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Chapter 18 Four Unexpected Clues (4)
"Are you trying to imply to me that the Xu family cremated Xu Ziqian immediately to cover up the fact that she also took drugs together?"

"Together? Not necessarily, but this Ms. Xu is not as simple as we think." Wang Shiqi slowly closed the file: "A few days ago I went to the 23rd Middle School to look through the files for the case of Du Qiangwei. More than half of it was soaked in water, it was moldy and rotten, and nothing could be seen. I was bored at the time, and wanted to check the student contacts of Xu Ziqian and Yuan Jiashu. This search was impossible, and an interesting thing came out ..."

"What? Are they classmates?"

"No, it's much more interesting than that... There is no such thing as Xu Ziqian." Wang Shiqi lowered his voice to pretend to be secretive, but Cheng Nuo was completely unmoved. He could only clear his throat and continue the conversation himself, " Cough, anyway, I checked everything. Her registered educational background is Kangding Road Primary School, Peicui Middle School, and she went straight to junior high school, but there is no record of her student status in these two schools. I checked her household registration file and really changed it, but all the originals before the change were gone, and it was blank before she became an adult, and she just asked, it was abnormally damaged."

"It's really interesting to change your identity to this point." Cheng Nuo smiled a little, "So, what are you going to do next? She's not a criminal suspect, so just check if you don't know."

Wang Shiqi stood up and blinked triumphantly: "Of course, but what if it's not for investigation?"

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the lobby on the first floor of the Cedar Building.

"Stop! Who told you to go in!"

Hearing a yell, Wang Shiqi stopped and waited obediently for himself and Zheng Yuan in the wheelchair to be surrounded by four burly security guards.

"Don't be nervous, brother, I'm just here for an interview, it shouldn't be like this." Wang Shiqi smiled, but unfortunately the other party didn't intend to laugh with him. "Are you a policeman?"

"He didn't come here today as a policeman." Zheng Yuan took out his press card, and said slowly: "Look, my legs are like this, please ask a friend to push me to avoid breaking the law. Besides, even if he is Why can't the police come? Is there anything you can't check here?"

Zheng Yuan's words obviously angered the other party. Seeing that several people were about to make a move, a majestic voice sounded from behind: "What's the trouble?" The security guards looked back, and their arrogance fell instantly. They stood in a row and bowed their heads respectfully. : "Boss Xu."

Zheng Yuan looked up at the approaching man, with gills on the back of his head, born rebellious, a little fat, but not friendly.Xu Xuesong, the boss of the entire Cedar Group, is said to have started out as a smuggler in the early years, and after the new millennium, he went ashore after laundering and became a well-known entrepreneur in the city.He looked the two of them up and down, and said to Zheng Yuan, "Are you that reporter?"

"Yes. I made an appointment for an interview this afternoon, about Ling Qianjin's experience in the Qualcomm Plaza serial murder case." Xu Xuesong heard the words, his cheek muscles twitched slightly, Zheng Yuan saw it, and changed the topic, saying: " I know that this person has passed away, and it will make you very painful to mention this matter. The outside news focuses on Yuan Jiashu, how he acted bravely for righteousness, how he sacrificed his life for righteousness, but there is little mention of Miss Xu. I think, a person's Behavior should not be viewed in isolation. To be able to fall in love with such an outstanding young man, Ms. Xu must have been a couple during her lifetime. It can even be said that Ms. Xu’s positive influence on Yuan Jiashu is also an important condition for making a hero. I think it is wrong to ignore this point. It's a pity, so I called your assistant eleven times, hoping you can cooperate with me to rectify Miss Xu's name."

"Even so, I remember that I didn't agree to your interview today."

"I didn't agree, that's why I want to come here to try my luck." Zheng Yuan piled up a smile: "Even if you don't accept interviews, it is very valuable to be able to interview Ms. Xu's colleagues and subordinates—of course, it is on everyone's behalf." Lunch break. You shouldn't object to this."

Xu Xuesong looked directly at Zheng Yuan, and finally nodded: "I'll give you an hour to talk with me, and leave after finishing the interview. Because of this incident, the company fluctuated a lot, and reporters came and went many times. I don't want employees to be harassed again."

After Xu Xuesong finished speaking, he turned and left. A tall female secretary came over to receive her.She followed closely, Zheng Yuan couldn't talk, he curled his lip at Wang Shiqi, Wang Shiqi immediately put his shoulders on the secretary's side: "Girl, you look familiar, have we met somewhere?" Wang Shiqi's eyes were not biased Leaning on the edge of the neckline in her suit, the female secretary seemed to feel something was wrong, and suddenly covered her chest and turned her head away, Wang Shiqi looked back with a smile, and made a "V" to Zheng Yuan.

Halfway, Wang Shiqi bent down and smiled in Zheng Yuan's ear: "It's good enough, this is all made up somewhere, I'm almost bluffing you."

Zheng Yuan said in a low voice: "Stop talking nonsense, it will be up to you later." Wang Shiqi shrank back, his face was still smiling, and this smile remained until Zheng Yuan took a cup of tea in the president's office, and finally opened the door. Notebook moment.

"Oh, no, my stomach hurts." Wang Shiqi frowned suddenly, covering his stomach and screaming "Aww".Xu Xuesong frowned and asked the secretary to lead him to the bathroom.Zheng Yuan looked at the door worriedly, only in time to catch Wang Shiqi's faint smile.

Even though Zheng Yuan was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but be surprised when he actually faced Xu Xuesong—the man opposite him didn't look like the only daughter who had just died. His face was like a metal mask, and every line It's all mechanical, cold, and lifeless.When he talked about Xu Ziqian's various pasts, it was like reading financial statements, no matter how Zheng Yuan made insinuations, it was always uniform and methodical.This dull garbage question and answer lasted for an hour, until Zheng Yuan took out a photo, which was Xu Ziqian taken by Wu Hui. Raised her hair, shiny as satin.Zheng Yuan said: "This is the daughter-in-law photographed by the murderer. At 27 years old, he is the best and most beautiful age in his life. Why didn't you pursue him for such a murderous act?"

If Zheng Yuan were a photographer, he was sure that moment would be a decisive moment, because in that delicate few hundredths of a second, Xu Xuesong's mask loosened slightly, he took a light breath, and said in a low voice: "It's all a matter of time." It's fate."

Zheng Yuan still wanted to ask more questions, but when the hour hand pointed to two o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Xuesong stood up without missing a second, signaling the end of the interview with actions.Zheng Yuan collected his things slowly for a long time but Wang Shiqi did not come back, so he had to shake his wheelchair and go to the door of the bathroom, and rushed to the secretary who was standing there with an apologetic smile: "I'm really sorry, my friend is so out of tune, I asked you to wait like this Long time." He hammered the door hard while shouting the other party's name.

Not long after, Wang Shiqi, who was sweating profusely, finally got out, accompanied by the majestic sound of the flushing toilet: "Ah, really, I shouldn't have eaten old oil hot pot yesterday, and I just fell for it if I didn't pay attention. Ouch, this made me, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Wang Shiqi made a gesture to shake the secretary's hand, but the secretary hid without a trace, covered his nose and sent the two of them to the elevator entrance. No matter how much Wang Shiqi tried to persuade him, he refused to go in: "Go down by yourself. Turn left and you will see the lobby. Go straight and you can go out. I still have something to do, so I won't send it off."

The elevator doors closed slowly. One second, Wang Shiqi was still exhausted, but the next second, he immediately straightened his waist. "Hey, how are you, your acting skills are not bad." Wang Shiqi smiled proudly, but Zheng Yuan looked a little scared: "Not bad ghost! I'm really bewitched to allow you to climb the window, the 19th floor! If you fall , Tomorrow's front page headline will be directly changed to your obituary."

"What are you afraid of? You've seen the architectural plan. Next to it is Xu Ziqian's office. How difficult can it be to climb over the wall?"

"It's not difficult to climb over the wall, but the key is behind? Did you see anything?"

"More than just seeing, I went in. The whole office has been tidied up, very clean, a bit too clean." Wang Shiqi sniffled, "The whole room smells of disinfectant, and the carpet has been removed, exposing the cement bricks underneath. , things were also tidied up, this is not like what a daughter should do after she just died. But..." Wang Shiqi stretched his wrist in front of Zheng Yuan's face, startling Zheng Yuan: "What are you doing?"

"Why don't you, smell it."

Zheng Yuan leaned over to take a sniff, his expression became even more confused: "You really use that lady's perfume."

"What, it's not..." Wang Shiqi dropped Zheng Yuan's wheelchair and faced him excitedly, "This is the perfume I found in Xu Ziqian's office."

"Ah, the smell is the same." Zheng Yuan's brows stretched a little: "Chen Shuman said she smelled this perfume on Yuan Jiashu. In other words, Yuan Jiashu used Xu Ziqian's perfume for women on the day of the assassination...but... "

"You want to ask why, right? Then you have to think about what perfume can be used for. The current perfume is used to smear, but the previous perfume is used to cover up the smell." Seeing Zheng Yuan's rare blankness, Wang Shiqi felt in his heart It was funny, and he stretched out his hand to flick Zheng Yuan's forehead, "Don't you understand? Perfume can cover the smell of blood. The carpet has been taken away, and the next door is the bathroom. As for Wu Hui, it happens to be the cleaner here..."

Zheng Yuan's eyes widened: "You mean, Yuan Jiashu and Wu Hui conspired...to kill Xu Ziqian in the office?"

"Ask me why, aren't you planning to live with Wu Hui?" Wang Shiqi smirked: "I've made arrangements, you can ask him face to face."

Salvation
"Actually, you don't have to do this." Wu Hui looked at the packed boxes opened in front of him, the roasted duck paired together was shiny and oily, the crucian carp and radish soup was fragrant and white, and the aroma of the food wafted up in the cold room, warming the air a bit.Zheng Yuan handed over a pair of chopsticks: "It's rare to have a chance to treat you to a meal. You can only buy this nearby. Don't be disgusted."

"I don't have the right to dislike it." Wu Hui picked up the chopsticks, avoided the meat, and started to chew some vegetables with the rice. The blue veins protruded from the temples, and slowly heaved and fell as he chewed. The skin tensed up.He had a hard time eating, and Zheng Yuan felt uncomfortable watching, he pushed the meat and vegetables to the opposite side: "Eat more, it's all yours."

Wu Hui smiled apologetically: "I haven't eaten meat for a long time, I can't go on."

"..." Zheng Yuan was speechless for a long time.He has been a reporter for so many years, and he is familiar with everything. Lovers kill each other, brothers kill each other. Most of the time he observes from a little distance. The tragedy is that the strong eat the jungle in the fish tank. wet.Only Wu Hui, who was too close and guarded too loosely, suddenly enlarged the details that are usually invisible, and even found the same scars on his body.Maybe he is really like Wang Shiqi said, he has a bit of Stockholm tendencies, but it is not only sympathy, Wu Hui may be more like a mirror to him, they are similar in some subtle places, and Zheng Yuan wants to find out the truth. See these subtleties a little bit more clearly for yourself.

"You haven't been here for a long time. What's the matter, have you got the things, have you been convicted?" Wu Hui picked up his meal, casually as if he wasn't talking about his own death date.Zheng Yuan propped his cheeks and smiled at him: "You are the most eager suspect I have ever seen to be convicted."

"Stretching your head and retracting your head, you will die early and be reborn early." Wu Hui still didn't care: "For a person like me, life is meaningless."

"So you use death to perfect others?"

After Zheng Yuan said this, he saw the corners of Wu Hui's eyes twitch slightly, he understood, lit a cigarette, and waited for the other party to put the mask back on first. "I'm sorry, we agreed not to talk about the case today." He flicked the cigarette ash, turned the opening of the cigarette case to Wu Hui, "One?"

"Thanks, I don't smoke."

"At your... age, there are very few people who don't smoke." What Zheng Yuan didn't say was-class, low-level blue-collar workers, hopeless future, cigarettes and low-quality liquor are the best anesthetics. "Hate it?"

"Not really." After Wu Hui finished eating, he slowly packed up the fast food box: "Some people look good smoking. I can't."

Zheng Yuan couldn't help laughing: "What's so good about this?"

"Yes. Why not." Wu Hui lowered his head slightly when he retorted, Zheng Yuan suspected that he blushed: "...Anyway, I can't do it."

There is a story in all the ambiguity.Of course Zheng Yuan knew this, but he couldn't bear to expose it: "What can't be done, you don't have any cronies to spoil me. I smoked my first cigarette in the sixth grade of elementary school." Undoubtedly, the only cronies who spoiled him were those with the surname Wang. that thing. "I don't know where I got it. There is only one 'Three Five' cigarette in the tin box. When I strike a match, my hand shakes. It is not really lit until the third one is lit."

Abandoned building walls, cloudy sky, heartbeat, sulphur, fire, wet filter, lips and teeth, poor sucking, the first breath of white mist is an early warning from the adult world - the smell of smoke is astringent, the stab like a knife Throat, the young Zheng Yuan was dizzy, and vaguely heard Wang Shiqi spitting and cursing, he didn't understand how such a bitter and ethereal thing could be sold more expensive than sugar, he would only understand after many years, when he became an adult The heavy pressure cannot be resisted by a little sugar.

"It's great that you have such a friend." Wu Hui lowered his eyes, envious in his tone.

"Everyone has it. It's just that sometimes you don't realize it." Zheng Yuan pinched out the cigarette butt, rubbed the callus mark on his index finger: "You have it too."

Wu Hui leaned back in his chair cautiously: "...you know again."

"Actually, I don't know." Zheng Yuan smiled mockingly: "Just let me make up a story for you. My story."

Zheng Yuan's story began in 2014.

The Malaysia Airlines disappeared, the Sewol sank, the Ebola broke out, and ISIS expanded. In the same year, a young man in a dilapidated urban area, I, maybe I went to work the night shift, maybe I finished the heavy mechanical labor and was ready to go home and lie down, no matter what. So, that day I didn't follow my own track and run round and round, because in the dark back alley in the middle of the night, I bumped into another young man.

He was wearing a smart coat and shoes, but he was slumped next to the garbage dump, his feet were vomited.The environment in this area is very chaotic, full of pornography, gambling and drugs. I don't know what the other party is, or he is dead. Go around.Unexpectedly, there was a sudden noise upstairs, the drunken man's babbling was accompanied by a rapid knock on the door, followed by a "clang", something broke, the dog barked one after another, and the man moved as if he was disturbed Turning my face around, my heart skipped a beat: it was him.

I knew him, he was... an old acquaintance.We hadn't seen each other in years, and he didn't even necessarily remember me.He was clearly delirious, I hesitated for a while, until the loud laughter of delinquent teenagers who wandered at night came from the alley.I see the reflection of the gold watch on his wrist, the corner of the wallet in his pocket, and I know too well what will happen to him if he is left here.

So I took him away, together with his sweat, raving, chaotic consciousness, and heavy body, and placed them all on the narrow single bed in my narrow bedroom.Even so embarrassed, he was still fragrant, his eyelashes fluttered like a shadow cast by a moth.I got his wallet and gold watch. When I took off the ring, his hand suddenly moved, and he raised it and scratched my temple, cheek, and earlobe. "You..." He uttered two words vaguely, and fell into a coma again, but my hand stopped - there was something in his eyes that reminded me of the past.

(End of this chapter)