disappearing gold

Chapter 37 Moving into a villa in 2021

In the yard, everything was quiet. The wind was blowing slowly and people were looking around. There is no weird atmosphere, everything in the courtyard looks like an ordinary farmer's family.

There is also a wooden door in the living room with a chain lock on it, so the scene inside cannot be seen clearly.

Xiao Feng knocked on the door, "Is anyone home?"

What answered him was the cry of the cuckoo in the distant mountains, "cuckoo cuckoo——"

He looked back at Lao Sun in surprise, then looked at his other teammates, feeling at a loss.

Lao Sun said: "Try again!"

Xiao Feng had no choice but to knock again. The sound was louder and the time was longer than before. The process is different, but who knows, the result will still be the same. There was no response in the room, not even the sound of breathing. It was impossible that someone was taking a nap.

Lao Sun looked around and made a gesture to exit. She took the lead in exiting, and the other three exited the villa in a linear formation.

She walked to the villa next door and assigned tasks to her subordinates, "Xiao Li and I are squatting in front of this villa. Zhu Lan, you and Xiao Feng continue to investigate."

"Yes, Captain Sun!"

"Yes, Master!"

Xiao Feng and Zhu Lan talked, turned on the drone to take pictures of the villa, and continued to look for Ms. Wang.

At the door, Xiao Li stared at the door of the villa next door through several landscape trees. As the sun sets in the west and dusk falls, mosquitoes gather overhead and crickets begin their concerts.

"Buzz--" A harsh sound lingered in front of him. He reached out to fish it out and opened his hands to look at it. There were no mosquitoes in the palm of my hand, but there was black powder, and the cunning mosquitoes ran away.

Another annoying cry came from his right ear, and he hit himself on the cheek. His muscles hurt, and his mouth was hit crooked. I thought I was sure of victory this time, but unexpectedly, the mosquito escaped through the crack before the palm fell.

Lao Sun teased him, "You can run faster than a rabbit. Why is it so difficult to catch a mosquito?"

"Hehe - Captain Sun, how can this be the same? I'm a tough guy, and small mosquitoes are not my cup of tea." Xiao Li suppressed his anger and had to explain patiently.

Before I knew it, the night was completely dark, and I couldn't see my fingers in front of me. Xiao Feng and Zhu Lan didn't find anything unusual either, which was really strange!
  Fortunately, she brought mosquito repellent cream with her before setting off. After Zhu Lan applied it herself, she took it out and applied it to Lao Sun and Xiao Li.

Six o'clock was already past, seven o'clock was approaching, and after a quarter of an hour of squatting, it was already eight o'clock. Lao Sunxin said that if he couldn't find anyone anymore, he could only retreat first. There are a lot of mosquitoes in this damn place, and she loves to attract mosquitoes, so she has scratched out countless bags all over her body.

In the villa, Xiao Feng and Zhu Lan's eyes couldn't bear it. They looked many times more carefully than when they came here, and their eyeballs were sore and swollen.

Just when everyone relaxed, someone from a distance came over holding a torch, and the sound of footsteps was a little heavy as it dragged the floor. This is a common problem among the elderly. It seems that it is two old people. And there is no electricity or electricity here, so it would be abnormal if the person who actually occupied the villa used a flashlight.

A deep, old male voice said: "Hey, it only took one day to sell out. My waist can't bear it."

Another complaining female voice was very loud, "Baby! What else can you do like this? I've been the one yelling all day long, and my throat was almost smoking and I didn't say anything. It's just you, you just sit there and collect money. Now, do you still have a reason?”

"Hey, look at you, I'm just going to complain..." the man said helplessly.

Xiao Li was about to rush over, but was stopped by Lao Sun.

The firelight gradually became brighter, and the torch reflected the wrinkles on their faces. The old woman was still carrying dry goods in her hands, and the old man was gently surrounding her.

The outer door of the villa had been restored to its original state by Lao Sun - it was unlocked and they just pushed the door open and went in.

Two minutes later, Lao Sun suddenly broke into the villa. The old man in the house was busy making fire and cooking, talking and laughing, like ordinary people.

But when abnormal footsteps sounded and their faces turned to Lao Sun, their smiles froze, "You, you are-"

Obviously, the two detectives who suddenly arrived were the real uninvited guests. The two people living in the villa have long been accustomed to calling the villa - my home.

"Hello, we are the criminal police of Qingcheng City." Lao Sun and Xiao Li each showed their identity certificates.

"Oh, oh." Even so, the old woman's eyes were filled with horror.

"Why did you come here in the middle of the night?" The man was very alert and immediately stopped the old woman behind him.

Lao Sun smiled to ease the tense atmosphere, "That's it, we came to the villa to look for someone. But during the search, we suddenly found traces of two people living here. So we stayed here to ask."

"What kind of person are you looking for?" asked the old woman.

"A woman should have an area of ​​more than fifty years old, but due to proper maintenance all year round, her face looks as tender and smooth as a person in her thirties." Lao Sun described Ms. Wang's appearance.

The old woman thought for a moment and said, "We went down the mountain early in the morning to sell mountain products. We don't even know if anyone has been here."

Lao Sun's voice was loud, "Did you see it yesterday?"

The old man looked around the villa and said, "This ghost place is almost like a haunted house. Who would come here? If the house hadn't collapsed, we wouldn't have come to live here." The old woman quickly covered his mouth, "I told you to talk nonsense, just say it." Unlucky words!”

"I'm just saying, I've had enough of this damn place!" It was okay if I didn't say it, but the old man's temper got worse when he mentioned it.

"You——" The old woman's face turned red with anger.

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Lao Sun quickly stopped him, "Ahem, don't quarrel for now. I understand your difficulties. But where did you live originally? Why did you move to this abandoned building in the wild mountains? Live here?"

"We came here because we had no money to build a new house at the foot of Mount Kulai." The old woman was quite generous and had a loud voice.

As soon as he heard these sensitive words, a train carrying something important roared past in Lao Sun's mind. But what it was, she couldn't grasp it yet.

The old man also said: "Yes, I heard that this place is deserted, so we came to try our luck. Who knew that we could live here for a year!"

"Oh? When did you move in?" Xiao Li's curiosity was aroused next to him.

"Last year!" the old woman blurted out.

"What?" Xiao Li, who was looking for abnormalities everywhere, heard this and his brows jumped up. He didn't expect that the police station missed such a big clue due to insufficient police force!
  Looking back, Lao Sun was also very excited.

He asked: "On March 3 (8), will you stay in the villa that night?"

"Yes, but we went to bed very early." said the old woman.

"Did you hear any unusual noises in the middle of the night?" Xiao Li continued to ask.

The old man tilted his ears and did not answer, as if nothing happened.

"No, I haven't heard any unusual noises in the middle of the night this month!" The old woman shook her head and said no.

Everyone was surprised by the old man's behavior.

Thinking that the two of them lived in this place without water, electricity or television, they must have no idea that a murder occurred in the mountains on the evening of March 3th.

The conversation was a little stagnant for a while.

After a while, Lao Sun asked again: "Did your child stay in the villa that night? Did he tell you about hearing any noise?"

The old woman recalled it for a long time, "You mean Xiao Fei? He went out at sunset on March 3th. He had to go to work the next day and returned to the company early to stay."

"What's wrong with Xiao Fei?" The old man's eyes were full of confusion.

"Did you see any strange people appearing nearby around March 3?"

"This season, we pick mushrooms every day and go to the nearby market."

"Well, if you leave early and come back late, you won't have the chance to see him even if he does!"

"Have your children seen it?"

"I don't know about him." The old woman said, but the old man said nothing.

In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, Lao Sun asked the second elder to give Xiao Fei's phone number.

Lao Sun pinched his eyebrows and took out his business card. But he thought of the bare house here and asked, "Do you have a phone?"

"We don't need that thing." The old woman waved her hand.

"why?"

"We only have an only son at home, so why don't we put more financial burden on him?" she said.

When Lao Sun heard this, his face froze, and he stuffed the business card he had just taken out back into his pocket, "Well, if you think of any clues, you can ask your son to tell me."

"Definitely," said the old lady.

After they walked out of the villa, Zhu Lan and Xiao Feng also walked out of the villa next door. Both of them had bitter faces, "Oh, I've been looking for you all afternoon in vain."

Lao Sun's face was full of exhaustion, "I think we can also find a villa and spend the night casually! Tomorrow, Zhu Lan and Xiao Li and I will go to Song Hui's hometown to find Ms. Wang. Xiao Feng, you continue to go back and watch the surveillance."

"Hey——" Xiao Feng's sigh lasted longer than the old cow's moan.

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