This day was the day when Andy Li and Chen Chuyao met with Rebecca's cousin, and the meeting place was chosen in a quiet coffee shop not far from the place of the incident.

Rebecca's cousin is about 45 years old, with thick eyes, a well-proportioned and sturdy body, giving people a very reliable feeling, and deep facial features, which can be recognized at a glance as a Westerner.

"Master Andy, this is my cousin Lucy." Rebecca introduced: "This is the Young Master Andy I often talk to you about, and Young Master Andy's partner Miss Chen. ”

Lucy folded her hands in front of her and bowed to Andy Lee.

"Miss Lucy, please be seated!" Andy Lee said politely.

Rebecca and Lucy sat opposite Andy Li and Chen Chuyao.

Andy Lee followed straight to the point and said, "Rebecca has already told us about your troubles, but she doesn't know a lot of details, so we have to trouble Miss Lucy to give us a detailed introduction." ”

"Thank you so much Mr. Andy for being willing to help me!"

Lucy was genuinely grateful, and Lucy's grateful gaze could be seen through the thick lenses of her glasses.

Then Lucy began to talk about the troubles she was experiencing.

Lucy started working as a maid for an 87-year-old man named Xie Zhijie two years ago, and her job was mainly to take care of the elderly's living and food.

Because Xie Zhijie suffers from chronic lung disease, he needs to be on oxygen all the time, and he must carry an oxygen cylinder with him, and his physical function is declining, and he is also in a wheelchair. In addition, the old man only has Lucy as a maid and nurse, so Lucy is almost 24 hours by the old man's side.

Xie Zhijie has a son and a daughter, none of whom live with the elderly, and the eldest son runs a hotel, which has been unable to make ends meet for a long time due to poor management, and often has to borrow money from the old man, barely maintaining the normal operation of the hotel. Xie Zhijie always felt that his son was incompetent, and every time he came to borrow money, he had to reprimand the other party fiercely.

The youngest daughter married a doctor at an early age and became a full-time housewife. Later, because of her husband's cheating, she ended in divorce. The youngest daughter did not go out to work after the divorce, but relied on her ex-husband's alimony and her father's financial support to support her life. Many things in the elderly's home are handled by the younger daughter, such as hiring a nurse and buying daily necessities. The youngest daughter is also very concerned about her father, although she does not live together, she will often visit Xie Zhijie, and will also ask Lucy about the old man's physical condition.

Because Xie Zhijie is old-fashioned and traditional, he always feels that after his daughter marries, she is no longer a member of the Xie family, and his daughter's marriage is unhappy and she does not seek progress, Xie Zhijie often reprimands and complains about his younger daughter.

In addition, the old man has a nephew, who is the only son of the old man's eldest brother, because the old man's eldest brother died early, so this nephew has been raised by the old man's side since he was a child.

Because the nephew knows that he has never been Xie Zhijie's biological flesh and blood, when he treats the elderly, he is more concerned about maintaining appropriate care and filial piety, neither too close nor distant. Xie Zhijie also has a lot of support for this nephew, but he does not have too much harshness like his own children, and more often symbolically cares about his nephew's life and work conditions, and the two sides get along quite well.

Due to the torture of chronic diseases, Xie Zhijie's temper is perverse and irritable, and the relationship between his family members is not harmonious, so Xie Zhijie always looks like a cold eyebrow and complains about the sky, until Lucy comes to take care of Xie Zhijie, after the initial run-in, Lucy gradually touched the old man with her simplicity and enthusiasm, which made the old man feel a lot more cheerful, and the two gradually became a pair of year-old friends who had nothing to say.

"Before the old man died, he told me more than once that if he died, someone must have murdered him!" Lucy said sadly, her eyes filled with sadness.

Chen Chuyao silently watched Lucy's reaction, and felt that her feelings for Xie Zhijie seemed to exceed that of ordinary masters and servants.

"What is the basis for what the old man Xie Zhijie said?" Andy Li asked solemnly.

"Most of the time when the old man says that, it's after an argument with his family." Lucy said: "The old man often had quarrels with his children, often unhappily, and after a few quarrels, the old man would tell me about the murder very sadly. ”

"What are the reasons for their quarrels?" Chen Chuyao asked.

Andy Li nodded, indicating that he was equally concerned about this issue.

"I once heard the old man's son accuse the old man of dividing the inheritance between his daughter and nephew, instead of leaving it all to his only son." Lucy recalled: "The old man's daughter would accuse the old man of not being a good man, and that she was very unhappy. ”

"Does the old man's nephew have any complaints about the old man?" Andy Lee asked.

"That's nothing, the two of them get along politely, and there has never been a quarrel, but on the contrary, I feel that there is less cordiality between them." Lucy continued.

"In other words, the old man's children have their own dissatisfaction with the old man!" Andy Lee concluded.

"At the moment, it doesn't seem to constitute a motive for the crime!" Chen Chuyao also said: "Is the old man's will to divide the property among the three of them? ”

"I don't know the details of the will." Lucy shook her head and said, "I just heard them mention it when they were arguing, it should be that the old man divided the property into three equal parts and left it to the three of them." ”

"Looking at it this way, if the old man dies suddenly without changing the will, there will be no change in the distribution of the estate." Andy Lee analyzed: "Unless someone among them is in a hurry to use the money!" ”

Andy Lee looked at Lucy and continued to ask, "Among them, is there anyone who needs money urgently recently?!" ”

"I don't know about that!" Lucy shook her head again.

Li Andi and Chen Chuyao glanced at each other, and felt that the motive part needed to be further investigated.

Andy Lee then asked, "What was the cause of the old man's death?" ”

"I heard from the doctor that the cause of death was organ failure caused by suffocation." Lucy said sadly: "That day the old man said that he felt a little sleepy, so I served him to lie down, and soon fell asleep. It didn't take long for the monitoring instrument to start alarming, and in just a moment, the old man's heart rate and blood pressure were lowered. I immediately contacted the doctor and the old man's children and nephews. The old man's daughter was the first to arrive, followed by the doctor. By the time the old man's son and nephew arrived, the old man had been pronounced dead by the doctor. ”

"What are the chronic diseases that the elderly have?" Chen Chuyao asked.

"It's a lung embolism!" Lucy said.

"Pulmonary embolism is indeed prone to death due to asphyxiation!" Chen Chuyao nodded and said.

"If it's really suffocation caused by a pulmonary embolism, it's a natural death!" Andy Lee said with some confusion.

"Actually, that's what the doctor said!" Lucy said unwillingly: "But the old man's physical condition has been stable recently, especially on the day of the incident, there has been nothing abnormal. ”

"If the cause of death is suffocation, usually, there will be severe dyspnea symptoms, and the patient will experience great pain before and after death!" Chen Chuyao said thoughtfully: "However, the situation described by Miss Lucy is that Mr. Xie Zhijie died peacefully in his sleep, which seems to be unreasonable. ”

When Lucy heard this, she immediately stared at Chen Chuyao through the thick lenses with wide eyes and said, "Yes! I just think the old man's death is strange! Someone must have murdered him! ”

"Could it be that some potion caused the old man to fall into a deep sleep and suffocate at the same time!?" Andy Lee followed and analyzed.

"Did there any change in the daily medication that the elderly took before they died?" Chen Chuyao asked.

"The daily medicine is prescribed by the old man's doctor, and then his daughter buys it, and it has been like this for more than ten years." Lucy frowned and said, "I haven't noticed anything unusual lately!" ”

"Could it be that someone changed the medicine while you weren't paying attention?" Andy Lee asked.

"The medicine for the elderly is usually kept in the cabinet in the bedroom, and it is completely possible if someone changes the medicine while the elderly and I am not in the bedroom!" The more Lucy spoke, the more agitated she became, and she seemed to have decided that someone had done something with the medicine.

"Could it be that there is something wrong with the old man's oxygen cylinder? As a result, the amount of oxygen is insufficient, causing the old man to suffocate! Andy Lee said another possibility.

"This won't be!" Lucy immediately shook her head and said, "Because the old man's pulmonary embolism is very serious, as long as the oxygen in the oxygen cylinder is slightly insufficient, it will immediately cause physical discomfort, and it is impossible to sleep peacefully." And at that time, the doctor also checked the oxygen device and found no problems. ”

When Li Andi heard this, he bowed his head slightly and said, "It seems that there may be a problem with the medicine taken by the elderly!" ”

"Miss Lucy, can we go to Xie Zhijie's old man's house to have a look?" Chen Chuyao asked.

Lucy said with some difficulty: "Now I am no longer the maid of the Xie family, so I can't enter the old man's room normally!" ”

Chen Chuyao then asked, "Then is there any other way to get in there?" ”

"I've heard that the old man's son and daughter are going to sell the house, and if you pretend to buy it, you should be able to enter it under the guise of looking at it." Lucy said.

"Good! Then let's take a look now! Andy Lee immediately stood up and said.

Chen Chuyao looked at the eager Andy Li, and also stood up, and at the same time silently wondered in his heart, should he pay for that house again!

Lucy and Rebecca also got up, and the four of them left the café one after the other.

Because the café was not far from Xie Zhijie's old man's house, several people walked to their destination under the leadership of Lucy.

"After this street, turn another corner!"

Lucy pointed to the southwest and said as she walked.

Just as a few people were about to cross the street, the sidewalk indicator light suddenly turned from green to red, and Li Andi, Chen Chuyao and Rebecca saw this, and immediately stopped waiting for the indicator light to turn green.

Unexpectedly, Lucy, who was leading the way in front, continued to walk forward.

"Lucy?!" Rebecca shouted, "It's a red light!" Wait a minute! ”

When Lucy heard this, she stopped, turned around and smiled embarrassedly......