Huo Xiaofang parked his car on a street three or four kilometers away from Liu Hong's home. When the two got off the car and passed the convenience store, Huo Xiaofang walked in, bought some non-staple food, and went to Liang De's house.
Looking at Liu Hong, whose hair grew to the roots of his ears and his beard, Huo Xiaofang stretched out a lit cigarette in front of him. Liu Hong didn't lift his head, and still sat there dumbfounded.
Huo Xiaofang took the cigarette back and put it into his mouth to inhale. The smoke spread out in front of the two of them, giving off a strong smell of smoke. Liu Hong said, "Don't smoke!"
Huo Xiaofang looked at him, "Will it cause an explosion?"
Liu Hong suddenly raised his head, looked at Huo Xiaofang with fierce eyes, and shouted: "Put out the cigarette for Laozi!"
Huo Xiaofang looked at him, loosing the cigarette butt in his hand and landing, and while stomping heavily with his foot, his eyes were fixed on Liu Hong.
"Four people who survived the accident six months ago died. You are the last. Don't you want to talk about the situation at that time?"
Liu Hong turned his gaze to Huo Xiaofang, then lowered his head again.
Huo Xiaofang sighed, "You can die anytime now, why don't you talk about the situation back then? Where are Shen Jiang and Xu Yue from? Who else are in their family? What are the names of the other four and where are they from?"
A bunch of questions were thrown out, but there was no response at all. Liu Hong just sat leaning against the door like that, looking forward blankly with both eyes.
Gu Minsheng: "Did anyone visit Liu Hong in the past two weeks?"
Liang De shook his head and said, "After the accident in his workshop, his family members stopped coming and going. I was afraid that he would borrow money from them and he would rarely speak after the accident."
Gu Minsheng: "Then was anyone else looking for him after the accident?"
Liang De: "No one has been here, but to speak of conscience, the couple did not survive, and Liu Hong felt more uncomfortable than anyone else. But if he really survives, I'm afraid his life will be even more sad. He buried them. I'm at the Guanyinba cemetery not far from the Huangnichang."
Gu Minsheng: "Didn't Liu Hong notify their family members to collect the bones?"
Liang De: "I don't know about that. Before the accident, this kid looked down on my husband, and usually had little contact with me. Later, the place exploded and all the money invested was gone, plus some workers’ medical care. Fees, compensation, and his original house was sold.
His own parents were long gone, and now that he looked like this, no relatives were willing to approach him. It was because of the face of my granddaughter that he was allowed to live in my house.
But you can also see that now he is not much different from a disabled person. "
Gu Minsheng looked at Liu Hong not far away, and sat motionless, his eyes out of focus.
Huo Xiaofang and Gu Minsheng looked at each other and walked towards the southwest corner of the house.
Gu Minsheng: "Liang De said that Liu Hong buried the couple in the Guanyinba cemetery not far from the Huangnichang."
Huo Xiaofang: "It seems that we are going to find out the couple, who else is in the family, and who is most likely to retaliate?"
Gu Minsheng: "That's right!"
Huo Xiaofang: "Sister Misheng, I want to take him back to the house?"
Gu Minsheng: "Take him away and the murderer will have no chance to attack?"
After Huo Xiaofang messed up his hair, he learned Liu Hong's posture, shrugged his shoulders, arched his back, turned his back to Gu Minsheng and said, "Do you think my back looks like him?"
Gu Minsheng glanced at it a few times and said, "It does look like something. Do you think?"
Huo Xiaofang looked at her and laughed.
(End of this chapter)