last case

Ms. Lu died in the bedroom. There was no trace of a fight at the scene of the crime. Except for the blood, the room was not messy, nor dirty. It was very clean and tidy.Preliminary identification showed that there was no trace of dragging or moving the corpse at the scene of the crime, so this should be the scene of the first crime.

Xie Ji Bai carefully stepped over the blood on the ground and walked to the window.Yesterday Miss Lu came back and locked the door after entering the bedroom, so how did the murderer come in and kill Miss Lu silently?

Xie Ji Bai stretched out his hand and pushed the window. The window was closed, but it was not locked, and it could be opened with a hard push.

Chen Wanting asked the servants outside, and they could hear voices.

Chen Wanting said, "Since I left yesterday, has Miss Lu seen anyone else?"

The servant said in a panic: "No, no. Miss Lu went upstairs to rest after closing the door, and I went to rest too. My bedroom is over there, the one at the corner of the first floor. If someone After entering the villa, I should be able to hear it. I didn’t hear anything last night and it was very quiet. Until...until just now, I thought Miss Lu was resting and didn’t get up..."

Ms. Lu was murdered suddenly. The servant was very frightened and told what she knew in a panic.

The chef said that he only came in the morning, and he had already left yesterday before Chen Wanting came.Because Ms. Lu came back today, he called and ordered some fresh ingredients to make a lunch that suits Ms. Lu's taste. He didn't expect this kind of thing to happen.

This matter was indeed unexpected.

Tang Xin was still examining the corpse, Liu Zhihui and Qin Xu were helping to collect evidence, Xie Jibai stood beside him, carefully observed the corpse for a few times, and finally couldn't help turning his head away, taking a few breaths to calm down the uncomfortable feeling.

"Short message?"

Qin Xu said suddenly.

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

Xie Jibai walked over, and Qin Xu picked up a mobile phone that had been dropped beside him wearing gloves.The phone does not have a screen lock, and it turns on when you press it. The screen is the interface of the SMS box, and there are a series of short messages on it, and the time is after two o'clock last night.

During the period from two o'clock to three o'clock, this mobile phone sent a full thirteen text messages to an unfamiliar mobile phone number. The time interval was indefinite, long and short. 10 minutes apart.

At 5:[-], the strange mobile phone number sent her a short message back.

At 15:[-], another new and unfamiliar number sent a message to this mobile phone, but that message has been displayed as unread, and Ms. Lu has not checked it.

Why didn't I check it? Maybe at [-]:[-], Ms. Lu had already turned into a corpse, and he couldn't check this information anymore.

Qin Xu said, "Look at this unread text message."

The text message is in an unread state, and the first two lines can be seen without clicking on it. Qin Xu handed it to Xie Jibai. Xie Jibai was stunned after just looking at it, and then opened the text message.

This is not an ordinary text message, but a text message that makes Xie Jibai feel familiar yet unfamiliar. It should not be called a text message, but a short story.

Just like...

The ones they had received before, those gray-covered books.

fish memory.

The text message is not too long, and the words "memory of fish" are written on the signature.

Xie Jibai quickly read the text on the text message.

——It was a muggy night, the sky was not very clear, and the chirping insects outside were really disturbing, especially now that she was still a worried person.This is her last sleepless night, I hope she can enjoy it and make it the best memory.

Sure enough, it has something to do with the man in the gray windbreaker.

When the pattern of the blood crow came out, they thought that this case might have something to do with the man in the gray trench coat, but they didn't expect that this time the man in the gray trench coat did not send them the information in the form of a paper book, but It is in the form of SMS.

Tang Xin had asked his assistant to carry the body away. He stood beside Xie Jibai and glanced at the text messages, and said, "Who are the other text messages sent to?"

This phone is not the one Ms. Lu used before, but she did use this phone to send a lot of text messages to an unfamiliar number last night.

"Unfamiliar number..." Xie Jibai looked at the strange number carefully, and said in surprise, "It's that Mr. Meng's number."

"Meng Tingfeng?" Tang Xin raised his eyebrows and asked.

Xie Jibai said, "It should be."

Xie Jibai has a good memory for numbers. He looked carefully and found that it was the same number as Mr. Meng. These thirteen messages should all be sent to Mr. Meng.

And Mr. Meng returned one.

Ms. Lu sent the first message at [-]:[-] in the morning. The first message was only a few words - I am very excited now and want to talk to someone.

The other party didn't respond within 10 minutes, Ms. Lu probably couldn't wait, and sent a second message——Can you understand my excitement?

Then the third message was sent only 1 minute apart - my hands are shaking now.

The fourth article is separated by half a minute-do you know how to be polite, why should you ignore others talking to you?

She seemed to be angry, and didn't like the feeling of singing a one-man show.

In this way, Ms. Lu took Mr. Meng's strange number as a trash can for venting, and kept sending messages, saying that she was excited, but she didn't say why she was excited.

After sending No.11 text messages, she received the only reply text message on Mr. Meng's mobile phone.

Very simple, only three words.

--You are sick.

Ms. Lu then sent two more text messages, but she seemed even more excited.

However, the text message was terminated at No.13.

Tang Xin looked at those text messages, rubbed his forehead, and said, "Miss Lu really should see a psychiatrist."

Xie Jibai said, "Let's ask Mr. Meng."

Xie Jibai was going to ask Meng Tingfeng about the situation, the others went back to the bureau first, Tang Xin drove Xie Jibai to Meng Tingfeng's work place.

But Meng Tingfeng's assistant said that Meng Tingfeng didn't come today and asked for leave, so he should be at home now.

Xie Jibai asked for Meng Tingfeng's home address, and then asked Tang Xin to drive to Meng Tingfeng's home.

It's a small villa that doesn't look very big, but has a lot of style.

Tang Xin parked the car at the door, and then went forward with Xie Jibai to ring the doorbell.

After waiting for less than half a minute, someone came to open the door.

The one who opened the door was not Meng Tingfeng himself, but a young man who looked about seventeen or eighteen.

The boy is not tall, only about 1.7 meters, and he looks very thin.His face was flushed abnormally, and he looked like he had a fever.The boy was dressed in a thick cloth, and he was stunned when he opened the door. He probably didn't expect that it was two strangers who rang the doorbell.

"Who are you looking for?" The boy's voice was a little cold, and he didn't seem to be easy to get along with.

Xie Jibai said: "Excuse me, is this Mr. Meng Tingfeng's home?"

The young man sized Xie Jibai a few times, his eyes were not friendly, and said, "What's your relationship with him?"

Xie Ji Bai was taken aback by the question, and said, "I'm a police detective, and I want to ask Meng Tingfeng something."

The young man frowned again, and took Xie Jibai's ID to look carefully, as if he didn't quite believe that Xie Jibai was a police detective.

Tang Xin said next to him: "You have a high fever, you'd better lie on the bed, especially don't step on the ground with bare feet, even though it's summer, you will still get sicker."

Hearing Tang Xin's voice, the boy started to look up Tang Xin again, frowned strangely, and said, "Are you a doctor? Are you not a police detective?"

Tang Xin said with a smile: "I am a forensic doctor, but if you ask me to treat you, I will be very happy."

The teenager felt that he had been teased, and his face was not very happy.

"Come in." The young man took two steps back, invited them in, returned the ID to Xie Jibai, and said, "He's not here, he's gone out, he'll probably be back in a while, you can wait here."

As the boy said, he walked to the sofa with bare feet, and then lay down on the sofa.The sofa is too short, he has to curl up, it doesn't look very comfortable.

Tang Xin asked: "Where did Mr. Meng go?"

The young man said with care and words like gold: "Drugstore."

It seems that Meng Tingfeng went to the pharmacy to buy medicine for the boy, so he is not at home now.

Xie Jibai saw that the young man's face was burning red, and said, "I think you should go to the hospital."

"No, I hate going to the hospital," said the boy.

Tang Xin said: "It's okay. When he was young, he had a cold and a fever. His spirit is not bad. He will be fine after taking some antipyretics and sleeping."

The boy glanced at Tang Xin and said, "Do forensic doctors like to treat living people?"

As they were talking, they heard someone outside opening the door. Soon the door was opened, and Meng Tingfeng walked in with a pack of medicine.

"Have guests?" Meng Tingfeng said.

He didn't seem surprised that there were people in his family, after all, when he came back, he saw a jeep parked in front of his house.

The boy curled up on the sofa and said, "It's not counted as a guest, I should have invited you to drink tea."

Meng Tingfeng smiled helplessly, walked in, put a pack of medicine on the coffee table, and said, "Two detectives, what's the matter?"

Xie Jibai said, "I want to ask Mr. Meng a few more questions."

"Oh, good." Meng Tingfeng said, "Just a moment, both of you."

He touched the top of the boy's head and said, "I'll take you back to the room to rest. I bought the medicine. Have you had breakfast? It's time to take the antipyretic medicine."

The boy shook his head, shrank back into the sofa, and said, "My back hurts, and I don't want to lie on the bed."

Meng Tingfeng had no choice but to sit down beside him and said, "What's the problem with the two police detectives?"