Chapter 55: Knocking on the door in the middle of the night
"Rub it."
Chen Mingming brought some tissues from the living room.
Only then did Zhao Le notice that there was some blood on his face, he smiled sheepishly, then took a tissue and started to wipe it away.
Chen Mingming glanced at the finely chopped ribs on the chopping board and said casually: "Your knife skills are very good. Have you considered becoming a chef?"
Zhao Le chuckled and said: "I only have this for a few times. I can do it at home normally, but if I really want to be a chef in a restaurant, I will laugh to death."
Chen Mingming nodded and leaned casually in front of the refrigerator door next to him, chatting like a classmate: "Have you ever thought about what you want to do in the future?"
It is a normal topic for students in school to talk about their future prospects.
Zhao Le hummed and looked out the window, seeming to have some hope, "A lawyer, right? I am also a major in law."
Zhao Lepo smiled shyly, picked up the kitchen knife and swept the bones aside, and then began to cut the ginger slices, "Doesn't it feel silly? Lawyers who seek justice basically don't make much money, right?"
"Domestic lawyers are very different from those abroad." Chen Mingming said calmly: "They are also different from the lawyers played in Hong Kong movies."
Zhao Le nodded without saying anything. After cutting the ginger slices, he started to pick the green vegetables again, "What about you? What do you want to do in the future? You have such good grades in the profiling class. Do you plan to succeed?
Father’s business?”
"Let's talk about it later." Chen Mingming lowered his head and didn't know what to think.
When Chen Mingming's parents separated, and later ended up in divorce, they kept a very low profile. His classmates didn't know much about Chen Mingming's family situation.
"That's right. Anyway, we still have a lot of time. Think about it slowly." Zhao Le nodded.
Chen Mingming glanced at the refrigerator behind him at this time, then opened the refrigerator door and took a few glances. He said coldly: "This refrigerator is old. It's time to replace it with a new one, right? Otherwise, it will lead to safety hazards."
The hand picking vegetables suddenly stopped, and then continued. Zhao Le turned around and said with a smile: "If it still works, use it first. If it doesn't work, just fix it. But thank you for reminding... Why don't you wait outside?
?You are a guest, there is no reason for you to stand in the kitchen."
"It's okay, sitting is just sitting." Chen Mingming nodded and took a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator, "I'll drink this."
"good!"
…
Dinner was quickly prepared, and the two siblings and Chen Mingming ate casually.
Chen Mingming is a relatively silent person, but Zhang Xiaoqin became quite cheerful after she regained her composure and talked about a lot of things. She said that no guests had come to the house for a long time, and there had been no liveliness for a long time.
After dinner, Chen Mingming proposed leaving. Zhang Xiaoqin asked Zhao Le to go out and see her off. She was really a hospitable person.
"Your sister is doing well now."
Downstairs, Chen Mingming said with some emotion: "I remember the last time the class organization came to visit, she was quite silent."
"Yeah... I'm actually ready for a long-term struggle." Zhao Le also breathed out slowly, looked at the night and said: "That night, my sister suddenly spoke to me, and then she took the initiative to say that she wanted to recover.
I’m so happy about the training.”
Chen Mingming said casually: "Does your sister know about the corpse dismemberment case?"
Zhao Le's smile solidified a little, and then nodded, "After the accident, two policemen came to ask questions."
He was not surprised that Chen Mingming knew about the relationship between Zhang Xiaoqin and Wang Liang.
Firstly, it is because Chen Mingming once visited with his classmates and knew about Zhang Xiaoqin; on the other hand, Chen Mingming's father is a police officer in the city, and Chen Mingming, as a family member, does not know much about such a big case as the mutilation case.
strangeness.
Chen Mingming nodded and said: "Given your sister's previous relationship with Wang Liang, it is only a matter of time that they will come to your door."
Zhao Le snorted.
Chen Mingming said: "Don't worry, the murderer will be caught sooner or later. It's just a matter of time. Just don't let these things affect your current life."
Zhao Le nodded silently and said subconsciously: "Listen to what you mean, do the police have any clues?"
Chen Mingming said calmly: "These things will not be revealed casually. If you ask me, I don't know the details."
"That's true..." Zhao Le nodded.
Chen Mingming said: "However, Skynet is very careful. No matter how careful the murderer is, there will definitely be holes at the scene. It may just not be discovered yet. We have read many cases, you should know that."
"Yeah." Zhao Le smiled, looked at Chen Mingming and said, "Let's not talk about this... you are leaving next Wednesday, and I probably won't be able to go to the airport to see you off. If you have time, remember to come back and take a look."
"There is a chance." Chen Mingming smiled slightly.
Zhao Leqi said: "It's not easy to see you smile for the first time."
The girl in the library also said the same thing... Chen Mingming was startled, then without saying anything else, he nodded and left.
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"My classmate has left?"
Zhao Le went upstairs and as soon as he opened the door, he saw Zhang Xiaoqin clearing the dining table. He quickly came up and said, "I'll be fine. Sister, go and have a rest... Go take a bath. I've been tired for a long day."
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"Yeah...that's fine." Zhang Xiaoqin nodded and said with a smile, "I can do it myself."
Seeing that Zhang Xiaoqin had already walked into the bathroom, Zhao Lecai put down what he was holding and sat down... He suddenly took out his phone and clicked on it.
But his fingers stayed on the interface for a moment, as if hesitating for something.
The next moment, Zhao Le gritted his teeth and put down the phone directly.
Time passed little by little, and Zhao Le looked at the clock on the wall... He stood up suddenly, walked to the bathroom door, and knocked twice.
"Have fun?" Zhang Xiaoqin's voice came from the bathroom, "I'm almost ready, just wait a moment."
"No sister, I'm telling you that I want to go out for a while."
"Go out? Why go out after this?"
"We don't have any dishwashing liquid at home, I'm going to buy some." Zhao Le said casually: "By the way, let's see what else is missing... Sister, do you still have the toothpaste?"
"Toothpaste... there's still half a tube left." Zhang Xiaoqin said, "Then go ahead and be careful."
"Okay, sister."
Saying that, Zhao Le let out a slow breath. Instead of putting on his shoes and socks, he went to the kitchen and poured out the remaining half bucket of dish soap on the cupboard before taking the key and going out.
Zhao Le hurriedly went downstairs, looked around downstairs, then wrapped up his clothes and put on a hood, then scanned a shared bicycle parked downstairs and rode away.
Under an old tree not far away, a figure came out after Zhao Le left.
Chen Mingming looked at the figure that was about to disappear at the street corner... thoughtfully.
…
…
Since these are likely to be two different cases, you cannot just focus on one of them.
In the afternoon, the special case team was divided into two groups. One group was led by Ma Houde and rushed to City X as quickly as possible, while Zhou Yusheng was mainly responsible for Wang Liang's case.
Zhou Yusheng has not heard from Chen Mingming for most of the day. Except at noon, when Chen Mingming visited Wang Liang's workplace and made a phone call to report, he has not contacted him again.
It was past dinner time when his wife called to explain that she had not come home. Zhou Yusheng couldn't help but feel worried. Just as he was about to call to inquire about the matter, a colleague from the team knocked on the door and walked in.
"Team Zhou, we made a discovery!"
"Oh?" Zhou Yusheng suddenly became energetic and asked quickly: "What did you find?"
"We have found the person who may have seen Wang Liang for the last time." The colleague said excitedly at this time.
"Well, where is this person now?"
A colleague said: "What a coincidence, this person happens to be in the detention center!"
"Um?"
At the same time, he said: "That's right, because Wang Liang has no relatives in this city, and we didn't even know what he was doing when he was killed, so we used the radio and newspapers to send out a warning, hoping that someone could
The person who provided the clues showed up... I didn’t expect that he actually showed up.”
"In the detention center? Who is he?"
The colleague said: "They are doing private loans... Captain Zhou, you also know that these people are not very clean. The reason why this guy was arrested was because he had a fight with the creditor when he came to collect debts.
The person was injured and later called the police and was arrested."
"Private loan..." Zhou Yusheng tapped his fingers on the table, "Wang Liang has borrowed money from this guy's company?"
"That's right!" The colleague sat down, "According to this person's account, he had met Wang Liang on December 1st... and this time happened to be the time of Wang Liang's death as judged by the Southern Medical Examiner!"
"I want to interrogate this person personally!" Zhou Yusheng said in a deep voice.
…
In the interrogation room.
A man wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, with his hair shaved off and tattoos on his hands, was brought in by two uniformed police officers and then pinned down on a stool.
After checking the basic information, Zhou Yusheng looked at the other party and went straight to the point, "You said you met Wang Liang on December 1st?"
"Yes, sir." The man nodded.
Zhou Yusheng said: "Why are you sure it is December 1st?"
The man said: "In our company, the latest repayment date is always the 1st of the following month. This Wang Liang happened to be on the list of those who were last in arrears, so I went to find him that day, so I remember
Be very careful."
"Tell me about the situation." Zhou Yusheng said casually.
"I remember that day..." the man began to recall, "It was a coincidence that day. I saw Wang Liang on the street, so I caught him in an alley..."
…
"Brother Long, Brother Long, if you have something to say, say it well, say it well."
In the alley, a man named Brother Long grabbed Wang Liang's hand, pressed his head, pressed him against the wall, and sneered: "Good boy, you can hide pretty well? My debt is Brother Long's."
You dare to hide? You don’t want to hang out here anymore, right?”
"Brother Long, let go first and speak slowly if you have anything to say. I will definitely repay the money. Don't worry, okay?"
Brother Long snorted coldly, reached out and patted Wang Liang on the head, saying: "You have money, right? If you have money to pay back to others, you don't have the money to pay back to me, right?"
"No way, who did you listen to? I will definitely give it to you as soon as I have money!"
"Humph, don't think I don't know!" Brother Long patted him vigorously again, "I don't know who lends you money around here? Someone told me that you have paid back the money in the past few days.
It’s more than a hundred thousand, right? You just won’t pay me back, right? No, right?”
"Don't hit, don't hit Brother Long! Don't hit..."
…
This guy named Brother Long was very careful. He actually stretched out his hands and simulated the situation at that time.
"Unexpectedly, this kid suddenly got angry, stepped on me and pushed me to the ground!"
Brother Long said angrily: "I was so angry at the time. When I saw the kid running away, I didn't think too much. I just picked up a wine bottle and threw it over! I didn't expect it to be quite accurate! I just blew the kid's head.
Brain!”
"Then what?" Zhou Yusheng glared angrily.
Brother Long then shrugged: "The grandson didn't stop. I chased him all the way, but he ran away. I was still thinking about catching him where he worked, but I didn't expect that the next day
I was arrested... Ah, sir, do you think this is considered meritorious service? Can my sentence be reduced?"
Zhou Yusheng said expressionlessly: "I don't know whether it will be reduced or not... But according to what you just said, you are suspected of illegally using violence against others, and the evidence is sufficient."
"Ah? This... ah, sir, I remembered it wrong. I was just chatting with him. I didn't hit anyone. I really didn't hit anyone!"
Zhou Yusheng shook his head, waved his hand and said, "Take it away."
Afterwards, Zhou Yusheng and his colleagues left the interrogation room and started discussing in the corridor.
The lights in the corridor flickered and were unstable.
"This guy named Brother Long probably didn't lie." Zhou Yusheng said firmly.
"Hmm... But it seems that he was not the last person to see Wang Liang." The colleague nodded.
Zhou Yusheng suddenly stopped, "Go and check and see if Wang Liang really paid back a lot of money between November 23rd and December 1st last year, as Brother Long said."
"Hmm...ok." The colleague nodded.
Zhou Yusheng seemed to have thought of something else, "Wait a minute, you can also check Wu Rong's account to see if there is any large amount of funds spent."
"Team Zhou, you mean?"
"Go check it first, and tell me the results as soon as possible..." Zhou Yusheng thought for a while and then said: "It's best to be more detailed. Any consumption records and transfer records must be clear."
"good!"
…
Zhao Le rode his bicycle all the way and stopped in front of a supermarket. However, he did not go into the supermarket. Instead, from here, he called another motorcycle that was engaged in soliciting customers at night.
Soon after, the motorcycle stopped at the intersection of an old street.
After Zhao Le paid in cash, he lowered his head and walked into the old streets. He walked along the less crowded areas, and not long after, he stopped in front of an old house.
He didn't go up, but hid alone in the corner downstairs and looked up.
Zhao Le stared for a moment, hesitation flashed in his eyes, and finally gritted his teeth and chose to leave.
But what he didn't expect was that when he turned around, he saw a figure standing under the street lamp... Chen Mingming.
"Ming, Mingming...why are you here?" Zhao Le looked stiff.
Chen Mingming slowly approached under the street lights without saying a word, just looking into Zhao Le's eyes... This made Zhao Le take a step back subconsciously.
"You...do you have anything you want to tell me?" Chen Mingming sighed and asked in a low voice.
Zhao Le took a slow breath, then smiled and said: "What a coincidence, are you here to take a look too? After hearing what you said tonight, I couldn't help but be curious, so I just wanted to come to this place to have a look...
This is where this scumbag died."
Chen Mingming nodded and said calmly: "In that case, let's go up and have a look."
With that said, Chen Mingming walked up the stairs and walked up without waiting for Zhao Le.
Zhao Le never expected that Chen Mingming would walk up directly, and couldn't help but frown... He hesitated for a moment, but finally bit and followed.
