my wife is a consul

Chapter 22 Investigation
The investigation in the New Times Department Store did not find any useful clues. The staff who were familiar with Deng Hongmei, with the department store management staff accompanying Lu Ming, belittled Deng Hongmei to nothing.

Lu Ming had a private chat with the two staff members with whom Deng Hongmei had the closest relationship. Although the two had changed their tone of voice, when talking about Deng Hongmei, they all commented on Deng Hongmei as "beautiful", "simple", "not talkative", etc., but there was nothing wrong with it. Discovery of value.

From the mouths of the two, they knew that Deng Hongmei was newly married and that she and her husband were very affectionate.

In the end, Lu Ming decided to go to the place where Deng Hongmei lived and lived for an in-depth investigation.

……

In the black punk car, Lu Ming and Pamela sat in the back seat.

The driver in front was a young man dressed in hip-hop, wide gray bag pants, and a jacket with many pockets. He was the decadent young man after World War II in his previous life.

There has been no major war in this world for thousands of years, but decadence prevailed earlier.

He is Liu Kexing, the second son of Liu Laocai. He doesn't talk much, taciturn, and his clothes are completely different.

Lu Ming originally wanted to come here with Pan Mila by himself, but it was Liu Laocai who insisted that his second son send them both.

The co-pilot, sitting in a delicate girl in a floral dress, is Deng Hongmei's good friend in the department store, named Yang Yanran.

Soon the car drove from the wide avenue into the narrow alley.

In the labyrinth-like courtyard area, the black car turned around and turned around, and finally stopped at a crossroad in the alley, in front of a row of small shops.

Liu Kexing pointed to an alley to the east, "It should be in here, this should be Gaoping Lane."

Deng Hongmei lives at No. 4 Gaoping Lane, which is one of the courtyards in Gaoping Lane.

"Let's go to the store first!" Lu Ming was about to get off the car with Pamela.

The small shops in the alley area are all neighborhood businesses, well-informed.

"Hey, my big brother, why did he come here?" Liu Kexing suddenly said in surprise, he pointed to a tea restaurant in the row of small shops, "Is the person sitting opposite him Deng Hongmei?"

Lu Ming looked in the direction of Liu Kexing's finger. It was a very simple tea restaurant with dirty glass, but he could see a man and a woman at the table by the window. But Lu Ming didn't know Liu Kexing's eldest brother, Liu Keyue. I've only seen photos of Deng Hongmei, and I can't tell if the woman in the red dress looks similar to Deng Hongmei's photos from the side.

Yang Yanran looked at the tea restaurant, wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.

"It's Deng Hongmei." Pamela said.

"Oh?" Lu Ming looked at the beautiful young woman with blond hair and green eyes in different ways.

"Deng Hongmei has a small mole on her nose, and her nose height, eye shape, and the distance from the tip of her eyes to her temples are all the same as in the photo."

Lu Ming rubbed his nose, never expecting Pamela to have this ability.

Different from prosopagnosia, she probably has face recognition sensitivity. Of course, it may be that she is too perfect in her pursuit of face, and she requires excellence in her own makeup. When looking at others, she first observes the subtleties from these angles, and slowly develops it a talent.

This kind of talent, men, are generally incomprehensible.

After thinking about it, Lu Ming said: "Well, Xiao Yang, get out of the car, let's go to Deng Hongmei's house first." He said to Pan Mila: "You are too noticeable, so don't go with me, wait in the car. for a while."

In fact, I want her to watch here.

Yang Yanran groaned, opened the door and got out of the car.

……

Yang Yanran has been to Deng Hongmei's house many times, and is very familiar with the other families in the courtyard.

There are several tenants living in a large courtyard similar to a courtyard house. The noise in the courtyard is extremely loud, with children running and making noise, parents shouting and cursing, and a couple wishing to live and die. breath of life".

Yang Yanran also said hello to a woman who was rinsing her mouth with tooth powder by the water well in the compound. The woman was foaming at her mouth and said vaguely: "Yanran, it seems that Xiao Deng and his wife are not at home, you go in and wait." Bar!"

"Okay, thank you, Aunt Wang." Yang Yanran agreed and led Lu Ming into the east chamber.

Basically, if you live in a courtyard for a long time and your neighbors are familiar with it, then you don’t have the habit of locking the door, let alone that Deng Hongmei is in the tea restaurant at the entrance of the alley, so she probably plans to come back soon.

This is a simple rental room with two rooms inside and outside. The outside room is a kitchen with a stove and a small table, which is also a dining room, and the inside room is a bedroom.

The beds are neat and tidy, with black bedside tables and neatly folded quilts on the head of the bed.

"Lawyer Lu, I... am I sorry for Hongmei..."

Yang Yanran looked at Lu Ming looking around, her expression was very complicated, she was very reluctant to bring the lawyer here, but if she didn't want to lose her job, she could only listen to the big boss.

Lu Ming didn't say a word, and reached out to open the drawers on the bedside table.

Since you have chosen to betray your friend, there is no point in saying these words of regret today.

I would not say that if Deng Hongmei framed Liu Dong, then we are just such hypocritical words.

As a defense lawyer, since he agreed to take this case, even if Liu Laocai is actually the perpetrator, from now on, he must protect the interests of the client.

If the perpetrator is safe and sound, it is the responsibility of the prosecution, which failed to collect enough evidence to convince the judge and jury.

It was the prosecution who failed to do its due diligence.

The defense tried its best to protect the parties. In fact, it asked the prosecution to investigate the case more carefully, so as to reduce unjust, false and wrongful convictions.

This is the meaning of the existence of the prosecution and the defense.

Ok?
Under the newspaper in the drawer, the passbook was just there. Lu Ming took it out to look at it, and then put it back.

There are also several identical medicine bottles, and the empty medicine bottles are carefully preserved and neatly arranged.

"Let's go! Go out and chat with the tenants here!" Lu Ming walked out.

Yang Yanran immediately breathed a sigh of relief, the longer she stayed here, the more guilty she felt.

Lu Ming chatted with the tenants of this courtyard, and then went to several nearby courtyards to chat with the elders and ladies.

Deng Hongmei and his wife did not turn around until they got out of the alley and returned to the car.

In the black car, Liu Kexing's face was gloomy. Seeing Lu Ming getting into the car, Pan Mila leaned over slightly, and said in a low voice, "Liu Keyue and Deng Hongmei have never left, and they are very intimate. Liu Keyue even held Deng Hongmei's hand." ..."

"Did you find anything? Lu Bian?" Liu Kexing turned around and asked Lu Ming.

Yang Yanran immediately said flatteringly, "I heard from the old man of one of their courtyards that Sister Deng's husband changed jobs recently. He used to pull a rickshaw, but now he works as a staff member in a small company."

Liu Kexing snorted coldly, "It seems that there is no shortage of money, and, besides, someone has arranged for a job!" As he spoke, he took a bitter look at the tea restaurant.

Pulling a rickshaw is physical work, and it is relatively flexible. If you work hard, you can earn a lot. If you work hard, you can earn 80 yuan a month. It is tiring and dirty, and the work is not decent, and people look down on you.

Employees in small companies earn less. In Beiguan, a monthly salary of 50 yuan is the norm. Those with low incomes may only pay 40 yuan a month.

But clerk work is more decent and leisurely, and some jobs require letters of introduction from celebrities and the like.

Therefore, Deng Hongmei's husband changed from a laborer to an employee, but it was a sign that the family was not short of money.

Yang Yanran was surprised and said, "Second young master, do you still understand this?"

Lu Ming looked at Liu Kexing thoughtfully.

"Lu Bian, look, where else do we need to go?" Liu Kexing asked.

"Take me back to the law firm." Lu Ming smiled.

On the way back, Lu Ming went to a pharmacy to buy two types of cold medicine, chatted there for a while, and bought a few books at a bookstore.

(End of this chapter)