Fan Lizhi was drowned in the bathtub of her apartment. This was obviously a blatant intentional homicide.
Who would have such murderous intentions towards Fan Lizhi?
Xiong Jiandong quickly thought of Colini, who he happened to meet downstairs in Buston's apartment a few hours ago, and the tall black man.
Could it be these two people who did it?
Obviously, it cannot be ruled out that Colini and the black man are suspected of committing the crime!
He thought that if it was related to Corini, Lu Zhichao would also be related. He could not rule out that Fan Lizhi was deliberately silenced because of a murder that occurred in Sanya, China.
Hou Yiying stared at the TV news introduction in shock.
She really couldn't believe that Fan Lizhi would suddenly be killed as soon as she returned to the United States.
Like Xiong Jiandong, Hou Yiying also focused his suspicion on the murderer on Colini and the black man.
On the way back to Chinatown from the Buston Apartment, Xiong Jiandong naturally introduced to Hou Yiying in detail about his meeting with Corini and Fan Lizhi at the Daimaru Hotel in Tokyo.
But Xiong Jiandong didn't know anything about the black man.
Hou Yiying thought that fortunately Xiong Jiandong stopped him in time in the Buston apartment and was about to knock on Fan Lizhi's door. Otherwise, if one of Fan Lizhi's neighbors heard and found out, the consequences would be disastrous.
Because during that time, it was possible that the murderer had just left shortly after committing the crime.
Old John brought the coffee.
He told Xiong Jiandong and Hou Yiying that in the United States, news about murder cases is often broadcast on TV, but usually few people pay attention to it.
Because the frequency of various types of homicides in the United States is so high every year, people have already turned a blind eye to it and are quite numb to it.
When old John sat down, a cat crawled over and lay on his lap obediently.
Xiong Jiandong's heart suddenly moved and he asked Old John: "This cat is very cute. Isn't it a very rare breed?"
"It's called a California Curl, and it's a rare breed!" Old John replied proudly.
"Let me ask again, were you a bridge engineer before you retired?" Xiong Jiandong became excited and quickly asked again.
"Yes, sir!" Old John said in surprise, "But how did you know?"
"Me?" Xiong Jiandong hesitated for a moment, and suddenly realized that Hou Yiying was right in front of him. He immediately regained his composure, and then covered it up and said, "It was your son, Kent, who told me."
"Oh, Kent!" Old John seemed to feel from Xiong Jiandong's hesitant expression that this was not the case, but it was difficult to ask the guest for details.
After staying at Old John's house for more than an hour and not seeing Kent come back, Xiong Jiandong realized that waiting any longer would delay his dinner, so he decided to leave temporarily.
He took out the button-sized camera that had been hidden on his body for more than twenty days and handed it to Old John.
"This is what Captain Kent asked me to give to you. I originally wanted to wait for him to come back and hand it directly to him. I'm sorry, we can't wait any longer now."
Old John took the button camera and said excitedly: "As soon as Kent came back from the Middle East, he asked me if I had received this thing. Sir, he lived up to his trust and actually brought it here now. This is not easy."
Now. Kent said that this thing is very important to him."
He asked again: "If you don't mind, please tell me where you live. Kent will definitely want to know."
Xiong Jiandong left the hotel and room number to Old John.
After coming out of Old John's house, Hou Yiying reluctantly asked Xiong Jiandong why he didn't tell him about the risk he took to save Kent's life in the Middle East. In that case, Old John might stay with the two of them for dinner out of gratitude.
She explained that she didn't mean to take advantage of Old John's meal, but just to continue to stay and have an excuse to wait until Kent came home.
Because Old John just said that Kent is working in the police station, this will obviously be helpful in finding out the circumstances of Fan Lizhi's murder.
Xiong Jiandong smiled and said that according to the living habits of American people, they generally would not entertain guests to dine at home without an invitation.
However, he believed that Kent would definitely go to the hotel to look for him when it was convenient for him.
The two of them found a Chinese noodle restaurant on the streets of Chinatown, and their signature dish was Peking duck.
Xiong Jiandong asked whether he should drink some wine to relieve the obvious physical fatigue caused by flying for more than ten hours and not having any rest throughout the afternoon.
Hou Yiying expressed that he was happy to accompany him.
When the two of them were drinking, they were not in the restaurant, so they turned the topic to Fan Lizhi in public, and brought up the topic of Xiong Jiandong's experiences in Huaishang during the few days before going to Sanya.
"Actually, I have also been to Mazhai Township in Linhuai County, and took the initiative to conduct an inspection of the so-called Shanngling Shenzong's main altar there. It was only because I was later transferred back to Xishan No. 19 by Director Qiao Zong that I had no choice but to put it down.
case." Hou Yiying recalled.
Then, she asked Xiong Jiandong in surprise: "But I'm very surprised. Could it be that when you returned to Huaishang this time, the former first deputy director of the Public Security Bureau came back from the dead, and no one recognized him?"
"No one recognized him." Xiong Jiandong sighed and said sadly, "Who can believe that a dead person can really be reborn!"
"Yes." Perhaps in order to comfort Xiong Jiandong, Hou Yiying couldn't help but smile, "Only I seem to have been continuously involved with you, and I found you resurrected twice. It seems that there is really a fate in the previous life.
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After saying this, she immediately felt that something was wrong, her ears felt hot, she hurriedly fumbled to herself, raised her glass to Xiong Jiandong and said, "Come, drink!"