I became the police station's darling after I could understand what the furry creature was sayi

Chapter 226 The Scene? A Tin Box? A Nest? The Timing Matches Up? Black Spicy Strips?

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The elevator door opens.

As Nan Shu stepped out of the elevator, she immediately saw the police officers guarding the entrance on the 20th floor, which was surrounded by yellow police tape.

The police officer nodded slightly to Nan Shu, clearly having received the message that Nan Shu was coming to check on things.

Nan Shu nodded politely, put on her shoe covers, set up the cordon, and went into the twentieth floor.

The layout of the house in house number 20 is similar to that of Brother Sinian's house, except that because there are three children, the original study and tea room have been transformed into a children's room and a children's playground.

But now they've all been burned to the ground and are no longer recognizable.

Nan Shu looked up and saw that the whole room was filled with traces of smoke and fire. The ceiling still had traces of flames, and the sliding door leading to the balcony was completely burned. The wind was blowing in from outside, but the air still had a strong smell of smoke.

After leaving the forensic office, Nan Punian immediately summoned Liao Jinhua and Zhu Quan to the detachment for questioning.

As expected, Zhu Quan vehemently denied it, completely refusing to admit that the one million yuan was transferred to Qian Guihua through Liao Jinhua. Even regarding his relationship with Liao Jinhua, Zhu Quan insisted that they were just ordinary colleagues, or at most, a student and driving school instructor.

Liao Jinhua's description is basically consistent with Zhu Quan's.

Nan Shu left the team halfway through the reading. The two had clearly colluded on their statements, and without evidence, they would never confess.

Zhu Quan seemed to have anticipated that the police would not find any evidence. He verbally agreed to cooperate, but his tone revealed an indescribable smugness.

We arrived at the master bedroom where the body was found.

Before she even got close, Nan Shu could see the outline drawn by the white lines on the ground.

Nan Shu had seen photos of the scene. Sun Wenwen was holding her youngest son when she collapsed just one meter from the door and never got up again.

The burn marks were most severe and obvious at the head of the bed in the master bedroom.

Nan Shu stepped across the white line and entered the master bedroom.

The dressing room was close to the washroom. The little green snake had somehow crawled out from Nan Shu's wrist, straightened its upper body, and flicked its tongue, as if it were observing something.

The entire house was searched. Apart from some personal belongings, some items were burned, but the remaining fragments of clothing that had not been completely burned were piled up on the floor, layer upon layer, congealing into a dark mass.

Nan Shu scanned the area inch by inch with her gaze, but found nothing.

Just as she was about to go check on Sun Wenwen's two daughters' rooms, the usually quiet and well-behaved little green snake suddenly darted out, moving so fast that Nan Shu couldn't stop it at all.

"A little green snake?!"

Fortunately, the little green snake was entirely green, and in this pitch-black environment, it looked like it had special effects added. Nan Shu quickly followed behind it.

The little green snake slid towards the dressing room at incredible speed.

Arriving at the innermost part of the dressing room, separated by a wall from the bathroom cabinet, the little green snake nudged the clumps of ash that had turned into hardened synthetic fibers, layer by layer, its originally green body gradually stained with ash.

Nan Shu watched for a while and finally understood what it wanted to do. After thinking for a moment, she took out gloves from her pocket, put them on, and moved all those things away.

Half-burnt wooden shelves that had fallen down, an acrylic box that looked like it was used to store jewelry, and clothing.

At last…

When Nan Shu saw the box lying quietly in the corner, now completely black, she was taken aback.

Upon seeing the box, the little green snake writhed violently, its forked tongue flicking out more frequently.

Nan Shu looked at the box, then at the little green snake, and realized, "You used to live here?"

The little green snake understood and twisted its body towards Nan Shu.

"You really live here?!"

Nan Shu was surprised.

But then I thought about it again. The iron lotus was the little green snake I found yesterday. The 22nd floor is nearly 80 meters high. With the little green snake's strength, it might not be able to climb up.

But if it went from the 20th floor to the 22nd floor, and considering the time it appeared, everything makes sense. The little green snake didn't respond, but instead rubbed its tail against the side of the metal box, revealing a combination lock.

The tail tip slowly fiddled with the combination lock, four digits, one at a time...

Until the combination lock made a soft 'click' sound.

The lid of the box popped open.

Inside, a small nest lined with sawdust was revealed, containing a small children's electronic watch with a dark blue strap, which looked like a boy's style.

Nan Shu was taken aback.

"This is……"

Picking up the watch, the little green snake glanced at it hesitantly, but still let Nan Shu hold it in her hand to examine it. The screen was black, and the buttons were unresponsive; it was unclear whether it was out of power or burned out.

But in any case, this is indeed a new discovery.

Nan Shu put the watch into the evidence bag, squatted down, and touched the rectangular iron box. It was made of steel plate and was quite thick, like the material used for a safe.

No wonder it remained intact despite such a large fire.

Nan Shu then took out another evidence bag from her pocket and put it into the box along with the evidence bag.

Seeing that its nest had been taken away, the little green snake stared at Nan Shu with resentment in its eyes, but still did nothing, just gazing longingly at its little nest.

Nan Shu: ...

"Sweetie, there's a bigger place for you to sleep at home, so you can have this one, okay?"

Nan Shu wiped the little green snake's head. The little green snake had now turned into a little black snake, which looked quite comical.

The little green snake tilted its head, thought for a while, and finally nodded in agreement.

"So nice."

Nan Shu picked it up, put it in her pocket, and took out her phone to hail a taxi.

She wanted to ask Brother Li to take a look, just in case the electronic watch was still useful.

The little black snake had been sleeping for a long time and was now unusually energetic. It tried several times to poke its head out of Nan Shu's pocket, but Nan Shu pressed it back down. Nan Shu didn't want to scare the driver, as she was still in the car.

The little snake was pressed on the head seven or eight times, and it was sulking, but in the end it didn't use its teeth. It just licked Nan Shu's fingertip with its forked tongue to express its dissatisfaction.

"Honey, we'll be there soon."

Nan Shu comforted it.

at last.

I returned to the detachment.

"Xiao Nan, where have you been looking all dusty and dirty?"

Lin Chong happened to walk out of the hall and saw Nan Shu. He asked jokingly, "Going mining underground?"

Nan Shu: ...

"Where's Brother Li?"

Nan Shu knew exactly what she looked like. She had seen her in the car earlier. Her hair was covered in gray-black dandruff, and her face had several black patches. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought that Nan Shu had come back from somewhere as a homeless person.

Lin Chong teased her, and Nan Shu rolled her eyes, not wanting to argue with him, and asked.

"Where's the meeting room? What's wrong? Hey?"

Lin Chong watched the little girl's hurried departure, shook his head with a helpless smile, but...

Lin Chong's gaze fell on Nan Shu's pocket. Was his eye straining from looking at the documents for too long?

He thinks he saw... a black spicy snack?
(End of this chapter)