investigative chronicle

Chapter 105
The paint on the top of the box has peeled off, exposing the rotten wood inside.The old man took out a bunch of keys threaded with hemp rope from the house and explained: "I haven't opened this old guy for a long time. I don't know which key it is, so I can only try one by one."

They watched nervously as the old man inserted the keys into the rusty lockholes one by one.The old man fiddled with it for a long time until the last one failed to open the iron lock.

Ji Si'an and Luo Li sighed at the same time, it seems that these keys are not.

The old man also frowned and stared at the key in his hand. After examining it carefully for a long time, he finally picked out another key and inserted it into the lock hole again. After turning it hard a few times, he heard a click, and the lock was opened.

"I remember putting it here." The old man breathed a sigh of relief.

"Maybe it's rusted inside the lock. Let's take a look at my old things... When I moved to the building, my daughter-in-law disliked me for having a lot of things and asked me to throw them away. I was reluctant to put these things in boxes and put them in the corridor. "

As the box was opened, a musty smell gushed out, choking them to cough again and again.

"It's been too long since I opened it..." The old man fanned his nose with his hands, and took out the contents after the smell dissipated.

They are all old books, no wonder they were so heavy when they were just moved.Ji Si'an and Luo Li were very disappointed, these things might not provide any clues.

The old man didn't pay attention to their expressions, he kept taking out old books until the box was emptied, and then the old man took out a small package of floral cloth from the bottom of the box.

"This is it. Let me show you." He said, opening the package.

When they heard the words, they leaned over to look and found a stack of old photos inside.

The old man has a good memory and is very talkative. He can introduce every photo for a long time.They patiently listened to the old man talking about ancient times, and a lot of time was wasted like this.

"Is there... any photo of Yang Siqi?" Luo Li finally couldn't help interrupting the old man.

"Oh, yes, yes. We are looking for his photo, wait for me to look for it." The old man finally speeded up his search.

Moments later, he handed them a photo. "This is a photo I took with him before he disappeared, and I haven't had time to give it to him..."

Luo Li took the photo. In the photo, a short-haired man and an old man were sitting at the dining table and talking happily. Both of them were wearing coats, which showed that the weather was already cold when the photo was taken.

"Is this Yang Siqi's home?" Ji Si'an asked.

"Yes, it was taken at his home." The old man nodded.

"Do you remember when it was filmed?" Luo Li asked.

The old man thought for a while and said, "It looked like it was at the end of October or early November. He was very happy that day, and even drank two cups of wine for the first time."

"Do you know what he is happy about?" Ji Si'an asked.

"He said he was going to be famous. He also said that his book would be a hit." The old man had always admired educated people, and he had a deep memory of Yang Siqi's plan to write a book.

"Can we take this photo back?" Luo Li asked cautiously.

"If it can help your investigation, you can take it away. It can only be dusted in the corner with me." Before handing out the photo, the old man took a deep look at the person in the photo.

"He must be a good tenant." Ji Si'an could see the old man's emotion.

"Punctual, clean, and often helping me with work, he is a very nice young man, what a pity." The old man sighed.

"Does Yang Siqi have any friends?"

"Or...does anyone come to him usually?"

The old man put the things back into the box and said: "He is usually alone, and spends most of his time at home reading books. Except for Zhao Jun from the newspaper office, almost no one has looked for him."

Thinking that Zhao Jun took away Yang Siqi's things, they felt that the relationship between these two people should be unusual. "Has this Zhao Jun contacted him a lot?"

The old man pondered for a while and said: "Not too many. Most of the time, Zhao Jun took the initiative to contact him. Once Yang Siqi said that he needed to be quiet in order to write, and asked me to tell Zhao Jun who came to look for him that he was not at home."

Zhao Jun didn't seem like a talkative person, why did he keep looking for Yang Siqi over and over again?They suppressed the doubts in their hearts and continued to ask: "Did Zhao Jun look for Yang Siqi before he disappeared?"

The old man thought about it carefully for a while and said: "Not long after we had dinner, Zhao Jun came to look for Yang Siqi very late, but he didn't knock on the door. During that time, Yang Siqi often went out at night, and I don't know if he didn't open the door on purpose or at all. not at home."

There are various signs that Zhao Jun should know something.Moreover, after Yang Siqi disappeared, his belongings were also confiscated by Zhao Jun.It seems that the next step is to investigate Zhao Jun carefully.

Coming out of the community, the sky is getting darker, and the surrounding scenery is also blurred.They hurriedly walked on the sidewalk, and as the number of pedestrians on the road became less and less, they couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

When they were approaching the parking lot, they were startled by the sudden movement behind them.

"Who?" Luo Li turned her head in panic.

There was nothing on the empty sidewalk except fallen leaves all over the ground.

"Maybe it's the wind." Ji Si'an swallowed and said.

At this time, a small animal quickly ran past them.

"What is that?! A big mouse?" Luo Li turned pale with fright.

"Rats aren't that big. I think they're weasels." Ji Si'an grew up in the countryside and saw many of these things, so he wasn't afraid.

"I think it's a mouse." Luo Li patted her chest to recover.

"Huh?" Ji Si'an tugged at Luo Li's sleeve.

"You see that guy seems to have heard our conversation. Looking back at us."

Luo Li raised her head in the direction Ji Si'an pointed, and saw the little animal that had just passed by them suddenly turn back and lean out to look back at them through the railing on the side of the road.

The obsidian eyes blinked mischievously, as if to say: "What do you think I am?"

"It's really a weasel." After Luo Li murmured these words, the little guy turned around and got into the nearby grass.

"This guy has become a genius." Ji Si'an teased.

With this little episode, the tense atmosphere just now eased a lot.They walked briskly to the parking lot.

It was not until a long time after their car had driven out that a man in black turned out from behind a tree by the roadside.He looked at the direction in which they were going away and pondered for a long time, until the frost wet his glasses before slowly leaving.

Unknowingly, the two were happily welcoming Yuan Mu's arrival at this time.They pushed Yuan Mu onto the sofa as soon as he entered the room.

Yuan Mu visited for a day and was extremely tired.But seeing that they seem to have made great progress, they immediately regained their spirits.

"Tell me, what's the matter with me." Yuan Mu stretched his sore legs and rested his head on the back of the sofa.

"Don't ask us in a hurry. Tell us how your investigation is going." Luo Li poured Yuan Mu a glass of warm water.

"Don't mention it. Yang Ping's previous boyfriend, although he was a little bad, was not a murderer."

"It seems that your intimidation worked. He didn't dare to touch Yang Ping again..."

Having said this, Yuan Mu stopped.It is also because of this that Yang Ping left in anger at night...If he had taken Yang Ping in, she would not have been killed...

(End of this chapter)