Chapter 13: A New Mystery

Going up to the seventh floor in one breath, Zhao Gang was a little out of breath.

"There isn't even an elevator in this unit building."

"You're still a special police officer, and you don't know where to lose that bit of physical fitness from the police academy." Xia Liang scolded with a smile, and according to the address on the file, he looked up at the door number of 702.

"I'm going to disturb other mothers and daughters again. People are also pitiful, there is such a big incident in the family, and they have to deal with the errand guy (police). Zhao Gang sighed self-deprecatingly.

Xia Liang glanced at him and wanted to say, "I don't want to either", but he still didn't say it.

He reached out and knocked on the door, and the answer was timely. A crack in the door opened, reflecting the woman's face, a little haggard, and I was a little surprised to see Xia Liang's police uniform.

"Ms. Fang." Xia Liang's Adam's apple surged, and he took out the police card in his pocket:

"We want to come over and collect some clues."

Fang Qing glanced at them in a daze, then responded with a "wait a minute" and closed the door again. She removed the leeching chain and opened the door again.

Xia Liang said "excuse me" again, walked into the house, and consciously took off his leather shoes. There were not enough slippers at home, so several police officers wore only socks.

Fang Qing wanted to pour water, but Xia Liang persuaded her:

"We'll get things done as quickly as possible, without delaying your time."

Fang Qingnuo said "Okay". The two policemen put on gloves and walked into the master bedroom and study under Fang Qing's instructions, with Zhao Gang hanging a camera around his neck.

Xia Liang took out his notebook and sat on the chair.

"Ms. Fang, take up a few minutes of your time, I want to ask some questions, is it okay?"

Fang Qing pursed her lips, pinched the corners of her clothes, and sat down opposite him. Xia Liang noticed that there was half of the takeaway and clear soup noodles left on the table, and he didn't have time to clean it up.

She went to the police station early in the morning to report the case, and when she saw her husband's body, she had to ask for leave, and went through a series of cumbersome criminal investigation procedures, and maybe she had to be busy with the funeral, and she just had time to eat - thinking of this, Xia felt a little guilty in her conscience.

"Ms. Fang, we have no malicious intentions, we are just doing business, and we also hope to help you find the murderer as soon as possible, please rest assured."

Fang Qing clasped her hands on her thighs, her eyes flickering slightly.

"Okay...... Thank you ......."

"May I ask Ms. Fang, Mr. Fu will be at home on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, right?"

"Yes...... He often works overtime, usually arriving home at 11 p.m. and even later on Friday nights — often when he arrives home I don't know and is already asleep. ”

Xia Liang frowned:

"I would venture to ask, are you and your husband separated? Hear from you about how long you've been ...... The relationship between husband and wife is not very good. ”

"I still sleep in the same room. Only when he came back too late would he go to sleep in his study. ”

"I see." Xia Liang wrote something in his notes.

"So, you didn't see him this weekend, and you dialed dozens of times in a row and the phone was turned off, so you decided to call the police, right?"

"Yes."

"According to our investigation, the date of Mr. Fu's murder should have been on October 10, the day before yesterday, and the time range was probably from the afternoon to the early morning of the next day - what were you and your daughter doing during that time?"

Fang Qing lowered her head slightly, and her voice became softer:

“…… It's nothing, I took a leave of absence and took my daughter to Tianhe. ”

"Leave?" Xia Liang repeated suspiciously.

"Hmm...... I am a nurse by profession and started working part-time as a salesperson in a pharmacy half a year ago. ”

Xia Liang was silent for a few seconds, considering the words:

"You took a leave of absence and then took your daughter to Tianhe, is there anything important?"

"It doesn't matter...... It's just that my daughter has not been in a good mood recently, so I took her for a casual walk. ”

Xia Liang sighed silently in his heart, and wrote a few words in his notebook, Fang Qing glanced at him with a little uneasiness. He went on to ask:

"Can you tell me in detail what you and your daughter did when you went to Tianhe?"

Fang Qing didn't speak, as if she was reminiscing. After a while, he slowly spoke:

"We went to the city square to take her for a break. Wander around the mall. ”

"Did you go to dinner? Or in what store, what ...... bought"

"Officer, are you suspicious of us?"

"It's really just business, please understand." Xia Liang smiled bitterly.

Fang Qing unconsciously grabbed her thigh and whispered:

"Didn't buy anything...... We went to the ice rink and in the evening, had a casual bite to eat at KFC in the city square. ”

Xia Liang raised his eyebrows.

"Do you go to the rink often?"

"In the past, when Ying'er wasn't so busy, she would go once or twice a month. Now that she's in her third year of high school and she's busy with her studies, she doesn't go much. ”

"I heard that Ling Ai recently took on a new play?"

"Yes. That was the direction Ying'er chose for herself, and we have always supported her. ”

Xia Liang clutched the tip of his pen and asked tentatively:

"If Ling Aizhen is busy with her studies...... There should be very little time to come out and relax, right? ”

Fang Qing nodded:

"Yes...... However, perhaps because she has just transferred to another school and is not yet adaptable, Ying'er's mood has been very low, and I feel that this is not a solution......

"Your daughter just transferred to another school?"

"From Guanghui to Xiaguang."

"Is there any reason?"

"It's not a special reason, it's just that it's still that thing, and the family is in the middle of the road...... Guanghui's tuition and accommodation fees are really unaffordable......"

Xia Liang took a breath and asked again:

"And what time did you get home?"

This time Fang Qing didn't spend much time recalling:

"It was 12 o'clock when I got home."

"So late?"

"Well, we took the last subway, and we arrived at Huangsha at half past eleven, so we still have an impression of this."

"After eating, did you stay in Tianhe District until eleven o'clock?"

"Yes, we decided to go to the movies on the fly. The movie was new and the seats were full, so I bought tickets for nine o'clock......"

At the end of the study, Zhao Gang and his colleagues had already taken a general look, and found nothing abnormal, the floor was very clean, and when they opened the wardrobe, they could see a rolled up tatami mat. A criminal policeman walked out:

"Excuse me, Ms. Fang, have you cleaned this study recently?"

Fang Qing hurriedly raised her head and answered "yes".

"I cleaned it yesterday, and Fu Sizhe didn't come back...... I thought I'd take advantage of my free time to tidy up my study...... Because he usually stays there all the time, and he doesn't have much opportunity to do a big cleaning. ”

Zhao Gang also came out of it.

"Is that computer in there Mr. Fu's?"

"Yes, he is usually the only one who uses it, and neither Ying'er nor I have used it."

Zhao Gang said:

"We may need to take the computer to the police station and study it, and then we will return it to you, can you?"

Fang Qing nodded: "Please." ”

Xia Liang pondered for a while, took a breath, and asked:

"Ms. Fang, I would like to ask you something at the end...... Places you went on the day on the 10th, KFC, ice rink, cinema, ...... Did you leave any bills, stubs or anything like that? ”

Fang Qing thought about it, shook her head a little uncertainly, and as if she remembered something, she walked into the bedroom and took out her mobile phone.

"I use WeChat payment when I buy things, so I still have transaction records here, do you think it's okay?"

Fang Qing opened the payment record and put it in front of Xia Liang, Xia Liang browsed them one by one, the payment time and store on the record were all well described by Fang Qing. But Xia Liang's frowning brows still didn't stretch. He pursed his lips and said:

"These payment records, I hope you can take screenshots and send them to me. And...... Is there really no physical evidence? ”

Fang Qing hesitated for a moment and muttered:

"The ticket stub may still be in your pocket."

She went into the bedroom again, fumbled around in the gray coat pockets on the hanger, and finally found the stubs for two movie tickets in the inner lining of the clothes.

Xia Liang took the two stubs and did not speak.

"Is that okay?" Fang Qing asked in a low voice.

The detective who came out of the bedroom turned to the next room, twisted the handle, and found that it was locked. Fang Qing was stunned and explained:

"It was my daughter's room, we usually respect her private space, and the key is only her own."

The criminal policeman and Zhao Gang looked at each other, and several people looked at Xia Liang again, Xia Liang shook his head without a trace, and stood up:

"I'll get here today, I'm sorry to excuse you."

With Fang Qing's consent, the criminal policemen took away the computer in the study, walked all the way downstairs, came to the front of the car, and put the computer in the trunk.

Several people compared the results of the on-site investigation, and there were no suspicious signs in the bedroom and study. However, several criminal policemen also seemed to have expected this result for a long time, and Zhao Gang looked at Xia Liang.

"Lao Xia, how is the situation of your questioning over there?"

What they didn't expect was that Xia Liang didn't react directly, he held the steering wheel and was silent for a long time before he made a jerky sound.

"I'm not sure ......"