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Chapter 8 The Uninvited Guest

Outside the living room door, Mrs. Ma was lying on the door and listening carefully.Suddenly, the door opened again, Xiaoman looked at Madam Ma, and politely gestured to her.

Madam Ma showed embarrassment: "I won't bother you."

Xiaoman closed the door again.But at this moment, Luo Fei's gaze had already examined Ma Boyuan to the point of utter bruising.

"You said your wife left a letter, where is the letter?"

"The letter is upstairs in the bedroom. I'll get it." After Ma Boyuan finished speaking, he quickly walked out through the door on the other side of the living room.

Ma Boyuan, who walked up the stairs, let out a long sigh of relief, but Yu Guang inadvertently found that the two behind him followed closely, and immediately tensed up again, and said in a perfunctory tone: "I will come down after I take the letter."

Xiaoman smiled politely and forcefully: "Don't bother, we'll go up with you to have a look."

In the bedroom, Luo Fei didn't look at Ma Boyuan, and started to observe.

"I'll look for it, where did I put it..." Ma Boyuan said while secretly looking at Luo Fei and Qin Xiaoman.

At this time, Luo Fei opened the drawer of the bedside table next to the pillow of the tidy bed, and saw the bills and a copy of "Causes of Laughter and Laughter" inside.

"This is my wife's cabinet..." Ma Boyuan stretched his neck and explained hastily.

Luo Fei opened the book, flipped through it twice, closed it, and put it back to its original place.

Luo Fei walked to the table and drank half of the wine, then picked up a stack of betting tickets on the table: "Yesterday's betting tickets, it seems that your wife's disappearance has no effect on your mood."

Ma Boyuan smiled awkwardly: "My friends dragged me there, saying it was to help me relax, and I couldn't push it away."

"Oh——" Luo Fei nodded exaggeratedly at Ma Boyuan, then looked at the white leather shoes in the corner, picked them up and observed them carefully, "The dancing shoes have just been waxed, do you want to go out dancing at night?"

"No, no, it's just a habit. Sheepskin shoes are easy to break without waxing." Ma Boyuan pouted his buttocks from the closet and turned around to explain.

Luo Fei immediately picked up the newspaper on the table, and saw that the lace news was circled with a pen, and there was a Paramount dance ticket next to the newspaper: "The red dancer Bai Shasha will dance at the Paramount tonight... Is it also a habit?"

Ma Boyuan hurried forward to get the newspaper, and handed over a piece of letter paper: "I found the letter, you can read it yourself."

Luo Fei took out the envelope and handed it to Qin Xiaoman, as if he regarded Qin Xiaoman as his assistant.

Xiaoman glared at Luo Fei, but because of the situation and her own curiosity, she opened the envelope immediately and read out: "Boyuan, I'm leaving. Your mother is arrogant and unreasonable, and you have no sense of responsibility for family life. It’s like a cage for me, and today she made me understand that I don’t want to endure it any longer, I want to find my new life, to be a ‘new woman’ who can live a meaningful life! Let’s not live it now, Ruan Mengzhu.”

Luo Fei frowned slowly after listening, and snatched the letter from Xiaoman.

"She made me understand... who is she?" Luo Fei put down the letter and stared at Ma Boyuan.

"I don't know either. Maybe it's a friend who plays mahjong together. Women always talk about unrealistic things when they get together." Ma Boyuan explained.

Luo Fei read the letter over and over again, and then had an idea, put it on the tip of his nose and took a deep sniff, then shook his head: "That's not right."

Seeing this, Xiaoman asked Luo Fei: "Didn't Ruan Mengzhu write this letter?"

Ma Boyuan looked swearing, and explained: "This is my wife's handwriting, it is absolutely true, if you don't believe me, you can go to her mother's house to check."

Luo Fei smiled at Ma Boyuan: "The letter was written by Ruan Mengzhu, but this letter was not written a few days before she disappeared this time, but when she ran away from home a year ago."

"How do you know?" Xiaoman asked.

"Do you still remember what Mrs. Ma said just now?" Luo Fei asked back.

"Go back to her mother's house twice in three days!" Xiaoman suddenly realized.

"It's not the first time Mrs. Ma ran away from home." Luo Fei stretched out his index finger and shook it gently.

"She often complains about leaving, but how can you say that this letter was written a year ago?" Ma Boyuan argued.

"Why?" Luo Fei paced towards Ma Boyuan, his eyes unquestionable, "Just because of the changes in paper and ink, and the words "New Women" were quoted to indicate that it was a quote. Star Film Company released it a year ago. A film called 'New Women' is about women breaking through the feudal family cage to start a new life. Ruan Mengzhu is citing that film, she said 'today she made me understand' here she is referring to that film The heroine of the movie, so this letter was written by Ruan Mengzhu after watching the movie "New Women" a year ago when he ran away from home."

After Luo Fei finished speaking, he slapped the envelope on the dressing table.

Ma Boyuan was shaken all over, and the expression on his face stiffened instantly.

Luo Fei looked at the fine beads of sweat on Ma Boyuan's temples, and took the opportunity to ask, "What is your purpose in pretending that the letter from a year ago was written by her this time?"

"I, I didn't..." Ma Boyuan was still denying palely.

"Mr. Ma, it is a crime to provide perjury to the police. Mr. Ma, you have to think carefully." Luo Fei tapped Ma Boyuan's foot with his cane.

Ma Boyuan suddenly shook his head: "I really don't know anything. My mother found this letter. Maybe she made a mistake."

"What else is wrong, think about it carefully." Luo Fei folded his shoulders and looked at Ma Boyuan mockingly.

"I... I have a headache... Can I have a drink?" Ma Boyuan wiped his sweat after speaking.

Luo Fei nodded: "Of course."

Ma Boyuan walked to the wine cabinet in the bedroom, picked up a bottle of foreign wine, poured a glass of wine and drank it down.

"It's boring to drink alone. Come on, Mr. Ma, I'll accompany you." Luo Fei said, picked up the half bottle of wine, and happily helped Ma Boyuan fill a glass of wine.

Afterwards, the two exchanged cups, one was generous, and the other wanted to get drunk to relieve a thousand worries, as if seeing each other later.

"Luo Fei, it's working time now." Xiao Man, who really couldn't stand it anymore, whispered to Luo Fei.

And Luo Fei patted Ma Boyuan who had fallen into his arms, smiled and winked at Xiaoman.

Ma Boyuan pushed Xiaoman away: "Women... are trouble..."

"It's really troublesome." Luo Fei said and looked at Xiaoman.

Xiaoman glared at Luo Fei: "What did you say?"

Luo Fei quickly winked at Xiaoman, Xiaoman had no choice but to hold back his attack.

"Isn't it just dancing and betting on horses, what's the big deal, I have to make a fuss and go back to my mother's house, brother, how depressing my life is!" Ma Boyuan looked straight at Luo Fei.

"Women are born to play with their temper." Luo Fei immediately agreed.

Ma Boyuan knocked on the counter with his wine glass: "Huh! So what, why don't we just send it back to my natal family... Without our Ma family's reputation in Shanghai, their family would have no business..."

"Now she has nowhere to go." Luo Fei continued to speak in a guiding tone.

"Hmph, you're making trouble... If you make trouble again..." Ma Boyuan took a sip of his wine, as if trying to muster up his courage.

Luo Fei's eyes froze: "Just...kill her."

After Ma Boyuan heard these words, he was startled all over, and his eyes were a little alert: "No... I didn't kill her..."

"Then where did she go?" Luo Fei put down his glass and asked.

"I really... don't know..." Ma Boyuan's eyes turned flustered.

Luo Fei patted Ma Boyuan's shoulder with concern, and leaned closer to his ear: "Actually, you don't need to pretend anymore. You should know that since I can deduce the letter, I will be able to deduce the truth of the disappearance sooner or later."

Ma Boyuan looked up at Luo Fei in horror.

"Now there are police detectives here, whatever you say can be regarded as surrender, right?" Luo Fei said and looked at Qin Xiaoman.

"...Yes." Xiaoman nodded hastily.

"Actually, that night..."

"Are you two from the police station?"

Ma Boyuan hesitated for a moment, just about to speak.The door was suddenly pushed open, and a man wearing glasses walked in quickly.

Luo Fei looked frustrated and questioned this person: "Are you..."

The man then handed over his business card: "I'm Wu Qingfeng, the lawyer of Ma's family. May I ask if there is a search warrant for the two of you who are searching Mr. Ma's bedroom?"

"We didn't search, Mr. Ma brought us up." Xiaoman quickly explained.

"Really?" Wu Qingfeng took Ma's wine glass and exchanged glances with Ma Boyuan.

Ma Boyuan hesitated for a moment, regained his composure, and suddenly raised his voice, as if gaining confidence: "Yes...they forced themselves in!"

Luo Fei walked up to Wu Qingfeng and looked at him, "We are investigating the clues of Ruan Mengzhu's disappearance, please cooperate."

"The young lady's case was handled by a police detective surnamed Ye. Mrs. Ma and Mr. Ma did not invite the two of them to be guests. It seems that the two of you are breaking into a private house. People with official positions abused their rights and committed crimes." This crime should be punished severely." Wu Qingfeng assumed the attitude of a professional lawyer who was upright and serious.

Luo Fei saw that this person was no better than Ma's mother and son, and then said slowly: "You are too serious, we are just chatting casually with Mr. Ma."

"Mr. Ma is not a suspect of the police, so he has no obligation to answer any questions you may ask." After Wu Qingfeng finished speaking, he let him go out and made a gesture of invitation, "Please please, otherwise I will have to report according to the law."

Xiaoman wanted to speak, but was secretly held back by Luo Fei.

When Luo Fei reached the door, he stopped suddenly: "Wait, there is one more small thing."

Xiaoman saw that Luo Fei turned around and walked to Ma Boyuan's side, and whispered a few words to Ma Boyuan, Ma Boyuan's face turned pale immediately, after Luo Fei finished speaking, he blinked mockingly at Ma Boyuan, and finally strode away.

"Goodbye." Luo Fei shook his cane towards Wu Qingfeng who was behind him.

Although Xiaoman was puzzled seeing this scene, it was inconvenient to ask more questions in Ma Zhai, and then followed Luo Fei and left.

The two walked out of the horse house, it was already dark, and the iron gate was closed heavily behind them.

"What did you tell Ma Boyuan just now?" Xiaoman finally couldn't help asking.

"It's a secret, but if you're smart enough, you should be able to figure it out." Luo Fei said deliberately.

Luo Fei waved his hand, and the waiting taxi slowly drove over and stopped in front of the two of them.

"Where are you going now?" Xiaoman was still thinking about what Luo Fei said just now, and she suddenly came to her senses.

"Go home and sleep." Luo Fei opened the door and said.

(End of this chapter)