Ren Yi and Qi Xiao went to have a meal first, watched a movie, and at night, they each called a few friends and went to the bar they often go to for a party.
In fact, Ren Yi likes to drink quite a lot. Although he doesn't drink too much, it's just that they strictly forbid drinking when they are working.
Playing until midnight, the group of talents gradually dispersed. Ren Yi drank a lot, but he was still able to walk steadily, but Qi Xiao was hanging on him unsteadily.
Walking to the front of the car, Ren Yi freed one hand and took out his mobile phone: "Wait a minute, I'll call a substitute driver."
Qi Xiao put his arms around Ren Yi's neck, he raised his head, pressed his warm lips against Ren Yi's, and kissed Ren Yi lightly.
Ren Yi put his arms around his waist and said vaguely: "Okay, okay, let's go home first."
Qi Xiao stared at Ren Yi with misty eyes, and whispered, "Brother, you are so kind, very kind."
"Well, I know." Ren Yi smiled, "What's wrong with you?"
"Actually... I really want to be serious with you." Qi Xiao said drunkenly, "But I feel that now... I'm nothing, I'm not popular, and I don't have money, so I'm not qualified to fall in love."
Ren Yi comforted, "You're only 23, why worry, you'll be popular." He placed an order on the software and waited for the driver to come.
"Those kids now, in their teens, ahem, they've entered the entertainment industry." Qi Xiao rubbed his cheek against Ren Yi's face, "The one who just struck up a conversation with you is eighteen or nineteen years old, you...would you also Snatched away by the young."
"You're talking nonsense." Ren Yi laughed, "I'll take you back to have a good sleep."
"You... why don't you fall in love?"
"I don't have time."
Qi Xiao looked at Ren Yi with a silly smile: "How about... let's try?"
Ren Yi rubbed Qi Xiao's hair, and said softly, "We'll talk about it when you sober up." It's not that he doesn't want to fall in love, but he knows that he and Qi Xiao are too different from background to pursuit to values, and I'm afraid we can't talk about feelings.
Qi Xiao put his arms around Ren Yi's waist, hung his whole body on him, and buried his face in his chest, slowly rubbing against him, like a well-behaved cat.
After a while, the substitute driver arrived, and Ren Yi got Qi Xiao into the car, only to find that he was already asleep.
He asked the driver to drive the car to Qi Xiao's house.
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When it was just dawn, Ren Yi was woken up by the sound of the phone. He grabbed the phone on the bedside table in a daze, stuck it to his ear, and said "Hello" in a hoarse voice.
The other end of the phone paused: "Why are you still sleeping at this hour?"
Gong Yingxian's cold voice was poured on Ren Yi's face like a bottle of cold water, which immediately woke him up a bit, and he barely opened his eyes: "What time is it?" After asking, he looked at the phone screen, It's almost nine o'clock.
"You've been drinking." Gong Yingxian's voice was obviously displeased.
"Ah, I drank late with my friends last night." Ren Yi got up, "I really haven't woken up so late in a long time... What's wrong?"
"Forget it." Gong Yingxian simply hung up the phone.
Listening to the busy tone on the other end of the phone, Ren Yi was stunned for a long time. When he finally recovered, he remembered that the two of them made an appointment yesterday to go to the Wanyuan community again. The fire scene should not be blocked for too long, because it would affect the normal life of the masses, which is different from a bar, so they time is limited.
He was so drunk last night that he forgot.
Ren Yi thumped his head, got up from the sofa, and went to the bathroom to wash up.
He spent the night with Qi Xiao last night, after he put Qi Xiao to bed, he was too sleepy to move, and fell asleep directly on the bed. When he woke up, his back was sore and dizzy, a typical hangover sequelae.
When he came out of the shower, Qi Xiao was still sound asleep. He rummaged through the closet and picked out a relatively plain T-shirt denim set from a pile of trendy clothes. He was not much taller than Qi Xiao, and his size was acceptable.
After changing his clothes, Ren Yi left a note for Qi Xiao saying that he had left beforehand, then grabbed the key and went out the door.
It was the rush hour for work at this time, and Ren Yi was stuck in the third ring road. He looked irritably at the endless traffic queue in front of him, picked up his phone and sent Gong Yingxian a message: "It's a bit of a traffic jam, I'll be there in a while."
On the way, Ren Yi received a call from Zhang Wen, and the results of the sample sent back to the laboratory for testing came out, and it was indeed gasoline. Ren Yi asked Zhang Wen to come over again, and they wanted to look for clues that could help them find the murderer at the scene. .
Ren Yi drove for more than 40 minutes in a short distance of ten kilometers. He saw Gong Yingxian's car outside the gate of Wanyuan Community, and he was relieved. Fortunately, he was still there.
Ren Yi climbed up the stairs, and saw Gong Yingxian and several policemen present at the scene.
After seeing him, Gong Yingxian just glanced at him casually, then turned away, only a pair of beautiful eyes were exposed on the masked face, hiding many emotions.
Ren Yi walked over: "The Fire Research Laboratory has confirmed that gasoline was used as a combustion aid at the gate of 2209, and it was arson."
"Well, I already know." Gong Yingxian said.
"It is estimated that the neighbors on this floor were the ones who set the fire." Ren Yi looked around, "There are a total of twelve households, 2211 also died, and the other households were also slightly or seriously injured. gone."
Gong Yingxian didn't respond, but concentrated on checking in 2209.
Ren Yi followed behind him, and continued, "The one who set the fire might just want to take revenge on 2209, but I didn't expect it to cause such a big fire."
Gong Yingxian still did not speak.
Ren Yi had no choice but to step in front of Gong Yingxian, forcing Gong Yingxian to look at him.
"What are you doing Dr. Gong, are you angry with me?" Ren Yi looked at Gong Yingxian puzzled.
Gong Yingxian said coldly, "I don't have that time."
"I'm just a little late. It's rare for me to take a vacation. It's only natural to have a drink and indulge." Ren Yi teased, "You can't."
Gong Yingxian bypassed him and walked to the kitchen of 2209, looking for something.
"You man... what are you looking for?"
"Coffee machine."
"what?"
Gong Yingxian carefully searched through the burnt kitchen beyond recognition, frowned and thought for a while, then went to the bathroom, continuing to search for something.
"What are you looking for now?"
"electric toothbrush."
Ren Yi was even more confused: "What are you going to do?"
"Instead of talking nonsense, why not look for it with me."
Ren Yi had no choice but to search together with Gong Yingxian, but only found half of the plastic toothbrush handle under the burnt bathroom cabinet.
Gong Yingxian also put the toothbrush handle into the evidence bag.
Ren Yi was a little upset: "What are you doing, at least tell me, I know everything when I assist you."
Gong Yingxian finally looked straight at Ren Yi, and said expressionlessly: "I found some domestic garbage that might not belong to this family in the pile of burning garbage at the door."
"for example?"
"I have observed that the family's living standard is not high. There are no noteworthy new electrical appliances in the house, and even the washing machine is old-fashioned." Gong Yingxian lifted the bag in his hand, "But in the pile of garbage, there is coffee. Scrap, electric toothbrush replacement heads, stuff like that."
Ren Yi's eyes lit up: "Wow, you observe so carefully, so the pile of garbage at the door does not belong to this family?"
"Partially. My colleagues have visited some neighbors and confirmed what Xue Fei said. This family does often pile up garbage at the door. Later, it may be deliberately trying to antagonize the neighbors. They often save for several days, or even one or two. Throw it away on Sunday."
"Then why is there garbage at the door that doesn't belong to their house?"
"We can only ask the murderer."
Ren Yi thought for a while: "Is there surveillance downstairs, do you have any clues?"
"I just took it back to the branch office, and my colleagues are looking at it." Gong Yingxian said, "Can you draw me a picture of the fire spread based on the scene, not the room, but the whole floor, the direction of the fire spread may be able to explain A little problem."
"Can."
Gong Yingxian took out the iPad, called up the floor plan of the building, and handed it to Ren Yi.
Ren Yi picked it up and returned to the corridor. Based on the various traces left by the burning—burn marks and pits on the ground, the shape and position of the smoke on the wall, the falling ceiling, etc. The direction and sequence of fire spread are drawn.
Zhang Wen also arrived just at that time, and followed him to check.
After finishing the painting, the three of them stared at the picture and fell silent.
"Strange..." Ren Yi looked at the window at the end of the corridor, "2209 is on the west side. When the fire comes together, it should also spread towards the ventilation windows on the west side first. How could it spread to the east side in turn? The fire on the west side is It burned through the ceiling."
"How can you be sure that the fire on the west side burned through the ceiling?"
Ren Yi picked up a piece of gypsum board: "It's very simple. If the ground on the west side catches fire first, the ceiling will be blackened first after the wall is installed. When the ceiling falls, the side that lands will be black. At the same time, it will fall. It fell on top of other burning things. But this piece of plasterboard..." He turned the blackened plasterboard over, but the backside was white. The fire burned in the ceiling, and then fell to the ground, causing the ground to catch fire."
"how so?"
Ren Yi shook his head: "Because both sides were severely burned, and when I came up to rescue, I only acted on the east side, and because the west side was the fire point, the fire was too big to pass through, so I preconceived that the west side burned first. Yes, the open window backs it up. But after looking at all the evidence, the opposite is true."
"Why did this happen?"
"Yesterday I was only looking at 2209, and didn't look at the corridor carefully." Ren Yi said angrily, "It's careless. One of the possibilities I can think of is that the windows on the west side were closed at that time, so the fire would go to the corridor on the east side windows sprawl."
"Go and have a look."
The three of them walked to the window on the west side. The window had already been burnt to the point where only the frame remained, and the glass was shattered all over the place. Judging from the current state of the window frame, the window is closed, but it cannot be ruled out that the thermal field pressure will push it up. possible.
"This window is used for ventilation. Generally, unless it is winter, the corridor will not be closed." Gong Yingxian thought, "If there is a long-term smelly garbage in the corridor, no one will close it."
Ren Yi took a deep breath: "Someone closed it to prevent the fire from spreading westward?"
The two of them looked back at the deep corridor at the same time. Among the six families on the west side, who would be the arsonist