Chapter 10 Julien IX

Luo Wenzhou picked up the package and tipped it over. There was nothing else left, but at this moment, his cell phone vibrated, and a photo came over. It was a remote stone path, with water and rough wood, and it was quiet. Narrow, with a solitary trash can in the middle, there is a message at the bottom, there is no title, just two words: By the way.

Luo Wenzhou stared at the photo thoughtfully for a while, but the cat master next to him was no longer arrogant.

The cat's real name is "Luo Yiguo". He is a seven-year-old middle-aged cat with a round face and big eyes, smooth and smooth - just a little temperamental.

Luo Yiguo first stretched out his paws and patted Luo Wenzhou's leg, then twisted his butt to the corner, squatted on the ground full of accusation, and showed the empty cat food bowl to the shoveler.

Unexpectedly, the stupid big man just glanced at it, untouched!

Luo Yiguo was tragically ignored, and out of anger, he charged up aggressively, stood on his hind legs, hugged Luo Wenzhou's calf, and bit his trouser legs with a groan.

Luo Wenzhou bent down, pinched the back of its neck, and lifted Luo Yiguo off the ground: "Are you tired of living?"

Luo Yiguo hung his claws and murmured twice, sticking out his tongue at him triumphantly.

Luo Wenzhou rolled his eyes, and as soon as he let go, the cat lightly broke free from his hand, rolled gracefully in the air, landed on all fours, and soon got enough cat food and an extra jar of cat food as he wished. can.

Luo Yiguo was satisfied, and found that the truth of "a dutiful son comes out of a stick" is really honest, and it is dishonest if the shoveler doesn't bite.

Luo Wenzhou squatted down on the ground and licked the cat for a while, and suddenly remembered something. He lowered his head and glanced at Luo Yiguo's big hairy tail—this ancestor was bought for Fei Du when Tao Ran went to the morning market. Du seemed to like it very much at first, but after a few days of holding it back, he became annoyed for some reason, and he refused to raise him no matter what.

Tao Ran's hometown was out of town. When he first started working, he couldn't afford a house, so he rented everywhere. He would have to move someday. It was inconvenient to keep pets, so he had to put the cat in Luo Wenzhou's house for foster care.

Luo Wenzhou hated cats, hated dogs, hated children under the age of sixteen, and disgusted it to the point of madness. He vowed to give Tao Ran an ultimatum: If he couldn't find a home within a month, he would stew this four-clawed trouble in one pot. .

As a result, seven years have passed, and the next family has not been found. Luo Wenzhou has changed from a swearing ròu eater to a hard-working shit shoveler, but Luo Yiguo has changed from a reserve of grain to the head of the family.

It can be seen that things are indeed unpredictable.

Luo Wenzhou thought about the cat for a while, then stood up suddenly, took half of the leftover bread from the refrigerator, turned around and left.

There was no traffic jam on the street anymore, and he wished that Team Luo, who was commuting to and from get off work every day, rushed back to the city bureau. Except for the duty officer, as soon as he entered the office, he found that someone was still rubbing his eyes and repeatedly flipping through the surveillance records.

Luo Wenzhou paused and sighed, "I knew you hadn't left yet."

Tao Ran stretched: "It's okay to go back - why are you here?"

"It's so pitiful for you to be alone and to work in the middle of the night. I'm here to bring you warmth." Luo Wenzhou wandered beside him and sat on his desk, "Model worker, did you find anything?"

"The monitoring of Chengguang Mansion is outside. Our technicians have just checked the video between 8:00 p.m. and 12:00 p.m. on the 20th. Zhang Donglai was clearly photographed four times by outdoor monitoring. There are about 40 minutes of the whole journey that are neither within the monitoring range nor in the clubhouse, but this '40 minutes' is a total number, and the time he leaves each time is relatively short. There are only two cases where he actively avoided the monitoring. , once around ten o'clock, he and a girl left for more than ten minutes, deliberately looked up to find the location of the camera, and another time when it was close to twelve o'clock, the video in the mansion courtyard was closed after midnight, I don't know what time to come back."

Luo Wenzhou rubbed his chin: "Ten minutes?"

Tao Ran nodded seriously: "Yes, but if the girl is found, she should be able to serve as a witness."

Luo Wenzhou shook his head: "Tsk, really fast."

Tao Ran: "..."

Before he could react, Luo Wenzhou changed his voice again and asked like a gentleman, "Has He Zhongyi been photographed?"

"No, this afternoon they picked out more than 20 shots that were suspected of He Zhongyi, but none of them were photographed. Some of them were quite far away. The murderer killed He Zhongyi at the Chengguang Mansion, would he be careless enough to be photographed?"

"No one was photographed at several entrances and exits. It's also possible that He Zhongyi avoided the surveillance himself." Luo Wenzhou stood up and turned around behind Tao Ran a few times, "But if there really isn't anything, Fei Du wouldn't send it on purpose. come over."

Tao Ran: "Over four hours and so many shots, how can he see it himself? Maybe it's just to give us a reference?"

Luo Wenzhou shook his head. After a while, he suddenly remembered something: "What did you just say, the surveillance in their courtyard will be closed after twelve o'clock?"

"Well, yes, only the ones near the parking lot and a few small roads outside the clubhouse are always open."

"The surveillance camera should be turned off to be afraid of taking pictures of a bunch of drunks. It's on to ensure safety." Luo Wenzhou stretched out his hand to support the back of his chair, "The surveillance cameras in the courtyard should all be installed where the guests can see. If they want to, they can easily avoid it, but outside the clubhouse, in order to prevent unidentified people from breaking in, sometimes they will install surveillance in a dark place... You can call up a few surveillance records that are open all night. ."

Before Tao Ran could finish speaking, he had already started to call it out.

Luo Wenzhou turned on his phone and glanced at the photo he had just received: "Is there any camera installed on a pebble road next to a water system?"

Tao Ran was a little puzzled: "There is indeed one."

The surveillance records showed that at 8:00 sharp, the still footage was pitch black. As they fast-forwarded and turned back, the black shadow stuck in the middle of the screen "jumped" away, freeing up the camera - it turned out to be a bird.

The four corners of the surveillance record are all black, and only a small piece in the middle has a picture. It is blocked by birds that get in and out from time to time. It may be a camera hidden in the tree house. A swaying figure appeared near the trash can under surveillance, and Tao Ran immediately froze the scene.

The man should have come to the trash can to smoke, and he didn't notice that there was surveillance on the tree.

"Wait, this person... seems to be a bit similar!" Tao Ran looked at it carefully for a while, then sighed, "If the cigarette butts are still there, comparing the DNA should be able to confirm, but it was the heavy rain in the afternoon... So now it's still— -why are you laughing?"

Luo Wenzhou took out an evidence bag containing cigarette butts from his pocket: "Let's compare."

Tao Ran was shocked: "Why... where did you come from..."

"Shh—quietly." Luo Wenzhou put a finger to his mouth and said inaudibly, "It was sent to me by a very annoying young man."

Tao Ran looked even more shocked: "You two have a truce?"

Luo Wenzhou pressed the back of his head and twisted Tao Ran's head back into place: "Are there any other clues nearby?"

"Oh, wait." Tao Ran said, and pulled out a marked map, "This road has only two directions, one is Chengguang Mansion, and the other is the public area. After this person left, he obviously did not go to Chengguang. Go in the direction of Guang Mansion, but go to the other side... After going out, there is a main road, and there is a public station."

"I like public areas," Luo Wenzhou smiled. "You can check at any time. You don't need to be arrogant with those rich people."

The two immediately came out of the city bureau and went straight to the police force near the public car.

The night was thick and the dew was about to come down. Luo Wenzhou turned off the air conditioner in the car and opened the car window for a drive.

Luo Wenzhou: "Any clues I found tonight, don't tell the outside world, including my colleagues in the team."

Tao Ran was taken aback: "What?"

"Nothing, I estimate that in a few days, the sub-bureau will file a report to apply for removal," Luo Wenzhou said. "At that time, you should focus on He Zhongyi's case, and don't worry about other things. Before the exact murderer is found, Zhang Donglai can make him 'suspicious' for a few more days, or let him remember xing longer."

Tao Ran heard a different seriousness in his words, and couldn't help but tilt his head to look at him.

The corners of Luo Wenzhou's eyes lifted slightly: "Lonely man and widowhood, if you look at me like this again, I'm going to be a jerk."

"It's free to tease me, right?" Tao Ran waved his hand very generously, "By the way, I haven't seen you going out with anyone for a long time. What about the one who played billiards together last time?"

Luo Wenzhou said, "Oh, I went to study abroad. I went to Italy to learn Chinese."

Tao Ran almost choked to death with spittle Xingzi: "Why is it so unreliable?"

Luo Wenzhou shrugged his shoulders expressionlessly. He put one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the half-opened car window: "Which is so reliable? Besides, my dad hasn't retired yet, although the old man didn't say anything, it still affects him. It's not very good, I'll consider looking for a serious one after he retires in a year or two. It's good if I'm used to myself - that old man is really addicting to work, I really can't understand it, I've long wanted to retire ."

Tao Ran sighed: "Be content, your family thinks very well."

Luo Wenzhou was obedient, and immediately asked, "Your family urged marriage?"

Tao Ran: "No reminders either."

Luo Wenzhou glanced at him: "I'm a hobbyist, what's your problem?"

Tao Ran thought for a while, then answered briefly and forcefully, "Poor."

Luo Wenzhou couldn't help but laughed.

"What are you laughing at, my salary is enough to repay the mortgage, poverty is an objective fact." Tao Ran scratched his bird's nest head indifferently, "But if you can put together a down payment, at least you have the qualifications for a blind date. , I think this life is almost the end, and it is not necessary to marry a goddess."

Luo Wenzhou used the headlights to hit the traffic sign, and found that the destination was not far away. His eyes were calmly looking at the road ahead: "Do you still have a goddess?"

"The classmate from the next class in high school looks like Zhao Yazhi," Tao Ran said, "I haven't been in contact for many years, maybe I'm already married, it's not my turn if I don't get married - it's almost here, wait for me to call and talk to me. Say hello to the buddies on duty."

Five minutes later, Luo Wenzhou parked the car, and Tao Ran was about to get out of the car when Luo Wenzhou suddenly turned his head and said to him, "I'm asking you something very serious."

Tao Ran was inexplicable: "What?"

"Assuming—I mean hypothetically, you are a woman," Luo Wenzhou said. "Who do you want to marry me and Fei Du?"

Tao Ran: "..."

Luo Wenzhou: "Assuming."

Tao Ran thought for a long time and came to the conclusion: "If I were a woman, I probably wouldn't have time to talk to you two right now. I would have to worry about how to come out with my mother all day."

Luo Wenzhou: "Without cabinets, all women are dead."

Tao Ran: "Then the other..."

"The other men are also dead." Luo Wenzhou said this, he didn't hold back, he laughed first, "Just the two of us."

In Luo Wenzhou's three words, the population of more than six billion was wiped out. Tao Ran's mouth twitched, and finally he said, "Then it's still you."

Although Luo Wenzhou held back as much as he could, he still did not hold back, and showed a thief smile as if he had just stole: "Choose me, are you sure?"

Tao Ran pinched his fingers and calculated, and said, "I can only choose you. Fei Du seems to be two months away from the legal age for marriage... Are you arrogant?"

Luo Wenzhou seemed to have achieved a major victory, leaning against the back of his seat and laughing.

Tao Ran didn't understand what he was proud of at all. After thinking back for a moment, he was struck with jitters, shook his head and got out of the car.

...I didn't see Luo Wenzhou recording these words so cheaply.

As long as it's not a private site like the Chengguang Mansion, it's quite convenient for people from the city bureau to transfer surveillance.

The surveillance at Gongjiāo Station failed to capture when the person suspected of He Zhongyi entered the vicinity of Chengguang Mansion, but it gave them both a big surprise-about nine o'clock, the person was photographed walking out of the path, and Go straight to the station, wait for a few minutes, and get on the No. 34 bus.

During this period, he looked up and studied the stop sign, enough for Luo Wenzhou and Tao Ran to recognize that he was He Zhongyi.

At this time, the business closing time of a psychological counseling clinic came, and the last customer stood up, said goodbye to the counselor in a gentle manner, and took out a box of beautifully packaged chocolates: "Thank you, Mr. Bai, I think you should like this taste. If you like it, bring it for you to taste."

The consultants had become accustomed to this. This guest named Fei Du was very likable. He spoke sweet words without money. He never arrived late at will, and never lost control of his emotions. He often brought some beautiful and inexpensive gifts. The cleaners in the clinic knew him. Before she could thank him, she saw the client's phone vibrate twice.

The counselor swallowed the words and smiled to signal him to take care of himself.

Fei Du made an apologetic gesture and found two messages on his phone.

The first is very brief: "Thank you."

The second one contains audio, and the message is: "Reciprocity."

Fei Du put the receiver close to his ear.

"Assuming, you are a woman, who do you want to marry me and Fei Du... The other men are dead, just the two of us."

"It's still you."

"Choose me, are you sure?"

"It seems that Fei Du is still two months away from the legal age for marriage..."

Fei Du: "..."