"You mean, Yin Zhenghui's sense of taste is not normal?" Yuan Jiapeng also realized, "If Yin Zhenghui's sense of taste is problematic, Wen Hong, as an apprentice, will definitely find out." There is indeed some mystery in this, I told Mu Mian to let them investigate. ”

The next night, Yuan Jiapeng asked me to have dinner again, saying that Mu Mian wanted to see me, in fact, I knew that his main purpose was to create an opportunity for me to meet Xiao Se, and he was a warm-hearted person like Yin Jingshu and liked to worry about other people's affairs. Since it was a good intention, I didn't break it. In my subconscious, I still longed to see Xiao Se, and in the end it was difficult to calm down and unforgettable.

Walking into the private room of the restaurant, as expected, in addition to Yuan Jiapeng and Mu Mian, Xiao Se was also there, under the light, his eyes were no longer black, but turned into a dark gray-brown, his eyes became gray, and I felt a throbbing pain in my heart when I looked at it. I looked at him in a daze, and he also faced me silently, and we looked at each other wordlessly. Yuan Jiapeng and Mu Mian didn't speak, and for a while, the room was so silent that the sound of chaotic breathing could be heard.

"Tong Xin, don't stand, sit." Mu Mian broke the silence first.

I walked over and sat down next to Mu Mian. Looking at Mu Mian's expression, she must also know about me and Xiao Se.

I looked up and saw Xiao Se on the other side leaning back in his seat, holding a cigarette in one hand and a lighter in the other, his eyes resting on my face.

I avoided his gaze and heard him ask, "Did you find anything?" ”

"I found something very exciting." Mu Mian replied, "Yin Zhenghui has a leg with his female apprentice Wen Hong, and this affair began shortly after Wen Hong became his apprentice and has lasted for many years. In addition, we found a copy of Yin Zhenghui's medical records in Wen Hong's belongings, dated the week before Wen Hong was killed. The doctor who treated Yin Zhenghui confirmed that Yin Zhenghui had taste disorders due to lesions of nerve endings caused by diabetes. ”

"Sure enough, I guessed it." Xiao Se played with the lighter in his hand, "Wen Hong kept a copy of the medical record, I'm afraid there is some intention, such as using it to threaten Yin Zhenghui to achieve some kind of purpose for himself." ”

"You've guessed it again." Mu Mian answered, "The people in the restaurant once overheard their quarrel, and the general content was that Wen Hong asked Yin Zhenghui to divorce his wife and marry her, but Yin Zhenghui disagreed. As for Yin Zhenghui's taste disorder, no one in the restaurant knew about it. ”

"How old is that Wen Hong?" Yuan Jiapeng's interests are different from ours.

Mu Mian said that he was 38 years old.

"Ouch,, Chen Guanzhong has such a strong taste, and he can have so much fun with an old woman." Yuan Jiapeng burst into a foul language, "But she is still very beautiful when she dresses up, and she can't tell that she is so old at all." It's ridiculous, Yin Zhenghui also said that he didn't know Wen Hong's inappropriate style. Hooking up with a married man and forcing others to divorce is inappropriate enough. ”

I was also quite surprised, Wen Hong's appearance looked like she was twenty-seven or eighteen years old at most, and she was really well-maintained.

"Could it be that Wen Hong threatened Yin Zhenghui that if he didn't divorce and marry her, he would make his taste disorder public, causing Yin Zhenghui to be forced to be helpless and kill her?" "A chef loses his sense of taste like a musician loses his hearing." For a top chef, dysgeusia is a fatal flaw that will lose his work, his reputation and his status if it spreads. ”

"However, Yin Zhenghui has an alibi." Mu Mian said that on the night of Wen Hong's murder, the annual party of China's top master skills exchange association had a dinner, and there were performances at the dinner, which lasted until about 11:45, and Yin Zhenghui and Wu Min and his wife both attended the dinner. After that, everyone still felt that they were still unsatisfied, so the couple made the host, invited other chefs to sing at the KTV of the hotel where they lived, and did not leave until more than 3 o'clock in the morning. Others confirmed that they arrived at the KTV box at about 12:15, Wen Hong's presumed time of death, around 2 o'clock in the morning, the couple had been in the KTV box all the time, and there was no time to commit the crime.

"What is the white line found in the car?" Xiao Se asked again.

Mu Mian said that the identification result was ceramic fiber, which is the heat insulation material or the material used in pottery. But why such a fiber appeared on Wen Hong's body is puzzling.

Xiao Se tilted his head sideways and pondered, he didn't know what he thought, and his eyes suddenly became unfathomable, solemn, and distant. With a "ding", the lighter in his hand fell to the ground. He bent down to pick up the lighter, and when he straightened up again, the whole line of his face changed, his eyes were cold, and his brow was frowned.

When he was about to leave, Mu Mian grabbed Yuan Jiapeng and said to Xiao Se with a smile: "Brother Peng and I have other things, Brother Se, you are responsible for sending Tong Xin back." ”

"Okay, I'll send her." When I was still stunned, Xiao Se had readily agreed.

Mu Mian pursed his lips and smiled at us, and left with Yuan Jiapeng.

"Follow me to someone." Xiao Se was silent for a long time, and suddenly said.

"Looking for whom?" I asked curiously.

"My aunt's nurse, Chen Jie." He replied, "By this time, my aunt should have fallen asleep, and she was free to move." ”

"What are you looking for her?" I'm even more weird.

The corners of his mouth drooped downward, revealing two deep lines on his lips. "Something suddenly came to mind, and I wanted to ask for proof."

Instead of taking me to her home, Xiao Se made an appointment to meet Chen Jie at a café near her home and asked her not to tell anyone.

We waited at the café for a while, and then we saw Chen Jie walk in.

Chen Jie still recognized me, greeted me politely, and asked Xiao Se: "What can't you say at home, to come outside so late?" ”

"I want to ask you, does my aunt have a taste disorder?" Xiao Se got straight to the point.

Chen Jie's eyes flickered, her words opened slightly, and she didn't speak.

"I already know." Xiao Se had already confirmed his judgment, "Don't worry, we will keep it a secret." ”

"You ...... How do you know? Chen Jie asked with a stammer.

"Tonight, I heard that a chef had a taste disorder due to a lesion of nerve endings caused by diabetes, and I suddenly remembered my aunt." Xiao Se straightened his chest and took a deep breath of air, "My aunt also has diabetes, and she has caused chronic kidney failure, and she probably also has a taste disorder. When Tong Xin came to live with us last year, Sister-in-law Jin made wolfberry bird's nest porridge for breakfast, Tong Xin's bowl was scary, but her aunt didn't think her bowl was salty.

I always thought that someone deliberately targeted Tong Xin, but now I understand that the person who put salt was aimed at my aunt, and patients with chronic renal failure must eat less salt, but that person took advantage of my aunt's taste disorder and put so much salt to aggravate my aunt's condition. When my aunt heard that the bird's nest porridge was salty, she already knew who was going to harm her, but she didn't want to let people know about her taste disorder. ”

"Yes, only I know about Mrs. Dysgeusia, and even Chairman Xiao hides it. I have been taking care of my wife since she was sick, and she trusted me very much and was worried that someone would take advantage of her taste disorder, so she asked me to keep it a secret. Chen Jie sighed, "However, someone still discovered this secret and made a trick in the bird's nest porridge." ”

"That day, the pot of bird's nest porridge was originally prepared for my aunt alone, because she couldn't eat so much, and Tong Xin happened to go downstairs again, so Sister-in-law Jin gave her the rest of the bowl. If it weren't for that, the bird's nest porridge would continue to be salty, and the other foods my aunt ate would also be too salty, which would increase the load on the kidneys and lead to worsening kidney failure. Xiao Se also sighed, "What a vicious method." ”

"I'm sure you can figure out who did it." Chen Jie was indignant, "That vicious illegitimate daughter wants to enter the door of your house, and Mrs. resolutely opposes the chairman's recognition of the illegitimate daughter, which has become her biggest obstacle, so she plays yin, and wants his wife to die early, so that she can be satisfied." ”

I finally understood the secret of that bowl of bird's nest porridge, it was Xiong Qianyu who wanted to harm Ye Juan. In a trance, I heard Xiao Se ask again: "Who is Xiao Yu's biological mother, do you know?" ”

Chen Jie shook her head helplessly. "I don't know, the chairman is tight-lipped, and his wife can't find out by herself, that matter is too secret, if it weren't for the chairman himself to say that there is such a daughter, his wife has been kept in the dark."

"So my aunt hates Xiao Yu and wants to take revenge on her, not only against her, but also for my father, right? Did she ask you to get some medicine for you? I have no intention of pursuing anything, I just need a truth, please tell the truth, it is important to me! Xiao Se stared at her with a stern gaze, "If you don't want to say it, I will also investigate it myself, which will make things bigger and not good for anyone." ”

Chen Jie's face turned pale, hesitated for a while, and finally opened her mouth slowly: "Mrs. said, with the way of others, but also treat others, that illegitimate daughter put salt in Mrs. Bird's Nest porridge, Mrs. also reciprocated tooth for tooth, drugged in her bird's nest, that is an aphrodisiac, colorless and tasteless liquid, can make both men and women unconsciously be aphrodisiac, and can not notice anything afterwards." It was originally aimed at the chairman and his illegitimate daughter, but the bird's nest was eaten by Miss Tong by mistake, and Mrs. didn't expect things to turn out like that......"

"Aunt wants to make father and daughter, she is more vicious than Xiao Yu." The green tendons beat on Xiao Se's forehead, "I never dreamed that those two women would be crazy like this. ”

"The wife is also very pitiful, her husband does not love him, and he even brought an illegitimate daughter into the house and asked her to accept it. She has swallowed her anger, and people are still trying to kill her. If it were me, I would have been driven crazy. Chen Jie sighed in a low voice, "I know that incident caused Miss Tong to suffer a lot of grievances, and it also affected your relationship. But my wife has absolutely no intention of hurting you, so please forgive her. She also thought about telling you the truth, but she couldn't muster the courage. ”