I……

Ji Xun, who was trapped indoors, was speechless for a moment.

Only in the first ten minutes did I feel that I was lucky. Everything was going so smoothly. You can't be complacent. Something happened, right?

His eyes quickly swept around the room.

There is no suspended ceiling, and the bathroom is connected to the master bedroom, separated only by a layer of transparent glass, so you can see everything at a glance. Even if there is no transparent glass, as long as someone pushes the door in, they can see everything, and there is no need to hide.

The only person who can truly hide someone is——

Ji Xun's eyes fell on the air conditioner outside the window. He concentrated for a second and looked away.

Forget it, it won't happen.

On the 18th floor, you will really die.

The sounds outside the door didn't stop. Under the overly attentive greeting from the property manager, Ji Xun heard Tan Mingjiu's perfunctory "hmm" sound, and the sound of footsteps taking steps every half a second.

That's Huo Ranyin.

No need to think too much, the inquiry will confirm immediately.

Only Huo Ranyin walked like a carnivore hunting.

In a hurry, he had no choice but to hide in the empty closet in the bedroom.

As soon as he closed the cabinet door, the bedroom door was pushed open, and through a gap left in the cabinet, he saw Huo Ranyin appearing at the door of the bedroom.

Huo Ranyin squatted down first and glanced at the floor.

He is looking at shoe prints.

Ji Xun thought.

If someone enters the dusty floor, of course they will leave footprints, but when he enters the door, he habitually grasps the indoor layout and walks back and forth in the room. There are footprints of coming in and out. Huo Ranyin can't do anything about it.

What to judge - except judging that someone has come in, male, height 187cm, weight 64kg, wearing sports shoes, no flat feet or other foot characteristics.

After a while, Huo Ranyin stood up and tilted his head.

It's a wall switch.

Huo Ranyin noticed the switch pressed on the wall. He would next look at the bedside lamp, and then he would realize...

Ji Xun grinded his teeth slightly. After thinking briefly, he took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Tan Mingjiu with his fingers flying:

"Let me tell you something important, related to the case——"

The cabinet door that was slightly open was loose, and light suddenly came in. Ji Xun's hand shook and he could no longer type.

"Is there gold on the ground?" Huo Ranyin's cool voice sounded.

"...No." Ji Xun.

"Then why don't you raise your head?" Huo Ranyin asked with a smile, a bit pungent and sarcastic, and even had a lazy nasal voice, "Are you playing the game of I can't see you if you don't look at me?"

After saying that, he stretched out his hand to get Ji Xun's cell phone.

Suddenly, Ji Xun recalled the first time they met Huo Ranyin.

Like a cocktail, a man who is both charming and strong.

After a brief silence, Ji Xun raised his head as if nothing had happened. He also raised his arm to get out of Huo Ranyin's movement and said with a smile: "Captain Huo, what are you doing? Look at this posture, do you want to hit me?"

Huo Ranyin's outstretched hand stopped in mid-air.

Ji Xun was still talking: "In broad daylight, the sky is bright, this is not the time to do this. The key point is that Tan Mingjiu is still outside. If he suddenly comes in and sees us fighting in this small cabinet, and the gun goes off, it will not look good.

, you think so—"

His lips were suddenly pressed by Huo Ranyin's thumb, and the remaining four fingers clasped his neck, controlling him against the closet wall. The light suddenly dimmed, and Huo Ranyin suddenly came closer.

Now, the two of them were really face to face, squeezed into a small cabinet.

"There's so much nonsense." Huo Ranyin said, "Ji Xun, what are the charges of illegal burglary? You don't need me to tell you?"

"Illegal break-in...and illegal break-in...the charges are different." Huo Ranyin covered his head hard, but Ji Xun still spoke firmly in a breathy voice, "I can only count it as illegal break-in...criticize and educate..."

Huo Ranyin looked at Ji Xun for a while, then moved forward a little. He controlled Ji Xun's neck with one hand, and Ji Xun turned half of his head uncontrollably, hearing a soft laugh ringing behind his ear.

What came together with the laughter was Huo Ranyin's breathing.

The regular and very existential air flow hit the side of Ji Xun's neck, making him feel the tension of being targeted by predators, and goosebumps stood up on the skin.

That's not all.

The next second, Ji Xun felt his pants pocket being opened and a hand reached in.

It's Huo Ranyin's hand.

The thin clothing could not isolate the temperature and contours of the palms. Huo Ranyin's body temperature and breathing were at two extremes, and Ji Xun felt like a ball of ice poking into his pocket.

He shivered from the ice.

After trembling, he felt a little more weight in his pocket and something was put in it.

"Now you have something in your pocket."

Huo Ranyin pressed against Ji Xun's ear. Ji Xun couldn't see the other person's expression, he could only hear the sharp and cold sound mixed in the airflow.

"As long as this thing is not yours, it will be evidence of your burglary. Tan Mingjiu outside is a witness. Both people have stolen the goods, and the evidence is conclusive. What else do you want to say?"

"Yes. I think the people's good police officers cannot do such outrageous things." His body and mind were double oppressed, and he was controlled within a few inches. Even Ji Wen's breathing became slow.

"Then give it a try. See if I am a good policeman in the traditional sense, and take a bet on whether I will go out of line." He put the emphasis on the word "out of line", which was cold, dangerous and full of fun.

"..."

Huo Ranyin is most likely a good policeman on the bright side, but it's really hard to tell what his face looks like at night.

Ji Wen took stock of the situation and raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

Huo Ranyin glanced at Ji Xun, released his hand, knocked on the cabinet door, and his tone became normal: "Tell me how you got here and what clues you found."

Ji Xun reached into his pocket and touched it. It turned out to be the keychain that he had been looking for for a long time. He was silent for a few seconds: "Thank you."

He walked out of the closet and said to Huo Ranyin: "There is an inference. Captain Huo must want to know."

"Continue." Huo Ran raised his eyebrows with a nonchalant expression.

"Tang Jinglong canceled the lease before Xi Lei died. Why did he cancel the lease? He knew that Xi Lei would never use this place again."

Ji Xun finished speaking in one breath, and the careless perfunctory tone faded from Huo Ranyin's face.

His expression became darker.

"Captain Huo, important clues, property——"

Tan Mingjiu's voice suddenly sounded outside. Tan Mingjiu hurriedly entered the master bedroom. He immediately saw Ji Xun standing in the closet. He suddenly froze and his pupils dilated.

Ji Xun rushed to answer: "Hi."

This sound brought back Tan Mingjiu's soul. He held his chest and took a deep breath, and squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "...Hi, Banana, you are here! How did you get in?"

Huo Ranyin interrupted Tan Mingjiu: "What important clues?"

Tan Mingjiu immediately said: "It was the call returned by the landlord. The property management just contacted the landlord, and the landlord responded that the tenant quit the rent on the 4th of this month! In addition, when Tang Jinglong signed the rental contract, he did not use the

When I pay in my own name every month, I don’t use his bank card!”

Huo Ran's eyes fluctuated slightly.

Tan Mingjiu looked at Huo Ranyin, who was not surprised, and then looked at Ji Xun, who was even less surprised, and realized.

"Does the inquiry already know about this matter?"

"No, I don't know about the bank card." Ji Xun said not seriously.

"Does that mean you know that the house belongs to Tang Jinglong?" Tan Mingjiu said reluctantly, "How did you know that you sneaked into the property management company? No, the property management company doesn't know the specific situation of the house; do you know the owner? So the owner gave you the key.

, you took the key and opened the door? Then the homeowner is not your reader, right?"

"I have quite a rich imagination. If I were Conan Doyle and Agatha, it would be possible. Unfortunately, I am just a mediocre little author." Ji Xun was speechless, "This is common sense——"

"Those two words again!" Tan Mingjiu lamented, "You haven't learned the aloofness of the detective, and you have a lot of bad mouth."

Huo Ranyin closed his eyes for a moment and caught up with Ji Xun's thoughts. He said on behalf of Ji Xun: "When I came in, there was a layer of dust on the floor. I turned on the switch but the lights didn't turn on. It can be seen that no one has entered the house for a while and the power supply is switched off."

The power switch has also been pulled up. Under normal living conditions, who would turn off the main power switch?"

"Is it that simple?" Tan Mingjiu.

"Why do you want to be so complicated? After looking at this house, things are as clear as lice on a bald head." Ji Xun sneered.

Tan Mingjiu said he was offended.

After finishing the gossip, Ji Xun continued: "Only when the relationship breaks down or is she caught in adultery will she give up the golden house where she hides her beauty. On January 7, Rao Fangjie continued to harass Xi Lei with text messages in front of her house, which shows that their relationship is probably not broken, and it is not here either.

was discovered. Then how did Tang Jinglong predict that this house would no longer be used?"

"Tang Jinglong does have serious suspicions."

This intuitive evidence is more popular with Huo Ranyin than the metaphysics that Ji Xun said before about dressing his hair.

Huo Ranyin admitted head-on this time: "From this point of view, it can be inferred that Tang Jinglong knew that Xi Lei would die, and he bought the murderer to kill her. Rao Fangjie's DNA found at the scene was most likely unintentionally contaminated by the murderer for some reason when he came into contact with Tang Jinglong.

As for who the murderer Tang Jinglong hired..."

"This is what the police are looking for." Ji Xun answered casually, "To me, the real murderer behind the scenes has emerged. So based on a novel, the focus of the narrative has changed from who the murderer is to the crime.

Motive - Why did Tang Jinglong want to kill Xi Lei? What did Xi Lei know?"
Chapter completed!