As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings fell silent.
A dime? ? ?
no?
Song Anmin must be out of his mind.
Even if someone is stingy, they shouldn't be this stingy, right?
Song Anmin pretended not to see the leader's gaze, frowned and said in a low voice, "I... I'm afraid Guo Quan will gamble it away, so I don't dare to lend him more money."
According to information obtained from the police investigation, Guo Quan was indeed a gambler and owed a lot of money.
The police then asked Song Anmin if he had mentioned anything else.
Song Anmin scratched his head and said, "Guo Quan said he had a girlfriend and was broke, so he asked me to lend him money. I was afraid he would gamble, so he kept asking me for money. I lent him a dime, and then he left without saying anything more."
Thinking of the last time he saw Guo Quan yesterday, Song Anmin shuddered.
"Then...how exactly did Guo Quan die?"
The police officer sighed, "His throat was slashed, and his hair was ripped off, scalp and all."
The police's explanation was simple; the actual situation at the scene was far more brutal.
Including Guo Quan, this is the fourth case of scalping in the city. The leaders of the department attach great importance to it and demand that the case be solved within a month!
Otherwise, the people will be filled with anxiety, and no one will dare to go out, which will affect social stability.
Song Anmin quickly added, "What about his girlfriend? Have you asked her? Could it be that Guo Quan gambled away money and is being chased by creditors for revenge? That's impossible, how can he pay back money if he's gone..."
The police officer said with a serious expression, "Guo Quan doesn't have a girlfriend at all!"
Song Anmin exclaimed, "Huh?"
"You don't need to worry about the specifics. We visited Guo Quan's neighbors and family connections, and no one had ever seen his girlfriend. He borrowed 128 yuan under this pretext."
Guo Quan's house was in a mess, and his belongings had been ransacked, so it's possible that the murderer took the money.
Song Anmin swallowed hard. "Where is Guo Quan now?"
"The autopsy is still underway."
Song Anmin and Guo Quan had been friends for several years. He was angry that Guo Quan had taken him to the casino, but out of respect for the dead, Song Anmin had many thoughts and decided to go to Guo Quan's neighborhood after work.
Guo Quan has no parents, only a grandmother in the countryside.
After seeing the two policemen off, Song Anmin's superior patted him on the shoulder.
Song Anmin observed the leader's expression. He had only borrowed one cent, but there was a reason for that!
He finally got a promotion, so he mustn't ruin his image in his boss's eyes!
After working until the end of the day, Song Anmin didn't even have time to go back to his dormitory to change his clothes, so he rushed to Guo Quan's house.
Guo Quan's family lives in a low-rise building in a suburban area. The rent is cheap, and the place is a melting pot of all sorts of people.
A number of people were standing downstairs, all neighbors, talking about what happened that morning.
"Zhouzhou, how did you find out?"
Chen Zhou had just returned from the police station. She was pale and felt nauseous thinking about what she had seen that morning.
"I saw that Guo Quan's door was open, so I assumed he was home and wanted to go in to remind him to close it, but then..."
Chen Zhou is eighteen years old this year. She failed the college entrance examination last year, so her parents kicked her out of the house and made her work to earn money to support her younger brother's education. Chen Zhou still wanted to take the college entrance examination again. She couldn't bear her mother's emotional abuse and her father's beatings, so she found a job and rented a room by herself.
The houses here are cheap, and the neighborhood is lively, but who would have thought this would happen!
Song Anmin's gaze was fixed on the face of the girl named Zhouzhou.
She has an apple-shaped face, round eyes, fair skin, and dark hair.
Song Anmin couldn't help but approach and ask, "Did you hear anything last night?"
Chen Zhou realized that Song Anmin was talking to him.
She frowned. "I don't remember either. I was studying and reviewing at night. There are often noisy, drunk people outside. I didn't notice anything downstairs yesterday."
The old woman standing nearby said to Song Anmin, "The police said that the crime probably took place between one or two in the morning. Everyone was asleep at that time, so how could they have heard any noise?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Zhou's face turned even paler; she didn't dare go home now.
Where are Guo Quan's family members?
Chen Zhou moved his lips slightly, "When I came back, his relatives had gone there, it seemed to be his grandmother and uncle's family."
Song Anmin looked at Guo Quan's house with a heavy expression. After a while, several familiar faces appeared. They were all mutual friends of Guo Quan and Song Anmin.
"Hey? Third brother, you're here too?"
They were all dejected and listless.
Song Anmin couldn't help but ask, "Has Guo Quan been in contact with anyone recently?"
Of these people, only Song Anmin has a proper job, which his mother forced him to find. The others either do odd jobs or live off their families.
"I don't remember him much; we haven't seen him much lately."
Guo Quan has been meeting with them lately only to borrow money. If they borrow too little, Guo Quan scolds them and makes a scene, and they don't want to contact him anymore.
Song Anmin's expression was solemn. "Let me know when Guo Quan's funeral is held, so I can see him off one last time."
"OK."
With Guo Quan gone, everyone lost the will to get together.
As Song Anmin prepared to go home, his gaze swept over Chen Zhou's terrified expression once more.
"You live here alone? Aren't you afraid to go home?"
Chen Zhou was almost in tears. "I live alone. My parents live on the west side."
Chen Zhou didn't want to go home. If she went back tonight, she probably wouldn't be able to stay out in the future.
Song Anmin: "Then you're going to stay in a hotel? You can't stay in a hotel forever."
"Yeah, girl, how about I go with you upstairs to check the house?"
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