Eighteen feathers
It was noon and the sun was shining brightly in the sky. The cicadas were chirping outside the window.
It was a hot summer day, but in the house without air conditioning or fans, the three people except Yin Chen felt that the room was even colder. Tiny beads of sweat involuntarily seeped out of their backs, and the wind outside the window made them feel biting.
Yao Qingluan used one hand to push open the hand that Su Mo was covering his eyes, and looked carefully behind Su Mo, "So, Zhao Xingjian spent an unknown amount of time with a person who had turned from a corpse into bones." She had not yet recovered from her shock and spoke mechanically.
"Or perhaps, this skeleton was placed here by someone."
It seemed that because Yin Chen was by his side, Ye Linghan's reaction was not very strong. When it came to life and death, no one had more say than Yin Chen.
Yin Chen, who was standing beside him, put one hand in his pocket, standing diagonally behind Ye Linghan, and put his other hand around his waist, protecting him.
But no matter what, we must find out who the owner of these bones is and how he ended up here.
"No wonder the roots of the ground ivy here are so lush, they are actually nourished by the bones of corpses." Ye Linghan murmured.
However, such a sudden and explosive incident happening in a residential building was also a considerable obstacle to their investigation.
Su Mo managed to calm himself down and complained with a sad face, "Why can't the barrier cover my eyes and prevent me from seeing such an exciting scene?"
Yin Chen, who was standing behind Ye Linghan as a backrest, glanced at Su Mo and said jokingly, "You are a hunter after all, why are you so timid?"
"What's wrong with it being a blood hunt? This is my first time experiencing it too!" Su Mo was instantly dissatisfied. When he turned around and saw the skeleton, he closed his eyes. His body couldn't help but shrink. Then he pinched his waist and argued with Yin Chen.
Yao Qingluan also nodded in agreement.
"Haven't you investigated this kind of incident before?" Ye Linghan expressed his doubts.
"No, the Investigation Bureau was only established not long ago. Where can we get any experience?"
"Then why did you pretend in the beginning!" Ye Linghan recalled Su Mo's stern face when they first met, and felt angry. He thought he was really a seasoned blood hunting leader, but it turned out he was still a novice.
Su Mo explained with some grievance: "I gave myself the identity when I went out. If I am not a little cold and fierce, how can I subdue the suspect?"
Ye Linghan held his forehead and smiled bitterly when he heard this.
But now the clues are beginning to surface bit by bit, and they don't know what will happen next.
Ye Linghan raised his chin and pointed in the direction of the skeleton. "Can we get the police to help seal off the scene?"
With only three people in the Investigation Bureau, they are probably overwhelmed and unable to handle the situation.
Su Mo shrugged and shook his head. "It's uncertain. Since it's under our control, they are unlikely to interfere. We can only rely on ourselves. However, if there is evidence that needs to be tested, it's no problem."
Ye Linghan sighed. It seemed they could only rely on themselves.
They suppressed their discomfort and upheld their professional ethics, taking photos of the bones to record the position of each piece, and then packed them into bags to be taken back for testing.
However, this process is really difficult, because for some unknown reason, some of the bones were crushed and it takes a lot of effort to pick them up.
After all, three people are more efficient. Since Yin Chen is an outsider, it is inconvenient for him to participate, but he provided financial services and ordered afternoon tea for several people to replenish their energy when they are hungry.
Su Mo and Yao Qingluan were doing the final work of collecting the bones in the living room, while Ye Linghan went to another room alone to look for other clues.
He first came to the bedroom, which also had no furniture. There was simply a bed, a table and a wooden wardrobe. The bedding on the bed had mold spots in several places due to the humid air and the bad environment. Even through the mask he could smell a fishy odor.
Yin Chen also followed Ye Linghan to the bedroom and stood behind him.
"Do you know Zhao Xingjian?" Ye Linghan asked the person behind him, but did not turn around, his attention focused on finding clues.
Yin Chen leaned against the door frame with his arms folded. The distance between the roof and the ground was a bit oppressive for him, and the door frame was even lower, so Yin Chen had to bend his legs and lean on it.
"I haven't heard of him." Yin Chen said in a low voice, "I only know that he's my brother's driver, and he's just a backup."
"In other words, he won't always be by the Second Young Master's side?"
"Um."
Since it is a backup, how can it access the company's confidential files?
Ye Linghan suddenly turned around and said, "Do you think he was killed by the Second Young Master and then the blame was put on someone else?" His eyes were bright, and he had high expectations for his momentary thought.
Yin Chen raised his eyebrows, "Investigation requires evidence, and these are just your guesses."
He didn't mean to discourage Ye Linghan's enthusiasm, he just didn't want his expectations to be dashed if the truth was not what he expected.
"That's right." Ye Linghan has never been a pretentious person. He felt that what Yin Chen said made sense, so he didn't say anything more. He just kept this guess in mind, which could be regarded as a direction for investigation.
Ye Linghan thought about it and asked the person next to him again, "Don't you do any research before selecting people? For example, his life experience."
Even when you go to a company for an interview, your identity and background will be checked and confirmed to be normal before you have the chance to be selected for a trial position, let alone the Yin family.
In addition, judging from his two contacts with Zhao Xingjian, he is clearly a very bad person. It is difficult to change one's nature, and since this is his nature, how can he restrain himself?
Yin Chen shrugged, "I don't know about that. The person Yin Te chose was not me."
That's true. After all, Yin Chen was just helping to find someone and happened to help them in passing. I'm afraid we can't get any details from him.
Yao Qingluan had already searched part of Zhao Xingjian's bedroom, but because Ye Linghan had some minor problems, he hadn't finished the search. So he came to check it again.
There were a few cheap and ugly clothes in Zhao Xingjian's wardrobe. Ye Linghan took them out and spread them on the bed, searching through each pocket inside and out.
When he touched the pocket of the second work coat, Ye Linghan felt his fingertips touched something.
He pulled out the lining cloth from his pocket and found a small piece of cloth sandwiched between his fingertips and the pocket cloth.
What is this? Ye Linghan was puzzled. He picked up the piece of fabric that had faded a little, but upon closer inspection, he could still tell it was a reddish fabric. He looked around and saw that it had two layers: the top layer was a mesh lace, and the second layer was a fabric that was softer than ordinary clothes.
I can't tell where it's from, but based on preliminary judgment, it doesn't belong here.
Never mind, just take it back first.
Ye Linghan put it into the evidence bag.
In addition, he also found a photo frame wrapped in a tattered red cloth in the bottom drawer of the wardrobe. There were three people in the photo. The boy in the middle looked young and his eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Zhao Xingjian. He guessed that it should be a photo of Zhao Xingjian's family of three.
When the search was almost finished, Ye Linghan turned towards the door and met Yin Chen's eyes.
Why is he so idle today? Doesn't he have to go back to work? He's completely different from the usual early morning and late nights. Now he's so idle you can't even tell he's the boss of the company.
"Master, aren't you leaving yet?" Ye Linghan asked with a smile.
During the time he was searching, Yin Chen stood at the door without saying a word, just looking at him silently.
Yin Chen raised his eyebrows, showing no special emotion, "Do you really want me to leave?"
Ye Linghan was choked for a moment. In his heart, he definitely didn't want him to leave. He always felt that there was an inexplicable sense of security with this person by his side, but he couldn't say this thought out loud.
"Uh...I'm just worried that you'll delay your work." Ye Linghan replied.
"Just think of it as a holiday."
An employee who doesn't want to be a boss is not a good employee. Seeing Yin Chen being so free and easy, Ye Linghan secretly made up his mind that one day in the future, he would also be a boss and experience a life where he has money to spend and can take a vacation at any time.
It was already night when the three men returned to the investigation office because they had wasted some time packing the bones at Zhao Xingjian's house.
There's no other way. There are only three people in the entire investigation office, and this is already the fastest efficiency.
When Yin Chen left Zhao Xingjian's house, he did not go with them.
Ye Linghan had just stepped into the investigation office when his cell phone rang, with perfect timing.
The number looked unfamiliar, and Ye Linghan picked it up hesitantly. "Hello? Hello."
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Ye?" the man asked.
"Yes, I am."
Su Mo and Yao Qingluan looked back at Ye Linghan trustfully. The latter mouthed to them, "You go back first." Then he pointed inside the house.
Su Mo understood, pulled Yao Qingluan and turned to leave.
"I'm the owner of Yun Yang Private Kitchen. Mr. Yin asked me to deliver your meal. It's downstairs now."
It turned out that Yin Chen had someone deliver the meal.
Ye Linghan responded and went downstairs to get the meal.
He placed the exquisitely packaged bag on the table and called out to the other two people, "Come and eat."
You can smell the fragrance of the food before you see it. Even if you are full, your appetite will be aroused and you can't help but take a few more bites.
Even though they ate a lot of food, the work was too exhausting and their bodies couldn't bear it.
Therefore, the private dishes that Yin Chen ordered were undoubtedly a timely help, which was exactly what the three of them wanted.
Ye Linghan took a photo of the meal and sent it to Yin Chen, adding a note: "Thank you for dinner."
Yao Qingluan, standing nearby, holding a bowl of rice, strode over to Ye Linghan's side, tilting her head to examine his raised lips. "Oh my, who brought this dinner? I can't even hide the smile."
From the first time they met, she felt that the relationship between the two was unusual. Their behavior was not as awkward as during the ambiguous period, but was also close yet distant.
But he didn't dare to tease him in front of Yin Chen, so he could only catch Ye Linghan and attack him alone.
Ye Linghan had just sent a thank you message to Yin Chen when he felt the corners of his mouth curl up, so he quickly suppressed it. Unexpectedly, Yao Qingluan saw it, so he reached out and pretended to take the lunch box from Yao Qingluan, "How dare you eat it without knowing who gave it to you? Return it quickly."
Yao Qingluan dodged backwards, tightly protecting the food box. "This won't do." She even hid behind Su Mo, "Brother, Xiaoye is bullying me."
Su Mo held his forehead, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Yao Qingluan was good in every way except that she was too gossipy. He was afraid that she would accidentally hurt Ye Linghan and Yin Chen, which would damage their reputation, so he spoke out to stop her.
"Aluan, you're so gossipy. Please stop being so gossipy."
But Ye Linghan seized the opportunity and started teasing, "You two, however, keep calling each other 'brother'. Isn't this just some romantic interest between young lovers?"
He originally wanted to tease Yao Qingluan, but he didn't expect the little girl to be so thin-skinned and couldn't stand being teased, so he lost his composure instead.
"Don't talk nonsense, it's not true!"
They neither admitted that they were siblings nor said they were not lovers, so it was clear what their relationship was.
"Okay, okay, whatever you say is what it is." Ye Linghan smiled mischievously.
Yao Qingluan stood beside Su Mo angrily and argued with Ye Linghan.
Ye Linghan glanced at Su Mo standing beside him, and saw a smile in the corner of his eyes. His eyes were young but unconcealed as he followed Yao Qingluan.
It would be inappropriate to ask some questions further, so Ye Linghan mercifully let the two of them go.
After dinner, Su Mo called the two of them to the computer. "I specifically applied for a computer that can be connected to the public security system, so that it will be convenient for us to check the identity information."
"This is much more convenient. We should have done this a long time ago." Ye Linghan sighed.
Su Mo replied unhappily, "Do you think it's that simple?" He slid the mouse and searched for Zhao Xingjian's name in the library. "But the maximum period for each application is one week, and you have to apply again after a week, so..."
Su Mo turned around and looked at Ye Linghan with an ambiguous smile on his face. "Little intern, this job will be handed over to you from now on."
As he spoke, he patted Ye Linghan on the shoulder to show encouragement.
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