chasing the dark

Chapter 50 Concealment
Before reaching the second floor, he could hear the sound of cursing, rising and falling.

"This is a 97-year-old lady with a bad temper." Vice President Nie said helplessly.

Jing Hongchao said: "There is an old man in my father's community who is also like this. He loses his temper and throws things all day long. I don't know if he is sick or not."

"Not necessarily, some are caused by psychological reasons. For example, loneliness, insecurity, and panic about aging." Vice President Nie said while leading them to a room in the head.

There are six hospital beds in this less than [-]-square-meter room, and an old man is lying on each bed.

Vice President Nie raised his hand to signal the nurse who got up to sit down, then pointed to the bed by the window: "That is Jin Zhaoshou."

The curtains were half drawn, and the afternoon sun shone in through the gap, printing on a thin face.

The old man's mouth was half open, and his eyes were rolled up, staring blankly at the ceiling.If it weren't for the ups and downs of the chest, it would be no different from a wax figure.

"Jin Zhaoshou, someone is coming to see you! Jin Zhaoshou! Old Jintou!" Vice President Nie yelled a few times at the top of his voice. Seeing that there was no response, he stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes.

After a series of operations, Jin Zhaoshou blinked his eyes a few times, and his gaze finally became solid.

After staring at the few people beside the bed for a few seconds, he let out a doubtful "ah".

"Jin Zhaoshou, right?" Ye Zhanzhou met his gaze and said, "We're here for Jin Yan's business."

Hearing the name "Jin Yan", Jin Zhaoshou's eyes widened suddenly: "Who are you talking about?"

His voice is very hoarse, his speech is very slow, and he has some slurred words.

"Jin Yan." Ye Zhanzhou repeated and asked, "Is she your daughter?"

Seeing Jin Zhaoshou nodded, he asked again: "Do you miss her?"

"Think about it." Jin Zhaoshou took a breath, and suddenly stared at Vice President Nie and said, "Mom Yanzi, why don't you cook, the child will be back from school soon!"

"Take a good look at who I am?" Vice President Nie bent over and got closer.

"Lv Shufen, you..." Jin Zhaoshou frowned into Chuanzi, and then stretched it out again, "Oh, I read it wrong, it's not Yanzima."

Vice President Nie straightened up, and whispered to Ye Zhanzhou: "He should be relatively awake now, if you have any questions, please hurry up and ask."

Ye Zhanzhou nodded and leaned against the bed: "Old Jin, tell me about the swallow."

"Swallow..." Jin Zhaoshou muttered, "She has nothing to say, she is spoiled by Lu Shufen. She doesn't study hard, and she is not obedient."

Jing Hong snorted: "That's your daughter too, so you have no responsibility?"

"I took care of it, but I can't do it." Jin Zhaoshou's eyes were full of disappointment, "I don't listen to anything, and run outside when I'm in a hurry."

"Then you two didn't have a good talk with her?" Ye Zhanzhou asked.

"It's useless, oil and salt don't get in." Jin Zhaoshou shook his head, suddenly realized something, and asked vigilantly, "Who are you? Why are you asking Yanzi?"

"The Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau came here for Jin Yan's disappearance. Ye Zhanzhou revealed his identity.

A trace of panic flashed through Jin Zhaoshou's cloudy eyes: "I don't know anything."

"You don't want to get your daughter back?" Ye Zhanzhou stared at him and asked.

"Whether she comes back or not has nothing to do with me."

Jin Zhaoshou turned his face away, no matter what he asked, he just kept silent.

Finally got annoyed, and shouted hoarsely: "Get out! Get out!"

Seeing that they couldn't ask anything, they left the room.

A seriously ill person can't stand too much stimulation, if he doesn't leave, I'm afraid it will kill him.

After waiting in the corridor for a while, Vice President Nie called out the nurse who was in the room just now.

In order not to let the people in the room hear it, Ye Zhanzhou stopped when he reached the stairs and asked, "Did Jin Zhaoshou tell you about his daughter?"

"He never told us about family affairs." The nurse replied carefully.

Vice President Nie patted her on the arm: "Just say what you know, don't worry."

With the instruction of the vice president, the nurse bit his lips: "I heard from the people in the same room that he cried in his dreams at night, and he also said... Don't come here, I didn't mean it. And Yanzi, Dad, I'm sorry What."

A terrible thought came to Jiang Yu's mind, and he couldn't help but gasped: "Did he really say that?"

"I didn't hear it with my own ears, but the people in the room wouldn't tell such nonsense. Moreover, more than one person has heard it." The nurse said, "He really doesn't sleep well, and sometimes he would be in a daze during the day. gone."

When asked about other things, the nurse said that she only knew these things and nothing else.

Vice President Nie also said that Jin Zhao was very seldom talkative, basically he didn't chat with others.

When asked, he only said that his wife had passed away and had no children, and he refused to mention anything else.

He has been in Yixin Nursing Center for more than two years, but no one has ever visited him.

As for the monthly expenses, they are all transferred from his salary card, and the accountant prints out the receipts for him.

……

"Jin Zhaoshou must be hiding something." As soon as he got in the car, Jiang Yu expressed his opinion.

People, as they grow older, their physical functions will continue to decline, and their psychology will also undergo great changes.

I am no longer as busy as I was when I was young, and the interpersonal communication has become less and less.

At this time, companionship becomes even more important.

For the helpless elderly, no matter what the living conditions in the nursing home are, at least there is someone to talk to every day, so that the life will not be too lonely.

But Jin Zhaoshou was in such an environment, but closed himself up, never chatting with others, let alone his family and past.This is enough to prove that he is afraid that if he talks too much, he will lose.

"What are you hiding?" Ye Zhanzhou asked while driving.

"Jin Yan's whereabouts." Jiang Yu recounted the analysis he had done with Jing Hong before, and finally added, "Maybe it's not necessarily that Jin Zhaoshou and his wife killed their daughter."

Ye Zhanzhou glanced at her from the rearview mirror: "Evidence?"

Jiang Yu was at a loss for words, how could she have evidence!

"Without evidence, everything is in vain." Ye Zhanzhou said.

"Bold reasoning, careful verification." Jing Hong stepped forward to rescue, "Starting with the people around you, you will always find some clues."

"Their house has been empty and no one lives in it. Could it be..." Halfway through the sentence, Jiang Yu immediately denied himself, "If the fourth floor of his house is a one-story house, digging a hole on the ground can bury people .”

Her thought amused the other two people in the car.

Ye Zhanzhou smiled and said: "Believe it or not, I have at least a hundred ways to kill you and hide you, and no one will find it."

Jing Hong slapped the back of the driver's seat: "You can do it, don't scare the child."

Jiang Yu turned his head away and rolled his eyes as far as the sky towards the car window.

(End of this chapter)