Qincheng is located in the north of Nancheng. It is not troubled by rain and rain. The temperature is three or four degrees lower than that of Nancheng. After getting off the train, Lu Siyu took a deep breath of fresh air, and then was caught by the cold, hard and sandy wind. Choking and coughing. Compared with the spring in the south, the green trees are full of lush greenery, here is still a barren land, the sky, the earth, the people, everything is dusty and dusty, and even people's accents reveal a kind of dryness, that kind of dryness. There is also a hint of the spiciness of a spirit.
It was the first time Song Wen came to Qincheng, and he felt that he was not used to it everywhere. The average height of the people here seemed to be a little higher than that of Nancheng. Fortunately, they were taller, so they didn't stand out in the crowd.
When I go out on a business trip, I can’t be more particular about it. The two of them ordered breakfast at the breakfast stall outside the train station. Song Wen had soy milk fritters, and Lu Siyu asked for a white porridge and a piece of fermented bean curd.
After dinner, they went on the road. Lin Wanwan's home was not in the city, but in a nearby town. With Lu Siyu's repeated insistence, they did not take the intercity bus, but took a taxi. After tossing all the way, looking for the past according to the address, finally came to Lin Wanwan's house.
It was an old community, an eight-storey building with no elevator. All the windows were equipped with anti-theft iron bars. They were of different specifications and looked a bit messy. There were clothes of various colors and colors hanging outside the balcony. And the quilt, walking into the corridor is narrow and dark, and there are debris piled at the door of each house. This style is rare in the south. Fortunately, it is located in the north, and even if the corridor is dark, there is no mold.
Song Wen walked to the door of 403 and knocked on the door. Yesterday, he had asked Zhu Xiao to contact Lin Wanwan's family. Lin Wanwan's stepfather was a long-distance driver and was away from home all year round. The destination of this trip was far away, and they had to wait four or five days to get home, so they had to make an appointment with Lin Wanwan's mother first and let her go today. Don't go out.
The door opened, and someone looked through the iron door first, then the inner layer opened and a woman's head stuck out. This is a woman in her 40s, with a ponytail, but her hair is yellow and sparse. It seems that she is not sleeping well. She has deep eye sockets, serious dark circles, and deep splayed lines. Her clothes are simple and clean. On the body, Song Wen saw the suppleness of Lin Wanwan.
Song Wen showed the police officer's card and explained the purpose of the visit, and the woman introduced them to the door. The place in the house is not big, but the height is not low. This house is different from the current popular pattern in the south. There are almost no dining rooms and living rooms. It is a place to eat and watch TV, and then two rooms, one for adults and one for children.
Lin Wanwan's mother looked for a cup to pour water for them, and said, "After that incident, I'm worried, my son is still studying, and his father is not here. The school teacher said she's fine, so I will too. I didn't rush to go there, but I remembered that I couldn't sleep well." As she spoke, she opened the cabinet, "Oh, my memory, where is the tea..."
Hearing this, Song Wen pursed his lips slightly and exchanged glances with Lu Siyu. He originally thought that Lin Wanwan's parents didn't come because the family relationship was not good, but listening to the woman's caring tone, it didn't seem like she was cheating. Song Wen saw that the woman was still squatting in the kitchen rummaging for tea, and said, "Auntie, don't be so polite, let's sit down for a while and leave, just to learn about Xiawanwan's family situation."
Before Lu Siyu came, he had also read the information of this woman. Her surname was Wang and her name was Wang Wenyan. She went to work in a garment factory in the south in her early years, and later went to work in a supermarket here. She has rested at home for the past two years.
After listening to Song Wen's words, Wang Wenyan didn't feel entangled. She brought Song Wen and Lu Siyu two glasses of water, poured a glass for herself, and sat on the stool opposite the sofa.
As usual, Song Wen asked questions, Lu Siyu opened the notebook, Song Wen first went through the process, asked some basic information, the age and work of family members, etc., and then cut to the point: "Auntie, can you tell me the basics of your daughter. situation?"
Wang Wenyan said: "My family Wanwan is a good boy. From childhood to adulthood, I never let adults worry about it. When I was in school, I learned well, and I am well-behaved and sensible. It's just that I am not good..."
Having said this, she sighed and seemed to recall her unfortunate marriage: "My ex-husband's family is more traditional, and he prefers sons to daughters. After I got married, women were not allowed to eat at the table. At that time, my mother-in-law was unhappy in all kinds of ways, saying that I was a money loser, and that his son was a three-generation single-handed person, and he was about to die when he came to me. Back then, he gave me a month’s worth of porridge for confinement. At that time, I was skinny to eight. I was almost depressed. Later, they wanted to force me to divorce my ex-husband and ask my ex-husband to marry another woman and give them a son. At that time, I couldn’t think of a divorce, so I put my daughter there in a fit of rage, and I Get out and work."
When Wang Wenyan mentioned Lin Wanwan, there was an undisguised pride in her tone, but at the same time there was a trace of indebtedness.
"Then who took care of Lin Wanwan when she was at your ex-husband's house?"
"It's mainly my mother-in-law. She is a woman with a knife-like mouth and a tofu heart. Although she is reluctant in her mouth, she still takes care of Wanwan in her behavior." Wang Wenyan rubbed her hands together, "That family is a bit depressing. , Wanwan's grandfather is in charge of the whole family. The old man is very strict, with a lot of tutoring, and he can't tolerate sand in his eyes. Wanwan's father is rather grumpy and sometimes beats his children when he gets angry."
This is a traditional family, with patriarchal priorities and distinct classes. In the family, women are responsible for most of the housework and labor, while men are in charge of major affairs. Domestic violence occurs from time to time. A young girl suddenly loses her mother's care. In his family, although Wang Wenyan did not have a specific description, it is enough to make one think of what he experienced.
Song Wen frowned slightly: "At that time, Lin Wanwan was still very young, right? Don't you feel bad about leaving your daughter?"
Wang Wenyan nodded: "My baby is naturally distressed. When Wanwan was ten years old, I finally thought about it and divorced that man."
"So during that time, did you and your daughter live together?"
"It was a bit difficult during that time. It's not an exaggeration to say that our mother and daughter depended on each other. Two years later, Wanwan graduated from elementary school. After being introduced, I married the man I am now."
Song Wen has seen the information. Wang Wenyan's current husband's surname is Li. He has a high school education. He is a long-distance bus driver. His resume is very simple.
"Later I gave him a son, Wanwan also grew up, studied well, did well in exams, and even went to college, which is the pride of our whole family. Over the years, I have turned to her, although she is a girl, in On my side, I have never been angry." She took her daughter to her side and responded to her needs, and took these as a kind of compensation for her daughter's unfortunate childhood.
"After Lin Wanwan's junior high school, are you taking care of her in her usual life and study?"
"Wanwan is a very smart child, and it didn't bother me much. I've never accomplished anything since I was a child. I didn't study well, and I didn't have longevity to do a lot of things. I didn't study hard at a young age. I don't know how to marry a man. I often say to Wanwan, 'You must not become a person like your mother, you have to have a better life.'"
When it came to the topic of educating children, Wang Wenyan suddenly found the topic. For a housewife like her, children are her best report card, especially for a daughter as obedient and good grade as Wanwan, how many people are envious not come. In her ordinary life, there are also bright spots and places to be proud of.
Song Wen continued to ask, "After Wanwan went to college, didn't she go home often?"
Wang Wenyan's interest in being picked up just turned dim, she stroked her hair with her hand to ease her embarrassment: "She is very busy with her studies, she is still working outside, we have tuition fees, and living expenses are not much, but As long as she says she's out of money, we'll call her when she breaks the pot and sells iron." Then she sighed, "It's a shame for her to have mediocre parents like us."
"Did Lin Wanwan say how her life at school is and how is the relationship with her classmates in the dormitory?"
"Wanwan said that she was very good at school. The teachers and classmates took good care of her. I have seen several children in their dormitory when I used to deliver things to Wanwan. They all seem to be good children. How could it be..." Wang Wenyan Some sighed regretfully, "I remember that there was a very tall and beautiful child inside, and then there was a very fair one who seemed to have a good family environment."
"She also has a classmate named Guo Hua, have you seen it?"
"I also have an impression of that kid named Guo, but I haven't heard Wanwan mention it much." Wang Wenyan stroked her hair as she spoke.
Lu Siyu frowned slightly, thinking about what kind of "friends" Lin Wanwan and Guo Yan were. Before Song Wen could continue to ask, he raised his eyes and looked at the woman's rough hand: "Lin Wanwan was at home at the time. Do you usually do the housework when you are in the office?"
The woman nodded, as if serving the children and husband at home was the right thing to do: "I do things like cooking, washing dishes, washing clothes, cleaning, etc. The children are busy with school, and my husband is also busy with work and is not at home all the year round. Earn some hard money." Then she sighed, "Comrade police officer, my Wanwan is fine, this time it must only be linked, she is a well-behaved, obedient and kind-hearted girl."
Lu Siyu recorded this, bit his pen cap and lowered his head to think. Some of the information seemed to be different from the clues they knew before. Although Lin Wanwan was from a bad background, she was actually a poor girl. All before she was ten years old.
Song Wen asked some more conventional questions, Wang Wenyan answered them one by one, and seeing that it was almost half past ten, Song Wen got up and said, "Can we look at Lin Wanwan's stuff?"
Wang Wenyan led them to the children's room, where there were two beds, one with guardrails and one without. Obviously, the one with guardrails was for Lin Wanwan's younger brother.
The boy was still young, and Lin Wanwan went out of school again, so there was no room to be divided. There was a cabinet in the room. There were a few floors for girls' stuff, and the other floors were for boys' stuff. The windows are clearly divided, Lin Wanwan's is neatly arranged, but her brother's is a mess, and the things can't be piled up, but the amazing thing is that even if it is dirty and messy, his brother doesn't pile things up to Lin Wanwan. in the unfilled spaces.
Wang Wenyan explained: "Wanwan is not at home now, but we never touched her things, and her brother didn't dare to look at her things."
Song Wen probed to see, there were some books, textbooks, homework books, and several world famous books.
There are also dolls in the cabinet. They are the kind of Barbie dolls bought in shopping malls. There are four or five sets of them. They are bright and beautiful, and they don't match the style of the whole house. Song Wen saw that there was also a box inside. It's the kind of cookie box that used to be. He stretched out his hand and opened it. Inside was a box full of chocolate candy wrappers, colorful and folded into the shape of a dancing girl. He had seen Lin Wanwan fold this during the interrogation, and he raised his head and asked Wang Wenyan, "This is ?"
Wang Wenyan: "This box was brought by Wanwan when he came over from his father. Although my ex-husband occasionally beats and scolds her, he often buys candy for her to eat. Later, when she came over, she occasionally asked me for candy, and I would buy it too. For her, I saved such a big box."
After reading the bookcase, Song Wen and Lu Siyu rummaged around in the room again. The rest were some old clothes, nothing special.
At this moment, the door was suddenly knocked.
Hearing this voice, Wang Wenyan's expression changed, and she ran to open the door in a panic. As soon as the door was unlocked, someone forced it open from the outside, "Mom! Did you forget to put the shoes I wore in gym class in my schoolbag again? Are you ready?" With the voice, a teenage boy came in from outside. He was well developed, slightly fat, and looked like a little adult.
"There is gym class today? Didn't you tell me in advance?" Wang Wenyan rubbed her hands awkwardly while standing aside.
"I said it! I said it a long time ago, and besides, we are at this time every week, and the school has been open for more than two months. Why don't you remember." The boy ran over and went in and picked up the cooler on the table Cup gulped a few sips, and then realized that there were more guests at home, looked up at Song Wen and Lu Siyu, "What are you doing?"
Just as Song Wen was about to speak, Wang Wenyan winked at him and said, "It's your sister's school teacher who came to visit and ask about your sister's family situation."
That boy is Lin Wanwan's younger brother, Li Zichen, who is nine and a half years old this year. Although the two siblings were born to the same mother, they have different fathers and even have different surnames. Li Zichen rolled his eyes and asked, "What's wrong with my sister?" The boy who was about ten years old was half-understood.
Lu Siyu didn't break through Wang Wenyan's lie, and simply rounded up the lie: "There is a quota for exchange students to go abroad in the school. Let's do a home visit investigation."
Li Zichen nodded: "Oh. My sister has studied well, and she should definitely be given a place."
Seeing that Li Zichen was here, Wang Wenyan didn't seem to want to ask any more questions. She took out a plate with oranges from the kitchen and said, "I'm back anyway. You can go later and eat some oranges before leaving." , she put the plate in front of the child.
Unexpectedly, this move aroused the child's disgust. He stretched out his hand and pushed Wang Wenyan, Wang Wenyan's body fell backward, and the oranges on the plate rolled to the ground.
Li Zichen said: "I don't eat oranges. I want my sneakers, and I made an appointment with them to play football. You always forget things, you can't do anything well, it's so useless, no wonder my sister doesn't want to go home ." He was not at all shy about whether it was a teacher from his sister's school or someone, standing in the living room and splashing.
Wang Wenyan sighed, got up and picked up a few oranges, then went to the balcony to get a pair of washed sneakers, Li Zichen stomped and said, "You haven't stringed your shoelaces yet!"
Wang Wenyan had to sit on the sofa and put on the shoelaces again, and Li Zichen ran back to class contentedly. After sending the child away, Wang Wenyan turned her head to look at Song Wen and Lu Siyu, and seemed a little embarrassed to say, "I spoiled this child." She laughed as she spoke, as if she didn't feel this at all. It's an embarrassing thing, but a natural normal in life.
Song Wen smiled awkwardly: "It's a child."
Seeing that the question was almost over, the two got up to say goodbye and walked out of Lin Wanwan's house. Song Wen looked at the time: "We still have some time, should we ask the neighbors or something?"
Lu Siyu nodded: "I can't believe everything her mother said, there are some doubts in this family..."
As soon as the two of them said this, suddenly from the intersection in front, a white-haired old lady with red cuffs on her cuffs jumped out, staring at them like a thief with staring eyes: "You two, sneaky. Damn, who is he?"
Song Wen was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the old lady. The old man walked over without making a sound, and suddenly jumped out from behind the wall with an extremely dexterous posture. He hurriedly took out his documents: "We are the police, we came here to visit." He looked at the old lady again, "Who are you?"
The old lady pointed to her red sleeve cuff, very proud and righteous: "I am the director of the neighborhood committee in this area, why don't you say hello to our neighborhood committee when you police come? Who let you in? This is against the rules!" The old lady said He took Song Wen's certificate suspiciously and looked at it. He had a strong sense of precaution. He looked up at him, his drooping eyelids folded fourfold: "The police from Nancheng, why did they come to our Qincheng?"
Song Wen thought to himself, you don't even have a concierge here, who would have known how strict they were, so he was patient and explained briefly: "Auntie, there is a case in our Nancheng, and one of the relevant personnel is related to this side, so come here. During the follow-up, I went to 403 of the three units."
"Oh, you go to Lin Wanwan's house." The old lady was obviously very fond of this auntie, so she returned the documents to Song Wen.
Song Wen and Lu Siyu didn't expect Lin Wanwan to be so famous, so they exchanged glances. Song Wen put the documents back in his pocket and asked her casually, "Yes, it's their house. We just went to see Lin Wanwan's mother. Do you know Lin Wanwan too?"
The old lady gossips: "That girl is good at studying, and she is famous in our town. She is only a senior, if it weren't for her mother's involvement, the matchmaker would have broken the door. In other words, this girl is out of the house. What's the matter?"
Now that the case is still being solved, Song Wen is reluctant to reveal the details: "She's not in an accident, it's a classmate in Lin Wanwan's dormitory who has an accident. Let's come over to find out the situation."
"Oh, that's it." The old lady showed no gossip, a slightly disappointed look, and didn't think carefully about why they came to Lin Wanwan's house for follow-up when something happened to her classmate Lin Wanwan.
"Auntie, do you know anything about their family? You said just now that Lin Wanwan was implicated by her mother. What's the matter?" Song Wen asked. Usually, such an old man travels the streets and knows a lot of news. This trip came from Nancheng, and the round trip took eight hours. Some things had to be seen before they could be concluded. The suspect will lie, and the surrounding parents and relatives will even whitewash the peace. He hopes to hear a different voice from these neighbors.
Talking about these things, the old lady became energetic: "Oh, yes, the little Wang of that house used to be a shelf clerk in the small supermarket here. Because of his old mistakes, he was later opened, and he stayed at home all the time. Speaking of which, this The family has a big fate... It was the winter vacation three years ago. We haven't changed to natural gas here. Every household is gas. Early in the morning, I went to the library to read and study. Later, the neighbors smelled the smell of gas in their house, so they called the police. The police, the fire department and the first aid all came. It took a few days to get out of the hospital.”
In a small town like this, the fact that a family nearly died of gas poisoning is big news.
The old lady would also sell her off: "then guess what happened, it was Xiao Wang who got up in the morning and boiled the water, but then she felt cold and went back to bed and fell asleep. The water boiled and put out the fire, and the whole family almost let The gas was gone. Fortunately, that girl Lin Wanwan was dying. She went out early in the morning, otherwise she would be unlucky. But as soon as this happened, no one came to the door to match Wanwan. After all, no one is afraid of stalls. On such a mother-in-law."
Lu Siyu frowned: "Did Wang Wenyan say this?"
The old lady said: "Hey, it's fortunate that you are still the police. How can the parties recognize this."
Song Wen wondered: "Didn't you say that the police are here? Why didn't you have your fingerprints checked? Do an investigation?"
"My family had relatives who belonged to the Public Security Bureau. At the time, this was a strange thing. It was even more unusual because of the fact that there were no fingerprints. At first, Xiao Wang said that she did not boil water, but the water would never reach the gas by itself. His husband Both sons and daughters believed that she did it, and later she also admitted it, because no one died, so it was nothing. The family changed the gas stove to prevent leakage, so she dared to let her continue to cook. " The old lady spoke vividly, as if she was the one who handled it, and knew every detail.
This matter is not very common. Song Wen frowned, looked back at the window of Lin Wanwan's house, and then looked back at Lu Siyu. Lu Siyu lowered his head and bit his nails habitually. Think about the problem.
Then the old lady wentssips a few more times, but never said anything of value.
In the beginning, the old lady chased them to provide clues, and later, they chased the old lady to ask about the situation. The old lady became impatient and frequently looked at her watch, "Oh, I said everything I know. , I'm going to buy food to pick up my grandson." Song Wen then let the person go.
Lu Siyu turned his head to look at Song Wen, and Song Wen immediately understood: "Let's go to eat first, and we must hurry back and ask others about the progress."
The town is not too big, so they chose a small restaurant and sat down. Song Wen ordered food, and Lu Siyu found someone to warm up the food he brought out as usual.
It can be seen that Lu Siyu has been forced to a certain extent, and even the food has become short and simple scrambled eggs with tomato, chicken and mushrooms, and fried sea crabs with onion and ginger. The stuff is simple to make, but the ingredients are fresh. The tomatoes are peeled off, and the sour is sweet. The sea crabs are also cleaned up very cleanly. Even the crab clips are cracked and fried until they are delicious. The dishes prepared by the chef of this small restaurant are average in taste, but the portions are not small, but each one is saltier than the other. Song Wen finally rubbed the dishes in Lu Siyu's lunch box and ate it with rice.
Just after dinner, Fu Linjiang called. Song Wen plugged in the headset, used the end with the headset, and handed the other end to Lu Siyu, Fu Linjiang's voice came: "We have some new discoveries here. We have dinner with Dong Fang and accompany Dong It's not all Ma Aijing that Fang buys, sometimes it's Lin Wanwan. We found a short video of the supermarket downstairs in the school dormitory, where Dong Fang swiped his card, and Lin Wanwan directly opened the package and ate it without seeing any place. It's up." They went to the school today to check for leaks and fill in the vacancies, and they retrieved all the materials that could be retrieved. Sure enough, some details that were not found in the first survey were revealed.
"Also, Ma Aijing did have an affair with their professor, but the professor said that she just asked him to give him extra points for his thesis score. As for the exchange abroad, Ma Aijing was chosen because exchange students required good English and good image. Okay. Ma Aijing is more in line with this. They have already said this to Guo Hua. Guo Hua was very calm at the time and had no objection. Then the paper that was awarded points by Ma Aijing was co-authored. Guess the other one Who is the author?"
Song Wen guessed: "Lin Wanwan?"
Fu Linjiang exclaimed, "How did you guess?"
Song Wen snorted: "You let me guess, of course it's not Dong Fang's, it's not a cooperation with Guo Hua."
Fu Linjiang said a few more things. The main theme was one. Originally, in their reasoning at the crime scene, they felt that Lin Wanwan was outside the dormitory, but now it seems that her relationship with the other people in the dormitory is far from the same. Much closer than they initially reasoned.
"Anyway, while she was spending Dong Fang's money, she was enjoying the extra points for the thesis that Ma Aijing had exchanged for her. She lived a very comfortable life, not at all like the pitiful way she was facing us. And we checked the video. , the box of chocolates that day was brought back to the dormitory by Lin Wanwan in the morning. I am also inclined that this matter has nothing to do with Lin Wanwan. She went to the courier point to pick up the chocolates and came back, and she knew that Guo Hua still had leftover poison there. , there is sufficient time to commit the crime. However, no motive for the murder has been found."
"Is there any progress in other areas?" Song Wen asked again.
Fu Linjiang said: "Wu Jian is still checking those chocolates, but they also encountered problems, and the chocolates are not named. It can only prove that people have dropped chocolates everywhere. It is impossible to determine who left the traces. "
Song Wen was a little helpless, but he could only accept this result: "Okay, I know this, you continue to work hard, and wait for me to go back and summarize."
Fu Linjiang hung up the phone, and Lu Siyu took off his earphones and said, "I found out before that the relationship in the dormitory may not be as simple as it seems on the surface. I felt that Lin Wanwan's place was too clean. Then I figured it out…”
Song Wen thought about it and immediately understood the meaning of Lu Siyu: "What we see is what others want us to see. What we ask is what others want us to ask."
After saying this, Song Wen's eyes fell on Lu Siyu, and he remembered the previous conversation between Zhou Yining and him. This sentence seems to be suitable for Lu Siyu.
Lu Siyu did not notice the strangeness in Song Wen's eyes, and lowered his head and said, "We don't know what the real relationship in the dormitory is like."
Someone had already cleaned up the dormitory. Before the police arrived, it might have been planned a few days ago. Especially Lin Wanwan's place was extremely clean. It was this cleanliness that made her look special.
Song Wen sighed and said, "The relationship between these people is more complicated than we thought." This case is different from the cases they have dealt with in the past. At first they underestimated the complexity of the case, and in retrospect, the whole story may have been more complicated than they thought.
The two came out of the small restaurant and walked all the way on the street of a strange city. The path here is narrower than in the south, and there are tall evergreen plants on the side of the road. Now a little sprout is emerging. Song Wen is not in a hurry to take a taxi and turns his head. Ask Lu Siyu, "What do you think about Lin Wanwan's family?"
Lu Siyu didn't answer Song Wen, and asked him with a wink, "What do you think?"
Song Wen thought for a while: "Lin Wanwan's house is different from what I imagined before, I thought her parents were indifferent and treated her badly, and that's how she developed her gentle character, but I didn't expect that her parents were indifferent to her. The family is like this, the mother dotes on her very much, the stepfather is honest and friendly, and he is absent all the year round, the younger brother is arrogant and unreasonable, but he also values the elder sister. This family seems to be a happy family. But I always feel that there is something wrong with it. "
Lu Siyu had a cold expression on his face: "A happy family? A mother with a bad memory, a father who is not at home all the year round, a tyrannical younger brother, and a sister who is suspected of being a murderer. The family almost lost their lives in one go. gas poisoning, it's a template for a horror story."
Song Wen clearly understands a truth. When different people look at the same thing, their perceptions may be completely different. All of this is also related to his own life experience. As a criminal policeman, he has always been more than honest. This kind of honesty can make him more Sticking to his own justice also made him unable to understand the abnormal world in which the criminals lived, and unable to penetrate into the dark place and probe their twisted hearts. In short, he is a normal person who can't think with perverted thinking and doesn't know what perverts are thinking.
And Lu Siyu... But it seems that he can see through what they think without any effort.
Just like at this time, he just felt that the family was not right, but he didn't know what was wrong. All of this was completely different in Lu Siyu's eyes. After being punctuated by his words, Song Wen suddenly thought Passed: "Do you think the gas poisoning was not an accident?"
Lu Siyu hummed softly.
Song Wen got up and said, "Whether it's an accident, we'll find out when we ask."
Lu Siyu was taken aback, "You want to investigate this matter?"
The resolute Song team took the initiative to help him pick up the bag: "Everyone has come, at least listen to what the parties have to say, let's go, let's go to Lin Wanwan's house and kill a carbine."
The case has been investigated here, and the pursuit of the truth is only one step away.