The famous detective in the comic world

Chapter 128 Rick's Family

"Try it again and see if it's much better." Shirley saw that the kid was white, so she specially added three times more sugar to him than her usual amount.

...that is, quadruple.

This time, Rick obviously hesitated a bit when he drank his coffee.But after taking a small mouth to test it, he quickly showed a happy expression.

It seems that this sweetness is just right.

Shirley and He Nan usually don't eat much sugar, and they generally feel that most sweets in the United States are too sweet to accept.

"Isn't it good this time?" Shirley asked with a smile.

"Hmm!" Rick smiled, "It's better to add sugar to the coffee...but the sweetness is too weak, can I add a few spoonfuls of sugar?"

"It's ok...but eating too much sugar is bad for your health." Shirley added a few spoonfuls of sugar to him, and said softly, "It's just a suggestion."

Hmm... He Nan fell into deep thought.

If she was in China or Japan, Shirley would probably say something like "Eating too much sugar can lead to bad teeth and obesity" and so on.

But here in the United States... people never care about the damage of sugar to teeth, because everyone is used to eating whatever they want and going to the dentist regularly.

As for saying it's easy to get fat, that's politically incorrect here.People will think that you are discriminatory when you say people are fat.Being fat is right, even if you are too fat to walk, you are not allowed to have strange eyesight from others.

So when you say that people are easy to get fat, it reveals your thinking that "fat is bad, try not to get fat, fat people are not good-looking", then you are discriminatory.

He Nan thinks that political correctness itself is fine, but magnification is disgusting.

Expelling these thoughts from his mind, He Nan also took a cup of coffee with sugar and milk and sat beside Shirley, smelling a very pleasant aroma.

In order to make sure if it was her smooth brown hair, He Nan deliberately turned his head slightly to the side to smell more carefully.

Well, the case is solved.

no.The shampoo has a very mild smell.

So it should be body wash.

"..." Shirley inadvertently glanced this way.

You didn't find me, you didn't find me...

...Ah, the look in his eyes has become very contemptuous!
Sure enough, he found me!

No way, why don't I just smell your hair!Still quietly sniffing!
I didn't stick to your body and smell it, did I?Then you think I'm a pervert, so I'll admit it!
Have no idea!The smell is so fragrant, why can't people resist smelling it!

Many thoughts flashed through He Nan's mind instantly.

In short, I still feel quite wronged.

In order to divert Shirley's attention away from him, He Nan, who realized that she had noticed his small movements, thought for a while, then put on a very serious expression, and looked at Rick.

Fortunately, Rick didn't notice it at all when he saw the expression.

This can only mean that Shirley reacts too sensitively to me... He Nan thought to himself: Well, it must be like this.

"Okay, Rick. Tell me about the case you want to entrust us with." He took a sip of coffee and brought the topic back to the right track: "Try to be as detailed as possible."

"Wait a minute." Shirley smiled and said before Rick could speak: "Rick, if we find out that it's really a case after listening to it, then you will need money to help you investigate the case? Detectives can't do it for free." Helping others, investigating a case not only consumes a lot of energy, it may also be quite dangerous... especially in this situation where the police may have ghosts."

"Yes." He Nan nodded: "So we may have to talk to your guardian in the end. After all, it involves the issue of payment."

"I know..." Rick was obviously a little uneasy: "But... until the case is resolved, I hope you'd better not mention it to my dad... He will be very angry."

"Okay." Shirley took a sip of coffee and looked at Rick quietly: "Let's talk about the case...but first explain why you are in such a hurry to find us? Did you run out in the middle of the night just to prevent the Dad found out? Then there is actually a chance during the day, right? "

"...No, I've disappeared for so long during the day, so I will definitely be discovered by my father." Rick muttered in a low voice: "And... only late at night, I am sure that you are at home. Detectives are very busy, right? They are often not in the office... ..."

In fact, he may not be here late at night... He Nan thought to himself: Our working hours are not fixed, and whether we are at home or not depends on whether we need to go outside to check for clues.

"That's it." Shirley continued: "Please continue to tell the story, Rick. Who, what happened, when and where...Everything that happened in the middle that you think you need to pay attention to, please tell me We explain."

"I...maybe I can't explain it all at once." Rick's fingers were grabbing the handle of the coffee cup one after another anxiously: "It's...my sister, she disappeared suddenly one day, and her body was found...in The day after the funeral, my mother disappeared too. There was no body this time... Dad said she was eaten by a monster."

"..." He Nan frowned, and exchanged glances with Xue Li.

Just from listening, he felt that Rick's father was a huge suspect.

But the time of Rick's mother's death was too weird...it was on the second day of the funeral?

No, it might not be the next day.

Maybe it disappeared that night, and it was only when Rick woke up the next day that his mother was gone.

"Rick, please explain in more detail." He Nan took out his notebook and looked more serious: "First of all, please tell me the names of your family. Please ask for their full names."

"My family name is Marvel... My name is Rick, my sister is Daisy. My mother...is called Bessie, and my father is Isaac."

"Okay, Rick." Ho Nan jotted down the content: "Your address?"

"126 Litmus Street, Queens."

Hmm...it's okay, not far away.

He Nan thought to himself: The law and order in Queens is not bad. Although it is still dangerous for children to go out alone at night, as long as they keep walking along the avenue with street lights and patrols, it will not be a big problem.

"Rick, tell me when your sister disappeared. Be more specific." He Nan tapped the book lightly with a pen, looked at Rick and asked, "It's best to tell me even when you found it missing in the first few hours of the day. explain."

"My sister... disappeared on the 2nd of last month."

"The 2nd of last month...in May?"

"...Well." Rick was asked about his sister, and his expression was obviously gloomy and painful: "On the 2nd... I had dinner at noon and went out to play with Daisy, and then I came back to take a nap and woke up again I didn't see Daisy...it was around 2 o'clock then..."

"Let me make sure." He Nan decided to ask in more detail: "When was the last time you saw Daisy? After entering the house?"

(End of this chapter)