Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 692 Search

The boss was startled and looked at Xiao Wei, asking, "What do you mean? What happened?"

His son rushed out: "What are you doing? What right do you have to arrest people?" He reached out to grab Xiao Wei, but Officer Lu grabbed his outstretched hand and handcuffed him with a clip, saying, "Behave yourself, we'll talk about it when we get back."

The boss's eyes widened: "Why are you arresting him? What right do you have?"

Xiao Wei sighed and said, "Boss Luo, those who should be arrested won't escape, and we won't arrest those who shouldn't be arrested. You know that. Come on, show us around your place, okay?"

Boss Luo's son was still struggling when Xiao Liu pulled out a gun, pressed it against his head, and shouted, "Are you trying to resist arrest? Are you?"

A few onlookers mysteriously appeared at the entrance of the convenience store. No one knew where they came from, but they stood outside watching.

Xiao Wei asked them, "Does anyone know this Boss Luo?"

The group of people, all seemingly unrecognizable, asked Xiaowei, "Do you know which building and apartment number he lives in? His place?"

One of them pointed into the residential complex and said, "It's this building, building number two, on the third floor, on the right-hand side. I can't remember the exact number, there are three apartments per floor, and his apartment is on the right-hand side as soon as you go up. Did he commit a crime?"

Huang reached out and patted Boss Luo's body, took out a large bunch of keys from his waist, and said, "Old Lu, you and Xiao Liu stay here and watch over things. Xiao Wei and I will go up and take a look."

Xiao Liu said, "Chief Huang, you have a gun, right?" and handed him the gun. Chief Huang shook his head and said, "I have one on me. Keep an eye on them. If they resist, shoot. It's dark, they'll disappear in no time. Just don't kill them."

Xiao Wei pulled Boss Luo aside, handcuffed him directly to the heating pipe, and said, "That's it, where do you think you're going?"

Lu dragged his son over and handcuffed them to the radiator pipe as well, then said to Huang, "You two go up there and get a flashlight."

Xiao Liu handed over a large battery-powered flashlight that was sitting on top of the freezer in the convenience store: "Use this one, it's brighter."

Boss Luo squatted on the ground with his head down, seemingly lost in thought. His son squatted beside him, glaring angrily at the group of people.

Huang took the flashlight, turned it on, and said to Xiao Wei, "Let's go up and take a look."

The two men, carrying flashlights, went up to Building No. 2. On the third floor, to the right, Chief Huang held the large bunch of keys and struggled for a while before finally opening the door. The two men opened the door, went inside, and turned on the lights.

It has two bedrooms and a living room, with the kitchen in the middle, two bedrooms at either end, and the toilet inside the kitchen next to the balcony.

The bedroom door on the left was open. The two people went in, turned on the light, looked around, and then shone their hands under the bed. There was nothing there: an old wooden bed, an old-fashioned wardrobe, two trunks, and a chair. Judging from the things on the bed, Boss Luo usually lived in this room.

When he came out, the kitchen was quite full, with a refrigerator and a freezer humming. Xiao Wei went in and took a look around; everything seemed normal. There was a pile of rags and cardboard on the balcony.

The door to the other bedroom was locked. Huang tried for a while and changed the key several times before he finally opened the door. He pushed the door open, turned on the light, and found a bed in the room. There was no wardrobe, a chair next to the bed, and a refrigerator and a freezer against the wall, both of which were powered on.

Huang said, "There are quite a few freezers."

Xiao Wei said, "He runs a small shop, I've heard him mention it once."

After looking around the room, there was nothing there, but there were signs that someone had slept on the bed, and it was a woman. Huang found a few long hairs and hard white semen stains on the sheets.

Huang nodded and said, "Looks like we're heading in the right direction. His son doesn't live here. The woman in the bed is strange, tsk, but she's gone. What do we do? Even if he admits to seeing a prostitute, saying he came and left, that's it. What else can we do? At most, we'll be fined. We still won't be able to find her."

Xiao Wei stared blankly at the refrigerator. Huang turned to look at him and asked, "What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"

Xiao Wei said, "Why would he lock the freezer and refrigerator in his own room? Was he afraid of being robbed?"

Huang shook the key in his hand and said, "Let's open it and see. I noticed there's a lock on the freezer in his shop too; it's probably just a habit."

He went over to get the key and checked it. The lock on the freezer was a bit small, so the key must be small too; it wasn't on the keychain. Director Huang frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Something's not right. This key isn't here. Let's search."

Xiao Wei was circling the freezer, looking at it. He said, "This freezer has its own lock, but he added a padlock on the lock lug. Why is that?" Xiao Wei looked up at Officer Huang. They stared at each other for a few seconds. Officer Huang's expression changed, and he looked at the freezer, asking, "You mean, the person is here?"

Xiao Wei patted the freezer and said, "I've had a bad feeling ever since Wang Ziqi recognized this guy surnamed Luo today. He acted too normally, and I couldn't tell that he had any connection with Shi Jing at all. He even reminded me to check the phone number at the post office, and he called the station to say that someone had called Shi Jing here. I feel like Shi Jing is right here."

Huang said, "Open it and take a look, flip through it and see if you can find the key."

The two searched the bed, the floor, the table, and the drawers from top to bottom, but found no keys. Their eyes scanned the items in the house, searching for possibilities, rummaging through both rooms, the kitchen, and even the bathroom.

Xiao Wei found an old axe behind the refrigerator in the kitchen. It was probably used to break up coal when they were burning coal. Strangely, the axe behind the refrigerator was washed very clean.

Huang took the axe, examined it carefully, smelled it thoroughly, and even licked it twice. He said, "It's over. You were right. Shi Jing is dead."

Xiao Wei pointed to the axe, and Huang nodded, saying, "It's been stained with blood recently. Where did the blood come from in this room? And it's been cleaned so thoroughly."

Xiao Wei asked, "Can you confirm that it's human blood?"

Huang said, "No, unless it's tested. Never mind, we'll just open the freezer and see." He picked up the axe and went inside. Xiao Wei said, "Smash it open! What if it's not there?"

Huang said, "If you don't have one, just compensate them. You have money anyway."

Xiao Wei's face twitched, and he pointed at the refrigerator, saying, "Let's smash this one first, it's easy to smash this one."

Huang said, "You think it's cheap, right?" He inserted the axe into the lock lug to find the right spot, and with a pull, the lock and lock lug broke off together. Actually, putting a padlock on the refrigerator is a bit of self-deception. Unless you're afraid to damage or penetrate it, it's very easy to open.

Xiao Wei reached out and opened the refrigerator. It was an old-fashioned Japanese refrigerator, with a freezer on top and a refrigerator on the bottom. The freezer compartment was very small.

There were several lumps of meat in the freezer, frozen white and covered in frost.

Xiao Wei opened the refrigerator again; it was empty except for a plate and two bowls. There was some leftover food on the plate.

(End of this chapter)