last case

Xie Jibai didn't sleep well last night, so he was a little sleepy. After being rocked in the car for a long time, he was really exhausted. After he fell asleep, he died extremely.

Tang Xin shook him several times before Xie Ji Bai woke up in a daze.

"Are you there?" Xie Ji Bai said vaguely.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he couldn't help covering his cheek on the left side of his face with his hand, and his brows also frowned.

Tang Xin was a little guilty, and asked: "What's wrong? Xiaobai?"

Xie Jibai didn't know that he was being kissed secretly, and said, "The base of my tongue hurts a bit. Maybe it's because I ate too much marshmallow and got angry?"

Xie Jibai thought about it, and only thought of such a "normal" reason.

Tang Xin heaved a sigh of relief, Marshmallow was shot innocently.

Tang Xin also said with a smile: "After get off work, let's go buy some fresh fruits together. I saw oranges in the supermarket yesterday, and they looked pretty good."

Thinking of Xiaobai with orange flavor, Tang Xin felt a little ready to move.

Xie Jibai nodded, opened the car door, unbuckled his seat belt and walked down, saying, "Let's go in first."

"Okay." Tang Xin said.

Tang Xin followed Xie Jibai in, feeling satisfied and regretful at the same time.He thought, when will he be able to truly embrace the beauty, if Xie Ji Bai is awake when kissing, and he can take the initiative to respond with his arms around his neck, that would be really wonderful.

Thinking of this, Tang Xin couldn't help sighing, feeling that the road was a bit far away.

Zhou Penggui's little secretary already knew Xie Jibai and Tang Xin. When he saw them coming in, he knew they were here to investigate, so he invited them directly to Zhou Penggui's office.

The little secretary said: "This is the boss's office. Usually no one comes in, and no one touches everything."

The office is neat and there is nothing strange at first glance.

Xie Jibai asked: "Which people in the company does Mr. Zhou have the most contact with?"

The little secretary said, "Of course it's the managers of the various departments."

Xie Jibai said: "Can you invite them over for me? I want to ask them about the situation."

"Okay, wait a moment, both of you." The little secretary said.

There are four department managers in total, personnel and logistics, operation and sales, financial financing, technology research and development, and soon the little secretary came in with three men, and there was still a lack of a manager of the personnel and logistics department.

The little secretary said: "The personnel manager is Ms. Sun. Ms. Sun is on annual leave recently and is not here. The other managers are all here."

The managers of the three departments are all young, and the personnel department is the only female manager, and the others are all male.

The three of them seemed to be quite talkative, Xie Jibai asked them some questions respectively.It's nothing more than whether Zhou Penggui has anything unusual recently, has he had conflicts with anyone, and has he seen any strange people.

All three said that Zhou Penggui came to the company normally and didn't see anything unusual, but two weeks ago, something was wrong with him suddenly, and he didn't know why, his complexion was particularly bad, and his temper was very irritable.

They hadn't been to the company since then, and it was only when they heard the news of Zhou Penggui's death that it felt very sudden. After all, Zhou Penggui didn't look like he had any grudges with anyone. How could he be murdered suddenly?

The manager of the financial department asked: "Could it be murder for money?"

Zhou Penggui has a safe at home, and there is cash in the bedroom drawer, but the house is very tidy and has not been tampered with at all. It does not seem to be murder, and no property is lost.

The technical manager said: "Mr. Detective, you should ask Manager Sun. Manager Sun and Mr. Zhou are relatively close."

"How to say?" Tang Xin asked.

The technical manager said: "Manager Sun and Mr. Zhou knew each other a long time ago. I heard that she was Mr. Zhou's senior in college. Later, shortly after Mr. Zhou started the company, she came here. It's been a long time, so she probably knows more."

Xie Jibai asked the little secretary for Manager Sun's address, but called Chen Yancai and asked her to look up the person's information.

This Manager Sun is two years older than Zhou Penggui, and he lives in a community in the city center, not too far away.I have been married for two years, I was pregnant but aborted, and have no children.

To their surprise, Chen Yancai said that Manager Sun's husband Qian died two weeks ago, and died suddenly.

Tang Xin said, "Two weeks ago?"

Xie Jibai nodded and said, "I don't know if this incident has anything to do with Zhou Penggui's abnormal mood."

Manager Sun's husband passed away, so she took her annual leave and didn't come to work. She took [-] days of annual leave, and she will go to work tomorrow, and she hasn't gone to the company today.

They drove to Manager Sun's apartment again. Fortunately, it was already past the rush hour and there was no traffic jam in the city center, so they arrived at their destination soon.

It's not a very high-end community, but because it's the city center, every inch of land is very expensive, so the houses in this place are definitely not cheap, and it is considered a relatively economical place.

They entered the community and looked for it according to the building number on the address.The two waited for the elevator for a full 15 minutes.

There are a lot of people waiting for the elevator. Although it is not peak time, there are also many elderly people and housewives who come back from a stroll.

There are only two elevators in total. I heard that there are renovations on the upper floor. Both elevators are occupied and I am moving things, so I can't get down for a long time.

Xie Jibai glanced at the time and was a little anxious, but Manager Sun lived on the 21st floor and was a bit tall. If he was a little shorter, he would simply climb upstairs.

When the elevator reached the first floor, a lot of people came down, and some people carried large cabinets to go out, and the corridors along the way became crowded.

Tang Xin stretched out his hand in front of Xie Jibai to prevent him from being bumped into.

Waiting for all the people in the elevator to get down, and the people waiting for the elevator to squeeze up, I am afraid that there will be too many people to go up, and the other elevator will not come down, and I am afraid that it will take another 15 minutes to wait for another elevator.

Tang Xin and Xie Jibai got on the elevator and were squeezed into a corner.Fortunately, they are going to the 21st floor, which is the top floor, and they are the last to get off, so there is no need to worry about being squeezed out.

Tang Xin pulled Xie Jibai, pushed him to the corner of the elevator, and then stood in front of him, blocking others.In this way, Xie Ji Bai will be blocked in the corner, but he won't be squeezed by others.

When Tang Xin raised his hand like this, he happened to support his hands on the elevator wall, and Xie Ji Bai was trapped inside by the perfect wall.

Xie Jibai didn't think much of it, after all it was too crowded, it was reasonable for Tang Xin to be closer to him.

The elevator was almost straight on each floor, and it went up very slowly. Xie Jibai felt that the stuffy air was not good, but Tang Xin enjoyed it quite a bit.

"Xiaobai, your hair is messed up." Tang Xin said.

Xie Jibai stretched out his hand and scratched his hair casually, then raised his head and asked, "Are you ready?"

Xie Jibai was too close to Tang Xin, when he raised his head, Tang Xin just lowered his head, and as a result, Xie Jibai felt his lips touched something.

Tang Xin was also stunned for a moment, Xie Jibai's lips swept across his cheeks, soft and warm, instantly tickling his heart.

Xie Jibai was also dumbfounded, he was stunned for five or six seconds, his face changed instantly, his ears turned red, and he said, "Hold me, I'm sorry..."

Tang Xin suddenly wanted to laugh, and suddenly felt that he had not only taken advantage of it, he smiled generously and said, "It doesn't matter."

Next, Xie Jibai glanced at his face as much as possible to distance himself from Tang Xin.And Tang Xin looked at Xie Jibai's reddened ears, recalling the moment that couldn't be called a kiss just now.

When he finally reached the 21st floor, Xie Ji Bai felt that he was sweating from the heat.

They finally got off the elevator and walked to the innermost part of the corridor. Manager Sun should only live in the innermost house.

Tang Xin pointed to the front and said, "It should be this one."

As he spoke, he walked over first and reached out to knock on the door.

Xie Jibai stood behind him, looked at the next few rooms, they should all be occupied by people, and the door was cleaned quite clean.

"Something is wrong." Tang Xin said suddenly.

"What's wrong?" Xie Ji Bai asked.

Tang Xin said, "Did you smell something?"

Xie Jibai was taken aback for a moment, he sniffed his nose hard, and instantly smelled a bloody smell, his nerves tensed immediately, and he said, "Did it come from the room?"

Tang Xin immediately reached out to push the door, the doorknob squeaked, the inside was not locked, it was just locked, and it opened after such a hard twist.

The door opened, and a gust of draft blew out, carrying a strong smell of blood.

When Xie Jibai smelled this smell, he suddenly got goosebumps all over his body and felt his scalp go numb.

Tang Xin quickly reached out, and untied the pistol from Xie Jibai's waist, and said, "Wait for me here, I'll go in and have a look."

"Tang Xin..."

Xie Jibai wanted to stop him, but Tang Xin had already entered.

There was a strong smell of blood in the room. There was a square table next to the wall in the living room, and a woman sat on the table with her back to the door. Blood was all around her, and blood was all over the floor and walls.

Tang Xin frowned. Judging by the amount of blood on the ground and on the wall, this woman was hopelessly hopeless, and it was impossible for her to be alive.Her neck was pierced from behind with a sharp weapon, and she lay motionless on the table without seeing the face of the deceased. The scene of the crime was quite bloody.

The whole house is not big, two bedrooms, Tang Xin quickly went around to other rooms, and then retreated.

Xie Jibai waited at the door, saw him come out, and asked: "How is the situation?"

"There is only one dead person." Tang Xin said: "Call the boss and the others to come over and return the pistol to you. The inside is rather bloody. You should wait here for the boss and the others. I will go in and look at the body first."

Xie Jibai stopped Tang Xin and said, "Tang Xin, I am the vice-captain after all, am I not?"

Tang Xin raised his eyebrows.

Xie Jibai insisted on going in, but Tang Xin could only agree.

They walked into the room together, Xie Ji Bai was mentally prepared, but still a little surprised.

Unlike Zhou Penggui's death, the woman who died lying on the table, her body was covered with blood, looked very scary.

"There's something under her hand." Xie Ji Bai suppressed the uncomfortable feeling in his heart, pointed his head sideways and pointed under the corpse.

"Xiaobai, do you mind giving me the gloves?" Tang Xin said.

Xie Jibai glanced at the white gloves he was wearing, took them off and handed them to Tang Xin.

Tang Xin put on Xie Jibai's gloves, they felt a little small, but they were fine.He lifted the corpse up a little bit, and there was indeed something pressing under the arms of the corpse.

"A teapot?" Xie Ji Bai said in surprise.

Tang Xin was also a little surprised. He carefully moved the teapot out. The teapot was a pure white bone china teapot, which looked very elegant, but at this moment it was covered with blood, making a mess.

As soon as Tang Xin touched the teapot, he immediately frowned and his face became uneasy.

Xie Ji Bai immediately asked: "What's wrong?"

Tang Xin said: "The water in the teapot is hot."

Xie Jibai was also taken aback, that is to say, the pot of tea has not been brewed for a long time.Whether it was the tea made by the deceased or the tea made by the murderer, it all showed that the crime did not take long at all, and it is very likely that the deceased died not long ago.

Tang Xin easily opened the lid of the teapot, and they immediately saw the tea inside.

A blood rose is soaked in the warm water, and a pot of tea has been dyed red...