Chapter 12: Overlapping Narratives
"It doesn't matter if it's day or night, you have to be careful." The man said with a smile.
"Then how dare you let us in?" Lei Baoquan asked strangely, since he was so cautious, how could he let two strangers into the house.
"I just heard you talking in the hallway, and I know you're a cop. Then I saw you enter Xie Tao's house, and I have been waiting for you to come out. The man whispered.
"You want to tell us about it?" Li Bai heard the man say this just now.
"I can't say that I can't reflect it, after the accident yesterday, I was not at home when the police came here, so this time you come, if you have anything you want to ask, you must say what I know." The man said as he asked the two to sit down.
Lei Baoquan thought for a while, smiled, and said: "People are hiding when they encounter this kind of thing, for fear of getting into trouble, why are you still so active in making up?" β
"Hehe, I just feel sorry for Lao Peng, what a good person, it's so suddenly gone, no one can bear to touch it, so I thought that if I could help, it could be regarded as helping the old neighbor repay his wish." The man said with some sadness.
Lei Baoquan and Li Bai were a little moved, this person seemed to be quite righteous, I don't know what his relationship with Peng Daliang was.
"Then I'll start asking." Lei Baoquan said.
"Okay, well, do you want to drink water?" The man got up and tried to pour water for them.
"Don't be busy, don't be busy, we won't drink, we'll leave after asking." Lei Baoquan hurriedly waved his hand and said.
The man sat back and looked at the two of them seriously.
"What's your name? Tell us a little about yourself. Lei Baoquan asked first.
"My name is Gong Bin, I am 26 years old this year, I am a native of Yungang City, I am a freelance writer, helping newspapers and magazines to write." The man said.
Li Bai only took a good look at Gong Bin now, combed his small north head, his eyes were small but bright, his face was not big, his chin was pointed, and he looked thin. There is indeed a kind of writer who is weak in writing.
"How long have you been living here?" Lei Baoquan continued to ask while writing down the information in the small notebook he brought.
"It's been about three or four years, and I've been living here since I got a job after graduating from college." Gong Bin replied.
"You're alone?"
Gong Bin smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm the only one I don't have a girlfriend yet." β
Li Bai looked left and right at the furnishings in the house. Although there are a lot of things, they are very clean and tidy, not like a single man living in it.
"What about your parents?" Li Bai asked.
"Uh" Gong Bin hesitated, lowered his head and said, "I was sick and passed away two years ago." β
"Huh? I'm sorry, I don't know. Li Bai hurriedly apologized.
"It's fine." Gong Bin smiled bitterly. "It's all gone." β
Lei Baoquan looked up and looked around, and also noticed what Li Bai looked at just now, and said, "Your house is very clean, you cleaned it up by yourself?" β
"Of course, I'm a bit of a cleanliness person, so I can't stand being messy. Gong Bin said truthfully.
Lei Baoquan nodded and asked, "How is your relationship with Peng Daliang?" β
"How so? We are just ordinary neighbors, and we can't say how good we are, but we have never had any conflicts. Gong Bin replied.
"Oh, the neighbors in this building. Who does he have the worst relationship with? Lei Baoquan asked from a different angle.
Gong Bin thought for a while and said, "He usually has a good temper and takes care of everyone, so basically there is nothing bad about it." β
Lei Baoquan and Li Bai looked at each other, which was the same as what the previous few people said.
"And were you at home the night of his accident?" Lei Baoquan asked again.
"Yes, I was sleeping when I heard someone shouting in the hallway, and I was startled and hurried out to see. As a result, there were many people standing in the hallway. Peng Daliang was dead at that time. Gong Bin recalled.
"Before? Didn't hear anything? β
"I wasn't sure before, but I remember hearing voices in the hallway before I woke up." Gong Bin said uncertainly.
"What sound?" Lei Baoquan and Li Bai's eyes lit up.
"It's like the sound of a door opening, oh. That's right! Mew! I've always had cats barking before. Gong Bin suddenly remembered.
Lei Baoquan and Li Bai were still wondering why Gong Bin didn't mention the cat meow like the previous few people, and sure enough, he still talked about it.
"You said you heard the door open?" Lei Baoquan noticed his first sentence.
Gong Bin scratched his head and said, "Yes, I heard it, before that." There seem to be a few knocks on the door! β
Lei Baoquan was taken aback, he seemed to have heard this somewhere, and after thinking about it carefully, he asked the woman on the other side of Xie Tao's house yesterday, and she said the same thing.
Lei Baoquan felt that this clue might be a breakthrough, so he asked: "Think about it, are you sure it's a knock on the door?" Can you hear when you knock on the door? β
Gong Bin saw that Lei Baoquan was very concerned about this, so he tried to think about it. His eyes closed slightly, and after a while, he said: "There was a knock on the door, I can basically be sure of this, but I am not sure whose door it is, but it sounds like"
Gong Bin's eyes drifted to the door, as if he had a point.
"You mean Xie Tao's family?" Li Bai understood what he meant.
"I just said that it seems to be in that direction, as for whether it is his house or not, I don't know, and I don't dare to say nonsense." Gong Bin said.
"Okay, we got it. Is there anything else you can add? Lei Baoquan felt that there was nothing else to ask.
"Comrade policeman, may I ask something?" Gong Bin suddenly asked cautiously.
"You say."
Gong Bin sat a little closer to the two of them and said, "I heard that Lao Peng died quite miserably, with many big and deep wounds on his body, and I heard the second sister next door say that he was scratched by Xie Tao's cat, is that the case?" β
"Huh?" Lei Baoquan felt that it was better not to reveal it, so he said: "The body is still being examined, and as for what the wound is, the results have not yet been released, so don't care about those rumors." β
"No, comrade policeman, you don't know, maybe what she said is possible!" Gong Bin saw that the two didn't believe it, and he was a little anxious.
"What do you mean?" Li Bai asked.
"His cat is very weird, when he first brought it back, it has scratched a lot of people, even our neighbors, sometimes stand at the door and talk to him, and the cat will suddenly come out of the door and shine on you is a paw while you are not paying attention." Gong Bin said with a vivid voice and movements, and Lei Baoquan and Li Bai didn't know what to say.
"You're not talking like a cat, it's like a wild tiger in Animal World." Li Bai said with a smile.
"Don't underestimate those cats, it's no worse than a tiger to start crazy, and it's a few cuts to scratch it." Gong Bin shook his head.
"It's like you've been caught." Li Bai said with a smile again. (To be continued.) )