When they came to the police station, they were immediately taken to the building in the back.

The concrete building, located on the side of a poorly sunlit fence, resembles a garage where the bodies are parked and a temporary place for the police to conduct autopsies and wait for families to identify them.

Cheng Mingxiang had a white coffin in front of him, and an eerie cold air rushed to his face. The accompanying policeman stood behind Cheng Mingxiang.

"Your husband is inside."

The owner of the liquor shop slowly lifted the lid of the coffin, and Cheng Mingxiang covered his nose with a handkerchief and leaned forward. A charred face, red marks of blood vessels spreading like cobwebs, skin that had been burned to the ground, and the corners of the mouth were foaming. The corpse didn't look like a human, but rather like an animal, with black ash in its nostrils.

Cheng Mingxiang suddenly whimpered. She gradually felt relieved as she heard her own whimpering echo through the building. The owner of the liquor store closed the lid of the coffin again, clasped his hands together in front of the coffin, and when he walked up to the policeman, he suddenly said something.

The cop nudged him on the back and said, "The restroom is there." ”

The owner of the liquor store covered his mouth and ran in the direction of the toilet, his face pale. Cheng Mingxiang's head suddenly went blank, her eyes suddenly turned black, she squatted down and vomited, and almost fell to the ground due to the unstable center of gravity, so she squatted lower, desperately supporting her body, and her heart beat wildly. I vomited a lot just now, but now I feel a little more comfortable.

There was a sound of footsteps behind Cheng Mingxiang, because it was a cement floor, the footsteps were extremely loud, and one hand patted her back shoulder.

"Madam, it will be more comfortable to ventilate outside."

After the policeman finished speaking, Cheng Mingxiang stood up and stepped out of the gloomy morgue, the sunlight outside was extremely dazzling.

"Oh, your face is very bad," the policeman said as he looked at Cheng Mingxiang's side face, "It might be more comfortable to blow the wind here." ”

So, he asked Cheng Mingxiang to stand by the wall. That's right, the cold wind blows on the face, and the body is indeed more comfortable. Cheng Mingxiang looked at the policeman and found that he was the man who had just talked to the owner of the liquor store at the scene of the fire. His forehead was very wide, his eyebrows were sparse, and a pair of eyes were dripping, and Cheng Mingxiang recognized it immediately.

"Madam, I didn't expect the situation to be so serious." The policeman stood in front of Cheng Mingxiang and comforted.

Cheng Mingxiang covered his mouth with a handkerchief and lowered his head.

"You must not believe it, and your husband was burned like that again, you must be shocked...... I am a police officer from the police station, my name is Fu Heng. Are you getting better now? ”

"Thanks, much better."

At this time, the sun is shining and the breeze is blowing. The place where they stood was on the inside of the back wall of the police station. Looking up, it appears that there is a detention center in the building, and the windows are equipped with solid iron windows.

"Madam, did you find out about the fire in your house this morning?" Fu Heng, a criminal policeman with sparse eyebrows, asked, and then asked casually, "I just came back from the scene of the fire, and I inquired about your background there, and I heard that you have been working in that hotel?" ”

"Well, it's because my husband is sick in bed......"

"Is room and board available?"

"Yes, that's why it's causing a lot of trouble for the neighbors."

"Of course the neighbors panicked. Since when did your husband start being bedridden? ”

"About two years ago, he had a stroke and has been in bed ever since."

"It's serious. Stroke has been said to be a disease that can bring down the whole family, so surely you don't know what to do, right? ”

"Well, I don't think it's hard to take care of him, but if I had been taking care of him at home, we would have to drink the northwest wind, so I had to come out to work. Thankfully, my sister-in-law who lives nearby is willing to take care of the patient, and I am grateful for her help, otherwise I would not have been able to get out. ”

"That's right."

Police officer Fu Heng took out a crumpled cigarette from the pocket of his sweater and lit it. How did Guan's sister-in-law tell the police about the coal stove? Cheng Mingxiang is very concerned, but the police have not mentioned this matter. Cheng Mingxiang wanted to know how much Sister-in-law Guan's confession, from the tone of the wine shop owner just now, Sister-in-law Guan seemed to have admitted that it was her own negligence, but Cheng Mingxiang finally wanted to hear it from the police with her own ears, and before the situation was clear, she was always uneasy.

However, the policeman's expression was very gentle, and if he had any doubts about this unknown fire, his expression would definitely be more serious and his tone would be sharper. Besides, he had just spoken comfortingly, and a gentle smile always appeared on his face.

"It's hard for women." The detective said, "You're lucky that you don't have children." Like I have children at home, and I have physical problems...... If I have a stroke and falls, my wife will definitely not know what to do...... I'm lucky to die soon, but if I'm paralyzed in bed, my wife will be at a loss. ”

Police Fu Heng said with empathy. However, Cheng Mingxiang felt that his eyes were always on him. She lowered her head, unable to look up to check his expression.

The liquor shop owner is back.

"I'm sorry." He nodded apologously to the detective, his face returning to normal, as if he had gone to the bathroom to clean up his vomit. "I thought I had a lot of guts, but I still threw up after reading it."

"We often run to the scene of the murder, and we were nauseated at first." The police said.

Cheng Mingxiang apologized to the owner of the wine shop and said, "I'm sorry for making you frightened." ”

"No, it won't." The boss waved his hand, "It's your situation that is sympathetic." As the saying goes, dying in bed is a blessing, and the face of the deceased is peaceful. ”

"yes, that's what I just said. This lady has suffered a lot for a long time. The police chatted with the owner of the liquor store.

"That's right. The neighbors in the neighborhood all knew that Sister-in-law Guan came to her house to take care of the sick, and she worked elsewhere, but she didn't expect to work as a female worker in a hotel, because Sister-in-law Guan refused to say anything. ”

"I feel very embarrassed, so I don't let my sister-in-law tell me."

"That's right."

"If I had a good job, I would tell someone, but I work in that kind of place...... Besides, I didn't tell my colleagues at Fangxian Hotel about my family situation. ”

"Oh," police officer Fu Heng interjected, "So, your colleague doesn't know that you have a sick husband at home?" ”

"I didn't tell anyone about this, and during the interview, I also said that I was single, otherwise the hotel would never have hired me. However, the proprietress seemed to know some about my situation, but she didn't ask. ”

"Yes, everybody has some kind of hard work." The police softly agreed.

"But it can also be said that because of the death of my husband, my wife's burden has been lightened all of a sudden." The owner of the liquor store said.

"Makes sense." The police expressed the same feeling, "I just told my wife that the burden of taking care of bedridden patients is really heavy, even if you hire someone to take care of her, the salary is also a burden, even if you go out to work, you will still miss the family affairs." ”

The policeman's words can be regarded as sympathetic comfort. However, the phrase "even if I go out to work, I still think about my family......" seems to mean something.

"Because Sister-in-law Guan takes care of everything, I can work with peace of mind."

"Although that woman is a little mentally retarded, she is not inferior to normal people in doing things, maybe because she has problems in that area and does not know how to work hard." The owner of the liquor shop assured.

"I'm really grateful for Sister-in-law Guan's help." Cheng Mingxiang said sincerely.

"Yes, although Sister-in-law Guan is not smart, if she didn't treat your husband as her own family, she would never have paid so much, she really regarded the two as her own people."

Cheng Mingxiang thought to himself, did the words of the wine shop owner imply that he knew the relationship between Zhao Kuan and Guan's sister-in-law? These things can't be hidden from the neighbors, after all, Sister-in-law Guan can't keep the so-called secret.

"Oh, is she really that hard at taking care of your husband?" The police officer asked.

Cheng Mingxiang was secretly surprised, and the owner of the wine shop seemed to notice that he had leaked his mouth, and hurriedly corrected it: "This is due to temperament, people with that kind of defect are always very kind to others, and ordinary people can't do it." ”

"That's right." The criminal police didn't seem to have much doubt about this, so they skipped it and didn't mention it.

"By the way, did you tell Sister-in-law Guan to add briquettes to the coal stove?" The police turned his face to look at Cheng Mingxiang, and asked the core this time.

"Yes. Because the weather was too cold, I told my sister-in-law to add briquettes. However, I was worried about starting a fire, so I always told her to put the coal stove far away from the door. So far, nothing has happened, and I don't know how such an unmanageable accident could have happened and caused so much trouble to the neighbors......"