Lao Chen and Xu Tian drove to Yi Shuai's house after separation, and the neighbor's house where the report was reported was wide open, and Lao Chen was greeted by an aunt in her fifties.

"Are you the informant?" Lao Chen asked.

"Yes, just now the security guard said that I was nervous, and my old man has been counting me down, no one believes me, comrade policeman, I really heard a woman's cry from their house."

"Don't worry, what do you call you?"

"My surname is Wang, and they all call me Aunt Wang."

"Then I'll call you Sister Wang! You are not a few years older than me, can you describe in detail the cry of the woman you heard at that time? ”

"The first cry I heard at about half past six in the evening, when it was just getting dark, I was chopping vegetables in the kitchen, and when I was about to put it into the pot, I suddenly remembered that I forgot to cook rice, and when I was washing rice, I felt that the kitchen of the house next door seemed to light up, it was Yi Shuai's house."

"The kitchen light is on?"

"Yes, I can see it clearly, but it only lights up for a moment and then it goes out, and then there is a whining sobbing sound inside, and the sound is like a wronged woman secretly crying."

"Can I take a look at your kitchen?"

"Yes, come in! It's cold, I'll pour you a cup of hot water. ”

Aunt Wang is very enthusiastic about Lao Chen, as Aunt Wang said, the weather outside is very dry and cold, this year's cold snap came earlier than in the past, Lao Chen was stimulated by the ice ballast stuck to the car door when he closed the car door downstairs, and now Lao Chen feels cold on his fingertips.

"Comrade policeman, you don't have to change your slippers." Aunt Wang greeted Lao Chen with a smiling face. "It's so cold, I remember I didn't wear a sweater last year!" Aunt Wang picked up a transparent glass on the dining table in the living room, poured some steaming boiling water from the kettle and handed it to Lao Chen.

"Thank you!" Lao Chen said politely.

"This is as it should be, it's a cold day, you're also very hard, in fact, I also know that it may not be a big deal, the dead old man in my family has never let me call the police, but I'm afraid! Their family has just died, and the family is all mentally ill, do you think I can not be afraid? ”

For Aunt Wang's chatter, Lao Chen felt very helpless.

"Tell me, where did you hear the cry?"

"It's in the kitchen." Aunt Wang pointed to the kitchen ten steps away.

Lao Chen saw that there were still shredded vegetables on the kitchen board, and after walking into the kitchen, Lao Chen also found that the open rice cooker was filled with raw rice soaked in water, it seemed that Aunt Wang was really frightened, and she didn't even dare to come in her own kitchen.

"That's where you heard the cry, right?" Lao Chen stood in front of the board and looked back at Aunt Wang and said.

"Yes, yes, that's it!" Aunt Wang didn't move in front of the dining table in the living room, looking a little flustered.

Lao Chen looked at the right side of the kitchen, and could indeed clearly see the kitchen of Yi Shuai's house, the kitchens of the two families were very close, Lao Chen estimated that the distance was only about thirty centimeters, and it stands to reason that the kitchens of the two families could not be so close. Lao Chen looked around again and found that the kitchen space of Aunt Wang's house was relatively large, and now Lao Chen understood that the kitchen of Aunt Wang's house should have expanded the space privately.

"Sister Wang, was the window open in your kitchen at that time?" Lao Chen didn't look back when he said this, but looked at the kitchen of Yi Shuai's house on the right.

"I opened a small crack and let out the fumes."

"When did you hear the cry?"

"The second time was in the living room, I was sitting on the couch watching TV, around half past seven in the evening! I was dazed when I looked at me, and just as I was napping, I heard a whining cry, this time louder than the one I heard in the kitchen, and I thought I was dreaming in a trance. ”

"Are you awake then?"

"I woke up, but the crying stopped when I opened my eyes."

"Are you just sitting on that couch behind the dinner table?" Lao Chen walked out of the kitchen and said.

"Yes, this is the place where I felt the crying was close to me, as if it was in my ears, and when I woke up, I felt that the crying was very similar to what I heard in the kitchen."

"Where's your lover?"

"I'm already asleep, that dead old man, who doesn't care about my life or death, knows how to study his lottery all day."

"Did you hear a cry afterward?"

"I heard it again at about eight o'clock, because I was a little scared, so I went to bed early, but I couldn't sleep tossing and turning." Aunt Wang was holding on to the table, her legs trembling a little. "At that time, my old man was snoring very loudly! I was going to sleep on the sofa in the living room with the quilt, but as soon as I stepped out of the bedroom, I heard movement in the kitchen. Aunt Wang's eyes widened, staring directly at the kitchen behind Lao Chen. At first, there was a faint sobbing, I put the quilt on the sofa, turned on the light and walked into the kitchen, at this time I found that the crying did not come from our house, it was exactly the same as the first time I heard the cry, it came from the kitchen of Yi Shuai's house next door. ”

Lao Chen suddenly turned his head to look at the kitchen, and at this time Aunt Wang also stopped talking, and the room became extremely quiet, which made Lao Chen feel a little anxious.

"You called the police after that, didn't you?" Lao Chen turned his head and said.

"Yes!" Aunt Wang nodded.

"Okay, I know the situation, now I'll go to Yi Shuai's house to have a look, thank you for your cooperation, I'm sorry to disturb you so late."

"It's me who bothers you, I'm really a little scared of an old woman, if only my old man were still here." Aunt Wang lowered her head and said.

"What did you say?"

"Oh...... I mean, if only my old man had been with me, that dead ghost, I don't say anything, and he doesn't care about me at all. ”

"Okay, I'll go to Yi Shuai's house next door to have a look, I won't leave for the time being, just call me if there's anything."

"Then I'm sorry for you, make sure to find the woman who was crying, I really heard the cry."

"By the way, can you pour me another cup of hot water?" The water was a little lukewarm just now, not very thirst-quenching, but now the water temperature should have dropped, and I want to have another drink. ”

"Okay, okay, I'll pour you water."

Taking advantage of the opportunity for Aunt Wang to turn around and pour water, Lao Chen bent down to check where Aunt Wang was standing just now, and when he first entered the door, Lao Chen found that something was wrong, this table was too obstructive, it was placed in front of the sofa, and it was still that kind of very high dining table. What made Lao Chen feel most unacceptable was that there were no chairs around the dining table, and Aunt Wang had been standing in front of the sofa next to the dining table without moving, all kinds of signs made Lao Chen feel very suspicious.

Lao Chen reached under the sofa, and as Lao Chen expected, what he pulled out was a photo frame with an enlarged black and white posthumous photo inside.