood on the street, her eyes showing a little confusion, and then as if she had thought of something, the corners of her mouth showed the arc of a smile.

"Someone else dies, and I never will!"

(May 8, 1995 - Chinese singer Teresa Teng died of illness in Chiang Mai, Thailand.) ）

Quanmin Community

It was the weekend, and Luo Baifan was resting.

At the gate of the Quanmin community, he was wearing a leather jacket, and his strong physical fitness made him not feel the coldness of Layue at all. He was standing on the side of the road and smoking a cigarette until a short man approached, put it out on the ground, and followed the man into the neighborhood.

Although Luo Baifan's family also lived in this community, he didn't tell the short man about it.

The place to go now is the address where the sales information is posted at the door.

The short man didn't know what Luo Baifan was doing, just chatting a few words, not talking a lot, his eyes were a little fluttering, these small details attracted Luo Baifan's attention.

This veteran police officer who has been working for more than 20 years, what can escape his eyes, and his intuition tells him that there is something wrong with this person.

Soon arrived at the house, Luo Baifan's home is in the northernmost, and this house is in the southernmost part of the community.

The first floor has a courtyard, with an area of 85 square meters, two bedrooms and one living room.

This short man is the owner of the house, the structure of the house is very good, the north and south are transparent, the house is cleaned up and empty, a very good house type, and the procedures are complete, and the next thing is to talk about the price.

The houses in the Quanmin community were basically the residences allocated by the units in the past.

Luo Baifan's house was allocated by the Public Security Bureau according to the length of service, and it only cost a little money. And this man said the price, which surprised Luo Baifan, only 20,000 yuan.

Luo Baifan pondered in his heart, like this house to be sold, the current market price will almost need 50,000 or 20,000 yuan, which is too cheap.

He smiled and said, "So cheap? ”

As he spoke, he casually walked into a bedroom, and at the same time, without warning, the right side of his scalp was numb, his hair stood on end, and the back of his neck was still a little cold, he shivered, scratched his scalp and looked around.

The walls of the bedroom had been repainted, and the white wall powder had dripped a lot on the bedroom door, and it had not been cleaned, and it seemed that it had been painted in a hurry, and when he was observing in the outhouse just now, except for this room that had been repainted, the walls of the living room and the other room had not moved.

The short man followed him into the bedroom, looking a little nervous.

"I'm in a hurry to use money, I just need cash, and if I'm not in a hurry, I can't sell it so cheaply."

Luo Baifan turned around and smiled again, the short man's eyes became even more erratic, "I'm here, there are a lot of people inquiring about my house, do you see what you like?" If it doesn't match, I'll contact the next one. ”

Luo Baifan rubbed the back of his neck and said easily.

"It's good, I'm quite satisfied, but, it's not for me to see, my friend wants to buy it, it's not very convenient for him to come here, he lives on Qiheng Street, in the suburbs, can I come in the afternoon and pick him up."

When the short man heard this, he was satisfied, and hurriedly said, "Okay, you have to hurry, I won't sell you if you don't come in the afternoon, a lot of people want it." ”

Luo Baifan still smiled, "Okay! ”

Watching the short man walk away, Luo Baifan turned back and knocked on the neighbor's door.

The one who opened the door was an eldest sister in her 60s, the security door was not opened, she looked at Luo Baifan and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Luo Baifan flashed his ID and asked, "Hello, I'm from the Public Security Bureau, come to visit." ”

The aunt looked at the papers, opened the door and let him in.

said in his mouth, "Isn't it already over, why are you still coming to investigate?" ”

Go into the house and let Luo Baifan sit down.

"You've checked everything you should have checked, what else do you want to ask?"

As soon as Luo Baifan heard it, he knew that something must be wrong, so he said, "Do you know who I'm here to investigate?"

"It's not his house, it's still my house! Hasn't the murderer already been caught? ”

"Murderer?"

The eldest sister frowned and looked at him, "Didn't you come to check on their family?" What are you looking for? ”

Luo Baifan smiled, "Eldest sister, tell me again, I'm here to check on his family, some of the visit records omitted some details, I need to listen to it again, sort it out and report it." ”

After hearing this, the eldest sister hesitated for a moment and began to speak slowly.

"I don't know what's wrong with their house, and the people who live in it are not peaceful.

The male owner of this house is the short man just now, his name is Zhao Debao, but he is not the first owner of this house, he is the brother-in-law of the original owner of this house.

The original owner of this house was a doctor surnamed Shen.

When he came back from Germany in 1986, there weren't many people who could live in such a big house. Dr. Shen is the backbone of the hospital and a doctor studying abroad, and their unit directly gave him this house. ”

Luo Baifan listened to this beginning, he glanced at the eldest sister's room, and a black and white portrait was hung in a corner, which should be the eldest sister's deceased lover.

It seems that no one usually talks to her, but this is to catch someone who can confide in her, even though he may have talked about it many times before, but he will still continue to describe it in great detail, and he will not tire of it, so he decided to listen patiently.

"At that time, we got along very well with our neighbors, and Dr. Shen gave the impression that he was a very polite man, a very good person, but his wife died young, leaving only a nine-year-old daughter.

His family rarely has relatives moving around, and it is said that his wife's mother lives in the countryside, far away.

Dr. Shen loves her child very much, and every weekend he will pay for the child to go out to play, and in order to take pictures of the child, he also specially bought a very expensive camera, which will often be developed and shown to us.

One day in 1988, your people suddenly knocked on my door and asked about Dr. Shen, and I was curious and asked what had happened, and they said that Dr. Shen was related to a case and was missing. ”

When Luo Baifan heard this, he frowned slightly, and thought to himself, our people? He searched wildly in his mind, where he knew something, but couldn't remember what it was.

The eldest sister continued.

"He was missing, and the child was so young that there was no one to take care of him, so I let the child live in my house first in those days.

Not long after, it was still your people, all dressed in civilian clothes, brought an old man, said that it was the child's grandmother, I saw the public security come forward, then it must be true, so the child was handed over to her, I was not at ease at the time, but later found out that this old man is really good to the child, so I was also relieved.

The old man and the child depend on each other, don't look at the two of them living in such a big house, but the old man actually has no financial resources, and he weaves some things to sell on weekdays, or pastes some cardboard boxes to sell, and his life is tight, but fortunately, Dr. Shen's child is very sensible and very filial to her.

But one night, I heard like someone was coming from his house, and it was so loud that it woke me up in the house.

Later, I found out that two more people lived in his house, Dr. Shen's brother-in-law and his wife, who are the current male host, the short man Zhao Debao.

After getting along for a while, I found that these two people are not good things, and it doesn't count if they live in vain, and they know to beat and scold the elderly and children all day long, especially for Dr. Shen's children, that is the kind of scolding and scolding, and raising your hand if you want to beat, I can often hear and see it.

I sometimes can't stand it, and I really want to ask them what qualifications they have to live in, but after all, it's not my business, so I hold back, and don't talk too much.

And then just like that, a few years later, it was 1993, and the two gave birth to a child, after which the old man of his family and Dr. Shen's daughter did not live here.

I don't know what happened, whether they were kicked out, or what, I wanted to ask them where they went several times, but the man's wife, scolded and scolded with a face, oops, I got angry when I thought about it.

Later, in the summer of that year, I once saw Dr. Shen's daughter seem to be back, crying and being kicked out again, I wanted to stop her, but the little girl was too fast. I haven't seen her and her grandmother since, and I don't know if they're doing well.

Later, Zhao Debao found a job in long-distance transportation, and he was not at home all the year round, and I could only see his wife and children wandering around the yard, but they didn't greet each other.

My house is also on the first floor, my wife died early, and I was alone, and it was 1997 in a blink of an eye.

Last summer, I remember very clearly, that night was very hot, most of the night I was thirsty, I got up and went to the hall to drink water, just about to go back to the house to sleep, I heard a howl, scared me, my heart was uncomfortable, but the voice screamed and there was no movement.

I walked back to the bedroom to get some medicine from the drawer, and after a while after taking the medicine, I still couldn't sleep, and suddenly I heard movement in his yard.

I was a little scared at the time, so I secretly opened a little curtain and looked into his yard, and I saw a man going out through the window of his house.

I felt that something was wrong, but I didn't usually have any contact with them, and besides, I didn't knock on their door in the middle of the night, but I didn't sleep well all night, and I had nightmares.

The next day, I couldn't help it, I knocked on their door, no one opened the door, I thought to myself, there must be no one in his house last night, and there was a thief, then there is nothing wrong with this, in case I am wrong, in case the man walked through the door, he is an acquaintance of his family, and he made a fuss, and caused the white eyes of his woman, I didn't continue to care.

But in the afternoon, I suddenly remembered that there was a cry last night, and now I couldn't sit still, I went to the yard to look at his house, and found that the window was indeed open, and the screen was rotten, I thought, if I see it wrong, this screen window must not be broken, and some doors do not go, not go through the window, then there is a problem.

I went to knock on the door again, but there was still no one in the door, her man was not there, her children were still young, and the two of them had not moved until now.

As soon as they heard this, they all felt that something was wrong, so they came to my house and turned over the yard, looked into her window, looked at it, and the eldest sister was frightened and fell from her window, she got up and her face was not good, her voice changed, let us call the police immediately.