After walking out of the Longxiang Antique Shop, I called the woman in the white dress named Guan Xintong according to the number on the paper.
The ring rang muffledly several times and then the call was connected.
Then a woman's calm but somewhat erratic voice came: "Who are you looking for?"
The voice was devoid of any emotion and gave me goose bumps all over my arms.
I hurriedly asked, "Are you Guan Xintong, Miss Guan?"
The other party replied: "It's me. What do you want from me?"
I said, "I want to ask if you bought a bead. That bead is very important to me. If possible, I would like to buy it back."
But before I could finish, the call was hung up.
Damn, Guan Xintong really has no manners at all.
Now I know Guan Xintong's phone number, but I still don't know her home address.
Then I thought of Li Dongbin from the police station.
I quickly called Li Dongbin and asked him to help me find this woman named Guan Xintong.
Half an hour later, Li Dongbin called me back.
"Hello, Director Li, have you found Guan Xintong? Where is her home address?" I asked anxiously.
But Li Dongbin said, "Brother Yang, we have found this person and her home address by following the phone call. However, this woman is not called Guan Xintong, but Guan Xinrui."
Not Guan Xintong, but Guan Xinrui. I don't quite understand what Li Dongbin means.
I frowned and asked, "Director Li, what do you mean by this?"
Li Dongbin explained: "It's like this, Guan Xintong is Guan Xinrui's sister. But Guan Xintong is dead. She died a year ago, she fell off a cliff while traveling. And the phone number you gave me is not Guan Xintong's, but Guan Xinrui's, Guan Xintong's sister."
After Li Dongbin's explanation, I understood. But the question is, why did Guan Xinrui leave Guan Xintong's phone number on the receipt of the antique shop? I am a little confused.
And when I called Guan Xinrui just now, she actually admitted that she was Guan Xintong.
Thinking of this, and the voice of the woman on the phone, I couldn't help but feel a chill on my back, and even the soles of my feet felt a little cold.
After talking for a few more words and finding out Guan Xinrui's address, I hung up the phone.
Although I felt a little uneasy, I didn't pay much attention to it. After all, it was someone else's business. My goal now was to find Guan Xinrui and use the money to buy back the Taiyin Pearl.
The address of Guan Xinrui that Li Dongbin gave me is: Room 501, Unit 3, No. 46, Qing'an Apartment, Tianhe Street, Shunfeng Road.
I found the place according to the address.
No. 46 Qing'an Apartment is an old building with grayish-white walls and peeling paint. It looks extremely old. Not far from the entrance of the unit is a large garbage dump with all kinds of things on it. Many flies and insects are flying around on it, and it stinks.
I pinched my nose, found the door number of unit three, and went upstairs.
The corridor was spacious, but the corners were still covered with dust. I touched the handrail of the stairs with my fingers, and a layer of dusty dust stained my hands. I quickly took out a tissue to wipe off the dust.
Soon I reached the fifth floor.
Looking at the dilapidated iron door of Room 501, I slowly knocked on it.
“Boom boom boom!”
I knocked a few times, but it seemed like no one was in the room. No one responded, and no one opened the door.
I thought to myself, could it be that the woman named Guan Xinrui is not at home
But I still didn't give up, so I increased my strength and hit it a few more times.
But still no one responded, no one opened
Door.
I cursed my bad luck in my heart and prepared to go downstairs.
It was at this moment that, with a "creak", the dilapidated iron door opened.
A pair of eyes appeared in the crack of the door. The corridor was a little dark with the sun behind it, and when those eyes appeared, I was startled. They were a pair of red eyes with thick, dark eye bags.
I swallowed and tried to ask, "Hello, are you Guan Xinrui?"
Who would have thought that when I called her Guan Xinrui, the person who opened the door suddenly shouted angrily: "I'm not Guan Xinrui, I'm Guan Xintong. Why are you looking for Guan Xinrui? She's not here."
After saying that, she closed the door with a "bang".
It’s Guan Xintong, not Guan Xinrui
I was a little confused. Li Dongbin told me that Guan Xintong was dead and that she had a younger sister named Guan Xinrui. But now this woman said that she was not Guan Xinrui but Guan Xintong, and she looked very emotional.
I really don't understand. It's just a name, just call it what it should be called.
But now that the person has been found, I still hope to get the Taiyin Pearl back as soon as possible.
So I went to the door again and started knocking.
"Miss Guan, please open the door for me. I have something urgent to talk to you about. I am the person who called you not long ago. I know you bought a bead, but the bead belongs to me and was stolen. So I hope you can give it to me and I can buy it back with money."
After shouting for a long time, my throat felt like it was on fire and dry.
But Guan Xinrui in Room 501 still didn't open the door. Damn it, I've never seen such an unkind person. If you don't agree, you can just say you don't agree. But now she doesn't say a word, doesn't open the door, and keeps people away. She's really a weirdo.
Just when I put my hands on my hips and got a little frustrated, the door of the building opposite Room 501 suddenly opened with a "creak".
This gave me a shock.
An old man leaned out of the door opposite.
He looked at me for a few seconds and asked casually, "Young man, could you please stop knocking on the door? My wife has a bad heart and too much noise will disturb her."
I said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, sir. I'm really sorry. I was just in a hurry. Please don't blame me. I came here to look for someone, but this person was inside the house and didn't open the door for me."
After hearing what I said, the old man asked me in surprise: "Young man, you are not looking for Guan Xinrui across the street, are you?"
I nodded and said, "Yes, sir, it's Guan Xinrui. I have something to discuss with her."
Who would have thought that after hearing what I said, the old man suddenly lowered his voice and whispered to me, "Young man, I advise you to leave here as soon as possible. The girl from the Guan family has a mental problem. She is not a normal person. You'd better stay away from her."
I stood there in a daze for a moment.
Thinking about the woman's reaction just now, I suddenly felt that she was really abnormal. There was something wrong with her brain, which meant that she was a little mentally ill. This was really beyond my expectation.
But the Taiyin Pearl is in Guan Xinrui's hands, I can't just ignore it.
After thinking for a while, I looked at the old man and said earnestly, "Uncle, to be honest, Guan Xinrui took my things and I want them back. So I have to talk to her. But to be honest, I'm not familiar with her. If she really has a problem with her brain, it will be really troublesome!"
Having said that, also in order to get closer to the old man, I took out a cigarette from the pocket of my windbreaker and handed it to him.
The old man also smokes, and he smells strongly of cigarettes. I smelled it when I opened the door just now.
The old man hesitated for a moment, licked his lips, and took the cigarette.
I handed over the lighter and helped the old man light the cigarette.
Smoke was rising from the doorway.
rise.
The old man probably saw that I was a real person, so he pushed the door open a little and said to me, "Young man, you may not know what happened in the Guan family. How about this, you come to my room first and I will tell you."
When I heard this, I was naturally happy.
I hurriedly said, "Thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much."
The old man smiled and said, "It's okay, but you have to show me your ID card. I don't know you."
It seems that the old man is still wary. After all, I am a stranger to him.
I said, "Okay, sir, I understand what you mean."
Then, I didn’t care and took out my ID card from my wallet and handed it to the old man.
The old man looked at my ID card carefully and looked at me a few more times.
After that, he stepped aside and said to me, "It's okay, come in."
Then I walked into the old man’s house.
The old man's house is not big, about 60 square meters. The decoration inside the house is also very simple, and the sofa is also very old. There is a coughing sound, coming from the bedroom, it should be the old man's wife.
After I sat down on the sofa, the old man sat down too.
I said directly, "Uncle, please tell me about the family surnamed Guan across from your house. I am not familiar with them, but I still hope to get the things back as soon as possible. Those things are very important to me."
The old man nodded and told me about the Guan family.
It turned out that the Guan family had been living in Qing'an Apartment. Qing'an Apartment was a staff apartment that was allocated to Guan's parents by the company a few years ago.
The old man and Guan's parents used to be very familiar with each other, but since Guan's parents passed away a few years ago, their contacts have been interrupted.
The reason was that the youngest daughter of the Guan family was a psychopath with a problem in her brain. In addition, after the Guan family's parents died, there were only two daughters left, and it was not convenient for the old man to visit them, so the contact between them was cut off.
The old man told me that the two daughters of the Guan family were twins, one was named Guan Xintong and the other was named Guan Xinrui.
Originally, the two girls were good, pretty and kind, and everyone in the building liked them. But within a year after Guan's parents passed away, Guan Xinrui became a little neurotic, and her mental problems became more and more serious.
Guan Xintong is the elder sister, who has always taken care of her younger sister and taken her sister to seek medical treatment everywhere, but Guan Xinrui's mental illness has never been cured. Just about a year ago, Guan Xintong, who was originally planning to get married, unfortunately fell off a cliff and died while traveling abroad with her sister Guan Xinrui.
Just like that, Guan Xinrui is the only one left in the Guan family now. And Guan Xinrui basically stays at home during the day.
As for her life, the community took great care of Guan Xinrui. In addition, the travel agency also gave her a lot of compensation for Guan Xintong's death.
The old man also revealed to me a piece of information, that is, Guan Xinrui would go out only when it was just getting dark every night. He had met Guan Xinrui several times in the corridor and greeted her, but Guan Xinrui ignored him.
As for what Guan Xinrui went out to do, the old man didn't know.
After stating these things, the old man sighed and said, "Poor Guan's two girls, their parents died early, and now one fell off a cliff, and the other has mental problems. I don't know how Guan Xinrui will live in the future."
At this point, the old man said to me: "Young man, you want to ask Guan Xinrui for something, right? Since she won't open the door, you can wait until night. She goes out every night as soon as it gets dark, and you will definitely see her then."
I nodded and said, "Yes, sir, I will come here again in the evening."
After that, we didn’t talk any more. I left the remaining half pack of cigarettes to the old man and left their house.
(to be continued)
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