when the moon whispers

Six accomplices in the case

Thirty-eight paper blocks (Part 1)

It's damp and cold in spring in Shenning, and the cool breeze makes people shiver in their bones. The rain clouds blowing from north to south in the past few days are densely packed like a dark curtain, as if a strong storm has been held in, and the tide is so heavy that people can't breathe.

Shao Jie unzipped the corner of his team uniform jacket and took off his backpack, which was a bit in the way. He leaned his head against the elevator car that had stopped halfway due to a short-circuit in the motherboard due to the humid weather. He tilted his head and glanced at it, pulling on his slippers and hanging his head. Shen Yu'an, who was trapped in the elevator waiting for rescue, sneered and smiled at each other.

"Absolutely. This is the first time I encountered a broken elevator in a hotel." Shen Yu'an curled up and trembled with her shoulders, which were tight and trembling without wearing a coat, and glanced at the photos on her phone that the delivery boy had placed on the front desk of the hotel to take photos for "identification" Takeaway photo, "Is DRG playing at three o'clock or five o'clock today?"

"Five o'clock."

"Are you going so early today?"

"Last time, Lao Huo and the team leader were late for the group meeting because of a different time. Manager Xu said that if they were fined for subjective reasons, they would be deducted from their wages. Now I finally plan to go out early..." Shao Jie was confused. He clicked the jigsaw puzzle on the back of the phone case twice, pinched the screen to unlock it, and then looked at the silent dialog box and then dimmed it, "Whoever wants to, I'll go upstairs and get a team uniform jacket."

Shen Yu'an laughed silently and scratched his chicken coop-like head in inexplicable embarrassment: "...Shao Jie, the hospital called me."

Shao Jie raised his eyelids and looked at him for a while, then raised his eyebrows: "How is Shen Yuning doing lately?"

"The new course of treatment includes dressing changes. He just made a video call to me when I was having lunch in the hospital. It looked much better than last week. He was so energetic that he urged me to eat on the phone." Shen Yu'an paused for a few seconds. , I was so helpless that I almost pulled the hair off my head. I couldn't tell whether I was hesitating or thinking deeply about the subtleties of the situation. I was confined in such a small space and couldn't help but look at the bright reflection on the wall of the elevator car. In the mirror, there was a smile on Shao Jie's lips that obviously had no intention of continuing to investigate. In the end, he took a deep breath and directly opened his mouth to pour out the little bit of trouble he couldn't hide in his stomach.

"When did Jiang Weili find out about me? And what about Shen Yuning-"

"It's okay if you don't talk about it. If you do, I really want to ask you -" Shao Jie stopped his first question, frowned and asked impatiently: "How long have we known Shen Yu'an? If you don't tell me what's going on with Xiao Ning, why don't you go find Jiang Weili instead?"

"Jiang Weili, that's because-" Shen Yu'an frowned in embarrassment, gritted his molars and slammed his heels against the wall of the car, "My dad... I don't know who he learned it from, he was sneaky on his own He used his mobile phone to place bets on various online websites or private forums, and also took away the bank card I used to save money for Xiaoning’s medical expenses. He must have been in contact with Jiang Weili and others online and offline."

"How much do you still owe now?" Shao Jie looked at Shen Yu'an's face that was flushed with irritability. He pulled out the transfer and remittance interface on his mobile phone and handed it to him: "Previously, I had to pay someone directly to the hospital for the medicine. Now Xiao Ning, tell me directly which card you put the money for medical treatment and life-saving—"

"Shao Jie, aren't you hurting me?" Shen Yu'an raised his eyebrows in surprise, and his eyes turned red. He swallowed hard twice before speaking: "Xiao Ning's money will probably be repaid in the second half of the year. You, I still have to deal with my dad’s messy affairs for a while. This time, it’s mainly because Xiao Ning is a little anxious, and my dad owes a lot of debt again. I-I know you and Jiang Weili... ...But...you should also know that when they ask for debts, they don't just open their mouths and just talk. I can't just watch the debt collectors come to the door and beat people up..."

"Aren't you going to call the police?" Shao Jie put his hand on Shen Yu'an's slightly collapsed shoulders, "Are you afraid that your dad will be arrested again?"

"It's a trivial matter to catch him. The most troublesome thing is that the card he tied is my account. If you really want to find out the person involved in gambling, it's me. Jiang Weili is focusing on this -" Shen Yu'an suppressed a sigh: "I can cooperate with the investigation in any way, but now I can't lose my job in the competition. I really can't bear the compensation if there is a problem in the performance of the contract, and the treatment of Xiaoning's disease depends on money... I just hope now We can survive until the end of this season first, and then... the coach and manager will definitely have to say something."

Two minutes ago, the hotel had insisted that the emergency repair work on the elevator would probably be in vain. Xu Muyang could be vaguely heard from the intercom in the elevator trying to go crazy after trying to communicate with the hotel to no avail. In the lobby The manager's "I'm sorry, please wait a moment and we're calling the professionals" was so repeated that Shao Jie's mind was buzzing. He reached out and tried to turn off the one-way speaker but failed, and could only noisily call for help. With the fire truck leading the way, he turned around and asked Shen Yu'an meaningfully. "Liu Shui, do you know him?"

Shen Yu'an was probably also shaken by the sound of the three-dimensional surround echo in the elevator, which made his ears hurt. He frowned and was stunned for a few seconds. He nodded slowly: "Not only did this person come to collect debts, Jiang Weili contacted me before. At that time, he also found Xiao Ning's ward - you...?"

Shao Jie didn't say anything anymore. He only raised his eyebrows inexplicably and punched Shen Yu'an on the shoulder. Then he listened to the noise of the motor starting and pressed his arms against the handrail of the elevator.

"Let me remind you, Liu Shui seems to have been arrested."

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"The air duct in the kitchen, all the way to the air duct in the corner where the backstage and the front lobby meet - here, there is a filter or purifier... From the outside, it is about the entrance to the toilet."

Huang Xingjun held a bowl of braised beef that was stuffed into pancakes. The tip of his chopsticks, which were holding oil-soaked twists, vaguely circled the structural diagram of the ventilation system of the mountain bar. After clearly indicating several key nodes, he dragged the stool and kicked it. Xiao Letian flipped through the evidence collection photos with a disgusted look on his face, and then glanced at Gu Xing in a concise and concise manner: "To haul Chen Zuoyi's bag, mobile phone, and carry his blood, minced meat, this and that The plastic sheet was stuffed in this section of the pipe. But because it happened to be stuck in the part where the purification and filtration was, and the pipe was sealed, and the ventilation system of their bar had problems for a long time, the smell of black dirt was basically No one paid attention. After two days, the smell started to smell... It’s all thanks to Comrade Jiang Xiaomo’s nose.”

Gu Xing paused while flipping through the report. He picked up the hot cigarette butts and searched through the ashtrays on the table without finding anything. Then he raised his buttocks and went to the trash can to pick up half a bottle of mineral water that was wasted by someone. In front of the ashtrays The tank was brought to his feet: "...there's oil poured on the plastic sheet, right?"

"I suspected that this guy wanted to blow up the bar at first. The pipe wall in the kitchen was full of oil."

Huang Xingjun shrugged, "But maybe the air was pumping too fast or something, and the plastic burned and stuck to the pipe. After it was completely extinguished, it was sucked into the fan by the air duct circulation. Nothing happened."

Gu Xing nodded: "Can the found mobile phone be saved?"

"The parts and modules related to the data have basically been burned and burned." Huang Xingjun curled his lips, shook his head while chewing the noodles and was silent for a moment. Suddenly he remembered something, clenched his fist and smashed the conference table hard: "But there's something wrong with Team Gu. Isn't this report not finished yet..."

Gu Xing raised his eyebrows, signaling for him to elaborate.

"Forensic doctor Ronaldinho found a small piece of paper in that pile of plastic that was not completely burned to ashes." Huang Xingjun put down the noodle bowl in his hand and wiped his mouth to stop blabbering: "Burn that small piece. You can still see two words written on the dark paper. When I first went to get the report, Director Zhu said that he was contacting him to see if he could restore the small piece of writing. Never mind that it was related to identity and motives. , it’s still related to Chen Zuoyi’s whereabouts, that gadget… is probably a very important clue.”

"Like flowers and leaves, year after year, we share the spring breeze."