After leaving the Renai community, Zhao Ming found a reason to hand over the copied CD and some materials to Li Tao, and then returned to the Oriental Baths alone. But this time, in order not to attract attention, he specially chose a place where no one was there to take off his police uniform shirt, and called Liu Xiaoya to come out.

At first, Liu Xiaoya showed embarrassment about going out during work hours, but after Zhao Ming explained that this was to arrest Zhang Qin's murderer faster, Liu Xiaoya still agreed to meet.

For the sake of convenience and to avoid arousing suspicion, Zhao Ming specially chose a high-end café near the Oriental Bathhouse and chose a corner location to sit down.

As soon as Liu Xiaoya sat down, Zhao Ming impatiently shook out the doubts in his heart, "You said before that Zhang Qin has no relatives alive. So I want to ask in detail, do you remember Zhang Qin's performance before and after getting the money? ”

"Money?" Liu Xiaoya raised her eyebrows, as if she didn't understand why Zhao Ming would focus on money.

"Yes, money is always the greatest temptation to commit crime." Zhao Ming said clichés.

"That's it." Liu Xiaoya seemed to be convinced, and then saw her frowning, thinking about it, "If you want to talk about performance, you can probably only say that you are happy, after all, normal people will behave like this if they win so much money through the game." ”

"Just happy? Think about it again. Zhao Ming was not satisfied with such an answer.

Fortunately, Liu Xiaoya recalled for a long time this time before she spoke again, "What should I say, officer." Zhang Qin and I actually have that kind of relationship. Speaking of this, Liu Xiaoya glanced at Zhao Ming slightly, and after seeing that he had no opinion on this, she continued, "During that time, we were almost all together, but she refused to say anything about playing games. ”

Liu Xiaoya paused, as if she was a little uncomfortable. Seeing this, Zhao Ming can indeed understand Liu Xiaoya's feelings at this moment, just imagine, knowing that the lover has a secret, but the other party doesn't tell you anything, it will not be happy.

"It was also because of that game that she slowly became estranged from me, which led to the subsequent cold war...... "Maybe it's because I realized that I shouldn't confide in the police officer about such an unrelated private matter." Liu Xiaoya blinked violently to stop the tears from flowing. "I remember that when Zhang Qin first played that mysterious game, it was just a pastime after work, and it wasn't until she actually won money for the first time that her attitude changed."

Thinking of that time, Liu Xiaoya felt a little sad. Since winning the reward for the first time, Zhang Qin has become focused, the class is not serious, and the guests love to ignore it. At that time, she also told me that it would not be long before she would be able to get 5 million yuan, and then she would take me to other cities to enjoy life. ”

Recalling this, the tears that she could hold back finally came out of her eyes, and when Zhao Ming saw this, he habitually took out a handkerchief from his shirt pocket and wiped it for her.

After a while, Liu Xiaoya, who was slightly choked, continued, "Of course, when I heard her say something like that, I just smiled and thought it was just a joke. But Zhang Qin began to play that game like fascinated from that time, first for half a day and a day without seeing anyone, and then, the class did not come to school directly, and the phone could not be reached. I thought something had happened to her until the second time she put the incoming text in front of me. ”

"Although many days have passed, I can still clearly remember that the text message showed 50,000 yuan." Liu Xiaoya sighed, "The next day, Zhang Qin went to the bank to get all the money out, so much money in front of my eyes, I can't say anything more about her playing games." ”

"Was that before Zhang Qin's complete resignation or after his resignation?" Zhao Ming, who had been listening patiently, asked.

"On the day of the withdrawal, Zhang Qin happened to resign." Liu Xiaoya lowered her head, "With that money, I also agree with her resignation, after all, it's not a good thing to always take advantage of those perverts in the bath." ”

As she spoke, Liu Xiaoya's attitude changed. "But now that I think about it, maybe if she had continued to work in the baths, the end would have been much better than death. Because after resigning, she has a lot of time, and she can gradually be described as crazy. After that, seeing her become something I didn't know at all day by day, the inevitable argument between us still happened. Since that day, we have lost contact. ”

After listening to this, Zhao Ming responded in a deep voice, and he also had a general understanding of the next development of the death game in his heart, obviously, as the level goes on, the reward amount will be higher and higher, and the things that people who participate in the game will have to do more and more difficult, and they may even violate the laws and rules, or fall into the same way as Zhang Qin, and directly drive themselves crazy.

"You have to catch the organizers behind this game as soon as possible, and only then can you get yourself free."

Zhao Ming said this in his heart, and suddenly thought of a very important question. "You just said that Zhang Qin is used to taking out money, does this mean that the more than 300,000 yuan she won is at her house?"

When Liu Xiaoya heard this, she first nodded and then shook her head, "I'm not sure about this either." But the more than 300,000 yuan was indeed taken out by her, and I saw it on the day I had a dispute with her. What's wrong? Didn't you find it in the house? ”

"Yes, I didn't find it."

"Ahh So, someone killed Zhang Qin for that money? Liu Xiaoya covered her mouth and asked in disbelief.

"Now we can only say that it is possible. Because such a large amount of money is sufficient to constitute a motive for committing a crime. Originally, it was just a coping response, but as he spoke, Zhao Ming suddenly changed his words and pretended to ask casually, "With so much money, Zhang Qin shouldn't be put anywhere in the house casually, do you know where she might be hiding?" ”

"Huh?" Although Liu Xiaoya is a girl who works in Fengyue Place, she is not stupid to that extent, I saw her raise her eyebrows, "Is this related to Zhang Qin's death?" ”

Zhao Ming was afraid that she would know what he really thought, so he nodded without changing his face, "Whether we can find that money or not will determine the direction of our investigation, so yes, it's related." ”

"Oh." Liu Xiaoya was skeptical, and after thinking for a while, she still replied, "I remember that she should have hidden the money under the bed against the wall, in the far corner." ”

After getting this important information, the anxious Zhao Ming then casually asked some innocuous questions, then got up to settle the account and began to walk out.

It wasn't until the two of them stood in front of the café that Zhao Ming came back to his senses a little from the temptation of the money, "By the way, I look at the business license, the owner of the Oriental Bathhouse is called Zhang Zhendong?" ”

Liu Xiaoya, who was still immersed in grief and pain, nodded and began to answer briefly.

After separating from Liu Xiaoya, Zhao Ming stood at a crossroads and faced two choices: one was to follow the clues given by Liu Xiaoya and go straight to Zhang Zhendong's residence to distinguish the true from the fake. The second is to hurry up and return to the Renai community, hoping that the money is still under the bed and has not been taken away by the murderer.

In fact, Zhao Ming thinks that the probability that the money is still there is very high!

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Ming took out the strange mobile phone in his pocket, glanced at the countdown, and finally made a decision.

The old man in the property office was a little surprised to see Zhao Ming who had gone and returned, but he was surprised, and after a brief explanation, he still gave the key to Zhao Ming.

It didn't take long for Zhao Ming to stand under the twenty buildings again, and a thin figure with a crossbody computer bag on his back in front of him was hurrying out of the elevator to the first floor.

The man wore an exaggerated peaked cap, the thick glasses on the bridge of his nose glowed so that he could not see his eyes clearly, and the beard on his upper and lower jaws looked a little scruffy after not being taken care of in some time.

Perhaps because of his thin figure, the bag he was carrying seemed to be very difficult. From Zhao Ming's point of view at this time, the person's body was slightly tilted.

Soon, the sloppy thin man passed by Zhao Ming without raising his head. Zhao Ming, whose eyes unconsciously followed him, even felt that after this person saw him, his steps suddenly accelerated.

But Zhao Ming didn't care, after all, he has been a police officer for two years, and he has long been accustomed to other people's instinctive behavior to stay away from him.

The thin man drifted away, and after a while he vanished. Zhao Ming took a deep breath and strode towards the elevator.