His bedroom was smaller than the kitchen and, unusually, had no windows. The air in the room was stagnant and there was a very strange, even unpleasant, odor, even worse than the pile of chicken and duck remains in the yard.
It smelled like a mixture of excrement and vomit, and it hadn't been cleaned for a long time, forming old dirt, as well as some sweat and body odor.
In short, the smell is very complex, but it can be summed up in one word: it is quite unpleasant.
Officer Wang thought that he had been exposed to all kinds of unpleasant smells in his many years of handling cases, but at this moment he couldn't help frowning and had to use his hands to restrain himself from pinching his nose.
The man noticed his expression and smiled awkwardly.
"I'm busy with my work, so I don't have much time to clean the house. Don't be offended, officer."
Officer Wang didn't say anything, but quickly scanned the room. With the light from the door, he could see the situation inside the room clearly.
There was indeed nothing unusual, just a bed, a wardrobe, and two benches. On top of the wardrobe was something like an incense burner, and some yellow paper?
Although it was a bit strange that these things should be placed in the living room or on the table, why were they placed on top of the cabinet? But maybe this was other people's habit, and Officer Wang didn't think much about it.
He had checked the whole house but found nothing. Could it be that his intuition was wrong?
When he was about to return empty-handed, Officer Wang suddenly saw a piece of brightly colored cloth in the gap of the door, which was blocked by the man.
Like the styles and colors that girls like.
But looking around, whether in the yard or in the house, Officer Wang did not find any signs of life other than men, especially no signs of women.
Officer Wang moved quickly, walked past the man and picked up the piece of cloth.
The piece of cloth was not big, not even as big as Officer Wang's palm, but the color was bright. Many women's skirts on the street were made of similar fabrics and colors.
Although it was covered with dust and dirt because it had fallen on the crack of the door, it was still possible to tell that it was torn from some clothes.
It was obviously abnormal for such material to appear in the room of a man in his forties.
Officer Wang narrowed his eyes and looked at the man.
"What's this?"
The man's face changed slightly, but he quickly adjusted himself. Then, with an embarrassed look on his face, he said, "Oh, this is a piece of cloth I cut from clothes I found outside. I thought it was quite thick, so I decided to use it as a rag. You can see there's quite a bit of dust on it, it's all traces of things I've wiped with. I wiped and threw away the others, and this was the only piece left. I almost forgot about it."
"It's such a waste to throw away such a delicate skirt. Back in our time, we couldn't even afford such delicate fabric. Sigh, young people nowadays."
As the man spoke, he recalled the difficult times in the past. As if to prove that he really just thought it was a waste to throw the skirt outside, he pointed to some mineral water bottles in the yard and said that he had picked them up.
Officer Wang responded with an unclear expression, and then did not ask any more questions. He seemed to play with the cloth in his hands for a few times, and then threw the cloth back to the man.
Then she said to the man, "You have to take care of the hygiene conditions. After all, you are making food. If the hygiene is not up to standard, what will happen if someone else eats the food you sell and gets sick?"
He did not mention the fabric again, as if he believed what the man said.
The man kept nodding and saying that he would definitely make corrections. Officer Wang left after receiving the response.
But the moment she left the man's house, her expression suddenly became solemn, and she clenched the small piece of cloth she had left in her hand.
He was impressed by the colour and pattern of the cloth.
A few months ago, a woman disappeared in the city and was found wearing a skirt made of the same fabric!
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