Under the warm sun of a winter afternoon, You Mingxu stood outside the Internet cafe, looking around quietly.
Even on weekdays, there are still many teenagers and young people having fun here, and it seems to be isolated from the outside world behind a layer of dark glass.
This was the first time that You Mingxu and Yin Feng found Li Biran.
It was also the intersection where Li Biran and Liu Ruoyu met, got to know each other, trusted each other, and started exchanging murders.
Where the story begins is where you should discover the hidden secret. You Mingxu walked in.
I haven't been here for a few months, and it seems that nothing has changed here. As he passed rows of computers, You Mingxu's gaze inadvertently drifted to the corner where Li Biran once lay on the sofa. Now the sofa has been moved.
What are you looking at those for! You are not allowed to play games.
oh……
The soft, aggrieved voice of that person from the past seems to still be ringing in my ears. You Mingxu walked towards the bar with a blank expression on his face. A young man was huddled at the back, looking listless.
You Mingxu leaned over and asked with a smile: "Handsome guy, where is your boss?"
When the young man saw that it was a beautiful woman, his tone softened a bit: "No. What can I do for you?"
You Mingxu said, "Oh, Mr. Xiang and I are from the same hometown. He helped me a little a few days ago. I just came back from another place and wanted to treat him to a meal."
The young man asked: "Don't you have his cell phone number?"
Of course You Mingxu had the number. It was registered when the case was investigated, but she said calmly, "I called, but couldn't get through." She was not afraid that the young man would call Xiang Rong. After she said that, Xiang Rong would remember who she was. She just came here to test it out today.
The young man replied: "Oh, I don't know. The boss is sometimes busy and the phone can't be reached. We can't contact him either."
You Mingxu smiled: "Oh?"
The young man continued, "The boss is out of town, saying that he has something to do at home. You can call him later, or tell me your name and leave your contact information, and I will find a chance to talk to him later."
You Mingxu said lazily: "No need. If you want to invite someone to dinner, you must be proactive. I'll come next time."
As she walked out of the Internet cafe, the confession records she had read in the files over the past few days flashed through her mind:
The first time she and Yin Feng came to the Internet cafe to ask Xiang Rong, he said: "This boy often comes to our Internet cafe. He was using the computer with his friends yesterday."
The second time, Xu Mengshan came over as she instructed and asked Xiang Rong to provide the surveillance footage from a few days ago. Xiang Rong took the initiative to mention: "Just now someone came and asked for surveillance, but I didn't give it to him. It was also a child, I think his last name was Liu or Chen, he always came to the Internet with Li Biran, and he just left."
I didn't think anything of it at the time, but now, combining Gu Tiancheng's words with Yin Feng's "godfather" reasoning at the time, I feel that Xiang Rong's words are actually a bit suspicious. Generally speaking, when the police come to look for trouble, the owners of these Internet cafes would rather keep their distance. However, he took the initiative to mention Li Biran's "friend" twice, which makes you wonder whether he knows some hidden secrets or is even intentionally guiding or hinting at the police?
After all, the exchange murder between Li Biran and Liu Ruoyu was discovered by Yin Feng in the Internet cafe because of the overlap of their movements.
Xu Mengshan also discovered a detail in the file that he had previously overlooked.
Another factor that contributed to the alliance between Li Biran and Liu Ruoyu was that they were from the same place, Taoling Village, Chenxi County. Maybe they played together when they were young.
Xu Mengshan was also very smart. On a whim, he looked up Xiang Rong's hometown and found out that he was also from that village. Although he had been working away from home, his family had always lived in the countryside until eight years ago. Later we moved to Xiangcheng.
This is quite interesting.
Could it be that the three of them had come into contact earlier than at the Internet cafe?
But before finding more clear doubts, You Mingxu did not intend to rashly look for Li Biran and Liu Ruoyu. Firstly, the two teenagers had not revealed any information in this regard before, so asking again might not be effective; secondly, for some reason, You Mingxu felt that he had to be more cautious this time to avoid alerting the enemy.
As soon as she walked out of the Internet cafe, she received a call from Xu Mengshan. Xu Mengshan said: "I have arrived at Taoling Village. Xiang Rong's house is still there, but it looks like it has been abandoned for a long time. I will go check it out later."
You Mingxu said, "Be careful. He might have returned to Taoling Village."
"Know."
"I'll go to his place in Xiangcheng and see if I can find anything. We'll meet in the evening."
"If Lao Ding asks about it, please help me get it resolved," said Xu Mengshan.
You Mingxu replied, “I know.” The higher-ups were said to be re-investigating the clue about Gu Tiancheng, but no action had been taken and no tasks had been issued to them. After all, it would be difficult to re-investigate the two cases that had already been closed based on just a few words from Gu Tiancheng. You Mingxu estimated that the higher-ups were focusing more on hunting down Gu Tiancheng. There is nothing wrong with this. But how could the two of them sit still? When two such awesome detectives learned that there was a conspiracy behind a case they had solved, they were extremely anxious and wanted to get to the bottom of the case overnight.
What's more, You Mingxu was obviously in a low mood when he was in and out of the police station. Ding Xiongwei also received the gossip that Yin Feng had recovered and moved back home. Everyone looked at the great writer who usually followed them around, and suddenly disappeared. Most of them guessed that something had happened between the two. There are no other cases recently, and You Mingxu wants to focus his energy on this case. As a brother, Xu Mengshan naturally follows him without saying a word. Even Ding Xiongwei turned a blind eye. In his opinion, these subordinates are just a group of little tigers with excess energy, and they are wilting because of love? It would be better to go and investigate the case, it would be more meaningful to work yourself to death.
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Xiang Rong's home is in a quiet community in the suburbs of Xiangcheng. Because it is a newly developed area, there are almost no people in the community and the occupancy rate is low.
You Mingxu stood outside the building, looked for a while, and decided to go and check out the place.
Xiang Rong lives on the first floor. It is a very simple house with a small garden at the door and the curtains are drawn tightly.
You Mingxu knew that Xiang Rong had divorced his wife many years ago, and his son died in a drowning accident several years ago, and he was single now. Since he has gone out of town, there is naturally no one at home. So she had no more worries, looked around and saw that there was no one around and no surveillance, so she just climbed in from the garden.
The criminal police was very good at stealing things. With just a glance, she saw that there was an open ventilation window high up in the kitchen. It was no problem for her to get in, so she climbed up the wall in a few steps and started to get through the window.
A thought automatically popped up in my mind: If Yin Feng was here, there would be no need for her to climb through the window, poke with the wire twice, and then walk in openly through the door.
The movement of climbing through the window paused for a moment - why did I think of that bastard again?
What if you can't unlock the door? She can still get in!
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