"Wait!" Just when Corporal Lin En was about to ask the cashier to leave, Chu Long stopped him.
"Sir, you called me?" The cashier turned to look at Chu Long who stopped him.
"Besides you, who else has seen horse manure in the early morning in the past few days?"
"Sir, I've seen it too, but I didn't take it seriously." The waiter whom Corporal Lin En asked about just now didn't go far. Listening to the conversation between them, Chu Long asked who else had seen it.
After passing the horse manure, he came over immediately.
"Besides you, who else has seen it?" Chu Long asked again.
"The temporarily recruited cleaning staff also met."
"How many days has this situation occurred in total, and how long will it take for it to end?"
"It's been a week since there was any stray horse manure this morning," the cashier said after thinking for a while.
"Tomorrow morning, if there is no more horse manure, you can call Corporal Linn at the Goring Hotel," Chu Long said, looking at the cashier.
"Okay, sir." The cashier looked at Chu Long and nodded, then turned and walked towards the front desk.
Next, Corporal Linn asked several restaurant staff. After not getting any useful information, he gave up looking for new clues. After "wiping out" the last piece of scone, the group left the restaurant and headed towards the restaurant again.
John shop walked over.
Walking into the second floor of John's store again, according to the report, the murderer seemed to be looking for something. There were many signs of rummaging in the bedroom opposite the study. From the wardrobe to the bed, they had been rummaged repeatedly, and the sheets had been rummaged.
It was a mess, the clothes in the closet were randomly stuffed together, and the whole bedroom was in a mess as if it had been ransacked by thieves.
All the places that could be found in the bedroom had been searched, but there was no trace of rummaging in the study. The murderer seemed to know that what he was looking for was in the bedroom and not elsewhere. Only the bedroom on the second floor of the store was searched in such a large area.
I searched, but it didn't look like any other rooms had been rummaged through.
Corporal Lin En and others searched carefully for a long time on the second floor but found nothing. Chu Long himself kept observing on the second floor, looking for any suspicious places in the house. As he walked, he walked back to the middle hall of the stairs on the second floor.
, couldn’t help but look at the photos on the wall again.
Chu Long found that in one of the photos, there was a beautiful woman with long golden hair, casually hanging around, slanted bangs just passing through her eyelids, long eyelashes blinking, and charming eyes that seemed to be talking.
A white patterned dress, but she didn't feel ordinary at all when she wore it. She wore a white round crystal necklace around her neck, with a small oval sterling silver pendant hanging on it. The oval pendant
In the center is a gem that looks like a star in the night sky, but the gem is red, exuding a coquettish charm. The woman in the photo is even more gorgeous.
Standing next to the woman was a tall, middle-aged man with a tall nose and deep eyes, gently hugging her. Looking at them, the four words "talented man and beautiful woman" naturally appeared in Chu Long's heart. From the background of the photo, two figures can be seen.
The photo was taken while standing on a cliff. The woman's face is filled with a happy smile. Even from the photo, it can be seen that the smile is caused by the happiness in her heart. The man is also smiling and hugging the woman.
, the scene presented in the photo makes those who watch it feel full of happiness.
While Chu Long was observing the photos on the wall, the police officer following Inspector Upton came out of the bedroom and followed the photo Chu Long was staring at and said, "The middle-aged man in the photo is John.
Beside him is his second wife, Ms. Beverly.
"She is a beautiful and kind lady." At this time, Inspector Upton, who had just walked out of the bedroom, heard what the police officer said and looked at the photos on the wall.
"Inspector knows her?" Chu Long looked at Inspector Upton and asked.
"Mrs. Beverly was a field nurse during the Battle of the Marne. I happened to be a first-class private on the front line at the time. Once I suffered a gunshot wound, Beverly cleaned my wound."
"In 2017, I saved a second lieutenant on the battlefield and was injured, and was allowed to be transferred back to London to recuperate. After the war, the second lieutenant, in order to thank me, recommended me to his friends and seconded me to the Criminal Investigation Department
, and later the higher-level orders were transferred to the police headquarters.”
"Later I met her while handling a case. She was already married to Mr. John at that time. I later heard others talk about her. After the Battle of the Marne, their group of nurses was transferred back to London and assigned to Wellington.
Employment at the hospital.”
"Mr. John met her in the hospital. The two of them were like being shot by Cupid's arrow, and they quickly fell in love. Six months later, the two held a wedding at the Little St. Martin's Church.
"
"That time in the hospital was the last time we met. I was assigned by my superiors to leave London for a period of time. I couldn't go to their wedding, but when I came back, I heard that Beverly had died of stomach cancer."
"I asked John when it happened, and he told me that he was diagnosed with gastric cancer before they got married, but their love was not defeated by the disease. Treatment after marriage had little effect. Beverly wanted to
The most beautiful self was left to John and he refused treatment."
"I asked the doctor that the treatment will cost a lot of money, and there is no guarantee that it can be cured. Beverly is a nurse. She knows this disease better than anyone else and doesn't want John to waste unnecessary money. She asked John to take her
Went to the place I’ve always wanted to go, Provence.”
"They spent the best time there. Beverly did not go back to London. She spent the last time of her life in Provence. John held a funeral in the local cemetery, leaving her in the most beautiful place in her life.
The most memorable place of happiness." At this time, Inspector Upton looked at the photos on the wall, lost in deep memories, and slowly recounted the past.
In the time that followed, Inspector Upton unconsciously told some interesting stories about his time with Mrs. Beverly in the field medical area. Corporal Lynn, who was "hanging out" from the second floor to the first floor, heard the news in the middle hall upstairs.
They came up from downstairs and listened quietly to the discussion.
While listening to Upton's story, Chu Long felt that he once liked Mrs. Beverly, and Mrs. Beverly also had a hint of affection for him. It could be said to be affection, or it could be said to be a "degree beyond good impression".
"That's fine, they had met by chance before, but the war made it impossible for them to be together, and time also diluted the emotion he felt for Mrs. Beverly in his heart.
So much so that when he started driving to John's store, he didn't show any familiarity with John's family. Chu Long could tell that Inspector Upton had buried that memory deeply in his heart. If it hadn't been for this case, he might have
I will never think of him for the rest of my life.
"The gunshot wound injured my left shoulder and abdomen. Medical conditions on the battlefield are limited. Until now, I will feel soreness in my left shoulder every time it is cloudy and rainy. This is the key to recalling that time. The pain will bring the picture of that time
The feeling has been strengthened," Inspector Upton said with a sigh as he looked at the painting.
"Private, you are seriously injured and you need to rest."
"Are you feeling better? This is the newly delivered medicine that can relieve your pain."
"You are really strong. You don't yell like those other soldiers, like a brave knight."
"Upton, this is the flower I picked. I hope it can bring you a good mood."
………… , a series of memories came to mind when Upton was looking at the woman in the photo, some were beautiful, some were sad, no matter what kind of memory they were, they constantly reminded him that in the journey of his life