Both Hu Pei's father and daughter died, and Jiang Xiaochun was frightened and went crazy. This is a bit unusual, because Jiang Xiaochun was also among the 20 people who practiced on the construction site that year. The rest of the people were targeted by the murderer and killed one by one. And Jiang Xiaochun has not been killed for such a long time, what is the reason for this? But the little girl Hu Xiaoxue, who obviously didn't understand anything, was killed. Is there any connection between this
These things are like mysteries one after another constantly fluctuating in my mind, and at this moment it may be the best choice to go directly to Jiang Xiaochun. Jiang Xiaochun should still be at his old home, and the only person who can take care of Jiang Xiaochun now is Hu Pei's mother.
We have been to Hu Pei's old home, and for Zhao Mingkun, a living map, we are quite familiar with it. When I came to this community again, there were still people who knew us. But if you think about it, it's only a week since Hu Xiaoxue's death, so it makes sense to get to know us.
Before we went upstairs, an aunt came up and asked mysteriously, "Didn't you two come here before?"
"Yeah." I said, "It's been a week, I'm going to see how Jiang Xiaochun is doing?"
The aunt patted the dust off her body, followed us up, and said, "Jiang Xiaochun is still the same, looking a bit crazy, but compared to the beginning, it is already much better. I don’t yell so much now, but I lock myself in a room all day, don’t talk to others, and basically don’t step out of my room except to eat and go to the bathroom every day.”
"And ah, this Jiang Xiaochun has one more problem." The aunt said mysteriously.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
The aunt said: "Jiang Xiaochun only eats leftovers now, and he must drink raw water from the tap. I don't know what's wrong. Once I went to see her and gave her a bowl of freshly cooked dumplings. Don’t eat it, she will only eat it if I have to eat a few, and it must be eaten cold.”
"Sigh." The aunt shook her head and said, "What a nice girl, she turned out like this. Hu Pei's mother didn't know what to tell her in-laws, so she had to wait until she was raised better before talking to her. .”
I frowned, only ate what others had eaten, and had to drink running drinking water. Perhaps this is not just a behavior after being frightened crazy, but there should be a deeper reason. I faintly felt that something was wrong, but I didn't show it at this moment. The most important thing now is to go and see this Jiang Xiaochun first.
The aunt accompanied us up, and it seemed that she wanted to accompany us to see Jiang Xiaochun.
The aunt was very enthusiastic and knocked on the door of Hu's mother for us.
Mother Hu looked very haggard and listless, and her hair was all gray, but last time we saw her hair was mostly black. When she saw us, she didn't have the slightest expression on her face, her eyes were dark, and she looked as if she hadn't slept well for a week. Her tone was calm, like a robot: "What's wrong?"
The aunt shook her head lightly, but she still said heartily: "Aren't you two here to see how Jiang Xiaochun is doing?"
At this time, Mother Hu seemed to have remembered something, she held my hand and said, "Have you caught the murderer who killed my son and my granddaughter? Have you caught him? Ah!"
Mother Hu didn't seem to speak for a long time, her voice was very hoarse. But her eyes were full of eagerness and longing.
I held Hu's mother's hand, and it was hard to say whether I had caught the murderer, but I tried to comfort me and said, "Now we have basically determined who the murderer is, but there are still some details we want to ask your daughter-in-law." Jiang Xiaochun, if we can get some clues here, it will be of great help to us in identifying the murderer."
"Just ask my daughter-in-law, can you catch the murderer?" Mother Hu asked simply.
I nodded and said, "That's right, we want to ask about what happened to your daughter-in-law."
"But." Mother Hu smiled wryly: "My daughter-in-law doesn't talk to anyone at all now, even I haven't talked to her for almost a week. Every day, I only talk to her a few words, One is to eat, and the other is to go to bed. She seems to be stupid, there is no way, I am so worried."
"Why is my life so hard!" As she spoke, Hu's mother burst into tears.
"Let me go and have a look." I looked at Mother Hu and said slowly.
Mother Hu nodded lightly and said, "Go."
When we came to a door, Mother Hu knocked lightly a few times, then opened the door and said, "Daughter-in-law, they will ask you some questions, don't be afraid, I'm coming in."
Then, Mother Hu gave us a wink, and several of us followed Mother Hu into the room. As I walked into the room, I observed the structure in this room. It can be seen from the room that this should not be the room prepared for Jiang Xiaochun. Judging from the color and wallpaper of the decoration, this should be Hu Xiaoxue's room.
Jiang Xiaochun was curled up on a bed at the moment, her body was wrapped in a quilt. The bed was facing the door, and I saw a woman with disheveled hair slumped on the bed at a glance. Seeing us coming in, she didn't change her expression, as if the people who came in were all transparent people.
The moment I entered, apart from seeing Jiang Xiaochun himself, I had already looked around. There is a small bookcase in this room, and there are some books for children in it. It can be seen that Hu Xiaoxue should have lived in this room when he was at grandma's house.
I looked in the bookcase, the books inside were neatly arranged, and they were all lined up vertically, but there was only one book that was placed horizontally, and it was not properly placed, which seemed very abrupt. This room is not close to the balcony, there is no ground to walk on outside the window. At this moment, the window is opened, and the outside scenery can be seen from the window.
A different feeling arose in my heart, and I looked at Jiang Xiaochun again. Jiang Xiaochun's complexion is actually pretty good, her face is rosy, and she doesn't seem to be in a state of not thinking about food or tea.
At this time, Mother Hu was already sitting in front of Jiang Xiaochun. Mother Hu took Jiang Xiaochun's hand and said, "Xiaochun, I asked you some questions, and you have to answer them. Do you hear me?"
I saw the ring on Jiang Xiaochun's left ring finger. Judging from the luster, it should be a platinum ring, but judging from the outside of the ring, there are a lot of dust and stains.
I stood beside Jiang Xiaochun and said, "Can the two of us talk to her alone?"
Hu's mother looked at Jiang Xiaochun, a little worried, but under the persuasion of the aunt next to her, Hu's mother nodded, left the room, and closed the door.
The two of us didn't have any place to sit, so we had to stand in front of Jiang Xiaochun.
I opened the bookcase casually and took out the book inside. I didn't talk to Jiang Xiaochun, but flipped through it myself. Jiang Xiaochun didn't look at me, didn't speak, just stared blankly at his hand.
Zhao Mingkun didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in my gourd, so he didn't say anything.
For half an hour, we were silent like this, and no one spoke. And I seemed to be reading a book, but I was actually observing Jiang Xiaochun. And finally, after half an hour, Jiang Xiaochun finally took a look at me. And it was this glance that gave me an answer in my heart.
I said to Jiang Xiaochun: "Your husband, Hu Pei, was frightened to death. Your daughter, Hu Xiaoxue, was killed by the murderer in a strange and cruel way. What happened seven years ago? Hu Pei's girlfriend is not you, but after Lu Zhiqiu's death, you and Hu Pei quickly got married and had children, what is the reason behind this?"
Jiang Xiaochun finally looked at me, but her expression didn't change at all. I can't see any waves in her eyes, but Jiang Xiaochun's pupils are full of spirit, not without spirit. This is very different from some mental patients.
I was someone who stayed in a mental hospital, but Jiang Xiaochun didn't look like it.
Zhao Mingkun stood beside me and didn't speak.
I continued: "I think there must be some reason for this. Why are you so afraid of Lu Zhiqiu, why do you say that ghosts have come to take revenge? Before that, we never said anything. Are you Why did you say there was a ghost after Hu Xiaoxue died? This point seems even more suspicious."
Jiang Xiaochun still didn't speak, just looked at me blankly.
I stroked my chin with my hand, and said slowly: "What are you afraid of? I really don't understand why you pretend to be like this. Do you think the murderer won't come to kill you when you are crazy?" Are you mad? I can see that your attitude towards life is not going to be crazy at all. "
"Isn't it?" I said.
At this moment, both of them heard what I meant, and we were all silent. Jiang Xiaochun seemed to have settled on the strategy of not opening her mouth no matter what I said.
I shrugged and said to Jiang Xiaochun, "Can you show me your ring?"
I saw that Jiang Xiaochun became obviously confused, but this doubt immediately disappeared from Jiang Xiaochun's face. This shows that Jiang Xiaochun's madness is very suspicious. If it is a really crazy person, it will not respond to other people's words, but Jiang Xiaochun obviously heard what I said and understood what I said.
Zhao Mingkun walked over slowly, grabbed Jiang Xiaochun's hand, and took off Jiang Xiaochun's ring.
I took this ring and found that the writing on the inner ring was worn away. And I saw just now that the outer wall of this ring is somewhat stained. I have a speculation in my mind, and this speculation may seem to be of some help to the two people's quick marriage seven years ago.
"Still talking?" I continued to ask Jiang Xiaochun.
Jiang Xiaochun still didn't respond.
But there are always people who think that as long as they don't speak, they can cover up their secrets.
I have already walked out of the house, and Zhao Mingkun is right beside me.
"What's the matter?" Mother Hu hurried up.
I had the answer in my heart, but I couldn't tell Mother Hu.
There is a clear difference between being crazy and pretending to be crazy.