Although there is no longer Xiao Li’s body in the house.
With the police coming in and out so many times, the scene must have been cleaned up.
But, after all, it is a house where people have died.
So unlucky.
It would be bad if a child gets bad luck if he goes in there.
...
"Your parents will be angry."
Seeing that the child was unwilling, the old man frightened the child.
The child did shrink a bit.
However, even though he was scared, the child still stubbornly stayed where he was, with a stubborn look on his face.
"I'm looking for Fatty."
"Didn't you go into the house to look for it last time?"
The old man was confused.
"There is still a room I haven't found."
The old man was stunned.
That room must be the room where Xiao Li is, right?
"But there's no one in the house."
The old man's words did not make the child give up.
"There was no one in the house last time, but an uncle opened the door."
The child's eyes sparkled, "It's amazing."
"I want to find that uncle."
"Grandma, do you know that uncle?"
"Tell me where to find that uncle, please?"
The old man knew that the child was talking about the locksmith Xiao Jin.
What a smart kid.
I still remember that Xiao Jin opened the door from the outside last time.
However, the old man shook his head with regret and said, "Little girl, except for the police uncle, ordinary people can't just open other people's houses."
"If you find that uncle, that uncle won't open the door for you."
"ah."
The child was very disappointed, but soon became stubborn and said, "I want to find Fatty."
"I will always beg uncle to open the door for me."
The old man stared at the child's big dark eyes and was moved by the child's persistence.
"I told her that her uncle would be punished if he opened the door for her without permission."
"She's embarrassing uncle so much."
"Hearing what I said, the child hesitated."
"That's a good kid."
The old man smiled and said, "Then I told her that I would watch for her."
"Whenever there is someone in the room opposite, I call her."
"The child is home."
The old man sighed with emotion, "I lied to that child."
"You are doing it for her own good."
Meng Jixi corrected, "The child will know when he grows up."
"yes."
The wrinkles at the corners of the old man's eyes relaxed, "When she grows up, she will understand what happened to Xiao Li."
"You will also understand what I am doing."
"Oh, that's too far off topic."
The old man patted his head gently.
Very embarrassed.
She said before that these young people didn't have time to chat with her, but she unknowingly said so much again.
Moreover, the main topic has not been discussed yet.
"That's what I'm talking about about the boy's parrot."
"Parrot?"
Meng Jixi was a little surprised.
Because of Li Wei's body, everyone subconsciously ignored that the reason they discovered Li Wei's body was because of a little girl's obsession with her pet parrot.
The police are busy investigating Li Wei's case.
As for the missing parrot...
They have all forgotten.
...
"Um."
The old man nodded.
"Xiao Li likes to eat sparrows, blackbirds and other birds."
"You should know, right?"
Meng Jixi nodded, "That kid said that Li Wei likes to eat birds."
"Oh, the kid knows that too."
The old man suddenly said, "Tell me, how could that child know that Xiao Li stole her parrot?"
"Actually, I think it's very possible that Xiao Li stole the child's parrot."
"Why do you think so?"
Meng Jixi raised his eyebrows slightly, "Did you see something?"
"Um."
The old man nodded, "I didn't think about it until later."
"One day I came back from shopping for groceries."
"When I was walking downstairs here, I heard the voice of 'Hello, hello~'."
"I look up."
"Saw the parrot on the balcony."
"The parrot is not in a cage or on a chain."
"Flying in and out of the balcony and the house."
"I thought at that time, this family is really tolerant, so they won't be afraid of the parrot flying away."
"But after watching for a while, I found that the parrot was flying back and forth between the balcony and the house."
"It won't fly off the balcony either."
"I just thought, what a smart parrot."
"No wonder this family is so relieved."
"I looked at it for a while, then looked away and wanted to leave, and then-"
The old man frowned slightly, "I saw Xiao Li on the balcony opposite."
"He's looking at the parrot."
"this is nothing."
"I just stared at the parrot for a long time."
"However, Xiao Li's expression is a little strange."
"I can't tell..."
"It's just an uncomfortable expression."
Thinking of Xiao Li's appearance at that time, the old man was a little confused and frowned even more.
"Xiao Li noticed my gaze and looked down."
"He smiled at me."
"Although Xiao Li is relatively silent, he is a polite child."
The old man expressed his impression of Xiao Li, "I have always felt this way."
"Then, Xiao Li turned around and walked into the house."
"I didn't think much about it."
"I just feel like I'm getting older and my eyesight is not that good."
"There is such a long distance between me and Xiao Li."
"That's why I think there's something wrong with Xiao Li's expression, right?"
"But now think about it, was Xiao Li thinking about the kid's parrot at that time?"
The old man's tone was lowered a bit, "You didn't find the parrot in his house because... he had already eaten the parrot."
...
"Have you eaten yet?"
Chi Xiuke murmured.
If that little kid knew, he would be very sad.
...
"Yes, I've already eaten."
The old man shook his head, "You said this person..."
"The job is not bad."
"It's not that bad."
"I really want to eat..."
“Can’t I just buy it myself?”
“Why steal someone else’s child’s parrot?”
"That child is so sad."
"Such a smart parrot..."
"The child really likes her parrot..."
"What a strange person..."
...
Everyone was silent.
The answer to this question depends on myself.
But-
"But now that Xiao Li is dead, we have no way to ask him."
The old man felt a little regretful, "If I had only known that I would have asked him why when I first discovered that he likes to eat birds."
"But I felt that they were not familiar with each other at the time."
"Besides, people can eat whatever they like. Why should I, an old woman, care about so much?"
"Hey~"
The old man sighed.
Then he put the regret behind him.
What has happened cannot be changed.
What else is she worried about?
"What I said are all my guesses."
The old man smiled slightly and said, "Actually, isn't it a bad thing to say this after someone dies?"
"I was so hesitant just now because I felt that this matter had nothing to do with the case you were investigating."
"On the one hand, it feels like I'm speaking ill of a dead person."
...
"No."
Meng Jixi shook his head, "Old man, you are just telling the facts you know."