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"Jinlan Garden" is located in Changlu District, which is a mid-range real estate. The supporting facilities are not very good, but they are not bad. Most of the houses are sold, but not many people live in them. Most of the owners buy the houses as investment, either rent them out, or wait for the appreciation. Most of the people who actually live in them are tenants.In the past two years, the subway line 7 extending to "Jinlan Garden" has been repaired. Thanks to the subway, the occupancy rate of the community is getting higher and higher, and the housing sales and rental prices are also rising.Seeing that the property market was booming, the original buyers raised their prices and sold the house.Although the "Jinlan Garden" is no longer a new building, you can still see happy owners decorating their "new houses" in each unit building.

Second-hand houses located in areas with convenient transportation in Los Angeles have always sold better than new houses, and the prices are relatively higher.Because the new house still needs to wait for about a year to pick up the house, and the second-hand house can be renovated immediately after the transfer of ownership.

After the number of residents increased, the parking spaces of "Jinlan Garden" gradually became tense. The garages were full of private parking spaces, and foreign cars that had not yet bought parking spaces could only be parked on the side of the road.

A police car with a white license plate was parked among a group of private cars and pickup trucks, immediately attracting the attention of many residents.

The owners who just moved in didn't think it was strange, and they were about to leave after just a few glances, but the old owners who had lived in "Jinlan Garden" for many years were stunned for a moment and began to discuss one after another.

"Why is there a police car parked here? Have the police come? Nothing will happen again, right?" Someone asked in surprise.

"It doesn't look like something happened." The other person looked around, "I just came back from shopping, and I talked to the security guard at Gate 2, but I didn't hear him say something happened. If there is something, his Open your mouth wide, it has already been 'broadcast' so that most of the community knows about it!"

"That's right. Why are the police here?"

"Routine inspection, maybe it's just a bus for private use? Maybe there are policemen living in our community?"

"Hahaha, it's possible. You have to pay a toll to drive your own car, but you don't have to pay to drive a bus!"

Seeing the old owners chatting happily, a passing new owner also approached him and asked, "What do you mean, that something happened to our community before?"

"Hey! Don't you know? Didn't you ask around when you bought the house?"

The new owner shook his head, and complained proudly: "Hey, it's hard to buy a house now. If you like a house, you have to sell it right away. If you hesitate, you will be eaten by others. How can you have time to learn so much! Tell me! , what's the matter?"

"It has nothing to do with our owners." One person said, "Don't be afraid if you hear it. You see, I've lived here for so long, and I'm not afraid at all."

"Yeah, tell me."

"Just a few years ago, the glass of a building in the East District fell from a height of more than ten floors. There was a person standing underneath!"

"Hey!" The new owner exclaimed in surprise, "Then won't you be crushed to death?"

"It was smashed to death! It's scary, the bloody scene at the scene is even scarier than horror movies! People who have seen it can't sleep for several nights!"

"Yo! Have you been to the scene to see it?"

"In the middle of the night, how could I dare? I heard someone say it the next day. It rained all night. When I went to see it during the day, there was nothing on the ground. But many policemen came to investigate this and that. But what's the use of investigating so many? Everyone is dead!"

The more the new owner heard, the more interested they became. "The family who broke the glass will have to pay for it? One life, I'm afraid it will go bankrupt, and they won't be able to pay for it if they sell the house! Who is it?"

The old owner waved his hand, "That's the glass in the public area. Fortunately, it's not the window of any resident, otherwise I would be really sad. The person who was smashed to death was not from our community, he slipped in from the outside. I forgot why I came in." If you are interested, you can go to the East District to have a look, it is Building 5. The public area of ​​that building used to be beautiful, and the glass hall! It was all replaced after the accident.”

"No wonder, I just said that I have never seen any glass hall." The new owner looked towards the East District, shivering from the cold wind, "Tsk, being smashed to death by glass falling from more than ten floors, then It hurts so much!"

"I heard that the glass was originally damaged. When it fell from the sky, it looked like a beheading knife! Have you read "Bao Qingtian"? The beheading knife in it is really scary!" said the old owner. Quite talented in storytelling, he gestured while telling, and with a wave of his arm, he almost chopped the new owner on the back of the neck.

The new owner touched the back of his neck, "So scary?"

"Of course! The shattered glass shards stuck in his body, blood gushed out like a fountain, his body was completely bruised!"

"Fuck! I will never go under the glass wall again!"

"Hey, it's good to be careful, but our community is very safe now, and building safety inspections are often carried out. You bought a house here!" The old owner said: "After all, the property and developers have lost a lot of money. How little money..."

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In the property office, Lu Fei, the manager on duty, looked very embarrassed and kept rubbing his hands, "The accident five years ago, I, we and the developer have properly resolved it. There is no less money that should be compensated." , also hired someone to care for the victim's sick mother until she died the year before last. I dare say no one has done a better job than us in handling this matter."

Hua Chong put down the disposable paper cup, and the tea inside was still steaming, "I want to know how the accident happened, the more details the better."

"This..." Lu Fei frowned, "At that time, the police station came to investigate many times, and we were all called to take notes. If you want to know what happened, wouldn't it be better to go to the police station to investigate?"

Hua Chong easily read the meaning of his words - it has been five years, and you police are here to embarrass us again, what is this?

"The police station is also going." Hua Chong smiled lightly, "We also have to go to the scene. I hope you, the 'responsible party', can cooperate with our work."

"We must cooperate, we must cooperate." Knowing that the person in front of him is a member of the Municipal Bureau, not an ordinary policeman from the street police station, Lu Fei could only reluctantly agree.

Hua Chong said: "I have a preliminary understanding that among the current property employees of 'Jinlan Garden', there are only you and the other three who have worked here five years ago. You are the one with the highest position at present."

"Yes, yes." Lu Fei squeezed out a hypocritical smile, and after a while, he waved his hands as if he had suddenly realized: "But I have nothing to do with the accident. I shouldn't be on duty when the accident happened, and it wasn't me when the glass fell. Responsibility!"

"You don't have to be so nervous." Hua Chong pointed to the sofa opposite, "Sit down, let's chat."

Lu Fei sat on the edge of the sofa awkwardly, and Hua Chong noticed that his chest heaved several times.

Although the on-duty managers of residential complexes are "managers" in name, they are still different from the managers in large companies. They are basically old employees raised from the grassroots. They are hardworking and hardworking. Get into trouble and get flustered when something happens.

Hua Chong observed Lu Fei for a while, and then picked an entry point, "Why did the glass fall down?"

"It was often windy and rainy during that time. I was just a patrolling security guard at the time, and I hadn't done any management work. I was mainly active in the West District, and the place where the glass fell was in the East District." Lu Fei opened his mouth and picked himself up. "There is a glass hall on the 5th floor of Building 14 in the East District. It looks beautiful, but there are indeed some safety hazards, so in fact, every once in a while, someone goes up to check. Before the accident, the glass was found to be faulty. The building materials company's suggestion It's a total replacement."

"You didn't replace it immediately?" Hua Chong asked.

"It's not too late. The building materials company found our property, and we have to discuss it with the developer. How to change it, and which one to change, this is not something that can be resolved in a day or two." Lu Fei said: "For safety reasons, the glass hall was Owners are no longer allowed to pass through, and notice boards have been erected in conspicuous places below, and safety warning tapes have been pulled. Not only in the East District, but also in the elevators of various unit buildings in our West District, notices have been posted to remind everyone not to go to Building 5 for the time being Below the glass lobby. Five years ago, the number of residents living here was far less than it is now. Although we are bustling now, it was not like this at all before. Especially in the East District, there are a total of eight households on one floor, and some floors have one No one lives in the building, and there are not many windows in the whole building with lights on at night. The west side will be repaired first, and there are slightly more residents. Hey, we have all notified, and the residents know that there is danger in the glass hall, and no one usually goes there. I don't know..."

After listening for a long time, Hua Chong interrupted: "To put it bluntly, the problem is that although you discovered the problem in time, you failed to solve it in time."

All the reasons afterwards were actually excuses to exonerate himself.

Lu Fei's face turned pale, and he blurted out: "Anyway, it's not my responsibility. I was just a security guard at that time. It's not up to me to decide whether to change the glass or not."

Hua Chong's eyes were a little cold, Lu Fei swallowed, realized that he had lost his composure just now, adjusted his tone and continued: "The accident happened at night, it was stormy, the problematic glass was scraped off, and there happened to be someone below. It's just... the victim, called Man, what is it?"

After five years, the names of the victims have been forgotten.

Hua Chonglai had read the information Liu Zhiqin found before, and reminded him: "Man Xiaocheng, 26 years old, taxi driver."

"Yes, yes, Man, Man Xiaocheng." Lu Fei smiled awkwardly, "I was not on duty at the time, and some colleagues and I were playing cards in the East District, when we heard a loud noise, I didn't realize what it was at first. Well, it took about half a minute before someone said—oh no! The glass in Building 5 must have fallen!"

Lu Fei paused for a moment, the muscles on his face kept twitching, obviously he didn't want to think of that bloody scene.

Hua Chong lit a cigarette, "You didn't expect that the glass hit someone."

"It was already past 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, and it was raining so much! No one passed by during the day, how could someone pass by at night?" Lu Feizhi sighed, "I and a few colleagues rushed over to check the situation , and some other people contacted the leaders, building materials companies, and developers. Hey! When we arrived at Building 5, we saw... that person had been smashed to such an extent that he was no longer human! There was broken glass all over the place, blood everywhere, so big Even the heavy rain couldn’t wash away the smell of blood! The worst thing is that he still seemed to be breathing, and he was still calling, maybe, maybe he wanted to call for help. We immediately called 120, and he, he passed away in the hospital.”

"Didn't you pull the safety warning tape? It stands to reason that as long as you see the warning tape, normal people will take a detour."

"It was pulled, but the wind was too strong. It rained before, but there was never such a strong wind, and all the safety warning tapes were blown away. I guess the young man didn't see the warning at all when he walked over. Take it. He came in from Gate 1 of the West District, if he didn't come in, such a thing would never have happened!"

The media had previously reported on this accident, but the content was single and the focus was on the falling object itself. In addition, the developer of "Jinlan Homeland" had a lot of money and used advertising as a threat to suppress the scale of the report to a minimum.

At that time, Hua Chong had just returned from the northwest and did not return to his post immediately. He vaguely remembered that there was indeed an incident in which a falling object killed a person in a community, but the impression was not deep.

It is only now that we have a general understanding of the accident.

Of course, he can find out the details of the accident by going to the police station, but he prefers to listen to the voices of witnesses first.

As for the police station, Liu Zhiqin is in charge.

"Man Xiaocheng doesn't live in 'Jinlan Homeland', so why did he appear under Building 2 at 5 o'clock in the middle of the night?" Hua Chong asked.

Lu Fei hesitated for a long time this time, "You are a policeman, I just said, if you want to change someone, I will definitely not say it!"

Hua Chong nodded.

"This taxi driver is very kind-hearted. But kind people are often not rewarded!" Lu Fei expressed regret, "He kindly sent a resident of our place back, so this happened to him!"

Hua Chong became vigilant almost instinctively, and asked, "What's the name of this resident?"

"I have to check it out. It's a young girl. People from the police station came to investigate, and I saw her." Lu Fei stood up and opened the cabinet full of documents.

Hua Chong put out the cigarette butt, stared at Lu Fei's back, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Is that girl surnamed Lu, called Lu Ke, a nurse?"

Lu Fei's expression changed from doubt to surprise, his mouth was open, and it took him a long time to say: "Yes, it's Lu Ke. When the police came, she cried uncontrollably, saying that she killed the young man."

Hua Chong closed his eyes, a cloud of mist suddenly dissipated, and scattered and broken clues gradually wove into a net in his mind.

There was a deep fear buried in Lu Ke's heart. She had guilt and ghosts in her heart.But before she was killed, she had a stable and decent job. She was an "angel in white", and her life seemed no different from others.This shows that, at least on the surface, she has not done anything illegal and disciplined, and she is a citizen with legal rights.

Where did her fear and guilt come from?

Why was she terrified like that in the elevator?

The nurse Chen Juan who committed suicide made her frightened to the point of insanity?

No, it shouldn't be Chen Juan.

The answer gradually became clearer and clearer, like a monster rushing out of a calm lake.

What Lu Ke saw in the mirror might be Man Xiaocheng's bloody corpse covered with glass fragments.

"What's wrong with you?" Lu Fei asked anxiously.

Hua Chong came back to his senses and was about to speak when the cell phone in his pocket rang.

"Flower team." Liu Zhiqin said: "I called up the investigation records from that year, are you here now?"

"I'll..."

"I think you'd better come here now. The victim in the falling object incident appeared in the 'Jinlan Homeland' precisely because he sent Lu Ke home that day."

"Well, I know." Hua Chong said and walked to the window.

"In addition, Luo Xingshan is also related to this accident." Liu Zhiqin said: "At the time of the accident, Luo Xingshan was on duty at Gate 1 of the East District of 'Jinlan Homeland'. When Lu Ke and Man Xiaocheng passed by Gate 1, Had an argument with him for nearly 10 minutes!"

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The deputy director of the Qintai Street Police Station is Hua Yonggui, a veteran policeman who has worked at the grassroots level all his life and is about to retire.

"You are asking me about this, you are asking the right person." Hua Yonggui looked so energetic that he didn't even bother to turn over the file, holding a cup full of tea stains in his hand, he spoke sonorously, "This I took someone to deal with the accident, and no one knows the cause and effect better than me."

Hua Chong handed over a cigarette, "Tell me."

"I made Lu Ke's transcript. This little girl, she never stopped crying from the beginning to the end." Hua Yonggui took the cigarette, but didn't smoke it immediately. He put it behind his ear and started talking. "She said——on the night of the accident, she didn't get off work until after 1 o'clock. She usually took the bus home. That day, she met a patient who was in some trouble. She was really tired, physically and mentally exhausted, so she took a taxi. The driver was the victim. Man Xiaocheng. When I got in the car, it wasn't raining yet, but the wind was a bit strong. When we arrived at the 'Jinlan Homeland', it was pouring rain. She wanted to rush into the rain and go back and take a hot bath. , but Man Xiaocheng took out an umbrella and insisted on sending her downstairs..."

Hua Yonggui had a loud voice, but his voice was a little dry, with a somewhat aged hoarseness.

Following his narration, Hua Chong gradually drew a picture of the time in his mind.

There was only one umbrella in the car, and Man Xiaocheng didn't know Lu Ke, so it's fine to give someone an umbrella, but if the rain doesn't stop, what should you do when you need an umbrella?

So he said, "I'll take you downstairs to your house. It's raining so heavily, even if you run back at a sprint speed of [-] meters, you'll still be soaked."

Lu Ke hesitated, after all, the enthusiastic driver was a strange man.

But seeing the smile on the other person's face, and thinking about the short and pleasant company during the ride, she put down her guard, "Thank you then."

The two got out of the taxi and ran towards Gate 1 of the East District.

There, Luo Xingshan, the most responsible, even the strictest security guard, was on the night shift.

When he arrived at the access control area, Lu Ke discovered that the access control card that was originally attached to the key had been lost at some point.

If it was another security guard, Lu Ke and Man Xiaocheng would definitely be allowed in after a few questions in such a heavy rain.

But Luo Xingshan was not accommodating. He insisted that Lu Ke take out his ID card and tell him which unit and number he lived in.

Lu Ke was a little anxious. After telling the unit and house number, Luo Xingshan's expression changed, "You are not the owner of this place."

"I'm renting a house here!" Lu Ke was anxious.

"Then contact the head of the household first." Luo Xingshan returned her ID card, "You don't have an access card, so I can't just let you in, especially now that it's midnight, and I have to be responsible for the safety of the whole community."

"You know it's midnight now? The head of the household is an old gentleman. How could I call and disturb him now?"

"Please abide by the rules and regulations." Luo Xingshan refused to budge.

Lu Ke had no choice but to call the head of the household and apologize in a hurry. It was not until the head of the household registered his ID card on the phone that Luo Xingshan opened the gate and said in a business-like tone: "Go in, remember to leave during the day tomorrow. Go to the property office to reissue the access card."

This tossing was delayed by ten minutes.

Building No. 3 in the East District where Lu Ke lives is very close to Building No. 5. From Gate 1 to Building No. 3, you will pass through the area of ​​Building No. 5.Lu Ke took Man Xiaocheng around for a while. When saying goodbye, he forgot to tell Man Xiaocheng not to go to Building No. 5, but to just go back the same way.

Man Xiaocheng, who is very unfamiliar with "Jinlan Homeland", probably thought that he had gone too far just now, and when he saw the open space under the glass hall of Building 5, he felt that he could take a shortcut.

The tragedy happened when he ran under the glass corridor holding a large black umbrella.

The howling wind finally blew the unrepaired glass away from its original place, and a loud bang announced the end of a young life.

Hua Yonggui had already lit a cigarette at some point, the office was filled with smoke, and the atmosphere was extremely dignified, "Lu Ke kept saying here that she was responsible and she shouldn't let Man Xiaocheng send her off. But in fact, the division of responsibilities for the accident I can't get to her place, and I can't get to the head of the security guard Luo Xingshan. Luo Xingshan's strict inspection of the access control card did delay the time. If he didn't delay the ten minutes, Man Xiaocheng had already left Jinlan's home when the glass fell. 'Yes, it is impossible to be hit by glass. But this is not the cause of the accident. We are the police, we can't just throw out irrelevant people, right? So you can't find them anywhere except my record. connection to this matter."

"The division of responsibility for falling objects is usually the user, the manager, and the owner." Hua Chong said: "The falling glass belongs to the public area, and Lu Ke and Luo Xingshan really should not be held responsible."

"That's right. In my opinion, the developer and the property management are not bad. The money that should be compensated is not small, and the follow-up care is not missed. It's disgusting to prevent the media from reporting it. But the businessman, too I understand." Hua Yonggui smacked his lips, begged for two more cigarettes, and then lit up, "I still have the transcripts made by the family of the victim Man Xiaocheng at that time, and I have also investigated his situation very clearly."

In front of Hua Chong was a photo of Man Xiaocheng before his death. The young man looked very energetic, with his hair cut short, laughing heartily at the camera. Standing next to him was a woman with a haggard face, and An unremarkable man.

"These two are his parents, Man Guojun and Xiang Yunfang." Hua Yonggui tapped his index finger on the table, "They are not registered in the main city, and they have been living in Wenming Town before. Vascular diseases need to be treated in the main city, and the family moved to the main city."

"Wenming Town?" Hua Chong suddenly remembered that another victim, Yin Ziqiao, was also from Wenming Town.

"Yin Ziqiao is 23 years old this year, Man Xiaocheng was 26 years old when he was killed, and he is 31 years old this year." Apparently, Liu Zhiqin also thought of Yin Ziqiao, "There is an 8-year difference between them."

Hua Yonggui was puzzled, "What are you talking about? Who is Yin Ziqiao?"

"It's nothing, just keep talking." Hua Chong picked up the photo, his gaze resting on Man Guojun's face.

Could this man be the murderer?

The murderer drew more than 20 knives on the necks of Luo Xingshan and Lu Ke, with an obvious intention to vent his anger.Judging from the murderer's preparation of electric shock tools, the murderer may not necessarily be a young man in his prime, but may be a woman or a middle-aged man.

Man Guojun's age is consistent.

As for how he learned about the roles played by Lu Ke and Luo Xingshan in the accident, it's actually not difficult.

The police did not announce the names of Lu and Luo to the public, because according to laws and regulations, they are not responsible for Man Xiaocheng's death, but Man Guojun and Xiang Yunfang, as Man Xiaocheng's close relatives, must have been cooperating in the investigation process Know the ins and outs.

Hua Chong put down the photo with deep eyes.

Man Guojun is suspected!

"Man Xiaocheng is a taxi driver, and he is the mainstay of their family's finances." Hua Yonggui didn't understand Hua Chong's eyes, and simply continued: "His mother relied on him for the medical treatment, and the developer paid a fortune." After the sum of money, he hired someone to take care of his mother in the hospital for a long time, and the developer paid all the treatment expenses. His father, Man Guojun, rarely went to the hospital. I heard that it was during the funeral that he made a fortune. .”

Hua Chong suddenly felt strange, and asked: "Their family relationship is not harmonious?"

"You can't say that." Hua Yonggui shook his head, "However, the reaction of Man Guojun and Xiang Yunfang to Man Xiaocheng's unexpected death is intriguing. Xiang Yunfang cried so hard that she was sent to the intensive care unit .Her illness, she was never angry or sad. Her son passed away, and he passed away so miserably. Isn’t it the greatest tragedy in life? It’s a miracle to survive. With her In comparison, Man Guojun was... how to say, more indifferent. At that time, a child who had just been assigned in our institute said that it was because men's emotions were not as exposed as women's, and their father's love was like a mountain. I don't believe it. I I am a father myself, so I know what a father looks like when he is extremely sad. It can be seen that Man Guojun is still very sad, but I think, my subjective opinion, his sadness is very light."

Hua Chong looked at Liu Zhiqin and seemed to be surprised to see Liu Zhiqin drooping his eyes in thought.

Hua Yonggui stood up and stretched, "What else do you want to know? Is the recent case related to the accident five years ago?"

Although they are all colleagues in the public security system, Hua Chong can't speak too clearly, and Hua Yonggui is an old policeman, and he knows more rules than Hua Chong, so he smiled all over his face, "It's okay, I can help Just do it."

Hua Chong smiled gratefully, "Do you know what's going on with Man Guojun?"