Chapter 41: Three Feet Up (41)
Gaoming's home, with a standard three-bedroom, two-living room and two-bathroom layout, shows that the life of Gaoming's family is not very rich, but at least it is a comfortable well-off life.
But the clothes littered everywhere in the house, stacked in the garbage cans, and the bags of leftover takeaway plastic bags all show the guests that the host has not been happy recently.
Gao Ming pulled the corners of his mouth embarrassedly, revealing a pitiful wry smile, "I'm sorry, there's nothing to entertain you!" He raised his hand weakly and invited Mo Chen and them to sit on the sofa.
Mo Chen just wanted to open his mouth to comfort Gao Ming, but Zheng Yi took the first step to open his mouth, "That's fine, you can let me take two sips." β
Gao Ming understood, and hurriedly pulled out a transparent glass ashtray from under the coffee table stacked with a pile of books and newspapers.
Gao Ming handed over the ashtray, but Mo Chen's attention was attracted by the newspaper buried on the coffee table, what was the content of the news reported in the newspaper, Mo Chen was not interested in reading it.
On the contrary, a notebook sandwiched between many newspapers caught Mo Chen's sight, and the notebook opened the corner of the page, on which the word "Pang Wei" was written with a red pen, and a trace was drawn under the two words.
The dazzling red handwriting couldn't help but awaken a very distant memory in Mo Chen's mind, which was when he was young, or even more so as a child.
Mo Chen vaguely remembered that at that time, the elders in the family and even the teachers had told him and his friends not to write other people's names with red pens.
The teacher said that writing a person's name with a red pen is the most impolite behavior to the person with this name, which represents extreme disrespect.
However, the old man in the family said that the name of the person in the red handwriting represents that the person has passed away.
Mo Chen couldn't understand it at the time, and then not long ago, after meeting Zheng Yi, he deliberately asked once.
Zheng Yi didn't know much about it, but when he was young, he had heard this kind of advice.
Zheng Yi guessed that maybe it was because Yin Yang Warlocks often used a pen dipped in cinnabar to write the names of dead people, and the handwriting was scarlet, so this statement was introduced!
Mo Chen carefully glanced at the handwriting on the book, and from the strength of the horizontal line below the name, it was not difficult to see Gao Ming's hatred for Pang Wei.
If it were said that Gao Ming would be a harmonious colleague or friend with Pang Wei, he would not believe it if he killed Mo Chen.
Gao Ming was replaced by Pang Wei, which is not only a means for the company to quickly solve troubles, but also from the other side, it shows the company's denial of Gao Ming's work ability.
Mo Chen knows that the workplace is like a battlefield, and I am afraid that the two of them are competing with each other in private!
However, just because of work, would Gao Ming hate Pang Wei so much?
Maybe he would on weekdays, but Gao Ming's own family is already anxious, does he really have the leisure to compete with Pang Wei? I'm afraid there's something else going on here.
Zheng Yi took the ashtray, but did not light the cigarette immediately, but simply held it in his hand and said, "Manager Gao doesn't smoke?" β
"Occasionally." Gao Ming said lightly, Zheng Yi chuckled, "No wonder this ashtray is as clean as new." As he spoke, Zheng Yi deliberately acted naughtily, lifted the ashtray, looked through the transparent glass, looked at Mo Chen, and blinked his eyes from time to time.
Mo Chen glanced at him, not because Zheng Yi's move was extremely naΓ―ve, he just didn't understand why Zheng Yi was so wary of Gao Ming at this time. It's like Sherlock Holmes is possessed, and everything seems to be wrong.
Thinking about the purpose of this trip, Mo Chen took the lead in speaking, "Manager Gao, it's a pity that we met again, and it turned out to be in ...... That kind of place. Your family's business, we just heard, don't think too much, the dead are gone......"
"The female corpse in the bathroom is your sister?" Zheng Yi suddenly interrupted Mo Chen's words and asked straight to the point, knowing that Mo Chen would blame, Zheng Yi actually pinched the time, quickly turned his head, and moved his mouth to Mo Chen.
After Mo Chen understood the lip language, he wanted to kick him a few times, Zheng Yi said to Mo Chen with his mouth - Aunt Mo, shut up!
Gao Ming was not as angry or sad as Mo Chen was worried about because of Zheng Yi's abrupt questioning.
Gao Ming replied simply and clearly: "Yes!"
Zheng Yi then asked, "Do you know who killed her?" β
This time, Gao Ming was a little hesitant, he lowered his head and thought about it, and said honestly, "I seem to have just found a general direction recently, and I'm not sure which person it is." β
"Oh?" This answer surprised Zheng Yi a little, looking at Gao Ming's eyes, with a trace of refusal to back down in sadness, he also thought that Gao Ming had begun to secretly plan how to take revenge like an enemy.
Mo Chen suddenly thought of the name on the note, and he asked tentatively, "Follow...... Is Pang Wei related? β
"How do you know?" Gao Ming's rhetorical question, as if admitting, instantly explained the doubts in Fang Cai Mo Chen's heart, and he knew that the position of a simple property manager might really be nothing for a man with a broken family.
Mo Chen raised his hand and pulled out the notebook on the coffee table, pointing to the red handwriting in the lower right corner, "I'll guess casually!"
Gao Ming suddenly didn't say a word, his eyes stared at the notebook, and Mo Chen noticed that his hand was unconsciously buttoning the decoration on his jeans.
This is a manifestation of people's uncertainty, looking at Gao Ming's way of looking like he seems to have something to say, but he is still a little hesitant in his heart.
So, Mo Chen took the lead in speaking, "The two of us were also called by Officer Li today because of your sister's relationship...... Confirm...... Identity. β
"You guys?" Gao Ming looked at Mo Chen and Zheng Yi left and right incredulously, "You know my sister?!" β
Zheng Yi said: "I don't know. I know a ghost, I don't know if it really has something to do with you. β
"What?!" Gao Mingmeng stood up, so emotional that his hands trembled unconsciously.
Zheng Yi indifferently lit a cigarette and glanced at Gao Ming through the smoke ring, "Ghost! What's all the fuss about? Your sister is dead, I said I met her in person, do you believe it? β
For Zheng Yi, who is accustomed to seeing life and death, it seems that there is no difference between a person and a ghost to him, just a different form in front of him.
Mo Chen knew that Zheng Yi didn't mean to be inconsiderate of anyone, it was just a natural reaction, but to Gao Ming's ears, I am afraid that these words would be like sprinkling salt on a wound.
Some time ago, Gao Yang just disappeared, and for his family, there was at least the last glimmer of hope.
However, Gao Ming had personally confirmed the identity of the female corpse this morning, and the originally small hope was instantly wiped out.
Mo Chen hurriedly calmed Gao Ming's emotions, "You control your emotions first, what I am going to tell you next may sound a little unbelievable to you, but it is a true fact." β