Walking out of the door of the Evidence Center, the time hand had reached 12 noon. Zhou Zhongping started the vehicle and turned to ask He Jing.
"How about I treat you to lunch?"
"Hey, Captain Zhou, what's going on? Why did you suddenly remember to treat me to dinner?" He Jing teased.
"Last time on the ship, if it weren't for you being such a sharpshooter, we don't know how we would have ended."
"Tch, that's my job too. In the future, you must remember that you must obey my command when encountering something."
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to your command. Then where should we go now?"
"Let's go have a meal. You won't regret it so soon, will you?"
"I was asking where to eat? My Captain He."
"Humph, that's pretty much it." He Jing took out her phone and took a look at it and said:
"Go to Nanguan District Three."
"Nanguan District 3? Is there any delicious food there?"
"Just go if I tell you to, don't talk so much nonsense."
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." Zhou Zhongping turned the steering wheel and headed straight for Nanguan District 3.
Arriving at the gate of Nanguan District 3, Zhou Zhongping was about to turn into the community when He Jing suddenly shouted:
"Stop, stop, stop."
Zhou Zhongping braked and the car stopped at the gate of the community. Under He Jing's command, Zhou Zhongping parked the car on the side of the road. After the two got out of the car, they looked at the gate of Nanguan District 3 opposite from a distance.
"Hey, I seem to have been to this place before." Zhou Zhongping said.
"Of course you have been here before, but you didn't have any brains when you came here," He Jing said.
"You have some brains, so what do you tell me to do here?"
"Let's eat." He Jing pointed to the beef noodle restaurant behind her and said.
"Ah, just eat this?"
"Hmph, I have work to do today, so I'll give you an advantage."
After finishing two bowls of hot beef noodles, Ho Jing took out her mobile phone and started making a call.
"Hello, are you the homeowner of Room 101, Unit 3, Building 12, Nanguan District 3?"
"Yes, who are you?" A middle-aged woman's voice came from the receiver.
"Oh!" At this time Zhou Zhongping finally reacted. He pointed at He Jing and exclaimed.
He Jing made a gesture to silence him and said to the person on the phone:
"I'm from the Criminal Police Division of the Zhongjiang City Police Department. I want to see that house again."
"Didn't you watch it? Why are you still watching it?" The other party was obviously impatient.
"I'm sorry for causing you trouble. Our colleagues missed some places last time and didn't look carefully. Could you please open the door for us again?"
"Okay, okay, I'm really convinced by you. Wait a minute, I'll be there in ten minutes."
When He Jing hung up the phone, Zhou Zhongping said disdainfully:
"What's so interesting? The house where a single man lives has only a few pieces of furniture. There are only some daily necessities in the house."
"That's what you think. I have to see it myself before I can rest assured."
"Okay, then I'll watch it with you again." Zhou Zhongping said helplessly.
As Zhou Zhongping said, there is really nothing to see in the room. The one-bedroom, one-living house on the first floor has a total area of no more than 40 square meters. The interior is all original concrete floors except for the bathroom. To the right of the entrance is
The bathroom, and going inside are the living room and kitchen. On the left side of the living room is a bedroom.
There was a double bed in the corner of the bedroom. The bedding on the bed was piled haphazardly on it. There was already a layer of dust on the sheets and bedding. Next to the bed was an old three-blade table with a bag thrown on it.
There were opened bags of pickled mustard and several packs of instant noodles. A pair of chopsticks were inserted sideways in a round lunch box. The remaining instant noodles in the lunch box had become dry. There was a wardrobe at the door of the bedroom, and one of the doors of the wardrobe was already dry.
It couldn't be closed, and there were some wrinkled clothes hanging inside the half-open cupboard door.
There was almost no furniture in the living room, only a stool with broken legs leaning against the wall. The gas hood and range hood in the kitchen were covered with oil smoke. Some condiments were scattered on the table.
He Jing carefully checked everything in the house. After reading it, she shook her head helplessly. At this time, Zhou Zhongping lost no time in saying:
"You came here with your brains in mind today, right?"
He Jing glared at him and walked to the door of the room. After the landlady opened the door for them, they did not enter the house at all, and kept waiting at the stairs. He Jing and Zhou Zhongping walked out of the door and said thank you to the aunt, in order to relax.
In the awkward atmosphere, He Jing asked casually.
"Auntie, if you don't clean up this house, you can rent it out again."
"What kind of rent are you renting? I paid the rent for three years." The aunt closed the door and was about to lock the door with the key.
"What did you say?" He Jing suddenly reached out and grabbed the door after hearing what her aunt said.
Auntie was a little overwhelmed by He Jing and repeated what she just said:
"I said that I have paid three years' rent in advance and this house cannot be rented out for the time being."
"You mean the tenant named Guo Min paid three years' rent in advance?" He Jing asked.
"Yes, so this house still belongs to him and cannot be rented out." Auntie explained.
After hearing her aunt's explanation, He Jing opened the door and walked back into the house. Starting from the bathroom, he checked the entire room again. Finally, he stood in the bedroom frustrated and asked Zhou Zhongping.
"Zhou Zhongping, if you were to hide something in this room, where would you hide it?"
"Do you suspect Guo Min hid the money in this house?"
"Liao Wei said that all he gave Jin Tie was in cash. And according to Xie Long's explanation, all Jin Tie's remuneration was paid in cash. So what he gave to Guo Min must also be in cash. You said, hundreds of thousands in cash
Where can I hide it?”
"Well, that makes sense. Where can I hide it?" Zhou Zhongping glanced inside and outside the room again, and suddenly pointed to the bed and said:
"Mattress?"
He Jing and Zhou Zhongping immediately walked to the bed, lifted the quilt and found that there was only a thin mattress on the bed, which could not hide a large amount of money.
Zhou Zhongping and He Jing looked at each other, and both shook their heads helplessly. There was a sound of a car horn outside. He Jing looked up and saw a car passing by the window.
"First floor, is this the first floor?" Suddenly a bright light flashed in He Jing's mind. He pulled Zhou Zhongping's arm and told him to start lifting the bed.
The huge double bed was moved away by the two people, and there was a layer of dust under the bed. He Jing went to the kitchen to find a broom, and carefully swept away the dust under the bed. The ground under the bed was intact.
There is no trace of damage.
He Jing let out a long sigh and sat on the edge of the bed that they had moved aside. Zhou Zhongping also dusted off his hands and sat next to He Jing.
"It's really strange, where could he hide the money?" He Jing said.
"Yes, we have searched the whole house, and there is no trace of money." Zhou Zhongping said.
"No! There's still another place I haven't found."
"where?"
Ho Jing pointed to the wardrobe in front of them and said:
"I just haven't found it under the closet."
"Come!"
Zhou Zhongping stood up excitedly, grabbed both ends of the wardrobe with both hands, and pulled the wardrobe out bit by bit. He Jing went around to the back of the wardrobe and stretched her head to take a look, and immediately shouted loudly.