Chapter 482: Finding Evidence 2
Finally, the day of Little New Year has arrived.
In the letter, Zhuang Ganmei said that she would be able to come out in the afternoon, but Zhuang's mother couldn't wait until the afternoon. She was afraid that she would come out early, so she got up early in the morning and took the earliest bus to wait.
Someone got up earlier than her.
When she went out, Zhuang Chaoying was already waiting at the corner of the intersection.
Seeing Zhuang's mother walking by happily, Zhuang Chaoying smiled self-deprecatingly. He stomped his numb feet and did not go home immediately. Instead, he looked at his watch and waited half an hour after Zhuang's mother left before he went to Zhuang's house.
He knew that Zhuang's mother was leaving at this time to catch the 7:10 bus. If she forgot something and wanted to come back to get it, he should see her turning back in half an hour. If she didn't turn back in half an hour, it meant that she had already boarded the bus.
Zhuang Chaoying returned home with peace of mind.
Good, the locks haven't been changed.
It was the first time for Zhuang Chaoying to do such a thing, and he felt a little sweaty. He rubbed his hands on his body several times, took off his glasses which were a little foggy, wiped them with the corner of his old gray cotton coat, put them back on, and then entered Zhuang's mother's room.
The things are definitely not in obvious places like drawers, so Zhuang Chaoying's target is every corner.
Before coming, Zhu Xiu Yu provided him with several possible places to hide things.
Under the bed board, under the bed, behind the table and cabinet, behind the photo frame, under the floor tiles.
It is impossible for Zhuang's mother to hide things in someone else's room. She would not feel at ease. Zhuang Chaoying took a deep breath and started looking.
Finally, Zhuang Chaoying found a piece of newspaper stuck behind the bedside table.
Logically, there was no need to post newspapers here. He remembered Zhu Xiuyu's words and told himself to pay attention to any unreasonable places, so he moved the bedside table away.
Unexpectedly, the newspaper was not that old, it was from last year.
There's no escaping this time.
Newspaper becomes brittle after being used for too long and will fall apart at the touch, so in order to hide the secret behind it, she has to change it frequently.
Zhuang Chaoying carefully lifted the newspaper and found the loose brick. He pulled out the brick with trembling hands and carefully took out a dilapidated iron box from the brick.
This iron box looked quite old, and Zhuang Chaoying's heart began to beat wildly.
There was a lock on the box, but that didn't bother Zhuang Chaoying.
In order to get Zhuang's mother's passbook, he copied all of her keys, including several broken and old keys in the drawer where the passbook was originally placed. These keys looked like they were discarded and not thrown away in time.
At that time, Zhuang Chaoying was cautious and copied them all.
Zhuang Chaoying tried these a few times first, and unexpectedly, he really succeeded.
When the box was opened, there wasn't much in it, but it was enough.
A photo: It was a photo of the young Zhuang's mother and a man. Zhuang's mother was holding the third child in her arms. People who didn't know would think it was a family of three.
Several remittance receipts: The remittance receipts were very old and the handwriting was difficult to recognize. He looked at them carefully and guessed that the remitter was Fang Xingxian. There was only one "Wu" in the address. Zhuang Chaoying guessed it was Wuxi.
A silver lock: The silver lock has turned black, and is engraved with the words "accumulate good deeds and bring good fortune".
This lock had been hanging around Zhuang Ganmei's neck for several years. Zhuang Chaoying was already several years old at that time, so he remembered it very clearly. It was originally very ordinary, but when Zhuang Chaoying saw the word "Qing" now, he felt it was very ironic.
He still remembered that Zhuang's mother said it was a gift from a former female colleague.
He also remembered that Zhuang's father once muttered: You have such a rich female colleague, why don't you just ask someone to give you a red envelope? What are you doing with this useless thing?
Zhuang Chaoying took out the camera from his bag tremblingly and fiddled with it. Fortunately, Zhu Xiuyu was afraid that he didn't know how to use it, so she took him to try shooting a whole roll of film, and now it was all used up.
Now, he was a little impressed by Zhu Xiu Yu's strategic planning.
Afraid that he wouldn’t take good photos, Zhuang Chaoying didn’t skimp and took many photos of everything, both near and far.
He now knows that some money cannot be saved.
After taking the photos, he first carefully put away the camera, then restored the moved places one by one, and finally pushed the bedside table back to its original place.
Just as he was about to leave, Zhuang Chaoying remembered something Zhu Xiu Yu had done.
That day she was cleaning the house and moved the chest of drawers. After moving it, she found that the chest of drawers seemed uneven.
She lowered her head to look, then said, "It's not put back in its original position! You can tell by the gray mark."
Zhuang Chaoying was helping with the general cleaning, so she went over to take a look, and sure enough, she could see a fresh, clean mark on the corner of the cabinet.
The two of them then moved the cabinet back to its original position, and the cabinet became level.
Zhuang Chaoying then walked back and pressed the bedside table that he had moved away. The table shook, making Zhuang Chaoying break out in a cold sweat.
He quickly lowered his head to look, and sure enough, the corner of the cabinet was not in the right position. He moved it, and the cabinet stopped shaking, but the dust mark had some friction marks that could not be restored. He wiped it with his fingers to make the mark less obvious.
Today, Zhuang Ganmei is back. These two must be eager to sleep in the same room. I'm afraid they don't have time to pay attention to this cabinet.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Chaoying felt relieved and looked at it 360 degrees again. After a quick glance, he found nothing wrong and left the banker with peace of mind.
Aunt Zhang across the street was about to go out. As soon as she opened the door a crack, she saw someone from the dealer opening the door.
She quickly stopped her hand because Zhuang's mother had just told her yesterday that she had to pick up her son early this morning, so there shouldn't be anyone at Zhuang's house at this time.
When she looked closely, she saw that it was Zhuang Chaoying. She was a little suspicious, but she still closed the door gently and opened it and went out after a while.
When Zhuang Chaoying finished all these and left the alley, it was already past the rush hour for everyone to go to work, so he did not meet any neighbors in the alley.
When he reached the entrance of the alley, he stared at the store guiltily. When he saw the store owner go out to move goods, he jumped out of the alley and left quickly.
He first walked, then ran, and only stopped when he was very far away from home. He was sweating profusely without realizing it.
He leaned against a big tree, panting, then burst into a burst of hearty laughter, and then gritted his teeth and said hatefully:
"I've caught you! I've found something on you! From now on, you won't be able to strangle me anymore, I'll strangle you instead!"
People passing by kept looking back at him, thinking he was a fool.
He didn't care about the looks of passers-by and laughed until his face was sore. He was so happy.
On a red brick wall not far away, the words "Public Telephone" were written in red paint. He immediately ran over and said to the person guarding the phone:
"Call up!"
"In the city..."
Before the other party could finish his words, Zhuang Chaoying slapped a five-dollar bill on the table, took out the phone book and dialed Zhu Xiu Yu's number.
As soon as Zhu Xiuyu answered the phone, Zhuang Chaoying couldn't wait to say:
"Xiuyu! I got it!"
Zhu Xiuyu's heart was in her throat, but she calmed herself down and asked, "Where are you calling?"
Zhuang Chaoying looked around and replied, "Three spring breezes."
Zhu Xiu Yu figured it out. It was neither near the banker's house nor near their home.
"I see. Put your camera away. I'm about to leave for Suzhou. We'll talk when I get back."
Zhuang Chaoying nodded quickly: "Okay."
He immediately felt relieved and hurried home to wait for Zhu Xiu Yu.
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