"What?" I thought I had misheard, so I hurriedly asked again, "What did you say your granddaughter's name was?" ”

"Erin. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The old woman adjusted her pronunciation to make the words sound clearer.

Yes, I hear you clearly, Irene! This is Erin's home!

The shock in my heart had reached the point of no return, and if I hadn't endured it, I was afraid that I would have jumped out of my seat at this moment.

Zhao Hong seemed to see my abnormality, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" Is there anything wrong with my words? ”

"No... No, by the way, what day did you learn about your granddaughter's accident? "I have to confirm that the other party's Erin is the same person as I think I am.

Zhao Hong frowned and tried to recall, and after a while, he said uncertainly: "It seems to be the night before yesterday, I don't remember the specific time." Alas, this man is old, and his memory is not good, let alone a few days ago, even if it is the day, sometimes he can't remember it well. ”

I nodded in understanding, yes, I also learned of Irene's death the night before yesterday on October 19th...

October 19th...

I turned my gaze to the journal, and it seemed that I had been overlooking one very important thing, time.

It's time for the diary!

Or that he never connected the incident here or even the driver and the mysterious person with the murder two days ago, that is, on October 18, and now from Zhao Hong's narrative and the contents of the diary, it is certain that the owner of this small building, Erin, is the colleague of the deceased Li Qing in the closed room murder case.

And she was already killed the day before yesterday!

"Comrade policeman, my granddaughter she ......"

"She's gone."

I replied casually, but as soon as I said it, I regretted it, was it too cruel to tell this old man the truth?

Zhao Hong was stunned at first when she heard this, the last glimmer of hope that she still had had also faded from her old face, she didn't cry, tears are not the only interpretation of sadness, I wanted to comfort her, but I didn't know what to say, anyway, it wouldn't be polite words like mourning.

Fortunately, Zhao Hong was much stronger than I expected, she let out a long sigh and asked in a choked voice, "How did Xiao Lin die?" ”

"I'm sorry, the case is still being solved, and it is inconvenient for me to disclose it, please understand." I made an excuse to get by.

Zhao Hong sighed again and stood up with a tired expression, looking like he was about to leave.

"Could you please wait a minute, may I ask a few more questions? If you will. ”

Although I didn't want to rub salt on the other party's wounds, I didn't want to let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for questioning.

Zhao Hong reluctantly squeezed out a polite smile from his face, and said calmly, "You ask." ”

"Erin is your granddaughter?"

"Yes."

"What about her parents? Is she the only one living here? ”

"As far as I know, her parents passed away when she was twenty years old, and the house here was also left to Xiao Lin."

"Is she married?"

"No, in fact, I also urged this matter, but she seems to have other plans, and she didn't tell me what her plans were."

"Did she tell you anything out of the ordinary before she had an accident?"

"No, the last time we talked on the phone was a week ago."

"So she doesn't have any close friends? Or is it a boyfriend? ”

"I've never heard of it, in fact, I don't know about her private affairs, otherwise I wouldn't have known about her accident."

"Apart from you, what other relatives does Erin have around her?"

"Alas~" Zhao Hong suddenly sighed, "No, she is a hard-working child, she has watched her loved ones leave one by one since she was a child, but she can't do anything." ”

At this, the old man's eyes moistened, and she looked at me with a tired expression, waiting for the next question.

"That's all for today, thank you for your cooperation." I couldn't bear it, and I really couldn't think of anything else to ask, "If you think of anything in the future, you can call the police directly." ”

Zhao Hong nodded, got up from the chair tremblingly, and hesitated for a while before asking, "Then when can I see Xiao Lin?" ”

"My colleague will contact you again when the investigation is over."

Zhao Hong was silent, we didn't speak again, I just helped her downstairs and went out, watching her leave alone, and there was an indescribable bitterness in my heart.

What is it like for a white-haired person to send a black-haired person? I don't know, and I don't know if I should tell the old man this cruel truth? Although I already do!

Looking up at the sky, the blue sky after the rain is pure and translucent, and there is a faint rainbow hanging on it, and the quiet around me is quiet, and the scattered houses no longer seem lonely, which makes me feel like I am out of the world.

I exhaled softly, blowing away the sentimentality in my heart, now is not the time to be depressed, otherwise Zhao Hong's tragedy will be repeated in me, which I never want to see.

I suddenly felt a little emotional, life is like this, always full of all kinds of unexpected things.

The identification of Erin, the owner of the small building, has been confirmed, which is definitely a huge progress, which has made many clues that were originally scattered have been connected.

And I've come to understand that my secret mission here must have something to do with Irene's death.

So, the next investigation went much smoother than before, and the only thing that made me feel uncomfortable was that I had to stay here all night, in the room where the dead man lived, lying on the bed where the dead man slept, covered with the quilt used by the dead man, if I didn't want to freeze to death in the middle of the night.

The driver picked me up the next morning, as he said, and a few minutes before he arrived at the building, a thought flashed through my mind, an astonishing fact that I should have thought of a long time ago.

I was busy at the scene of the murder all day, and I didn't even meet half of the police!

Erin has only been dead for three days, and it is not a suicide, and it is impossible for the crime scene to be unguarded by the police, so what about them? Leaving your home for a day and a night? No one will believe this absurd explanation.

And the reason why I ignored such an important clue was because after Zhao Hong came, I subconsciously thought of myself as a police officer handling the case.

After thinking about it, the driver had already parked the car next to me, waved at me and shouted, "Get in the car, it's time for the mission." ”

I stared at him with both eyes, but my body didn't move, "Take me to see Lu Yong." ”

The driver smiled slightly when he heard this, looked at me noncommittally, and said nothing.

His reaction was much more than I expected, I thought he would deny it with emotion, or pretend to be at a loss, but now, his appearance was clearly acquiescing, which made me speechless for a while, and I didn't know how to continue.

"I'll talk about it when I get in the car."

The driver urged again, this time with a more consultative tone in his words.

I didn't hesitate to get in the car, and if I had turned around and walked away now, the unthinkable would have happened, but I would probably have spent the rest of my life in prison.

The car started slowly, I looked at the flowing scenery outside the window, and said lightly: "Do you police officers do things like this?" What an eye-opener! ”

"You cops?" The driver laughed, "It turns out that you didn't remember it, it really made me happy." ”

"What comes to mind?"

"Nothing, I'm really curious about how I got my identity exposed? You're not cheating on me, are you?! ”

I wouldn't ask questions that the driver didn't want to answer, because I knew it would be futile, so I reached for my phone in front of the windshield and half-jokingly said, "If I say I'm lying to you, do you believe it or not?" ”

"I don't believe it."

"Why?"

"Because you don't bother to do such things."

"You seem to know me well, but I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you this time, because I just did this two days ago."

Although it is not clear what the police want to do with such a large circle, one thing is certain, the safety of himself and his relatives does not need to worry for the time being, and the driver's words yesterday are just to scare himself.

I looked at my phone as I spoke, and there was a call to Nie Qian in the call log, the time was last night, it should have been made by the driver, which made me feel a little relieved.

I sent another message to Nie Qian to report that I was safe, then I put away my phone and said thank you lightly.

"Why do you want to get in the car when you already know my identity? Even if you leave in front of me, I won't do anything to you. ”

"You don't have to do anything to me, even if you don't do anything, the police will chase me for the rest of my life, and it's only a matter of time before you get caught and brought back to the police station, am I right?"

For the first time, there was a look of approval in the driver's eyes, and he acquiesced in not speaking.

I looked out the window again, and said, "Since I have to face you in the end, I might as well go with you now, so that I can take the initiative." ”

"Hahahaha..."

The driver suddenly burst out laughing, shook his head and sighed, "Team Lu is right, you are such a cunning guy!" Okay, tell me how exactly you found out who I am? ”

"The policeman had already seen me last night, but he still let me go, and I knew then that this must have been arranged by you, but at that time I thought that you had bought the policeman, which made me run so smoothly."

I paused and continued: "Of course, this alone cannot determine your identity, when I learned that the owner of the small building was Erin, and when I knew that this was the scene of the crime, there was a biggest flaw......

"You find out that there aren't half a police officer here." The driver picked up.

I nodded, "If you could buy a few police officers to help me escape the night before, then yesterday you had to transfer all the police officers at the scene of the crime, which is not something that can be done with money, so who has the ability?" And the person in charge of this serial murder case is Lu Yong, and if you think about it like this, the answer is about to come out. However, I'm not 100% sure, so I just used a bit of a trick. ”

"Listening to your analysis, I think we're a little pediatric!" The driver smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said seriously: "Introduce yourself, my name is Xu Long, I am the deputy captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, and the police officer number XXXXX." ”

"Vice-Captain?" His identity surprised me a lot, "I didn't expect that my face was so big that I could let the deputy captain of the criminal investigation team come out in person." But I really want to know, what is this fuss for? ”

"Well, when you see Team Lu, you'll understand." Xu Long smiled mysteriously at me, changed the subject and said, "By the way, what did you find yesterday, in Erin's small building?" ”

I smiled at my own shadow in the car window, and after a while, I muttered, "You'll know when you see Lu Yong." ”

"Hey, it's still this stinky temper, really." Xu Long pursed his lips angrily.

"Who the hell are you? Why do you always act like you know me very well?! I couldn't help but ask.

Xu Long glanced at me proudly and said provocatively, "If you beg me, maybe I will tell you." ”

"No need, love to talk about it or not." I turned my head angrily and ignored him.

The two of them were speechless all the way, and the atmosphere was strange to a very inconspicuous building, Xu Long parked the car in front of the building, and then beckoned me to get off.

"Where is this? Didn't we go to the police station to see Lu Yong? Looking at the unfamiliar environment, I asked in surprise.

Xu Long still looked mysterious, didn't answer, and walked straight to the building.

I rolled my eyes helplessly, and had to follow in a huff.

It was an ordinary residential building, with a total of six floors and four households on each floor, Xu Long was obviously very familiar with this place, and walked very fast, I could barely keep up, and finally, we stopped in front of room 402.

Xu Long glanced around vigilantly, and when he saw that everything was fine, he raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door.

The way he knocked on the door was something I had never seen before, and the palms and backs of his hands were tapping in different forces and rhythms, and I swore that even if I practiced for half a day, I would not be able to guarantee that I would hit the same rhythm every time.

As soon as Xu Long's hand was lowered, the door was slowly opened from the inside, and a familiar middle-aged man appeared in front of us and said in a deep voice, "You guys are here." ”