"If the police come to visit today, do you need to take a leave of absence? If there's anything inconvenient and you need help with, be sure to let me know, okay?" Yu Youwei understands too well what it feels like to lose your job without money, and she sympathizes with the brothers.

"Yes, I've taken a good leave, but I'm *** fine, and promised me that as long as I work more overtime and finish the work, I won't deduct my salary." Because of poverty, Jiang Yi refused all social interactions, had no friends, and no woman would be interested in him, and suddenly a woman who appeared inexplicably and kept showing favor to him, he felt very uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry, can I borrow the restroom?" Zhang Chongzhi abruptly interrupted the conversation between the two.

"Oh, of course, over here." Jiang Yi took Zhang Chongzhi to the door of the bathroom, Zhang Chongzhi wanted to be polite to him, and wanted to say don't bother to point out that he could go over by himself, but it turned out that in such a small room, Jiang Yi was not troublesome at all to guide him, just two steps away, and there was no need for one more step.

Closing the door of the bathroom, Zhang Chongzhi turned around and wanted to lock the door, but found that this door was still the most old-fashioned wooden door, and it was still a broken door, which could only be concealed, and could not be locked at all.

Zhang Chongzhi had to walk out embarrassedly, moved a plastic stool, and explained to Jiang Yilian, "This ...... I'll take it against the door......

"Okay, okay, I'm really sorry, I didn't notice the problem with the door, usually there are only me and Haohao in the house, no one else will come, we are all used to such a door."

Zhang Chongzhi rarely feels this level of embarrassment, although Yu Youwei is smart enough, but she is also a woman, and she uses a stool in front of a woman to block the toilet door, which is really an embarrassment he has never experienced.

Yu Youwei could only smile at Jiang Yi, "I'm sorry, my brother is a little shy."

Jiang Yi nodded very understandingly, "Well, it looks messy here, you are really looking for someone to accompany you when you come over so early."

Fortunately, Zhang Chongzhi's psychological quality is good enough, and when he picks up the stool and turns around, he is no longer embarrassed. Covering the bathroom door with a stool, Zhang Chongzhi began to carefully inspect the bathroom of the two brothers, this old house has no balcony, so all the clothes of the brothers are hung in the bathroom, making the already small space more and more crowded.

Zhang Chongzhi walked to the far corner of the bathroom, it was a floor drain, he took out the prepared mask and medical rubber gloves from his pocket, skillfully lifted the floor drain, and carefully searched for it with long tweezers, but did not find the suspicious items he imagined. After restoring the floor drain to its original state, Zhang Chongzhi frowned and looked around the bathroom again that couldn't even fit a normal-sized washing machine.

Washer?

Zhang Chongzhi squatted in front of the washing machine, which was a small washing machine that looked a little old, with a white shell that had turned yellow and stained with some imprints that could not be removed. Zhang Chongzhi lifted the lid of the washing machine, the small washing machine was already stuffed, took out the contents of it, Zhang Chongzhi found that it was a set of bed sheets, the bed sheets exuded the unique musty smell of this building, he gave full play to the advantage of height, shook off the sheets, and looked carefully, sure enough, there were a lot of light brown stains on this gray sheet that could not be washed off, and then rummaged through, and you could see a few stains like the blood stains on Yu Youwei's coat.

Zhang Chongzhi was very excited when he found it, stuffed the sheets back into the washing machine and continued to search.

Yu Youwei, who stayed in the living room with Jiang Yi alone, was not idle, and continued to talk to Jiang Yi, "Hao Hao said that he saw it, he should have seen something related to the homeless man, have you paid attention to the homeless man?"

Jiang Yi stood up violently, "I'm sorry, I'm a little hypoglycemic, I have to find something to eat, don't you mind?"

Yu Youwei was a little stunned at this abrupt turn, "Of course, I'm waiting for you."

After saying hello to Yu Youwei, Jiang Yi got up and went into the kitchen, while Yu Youwei seized the time to observe the black cat in his arms.

It looks like this cat doesn't look like a domestic pet cat anymore, the hair doesn't have any luster, it looks malnourished, and the spirit is also very bad, and some are sick. Yu You stroked its hair slightly, and suddenly, I don't know where it touched, the black cat struggled violently, meowing, Yu You was slightly startled, okay

The cat was very malnourished, and its barking was weak, but it did not arouse Jiang Yi's alarm.

Yu Youwei thought of checking the black cat's body, touched the position he had just touched, turned over the thick fur, and a half-palm-long scar appeared, the scar was obviously caused by the past day or two, not only did it show no signs of healing at all, but it also oozed blood.

Carefully turning over every fur of the black cat, this little cat has a variety of injuries on its body, including cigarette butt burns, sharp weapon scratches, and even some stab wounds.

It's shocking.

This cat definitely won't live long, this is Yu Youwei's first conclusion.

Jiang Yi came back from the kitchen, Yu You was slightly busy pretending to be nothing, carefully stroked the black cat's hair, and asked Jiang Yi, "I just found out that this cat is a different pupil, what is its name?"

"Ah...... It's called ......" Jiang Yi's brain was racing, his eyes caught a glimpse of the wooden door of his bedroom, and he replied casually: "It's called Mumu, Haohao gave it the name, I'm usually very busy, I don't have time to take care of this cat."

"That's it, Mumu~Mumu~" Yu You called the black cat softly, but the black cat didn't react.

Jiang Yi's face was a little unbearable, so he took a step forward, and also learned from Yu Youwei's appearance and whispered, "Mu Mu, Mu Mu!" As he spoke, he raised his hand to take the black cat.

But when the black cat saw Jiang Yi's outstretched hand, he screamed and ran away.

Jiang Yi's hand was still in mid-air, and he smiled at Yu You with some embarrassment, "This cat is not very familiar with me."

Yu Youwei already knew that for Jiang Yi, the homeless man was a person who could not be mentioned, so he changed the topic, "We saw an old woman picking up garbage on the way here, does she also live in this building?"

"Old woman?" Jiang Yi's expression was very complicated, "I just said that I just heard a voice in the corridor, it turned out to be her, she scolded you?"

Jiang Yi seemed to know this old woman very well, and even knew what she was scolding, Yu You was a little embarrassed, "Yes, I saw that she was rummaging through the garbage, so I took a picture of her, and then ...... Hey, hey!"

"You don't have to care, this mother-in-law is also an old resident here, and in the first few years, this place was going to be demolished, that is, she advocated being a nail household, and she resolutely refused to leave if the money was not in place, and you also saw the result." Jiang Yi smiled wryly.

Yu Youwei had only heard of some farce in this community, but she didn't expect that the old woman who was very good at scolding was one of the protagonists.

"But she is also very pitiful, her husband has been paralyzed for many years, and she has no way to go out to work but to pick up garbage nearby. That demolition was the closest she had ever come to a good life in her life, and she wanted to grab it so much, she wanted more so much, and in the end she got nothing, and she still lived the days of picking up garbage and taking care of the old man, day after day, year after year." Jiang Yi's expression contained a lot of emotions, some sympathy, some sadness, and some disdain.

Yu Youwei could see that the mother-in-law's heart was very conflicted, she would clean up and tidy herself, but she used her own hands to turn over the filthy garbage, she rarely saw such a contradictory scavenger as this mother-in-law.

"Are all the aborigines in this building? I just saw a very young man who also had some conflicts with the old woman."

Yu Youwei's question stumped Jiang Yi, "There are aborigines and tenants, but the young men you mentioned, there are quite a lot of them in this building, I'm not sure which one it is, can you see clearly what floor it is?"

Yu You shook her head slowly, she was just thinking about escaping from that place of right and wrong quickly, how could she have the heart to see what floor she was on?

Yu Youwei wanted to continue talking, so Zhang Chongzhi walked out of the bathroom, shook the water in his hand, and beckoned to Jiang Yi, "I seem to hear the sound of the engine in the bathroom, I don't know if the police are coming."

Jiang Yi was a little surprised, "Will the police be dispatched so early?"

Yu Youwei was also confused, "It's not time to go to work yet!"

"The most important thing in a disappearance case is time, how can you wait until it's time to go to work?" Zhang Chongzhi's tone was very gentle, but the words he said were unquestionable.

Sure enough, the three of them were silent for two minutes, and a rhythmic knock on the door sounded, Yu You looked at Zhang Chongzhi dumbfounded, did he really hear the sound of the engine? Why didn't you hear it?

Zhang Chongzhi looked at Yu You's slightly surprised face, and smiled proudly, "The bathroom has windows, and the higher the floor, the clearer you can hear this sound, I also guessed, but I didn't expect it to be really a policeman."

Jiang Yi had already opened the door and invited the two policemen in.

There were two young male policemen, both dressed neatly, combing their hair, and looking energetic, looking like they were new policemen who had not graduated from the police academy for a long time. Yu Youwei has been in contact with some policemen, and according to her observations, as long as she works for a few years, she no longer has that kind of vitality in her body, and this profession is too tiring.

"Didn't you live with your brother?" The shorter policeman saw Yu Youwei and Zhang Chongzhi in the house, and asked, "Who are they?"

Without waiting for Jiang Yi to speak, Yu Youwei stretched out his hand, "Hello comrade policeman, I am Yu Youwei, a reporter from Jiangbei Daily, that's right, Haohao made a call to our newspaper before he disappeared, and it was me who answered the phone. He hasn't been seen since that call, and our newspaper is very concerned about it, and I very much hope that I can play a part in this matter and be a witness."

The short policeman who just asked the question frowned, took out a document from the backpack behind him, flipped it out and checked it, and handed it to Yu Youwei, "Is the phone number on this from your newspaper?"

Yu Youwei took the file, which was copied from Jiang Hao's phone watch, as well as the call log.