At this critical moment, Uncle Liu suddenly appeared here. In addition, he had lost his left eye. For a moment, in my mind, Uncle Liu’s suspicion instantly reached its peak!
Uncle Liu didn't seem to see me, and walked upstairs slowly. When the flashlight in his hand finally shone on me, he was a little surprised and said, "Boy, what are you doing on the stairs in the middle of the night? Is the elevator broken?"
At this moment, my mind was full of thoughts, and my eyes were fixed on Uncle Liu's facial expression. I found that he always had a look of confusion on his face, and it seemed that he was not pretending.
"It's okay. Xiao Liu from the room next to us just now said that someone seemed to be sneaking around his door and trying to do something bad to him. I just came here to find him. Uncle Liu, what are you doing here?"
As Grandpa Liu walked towards me, he said, "Of course I'm on patrol. Every night at this time, I have to patrol every floor. Otherwise, why would the property management want an old man like me? But then again, I didn't see any suspicious people along the way. Are you sure it's not the family next to you who deliberately messed with you?"
At this moment, I was struggling internally. Facing Mr. Liu, who was a huge suspect, I didn't know whether I should tell him about this matter. After thinking for a long time, I sighed and said, "It shouldn't be us. The young man was scared and cried. You should come and take a look."
After thinking it over again and again, I decided to temporarily believe the Uncle Liu in front of me. If the murderer at Xiao Liu's door just now was really Uncle Liu, then I really have nothing to say. I can only say that his acting skills are really good. But even so, as long as he comes up, I believe I can still find some flaws in him.
So, Grandpa Liu and I went back to the sixth floor. From a distance, I saw Xiao Liu and Ding Yang lying at the door of the house next door, groping for something. It seemed that they were trying to see if there was anyone inside.
When Ding Yang saw me and Uncle Liu coming back, he first looked at Uncle Liu in confusion, then said to me, "Did you find it? Why are you back again?"
I shook my head and said, "No, when I was going downstairs, I happened to meet Uncle Liu coming up. He said he didn't see anyone suspicious, so I brought him up with me."
When I said the word "coincidentally", I emphasized the pronunciation. Ding Yang was very smart and immediately understood what I meant. From his eyes, it could be seen that he had begun to be alert and suspicious of Uncle Liu, but he did not say it out loud.
"What's going on? How come so many things happened on your first day moving in?" Uncle Liu still had a confused expression on his face, so we had no choice but to repeat what happened just now. While I was talking, I was observing Uncle Liu's expression, but I couldn't see any flaws.
"So this is ah."
After listening to my narration, Uncle Liu's expression gradually became solemn. He turned his head to look at Xiao Liu who was too scared to speak and said, "Are you sure that the sound you heard is exactly the same as the sound you heard when you played with the Pen Fairy that night?"
Xiao Liu nodded immediately and said, "I will never forget that voice in my life. It's definitely not wrong!"
"That's weird. Ji Wen and Ding Yang were together at the time. Wang Tao also went to work at this time. Sister Feng on the corridor had already fallen asleep. You were the only one left. And I walked up directly from downstairs and didn't see anyone. Could there really be a ghost in this corridor?" Uncle Liu said with a puzzled look on his face. Suddenly he turned his head and looked at the elevator entrance, saying, "Could the person you saw have left by elevator?"
I shook my head and said, "It's impossible. The elevator was stopped at the sixth floor at the time. If the murderer really left in the elevator, there is no reason for the elevator to stop at the sixth floor in such a short time."
Uncle Liu didn't seem nervous at all. He kept shaking his head and said, "I don't know about that. I guess either you guys saw a ghost or Xiao Liu heard it wrong. Call the police tomorrow morning and let them handle it. I'm just an old doorman. I can't control this matter."
"No, they are just the two of them."
When Xiao Liu heard that Uncle Liu was going to call the police, he immediately turned around and wanted to announce our identities. I blocked Xiao Liu's mouth and stopped him from continuing. Then I said, "Uncle Liu, according to my thinking, I'm afraid the murderer has another place to go."
Uncle Liu asked in confusion, "Where else can he go? This place is so small, can he find a rat hole to get out?"
I pointed at the door of Wang Tao's room that Uncle Liu mentioned and said, "Perhaps the murderer could hide here and disappear in such a short time. I think the people in this house should also be suspects. But we don't know if there is really anyone inside, so we can't judge what is going on. Uncle Liu, do you have the key here?"
Uncle Liu said helplessly, "So what? You can't sneak in when he's not at home, right? If something is lost in his house, won't it be blamed on me? I think it's better to stop here today, wait for the police to come tomorrow, and let the police question Wang Tao in person. It's better for us not to get involved in these things."
The more Uncle Liu was reluctant to open the door of Wang Tao's house, the more suspicious his behavior seemed to me. At this moment, Ding Yang suddenly pulled out a small notebook from his pocket and said, "Uncle, to tell you the truth, we are the police. We must go in and investigate the case now. Please cooperate with us."
Before I could see clearly what the small notebook Ding Yang took out looked like, he put it back, and Uncle Liu looked at us with a strange look in his eyes. He was silent for a long time before saying, "I was wondering why someone suddenly wanted to live on the sixth floor. It turns out that you two are undercover agents arranged by the police here. In this case, I will go back and get the key, but you have to testify for me. If something is missing from Wang Tao's house, it is none of my business."
After saying that, Uncle Liu turned around and walked to the elevator, ready to go downstairs to get the key. However, when he heard that Ding Yang was a policeman, it seemed that the previous sense of intimacy disappeared instantly, and the distance between him and us was also widened.
After Uncle Liu left, Ding Yang asked, "Ji Wen, what do you think?"
I knew he was asking me if Uncle Liu was the murderer, but since Xiao Liu was still around, it was hard to tell. I shook my head helplessly and said, "I'm not sure either. Although everything is a coincidence, there is still no conclusive evidence. Let's wait and see."
About five minutes later, the elevator arrived at the sixth floor again. Uncle Liu walked out of the elevator with a bunch of keys. He found the key to Wang Tao's room from the key numbers and gently opened the door.
After the door opened, Ding Yang walked in first, turned on the light in the room, and then immediately rushed into the house, constantly searching in every corner of the house to see if there was really someone hiding here.
I was the second one to walk in. As soon as I entered, I was stunned because Wang Tao's room was surprisingly clean and tidy. Everything in the room was neatly arranged, even the bed sheets were made without a wrinkle. There was also a faint fragrance in the room. If Uncle Liu hadn't told me that Wang Tao who lived here was a middle-aged man, I would have thought it was a girl's room.
For some reason, when I saw this room, I suddenly remembered a sentence I saw in a movie: If the room is clean and tidy and has no odor, it means the owner is either a transvestite or a gay.
Perhaps because the room was too clean, Ding Yang, who was the first to break in, became cautious in his movements. After he walked out of another room, he shook his head at me in disappointment. It seemed that there was no one in this room. The owner of the room, Wang Tao, had indeed gone to work.
Since there was no one in the room, we didn't stay there for long. We turned off the lights, left the room and returned to the corridor.
Uncle Liu muttered a few words and asked us if we had anything else to say. Then he took the key and went back to his room on the first floor. Xiao Liu wanted us to stay with him, but who had the time to do that in the middle of the night? We just told Xiao Liu that if that man appeared again, he should shout in the room. The room had poor sound insulation and we would be able to hear him as long as he shouted. Then Ding Yang and I went back to our room and prepared to rest.
After returning to the room, I said helplessly, "Why did you reveal your identity just now? If Mr. Liu is really the murderer, he will definitely call the police after you made such a fuss."
Ding Yang also realized that his behavior just now was a bit impulsive. He scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "It's all my fault for being too confident. But according to the situation at that time, the murderer was very likely hiding in the room. Who knew that there was no one inside? But I think there is nothing to hide now. If there is no one in the room, then the murderer must be that Mr. Liu! He lost his left eye, so he would dig out the left eye of the deceased after killing someone. Moreover, the timing of his appearance today is too coincidental. I don't believe there are such coincidences in the world. As long as we focus our investigation on him, we will expose him sooner or later!"
I shook my head and said, "No, I don't think it's that simple. After all, there are still many doubts that have not been solved. Mr. Liu is currently only a strong suspect, but he cannot be completely identified as the murderer. Let's go ask Wang Tao tomorrow morning, and maybe we will make new discoveries."
Ding Yang said helplessly: "You always say that, but I have no reason to refute. After all, you are the main person in charge here. Let's not sleep too deeply tonight. If there is any movement next door, we will go over quickly. We must not let anyone die again."
We chatted for a few more sentences, and when we saw that it was almost time, we went back to our rooms to sleep. I found that I was really sleepy today, and my head kept aching. I had planned to read a novel before going to sleep, but when my head rested on the pillow, I fell asleep directly.
I slept so soundly that when I opened my eyes, I found it was already seven o'clock in the morning.
The days in winter are always short. I opened the window, and it was still pitch black outside. I listened carefully to the side and made sure that Xiao Liu in the next room was not moving. Only then did I feel at ease and continue to take a nap.
But I had only been lying down for five minutes when I suddenly heard someone knocking hard at the door. The knocking was so loud and frequent that it completely dispelled my sleepiness in an instant.
"Who is it?"
Not only me, but also Ding Yang in the next bedroom was woken up. We both walked to the door at the same time, opened it and saw that the people standing outside were Green Hair and Da Liu who had stayed up all night last night.
When I saw these two people, I instantly got furious. I thought to myself, I didn't allow you two to quarrel at night, but you two came knocking on the door in the morning. Are you planning to take revenge on us
But before I could open my mouth to ask questions, I suddenly discovered that Green Hair and Da Liu looked very anxious, as if something urgent had happened.
"Have you two seen my brother? My brother was at home last night, but we just came back and found that he was gone!"