The Swan Bay Murders

"Li Jiangluo!"

I don't know how loud it was when I yelled these three words, the person who had half of his body leaning out of the balcony finally stopped there as if his soul returned to his body.

I ran over and pulled the man down, and at that moment I was shaking with rage.

If I came out one minute later, would Li Jiangluo have already jumped off the 1th floor?

He looked at me blankly, his ears and nose were red, the snow was still falling, and a gust of wind blew over and made him bone-chillingly cold.

I pulled him into the house, closed the door, and when I turned around, he was still dumbfounded.

"How old are you?" I asked him.

He probably didn't expect me to ask this suddenly, and after a while of reaction, he said, "27."

"27!" I punched him on the shoulder and knocked the thin man in front of him down on the sofa next to him. He looked pitiful, but I didn't want to show any mercy, "You are already 27, why are you acting so impulsively? It's 17 years old! What did you want to do just now? Jump off? Jump off and then? Will this be over?"

Li Jiangluo covered his face and remained silent.

I'm a little annoyed, annoyed by his appearance.

What happened to Berlin's death is still unclear. I don't believe the police's conclusion, and that Xu Zhao makes me feel even more strange.

"The way you look like this really makes me wonder why my brother is interested in you." I don't intend to be polite to him anymore. Li Jiangluo seems to have lost his soul in the past few days. The man who started the incident.

He lowered his hands and remained silent for a long time, before finally saying, "I don't know either."

That night, I didn't let Li Jiangluo go back to my room to sleep, and forced him to stay with me.

I was almost out of anger, and I calmed down. My brother is dead, and I can't let his lover have another accident.

We ordered a takeaway, but none of us ate much, we really didn’t have an appetite, and we couldn’t be interested in watching anything.

I let Li Jiangluo sleep on the bed. He was supposed to sleep on the sofa wrapped in a coat, but seeing how he might fall ill at any time, I couldn't bear it in the end.

"Go to sleep, we'll discuss what's next when we get up tomorrow morning."

But that night I still didn't fall asleep, the snow stopped outside, and I smoked out all my cigarettes. I glanced at Li Jiangluo, who looked quite honest under the blanket.

I picked up my coat and room card and went out. There was no smoke, and the night was difficult.

Not far from the hotel is a 24-hour convenience store. I bought two packs of cigarettes and two breads, and the TV hanging above the cash register was broadcasting the news.

I was afraid to see something about Berlin, so I paid the money and went out immediately.

What surprised me was that Li Jiangluo was waiting for me outside. We hadn't changed our clothes for a few days. He still had the windbreaker, which looked even thinner after it snowed.

I'm no better than him, and it's just that I don't have the energy to take off my coat for him.

The overcoat he came in was thinner than his, and it was blown through by the cold wind as soon as he came out.

He saw me coming and followed me back.

The snow was "creaked" by us. I lit a cigarette, and I saw him turning his head to look at me out of the corner of my eye.

His eyes were swollen like walnuts, and the tip of his nose and face were red from the cold. This man was actually very good-looking, clean and handsome, but at the moment he really had no image at all.

"Do you want it?" I handed the cigarette in my hand to him.

It originally meant that if he wanted me to give him one, he actually took my one before it arrived first, and smoked it without thinking about it.

I had no choice but to light another one for myself, and the two big men were walking slowly in the snow late at night, smoking, like two down-and-out homeless men.

"The insurance company called me." Li Jiangluo said, "In fact, they called me a long time ago, but I ignored them."

He mentioned the insurance company, and then I remembered that there was an insurance policy with the medical report, personal accident insurance, and the beneficiary was Li Jiangluo.

It was precisely because of this that the police concluded that Berlin realized that he might not live long, so he planned a "homicide" in order to defraud insurance.

And I believe my brother's character and IQ, he will not do insurance fraud, nor will he be stupid enough to make the scene suspicious.

"What did they say?" I asked.

"They called two days ago. The case hadn't been closed at that time. They said they would wait for the results of the police investigation." Li Jiangluo squinted his eyes and swallowed, and suddenly stopped, "Brother Bai Chuan, I still can't believe that Berlin is suicide."

I walked a few more steps, and then stood still, the snow started to fall again, and the originally cold guy was turned into a warm yellow by the street lamps on the street.

"Believe it or not, they have come to a conclusion now." I don't believe it either, but besides that, I don't believe in people, Li Jiangluo and Xu Zhao. A terrible idea suddenly popped into my mind, "I haven't told my parents about this. They are old and in poor health. I want to keep it secret for the time being. I just called them today and said that I have to deal with some things in China, so I need to stay for a while."

I lifted my feet and walked forward, and he quickly followed.

"Can you go back to the house you lived in before? I want to pack up my brother's things and find a place to live first." I have my own plan, and before I have a convincing conclusion about the Berlin matter, I Neither will leave here.

"Xu Zhao said that he can go back the day after tomorrow, and I don't intend to continue living there anymore."

"Do you have a place to go?" I asked, "You haven't gone to work these days. Is there any problem with the company?"

Li Jiangluo took a puff of cigarette, spit it out again, rubbed his nose and said: "Continuous absenteeism, I was fired, let's look for a house again, just find a place."

When we returned to the warm hotel, the body was filled with cool air, and I put out the cigarette butt and took off my coat when I entered the room.

"Then let's look for a house together." I suggested, "Because my brother lost his job, you probably don't have much money now. I'll pay the rent."

Li Jiangluo hesitated for a moment, and before he objected, I went into the bathroom.

When he came out again, he was already sitting in front of the window and smoking a cigarette.

The next day, we were told to go back.

I sorted out my things, and when I went downstairs to check out with Li Jiangluo, I saw Xu Zhao sitting in the lobby.

He is not wearing a police uniform today, and his stubble has been shaved clean. He looks a few years younger, and he is not as scruffy as when we met before.

When he saw us coming out, he nodded to me, and then asked Li Jiangluo, "Shall we go back directly?"

Li Jiangluo nodded, and said, "Go check out first."

I think Li Jiangluo probably also knows that Xu Zhao treats him unusually, because of this, I doubt Xu Zhao even more.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Xu Zhao and Li Jiangluo jointly planned this whole incident. The truth remains to be verified.

From last night until now, I have been thinking that perhaps Li Jiangluo and Xu Zhao were secretly discovered by Berlin, and the three of them quarreled and killed Berlin by mistake. The case was done by Xu Zhao, and he will investigate the case , This is simply a thief shouting "stop thief."

Although this idea seems to be unreasonable in some places after careful consideration, there are many strange things about the case in Berlin. It is like a rope with countless knots from the beginning to the end, and the case is closed without any knot being untied. up.

I followed Li Jiangluo and Xu Zhao out of the hotel. His car was parked outside, and we got into the car naturally.

Although I have to look for a house again, I still have to go back to live in these few days.

I should like to see the place where my brother lived at once, and I am sure he will leave some clues for me.

I sat in the back seat, Xu Zhao and Li Jiangluo were in front.

Xu Zhao asked him: "What are your plans in the future? Are you looking for a job first? Or are you planning to go out and relax?"

I sneered silently, no matter how I looked at it, I felt that the two of them were tricky.

The policeman in front of me must have hidden selfish motives when investigating the case. I must find out the truth and find out everything. Next, it will be his turn to lose his job.

"Preparing to move first." Li Jiangluo said, "Brother Bai Chuan will live here for a while, so we can live together first, and we have a caretaker, and the funeral in Berlin..."

When he said this, he stopped making a sound. I saw him turn his head out of the window, not knowing what he was thinking.

Xu Zhao looked at me from the rearview mirror, and I spotted him. His eyes quickly moved away, but I could still see the hostility.

I thought, my guess might be right, this negligent policeman must be planning something.

"Otherwise you go to live in my empty house first." Xu Zhao said.

"The one in the north of the city?" Li Jiangluo turned around and asked naturally.

The relationship between these two people is really close beyond my imagination, and they seem to be very familiar with everything about each other.

"Well, it's vacant anyway. You don't have a job recently, so don't rent it out." Xu Zhao looked at me from the rearview mirror again and asked, "Does Mr. Xing think it's okay?"

"I don't care." I'm telling the truth, it's better to live in Xu Zhao's house, maybe there will be some unexpected discoveries.

"Okay, then I will find a part-time worker to clean it later, and you can live in after you clean up." Xu Zhao said this to Li Jiangluo, "It happens that I also want you to move out quickly. On vacation, I can spend more time with you."

From my perspective, I couldn't see Li Jiangluo's reaction. I was suddenly worthless for my brother. He fell in love for the first time, and he ended up like this.

I gritted my teeth and looked out the window. I didn't want to listen to Xu Zhao's words about Li Jiangluo's concern. I don't know how Li Jiangluo felt so caring after he just lost his lover. Let me drag them to be buried with my brother.