It was three o'clock in the morning when I walked out of the factory.
It is a remote suburb, and the night is very quiet and empty. You Mingxu looked up at the sparse stars in the sky and felt inexplicably lonely. Maybe it’s because there have been too many things weighing on my mind these past few days. The case of Xie Huifang's family is still a mystery. Another case happened today.
However, judging by You Mingxu's experience, this case should be solved soon. It won’t be as difficult as the Xie Huifang case.
Nearby police forces have been mobilized to conduct a large-scale search near the crime scene, and the suspect may be found soon. Thinking of this, You Mingxu felt a lot more relaxed. She turned around and saw Yin Feng yawning loudly, then looking at her with tears in his eyes, looking a little dazed.
You Mingxu smiled and said, "If you're tired, go back to sleep. You don't have to stay up with me all night."
He was probably very sleepy, his eyes were red, he rubbed his eyes and said, "Ah Xu, work is so tiring, if I don't accompany you, you will be even more pitiful. I want to accompany you."
You Mingxu said: "Oh, I am pitiful?"
He nodded. She leaned against the car, smoking a cigarette to refresh herself, and he was waiting there. You Mingxu was actually a little sleepy as she had been busy for several days in a row. She held a cigarette in her hand, closed her eyes, and rubbed her eyebrows.
Suddenly, I felt two soft fingers falling on my temple. She didn't open her eyes and let him serve her. Yin Feng used moderate strength as he rubbed it again and again. You Mingxu thought, maybe this guy used to be a scumbag and often went to bathhouses and massage parlors? Have you eaten too much pork and learned to run like a pig?
Thinking of this, You Mingxu smiled softly. I let him rub it and put down the cigarette in my hand. The ash fell bit by bit from the fingertips that neither of them could see.
Yin Feng also rubbed her while looking at her. She looks so good like this, she lets him do whatever he wants to her whole face. Yin Feng felt a little hot in his heart and thought, it would be nice if he could keep rubbing her like this. He would do nothing else in his life except giving her massages to make her relax, so that she wouldn't feel tired or sleepy, and her brows would never be deeply frowned again.
You Mingxu opened his eyes, his vision had regained clarity, and said, "Okay, thank you."
Yin Feng put down his hand and stood there motionless.
You Mingxu put out his cigarette: "What's wrong?"
A smile flashed across his lips, then he closed his eyes, raised his head, and moved his face closer.
You Mingxu: “…”
"Press harder." He said, "Ben Junjun's bones are harder than yours, and my head hurts a little from being sleepy."
You Mingxu raised his hand and pressed his temple twice. He flinched. You Mingxu laughed and said, "That's it. Get in the car! We're in a hurry."
The town is only a few minutes’ drive from the factory and no more than 20 minutes’ walk.
In front of You Mingxu and Yin Feng was a three-story building built by a farmer. There are mostly houses like this around here. At this time, there were several police cars parked downstairs, and some villagers were looking around.
The deceased, Xu Jiayuan, rented an apartment on the third floor with three other workers from the factory. The first and second floors are rented to other residents. So there are many people living in this building. Fan Jiazheng led people to investigate the scene and took preliminary statements from the three people.
When You Mingxu took Yin Feng upstairs, they saw a policeman taking a statement from someone near the entrance. Seeing that person, You Mingxu stopped and asked, "Who is he?"
The police understood what she was wondering about and answered, "His name is Liu Ruoyu, he is Xu Jiayuan's roommate and a worker in the packaging workshop." He lowered his voice and said, "He claims to be 18 years old, but he hasn't produced his ID. I think he is no more than 16."
You Mingxu stared at Liu Ruoyu again, and he happened to look up at him. He is not short and has a strong build. He has an ordinary appearance and his skin is a bit rough and dark. You can tell at a glance that he is used to doing physical work. But if you look closely, it is indeed a childish face. You Mingxu agreed with his colleagues' assessment. Judging from his appearance and temperament, he looked only about 15 or 16 years old, yet he actually worked with adults.
Liu Ruoyu's expression was obviously tense and his face turned pale. His lips were tightly pursed, revealing a gloomy silence that was inconsistent with his age.
The policeman said again: "Hurry up and show me your ID card. How old are you? You actually went to work in a factory. The factory must be held responsible for this matter. Don't be stubborn, kid..."
Liu Ruoyu lowered his head, and the veins on his neck bulged.
There were two rooms on the third floor. The deceased Xu Jiayuan and Liu Ruoyu lived in one room, and two other urban youths lived in another. You Mingxu and Yin Feng arrived at the deceased's room first, and saw that the bed near the window facing the sun was a little messy. There were also a few pieces of clothing thrown around, which obviously belonged to the older and taller Xu Jiayuan. There was only one desk in the room, right next to Xu Jiayuan's bed, with a computer on it and a few posters of beautiful celebrities. There are also several miscellaneous books, such as "Train to Become a Multi-millionaire in 100 Days", "The Art of Thick Black - Insight into the Human Heart", "Ghost Stories in Miao Area", "Secrets of the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry"... But even these books look very new, as if they have hardly been flipped through.
"Whose table is this?" Yin Feng asked.
A police officer replied: "Xu Jiayuan's."
Yin Feng said "Oh".
On the other side of the room, Liu Ruoyu's bed looked much more monotonous and smaller. The bed sheets looked like the most ordinary and cheap ones, but they were folded neatly. There were two boxes and a woven bag stuffed under the bed. Nothing else. The trash can was at the foot of his bed.
It was as if his entire space was shrunk into this corner of the room.
The other two roommates were Liu Ping and Jiang Mingxuan. In fact, we can roughly see that Xu Jiayuan looked similar to him when he was alive - urban youths in their twenties, dressed slightly rustically, with ordinary looks and economic conditions. Working a boring factory job, every day apart from going to work, I just play cards, eat, drink and mess around.
When they heard the news that Xu Jiayuan was in trouble, they were both shocked and speechless for a long time. Their confessions were exactly the same as Liu Ruoyu's: on the night of the incident, the three of them ordered takeout in the dormitory, and then played games or watched TV series, and did not go out. They all knew that Xu Jiayuan had a card game tonight, so no one cared even if he didn't come back after 12 o'clock.
As for whether the three of them were lying, it could be quickly confirmed by mobilizing intersection surveillance and questioning nearby residents.
This obvious survey result made You Mingxu slightly stunned.
Because at first, after seeing the body, she thought that the card-playing friends who played cards with the deceased, or the three roommates, were the most suspicious. Because they are the only ones who are most familiar with the deceased's behavior habits and whereabouts tonight. But now, everyone has a very clear and conclusive alibi. And experience told her that they were not lying and could not lie.
That means there are others?
She immediately asked her colleagues to ask these eight people the same question:
"Has the deceased had any grudges with anyone recently? Or financial or emotional disputes?"
The five poker players quickly gave almost unanimous answers: "Not sure." "Probably not." "Xiao Xu is doing quite well in the factory." "Although Xu Jiayuan likes to joke around and has a bit of a bad temper, he is smooth enough and rarely offends anyone." "Who could have such a big grudge against him that he would kill him?"
I asked three more roommates.
Liu Ruoyu was still as silent as ever. The teenager lowered his head and said, "I don't know. He didn't seem to have many enemies. We are all very sad that he died."
The roommate named Liu Ping said: "What enemies could he have? We are just ordinary office workers, and we usually hang out by ourselves. I really can't figure out who wants to kill him. Did he meet a robber and murderer?"
The police replied: "You don't need to ask this, we will check. Has he had any quarrels or conflicts with anyone recently?"
Liu Ping was stunned and said, "Everyone usually jokes and quarrels, but they are not really in conflict."
Jiang Mingxuan couldn't figure out who the deceased had a grudge against recently.
The police asked: "Did he borrow money from anyone, or take out online loans, or have any financial disputes with anyone?"
Jiang Mingxuan thought for a moment and replied, "No, I don't think he's short of money recently, and he hasn't bought anything. The difference between winning and losing from playing cards is only a few hundred yuan. I even borrowed three hundred yuan from him a few days ago to buy clothes. But I paid him back as soon as I got my salary."
"Has he had any quarrels or conflicts with anyone recently?"
Jiang Mingxuan paused, not knowing what he was thinking about. The policeman's voice became a little more stern: "Let's be honest. What are you hesitating about? This is a murder case!"
Jiang Mingxuan immediately said, "There is no police officer... It's just that Xu Jiayuan and Liu Ruoyu don't get along well in the dormitory. Sometimes he would laugh at Liu Ruoyu for being rustic, and sometimes... sometimes he would order Liu Ruoyu to run errands. Liu Ruoyu might not feel comfortable, but he still listened to Xu Jiayuan.
A few days ago, they had a fight. Xu Jiayuan asked Liu Ruoyu to buy cigarettes, but Liu Ruoyu was reading a novel and refused to go. Xu Jiayuan scolded Liu Ruoyu and said... if he didn't run errands, he would expose him as a child laborer and force him to go back to the mountains and not be able to go to work. Liu Ruoyu was very angry at the time and said...said..."
"What did he say?"
"He said...I will chop you to death one day."
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