Chen Bai nodded. If this was the case, it would not be surprising that this woman went to find someone from the neighborhood committee.
"Comrade police, let me tell you that this woman has some conscience and added a water barrier at the door of the toilet. Otherwise, if it leaked into the living room, my whole house would become a water curtain hole."
Chen Bai nodded. Only then did the woman realize that the three of them were standing, so she quickly asked Chen Bai and Chen Bai to sit down.
"Okay, tell us about your relationship with the deceased!"
"Comrade police, I told you that this matter has nothing to do with me. I just happened to find it. Why are you still holding on to me?"
Bai Hongwei smiled and quickly explained.
"You misunderstood. We are not saying that you are related to this case. We just want to know about the situation when you found the body and your interpersonal relationship with the deceased."
The woman thought for a while, but when she was about to say something, she looked towards the back room. Then she stood up and closed the door of the back room before returning to the living room.
"Officer, let me tell you that the woman upstairs is definitely not a good person. I am not the only one who says this. Many people in our building think so."
"Oh? Why is that?"
Chen Bai and Bai Hongwei still don't know what the deceased did, so they first listen to what the woman said.
"It's very simple. This woman stays at home all day long. I have lived here for decades. This woman moved here ten years ago. I have never seen this woman leave the house since she moved here. It's normal.
You have to have a job no matter what, but this woman never leaves the house, and she even orders takeout to buy groceries. Officer, what kind of good person can a woman who never leaves the house but still earns money be?"
Chen Bai and Bai Hongwei smiled awkwardly. In fact, this judgment is too direct. After all, there are many jobs that can be completed without leaving home. Maybe she is a homebody, or maybe she just doesn't like to make friends. If from this aspect,
It is a bit arbitrary to conclude that he is not a good person.
"I know you don't believe it. In fact, if it were just like this, we wouldn't say that he is not a good person. The key is that this woman is a person who goes her own way. Officer, you have also seen what our building looks like. This kind of old building has
It was very inconvenient to go up and downstairs, but this woman had to ask the moving company to carry the big and heavy bathtub upstairs. The corridor was blocked for more than an hour that day and we couldn't go down to buy groceries. And this woman obviously lived there.
It's so high, but I had to remove the old guardrails and install stainless steel ones myself. To be honest, this is really unnecessary. As a result, the originally narrow and small road was blocked by construction vehicles. I dropped off my children that day.
I was almost late for school. Also, this woman doesn’t go out, but there are many takeaways coming every day, and sometimes people come in the middle of the night. The sound insulation of this corridor is not good, so we can’t sleep at all.”
Chen Bai could tell that the deceased had indeed caused some trouble to these people, but he could also tell that these were just trivial matters. In fact, as long as they were communicated well, they were nothing.
"And more, I can't finish talking about this."
The woman seemed to have started talking. Bai Hongwei couldn't stand listening anymore, but Chen Bai sat motionless, listening to the woman continue to talk.
"Okay, I understand all this. What were you doing at ten o'clock yesterday morning?"
When the woman heard Chen Bai ask this, her emotions that had just calmed down suddenly exploded.
"What do you mean? What do you mean? Don't you still doubt me? I don't like this person very much, but I'm not crazy enough to kill anyone."
"So, where are you?"
"I was accompanying my son to an online class. The whole process was recorded. From eight o'clock to eleven-thirty, I never left. This is software you can check."
The woman opened her phone and called up an app. Chen Bai nodded and then asked a few more questions, which the woman answered one by one.
"Mom, when can I eat when I'm hungry?"
At this moment, a little boy with a tiger-like head came out. Chen Bai looked at the little boy who was only two or three years old. The little boy was fair and clean and very cute.
"Wait a little longer, mom will cook for you soon."
Chen Bai saw that he had nothing to ask, so he stood up and left.
"Why did you ask for so long? Do you think this woman has something to do with what happened upstairs?"
Chen Bai shook his head. What happened upstairs probably had nothing to do with this woman. It was probably a coincidence that he found the deceased.
"Let's go! Da Binzi should have seen the scene almost, and it's time to go and see if he has made any progress."
When Chen Bai went up, Da Binzi was studying the deceased's computer. When he saw the two men coming back, Da Binzi hurriedly came over with a small notebook.
"Captain, the deceased Zhao Xue, a 35-year-old female, is a writer with the pen name Mantian Feixue. Twenty years ago, she published many girls' novels on Tieba, which were popular among many people. Later, she published many more novels in the past twenty years.
This novel has sold very well every time it is published as a physical book, and it is the idol in the hearts of many boys and girls. However, in recent years, Zhao Xue's writing style has suddenly turned into suspense reasoning, but the writing experience accumulated over the years has made Zhao Xue
It has also broken new ground in this brand new field.”
Bai Hongwei didn't know who Zhao Xue was, but Chen Bai knew very well the importance of this person in the novel circle.
"Is this person covered in snow?"
Chen Bai was a little surprised. Although he had not read the previous books of Feixue Feixue, several suspense novels written by Feixue Feixue in the past few years were very good. He had bought them and read them. The writing was really good, and the story was very interesting.
Both the turn and the final murderer are somewhat unexpected.
"Teacher Chen, do you also know that it's snowing all over the sky?"
Da Binzi was obviously also a fan of Feixue. Chen Bai carefully observed the scene and looked at the door lock, then turned to Da Binzi and asked.
"How is it? What do you want to say about this scene?"
"First of all, there are no signs of fighting in the house, and the door lock has not been damaged. This means that the murderer is likely to be someone familiar to the deceased, and it was the deceased who took the initiative to open the door for the murderer. There were many cigarette butts in the ashtray, which is consistent with the fact that the deceased
There was a brand placed on the table, and there were traces of someone sitting on the sofa. The murderer probably had a conversation with the deceased. Then the murderer used a stun gun to attack the deceased while the deceased was not paying attention, and then stabbed the deceased with a dagger.
The heart. We did not find the murder weapon at the scene. It is estimated that the murderer took it away after the murder."
Chen Bai nodded, pointed to the bathroom and asked.
"Then can you explain now what's going on with the faucet in the bathroom? According to your inference, the faucet thing can't be explained clearly!"
Da Binzi scratched his head. It was indeed an inexplicable thing for the bathroom faucet to be left open. The deceased was not attacked as soon as he opened the door, so the explanation that he forgot to turn off the faucet before opening the door was obviously untenable. Or maybe the deceased opened the door before he opened the door.
After using the bathroom and opening the door to the murderer, the two of them didn't know what they said, and the deceased kept forgetting to close the door. But it seemed unclear. Just when Da Binzi was thinking hard, Chen Bai spoke.
"It's very simple, because the murderer opened this faucet in order to make the body of the deceased discovered as soon as possible."
The police left some people to protect the scene, and the rest went back first. Up to this point, Chen Bai actually thought of this case as a vendetta. The property in the deceased's room was not missing, which shows that the murderer did not kill for money. It is very likely that
One of the deceased's friends had long had a grudge against her, so he committed the murder. But what Chen Bai didn't expect was that the case was far from as simple as they thought.
"The information of the deceased is here. According to our investigation, the deceased did not have much contact with others, let alone go out. His daily life depended on takeout and running errands. However, the reputation of the deceased among his neighbors was not very good.
Based on the estimated time of death provided by Medical Examiner Song, we asked the surrounding neighbors and found that we did not see anyone suspicious at that time."
When Da Binzi was talking, Chen Bai kept playing with the lighter in his hand. Chen Bai didn't speak until Da Binzi finished speaking.
"Even if Zhao Xue doesn't interact with others very much, he still needs to meet with the editor if he wants to publish a physical book. Da Binzi, you and I will go find Zhao Xue's editor. Even if a person doesn't like to socialize, he will always
There need to be one or two familiar people.”
"Then what do I do?"
Bai Hongwei was a little anxious, as if he was the captain, why did he act as if Chen Bai was the captain now?
"Captain, please wait for the autopsy report! Or you can check the people who often deliver food to the deceased and see what they say."
But when Chen Bai and Da Binzi came to the publishing house, they were turned away by the person at the front desk.
"I'm sorry, you two can't meet our editor if you don't make an appointment."
"Look clearly, we are the police and we have something important to say to your editor."
Dabinzi took out his ID, but the little girl at the front desk just smiled and said.
"I know you two are police officers, but our editor-in-chief is really busy. Otherwise, you two can wait for a while. Our editor-in-chief is in a meeting and can see you after the meeting."
Da Binzi wanted to say something else, but Chen Bai stretched out his hand to stop him.
"Okay, since everyone has said that, let's wait and see. Anyway, what we have to talk to their editor-in-chief is about snowy things."
Chen Bai's words seemed unintentional, but they actually achieved his goal. The little girl at the front desk immediately became nervous when she heard this. She immediately picked up the phone at the front desk and dialed a number.
"Boy, please go to the reception room and wait. Our editor-in-chief will be here soon."
Chen Bai smiled and said nothing, followed the little girl at the front desk to the reception room, and the little girl poured two cups of tea for them.
"Teacher Chen, what's going on? Why did their attitude change completely when you just said you were here about Zhao Xue?"
Chen Bai smiled, picked up the tea cup, took a sip and said.
"It's very simple. Haven't we investigated before? Zhao Xue is not only the biggest selling point of their publishing house, but he even has shares in their publishing house. Such a person is of course very important to them, so no matter what they have
Everything must be closely related to Zhao Xue's affairs."
"Two police officers, I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long."
At this moment, a man pushed the door open and came in. Chen Bai saw that the man was in his fifties and somewhat bald. Chen Bai stood up and stretched out his hand.
"Chief editor, right? I won't greet you anymore. We are here today because of Zhao Xue's affairs."
"Yes, yes, please sit down, please sit down!"
The three of them sat down again. The editor-in-chief took out his business card and handed it to Chen Bai and Chen Bai, and asked with some confusion.
"Two police officers, don't you know what happened to Zhao Xue?"
"Zhao Xue is dead!"
As soon as Chen Bai said these words, the editor-in-chief, who had just settled down, fell to the ground.
"What? You..."
The man stood up and looked at Chen Bai excitedly and asked.
"Zhao Xue is dead? This is impossible! When did this happen? What happened?"
The editor-in-chief looked a little excited, but Chen Bai just waved his hand to tell him to calm down.
"You have too many questions. I can't answer them all. What I can tell you is that Zhao Xue was killed yesterday. The purpose of our coming to you is also very simple. We just want to ask what happened to Zhao Xue."
In this way, have you ever sinned against anyone?"
The editor-in-chief smiled bitterly when he heard this and said helplessly.
"How could Zhao Xue offend others? Her books are a golden signature in our publishing house, but even so, Zhao Xue has no airs. Although she doesn't like to go out and has too much contact with us, she still knows how to
It is impossible for such a person to have any enemies if he is kind to others. Besides, Zhao Xue has been helping the publishing house, and there are many newcomers who have been mentored by Zhao Xue. It is impossible for such a person to have any enemies."
Chen Bai nodded, but he always felt that the editor-in-chief was not telling the truth, and that he seemed to be hiding something from himself.
"Editor Wang, I don't know what concerns you have, but what I can tell you is that Zhao Xue died miserably. It was probably an acquaintance of Zhao Xue who did it. If you really know any clues, I hope you can tell the truth.
Tell me. This will help us solve the case. After all, I think you also hope that I can find the murderer as soon as possible."
The editor-in-chief was silent for a while, lit a cigarette and thought for a long time before speaking.
"It's not that I know any clues, I just have one thing to ask you. I don't know if you read the novel, but the name Feixue does have a great influence. I hope you can keep the news of Zhao Xue's death secret from the outside world.
, at least we have to wait for Zhao Xue's new book to be published. We have now received the ending of Zhao Xue's new book and are stepping up printing. So, I hope you can keep this matter confidential."
On the way back, Da Binzi looked at Chen Bai and asked with some confusion.
"Teacher Chen, why did you ask that just now?"
"The editor-in-chief must know something, but he doesn't want to say it. He just made up such a random reason to frustrate us, but now we have nothing to do."
The case seemed to have reached a deadlock, and Bai Hongwei's investigation also yielded no results. In that old-fashioned residential building, there was no surveillance and no fingerprints could be found, and there were not even any witnesses. After investigating the social relations of the deceased, it was discovered that it was a person.
Good people, no one seems to have any grudge against the dead.
"Almost all investigation directions have been discontinued. Where should we investigate now?"
Bai Hongwei looked at the information in his hand with a frown, while Chen Bai was using the deceased's computer to read her new book.
"Chen Bai? Chen Bai?"
Bai Hongwei walked over and patted Chen Bai on the shoulder. Only then did he react and turned around to look at Bai Hongwei and asked.
"What's wrong? Is there something going on?"
"It's okay, I just want to see what you are doing!"
Bai Hongwei was a little confused as to why Chen Bai still wanted to read novels at this time, but Chen Bai smiled and said.
"Anyway, we don't have any evidence now. It just so happens that I can take this opportunity to read Zhao Xue's unpublished novels. Maybe I can find some inspiration for solving the case."
Bai Hongwei looked at Chen Bai's frown and knew that Chen Bai must have seen something and asked quickly.
"Then what did you see?"
Chen Bai didn't say anything. He searched for the mystery novels Mantian Feixue had written in the past few years on his mobile phone.
"You see, Zhao Xue has been sought after by many people since she changed her mind and started writing mystery novels. However, the ending of all Zhao Xue's novels is that the murderer with high IQ escaped the sanction of the law under the police investigation, and the logic of those murderers is all
They kill people for what they call justice. I was wondering why all of Zhao Xue’s protagonists are criminals and why he is obsessed with such an ending. So, I briefly reviewed Zhao Xue’s previous romance novels and found that although these two
The writing style and habits of the genre are similar, but I just have a feeling that it is very likely that all the mystery books in the future will not be written by Zhao Xue himself."
Bai Hongwei was a little surprised, but what he was surprised about was not that Zhao Xue found someone to write for him. What he was surprised about was how Chen Bai saw it.
"Although I like Zhao Xue's books very much, I have to admit that Zhao Xue has changed a lot in recent years. From the innocent campus love to the exciting suspense reasoning, the span is actually quite large, but I have to admit that Zhao Xue has changed a lot in recent years.
Not to mention that no matter what kind of books a veteran author with nearly twenty years writes will be favored by readers."
Chen Bai frowned. In fact, she had this feeling when she read Zhao Xue's first mystery novel. At that time, she was a little confused as to why a person who wrote campus stories would suddenly write suspense reasoning. This in itself
I just didn't understand it. But now, after reading Zhao Xue's new book, Chen Bai has become more convinced of his ideas.
"I'm going out for a while and I'll be back in a while."
When Chen Bai found the editor of Zhao Xue Publishing House again, he asked straight to the point.
"Editor Wang, you didn't tell the truth last time. Let me ask you again this time. What are you hiding from us?"
"Officer, what can I hide from you? I really asked you not to tell this matter because of the publication of Zhao Xue's new book that day. There is really nothing else."
Chen Bai nodded, his tone suddenly worsened and he looked at Editor Wang and asked.
"Then do you know that Zhao Xue hired someone to write as a ghostwriter? Don't tell me that you don't know about this. As Zhao Xue's old friend for more than 20 years, there is such a big difference between her previous writing style and her current writing style, right?