deep white secret

Chapter 36 Changed Everyone's Destiny

Xu Jie was delighted at the thought of staying alone in Lin County with Ningxia, and investigating the case became less difficult, which made people anxious.

Back in the car, Ningxia was completely immersed in the case and eager to solve it:

"Team Xu, why don't we go to Wang Zhuangwei's house first? It's easy to make more than 20 phone calls. We have enough time."

Xu Jie thought about it and asked:
"Are you hungry?"

Ning Xia shook her head, and after thinking for a moment, Xu Jie agreed:
"Okay, let's go to Wang Zhuangwei's house first."

Seeing the two men returning again, Wang Zhuangwei's sister was startled: "Officer Ning, what happened again?"

"No, we want to see what Wang Zhuangwei had before his death, and see if we can find any clues."

Hearing this, Wang Zhuangwei's sister happily went to the bedroom to get the key.

Ning Xia guessed correctly, the locked room was where Wang Zhuangwei lived during his lifetime.

Xu Jie opened the door and pushed it with his hand. There was a musty smell in the dark room, but Wang Zhuangwei's sister had a gloomy face:
"Officer, go ahead."

After speaking, he reached out to the wall to turn on the light, then turned and went to the yard.

Ning Xia stared at her back. The woman lowered her head and straightened her shoulders deliberately, pretending not to care, but her right hand finally touched her eyes.

The pain of life weighing on her made Wang Zhuangwei's sister not even want to enter Wang Zhuangwei's room, but she still kept the original appearance of the room.

Who said that what happened back then has passed, ten years have clearly changed everyone's fate.

Xu Jie walked to the window and opened it. The night wind blew in, making Ningxia feel much better.

According to Wang Zhuangwei's sister, no one has entered Wang Zhuangwei's room since the accident.

Does this mean that all the items were placed as they were on the day of the accident?
So the two of them stood in the room and looked around carefully. Xu Jie lowered his head and said slowly:
"How about we analyze it together?"

Ningxia was the most willing to accept this kind of challenge, and she nodded lightly with a bright look.

"I'll come first, Captain Xu. I remember Wang Zhuangwei's sister said that he wanted to leave Lin County. You see the suitcase placed next to the cabinet. I guess Wang Zhuangwei has already planned to leave here."

Xu Jie looked at the location of the suitcase, which was next to the cabinet door, and agreed with Ning Xia:
"There are also clothes. Wang Zhuangwei has already started packing. It was early autumn when he had the accident. He was wearing a sports suit. There were only summer short-sleeves in the wardrobe, and all winter clothes were gone."

Because Wang Zhuangwei's wardrobe has two sliding doors, one side is wide open, so Ning Xia also nodded:
"Wang Zhuangwei is ready."

Xu Jie walked to the table, which was covered with dust.

There were ashtrays, half a pack of cigarettes, lighters, change, wrenches, thread gloves and some workmanship items scattered all over it.

In the half-open drawer was a broken notebook with writing on it. Many phone numbers were crookedly recorded on it, as well as the work time and wages recorded by Wang Zhuangwei.

Xu Jie took out his gloves from his pocket, which surprised Ningxia:
"Captain Xu, are you even ready with your gloves?"

With a smile on Xu Jie's lips, Ning Xia decided to bring a pair of gloves with her tomorrow.

Across Xu Jie's shoulder, Ning Xia also looked at the notebook, staring closely at it.

"After Wang Zhuangwei came out, the person he had the most contact with was a man named Uncle Liu. Uncle Liu introduced Wang Zhuangwei to a lot of jobs, but he didn't make much money, a few hundred yuan at a time."

Ningxia thought that Wang Zhuangwei would need to pay more than 20 yuan in compensation. With such an income of several hundred yuan at a time, hopelessness would weigh on his future life like a boulder.

On the last page of the notebook, there is a line of address, No. 180 Beimen Road, followed by a single surname, Wu.

The word Wu was very sensitive, so Xu Jie glanced at Ningxia.

Because Ning Xia was leaning against Xu Jie's shoulder, Xu Jie suddenly turned his head, and Ning Xia's forehead hair was right at Xu Jie's chin.

Xu Jie clearly saw Ning Xia's tall little nose and the beads of sweat on the tip of her nose.

Xu Jie's heart was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.

Ningxia also saw this address and raised his head:

"Captain Xu, this address is misleading. Why is your surname Wu?"

Xu Jie quickly looked away:

"We will treat it as having something to do with Wu Yan's case."

"In this case, the murderer contacted Wang Zhuangwei after he was released from prison, but this address...could it be the murderer's address?"

"It's too arbitrary. Besides, No. 180 Beimen Road. There are as many Beimen Roads in the country. We can't verify this address. This clue doesn't mean anything to us."

"Wang Zhuangwei's last record was this address. He packed his clothes and wanted to leave. It is really possible that this is where he is going."

Xu Jie walked to the head of the bed at this time, and there was a rusty iron box next to the pillow. The lid was half open, and Xu Jie saw that there was a photo inside.

Opening the box and taking out the photo, Xu Jie and Ning Xia were shocked. The photo showed four big boys, wearing work clothes, standing on an avenue.

Zhang Qiang knew both of them, and Wang Zhuangwei had met them both in the file just now. Needless to say, the four people in the photo should be Wu Yan, Zhang Qiang, Wang Zhuangwei and the person who had been released from prison but had never met.

The four people in the photo are in their 20s, smiling at the camera. Wang Zhuangwei has an arm on the shoulder of a slightly shy boy.

They looked very young and smiled happily. Behind them was a leafy tree-lined road. They looked promising and had a promising future.

The photo has been rubbed until the edges are rolled up, and it is very worn. Ningxia said:

"Captain Xu, there are not many people looking at photos in this era. Looking at it like this, Wang Zhuangwei misses the old days very much."

Xu Jie raised his eyes:
"This is a photo from ten or 11 years ago, when smartphones were not yet fully popularized. You are right, Wang Zhuangwei misses the past very much. By the way, have you seen Wang Zhuangwei's phone number?"

"In the evidence bag, I saw photos in the file."

"What about this phone?"

Xu Jie reached out and took out an old-fashioned touch-tone telephone from under the pillow at the head of the bed.

"This……"

"Take it back and track down the clues. Although it hasn't been turned on for three years, under the pillow, it should be something that Wang Zhuangwei used."

Apart from these, there are only work tools in the room.

Although I don’t know why Wang Zhuangwei’s sister put those things in the room, judging from the current observation, Wang Zhuangwei did not live a good life after being released from prison.

The two people walked out of the room. Wang Zhuangwei's sister was sitting in the yard crying. Ningxia walked over and whispered:
"Thank you for cooperating with our investigation, thank you very much."

"No need to thank you. I don't know what you are going to do. Since Dawei is dead, I hope you can let him go. No matter what he has done, our family is in dire straits now."

Ning Xia didn't know whether to nod or shake his head, sadness spread between the two of them.

She couldn't tell Sister Wang Zhuangwei the purpose of this investigation yet, so Ningxia asked:
"After the verdict came out, have you met Wu Yan's relatives?"

"I've seen him. His parents are here."

"Where's Wang Zhuangwei? Do you know Wu Yan's family?"

"I don't know."

"Wang Zhuangwei planned to leave before the accident. What was his mentality? You said he wanted to go somewhere no one knows?"

"Well, it's a bit strange anyway, and I seem to be afraid of something. I can't tell..."

(End of this chapter)