While Fix was resting, Dong Zheng carefully checked the entire room except the master bedroom. It was speculated that Fix had been single for a long time, but before that, he might have lived with others in this building. In the house, for some reason, the trace of that man was deliberately removed by Fix, and nothing remained.
Dong Zheng flipped through a stack of newspapers from the cabinet, and found out the headlines he had browsed one by one in the last month, and finally saw such a piece of news in the newspaper a week ago.
"The second son of the rich man Ferdinand dies unexpectedly, the cause of death is under investigation"
Intuition told him that this was definitely important information, and Dong Zheng carefully read all the content mentioned in the newspaper: Ferdinand is a well-known rich man in the whole state. He has a good reputation for his enthusiasm for charity, and his family lives in this wisteria town. In, however, a week earlier, the day before this newspaper was published, on October 4, Ferdinand's second son, George, who was only 16, was found gunning himself in his home.
George was the child born by Ferdinand when he was nearly forty years old. He has always loved him abnormally. After the incident, he firmly did not believe that his son would commit suicide. The police intervened in the investigation. After investigating the scene, they found some very subtle things. clue.
As for the clue, the newspaper will definitely not write it. Dong Zheng suspects that even this sentence is added by the media to promote sales. Western media always like to use this trick.
Dong Zheng opened the next day's newspaper.
On October 5, the headline was still the progress of the investigation into the suicide of Ferdinand's second son. After the police searched and collected evidence, they suspected that George's death might not have been a suicide.
The headline on October 6 changed the protagonist, and another Wisteria resident died. He was found dead in his garden with his left hand missing - the same as George's death.
Dong Zheng came to his senses all of a sudden. The previous two newspapers did not describe George's death in detail except for suicide by swallowing a gun. Now it seems that someone took his left hand before his body was found after his death. ? Or did the hand disappear before George died
Dong Zheng preferred the first situation. If George's hand was taken away by the "murderer" before his death, there would definitely be a lot of blood on the scene, and it was impossible for the police to think that it was suicide.
So why did his killer take George's left hand? Was the death of the later deceased and George's death from the same series
Dong Zheng continued to look back.
Turning to the newspaper that Fix brought back when he came home today, Dong Zheng already had a general outline of what the box wanted him to do.
Including George, three residents of Wisteria Town died one after another this week. Their bodies were found in their respective homes. After death, the hand was cut off.
In addition, two other people were missing, and their families couldn't contact them no matter what method they used. These two people disappeared into the town as if they had evaporated from the world.
The headline of the newspaper on the last day directly wrote the words "Serial Murder Appears in Wisteria Town", which also expressed the true feelings of everyone in the town until now.
The dates of the disappearance of the two missing persons were on October 7 and October 11 respectively. Dong Zheng thought of the strange taste of the broth at breakfast today, and his heart suddenly felt bad.
He put down the newspaper, went into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator.
A piece of freshly frozen meat is placed on the upper layer, red and white, with bright red blood on the texture, exuding a bloody smell that has not been frozen.
In addition, there are some pasta and greens in the refrigerator, and a few cartons of milk.
Dong Zheng washed his hands, took a deep breath, and touched the meat with his index finger, trying to figure out what kind of meat it was.
"Are you afraid of eating human flesh?" Cui Zuojing said the first sentence after entering the box. He has been observing Dong Zheng's performance in the prison space, and seeing the man's nervous appearance, he asked.
"To be honest, it's still disgusting." Dong Zheng squeezed twice to confirm what it was, but he had never seen human flesh, so he could only judge that it wasn't any of cattle, sheep, pigs and fish. .
"Forget it." In the end, Dong Zheng broke the jar and closed the refrigerator, washed his hands, and could only comfort himself, "I've finished eating anyway, what else can I do?"
Cui Zuojing laughed: "Then why didn't you pay attention at first?"
"I realized something was wrong after I ate it." Dong Zheng took a deep breath and sorted out the newspapers he had read and put them back where they were. He looked at the empty street outside the window and said softly, "No wonder there are no people on the street. , With such things happening one after another, who else dares to go out?"
Cui Zuojing: "Hmm."
Dong Zheng sat on the sofa for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became.
John and Fix have not seen each other for 20 years. Let’s not talk about how the two got in touch. After knowing that there were murderers in the area where they lived, Fix let John live in his house
Isn't this obviously tricky
When Fix wakes up, try him out.
Dong Zheng thought like this, looked at the clock hanging on the wall, and suddenly a line of words appeared in front of him.
[Do you want to jump the time to the moment when the next plot point occurs?]
[Yes]
[no]
Although Dong Zheng has never entered the single-player box, he also understands that in the single-player box, many times no important things happen. In order to save the pilgrims' time, the box will have the function of plot point jump.
He chose "yes", and his eyes gradually darkened.
After a few seconds, his consciousness became clear again. Dong Zheng opened his eyes and saw the bedroom in the dark. He lay quietly and waited for the plot to come. Three minutes later, he heard a slight sound of the door opening from the master bedroom next door.
Fix came out of his room.
Dong Zheng listened attentively to the movement outside, and silently simulated in his heart: Fix went to the living room and wanted to drink water. Because he didn't turn on the light, he accidentally knocked the glass on the coffee table. He poured himself water and drank it all. , put the cup aside and went to the toilet.
After coming out of the bathroom, he went out the door.
out the door
Dong Zheng got up from the bed, he turned on the light, and the clock showed that it was five o'clock in the morning.
Is it five o'clock... Dong Zheng frowned, and immediately turned off the light, afraid that Fix would find him awake through the light, he opened the curtains and looked out, it was dark outside, as if it was in the deepest darkness before dawn , Only a few street lamps are dimly lit, and there is an ominous atmosphere.
Going out at this time... It's probably a morning run plus grocery shopping. Yesterday, Fix made breakfast at 6:30, which is just right for this point.
Dong Zheng thought silently, laying back down again, and the option to ask him if he wanted to fast-forward again appeared in front of him.
Is this a key plot point
He was a little confused, got up and walked out of the room in the dark, wanting to go to Fix's room to have a look. He didn't believe that the box made him jump to this time just to let him listen to Fix's move out at five o'clock.
He twisted the doorknob and found that the master bedroom was locked by Fix. Dong Zheng frowned. He glanced at the watch in the living room, and after a long time of identifying it by the light outside in the dark, he realized that the watch was missing.
When was it taken
he does not know.
Dong Zheng had to go back to the room with full of doubts and chose the plot jump.
The sky is already bright.
The chirping of birds came from outside the window, it was six forty-five in the morning.
Like yesterday, Dong Zheng crossed out October 13 on the calendar, opened the door, and the aroma of breakfast still wafted in his face.
Dong Zheng: …
After thinking for a while, he raised his hand and ruffled his hair, hunched over his chest, half-opened his eyes and pretended to be sick, sneezed hard twice, and walked out of the room.
"I really want to catch a cold," he said to Fix. "Maybe the window wasn't closed last night."
"It doesn't matter." Fix still boiled a pot of broth, served with toast, and there was a layer of old calluses between his right thumb and index finger.
"It doesn't matter, just rest for two days, but I don't have a good appetite, so I'll just eat some toast." Dong Zheng watched him put the bowl on the table and asked, "What kind of meat is this? The taste seems to be different, never before. I've eaten like this."
"Horse meat," Fix replied. "Eating this is good for the liver. Why, haven't you eaten it before?"
Dong Zheng remembered his former rich person, and said with a smile: "I have eaten it, but your taste is different and more fragrant."
However, in fact, Dong Zheng has never eaten horse meat, so there is no way to know whether what Fix said is correct. The two sat at the dining table to eat, and Dong Zheng only ate two pieces of toast. Compared with yesterday, the atmosphere seemed to be different. Take it easy.
Dong Zhengzhuang asked unintentionally, "I heard that you went out before dawn this morning. Are you going to buy something so early?"
"Fresh horse meat sells very fast. You have to go there early in the morning. It just happens that I am used to getting up and running every morning so that I can eat fresh every day."
This is similar to Dong Zheng's guess. After the two have eaten, Fix has to go back to sleep.
Dong Zheng asked before he closed the door: "By the way, you told me not to go out casually, what's the situation?"
Fix looked back, the middle-aged man's smiling expression disappeared, replaced by a dignified look: "This place is not very safe recently, several people have died one after another, you can see what I put in the cupboard for details. newspapers in."
Dong Zheng pretended to be startled, and Fix reassured: "But as long as you stay at home, there will be no problem, don't worry."
The door of the master bedroom closed, Dong Zheng had a surprised expression, and opened the refrigerator again. The piece of meat he saw yesterday was gone, replaced by a fresher piece.
It must have been eaten up by the two of them.
Unusually noisy on the street, Dong Zheng glanced from the window and found several police cars parked on the street not far away.
He remembered Fix's warning not to go out casually, smiled, took the key and changed his shoes, and walked out of the house for the first time.
He went all the way to the villa where the police gathered, and stood on the outside of the cordon to watch. There were almost no residents of Wisteria Town except the police. The long-awaited murder had exhausted everyone's curiosity, and now everyone is in danger , Who else would go out casually
There was a fat aunt in the garden next door who was pruning plants. Dong Zheng came to her and sighed like a chat: "Is someone dead again?"
"The woman from the Ford family." Auntie glanced at Dong Zheng, and when she saw him, she immediately became alert: "Why have I never seen you before."
"I live in the Fix's house." Dong Zheng pointed to the house, "I was his child, and something happened at home, so I came to live here temporarily. Who knew that this place was so uneasy, what should I call you? Mrs?"