"full!"
"Be careful with the boiling water!"
"Ah?!" Zhou Sheng realized that the paper cup was full, but he didn't know how to lift the thermos bottle. He stretched out his other hand to block the mouth of the thermos bottle in a panic.
"Boil the water!" Mu Yu exclaimed again.
"Be careful!" Rong Jian reminded urgently, and at the same time he reached out to hold Zhou Sheng's hand, but he was too late and the hot boiling water poured on Zhou Sheng's hand.
"hiss"
"boom!"
Zhou Sheng, who was in pain, retracted his scalded hand and at the same time, his other hand unconsciously let go. The hot water bottle fell to the corner of the table and then to the ground with a loud bang.
"Sister-in-law, be careful!" Rong Jian pulled Mu Yu and Zhou Sheng back with each hand.
"Young mistress! Are you okay?!"
Huang Bo and others were standing outside. After hearing the noise in the house, they immediately ran into the house. When they saw the hot water bottle, they were so scared that they immediately looked at Mu Yu in panic to greet him.
"Sister-in-law, how are you?" Rong Jian also looked nervous.
"I'm sorry, are you okay?" Zhou Sheng stroked his other hand with one hand, but didn't bother to look down. Instead, he asked Mu Yu with fear on his face. Now that he knew about Mu Yu's relationship with Qin Jinhuan, he also asked. He was fully aware of the terrible consequences of burning Mu Yu.
"I'm fine." Mu Yu waved his hand and looked at Zhou Sheng's hand and asked anxiously, "Is your hand burned? Go get cold water and rinse it with me. I'll take you to the hospital!"
"Fortunately, the water was boiled last night, so it's not that hot." After confirming that Mu Yu was not frightened, Zhou Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, forced out a smile that said he was fine, and teased himself, "Since I injured my left hand, My right hand doesn't work very well, and I always make mistakes when I do things. Fortunately, the thermos is filled with water that was boiled last night. Fortunately, the heat preservation effect of this thermos is not that good, otherwise my left hand will suffer again. It’s such a trouble-prone hand, and it may become useless one day.”
He tried his best to appear calm, but his trembling hands betrayed his inner panic. Rong Jian and Mu Yu saw this in their eyes, and also saw that his trembling hands were not because of the unexpected incident just now, but because of Rong Jian's original question. After the two looked at each other, Rong Jian was very serious. He looked at Zhou Sheng, but did not continue to ask. He just asked him to go to the kitchen to get cold water to rinse the burnt area first.
Zhou Sheng obviously wanted to calm down his mood, so he did not refuse this time. He nodded and quickly ran into the small kitchen. Soon, the sound of rushing water could be heard in the kitchen.
Mu Yu watched Zhou Sheng enter the kitchen and glanced left and right. Huang Bo immediately understood what she meant, and immediately found a dustpan and broom to clean up the broken thermos bottle. After cleaning up the glass shards, he used a mop to clean up the water stains on the floor.
When Zhou Sheng came out of the kitchen, Huang Bo had already gone out and saw that the floor had been cleaned. Zhou Sheng only said that it was Mu Yu or Rong Jian who had cleaned it, and there was an uneasy look on his face immediately, and he apologized to them again. Thank you again.
"Okay, let's get back to business." Rong Jian didn't explain the cleaning, and brought the topic back to the previous topic with a solemn expression, "You know Wu Xian, right?"
Zhou Sheng obviously knew that Rong Jian would ask this question again. Compared with his previous gaffe, he had obviously calmed down a lot at this time. He lowered his eyes, nodded slightly, and gave a very affirmative answer: "I know you."
Then a look of sadness appeared on his face, "I also know that she drowned and I'm very sad."
He directly said what Rong Jian wanted to say, which surprised Rong Jian, and then asked: "What is your relationship with her?"
"What's the relationship?" Zhou Sheng sighed deeply as he repeated this sentence. He waited for a while before answering, "I'm just a passerby to her."
The thoughtful answer made Mu Yu couldn't help but ask: "So, what is her relationship to you?"
"I..." Zhou Sheng's expression
It became a little complicated, "If I say I like her, will you think I'm a toad who wants to eat swan meat?"
"Everyone has the right to love and be loved." After Rong Jian comforted him, he immediately asked, "Did you fall in love with her after you were released from prison or did you fall in love with her before you went to prison?"
"After I was released from prison, I met her by chance and developed a crush on her."
"Tell me."
Seeing that Rong Jian was so interested in his relationship with the dead Wu Xian, Zhou Sheng's face became even uglier than before, and he inquired very uneasily: "Captain Rong, everyone said that Wu Xian died strangely, maybe it was not a simple addiction. Death, by asking me questions about her like this, do you suspect that her death is related to me? I just have a crush on her, I don't have any..."
"Don't get excited, we are just asking questions on a routine basis," Rong Jian interrupted him to comfort him, "Don't be mentally burdened, just answer my questions truthfully."
"Oh. Then, what else do you want to ask?" Zhou Sheng was still frightened and his words became stammering.
"How did you fall in love with her? Where did you come into contact with her before she was alive? What did you say to her? What did you do? Please tell me in detail."
Zhou Sheng lowered his eyes, as if thinking about it, and spoke slowly after a few seconds: "After I was released from prison, I was too embarrassed to go back to my hometown to face my parents. With the help of the prison guards, I found a temporary place to stay in Tailing Garden and got the management of the garden. After getting permission from the office, I went to the nearest supermarket in Xiangyun Anju Community and found a job as a supermarket keeper at night. About ten or twenty days ago, I don’t remember the specific time. One evening, I saw that the weather was very good, and I had a whim. I just want to go to the supermarket where I work to buy some daily necessities. I always arrive late and go back early. I have never visited that supermarket during the day or bought anything there. I am not familiar with this area and I want to compare. I wondered how much further it was to go to the supermarket from the north gate than from the south gate. That day I walked through the north gate and when I was approaching the north gate, I saw a blind old lady coming towards me. In the middle of the road not far from the old lady. A motorcycle stopped. I was afraid that the old lady would fall, so I wanted to help her. Before I could walk over, a girl riding an electric motorcycle stopped beside the old lady, got off the car and helped her around. The old lady thanked her a lot and said nice things. The girl smiled and said it was okay. At that moment, the girl’s sweet smile and crisp laughter moved me deeply. That girl was Wu Xian. It was the first time I met her. I was afraid of being abrupt and frightening her, so I didn’t dare to step forward and ask her her name and where she lived. Of course, my inferiority complex was also at work. What kind of mess had I become now? , you can all see it. Just like this, I watched her riding an electric bicycle into the north gate of Anju Community. "
Zhou Sheng sighed and continued, "That night I was lying on the wooden bed in the supermarket, and all I could think about was Wu Xian's face. Don't look at me as a thirty-year-old person, this was the first time I was obsessed with a girl. So from the next day, I often wandered that road at that time in the evening, hoping to run into her again. Later, I did see her from a distance several times. Through her dress and temperament, I could see her. I guessed that she was a white-collar worker in a private company. Thinking of my downfall, I began to be afraid of her. However, emotions are like this. The more I try to restrain them, the more they grow crazily. Maybe it's because of my guilty conscience. I'm afraid that I will often show up. On the way, Wu Xian discovered and misunderstood me as a stalker, so sometimes I would stop at the convenience store at the north gate as an excuse to buy things. The aunt at the convenience store was a very talkative and warm-hearted person, so I took this opportunity to visit her. I sat down and chatted with her in the shop, waiting for Wu Xian wholeheartedly. But after waiting a few times, I realized that there was no point in doing so, and I felt a little discouraged, but I couldn't help but miss Wu Xian. Driven by this ambivalence, I no longer chose to wait for Wu Xian to get off work in the evening. Instead, I deliberately went to the old lady’s convenience store at 90 o’clock in the evening. First, because this time was close to the time when I started the evening shift. It's relatively close, so it's not easy for the old lady to be suspicious. Of course, the old lady doesn't know about my secret love for Wu Xian, it's just my own guilty conscience; secondly, because I can't meet Wu Xian at this time.
I still want to restrain this relationship that is unlikely to have any result as much as possible. Walking the same path she has walked can be another comfort for my own feelings.
"About ten days ago, I occasionally heard that a car dropped a stone and blocked the road in the middle of the road at the north gate. The first thing I thought of was that Wu Xian would pass by on an electric bicycle. I was afraid of tripping her. In fact, I knew I was redundant. I was worried because it was not dark yet when Wu Xian got off work and I could see the stones on the road, but I couldn't help but worry, so I wandered around. However, what I didn't expect was that she was nowhere to be seen until it got dark. I guessed that she might have been working overtime or having a party with friends, so she came home late. I started to worry about her coming home late, fearing that she might not be able to see the stone and fall down. I waited until about ten o'clock that night, and she didn't show up as expected. , she really didn't pay attention to the stone. If I hadn't reminded her in time, she would have fallen hard. The old lady from the convenience store was also there at the time. I don't know if the old lady saw my admiration for Wu Xian. , after seeing me rescuing Wu Xian, she actually tried to set a red line between me and Wu Xian. As soon as the old lady said this, I was excited and expectant. Of course, I was more nervous. I knew Wu Xian looked down on me. , but I didn’t expect that she would refuse in front of me, and there was even a hint of contempt in her eyes. This was like pouring a lot of cold water on my head in the cold winter, which made me have mixed feelings. It was a difficult situation. I originally didn’t want Wu Xian to know my admiration for her, and I didn’t want to bring trouble on myself, but her contemptuous look that day deeply hurt me. As soon as my brain became hot, I found a time to go home from get off work. She stopped her in the woods near the community and told her all about my admiration for her. I also told her about my glorious past. I hope she can give me a chance and I will work hard to get it back. My past glory. Maybe she didn't believe my past. Her attitude at that time was very cold. She just said "We are not suitable" and left without looking back.
"I knew I was frustrated, but I didn't expect that I was so frustrated that I didn't get even the slightest chance from a girl. I was extremely frustrated and embarrassed to tell anyone about this embarrassing thing. You are investigating Wu Xian's death. I I'm afraid that any concealment may arouse your suspicion, and I may accidentally involve myself in the murder case, so I dare not hide it, otherwise I will keep this embarrassing thing in my stomach forever. Say, I'm really scared of going to jail. I don't want to have anything to do with that place in my life. I don't know if you can understand the fear of a person who has been in jail. If you can understand, you can understand. Wu Xian’s death will definitely have nothing to do with me.”
Rong Jian listened patiently to Zhou Sheng's big call. After taking notes on the last word, he slowly said: "We don't suspect that you are Wu Xian's murderer. We are just asking questions."
"Oh." Zhou Sheng seemed to realize that he had overcomplicated the problem, and immediately bared his teeth and showed an awkward smile, "It's okay if it's not, it's okay if it's not, it's just that I'm overthinking it, there's nothing I should have said. Having said that, I don’t know what else you want to ask?”
"It's nothing." Rong Jian closed the book, "If you don't do bad things, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night."
"Yes. I've learned a lesson and gained wisdom. I won't do anything bad again. After I finally get out, I will never commit another crime again and go back in. It's better to breathe free air." Zhou Sheng While sighing, he sent them out.
When Mu Yu and Rong Jian left Tailing Garden, it was already dark. At this time, Mu Yu received a call from Qin Jinhuan. When she learned that Rong Jian was with her, he asked her to call Rong Jian to come over for dinner.
Rong Jian had doubts about Zhou Sheng's words, and wanted to discuss it with Mu Yu again, so when Qin Jinhuan said they would have dinner together, he did not refuse, and then followed Huang Bo's car to Qin's house.
Qin Jinhuan had already asked people to prepare meals and wait at home, and they would prepare meals as soon as they arrived.
"Captain Rong, do you believe Zhou Sheng's words?"
Before Rong Jian could speak first, Mu Yu asked such a question.
Rong Jian did not answer directly, but immediately asked: "Do you think there is anything suspicious about his words?"