12, Chapter Twelve(1/2)
Watching pictures of dismembered corpses before going to bed is really not good for sleep.
In his sleep, Ji Xun heard the sound of "knock-knock-knock-" coming from his mind. The sound was like someone tapping his head with a snap of his fingers, and caused an oscillation and reverberation in his mind, causing
He had intracranial hemorrhage and died in his sleep.
What a horror movie.
Ji Xun thought endlessly. He remained motionless, feeling the numbness of being half asleep and half awake. He counted silently. When the number in his heart jumped to 300, his numb little finger accidentally trembled.
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"..."
It turns out that the paralysis of the body is not due to ghosts pressing on the bed, but due to sleep paralysis.
The "knock, knock, knock" in his head was obviously not an auditory hallucination, but someone was really knocking on his door.
Ji Xun finally opened his eyes and looked at the time, seven in the morning.
I can't tell whether it's scarier to have a nightmare or to be woken up at this time.
He almost guessed who was at the door, struggled to get up from the bed, went to the bathroom, quickly washed his face and rinsed his mouth, and then opened the door.
Xia Youqing stood outside the door, with two big bags at her feet. She had obviously been knocking on the door for a while. She was looking down at her phone while performing mechanical repetitive knocking movements. When she knocked empty, her finger almost hit Ji Xun.
"You came here so early today, I guess..."
"Is Tang Jinglong really dead?" Xia Youqing went straight to the point, "He was dismembered and his body was thrown onto Wushan Mountain?"
Ji Xun said nothing, bent down and picked up the two bags at Xia Youqing's feet, walked into the room, and let Xia Youqing in: "Your reporter's news channels are really wide, the police only compared the DNA to confirm the identity last night, you know now
——By the way, what did you bring here?"
"Breakfast, fruit."
"That's very polite."
"It's right that I have troubled you for so long." Xia Youqing said, "The information the reporter got was not so detailed, and besides, I left my job long ago. I was looking at photos of people in my circle of friends at the police car cordon on Wushan Mountain, and some people were unclear about their words.
I mentioned that the deceased's surname was Tang, so I took a bold guess. Who killed Tang Jinglong, Zeng Peng?"
"Zeng Peng just came out of the detention center yesterday. As long as he doesn't have the shadow clone technique and can't go back in time, he can't kill anyone."
"Is it someone else? Is Tang Jinglong really the murderer of Leilei? Did that person kill him to avenge Leilei?" Xia Youqing asked again hesitantly.
"It's hard to say. The police have just started investigating. As for whether Tang Jinglong is the murderer of Xi Lei, my intuition tells me that it is, but the evidence tells me that it is not. Let's just believe the evidence."
Ji Xun yawned and saw a cup of coffee in the bag. He took it out and took a sip to refresh himself, then reached for the breakfast bread. But before his fingers touched the bread, Xia Youqing handed him an alcohol disinfectant gel: "
Disinfect it."
Ji Xun: "I washed my hands."
Xia Youqing: "But there are still bacteria on plastic bags."
Ji Xun took the gel and rubbed his hands: "When did you develop mysophobia?"
"It's not me, it's Leilei." Xia Youqing smiled, "Leilei pays great attention to keeping herself clean. She wants to wash her hands eighteen times a day and even pulls me to wash them with her. When she was here, I fished twice a day in three days.
I often forget when I post the news; when she is gone, I can suddenly remember it."
Ji Xun's rubbing of his hands slowed down: "Xi Lei has mysophobia? Is it serious?"
"It's quite serious." Xia Youqing said, "Leilei's skin is also bad, and she easily gets rashes when she touches dirty things."
It was like a black star fell into Ji Xun's eyes. He raised his head and recalled for a moment, then said slowly: "No. If her skin problems are so serious, why are there no drugs specifically used to treat these in Xi Lei's residence?"
"Because... Leilei pays great attention to cleanliness and hygiene every day, and she believes that her skin problems are related to her immunity. She usually uses diet therapy more than medicines." Xia Youqing thought for a while and responded one by one. She didn't know why Ji Xun asked such a question
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"What about the disinfectant?" Ji Xun broke the casserole and asked, "If she has mysophobia, why didn't she even see floor clothing disinfectant in her room?"
"It just happened to be used up. I went to the supermarket with her half a month ago and bought these things. I can find a list for you. Moreover, the house is small, and Leilei doesn't like to hoard goods. She always likes to buy new things...
What, is this important?" Xia Youqing asked anxiously.
The logic is straightened out.
"Life is always full of coincidences, but not all coincidences are conducive to solving cases..." Ji Xun said to himself, "Xi Lei has mysophobia and is prone to rashes when touching dirty things; people in the community where Xi Lei lives are very jealous of Tang Jinglong.
Without knowing it, she has an extremely good reputation there. Do you know what these two points mean together?"
Ji Xun's lips curled up.
"——It means that Tang Jinglong rarely comes to this community, which means that Xi Lei cannot have a tryst with Tang Jinglong in the hotel; it is very likely that their long-term tryst place is a house rented by Tang Jinglong."
Xia Youqing was silent for a long time.
Her focus rarely shifted from Xi Lei. She looked at the person in front of her, vaguely piercing through time, and saw Ji Xun, whom she first knew.
The man whose eyes are always bright, whose brows are always raised, who never believes that there are problems that he cannot solve.
It's a pity that no one can escape from time.
There is a well-known community in Ning City called Lizhu Community. This community has a good location, a quiet environment, and extremely strict security. There are three shifts of security guards with six dogs. They patrol the area 24 hours a day. They can enter by swiping their face with a card to prevent all outsiders from entering.
There are petty thefts in the community, and with such good infrastructure, Lizhu Community is indeed well-known in the property market, but for some well-informed people, none of the above is important. The most important thing is - this is Dingding, Ning City
Daiming's mistress community is the first choice for some well-known business owners in the city to buy outhouses.
Ji Xun stood outside the community for about three minutes, which was enough time for him to take a clear look at the community:
There is a security guard standing guard outside the garage; two security guards are on duty at the entrance and exit of the gate; there is a power grid on the fence; there are cameras at the corners of each section of the wall; I just heard a few dogs barking, and I think the security belt dogs circulating on the Internet are indeed true.
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But that's not important.
No community can completely eliminate the entry and exit of outsiders.
Ji Xun turned his eyes casually and walked along the streets around the community, neither fast nor slow. When he turned the corner, he found a new clue, a coffee shop.
The name of the coffee shop, across time, and the shop's logo are the same as the logo on Tang Jinglong's blue and white thermos cup.
It takes no effort to get there even if you wear iron shoes.
Ji Xun stood outside and glanced inside the glass window. There was no one there. He went straight in and sat down in the coffee shop.
The waiter came up to him: "Sir, what would you like to drink?"
"My friend is a regular customer here, Tang Jinglong. What does he usually drink?" Ji Xun looked casual, but in fact he was spying on the waiter's expression. When he caught the surprise on the other person's face, he was sure.
"Mr. Tang usually drinks Australian white."
"Two cups of Australian white." Ji Xun flipped through the menu at random, then took out his phone and dialed the phone number marked "Tang Jinglong." After a few seconds, he said to the other end of the phone, "Old Tang, I got the coffee you mentioned.
The store is open. Let me go upstairs first? Well, yes, I have the key. But you haven’t told me your house number yet - hello? hello?"
The phone was hung up.
Ji Xun called again in front of the clerk, and got a busy signal.
"This guy is so careless." Ji Xun muttered and closed the menu, "Just two glasses of Australian white."
The barista was making coffee behind the bar. Ji Xun continued to fiddle with his cell phone. When he asked the waiter to deliver the things, he called again. This time it was public. Of course, there was still a busy signal.
"I can't get through again. I'm busier than the mayor." He hung up the phone impatiently, took two sips of coffee, and suddenly said to the waiter: "Old Tang is your VIP customer, right? Do you know where he lives?"
"This is a rule..." The waiter was stunned.
Ji Xun shook the key: "Stop stipulating the rules. I have all the keys. If the community wasn't so big, the security guard probably wouldn't recognize Old Tang, and he couldn't get through on the phone, so I wouldn't ask you. Do me a favor, and I'll ask him later.
Come here more often and buy two cups of coffee.”
The waiter didn't notice anything wrong, so he relaxed and said, "Mr. Tang's room is No. 1808, Building D, Lizhu Community."
"Ha." Ji Xun was surprised, "You don't even need to look at the VIP customer record book?"
"No need." The waiter smiled sheepishly, "Actually, Mr. Tang helped me. When he was drinking coffee here with others, I got angry because my mother was sick and was hospitalized and there was no ward. I accidentally spilled the coffee when I was serving it.
Mr. Tang, Mr. Tang not only did not blame me, but also asked the people around him to help my mother solve the hospital problem. I have always wanted to thank Mr. Tang, but Mr. Tang has not been here recently... Sir, will you see Tang later?
Sir, could you convey your gratitude to me?"
"Of course." Ji Xun seemed to ask casually, "By the way, which hospital is your mother hospitalized in?"
"The Third Hospital."
The third hospital is only two streets away from Ji Xunjia; doctors who can solve the hospital's hospitalization problems will be given priority.
Tang Jinglong may have had coffee here with the doctor from the Third Hospital last time.
Ji Xun secretly wrote this down, maybe it will be used in the future.
The cold wind in January is blowing, and the wind is blowing away. Once you work outdoors in the wind for more than two hours, no matter how thick the skin cream you apply when you go out, it will be useless. Your face will become red and your skin will become chapped.
Huo Ranyin just walked out of a laundry called "Excellent Laundry".
The identity of the deceased was confirmed last night. Today we will notify the family members as usual and conduct a preliminary investigation of the deceased's residence. Tang Jinglong and Rao Fangjie's residence is in a high-end villa community in Ning City. There are two stone elephants in front of the door. The hostess is sitting in this magnificent house.
Inside, I watched the police coming in and out, showing a sense of confusion.
This inquiry continued what the police had learned before. Rao Fangjie knew nothing about Tang Jinglong's movements and only provided the time when she last saw Tang Jinglong, around six o'clock on January 19, when Tang Jinglong went out for dinner.
To be continued...