Chapter 131
The first person to notice something strange about the tragically dead elderly couple in Room 102 was Huang Jiao, who lived in Room 305 on the third floor.
Huang Jiao is the single mother in her thirties with a child. She has no stable job and relies entirely on the child support from her ex-husband to barely support her child.
Huang Jiao rarely goes out unless she works as a part-time worker for someone else. Since she is not a worker for a formal company, the money she earns is naturally much less.
And opportunities like this don't come around every day. Huang Jiao has been really unlucky recently and has been staying at home for more than half a month.
The thousand yuan her ex-husband gave her this month had almost been spent. Without any source of income, she was so worried that she wandered around the corridor and almost scared Su Ruoyun, who was working the night shift, to tears in the middle of the night.
Huang Jiao looked at Su Ruoyun, who was dressed beautifully in front of her, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
She asked Su Ruoyun whether she could make money as a bar lady and whether she could earn three hundred yuan a night.
Huang Jiao asked bravely. After all, she was an hourly worker and only earned 20 yuan an hour, and at most 60 or 70 yuan for each shift.
When Su Ruoyun heard this, she laughed so hard that her body shook, and the movement of her snow-white breasts up and down was particularly spectacular.
She grabbed Huang Jiao's hand and said with a smile: Sister Huang, you really haven't seen the world. My salary for a day's work is more than three hundred.
Huang Jiao knew that the bar hostesses received commissions based on their bar sales, and not only commissions but also tips from the bosses who were in a good mood.
Huang Jiao was so envious that Su Ruoyun could earn her a month's living expenses in just one day.
Even if my job is looked down upon by others, so what? I can't even survive without money, so why should I care about this little dignity and face?
Huang Jiao wanted to perform with Su Ruoyun. Su Ruoyun naturally saw through her thoughts and expressed her dislike for Huang Jiao's appearance in her words.
What's more, Huang Jiao has given birth to a child, her figure is out of shape, her skin is sallow, she is not even as good as an ordinary housewife, is there anyone who would order her to perform?
But Huang Jiao was very confident. She said that there would definitely be a boss who would hire her as long as Su Ruoyun was willing to help her.
Su Ruoyun treated it all as a joke. She said she would introduce her to the bar owner, but then she forgot about it.
Huang Jiao waited for a few days, but Su Ruoyun didn't come to see her, so she went to the corridor to wait for someone.
When they met again, he still greeted her with a sweet smile, and had completely forgotten what he had promised her before.
No matter how stupid Huang Jiao was, she knew that she was being fooled.
After Su Ruoyun left, Huang Jiao was so angry that she was shaking all over. She stood in the corridor and cursed loudly, fearing that other neighbors didn't know that Su Ruoyun was a bitch who could be slept with for money.
After the scolding, Huang Jiao actually felt very bad and squatted in the corridor and cried silently for a long time.
She still had the dignity to keep silent.
Without money, you won’t have food to eat.
Huang Jiao prayed to Buddha and gods at home, preparing to go to her ex-husband who was abusing her the next day to ask for more money, even if she had to get beaten.
She couldn't let her child go hungry, as Xiaofeng was still growing up.
However, before Huang Jiao could go find her ex-husband, her son was bitten by the dog raised by the elderly couple in Room 102 downstairs.
The old couple in Room 102 raised a stray dog. It had a scabby skin, black and yellow hair all tangled together, and foul-smelling saliva kept flowing out of its long, flat mouth.
Although she said she was raising the dog, she was actually just feeding it leftovers for three meals a day. Old Mrs. He didn't like this, so she took a chain and tied the dog in the corridor of the building.
But the residential buildings in this community are old, and the corridors are narrow, not to mention that this is on the first floor.
The male neighbors upstairs are fine, but the women and children who come downstairs are so scared that they dare not go over.
This yellow dog is very fierce. When it sees people, it either barks or shows its teeth.
Several households upstairs came to argue several times, but were scolded back by Old Mrs. He with her hands on her hips.
No one could scold her better, even the eloquent Su Ruoyun was quickly defeated.
Old Mrs. He is an elderly person, and moreover, she is an elderly person who is unreasonable and unreasonable, which is really a headache.
You can't fight them. If you get angry, they won't be afraid at all and will become even more aggressive and arrogant.
Zhong Qing was one of the residents who came to argue. He didn't say anything excessive, but just warned the old lady that if she didn't move the dog away, he would call the property management or the police.
Old Mrs. He acted very aggrieved and pushed Zhong Qing hard.
She said she adopted the dog out of kindness and wanted to do some good for her husband, but who knew so many people would gang up on her and bully her.
God will definitely punish these evil people!
Zhong Qing sneered at the time and said: If the gods knew about the wicked thing you did, you would be the first person to be taken away.
Old Mrs. He was so angry that she hit Zhong Qing.
Zhong Qing couldn't stand it anymore and called the police.
The old woman then realized that she had made a big fuss, and she rushed over to grab his cell phone, saying that she would take the dog home in a while, and said that Zhong Qing was trying to force her to death.
Mrs. He's husband has a leg disease and cannot get out of bed, so he relies entirely on his wife to take care of him.
Mr. He hardly ever goes out and stays in his room all day. I don’t know if he has Alzheimer’s disease or something else. Mrs. He has never told anyone else.
If such a wild dog was brought into the house and handled properly, it would be fine. But if you are not careful, the dog may hurt the two elderly people.
Zhong Qing didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so he cut off the phone call. Old Mrs. He was furious, but she still obediently pulled the dog leash.
After that, Zhong Qing didn't care anymore and went to work.
Huang Jiao's son was bitten by a dog on this morning, not long after he left.
It was not known whether it was a coincidence or Huang Jiao was just unlucky, but this incident happened before Mrs. He had time to clean up the house to make room for the dog.
Zhong Qing heard Su Ruoyun mention it a few times, saying that Huang Jiao sat at the door of Room 102 with her son and cried that day, making the neighbors upstairs and downstairs feel embarrassed.
Old Mrs. He had no choice but to give Huang Jiao some compensation with a grim face.
"The old lady and her husband both have quite a lot of pensions. It can be considered a blessing in disguise for Ms. Huang."
Su Ruoyun still had that playful look on her face. "She's been so short of money lately that she wants to be my sister. Mr. Zhong, do you think Sister Huang did this on purpose?"
Zhong Qing ignored her. Regardless of whether Huang Jiao did it on purpose or not, he was not interested in knowing these dirty things about the neighbors.
After that, Huang Jiao went to the house again to ask for money, shamelessly asking for mental compensation for the child, which was actually extortion.
Old Mrs. He was so angry that she almost couldn't breathe. She stood at the door and cursed Huang Jiao for more than half an hour. In the end, she threw out more than a dozen bills.
Huang Jiao didn't care. She picked up the money and blew away the dust, looking relaxed.
When the tragedy happened today, it was the third time Huang Jiao came to ask for money.
She knocked on the door for a long time but no one opened it. She thought the old lady was deliberately avoiding her. Seeing that there was no chance of getting money, she was just about to leave when she heard a dog barking in Room 102.
The stray dog barked very fiercely, one bark after another, and Huang Jiao was so scared that her face turned pale.
This dog has never barked so fiercely since it was taken care of by Old Mrs. He.
Because Mrs. He thought the dog was too noisy, she would kick it until it shut up.
Huang Jiao immediately realized that something was wrong, so she walked out of the apartment building, stepped through the landscaping bushes downstairs, and took a look inside through the security window.
Just this one glance almost scared her to death.
Grandpa He sat in a wheelchair with his eyes wide open, looking as if he had struggled desperately before death.
Not far from the old man, an old woman in a flowered shirt was lying vaguely.
Because the two of them were sitting near the entrance, Huang Jiao couldn't see clearly, but she guessed that the person lying on the ground was Old Mrs. He.
Old Mrs. He approached the entrance, with only half of her head showing, and this half of her head was completely unrecognizable, with flesh and blood gnawed by a dog.
The wild dog tied to the iron gate of the balcony had already gone mad with hunger, and the iron gate was completely torn open by its brute force.
This resulted in the chain, which was originally not long enough, becoming much longer.
The dog grabbed Mrs. He's hair, dragged her over, and bit her face.
What Huang Jiao saw was the moment when the dog noticed the movement and looked up at her, with bright red blood all over its face.
The beast eats people!
"Boss Zhong, if something like this happens in the building, will we be implicated?" Su Ruoyun finally realized and asked:
"The old woman's death has nothing to do with us, right?"
Yi Tu shook his head and didn't respond. If Old Mrs. He really fell straight down at the entrance as Su Ruoyun saw, then it was most likely not an accident but a human factor.
Su Ruoyun was used to Zhong Qing ignoring him, so she spoke again:
"Hey, Mr. Zhong."
"Did you run into Mrs. Shi today?"
Yitu's heart moved, but he remained calm on the surface and said, "I bumped into you, what happened?"
Su Ruoyun clapped her hands, glanced around and whispered:
"I went downstairs to take out the trash today, and Mrs. Shi told me someone had died in the building! I didn't believe it at the time!"
"I didn't expect it to be true. How could this happen?"
Yitu was about to speak when someone called his name.
"Love."
Yi Tu subconsciously turned his head to look. Kan Xingyuan was walking briskly, his handsome face was as calm as water, and he had an intimidating aura.
He first glanced at Su Ruoyun who was standing next to his wife, and then noticed the police in the apartment building.
"What's wrong?"
Yi Tu briefly recounted the tragedy that had occurred. After listening to it, Kan Xingyuan's face remained expressionless.
While the two were talking, Su Ruoyun quietly slipped away somewhere unknown. After a while, the police and forensic doctors in the corridor carried out two bodies covered with white cloth.
The body was pulled into the car, and the residents who had come out of the building to join in the fun did not disperse, but watched the police take Huang Jiao away.
The woman looked panicked on the surface, but her calm eyes revealed something.
Huang Jiao should also be a player, Yi Tu secretly guessed in his heart.
The real Huang Jiao was a housewife who had not seen much of the world. When she saw the dead body and so many policemen for the first time, she did not cry or shout, but just followed the police car obediently.
Because she knew that she was just following to make a statement, the police would not send her to jail, and she could come back after the statement was made.
In this way, Yitu can exclude Huang Jiao from the list of murderers.
She was involved in this matter, but not the most important one.
If we really want to trace it back, the death of the elderly couple He was related to everyone in the building.
It won't be long before the police come knocking on your door again.
The police car drove away with a rumble, but the people watching in the building had not yet dispersed, and their discussions blocked the entrance.
It was not until someone impatiently began to drive them away that the people in the community left reluctantly.
In the end, only the residents of Building 9 were left looking at each other, and many eyes brushed against Yi Tu's face, leaving faint traces.
At the same time, Yitu was also looking at them silently.
"The old lady has been dead for two or three days." The young man living in Room 306 said:
"Didn't you hear the dog barking at night?"
"I heard it," the fat girl who lived next door to the young man said.
"But who would go downstairs and argue with that old lady so late at night? It would keep everyone in the building awake."
"It can't be a murder, right? The old woman fell at the door and must have been pushed down and couldn't get up." The young man had some ideas.
As soon as he said this, everyone's expressions became varied. Some were confused, some were solemn, and some were looking down in deep thought.
"Why do you care so much?" Su Ruoyun pushed aside the fat girl standing at the stairs. "Aren't there policemen here? Stop talking here. This matter is unlucky enough already."
After Su Ruoyun finished speaking, she went upstairs, looking as if she really didn't care.
"What do you know?" The fat girl muttered depressedly, "If the old lady was really murdered, then wouldn't our lives be in danger too?"
Someone laughed when he heard this. It was a middle-aged, bald, greasy uncle. He looked at the fat girl's body, which was even bigger than a man's, and said with ill intention:
"How dare a murderer attack you? You're as strong as a bear, so you're much safer than me!"
The fat girl's face turned red with anger when she heard this, and there was a hint of resentment in her eyes when she looked at the middle-aged man.
She didn't argue much and went upstairs with heavy steps.
Yi Tu had almost finished looking at it, so he went home with Kan Xingyuan.
The two of them were still as quiet and repressed as usual, with no extra communication.
It’s not that Yitu doesn’t want to speak, but that he doesn’t dare to speak.
The character's level of corruption has not decreased, and Yitu can only wait patiently for it to decrease.
This annoying number finally dropped to 34% after dinner.
Yi Tu felt relieved. After taking a shower, he went to bed early and waited for Kan Xingyuan to come out of the bathroom, trying to get or see any information.
Ever since he discovered that he had the ability to read minds, he was not as afraid or wary of Kan Xingyuan.
After all, this person can no longer hide his thoughts in front of him. If Kan Xingyuan has the intention of taking action, Yi Tu will know it immediately.
The man finished washing quickly and came out covered in steam.
Yitu pondered his words for a moment before speaking:
"Xingyuan, what Mrs. Shi said to us this morning turned out to be true."
Kan Xingyuan didn't respond, but went to the kitchen with wet hair to wash and cut the fruit, then brought the plate to Yi Tu.
Yitu: “?” What does this mean?
Yi Tu was stunned for a moment but still reached out to take it. He felt a little surprised that Kan Xingyuan didn't prepare milk for him today.
"so what."
The man looked at him with calm eyes, his tone was so calm that it was hard to understand.
Yitu couldn't continue with this, and the mind-reading function only produced a blank.
It was boring. Yitu shut up, convinced that this person did it on purpose.
What a good pretentious person! Yitu sneered in his heart.
He only ate half of the fruit and put it aside, which was taken away by Kan Xingyuan and thrown into the trash can.
When the man came back, he turned off the lights. Yitu turned his back and didn't bother to look at him.
Not long after the room darkened, Yitu began to feel sleepy.
He didn't drink milk this time, so it wasn't the sleeping pills that took effect.
He thought about the death of old lady He, and also about this residential building full of human struggles. Yi Tu's consciousness gradually became blurred, as if he was being tightly grasped by an invisible big hand.
The dark night was eerily silent. The stray dog downstairs had been taken away by the police, and no sound could be heard.
Yitu didn't sleep very well, he always felt that someone was walking around in the room.
The moment he realized this, he immediately came to his senses.
He thought that Kan Xingyuan had another attack in the middle of the night, but when he turned his head to look to his left, he was stunned.
The man’s gentle sleeping face was right in front of her, and it wasn’t Kan Xingyuan!
The curtains in their room were not drawn, so that a ray of moonlight shone through the tiny gap.
And now, this light is blocked by something.
Cold sweat gradually broke out on Yitu's back, and he didn't dare to look back.
Because the shadow of that thing was cast on his face.
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